1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,160 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,280 Chesterfield is best for you. 3 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:18,480 First cigarette with premium quality in both regular and king size. 4 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:28,520 Chesterfield brings you Dragnet. 5 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,360 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 6 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:43,520 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 7 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:44,720 You're a detective sergeant. 8 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,400 You're assigned to robbery detail. 9 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:51,040 A holdup man has been hitting large supermarkets in your city. 10 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:53,640 He's fast and he's experienced. 11 00:00:53,640 --> 00:01:00,840 Your job, get him. 12 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,240 Tonight I have a new report for you. 13 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,240 A most important one too. 14 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:09,440 Because when you're asked to try a cigarette, you want to know and you ought to know what 15 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,880 that cigarette has meant to people who smoke it all the time. 16 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:17,720 After a full year of observation, a medical specialist was given a group of Chesterfield 17 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:22,240 smokers thorough examinations every two months for the full year. 18 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:29,520 Notice no adverse effects to their nose, throat or sinuses from smoking Chesterfields. 19 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:34,360 More and more men and women all over the country are finding out every day that Chesterfield 20 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,360 is best for them. 21 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,200 Enjoy your smoking. 22 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,420 Try Chesterfields today. 23 00:01:40,420 --> 00:01:42,160 They're best for you. 24 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:52,520 Much milder with an extraordinarily good taste. 25 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,760 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 26 00:01:55,760 --> 00:02:00,680 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 27 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:05,280 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 28 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,000 police files. 29 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:12,200 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 30 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,200 in action. 31 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:18,360 It was Monday, July 7th. 32 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:19,600 It was warm in Los Angeles. 33 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,880 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 34 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:23,040 My partner is Frank Smith. 35 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:24,040 The boss is Captain Didion. 36 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:25,040 My name is Friday. 37 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,560 We were on the way out from the office and it was 10 22 a.m. when we got to the corner 38 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,880 of 67th Street and Jefferson Boulevard, Lamont Brothers Market. 39 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:37,200 Oh, I guess I should have been scared the way they came in with those guns, but I wasn't. 40 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,600 That one came back into the office and said he wanted the money. 41 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:40,600 I gave it to him. 42 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:41,600 I wasn't going to mess with him. 43 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:42,600 Mr. Haskins? 44 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:43,600 Yes, I'm Haskins. 45 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:44,600 Who are you? 46 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:45,600 Police officer, sir. 47 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:46,600 My name is Friday. 48 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:47,600 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 49 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:48,600 Friday and Smith. 50 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:49,600 Oh, yeah. 51 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:50,600 You're the fellows that was talked about, huh? 52 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:51,600 Sir? 53 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:52,880 The other ones, the cops in the car. 54 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:54,720 They said there'd be a couple of detectives here. 55 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,240 Have you seen the other cops yet? 56 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:57,240 Yes, sir. 57 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:58,240 We talked to them. 58 00:02:58,240 --> 00:02:59,240 They've already put out a call. 59 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,800 What if we get some information from you? 60 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:01,800 Sure. 61 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:02,800 You're going back here to the office? 62 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:03,800 Yes, sir. 63 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:08,800 Back this way, we can talk there. 64 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:13,200 Sit down. 65 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,560 Mr. Haskins, if you'd just tell us what happened, please. 66 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:16,920 Well, it's pretty simple. 67 00:03:16,920 --> 00:03:20,520 I was sitting here getting the money ready for the bank, and this guy came in and he said 68 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:21,520 he wanted the money. 69 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,800 He had a gun, so I gave it to him. 70 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:24,800 I said, none the more. 71 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,000 He just took the money and left. 72 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,000 What time was it, sir? 73 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,600 Oh, around 8.30, quarter to 9. 74 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:31,600 How many men were there, sir? 75 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:32,600 Well, there was two. 76 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,240 Two is all I saw. 77 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:35,720 I don't think there was any more of them. 78 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,040 All right, sir, if you could just tell us exactly what happened. 79 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:39,200 Well, I told you they came in. 80 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,200 They took the money. 81 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,040 I know, sir, but if you'd go into more detail. 82 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:46,880 Well, I came in about 7.30 this morning, like always, checked things over the store 83 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:51,000 to make sure that everything was okay, then I started checking out the week's receipts. 84 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:56,200 Well, then, like I said, it must have been 8.45 or so and heard this knock on the door. 85 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,200 Thought there must be something wrong. 86 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,200 Employees know not to bother me when I'm making up the deposit slips. 87 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,200 Yes, sir. 88 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:03,920 That's when I knew that something was wrong. 89 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:07,320 Right away, I said to myself, Larry, something up, something isn't good. 90 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:08,320 Yes, sir. 91 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:09,320 Well, it was right. 92 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,440 Went over the door and unlocked it. 93 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,080 There he was, this big fellow, stood there with a gun. 94 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,320 His eyes lit up when he saw all that money laying on the desk. 95 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,800 You got any idea of how much money was taken, sir? 96 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:25,720 Well, it was about 6,000 cash, I guess another 1,500 checks, more or less. 97 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,160 I wonder if you'd give us a description of this man, could you? 98 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,720 Well, like I said, he was a big one, real mountain of a man, well over 6 feet, had this 99 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:34,720 gun, you know. 100 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:35,720 Uh-huh. 101 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,000 He stood there and said, this is a sticker, I want that money. 102 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,040 And he pointed at the money with his gun. 103 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,920 Oh, what kind of a gun was it, could you tell? 104 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:43,920 That's a great question. 105 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:44,920 Of course I could tell. 106 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,080 He had right under my nose, shotgun, sawed off. 107 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,360 Had the stock cut down, too, looked like a horse pistol. 108 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:51,360 Way hands, I think. 109 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:52,360 I wasn't going to mess with him. 110 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:57,000 I told him, take the money, take it and get out, not to shoot that thing off. 111 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,800 He did, walked right over the desk and scooped up the money. 112 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,200 He had a paper bag. 113 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,440 He put it down to the table and he scooped the money into it. 114 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,360 Then he said to me to stay put, not to cry to yell or be brave. 115 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,480 He didn't have to tell me that. 116 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:11,480 I wouldn't have cried anything. 117 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,520 And he said that there was another man, is that right? 118 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,800 Yes, I saw him on the left, a little fellow. 119 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:17,800 About how tall would you say? 120 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,480 Well, it would be kind of hard to tell. 121 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,200 I didn't get very close to him. 122 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:23,200 Well, was he armed, too? 123 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,400 Yeah, he was carrying a revolver. 124 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:26,400 They'd drive a car, would you know? 125 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:28,080 Well, if they did, I didn't see it. 126 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,400 You went out after them, then? 127 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:30,640 I should say not. 128 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,600 Well, that one fellow, he had that gun around. 129 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:33,600 I stayed right here. 130 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,520 He said to stay put, and that's just what I did. 131 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:37,680 What did this big man look like? 132 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:38,680 Oh, a real mountain. 133 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:39,680 He was 6'2", anyway. 134 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,600 He must have weighed in at about 2'15". 135 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,600 How about his coloring? 136 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:45,600 It was dark. 137 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:46,600 He had black hair. 138 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,600 His eyes were dark. 139 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:50,840 Not brown, it was almost black. 140 00:05:50,840 --> 00:05:51,840 Real dark. 141 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:55,960 And when he spoke, did he have an accent, anything like that that you might have noticed? 142 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,240 No, I don't think so. 143 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,200 At least there was one I didn't notice. 144 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,480 Did he have any scars or marks? 145 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:02,480 What? 146 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:03,680 Any scars or marks? 147 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,000 Anything that might make it easier for us to identify him? 148 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:11,600 Yes, yes, there was a little scar right here, right over the bridge of his nose. 149 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:12,600 Across here. 150 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:13,600 How about his clothes? 151 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:14,600 What was he wearing? 152 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:18,000 He had a brown hat on, a brown jacket. 153 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,400 Short kind, kind of what you'd call that, the real slick material, you know. 154 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:24,960 Satin, like bowling teams wear. 155 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:29,200 I had a pair of brown pants, brown shoes. 156 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:30,800 How was the other one dressed? 157 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,120 I couldn't tell you for sure. 158 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,560 Like I said, I only saw him for a minute when I opened the door. 159 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,680 He was out there telling the people to just mind their own business. 160 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:39,840 Do that and they wouldn't get hurt. 161 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:42,960 I didn't get a good look at him, but that big one, he was a real mountain. 162 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,560 Do you usually have this much money around in the store? 163 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,080 No, not usually. 164 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:49,080 See this was a long weekend. 165 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,960 You know, the fourth was Friday and whenever we'd have a long weekend, we used to have 166 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,840 ten or twelve thousand dollars in cash here. 167 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:58,240 That's why the guys really goofed. 168 00:06:58,240 --> 00:06:59,240 Sir? 169 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:00,920 Really missed the boat. 170 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,400 You know, if they'd known what they were doing, they'd have gotten a lot more. 171 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:05,840 Well, how's that, sir? 172 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:07,520 The safe out in front. 173 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,280 Another seven thousand dollars out there. 174 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:10,280 Guys missed it completely. 175 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:11,280 Yes, sir. 176 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:16,800 Yeah, sure hope they don't come back for it. 177 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:25,640 11.05 a.m., Frank and I checked with the officers in the radio unit that had answered the call. 178 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,880 They'd gotten out a broadcast on the bandits and then started the canvas of the neighborhood, 179 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:32,240 but they didn't find anyone who could give them any information. 180 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,560 One of the clerks was able to describe the smaller of the two suspects and we got out 181 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:39,480 a local and an APB on them, then we took the market manager downtown to look at the mug 182 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:40,480 books. 183 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:44,800 He told us that the larger man had worn gloves all the time he was in the store so there 184 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:46,840 was no need to look for fingerprints. 185 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,920 The market bandits had been operating for the past eight months. 186 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,560 In that time they'd held up 17 stores. 187 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,520 Their method of operation was always the same. 188 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,680 They'd hit only after a weekend or on the Monday following a holiday weekend. 189 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,800 They'd hit only the larger supermarkets of the ranch type. 190 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:04,840 Their operations had taken them all over the Southland. 191 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:08,360 We tried to stake the markets that might be hit, but their field of operations had been 192 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,640 so wide that it was impossible. 193 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:15,360 2.15 p.m. The market manager Larry Haskins started on the sixth mug book. 194 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,760 Sure, a lot of them. 195 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:18,760 Yes, sir. 196 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:22,120 All these fellows all committed some crime, huh? 197 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:23,600 Yes, sir, that's right. 198 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:27,400 That one there looks like my brother-in-law who's got a weak chin. 199 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,400 Uh-huh, yeah, just like him. 200 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:30,400 No? 201 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,400 No. 202 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:35,840 A few of these and they all begin to look alike. 203 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:37,840 Did you ever notice that? 204 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:39,840 Yes, sir. 205 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,840 Hey, wait a minute. 206 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:43,840 Yes, sir? 207 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:48,840 This fellow here, this one right here, you see? 208 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:49,840 Uh-huh. 209 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:51,160 That's the fellow, there's no doubt about it. 210 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:59,360 That's the one. 211 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:03,800 The market manager had identified Bernard R. Hanson as one of the hold-up men. 212 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,040 The other employees of the store were called in and they identified the same picture as 213 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,000 being the man who'd held them up. 214 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,000 We checked on his record and found that he'd been convicted for armed robbery and had been 215 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,920 sentenced to the state penitentiary. 216 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,880 He'd also served six and a half years and had been released. 217 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:18,800 We got the last known address of the suspect. 218 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,920 Frank and I checked it out and found that Hanson had moved some months before but had 219 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,280 left a phone number where he might be contacted. 220 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,000 Six thirty p.m. 221 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Frank put in the call. 222 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,320 Yes, sir, that's right, sir. 223 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:31,320 You're sure about that, are you? 224 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:32,320 I see. 225 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:36,960 Well, if there's anything more you can think of, I'd appreciate a call. 226 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:37,960 That's right, Michigan 5211. 227 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:38,960 Extension 2511. 228 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:39,960 Smith, that's right. 229 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:44,960 Or if I'm not in, ask for Joe Friday. 230 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,440 No, sir, Friday, like the day in the week. 231 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:49,440 That's right. 232 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,440 All right, thank you very much, doctor. 233 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:52,440 Goodbye. 234 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:53,440 Anything? 235 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,880 Yeah, I talked to Dr. Corby in place of the rest home. 236 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:56,880 Hanson's there as a patient. 237 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:58,920 Been there for the past four months. 238 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:05,580 Doctor says he's bedridden. 239 00:10:05,580 --> 00:10:06,580 We checked on the rest home. 240 00:10:06,580 --> 00:10:08,480 It was a private sanitarium in the valley. 241 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,440 We got in touch with the medical authorities and found that the head of the hospital was 242 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:14,040 listed as Dr. James Corby. 243 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,400 Frank and I drove out and talked to Dr. Corby and the rest of the staff. 244 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,720 From them we got the story that Hanson had been a resident of the home for the past four 245 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:21,840 months. 246 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:26,200 We found that he had a lung ailment and was confined to his bed 24 hours a day. 247 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,920 The doctor showed us his records and charts. 248 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:32,320 From what we could tell, it would have been impossible for Hanson to have been abandoned. 249 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:33,320 Three weeks passed. 250 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:37,880 On August 4th, the market thieves hit again, this time out in East Los Angeles. 251 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,560 They got away with a little over $9,000. 252 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:43,360 The manager of the market came downtown and checked the mug books. 253 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,880 They again identified Hanson as the thief. 254 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,840 We had the stats office make another run on the M.O. years. 255 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,840 The result came back and out of the thousands of cards checked, only one fitted the way 256 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,000 the robbery had been carried out, Hanson's. 257 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,040 We called the rest home and found that on the day of the holdup, the suspect hadn't 258 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:00,720 left his bed. 259 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:02,200 Another month passed. 260 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,200 During that time, we ran down all leads. 261 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,720 Informants were questioned, but they could tell us nothing. 262 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,920 Apparently, the holdup men were hitting and then dropping completely out of sight until 263 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:10,920 they hit again. 264 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:12,920 Monday, October 27th, 8.05 a.m. 265 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:14,920 I checked in for work. 266 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:15,920 Joe? 267 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:16,920 Yeah. 268 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:17,920 Did you just get in? 269 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:18,920 Yeah, a couple of minutes ago. 270 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:19,920 Sure is a beautiful day, isn't it? 271 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:20,920 Yeah. 272 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:21,920 Did you see Didion yet? 273 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:22,920 No. 274 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:23,920 Well, he talked yesterday. 275 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:24,920 I don't want to. 276 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:25,920 He's pretty hacked. 277 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:26,920 I can't blame him too much. 278 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:27,920 The guys sure seem to have us stopped. 279 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,120 The thing I can't understand is that everybody's positive it's Hanson. 280 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,360 There doesn't seem to be any doubt in their minds. 281 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:33,360 That doesn't make any sense. 282 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:34,960 Did you get the kickback on the doctor? 283 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:36,320 Yeah, I came in late yesterday. 284 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:37,320 How about it? 285 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:38,320 I can't find anything on him. 286 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:41,760 Family man, lives out in the valley, a couple of blocks in the hospital. 287 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:42,760 Checked his bank account. 288 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:43,760 He does pretty well. 289 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:44,760 Not great. 290 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:45,760 No big deposits lately. 291 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:46,760 Did you check the AMA on him? 292 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:47,760 Yeah, he's not a member. 293 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:48,760 I haven't got anything on him. 294 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:50,280 How about the rest of the staff out there? 295 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:51,280 Well, it seems to be OK. 296 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,560 Two of the nurses have been there for over two years and the male nurse was hired about 297 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:55,560 five months ago. 298 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:57,320 That'd be just before Hanson got there. 299 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:58,320 Yeah. 300 00:11:58,320 --> 00:11:59,320 What's his record? 301 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,760 Nothing on him in the files, nothing from Washington. 302 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:03,160 Well, I don't know. 303 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,680 He seemed to come up out of the ground, pull the jobs and then drop back in. 304 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:07,680 Nothing on the partner? 305 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:09,080 No, I thought I had something. 306 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,640 I talked to an informant this morning while I had coffee. 307 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:15,240 He thought at first that he knew who the little guy was, but then he remembered that the fellow 308 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,240 he was thinking about died two years ago. 309 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:22,920 A hot shot, I get it. 310 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:23,920 Let's go. 311 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:24,920 We'll hit again. 312 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:34,720 At eight oh one a.m. that morning, a pair of holdup men had walked into a market out 313 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:39,000 on Adams Boulevard and robbed the place of a little under eleven thousand dollars. 314 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,480 The manager gave us a description of the holdup men. 315 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,240 One was large, dark and had a small scar over the bridge of his nose. 316 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:49,160 The other was small, sandy haired and had no visible marks or scars. 317 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:53,020 We showed the manager mug shots of Hanson and he positively identified him as the larger 318 00:12:53,020 --> 00:12:54,640 of the two men. 319 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:58,800 A local and an APB was gotten out on the pair and then Frank and I drove out to the hospital 320 00:12:58,800 --> 00:12:59,800 to see Hanson. 321 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,720 Eight forty six a.m. we talked with Dr. Corby. 322 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,800 I know you men are trying to do your duty, but I've told you before it couldn't possibly 323 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:06,800 be Mr. Hanson. 324 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,480 I know for a fact that he hasn't been out of his bed this morning. 325 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,880 Was it possible for him to get out of his room without you knowing it? 326 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:12,880 No. 327 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:13,880 I wonder if we could see him, doctor. 328 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:15,160 No, I don't think that would be possible. 329 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,120 He's still asleep and I can't have him disturbed. 330 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,120 You're sure though that he couldn't have left the hospital without you knowing it? 331 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:21,520 Absolutely, no chance of it. 332 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,720 What time does Hanson generally wake up, doctor? 333 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:24,720 Depends. 334 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,720 Usually though I'd say he's awake by nine thirty or so. 335 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:28,560 I wonder if we could wait and talk to him. 336 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:29,560 If you like. 337 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:31,320 I'll tell one of the nurses to call you when he's awake. 338 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:32,320 All right, sir. 339 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:33,320 That'd be fine. 340 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:34,320 One thing though I must insist on. 341 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:35,320 What's that, doctor? 342 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:36,320 He mustn't be excited. 343 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:39,800 I don't think you gentlemen really know how ill Mr. Hanson is. 344 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:43,240 If you had any idea, you wouldn't be out here with this ridiculous questioning. 345 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:44,240 Yes, sir. 346 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,240 We understand. 347 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,240 We're just trying to get this thing straightened out as soon as we can. 348 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:48,240 Fine. 349 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,920 I'll go along with you part of the way, but I'll not have my patient disturbed. 350 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:52,960 Any excitement would be very bad for him. 351 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:53,960 Well, don't worry, doctor. 352 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:54,960 We'll be as brief as possible. 353 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:55,960 Fine. 354 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,160 If you'll excuse me now, I've got some things to do. 355 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:02,000 I'll tell the nurse to call you when he wakes up. 356 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,000 And remember, no excitement. 357 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,760 What do you figure, Joe? 358 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:07,760 Well, it's got me. 359 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:09,920 The way he talks, every one of those witnesses are wrong. 360 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:10,920 Yeah. 361 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:11,920 What has happened before. 362 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,240 Get a positive identification and end up with the wrong guy. 363 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,880 Yeah, but all of them are so positive, it doesn't make any sense. 364 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:18,880 Yeah. 365 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:20,240 You the police officer? 366 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:21,240 Yeah, that's right. 367 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:22,240 Why? 368 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:23,240 I'm Bob Jameson. 369 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:24,240 I work here. 370 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:25,680 Oh, yeah, you're the male nurse then, right? 371 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:26,680 Yeah. 372 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:27,680 You're out here about Barney Hanson, aren't you? 373 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:28,680 We want to see him, yeah. 374 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:29,680 What can we do for you? 375 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:30,680 It's about Barney. 376 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:31,680 What about him? 377 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:32,680 I don't think things are the way they look. 378 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:33,680 What do you mean by that? 379 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,000 I wouldn't want the doctor to know I've been talking to you. 380 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,600 You'd raise the roof, probably fire me. 381 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,640 What's it about, Jameson? 382 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:41,000 Like I said, it's about Barney. 383 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,000 Yeah. 384 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,320 When I came here, they told me that Barney was pretty sick. 385 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:45,920 Said they didn't expect him to live. 386 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:46,920 Yeah. 387 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:47,920 One day the buzzer rang in his room. 388 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:48,920 You know, he wanted something? 389 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:49,920 Uh-huh. 390 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,400 The doctor was on the phone, the other nurses were busy, so I started down the hall to see 391 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:54,400 what Barney wanted. 392 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:56,600 Got to the door of the room and the doctor stopped me. 393 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:57,600 Uh-huh. 394 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:58,600 Really read me off. 395 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:00,080 Said that I wasn't to go into the room at all. 396 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,080 That he was taking care of Barney personally, that he'd see what he wanted. 397 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:04,080 Yeah. 398 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,080 No, that was just the first time. 399 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:07,840 Same things happened a couple more times. 400 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:09,880 And he told us about you. 401 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:11,560 Told us what to say if you asked any questions. 402 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:13,360 What did he tell you? 403 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,280 Said that we wasn't to tell you anything. 404 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:17,280 That we didn't know anything. 405 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:20,000 Why didn't you tell us all this before? 406 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,760 You see, this isn't a regular hospital. 407 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:24,760 I don't think that he's even a regular doctor. 408 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,720 I've worked around hospitals for a long time and I never saw no doctor act like he does. 409 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,080 He doesn't even know how to write out a diet, feed some of the people, hear all the wrong 410 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:33,080 things. 411 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:34,080 That right? 412 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:35,280 Yeah, and I'll tell you something else, too. 413 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:36,280 What's that? 414 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:37,280 I don't think there's anything wrong with Barney. 415 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,720 I think the whole reason for him being here is phony. 416 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:40,720 Bob? 417 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:41,720 Oh, yes, doctor. 418 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:42,720 What are you doing here? 419 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:45,000 Came to see if these gentlemen needed anything. 420 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Oh. 421 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,760 Well, I'll take care of it now. 422 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:49,320 Will you check on Mr. Hardy, please? 423 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:50,320 See if he's awake yet. 424 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:51,320 Yeah, sure. 425 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:52,320 Just a minute. 426 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:53,320 What? 427 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:54,320 I'd like you to stay here for a minute. 428 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,080 I'm afraid we're going to have to see Mr. Hanson right now, doctor. 429 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:58,080 I'm afraid that's impossible. 430 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,080 I told you before, I'm not going to have him disturbed. 431 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:01,520 I'm afraid we're going to have to disturb him. 432 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:02,520 It won't take very long. 433 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:03,520 Jameson, where's his room? 434 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:04,520 I'll show you. 435 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:05,520 It's down this way. 436 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:10,480 I'm going to speak to your superiors about this, coming into a hospital and disturbing 437 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:11,480 patients. 438 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,600 I'm sure the fact that you're officers doesn't give you the right to do this. 439 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:14,600 This is his room. 440 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,520 You want to open the door? 441 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:23,880 How about it, doctor? 442 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:25,200 Well, I don't understand it. 443 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:26,200 He's got to be here. 444 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,160 He can't get out of bed. 445 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,440 I'm sure there's some explanation for his disappearance. 446 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:32,520 Yeah, maybe he can explain this, too. 447 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:34,560 There's stuff here in his bed. 448 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:35,560 What is it, John? 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489 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:12,600 The manager. 490 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:13,600 Just a minute. 491 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:19,600 Yeah, what is it? 492 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:20,600 You Marty Peterson? 493 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:21,880 Yeah, what do you want? 494 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:22,880 Police officers, you're under arrest. 495 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:23,880 Come on, drop on up. 496 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:27,840 Get out of here, you lousy punks. 497 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:32,240 All right, come on, get up. 498 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,200 You got no right to come in here and bother me. 499 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:35,200 What's all this about? 500 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:36,200 Want to shake him? 501 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,160 Yeah, come on, get your hands up on that wall. 502 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,680 He's carrying a gun, Joe, here. 503 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:43,680 I got it. 504 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,320 What are you guys trying to prove? 505 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:46,320 I didn't do nothing. 506 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,440 You guys lean on everybody like this fella's got a record and right away he's fair game 507 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:50,720 for every crummy cop in the country. 508 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:51,720 Yeah, you bet. 509 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:52,720 Come on, let's go. 510 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,200 Tell me what this is all about. 511 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:55,800 What are you putting the pinch on me for? 512 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:56,800 Robbery. 513 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:57,800 Robbery? 514 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:58,800 You're off your rocker. 515 00:19:58,800 --> 00:19:59,800 I'm out here on a vacation. 516 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:00,800 I haven't done anything. 517 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:01,800 You're an ex-con with a gun. 518 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:02,800 That's a felony. 519 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:03,800 And where's Barney Hanson? 520 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:04,800 Who? 521 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:05,800 Barney Hanson. 522 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:06,800 Where is he? 523 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:07,800 I don't know no Barney Hanson. 524 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:08,800 Don't know what you're talking about. 525 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:09,800 All right, let's come off it, Peterson. 526 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:10,800 Now, where is he? 527 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:11,800 Barney Hanson? 528 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:14,800 Well, I might know what you're talking about. 529 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,360 I know a fella by that name, but he's out in the hospital in the valley. 530 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:20,160 I haven't seen him for a long time in a hospital out in the valley. 531 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:21,160 Nice try, Peterson. 532 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,080 Hanson checked out of the hospital, we got the doctor, he told us all about it. 533 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:25,080 Now, where's Hanson? 534 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:26,080 I don't know. 535 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:27,080 Last I heard him, he's out at that hospital. 536 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:28,440 If he ain't there now, I don't know where he is. 537 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,440 All right, let's go downtown. 538 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,680 That doctor copped out, huh? 539 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:35,800 Yeah, told us him on the whole set up. 540 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,120 How about the money? 541 00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:39,120 You find the money? 542 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:41,120 No, we didn't find anything. 543 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:42,680 You didn't find any dough at all? 544 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:43,680 Not a bit. 545 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,520 The crumb, the lousy crumb. 546 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:47,120 He told me to be safe out there. 547 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:48,120 That never shake a hospital. 548 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:49,720 Not a dime, huh? 549 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:50,720 No. 550 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:52,000 I think he left you to stand for this. 551 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,800 He probably took off with all the money. 552 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:54,800 Probably never see him again. 553 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:56,120 Yeah, we ain't going to get away with it. 554 00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:57,120 No sir he ain't. 555 00:20:57,120 --> 00:20:58,120 Looks like he will. 556 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:04,840 Oh yeah, I'll tell you where he is. 557 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:09,200 We took Marty Hanson down to the city hall and he was booked at the main jail. 558 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:13,040 Before he was booked, he gave us the name and address of Hanson's girlfriend. 559 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:14,480 Frank and I drove over and talked to her. 560 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,640 She told us that she hadn't seen the suspect for several weeks. 561 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,920 She said that she'd heard that Hanson had been running around with another girl. 562 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,240 She also told us that she'd heard Hanson had bought a new car and was running around with 563 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,000 a new bunch of friends. 564 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,000 She said that she hadn't seen him since he got the new car, but that she'd heard it was 565 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,480 a new Oldsmobile and it was painted a fire engine red. 566 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:35,840 We called the office and arranged for a stakeout on her apartment and then we began to check 567 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:39,060 out the Oldsmobile dealers in the Los Angeles area. 568 00:21:39,060 --> 00:21:42,160 Two teams of men were assigned to help us in running down the list. 569 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,920 It took us two days to talk to the dealers in town. 570 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:47,800 Each of the dealers was shown a mugshot of Hanson. 571 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:48,800 Two days went by. 572 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:49,800 Finally, we got an identification. 573 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:54,240 A dealer out on Franklin in Hollywood reported that he'd sold a car to Hanson. 574 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:57,640 However, when we checked the address he gave us, we found that Hanson had moved a week 575 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:00,360 before and left no forwarding address. 576 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:03,680 We got in touch with the Department of Motor Vehicles and from them we got the address 577 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,160 where they'd sent the pink slip. 578 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,200 It was an apartment house out on Highland Avenue. 579 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,200 Frank and I went out to check it out. 580 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,200 Yes? 581 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:12,200 Bernard, Hanson in? 582 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:13,200 No, I'm not. 583 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:14,960 Bernard, Hanson in? 584 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:15,960 No he isn't. 585 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:16,960 Something you wanted? 586 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:17,960 You're expecting him? 587 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:18,960 I don't know. 588 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:19,960 I haven't seen him this morning. 589 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:20,960 I just got here myself. 590 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:21,960 What if we could talk to you? 591 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:22,960 Who are you? 592 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:23,960 Police officers. 593 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:24,960 My name's Friday. 594 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:25,960 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 595 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:26,960 How do you do? 596 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:27,960 I'm Lily Edwards. 597 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:28,960 Come on in. 598 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:29,960 Thank you. 599 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:30,960 Thank you, ma'am. 600 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:31,960 Get you anything? 601 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:32,960 A cup of coffee? 602 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:33,960 Anything? 603 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:34,960 No, no thanks. 604 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:35,960 When did you last see Hanson? 605 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:36,960 Last night. 606 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,240 We got a date at 2.30 this afternoon. 607 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:39,240 What time is it now? 608 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:40,240 Well, it's 2.37, ma'am. 609 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:41,240 Late. 610 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:42,240 He'll be along in a minute. 611 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:43,240 What do you want to see him about? 612 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:44,240 Done something? 613 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:45,240 Better if we could talk to him. 614 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:46,240 Personal, huh? 615 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:47,240 Yes, ma'am. 616 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:48,240 He's a wild one, old Bernie. 617 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:49,240 Him in that red car. 618 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:50,240 Real wild. 619 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:51,240 Ma'am? 620 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:52,240 That car he drives. 621 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:53,240 You know, it's a red O's. 622 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:54,240 He's like a kid with it. 623 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:55,240 Always wiping it off, taking care of it. 624 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:56,240 I think he'd bring it up here at night if he could. 625 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:57,240 Never seen anything like it. 626 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:58,240 How long you known Hanson, Miss Edwards? 627 00:22:58,240 --> 00:22:59,240 Not long. 628 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:00,240 Couple of weeks, I guess. 629 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:01,240 Not much more than that. 630 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:02,240 Where'd you meet him? 631 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:03,240 Well, I hope you won't get the wrong idea, but... 632 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:04,240 Ma'am? 633 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:05,240 Well, I live down in the woods. 634 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:06,240 I'm a little old. 635 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:13,240 I'm a little old, too. 636 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:18,240 I'm a little old. 637 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:25,240 I'm a little old. 638 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:32,240 I'm a little old. 639 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:39,240 I'm a little old. 640 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:46,240 I'm a little old. 641 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:55,240 I'm a little old. 642 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:59,680 nice to me. No need for me to pry into his personal affairs. What time you got now? 643 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:01,320 It's 2.40, ma'am. 644 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:05,360 Can't understand it. He's usually so prompt. I hope nothing happened to him. 645 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,120 He said sure to meet him at 2.30. Or was it 3.30? 646 00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:12,960 I don't remember too well. Never sure about times or dates, things like that, you know. 647 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,480 Yes, ma'am. You ever met a man named Peterson, Marty Peterson? 648 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,280 Marty Peterson? Yeah, I've met him. Little guy. 649 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:20,040 Yes, ma'am. 650 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,280 Yeah, he's a friend of Barney's. They're in some sort of business together. 651 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,320 I don't know just what it is, but I know that they're associated in some way. 652 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,240 Hanson's never said anything about this business to you, has he? 653 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,320 No. Like I said, he's very close mouth about what he does. 654 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,680 You ever mentioned a Dr. Corby to you? Corby? 655 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,600 No, I don't think I've ever heard that name before. 656 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,520 Would you know how long Hanson's lived here? 657 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,000 No, I think he moved in just before I met him. 658 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,280 I don't think he's been here very long. 659 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:45,880 Say, what are all these questions about? 660 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:47,960 I hope I haven't said anything to get Barney in trouble. 661 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,240 He's such a nice guy. I sure wouldn't want to do that. 662 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,080 No, ma'am, you haven't done that. 663 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,040 Hi, Lily. 664 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:55,840 Who are you? What are you doing here? 665 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,760 Police officers, you're under arrest, Hanson. 666 00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:58,240 For what? 667 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,240 Suspicion of robbery. I'll shake him, Joe. 668 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:02,840 Now, wait a minute. What is this? A shakedown? 669 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,920 What are you guys trying to prove? You got nothing on me. 670 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:07,120 I fell once. I did my time. I owe you nothing. 671 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,040 He's clean, Joe. 672 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,560 Why'd you do that? I'm not giving you any trouble. 673 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,120 I got no reason. You got nothing on me. 674 00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:16,840 I got nothing to worry about. I'll go with you. There's no reason not to. 675 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,760 You mean what these guys say is true? You've been mixed up in some robbery? 676 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,040 Oh, knock it off. 677 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,280 What do you mean, knock it off? Don't you talk to me like that. 678 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:24,680 I'm not going to take talk like that from you. 679 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,160 Like I said, knock it off. 680 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:27,720 All right, come on, let's go. 681 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,760 You really figure you got me for a two eleven, huh? 682 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:31,600 Yeah, we got the rest of them, too. 683 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,400 Peterson and the doc? That's right. 684 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:34,600 I suppose they talked. 685 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,720 Yeah, they told us all about it. 686 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,280 Sweet racket, should have known it could only last so long. 687 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,240 Should have figured that the longer I played against the house, 688 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:42,560 the shorter my chances were. 689 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,720 It is true. And you never told me all this time. 690 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,160 And you never told me you were a crook. Of all the rotten deals. 691 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,640 Oh, shut up. Well, you're always shooting off your big mouth. 692 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,400 Listen, Bernie Hansen, I told you before, don't you talk to me like that. 693 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:53,120 I won't take it. 694 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:55,480 You haven't got much choice now, have you, Lily? 695 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,680 You know something, cop? What's that? 696 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,200 May be kind of pleasure to get into a nice, quiet jail. 697 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:01,520 Get away from this dumb broad. 698 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,200 She's the dumbest broad in the entire United States and Canada. 699 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,000 Real pretty, but boy, she's stupid. 700 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,760 Now, I told you, Bernie Hansen, I'm not going to have you talk to me like that. 701 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,440 Kid's a real shrew. Young, she's a real shrew. 702 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,720 Let's go. Glad to get away from him. 703 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,760 All right, Bernie Hansen, that does it. I'm through with you. I've had it. 704 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,800 It's going to be a long time before I even talk to you. A long time. 705 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,480 Yeah, you're right about that. Let's go. 706 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,840 The story you have just heard was true. 707 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,440 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 708 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,280 On February 4th, trial was held in Department 89, 709 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:42,120 Superior Court of the State of California in and for the county of Los Angeles. 710 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,360 In a moment, the results of that trial. 711 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:47,080 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 712 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:48,680 Thank you, George Fenomen. 713 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:52,520 Earlier tonight, George Fenomen gave you what I consider pretty strong evidence 714 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,800 that Chesterfield is the cigarette you ought to be smoking. 715 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,560 That's why I'd like you to try a pack of Chesterfields. 716 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,160 I think you'll find they give you everything you want. 717 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,800 A real good taste and Chesterfield mildness. 718 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,800 Bernard R. Hansen and Martin S. Peterson were tried and convicted of robbery 719 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:07,800 in the first degree. 720 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:11,800 They were filed on for 10 counts and received sentences as prescribed by law. 721 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,080 Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment 722 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,240 in the state penitentiary for a period of from five years to life. 723 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:22,480 Dr. James Corby was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser charge 724 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,240 and was sentenced to five years in prison. 725 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,880 The court ruled that the defendant was guilty of a crime 726 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,280 and that he was sentenced to five years in prison. 727 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,280 Dr. James Corby was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser charge 728 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:37,280 and was sentenced to one year in the county jail and placed on probation for 10 years. 729 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:41,880 One of the terms of his probation being that he is not permitted to operate arrest home. 730 00:27:41,880 --> 00:28:01,880 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 731 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,680 Technical advice comes from the office of Chief of Police W.H. Parker, 732 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,680 Los Angeles Police Department. 733 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,080 Technical advisors Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, 734 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:12,880 Sergeant Vance Brasher. 735 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,080 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Vic Rodman, Herb Ellis. 736 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,080 Script by John Robinson. 737 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:19,880 Music by Walter Schuman. 738 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,880 Hell, give me speaking. 739 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,480 For a million laughs, tune in Chesterfield's Martin and Lewis show, 740 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,080 Tuesday on the same NBC station. 741 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,680 And sound off for Chesterfield's. 742 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:39,880 Either regular or king size, you'll find premium quality Chesterfield's much milder. 743 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:44,880 Chesterfield is best for you. 744 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,880 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 745 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:54,680 Ladies and gentlemen, in the fight against an old enemy, polio, 746 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:59,480 medical research has armed us with a powerful new weapon, gamma globulin. 747 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:03,680 Used soon enough, it can prevent the paralyzing effects of polio. 748 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:07,680 But first, you must furnish the raw material, blood. 749 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:11,680 Doctors urgently need your donation of blood to make gamma globulin. 750 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:15,680 So call the Red Cross. Please don't put it off. It's too important. 751 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:38,680 Call the Red Cross tomorrow and make an appointment to give blood.