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26 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:49,840 Chesterfield. 27 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:59,200 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 28 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:04,280 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 29 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:09,040 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 30 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:10,800 police files. 31 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:16,120 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 32 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:17,120 in action. 33 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:23,080 It was Tuesday, September 6th. 34 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:24,600 It was warm in Los Angeles. 35 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,720 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 36 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:27,920 My partner is Frank Smith. 37 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:29,200 The boss is Captain Didion. 38 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:30,200 My name is Friday. 39 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:34,880 I was on my way into the office and it was 8.02 a.m. when I got to room 27A. 40 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:35,880 Robbery. 41 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:37,880 Joe, is that you? 42 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:38,880 Yeah. 43 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:39,880 Did you just get in? 44 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:40,880 Yeah, a couple of minutes ago. 45 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,600 That last run from the stats office come in yet? 46 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:44,600 No, I called them. 47 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:45,600 They said it'd be about 10. 48 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:46,600 Hey, you look kind of like a cop. 49 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:47,600 Yeah, you look kind of beat. 50 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,800 Yeah, I had a little trouble sleeping last night. 51 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,840 Went over this thing. 52 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:53,200 Some place the guys must have made a mistake. 53 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:54,200 I can't figure it. 54 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,880 Yeah, I've been trying to figure an angle too. 55 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,600 Saw the skipper this morning. 56 00:02:58,600 --> 00:02:59,600 What did he say about it? 57 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:00,600 Nothing. 58 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:01,600 I asked how we were doing. 59 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,120 I told him we had a couple of things, but then he didn't say anything. 60 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,560 I guess he's getting plenty of heat from the front office. 61 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,200 His pills are getting bigger. 62 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:08,840 Stomach's giving him trouble again, I guess. 63 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:10,200 Yeah, he had some this morning. 64 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,360 Looked big enough for a horse. 65 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,200 I never saw such big pills, Joe. 66 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:14,440 He could hardly swallow them. 67 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:15,440 Purple too. 68 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:17,760 Yeah, 11 jobs in three months. 69 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,360 All the same M.O., all the same descriptions. 70 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,400 None of them add up to anything we can make. 71 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:22,400 Yeah. 72 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,120 Skipper said he had a call from the insurance company that underwrote the jewelry store they 73 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:26,120 hit last Thursday. 74 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,120 Yeah. 75 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:28,120 Said the guy was real nasty. 76 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,040 Said if we couldn't clean it up, he was going to the police commission to get some action 77 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:32,040 that way. 78 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:33,040 Robbery Friday. 79 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:34,040 Who? 80 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:35,040 Oh yeah, Rod. 81 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:36,040 Yeah, sure, I remember. 82 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:37,040 How's it going? 83 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:38,040 I don't know, that's good. 84 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:39,040 What? 85 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:40,040 Yeah. 86 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:41,040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 87 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:42,040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 88 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:43,040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 89 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:44,040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 90 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 91 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:46,040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 92 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:47,040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 93 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:48,040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 94 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:49,040 All right, sure. 95 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:50,040 Okay, Rod, thanks. 96 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,040 We'll be right there. 97 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,240 Remember Rod Neeland, the guy we nailed for robbery five years ago? 98 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:54,240 Neeland? 99 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:55,240 Yeah, I know who you mean. 100 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,000 He wants to see us, says he's got some information. 101 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Yeah? 102 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,180 About the guys we're after. 103 00:04:01,180 --> 00:04:10,380 For the past three months a pair of hold-up men had been victimizing the owners of large 104 00:04:10,380 --> 00:04:12,040 jewelry stores and supermarkets. 105 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:15,280 In each case, the descriptions of the two suspects was the same. 106 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:21,500 Suspect number one was described as WMA, 30 to 35 years old, red hair, tall and lean. 107 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:27,900 Suspect number two was described as WMA, 25 to 30 years old, 5 foot 7, 120 pounds. 108 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:31,300 Victims reported that the larger of the two bandits had a slight stutter, but neither 109 00:04:31,300 --> 00:04:33,660 of them had any visible marks or scars. 110 00:04:33,660 --> 00:04:37,300 In each instance, the method of operation the bandits used was the same. 111 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:39,880 The two men would enter the store at about 10 a.m. 112 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,240 The smaller of the two thieves would ask to use the telephone. 113 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,640 They'd go to the rear of the store and there he would produce a.32 caliber automatic. 114 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,200 The other man would pull a sawed-off shotgun and together the two of them would tape the 115 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,120 victim's hands and feet and lock them in a rear room. 116 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,120 Then they'd rifle the safe and leave. 117 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,840 None of the victims could tell us if the pair used a car. 118 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:01,800 Everyone concerned had been shown mug books, but they were unable to make an identification. 119 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,200 The ammo had been run through the stats office, but after the possibles had been checked out, 120 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:06,200 we had nothing. 121 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:10,080 Identifications had been gotten off to George Brereton up at C.I.I. Sacramento, but they 122 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,240 were unable to help us in making an identification. 123 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:16,080 For three months, the holdup men were able to hit where they wanted and when they wanted. 124 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,600 It seemed as if we were unable to stop them. 125 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,120 All sources of information had been checked, but they netted us no new leads. 126 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:25,480 Eight twenty-five a.m., Frank and I drove over to see Rod Neeland. 127 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,280 He worked in a small machine shop on South La Brea. 128 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:30,920 He checked with the shop foreman and got permission to talk to us. 129 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:33,840 He led us to a small lunch stand around the corner from the shop. 130 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:37,360 We ordered a cup of coffee and Rod told us why he'd called. 131 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,600 I got to reading the papers, read about these holdups and figured maybe I could give you 132 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:41,600 guys a hand. 133 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:42,600 We can use it, Rod. 134 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,760 You guys were pretty nice to me when I got picked up. 135 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:46,240 I sort of figured I owe you a favor. 136 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:47,600 What's the information you got, Rod? 137 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,800 Well, I was in the bar the other night, see, Friday night, placed down on the third, you 138 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:52,800 know, having a beer. 139 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:53,800 Yeah. 140 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,720 Well, I sat there for a little bit, chewing up a storm with a bartender and these two 141 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:57,720 guys come in. 142 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:58,720 Got a girl with them. 143 00:05:58,720 --> 00:05:59,720 Uh-huh. 144 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:04,040 Well, the three of them go over to a booth, sit down and order drinks. 145 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,120 I didn't pay much attention to them, you know, it's none of my business. 146 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:08,560 Yeah, go ahead. 147 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:13,200 Well, when they put in their order, bartender and me got kind of laughing about it. 148 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:14,200 Why is that? 149 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,440 Well, the two guys ordered bourbon, but the girl ordered one of those weird mixed things, 150 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:23,360 you know, creamedy mince and creamedy cocoa and chopped up ice, real weird. 151 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,640 I looked over at her, usually the only people who order things like that are young kids. 152 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:27,960 I asked the bartender about it. 153 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:28,960 Yeah. 154 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:29,960 I never saw the girl ever order. 155 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,480 I said they came in all the time, steady customers. 156 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,560 Well, what makes you think the other ones were after Rod? 157 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:38,160 Well, the way they looked and acted, two fellows were loaded with money, had a roll of the 158 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:39,920 choke of hort. 159 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,080 Right then I didn't think much about it, figured maybe they were just trying to impress the 160 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:44,080 girl, you know. 161 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:45,080 Uh-huh. 162 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:46,560 Didn't really think much about it then. 163 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,480 On the way home, I stopped and picked up a morning paper. 164 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:50,960 I read about the robberies. 165 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,200 I noticed the descriptions you had on them. 166 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,640 Fit the two guys in the bar to a tee. 167 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:57,560 Tall red head, short dark fellow. 168 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:59,040 Big one, even had that stutter. 169 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:00,720 You got any names on these two fellows? 170 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,320 No, I didn't hear anything, not from them anyway. 171 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:04,920 I asked the bartender. 172 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:08,120 He said the big one was called Chet and the little guy's name Vince. 173 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,760 He didn't know much about them, just said they came in a lot and had a lot of money 174 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:11,760 to spend. 175 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:12,760 Any idea where they live? 176 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:13,760 No, I don't think he knew. 177 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:14,760 How about a car? 178 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:15,760 Did you see one? 179 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:16,760 Uh-uh. 180 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,200 No, like I said, I was there when they came in and I left before they did. 181 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:23,240 If I'd known what the bit was, I'd have stuck around and tried to get some more information 182 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:24,240 for you. 183 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,400 I didn't even figure it until I got home and saw the papers. 184 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,520 You heard anything around about the two men? 185 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:29,520 Not a thing. 186 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:30,520 That's straight, too. 187 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:31,520 I'm carrying a lunch bucket now. 188 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,040 I got a job and I keep my nose out of trouble. 189 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:34,040 I had enough jails. 190 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:35,400 I don't want any more of it. 191 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:36,720 Well, that's good to hear, Rod. 192 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:37,720 I learned. 193 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:38,720 No more. 194 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,560 It's tough to learn it that way, but I guess there ain't no other. 195 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,360 Now, sir, I'm clean. 196 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,160 I'm going to stay that way. 197 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:46,840 Like I said, though, you guys were nice to me. 198 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:47,840 You gave me a break. 199 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,000 I want to help you out, you know, sort of say thanks. 200 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,040 Yeah, Rod, and we appreciate it, too. 201 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:53,040 You know that. 202 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,240 Listen, anything I can do, I'm with you, fella. 203 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:56,240 Where is this bar? 204 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,000 It's a place on Third called Tad's. 205 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,000 It's a little joint. 206 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Yeah, we know it. 207 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,640 Most of the guys come in there for contact, you know, trying to set something up. 208 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:04,640 Mm-hmm. 209 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:05,640 Well, that's just it, Rod. 210 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:06,640 What do you mean? 211 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:10,640 Well, I think that if Frank and I walk into the place, somebody will make us sure we're 212 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,080 known there, we'll burn the place, lose the two men. 213 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:14,640 I guess so. 214 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:19,160 Well, you want me to hang around there, keep you posted, let you know what the guys are 215 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:20,160 doing? 216 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,040 Well, what's kind of up to you, Rod? 217 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,680 Well, they found out I was playing footsie with you, they nailed me sure, you know that. 218 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:29,440 Well, you know we'll give you all the help we can if you want to do it. 219 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,880 It's going to be a little expensive sitting in there. 220 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,720 You can't just sit without ordering something, you know. 221 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:35,720 Yeah. 222 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:36,720 Well, here. 223 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:37,720 Here's 10 bucks. 224 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,720 That ought to keep you going for a while. 225 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,440 Yeah, as well, for a while. 226 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:43,440 What do you want me to find out? 227 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:45,460 Well, get an address, if you can. 228 00:08:45,460 --> 00:08:48,640 Find out where these guys work, what they do for a living, if they own a car. 229 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:50,240 Get the license number, if you can. 230 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:51,640 Who the girl is, where she lives. 231 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:53,160 Just as much as you can, you know. 232 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:54,440 Okay, how'll I get back to you? 233 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,080 Well, we'll be around, you won't have to look far. 234 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:57,080 Hope not. 235 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:00,160 Once those two guys get on to me, I got big trouble, you know. 236 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,560 Well, you don't have to do this if you don't want to, Rod. 237 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:03,560 Well, I want to. 238 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:05,040 You guys have helped me plenty of times. 239 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:06,960 Maybe I can kind of pay you back this way. 240 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:08,400 I know I don't have to do it, Joe. 241 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:09,400 It was my idea. 242 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,760 It's okay by me if you guys will stay close. 243 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:13,760 We will, Rod. 244 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:15,640 Well, let's put it this way. 245 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:17,000 You guys just stay close by. 246 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,640 I'm 37, I got 28 years to go. 247 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:20,640 Yeah. 248 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:29,840 I'm going to be around for that Social Security. 249 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,000 We got the description of the girl who'd been seen with the two suspects, then Frank and 250 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,720 I drove back to the office. 251 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,240 We checked the names Chet and Vince through the moniker files in R&I. 252 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,520 We came up with several possibles, but they were eliminated. 253 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:44,080 For the next three days, we kept in constant contact with Rod Neelan. 254 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:49,000 He would report for work at 8 a.m., finish up at 5, and then after a dinner downtown, 255 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,720 he'd spend the evening in the bar down on 3rd Street. 256 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,360 During that time, he had no contact with the two men. 257 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,560 They'd failed to make an appearance at the bar. 258 00:09:56,560 --> 00:10:00,280 The kickbacks from up north arrived, but we got no new leads from them. 259 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,520 Saturday, September 10th, Frank and I met with Neelan for lunch. 260 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:06,720 He told us that he hadn't seen the suspects since the night he told us about. 261 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,360 He said that the bartender told them that they hadn't been in the place on 3rd Street. 262 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,920 316 p.m., Frank and I checked back into the office. 263 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:14,280 Well, that went no place. 264 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,840 I wonder where they are. 265 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,120 I don't know, Joe, nothing around town. 266 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:20,360 Maybe they decided they were running their luck a little close, huh? 267 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:21,920 It could be, but they got no reason to quit. 268 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:23,320 As far as they know, they're in the clear. 269 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:24,560 There's nothing to scare them off. 270 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:25,560 No. 271 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:27,040 You think Rod is playing ball with us? 272 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:28,040 Well, I don't know. 273 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:29,040 There's no reason not to. 274 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:30,040 He came to us. 275 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:31,040 We didn't go to him. 276 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:32,040 Guess he learned his lesson. 277 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:34,040 It takes a lot of nerve to do what he's doing. 278 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:35,800 Glad to see he's playing it straight, though. 279 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:36,800 Yeah. 280 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:37,800 You want to check the book? 281 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:38,800 Yeah. 282 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:39,800 Anything there? 283 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:40,800 No, nothing. 284 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:45,800 Mr. Carlson Faye wants me to call her before I leave the office. 285 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:47,800 There are a couple of teletypes here. 286 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:48,800 Joe? 287 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:49,800 Yeah? 288 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:50,800 Here's our answer. 289 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:51,800 What? 290 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:52,800 Teletype from San Francisco. 291 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,800 The jewelry store was heisted for $150,000. 292 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:56,800 Yeah. 293 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:08,720 Two men, one with a sawed-off shotgun. 294 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:13,040 We sent a teletype to San Francisco immediately, asking for full details on the holdup. 295 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,840 The answer gave the MO that the two thieves had used and their descriptions. 296 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:20,880 In every detail, the operation matched that of the two men we were looking for. 297 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,840 We put in a call to Rod Neelan, but we found that he hadn't reported for work that day. 298 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,840 Frank and I drove out to his apartment, but his landlady told us that she hadn't seen 299 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:29,760 him since the day before. 300 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,680 Frank and I checked the places where he ate and where he spent his time when he wasn't 301 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:33,680 working. 302 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:35,560 None of his friends had seen him. 303 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:37,320 We spent the next two days looking for him. 304 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:41,200 From a bartender on 7th, we heard that Rod had been in the place on Sunday the night 305 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,920 before, and at that time, he'd been pretty drunk. 306 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,800 The bartender said that he appeared frightened and nervous. 307 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:48,880 Monday, September 12th, 5.30 p.m. 308 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,600 Frank and I checked into the office to sign out for the day. 309 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:52,600 I'll sign us out. 310 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,600 All right, I'll check the box. 311 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:55,600 I got it. 312 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:56,600 Robbery, Friday. 313 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:57,600 Yeah. 314 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:58,600 Well, where you been? 315 00:11:58,600 --> 00:11:59,600 We've been looking all over for you. 316 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:00,600 We thought something would happen. 317 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:01,600 What? 318 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:02,600 When? 319 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:03,600 Yeah. 320 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:04,600 Well, take it easy, Rod. 321 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:05,600 Yeah, we'll get to you. 322 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:06,600 Yeah, what model? 323 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:07,600 You got the license number? 324 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:08,600 Just a minute. 325 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:09,600 All right, go ahead. 326 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:10,600 Two and a half. 327 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:11,600 Two and a half. 328 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:12,600 Yeah, we'll get to you. 329 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:13,600 Yeah, what model? 330 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:14,600 You got the license number? 331 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:15,600 Just a minute. 332 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:16,600 All right, go ahead. 333 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,800 Two and three, nine, two, nine, one. 334 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:20,800 Yeah. 335 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:21,800 Okay, yeah. 336 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:22,800 We'll see you there. 337 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:23,800 All right, be careful. 338 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:24,800 Rod? 339 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:25,800 Yeah. 340 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,200 Says he's been trying to get a hold of us all day. 341 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,360 Says he didn't want to leave his name. 342 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:31,640 Two suspects are back in town. 343 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,160 Rod says they got a bankroll like Fort Knox, sporting a new car. 344 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:35,160 He got the number. 345 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:36,160 We better check it right away. 346 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:37,160 Well, where's he been? 347 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:38,160 Well, he said he was worried. 348 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:39,160 He's been trying to stay out of sight. 349 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:40,600 Said we better get the guys fast. 350 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:41,600 Yeah. 351 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:42,600 He thinks they're on to him. 352 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:53,760 Our informant, Rod Nealon, told me on the phone that he'd been hiding for the last two 353 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:54,760 days. 354 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:58,040 He said that on the night the robbery suspects had gotten back into town, the bartender had 355 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,800 let it drop to them that Rod had been asking questions. 356 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:04,280 They'd started after him and he'd been on a two-day drunk trying to hide from them. 357 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,400 He said that he tried to call us at the office several times, but he'd found that we weren't 358 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:08,400 in. 359 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,580 He was reluctant to leave his name or a message for fear that the two hoodlums might in some 360 00:13:11,580 --> 00:13:13,720 way find out about it. 361 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,360 Frank drove over to his apartment but found that he wasn't there. 362 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,040 When I'd spoken to him on the phone, he told me that he'd wait there until we could pick 363 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:20,040 him up. 364 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:23,040 The landlady at his place hadn't seen him and told Frank that she didn't even know that 365 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:24,840 Rod was in the building. 366 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,460 While Frank was gone, I checked the license number of the car through RDMV. 367 00:13:28,460 --> 00:13:33,880 They called us back to tell me that the car was registered to a Miss Dolly Keen at 18924 368 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:35,760 Elmwood Drive, Hollywood. 369 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,040 Frank got back to the office and we drove out to see the girl. 370 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,880 On the apartment register, she was listed as the tenant of apartment 406. 371 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,320 We knocked at the door to the manager's apartment and waited. 372 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:45,320 Yes? 373 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:47,320 You're the manager, ma'am? 374 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:49,680 Yes, something I can do for you. 375 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:50,680 We're police officers. 376 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:51,680 We'd like to talk to you. 377 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:52,680 Here's our identification. 378 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:53,680 I see. 379 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:54,680 Try to. 380 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:55,680 Yes, ma'am. 381 00:13:55,680 --> 00:13:56,680 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 382 00:13:56,680 --> 00:13:57,680 How do you do? 383 00:13:57,680 --> 00:13:58,680 How do you do? 384 00:13:58,680 --> 00:13:59,680 I'm Barbara Townsend. 385 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:02,400 Would you like to come in and talk? 386 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:03,800 Might be better than the hall. 387 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:04,800 Thank you very much, Miss Townsend. 388 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,800 It's Mrs. I'm a widow. 389 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:08,800 I'm a widow woman. 390 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:10,240 My husband died seven years ago. 391 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,240 I'm sorry to hear that, ma'am. 392 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:13,560 It's all right, Mr. Friday. 393 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:17,200 I used to be in a widow now. 394 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:18,200 Just sit down. 395 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:19,200 We can have our talk. 396 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:20,200 Thank you. 397 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:24,440 Now then, what was it you want to talk about? 398 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,600 Not something I've done, I hope. 399 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:27,600 No, Miss Townsend. 400 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,240 It's about one of your tenants, Miss Dolly Keen. 401 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:31,840 Oh, that one. 402 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:33,800 You might have known it. 403 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,280 Why do you say that, ma'am? 404 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,240 Just because I always knew she was going to cause trouble here. 405 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:39,240 I knew it. 406 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:40,240 I told Sinbad about it. 407 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,040 I told him a lot of times. 408 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,040 Sinbad? 409 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:44,800 Give us a description of the man. 410 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:49,400 Tall man, over six feet, red hair, had a kind of stutter. 411 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:50,400 I never talked to him. 412 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,240 I just heard him when they came in. 413 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,680 My door's right near the front, you know. 414 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:55,680 Yes, ma'am. 415 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,000 Do you have any other friends in the building, ma'am? 416 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,000 Do you know? 417 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,000 Oh, no, no. 418 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,280 Isn't anybody in the building likes her? 419 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:06,240 Well, except that Mr. Newton on the second floor. 420 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,960 He's kind of flighty, impressed with a pretty girl, you know. 421 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:11,600 But she's not friendly with anybody. 422 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,720 Does she have any visitors? 423 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,160 Anyone who came to see her? 424 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:16,920 Just her boyfriend, the redheaded one. 425 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:18,240 And then there was the other one. 426 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,320 I don't think he was a friend of hers, though. 427 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:21,320 What other one's that, ma'am? 428 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,080 There's a little man, dark. 429 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:24,320 I think he was a friend of the boyfriend. 430 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:26,240 It seemed that way to me. 431 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:28,280 Any of them drive a car, would you know? 432 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:32,240 Well, I don't know about the others, but Miss Keen just got one. 433 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,200 Brand new, 1953. 434 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:40,920 Don't know where she got the money for it, but by golly, she's got the car. 435 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:41,920 She worked, ma'am. 436 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:42,920 I don't know. 437 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:47,840 When she signed the lease, she told me that she was a designer for a clothing company 438 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:48,840 out here. 439 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:49,840 That's a fact. 440 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:51,920 She's got mighty cushy hours. 441 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:53,880 Seems to come and go whenever she pleases. 442 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,240 But when did she get the new car, do you know? 443 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:58,360 It was a couple of days ago. 444 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,840 She told me that she had to go out of town on some business. 445 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,720 Wanted me to keep an eye on her apartment. 446 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:05,000 She didn't have to tell me that. 447 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,000 I'm the manager here. 448 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,640 Of course, I'm going to watch the place. 449 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:08,640 Yes, ma'am. 450 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,640 About the car, please. 451 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,240 Oh, yeah. 452 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,480 She had it when she came back. 453 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:16,480 Just drove up in it, smart as please. 454 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,840 Tell me that she wanted a garage for it. 455 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:21,840 She didn't want to leave it on the streets at night. 456 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,200 I told her she'd just have to wait. 457 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,480 We got 18 units here and only 10 garages. 458 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:28,840 All of them are taken. 459 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:30,520 I told her she'd just have to wait. 460 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:34,160 She said she'd maybe leave it over at her sister's for a few days. 461 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:35,160 Her sister's? 462 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,920 Yeah, she has a sister in the neighborhood someplace. 463 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:37,920 Do you know where she lives? 464 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:38,920 No, I don't. 465 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,600 I'm pretty sure it's someplace in the neighborhood. 466 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,040 Would you know her sister's name? 467 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:44,040 No. 468 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,680 Sorry, I can't help you out there either. 469 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:47,680 She's married. 470 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,760 I don't know her married name. 471 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:50,920 Miss Keen never mentioned that. 472 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:52,920 How about mail, Miss Townsend? 473 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:54,800 Miss Keen get much mail? 474 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,080 I couldn't tell you that. 475 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:57,080 They got their own keys. 476 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:58,520 They opened their own mailboxes. 477 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:00,240 I got no way of telling what they get. 478 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:01,240 I see. 479 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:07,240 Of course, I could see in through the little slots in the mailbox. 480 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:08,760 She got a few letters. 481 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:11,000 I couldn't tell you where they were from, though. 482 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,000 I see. 483 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,000 Is she in now, would you know? 484 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,000 No. 485 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,080 I mean, I don't think she's in. 486 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:17,440 I haven't heard her. 487 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:23,640 Usually she comes in laughing and carrying on, so I'd know if she was in. 488 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:24,640 What's all this about anyway? 489 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:25,640 What's she done? 490 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:29,280 Well, we'd just like to talk to her, Miss Townsend. 491 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:30,880 Like that, is it? 492 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:31,880 Ma'am? 493 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,040 Got something secret to talk about. 494 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:35,360 No, ma'am, it's not that. 495 00:17:35,360 --> 00:17:37,920 It'd be better if we talked to her, that's all. 496 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:38,920 No? 497 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,160 Well, I hope you get the chance to. 498 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:42,160 Big pardon? 499 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:57,840 Well, last time I saw her, she talked about leaving town. 500 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:04,080 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 501 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:07,640 Chesterfield is best for you. 502 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:08,640 Listen to this report. 503 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:14,300 It's a report never before made about a cigarette, smoked day after day by a group of people 504 00:18:14,300 --> 00:18:18,240 smoking from 10 to 40 cigarettes a day for a full year. 505 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,640 Here's Chesterfield's record. 506 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:26,280 A medical specialist giving this group thorough examinations every two months for a full year 507 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:35,080 reports no adverse effects to their nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfields. 508 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:38,640 Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like that? 509 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,800 You'll find Chesterfield's best for you. 510 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:47,720 They're much milder, with an extraordinarily good taste, and for your pocketbook, Chesterfield 511 00:18:47,720 --> 00:19:01,160 is America's best cigarette buy. 512 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,340 In the company of the manager, Frank and I went through the girl's apartment. 513 00:19:04,340 --> 00:19:08,200 In the closets, we found clothing that indicated that she'd returned to the place. 514 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,840 We called the office and told them that we were setting up a stakeout on the building. 515 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,800 Frank and I went downstairs and parked the car up the street. 516 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:15,800 Frank was in the front seat of the car. 517 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,280 I stayed in the back. 518 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:18,280 Eight thirty p.m. 519 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,080 There was still no sign of the girl. 520 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:24,160 Frank called the office and found that our informant, Rod Neelam, was still missing. 521 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:25,160 We waited. 522 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:26,160 Nine thirty p.m. 523 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:27,160 Ten. 524 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:28,160 Eleven thirty p.m. 525 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:32,160 A car answering the description of the girls pulled up in front of the apartment building. 526 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:33,160 Joe? 527 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:34,160 Yeah, I see him. 528 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:35,160 Car matches. 529 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:36,160 Can you see the license? 530 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:37,160 No, not from here. 531 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:38,160 Two people in the car, girl and a man. 532 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:39,160 Yeah. 533 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:40,160 Well, let's try it. 534 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:41,160 All right. 535 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:49,720 I'll cover the other side, huh? 536 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:51,720 All right. 537 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,320 Excuse me. 538 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:54,320 Yeah? 539 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:55,320 What is it? 540 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:56,880 Like see your identification, please. 541 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:57,880 Well, what for? 542 00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:58,880 I'm told nothing. 543 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,760 Police officers like see your ID. 544 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:03,440 I don't know what this is all about. 545 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:07,480 All right, mister, get out of the car. 546 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,080 I don't know what you guys are trying to prove with all this. 547 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,880 And so a guy can't take his girl out anymore without cops. 548 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,400 Well, it looks like the other one in the car that just pulled up. 549 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:16,400 Yeah. 550 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:17,400 Vince, get out of here. 551 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:18,400 It's the cops. 552 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:19,400 I'll get him. 553 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:20,400 All right. 554 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:21,400 Get your hands in back of it. 555 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,400 Lousy cops. 556 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:23,400 You'll never get him. 557 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,400 Stand still. 558 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:26,400 You'll never get him. 559 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:27,400 He's probably got your partner by now. 560 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:28,400 All right. 561 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:29,400 Get back in the car. 562 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,440 What's going on, chief? 563 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:32,440 Lousy cops. 564 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:33,440 They think they got us. 565 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:34,440 Vince is a good shot. 566 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:35,440 All right. 567 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:36,440 Give me those ignition keys, lady. 568 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:37,440 What for? 569 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:38,440 Give them to me. 570 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:39,440 All right. 571 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:40,440 I'll get the car. 572 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:41,440 Joe, in the apartment house. 573 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:42,440 Over here. 574 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:43,440 How about it? 575 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:44,440 He's up there on the second floor. 576 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:45,440 All right, come on, mister. 577 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:46,440 Give it up. 578 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:47,440 Get away from me, cop. 579 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:48,440 Get away. 580 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:49,440 Throw that gun down here. 581 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:50,440 Come on. 582 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:51,440 Throw that gun down. 583 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:52,440 What do you figure, Joe? 584 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:53,440 I don't know. 585 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:54,440 Cover me. 586 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:55,440 I'll go up. 587 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:56,440 All right. 588 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:11,440 How about it? 589 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:12,440 I don't see him. 590 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:13,440 Stop it. 591 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:14,440 Don't shoot. 592 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:15,440 I give up. 593 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:16,440 I give up. 594 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:17,440 Don't shoot anymore, please. 595 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:18,440 All right, mister. 596 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:19,440 Throw that gun out here. 597 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:20,440 Come on. 598 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:21,440 Throw it out here. 599 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:22,440 All right. 600 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:23,440 There it is. 601 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:24,440 You got it. 602 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,520 I'll give you a break. 603 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:27,520 I got it, Joe. 604 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:28,520 All right, come on. 605 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:29,520 Put your hands against that wall. 606 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:30,520 I'm hurt. 607 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:31,520 He shot me. 608 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:32,520 Now leave me alone. 609 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:33,520 I'm hurt. 610 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:34,520 Did you see that? 611 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:35,520 I'll shake him. 612 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:36,520 All right. 613 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:37,520 He's clean. 614 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:38,520 Call a doctor. 615 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:39,520 Give me a doctor. 616 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:44,520 I'll believe you that you don't give me a doctor. 617 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:45,520 I'm not hurt that bad. 618 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:46,520 Now come on. 619 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:47,520 Let's go. 620 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:48,520 I'll give you a hand. 621 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:49,520 Come on. 622 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:50,520 All right, come on. 623 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:55,520 What's all the shooting about? 624 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,520 Shot him, huh? 625 00:21:58,520 --> 00:21:59,520 Yes, ma'am. 626 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:03,520 I better call Georgia Street, Frank. 627 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:04,520 Get the other ones in the car. 628 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,520 Yeah, I'll stay here with this one. 629 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:08,520 Frank? 630 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:09,520 What's the matter? 631 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:10,520 Something wrong? 632 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:12,520 Yeah, I got to get out of broadcast. 633 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:13,520 They're gone. 634 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:25,160 When the number two suspect had started firing at Frank, I handcuffed the first suspect and 635 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:26,620 I went to Frank's aid. 636 00:22:26,620 --> 00:22:29,520 On returning to the car, we found that both suspects had escaped. 637 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:33,280 The man was still handcuffed, so moving around would be difficult for him. 638 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,920 A broadcast was gotten out to all units in the area on the two escaped suspects. 639 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,280 The car they'd driven was still parked out in front of the apartment. 640 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:44,320 An ambulance arrived and removed the wounded suspect to the county hospital. 641 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:47,760 Before he was taken away, he gave us the names of his two accomplices, a Chester Rayburn 642 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:49,260 and Dolly Keene. 643 00:22:49,260 --> 00:22:51,800 We called the office and told them what had happened. 644 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,980 Additional teams of men were sent out to help us canvas the area. 645 00:22:54,980 --> 00:22:57,240 Frank and I went through the personal effects of Dolly Keene. 646 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,920 In a desk drawer, we found a telephone book, and one of the numbers in the book bore the 647 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:01,920 name Sis. 648 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:06,340 It gave a telephone number and an address three blocks from the apartment house. 649 00:23:06,340 --> 00:23:09,840 We got in touch with Captain Didion and informed him of the developments. 650 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,120 Several men from Metro Division were sent out to cover the address listed in the telephone 651 00:23:13,120 --> 00:23:14,120 book. 652 00:23:14,120 --> 00:23:17,880 Captain Didion also told us that our informant Rod Nealon had been found in a rooming house 653 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,600 on 3rd Street where he'd been hiding since the two bandits had gotten back into town. 654 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,040 He was placed in protective custody. 655 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,040 Frank and I went over to the sister's apartment. 656 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:31,000 Yeah, what do you want? 657 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,440 Police officers, you Patricia Saxon? 658 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:33,440 Yeah, so what? 659 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:34,440 I want to look at your apartment. 660 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:35,440 What for? 661 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:36,440 There's nothing here that means anything to you. 662 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:37,440 Has Sister been here tonight? 663 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:38,440 No. 664 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:39,440 I haven't seen her the last couple of days. 665 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:40,440 Anyone here with you? 666 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:41,440 No. 667 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:42,440 We're gonna have to look. 668 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:43,440 Yeah, maybe I don't want you to. 669 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:44,440 That's tough lady. 670 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,440 All right, let's shake it down, Frank. 671 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:47,440 Yeah. 672 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:48,440 There's no one here. 673 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:49,440 Is anybody with me? 674 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:50,440 The closet in the bedroom. 675 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:51,440 Yeah. 676 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:52,440 Better stay away from there. 677 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:53,440 He's got a shotgun. 678 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:54,440 Cover that side, Frank. 679 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:55,440 Yeah. 680 00:23:55,440 --> 00:24:02,440 All right, Rayburn, open the door slow and throw that gun out here. 681 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,120 Rayburn, we'll tell you once more. 682 00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:06,120 We know you're in there. 683 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:07,120 Now throw that gun out here. 684 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:08,120 He's not coming out of there. 685 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:11,120 He's not coming out, Joe. 686 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:15,800 All right, cop, here it is. 687 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:16,800 I don't want no trouble. 688 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:17,800 You hear? 689 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:18,800 No trouble. 690 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:19,800 You got the gun. 691 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:20,800 All right, come on. 692 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:21,800 Get up, Rayburn, on your feet. 693 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:22,800 You too, Miss Keen. 694 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:23,800 Come on out there. 695 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:24,800 Don't shoot. 696 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:25,800 Please don't. 697 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:26,800 We didn't mean nothing. 698 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:27,800 Don't shoot. 699 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:28,800 We give up. 700 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:29,800 Well, come on out of there. 701 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:30,800 Keep your hands on your head there. 702 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:31,800 I'll get him. 703 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:32,800 Wasn't anything else I could do. 704 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:33,800 Had to do what they tell me. 705 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:38,080 Come in here with that gun and wanted something to cut those handcuffs off with. 706 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:39,080 Had to do what they said. 707 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:40,080 Yeah, sure. 708 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:41,080 They'd have killed me if I didn't. 709 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:42,080 I know it. 710 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:43,080 They'd have killed me. 711 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,080 Couple more minutes and we'd have had it made. 712 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:45,720 Just a couple more minutes, that's all. 713 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:46,720 That's all we needed. 714 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:48,200 Though we got up north, he never got us. 715 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:49,200 We'd have had it made. 716 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:50,200 One more big job. 717 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,200 That's what you said. 718 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,200 One more and we'd be through. 719 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:53,200 Well, wise God, where are we now? 720 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:54,200 Right where he said you'd be. 721 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,200 What? 722 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:56,200 You're through. 723 00:24:56,200 --> 00:25:05,920 The story you've just heard was true. 724 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:12,920 The story you've just heard was true. 725 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:38,560 The story you've just heard was true. 726 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:52,640 Chester Lloyd Rayburn and Vincent Robert Parker were tried and found guilty on nine 727 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,940 counts of robbery in the first degree. 728 00:25:54,940 --> 00:25:59,740 They were sentenced to the state penitentiary for the term prescribed by law. 729 00:25:59,740 --> 00:26:03,360 Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less 730 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:05,360 than five years. 731 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:10,200 Lillian Keene, alias Dolly Keene, was tried and convicted of being an accessory. 732 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:15,120 She received sentence as prescribed by law, aiding a principal in a felony as punishable 733 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:20,400 by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of not more than five years. 734 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:25,720 Ladies and gentlemen, in the fight against an old enemy, polio, medical research has 735 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:30,400 armed us with a powerful new weapon, gamma globulin. 736 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:34,920 Used soon enough, it can prevent the paralyzing effects of polio. 737 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:39,480 But first, you must furnish the raw material, blood. 738 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:43,400 Doctors urgently need your donation of blood to make gamma globulin. 739 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:44,960 So call the Red Cross. 740 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:45,960 Please don't put it off. 741 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:47,560 It's too important. 742 00:26:47,560 --> 00:27:06,880 Call the Red Cross tomorrow and make an appointment to give blood. 743 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:11,920 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 744 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,920 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police 745 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:17,520 Department. 746 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:22,560 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 747 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:26,560 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Peggy Weber, Peter Leeds. 748 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,280 Script by John Robinson. 749 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:29,880 Music by Walter Schuman. 750 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:36,240 Hal Gibney speaking. 751 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:40,640 For A Million Laughs, tune in Chesterfield's Martin and Lewis show, Tuesday on the same 752 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,520 NBC station. 753 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,520 And sound off for Chesterfield's. 754 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:51,440 Either regular or king size, you'll find premium quality Chesterfield's much milder. 755 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:58,080 Chesterfield is best for you. 756 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:12,560 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 757 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,720 Now new Fatima has the tip for your lips. 758 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,560 Fatima tips of perfect cork. 759 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,880 King size for natural filtering. 760 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,520 Fatima quality for a much better flavor and aroma. 761 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:28,480 Now remember, new Fatima has the tip for your lips. 762 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:32,920 Fatima, see how smooth they are. 763 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:37,520 Remember, Fatima is made by the makers of Chesterfield. 764 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:54,880 Higgin and Myers, one of tobacco's most respected names.