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It was raining in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 22 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,000 My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Didion. My name is Friday. 23 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:31,000 I was on my way into the office and it was 8.02 a.m. when I got to room 27A. Robbery. 24 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,000 John? 25 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Yeah, Frank. 26 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 It's really coming down, isn't it? 27 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Yeah, pouring out in the valley. 28 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,000 That's so? 29 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Yeah, keeps coming down like this, gonna cause a lot of trouble. Sure makes Faye mad. 30 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Yeah, how's that? 31 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Well, it gets to raining like this and she begins to think about the house. You know, doing something about it, changing stuff around. 32 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,000 That's so? 33 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Spent the whole day yesterday moving furniture. Finally got it all set just before dinner. Looked pretty good, too. 34 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,000 What happened? 35 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Well, we got through dinner and all went in to look at television. 36 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Yeah. 37 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:09,000 The way she had the furniture, none of us could see a thing. The chairs were either so close you couldn't see or else they were way across the room. 38 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Well, you're not supposed to get too close, are you, anyway? 39 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Yeah, but Joe, we only got a 10-inch screen. We got one of those big magnifiers on it and if you get to one side, everybody looks like they got the mumps. 40 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Had to move all the stuff back the way it was. 41 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 It's a hot shot. I'll get it. 42 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,000 All right, get your coat. We got one to roll on. 43 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 What is it? 44 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Liquor store robbery. 45 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:41,000 8-12 a.m. We arrived at the scene of the holdup. It was a large liquor grocery store at the corner of San Marino Avenue and Sixth Street. 46 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:46,000 A radio unit was already there. Frank and I checked with him and then we talked with the victim, Mr. Henry Alden. 47 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:51,000 I was just standing there at the counter. This old guy came in, pulled a gun, told me one of the money. I gave it to him. 48 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Uh-huh. He said on the phone that he was elderly. Is that right? 49 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Yeah, old guy. Must have been about 65 or 70. Real bum. 50 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,000 How do you mean? 51 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Well, the way he was dressed, you know, old clothes, real seedy. 52 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Uh-huh. What if you tell us just what happened? 53 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Well, sure. It was about 8 this morning. I opened up and I was there making out the deposit slip for the bank. Guy walked in the back door and pulled his gun, told me one of the money. 54 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Uh-huh. 55 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Well, like I said, I gave it to him. He told me to get into the closet back there. He told me to lie down on the floor. 56 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,000 And I did. And he had that gun pointed right at my head. I did like he told me. 57 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000 I see. What happened then? 58 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Well, he walked over to the door and flipped the lock on her a couple of times, you know, to make sure it worked. 59 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Yeah. 60 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:37,000 And then he figured it was okay and he told me not to make any noise for five minutes. And he locked the door and left. That's it. Took all the money. 61 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 How much money did he take, would you know? 62 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Yeah, to the penny. I just finished adding it up in just a minute. 63 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,000 All right. 64 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,000 I got the figures on the machine. Tell you right away. 65 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:57,000 That is $5,200.52. That's it exactly. 66 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 You said the guy came in the back door, is that right? 67 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Yeah, that's right. 68 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,000 Well, were you open? I mean, was the store open for business? 69 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:09,000 No, we weren't. You see, I usually don't open before 8.30. We have the back door open for deliveries, bread, milk, stuff like that. 70 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 What if you could give us a description of the man? 71 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Well, sure. Like I said, he was old, say around 70, about in there. 72 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,000 About how tall was he? 73 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:21,000 I'd say maybe five, seven, not much more than that. 74 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,000 How much did he weigh, would you know? 75 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Not much, maybe 125. 76 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,000 How about his complexion? 77 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Real tan, like he'd been out in the sun a lot. Face was all wrinkled. 78 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,000 How about the color of his eyes? 79 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Blue, real blue. 80 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Now, what about his clothes? 81 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Real bum, had on this old overcoat, brown, all frayed, ragged around the sleeves. Had a patch on the right elbow. Patch looked like it was kind of dark, surge material. 82 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Was he wearing a hat? 83 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Yeah, yeah, blue, all beat up. You could see the dirt around the brim. 84 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,000 How about his shirt and trousers? 85 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Blue striped shirt and old kind of brown pants, no press. Looked like he was getting ready to jump in, a real seedy. 86 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Yes, sir. Did he wear glasses? 87 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 No, no, he didn't. 88 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Was he clean shaven or did he wear a mustache? 89 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Well, he had about a four or five day old growth of beard, white. 90 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 I see. Did he have any marks or scars that you could see? 91 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,000 No, nothing like that. At least not that I could see. 92 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,000 How about the gun? Was it a revolver or an automatic? 93 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Well, it looked like an automatic. Might have been a.45. I didn't look too close at that. 94 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Yeah. Do you have any sort of an accent when he talked to you? 95 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 No, no, nothing like that. 96 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,000 All right, Mr. Alden. Joe, I'll get the description out. 97 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Right, right, thanks. Mr. Alden, did the man say anything to you that might help identify him? 98 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:37,000 No, not that I can think of. He kept telling me that he was real sorry he had to do this. 99 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Said, I'm really sorry, but I have to have the money. I have to. 100 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Kept asking me if I understood. I told him no. He said that someday I would. 101 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Real weird. Kept apologizing while he robbed me. 102 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,000 I see. You're the owner here, are you? 103 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:54,000 No, no, I'm just the manager. The owner's Mr. Wood. He's going to be real mad when he hears about this. 104 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Second time in three months we've been held up. Getting a little tiring. 105 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Couple more times the insurance company isn't going to stand for it. 106 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Yes, sir. Do you usually have that much money in the store? 107 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,000 Most of the weekends, yeah. You see, a lot of our stuff is pretty expensive. 108 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:10,000 This is about the only store in the neighborhood that's open over Sunday. 109 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:15,000 We get a lot of trade. Weekend business usually runs between three and five thousand. 110 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,000 About how many employees are there in the store? 111 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Three all tour. We stay open until two thirty in the morning. 112 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:26,000 I come in in the morning and work until noon. Hank comes in and there's two of us until six. 113 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:32,000 And John comes in and he works on through. Once in a while Mr. Wood comes in himself when we get busy. 114 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 Wonder if I could have their names and addresses. 115 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Sure. They weren't involved in it, I'm sure of that. 116 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Well, we have to check them out anyway, Mr. Alden. 117 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:44,000 Yeah, I suppose so. But I tell you, he knew what he was doing, the way he moved. 118 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:48,000 The way he knew just when to come in. This fellow's done that sort of thing before. 119 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,000 I say he was sorry about taking the money. He wasn't fooling anybody. 120 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Honestly, not a soul. Real bum, seedy, you know? 121 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,000 Yes, sir. 122 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,000 All that baloney about how he had to have the money wasn't any other way. 123 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,000 He wasn't sorry, not at all. 124 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,000 Yeah, well, he probably will be. 125 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Nine thirty a.m. Frank and I started a canvas of the immediate vicinity. 126 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,000 None of the store owners in the area had seen anyone answering the description of the holdup man. 127 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,000 None of them had seen any suspicious cars in the area. 128 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,000 We asked the liquor store manager to go with us to the city hall to look at the mug books. 129 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,000 He called the store owner and when he arrived, we drove downtown. 130 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,000 The victim went through the mug books on known holdup men, but failed to make an identification. 131 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,000 A local and an APB were gotten out on the suspect. 132 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:36,000 We asked the stats office to make a run on the M.O. used, and they came back with 14 possibles. 133 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:40,000 It took us two days to check them out. They let us know where. 134 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:44,000 The papers caught on to the story and letters began to pour in with advice and tips. 135 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:49,000 On Monday, March 17th, the full week after the robbery, Frank and I had lunch and checked back into the office. 136 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,000 See the afternoon papers, John? 137 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:52,000 Yeah, pretty funny, huh? 138 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Yeah, they should have taken up the story. 139 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,000 Everybody got a different idea of who the old guy is and why he did it. 140 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 Have you read some of the stories? 141 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Yeah, sure. The only thing is, a lot of people seem to think the old guy's a real Robin Hood. 142 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Now, that's all right, but they forget that he walked in that store with a gun. 143 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,000 Wasn't anybody to say that he wouldn't have pulled the trigger if somebody got in his way. 144 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,000 Yeah, we should be glad when we get him to find out what it's all about. 145 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,000 I get it. 146 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Robbery Friday. 147 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Yes, ma'am, it is. 148 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,000 No, ma'am. 149 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 No, ma'am, we haven't caught him yet. 150 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,000 What was that? 151 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,000 Yes, ma'am. 152 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Would you give me that address again? 153 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,000 Yes, I have it. 154 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,000 Yes, ma'am. All right, thank you. 155 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,000 There's another one. 156 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,000 What's that? 157 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,000 Landlady runs a place out on 9th Street. 158 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,000 Says she's got a tenant that she sure is the old fellow we're looking for. 159 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,000 How come? 160 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Says all the old guy does is stay up in his room. The other day, the landlady's daughter went upstairs for something. 161 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Tenant chased her down the stairs, yelling at her to stay away from his room, all that sort of thing. 162 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:52,000 He was tired of people not respecting his rights, the rights of an old man, something I couldn't get at all on the phone. 163 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Description she gave him pretty much matches the one we got. 164 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 What do you figure? 165 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Well, we got no choice. We'll check it out. 166 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:05,000 1.58 p.m. Frank and I got to the rooming house on 9th Street. It was a large, four-story building. 167 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,000 We talked to the landlady and she gave us what information she could. 168 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,000 She told us that the tenant's name was Roger Dietrich. 169 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,000 She told us that he'd lived in the building for the past eight years. 170 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,000 She went on to tell us that he had some sort of a private income and that he rarely left his room. 171 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:23,000 The landlady explained that earlier the same morning, her 11-year-old daughter had gone to the attic to get some old newspapers, 172 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 and that on the way she'd run into Mr. Dietrich. 173 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:30,000 The tenant had yelled at her and told her that as long as he was paying rent on the room, he wouldn't have anybody snooping around. 174 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:35,000 We checked and found that he got no mail except the single letter a month with the income check. 175 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,000 2.30 p.m. Frank and I went up to the fourth floor and knocked at the door. 176 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,000 You want to try it again? 177 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Yeah. 178 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,000 Go away! 179 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,000 I don't want to! Go away! 180 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,000 Mr. Dietrich? 181 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Who is it? 182 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Police officers. We'd like to talk to you. 183 00:10:54,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Just a minute. 184 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Who'd you say you were? 185 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Police officers. We'd like to talk to you. 186 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,000 What are your names? 187 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,000 My name's Friday. This is my partner, Frank Smith. 188 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Uh-huh. I guess it's all right. Come in. 189 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,000 Thank you, sir. 190 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 Well, I guess it's about that thing this morning, huh? 191 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Sir? 192 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Why, you don't have to play cagey with me. I know that she called you the old busybody. 193 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,000 That bad kid of hers is just like her. He's always snooping. 194 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:36,000 Well, it wasn't anything to it. The kid come up here and was snooping around trying to find out what I was doing. 195 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,000 I'm not ready yet. 196 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,000 What do you mean, sir, not ready? 197 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:43,000 No. The book's not finished yet. It will be in another year. 198 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:47,000 And the whole world can see it. Maybe mend their ways. 199 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Give them some hope to avoid what's coming. 200 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,000 Well, sir, that's not why we're here. 201 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,000 Don't lie to me. I know all about you. I know that you'd be around. 202 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,000 You're trying to stop me. I knew it. I knew it all the time. 203 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,000 You see that stack of magazines over there? 204 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Yeah? 205 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Every copy of Life magazine ever printed, right from the first. 206 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 I keep track, you know. I use it for research. 207 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Well, I don't quite understand, Mr. Dutry. 208 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,000 That's from my book. 209 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,000 Oh, yeah. 210 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:20,000 It's going to be in five volumes called The Evils of the Machine Age and Its Effect on Mankind. Five volumes. That's the five volumes. 211 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:25,000 Got the first four finished. Working on the last one now. That's how I knew you were coming. 212 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,000 I worked it out on the charts. 213 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Well, we'd like to talk to you about what you were doing a week ago, sir. 214 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:38,000 Oh, you were? Well, yes, I figured on that. I knew that you'd be checking me. I knew it. I saw it in the chart. 215 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,000 I'm getting close now. 216 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Well, it's going to sit up and take notice. Sit right up. 217 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Yes, sir. Did you go out last Monday? 218 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Monday? Last? Yes, yes. I went out to get some supplies. I got them to come right back. 219 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Would you tell us what time of day that was? 220 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,000 All night, dear sir. I always go out at night. 221 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Yes, sir. Where'd you get these? What are they? Supplies? 222 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:04,000 Well, that's a little place down the street. I always buy things there. Very nice. Very nice. 223 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Yes, sir. And the man down there would be able to tell us if you were there, wouldn't he? 224 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Oh, sure, yes. He and me had a talk about my book. It was really interesting. We talk all the time. 225 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:22,000 I just finished volume four, you know, about what's going to happen if the machine is allowed to continue. 226 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,000 It's going to be terrible. 227 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,000 I beg your pardon? 228 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:30,000 The way the world's going. All these atom bombs. Now the hydrogen bomb. 229 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:36,000 It's going to blow the world right away. Even if they stop there, things aren't going to be the same. 230 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:40,000 It's all going to be different. You just betcha. 231 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:44,000 You know what kids are going to look like a thousand years from now? 232 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:47,000 Well, sir, I imagine pretty much the same way they do now, huh? 233 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Yes, sir. And that's just where you're wrong. 234 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Take a picture right here. 235 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:58,000 That's volume four. You know, finished volume four. I'll get it. 236 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:02,000 There you are. See? I can do it up myself. 237 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,000 Yeah. Well, what is it? 238 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:10,000 Well, you see, that's the way we're all going to look. You see there? See? 239 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:16,000 That large hair. All brains. Little bitty legs. 240 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:21,000 That's from that we won't be doing any walking, you see, just riding all the time. 241 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:28,000 One great big eye right in the middle of the head and the right arm fit only for eating breakfast food that makes noise. 242 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,000 It's not turning on the television set, you see? 243 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:36,000 Yes, sir. That's what the chart says we're going to look like if we all eat atom bomb. 244 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Yes, sir. I wonder if you'd mind coming downtown with us. 245 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 In an automobile? Yes, sir. 246 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:45,000 Well, I'm afraid not. You see, I don't believe in them. They're not going to last, you see. 247 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Dietrich, but we have to ask you to go with us. 248 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,000 Police business, huh? Yes, sir. That's right. 249 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:56,000 Well, I don't like it, but I guess I got no choice. That right? Yes, sir. That's right. 250 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:01,000 Well, all right. That way, I might as well ride in an automobile. 251 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:07,000 Won't be around long, you know. It'll just fade right out of existence. 252 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,000 Is that right? Yeah. 253 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Take a look at what's going to happen in my book. Volume 5. 254 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:21,000 3.01 p.m. We drove Roger Dietrich down to the city hall and checked him through R&I. 255 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,000 We found no record on him. We got in touch with a holdup victim, Henry Alden, 256 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,000 and asked him to come down to the city hall to see if he could identify the suspect. 257 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,000 He got to the robbery squad room at 4.15 p.m. 258 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,000 No, no, I'm sure, but that's not the guy. 259 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,000 What's all this about, anyway? What are your officers trying to do? 260 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Well, it's all right, Mr. Dietrich. We're just conducting a routine investigation. It's all right now. 261 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Oh, it is, huh? Yes, sir. We can take you home now, if you like. 262 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 In that police car? Yes, sir. 263 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,000 Well, how about this fellow? Are you going, too? No, sir. 264 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,000 Oh, well, now, maybe I'll do just that. 265 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Would you mind dropping me off at Pershing Square? 266 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:58,000 I'd like to listen to a speech. A friend of mine's making it this afternoon. 267 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,000 Brilliant man. 268 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:03,000 Oh, my, he's already written 12 books, all on odds. 269 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,000 Sir? O-D-D-S, odds. 270 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:11,000 Like, um, what are the chances of a comet falling on your house? 271 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:16,000 Or, uh, what are the chances of a certain horse winning the Kentucky Derby? 272 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,000 All things like that. You know, brilliant man. 273 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Yes, sir. He's dead broke. 274 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:26,000 That right. Yep. Spends all his money on research. 275 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,000 I'll get it. 276 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Robbery Friday. Yeah, Barnes. Uh-huh. Yeah. 277 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:37,000 When'd you pick him up? Yeah. All right. No, we'll be right over. 278 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Anything? Yeah. Barnes over at the main jail. Says they got a drunk over there who's doing a lot of bragging. 279 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,000 What about? Heist in the liquor store for $5,200. 280 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:51,000 4.30 p.m. We had Roger Dietrich taken to his home, and then Frank and I went over to the main jail. 281 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:59,000 We talked to Officer Phil Barnes. He told us that an Arnold Jefferson had been picked up and booked for L.A.M.C. 4127A on the previous day. 282 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,000 Barnes went on to say that this was Jefferson's 42nd arrest on drunk charges. 283 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,000 We had the suspect brought to the interview room, and we talked to him. 284 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,000 All right, Jefferson, now what's all this about you holding up a liquor store? 285 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,000 What do you know about it? 286 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,000 You match the description of the man who committed the robbery. 287 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:16,000 The clothes there that you're wearing are like the ones the victim described. Now, how about it? 288 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:20,000 You figure you can prove it without me telling you? Yeah, if Alden identifies you, we can. 289 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:25,000 Alden? He's the man who was robbed. He's outside now. We want him to take a look at you. 290 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,000 That won't be necessary. You got the right man. 291 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:45,000 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 292 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Chesterfield is best for you. Listen to this report. It's a report never before made about a cigarette. 293 00:17:54,000 --> 00:18:01,000 Smoked day after day by a group of people smoking from 10 to 40 cigarettes a day for a full year. 294 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Here's Chesterfield's record. 295 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:08,000 A medical specialist giving this group thorough examinations every two months for a full year 296 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:16,000 reports no adverse effects to their nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfields. 297 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,000 Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like that? 298 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,000 You'll find Chesterfield's best for you. 299 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,000 They're much milder with an extraordinarily good taste. 300 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:31,000 And for your pocketbook, Chesterfield is America's best cigarette buy. 301 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:35,000 Chesterfield, years ahead of them all. 302 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:47,000 We had the victim, Henry Alden, look at the suspect, Arnold Jefferson. 303 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,000 He identified him positively as the man who had held up the liquor store. 304 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,000 We took Jefferson back to the city hall and checked him through R&I. 305 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:57,000 He had no felony record. 7.30 p.m. We took him to the interrogation room. 306 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000 I knew you'd get me. I knew it all the time. 307 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,000 Is that right? 308 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,000 Sure. I knew it even before I held up the store. 309 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,000 You know, I didn't really want to do it. 310 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:09,000 You know, I really meant it when I told him I was sorry about doing it. It really meant it. 311 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,000 I guess maybe you find that kind of hard to believe. 312 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 Well, I suppose you tell us about it, huh? 313 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Yeah. I guess the best way would be to start from the beginning, huh? 314 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Yeah. 315 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,000 The thing you should understand is I think basically that I'm an honest man. 316 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,000 All my life I've never cheated anyone or taken anything that didn't belong to me. 317 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,000 I've tried to live pretty much by the golden rule. 318 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,000 Yes, sir. 319 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:32,000 Sometimes, maybe lots of times, it'd be a little hard to do, but I did my best. 320 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,000 Yes, sir. Go ahead. 321 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:39,000 I was born in the Middle West. Tiny little town. You probably never heard of it. 322 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:43,000 It isn't on most of the map. Went school there through the eighth grade. 323 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Then I decided that I wanted to see the rest of the country. 324 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,000 I worked my way through every one of the 48, every one of them. 325 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Uh-huh. 326 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 Did a lot of things, met a lot of people. 327 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,000 Is that right? 328 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:57,000 Well, all that time, all my life, I never did anything real big. 329 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,000 Nothing that I could ever tell anybody about and be proud. 330 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Nothing to tell people about. 331 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,000 Yes, sir. 332 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:08,000 I'm 72 years old now. It's a long time to live and never do anything big. Long time. 333 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,000 Mm-hmm. 334 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:14,000 Came downtown one day, sat in the pleasure in the sun, met some real nice people. 335 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,000 People like me, people without much reason. 336 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,000 Got to coming down every day, sitting and talking, exchanging ideas. 337 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Found a lot of good friends. Most of them were alone. 338 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:28,000 And I guess being alone made us members of the same club. 339 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Got to be a sort of a lodge. 17 of us. 340 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:36,000 Used to meet, talk about things, the way the world was going, how things looked for the future, all things like that. 341 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,000 Friends. 342 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,000 Yes, sir. How'd you get along all this time? How'd you live? 343 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,000 Oh, I get a little pension from the state. Enough to get along on. 344 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,000 I don't need much. 345 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,000 Well, one day I got to thinking about how I didn't really have anything big to remember. 346 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,000 That's when I decided. 347 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,000 You mean on the robbery? 348 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Yep. 349 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:56,000 Decided that if I could get my hands on a lot of money, a lot of it all at once, I could have something. 350 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,000 Yeah? 351 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,000 So I started to figure. 352 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,000 First off, I had to figure what kind of a store to rob. 353 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000 Had to be one where I could get enough money. 354 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 Thought about it quite a while. 355 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,000 When I had that figured, I picked out a store. 356 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:11,000 And then I cased, is that right? 357 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,000 Yeah, that's right. 358 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,000 Well, I cased the store, figured how I'd do it. 359 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,000 Then I figured that I'd have to have a gun. 360 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,000 Yeah. 361 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Got one of those little plastic ones. 362 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,000 Bought the dime store, fixed it up with shoe black. 363 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,000 Couldn't hurt anybody, just plastic. 364 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000 Looked real, but couldn't hurt anyone. 365 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000 Of course, the victim wouldn't know that, would he? 366 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Yeah, I thought considerable about that. 367 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,000 Worried about it a lot. 368 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,000 About how if there was any trouble, it'd make it hard with just a plastic gun. 369 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Oh, not that I wanted to hurt anybody. I didn't. 370 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,000 But I got to thinking what would happen if somebody got scared and thought it was real. 371 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Could be trouble there. 372 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:46,000 Mm-hmm. 373 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,000 No, no, now before I go any further, 374 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,000 I want you to know that right at this point I knew I was doing wrong. 375 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:52,000 I knew it. 376 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Knew that I'd have to go to jail for what I did. 377 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000 Knew it and it didn't matter. 378 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,000 Had to be that way. 379 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,000 Well, now if you knew that, why'd you go ahead with the robbery? 380 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,000 Yeah, wasn't any other way to get the money. 381 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000 At least none that I could think of. 382 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 Believe me, I tried to think of one. 383 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000 All right, go ahead. 384 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:12,000 And I held up the place, took the money, and then I made the man get into the closet. 385 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Did that so he wouldn't try to follow me. 386 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000 I was sorry about it. 387 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,000 Tried to tell him, but I don't think he really believed it. 388 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,000 Don't think he did. 389 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,000 What'd you do then? 390 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:22,000 I took a bus out to the airport. 391 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:27,000 Thought about taking a cab, but then I figured that I'd want to save as much money as I could so as to have it later. 392 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,000 Yeah. 393 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:32,000 I inquired around out there at the airport and found a place where I could rent an airplane. 394 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,000 I paid for it in advance so there wouldn't be any trouble. 395 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000 Hired it to go to San Francisco. 396 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,000 Round trip, both ways. 397 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,000 You hired an airplane? 398 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:44,000 Yep. Big one. Carried 18 people. 399 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,000 That's what I needed. 400 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000 Real comfortable seats, two motors. 401 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000 Had a girl paint on the front. 402 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,000 From the war, I guess. 403 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,000 All right, go ahead. 404 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Well, I took the bus back to town and I started walking around the plaza. 405 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,000 Rounded up all 17 of my friends, a whole bunch of them. 406 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Talked to them all. 407 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,000 Guys who had been nice to me even if there wasn't anything I could do for them. 408 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:10,000 Told them to meet me at First and Main, right by the fountain in front of the city hall that night. 409 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,000 Told them that I was going to throw a party. 410 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 A party they'd never forget. 411 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Well, we got together that night and took a cab out to the airport. 412 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,000 Well, matter of fact, we took four cabs. 413 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,000 Had to show the drivers that I had the money for the tickets. 414 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Guess they thought we was going to try to get a free ride. 415 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,000 But anyway, when I showed them the money, they drove us out. 416 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Give them a good tip. 417 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:31,000 Nice fellas. 418 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Got on the airplane and flew up to San Francisco. 419 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,000 Wonderful. 420 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,000 Got into the city and then we started. 421 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,000 Really had a time. 422 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 Lasted three days. 423 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 Wasn't anything we didn't see, nothing we didn't do. 424 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,000 Three days of it. 425 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Real living. 426 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Everything was on me. 427 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Paid for it all. 428 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:52,000 Went to the best places, ate the best food, drank the finest wines. 429 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,000 Really lived. 430 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 Where'd you stay when you were in San Francisco? 431 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Hotel down on Howard. 432 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,000 Not the richest in town, but real nice. 433 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Clean rooms. 434 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:03,000 All right, go ahead. 435 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:08,000 Well, by the time that I thought we'd stayed long enough, we all got on the plane and come back. 436 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,000 Got in Wednesday morning. 437 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,000 Took cabs downtown, then we all went to breakfast. 438 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Had a real whopper. 439 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,000 Kind of a farewell for the whole party. 440 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:20,000 After I settled up with the waitress, I only had a dollar seventy-five left. 441 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000 Gave it to her for a tip. 442 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,000 Sure made her happy. 443 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,000 I don't guess she makes much down there. 444 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,000 Yeah. 445 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,000 Well, did any of your friends know where you'd gotten the money for this party? 446 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,000 Oh, no. 447 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:35,000 You see, when I first got the idea, I told them that I had a real rich brother. 448 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:40,000 Told him that he died and that I was his only relative, that all the money would get to me. 449 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,000 I figured that I could sort of set things up by doing that. 450 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,000 Seemed to work all right. 451 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,000 None of them said anything. 452 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,000 Uh-huh. 453 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 You remember the man you chartered the airplane from? 454 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,000 Oh, sure. 455 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Real nice fella. 456 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,000 I got his card. 457 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,000 I kept it. 458 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Sort of a souvenir. 459 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 I can give it to you if you want it. 460 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Yeah, we'll have to have it. 461 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,000 You ever done any big time? 462 00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,000 Me? 463 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,000 Oh, no, no. 464 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000 No, just drunk arrests. 465 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Lots of them. 466 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,000 Yeah. 467 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:08,000 Big thing about this is that I wish there was some way to keep the boys from finding out 468 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,000 so they wouldn't have to know. 469 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:14,000 Of course, I know that I'm not going to see them again, but just the same, what are they going to think? 470 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,000 How are they going to take this when they hear about it? 471 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,000 I don't know. 472 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,000 I sure was wrong. 473 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:21,000 Real wrong. 474 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 How long will they put me in jail for? 475 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,000 You guys know? 476 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,000 Well, it depends. 477 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,000 Depends on what? 478 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000 What the court says. 479 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,000 Oh. 480 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,000 Still have to go to prison though, huh? 481 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,000 Yeah, I'm afraid so. 482 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,000 Well, I haven't got much left. 483 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,000 I guess no matter what they say, it's going to be life for me. 484 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000 Well, sir, we're not the ones to decide that. 485 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Yes, I know. 486 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,000 You guys have been real nice. 487 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,000 In a way, I'm glad it's over. 488 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,000 Like I said before, I knew you'd get me. 489 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,000 I knew it all the time right from the beginning. 490 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,000 Tried to figure out how it'd be when you did get me. 491 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,000 What I'd say, how I'd act. 492 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000 Wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. 493 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,000 Not hard at all. 494 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,000 One thing though. 495 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,000 Yeah, what's that? 496 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,000 I kind of wish I hadn't done it. 497 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,000 I really do. 498 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:07,000 I keep thinking to my friends how they're going to take it. 499 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,000 Yeah. 500 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,000 You want to go? 501 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,000 You going to take me back now, huh? 502 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:12,000 Yeah, I'm afraid we have to. 503 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,000 Going to put me back in the tank? 504 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,000 No, not this time. 505 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,000 Upstairs? 506 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,000 Yeah, upstairs. 507 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000 That means I'll have a cell all to myself. 508 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,000 Be nice. 509 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,000 I'd like to be alone. 510 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,000 All right. 511 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:25,000 You all set, Jefferson? 512 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,000 Yeah. 513 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,000 This way. 514 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,000 Seventy-two years, nothing to show for it. 515 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:34,000 Nothing. 516 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:38,000 Only one thing I can really say I did with my life. 517 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,000 What's that, Jefferson? 518 00:26:40,000 --> 00:27:07,000 Wasted 72 years. 519 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,000 The story you have just heard was true. 520 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 521 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,000 On July 24th, trial was held in Department 89, 522 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,000 Superior Court of the State of California, 523 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,000 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 524 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000 In a moment, the results of that trial. 525 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,000 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 526 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,000 Thank you, George Fenomen. 527 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,000 I hope you'll remember the facts George Fenomen reported to you earlier. 528 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,000 Recent chemical analyses give an index of good quality 529 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,000 for the country's six leading brands. 530 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,000 The index of good quality table, 531 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,000 a ratio of high sugar to low nicotine, 532 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,000 showed Chesterfield quality highest. 533 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,000 Fifteen percent higher than its nearest competitor. 534 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,000 And Chesterfield quality, 31 percent higher than the average 535 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,000 of the five other leading brands. 536 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,000 Now, I'd like you to try Chesterfield's today. 537 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,000 I know they're best for me, 538 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,000 and I'm sure you'll find Chesterfield's are best for you. 539 00:27:54,000 --> 00:28:05,000 Arnold Peter Jefferson was tried and found guilty 540 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,000 of one count of robbery in the second degree. 541 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,000 He was sentenced to the state penitentiary 542 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,000 for the term as prescribed by law. 543 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,000 Robbery in the second degree is punishable by imprisonment 544 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,000 for a period of not less than one year. 545 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,000 Ladies and gentlemen, 546 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000 we wish to thank the editors of Real Magazine 547 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,000 for their article, High Tension on TV, 548 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,000 in the April issue now on sale. 549 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:36,000 You have just heard Dragnet, 550 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,000 a series of authentic cases from official files. 551 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,000 Technical advice comes from the office of Chief of Police 552 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,000 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 553 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,000 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, 554 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,000 Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Fance Brasher. 555 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,000 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Vic Rodman, Ralph Moody. 556 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,000 Script by John Robinson, music by Walter Schuman. 557 00:28:55,000 --> 00:29:00,000 Hell, give me speaking. 558 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,000 For a million laughs, tune in Chesterfield's Martin & Lewis show 559 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,000 Tuesday on the same NBC station. 560 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,000 And sound off for Chesterfield's. 561 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,000 Either regular or king size, 562 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:14,000 you'll find premium quality Chesterfield's much milder. 563 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:18,000 Chesterfield is best for you. 564 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,000 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed 565 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:29,000 from Los Angeles. 566 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:52,000 Tonight it's Adventure with Barry Craig on NBC.