1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,400 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,000 Chesterfield is best for you. 3 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,800 First cigarette with premium quality in both regular and king size. 4 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:28,720 Chesterfield brings you Dragonet. 5 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,880 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 6 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:43,760 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 7 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:45,320 You're a detective sergeant. 8 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:46,800 You're assigned to burglary detail. 9 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:51,680 For the past two months, a gang of safe burglars have been operating in your city. 10 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,120 In that time, they've hit a dozen places. 11 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,320 You've got no lead to their identity. 12 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:57,320 Your job? 13 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:58,320 Get them. 14 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:06,760 Here's a report never before made about a cigarette, smoked day after day by a group 15 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:11,520 of people smoking from 10 to 40 cigarettes a day for a full year. 16 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,800 Here's Chesterfield's record. 17 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:19,400 A medical specialist giving this group thorough examinations every two months for a full year 18 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:26,600 reports no adverse effects to their nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfield. 19 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,040 Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like that? 20 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:33,120 You'll find Chesterfield's best for you. 21 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:37,000 They're much milder with an extraordinarily good taste. 22 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:43,680 And for your pocketbook, Chesterfield is America's best cigarette buy. 23 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:51,040 Dragonet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 24 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:56,080 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 25 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:00,800 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 26 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,520 police violence. 27 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:07,840 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragonet is the story of your police force 28 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,480 in action. 29 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:15,040 It was Tuesday, August 10th. 30 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:16,480 It was warm in Los Angeles. 31 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,560 We were working the day watch out a burglary detail. 32 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:19,720 My partner's Frank Smith. 33 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:20,720 The boss is Captain Wisdom. 34 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:21,720 My name's Friday. 35 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:26,600 We were on the way back from lunch and it was 1 17 p.m. when we got to room 45. 36 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:27,600 Burglary. 37 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,760 Joe, you got any stomach pills? 38 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:31,760 No, I haven't. 39 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:32,760 You got trouble again? 40 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:33,760 Yeah. 41 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,960 I don't know why I always do when we have lunch at Sal's. 42 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:37,240 Must be that cheesecake, Joe. 43 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:38,240 It happens every time. 44 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,600 Well, maybe if you just stick to one piece, huh? 45 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,960 The way Rosie makes it, she can't stop there. 46 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,360 You know, that Sal could make a fortune if he'd realize it. 47 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:46,360 What do you mean? 48 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,360 Well, you know how in some places they have a little bowl of mints by the cash register? 49 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:50,360 Yeah. 50 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,960 A little bit of salad, put a bowl of stomach pills, he could clean up. 51 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:53,960 Yeah, sure. 52 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:54,960 Anything in the book? 53 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:55,960 I'll take a look. 54 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:56,960 How about it? 55 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:57,960 Yeah. 56 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:58,960 There's a call here from Ernie. 57 00:02:58,960 --> 00:02:59,960 Are you informed? 58 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:00,960 Yeah. 59 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:01,960 Says he wants to see us this afternoon. 60 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:02,960 Say what it's about? 61 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,960 No, it just says to meet him at that coffee place over on 7th. 62 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,960 Sure hope he can come up with something we could use him. 63 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:09,960 Yeah. 64 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:10,960 I'm taking a lot on this one, haven't we? 65 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:11,960 Yeah. 66 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:12,960 The way the papers talk, you'd think we were in with the thieves. 67 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:13,960 Now, from where they sit, it probably looks that way. 68 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:14,960 We sure haven't been able to stop them. 69 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:15,960 Yeah. 70 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:16,960 I'm sure they're not going to be able to stop us. 71 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:21,960 Yeah, nothing. 72 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,960 They've run the M.O. over and over. 73 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:26,960 We can't make it. 74 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:27,960 I saw the skipper this morning. 75 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:28,960 He's sore too. 76 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:30,520 Yeah, figures are leaning on him too. 77 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,480 Well, there's got to be a break somewhere along the line. 78 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:34,480 Their luck can't hold out forever. 79 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:35,480 Maybe they don't know that. 80 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,440 Did you check the F.I. cards from last night? 81 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:38,440 Yeah, they're doing it now. 82 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,440 They might come up with something. 83 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:41,440 How about Ruble's and Toad? 84 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:42,440 You heard from them yet? 85 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,160 No, they're running down that report from the liquor store owner. 86 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,160 Doesn't look like it's going anywhere either. 87 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:47,160 I'll get it. 88 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:48,160 Right. 89 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:49,160 Burglary Smith. 90 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:50,160 Oh, yeah. 91 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:51,160 Did you find anything? 92 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:52,160 Uh-huh. 93 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:53,160 Where was that? 94 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:54,160 Uh-huh. 95 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,160 How do you spell that last name? 96 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:58,160 S.O.N. 97 00:03:58,160 --> 00:03:59,160 Right. 98 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:00,160 OK, thanks. 99 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:01,160 We might have something. 100 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:02,160 Yeah. 101 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:07,160 The officer made a field interrogation report on an auto Bronson last night. 102 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,160 Time was listed as 10.46 p.m. Fourth and Central. 103 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:11,160 Well, that's close. 104 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,160 The last heist was at Seventh and Central. 105 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,160 The last heist was at Seventh and Central at approximately 11 p.m. 106 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,160 Well, how does this Bronson fit in? 107 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:20,160 Well, they checked him out. 108 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:21,160 He's got a record. 109 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:22,160 Yeah. 110 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:23,160 Burglary. 111 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:29,160 1.35 p.m. Frank and I checked the name auto Bronson through R.N.I. 112 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,160 We found that he had an arrest record dating back 10 years. 113 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:36,160 He'd been picked up three times on suspicion of violation of Section 459 P.C. 114 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:40,160 He'd been convicted once and had served time at San Quentin. 115 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,160 He'd been released four months before he served his full term and was not on parole. 116 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:48,160 We got his last known address from his ex-convict registration and we drove out to see him. 117 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,160 The address listed was a rooming house on Alexandria Street. 118 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,160 We talked to the landlady, but she could tell us nothing about him. 119 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:59,160 She said that he'd moved in about four months before, and in that time she'd seen very little of him. 120 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,160 He didn't eat at the house, but he took his meals outside. 121 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,160 She was unable to tell us what time Bronson had come home the night before. 122 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:09,160 He was registered in room 2B. Frank and I went up and knocked on the door. 123 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:10,160 Yeah? 124 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:11,160 You auto Bronson? 125 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:12,160 Yeah, what about it? 126 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,160 Police officers, we'd like to talk to you. 127 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:15,160 Okay, go ahead. 128 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,160 Might be better if we talked inside, huh? 129 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,160 Maybe I don't want any cops in my place. 130 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,160 Well, we can talk downtown. 131 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,160 Come on in. 132 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:26,160 All right, what's it all about? 133 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,160 I wonder if you could tell us where you were last night. 134 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:29,160 Why? 135 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,160 We'd like to know. 136 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:34,160 Well, let's see, I went downtown, had dinner, met some friends, had a few drinks and came home. 137 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,160 What time did you get home? 138 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:37,160 Oh, maybe about eight, around in there. 139 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:41,160 We got word you were seen downtown at 1046. How about it? 140 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:42,160 Maybe my watch stopped. 141 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:43,160 Were you downtown? 142 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,160 Oh, you guys know all the answers. You tell me. 143 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,160 All right, mister, get your hand. 144 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:48,160 Why? 145 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,160 Let's go downtown. 146 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,160 All right, all right. So I was there. What's that prove? 147 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,160 Why'd you lie about it? 148 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,160 I didn't lie. I told you, my watch stopped. 149 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:58,160 Yeah, according to the F.I. report, you were stopped in the corner of 4th and Central. Is that right? 150 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,160 I don't know. I guess so. Why? 151 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:01,160 What were you doing there? 152 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:02,160 I was on my way home. 153 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:03,160 From where? 154 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,160 Like I told you, I had a couple of drinks with some friends of mine and came right home. 155 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:07,160 Where'd you meet these friends of yours? 156 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:08,160 Bar down in Central. 157 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:09,160 Which bar? 158 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,160 I don't know the address. I can show you if you got to know. 159 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:13,160 Who were the friends? 160 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:14,160 Look, I don't like any of this. 161 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,160 You guys coming here and asking all these questions. What's it all about? 162 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,160 A liquor store safe was burglarized near 7th and Central last night. 163 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:21,160 You look good for the job. 164 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,160 Boy, it's sure true. 165 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:24,160 What's that? 166 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:25,160 Old saying up at the joint. 167 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:29,160 Do a little time and you'll ever be copping a world in your back at one time or another. 168 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:30,160 How long you lived here, Bronson? 169 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:31,160 Couple of months. 170 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:32,160 That's the closet over here. 171 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:33,160 You stay away from there. 172 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,160 Isn't anything in there that matters to you? 173 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:36,160 Then you shouldn't mind if we take a look. 174 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,160 Now just keep your hands off of my stuff, huh? 175 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,160 If you haven't done anything, you got nothing to worry about, have you? 176 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,160 It isn't what I've done. It's what you guys are going to say I did. 177 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,160 How about this, Bronson? 178 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:47,160 That's mine. 179 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,160 Now look, you got no right to go... 180 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:50,160 See what's in it, Frank. 181 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:51,160 Yeah. 182 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,160 Now how about this, Bronson? 183 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:58,160 I never saw this before in my life. 184 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,160 It's a frame you guys are trying to tie onto me. 185 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:02,160 Well, it won't work, cops, and you know it won't. 186 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:03,160 How do you explain these tools? 187 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,160 I don't have to. 188 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,160 They belong to a friend. He asked me to take care of them. 189 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,160 How about this, Bronson? 190 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:10,160 Can't see, Joe. What is it? 191 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,160 Cutting torch. Looks like it's been used lately. 192 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,160 2.15 p.m. We searched the suspect's room. 193 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:21,160 We found nothing further that would tie him in with the burglaries. 194 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,160 We talked to the other people in the boarding house, 195 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,160 but they couldn't give us any further information. 196 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,160 They were unable to tell us if Bronson had any friends, 197 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:31,160 and the landlady told us that he hadn't gotten any mail since he'd been there. 198 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,160 We called the office and arranged for a stakeout on the boarding house, 199 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,160 and then we took the suspect downtown to the city hall. 200 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,160 We talked to him for an hour, 4.16 p.m. 201 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:42,160 That's where you stand on this thing, Bronson. Now you make up your mind. 202 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,160 You want to take the beef by yourself, you're going to tell us where you got the tools. 203 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,160 I've been telling you. I didn't know anything about the tools. 204 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:50,160 I got them from a friend. He asked me to keep the suitcase for him as a favor. 205 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,160 He asked me to keep them for him, and that's all I know. 206 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:53,160 But what's the friend's name? 207 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,160 Like I told you, it's a fellow named Shorty. 208 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:56,160 What's his last name? 209 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,160 I don't know. If I knew, I'd tell you. I got no reason to hold back on it. 210 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,160 I didn't have nothing to do with the jobs. 211 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,160 Otto, we were talking to you about one burglary. What do you mean by jobs? 212 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:08,160 Well, just the way you guys talk, I figured there was more than one. 213 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:09,160 You know what we're talking about. 214 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,160 I don't. I'm telling you the truth, I don't. 215 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:12,160 When did you last see this Shorty? 216 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:13,160 When he gave me the suitcase. 217 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:14,160 When was that? 218 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,160 A week, maybe 10 days ago. 219 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:17,160 Where did you see him? 220 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:18,160 In a bar, down on 7th. 221 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:21,160 And he just gave you the suitcase, asked you to take care of it for him? 222 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,160 Is that what you expect us to believe? 223 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:24,160 That's the truth. 224 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:25,160 Well, that's kind of hard to believe. 225 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:26,160 I can't help that. That's the way it happened. 226 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,160 Well, your friend sure left you in a good fix, didn't he? 227 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:30,160 What do you mean? 228 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,160 Well, it looks like you're going to have to go this route by yourself. 229 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:34,160 How do you figure that? 230 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,160 You got the tools, you got a record. 231 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,160 You were in the vicinity just before the safe was burned. 232 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:39,160 You look real good for it. 233 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:40,160 Well, I ain't going to take it alone. 234 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:42,160 Well, you haven't got much choice. 235 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:44,160 Well, what happens if I help you get the rest of them? 236 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,160 It'll be marked down, I believe. 237 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:47,160 Is that all you can do? 238 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:48,160 That's all. 239 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,160 How much if I help you break the gang? 240 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:51,160 That's all we can do. 241 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:52,160 Well, one thing you've got to understand. 242 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:53,160 What's that? 243 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,160 I had nothing to do with the jobs myself. 244 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:56,160 I just heard a few rumbles. 245 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:57,160 You've got to know I wasn't in on it. 246 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:58,160 What have you heard? 247 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,160 Well, there's three guys from the East. 248 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,160 They've been working out here about six weeks. 249 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:03,160 Real heavy fellows. 250 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:04,160 Who are they? 251 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:05,160 I don't know. 252 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:06,160 The only one I ever saw was Shorty. 253 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,160 And I'm not too sure he's in on it. 254 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:09,160 You know where we can pick him up? 255 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,160 No, like I said, I just heard a few rumbles. 256 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:13,160 All right, how about this Shorty? 257 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:14,160 Has he got a record? 258 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:15,160 I don't know. He might have. 259 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,160 He ever say anything about doing time? 260 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,160 No, not so I can hear. 261 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:20,160 How long have you known him? 262 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:21,160 About three months. 263 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,160 I met him right after I got out of Cuba. 264 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:23,160 Where did you meet him? 265 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:24,160 A bar downtown. 266 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:25,160 We got to talking one night. 267 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,160 And after that, I'd see him around here. 268 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,160 And I never got to know him real well. 269 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,160 Just well enough for him to give you a suitcase 270 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:32,160 full of burglar tools, huh? 271 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:33,160 Yeah, that's right. 272 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,160 And you didn't know what was in the case? 273 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:36,160 No, I didn't look. 274 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:38,160 I didn't figure any of my business. 275 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,160 That's easy to buy, isn't it? 276 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:41,160 I can't help it. 277 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:42,160 That's the way it is. 278 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,160 How much do you know about how the gang works? 279 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:45,160 Not much. 280 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,160 Rumble is that they case a place for a couple of days, 281 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:49,160 figure out when's the best time to hit it, 282 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:50,160 and they walk in and burn the city. 283 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:51,160 They use a car? 284 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:52,160 I don't know. I guess they do. 285 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,160 Does Shorty have a car? 286 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:55,160 I don't know. I never saw him with one. 287 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:56,160 He never mentioned it. 288 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:57,160 You ever mention where he lived? 289 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:58,160 No, not to me. 290 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,160 I figure it's over on the East Side. 291 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:01,160 How do you figure that? 292 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:03,160 Well, just the way he talked. 293 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,160 Nothing definite, but just the idea. 294 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:07,160 You look at some mugs and tell us if you see this Shorty? 295 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:08,160 Well, sure. 296 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,160 I'd like to see you get him, 297 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:12,160 leaving me to stand for a thing like this all by myself. 298 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:14,160 Anything else you can tell us about the gang? 299 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,160 No, that's about it. 300 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,160 Okay, let's look at the mugs. 301 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:19,160 How about it? 302 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:20,160 I still got to go to jail? 303 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,160 Well, you still haven't convinced us you're clean. 304 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:23,160 I told you everything I know. 305 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:24,160 Yeah, let's go. 306 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,160 No, wait a minute. Look, I ain't got nuts in a cell. 307 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,160 You should have thought of that before. 308 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:30,160 Well, I can give you guys a lot of help if I'm on the outside. 309 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,160 You haven't given us much here. 310 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,160 Well, maybe I can. 311 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:35,160 All right, go ahead. 312 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,160 I can tell you when they're going to pull a next job. 313 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:44,160 We continued to talk to Otto Bronson. 314 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,160 He told us that he'd heard the gang was planning to rob the safe 315 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,160 of a large chain grocery store in the southern part of the city. 316 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:53,160 He gave us the date and the time that the operation was expected to take place, 317 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:57,160 but he was unable to give us the exact details of how the burglary would be committed. 318 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,160 The suspect couldn't tell us whether a car would be used 319 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,160 or how the store would be approached. 320 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,160 He was unable to give us a description of the other two men in the operation, 321 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,160 but he did give us a description of Shorty. 322 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,160 We ran the name through the moniker file on our R&I. 323 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:13,160 We got back 285 possibles and had the mug shots on the suspects pulled. 324 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,160 These were shown to Bronson, but he failed to make an identification. 325 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,160 We showed him our mug files on known burglary suspects, 326 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:22,160 but he again failed to come up with an identification. 327 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,160 The burglary tools were booked as evidence, 328 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,160 and then Frank and I talked with Captain Wisdom. 329 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:30,160 It was agreed that it might be better to release Bronson and have him followed. 330 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,160 8.31 p.m. 331 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,160 The suspect was released and placed under constant surveillance. 332 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:39,160 The date Bronson had given us for the next burglary was the following Saturday, August 14th. 333 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:43,160 Frank and I made arrangements to place a stakeout on the store. 334 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,160 We checked the store and found that there were two entrances, 335 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,160 one off the parking lot to one side of the building and one on the street. 336 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,160 We took up our position so that both doors could be seen. 337 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:57,160 The area was placed under a code 5 call so that the stakeout would not be burned. 338 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,160 Frank and I waited. 339 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,160 10 p.m. 11. No sign of the burglars. 340 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,160 Midnight came and went. 341 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:08,160 At 5.30 a.m. the stakeout was called off and Frank got to a phone. 342 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,160 Yeah, uh-huh. 343 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,160 When was that? 344 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,160 Yeah? 345 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:17,160 Okay, we'll be right in. 346 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,160 Joe. Yeah, anything? 347 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,160 Yeah, they lost the tail on Bronson. 348 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:30,160 At approximately 10.30 Saturday night Otto Bronson had gone into a theater on South Spring Street. 349 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:34,160 The officer following had entered but had lost the suspect in the darkness. 350 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:40,160 The next morning, Sunday, August 15th, we got a report that Bronson had turned up at his rooming house at 7.45 a.m. 351 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:42,160 I got a call from the business office with this information 352 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:47,160 and at 8.20 I picked up Frank and we drove over to see Bronson. 353 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:48,160 Who's there? 354 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:50,160 It's Friday. 355 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,160 Oh, just a minute. 356 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,160 Hi. Come on in. 357 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:01,160 You guys are up early this morning. 358 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,160 How'd it turn out last night? 359 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:04,160 What are you trying to pull, Bronson? 360 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:05,160 What do you mean? 361 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,160 You know what we're talking about. Nothing happened last night. 362 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:10,160 Hey, you mean they didn't break into the place? 363 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,160 That's it. 364 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,160 I can't understand that from what I heard they had an old case. 365 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,160 Where were you last night? 366 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,160 Well, you figure I had something to do with that. 367 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:19,160 We just asked you where you were. 368 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:22,160 Oh, what's the matter? Hey, the tail you had on me get lost? 369 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,160 We're waiting for an answer, Bronson. 370 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,160 Well, we went to a movie and then came on home. 371 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:28,160 You came right home after the picture, huh? 372 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:29,160 Yeah, that's right. Right home. 373 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,160 How come it took you so long? 374 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:32,160 Now, what's that mean? 375 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,160 You didn't get home until this morning, did you? 376 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:36,160 You guys are pretty thorough, aren't you? 377 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:37,160 Where were you? 378 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,160 All right, I stopped and saw a friend. We got to drinking. 379 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,160 Forget all about time. That makes me a pigeon for you. 380 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:44,160 Come on, Bronson, let's go down, too. 381 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:45,160 But, Four, I haven't done anything. 382 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:47,160 You gave us wrong information about last night. 383 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,160 Well, that's not my fault. I'm not running with the guys. 384 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:50,160 I told you what I heard. 385 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,160 Now, it's not my beef that it didn't work out. 386 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,160 From what I knew, that was the way it was gonna be. 387 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:55,160 All right, let's go. 388 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:59,160 Well, not just a minute. Look, we can work this out, huh? 389 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:00,160 I'm afraid not. 390 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,160 I leveled with you guys. I'm not giving you a snow job. 391 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,160 That's the way it is. Look, you got nothing on me. 392 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,160 If you had, you wouldn't have let me go before. 393 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,160 Now that I think about it, I don't like the idea that tail on me. 394 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,160 What are you guys gonna prove with that? 395 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:16,160 The way you act, it's no wonder you get no cooperation from anybody. 396 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:17,160 It's no wonder at all. 397 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,160 All right, now you've made your point. Let's get on down. 398 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:21,160 Yeah, who is it? 399 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,160 Mr. Bronson, it's me, Kelly. 400 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:25,160 That's a landlord. 401 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:28,160 Yeah, what is it? 402 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:29,160 Mr. Friday here? 403 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:30,160 Yeah, I'm Friday. 404 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,160 Bolt called for you. You can get it here in the hall. 405 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,160 Thanks. 406 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:36,160 You can get it here. 407 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,160 Thank you. 408 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:40,160 This is Friday. 409 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:41,160 Yeah. 410 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,160 Mm-hmm. When? 411 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:48,160 Right. We'll be right there. Thanks a lot. 412 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:51,160 Frank. 413 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:51,160 Yeah? 414 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:52,160 It's the business office. We gotta leave. 415 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:53,160 Yeah? 416 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,160 You called it, Bronson. They worked last night, all right? 417 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,160 See, I told you. 418 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:58,160 Yeah, we staked out in South L.A. 419 00:14:58,160 --> 00:14:59,160 Saw? 420 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,160 They hit in West L.A. 421 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,160 You are listening to Dragnet, 422 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,160 the authentic story of your police force in action. 423 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,160 Chesterfield is best for you. 424 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:22,160 Chesterfield Regular or Chesterfield Kingsize, 425 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,160 which contains tobaccos of better quality 426 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:28,160 and higher price than any other Kingsize cigarette. 427 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,160 And always remember this. 428 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,160 Chesterfield is first to give you premium quality 429 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,160 in both Regular and Kingsize, 430 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,160 just as Chesterfield has been first to name its ingredients, 431 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:43,160 the ingredients that make the best possible smoke. 432 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:47,160 Enjoy your smoking. Change to Chesterfield. 433 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,160 Much milder with an extraordinarily good taste. 434 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:58,160 The best for you. 435 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:04,160 9.15 a.m., Frank and I contacted the West Los Angeles detectives 436 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,160 and drove out to the scene of the latest burglary. 437 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:08,160 It was a large chain grocery store. 438 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,160 The thieves had burned into the safe, 439 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,160 and the ammo was the same as in the other burglaries. 440 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,160 All the contents of the safe worth anything had been removed. 441 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,160 The crews from the crime lab and latent prints 442 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,160 had already finished their investigation 443 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,160 and gone back to go over their findings. 444 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,160 Frank and I talked to the manager of the store, 445 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:24,160 Mr. Charles Gleason. 446 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,160 Well, let me see, Sergeant. 447 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,160 The first I knew about it was when they called me 448 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,160 to say that the safe had been robbed. 449 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,160 Any idea how much was taken? 450 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:35,160 Well, I'd just be guessing. 451 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,160 With the officers working around here, 452 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:39,160 I didn't get a chance to check it yet, 453 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,160 but I'd say about $5,000 or $6,000. 454 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:45,160 The weekend and all, we'd done a pretty good business, 455 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,160 and I didn't get a chance to get to the bank. 456 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,160 I had all that money in the safe. 457 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,160 Of course, I'll have to check the books 458 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,160 to tell you exactly how much they took, 459 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,160 but like I said, it was probably $5,000 or $6,000. 460 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,160 Do you have a burglar alarm system in the store, Mr. Gleason? 461 00:16:58,160 --> 00:16:59,160 I beg your pardon? 462 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,160 I said, do you have a burglar alarm system in the store? 463 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,160 Yes, and that's a funny thing. 464 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,160 I can't understand why it didn't work. 465 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,160 The officers who were here from your crime lab, is that it? 466 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:10,160 Yeah, that's right, sir. 467 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,160 Well, they said that evidently it had been turned off somehow. 468 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,160 I don't understand it, but that's what they said. 469 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,160 I see. I wonder if you could give us a list of your employees. 470 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,160 Well, yes, certainly, but you don't think 471 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,160 that any of them had anything to do with this, do you? 472 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:25,160 Well, they've all got to be checked out, sir. 473 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:26,160 Can you give us the list? 474 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,160 Oh, well, yes, I can. 475 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,160 I guess that's right, but I'm sure that none of them were involved. 476 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,160 Well, Mr. Gleason, have you noticed anyone hanging around the store, 477 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:37,160 anyone that might have looked suspicious to you that you can remember? 478 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,160 It'd be awfully hard to say. 479 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,160 We do a lot of business with all the people who come in, 480 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:43,160 and it's kind of hard to say. 481 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:44,160 Yes, sir, we understand. 482 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,160 Could you remember, was there anyone who attracted your attention, 483 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,160 maybe someone unusual, somebody loitering in the neighborhood, 484 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,160 maybe around the store? 485 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:53,160 No, sir, not that I can think of. 486 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,160 Was there anything that was taken from the safe that might give us a lead, 487 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,160 something that might not ordinarily be in there, 488 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,160 something that you could identify easily? 489 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,160 No, I don't think so, just the money. 490 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:08,160 Of course, there were several checks, you know, wasn't there? 491 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:13,160 Checks that we cashed for the customers, they might have totaled $500. 492 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:14,160 I can give you a list of them. 493 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,160 We have them photographed if you want copies of them. 494 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,160 Yes, sir, that'll be a big help. 495 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,160 Oh, officer, there was one more thing. 496 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:21,160 Yes, sir, what was that? 497 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,160 Well, you know how people lose things. 498 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:24,160 Yes, sir. 499 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,160 A couple of days ago we found a watch. 500 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:27,160 It looked expensive. 501 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:28,160 We found it in the back of the store. 502 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:32,160 That was in the safe, too. 503 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:33,160 Everything's gone. 504 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,160 Must have taken that to it, isn't there, now? 505 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:36,160 Well, can you give us a description of the watch? 506 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,160 Yes, I can. 507 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,160 I noticed it because, well, to be honest, 508 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,160 I was kind of hoping that nobody would claim it. 509 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,160 You keep things like that around here for a couple of days 510 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:45,160 and then turn them into you. 511 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,160 I'd like to have had that one myself. 512 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,160 Sertina, it was a gold case with a white face. 513 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:50,160 Only had a few numbers. 514 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:53,160 You know, some of the spots were just the little gold spots. 515 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,160 What do you mean, the spots were? 516 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,160 The numbers, the numbers, the little gold spots. 517 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:58,160 I know what you mean, sir. 518 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,160 Well, this one had a gold band, 519 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,160 and it was one that was kind of a chain thing, 520 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,160 not an expansion band, you know, the chain, the gold chain. 521 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:07,160 Yes, sir, would you know the watch if you saw it again? 522 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,160 Oh, sure, I looked at it enough, 523 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,160 and then there was that scratch on the crystal, too. 524 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:12,160 Sir? 525 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,160 Right over the number two, there was a scratch. 526 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,160 I can show you right here on my watch. 527 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,160 You see right there, a little scratch. 528 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,160 Kind of went off at an angle. It was real easy to spot. 529 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,160 Yes, sir, I understand. 530 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:24,160 You know, it's a funny thing, you officers being here. 531 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,160 There was a friend of mine once, well, 532 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,160 I'd just soon not mention his name if you don't mind, 533 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,160 because he was innocent, you know, but it looked bad. 534 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,160 I was kind of worried about it myself. 535 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,160 And these officers came out to his house, 536 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,160 just took the place apart. 537 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,160 It was all right, it was perfectly legal. 538 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:40,160 They had to search for it. 539 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:41,160 What did they come out for? 540 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,160 Well, they thought he was mixed up in a robbery. 541 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,160 I don't know how they ever thought it, 542 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,160 but it looked suspicious, I guess. 543 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,160 He was seen with some characters that were, 544 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:50,160 well, you know, not very nice. 545 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,160 They came out to his house, took the whole place apart. 546 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,160 You never saw such a mess in your life. 547 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,160 Ripped up the mattresses, took down a... 548 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,160 ruined the picture, a beautiful picture. 549 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,160 End of the trail, you know, the one with the Indian... 550 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:01,160 Yes, sir. 551 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:02,160 The spear going down like that. 552 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,160 Yes, sir. 553 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,160 Took that apart, the whole picture just fell apart. 554 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,160 I don't know if they can get another one or not. 555 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,160 The darkest mess you ever saw. 556 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,160 I say, did they find anything? 557 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,160 Yeah, they did. They found a fountain pen. 558 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:14,160 His wife had lost two years ago. 559 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,160 Had her initials on it. 560 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:17,160 Yes, sir. 561 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,160 Is there anything else you can think of that would help us here? 562 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,160 No, not that I can figure. 563 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,160 Well, if you do remember anything, sir, 564 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,160 here's our card. We'd certainly appreciate a call. 565 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,160 Frank Smith, just ask for you, huh? 566 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,160 Yes, sir. And if we're not there, just leave a message 567 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:30,160 and we'll get in touch with you. 568 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:31,160 All right, I'll do that. 569 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,160 Well, thank you very much, Mr. Gleason. 570 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,160 I sure hope you catch the fellows that are doing this. 571 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:36,160 Yes, sir, so do we. 572 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,160 Guess you've been after them quite a while now, huh? 573 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:39,160 Yes, sir, we have. 574 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,160 What the papers say, this makes number 13 for them. 575 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,160 Bad number 13, kind of unlucky. 576 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,160 No worse than number one. 577 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:48,160 HONKING 578 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,160 Frank and I went back to the city hall 579 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:53,160 and completed our crime report. 580 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,160 We contacted the crime lab and latent prints 581 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,160 and found that they'd come up with no physical evidence at the scene. 582 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,160 From the MO, it could be definitely established 583 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,160 that they were the same suspects we were after. 584 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,160 We obtained a list of the employees of the store and checked them out. 585 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,160 We came up with no new leads. 586 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,160 A list of the checks that had been taken from the safe 587 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,160 were given to Forgery Detail. 588 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:14,160 Frank and I went to Otto Bronson's rooming house 589 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,160 and brought him down to the city hall for questioning. 590 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:18,160 You know, maybe if you guys had spent a little more time doing your job 591 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,160 and less time bothering me, you'd end up catching those fellows. 592 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:23,160 Don't worry about it, Bronson, we'll get them. 593 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,160 We'd like to go over what you did last night again. 594 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:26,160 I told you once. 595 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,160 Don't tell us again, will you? 596 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,160 All right, like I said, I had dinner around 8, maybe 8.30. 597 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:32,160 Where'd you eat? 598 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:33,160 A place over on Spring. 599 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:34,160 See anybody you knew? 600 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:35,160 No, I don't think I did. 601 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,160 Where'd you go then? 602 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,160 I went to a movie, a place on Seventh. 603 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:40,160 See anybody you knew there? 604 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:41,160 No. 605 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,160 Well, then you'd have a tough time proving where you were, wouldn't you? 606 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,160 Not all the way. You had a tail on me. 607 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:46,160 Most of this you know already. 608 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,160 All right, what'd you do after you left the movie? 609 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:51,160 I told you that. I went over to see a friend. 610 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:52,160 Yeah, where's he live? 611 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:53,160 Hotel on Fifth. 612 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,160 What's his name? 613 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,160 Oh, look, I don't want to see him dragged into this. 614 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,160 If he's clean, he's got nothing to worry about, huh? 615 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,160 Yeah, sure, but you guys go over and talk to him. 616 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:05,160 It's a lot of embarrassment for him, and I just don't want it. 617 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:06,160 All right, let's go. 618 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:07,160 Oh, no. 619 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:08,160 You gonna book me? 620 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,160 That's it. 621 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,160 I told you what being in a cell does to me. 622 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,160 You should have thought about that before. 623 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,160 All right, I'll tell you who he is. 624 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,160 Well, go ahead. 625 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,160 All right, his name's Anderson, Mark Anderson. 626 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:22,160 He ever fallen? 627 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:23,160 No, he's clean. 628 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:24,160 You sure about that? 629 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,160 Yeah. 630 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,160 Now, I suppose you want to go over and talk to him, huh? 631 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,160 Yeah, we'll get to it. 632 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:31,160 You're still gonna book me? 633 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:32,160 We haven't any choice. 634 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:33,160 I told you what I know, Sergeant. 635 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:34,160 I told you everything. 636 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,160 I can't help it if I was wrong. 637 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,160 Look, it's no crime to make a mistake, is it? 638 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,160 I never read about no law that says you can't make a mistake. 639 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,160 Well, why don't you tell us the truth about what you know about these burglaries then? 640 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:46,160 I told you, I told you. 641 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,160 What you told us we can't buy. 642 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,160 Well, that's tough, fella, but that's the way it is. 643 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:51,160 Now, I told you what I know. 644 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,160 There isn't anymore. 645 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,160 Now, if you want, go on. 646 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:55,160 Check with Mark Anderson. 647 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,160 He'll tell you I was with him all night. 648 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:58,160 He'll tell you. 649 00:22:58,160 --> 00:22:59,160 I don't want no trouble, you guys. 650 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,160 He'll tell you, and that's the truth. 651 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,160 Really, I'm telling you the truth. 652 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,160 Yeah, we've heard that before. 653 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:09,160 6.40 p.m. 654 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,160 We booked Otto Bronson at the main jail in suspicion of burglary. 655 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,160 Before he was put in his cell, we got the address of Mark Anderson. 656 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:19,160 After we'd finished with the booking, Frank and I drove over to the hotel on 5th Street. 657 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,160 Anderson was registered in room 812. 658 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,160 The desk clerk told us that Anderson was in his room. 659 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,160 He was unable to tell us much about Anderson because, as he explained, 660 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,160 he'd only worked at the hotel for a week and hadn't seen much of him. 661 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,160 We went upstairs and knocked at the door. 662 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:34,160 Yeah? 663 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:35,160 You Mark Anderson? 664 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:36,160 That's right. Who are you? 665 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:37,160 Police officers. 666 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:38,160 I'd like to talk to you. 667 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,160 Sure, come on in. 668 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:41,160 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 669 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,160 Anderson. 670 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:45,160 What do you want to see me about? 671 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,160 You know a fella named Bronson, Otto Bronson? 672 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,160 Yeah, sure, I know Otto. 673 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:50,160 Why don't you see him last? 674 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,160 Hey, what's this all about anyway? Otto done something? 675 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,160 Just a routine investigation, Anderson. 676 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:55,160 When was the last time you saw Bronson? 677 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:56,160 Routine, huh? 678 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:57,160 That's right. 679 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:58,160 I saw him last night. 680 00:23:58,160 --> 00:23:59,160 Where'd you see him? 681 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,160 Here. He came up, sat around, killed a bottle, talked it up. 682 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,160 What time do you leave here? 683 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,160 Must have been about 7.30 this morning, something like that. 684 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,160 All right, sir, thank you very much. 685 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,160 Sure, glad to help out whenever I can. 686 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:12,160 Otto isn't in any trouble, is he? 687 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,160 Like we said, it's just routine. 688 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,160 Well, anything more I can do to help out, you let me know. 689 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:18,160 Yeah, we'll do that. 690 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:19,160 You're leaving right away? 691 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,160 Yeah, that's right. We'll be getting back to the office. 692 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,160 Well, I'll get my coat and walk down with you. 693 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,160 I got a date in 15 minutes. 694 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:26,160 Gonna have to romp on her. 695 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,160 It's a nice watch you got there. 696 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,160 Yeah, it's new. 697 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:30,160 Let me take a look at it, will you? 698 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,160 It was just a watch. If you don't mind, I like to get going. 699 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,160 Let me see the watch. 700 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,160 Sure, no reason you can't. 701 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,160 Here. 702 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,160 Okay. 703 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:41,160 You said this was new? 704 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,160 Yeah, just got it a couple days ago. 705 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,160 You notice this scratch on the crystal here? 706 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,160 Yeah, I never saw that before. 707 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,160 Guess I'll have to take it back and get another one. 708 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,160 Let me see it, Joe. 709 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:54,160 Yeah. 710 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,160 Did you buy this watch? 711 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:56,160 Yeah. 712 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:57,160 Where? 713 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:58,160 Well, Jewelers down the street. 714 00:24:58,160 --> 00:24:59,160 You got a receipt for it? 715 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,160 No, I didn't. I know the guy. I didn't figure I'd need one. 716 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,160 What if we could take a look through your room? 717 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:05,160 Why? What are you looking for? 718 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,160 Just like take a look. 719 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:07,160 You got a search warrant? 720 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,160 No, we can get one if we have to. 721 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:10,160 Then you better go get one. 722 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,160 I'm not having any cops looking through my stuff. 723 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:13,160 Right. Yeah. 724 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,160 I told you to get a warrant. You got no right to look in there. 725 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,160 Something in the closet you don't figure we should see. 726 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:19,160 No, it's not that. It's just... 727 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,160 Well, then there's no problem, is there? 728 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:26,160 Joe. 729 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:27,160 Yeah? 730 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:28,160 A couple of suitcases. 731 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:29,160 You want to bring them out? 732 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,160 Yeah. 733 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,160 Here they are. 734 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,160 This one's kind of heavy. 735 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,160 It feels like there's some sort of tools in it. 736 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,160 I'll open it up. 737 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,160 Wait a minute. 738 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:43,160 You got the key for this one, Anderson? 739 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:44,160 There's nothing in there for you. 740 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,160 We'll figure that, huh? 741 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,160 Joe, it looks like this other one's open. 742 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,160 How about this, Anderson? 743 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,160 Money here and these checks. 744 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:58,160 Watch, Joe. 745 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,160 All right, Anderson. 746 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,160 All right, come on. Get up. 747 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:04,160 Get up. 748 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:06,160 I'll shake him, Joe. 749 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,160 Yeah, he's clean. 750 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:14,160 Stand still. 751 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,160 All right, Anderson, let's go. 752 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:17,160 Otto told you, didn't he? 753 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,160 Lousy little sneaky told you. 754 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:20,160 I never did trust him. 755 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,160 I kept telling Shorty, I kept telling him we shouldn't trust him. 756 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:24,160 Who's Shorty? 757 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:25,160 Shorty Miller. 758 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:26,160 Want to tell us where we can find him? 759 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,160 Sure, I got nothing to lose. 760 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:29,160 Lousy little Otto. 761 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:30,160 Just the three of you in on the job? 762 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:31,160 Yeah, that's all. 763 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,160 Otto, Shorty and me, just the three of us. 764 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,160 Him and his big ideas. 765 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,160 How he had it all fixed up when you tagged him. 766 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:38,160 How he was going to get us in the clear. 767 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,160 Don't worry, he said, he'd take care of everything. 768 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:43,160 Lousy little liar. 769 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:44,160 He'd fix it for us. 770 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:45,160 That's real funny. 771 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:46,160 Shouldn't be. 772 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,160 What? 773 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:48,160 He fixed it. 774 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,160 The story you have just heard was true. 775 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:00,160 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 776 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,160 On December 14th, trial was held in Department 87, 777 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,160 Superior Court of the State of California, 778 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,160 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 779 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,160 In a moment, the results of that trial. 780 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,160 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 781 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,160 Thank you, George Feneman. 782 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,160 I've been pleased to see how many of you king-size smokers 783 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,160 have been changing to Chesterfield. 784 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:19,160 Just as I've been telling you, 785 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,160 king-size Chesterfields contain tobaccos of better quality 786 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,160 than any other king-size cigarette. 787 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,160 Either way you like them, regular or king-size. 788 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:39,160 Chesterfields have a better taste and they're really milder. 789 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,160 Otto N. Bronson, Mark A. Anderson, and Samuel R. Miller 790 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,160 were tried and found guilty of nine counts of burglary 791 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:46,160 with explosives. 792 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,160 They received sentence as prescribed by law. 793 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:52,160 Burglary with explosives is punishable by imprisonment 794 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,160 in the state penitentiary for a period of not less than 10 795 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,160 nor more than 40 years. 796 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:08,160 You have just heard Dragnet, 797 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,160 a series of authentic cases from official files. 798 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,160 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police 799 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,160 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 800 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:20,160 Technical advisors Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, 801 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,160 Sergeant Vance Brasher. 802 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:26,160 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Vic Perrin, Stacy Harris. 803 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,160 Script by John Robinson, music by Walter Schuman, 804 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:33,160 Hal Gibney speaking. 805 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,160 For a million laughs, tune in Chesterfield's Martin & Lewis 806 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,160 show Tuesday on this same NBC station. 807 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,160 And sound off for Chesterfields. 808 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:45,160 Either regular or king-size, you'll find premium quality 809 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:48,160 Chesterfields much milder. 810 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:53,160 Chesterfield is best for you. 811 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,160 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed 812 00:28:56,160 --> 00:29:00,160 from Los Angeles. 813 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:04,160 Ladies and gentlemen, wherever and whenever people need help, 814 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:07,160 the Red Cross answers the call. 815 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,160 When a flood-stricken family needs shelter, 816 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,160 when a crippled child must learn to walk and play, 817 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:14,160 and when a wounded soldier needs blood, 818 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,160 the Red Cross is always there. 819 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,160 And now the Red Cross needs your help. 820 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,160 To keep up their many services this year, 821 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:24,160 $93 million is needed. 822 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,160 So when the Red Cross volunteer calls on you, 823 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:30,160 please answer the call and give generously. 824 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:46,160 Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Chesterfield.