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01:48.840 --> 01:49.840 Chesterfield. 01:49.840 --> 01:59.200 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 01:59.200 --> 02:04.280 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 02:04.280 --> 02:09.040 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 02:09.040 --> 02:10.800 police files. 02:10.800 --> 02:16.120 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 02:16.120 --> 02:17.120 in action. 02:17.120 --> 02:23.080 It was Tuesday, September 6th. 02:23.080 --> 02:24.600 It was warm in Los Angeles. 02:24.600 --> 02:26.720 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 02:26.720 --> 02:27.920 My partner is Frank Smith. 02:27.920 --> 02:29.200 The boss is Captain Didion. 02:29.200 --> 02:30.200 My name is Friday. 02:30.200 --> 02:34.880 I was on my way into the office and it was 8.02 a.m. when I got to room 27A. 02:34.880 --> 02:35.880 Robbery. 02:35.880 --> 02:37.880 Joe, is that you? 02:37.880 --> 02:38.880 Yeah. 02:38.880 --> 02:39.880 Did you just get in? 02:39.880 --> 02:40.880 Yeah, a couple of minutes ago. 02:40.880 --> 02:43.600 That last run from the stats office come in yet? 02:43.600 --> 02:44.600 No, I called them. 02:44.600 --> 02:45.600 They said it'd be about 10. 02:45.600 --> 02:46.600 Hey, you look kind of like a cop. 02:46.600 --> 02:47.600 Yeah, you look kind of beat. 02:47.600 --> 02:49.800 Yeah, I had a little trouble sleeping last night. 02:49.800 --> 02:51.840 Went over this thing. 02:51.840 --> 02:53.200 Some place the guys must have made a mistake. 02:53.200 --> 02:54.200 I can't figure it. 02:54.200 --> 02:56.880 Yeah, I've been trying to figure an angle too. 02:56.880 --> 02:58.600 Saw the skipper this morning. 02:58.600 --> 02:59.600 What did he say about it? 02:59.600 --> 03:00.600 Nothing. 03:00.600 --> 03:01.600 I asked how we were doing. 03:01.600 --> 03:03.120 I told him we had a couple of things, but then he didn't say anything. 03:03.120 --> 03:05.560 I guess he's getting plenty of heat from the front office. 03:05.560 --> 03:07.200 His pills are getting bigger. 03:07.200 --> 03:08.840 Stomach's giving him trouble again, I guess. 03:08.840 --> 03:10.200 Yeah, he had some this morning. 03:10.200 --> 03:11.360 Looked big enough for a horse. 03:11.360 --> 03:13.200 I never saw such big pills, Joe. 03:13.200 --> 03:14.440 He could hardly swallow them. 03:14.440 --> 03:15.440 Purple too. 03:15.440 --> 03:17.760 Yeah, 11 jobs in three months. 03:17.760 --> 03:19.360 All the same M.O., all the same descriptions. 03:19.360 --> 03:21.400 None of them add up to anything we can make. 03:21.400 --> 03:22.400 Yeah. 03:22.400 --> 03:25.120 Skipper said he had a call from the insurance company that underwrote the jewelry store they 03:25.120 --> 03:26.120 hit last Thursday. 03:26.120 --> 03:27.120 Yeah. 03:27.120 --> 03:28.120 Said the guy was real nasty. 03:28.120 --> 03:31.040 Said if we couldn't clean it up, he was going to the police commission to get some action 03:31.040 --> 03:32.040 that way. 03:32.040 --> 03:33.040 Robbery Friday. 03:33.040 --> 03:34.040 Who? 03:34.040 --> 03:35.040 Oh yeah, Rod. 03:35.040 --> 03:36.040 Yeah, sure, I remember. 03:36.040 --> 03:37.040 How's it going? 03:37.040 --> 03:38.040 I don't know, that's good. 03:38.040 --> 03:39.040 What? 03:39.040 --> 03:40.040 Yeah. 03:40.040 --> 03:41.040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 03:41.040 --> 03:42.040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 03:42.040 --> 03:43.040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 03:43.040 --> 03:44.040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 03:44.040 --> 03:45.040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 03:45.040 --> 03:46.040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 03:46.040 --> 03:47.040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 03:47.040 --> 03:48.040 Yeah, I guess we can come back. 03:48.040 --> 03:49.040 All right, sure. 03:49.040 --> 03:50.040 Okay, Rod, thanks. 03:50.040 --> 03:51.040 We'll be right there. 03:51.040 --> 03:53.240 Remember Rod Neeland, the guy we nailed for robbery five years ago? 03:53.240 --> 03:54.240 Neeland? 03:54.240 --> 03:55.240 Yeah, I know who you mean. 03:55.240 --> 03:57.000 He wants to see us, says he's got some information. 03:57.000 --> 03:58.000 Yeah? 03:58.000 --> 04:01.180 About the guys we're after. 04:01.180 --> 04:10.380 For the past three months a pair of hold-up men had been victimizing the owners of large 04:10.380 --> 04:12.040 jewelry stores and supermarkets. 04:12.040 --> 04:15.280 In each case, the descriptions of the two suspects was the same. 04:15.280 --> 04:21.500 Suspect number one was described as WMA, 30 to 35 years old, red hair, tall and lean. 04:21.500 --> 04:27.900 Suspect number two was described as WMA, 25 to 30 years old, 5 foot 7, 120 pounds. 04:27.900 --> 04:31.300 Victims reported that the larger of the two bandits had a slight stutter, but neither 04:31.300 --> 04:33.660 of them had any visible marks or scars. 04:33.660 --> 04:37.300 In each instance, the method of operation the bandits used was the same. 04:37.300 --> 04:39.880 The two men would enter the store at about 10 a.m. 04:39.880 --> 04:42.240 The smaller of the two thieves would ask to use the telephone. 04:42.240 --> 04:46.640 They'd go to the rear of the store and there he would produce a.32 caliber automatic. 04:46.640 --> 04:50.200 The other man would pull a sawed-off shotgun and together the two of them would tape the 04:50.200 --> 04:53.120 victim's hands and feet and lock them in a rear room. 04:53.120 --> 04:55.120 Then they'd rifle the safe and leave. 04:55.120 --> 04:57.840 None of the victims could tell us if the pair used a car. 04:57.840 --> 05:01.800 Everyone concerned had been shown mug books, but they were unable to make an identification. 05:01.800 --> 05:05.200 The ammo had been run through the stats office, but after the possibles had been checked out, 05:05.200 --> 05:06.200 we had nothing. 05:06.200 --> 05:10.080 Identifications had been gotten off to George Brereton up at C.I.I. Sacramento, but they 05:10.080 --> 05:12.240 were unable to help us in making an identification. 05:12.240 --> 05:16.080 For three months, the holdup men were able to hit where they wanted and when they wanted. 05:16.080 --> 05:18.600 It seemed as if we were unable to stop them. 05:18.600 --> 05:22.120 All sources of information had been checked, but they netted us no new leads. 05:22.120 --> 05:25.480 Eight twenty-five a.m., Frank and I drove over to see Rod Neeland. 05:25.480 --> 05:28.280 He worked in a small machine shop on South La Brea. 05:28.280 --> 05:30.920 He checked with the shop foreman and got permission to talk to us. 05:30.920 --> 05:33.840 He led us to a small lunch stand around the corner from the shop. 05:33.840 --> 05:37.360 We ordered a cup of coffee and Rod told us why he'd called. 05:37.360 --> 05:40.600 I got to reading the papers, read about these holdups and figured maybe I could give you 05:40.600 --> 05:41.600 guys a hand. 05:41.600 --> 05:42.600 We can use it, Rod. 05:42.600 --> 05:44.760 You guys were pretty nice to me when I got picked up. 05:44.760 --> 05:46.240 I sort of figured I owe you a favor. 05:46.240 --> 05:47.600 What's the information you got, Rod? 05:47.600 --> 05:51.800 Well, I was in the bar the other night, see, Friday night, placed down on the third, you 05:51.800 --> 05:52.800 know, having a beer. 05:52.800 --> 05:53.800 Yeah. 05:53.800 --> 05:56.720 Well, I sat there for a little bit, chewing up a storm with a bartender and these two 05:56.720 --> 05:57.720 guys come in. 05:57.720 --> 05:58.720 Got a girl with them. 05:58.720 --> 05:59.720 Uh-huh. 05:59.720 --> 06:04.040 Well, the three of them go over to a booth, sit down and order drinks. 06:04.040 --> 06:07.120 I didn't pay much attention to them, you know, it's none of my business. 06:07.120 --> 06:08.560 Yeah, go ahead. 06:08.560 --> 06:13.200 Well, when they put in their order, bartender and me got kind of laughing about it. 06:13.200 --> 06:14.200 Why is that? 06:14.200 --> 06:17.440 Well, the two guys ordered bourbon, but the girl ordered one of those weird mixed things, 06:17.440 --> 06:23.360 you know, creamedy mince and creamedy cocoa and chopped up ice, real weird. 06:23.360 --> 06:26.640 I looked over at her, usually the only people who order things like that are young kids. 06:26.640 --> 06:27.960 I asked the bartender about it. 06:27.960 --> 06:28.960 Yeah. 06:28.960 --> 06:29.960 I never saw the girl ever order. 06:29.960 --> 06:32.480 I said they came in all the time, steady customers. 06:32.480 --> 06:34.560 Well, what makes you think the other ones were after Rod? 06:34.560 --> 06:38.160 Well, the way they looked and acted, two fellows were loaded with money, had a roll of the 06:38.160 --> 06:39.920 choke of hort. 06:39.920 --> 06:43.080 Right then I didn't think much about it, figured maybe they were just trying to impress the 06:43.080 --> 06:44.080 girl, you know. 06:44.080 --> 06:45.080 Uh-huh. 06:45.080 --> 06:46.560 Didn't really think much about it then. 06:46.560 --> 06:49.480 On the way home, I stopped and picked up a morning paper. 06:49.480 --> 06:50.960 I read about the robberies. 06:50.960 --> 06:53.200 I noticed the descriptions you had on them. 06:53.200 --> 06:55.640 Fit the two guys in the bar to a tee. 06:55.640 --> 06:57.560 Tall red head, short dark fellow. 06:57.560 --> 06:59.040 Big one, even had that stutter. 06:59.040 --> 07:00.720 You got any names on these two fellows? 07:00.720 --> 07:03.320 No, I didn't hear anything, not from them anyway. 07:03.320 --> 07:04.920 I asked the bartender. 07:04.920 --> 07:08.120 He said the big one was called Chet and the little guy's name Vince. 07:08.120 --> 07:10.760 He didn't know much about them, just said they came in a lot and had a lot of money 07:10.760 --> 07:11.760 to spend. 07:11.760 --> 07:12.760 Any idea where they live? 07:12.760 --> 07:13.760 No, I don't think he knew. 07:13.760 --> 07:14.760 How about a car? 07:14.760 --> 07:15.760 Did you see one? 07:15.760 --> 07:16.760 Uh-uh. 07:16.760 --> 07:19.200 No, like I said, I was there when they came in and I left before they did. 07:19.200 --> 07:23.240 If I'd known what the bit was, I'd have stuck around and tried to get some more information 07:23.240 --> 07:24.240 for you. 07:24.240 --> 07:26.400 I didn't even figure it until I got home and saw the papers. 07:26.400 --> 07:28.520 You heard anything around about the two men? 07:28.520 --> 07:29.520 Not a thing. 07:29.520 --> 07:30.520 That's straight, too. 07:30.520 --> 07:31.520 I'm carrying a lunch bucket now. 07:31.520 --> 07:33.040 I got a job and I keep my nose out of trouble. 07:33.040 --> 07:34.040 I had enough jails. 07:34.040 --> 07:35.400 I don't want any more of it. 07:35.400 --> 07:36.720 Well, that's good to hear, Rod. 07:36.720 --> 07:37.720 I learned. 07:37.720 --> 07:38.720 No more. 07:38.720 --> 07:41.560 It's tough to learn it that way, but I guess there ain't no other. 07:41.560 --> 07:43.360 Now, sir, I'm clean. 07:43.360 --> 07:45.160 I'm going to stay that way. 07:45.160 --> 07:46.840 Like I said, though, you guys were nice to me. 07:46.840 --> 07:47.840 You gave me a break. 07:47.840 --> 07:50.000 I want to help you out, you know, sort of say thanks. 07:50.000 --> 07:52.040 Yeah, Rod, and we appreciate it, too. 07:52.040 --> 07:53.040 You know that. 07:53.040 --> 07:55.240 Listen, anything I can do, I'm with you, fella. 07:55.240 --> 07:56.240 Where is this bar? 07:56.240 --> 07:58.000 It's a place on Third called Tad's. 07:58.000 --> 07:59.000 It's a little joint. 07:59.000 --> 08:00.000 Yeah, we know it. 08:00.000 --> 08:03.640 Most of the guys come in there for contact, you know, trying to set something up. 08:03.640 --> 08:04.640 Mm-hmm. 08:04.640 --> 08:05.640 Well, that's just it, Rod. 08:05.640 --> 08:06.640 What do you mean? 08:06.640 --> 08:10.640 Well, I think that if Frank and I walk into the place, somebody will make us sure we're 08:10.640 --> 08:13.080 known there, we'll burn the place, lose the two men. 08:13.080 --> 08:14.640 I guess so. 08:14.640 --> 08:19.160 Well, you want me to hang around there, keep you posted, let you know what the guys are 08:19.160 --> 08:20.160 doing? 08:20.160 --> 08:23.040 Well, what's kind of up to you, Rod? 08:23.040 --> 08:26.680 Well, they found out I was playing footsie with you, they nailed me sure, you know that. 08:26.680 --> 08:29.440 Well, you know we'll give you all the help we can if you want to do it. 08:29.440 --> 08:31.880 It's going to be a little expensive sitting in there. 08:31.880 --> 08:34.720 You can't just sit without ordering something, you know. 08:34.720 --> 08:35.720 Yeah. 08:35.720 --> 08:36.720 Well, here. 08:36.720 --> 08:37.720 Here's 10 bucks. 08:37.720 --> 08:39.720 That ought to keep you going for a while. 08:39.720 --> 08:42.440 Yeah, as well, for a while. 08:42.440 --> 08:43.440 What do you want me to find out? 08:43.440 --> 08:45.460 Well, get an address, if you can. 08:45.460 --> 08:48.640 Find out where these guys work, what they do for a living, if they own a car. 08:48.640 --> 08:50.240 Get the license number, if you can. 08:50.240 --> 08:51.640 Who the girl is, where she lives. 08:51.640 --> 08:53.160 Just as much as you can, you know. 08:53.160 --> 08:54.440 Okay, how'll I get back to you? 08:54.440 --> 08:56.080 Well, we'll be around, you won't have to look far. 08:56.080 --> 08:57.080 Hope not. 08:57.080 --> 09:00.160 Once those two guys get on to me, I got big trouble, you know. 09:00.160 --> 09:02.560 Well, you don't have to do this if you don't want to, Rod. 09:02.560 --> 09:03.560 Well, I want to. 09:03.560 --> 09:05.040 You guys have helped me plenty of times. 09:05.040 --> 09:06.960 Maybe I can kind of pay you back this way. 09:06.960 --> 09:08.400 I know I don't have to do it, Joe. 09:08.400 --> 09:09.400 It was my idea. 09:09.400 --> 09:12.760 It's okay by me if you guys will stay close. 09:12.760 --> 09:13.760 We will, Rod. 09:13.760 --> 09:15.640 Well, let's put it this way. 09:15.640 --> 09:17.000 You guys just stay close by. 09:17.000 --> 09:19.640 I'm 37, I got 28 years to go. 09:19.640 --> 09:20.640 Yeah. 09:20.640 --> 09:29.840 I'm going to be around for that Social Security. 09:29.840 --> 09:33.000 We got the description of the girl who'd been seen with the two suspects, then Frank and 09:33.000 --> 09:34.720 I drove back to the office. 09:34.720 --> 09:38.240 We checked the names Chet and Vince through the moniker files in R&I. 09:38.240 --> 09:40.520 We came up with several possibles, but they were eliminated. 09:40.520 --> 09:44.080 For the next three days, we kept in constant contact with Rod Neelan. 09:44.080 --> 09:49.000 He would report for work at 8 a.m., finish up at 5, and then after a dinner downtown, 09:49.000 --> 09:51.720 he'd spend the evening in the bar down on 3rd Street. 09:51.720 --> 09:54.360 During that time, he had no contact with the two men. 09:54.360 --> 09:56.560 They'd failed to make an appearance at the bar. 09:56.560 --> 10:00.280 The kickbacks from up north arrived, but we got no new leads from them. 10:00.280 --> 10:03.520 Saturday, September 10th, Frank and I met with Neelan for lunch. 10:03.520 --> 10:06.720 He told us that he hadn't seen the suspects since the night he told us about. 10:06.720 --> 10:10.360 He said that the bartender told them that they hadn't been in the place on 3rd Street. 10:10.360 --> 10:12.920 316 p.m., Frank and I checked back into the office. 10:12.920 --> 10:14.280 Well, that went no place. 10:14.280 --> 10:15.840 I wonder where they are. 10:15.840 --> 10:18.120 I don't know, Joe, nothing around town. 10:18.120 --> 10:20.360 Maybe they decided they were running their luck a little close, huh? 10:20.360 --> 10:21.920 It could be, but they got no reason to quit. 10:21.920 --> 10:23.320 As far as they know, they're in the clear. 10:23.320 --> 10:24.560 There's nothing to scare them off. 10:24.560 --> 10:25.560 No. 10:25.560 --> 10:27.040 You think Rod is playing ball with us? 10:27.040 --> 10:28.040 Well, I don't know. 10:28.040 --> 10:29.040 There's no reason not to. 10:29.040 --> 10:30.040 He came to us. 10:30.040 --> 10:31.040 We didn't go to him. 10:31.040 --> 10:32.040 Guess he learned his lesson. 10:32.040 --> 10:34.040 It takes a lot of nerve to do what he's doing. 10:34.040 --> 10:35.800 Glad to see he's playing it straight, though. 10:35.800 --> 10:36.800 Yeah. 10:36.800 --> 10:37.800 You want to check the book? 10:37.800 --> 10:38.800 Yeah. 10:38.800 --> 10:39.800 Anything there? 10:39.800 --> 10:40.800 No, nothing. 10:40.800 --> 10:45.800 Mr. Carlson Faye wants me to call her before I leave the office. 10:45.800 --> 10:47.800 There are a couple of teletypes here. 10:47.800 --> 10:48.800 Joe? 10:48.800 --> 10:49.800 Yeah? 10:49.800 --> 10:50.800 Here's our answer. 10:50.800 --> 10:51.800 What? 10:51.800 --> 10:52.800 Teletype from San Francisco. 10:52.800 --> 10:55.800 The jewelry store was heisted for $150,000. 10:55.800 --> 10:56.800 Yeah. 10:56.800 --> 11:08.720 Two men, one with a sawed-off shotgun. 11:08.720 --> 11:13.040 We sent a teletype to San Francisco immediately, asking for full details on the holdup. 11:13.040 --> 11:16.840 The answer gave the MO that the two thieves had used and their descriptions. 11:16.840 --> 11:20.880 In every detail, the operation matched that of the two men we were looking for. 11:20.880 --> 11:24.840 We put in a call to Rod Neelan, but we found that he hadn't reported for work that day. 11:24.840 --> 11:27.840 Frank and I drove out to his apartment, but his landlady told us that she hadn't seen 11:27.840 --> 11:29.760 him since the day before. 11:29.760 --> 11:32.680 Frank and I checked the places where he ate and where he spent his time when he wasn't 11:32.680 --> 11:33.680 working. 11:33.680 --> 11:35.560 None of his friends had seen him. 11:35.560 --> 11:37.320 We spent the next two days looking for him. 11:37.320 --> 11:41.200 From a bartender on 7th, we heard that Rod had been in the place on Sunday the night 11:41.200 --> 11:43.920 before, and at that time, he'd been pretty drunk. 11:43.920 --> 11:46.800 The bartender said that he appeared frightened and nervous. 11:46.800 --> 11:48.880 Monday, September 12th, 5.30 p.m. 11:48.880 --> 11:51.600 Frank and I checked into the office to sign out for the day. 11:51.600 --> 11:52.600 I'll sign us out. 11:52.600 --> 11:54.600 All right, I'll check the box. 11:54.600 --> 11:55.600 I got it. 11:55.600 --> 11:56.600 Robbery, Friday. 11:56.600 --> 11:57.600 Yeah. 11:57.600 --> 11:58.600 Well, where you been? 11:58.600 --> 11:59.600 We've been looking all over for you. 11:59.600 --> 12:00.600 We thought something would happen. 12:00.600 --> 12:01.600 What? 12:01.600 --> 12:02.600 When? 12:02.600 --> 12:03.600 Yeah. 12:03.600 --> 12:04.600 Well, take it easy, Rod. 12:04.600 --> 12:05.600 Yeah, we'll get to you. 12:05.600 --> 12:06.600 Yeah, what model? 12:06.600 --> 12:07.600 You got the license number? 12:07.600 --> 12:08.600 Just a minute. 12:08.600 --> 12:09.600 All right, go ahead. 12:09.600 --> 12:10.600 Two and a half. 12:10.600 --> 12:11.600 Two and a half. 12:11.600 --> 12:12.600 Yeah, we'll get to you. 12:12.600 --> 12:13.600 Yeah, what model? 12:13.600 --> 12:14.600 You got the license number? 12:14.600 --> 12:15.600 Just a minute. 12:15.600 --> 12:16.600 All right, go ahead. 12:16.600 --> 12:19.800 Two and three, nine, two, nine, one. 12:19.800 --> 12:20.800 Yeah. 12:20.800 --> 12:21.800 Okay, yeah. 12:21.800 --> 12:22.800 We'll see you there. 12:22.800 --> 12:23.800 All right, be careful. 12:23.800 --> 12:24.800 Rod? 12:24.800 --> 12:25.800 Yeah. 12:25.800 --> 12:28.200 Says he's been trying to get a hold of us all day. 12:28.200 --> 12:30.360 Says he didn't want to leave his name. 12:30.360 --> 12:31.640 Two suspects are back in town. 12:31.640 --> 12:34.160 Rod says they got a bankroll like Fort Knox, sporting a new car. 12:34.160 --> 12:35.160 He got the number. 12:35.160 --> 12:36.160 We better check it right away. 12:36.160 --> 12:37.160 Well, where's he been? 12:37.160 --> 12:38.160 Well, he said he was worried. 12:38.160 --> 12:39.160 He's been trying to stay out of sight. 12:39.160 --> 12:40.600 Said we better get the guys fast. 12:40.600 --> 12:41.600 Yeah. 12:41.600 --> 12:42.600 He thinks they're on to him. 12:42.600 --> 12:53.760 Our informant, Rod Nealon, told me on the phone that he'd been hiding for the last two 12:53.760 --> 12:54.760 days. 12:54.760 --> 12:58.040 He said that on the night the robbery suspects had gotten back into town, the bartender had 12:58.040 --> 13:00.800 let it drop to them that Rod had been asking questions. 13:00.800 --> 13:04.280 They'd started after him and he'd been on a two-day drunk trying to hide from them. 13:04.280 --> 13:07.400 He said that he tried to call us at the office several times, but he'd found that we weren't 13:07.400 --> 13:08.400 in. 13:08.400 --> 13:11.580 He was reluctant to leave his name or a message for fear that the two hoodlums might in some 13:11.580 --> 13:13.720 way find out about it. 13:13.720 --> 13:16.360 Frank drove over to his apartment but found that he wasn't there. 13:16.360 --> 13:19.040 When I'd spoken to him on the phone, he told me that he'd wait there until we could pick 13:19.040 --> 13:20.040 him up. 13:20.040 --> 13:23.040 The landlady at his place hadn't seen him and told Frank that she didn't even know that 13:23.040 --> 13:24.840 Rod was in the building. 13:24.840 --> 13:28.460 While Frank was gone, I checked the license number of the car through RDMV. 13:28.460 --> 13:33.880 They called us back to tell me that the car was registered to a Miss Dolly Keen at 18924 13:33.880 --> 13:35.760 Elmwood Drive, Hollywood. 13:35.760 --> 13:38.040 Frank got back to the office and we drove out to see the girl. 13:38.040 --> 13:41.880 On the apartment register, she was listed as the tenant of apartment 406. 13:41.880 --> 13:44.320 We knocked at the door to the manager's apartment and waited. 13:44.320 --> 13:45.320 Yes? 13:45.320 --> 13:47.320 You're the manager, ma'am? 13:47.320 --> 13:49.680 Yes, something I can do for you. 13:49.680 --> 13:50.680 We're police officers. 13:50.680 --> 13:51.680 We'd like to talk to you. 13:51.680 --> 13:52.680 Here's our identification. 13:52.680 --> 13:53.680 I see. 13:53.680 --> 13:54.680 Try to. 13:54.680 --> 13:55.680 Yes, ma'am. 13:55.680 --> 13:56.680 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 13:56.680 --> 13:57.680 How do you do? 13:57.680 --> 13:58.680 How do you do? 13:58.680 --> 13:59.680 I'm Barbara Townsend. 13:59.680 --> 14:02.400 Would you like to come in and talk? 14:02.400 --> 14:03.800 Might be better than the hall. 14:03.800 --> 14:04.800 Thank you very much, Miss Townsend. 14:04.800 --> 14:07.800 It's Mrs. I'm a widow. 14:07.800 --> 14:08.800 I'm a widow woman. 14:08.800 --> 14:10.240 My husband died seven years ago. 14:10.240 --> 14:12.240 I'm sorry to hear that, ma'am. 14:12.240 --> 14:13.560 It's all right, Mr. Friday. 14:13.560 --> 14:17.200 I used to be in a widow now. 14:17.200 --> 14:18.200 Just sit down. 14:18.200 --> 14:19.200 We can have our talk. 14:19.200 --> 14:20.200 Thank you. 14:20.200 --> 14:24.440 Now then, what was it you want to talk about? 14:24.440 --> 14:26.600 Not something I've done, I hope. 14:26.600 --> 14:27.600 No, Miss Townsend. 14:27.600 --> 14:30.240 It's about one of your tenants, Miss Dolly Keen. 14:30.240 --> 14:31.840 Oh, that one. 14:31.840 --> 14:33.800 You might have known it. 14:33.800 --> 14:35.280 Why do you say that, ma'am? 14:35.280 --> 14:38.240 Just because I always knew she was going to cause trouble here. 14:38.240 --> 14:39.240 I knew it. 14:39.240 --> 14:40.240 I told Sinbad about it. 14:40.240 --> 14:42.040 I told him a lot of times. 14:42.040 --> 14:43.040 Sinbad? 14:43.040 --> 14:44.800 Give us a description of the man. 14:44.800 --> 14:49.400 Tall man, over six feet, red hair, had a kind of stutter. 14:49.400 --> 14:50.400 I never talked to him. 14:50.400 --> 14:52.240 I just heard him when they came in. 14:52.240 --> 14:54.680 My door's right near the front, you know. 14:54.680 --> 14:55.680 Yes, ma'am. 14:55.680 --> 14:58.000 Do you have any other friends in the building, ma'am? 14:58.000 --> 14:59.000 Do you know? 14:59.000 --> 15:00.000 Oh, no, no. 15:00.000 --> 15:02.280 Isn't anybody in the building likes her? 15:02.280 --> 15:06.240 Well, except that Mr. Newton on the second floor. 15:06.240 --> 15:09.960 He's kind of flighty, impressed with a pretty girl, you know. 15:09.960 --> 15:11.600 But she's not friendly with anybody. 15:11.600 --> 15:13.720 Does she have any visitors? 15:13.720 --> 15:15.160 Anyone who came to see her? 15:15.160 --> 15:16.920 Just her boyfriend, the redheaded one. 15:16.920 --> 15:18.240 And then there was the other one. 15:18.240 --> 15:20.320 I don't think he was a friend of hers, though. 15:20.320 --> 15:21.320 What other one's that, ma'am? 15:21.320 --> 15:23.080 There's a little man, dark. 15:23.080 --> 15:24.320 I think he was a friend of the boyfriend. 15:24.320 --> 15:26.240 It seemed that way to me. 15:26.240 --> 15:28.280 Any of them drive a car, would you know? 15:28.280 --> 15:32.240 Well, I don't know about the others, but Miss Keen just got one. 15:32.240 --> 15:34.200 Brand new, 1953. 15:34.200 --> 15:40.920 Don't know where she got the money for it, but by golly, she's got the car. 15:40.920 --> 15:41.920 She worked, ma'am. 15:41.920 --> 15:42.920 I don't know. 15:42.920 --> 15:47.840 When she signed the lease, she told me that she was a designer for a clothing company 15:47.840 --> 15:48.840 out here. 15:48.840 --> 15:49.840 That's a fact. 15:49.840 --> 15:51.920 She's got mighty cushy hours. 15:51.920 --> 15:53.880 Seems to come and go whenever she pleases. 15:53.880 --> 15:56.240 But when did she get the new car, do you know? 15:56.240 --> 15:58.360 It was a couple of days ago. 15:58.360 --> 16:00.840 She told me that she had to go out of town on some business. 16:00.840 --> 16:03.720 Wanted me to keep an eye on her apartment. 16:03.720 --> 16:05.000 She didn't have to tell me that. 16:05.000 --> 16:06.000 I'm the manager here. 16:06.000 --> 16:07.640 Of course, I'm going to watch the place. 16:07.640 --> 16:08.640 Yes, ma'am. 16:08.640 --> 16:10.640 About the car, please. 16:10.640 --> 16:12.240 Oh, yeah. 16:12.240 --> 16:14.480 She had it when she came back. 16:14.480 --> 16:16.480 Just drove up in it, smart as please. 16:16.480 --> 16:19.840 Tell me that she wanted a garage for it. 16:19.840 --> 16:21.840 She didn't want to leave it on the streets at night. 16:21.840 --> 16:24.200 I told her she'd just have to wait. 16:24.200 --> 16:27.480 We got 18 units here and only 10 garages. 16:27.480 --> 16:28.840 All of them are taken. 16:28.840 --> 16:30.520 I told her she'd just have to wait. 16:30.520 --> 16:34.160 She said she'd maybe leave it over at her sister's for a few days. 16:34.160 --> 16:35.160 Her sister's? 16:35.160 --> 16:36.920 Yeah, she has a sister in the neighborhood someplace. 16:36.920 --> 16:37.920 Do you know where she lives? 16:37.920 --> 16:38.920 No, I don't. 16:38.920 --> 16:41.600 I'm pretty sure it's someplace in the neighborhood. 16:41.600 --> 16:43.040 Would you know her sister's name? 16:43.040 --> 16:44.040 No. 16:44.040 --> 16:46.680 Sorry, I can't help you out there either. 16:46.680 --> 16:47.680 She's married. 16:47.680 --> 16:49.760 I don't know her married name. 16:49.760 --> 16:50.920 Miss Keen never mentioned that. 16:50.920 --> 16:52.920 How about mail, Miss Townsend? 16:52.920 --> 16:54.800 Miss Keen get much mail? 16:54.800 --> 16:56.080 I couldn't tell you that. 16:56.080 --> 16:57.080 They got their own keys. 16:57.080 --> 16:58.520 They opened their own mailboxes. 16:58.520 --> 17:00.240 I got no way of telling what they get. 17:00.240 --> 17:01.240 I see. 17:01.240 --> 17:07.240 Of course, I could see in through the little slots in the mailbox. 17:07.240 --> 17:08.760 She got a few letters. 17:08.760 --> 17:11.000 I couldn't tell you where they were from, though. 17:11.000 --> 17:12.000 I see. 17:12.000 --> 17:14.000 Is she in now, would you know? 17:14.000 --> 17:15.000 No. 17:15.000 --> 17:16.080 I mean, I don't think she's in. 17:16.080 --> 17:17.440 I haven't heard her. 17:17.440 --> 17:23.640 Usually she comes in laughing and carrying on, so I'd know if she was in. 17:23.640 --> 17:24.640 What's all this about anyway? 17:24.640 --> 17:25.640 What's she done? 17:25.640 --> 17:29.280 Well, we'd just like to talk to her, Miss Townsend. 17:29.280 --> 17:30.880 Like that, is it? 17:30.880 --> 17:31.880 Ma'am? 17:31.880 --> 17:34.040 Got something secret to talk about. 17:34.040 --> 17:35.360 No, ma'am, it's not that. 17:35.360 --> 17:37.920 It'd be better if we talked to her, that's all. 17:37.920 --> 17:38.920 No? 17:38.920 --> 17:41.160 Well, I hope you get the chance to. 17:41.160 --> 17:42.160 Big pardon? 17:42.160 --> 17:57.840 Well, last time I saw her, she talked about leaving town. 17:57.840 --> 18:04.080 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 18:04.080 --> 18:07.640 Chesterfield is best for you. 18:07.640 --> 18:08.640 Listen to this report. 18:08.640 --> 18:14.300 It's a report never before made about a cigarette, smoked day after day by a group of people 18:14.300 --> 18:18.240 smoking from 10 to 40 cigarettes a day for a full year. 18:18.240 --> 18:20.640 Here's Chesterfield's record. 18:20.640 --> 18:26.280 A medical specialist giving this group thorough examinations every two months for a full year 18:26.280 --> 18:35.080 reports no adverse effects to their nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfields. 18:35.080 --> 18:38.640 Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like that? 18:38.640 --> 18:41.800 You'll find Chesterfield's best for you. 18:41.800 --> 18:47.720 They're much milder, with an extraordinarily good taste, and for your pocketbook, Chesterfield 18:47.720 --> 19:01.160 is America's best cigarette buy. 19:01.160 --> 19:04.340 In the company of the manager, Frank and I went through the girl's apartment. 19:04.340 --> 19:08.200 In the closets, we found clothing that indicated that she'd returned to the place. 19:08.200 --> 19:11.840 We called the office and told them that we were setting up a stakeout on the building. 19:11.840 --> 19:14.800 Frank and I went downstairs and parked the car up the street. 19:14.800 --> 19:15.800 Frank was in the front seat of the car. 19:15.800 --> 19:17.280 I stayed in the back. 19:17.280 --> 19:18.280 Eight thirty p.m. 19:18.280 --> 19:20.080 There was still no sign of the girl. 19:20.080 --> 19:24.160 Frank called the office and found that our informant, Rod Neelam, was still missing. 19:24.160 --> 19:25.160 We waited. 19:25.160 --> 19:26.160 Nine thirty p.m. 19:26.160 --> 19:27.160 Ten. 19:27.160 --> 19:28.160 Eleven thirty p.m. 19:28.160 --> 19:32.160 A car answering the description of the girls pulled up in front of the apartment building. 19:32.160 --> 19:33.160 Joe? 19:33.160 --> 19:34.160 Yeah, I see him. 19:34.160 --> 19:35.160 Car matches. 19:35.160 --> 19:36.160 Can you see the license? 19:36.160 --> 19:37.160 No, not from here. 19:37.160 --> 19:38.160 Two people in the car, girl and a man. 19:38.160 --> 19:39.160 Yeah. 19:39.160 --> 19:40.160 Well, let's try it. 19:40.160 --> 19:41.160 All right. 19:41.160 --> 19:49.720 I'll cover the other side, huh? 19:49.720 --> 19:51.720 All right. 19:51.720 --> 19:53.320 Excuse me. 19:53.320 --> 19:54.320 Yeah? 19:54.320 --> 19:55.320 What is it? 19:55.320 --> 19:56.880 Like see your identification, please. 19:56.880 --> 19:57.880 Well, what for? 19:57.880 --> 19:58.880 I'm told nothing. 19:58.880 --> 20:01.760 Police officers like see your ID. 20:01.760 --> 20:03.440 I don't know what this is all about. 20:03.440 --> 20:07.480 All right, mister, get out of the car. 20:07.480 --> 20:10.080 I don't know what you guys are trying to prove with all this. 20:10.080 --> 20:12.880 And so a guy can't take his girl out anymore without cops. 20:12.880 --> 20:15.400 Well, it looks like the other one in the car that just pulled up. 20:15.400 --> 20:16.400 Yeah. 20:16.400 --> 20:17.400 Vince, get out of here. 20:17.400 --> 20:18.400 It's the cops. 20:18.400 --> 20:19.400 I'll get him. 20:19.400 --> 20:20.400 All right. 20:20.400 --> 20:21.400 Get your hands in back of it. 20:21.400 --> 20:22.400 Lousy cops. 20:22.400 --> 20:23.400 You'll never get him. 20:23.400 --> 20:25.400 Stand still. 20:25.400 --> 20:26.400 You'll never get him. 20:26.400 --> 20:27.400 He's probably got your partner by now. 20:27.400 --> 20:28.400 All right. 20:28.400 --> 20:29.400 Get back in the car. 20:29.400 --> 20:31.440 What's going on, chief? 20:31.440 --> 20:32.440 Lousy cops. 20:32.440 --> 20:33.440 They think they got us. 20:33.440 --> 20:34.440 Vince is a good shot. 20:34.440 --> 20:35.440 All right. 20:35.440 --> 20:36.440 Give me those ignition keys, lady. 20:36.440 --> 20:37.440 What for? 20:37.440 --> 20:38.440 Give them to me. 20:38.440 --> 20:39.440 All right. 20:39.440 --> 20:40.440 I'll get the car. 20:40.440 --> 20:41.440 Joe, in the apartment house. 20:41.440 --> 20:42.440 Over here. 20:42.440 --> 20:43.440 How about it? 20:43.440 --> 20:44.440 He's up there on the second floor. 20:44.440 --> 20:45.440 All right, come on, mister. 20:45.440 --> 20:46.440 Give it up. 20:46.440 --> 20:47.440 Get away from me, cop. 20:47.440 --> 20:48.440 Get away. 20:48.440 --> 20:49.440 Throw that gun down here. 20:49.440 --> 20:50.440 Come on. 20:50.440 --> 20:51.440 Throw that gun down. 20:51.440 --> 20:52.440 What do you figure, Joe? 20:52.440 --> 20:53.440 I don't know. 20:53.440 --> 20:54.440 Cover me. 20:54.440 --> 20:55.440 I'll go up. 20:55.440 --> 20:56.440 All right. 20:56.440 --> 21:11.440 How about it? 21:11.440 --> 21:12.440 I don't see him. 21:12.440 --> 21:13.440 Stop it. 21:13.440 --> 21:14.440 Don't shoot. 21:14.440 --> 21:15.440 I give up. 21:15.440 --> 21:16.440 I give up. 21:16.440 --> 21:17.440 Don't shoot anymore, please. 21:17.440 --> 21:18.440 All right, mister. 21:18.440 --> 21:19.440 Throw that gun out here. 21:19.440 --> 21:20.440 Come on. 21:20.440 --> 21:21.440 Throw it out here. 21:21.440 --> 21:22.440 All right. 21:22.440 --> 21:23.440 There it is. 21:23.440 --> 21:24.440 You got it. 21:24.440 --> 21:26.520 I'll give you a break. 21:26.520 --> 21:27.520 I got it, Joe. 21:27.520 --> 21:28.520 All right, come on. 21:28.520 --> 21:29.520 Put your hands against that wall. 21:29.520 --> 21:30.520 I'm hurt. 21:30.520 --> 21:31.520 He shot me. 21:31.520 --> 21:32.520 Now leave me alone. 21:32.520 --> 21:33.520 I'm hurt. 21:33.520 --> 21:34.520 Did you see that? 21:34.520 --> 21:35.520 I'll shake him. 21:35.520 --> 21:36.520 All right. 21:36.520 --> 21:37.520 He's clean. 21:37.520 --> 21:38.520 Call a doctor. 21:38.520 --> 21:39.520 Give me a doctor. 21:39.520 --> 21:44.520 I'll believe you that you don't give me a doctor. 21:44.520 --> 21:45.520 I'm not hurt that bad. 21:45.520 --> 21:46.520 Now come on. 21:46.520 --> 21:47.520 Let's go. 21:47.520 --> 21:48.520 I'll give you a hand. 21:48.520 --> 21:49.520 Come on. 21:49.520 --> 21:50.520 All right, come on. 21:50.520 --> 21:55.520 What's all the shooting about? 21:55.520 --> 21:58.520 Shot him, huh? 21:58.520 --> 21:59.520 Yes, ma'am. 21:59.520 --> 22:03.520 I better call Georgia Street, Frank. 22:03.520 --> 22:04.520 Get the other ones in the car. 22:04.520 --> 22:07.520 Yeah, I'll stay here with this one. 22:07.520 --> 22:08.520 Frank? 22:08.520 --> 22:09.520 What's the matter? 22:09.520 --> 22:10.520 Something wrong? 22:10.520 --> 22:12.520 Yeah, I got to get out of broadcast. 22:12.520 --> 22:13.520 They're gone. 22:13.520 --> 22:25.160 When the number two suspect had started firing at Frank, I handcuffed the first suspect and 22:25.160 --> 22:26.620 I went to Frank's aid. 22:26.620 --> 22:29.520 On returning to the car, we found that both suspects had escaped. 22:29.520 --> 22:33.280 The man was still handcuffed, so moving around would be difficult for him. 22:33.280 --> 22:36.920 A broadcast was gotten out to all units in the area on the two escaped suspects. 22:36.920 --> 22:40.280 The car they'd driven was still parked out in front of the apartment. 22:40.280 --> 22:44.320 An ambulance arrived and removed the wounded suspect to the county hospital. 22:44.320 --> 22:47.760 Before he was taken away, he gave us the names of his two accomplices, a Chester Rayburn 22:47.760 --> 22:49.260 and Dolly Keene. 22:49.260 --> 22:51.800 We called the office and told them what had happened. 22:51.800 --> 22:54.980 Additional teams of men were sent out to help us canvas the area. 22:54.980 --> 22:57.240 Frank and I went through the personal effects of Dolly Keene. 22:57.240 --> 23:00.920 In a desk drawer, we found a telephone book, and one of the numbers in the book bore the 23:00.920 --> 23:01.920 name Sis. 23:01.920 --> 23:06.340 It gave a telephone number and an address three blocks from the apartment house. 23:06.340 --> 23:09.840 We got in touch with Captain Didion and informed him of the developments. 23:09.840 --> 23:13.120 Several men from Metro Division were sent out to cover the address listed in the telephone 23:13.120 --> 23:14.120 book. 23:14.120 --> 23:17.880 Captain Didion also told us that our informant Rod Nealon had been found in a rooming house 23:17.880 --> 23:21.600 on 3rd Street where he'd been hiding since the two bandits had gotten back into town. 23:21.600 --> 23:24.040 He was placed in protective custody. 23:24.040 --> 23:26.040 Frank and I went over to the sister's apartment. 23:26.040 --> 23:31.000 Yeah, what do you want? 23:31.000 --> 23:32.440 Police officers, you Patricia Saxon? 23:32.440 --> 23:33.440 Yeah, so what? 23:33.440 --> 23:34.440 I want to look at your apartment. 23:34.440 --> 23:35.440 What for? 23:35.440 --> 23:36.440 There's nothing here that means anything to you. 23:36.440 --> 23:37.440 Has Sister been here tonight? 23:37.440 --> 23:38.440 No. 23:38.440 --> 23:39.440 I haven't seen her the last couple of days. 23:39.440 --> 23:40.440 Anyone here with you? 23:40.440 --> 23:41.440 No. 23:41.440 --> 23:42.440 We're gonna have to look. 23:42.440 --> 23:43.440 Yeah, maybe I don't want you to. 23:43.440 --> 23:44.440 That's tough lady. 23:44.440 --> 23:46.440 All right, let's shake it down, Frank. 23:46.440 --> 23:47.440 Yeah. 23:47.440 --> 23:48.440 There's no one here. 23:48.440 --> 23:49.440 Is anybody with me? 23:49.440 --> 23:50.440 The closet in the bedroom. 23:50.440 --> 23:51.440 Yeah. 23:51.440 --> 23:52.440 Better stay away from there. 23:52.440 --> 23:53.440 He's got a shotgun. 23:53.440 --> 23:54.440 Cover that side, Frank. 23:54.440 --> 23:55.440 Yeah. 23:55.440 --> 24:02.440 All right, Rayburn, open the door slow and throw that gun out here. 24:02.440 --> 24:05.120 Rayburn, we'll tell you once more. 24:05.120 --> 24:06.120 We know you're in there. 24:06.120 --> 24:07.120 Now throw that gun out here. 24:07.120 --> 24:08.120 He's not coming out of there. 24:08.120 --> 24:11.120 He's not coming out, Joe. 24:11.120 --> 24:15.800 All right, cop, here it is. 24:15.800 --> 24:16.800 I don't want no trouble. 24:16.800 --> 24:17.800 You hear? 24:17.800 --> 24:18.800 No trouble. 24:18.800 --> 24:19.800 You got the gun. 24:19.800 --> 24:20.800 All right, come on. 24:20.800 --> 24:21.800 Get up, Rayburn, on your feet. 24:21.800 --> 24:22.800 You too, Miss Keen. 24:22.800 --> 24:23.800 Come on out there. 24:23.800 --> 24:24.800 Don't shoot. 24:24.800 --> 24:25.800 Please don't. 24:25.800 --> 24:26.800 We didn't mean nothing. 24:26.800 --> 24:27.800 Don't shoot. 24:27.800 --> 24:28.800 We give up. 24:28.800 --> 24:29.800 Well, come on out of there. 24:29.800 --> 24:30.800 Keep your hands on your head there. 24:30.800 --> 24:31.800 I'll get him. 24:31.800 --> 24:32.800 Wasn't anything else I could do. 24:32.800 --> 24:33.800 Had to do what they tell me. 24:33.800 --> 24:38.080 Come in here with that gun and wanted something to cut those handcuffs off with. 24:38.080 --> 24:39.080 Had to do what they said. 24:39.080 --> 24:40.080 Yeah, sure. 24:40.080 --> 24:41.080 They'd have killed me if I didn't. 24:41.080 --> 24:42.080 I know it. 24:42.080 --> 24:43.080 They'd have killed me. 24:43.080 --> 24:44.080 Couple more minutes and we'd have had it made. 24:44.080 --> 24:45.720 Just a couple more minutes, that's all. 24:45.720 --> 24:46.720 That's all we needed. 24:46.720 --> 24:48.200 Though we got up north, he never got us. 24:48.200 --> 24:49.200 We'd have had it made. 24:49.200 --> 24:50.200 One more big job. 24:50.200 --> 24:51.200 That's what you said. 24:51.200 --> 24:52.200 One more and we'd be through. 24:52.200 --> 24:53.200 Well, wise God, where are we now? 24:53.200 --> 24:54.200 Right where he said you'd be. 24:54.200 --> 24:55.200 What? 24:55.200 --> 24:56.200 You're through. 24:56.200 --> 25:05.920 The story you've just heard was true. 25:05.920 --> 25:12.920 The story you've just heard was true. 25:12.920 --> 25:38.560 The story you've just heard was true. 25:42.920 --> 25:52.640 Chester Lloyd Rayburn and Vincent Robert Parker were tried and found guilty on nine 25:52.640 --> 25:54.940 counts of robbery in the first degree. 25:54.940 --> 25:59.740 They were sentenced to the state penitentiary for the term prescribed by law. 25:59.740 --> 26:03.360 Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less 26:03.360 --> 26:05.360 than five years. 26:05.360 --> 26:10.200 Lillian Keene, alias Dolly Keene, was tried and convicted of being an accessory. 26:10.200 --> 26:15.120 She received sentence as prescribed by law, aiding a principal in a felony as punishable 26:15.120 --> 26:20.400 by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of not more than five years. 26:20.400 --> 26:25.720 Ladies and gentlemen, in the fight against an old enemy, polio, medical research has 26:25.720 --> 26:30.400 armed us with a powerful new weapon, gamma globulin. 26:30.400 --> 26:34.920 Used soon enough, it can prevent the paralyzing effects of polio. 26:34.920 --> 26:39.480 But first, you must furnish the raw material, blood. 26:39.480 --> 26:43.400 Doctors urgently need your donation of blood to make gamma globulin. 26:43.400 --> 26:44.960 So call the Red Cross. 26:44.960 --> 26:45.960 Please don't put it off. 26:45.960 --> 26:47.560 It's too important. 26:47.560 --> 27:06.880 Call the Red Cross tomorrow and make an appointment to give blood. 27:06.880 --> 27:11.920 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 27:11.920 --> 27:15.920 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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