1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:15,360 Chesterfield, the first and only cigarette in America to give you premium quality in 3 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:27,000 both regular and king size brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,880 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:41,640 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:43,120 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,400 You're assigned the homicide detail. 8 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,080 A young woman tells you that her mother has disappeared. 9 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,000 There's no trace of her whereabouts. 10 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,120 Foul play is suspected. 11 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,120 Your job, investigate. 12 00:00:55,120 --> 00:01:00,320 First, we read you the six months report. 13 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,200 Then the eight months report. 14 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,800 Now here is 10 full months of scientific evidence on smoking Chesterfield. 15 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:11,760 A medical specialist is making regular bi-monthly examinations of a group of people from various 16 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:13,320 walks of life. 17 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:18,880 45% of this group have smoked Chesterfields for an average of over 10 years. 18 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:24,680 After 10 full months, almost a year now, the specialist reports he observed no adverse 19 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:30,240 effects on the nose, throat, and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfield. 20 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:31,440 That's the report. 21 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:37,000 And Chesterfield is the first and only cigarette with premium quality throughout in both regular 22 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,200 and king size. 23 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:46,280 Fine tobaccos, the world's best, costly moistening agents to keep them always tasty, always fresh, 24 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,160 and the finest cigarette paper money can buy. 25 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:55,040 Yes, everything that goes into your Chesterfield makes it the premium quality cigarette. 26 00:01:55,040 --> 00:02:00,600 And it's the only cigarette that gives you the scientific evidence of real smoking pleasure. 27 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,560 Try much milder Chesterfield today. 28 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,560 They're best for you. 29 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:14,800 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 30 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:19,760 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 31 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:24,400 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 32 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,120 police files. 33 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:31,320 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 34 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:32,320 in action. 35 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:38,000 It was Tuesday, August 5th. 36 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,440 It was hot in Los Angeles. 37 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,600 We were working the day watch out of homicide detail. 38 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,760 My partner's Frank Smith, the boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. 39 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:45,760 My name's Friday. 40 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:50,200 We were on the way out from the office and it was 1046 A.M. when we got to 4298 North 41 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:51,200 Estrella Street. 42 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,200 The front door. 43 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:54,200 Hot. 44 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:55,200 It sure is. 45 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:56,200 Yes, Mrs. What's her name? 46 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:57,200 Randall, L. Randall. 47 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,200 Did she say what this was about? 48 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,200 She said that her mother disappeared. 49 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:00,200 She wanted to talk to us about it. 50 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:01,200 Yes? 51 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:02,200 Miss Randall? 52 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:03,200 Yes, that's right. 53 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:04,200 Police officers, ma'am. 54 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:05,200 Oh, yes, come in, won't you? 55 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:06,200 Thank you. 56 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:07,200 It's warm out. 57 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:08,200 I think I'll leave the door open. 58 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:09,200 Hope the flies don't come in. 59 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:10,200 My name's Friday, Mrs. Randall. 60 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,200 I'm going to go to the office. 61 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,200 I'll be right back. 62 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:13,200 I'll be right back. 63 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:14,960 My name's Friday, Mrs. Randall. 64 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:16,240 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 65 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:17,240 How do you do? 66 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:18,240 How do you do, ma'am? 67 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:19,600 Could you tell us just what it is you want to see us about? 68 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:20,600 Well, of course. 69 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:21,600 Sit down, won't you? 70 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:22,600 Thank you, Mrs. Randall. 71 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:23,880 Would you like some tea or something? 72 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:24,880 I have some ready in the kitchen. 73 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:25,880 No, thanks. 74 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:27,880 Tell us what was it about your mother, Mrs. Randall. 75 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,920 Now that you're here, I guess maybe I could be wrong about it. 76 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:31,920 I was so sure. 77 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:32,920 What just what is it, ma'am? 78 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:33,920 Well, mama's gone. 79 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:36,920 I don't know how long it's been, but she isn't with Papa. 80 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:38,920 Well, what's your mother's name, Mrs. Randall? 81 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:39,920 Bertha. 82 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:40,920 Bertha Schroeder. 83 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,400 Bertha Schroeder, what makes you think there might be something wrong? 84 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,120 You said on the phone that you were pretty sure that something had happened to her. 85 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,160 Well, yes, I guess I ought to start at the beginning. 86 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,080 It's kind of a dull story, but maybe it's the best way. 87 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,080 All right, ma'am. 88 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:53,680 You sure you wouldn't like a glass of iced tea? 89 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:54,680 No, thanks, ma'am. 90 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:55,680 Thanks. 91 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:56,680 Just the same. 92 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:57,680 Mind if I get some? 93 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:58,680 Just take a minute. 94 00:03:58,680 --> 00:03:59,680 All right. 95 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,680 Hey, it's a nice place, huh? 96 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:03,680 Yeah, it is. 97 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:04,680 Very decorated nice. 98 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,680 Hey, look at those trivets. 99 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:07,680 What? 100 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:08,680 Trivets. 101 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:09,680 Those little things over the fireplace. 102 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:10,680 Those brasses. 103 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:11,680 Yeah. 104 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:12,680 Faveman wanted some of those. 105 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,120 He used to use them to hold irons, you know, they'd get hot and put them on the ironing 106 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:17,120 boards so they won't burn the cloth. 107 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:18,120 Put them on those things? 108 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:19,120 Yeah. 109 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,840 I brought a couple extra glasses in case you decided you wanted some. 110 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:26,320 Well, if you'd just go ahead with the story, Mrs. Randall. 111 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,920 Yes, well, to understand it really, you'd have to know Papa. 112 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,040 He came over to this country when he was just a boy, only about 16 or so. 113 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,560 Landed here and couldn't speak more than a dozen words of English. 114 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,200 Went to work in New York. 115 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:38,600 Worked as a construction man. 116 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:39,600 Worked hard. 117 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,080 Met Mama there and they got married. 118 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:43,080 Right after that they moved out here. 119 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,680 Bought a house and Papa went into business for himself. 120 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:46,680 Yes, ma'am. 121 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,880 Well, maybe it was the life he'd had when he got here. 122 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,960 I don't know, but he always treated Mama like she was so much dirt. 123 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:52,960 Mean. 124 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:54,440 Time went on, he got meaner to her. 125 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,520 I remember when us kids were in school, he used to yell at her all the time. 126 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,760 Get in the mood and he wouldn't talk to any of us for days at a time. 127 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:01,760 Is that so? 128 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:02,760 I never knew how Mama took it. 129 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:03,760 She never said anything. 130 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:05,480 Just stand there and let him scream at her. 131 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,320 And when he was finished, she'd just kind of shrug her shoulders and take his kids out 132 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,240 of the house, walk around for a while and then go back to the house. 133 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,880 By that time, Papa was so mad he wouldn't talk to anyone. 134 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:14,880 Uh-huh. 135 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:15,880 Go ahead. 136 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:16,880 Well, all of us kids married young. 137 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:17,880 I got married when I was 16. 138 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:19,880 The rest of the kids weren't much older than that. 139 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:21,200 Papa didn't want us around after that. 140 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,280 Said for us to get out and make our own way. 141 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:24,720 Said that we had to. 142 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,720 So there's no reason that we shouldn't. 143 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,760 You sure you don't want some of this? 144 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:31,760 No, thank you, ma'am. 145 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:32,760 Thank you very much, ma'am. 146 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:33,760 Would you mind going ahead, Miss Rudd? 147 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:34,760 Yeah, yes. 148 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,040 A couple of months ago I tried to call Mama. 149 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:38,800 The operator told me that the phone had been disconnected. 150 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:40,200 May I make a pardon? 151 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,240 The operator told me that the phone had been disconnected when I tried to get hold of Mama. 152 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:44,240 I see. 153 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:45,240 Now, I waited a couple of days. 154 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:46,960 You know, I figured that maybe she'd call me. 155 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:47,960 Yes, ma'am. 156 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:48,960 Well, she didn't. 157 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,400 You see, once we were out of the house, none of us went back. 158 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,280 Papa's retired and none of us wanted to see him. 159 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:55,720 It's a terrible thing to say, Mr. Friday, but it's true. 160 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:56,720 Ma'am? 161 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:57,720 We all hated him. 162 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,440 All of us kids, for what he'd done to us, the beatings and all. 163 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:01,960 But most for what he'd done to Mama. 164 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,240 She was only 52 and she looked like she was 92. 165 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,280 It was terrible the way he treated her. 166 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:07,280 I see. 167 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:10,320 Like I said, we'd never go over there, but Mama would come to see us whenever she could. 168 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,320 She'd come over, visit for a little bit, you know, talk about the kids and things. 169 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:14,320 Yes, ma'am. 170 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,720 Well, I didn't hear from her and I got a little worried that maybe she was sick. 171 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:18,720 She was. 172 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,880 I know that Papa wouldn't tell us, so I went over to the old house and I rang the bell. 173 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,960 I was kind of braced because I thought I'd see Papa and there'd be an argument, but there 174 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:26,960 wasn't. 175 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:27,960 Ma'am? 176 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:28,960 No argument. 177 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:29,960 Papa didn't answer the door. 178 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,400 Some young woman answered it and I asked if I could see Mrs. Schroeder. 179 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,640 Right away I knew there was something wrong. 180 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,000 Well, how was that, ma'am? 181 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,640 Well, I could see inside the front door. 182 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:39,240 The living room had all been changed around. 183 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:40,240 There was new furniture. 184 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:41,920 It looked like the walls had been painted, too. 185 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,360 What did the woman say when you asked for your mother? 186 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:45,720 She said they didn't live there anymore. 187 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,240 She said that they'd rented the house, you know, and that they'd been living there for 188 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:50,240 the past month. 189 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,680 Well, at first I don't think I believed her. 190 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:56,360 I asked her who rented the house to her and she said Papa did. 191 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:58,120 Then I asked her where he was. 192 00:06:58,120 --> 00:06:59,120 What'd she say to that? 193 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:00,120 Well, she gave me his address. 194 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:01,120 I went over there to talk to him. 195 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,200 It was a little tiny apartment just off La Brea. 196 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:04,800 He said that Mama was gone. 197 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,840 I asked him where she'd gone and he said that she was on a vacation. 198 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:11,320 Well, I know him well enough to know that he'd never let her go away. 199 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,680 He'd be no one to dine in socks and keep the house clean. 200 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,760 I wanted to know where she'd gone on this vacation. 201 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:18,080 He said back to the old country. 202 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,080 He said she wanted to see her family. 203 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,320 He said that they'd gotten a letter from her sister that she was sick and wanted to see 204 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:24,320 Mama. 205 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:25,320 Well, right then I called him a liar. 206 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,080 I told him right to his face that he was lying. 207 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:28,880 I kind of thought that he'd hit the ceiling, but he didn't. 208 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:32,000 He just smiled and said that I had no call to say anything like that. 209 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,600 He asked me why I said it. 210 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:34,880 What was that? 211 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:35,880 You thought that he'd hit what? 212 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,400 Well, I thought that he'd hit the ceiling when I said that to him, when I called him 213 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,080 a liar, I mean, you know. 214 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,160 I told him that if Mama had left, she'd have written, maybe not to me, but to one of the 215 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:44,160 kids. 216 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:48,400 I called around and when I didn't hear from her, none of the kids had either. 217 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:49,400 They were all worried about her too. 218 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:50,400 I see. 219 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:51,960 Well, what do you say to that? 220 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,640 He said he couldn't understand it so that he'd gotten a letter, that he'd gotten it 221 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:59,920 not more than a day or so before, that she'd arrived safe and was having a wonderful time. 222 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:00,920 This was a letter? 223 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:02,600 Yes, this was a letter he'd gotten from Mama. 224 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,360 Well, I told him I thought he was lying. 225 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,560 Then he said that he'd show me the letter. 226 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:07,560 Well, did he? 227 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,080 Well, yeah, he showed me the letter, but he wouldn't show me the envelope, just the letter. 228 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:12,960 He said he'd thrown the envelope away. 229 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,040 Well, was the letter from your mother, ma'am? 230 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:18,760 Well, sort of from the words it was, told all about her trip and how she was enjoying 231 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:22,000 herself, said that she was with her sister and that she was getting better, and then 232 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,240 she went on to tell how much she missed Papa and all. 233 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:25,240 Uh-huh. 234 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,240 Right away, I could tell that it wasn't Mama's handwriting. 235 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:28,240 She never wrote that letter. 236 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:29,240 May I be pardoned? 237 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,160 I said that I knew it wasn't Mama's writing on that letter. 238 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:33,160 Yeah, well... 239 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,440 Well, that's when I thought about calling you. 240 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:39,080 Then later I remembered something, and then I made up my mind about calling you. 241 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:40,080 What was that, Miss Randall? 242 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,840 Well, Mama only had one sister living. 243 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,920 She died three years ago. 244 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,940 11.13 a.m. 245 00:08:49,940 --> 00:08:51,720 We continued to talk to Ella Randall. 246 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,620 She told us that she was sure that her mother would not have gone off of her own free will. 247 00:08:55,620 --> 00:08:58,880 She said that when she last saw Mrs. Schroeder, she appeared to be in good health and in good 248 00:08:58,880 --> 00:08:59,940 spirits. 249 00:08:59,940 --> 00:09:02,760 We got the names and addresses of the other children in the Schroeder family. 250 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,640 We also got the address of the Schroeder relatives in Europe. 251 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:08,680 Ella Randall told us that we could find her father at the apartment, and she gave us the 252 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:09,680 address. 253 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:10,680 12.15 p.m. 254 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:12,560 Frank and I drove over to see him. 255 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:14,320 This is ridiculous, utterly ridiculous. 256 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,480 Well, maybe so, sir, but we'd like to see the letter that came from your wife. 257 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,560 Well, officer, I'd like very much to show it to you, really. 258 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:21,560 I would, but I can't. 259 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:22,560 Why not, sir? 260 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:24,880 There are a few reasons that I haven't got it anymore. 261 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,520 I destroyed it, burned it a couple of days ago. 262 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:28,960 Who was your wife staying with, sir? 263 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:29,960 With her sister. 264 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:30,960 Uh-huh. 265 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,040 Well, from what we can find out, sir, your wife's sister died three years ago. 266 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:36,120 How could your wife be staying with her? 267 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:37,120 Oh, all right. 268 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,880 I suppose I might as well tell you about it. 269 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:41,680 It doesn't seem to be any other way. 270 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:42,680 All right, sir. 271 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:43,680 Go right ahead. 272 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:46,280 First off, my wife is not in the old country. 273 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,360 She's not with her sister, but you heard is true. 274 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:50,360 Uh-huh. 275 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,520 Officer, what I have to tell you is very hard to say. 276 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:55,800 I find it hard to find the right words. 277 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:56,800 That's all right, sir. 278 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:57,800 You just go ahead. 279 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,880 We've been married for 30 years. 280 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:03,600 30 years, man and wife, and then she did this. 281 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,760 Almost broke my heart, officers. 282 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:07,080 Is one of you married? 283 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:08,080 Oh, yes, sir. 284 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,080 My partner here is. 285 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:10,720 Then you would know what I mean. 286 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,040 You'd know how it is. 287 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:13,040 Sir? 288 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:14,040 She left me. 289 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:15,920 Back to things and left. 290 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,120 Didn't give me any reason. 291 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,280 Just said she didn't want to be my wife anymore. 292 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,360 He said she didn't want to share my roof. 293 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:23,360 Just left. 294 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:24,360 30 years. 295 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,480 All that time, and she left. 296 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,320 What kind of terms were you and your wife on, sir? 297 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:30,320 What do you mean, this term? 298 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,280 Well, did you and your wife get along all right? 299 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:33,280 Were you happy? 300 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:34,280 Certainly. 301 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:35,760 As I said, we were married 30 years. 302 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,120 Yes, sir, I understand that. 303 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:38,640 But did you ever have any quarrels? 304 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,360 Sergeant, all married people have quarrels. 305 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:42,680 Maybe the house isn't clean. 306 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:44,720 Maybe dinner isn't big enough. 307 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,680 Maybe the children get too loud. 308 00:10:46,680 --> 00:10:48,480 All married couples have quarrels. 309 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:49,480 It's part of living together. 310 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,360 Well, from what we understand, sir, some of the arguments you and your wife had were 311 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:53,600 pretty serious. 312 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:55,760 The people who said that are liars. 313 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:56,760 They seem pretty sure. 314 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:58,480 Liars, that's what they are. 315 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,960 Oh, sometimes maybe I'd forget myself, get a little loud, but serious never. 316 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:06,040 How'd you get along with your children, Mr. Shorter? 317 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:07,040 My children? 318 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:08,040 Yes, sir, that's right. 319 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:09,040 How'd you get along with them? 320 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,040 All right, they were a little wild. 321 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,040 All children over here are like that, wild. 322 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,520 They don't respect their elders, but I got along good. 323 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:18,640 Seems to be a difference of opinion on that too, sir. 324 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,320 We've heard that you and your children went on two friendly terms. 325 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:22,800 And you believe this? 326 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,960 You think that this is true? 327 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,760 Mr. Fryley, Mr. Smith, these were my own flesh and blood. 328 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,000 I loved them, still do. 329 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,520 Maybe that sounds hard to believe. 330 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,000 I can imagine what you've heard. 331 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,000 I know. 332 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,880 I've heard about this before. 333 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:38,680 I know who told you. 334 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:40,960 You didn't think I'd know, but I do. 335 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,160 It was Ella, wasn't it? 336 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:45,160 Wasn't it? 337 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:46,160 Who told us isn't important, sir? 338 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:47,160 But it is. 339 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:51,240 You see, this is very hard for me to say. 340 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,400 Thirty years married and it is all a mistake. 341 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:55,720 I knew it from the start. 342 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,200 She was a shrew, Mr. Fryley. 343 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,280 I knew it right away, a shrew. 344 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:00,280 Sir? 345 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:04,520 My wife, Berta, almost from the day we were married, she was a nag. 346 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:09,480 All I wanted in life was to do a day's work and come home and read the paper, maybe have 347 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:10,920 a pipe of tobacco. 348 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,020 Rest, work, and have my home. 349 00:12:14,020 --> 00:12:17,680 Maybe someday when the children were grown, they'd say, Papa was good. 350 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:20,520 He gave us a good house and he was good. 351 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:21,520 That's all I wanted. 352 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:22,520 Yes, sir? 353 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:23,840 Berta didn't want that. 354 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,120 Always wanted more for the children, she said. 355 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:31,480 When I wouldn't kill myself at work, she'd get angry, talk loud to me. 356 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:32,920 All I wanted was peace. 357 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,360 When the children came along, she taught them just like her. 358 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:37,360 How do you mean, sir? 359 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,480 She taught them what a mean man I was, turned them against me. 360 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,960 My own children taught them to hate their father, their own father. 361 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:44,960 Yes, sir. 362 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:46,920 Well, why didn't you tell your children that your wife left you? 363 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:48,800 No, Mr. Fryley, I couldn't. 364 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:49,880 This would break their hearts. 365 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,800 They might hate me, but I don't want them to hate their mother. 366 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:54,280 I couldn't do that. 367 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,260 The Lord would never forgive me for that. 368 00:12:56,260 --> 00:12:58,160 Have you heard from your wife at all since she left? 369 00:12:58,160 --> 00:12:59,160 Not a word. 370 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:01,440 I made up that letter so the children wouldn't find out. 371 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:02,440 I couldn't have that. 372 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,440 Did she take any money with her, would you know that? 373 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:05,440 Yes, she did. 374 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,520 We have a joint account as a bank two blocks over. 375 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,480 She made a large withdrawal the day she left. 376 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,480 Well, Mr. Schroeder, why did you rent your house? 377 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,080 It was sold by myself. 378 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:14,400 The house was full of Berta. 379 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:15,720 All the things were hers. 380 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,040 Everywhere I looked, I saw her. 381 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:19,120 It hurt me, Mr. Smith. 382 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,880 I had to get out, so I came here. 383 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:26,080 It's not much, but I can read the paper, and I'll send in a pipe of tobacco. 384 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:27,080 It's peaceful. 385 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:28,080 It's all I need. 386 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,640 What did you do with your wife's personal effects? 387 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,240 I don't think I understand, Sergeant. 388 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,720 Her clothes, the furniture from the house, things like that. 389 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:35,720 They're in storage. 390 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,640 I had some men come out and take all of it away, stored it away. 391 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,360 I thought that maybe someday Berta would come back and we could take up where we left 392 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:43,360 off. 393 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,880 Yes, could you give us the name of the storage company where you left the furniture? 394 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:46,880 Certainly. 395 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:47,880 It's out on Peacock. 396 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:48,880 I can give you the address. 397 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:49,880 Is that important? 398 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:50,880 No, sir, not really. 399 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:51,880 We ought to check. 400 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,760 Don't you think it might be better if you told your daughter about all this or about what's 401 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:55,760 happened? 402 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,400 No, Mr. Smith, it wouldn't prove anything, nothing at all. 403 00:13:58,400 --> 00:13:59,720 Well, that's the way you want it, sir. 404 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:00,920 There's nothing we can do about it. 405 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,400 It's better, Mr. Friday, believe me, I know. 406 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:07,360 If they hate me, there's not much I can do about it, but I don't want to bring them any 407 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:08,360 unhappiness. 408 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:09,360 I couldn't do that. 409 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:10,360 Yes, sir. 410 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:11,360 I'm 65 years old, Mr. Friday. 411 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,440 I've worked hard all the time, harder than most men. 412 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:15,440 Had four children. 413 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:16,440 They're all grown. 414 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,160 They have families of their own. 415 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,160 All this, and I've got nothing. 416 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,240 But lonely days and empty nights. 417 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:23,240 Yes. 418 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:25,240 It's an awful thing, just awful. 419 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:26,240 Sir? 420 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,800 To work all your life and have nothing to show for it. 421 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:37,640 1.37 p.m. We got the address of the storage company from Henry Schroeder, and then Frank 422 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,840 and I left to go back to the office. 423 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:41,880 At this point, we had two stories. 424 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:42,880 Both of them could be true. 425 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:44,080 Both of them could be lies. 426 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:45,680 There was no way of knowing. 427 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,880 In the meantime, it was merely a matter of checking until it could be proved one way or 428 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:49,880 the other. 429 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:51,480 We had a little action we could take. 430 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:55,400 2.15 p.m. Frank and I checked back into the office, and I put in a call to the storage 431 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:56,400 house. 432 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:57,400 Yes, sir. 433 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:58,400 I'll wait while you're checking, huh? 434 00:14:58,400 --> 00:14:59,400 I don't know, Joe. 435 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:01,360 It sure seems like the old guy is telling the truth. 436 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,440 Oh, we checked this out while no one were the other. 437 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:05,120 Such a nice little guy. 438 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,000 Seems hard to believe that he'd do anything wrong. 439 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,000 Yes, sir. 440 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,000 Yes, sir, what was that? 441 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,000 Uh-huh. 442 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Could you tell me when? 443 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,000 What was the name? 444 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Mm-hmm. 445 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,000 That's right. 446 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,000 Yes, sir. 447 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,000 All right. 448 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,000 Uh-huh. 449 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Thanks very much. 450 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,000 What's that? 451 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,000 That's Joe Friday, F.R.I.D. 452 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,360 Yeah, that's right. 453 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,880 Michigan 5211, extension 2521. 454 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:25,880 Right. 455 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,000 All right, thanks again. 456 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,720 How about it? 457 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,040 He stored the furniture, all right? 458 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:32,040 Yeah. 459 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:33,040 I remembered him. 460 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:34,040 Talked to him a couple of weeks ago. 461 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:35,040 Uh-huh. 462 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:40,480 Told him to sell everything. 463 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,860 We drove out to the storage house and talked to the owner. 464 00:15:42,860 --> 00:15:45,820 He said that Schroeder had called them out to pack the furniture, and then he ordered 465 00:15:45,820 --> 00:15:46,820 it stored. 466 00:15:46,820 --> 00:15:50,560 A week later, he called back and told them to dispose of all the furnishings and personal 467 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:51,880 effects. 468 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,840 We called Schroeder's bank, and they told us that there'd been no large withdrawals 469 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:56,360 on the date of her disappearance. 470 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,040 Also, she'd drawn no checks since. 471 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:02,040 We got in touch with the other children, and they verified their sister's story. 472 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,760 They all said that the father was hard to live with and had on several occasions struck 473 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,100 Mrs. Schroeder. 474 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:10,500 They told us that it was possible that she had left her husband, but that she would certainly 475 00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:13,020 have gotten in touch with one of them if she had. 476 00:16:13,020 --> 00:16:16,680 They said that as far as they knew, Mrs. Schroeder was in good health, and she was in good condition 477 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:18,000 mentally. 478 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,180 One of the daughters said that they were planning on a shopping trip to buy school clothes for 479 00:16:21,180 --> 00:16:22,180 one of the grandchildren. 480 00:16:22,180 --> 00:16:25,680 The woman went on to say that as far as she knew, Mrs. Schroeder would not have left without 481 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:29,760 saying something to her about not being able to keep the appointment. 482 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:31,440 We got in touch with Ella Randall. 483 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,520 She said that she would like to accompany us when we talked to the neighbors of the Schroeder 484 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:35,520 woman. 485 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,760 She said that she could point out her mother's friends and that she would be able to trace 486 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,240 her mother's movements about the neighborhood for us. 487 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:41,680 Four fifteen p.m. 488 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:42,680 We picked her up. 489 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:46,240 We talked to the neighbors, and they told us of hearing loud voices coming from the house. 490 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:50,040 They said that Mr. Schroeder was always angry at his wife, and he made no attempt to hide 491 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:51,040 it. 492 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:52,400 Seven thirty p.m. 493 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,680 We went on to talk to the people who had rented the Schroeder home. 494 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:55,680 Come on in. 495 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,080 Thank you very much, Mr. Armstrong. 496 00:16:58,080 --> 00:16:59,880 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 497 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:00,880 This is Mrs. Randall. 498 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:01,880 Yes, Mrs. Randall. 499 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:02,880 I've met before. 500 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:03,880 How are you, Mrs. Randall? 501 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:04,880 How are you, Mr. Armstrong? 502 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:05,880 What's this all about? 503 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:10,400 We'd like to ask you some questions about the Schroeders, if we could. 504 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:12,840 Well, Mrs. Randall here would be able to answer them better for you. 505 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:13,840 They're her parents. 506 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,440 Yes, sir, we'd like some information from you, if we could. 507 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:17,440 All right, go ahead. 508 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,160 I don't think there's much I can tell you. 509 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,080 Did you see Mr. Schroeder when you rented the house? 510 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:24,600 No, come to think about it, I didn't. 511 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,600 Mr. Schroeder talked about her, but I didn't see her when we took the house. 512 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:28,600 Uh-huh. 513 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:30,920 How did Mr. Schroeder act when you rented the place? 514 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:31,920 I don't think I understand. 515 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,000 Well, did he seem upset, anything at all unusual about him? 516 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,800 As a matter of fact, there was. 517 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:37,800 What was that, sir? 518 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:39,800 Well, the house was kind of old. 519 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,600 You know, paint missing from some of the woodwork. 520 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,800 Some of the paper was a little faded. 521 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,840 We asked him if he planned to fix it up before we moved it. 522 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:48,840 You know, if we could foot the bill. 523 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:49,840 Yes, sir, we understand. 524 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,640 All right, well, I can't expect an argument. 525 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,800 He just seemed like that kind of a guy. 526 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:56,680 You know, who wouldn't spend a nickel to get a half-to. 527 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:57,680 Uh-huh. 528 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:58,680 It wasn't like that. 529 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,080 The smile, the same thing that we wanted, he'd have done. 530 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:03,080 Real nice. 531 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:04,840 Sure hasn't caused any trouble. 532 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,880 Of course, there's no reason for him to. 533 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,080 We'd pay the rent on time, take care of the lawn and the flowers. 534 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,080 I think we're pretty good tenants. 535 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:12,720 Sure is a difference. 536 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,120 Never looked like this when we lived here. 537 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:17,080 I remember that Mama would ask him to paint the place a little. 538 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:18,080 Always raised the roof. 539 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:19,720 Said there wasn't any reason to do it. 540 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:23,240 Said to wait until the kids were grown and appreciated the house. 541 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:24,240 Not like that with us. 542 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:26,440 Well, he was with his own family. 543 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,240 Even when we were gone, after we left the house, he said that there wasn't any reason 544 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:30,240 to fix the place up. 545 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,160 Said that Mama and him were the only people who ever saw the inside of it and it didn't 546 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:34,160 matter to them. 547 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,840 Like I said, couldn't ask for a better landlord. 548 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:39,680 Well, I kind of hate to ask this. 549 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:40,680 Yeah. 550 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,120 Well, I wondered if I could see the rest of the house. 551 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:45,760 I'd kind of like to see what he did to it. 552 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,760 Well, I guess it's okay. 553 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,520 If it won't take too long, I gotta eat pretty quick. 554 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:51,520 Got a bowl tonight. 555 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,520 The team's playing the league championship tonight. 556 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:54,520 Just a look. 557 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:55,520 I won't keep you. 558 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:56,520 Okay. 559 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:57,520 Well, you know the house. 560 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:58,520 Yes. 561 00:18:58,520 --> 00:18:59,520 This is the living room. 562 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:01,520 The bedrooms are down the hall. 563 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:02,520 This is the dining room. 564 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:03,520 Oh, pretty paper. 565 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:07,040 It made Mama so happy to have this. 566 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:08,040 Here's a bath. 567 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:09,040 All new tile. 568 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:10,040 Just beautiful. 569 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:11,040 Yeah, makes it nice. 570 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:14,880 It's a master bedroom. 571 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:15,880 This was Papa's room. 572 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:16,880 It sure is nice. 573 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:17,880 Oh, look at the pretty curtains. 574 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:18,880 Those are ours. 575 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:23,320 We said he'd put drapes in every one of them, but Sally, it's her wife. 576 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:24,320 She likes curtains. 577 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:25,320 Uh-huh. 578 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:26,320 You do too. 579 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:30,640 Here's this, the oldest boy. 580 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:31,640 This was Mom's room. 581 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:32,640 Oh, it's just beautiful. 582 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:34,640 That's a beautiful carpet. 583 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,800 Yeah, he put that in too. 584 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,480 Didn't even have to ask for that, it's own idea. 585 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:40,480 Older world carpeting. 586 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:41,480 Mama always wanted it. 587 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,480 The only room in the house that has it. 588 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,000 Do you have a cellar in this house, Mr. Armstrong? 589 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:47,000 Yeah. 590 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,000 We use it for the freezer. 591 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,760 Sally puts up canned goods in the summer, keep them down there. 592 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:52,240 I wonder if we could see it, please. 593 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,800 Sure, but there isn't any change down there. 594 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:56,080 He didn't do anything with the cellar. 595 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:57,080 Yeah, sir. 596 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:58,080 It's all right, though. 597 00:19:58,080 --> 00:19:59,080 We'd like to see it. 598 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:00,080 Oh, sure. 599 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,080 I'd like to make it fast, though. 600 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:02,080 I gotta eat, you know. 601 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:03,080 Yeah, sir, we understand. 602 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:04,080 It won't take very long here. 603 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:05,080 Sure is down this way. 604 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,120 Had to run electricity down there for the freezer. 605 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:11,760 I guess he'd have done it, but it was just an extension cord. 606 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,800 Thought about having it done permanently, but no real reason to. 607 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:15,800 I understand. 608 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:17,800 I'll go ahead and get the light. 609 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:18,800 Yeah, sir. 610 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:19,800 You want to wait here, Miss Randall? 611 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:20,800 Why? 612 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:21,800 Well, no reason, ma'am. 613 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:22,800 We just thought it might be better. 614 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,800 Well, all right, I'll wait in the living room. 615 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:25,800 All right, thank you. 616 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:26,800 Come on, Frank. 617 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:27,800 Yeah. 618 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:33,200 Not very big, just room enough for the freezer and a few shelves. 619 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:34,200 Uh-huh. 620 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,200 Some ant floor, huh? 621 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:36,200 Yeah. 622 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,200 Frank? 623 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:38,200 I'm gonna swing that light up here. 624 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:39,200 I want to check something here. 625 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:40,200 Oh, sure. 626 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:41,200 What's this room under, Mr. Armstrong? 627 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:42,200 I mean, what's above it? 628 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:43,200 Let's see. 629 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:44,200 That'd be the master bedroom about to there. 630 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:45,200 Uh-huh. 631 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:46,200 The room next to the beginning there. 632 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:47,200 Uh-huh. 633 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:48,200 That'd be Mrs. Schroeder's room, wouldn't it? 634 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:49,200 Mm-hmm. 635 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:50,200 From what Mrs. Randall said, yeah. 636 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:51,200 Uh-huh. 637 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:52,200 You got a piece of paper, sir? 638 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:53,200 I'd like to get up on the freezer. 639 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:54,200 I don't want to scratch it here. 640 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,200 Why, something you want? 641 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:56,200 Well, I just like to look. 642 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:57,200 Have a piece of paper, cardboard, anything, cloth. 643 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:58,200 I don't see any. 644 00:20:58,200 --> 00:20:59,200 Go ahead. 645 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:00,200 Just don't scratch your foot. 646 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:07,200 It'll be all right. 647 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:08,200 All right, Frank. 648 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,200 Swing the light around, will you? 649 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,200 Yeah. 650 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:11,200 What is it, John? 651 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:12,200 I'm not sure. 652 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:13,200 You got your flash? 653 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:14,200 Yeah. 654 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:15,200 Here you go. 655 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:16,200 All right. 656 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:17,200 Okay. 657 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:18,200 What is it? 658 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:19,200 What do you see up there? 659 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:20,200 I better call the crime lab and get him out here. 660 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:21,200 What is it? 661 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:22,200 Seep through the floor. 662 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:23,200 What's that? 663 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:42,840 Looks like blood. 664 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:49,040 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 665 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:54,480 All over America, smokers are changing to Chesterfield because Chesterfield is the first 666 00:21:54,480 --> 00:22:00,800 and only cigarette with premium quality throughout in both regular and king size. 667 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:06,320 King size Chesterfield contains tobaccos of better quality and higher price than any other 668 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:08,440 king size cigarette. 669 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,520 That's certainly important to every king size smoker. 670 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:15,160 Of course, it's the same fine tobacco as in regular Chesterfield. 671 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:20,520 So remember, the modern way to sell cigarettes is the Chesterfield way. 672 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:27,280 First and only cigarette with premium quality throughout in both regular and king size. 673 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:29,920 Chesterfield is much milder. 674 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:36,080 Chesterfield is best for you. 675 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:46,120 814 p.m. The crime lab was called and they came out to go over the place. 676 00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:50,320 A benzidine test was run on the stains and it was proved that they were blood stains. 677 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:54,080 The carpet in the bedroom was removed and additional stains were uncovered. 678 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,120 Frank and I checked the cellar floor, but it was solid and there was no evidence that 679 00:22:57,120 --> 00:22:58,960 any part of it had been torn up. 680 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:02,320 A preliminary check was made of the yard, but we found nothing. 681 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,720 The next morning at 758 a.m. we called the crime lab. 682 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:09,360 They'd finished their investigation and told us that the stains were made by human blood. 683 00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:13,320 810 a.m. Frank and I drove out to the house to continue our investigation. 684 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,160 Boy, it's going to be a scorcher. 685 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:16,160 Yeah, it looks that way. 686 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:17,680 Did you check that corner of the yard over there? 687 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:19,560 Yeah, doesn't look like anything's been disturbed. 688 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:21,240 Well, let's talk to the neighbors again. 689 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,240 There's got to be an answer someplace. 690 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:24,240 Okay. 691 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:29,720 You know, I'm going to tell Fay to get me some of those church with the holes in them. 692 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,760 What do you mean holes in them? 693 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:33,440 You know, like they were back east. 694 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,340 Little bitty holes between the material. 695 00:23:35,340 --> 00:23:36,340 That way you don't get so hot. 696 00:23:36,340 --> 00:23:37,340 Yeah. 697 00:23:37,340 --> 00:23:38,340 Hey, wait a minute, Joe. 698 00:23:38,340 --> 00:23:39,340 What? 699 00:23:39,340 --> 00:23:41,520 There's something on the grass over there by the rose bed. 700 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,680 Oh, it's probably a locket or something one of the kids dropped, a toy maybe. 701 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:45,680 Yeah, I'll get it. 702 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:46,680 Give it back to Armstrong. 703 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:52,400 What do you got? 704 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:53,880 Piece of dental bridge work. 705 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:59,400 Looks like it's been on a fire. 706 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,800 The crime lab was called and they went over the backyard. 707 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,320 They checked the incinerator and under a large heap of ashes they found several pieces of 708 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:06,320 bone. 709 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,480 They took a sample of the ash back to the lab to examine it. 710 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,560 We got in touch with the daughter, Mrs. Randall. 711 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,920 We got the address of Mrs. Schroeder's dentist. 712 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,280 Frank and I drove out to talk to him. 713 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:19,240 We showed him the piece of dental bridge work that we'd found and he identified it as positively 714 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,120 belonging to Mrs. Schroeder. 715 00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:25,000 He showed us the card from his files which gave the date that he'd installed the bridge. 716 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,600 11 56 a.m. 717 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:30,040 We called the crime lab and Lieutenant Lee Jones told us that the ash and the particles 718 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:33,320 of bone that he'd recovered could be of human origin. 719 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:34,920 12 15 p.m. 720 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,040 We drove out to the apartment and took Henry Schroeder into custody. 721 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:39,760 We talked to him in the interrogation room. 722 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,520 I don't understand all this. 723 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:42,920 None of it makes any sense. 724 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:44,560 Well it's pretty simple Schroeder. 725 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,440 Simple you say that I killed Bertha and you say it's simple. 726 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:48,840 How can you say that? 727 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:49,840 Why do you say that? 728 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:50,840 You must have a reason. 729 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:52,840 I told you all I know. 730 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,360 A couple of things you didn't tell the truth about sir. 731 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:56,360 What? 732 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:59,360 You said that just before your wife left you she made a large withdrawal from your account 733 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:00,360 didn't you? 734 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:01,360 That's right she did. 735 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:02,360 She did take some money. 736 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:05,400 When we're checking your bank account we find no record of any such withdrawal. 737 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,600 You've got no right to go through my bank account. 738 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:08,600 You've got no right. 739 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,520 This is a murder investigation Schroeder. 740 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:11,960 We've got a right to clear it up. 741 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:13,280 But she did take the money. 742 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:14,280 She did. 743 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:15,280 You've got to believe me. 744 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:16,440 It's a little hard to do Schroeder. 745 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,920 Since your wife disappeared she hasn't drawn any money out of your account. 746 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,000 Before that she drew checks to pay the local store bills. 747 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,320 Now how do you explain that? 748 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:24,320 I can't. 749 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:25,320 I can't. 750 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:26,840 I don't know what you're trying to say. 751 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,160 I don't know what you're trying to get me to say. 752 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,080 We're trying to get you to say the truth that's all. 753 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:32,360 But I am. 754 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:33,360 I am. 755 00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:36,400 You said you put all the furniture from your house in storage now is that right? 756 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,240 Yes I said that. 757 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,560 You said you wanted to keep it in case your wife came back and you two started all over 758 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:42,560 again? 759 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:43,560 Yes that's the truth. 760 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,000 We checked the storage company. 761 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,120 They told us you called them and ordered everything sold. 762 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:48,960 Told them to sell it as soon as possible. 763 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:50,840 Now how do you explain that? 764 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,320 You're getting me so confused I can't think. 765 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:54,320 We checked the house. 766 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:55,720 The one where you and your wife lived. 767 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:56,720 We found blood stains. 768 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:57,720 Lots of them. 769 00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:58,720 They're human blood. 770 00:25:58,720 --> 00:25:59,720 I don't know. 771 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:00,720 I don't know. 772 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,560 The people who live there now said that you put a carpet over the floor. 773 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:04,880 Only room in the house that has a carpet. 774 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,520 They say it was your idea. 775 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:07,520 I can't think. 776 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,960 I don't know what you're saying. 777 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,360 Well here's a report here. 778 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:13,360 Take a look at it. 779 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:15,480 It's a list of the things we found in your incinerator. 780 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:16,480 Things that were burned. 781 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,800 Now do you want to read it or do you want me to read it to you? 782 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,680 How about it Schroeder? 783 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:27,040 Schroeder? 784 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,120 I didn't mean it. 785 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,320 Thirty years. 786 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,200 Thirty years married. 787 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:34,320 I didn't mean to do it. 788 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:36,360 I came home late. 789 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:37,360 Real late. 790 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:39,480 I'd been drinking. 791 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,560 We had words. 792 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:43,320 I hit her. 793 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:44,720 I don't know what happened. 794 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,560 I knew what I was doing. 795 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,320 I kept hitting her. 796 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,680 Then she was dead. 797 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:52,960 I didn't mean to do it. 798 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,120 I didn't mean to. 799 00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:57,800 She turned the kids against me. 800 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:01,000 She turned everybody against me. 801 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:04,320 Thirty years married. 802 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,360 She turned everybody against me. 803 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:09,440 I'm afraid you got it wrong mister. 804 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:18,520 You did that yourself. 805 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,000 The story you have just heard was true. 806 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,460 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 807 00:27:23,460 --> 00:27:27,760 On December 10th trial was held in Department 87, Superior Court of the State of California 808 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:30,000 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 809 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,840 In a moment the results of that trial. 810 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,360 Now here is our star Jack Webb. 811 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:35,720 Thank you George Fenomen. 812 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:36,720 Friends remember this. 813 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:41,200 Chesterfield is the first and only cigarette with premium quality throughout in both regular 814 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:42,840 and king size. 815 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:47,680 And Chesterfield is a cigarette that gives scientific evidence of real smoking pleasure. 816 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:49,160 So try Chesterfield's today. 817 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,720 Either way, regular or king size. 818 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,520 Chesterfield is much milder. 819 00:27:53,520 --> 00:28:04,000 Chesterfield is best for you. 820 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,680 Henry Rudolph Schroeder was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. 821 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:21,880 He was executed in the lethal gas chamber at the State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California. 822 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:26,640 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 823 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,160 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police W.H. 824 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,660 Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 825 00:28:31,660 --> 00:28:36,320 Technical advisors Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 826 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:39,840 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, June Whitley, Harry Bartel. 827 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,600 Script by John Robinson. 828 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:42,920 Music by Walter Schuman. 829 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:47,520 Hal Gibney speaking. 830 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,840 For a million laughs, tune in Chesterfield's Martin and Lewis Show. 831 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,800 Tuesday night on the same NBC station. 832 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,640 And sound off for Chesterfield, regular or king size. 833 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:01,360 You'll find premium quality Chesterfield's much milder. 834 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,200 Chesterfield is best for you. 835 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:28,920 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles.