WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.000 Sound off for Chesterfield. 00:07.000 --> 00:15.400 Chesterfield, the first and only cigarette in America to give you premium quality in 00:15.400 --> 00:27.000 both regular and king size, brings you Dragnet. 00:27.000 --> 00:30.900 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:30.900 --> 00:41.600 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:41.600 --> 00:43.240 You're a detective sergeant. 00:43.240 --> 00:45.000 You're assigned to auto theft detail. 00:45.000 --> 00:48.680 A gang of car strippers has been operating in your city. 00:48.680 --> 00:50.960 From their M.O. you know their professionals. 00:50.960 --> 00:52.400 They move fast. 00:52.400 --> 00:55.400 Your job, get them. 00:55.400 --> 01:02.200 Friends, you'll remember some months ago we read you our first report. 01:02.200 --> 01:05.200 The six months report on the effects of smoking. 01:05.200 --> 01:08.080 Then more recently we read you the eight months report. 01:08.080 --> 01:10.000 Now here is the latest one. 01:10.000 --> 01:12.800 The full ten months report confirms again. 01:12.800 --> 01:18.960 The group examined showed no adverse effects on the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking 01:18.960 --> 01:19.960 Chesterfields. 01:19.960 --> 01:24.480 This from a medical specialist who is making regular bi-monthly examinations of a group 01:24.480 --> 01:27.080 of people from various walks of life. 01:27.080 --> 01:31.560 Forty-five percent of them have smoked Chesterfield for an average of over ten years. 01:31.560 --> 01:37.800 After ten full months, the specialist reports he observed no adverse effects on the nose, 01:37.800 --> 01:41.920 throat, and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfield. 01:41.920 --> 01:43.240 That's the report. 01:43.240 --> 01:47.400 Buy much milder Chesterfield, regular or king size. 01:47.400 --> 01:56.640 The cigarette that's best for you. 01:56.640 --> 01:57.640 DRAGNET. 01:57.640 --> 01:59.800 The document a drama of an actual crime. 01:59.800 --> 02:04.640 For the next thirty minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you 02:04.640 --> 02:09.040 will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from 02:09.040 --> 02:11.160 official police files. 02:11.160 --> 02:16.360 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, DRAGNET is the story of your police force 02:16.360 --> 02:17.840 in action. 02:17.840 --> 02:23.360 It was Tuesday, August 5th. 02:23.360 --> 02:24.600 It was warm in Los Angeles. 02:24.600 --> 02:27.080 We were working the day watch out of auto theft detail. 02:27.080 --> 02:28.200 My partner is Frank Smith. 02:28.200 --> 02:29.520 The boss is Captain Nelson. 02:29.520 --> 02:30.520 My name is Friday. 02:30.520 --> 02:33.960 I was on my way back from the telephone booth and it was ten twenty three p.m. when I got 02:33.960 --> 02:35.720 to the parking lot. 02:35.720 --> 02:36.720 Our car. 02:36.720 --> 02:37.720 You called in? 02:37.720 --> 02:38.720 Yeah. 02:38.720 --> 02:41.720 They haven't hit tonight so far. 02:41.720 --> 02:42.720 What's the time now? 02:42.720 --> 02:45.240 A little after ten thirty. 02:45.240 --> 02:46.240 Parking lot's about empty. 02:46.240 --> 02:47.240 Yeah. 02:47.240 --> 02:49.240 The attendant left a few minutes ago. 02:49.240 --> 02:50.240 Frank? 02:50.240 --> 02:51.240 Yeah. 02:51.240 --> 02:54.240 I see him. 02:54.240 --> 02:55.760 Over there going for that Cadillac. 02:55.760 --> 02:56.760 Yeah. 02:56.760 --> 02:57.760 You got a good look at him? 02:57.760 --> 02:58.760 No. 02:58.760 --> 02:59.760 It's too dark. 02:59.760 --> 03:01.760 He's forcing the door. 03:01.760 --> 03:02.760 Come on. 03:02.760 --> 03:03.760 All right. 03:03.760 --> 03:04.760 All right. 03:04.760 --> 03:05.760 Hold it up there. 03:05.760 --> 03:06.760 He's in the car, Joe. 03:06.760 --> 03:07.760 All right. 03:07.760 --> 03:08.760 Hold it up. 03:08.760 --> 03:09.760 He isn't going to stop. 03:09.760 --> 03:10.760 He's heading for that intersection. 03:10.760 --> 03:11.760 He'll never get through. 03:11.760 --> 03:16.760 Come on. 03:16.760 --> 03:22.760 That looks pretty bad, Joe. 03:22.760 --> 03:23.760 Yeah. 03:23.760 --> 03:28.160 He really cracked into that Dodge, didn't he? 03:28.160 --> 03:29.160 All right. 03:29.160 --> 03:30.160 Let us through, please. 03:30.160 --> 03:31.160 Come on. 03:31.160 --> 03:32.160 Please let us through. 03:32.160 --> 03:33.160 I'll check the Cadillac. 03:33.160 --> 03:34.160 Right. 03:34.160 --> 03:35.160 I'll get the other car. 03:35.160 --> 03:36.160 All right. 03:36.160 --> 03:40.720 There are three people in that Dodge. 03:40.720 --> 03:41.720 They're lucky. 03:41.720 --> 03:42.720 It doesn't look too bad. 03:42.720 --> 03:43.720 I'll call the ambulance. 03:43.720 --> 03:44.720 Yeah. 03:44.720 --> 03:45.720 We'll tell them to hurry. 03:45.720 --> 03:48.720 I don't think this one's going to wait. 03:48.720 --> 03:49.720 1046 p.m. 03:49.720 --> 03:54.280 The ambulance arrived, and after emergency treatment at the scene, the victims were removed 03:54.280 --> 03:55.880 to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 03:55.880 --> 03:59.560 A traffic car had been dispatched to investigate the accident. 03:59.560 --> 04:02.840 Upon arrival at the emergency hospital, we were informed that the suspect had died on 04:02.840 --> 04:04.240 the way. 04:04.240 --> 04:09.160 The dead body was identified by his personal effects as Charles Roxford, age 16. 04:09.160 --> 04:12.920 The Juvenile Bureau was contacted, and they requested that in the course of our investigation, 04:12.920 --> 04:14.880 we notify the boy's family. 04:14.880 --> 04:15.880 1127 p.m. 04:15.880 --> 04:19.080 Frank and I drove out to the address listed on the victim's identification. 04:19.080 --> 04:21.680 It was a house above the Sunset Strip. 04:21.680 --> 04:27.160 We rang the bell and waited. 04:27.160 --> 04:30.160 I'll try it again. 04:30.160 --> 04:33.680 Yeah. 04:33.680 --> 04:34.680 Somebody's coming. 04:34.680 --> 04:35.680 Mm-hmm. 04:35.680 --> 04:36.680 Yes? 04:36.680 --> 04:37.680 Mrs. Roxford? 04:37.680 --> 04:38.680 That's right. 04:38.680 --> 04:39.680 What is it? 04:39.680 --> 04:40.680 Police officers, ma'am. 04:40.680 --> 04:41.680 We'd like to talk to you. 04:41.680 --> 04:42.680 Police? 04:42.680 --> 04:43.680 Well, come in. 04:43.680 --> 04:46.680 I don't know what you want with us, but come in. 04:46.680 --> 04:47.680 Thank you. 04:47.680 --> 04:50.680 Come into the living room. 04:50.680 --> 04:54.680 Thank you very much. 04:54.680 --> 04:56.680 Now, sit down. 04:56.680 --> 04:57.680 What is it? 04:57.680 --> 04:59.160 There's been an accident, Mrs. Roxford. 04:59.160 --> 05:00.160 An accident? 05:00.160 --> 05:01.160 Yes, ma'am. 05:01.160 --> 05:02.160 Pretty bad one. 05:02.160 --> 05:03.160 What's this got to do with me? 05:03.160 --> 05:05.440 Well, you see, ma'am, your boy was... 05:05.440 --> 05:06.440 Joe? 05:06.440 --> 05:10.720 Well, we're sorry to have to tell you this, ma'am, but your boy was in an accident tonight. 05:10.720 --> 05:11.720 Charles? 05:11.720 --> 05:12.720 Yes, ma'am. 05:12.720 --> 05:14.560 You said it was a bad accident. 05:14.560 --> 05:16.600 Yes, ma'am, we did. 05:16.600 --> 05:19.120 How bad? 05:19.120 --> 05:20.520 How bad? 05:20.520 --> 05:23.520 Your son's dead, ma'am. 05:23.520 --> 05:24.520 Charles? 05:24.520 --> 05:28.360 Charles Roxford? 05:28.360 --> 05:29.880 You're sure you have the right house? 05:29.880 --> 05:30.880 Yes, ma'am. 05:30.880 --> 05:32.880 We're sorry, Mrs. Roxford. 05:32.880 --> 05:33.880 Oh. 05:33.880 --> 05:38.920 Charlie, he was only a baby. 05:38.920 --> 05:39.920 Just a baby. 05:39.920 --> 05:42.840 Oh, you're sure there's no mistake? 05:42.840 --> 05:43.840 You're sure? 05:43.840 --> 05:44.840 Afraid not, ma'am. 05:44.840 --> 05:45.840 How did it happen? 05:45.840 --> 05:48.840 Well, it was an automobile accident, ma'am. 05:48.840 --> 05:49.840 In an automobile? 05:49.840 --> 05:52.840 Yes, ma'am, your boy was driving a car. 05:52.840 --> 05:55.000 Oh, but Charlie doesn't have a car. 05:55.000 --> 05:56.000 He doesn't drive. 05:56.000 --> 05:58.680 Your boy was driving a stolen car, Mrs. Roxford. 05:58.680 --> 05:59.680 What? 05:59.680 --> 06:01.160 Your son had a stolen car, ma'am. 06:01.160 --> 06:02.160 He was trying to get away. 06:02.160 --> 06:03.160 Well, that's not true. 06:03.160 --> 06:04.160 Afraid it is, ma'am. 06:04.160 --> 06:05.160 No. 06:05.160 --> 06:06.480 You're lying to me. 06:06.480 --> 06:07.960 Charles wouldn't do a thing like that. 06:07.960 --> 06:09.960 Afraid that's the way it is, ma'am. 06:09.960 --> 06:12.400 Oh, that's terrible. 06:12.400 --> 06:15.440 I can't believe that Charlie would do something like that. 06:15.440 --> 06:16.580 I thought I knew him. 06:16.580 --> 06:19.080 I didn't think he'd do anything like that. 06:19.080 --> 06:22.040 Well, did you see it? 06:22.040 --> 06:23.040 The accident. 06:23.040 --> 06:24.040 Were you there? 06:24.040 --> 06:25.040 Yes, ma'am, we were. 06:25.040 --> 06:26.040 How did it happen? 06:26.040 --> 06:27.360 Well, he'd stolen the car, ma'am. 06:27.360 --> 06:28.360 He tried to escape. 06:28.360 --> 06:29.760 He ran the car out into a crowded street. 06:29.760 --> 06:32.280 One of the cars in the traffic didn't have time to stop. 06:32.280 --> 06:33.280 The boy ran right into it. 06:33.280 --> 06:35.480 Wasn't there something you could do to stop him? 06:35.480 --> 06:36.480 Well, we tried, ma'am. 06:36.480 --> 06:37.480 We yelled at him. 06:37.480 --> 06:38.480 He almost ran us down. 06:38.480 --> 06:40.640 You know where your boy was tonight, Mrs. Roxford? 06:40.640 --> 06:41.640 No. 06:41.640 --> 06:44.640 No, he had dinner and then said he was going out. 06:44.640 --> 06:46.480 I thought he was going to a show or something. 06:46.480 --> 06:48.480 No, I didn't know where he was going. 06:48.480 --> 06:49.480 Did he leave the house alone? 06:49.480 --> 06:50.480 Yes. 06:50.480 --> 06:52.480 Left right after dinner, about eight. 06:52.480 --> 06:54.920 Said he'd be back later. 06:54.920 --> 06:56.920 Said he'd see me later. 06:56.920 --> 06:58.600 And he left. 06:58.600 --> 07:00.680 Is there anything we can get for you, Mrs. Roxford? 07:00.680 --> 07:01.680 No. 07:01.680 --> 07:02.680 No, nothing. 07:02.680 --> 07:03.840 Where's your husband, ma'am? 07:03.840 --> 07:05.800 I guess he's at his office. 07:05.800 --> 07:06.800 He sells insurance. 07:06.800 --> 07:09.600 Said he had to meet a client tonight. 07:09.600 --> 07:11.720 I don't know what he's going to do when he hears about this. 07:11.720 --> 07:14.080 I'm going to hit him awfully hard. 07:14.080 --> 07:15.080 Awfully hard. 07:15.080 --> 07:16.080 Yes, ma'am. 07:16.080 --> 07:18.080 He and the boy were very close. 07:18.080 --> 07:21.440 I don't know what he's going to do when he hears about it. 07:21.440 --> 07:25.320 Did the boy give you any idea during dinner as to what he was going to do after he left? 07:25.320 --> 07:26.320 No. 07:26.320 --> 07:27.320 No, he didn't. 07:27.320 --> 07:28.320 I didn't talk much to him. 07:28.320 --> 07:29.320 Ma'am. 07:29.320 --> 07:30.320 Well, you see, I wasn't here. 07:30.320 --> 07:31.320 I was out most of the afternoon. 07:31.320 --> 07:34.520 I didn't get home until just before he left. 07:34.520 --> 07:37.160 He just finished dinner and then he left. 07:37.160 --> 07:38.360 I see, ma'am. 07:38.360 --> 07:39.360 I was at the bridge club. 07:39.360 --> 07:40.360 I always go on Tuesdays. 07:40.360 --> 07:47.720 Oh, if I'd known, if I'd only known what was going to happen, am I going to see him? 07:47.720 --> 07:50.960 Well, we want either you or your husband to identify him, ma'am. 07:50.960 --> 07:52.840 Charlie, he's dead. 07:52.840 --> 07:57.840 Just a baby, just a little boy. 07:57.840 --> 07:58.920 You were there. 07:58.920 --> 07:59.920 You could have done something. 07:59.920 --> 08:00.920 You're a police officer. 08:00.920 --> 08:01.920 Isn't that your job? 08:01.920 --> 08:02.920 Thank you, partner. 08:02.920 --> 08:05.800 Well, isn't it your job to help people to do something when they're in trouble? 08:05.800 --> 08:10.080 Well, yes, ma'am, I suppose it is, but it was a little late for that one. 08:10.080 --> 08:11.080 What does that mean? 08:11.080 --> 08:12.680 Well, he was 16 when we met him, Miss Roxby. 08:12.680 --> 08:14.280 What's that got to do with it? 08:14.280 --> 08:22.040 Somebody should have tried a long time ago. 08:22.040 --> 08:26.440 Most car thefts fall into three basic categories well known by all police officers. 08:26.440 --> 08:30.640 First, the cars that are stolen by professionals who change the motor numbers, forge owner 08:30.640 --> 08:34.400 certificates, repaint the bodies and sell them throughout the country. 08:34.400 --> 08:38.880 The second group consists of joy riders, thieves who steal the cars for a few hours merely 08:38.880 --> 08:41.760 to ride around in them and then leave them on the streets. 08:41.760 --> 08:45.760 The third category and the one we've been working on for the past six weeks dealt with 08:45.760 --> 08:47.880 the activities of car strippers. 08:47.880 --> 08:50.800 Their MO followed the usual pattern for this type of crime. 08:50.800 --> 08:54.480 The car would be stolen and then driven to some lonely part of the city. 08:54.480 --> 08:58.960 There all usable accessories would be removed, radios, tires, air horns, side mirrors, anything 08:58.960 --> 09:01.520 that could be resold would be taken. 09:01.520 --> 09:05.040 In certain cases, the articles would be stolen while the car remained parked where the owner 09:05.040 --> 09:06.280 had left it. 09:06.280 --> 09:09.640 We found that the gang had become so proficient that they could break into a car and remove 09:09.640 --> 09:13.480 the radio as well as other accessories in under 10 minutes. 09:13.480 --> 09:16.560 Avenues of sale for the stolen merchandise had been checked. 09:16.560 --> 09:19.360 Known dealers and stolen property had been questioned. 09:19.360 --> 09:22.000 As the days went on, the total of thefts went up. 09:22.000 --> 09:26.900 By the 5th of August, the gang had stolen over $12,000 in automobile accessories. 09:26.900 --> 09:30.200 In the instances where we'd been able to get a description of men loitering in the vicinity 09:30.200 --> 09:33.920 of the stripped cars, we'd had the witnesses check mug books in the hope of identifying 09:33.920 --> 09:34.920 the thieves. 09:34.920 --> 09:36.960 We'd gotten no new leads. 09:36.960 --> 09:40.360 Physical evidence at the scene of the abandoned cars had been checked and rechecked. 09:40.360 --> 09:41.360 It netted us nothing. 09:41.360 --> 09:42.800 A week passed. 09:42.800 --> 09:44.920 August 14th, 8.15 a.m. 09:44.920 --> 09:47.920 Frank and I got back to the office. 09:47.920 --> 09:48.920 Captain's really boiling, isn't he? 09:48.920 --> 09:50.200 Yeah, you can't blame him though. 09:50.200 --> 09:51.200 They gotta stop cold. 09:51.200 --> 09:53.120 We're gonna get a break in it sometime. 09:53.120 --> 09:54.600 All the luck can't stay on their side. 09:54.600 --> 09:57.280 I don't know, it looks like it could happen that way. 09:57.280 --> 09:58.600 Anything on the steakhouse last night? 09:58.600 --> 10:00.440 No, nothing that we got so far. 10:00.440 --> 10:01.440 Maybe something later. 10:01.440 --> 10:02.440 I gotta... 10:02.440 --> 10:03.440 Auto theft Friday. 10:03.440 --> 10:06.440 I beg your pardon, ma'am. 10:06.440 --> 10:08.440 Well, no. 10:08.440 --> 10:11.320 Well, yeah. 10:11.320 --> 10:12.320 What was that again? 10:12.320 --> 10:13.320 Oh, yeah. 10:13.320 --> 10:16.320 Yeah, well, yes, ma'am. 10:16.320 --> 10:19.800 All right, what was that address again? 10:19.800 --> 10:20.800 Yes, I... 10:20.800 --> 10:21.800 Yeah, all right. 10:21.800 --> 10:22.800 Well, we'll send a unit out, I'm sure. 10:22.800 --> 10:25.800 They can help you. 10:25.800 --> 10:28.800 No, I'd suggest you get in touch with the SPCA. 10:28.800 --> 10:29.800 No, SPCA, yes. 10:29.800 --> 10:30.800 That's... 10:30.800 --> 10:31.800 All right, bye. 10:31.800 --> 10:32.800 There's a dandy one. 10:32.800 --> 10:33.800 What's that? 10:33.800 --> 10:34.800 A woman lost a cat from her car. 10:34.800 --> 10:35.800 I want to know if we can get it back for her. 10:35.800 --> 10:36.800 Yeah? 10:36.800 --> 10:37.800 He says it's real easy to recognize. 10:37.800 --> 10:38.800 He has a collar on and he answers the name of Tabby. 10:38.800 --> 10:39.800 Uh-oh, that makes it easier. 10:39.800 --> 10:40.800 Yeah. 10:40.800 --> 10:41.800 Out of there, Smith. 10:41.800 --> 10:42.800 Yes, sir. 10:42.800 --> 10:43.800 That's right. 10:43.800 --> 10:44.800 Uh-huh. 10:44.800 --> 10:53.800 Where are you calling from, sir? 10:53.800 --> 10:57.800 Yes, sir, that's on Wilshire, right? 10:57.800 --> 10:59.800 All right, sir, we'll be right there. 10:59.800 --> 11:00.800 Anything? 11:00.800 --> 11:03.800 Yeah, a doctor out on Wilshire parked his car out in front of his office. 11:03.800 --> 11:04.800 Yeah. 11:04.800 --> 11:08.800 Came back in 10 minutes, his car radio was gone. 11:08.800 --> 11:13.160 8.56 a.m. 11:13.160 --> 11:14.800 Frank and I got to the doctor's office. 11:14.800 --> 11:17.520 Was in a large medical building out on Wilshire Boulevard. 11:17.520 --> 11:21.240 We went up to the second floor and talked to the man who placed the call, a Dr. Alex 11:21.240 --> 11:22.240 Halsey. 11:22.240 --> 11:25.360 He told us that he'd stopped at his office on the way to a hospital call. 11:25.360 --> 11:27.940 He parked his car immediately in front of the building. 11:27.940 --> 11:31.600 When he returned 10 minutes later, he found that the radio had been stolen. 11:31.600 --> 11:35.640 From his office, we called the crime lab and latent fingerprints detail. 11:35.640 --> 11:37.320 Crews of men were sent from both divisions. 11:37.320 --> 11:40.760 They went over the car for possible physical evidence. 11:40.760 --> 11:43.240 Second eye along with Dr. Halsey went down to the street. 11:43.240 --> 11:44.600 We talked to him while the officers worked. 11:44.600 --> 11:45.600 The darndest thing I ever saw. 11:45.600 --> 11:47.440 I tell you, I wasn't in the building more than 10 minutes. 11:47.440 --> 11:48.440 10 minutes outside. 11:48.440 --> 11:49.440 Yes, sir. 11:49.440 --> 11:51.440 Came back and I could see right away that the door had been opened. 11:51.440 --> 11:52.440 Uh-huh. 11:52.440 --> 11:53.440 First I thought maybe I'd left it open. 11:53.440 --> 11:55.000 Then when I got in the car, I knew right away. 11:55.000 --> 11:56.560 As soon as I saw the radio was gone. 11:56.560 --> 11:57.560 Yes, sir. 11:57.560 --> 11:59.080 Did you notice anyone wandering around your car when you parked in? 11:59.080 --> 12:00.080 Anybody suspicious, maybe? 12:00.080 --> 12:01.080 No, no, I didn't. 12:01.080 --> 12:02.720 Of course, I might not have noticed anyone. 12:02.720 --> 12:03.720 Had my mind on Julie. 12:03.720 --> 12:04.720 Julie? 12:04.720 --> 12:05.720 Yes, I'm operating under this afternoon. 12:05.720 --> 12:08.240 Poor little kid has an intestinal disorder. 12:08.240 --> 12:09.240 Only three months old. 12:09.240 --> 12:10.880 Gee, that's too bad. 12:10.880 --> 12:12.040 Yes, she'll be fine though. 12:12.040 --> 12:13.360 Of course, the parents are worried. 12:13.360 --> 12:14.360 They always are. 12:14.360 --> 12:16.400 Can't convince them there's nothing to worry about. 12:16.400 --> 12:17.400 Yes, sir. 12:17.400 --> 12:19.000 Then you didn't notice anyone, huh? 12:19.000 --> 12:20.320 No, like I said, I didn't. 12:20.320 --> 12:22.120 You sure you locked your car, sir, when you left it? 12:22.120 --> 12:24.080 Oh, yes, I'm sure about that. 12:24.080 --> 12:25.960 Always make it a practice to lock it when I leave it. 12:25.960 --> 12:27.680 Lots of times I leave instruments in it. 12:27.680 --> 12:29.080 Always have to be careful about the instruments. 12:29.080 --> 12:30.360 Oh, yes, sir, I always lock it. 12:30.360 --> 12:31.360 How about the windows? 12:31.360 --> 12:32.360 What? 12:32.360 --> 12:33.360 The windows. 12:33.360 --> 12:34.360 Do you roll them all the way up? 12:34.360 --> 12:35.360 Roll them up? 12:35.360 --> 12:37.480 Well, now, once in a while I don't. 12:37.480 --> 12:38.480 Try to think of that. 12:38.480 --> 12:40.160 I'm not sure about this morning. 12:40.160 --> 12:42.760 No, come to think of it, I guess I didn't close them this morning. 12:42.760 --> 12:43.760 Such a wonderful day. 12:43.760 --> 12:45.760 Yes, sir, well, that's probably how they got into your car. 12:45.760 --> 12:48.280 You haven't had the serial number of the radio, Dr. Halsey. 12:48.280 --> 12:49.920 No, no, I don't think I have. 12:49.920 --> 12:50.920 It might be on the papers. 12:50.920 --> 12:52.680 I just got the car a couple of months ago. 12:52.680 --> 12:53.760 It might be on the papers. 12:53.760 --> 12:54.760 I can check them for you. 12:54.760 --> 12:56.280 All right, sir, that'll help. 12:56.280 --> 12:58.880 I'll have my secretary look them up for you right away. 12:58.880 --> 13:00.320 Anyone else drive the car, Dr. Halsey? 13:00.320 --> 13:01.800 Oh, no, sir, don't believe in that. 13:01.800 --> 13:02.800 I'm the only one. 13:02.800 --> 13:03.800 I've been the only one to drive it. 13:03.800 --> 13:05.800 Don't believe in lending the car to somebody else. 13:05.800 --> 13:06.800 Never have believed in it. 13:06.800 --> 13:09.240 Joe, excuse me a minute, Dr. Halsey. 13:09.240 --> 13:10.240 Sure, Len. 13:10.240 --> 13:11.240 Yeah, Leonard. 13:11.240 --> 13:14.240 I've got a couple of clean prints on the dashboard. 13:14.240 --> 13:15.240 Might belong to the thief. 13:15.240 --> 13:16.240 Yeah. 13:16.240 --> 13:17.240 I'd like to check the doctor. 13:17.240 --> 13:18.240 It might be his. 13:18.240 --> 13:19.240 Okay. 13:19.240 --> 13:20.240 Wait a minute, I'll get the kit. 13:20.240 --> 13:21.240 I know. 13:21.240 --> 13:22.240 Hey, Dr. Halsey. 13:22.240 --> 13:23.240 Yes, Sergeant. 13:23.240 --> 13:24.240 Okay. 13:24.240 --> 13:27.720 This is Sergeant Tankerslee of the fingerprint department. 13:27.720 --> 13:28.920 He'd like to check your prints. 13:28.920 --> 13:29.920 How do you do, sir? 13:29.920 --> 13:32.840 All right, doctor, I wonder if I could look at your fingers, please. 13:32.840 --> 13:33.840 Sure, Len. 13:33.840 --> 13:35.960 Can you tell just from looking at them what you want to know? 13:35.960 --> 13:38.120 No, sir, but you see, the prints we found are oral. 13:38.120 --> 13:40.720 If your prints were loops, there'd be no reason to take them. 13:40.720 --> 13:41.720 Oh, oh, yes. 13:41.720 --> 13:42.720 Uh-huh, I see. 13:42.720 --> 13:43.720 How about it, Len? 13:43.720 --> 13:44.720 Better roll them up for comparison. 13:44.720 --> 13:47.720 We're going to take your prints, doctor, if you have no objection. 13:47.720 --> 13:48.720 Oh, no, no, of course not. 13:48.720 --> 13:49.720 Glad to help. 13:49.720 --> 13:50.720 All right, sir. 13:50.720 --> 13:53.720 You want to step over here and we can take them in the officer's car. 13:53.720 --> 13:54.720 Yes, glad to. 13:54.720 --> 13:55.720 Here, I'll get the door. 13:55.720 --> 13:56.720 Yeah, I'll get the pad. 13:56.720 --> 14:03.720 Now, doctor, if you'll let me have your hand. 14:03.720 --> 14:04.720 Surely here. 14:04.720 --> 14:08.080 No, sir, if you let me do it, it'd be a little easier. 14:08.080 --> 14:11.080 Oh, yes, just trying to help. 14:11.080 --> 14:15.320 I will put them on the card. 14:15.320 --> 14:16.760 Never knew my fingers were so big. 14:16.760 --> 14:19.520 Judged that we're taking the print of the whole tip of the finger, sir. 14:19.520 --> 14:20.520 Makes it look that way. 14:20.520 --> 14:21.520 Oh, I see. 14:21.520 --> 14:25.120 All right, doctor, you can get the ink off with this, I think. 14:25.120 --> 14:28.200 Here, I'll pour a little on this cloth. 14:28.200 --> 14:29.200 Here you go. 14:29.200 --> 14:30.200 Yeah, yes, thank you. 14:30.200 --> 14:32.200 What do you think, Leonard? 14:32.200 --> 14:35.240 I'll check them now. 14:35.240 --> 14:37.040 Sure be a break if they were the thieves. 14:37.040 --> 14:38.560 Well, they must be. 14:38.560 --> 14:39.560 Couldn't be anyone else's. 14:39.560 --> 14:40.920 Well, how about your family, doctor? 14:40.920 --> 14:42.160 Possible the prints could be theirs, maybe? 14:42.160 --> 14:43.320 Oh, no, no, no chance. 14:43.320 --> 14:44.480 Jenny, that's my wife. 14:44.480 --> 14:45.480 She has her own car. 14:45.480 --> 14:47.240 Kids always use that one. 14:47.240 --> 14:49.400 Like I said, I'm the only one who uses this. 14:49.400 --> 14:52.320 How about it, Len? 14:52.320 --> 14:53.320 Make them? 14:53.320 --> 14:56.320 Yeah, they belong to the doctor. 14:56.320 --> 15:02.200 10.02 a.m., the crime lab crew gathered what physical evidence they could find and returned 15:02.200 --> 15:03.200 to check over their findings. 15:03.200 --> 15:07.520 Frank and I took a report from Dr. Halsey, and then we talked to his secretary. 15:07.520 --> 15:09.920 She was unable to find the ownership papers on the car. 15:09.920 --> 15:13.560 We drove over to the dealer who had sold him the car and got the serial number of the stolen 15:13.560 --> 15:14.560 radio. 15:14.560 --> 15:17.280 We notified pawn shop detail and gave them the information. 15:17.280 --> 15:22.040 For the next three weeks, stakeouts on the parking lots in the central area continued. 15:22.040 --> 15:25.880 Arrests were made, but the thieves apparently had no connection with the gang we were after. 15:25.880 --> 15:30.800 They kept hitting, but the speed with which they operated made apprehending them difficult. 15:30.800 --> 15:34.680 On Friday, September 5th, we got a call that a stolen car had been recovered out in Topanga 15:34.680 --> 15:35.680 Canyon. 15:35.680 --> 15:37.320 We drove out to check on it. 15:37.320 --> 15:41.840 The tires, radio, horns, heater, spotlights, fog lights, and the side view mirrors had 15:41.840 --> 15:42.840 been taken. 15:42.840 --> 15:45.400 The seat covers had been removed and the hubcaps were missing. 15:45.400 --> 15:49.520 Again, there was no physical evidence that gave us a lead to the thieves. 15:49.520 --> 15:56.400 That night at 10.52 p.m., Frank and I checked back into the office. 15:56.400 --> 15:57.400 Another long day. 15:57.400 --> 15:58.960 Yeah, kind of tired to sell. 15:58.960 --> 16:01.160 I kind of hate to call Faye. 16:01.160 --> 16:02.160 Why's that? 16:02.160 --> 16:04.680 Oh, this morning when I left, I told her I'd be home for dinner, sure. 16:04.680 --> 16:05.680 But didn't you call her? 16:05.680 --> 16:06.960 No, I forgot all about it. 16:06.960 --> 16:08.120 She's really going to be sore. 16:08.120 --> 16:09.120 Yeah, well, she'll get over it. 16:09.120 --> 16:10.120 I don't know, Joe. 16:10.120 --> 16:13.200 It's going to be a couple of days of quiet around the house, I think. 16:13.200 --> 16:14.800 Why, just because you missed a meal? 16:14.800 --> 16:15.800 No, it ain't that. 16:15.800 --> 16:17.240 She had tamale pie for dinner. 16:17.240 --> 16:19.080 Boy, she sure makes it good, too. 16:19.080 --> 16:20.360 A lot of cheese, you know? 16:20.360 --> 16:22.440 Yeah, well, she can warm it up for you when you get home. 16:22.440 --> 16:23.440 Here, go ahead. 16:23.440 --> 16:24.440 All right. 16:24.440 --> 16:27.200 You want to sign us out? 16:27.200 --> 16:28.200 I'll check the book. 16:28.200 --> 16:29.200 Yeah, I'll get it. 16:29.200 --> 16:30.200 Anything? 16:30.200 --> 16:37.200 Yeah, I'll call from Brennan out in Wilshire. 16:37.200 --> 16:42.200 I'll call him. 16:42.200 --> 16:47.200 Hello, Brennan around? 16:47.200 --> 16:49.520 Yeah, all right. 16:49.520 --> 16:50.520 Say what it was about. 16:50.520 --> 16:51.880 No, I'm calling him now. 16:51.880 --> 16:52.880 Yeah, hi, Brennan. 16:52.880 --> 16:53.880 It's Friday. 16:53.880 --> 16:54.880 Yeah. 16:54.880 --> 16:55.880 You did, huh? 16:55.880 --> 16:56.880 Where'd that happen? 16:56.880 --> 16:57.880 No kidding. 16:57.880 --> 17:01.880 I remember those were the brakes, I think. 17:01.880 --> 17:02.880 Yeah. 17:02.880 --> 17:03.880 OK. 17:03.880 --> 17:04.880 Yeah, thanks, Brennan. 17:04.880 --> 17:08.000 Picked up a kid for running a red light driving a hot run. 17:08.000 --> 17:09.000 Yeah? 17:09.000 --> 17:10.000 Car was fixed up with a lot of new stuff. 17:10.000 --> 17:11.960 Guys out of Wilshire checked it over. 17:11.960 --> 17:12.960 Uh-huh. 17:12.960 --> 17:15.000 According to the serial number on the radio, it was stolen from Dr. Halsey. 17:15.000 --> 17:32.000 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 17:32.000 --> 17:39.640 In 1952, American smokers bought more Chesterfields than ever before in the history of the industry. 17:39.640 --> 17:42.440 Today, sales are still going up. 17:42.440 --> 17:45.480 Smokers everywhere are changing to Chesterfield. 17:45.480 --> 17:51.120 Chesterfield, the first and only cigarette to give you premium quality in both regular 17:51.120 --> 17:53.640 and king size. 17:53.640 --> 17:58.600 Premium quality in a cigarette means the world's best tobaccos, the best ingredients, the best 17:58.600 --> 18:00.440 cigarette paper. 18:00.440 --> 18:05.480 Only Chesterfield gives you this premium quality in both popular sizes. 18:05.480 --> 18:11.360 King size Chesterfield contains tobaccos of better quality and higher price than any 18:11.360 --> 18:13.880 other king size cigarette. 18:13.880 --> 18:16.760 That's certainly important to every king size smoker. 18:16.760 --> 18:20.760 Of course, it's the same fine tobacco as in regular Chesterfield. 18:20.760 --> 18:25.640 There is absolutely no difference except that king size Chesterfield gives you more than 18:25.640 --> 18:27.640 a fifth longer smoke. 18:27.640 --> 18:32.600 Remember, the modern way to sell cigarettes is the Chesterfield way. 18:32.600 --> 18:35.960 Premium quality, both regular and king size. 18:35.960 --> 18:38.600 Chesterfield is much milder. 18:38.600 --> 18:42.040 Chesterfield is best for you. 18:42.040 --> 18:53.040 11.27 p.m. Frank and I drove out to Wilshire Division. 18:53.040 --> 18:56.480 We checked with Sergeant Brennan and he told us how the boy had been picked up. 18:56.480 --> 18:58.760 He'd run a red light at the corner of Pico and La Brea. 18:58.760 --> 19:01.280 He'd been stopped by two officers in a cruiser car. 19:01.280 --> 19:06.240 He was driving a cut down 49 Ford that was equipped with Cadillac hubcaps, white sidewall 19:06.240 --> 19:09.680 tires, Chrysler horns and a Cadillac radio. 19:09.680 --> 19:12.760 The officers had started to question him and he'd attempted to escape. 19:12.760 --> 19:15.960 He'd been apprehended and brought to the station to be interrogated. 19:15.960 --> 19:19.240 In checking the serial number of the radio, the men from Wilshire Division had discovered 19:19.240 --> 19:21.920 that it was stolen and had left word for us. 19:21.920 --> 19:25.360 11.45 p.m. We went to an interview room to talk to the boy. 19:25.360 --> 19:26.360 What's your name, son? 19:26.360 --> 19:27.360 Martin. 19:27.360 --> 19:28.360 First name? 19:28.360 --> 19:29.360 Herb. 19:29.360 --> 19:30.360 Herb Martin. 19:30.360 --> 19:31.360 You know why you're here, don't you? 19:31.360 --> 19:32.360 Yeah. 19:32.360 --> 19:33.360 You want to tell us where you got that stuff? 19:33.360 --> 19:34.360 I bought it. 19:34.360 --> 19:35.360 Where? 19:35.360 --> 19:36.360 Not right off. 19:36.360 --> 19:37.360 How old are you? 19:37.360 --> 19:38.360 19. 19:38.360 --> 19:39.360 Where do you live? 19:39.360 --> 19:40.360 It's on the report. 19:40.360 --> 19:41.360 We're asking you. 19:41.360 --> 19:42.360 Come on, Herb. 19:42.360 --> 19:43.360 82.97 Mary Ann Drive. 19:43.360 --> 19:44.360 Where were you going when they stopped you? 19:44.360 --> 19:45.360 Home. 19:45.360 --> 19:46.360 Where'd you been? 19:46.360 --> 19:47.360 Around. 19:47.360 --> 19:48.360 Same place you bought that stuff on your car, huh? 19:48.360 --> 19:49.360 Yeah, that's right. 19:49.360 --> 19:50.360 Now look, you better come off this young fella. 19:50.360 --> 19:51.360 You might think you're a big man, but you got things a little mixed up here. 19:51.360 --> 19:52.360 You got caught with a carload of stolen accessories. 19:52.360 --> 19:53.360 There's been a lot of stealing going on around town. 19:53.360 --> 19:54.360 The way your car looks, you could be responsible for it. 19:54.360 --> 19:55.360 Yeah, well, I'm not. 19:55.360 --> 19:56.360 You look good for it. 19:56.360 --> 19:57.360 Look, maybe I lifted the radio and stuff. 19:57.360 --> 19:58.360 I'm not sure. 19:58.360 --> 20:05.360 I got no choice. 20:05.360 --> 20:10.360 You got me nailed for the stuff you found. 20:10.360 --> 20:12.240 But I'm not going to take it for the others. 20:12.240 --> 20:13.800 Maybe I stole that stuff, but that was for me. 20:13.800 --> 20:15.120 I didn't sell it like the others. 20:15.120 --> 20:16.120 Now leave me alone, huh? 20:16.120 --> 20:17.120 What do you mean, others? 20:17.120 --> 20:18.860 I don't know what you mean. 20:18.860 --> 20:19.860 You said the others. 20:19.860 --> 20:21.720 Well, I didn't mean others like that. 20:21.720 --> 20:22.720 Well, how did you mean it? 20:22.720 --> 20:24.440 Well, like the guys you're looking for. 20:24.440 --> 20:25.440 That's not the way it sounded. 20:25.440 --> 20:27.440 No, you said it like you knew who you were talking about. 20:27.440 --> 20:28.800 I didn't say it like that. 20:28.800 --> 20:29.800 That's the way it sounded. 20:29.800 --> 20:30.800 That's right, son. 20:30.800 --> 20:32.800 Now why don't you tell us who you meant? 20:32.800 --> 20:35.160 Look, Herb, we haven't got all day. 20:35.160 --> 20:36.160 Come on, boy. 20:36.160 --> 20:39.160 We're going to get them sometime. 20:39.160 --> 20:41.160 Who'd you mean? 20:41.160 --> 20:47.480 All right, I'll tell you. 20:47.480 --> 20:49.600 We continued to talk to Herb Martin. 20:49.600 --> 20:53.040 He told us of the activities of a gang of car strippers who were working on order. 20:53.040 --> 20:56.480 He went on to say that from what he'd heard, if someone wanted to pick up some fast money, 20:56.480 --> 21:00.240 a connection could be made with a man on the corner of Sunset and Western. 21:00.240 --> 21:03.680 The man would give the order for the stolen merchandise and say where and at what time 21:03.680 --> 21:05.600 it was to be delivered. 21:05.600 --> 21:09.200 Herb told us that he had the opportunity to do business with the man, but that he'd turned 21:09.200 --> 21:10.200 it down. 21:10.200 --> 21:13.160 He was unable to identify the man who made the contact and said that he'd never heard 21:13.160 --> 21:15.080 him referred to by name. 21:15.080 --> 21:18.960 He gave us the names and addresses of two of the men who were working for him. 21:18.960 --> 21:20.560 12.45 a.m. 21:20.560 --> 21:22.700 Frank and I left and drove back downtown. 21:22.700 --> 21:26.120 With the assistance of officers from Wilshire Division, the two young men were brought in 21:26.120 --> 21:27.120 for questioning. 21:27.120 --> 21:29.880 They identified their contact as a Richard R. Ogden. 21:29.880 --> 21:33.320 We ran the name through R. and I and found that Ogden had a previous record of petty 21:33.320 --> 21:34.520 theft. 21:34.520 --> 21:38.120 From the 510 in his package, we obtained his last known address, but the landlady told 21:38.120 --> 21:40.940 us that he'd moved and left no forwarding address. 21:40.940 --> 21:44.320 She told us, however, that she thought we could find him at the Meyer Garage on South 21:44.320 --> 21:45.320 Hoover. 21:45.320 --> 21:48.960 We drove over and found that it was a small place on the corner of Hoover and Mariposa. 21:48.960 --> 21:53.540 The owner, Alan Meyer, told us that Ogden did work for him, but that he was out. 21:53.540 --> 21:56.320 He said that the suspect was expected back almost any time. 21:56.320 --> 21:59.480 While we talked to him, Meyer worked on a small foreign car. 21:59.480 --> 22:00.480 Great little cars. 22:00.480 --> 22:02.200 Get a real kick out of working on them. 22:02.200 --> 22:04.100 Yeah, sure nice looking. 22:04.100 --> 22:05.100 You sell them, do you? 22:05.100 --> 22:06.100 No, I just service them. 22:06.100 --> 22:08.200 Oh, now and then I get accessories for them. 22:08.200 --> 22:10.320 You know, I order them up, install them. 22:10.320 --> 22:12.040 Cost too much to keep a regular stock of them. 22:12.040 --> 22:13.040 Yeah. 22:13.040 --> 22:14.040 When did you say that Ogden would be back? 22:14.040 --> 22:15.040 He should be here now. 22:15.040 --> 22:16.040 Probably got hung up someplace. 22:16.040 --> 22:20.200 Yeah, latest thing is a hard top made out of laminated fiberglass. 22:20.200 --> 22:21.200 Is that right? 22:21.200 --> 22:22.560 Yeah, fits right over them. 22:22.560 --> 22:25.240 Kind of makes them look like a small roll, you know. 22:25.240 --> 22:29.760 Then with wire wheel caps, baggage racks, wind wings, you can put a lot of money in 22:29.760 --> 22:30.760 them. 22:30.760 --> 22:31.760 Yeah, I guess so. 22:31.760 --> 22:32.760 What about all this other stuff here? 22:32.760 --> 22:33.760 Is that for these foreign cars too? 22:33.760 --> 22:34.760 Yeah, what do you mean? 22:34.760 --> 22:35.760 Oh, tires, the hubcaps here. 22:35.760 --> 22:38.760 No, no, that's where I make most of my money. 22:38.760 --> 22:41.800 I go out and buy them from Rex, bring them back here, straighten them out, resell them 22:41.800 --> 22:43.600 to the independent stations around town. 22:43.600 --> 22:46.040 They can sell them a lot cheaper than new ones run. 22:46.040 --> 22:47.760 We both make a little money out of it. 22:47.760 --> 22:48.760 Yeah. 22:48.760 --> 22:49.760 Say, you guys like peanuts? 22:49.760 --> 22:50.760 No, no, no, thanks. 22:50.760 --> 22:52.760 Okay, you don't mind if I have some? 22:52.760 --> 22:54.200 Sure you don't want any? 22:54.200 --> 22:55.960 No, thanks very much. 22:55.960 --> 22:58.640 I get so hungry in the morning, I keep these things around a munch on them. 22:58.640 --> 22:59.640 Yeah. 22:59.640 --> 23:01.960 Go through a whole can of these a day. 23:01.960 --> 23:04.600 That'd kill me. 23:04.600 --> 23:06.040 Get started on the things you can't stop. 23:06.040 --> 23:07.040 Sure you don't want some? 23:07.040 --> 23:08.040 No, no thanks. 23:08.040 --> 23:09.040 How long you known this Ogdenmire? 23:09.040 --> 23:12.880 Oh, I see, uh, I guess it's been 10 years anyway. 23:12.880 --> 23:15.120 Went to work for him a year ago. 23:15.120 --> 23:16.120 Good man, brought a lot of business in. 23:16.120 --> 23:19.520 Say, what is it you want to see him about? 23:19.520 --> 23:21.120 Oh, we like to talk to him. 23:21.120 --> 23:22.120 You don't want to tell me, huh? 23:22.120 --> 23:24.120 It'd be better if we talked to him, Mr. Meyer. 23:24.120 --> 23:25.120 Yeah. 23:25.120 --> 23:26.120 Well, here he is now. 23:26.120 --> 23:27.120 Hey, Dick. 23:27.120 --> 23:28.120 Yeah? 23:28.120 --> 23:29.120 Couple of fellas here want to see you. 23:29.120 --> 23:30.120 Yeah, what is it? 23:30.120 --> 23:31.120 You're Richard Ogden? 23:31.120 --> 23:32.120 Yeah, that's right. 23:32.120 --> 23:33.120 Police officers, I'm Frank Smith. 23:33.120 --> 23:34.120 This is my partner, Joe Friday. 23:34.120 --> 23:35.120 What does you guys want me for? 23:35.120 --> 23:36.120 Like to talk to you, Ogden? 23:36.120 --> 23:37.120 Well, go ahead. 23:37.120 --> 23:38.120 Might be better if we went outside. 23:38.120 --> 23:39.120 Well, look, you can talk to him here. 23:39.120 --> 23:40.120 I got some work I can do in the office. 23:40.120 --> 23:41.120 Don't want to bother you, Mr. Meyer. 23:41.120 --> 23:42.120 No, no, trouble at all. 23:42.120 --> 23:43.120 Well, now what's this all about? 23:43.120 --> 23:49.920 You know a couple of kids named Jerry Z. Swanson and Harry T. Benson? 23:49.920 --> 23:50.920 Swanson and Benson? 23:50.920 --> 23:51.920 No, I don't think I do. 23:51.920 --> 23:52.920 They say they know you. 23:52.920 --> 23:53.920 They say they do some work for you. 23:53.920 --> 23:54.920 Sorry to bother you. 23:54.920 --> 23:55.920 I forgot my peanuts. 23:55.920 --> 23:56.920 It's all right, sir. 23:56.920 --> 23:57.920 I'll be in the office if you need anything. 23:57.920 --> 23:58.920 Thank you, sir. 23:58.920 --> 23:59.920 No, anything at all. 23:59.920 --> 24:00.920 Yes, sir. 24:00.920 --> 24:01.920 What about it, Ogden? 24:01.920 --> 24:02.920 What about what? 24:02.920 --> 24:03.920 You know the kids? 24:03.920 --> 24:04.920 It's Benson and Swanson. 24:04.920 --> 24:05.920 No, I told you once. 24:05.920 --> 24:06.920 All right, mister, let's go downtown. 24:06.920 --> 24:07.920 We'll talk to them. 24:07.920 --> 24:08.920 I'll be right back. 24:08.920 --> 24:09.920 I'll be right back. 24:09.920 --> 24:10.920 I'll be right back. 24:10.920 --> 24:11.920 I'll be right back. 24:11.920 --> 24:12.920 I'll be right back. 24:12.920 --> 24:13.920 We'll talk it over there. 24:13.920 --> 24:14.920 What for? 24:14.920 --> 24:15.920 Why are you pulling me in? 24:15.920 --> 24:17.800 I want you to meet the two boys if you don't know them. 24:17.800 --> 24:18.800 What's that gonna prove? 24:18.800 --> 24:22.240 We want to know why they named you, why they said you were responsible for the car stripping 24:22.240 --> 24:23.240 that's been going on. 24:23.240 --> 24:24.240 You mean you believe them? 24:24.240 --> 24:25.400 Well, we've got no reason not to. 24:25.400 --> 24:26.960 I don't think they'd stage a thing like this. 24:26.960 --> 24:27.960 They got a lot to lose. 24:27.960 --> 24:28.960 So have I. 24:28.960 --> 24:31.560 You get me down there and those two kids point me out and I haven't got a chance. 24:31.560 --> 24:34.080 Even if I'm not the one and they say I am, you won't give me a break. 24:34.080 --> 24:36.840 No, if you haven't done anything, you got nothing to worry about. 24:36.840 --> 24:37.840 I'm not going. 24:37.840 --> 24:38.840 Alan? 24:38.840 --> 24:39.840 Hey, Alan. 24:39.840 --> 24:40.840 Yeah, what is it, Dick? 24:40.840 --> 24:43.040 Come here, will you? 24:43.040 --> 24:44.040 Yeah, right away. 24:44.040 --> 24:45.040 What's the matter? 24:45.040 --> 24:46.040 Something wrong? 24:46.040 --> 24:47.520 These guys are gonna take me to jail. 24:47.520 --> 24:48.520 Who are for? 24:48.520 --> 24:49.520 What's he done? 24:49.520 --> 24:50.520 We want to talk to him, Meyer. 24:50.520 --> 24:52.040 We think he's involved in some car thefts. 24:52.040 --> 24:54.000 Well, I know that's not true. 24:54.000 --> 24:55.120 Dick wouldn't do a thing like that. 24:55.120 --> 24:56.120 I know. 24:56.120 --> 24:57.120 I've known him a long time. 24:57.120 --> 25:01.160 No, I'm sorry, sir, but the information we've got says he did. 25:01.160 --> 25:02.160 Why, Dick? 25:02.160 --> 25:04.800 Why'd you do a thing like that? 25:04.800 --> 25:10.520 If what these officers say is true, well, gee, that's awful. 25:10.520 --> 25:11.720 Why would you do a thing like that? 25:11.720 --> 25:13.080 What are you talking about? 25:13.080 --> 25:14.480 All right, come on, Argon, let's go. 25:14.480 --> 25:15.480 No, I'm not going. 25:15.480 --> 25:17.280 I think you better do what the officers say, Dick. 25:17.280 --> 25:19.080 It'll be better if you don't cause any trouble. 25:19.080 --> 25:20.080 Well, wait a minute. 25:20.080 --> 25:21.640 What are you trying to prove with this? 25:21.640 --> 25:23.160 I don't know what you mean. 25:23.160 --> 25:24.920 Next thing you'll be trying to involve me in this. 25:24.920 --> 25:26.840 Yeah, well, that's just what I'm gonna do. 25:26.840 --> 25:28.280 You see, officers, that's terrible. 25:28.280 --> 25:29.280 Don't you listen to him. 25:29.280 --> 25:30.560 He's the guy behind the whole thing. 25:30.560 --> 25:32.560 Look over there, the tires, all this stuff. 25:32.560 --> 25:33.800 Sure, I stole them. 25:33.800 --> 25:35.960 I had the kids go out and pick them up, but he set it up. 25:35.960 --> 25:37.200 He sold them to the stations. 25:37.200 --> 25:38.200 He took most of the money. 25:38.200 --> 25:40.640 The whole thing was his idea. 25:40.640 --> 25:41.640 Well, Dick, how can you say that? 25:41.640 --> 25:43.040 Well, I can say it because it's true. 25:43.040 --> 25:45.280 I'll tell you all about it. 25:45.280 --> 25:47.680 You take him downtown, I'll tell you all about it. 25:47.680 --> 25:49.960 You're not gonna let me stand for this alone. 25:49.960 --> 25:52.040 I'd think that he'd do a thing like this to me 25:52.040 --> 25:54.280 after we've been friends for so long. 25:54.280 --> 25:56.040 Bring me stolen merchandise to sell. 25:56.040 --> 25:57.640 You got anything to back up what you're saying, Argon? 25:57.640 --> 25:58.640 Sure I have. 25:58.640 --> 26:00.040 You just bet I can back it up. 26:00.040 --> 26:01.040 Go ahead. 26:01.040 --> 26:02.040 Well, you look at his books, 26:02.040 --> 26:03.200 not the ones he's got out in the open, 26:03.200 --> 26:04.440 but you look at the ones in the safe. 26:04.440 --> 26:05.440 It's all there. 26:05.440 --> 26:07.280 All the deals he's made were the owners of the stations, 26:07.280 --> 26:08.920 all the orders, what he paid the kids for them, 26:08.920 --> 26:10.600 and what he got for them. 26:10.600 --> 26:12.600 Didn't think I knew about it, did you? 26:12.600 --> 26:15.080 Whole lousy year I've been doing the dirty work for him. 26:15.080 --> 26:16.080 Well, I've had it. 26:16.080 --> 26:17.080 I'm through. 26:17.080 --> 26:18.080 I've had it. 26:18.080 --> 26:19.080 Let me take the beef. 26:19.080 --> 26:20.080 What a crumb. 26:20.080 --> 26:21.080 I'll show him. 26:21.080 --> 26:22.080 I don't understand it. 26:22.080 --> 26:23.080 Friends for so long. 26:23.080 --> 26:24.080 I'd have gotten you up. 26:24.080 --> 26:25.280 Ten years we've been friends. 26:25.280 --> 26:27.520 I trusted you all that time. 26:27.520 --> 26:28.520 Then you sold me out. 26:28.520 --> 26:29.520 Why? 26:29.520 --> 26:30.520 Well, that shouldn't be too tough for you to figure. 26:30.520 --> 26:31.520 Huh? 26:31.520 --> 26:32.520 You showed him how. 26:32.520 --> 26:39.280 I'll show him. 26:39.280 --> 26:41.800 The story you have just heard was true. 26:41.800 --> 26:44.520 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:44.520 --> 26:47.540 On January 21st, trial was held in Department 87, 26:47.540 --> 26:49.440 Superior Court of the State of California, 26:49.440 --> 26:51.180 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 26:51.180 --> 26:53.040 In a moment, the results of that trial. 26:53.040 --> 26:55.840 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 26:55.840 --> 26:56.840 Thank you, George Fenomen. 26:56.840 --> 26:59.740 Remember, only Chesterfield gives you this scientific evidence 26:59.740 --> 27:01.540 on the effects of smoking. 27:01.540 --> 27:04.880 For ten full months, the group examined showed no adverse effects 27:04.880 --> 27:08.360 on the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfield. 27:08.360 --> 27:10.720 Now speaking personally as a Chesterfield smoker, 27:10.720 --> 27:12.440 I know they're best for me. 27:12.440 --> 27:25.160 Either way you like them, you'll find Chesterfield is best for you. 27:25.160 --> 27:28.320 Richard R. Ogden and Alan Y. Meyer were tried and convicted 27:28.320 --> 27:29.980 of receiving stolen property. 27:29.980 --> 27:32.960 They received sentences as prescribed by law. 27:32.960 --> 27:35.120 Receiving stolen property is punishable by imprisonment 27:35.120 --> 27:38.480 in the state penitentiary for a period of not more than 10 years 27:38.480 --> 27:41.120 or in the county jail for not more than one year. 27:41.120 --> 27:43.520 The investigation of the records of Alan Y. Meyer 27:43.520 --> 27:46.600 uncovered the names of the other men involved in the thefts. 27:46.600 --> 27:49.440 They along with Herbert S. Martin, Jerry Z. Swanson, 27:49.440 --> 27:52.800 and Harold T. Benson were tried on a charge of grand theft auto 27:52.800 --> 27:54.240 and convicted. 27:54.240 --> 27:56.760 They were sentenced to the state penitentiary at San Quentin, 27:56.760 --> 27:59.560 California for the term as prescribed by law. 27:59.560 --> 28:02.000 Grand theft auto is punishable by imprisonment in the state 28:02.000 --> 28:07.200 penitentiary for a period of not less than one nor more than 10 years. 28:07.200 --> 28:10.400 Ladies and gentlemen, 10 million Americans have diseases 28:10.400 --> 28:12.520 of the heart and blood vessels. 28:12.520 --> 28:15.120 What are the causes and the cures? 28:15.120 --> 28:17.480 It'll take research to find out. 28:17.480 --> 28:21.420 Send what you can to HART, care of your local post office. 28:21.420 --> 28:23.260 Help your heart fund. 28:23.260 --> 28:34.360 Help your heart. 28:34.360 --> 28:38.960 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 28:38.960 --> 28:41.080 Technical advice comes from the office of chief of police, 28:41.080 --> 28:44.040 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 28:44.040 --> 28:46.960 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, 28:46.960 --> 28:48.680 Sergeant Vance Brasher. 28:48.680 --> 28:52.320 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Sarah Selby, Art Gilmore. 28:52.320 --> 28:54.120 Script by John Robinson. 28:54.120 --> 28:55.440 Music by Walter Schuman. 28:55.440 --> 28:59.800 Hal Gibney speaking. 28:59.800 --> 29:03.000 For a million laughs, tune in Chesterfield's Martin and Lewis show, 29:03.000 --> 29:05.960 Tuesday night on the same NBC station. 29:05.960 --> 29:09.840 And sound off for Chesterfield, either regular or king size. 29:09.840 --> 29:13.680 You'll find premium quality Chesterfield's much milder. 29:13.680 --> 29:17.400 Chesterfield is best for you. 29:17.400 --> 29:28.000 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 29:28.000 --> 29:51.680 And it's adventure with Barry Craig, confidential investigator on NBC.