1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:15,400 Chesterfield, the first and only cigarette in America to give you premium quality in 3 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:27,000 both regular and king size, brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,900 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:30,900 --> 00:00:41,600 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,240 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,000 You're assigned to auto theft detail. 8 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,680 A gang of car strippers has been operating in your city. 9 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:50,960 From their M.O. you know their professionals. 10 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:52,400 They move fast. 11 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,400 Your job, get them. 12 00:00:55,400 --> 00:01:02,200 Friends, you'll remember some months ago we read you our first report. 13 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,200 The six months report on the effects of smoking. 14 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,080 Then more recently we read you the eight months report. 15 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,000 Now here is the latest one. 16 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,800 The full ten months report confirms again. 17 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:18,960 The group examined showed no adverse effects on the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking 18 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:19,960 Chesterfields. 19 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:24,480 This from a medical specialist who is making regular bi-monthly examinations of a group 20 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,080 of people from various walks of life. 21 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:31,560 Forty-five percent of them have smoked Chesterfield for an average of over ten years. 22 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:37,800 After ten full months, the specialist reports he observed no adverse effects on the nose, 23 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,920 throat, and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfield. 24 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:43,240 That's the report. 25 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:47,400 Buy much milder Chesterfield, regular or king size. 26 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:56,640 The cigarette that's best for you. 27 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:57,640 DRAGNET. 28 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,800 The document a drama of an actual crime. 29 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:04,640 For the next thirty minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you 30 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:09,040 will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from 31 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:11,160 official police files. 32 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:16,360 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, DRAGNET is the story of your police force 33 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:17,840 in action. 34 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:23,360 It was Tuesday, August 5th. 35 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:24,600 It was warm in Los Angeles. 36 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,080 We were working the day watch out of auto theft detail. 37 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,200 My partner is Frank Smith. 38 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:29,520 The boss is Captain Nelson. 39 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:30,520 My name is Friday. 40 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,960 I was on my way back from the telephone booth and it was ten twenty three p.m. when I got 41 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:35,720 to the parking lot. 42 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:36,720 Our car. 43 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:37,720 You called in? 44 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:38,720 Yeah. 45 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,720 They haven't hit tonight so far. 46 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:42,720 What's the time now? 47 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,240 A little after ten thirty. 48 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:46,240 Parking lot's about empty. 49 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:47,240 Yeah. 50 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,240 The attendant left a few minutes ago. 51 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:50,240 Frank? 52 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:51,240 Yeah. 53 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,240 I see him. 54 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:55,760 Over there going for that Cadillac. 55 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:56,760 Yeah. 56 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:57,760 You got a good look at him? 57 00:02:57,760 --> 00:02:58,760 No. 58 00:02:58,760 --> 00:02:59,760 It's too dark. 59 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:01,760 He's forcing the door. 60 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:02,760 Come on. 61 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:03,760 All right. 62 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:04,760 All right. 63 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:05,760 Hold it up there. 64 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:06,760 He's in the car, Joe. 65 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:07,760 All right. 66 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:08,760 Hold it up. 67 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:09,760 He isn't going to stop. 68 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:10,760 He's heading for that intersection. 69 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:11,760 He'll never get through. 70 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:16,760 Come on. 71 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:22,760 That looks pretty bad, Joe. 72 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:23,760 Yeah. 73 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:28,160 He really cracked into that Dodge, didn't he? 74 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:29,160 All right. 75 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:30,160 Let us through, please. 76 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:31,160 Come on. 77 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:32,160 Please let us through. 78 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:33,160 I'll check the Cadillac. 79 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:34,160 Right. 80 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:35,160 I'll get the other car. 81 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:36,160 All right. 82 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:40,720 There are three people in that Dodge. 83 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:41,720 They're lucky. 84 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:42,720 It doesn't look too bad. 85 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:43,720 I'll call the ambulance. 86 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:44,720 Yeah. 87 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:45,720 We'll tell them to hurry. 88 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,720 I don't think this one's going to wait. 89 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:49,720 1046 p.m. 90 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:54,280 The ambulance arrived, and after emergency treatment at the scene, the victims were removed 91 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:55,880 to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 92 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,560 A traffic car had been dispatched to investigate the accident. 93 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,840 Upon arrival at the emergency hospital, we were informed that the suspect had died on 94 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:04,240 the way. 95 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:09,160 The dead body was identified by his personal effects as Charles Roxford, age 16. 96 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,920 The Juvenile Bureau was contacted, and they requested that in the course of our investigation, 97 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,880 we notify the boy's family. 98 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:15,880 1127 p.m. 99 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,080 Frank and I drove out to the address listed on the victim's identification. 100 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,680 It was a house above the Sunset Strip. 101 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:27,160 We rang the bell and waited. 102 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,160 I'll try it again. 103 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,680 Yeah. 104 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:34,680 Somebody's coming. 105 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:35,680 Mm-hmm. 106 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:36,680 Yes? 107 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:37,680 Mrs. Roxford? 108 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:38,680 That's right. 109 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:39,680 What is it? 110 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:40,680 Police officers, ma'am. 111 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:41,680 We'd like to talk to you. 112 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:42,680 Police? 113 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:43,680 Well, come in. 114 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,680 I don't know what you want with us, but come in. 115 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:47,680 Thank you. 116 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,680 Come into the living room. 117 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:54,680 Thank you very much. 118 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,680 Now, sit down. 119 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:57,680 What is it? 120 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,160 There's been an accident, Mrs. Roxford. 121 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:00,160 An accident? 122 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,160 Yes, ma'am. 123 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:02,160 Pretty bad one. 124 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,160 What's this got to do with me? 125 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,440 Well, you see, ma'am, your boy was... 126 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:06,440 Joe? 127 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:10,720 Well, we're sorry to have to tell you this, ma'am, but your boy was in an accident tonight. 128 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:11,720 Charles? 129 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:12,720 Yes, ma'am. 130 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,560 You said it was a bad accident. 131 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,600 Yes, ma'am, we did. 132 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,120 How bad? 133 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:20,520 How bad? 134 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,520 Your son's dead, ma'am. 135 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:24,520 Charles? 136 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,360 Charles Roxford? 137 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:29,880 You're sure you have the right house? 138 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:30,880 Yes, ma'am. 139 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:32,880 We're sorry, Mrs. Roxford. 140 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:33,880 Oh. 141 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:38,920 Charlie, he was only a baby. 142 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:39,920 Just a baby. 143 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,840 Oh, you're sure there's no mistake? 144 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:43,840 You're sure? 145 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:44,840 Afraid not, ma'am. 146 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:45,840 How did it happen? 147 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:48,840 Well, it was an automobile accident, ma'am. 148 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:49,840 In an automobile? 149 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:52,840 Yes, ma'am, your boy was driving a car. 150 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:55,000 Oh, but Charlie doesn't have a car. 151 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,000 He doesn't drive. 152 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,680 Your boy was driving a stolen car, Mrs. Roxford. 153 00:05:58,680 --> 00:05:59,680 What? 154 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,160 Your son had a stolen car, ma'am. 155 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:02,160 He was trying to get away. 156 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:03,160 Well, that's not true. 157 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:04,160 Afraid it is, ma'am. 158 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,160 No. 159 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:06,480 You're lying to me. 160 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:07,960 Charles wouldn't do a thing like that. 161 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:09,960 Afraid that's the way it is, ma'am. 162 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,400 Oh, that's terrible. 163 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,440 I can't believe that Charlie would do something like that. 164 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:16,580 I thought I knew him. 165 00:06:16,580 --> 00:06:19,080 I didn't think he'd do anything like that. 166 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,040 Well, did you see it? 167 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:23,040 The accident. 168 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:24,040 Were you there? 169 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:25,040 Yes, ma'am, we were. 170 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:26,040 How did it happen? 171 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:27,360 Well, he'd stolen the car, ma'am. 172 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:28,360 He tried to escape. 173 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:29,760 He ran the car out into a crowded street. 174 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,280 One of the cars in the traffic didn't have time to stop. 175 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:33,280 The boy ran right into it. 176 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:35,480 Wasn't there something you could do to stop him? 177 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:36,480 Well, we tried, ma'am. 178 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:37,480 We yelled at him. 179 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:38,480 He almost ran us down. 180 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:40,640 You know where your boy was tonight, Mrs. Roxford? 181 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:41,640 No. 182 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,640 No, he had dinner and then said he was going out. 183 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,480 I thought he was going to a show or something. 184 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,480 No, I didn't know where he was going. 185 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:49,480 Did he leave the house alone? 186 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:50,480 Yes. 187 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,480 Left right after dinner, about eight. 188 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,920 Said he'd be back later. 189 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:56,920 Said he'd see me later. 190 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:58,600 And he left. 191 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,680 Is there anything we can get for you, Mrs. Roxford? 192 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:01,680 No. 193 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:02,680 No, nothing. 194 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:03,840 Where's your husband, ma'am? 195 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:05,800 I guess he's at his office. 196 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:06,800 He sells insurance. 197 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,600 Said he had to meet a client tonight. 198 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,720 I don't know what he's going to do when he hears about this. 199 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,080 I'm going to hit him awfully hard. 200 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:15,080 Awfully hard. 201 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:16,080 Yes, ma'am. 202 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,080 He and the boy were very close. 203 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:21,440 I don't know what he's going to do when he hears about it. 204 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,320 Did the boy give you any idea during dinner as to what he was going to do after he left? 205 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:26,320 No. 206 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:27,320 No, he didn't. 207 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:28,320 I didn't talk much to him. 208 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:29,320 Ma'am. 209 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:30,320 Well, you see, I wasn't here. 210 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:31,320 I was out most of the afternoon. 211 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,520 I didn't get home until just before he left. 212 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,160 He just finished dinner and then he left. 213 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:38,360 I see, ma'am. 214 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:39,360 I was at the bridge club. 215 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:40,360 I always go on Tuesdays. 216 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:47,720 Oh, if I'd known, if I'd only known what was going to happen, am I going to see him? 217 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:50,960 Well, we want either you or your husband to identify him, ma'am. 218 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:52,840 Charlie, he's dead. 219 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:57,840 Just a baby, just a little boy. 220 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:58,920 You were there. 221 00:07:58,920 --> 00:07:59,920 You could have done something. 222 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:00,920 You're a police officer. 223 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:01,920 Isn't that your job? 224 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:02,920 Thank you, partner. 225 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,800 Well, isn't it your job to help people to do something when they're in trouble? 226 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:10,080 Well, yes, ma'am, I suppose it is, but it was a little late for that one. 227 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:11,080 What does that mean? 228 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:12,680 Well, he was 16 when we met him, Miss Roxby. 229 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:14,280 What's that got to do with it? 230 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:22,040 Somebody should have tried a long time ago. 231 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:26,440 Most car thefts fall into three basic categories well known by all police officers. 232 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:30,640 First, the cars that are stolen by professionals who change the motor numbers, forge owner 233 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:34,400 certificates, repaint the bodies and sell them throughout the country. 234 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:38,880 The second group consists of joy riders, thieves who steal the cars for a few hours merely 235 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,760 to ride around in them and then leave them on the streets. 236 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:45,760 The third category and the one we've been working on for the past six weeks dealt with 237 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,880 the activities of car strippers. 238 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,800 Their MO followed the usual pattern for this type of crime. 239 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,480 The car would be stolen and then driven to some lonely part of the city. 240 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:58,960 There all usable accessories would be removed, radios, tires, air horns, side mirrors, anything 241 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,520 that could be resold would be taken. 242 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,040 In certain cases, the articles would be stolen while the car remained parked where the owner 243 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:06,280 had left it. 244 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,640 We found that the gang had become so proficient that they could break into a car and remove 245 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:13,480 the radio as well as other accessories in under 10 minutes. 246 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,560 Avenues of sale for the stolen merchandise had been checked. 247 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:19,360 Known dealers and stolen property had been questioned. 248 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,000 As the days went on, the total of thefts went up. 249 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:26,900 By the 5th of August, the gang had stolen over $12,000 in automobile accessories. 250 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:30,200 In the instances where we'd been able to get a description of men loitering in the vicinity 251 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,920 of the stripped cars, we'd had the witnesses check mug books in the hope of identifying 252 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:34,920 the thieves. 253 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:36,960 We'd gotten no new leads. 254 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,360 Physical evidence at the scene of the abandoned cars had been checked and rechecked. 255 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:41,360 It netted us nothing. 256 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:42,800 A week passed. 257 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:44,920 August 14th, 8.15 a.m. 258 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,920 Frank and I got back to the office. 259 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:48,920 Captain's really boiling, isn't he? 260 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:50,200 Yeah, you can't blame him though. 261 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:51,200 They gotta stop cold. 262 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,120 We're gonna get a break in it sometime. 263 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:54,600 All the luck can't stay on their side. 264 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,280 I don't know, it looks like it could happen that way. 265 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:58,600 Anything on the steakhouse last night? 266 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:00,440 No, nothing that we got so far. 267 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:01,440 Maybe something later. 268 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:02,440 I gotta... 269 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:03,440 Auto theft Friday. 270 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,440 I beg your pardon, ma'am. 271 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,440 Well, no. 272 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,320 Well, yeah. 273 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:12,320 What was that again? 274 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:13,320 Oh, yeah. 275 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,320 Yeah, well, yes, ma'am. 276 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:19,800 All right, what was that address again? 277 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:20,800 Yes, I... 278 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:21,800 Yeah, all right. 279 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:22,800 Well, we'll send a unit out, I'm sure. 280 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,800 They can help you. 281 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,800 No, I'd suggest you get in touch with the SPCA. 282 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:29,800 No, SPCA, yes. 283 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:30,800 That's... 284 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:31,800 All right, bye. 285 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:32,800 There's a dandy one. 286 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:33,800 What's that? 287 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:34,800 A woman lost a cat from her car. 288 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:35,800 I want to know if we can get it back for her. 289 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:36,800 Yeah? 290 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:37,800 He says it's real easy to recognize. 291 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:38,800 He has a collar on and he answers the name of Tabby. 292 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:39,800 Uh-oh, that makes it easier. 293 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:40,800 Yeah. 294 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:41,800 Out of there, Smith. 295 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:42,800 Yes, sir. 296 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:43,800 That's right. 297 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:44,800 Uh-huh. 298 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:53,800 Where are you calling from, sir? 299 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,800 Yes, sir, that's on Wilshire, right? 300 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,800 All right, sir, we'll be right there. 301 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:00,800 Anything? 302 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,800 Yeah, a doctor out on Wilshire parked his car out in front of his office. 303 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:04,800 Yeah. 304 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,800 Came back in 10 minutes, his car radio was gone. 305 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:13,160 8.56 a.m. 306 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:14,800 Frank and I got to the doctor's office. 307 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:17,520 Was in a large medical building out on Wilshire Boulevard. 308 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:21,240 We went up to the second floor and talked to the man who placed the call, a Dr. Alex 309 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,240 Halsey. 310 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,360 He told us that he'd stopped at his office on the way to a hospital call. 311 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,940 He parked his car immediately in front of the building. 312 00:11:27,940 --> 00:11:31,600 When he returned 10 minutes later, he found that the radio had been stolen. 313 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,640 From his office, we called the crime lab and latent fingerprints detail. 314 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:37,320 Crews of men were sent from both divisions. 315 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,760 They went over the car for possible physical evidence. 316 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,240 Second eye along with Dr. Halsey went down to the street. 317 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:44,600 We talked to him while the officers worked. 318 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:45,600 The darndest thing I ever saw. 319 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,440 I tell you, I wasn't in the building more than 10 minutes. 320 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:48,440 10 minutes outside. 321 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:49,440 Yes, sir. 322 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:51,440 Came back and I could see right away that the door had been opened. 323 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:52,440 Uh-huh. 324 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:53,440 First I thought maybe I'd left it open. 325 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,000 Then when I got in the car, I knew right away. 326 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,560 As soon as I saw the radio was gone. 327 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:57,560 Yes, sir. 328 00:11:57,560 --> 00:11:59,080 Did you notice anyone wandering around your car when you parked in? 329 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:00,080 Anybody suspicious, maybe? 330 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:01,080 No, no, I didn't. 331 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:02,720 Of course, I might not have noticed anyone. 332 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:03,720 Had my mind on Julie. 333 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:04,720 Julie? 334 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:05,720 Yes, I'm operating under this afternoon. 335 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,240 Poor little kid has an intestinal disorder. 336 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:09,240 Only three months old. 337 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:10,880 Gee, that's too bad. 338 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:12,040 Yes, she'll be fine though. 339 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:13,360 Of course, the parents are worried. 340 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:14,360 They always are. 341 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:16,400 Can't convince them there's nothing to worry about. 342 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:17,400 Yes, sir. 343 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,000 Then you didn't notice anyone, huh? 344 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,320 No, like I said, I didn't. 345 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:22,120 You sure you locked your car, sir, when you left it? 346 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,080 Oh, yes, I'm sure about that. 347 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:25,960 Always make it a practice to lock it when I leave it. 348 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,680 Lots of times I leave instruments in it. 349 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:29,080 Always have to be careful about the instruments. 350 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:30,360 Oh, yes, sir, I always lock it. 351 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:31,360 How about the windows? 352 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:32,360 What? 353 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:33,360 The windows. 354 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:34,360 Do you roll them all the way up? 355 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:35,360 Roll them up? 356 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,480 Well, now, once in a while I don't. 357 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:38,480 Try to think of that. 358 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:40,160 I'm not sure about this morning. 359 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,760 No, come to think of it, I guess I didn't close them this morning. 360 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:43,760 Such a wonderful day. 361 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:45,760 Yes, sir, well, that's probably how they got into your car. 362 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,280 You haven't had the serial number of the radio, Dr. Halsey. 363 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:49,920 No, no, I don't think I have. 364 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:50,920 It might be on the papers. 365 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,680 I just got the car a couple of months ago. 366 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:53,760 It might be on the papers. 367 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:54,760 I can check them for you. 368 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:56,280 All right, sir, that'll help. 369 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:58,880 I'll have my secretary look them up for you right away. 370 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,320 Anyone else drive the car, Dr. Halsey? 371 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:01,800 Oh, no, sir, don't believe in that. 372 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:02,800 I'm the only one. 373 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:03,800 I've been the only one to drive it. 374 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:05,800 Don't believe in lending the car to somebody else. 375 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:06,800 Never have believed in it. 376 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,240 Joe, excuse me a minute, Dr. Halsey. 377 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:10,240 Sure, Len. 378 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:11,240 Yeah, Leonard. 379 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:14,240 I've got a couple of clean prints on the dashboard. 380 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:15,240 Might belong to the thief. 381 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:16,240 Yeah. 382 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:17,240 I'd like to check the doctor. 383 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:18,240 It might be his. 384 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:19,240 Okay. 385 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:20,240 Wait a minute, I'll get the kit. 386 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:21,240 I know. 387 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:22,240 Hey, Dr. Halsey. 388 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:23,240 Yes, Sergeant. 389 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:24,240 Okay. 390 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:27,720 This is Sergeant Tankerslee of the fingerprint department. 391 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:28,920 He'd like to check your prints. 392 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:29,920 How do you do, sir? 393 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,840 All right, doctor, I wonder if I could look at your fingers, please. 394 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:33,840 Sure, Len. 395 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:35,960 Can you tell just from looking at them what you want to know? 396 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,120 No, sir, but you see, the prints we found are oral. 397 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,720 If your prints were loops, there'd be no reason to take them. 398 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:41,720 Oh, oh, yes. 399 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:42,720 Uh-huh, I see. 400 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:43,720 How about it, Len? 401 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:44,720 Better roll them up for comparison. 402 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,720 We're going to take your prints, doctor, if you have no objection. 403 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:48,720 Oh, no, no, of course not. 404 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:49,720 Glad to help. 405 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:50,720 All right, sir. 406 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,720 You want to step over here and we can take them in the officer's car. 407 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:54,720 Yes, glad to. 408 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:55,720 Here, I'll get the door. 409 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:56,720 Yeah, I'll get the pad. 410 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:03,720 Now, doctor, if you'll let me have your hand. 411 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:04,720 Surely here. 412 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:08,080 No, sir, if you let me do it, it'd be a little easier. 413 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,080 Oh, yes, just trying to help. 414 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:15,320 I will put them on the card. 415 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:16,760 Never knew my fingers were so big. 416 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,520 Judged that we're taking the print of the whole tip of the finger, sir. 417 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:20,520 Makes it look that way. 418 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:21,520 Oh, I see. 419 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:25,120 All right, doctor, you can get the ink off with this, I think. 420 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:28,200 Here, I'll pour a little on this cloth. 421 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:29,200 Here you go. 422 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:30,200 Yeah, yes, thank you. 423 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,200 What do you think, Leonard? 424 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,240 I'll check them now. 425 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,040 Sure be a break if they were the thieves. 426 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:38,560 Well, they must be. 427 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:39,560 Couldn't be anyone else's. 428 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:40,920 Well, how about your family, doctor? 429 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:42,160 Possible the prints could be theirs, maybe? 430 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:43,320 Oh, no, no, no chance. 431 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:44,480 Jenny, that's my wife. 432 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:45,480 She has her own car. 433 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,240 Kids always use that one. 434 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:49,400 Like I said, I'm the only one who uses this. 435 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,320 How about it, Len? 436 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:53,320 Make them? 437 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,320 Yeah, they belong to the doctor. 438 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:02,200 10.02 a.m., the crime lab crew gathered what physical evidence they could find and returned 439 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:03,200 to check over their findings. 440 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,520 Frank and I took a report from Dr. Halsey, and then we talked to his secretary. 441 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,920 She was unable to find the ownership papers on the car. 442 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,560 We drove over to the dealer who had sold him the car and got the serial number of the stolen 443 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:14,560 radio. 444 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,280 We notified pawn shop detail and gave them the information. 445 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:22,040 For the next three weeks, stakeouts on the parking lots in the central area continued. 446 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,880 Arrests were made, but the thieves apparently had no connection with the gang we were after. 447 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:30,800 They kept hitting, but the speed with which they operated made apprehending them difficult. 448 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:34,680 On Friday, September 5th, we got a call that a stolen car had been recovered out in Topanga 449 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:35,680 Canyon. 450 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,320 We drove out to check on it. 451 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:41,840 The tires, radio, horns, heater, spotlights, fog lights, and the side view mirrors had 452 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:42,840 been taken. 453 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,400 The seat covers had been removed and the hubcaps were missing. 454 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:49,520 Again, there was no physical evidence that gave us a lead to the thieves. 455 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:56,400 That night at 10.52 p.m., Frank and I checked back into the office. 456 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:57,400 Another long day. 457 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:58,960 Yeah, kind of tired to sell. 458 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,160 I kind of hate to call Faye. 459 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:02,160 Why's that? 460 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,680 Oh, this morning when I left, I told her I'd be home for dinner, sure. 461 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:05,680 But didn't you call her? 462 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:06,960 No, I forgot all about it. 463 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:08,120 She's really going to be sore. 464 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:09,120 Yeah, well, she'll get over it. 465 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:10,120 I don't know, Joe. 466 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:13,200 It's going to be a couple of days of quiet around the house, I think. 467 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:14,800 Why, just because you missed a meal? 468 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:15,800 No, it ain't that. 469 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,240 She had tamale pie for dinner. 470 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:19,080 Boy, she sure makes it good, too. 471 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:20,360 A lot of cheese, you know? 472 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:22,440 Yeah, well, she can warm it up for you when you get home. 473 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:23,440 Here, go ahead. 474 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:24,440 All right. 475 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,200 You want to sign us out? 476 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,200 I'll check the book. 477 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:29,200 Yeah, I'll get it. 478 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:30,200 Anything? 479 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:37,200 Yeah, I'll call from Brennan out in Wilshire. 480 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:42,200 I'll call him. 481 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:47,200 Hello, Brennan around? 482 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,520 Yeah, all right. 483 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:50,520 Say what it was about. 484 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:51,880 No, I'm calling him now. 485 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:52,880 Yeah, hi, Brennan. 486 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:53,880 It's Friday. 487 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:54,880 Yeah. 488 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:55,880 You did, huh? 489 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:56,880 Where'd that happen? 490 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:57,880 No kidding. 491 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,880 I remember those were the brakes, I think. 492 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:02,880 Yeah. 493 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:03,880 OK. 494 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:04,880 Yeah, thanks, Brennan. 495 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,000 Picked up a kid for running a red light driving a hot run. 496 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,000 Yeah? 497 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,000 Car was fixed up with a lot of new stuff. 498 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,960 Guys out of Wilshire checked it over. 499 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:12,960 Uh-huh. 500 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,000 According to the serial number on the radio, it was stolen from Dr. Halsey. 501 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:32,000 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 502 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:39,640 In 1952, American smokers bought more Chesterfields than ever before in the history of the industry. 503 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,440 Today, sales are still going up. 504 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:45,480 Smokers everywhere are changing to Chesterfield. 505 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:51,120 Chesterfield, the first and only cigarette to give you premium quality in both regular 506 00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:53,640 and king size. 507 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:58,600 Premium quality in a cigarette means the world's best tobaccos, the best ingredients, the best 508 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:00,440 cigarette paper. 509 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:05,480 Only Chesterfield gives you this premium quality in both popular sizes. 510 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:11,360 King size Chesterfield contains tobaccos of better quality and higher price than any 511 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:13,880 other king size cigarette. 512 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,760 That's certainly important to every king size smoker. 513 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:20,760 Of course, it's the same fine tobacco as in regular Chesterfield. 514 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:25,640 There is absolutely no difference except that king size Chesterfield gives you more than 515 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,640 a fifth longer smoke. 516 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:32,600 Remember, the modern way to sell cigarettes is the Chesterfield way. 517 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,960 Premium quality, both regular and king size. 518 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,600 Chesterfield is much milder. 519 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,040 Chesterfield is best for you. 520 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:53,040 11.27 p.m. Frank and I drove out to Wilshire Division. 521 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,480 We checked with Sergeant Brennan and he told us how the boy had been picked up. 522 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,760 He'd run a red light at the corner of Pico and La Brea. 523 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,280 He'd been stopped by two officers in a cruiser car. 524 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:06,240 He was driving a cut down 49 Ford that was equipped with Cadillac hubcaps, white sidewall 525 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,680 tires, Chrysler horns and a Cadillac radio. 526 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,760 The officers had started to question him and he'd attempted to escape. 527 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,960 He'd been apprehended and brought to the station to be interrogated. 528 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,240 In checking the serial number of the radio, the men from Wilshire Division had discovered 529 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,920 that it was stolen and had left word for us. 530 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:25,360 11.45 p.m. We went to an interview room to talk to the boy. 531 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:26,360 What's your name, son? 532 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:27,360 Martin. 533 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:28,360 First name? 534 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:29,360 Herb. 535 00:19:29,360 --> 00:19:30,360 Herb Martin. 536 00:19:30,360 --> 00:19:31,360 You know why you're here, don't you? 537 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:32,360 Yeah. 538 00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:33,360 You want to tell us where you got that stuff? 539 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:34,360 I bought it. 540 00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:35,360 Where? 541 00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:36,360 Not right off. 542 00:19:36,360 --> 00:19:37,360 How old are you? 543 00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:38,360 19. 544 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:39,360 Where do you live? 545 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:40,360 It's on the report. 546 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:41,360 We're asking you. 547 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:42,360 Come on, Herb. 548 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:43,360 82.97 Mary Ann Drive. 549 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:44,360 Where were you going when they stopped you? 550 00:19:44,360 --> 00:19:45,360 Home. 551 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:46,360 Where'd you been? 552 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:47,360 Around. 553 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:48,360 Same place you bought that stuff on your car, huh? 554 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:49,360 Yeah, that's right. 555 00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:50,360 Now look, you better come off this young fella. 556 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:51,360 You might think you're a big man, but you got things a little mixed up here. 557 00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:52,360 You got caught with a carload of stolen accessories. 558 00:19:52,360 --> 00:19:53,360 There's been a lot of stealing going on around town. 559 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:54,360 The way your car looks, you could be responsible for it. 560 00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:55,360 Yeah, well, I'm not. 561 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:56,360 You look good for it. 562 00:19:56,360 --> 00:19:57,360 Look, maybe I lifted the radio and stuff. 563 00:19:57,360 --> 00:19:58,360 I'm not sure. 564 00:19:58,360 --> 00:20:05,360 I got no choice. 565 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:10,360 You got me nailed for the stuff you found. 566 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:12,240 But I'm not going to take it for the others. 567 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:13,800 Maybe I stole that stuff, but that was for me. 568 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:15,120 I didn't sell it like the others. 569 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:16,120 Now leave me alone, huh? 570 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:17,120 What do you mean, others? 571 00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:18,860 I don't know what you mean. 572 00:20:18,860 --> 00:20:19,860 You said the others. 573 00:20:19,860 --> 00:20:21,720 Well, I didn't mean others like that. 574 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:22,720 Well, how did you mean it? 575 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,440 Well, like the guys you're looking for. 576 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:25,440 That's not the way it sounded. 577 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,440 No, you said it like you knew who you were talking about. 578 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:28,800 I didn't say it like that. 579 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:29,800 That's the way it sounded. 580 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:30,800 That's right, son. 581 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,800 Now why don't you tell us who you meant? 582 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,160 Look, Herb, we haven't got all day. 583 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:36,160 Come on, boy. 584 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,160 We're going to get them sometime. 585 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:41,160 Who'd you mean? 586 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:47,480 All right, I'll tell you. 587 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,600 We continued to talk to Herb Martin. 588 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,040 He told us of the activities of a gang of car strippers who were working on order. 589 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:56,480 He went on to say that from what he'd heard, if someone wanted to pick up some fast money, 590 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:00,240 a connection could be made with a man on the corner of Sunset and Western. 591 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,680 The man would give the order for the stolen merchandise and say where and at what time 592 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,600 it was to be delivered. 593 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:09,200 Herb told us that he had the opportunity to do business with the man, but that he'd turned 594 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,200 it down. 595 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,160 He was unable to identify the man who made the contact and said that he'd never heard 596 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,080 him referred to by name. 597 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,960 He gave us the names and addresses of two of the men who were working for him. 598 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:20,560 12.45 a.m. 599 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:22,700 Frank and I left and drove back downtown. 600 00:21:22,700 --> 00:21:26,120 With the assistance of officers from Wilshire Division, the two young men were brought in 601 00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:27,120 for questioning. 602 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:29,880 They identified their contact as a Richard R. Ogden. 603 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:33,320 We ran the name through R. and I and found that Ogden had a previous record of petty 604 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:34,520 theft. 605 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,120 From the 510 in his package, we obtained his last known address, but the landlady told 606 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:40,940 us that he'd moved and left no forwarding address. 607 00:21:40,940 --> 00:21:44,320 She told us, however, that she thought we could find him at the Meyer Garage on South 608 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:45,320 Hoover. 609 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,960 We drove over and found that it was a small place on the corner of Hoover and Mariposa. 610 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:53,540 The owner, Alan Meyer, told us that Ogden did work for him, but that he was out. 611 00:21:53,540 --> 00:21:56,320 He said that the suspect was expected back almost any time. 612 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,480 While we talked to him, Meyer worked on a small foreign car. 613 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:00,480 Great little cars. 614 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,200 Get a real kick out of working on them. 615 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,100 Yeah, sure nice looking. 616 00:22:04,100 --> 00:22:05,100 You sell them, do you? 617 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:06,100 No, I just service them. 618 00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:08,200 Oh, now and then I get accessories for them. 619 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,320 You know, I order them up, install them. 620 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:12,040 Cost too much to keep a regular stock of them. 621 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,040 Yeah. 622 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:14,040 When did you say that Ogden would be back? 623 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:15,040 He should be here now. 624 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:16,040 Probably got hung up someplace. 625 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:20,200 Yeah, latest thing is a hard top made out of laminated fiberglass. 626 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:21,200 Is that right? 627 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:22,560 Yeah, fits right over them. 628 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,240 Kind of makes them look like a small roll, you know. 629 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:29,760 Then with wire wheel caps, baggage racks, wind wings, you can put a lot of money in 630 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:30,760 them. 631 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:31,760 Yeah, I guess so. 632 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:32,760 What about all this other stuff here? 633 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:33,760 Is that for these foreign cars too? 634 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:34,760 Yeah, what do you mean? 635 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:35,760 Oh, tires, the hubcaps here. 636 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:38,760 No, no, that's where I make most of my money. 637 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,800 I go out and buy them from Rex, bring them back here, straighten them out, resell them 638 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:43,600 to the independent stations around town. 639 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:46,040 They can sell them a lot cheaper than new ones run. 640 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:47,760 We both make a little money out of it. 641 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:48,760 Yeah. 642 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:49,760 Say, you guys like peanuts? 643 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:50,760 No, no, no, thanks. 644 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:52,760 Okay, you don't mind if I have some? 645 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:54,200 Sure you don't want any? 646 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:55,960 No, thanks very much. 647 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,640 I get so hungry in the morning, I keep these things around a munch on them. 648 00:22:58,640 --> 00:22:59,640 Yeah. 649 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,960 Go through a whole can of these a day. 650 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,600 That'd kill me. 651 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,040 Get started on the things you can't stop. 652 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:07,040 Sure you don't want some? 653 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:08,040 No, no thanks. 654 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:09,040 How long you known this Ogdenmire? 655 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,880 Oh, I see, uh, I guess it's been 10 years anyway. 656 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,120 Went to work for him a year ago. 657 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:16,120 Good man, brought a lot of business in. 658 00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:19,520 Say, what is it you want to see him about? 659 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,120 Oh, we like to talk to him. 660 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:22,120 You don't want to tell me, huh? 661 00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:24,120 It'd be better if we talked to him, Mr. Meyer. 662 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:25,120 Yeah. 663 00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:26,120 Well, here he is now. 664 00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:27,120 Hey, Dick. 665 00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:28,120 Yeah? 666 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:29,120 Couple of fellas here want to see you. 667 00:23:29,120 --> 00:23:30,120 Yeah, what is it? 668 00:23:30,120 --> 00:23:31,120 You're Richard Ogden? 669 00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:32,120 Yeah, that's right. 670 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:33,120 Police officers, I'm Frank Smith. 671 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:34,120 This is my partner, Joe Friday. 672 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:35,120 What does you guys want me for? 673 00:23:35,120 --> 00:23:36,120 Like to talk to you, Ogden? 674 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:37,120 Well, go ahead. 675 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:38,120 Might be better if we went outside. 676 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:39,120 Well, look, you can talk to him here. 677 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:40,120 I got some work I can do in the office. 678 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:41,120 Don't want to bother you, Mr. Meyer. 679 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:42,120 No, no, trouble at all. 680 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:43,120 Well, now what's this all about? 681 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:49,920 You know a couple of kids named Jerry Z. Swanson and Harry T. Benson? 682 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:50,920 Swanson and Benson? 683 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:51,920 No, I don't think I do. 684 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:52,920 They say they know you. 685 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:53,920 They say they do some work for you. 686 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:54,920 Sorry to bother you. 687 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:55,920 I forgot my peanuts. 688 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:56,920 It's all right, sir. 689 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:57,920 I'll be in the office if you need anything. 690 00:23:57,920 --> 00:23:58,920 Thank you, sir. 691 00:23:58,920 --> 00:23:59,920 No, anything at all. 692 00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:00,920 Yes, sir. 693 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:01,920 What about it, Ogden? 694 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:02,920 What about what? 695 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:03,920 You know the kids? 696 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:04,920 It's Benson and Swanson. 697 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:05,920 No, I told you once. 698 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:06,920 All right, mister, let's go downtown. 699 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:07,920 We'll talk to them. 700 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:08,920 I'll be right back. 701 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:09,920 I'll be right back. 702 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:10,920 I'll be right back. 703 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:11,920 I'll be right back. 704 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:12,920 I'll be right back. 705 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:13,920 We'll talk it over there. 706 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:14,920 What for? 707 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:15,920 Why are you pulling me in? 708 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:17,800 I want you to meet the two boys if you don't know them. 709 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:18,800 What's that gonna prove? 710 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:22,240 We want to know why they named you, why they said you were responsible for the car stripping 711 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:23,240 that's been going on. 712 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:24,240 You mean you believe them? 713 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,400 Well, we've got no reason not to. 714 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:26,960 I don't think they'd stage a thing like this. 715 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:27,960 They got a lot to lose. 716 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:28,960 So have I. 717 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,560 You get me down there and those two kids point me out and I haven't got a chance. 718 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,080 Even if I'm not the one and they say I am, you won't give me a break. 719 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,840 No, if you haven't done anything, you got nothing to worry about. 720 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:37,840 I'm not going. 721 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:38,840 Alan? 722 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:39,840 Hey, Alan. 723 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:40,840 Yeah, what is it, Dick? 724 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,040 Come here, will you? 725 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:44,040 Yeah, right away. 726 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:45,040 What's the matter? 727 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:46,040 Something wrong? 728 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:47,520 These guys are gonna take me to jail. 729 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:48,520 Who are for? 730 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:49,520 What's he done? 731 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:50,520 We want to talk to him, Meyer. 732 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,040 We think he's involved in some car thefts. 733 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,000 Well, I know that's not true. 734 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,120 Dick wouldn't do a thing like that. 735 00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:56,120 I know. 736 00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:57,120 I've known him a long time. 737 00:24:57,120 --> 00:25:01,160 No, I'm sorry, sir, but the information we've got says he did. 738 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:02,160 Why, Dick? 739 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,800 Why'd you do a thing like that? 740 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:10,520 If what these officers say is true, well, gee, that's awful. 741 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:11,720 Why would you do a thing like that? 742 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:13,080 What are you talking about? 743 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:14,480 All right, come on, Argon, let's go. 744 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:15,480 No, I'm not going. 745 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:17,280 I think you better do what the officers say, Dick. 746 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,080 It'll be better if you don't cause any trouble. 747 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:20,080 Well, wait a minute. 748 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:21,640 What are you trying to prove with this? 749 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:23,160 I don't know what you mean. 750 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:24,920 Next thing you'll be trying to involve me in this. 751 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,840 Yeah, well, that's just what I'm gonna do. 752 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:28,280 You see, officers, that's terrible. 753 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:29,280 Don't you listen to him. 754 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:30,560 He's the guy behind the whole thing. 755 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,560 Look over there, the tires, all this stuff. 756 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:33,800 Sure, I stole them. 757 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,960 I had the kids go out and pick them up, but he set it up. 758 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:37,200 He sold them to the stations. 759 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:38,200 He took most of the money. 760 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,640 The whole thing was his idea. 761 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:41,640 Well, Dick, how can you say that? 762 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,040 Well, I can say it because it's true. 763 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,280 I'll tell you all about it. 764 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,680 You take him downtown, I'll tell you all about it. 765 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,960 You're not gonna let me stand for this alone. 766 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,040 I'd think that he'd do a thing like this to me 767 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,280 after we've been friends for so long. 768 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:56,040 Bring me stolen merchandise to sell. 769 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:57,640 You got anything to back up what you're saying, Argon? 770 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:58,640 Sure I have. 771 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,040 You just bet I can back it up. 772 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:01,040 Go ahead. 773 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,040 Well, you look at his books, 774 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:03,200 not the ones he's got out in the open, 775 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:04,440 but you look at the ones in the safe. 776 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:05,440 It's all there. 777 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,280 All the deals he's made were the owners of the stations, 778 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:08,920 all the orders, what he paid the kids for them, 779 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,600 and what he got for them. 780 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,600 Didn't think I knew about it, did you? 781 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,080 Whole lousy year I've been doing the dirty work for him. 782 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,080 Well, I've had it. 783 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:17,080 I'm through. 784 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:18,080 I've had it. 785 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:19,080 Let me take the beef. 786 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:20,080 What a crumb. 787 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:21,080 I'll show him. 788 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,080 I don't understand it. 789 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,080 Friends for so long. 790 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,080 I'd have gotten you up. 791 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:25,280 Ten years we've been friends. 792 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,520 I trusted you all that time. 793 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:28,520 Then you sold me out. 794 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:29,520 Why? 795 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:30,520 Well, that shouldn't be too tough for you to figure. 796 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:31,520 Huh? 797 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:32,520 You showed him how. 798 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:39,280 I'll show him. 799 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,800 The story you have just heard was true. 800 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,520 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 801 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,540 On January 21st, trial was held in Department 87, 802 00:26:47,540 --> 00:26:49,440 Superior Court of the State of California, 803 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,180 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 804 00:26:51,180 --> 00:26:53,040 In a moment, the results of that trial. 805 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,840 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 806 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:56,840 Thank you, George Fenomen. 807 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,740 Remember, only Chesterfield gives you this scientific evidence 808 00:26:59,740 --> 00:27:01,540 on the effects of smoking. 809 00:27:01,540 --> 00:27:04,880 For ten full months, the group examined showed no adverse effects 810 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,360 on the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfield. 811 00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:10,720 Now speaking personally as a Chesterfield smoker, 812 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,440 I know they're best for me. 813 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:25,160 Either way you like them, you'll find Chesterfield is best for you. 814 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,320 Richard R. Ogden and Alan Y. Meyer were tried and convicted 815 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:29,980 of receiving stolen property. 816 00:27:29,980 --> 00:27:32,960 They received sentences as prescribed by law. 817 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,120 Receiving stolen property is punishable by imprisonment 818 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:38,480 in the state penitentiary for a period of not more than 10 years 819 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,120 or in the county jail for not more than one year. 820 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:43,520 The investigation of the records of Alan Y. Meyer 821 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,600 uncovered the names of the other men involved in the thefts. 822 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,440 They along with Herbert S. Martin, Jerry Z. Swanson, 823 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,800 and Harold T. Benson were tried on a charge of grand theft auto 824 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:54,240 and convicted. 825 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,760 They were sentenced to the state penitentiary at San Quentin, 826 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,560 California for the term as prescribed by law. 827 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,000 Grand theft auto is punishable by imprisonment in the state 828 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:07,200 penitentiary for a period of not less than one nor more than 10 years. 829 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,400 Ladies and gentlemen, 10 million Americans have diseases 830 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,520 of the heart and blood vessels. 831 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,120 What are the causes and the cures? 832 00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:17,480 It'll take research to find out. 833 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:21,420 Send what you can to HART, care of your local post office. 834 00:28:21,420 --> 00:28:23,260 Help your heart fund. 835 00:28:23,260 --> 00:28:34,360 Help your heart. 836 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:38,960 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 837 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,080 Technical advice comes from the office of chief of police, 838 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,040 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 839 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,960 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, 840 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:48,680 Sergeant Vance Brasher. 841 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,320 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Sarah Selby, Art Gilmore. 842 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,120 Script by John Robinson. 843 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:55,440 Music by Walter Schuman. 844 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:59,800 Hal Gibney speaking. 845 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,000 For a million laughs, tune in Chesterfield's Martin and Lewis show, 846 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,960 Tuesday night on the same NBC station. 847 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:09,840 And sound off for Chesterfield, either regular or king size. 848 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,680 You'll find premium quality Chesterfield's much milder. 849 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,400 Chesterfield is best for you. 850 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:28,000 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 851 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:51,680 And it's adventure with Barry Craig, confidential investigator on NBC.