1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,360 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:15,260 Chesterfield, the first and only cigarette in America to give you premium quality in 3 00:00:15,260 --> 00:00:27,160 both regular and king size brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,920 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:41,560 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,080 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,440 You're assigned to forgery detail. 8 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,280 Two men have been passing bad checks in your city. 9 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,300 You have descriptions of both of them. 10 00:00:50,300 --> 00:00:52,200 You know the names on the checks. 11 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,200 Your job, get them. 12 00:00:55,200 --> 00:01:00,640 First, we read you the six months report. 13 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:02,520 Then the eight months report. 14 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:07,400 Now here is ten full months of scientific evidence on smoking Chesterfield. 15 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:12,600 A medical specialist is making regular bi-monthly examinations of a group of people from various 16 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,280 walks of life. 17 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:19,800 Forty-five percent of this group have smoked Chesterfields for an average of over ten years. 18 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:25,880 After ten full months, almost a year now, the specialist reports he observed no adverse 19 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:31,640 effects on the nose, throat, and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfield. 20 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:33,220 That's the report. 21 00:01:33,220 --> 00:01:38,920 And Chesterfield is the first and only premium quality cigarette throughout in both regular 22 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,160 and king size. 23 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:46,660 Fine tobaccos, the world's best, kept tasty and fresh, wrapped in the finest cigarette 24 00:01:46,660 --> 00:01:48,480 paper money can buy. 25 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:55,000 Yes, everything that goes into your Chesterfield makes it the premium quality cigarette. 26 00:01:55,000 --> 00:02:01,040 And it's the only cigarette that gives you scientific evidence of real smoking pleasure. 27 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,320 Try much milder Chesterfield today. 28 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,320 They're best for you. 29 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:16,160 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 30 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,460 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 31 00:02:20,460 --> 00:02:25,080 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 32 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:26,780 police files. 33 00:02:26,780 --> 00:02:31,960 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 34 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,960 in action. 35 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:39,280 It was Thursday, April 8th. 36 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:40,280 It was windy in Los Angeles. 37 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,840 We were working the day watch out of forgery detail. 38 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:43,960 My partner's Frank Smith. 39 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:44,960 The boss is Captain Welsh. 40 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:46,280 My name's Friday. 41 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:50,760 We were on the way back from the main jail and it was 9.46 a.m. when we got to room 29. 42 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:51,760 Forgery. 43 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,560 Well, that wraps that one up. 44 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:55,560 Yeah. 45 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:56,560 When are we going to rain him? 46 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:57,560 Oh, figure day after tomorrow. 47 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:58,560 Okay. 48 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,040 Well, let's get started on these other crime reports, huh? 49 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:01,040 Yeah. 50 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:02,040 Friday, Smith? 51 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:03,040 Yeah, Skipper. 52 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:04,040 See you in a minute? 53 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:05,040 Sure. 54 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:06,040 Sit down. 55 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:07,040 What's up, Skipper? 56 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:08,040 How's the Clemencing going? 57 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:09,040 Well, we just talked to him. 58 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:10,040 Says he'll plead guilty. 59 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:11,040 Well, I want you to take a look at this. 60 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,040 Okay. 61 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,040 Oh, border checks, huh? 62 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:15,040 Yeah. 63 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:16,040 I want you two to go to work on it. 64 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:17,760 Are we going to work with Saunders and Boehm on it? 65 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:18,760 I want you to take it over. 66 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:19,760 Well, is there a case in it? 67 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,480 Yeah, but we got a call from San Francisco last night. 68 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:22,480 They got Richards up there. 69 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:23,480 Oh. 70 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:24,640 At least they know he's operating in the Bay Area. 71 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:26,000 Saunders and Boehm left last night. 72 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,640 They've been on that one for the last year. 73 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:29,160 Looks like they can clean it up. 74 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,080 They get back before you bust this, they'll give you a hand. 75 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:32,560 Well, what's the pitch on it, Skipper? 76 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:33,560 It's all there. 77 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:34,560 Let's take a look, huh, Joe? 78 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:35,560 Mm-hmm. 79 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:36,560 Sure, a bunch of paper. 80 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:37,560 Here's what we can figure. 81 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,560 They've been working a little over a year. 82 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:44,320 All the checks are drawn on big companies here. 83 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:45,320 How far we got on it? 84 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:46,600 Saunders and Boehm have been working on it. 85 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,120 They got about halfway through the list of print shops in the city. 86 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:50,400 Then this thing up north came up. 87 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:51,400 Mm-hmm. 88 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:52,400 Let me see some of the checks, will you, Joe? 89 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:53,400 Oh, sure, here. 90 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,800 You've got rubber companies, oil companies, department stores, aircraft plants. 91 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,200 How about the ID when they pass them? 92 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,200 It works. 93 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,880 Drivers licenses, social security cards, lodge cards. 94 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:03,880 Looks legit enough. 95 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:04,880 Been a lot of people taking. 96 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:05,880 Descriptions always match, do they? 97 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:06,880 Close enough, yeah. 98 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:08,840 Now and then there's a little difference, but they all match up close enough. 99 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,440 Still using the same bad border. 100 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:11,440 Uh-huh. 101 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,520 You notice that even though they changed the name of the company on the check, changed 102 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,960 the heading all around, they use the same border on all of them. 103 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:17,960 Yeah, I see. 104 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:19,440 Look, there in the lower left-hand corner. 105 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:20,440 See? 106 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:21,440 Yeah, plate's broken. 107 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:22,440 A little break in the border. 108 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:23,440 Mm-hmm. 109 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:24,960 All the checks they pass have the same thing. 110 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,600 Yeah, well, you wouldn't notice it unless you're really looking for it, would you? 111 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:28,600 Well, that's it. 112 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:29,600 All the reports are there. 113 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,600 Everything that's been done, it's in your lap now. 114 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:32,600 Need anything, let me know. 115 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:33,600 Right. 116 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,600 Okay, Skipper, we'll get right on it. 117 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:41,680 Well, from the package here, sure looks like they're scoring good, doesn't it? 118 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:42,680 How much they got? 119 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:43,680 I don't see. 120 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:44,680 Figures about $70,000. 121 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:45,680 Huh. 122 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,560 All the bulletins we put out. 123 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,280 Know the people you cast checks for. 124 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:52,280 Yep. 125 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:53,280 $70,000. 126 00:04:53,280 --> 00:04:54,280 That's a lot of money, isn't it? 127 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:55,280 Sure is. 128 00:04:55,280 --> 00:04:58,280 If people would just read those bulletins. 129 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:02,360 They never learn, huh? 130 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:03,360 10.02 a.m. 131 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:04,760 We started through the package. 132 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,040 The check forgers had been working for over a year. 133 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,080 They'd passed phony checks all over the southern part of the state. 134 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,880 The amounts on the checks varied from $50 to $275. 135 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,000 They carried 10 different endorsements. 136 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,560 The names and signatures had been run through our files, but we'd gotten no identification. 137 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,040 The writing had been checked by Don Meyer, but there were no examples in the files that 138 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:25,480 matched. 139 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,840 During the next two days, we finished canvassing the print shops in the area in an attempt 140 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:30,980 to find where the bad checks were being printed. 141 00:05:30,980 --> 00:05:33,840 We came up with no new information. 142 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:37,960 Some circulars were gotten out to all stores and check cashing agencies in the area, giving 143 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:43,160 the description of the two men and lists of the companies the checks had been drawn upon. 144 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,560 Photographs of the checks pointing out the border defect were also distributed. 145 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:47,840 Two weeks went by. 146 00:05:47,840 --> 00:05:49,400 No results. 147 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,200 Informants had been checked and rechecked. 148 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,080 Known forgers had been questioned. 149 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,440 The victims of the forgers had been shown the mug books. 150 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,000 They failed to make any identification. 151 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,680 From what they'd told us, we had the artist in the crime lab draw up a composite picture 152 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,240 of the two men. 153 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:08,280 These were distributed to the people and organizations most likely to cash the phony checks. 154 00:06:08,280 --> 00:06:12,280 Lieutenant Saunders and Sergeant Boomey finished their investigation up in San Francisco and 155 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:14,480 joined us in the search for the forgers. 156 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,080 Tuesday, April 27th, 1014 a.m. 157 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:18,880 Frank and I checked back into the office. 158 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:20,280 Lousy thing. 159 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:21,280 Yeah. 160 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:22,280 The clutch was out. 161 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:23,280 You know, I thought it was a pin. 162 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:24,280 It sure felt like it. 163 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:26,720 Funny feeling when you press down, there's nothing there. 164 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:27,720 Yeah. 165 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:28,720 Did he say when it would be ready? 166 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:29,800 I thought he could have it for us in the morning. 167 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,800 I'll check the business office and get another car. 168 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,320 We'll try to get a good one. 169 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:35,320 Last one we drew was about to fall apart. 170 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:36,320 Yeah. 171 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,320 I'll get it. 172 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:40,320 Forgery Friday. 173 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:41,320 Yes, ma'am. 174 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:42,320 Yes, ma'am, that's right. 175 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:43,320 What? 176 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:44,320 Uh-huh. 177 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:45,320 What was that address again? 178 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:46,320 Yes, ma'am, I have it. 179 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:47,320 Yeah. 180 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:48,320 Yeah, well, do everything you can. 181 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:49,320 Yes, ma'am. 182 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:50,320 Right away. 183 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:51,320 I'll get your coat. 184 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:52,320 What is it? 185 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:53,320 Check cashing agency out on Pico. 186 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:54,320 The guy's there now. 187 00:06:54,320 --> 00:07:06,800 Frank and I left the office and checked out another car. 188 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,240 We drove out to the check cashing agency on Pico. 189 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,800 Was located near a large tool and dye plant and they advertised that they cashed payroll 190 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:13,800 checks. 191 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:14,800 10.33 a.m. 192 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,800 We parked the car and went into the store. 193 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:17,800 Are you the police? 194 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:18,800 Yes, ma'am. 195 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,280 Are you the one that placed the call? 196 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:21,280 I sure am. 197 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:22,280 I stalled him, like you said. 198 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:23,280 That's him back there. 199 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:24,280 Uh-huh. 200 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,200 I went to the store and asked the manager to get back and open the safe. 201 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:27,600 He got pretty huffy about it at first. 202 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:28,760 Then he said he'd wait. 203 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:29,760 I think he's been drinking. 204 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:30,760 Yes, ma'am. 205 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:31,760 All right, we'll talk to him. 206 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:32,760 He's the one. 207 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:33,760 You'll see. 208 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:34,760 I spotted him right away. 209 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,240 Took one look at him and I knew he was the one you'd been looking for. 210 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:37,240 All right, ma'am. 211 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:38,240 Let's go. 212 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:39,240 Sure fits the description. 213 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:40,240 He's the one. 214 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:41,240 Excuse me. 215 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:42,240 Yeah? 216 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:43,880 You wanted to cash a check, did you? 217 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:44,880 Yeah, that's right. 218 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:45,880 What if we could see your identification? 219 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:46,880 A young lady has it. 220 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:47,880 Here it is. 221 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,480 His driver's license and his social security card. 222 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:53,200 All right, thank you. 223 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:54,920 Leslie P. Bergen, is that right? 224 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:55,920 That's what it says. 225 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:56,920 Yeah, we've seen it before. 226 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:58,600 I wonder if we could see that check, please. 227 00:07:58,600 --> 00:07:59,600 I bet. 228 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:00,600 I'll get it for you. 229 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,760 Well, look, there's no reason to make a federal case out of this. 230 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:04,640 Give me the check and I'll go someplace else. 231 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,520 I tell you, though, you act like this to everybody who comes in here, you ain't gonna stay in business 232 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:09,520 long. 233 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:10,520 Yeah. 234 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:11,520 Here, your officer. 235 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:12,520 Here's the check. 236 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:13,520 What's she talking about? 237 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:14,520 What? 238 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:15,520 Officer. 239 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:16,520 She called him officer. 240 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:17,520 What are you, cops? 241 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:18,520 You called him. 242 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:19,520 How about it, Joe? 243 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:20,520 Yeah, broken border. 244 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:21,520 Where'd you get this check, mister? 245 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:22,520 What do you mean, where did I get it? 246 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:23,520 I gave you this check, huh? 247 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:24,520 Yeah, that's right. 248 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,240 Say, what's this all about, anyway? 249 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:27,240 How come you guys are so interested? 250 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,240 I wonder if we could see what you got in your pockets. 251 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,240 No, I don't have to show you. 252 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:32,240 It's none of your business. 253 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:33,240 You've been drinking, mister? 254 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:34,240 None of your business. 255 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:35,240 You got no call to act like this? 256 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,240 All right, come on, let's see what's in your pockets. 257 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:38,240 What's that gonna prove? 258 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,680 Now, look, Bergen, if you haven't done anything wrong, then you got no reason not to show us, 259 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:41,680 have you? 260 00:08:41,680 --> 00:08:42,680 Yeah. 261 00:08:42,680 --> 00:08:43,680 All right. 262 00:08:43,680 --> 00:08:44,680 Put the things here on the counter. 263 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:45,680 All right. 264 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:48,200 You guys are gonna regret this, you know? 265 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:49,200 Is that right? 266 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:50,200 You just bet. 267 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,560 I got a lot of friends in pretty high places, and they're gonna hear about this. 268 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:55,680 You guys be sorry you ever started this. 269 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:58,440 All right, come on, you can go a little faster than that, can't you? 270 00:08:58,440 --> 00:08:59,440 All right, here. 271 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,040 Here's some keys, chains, money clip. 272 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,040 All right, pick up the money and keep that with you. 273 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,240 Now, just the money, now the back pockets. 274 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:09,240 Back pockets? 275 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:10,240 That's right, we wanna see what's in them, too. 276 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:14,560 Well, all righty, I'm glad to cooperate with the law. 277 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:15,560 Nice to know you guys are this alert. 278 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:17,120 I'm glad to know you're doing your duty. 279 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,920 Yeah, come on, let's get to those back pockets, shall we? 280 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:20,920 Hey, what's your name? 281 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:21,920 Friday. 282 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:22,920 Cop, huh? 283 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:23,920 That's right. 284 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:24,920 Friday, huh? 285 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:25,920 What's your first name? 286 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:26,920 Joe. 287 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:27,920 Joe Friday. 288 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:29,360 That's right, now come on, get the stuff out of your back pockets. 289 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:30,360 What are you stalling on? 290 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,360 I bet you think I'm trying to hide something in there, huh? 291 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:33,360 Well, you're wrong. 292 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:35,360 I got nothing to hide. 293 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,800 There's my wallet, comb, that's all. 294 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:39,800 This key here? 295 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:40,800 Keys to your car? 296 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:43,800 No, I don't have a car. 297 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,680 Oh, that's not true, officer. 298 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:46,680 I saw him drive up. 299 00:09:46,680 --> 00:09:48,480 That's his car out in front, the red Ford. 300 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,080 Is that right, Bergen? 301 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,400 Well, now maybe it is, and then maybe again it isn't. 302 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,680 You want to check on it, Frank? 303 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:54,680 Yeah. 304 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:55,680 Here's the key. 305 00:09:55,680 --> 00:09:57,600 I hate to think of it, I really do. 306 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:58,600 What's that? 307 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,760 Trouble you guys are going to get into when my friends in high places hear about this. 308 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:02,760 Yeah, sure. 309 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:03,760 Let's look at your wallet, huh? 310 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:04,760 Why, you bet. 311 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:06,280 I was glad to cooperate with the law. 312 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:07,280 No, you hold it. 313 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:08,280 Just open it up. 314 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:09,280 Any money in it? 315 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,480 I told you, the money's in the money clip. 316 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:13,680 Right here, you told me to keep it. 317 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:14,680 You don't remember very well. 318 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:16,840 Well, these are your cards here, business cards. 319 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:17,840 Let me see. 320 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:18,840 Here. 321 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:20,240 Yeah, certainly, they're my... 322 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,000 Leslie Paul Bergen, business advisor. 323 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,080 I thought you said you worked at the plant. 324 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:26,120 Part-time job. 325 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:27,120 What's your name? 326 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:28,120 Friday. 327 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:29,120 What's your first name? 328 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:30,120 Joe, I told you. 329 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,120 Joe Friday, huh? 330 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:32,520 I ought to remember that and tell my friends in high places. 331 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,680 How about your coat pockets, anything in them? 332 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:37,920 Well, cigarettes, maybe handkerchiefs, matches, that's about all. 333 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:38,920 All right, let's see them. 334 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:39,920 All righty. 335 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:45,040 Sure nice to know that we've got officers like you, always doing your duty. 336 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:46,440 Yeah, see? 337 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:47,440 Nothing. 338 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,560 What'd you say you got this check? 339 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:50,560 What check? 340 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:51,560 This one here, the one you tried to cash. 341 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:52,560 Oh, yeah, that check. 342 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:54,040 Yeah, that check, that's the one. 343 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:55,960 Well, I got it from a friend. 344 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,400 He asked me to cash it for him. 345 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,440 Just so happened I had the money, so I did. 346 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:02,320 Anything wrong with cashing a check for a friend? 347 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:03,800 How come the check's made out to you? 348 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,720 They always make checks out to me, always do, down at the plant. 349 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,840 Now look, mister, you got your stories all mixed up here. 350 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,160 Let's go down to town and get this thing straightened out, shall we? 351 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:12,160 Joe. 352 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:13,160 Yeah. 353 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:14,160 We hit it. 354 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:15,960 Twenty-three checks all made out to him, found them in the glove compartment of the 355 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:16,960 car. 356 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:17,960 And then we went to a Leslieard Doyle. 357 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:18,960 What's his name? 358 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:19,960 Smith. 359 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:20,960 First name? 360 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:21,960 Frank, Frank Smith. 361 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:22,960 What is this? 362 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:23,960 Oh, he's a happy drunk. 363 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:24,960 Oh. 364 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:25,960 He's checked yours, Doyle? 365 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:27,800 Well, let me see. 366 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:28,800 Never saw those in my life. 367 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:29,800 Well, we found them in your car. 368 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,240 Oh, I certainly don't understand that. 369 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:33,240 In my car? 370 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:34,240 Yes, that's right. 371 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:35,240 Now come on, let's go downtown. 372 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:36,240 Where are we going? 373 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:37,240 Downtown. 374 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:38,240 What's your name? 375 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:39,240 Smith, Frank Smith. 376 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:40,240 Thony name. 377 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,400 You're aware my friends hear about this, policemen using an alias. 378 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,960 My friends are gonna hear about this, you know? 379 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:46,960 Sure. 380 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,960 Yeah, in high places. 381 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:56,640 1057 A.M. The suspect admitted that his true name was Leslie Doyle and that the car belonged 382 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:57,640 to him. 383 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,000 We took him to the city hall. 384 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,480 Frank ran the name through R&I, but we got no make on him. 385 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:03,560 His prints were rolled, but there was no record on him. 386 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:07,520 A communication was gotten off to George Brerick in C.I.I. Sacramento, and one was 387 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:08,520 sent to Washington. 388 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:12,040 1130 A.M. We took him to the interrogation room to question him. 389 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:14,800 I told you, I don't know where the checks came from. 390 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:15,960 They were found in your car. 391 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,480 So they were found in my car. 392 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:18,480 That mean they're mine? 393 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:19,480 Looks like you had something to do with it. 394 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,200 They all were made out to you, the phony I.D. you got there. 395 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,560 Well, maybe it's a joke. 396 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:25,040 Maybe it's some of the idea of a gag. 397 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:26,640 Doyle, that's not very funny, is it, Doyle? 398 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:28,240 You don't have to tell me. 399 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,640 Say, you got another aspirin in my head that's coming apart. 400 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:32,640 Frank, you know. 401 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:33,640 Yeah. 402 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:34,640 Here. 403 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:35,640 Thanks. 404 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:36,640 Got some water? 405 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:37,640 I got some for you. 406 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:38,640 Oh, never mind. 407 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:39,640 I'll take it without. 408 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:41,640 I thought you might have a tap here. 409 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:42,640 What? 410 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:46,480 Sure, you turn it on and let it drip and then you don't give people none until they answer 411 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:47,480 your questions. 412 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:48,480 Yeah, sure. 413 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,040 You take pills like I do, you get to the point where the only important thing is to get them 414 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:53,040 in your stomach. 415 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:54,040 All right. 416 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,760 Now, how about the checks? 417 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,040 I told you a hundred times I know anything about them. 418 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:01,040 Then maybe we better fill you in. 419 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:02,040 Yeah, go ahead. 420 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:03,040 I like to hear. 421 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,040 We got you for trying to pass a check this morning, didn't we? 422 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:06,160 You want to cop out to that? 423 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:07,560 So maybe one check. 424 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:08,960 Like I said, that's no crime. 425 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,360 I cashed it for a guy. 426 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,120 Maybe it was the same guy who applied to the other ones. 427 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:14,360 Oh, why don't you come off it, Doyle? 428 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:15,440 Let's stop playing games here. 429 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,080 We made you for the forgeries and you know it. 430 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:18,980 Your description matches the one we got. 431 00:13:18,980 --> 00:13:21,820 You turn up with twenty three checks made out to you, all drawn on different companies. 432 00:13:21,820 --> 00:13:23,880 The border on the checks matches the ones we're looking for. 433 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,480 We got witnesses who identify you. 434 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,440 Now why not save a lot of time and admit it? 435 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,440 Come on, Doyle. 436 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,560 Doyle? 437 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:37,960 Don't look like there's any other way, does it? 438 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:38,960 Not from here. 439 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:43,160 Well, if I cop out, will it help any? 440 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:44,600 What do you mean? 441 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,400 Like you said, now let's stop playing games. 442 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:47,400 Will it help me out any? 443 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,080 You're liable for one to fourteen on each cop. 444 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:50,080 And if I help? 445 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,200 All we can do is see that it's marked down that way. 446 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:53,200 That's all? 447 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:54,200 That's all. 448 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:55,880 Well, then I got nothing to lose but not talking. 449 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:57,560 That's the wrong way to look at it. 450 00:13:57,560 --> 00:13:59,360 You guys haven't come up with any other way. 451 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:00,360 We don't make deals, Doyle. 452 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:01,360 You know that. 453 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:02,360 Well, all right. 454 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,360 I'll play it that way, too. 455 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,080 Now let's get this five ten, huh? 456 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:08,680 Your true name, Leslie Richard Doyle? 457 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:11,720 Charge, suspicion, four seven, OPC, forgery, April 27. 458 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:12,840 Where do you live, Doyle? 459 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:13,840 I told you once. 460 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:15,800 Well, tell us again, would you? 461 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,680 Nineteen thousand five hundred and forty North Edge Hill Avenue. 462 00:14:18,680 --> 00:14:19,680 Is that a private home? 463 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:20,680 No, it's an apartment. 464 00:14:20,680 --> 00:14:21,680 What's the number? 465 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:22,920 Say, you got another aspirin. 466 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:24,480 This headache's the worst one I ever had. 467 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:25,480 Don't worry. 468 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:30,400 They're gonna get worse. 469 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:31,960 We continued to talk to Doyle. 470 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,680 He told us that he'd come from back east about a year and a half ago. 471 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,440 He said that he'd never been arrested and he had no record. 472 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:41,080 He refused to tell us who his confederate was in the forgery operation, and he told 473 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,600 us that we'd get no help from him in proving that he was mixed up in it. 474 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,440 We booked him at the main jail and then we got in touch with Lieutenant Saunders and 475 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:48,680 Sergeant Boehmie. 476 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,280 Together with them, we arranged a special show up. 477 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:55,080 The victims of the forges were asked to be present, and twelve of them gave us a positive 478 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,100 identification of Doyle as the man who'd victimized them. 479 00:14:58,100 --> 00:15:00,400 The others said that he was not the man. 480 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,720 When confronted with this information, Doyle confessed to being one of the men involved, 481 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:05,880 but he still refused to name his accomplice. 482 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:07,260 A week went by. 483 00:15:07,260 --> 00:15:09,120 Each day we questioned Doyle. 484 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:12,160 Gradually we pieced together a picture of their operation. 485 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:15,160 Doyle still refused to tell us where we could find his partner. 486 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:19,740 The kickback from Washington and Sacramento arrived but gave us no new information. 487 00:15:19,740 --> 00:15:22,640 All known friends and associates of Doyle were checked out. 488 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:26,400 From them, we found out that Doyle did work with another man, but that none of the witnesses 489 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:27,920 could identify him. 490 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,320 The rumble was that the two men had split up because of Doyle's drinking. 491 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,280 We were able to get little other information on the missing partner. 492 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:38,280 Wednesday, May 5th, 1140 A.M., Frank and I checked into Captain Welsh's office. 493 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:39,280 How about it? 494 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:40,280 No, nothing, Skipper. 495 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,120 He says that he knew Doyle, but he doesn't know the other man. 496 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:43,320 Any of the other leads pan out? 497 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:44,320 No, none of them. 498 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:45,320 Where'd he go from here? 499 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,320 Well, talking to Doyle's friend, we found out they used to hang out down around Wilshire 500 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:49,320 and Olympic. 501 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:50,320 You know that area down there? 502 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:51,320 Yeah. 503 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:52,320 Well, Frank and I have been talking it over. 504 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:53,560 Looks like about the only way to bring them out is to go looking for them. 505 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:55,280 Yeah, so you guys go down there, huh? 506 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:56,280 Well, we checked on that. 507 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:57,280 The bunch down there aren't too chummy. 508 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,520 They don't talk to strangers much, so we figured that maybe the best idea would be for one of 509 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,440 us to go undercover, maybe pose as a thief, buy our stolen goods, something like that. 510 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:05,440 We might get a line on them that way. 511 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:06,440 Yeah, might work. 512 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:07,440 Well, not much choice now. 513 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:08,440 We've tried about everything else. 514 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:09,440 Well, which one of you is going to do it? 515 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:10,760 Well, I thought maybe I'd be the one. 516 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:12,720 I don't know if that's such a good idea. 517 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:13,720 Why not, Skipper? 518 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:14,720 Joe took the last one. 519 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:16,160 Yeah, but didn't you work that area when you were in Vice? 520 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:17,880 Yeah, but that was a couple of years ago. 521 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,000 Still might be some people down there who remember you. 522 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,000 You better take this one on Friday. 523 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,000 All right. 524 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,000 When do you figure to start? 525 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,000 I thought in the morning. 526 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,800 Okay, work out the way you're going to keep in contact. 527 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:31,080 All the details will give you the help you need to swing it. 528 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,080 Right, Skipper. 529 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:33,080 I don't know, Joe. 530 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:34,080 Seems like you're always the one to draw this duty. 531 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:35,080 It ought to be my turn sometime. 532 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:44,200 I'll trade with you. 533 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:50,880 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 534 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:57,060 Smokers all over America are changing to Chesterfield because Chesterfields are premium quality 535 00:16:57,060 --> 00:17:00,680 throughout in both regular and king size. 536 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:06,000 King size Chesterfield contains tobacco is a better quality and higher price than any 537 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,520 other king size cigarette. 538 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:11,640 That's certainly important to every king size smoker. 539 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:15,680 Of course, it's the same fine tobacco as in regular Chesterfield. 540 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:20,540 There's absolutely no difference except that king size Chesterfield gives you more than 541 00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:22,280 a fifth longer smoke. 542 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:27,880 So remember, the modern way to sell cigarettes is the Chesterfield way. 543 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:34,560 First and only cigarette with premium quality in both regular and king size. 544 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,320 Chesterfield is much milder. 545 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:48,680 Chesterfield is best for you. 546 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:50,720 Thursday, May 6th, 930 a.m. 547 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,840 I left my apartment and went down to the vicinity of Wilshire and Olympic. 548 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,080 I spent an hour wandering around the bars in the area and then I checked into a small 549 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:58,960 hotel down on South Hill. 550 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,840 I registered as Joe Kelvin from Phoenix, Arizona. 551 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:05,120 I told the clerk that I was in town on business and that I'd be there as long as it took me 552 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:07,600 to conclude the deal I was working on. 553 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:11,880 I spent the afternoon in a bar on Fourth Street and I got friendly with a bartender. 554 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,840 I asked him if he knew Leslie Doyle and he told me that he'd seen him around but that 555 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:16,600 he didn't know him very well. 556 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,960 I asked if he'd ever seen Doyle with another man. 557 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,760 He said that he had but he didn't know who he was. 558 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,840 The bartender went on to say that the two men had frequent arguments and that they usually 559 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:28,400 ended up with the other man walking out and Doyle going on a drunk. 560 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,780 He told me that I might be able to get some additional information on the man in a cafe 561 00:18:31,780 --> 00:18:33,680 over on Fifth Street. 562 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,280 I spent the next three days wandering around that area eating my meals in the restaurant. 563 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,680 At the end of that time I had no new leads. 564 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:43,660 Frank, Saunders, and Bomi were still working on the case and Frank told me that the bad 565 00:18:43,660 --> 00:18:46,400 border check passing was still going on. 566 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,560 Other conversations with Doyle netted them nothing. 567 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:52,380 At the end of a week I'd gotten to know one of the waitresses at the restaurant and she 568 00:18:52,380 --> 00:18:56,320 indicated that she knew Doyle's partner, that she knew him merely as Mac. 569 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:58,600 She was unable to tell me where I could find him. 570 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:02,040 I got in touch with Frank Smith and he ran the name through the moniker file on R&I but 571 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,040 he got no make. 572 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:07,120 Friday, May 14th, 1056 A.M. I stopped for breakfast. 573 00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:08,120 Morning Joe. 574 00:19:08,120 --> 00:19:09,120 Hi Agnes. 575 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:10,120 Will it be this morning? 576 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:11,120 Well let's see. 577 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:16,160 Orange juice, a couple of eggs, toast and coffee. 578 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:17,160 Big sunny side up? 579 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:18,160 Yeah. 580 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:19,160 How's the bacon? 581 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:20,160 Great, just like always. 582 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,160 Alright, a couple of pieces. 583 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:22,160 Yeah. 584 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,160 Want to bring the coffee right away? 585 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:25,160 Yeah. 586 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:26,160 Is that the morning paper? 587 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:27,160 Yeah. 588 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:28,160 Thank you. 589 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:40,160 What happened to the sports page? 590 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,440 Here. 591 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:44,440 You don't look good this morning. 592 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:45,440 Bad night? 593 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:46,440 Yeah. 594 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:47,440 I had trouble getting to sleep last night. 595 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:48,440 How's the deal coming? 596 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:54,160 Oh alright, I should wind it up in a couple of days. 597 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:55,880 What business are you in anyway? 598 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:59,040 Oh, you could call me kind of a broker I guess. 599 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:02,040 That right? 600 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,480 Yeah. 601 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:07,480 Coffee's going hot. 602 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:08,480 Yeah. 603 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:10,440 Just, what does that mean? 604 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,360 What, the coffee? 605 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:13,360 Being a broker. 606 00:20:13,360 --> 00:20:17,200 Oh, I buy things for a price and I resell them for more. 607 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,320 Things you buy, they hot? 608 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:21,360 Why do you ask that? 609 00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:22,360 Just wondered. 610 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:25,560 It rumbles around that you're in town buying stolen stuff. 611 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:26,560 That right? 612 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,560 That's what they say. 613 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,560 Is it true? 614 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,520 I don't know. 615 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,160 I haven't been talking to the same people as you. 616 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:37,960 That the reason you want to get in touch with Mac? 617 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:42,920 Well look, if I answer that, I've answered the first question, haven't I? 618 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,960 Is that the reason, Joe? 619 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:47,960 Oh it might be. 620 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,120 Where's the sports page, is it around? 621 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:54,440 Why, do you know where I can get in touch with them? 622 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:55,440 I like you, Joe. 623 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,240 Yeah, well I think you're nice too. 624 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,480 I'd like to have the sports page if you could find it for me. 625 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,280 No, I mean it. 626 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:03,280 I think you're alright. 627 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,960 Well, thanks Agnes, that's nice of you to say that. 628 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,720 You've never tried to get fresh. 629 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,200 Different from most of the guys that come in here. 630 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:11,200 Is that right? 631 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:12,200 Sure. 632 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:16,200 Guys all the time getting fresh asking me out. 633 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:17,200 Not you, Joe. 634 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,200 You got a girl in Phoenix? 635 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:20,960 I might have, yeah. 636 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,520 I've been back for a while, you know. 637 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:26,520 Lucky girl. 638 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:27,520 What's she like, Joe? 639 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:28,520 Who's that? 640 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:29,520 A girl in Phoenix. 641 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,520 Oh, I guess she's a little like you. 642 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:33,520 She's a nice girl. 643 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,520 You want to get married? 644 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,200 Well, I don't know. 645 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,640 It kind of depends on this deal here that I'm working on. 646 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,320 It would be nice if you got married. 647 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,000 I'm going to get married someday. 648 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,000 That'll be nice. 649 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,400 It would be real nice if you got married. 650 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,880 It depends on this deal, huh? 651 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:52,880 Yeah, that's right. 652 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:53,880 Okay. 653 00:21:53,880 --> 00:22:00,480 I'll tell you how to get in touch with Mac. 654 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:01,480 Eleven fourteen a.m. 655 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,080 I continued to talk to Agnes. 656 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,040 She told me that she didn't know where Mac lived, but that she could put me in touch 657 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:07,400 with a man who might. 658 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,640 She gave me the address and I drove over to the place. 659 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,920 It was a rooming house on South Vermont. 660 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:12,920 I talked to the man. 661 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,560 He told me that he'd seen Mac during the past week and that as far as he knew, the suspect 662 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,680 was still living in an apartment house on 7th Street. 663 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,000 One fifteen p.m. 664 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,920 I called the office and Frank Smith came out to meet me. 665 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:27,800 We arrived at the apartment house and talked to the manager, Mrs. Nancy Holmes. 666 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:31,600 She told us that she had a tenant named McClain who answered the description we gave her. 667 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:35,000 She told us that McClain had lived in the apartment for the past eight months. 668 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,040 She went on to say that she didn't know what business he was in, but that up until a few 669 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,040 weeks ago, he was in the company of a man called Doyle. 670 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,920 Her description of the man matched that of the suspect. 671 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:45,120 Two forty six p.m. 672 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:47,960 In the company of the manager, we went through McClain's apartment. 673 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:52,240 We found 14 checks made out to him and all of them drawn on large companies. 674 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,080 All of them had the same broken printed border. 675 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:57,080 Frank and I waited for him to return. 676 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,080 Five thirty two p.m. 677 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:06,120 What are you doing here? 678 00:23:06,120 --> 00:23:07,120 Your name, Gene McClain? 679 00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:08,920 Yeah, who are you? 680 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:09,920 Police officers. 681 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:10,920 These checks here. 682 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:11,920 Where'd you get those? 683 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:12,920 On the desk over there. 684 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:14,360 You got no right to go through my things. 685 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:15,360 We'll talk about that downtown. 686 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:16,360 Come on, let's go. 687 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:18,040 Now, look, maybe you guys made a mistake. 688 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:19,040 Maybe you got the wrong fellow. 689 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:20,800 Can't we work something out? 690 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:21,800 This is a pretty good thing. 691 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:22,800 There's enough for everybody. 692 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,160 I'm sure we can make a deal. 693 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:25,160 No reason to act like this. 694 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:26,160 Where's the press, mister? 695 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:27,160 Huh? 696 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:28,160 What are you trying to print these up on? 697 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:29,160 Where is it? 698 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,160 I don't know what you're talking about. 699 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,160 I don't know anything about a press. 700 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,960 I don't even know what you're talking about. 701 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:33,960 It won't work, McClain. 702 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:34,960 We got Doyle. 703 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:35,960 What's he told you? 704 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:36,960 All we need. 705 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:37,960 Well, then he's told you where the press is, too. 706 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:39,380 We're asking you about that, mister. 707 00:23:39,380 --> 00:23:41,000 Like I said, I don't know what you're talking about. 708 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,000 You drive a car, McClain? 709 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,000 Yeah. 710 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000 Where'd you park it? 711 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,000 On the street. 712 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,000 No garages in this crummy place. 713 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,000 No, that's not true, Mr. McClain. 714 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Oh, keep your nose out of this. 715 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:49,720 You've been spouting off too much already. 716 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,120 That's not true, Mr. McClain. 717 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:58,120 I heard everything from the hall, and these officers asked me some questions, and I answered 718 00:23:58,120 --> 00:23:59,120 them. 719 00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:00,120 Please, never giving me any trouble. 720 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:01,120 Ten years I've been managing this place, never had no trouble before. 721 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:02,120 Now you come in here and louse things up. 722 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:03,120 No, I'll turn it off. 723 00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:04,120 Come on, let's get out of here. 724 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:05,120 Now you just wait a minute. 725 00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:08,200 Come in here and call this a crummy place. 726 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:09,200 You didn't know I heard you, did you? 727 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,200 Well, I did. 728 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,400 Listen, officer, he's lying when he says he doesn't have a garage. 729 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,200 You may keep his car out on the street. 730 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,800 Maybe that part's true, but he's got a garage you just bet he has. 731 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:18,800 Come on, let's get out of here. 732 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,600 Stick around here and listen to this loony old bag she's cracking on. 733 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:22,600 Where is the garage, ma'am? 734 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:23,600 I'll show you. 735 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:24,600 It's just down the street. 736 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:25,600 It's an old place. 737 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,360 They rent it from the Pearson's just down the street. 738 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:28,360 I'll show you. 739 00:24:28,360 --> 00:24:31,040 From the old bat, real harpy, sticking her nose in where it don't belong. 740 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:32,440 Don't you talk to me like that. 741 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:36,400 I don't know what it is that these officers are looking for, but I'll just bet they'll 742 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,400 find it there. 743 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:43,560 6.27 p.m. 744 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,240 Mrs. Holmes showed us down the street to a garage set behind a large house. 745 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,880 The door was locked, but McLean produced the key. 746 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,920 We went over the place, but we found nothing. 747 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:52,920 6.55 p.m. 748 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:53,920 Satisfied now? 749 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,480 Told you there wasn't anything wrong. 750 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,280 I told you you wouldn't find anything here. 751 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:58,720 It's got to be here someplace, Joe. 752 00:24:58,720 --> 00:24:59,720 Yeah. 753 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:00,720 How long you had this place, McLean? 754 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:01,720 Couple of months. 755 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,240 Now we can check the owner on that. 756 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:04,840 Aren't you guys ever going to give up? 757 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,680 You maybe got me in custody, but that don't mean you're ever going to be able to prove 758 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:08,680 anything. 759 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:09,680 I think maybe we'll be able to. 760 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:10,680 Joe. 761 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:11,680 Yeah? 762 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:12,680 Take a look here. 763 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:13,680 On the floor. 764 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:14,680 Mm-hmm. 765 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,640 Look here, see the old wooden floor and most of the nails are all rusted over. 766 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,920 And right here, they look pretty new. 767 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,280 Looks like the wood's been moved. 768 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:22,280 Mm-hmm. 769 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:23,280 How about this, McLean? 770 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:24,280 I don't know what you're talking about. 771 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:27,280 Grab that hammer, will you, Frank, over there. 772 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:28,280 Yeah, sure. 773 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:29,280 Here you go. 774 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:30,280 All right. 775 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:33,280 Now maybe we can take a look. 776 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,560 You guys are wasting your time. 777 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:36,560 You know that, don't you? 778 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:38,060 Yeah, well, it's our time. 779 00:25:38,060 --> 00:25:39,060 Don't you worry about it. 780 00:25:39,060 --> 00:25:43,240 You want to give me a hand here, Frank? 781 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:44,240 Yeah. 782 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:45,240 All right. 783 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:46,240 You got it? 784 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:47,240 I got it. 785 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:48,240 All right. 786 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,240 It's all dug out down there. 787 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:52,240 Yeah. 788 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:53,240 Let's take a look. 789 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,840 There's something down there. 790 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:57,840 How about this, McLean? 791 00:25:57,840 --> 00:25:59,400 I don't know what you're talking about. 792 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:00,400 The press, huh? 793 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:01,400 Yeah. 794 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:02,400 Wait a minute. 795 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:03,400 Package over here. 796 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,440 Let's see what's in it. 797 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,320 Look, you got no right to come in here and tear up the place. 798 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:09,800 I'm going to see a lawyer about this. 799 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,520 How about it, Joe? 800 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:12,520 Yeah. 801 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:13,520 Printing press. 802 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:14,520 Take a look. 803 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:15,520 Huh. 804 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:16,520 A Graver's place. 805 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,520 Look, here's the broken border. 806 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:21,480 All right, McLean, let's go. 807 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,480 You just wait. 808 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:23,480 My lawyer's going to hear about this. 809 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:24,480 Is that right? 810 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:25,480 Yeah, you bet it's right. 811 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:26,480 Come in here, tear up the floor. 812 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:27,480 You got no warrant. 813 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:28,480 You got no right. 814 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:29,480 Sick of being shoved around by you guys. 815 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:30,480 You haven't got any beef, McLean. 816 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:31,480 I'll decide that. 817 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:32,480 No, you're wrong. 818 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:40,840 Somebody else is going to do that. 819 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,280 The story you have just heard was true. 820 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,740 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 821 00:26:45,740 --> 00:26:50,420 On August 25th, trial was held in Department 89, Superior Court of the State of California 822 00:26:50,420 --> 00:26:52,460 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 823 00:26:52,460 --> 00:26:54,500 In a moment, the results of that trial. 824 00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:57,040 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 825 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:58,040 Thank you, George Fenomen. 826 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,120 Friends, here are two important things to remember. 827 00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:04,480 Everything that goes into your Chesterfield makes it the premium quality cigarette, and 828 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,480 it's the only cigarette that gives scientific evidence of real smoking pleasure. 829 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,880 Try much milder Chesterfields today. 830 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:11,880 They're best for you. 831 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:26,080 Leslie Paul Doyle and Jean Raoul McLean were tried and convicted of 10 counts of forgery. 832 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:30,040 They received their sentences as prescribed by law and are now serving their term in the 833 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,240 State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California. 834 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,980 Forgery is punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a period of not less 835 00:27:36,980 --> 00:27:40,380 than one nor more than 14 years. 836 00:27:40,380 --> 00:27:45,400 Ladies and gentlemen, with long-range aircraft and atomic bombs, the enemy is only hours 837 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,760 away from where you live. 838 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:52,960 Our Air Defense Command relies on radar to detect enemy aircraft, but it is possible 839 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,240 for low-flying planes to remain undetected. 840 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:01,080 You can help defend America by volunteering for the Ground Observer Corps, a group of 841 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:06,400 civilian men, women, and teenagers who report the presence and activity of aircraft. 842 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:19,200 For information, write or phone your nearest Civil Defense Center. 843 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:23,960 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 844 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,640 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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