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01:30.040 --> 01:33.120 You'll find Chesterfield's best for you. 01:33.120 --> 01:37.000 They're much milder with an extraordinarily good taste. 01:37.000 --> 01:43.680 And for your pocketbook, Chesterfield is America's best cigarette buy. 01:43.680 --> 01:51.040 Dragonet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 01:51.040 --> 01:56.080 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 01:56.080 --> 02:00.800 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 02:00.800 --> 02:02.520 police violence. 02:02.520 --> 02:07.840 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragonet is the story of your police force 02:07.840 --> 02:10.480 in action. 02:10.480 --> 02:15.040 It was Tuesday, August 10th. 02:15.040 --> 02:16.480 It was warm in Los Angeles. 02:16.480 --> 02:18.560 We were working the day watch out a burglary detail. 02:18.560 --> 02:19.720 My partner's Frank Smith. 02:19.720 --> 02:20.720 The boss is Captain Wisdom. 02:20.720 --> 02:21.720 My name's Friday. 02:21.720 --> 02:26.600 We were on the way back from lunch and it was 1 17 p.m. when we got to room 45. 02:26.600 --> 02:27.600 Burglary. 02:27.600 --> 02:30.760 Joe, you got any stomach pills? 02:30.760 --> 02:31.760 No, I haven't. 02:31.760 --> 02:32.760 You got trouble again? 02:32.760 --> 02:33.760 Yeah. 02:33.760 --> 02:35.960 I don't know why I always do when we have lunch at Sal's. 02:35.960 --> 02:37.240 Must be that cheesecake, Joe. 02:37.240 --> 02:38.240 It happens every time. 02:38.240 --> 02:40.600 Well, maybe if you just stick to one piece, huh? 02:40.600 --> 02:42.960 The way Rosie makes it, she can't stop there. 02:42.960 --> 02:45.360 You know, that Sal could make a fortune if he'd realize it. 02:45.360 --> 02:46.360 What do you mean? 02:46.360 --> 02:49.360 Well, you know how in some places they have a little bowl of mints by the cash register? 02:49.360 --> 02:50.360 Yeah. 02:50.360 --> 02:52.960 A little bit of salad, put a bowl of stomach pills, he could clean up. 02:52.960 --> 02:53.960 Yeah, sure. 02:53.960 --> 02:54.960 Anything in the book? 02:54.960 --> 02:55.960 I'll take a look. 02:55.960 --> 02:56.960 How about it? 02:56.960 --> 02:57.960 Yeah. 02:57.960 --> 02:58.960 There's a call here from Ernie. 02:58.960 --> 02:59.960 Are you informed? 02:59.960 --> 03:00.960 Yeah. 03:00.960 --> 03:01.960 Says he wants to see us this afternoon. 03:01.960 --> 03:02.960 Say what it's about? 03:02.960 --> 03:05.960 No, it just says to meet him at that coffee place over on 7th. 03:05.960 --> 03:08.960 Sure hope he can come up with something we could use him. 03:08.960 --> 03:09.960 Yeah. 03:09.960 --> 03:10.960 I'm taking a lot on this one, haven't we? 03:10.960 --> 03:11.960 Yeah. 03:11.960 --> 03:12.960 The way the papers talk, you'd think we were in with the thieves. 03:12.960 --> 03:13.960 Now, from where they sit, it probably looks that way. 03:13.960 --> 03:14.960 We sure haven't been able to stop them. 03:14.960 --> 03:15.960 Yeah. 03:15.960 --> 03:16.960 I'm sure they're not going to be able to stop us. 03:16.960 --> 03:21.960 Yeah, nothing. 03:21.960 --> 03:25.960 They've run the M.O. over and over. 03:25.960 --> 03:26.960 We can't make it. 03:26.960 --> 03:27.960 I saw the skipper this morning. 03:27.960 --> 03:28.960 He's sore too. 03:28.960 --> 03:30.520 Yeah, figures are leaning on him too. 03:30.520 --> 03:32.480 Well, there's got to be a break somewhere along the line. 03:32.480 --> 03:34.480 Their luck can't hold out forever. 03:34.480 --> 03:35.480 Maybe they don't know that. 03:35.480 --> 03:37.440 Did you check the F.I. cards from last night? 03:37.440 --> 03:38.440 Yeah, they're doing it now. 03:38.440 --> 03:40.440 They might come up with something. 03:40.440 --> 03:41.440 How about Ruble's and Toad? 03:41.440 --> 03:42.440 You heard from them yet? 03:42.440 --> 03:44.160 No, they're running down that report from the liquor store owner. 03:44.160 --> 03:46.160 Doesn't look like it's going anywhere either. 03:46.160 --> 03:47.160 I'll get it. 03:47.160 --> 03:48.160 Right. 03:48.160 --> 03:49.160 Burglary Smith. 03:49.160 --> 03:50.160 Oh, yeah. 03:50.160 --> 03:51.160 Did you find anything? 03:51.160 --> 03:52.160 Uh-huh. 03:52.160 --> 03:53.160 Where was that? 03:53.160 --> 03:54.160 Uh-huh. 03:54.160 --> 03:57.160 How do you spell that last name? 03:57.160 --> 03:58.160 S.O.N. 03:58.160 --> 03:59.160 Right. 03:59.160 --> 04:00.160 OK, thanks. 04:00.160 --> 04:01.160 We might have something. 04:01.160 --> 04:02.160 Yeah. 04:02.160 --> 04:07.160 The officer made a field interrogation report on an auto Bronson last night. 04:07.160 --> 04:10.160 Time was listed as 10.46 p.m. Fourth and Central. 04:10.160 --> 04:11.160 Well, that's close. 04:11.160 --> 04:14.160 The last heist was at Seventh and Central. 04:14.160 --> 04:17.160 The last heist was at Seventh and Central at approximately 11 p.m. 04:17.160 --> 04:19.160 Well, how does this Bronson fit in? 04:19.160 --> 04:20.160 Well, they checked him out. 04:20.160 --> 04:21.160 He's got a record. 04:21.160 --> 04:22.160 Yeah. 04:22.160 --> 04:23.160 Burglary. 04:23.160 --> 04:29.160 1.35 p.m. Frank and I checked the name auto Bronson through R.N.I. 04:29.160 --> 04:32.160 We found that he had an arrest record dating back 10 years. 04:32.160 --> 04:36.160 He'd been picked up three times on suspicion of violation of Section 459 P.C. 04:36.160 --> 04:40.160 He'd been convicted once and had served time at San Quentin. 04:40.160 --> 04:43.160 He'd been released four months before he served his full term and was not on parole. 04:43.160 --> 04:48.160 We got his last known address from his ex-convict registration and we drove out to see him. 04:48.160 --> 04:51.160 The address listed was a rooming house on Alexandria Street. 04:51.160 --> 04:54.160 We talked to the landlady, but she could tell us nothing about him. 04:54.160 --> 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. 04:59.160 --> 05:02.160 He didn't eat at the house, but he took his meals outside. 05:02.160 --> 05:05.160 She was unable to tell us what time Bronson had come home the night before. 05:05.160 --> 05:09.160 He was registered in room 2B. Frank and I went up and knocked on the door. 05:09.160 --> 05:10.160 Yeah? 05:10.160 --> 05:11.160 You auto Bronson? 05:11.160 --> 05:12.160 Yeah, what about it? 05:12.160 --> 05:14.160 Police officers, we'd like to talk to you. 05:14.160 --> 05:15.160 Okay, go ahead. 05:15.160 --> 05:17.160 Might be better if we talked inside, huh? 05:17.160 --> 05:19.160 Maybe I don't want any cops in my place. 05:19.160 --> 05:21.160 Well, we can talk downtown. 05:21.160 --> 05:23.160 Come on in. 05:25.160 --> 05:26.160 All right, what's it all about? 05:26.160 --> 05:28.160 I wonder if you could tell us where you were last night. 05:28.160 --> 05:29.160 Why? 05:28.160 --> 05:30.160 We'd like to know. 05:30.160 --> 05:34.160 Well, let's see, I went downtown, had dinner, met some friends, had a few drinks and came home. 05:34.160 --> 05:36.160 What time did you get home? 05:36.160 --> 05:37.160 Oh, maybe about eight, around in there. 05:37.160 --> 05:41.160 We got word you were seen downtown at 1046. How about it? 05:41.160 --> 05:42.160 Maybe my watch stopped. 05:42.160 --> 05:43.160 Were you downtown? 05:43.160 --> 05:45.160 Oh, you guys know all the answers. You tell me. 05:45.160 --> 05:47.160 All right, mister, get your hand. 05:47.160 --> 05:48.160 Why? 05:47.160 --> 05:49.160 Let's go downtown. 05:49.160 --> 05:51.160 All right, all right. So I was there. What's that prove? 05:51.160 --> 05:53.160 Why'd you lie about it? 05:53.160 --> 05:55.160 I didn't lie. I told you, my watch stopped. 05:55.160 --> 05:58.160 Yeah, according to the F.I. report, you were stopped in the corner of 4th and Central. Is that right? 05:58.160 --> 06:00.160 I don't know. I guess so. Why? 06:00.160 --> 06:01.160 What were you doing there? 06:01.160 --> 06:02.160 I was on my way home. 06:02.160 --> 06:03.160 From where? 06:03.160 --> 06:06.160 Like I told you, I had a couple of drinks with some friends of mine and came right home. 06:06.160 --> 06:07.160 Where'd you meet these friends of yours? 06:07.160 --> 06:08.160 Bar down in Central. 06:08.160 --> 06:09.160 Which bar? 06:09.160 --> 06:12.160 I don't know the address. I can show you if you got to know. 06:12.160 --> 06:13.160 Who were the friends? 06:13.160 --> 06:14.160 Look, I don't like any of this. 06:14.160 --> 06:17.160 You guys coming here and asking all these questions. What's it all about? 06:17.160 --> 06:20.160 A liquor store safe was burglarized near 7th and Central last night. 06:20.160 --> 06:21.160 You look good for the job. 06:21.160 --> 06:23.160 Boy, it's sure true. 06:23.160 --> 06:24.160 What's that? 06:24.160 --> 06:25.160 Old saying up at the joint. 06:25.160 --> 06:29.160 Do a little time and you'll ever be copping a world in your back at one time or another. 06:29.160 --> 06:30.160 How long you lived here, Bronson? 06:30.160 --> 06:31.160 Couple of months. 06:31.160 --> 06:32.160 That's the closet over here. 06:32.160 --> 06:33.160 You stay away from there. 06:33.160 --> 06:35.160 Isn't anything in there that matters to you? 06:35.160 --> 06:36.160 Then you shouldn't mind if we take a look. 06:36.160 --> 06:39.160 Now just keep your hands off of my stuff, huh? 06:39.160 --> 06:41.160 If you haven't done anything, you got nothing to worry about, have you? 06:41.160 --> 06:44.160 It isn't what I've done. It's what you guys are going to say I did. 06:44.160 --> 06:46.160 How about this, Bronson? 06:46.160 --> 06:47.160 That's mine. 06:47.160 --> 06:49.160 Now look, you got no right to go... 06:49.160 --> 06:50.160 See what's in it, Frank. 06:50.160 --> 06:51.160 Yeah. 06:55.160 --> 06:57.160 Now how about this, Bronson? 06:57.160 --> 06:58.160 I never saw this before in my life. 06:58.160 --> 07:00.160 It's a frame you guys are trying to tie onto me. 07:00.160 --> 07:02.160 Well, it won't work, cops, and you know it won't. 07:02.160 --> 07:03.160 How do you explain these tools? 07:03.160 --> 07:05.160 I don't have to. 07:05.160 --> 07:07.160 They belong to a friend. He asked me to take care of them. 07:07.160 --> 07:09.160 How about this, Bronson? 07:09.160 --> 07:10.160 Can't see, Joe. What is it? 07:10.160 --> 07:12.160 Cutting torch. Looks like it's been used lately. 07:16.160 --> 07:18.160 2.15 p.m. We searched the suspect's room. 07:18.160 --> 07:21.160 We found nothing further that would tie him in with the burglaries. 07:21.160 --> 07:23.160 We talked to the other people in the boarding house, 07:23.160 --> 07:25.160 but they couldn't give us any further information. 07:25.160 --> 07:27.160 They were unable to tell us if Bronson had any friends, 07:27.160 --> 07:31.160 and the landlady told us that he hadn't gotten any mail since he'd been there. 07:31.160 --> 07:33.160 We called the office and arranged for a stakeout on the boarding house, 07:33.160 --> 07:36.160 and then we took the suspect downtown to the city hall. 07:36.160 --> 07:39.160 We talked to him for an hour, 4.16 p.m. 07:39.160 --> 07:42.160 That's where you stand on this thing, Bronson. Now you make up your mind. 07:42.160 --> 07:44.160 You want to take the beef by yourself, you're going to tell us where you got the tools. 07:44.160 --> 07:46.160 I've been telling you. I didn't know anything about the tools. 07:46.160 --> 07:50.160 I got them from a friend. He asked me to keep the suitcase for him as a favor. 07:50.160 --> 07:52.160 He asked me to keep them for him, and that's all I know. 07:52.160 --> 07:53.160 But what's the friend's name? 07:53.160 --> 07:55.160 Like I told you, it's a fellow named Shorty. 07:55.160 --> 07:56.160 What's his last name? 07:56.160 --> 07:59.160 I don't know. If I knew, I'd tell you. I got no reason to hold back on it. 07:59.160 --> 08:01.160 I didn't have nothing to do with the jobs. 08:01.160 --> 08:04.160 Otto, we were talking to you about one burglary. What do you mean by jobs? 08:04.160 --> 08:08.160 Well, just the way you guys talk, I figured there was more than one. 08:08.160 --> 08:09.160 You know what we're talking about. 08:09.160 --> 08:11.160 I don't. I'm telling you the truth, I don't. 08:11.160 --> 08:12.160 When did you last see this Shorty? 08:12.160 --> 08:13.160 When he gave me the suitcase. 08:13.160 --> 08:14.160 When was that? 08:14.160 --> 08:16.160 A week, maybe 10 days ago. 08:16.160 --> 08:17.160 Where did you see him? 08:17.160 --> 08:18.160 In a bar, down on 7th. 08:18.160 --> 08:21.160 And he just gave you the suitcase, asked you to take care of it for him? 08:21.160 --> 08:23.160 Is that what you expect us to believe? 08:23.160 --> 08:24.160 That's the truth. 08:24.160 --> 08:25.160 Well, that's kind of hard to believe. 08:25.160 --> 08:26.160 I can't help that. That's the way it happened. 08:26.160 --> 08:29.160 Well, your friend sure left you in a good fix, didn't he? 08:29.160 --> 08:30.160 What do you mean? 08:30.160 --> 08:33.160 Well, it looks like you're going to have to go this route by yourself. 08:33.160 --> 08:34.160 How do you figure that? 08:34.160 --> 08:36.160 You got the tools, you got a record. 08:36.160 --> 08:38.160 You were in the vicinity just before the safe was burned. 08:38.160 --> 08:39.160 You look real good for it. 08:39.160 --> 08:40.160 Well, I ain't going to take it alone. 08:40.160 --> 08:42.160 Well, you haven't got much choice. 08:42.160 --> 08:44.160 Well, what happens if I help you get the rest of them? 08:44.160 --> 08:46.160 It'll be marked down, I believe. 08:46.160 --> 08:47.160 Is that all you can do? 08:47.160 --> 08:48.160 That's all. 08:48.160 --> 08:50.160 How much if I help you break the gang? 08:50.160 --> 08:51.160 That's all we can do. 08:51.160 --> 08:52.160 Well, one thing you've got to understand. 08:52.160 --> 08:53.160 What's that? 08:53.160 --> 08:55.160 I had nothing to do with the jobs myself. 08:55.160 --> 08:56.160 I just heard a few rumbles. 08:56.160 --> 08:57.160 You've got to know I wasn't in on it. 08:57.160 --> 08:58.160 What have you heard? 08:58.160 --> 09:00.160 Well, there's three guys from the East. 09:00.160 --> 09:02.160 They've been working out here about six weeks. 09:02.160 --> 09:03.160 Real heavy fellows. 09:03.160 --> 09:04.160 Who are they? 09:04.160 --> 09:05.160 I don't know. 09:05.160 --> 09:06.160 The only one I ever saw was Shorty. 09:06.160 --> 09:08.160 And I'm not too sure he's in on it. 09:08.160 --> 09:09.160 You know where we can pick him up? 09:09.160 --> 09:12.160 No, like I said, I just heard a few rumbles. 09:12.160 --> 09:13.160 All right, how about this Shorty? 09:13.160 --> 09:14.160 Has he got a record? 09:14.160 --> 09:15.160 I don't know. He might have. 09:15.160 --> 09:17.160 He ever say anything about doing time? 09:17.160 --> 09:19.160 No, not so I can hear. 09:19.160 --> 09:20.160 How long have you known him? 09:20.160 --> 09:21.160 About three months. 09:21.160 --> 09:22.160 I met him right after I got out of Cuba. 09:22.160 --> 09:23.160 Where did you meet him? 09:23.160 --> 09:24.160 A bar downtown. 09:24.160 --> 09:25.160 We got to talking one night. 09:25.160 --> 09:27.160 And after that, I'd see him around here. 09:27.160 --> 09:29.160 And I never got to know him real well. 09:29.160 --> 09:31.160 Just well enough for him to give you a suitcase 09:31.160 --> 09:32.160 full of burglar tools, huh? 09:32.160 --> 09:33.160 Yeah, that's right. 09:33.160 --> 09:35.160 And you didn't know what was in the case? 09:35.160 --> 09:36.160 No, I didn't look. 09:36.160 --> 09:38.160 I didn't figure any of my business. 09:38.160 --> 09:40.160 That's easy to buy, isn't it? 09:40.160 --> 09:41.160 I can't help it. 09:41.160 --> 09:42.160 That's the way it is. 09:42.160 --> 09:44.160 How much do you know about how the gang works? 09:44.160 --> 09:45.160 Not much. 09:45.160 --> 09:47.160 Rumble is that they case a place for a couple of days, 09:47.160 --> 09:49.160 figure out when's the best time to hit it, 09:49.160 --> 09:50.160 and they walk in and burn the city. 09:50.160 --> 09:51.160 They use a car? 09:51.160 --> 09:52.160 I don't know. I guess they do. 09:52.160 --> 09:54.160 Does Shorty have a car? 09:54.160 --> 09:55.160 I don't know. I never saw him with one. 09:55.160 --> 09:56.160 He never mentioned it. 09:56.160 --> 09:57.160 You ever mention where he lived? 09:57.160 --> 09:58.160 No, not to me. 09:58.160 --> 10:00.160 I figure it's over on the East Side. 10:00.160 --> 10:01.160 How do you figure that? 10:01.160 --> 10:03.160 Well, just the way he talked. 10:03.160 --> 10:05.160 Nothing definite, but just the idea. 10:05.160 --> 10:07.160 You look at some mugs and tell us if you see this Shorty? 10:07.160 --> 10:08.160 Well, sure. 10:08.160 --> 10:10.160 I'd like to see you get him, 10:10.160 --> 10:12.160 leaving me to stand for a thing like this all by myself. 10:12.160 --> 10:14.160 Anything else you can tell us about the gang? 10:14.160 --> 10:16.160 No, that's about it. 10:16.160 --> 10:18.160 Okay, let's look at the mugs. 10:18.160 --> 10:19.160 How about it? 10:19.160 --> 10:20.160 I still got to go to jail? 10:20.160 --> 10:22.160 Well, you still haven't convinced us you're clean. 10:22.160 --> 10:23.160 I told you everything I know. 10:23.160 --> 10:24.160 Yeah, let's go. 10:24.160 --> 10:26.160 No, wait a minute. Look, I ain't got nuts in a cell. 10:26.160 --> 10:28.160 You should have thought of that before. 10:28.160 --> 10:30.160 Well, I can give you guys a lot of help if I'm on the outside. 10:30.160 --> 10:32.160 You haven't given us much here. 10:32.160 --> 10:34.160 Well, maybe I can. 10:34.160 --> 10:35.160 All right, go ahead. 10:35.160 --> 10:37.160 I can tell you when they're going to pull a next job. 10:42.160 --> 10:44.160 We continued to talk to Otto Bronson. 10:44.160 --> 10:47.160 He told us that he'd heard the gang was planning to rob the safe 10:47.160 --> 10:50.160 of a large chain grocery store in the southern part of the city. 10:50.160 --> 10:53.160 He gave us the date and the time that the operation was expected to take place, 10:53.160 --> 10:57.160 but he was unable to give us the exact details of how the burglary would be committed. 10:57.160 --> 11:00.160 The suspect couldn't tell us whether a car would be used 11:00.160 --> 11:02.160 or how the store would be approached. 11:02.160 --> 11:05.160 He was unable to give us a description of the other two men in the operation, 11:05.160 --> 11:07.160 but he did give us a description of Shorty. 11:07.160 --> 11:09.160 We ran the name through the moniker file on our R&I. 11:09.160 --> 11:13.160 We got back 285 possibles and had the mug shots on the suspects pulled. 11:13.160 --> 11:16.160 These were shown to Bronson, but he failed to make an identification. 11:16.160 --> 11:19.160 We showed him our mug files on known burglary suspects, 11:19.160 --> 11:22.160 but he again failed to come up with an identification. 11:22.160 --> 11:24.160 The burglary tools were booked as evidence, 11:24.160 --> 11:26.160 and then Frank and I talked with Captain Wisdom. 11:26.160 --> 11:30.160 It was agreed that it might be better to release Bronson and have him followed. 11:30.160 --> 11:32.160 8.31 p.m. 11:32.160 --> 11:35.160 The suspect was released and placed under constant surveillance. 11:35.160 --> 11:39.160 The date Bronson had given us for the next burglary was the following Saturday, August 14th. 11:39.160 --> 11:43.160 Frank and I made arrangements to place a stakeout on the store. 11:43.160 --> 11:46.160 We checked the store and found that there were two entrances, 11:46.160 --> 11:49.160 one off the parking lot to one side of the building and one on the street. 11:49.160 --> 11:52.160 We took up our position so that both doors could be seen. 11:52.160 --> 11:57.160 The area was placed under a code 5 call so that the stakeout would not be burned. 11:57.160 --> 11:59.160 Frank and I waited. 11:59.160 --> 12:02.160 10 p.m. 11. No sign of the burglars. 12:02.160 --> 12:04.160 Midnight came and went. 12:04.160 --> 12:08.160 At 5.30 a.m. the stakeout was called off and Frank got to a phone. 12:08.160 --> 12:10.160 Yeah, uh-huh. 12:10.160 --> 12:13.160 When was that? 12:13.160 --> 12:15.160 Yeah? 12:15.160 --> 12:17.160 Okay, we'll be right in. 12:17.160 --> 12:19.160 Joe. Yeah, anything? 12:19.160 --> 12:21.160 Yeah, they lost the tail on Bronson. 12:25.160 --> 12:30.160 At approximately 10.30 Saturday night Otto Bronson had gone into a theater on South Spring Street. 12:30.160 --> 12:34.160 The officer following had entered but had lost the suspect in the darkness. 12:34.160 --> 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. 12:40.160 --> 12:42.160 I got a call from the business office with this information 12:42.160 --> 12:47.160 and at 8.20 I picked up Frank and we drove over to see Bronson. 12:47.160 --> 12:48.160 Who's there? 12:48.160 --> 12:50.160 It's Friday. 12:50.160 --> 12:52.160 Oh, just a minute. 12:56.160 --> 12:58.160 Hi. Come on in. 12:58.160 --> 13:01.160 You guys are up early this morning. 13:01.160 --> 13:03.160 How'd it turn out last night? 13:03.160 --> 13:04.160 What are you trying to pull, Bronson? 13:04.160 --> 13:05.160 What do you mean? 13:05.160 --> 13:08.160 You know what we're talking about. Nothing happened last night. 13:08.160 --> 13:10.160 Hey, you mean they didn't break into the place? 13:10.160 --> 13:12.160 That's it. 13:12.160 --> 13:14.160 I can't understand that from what I heard they had an old case. 13:14.160 --> 13:16.160 Where were you last night? 13:16.160 --> 13:18.160 Well, you figure I had something to do with that. 13:18.160 --> 13:19.160 We just asked you where you were. 13:19.160 --> 13:22.160 Oh, what's the matter? Hey, the tail you had on me get lost? 13:22.160 --> 13:24.160 We're waiting for an answer, Bronson. 13:24.160 --> 13:26.160 Well, we went to a movie and then came on home. 13:26.160 --> 13:28.160 You came right home after the picture, huh? 13:28.160 --> 13:29.160 Yeah, that's right. Right home. 13:29.160 --> 13:31.160 How come it took you so long? 13:31.160 --> 13:32.160 Now, what's that mean? 13:32.160 --> 13:34.160 You didn't get home until this morning, did you? 13:34.160 --> 13:36.160 You guys are pretty thorough, aren't you? 13:36.160 --> 13:37.160 Where were you? 13:37.160 --> 13:40.160 All right, I stopped and saw a friend. We got to drinking. 13:40.160 --> 13:43.160 Forget all about time. That makes me a pigeon for you. 13:43.160 --> 13:44.160 Come on, Bronson, let's go down, too. 13:44.160 --> 13:45.160 But, Four, I haven't done anything. 13:45.160 --> 13:47.160 You gave us wrong information about last night. 13:47.160 --> 13:49.160 Well, that's not my fault. I'm not running with the guys. 13:49.160 --> 13:50.160 I told you what I heard. 13:50.160 --> 13:52.160 Now, it's not my beef that it didn't work out. 13:52.160 --> 13:54.160 From what I knew, that was the way it was gonna be. 13:54.160 --> 13:55.160 All right, let's go. 13:55.160 --> 13:59.160 Well, not just a minute. Look, we can work this out, huh? 13:59.160 --> 14:00.160 I'm afraid not. 14:00.160 --> 14:02.160 I leveled with you guys. I'm not giving you a snow job. 14:02.160 --> 14:05.160 That's the way it is. Look, you got nothing on me. 14:05.160 --> 14:08.160 If you had, you wouldn't have let me go before. 14:08.160 --> 14:11.160 Now that I think about it, I don't like the idea that tail on me. 14:11.160 --> 14:13.160 What are you guys gonna prove with that? 14:13.160 --> 14:16.160 The way you act, it's no wonder you get no cooperation from anybody. 14:16.160 --> 14:17.160 It's no wonder at all. 14:17.160 --> 14:20.160 All right, now you've made your point. Let's get on down. 14:20.160 --> 14:21.160 Yeah, who is it? 14:21.160 --> 14:23.160 Mr. Bronson, it's me, Kelly. 14:23.160 --> 14:25.160 That's a landlord. 14:27.160 --> 14:28.160 Yeah, what is it? 14:28.160 --> 14:29.160 Mr. Friday here? 14:29.160 --> 14:30.160 Yeah, I'm Friday. 14:30.160 --> 14:32.160 Bolt called for you. You can get it here in the hall. 14:32.160 --> 14:35.160 Thanks. 14:35.160 --> 14:36.160 You can get it here. 14:36.160 --> 14:39.160 Thank you. 14:39.160 --> 14:40.160 This is Friday. 14:40.160 --> 14:41.160 Yeah. 14:41.160 --> 14:44.160 Mm-hmm. When? 14:44.160 --> 14:48.160 Right. We'll be right there. Thanks a lot. 14:50.160 --> 14:51.160 Frank. 14:50.160 --> 14:51.160 Yeah? 14:51.160 --> 14:52.160 It's the business office. We gotta leave. 14:52.160 --> 14:53.160 Yeah? 14:53.160 --> 14:55.160 You called it, Bronson. They worked last night, all right? 14:55.160 --> 14:57.160 See, I told you. 14:57.160 --> 14:58.160 Yeah, we staked out in South L.A. 14:58.160 --> 14:59.160 Saw? 14:59.160 --> 15:02.160 They hit in West L.A. 15:11.160 --> 15:13.160 You are listening to Dragnet, 15:13.160 --> 15:15.160 the authentic story of your police force in action. 15:15.160 --> 15:18.160 Chesterfield is best for you. 15:18.160 --> 15:22.160 Chesterfield Regular or Chesterfield Kingsize, 15:22.160 --> 15:24.160 which contains tobaccos of better quality 15:24.160 --> 15:28.160 and higher price than any other Kingsize cigarette. 15:28.160 --> 15:30.160 And always remember this. 15:30.160 --> 15:33.160 Chesterfield is first to give you premium quality 15:33.160 --> 15:36.160 in both Regular and Kingsize, 15:36.160 --> 15:39.160 just as Chesterfield has been first to name its ingredients, 15:39.160 --> 15:43.160 the ingredients that make the best possible smoke. 15:43.160 --> 15:47.160 Enjoy your smoking. Change to Chesterfield. 15:47.160 --> 15:50.160 Much milder with an extraordinarily good taste. 15:50.160 --> 15:58.160 The best for you. 16:00.160 --> 16:04.160 9.15 a.m., Frank and I contacted the West Los Angeles detectives 16:04.160 --> 16:06.160 and drove out to the scene of the latest burglary. 16:06.160 --> 16:08.160 It was a large chain grocery store. 16:08.160 --> 16:10.160 The thieves had burned into the safe, 16:10.160 --> 16:12.160 and the ammo was the same as in the other burglaries. 16:12.160 --> 16:15.160 All the contents of the safe worth anything had been removed. 16:15.160 --> 16:17.160 The crews from the crime lab and latent prints 16:17.160 --> 16:19.160 had already finished their investigation 16:19.160 --> 16:21.160 and gone back to go over their findings. 16:21.160 --> 16:23.160 Frank and I talked to the manager of the store, 16:23.160 --> 16:24.160 Mr. Charles Gleason. 16:24.160 --> 16:26.160 Well, let me see, Sergeant. 16:26.160 --> 16:29.160 The first I knew about it was when they called me 16:29.160 --> 16:31.160 to say that the safe had been robbed. 16:31.160 --> 16:33.160 Any idea how much was taken? 16:33.160 --> 16:35.160 Well, I'd just be guessing. 16:35.160 --> 16:37.160 With the officers working around here, 16:37.160 --> 16:39.160 I didn't get a chance to check it yet, 16:39.160 --> 16:42.160 but I'd say about $5,000 or $6,000. 16:42.160 --> 16:45.160 The weekend and all, we'd done a pretty good business, 16:45.160 --> 16:47.160 and I didn't get a chance to get to the bank. 16:47.160 --> 16:49.160 I had all that money in the safe. 16:49.160 --> 16:51.160 Of course, I'll have to check the books 16:51.160 --> 16:53.160 to tell you exactly how much they took, 16:53.160 --> 16:56.160 but like I said, it was probably $5,000 or $6,000. 16:56.160 --> 16:58.160 Do you have a burglar alarm system in the store, Mr. Gleason? 16:58.160 --> 16:59.160 I beg your pardon? 16:59.160 --> 17:02.160 I said, do you have a burglar alarm system in the store? 17:02.160 --> 17:04.160 Yes, and that's a funny thing. 17:04.160 --> 17:06.160 I can't understand why it didn't work. 17:06.160 --> 17:09.160 The officers who were here from your crime lab, is that it? 17:09.160 --> 17:10.160 Yeah, that's right, sir. 17:10.160 --> 17:13.160 Well, they said that evidently it had been turned off somehow. 17:13.160 --> 17:15.160 I don't understand it, but that's what they said. 17:15.160 --> 17:18.160 I see. I wonder if you could give us a list of your employees. 17:18.160 --> 17:21.160 Well, yes, certainly, but you don't think 17:21.160 --> 17:23.160 that any of them had anything to do with this, do you? 17:23.160 --> 17:25.160 Well, they've all got to be checked out, sir. 17:25.160 --> 17:26.160 Can you give us the list? 17:26.160 --> 17:28.160 Oh, well, yes, I can. 17:28.160 --> 17:31.160 I guess that's right, but I'm sure that none of them were involved. 17:31.160 --> 17:33.160 Well, Mr. Gleason, have you noticed anyone hanging around the store, 17:33.160 --> 17:37.160 anyone that might have looked suspicious to you that you can remember? 17:37.160 --> 17:39.160 It'd be awfully hard to say. 17:39.160 --> 17:41.160 We do a lot of business with all the people who come in, 17:41.160 --> 17:43.160 and it's kind of hard to say. 17:43.160 --> 17:44.160 Yes, sir, we understand. 17:44.160 --> 17:46.160 Could you remember, was there anyone who attracted your attention, 17:46.160 --> 17:48.160 maybe someone unusual, somebody loitering in the neighborhood, 17:48.160 --> 17:50.160 maybe around the store? 17:50.160 --> 17:53.160 No, sir, not that I can think of. 17:53.160 --> 17:56.160 Was there anything that was taken from the safe that might give us a lead, 17:56.160 --> 17:58.160 something that might not ordinarily be in there, 17:58.160 --> 18:01.160 something that you could identify easily? 18:01.160 --> 18:04.160 No, I don't think so, just the money. 18:04.160 --> 18:08.160 Of course, there were several checks, you know, wasn't there? 18:08.160 --> 18:13.160 Checks that we cashed for the customers, they might have totaled $500. 18:13.160 --> 18:14.160 I can give you a list of them. 18:14.160 --> 18:16.160 We have them photographed if you want copies of them. 18:16.160 --> 18:18.160 Yes, sir, that'll be a big help. 18:18.160 --> 18:20.160 Oh, officer, there was one more thing. 18:20.160 --> 18:21.160 Yes, sir, what was that? 18:21.160 --> 18:23.160 Well, you know how people lose things. 18:23.160 --> 18:24.160 Yes, sir. 18:24.160 --> 18:26.160 A couple of days ago we found a watch. 18:26.160 --> 18:27.160 It looked expensive. 18:27.160 --> 18:28.160 We found it in the back of the store. 18:28.160 --> 18:32.160 That was in the safe, too. 18:32.160 --> 18:33.160 Everything's gone. 18:33.160 --> 18:35.160 Must have taken that to it, isn't there, now? 18:35.160 --> 18:36.160 Well, can you give us a description of the watch? 18:36.160 --> 18:37.160 Yes, I can. 18:37.160 --> 18:39.160 I noticed it because, well, to be honest, 18:39.160 --> 18:41.160 I was kind of hoping that nobody would claim it. 18:41.160 --> 18:43.160 You keep things like that around here for a couple of days 18:43.160 --> 18:45.160 and then turn them into you. 18:45.160 --> 18:47.160 I'd like to have had that one myself. 18:47.160 --> 18:49.160 Sertina, it was a gold case with a white face. 18:49.160 --> 18:50.160 Only had a few numbers. 18:50.160 --> 18:53.160 You know, some of the spots were just the little gold spots. 18:53.160 --> 18:55.160 What do you mean, the spots were? 18:55.160 --> 18:57.160 The numbers, the numbers, the little gold spots. 18:57.160 --> 18:58.160 I know what you mean, sir. 18:58.160 --> 19:00.160 Well, this one had a gold band, 19:00.160 --> 19:03.160 and it was one that was kind of a chain thing, 19:03.160 --> 19:05.160 not an expansion band, you know, the chain, the gold chain. 19:05.160 --> 19:07.160 Yes, sir, would you know the watch if you saw it again? 19:07.160 --> 19:09.160 Oh, sure, I looked at it enough, 19:09.160 --> 19:11.160 and then there was that scratch on the crystal, too. 19:11.160 --> 19:12.160 Sir? 19:12.160 --> 19:14.160 Right over the number two, there was a scratch. 19:14.160 --> 19:16.160 I can show you right here on my watch. 19:16.160 --> 19:18.160 You see right there, a little scratch. 19:18.160 --> 19:20.160 Kind of went off at an angle. It was real easy to spot. 19:20.160 --> 19:21.160 Yes, sir, I understand. 19:21.160 --> 19:24.160 You know, it's a funny thing, you officers being here. 19:24.160 --> 19:26.160 There was a friend of mine once, well, 19:26.160 --> 19:28.160 I'd just soon not mention his name if you don't mind, 19:28.160 --> 19:31.160 because he was innocent, you know, but it looked bad. 19:31.160 --> 19:33.160 I was kind of worried about it myself. 19:33.160 --> 19:35.160 And these officers came out to his house, 19:35.160 --> 19:37.160 just took the place apart. 19:37.160 --> 19:39.160 It was all right, it was perfectly legal. 19:39.160 --> 19:40.160 They had to search for it. 19:40.160 --> 19:41.160 What did they come out for? 19:41.160 --> 19:43.160 Well, they thought he was mixed up in a robbery. 19:43.160 --> 19:45.160 I don't know how they ever thought it, 19:45.160 --> 19:47.160 but it looked suspicious, I guess. 19:47.160 --> 19:49.160 He was seen with some characters that were, 19:49.160 --> 19:50.160 well, you know, not very nice. 19:50.160 --> 19:52.160 They came out to his house, took the whole place apart. 19:52.160 --> 19:54.160 You never saw such a mess in your life. 19:54.160 --> 19:56.160 Ripped up the mattresses, took down a... 19:56.160 --> 19:58.160 ruined the picture, a beautiful picture. 19:58.160 --> 20:00.160 End of the trail, you know, the one with the Indian... 20:00.160 --> 20:01.160 Yes, sir. 20:01.160 --> 20:02.160 The spear going down like that. 20:02.160 --> 20:03.160 Yes, sir. 20:03.160 --> 20:05.160 Took that apart, the whole picture just fell apart. 20:05.160 --> 20:07.160 I don't know if they can get another one or not. 20:07.160 --> 20:09.160 The darkest mess you ever saw. 20:09.160 --> 20:11.160 I say, did they find anything? 20:11.160 --> 20:13.160 Yeah, they did. They found a fountain pen. 20:13.160 --> 20:14.160 His wife had lost two years ago. 20:14.160 --> 20:16.160 Had her initials on it. 20:16.160 --> 20:17.160 Yes, sir. 20:17.160 --> 20:19.160 Is there anything else you can think of that would help us here? 20:19.160 --> 20:21.160 No, not that I can figure. 20:21.160 --> 20:23.160 Well, if you do remember anything, sir, 20:23.160 --> 20:25.160 here's our card. We'd certainly appreciate a call. 20:25.160 --> 20:27.160 Frank Smith, just ask for you, huh? 20:27.160 --> 20:29.160 Yes, sir. And if we're not there, just leave a message 20:29.160 --> 20:30.160 and we'll get in touch with you. 20:30.160 --> 20:31.160 All right, I'll do that. 20:31.160 --> 20:33.160 Well, thank you very much, Mr. Gleason. 20:33.160 --> 20:35.160 I sure hope you catch the fellows that are doing this. 20:35.160 --> 20:36.160 Yes, sir, so do we. 20:36.160 --> 20:38.160 Guess you've been after them quite a while now, huh? 20:38.160 --> 20:39.160 Yes, sir, we have. 20:39.160 --> 20:42.160 What the papers say, this makes number 13 for them. 20:42.160 --> 20:44.160 Bad number 13, kind of unlucky. 20:44.160 --> 20:46.160 No worse than number one. 20:46.160 --> 20:48.160 HONKING 20:50.160 --> 20:52.160 Frank and I went back to the city hall 20:52.160 --> 20:53.160 and completed our crime report. 20:53.160 --> 20:55.160 We contacted the crime lab and latent prints 20:55.160 --> 20:58.160 and found that they'd come up with no physical evidence at the scene. 20:58.160 --> 21:00.160 From the MO, it could be definitely established 21:00.160 --> 21:03.160 that they were the same suspects we were after. 21:03.160 --> 21:06.160 We obtained a list of the employees of the store and checked them out. 21:06.160 --> 21:08.160 We came up with no new leads. 21:08.160 --> 21:10.160 A list of the checks that had been taken from the safe 21:10.160 --> 21:12.160 were given to Forgery Detail. 21:12.160 --> 21:14.160 Frank and I went to Otto Bronson's rooming house 21:14.160 --> 21:16.160 and brought him down to the city hall for questioning. 21:16.160 --> 21:18.160 You know, maybe if you guys had spent a little more time doing your job 21:18.160 --> 21:21.160 and less time bothering me, you'd end up catching those fellows. 21:21.160 --> 21:23.160 Don't worry about it, Bronson, we'll get them. 21:23.160 --> 21:25.160 We'd like to go over what you did last night again. 21:25.160 --> 21:26.160 I told you once. 21:26.160 --> 21:28.160 Don't tell us again, will you? 21:28.160 --> 21:31.160 All right, like I said, I had dinner around 8, maybe 8.30. 21:31.160 --> 21:32.160 Where'd you eat? 21:32.160 --> 21:33.160 A place over on Spring. 21:33.160 --> 21:34.160 See anybody you knew? 21:34.160 --> 21:35.160 No, I don't think I did. 21:35.160 --> 21:37.160 Where'd you go then? 21:37.160 --> 21:39.160 I went to a movie, a place on Seventh. 21:39.160 --> 21:40.160 See anybody you knew there? 21:40.160 --> 21:41.160 No. 21:41.160 --> 21:43.160 Well, then you'd have a tough time proving where you were, wouldn't you? 21:43.160 --> 21:45.160 Not all the way. You had a tail on me. 21:45.160 --> 21:46.160 Most of this you know already. 21:46.160 --> 21:49.160 All right, what'd you do after you left the movie? 21:49.160 --> 21:51.160 I told you that. I went over to see a friend. 21:51.160 --> 21:52.160 Yeah, where's he live? 21:52.160 --> 21:53.160 Hotel on Fifth. 21:53.160 --> 21:55.160 What's his name? 21:55.160 --> 21:58.160 Oh, look, I don't want to see him dragged into this. 21:58.160 --> 22:00.160 If he's clean, he's got nothing to worry about, huh? 22:00.160 --> 22:02.160 Yeah, sure, but you guys go over and talk to him. 22:02.160 --> 22:05.160 It's a lot of embarrassment for him, and I just don't want it. 22:05.160 --> 22:06.160 All right, let's go. 22:06.160 --> 22:07.160 Oh, no. 22:07.160 --> 22:08.160 You gonna book me? 22:08.160 --> 22:09.160 That's it. 22:09.160 --> 22:11.160 I told you what being in a cell does to me. 22:11.160 --> 22:14.160 You should have thought about that before. 22:14.160 --> 22:17.160 All right, I'll tell you who he is. 22:17.160 --> 22:19.160 Well, go ahead. 22:19.160 --> 22:21.160 All right, his name's Anderson, Mark Anderson. 22:21.160 --> 22:22.160 He ever fallen? 22:22.160 --> 22:23.160 No, he's clean. 22:23.160 --> 22:24.160 You sure about that? 22:24.160 --> 22:26.160 Yeah. 22:26.160 --> 22:28.160 Now, I suppose you want to go over and talk to him, huh? 22:28.160 --> 22:30.160 Yeah, we'll get to it. 22:30.160 --> 22:31.160 You're still gonna book me? 22:31.160 --> 22:32.160 We haven't any choice. 22:32.160 --> 22:33.160 I told you what I know, Sergeant. 22:33.160 --> 22:34.160 I told you everything. 22:34.160 --> 22:37.160 I can't help it if I was wrong. 22:37.160 --> 22:39.160 Look, it's no crime to make a mistake, is it? 22:39.160 --> 22:42.160 I never read about no law that says you can't make a mistake. 22:42.160 --> 22:45.160 Well, why don't you tell us the truth about what you know about these burglaries then? 22:45.160 --> 22:46.160 I told you, I told you. 22:46.160 --> 22:48.160 What you told us we can't buy. 22:48.160 --> 22:50.160 Well, that's tough, fella, but that's the way it is. 22:50.160 --> 22:51.160 Now, I told you what I know. 22:51.160 --> 22:53.160 There isn't anymore. 22:53.160 --> 22:54.160 Now, if you want, go on. 22:54.160 --> 22:55.160 Check with Mark Anderson. 22:55.160 --> 22:57.160 He'll tell you I was with him all night. 22:57.160 --> 22:58.160 He'll tell you. 22:58.160 --> 22:59.160 I don't want no trouble, you guys. 22:59.160 --> 23:01.160 He'll tell you, and that's the truth. 23:01.160 --> 23:02.160 Really, I'm telling you the truth. 23:02.160 --> 23:04.160 Yeah, we've heard that before. 23:08.160 --> 23:09.160 6.40 p.m. 23:09.160 --> 23:12.160 We booked Otto Bronson at the main jail in suspicion of burglary. 23:12.160 --> 23:15.160 Before he was put in his cell, we got the address of Mark Anderson. 23:15.160 --> 23:19.160 After we'd finished with the booking, Frank and I drove over to the hotel on 5th Street. 23:19.160 --> 23:22.160 Anderson was registered in room 812. 23:22.160 --> 23:24.160 The desk clerk told us that Anderson was in his room. 23:24.160 --> 23:27.160 He was unable to tell us much about Anderson because, as he explained, 23:27.160 --> 23:30.160 he'd only worked at the hotel for a week and hadn't seen much of him. 23:30.160 --> 23:33.160 We went upstairs and knocked at the door. 23:33.160 --> 23:34.160 Yeah? 23:34.160 --> 23:35.160 You Mark Anderson? 23:35.160 --> 23:36.160 That's right. Who are you? 23:36.160 --> 23:37.160 Police officers. 23:37.160 --> 23:38.160 I'd like to talk to you. 23:38.160 --> 23:40.160 Sure, come on in. 23:40.160 --> 23:41.160 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 23:41.160 --> 23:44.160 Anderson. 23:44.160 --> 23:45.160 What do you want to see me about? 23:45.160 --> 23:47.160 You know a fella named Bronson, Otto Bronson? 23:47.160 --> 23:49.160 Yeah, sure, I know Otto. 23:49.160 --> 23:50.160 Why don't you see him last? 23:50.160 --> 23:52.160 Hey, what's this all about anyway? Otto done something? 23:52.160 --> 23:54.160 Just a routine investigation, Anderson. 23:54.160 --> 23:55.160 When was the last time you saw Bronson? 23:55.160 --> 23:56.160 Routine, huh? 23:56.160 --> 23:57.160 That's right. 23:57.160 --> 23:58.160 I saw him last night. 23:58.160 --> 23:59.160 Where'd you see him? 23:59.160 --> 24:02.160 Here. He came up, sat around, killed a bottle, talked it up. 24:02.160 --> 24:04.160 What time do you leave here? 24:04.160 --> 24:06.160 Must have been about 7.30 this morning, something like that. 24:06.160 --> 24:08.160 All right, sir, thank you very much. 24:08.160 --> 24:10.160 Sure, glad to help out whenever I can. 24:10.160 --> 24:12.160 Otto isn't in any trouble, is he? 24:12.160 --> 24:14.160 Like we said, it's just routine. 24:14.160 --> 24:17.160 Well, anything more I can do to help out, you let me know. 24:17.160 --> 24:18.160 Yeah, we'll do that. 24:18.160 --> 24:19.160 You're leaving right away? 24:19.160 --> 24:21.160 Yeah, that's right. We'll be getting back to the office. 24:21.160 --> 24:23.160 Well, I'll get my coat and walk down with you. 24:23.160 --> 24:25.160 I got a date in 15 minutes. 24:25.160 --> 24:26.160 Gonna have to romp on her. 24:26.160 --> 24:27.160 It's a nice watch you got there. 24:27.160 --> 24:29.160 Yeah, it's new. 24:29.160 --> 24:30.160 Let me take a look at it, will you? 24:30.160 --> 24:32.160 It was just a watch. If you don't mind, I like to get going. 24:32.160 --> 24:34.160 Let me see the watch. 24:34.160 --> 24:36.160 Sure, no reason you can't. 24:36.160 --> 24:38.160 Here. 24:38.160 --> 24:40.160 Okay. 24:40.160 --> 24:41.160 You said this was new? 24:41.160 --> 24:44.160 Yeah, just got it a couple days ago. 24:44.160 --> 24:47.160 You notice this scratch on the crystal here? 24:47.160 --> 24:49.160 Yeah, I never saw that before. 24:49.160 --> 24:51.160 Guess I'll have to take it back and get another one. 24:51.160 --> 24:53.160 Let me see it, Joe. 24:53.160 --> 24:54.160 Yeah. 24:54.160 --> 24:55.160 Did you buy this watch? 24:55.160 --> 24:56.160 Yeah. 24:56.160 --> 24:57.160 Where? 24:57.160 --> 24:58.160 Well, Jewelers down the street. 24:58.160 --> 24:59.160 You got a receipt for it? 24:59.160 --> 25:02.160 No, I didn't. I know the guy. I didn't figure I'd need one. 25:02.160 --> 25:04.160 What if we could take a look through your room? 25:04.160 --> 25:05.160 Why? What are you looking for? 25:05.160 --> 25:06.160 Just like take a look. 25:06.160 --> 25:07.160 You got a search warrant? 25:07.160 --> 25:09.160 No, we can get one if we have to. 25:09.160 --> 25:10.160 Then you better go get one. 25:10.160 --> 25:12.160 I'm not having any cops looking through my stuff. 25:12.160 --> 25:13.160 Right. Yeah. 25:13.160 --> 25:16.160 I told you to get a warrant. You got no right to look in there. 25:16.160 --> 25:18.160 Something in the closet you don't figure we should see. 25:18.160 --> 25:19.160 No, it's not that. It's just... 25:19.160 --> 25:21.160 Well, then there's no problem, is there? 25:25.160 --> 25:26.160 Joe. 25:26.160 --> 25:27.160 Yeah? 25:27.160 --> 25:28.160 A couple of suitcases. 25:28.160 --> 25:29.160 You want to bring them out? 25:29.160 --> 25:30.160 Yeah. 25:31.160 --> 25:33.160 Here they are. 25:33.160 --> 25:35.160 This one's kind of heavy. 25:35.160 --> 25:38.160 It feels like there's some sort of tools in it. 25:38.160 --> 25:40.160 I'll open it up. 25:40.160 --> 25:42.160 Wait a minute. 25:42.160 --> 25:43.160 You got the key for this one, Anderson? 25:43.160 --> 25:44.160 There's nothing in there for you. 25:44.160 --> 25:46.160 We'll figure that, huh? 25:46.160 --> 25:48.160 Joe, it looks like this other one's open. 25:53.160 --> 25:55.160 How about this, Anderson? 25:55.160 --> 25:57.160 Money here and these checks. 25:57.160 --> 25:58.160 Watch, Joe. 25:58.160 --> 26:00.160 All right, Anderson. 26:01.160 --> 26:03.160 All right, come on. Get up. 26:03.160 --> 26:04.160 Get up. 26:04.160 --> 26:06.160 I'll shake him, Joe. 26:08.160 --> 26:10.160 Yeah, he's clean. 26:10.160 --> 26:14.160 Stand still. 26:14.160 --> 26:16.160 All right, Anderson, let's go. 26:16.160 --> 26:17.160 Otto told you, didn't he? 26:17.160 --> 26:19.160 Lousy little sneaky told you. 26:19.160 --> 26:20.160 I never did trust him. 26:20.160 --> 26:23.160 I kept telling Shorty, I kept telling him we shouldn't trust him. 26:23.160 --> 26:24.160 Who's Shorty? 26:24.160 --> 26:25.160 Shorty Miller. 26:25.160 --> 26:26.160 Want to tell us where we can find him? 26:26.160 --> 26:28.160 Sure, I got nothing to lose. 26:28.160 --> 26:29.160 Lousy little Otto. 26:29.160 --> 26:30.160 Just the three of you in on the job? 26:30.160 --> 26:31.160 Yeah, that's all. 26:31.160 --> 26:33.160 Otto, Shorty and me, just the three of us. 26:33.160 --> 26:35.160 Him and his big ideas. 26:35.160 --> 26:37.160 How he had it all fixed up when you tagged him. 26:37.160 --> 26:38.160 How he was going to get us in the clear. 26:38.160 --> 26:41.160 Don't worry, he said, he'd take care of everything. 26:41.160 --> 26:43.160 Lousy little liar. 26:43.160 --> 26:44.160 He'd fix it for us. 26:44.160 --> 26:45.160 That's real funny. 26:45.160 --> 26:46.160 Shouldn't be. 26:46.160 --> 26:47.160 What? 26:47.160 --> 26:48.160 He fixed it. 26:55.160 --> 26:57.160 The story you have just heard was true. 26:57.160 --> 27:00.160 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:00.160 --> 27:03.160 On December 14th, trial was held in Department 87, 27:03.160 --> 27:05.160 Superior Court of the State of California, 27:05.160 --> 27:08.160 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 27:08.160 --> 27:10.160 In a moment, the results of that trial. 27:10.160 --> 27:12.160 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 27:12.160 --> 27:14.160 Thank you, George Feneman. 27:14.160 --> 27:16.160 I've been pleased to see how many of you king-size smokers 27:16.160 --> 27:18.160 have been changing to Chesterfield. 27:18.160 --> 27:19.160 Just as I've been telling you, 27:19.160 --> 27:22.160 king-size Chesterfields contain tobaccos of better quality 27:22.160 --> 27:24.160 than any other king-size cigarette. 27:24.160 --> 27:27.160 Either way you like them, regular or king-size. 27:27.160 --> 27:39.160 Chesterfields have a better taste and they're really milder. 27:39.160 --> 27:42.160 Otto N. Bronson, Mark A. Anderson, and Samuel R. Miller 27:42.160 --> 27:45.160 were tried and found guilty of nine counts of burglary 27:45.160 --> 27:46.160 with explosives. 27:46.160 --> 27:49.160 They received sentence as prescribed by law. 27:49.160 --> 27:52.160 Burglary with explosives is punishable by imprisonment 27:52.160 --> 27:55.160 in the state penitentiary for a period of not less than 10 27:55.160 --> 27:58.160 nor more than 40 years. 27:58.160 --> 28:08.160 You have just heard Dragnet, 28:08.160 --> 28:11.160 a series of authentic cases from official files. 28:11.160 --> 28:14.160 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police 28:14.160 --> 28:17.160 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 28:17.160 --> 28:20.160 Technical advisors Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, 28:20.160 --> 28:22.160 Sergeant Vance Brasher. 28:22.160 --> 28:26.160 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Vic Perrin, Stacy Harris. 28:26.160 --> 28:29.160 Script by John Robinson, music by Walter Schuman, 28:29.160 --> 28:33.160 Hal Gibney speaking. 28:33.160 --> 28:36.160 For a million laughs, tune in Chesterfield's Martin & Lewis 28:36.160 --> 28:39.160 show Tuesday on this same NBC station. 28:39.160 --> 28:41.160 And sound off for Chesterfields. 28:41.160 --> 28:45.160 Either regular or king-size, you'll find premium quality 28:45.160 --> 28:48.160 Chesterfields much milder. 28:48.160 --> 28:53.160 Chesterfield is best for you. 28:53.160 --> 28:56.160 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed 28:56.160 --> 29:00.160 from Los Angeles. 29:00.160 --> 29:04.160 Ladies and gentlemen, wherever and whenever people need help, 29:04.160 --> 29:07.160 the Red Cross answers the call. 29:07.160 --> 29:09.160 When a flood-stricken family needs shelter, 29:09.160 --> 29:12.160 when a crippled child must learn to walk and play, 29:12.160 --> 29:14.160 and when a wounded soldier needs blood, 29:14.160 --> 29:16.160 the Red Cross is always there. 29:16.160 --> 29:19.160 And now the Red Cross needs your help. 29:19.160 --> 29:21.160 To keep up their many services this year, 29:21.160 --> 29:24.160 $93 million is needed. 29:24.160 --> 29:26.160 So when the Red Cross volunteer calls on you, 29:26.160 --> 29:30.160 please answer the call and give generously. 29:30.160 --> 29:46.160 Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Chesterfield.