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25 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:48,960 Chesterfield. 26 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:57,960 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 27 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:03,000 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 28 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,780 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 29 00:02:07,780 --> 00:02:09,540 police files. 30 00:02:09,540 --> 00:02:14,920 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 31 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:21,200 in action. 32 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:22,200 Was Wednesday, May 6th. 33 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:23,720 It was warm in Los Angeles. 34 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:25,960 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 35 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,440 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss's cap and diddy. 36 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:29,440 My name is Friday. 37 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:33,000 We were on our way back from the drunk tank and it was 834 a.m. when we got to the first 38 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,200 floor, the interview room. 39 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,200 Okay, you want to sit down Harris? 40 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:40,200 Yeah. 41 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:41,200 What a head. 42 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:46,200 Either one of you got an aspirin? 43 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:47,200 No, I'm sorry. 44 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:48,200 How about a cigarette? 45 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:49,200 Yeah. 46 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:50,200 Here you go. 47 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:57,200 Here, I'll get that for you. 48 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,200 Yeah, thanks. 49 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:01,200 Thanks. 50 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,200 Boy, what a head. 51 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,200 Feels like I'm going to fall off and roll around on the floor. 52 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,200 Last time I got this tank was in the South Pacific. 53 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,640 Natives brewed up some stuff, tasted like torpedo juice. 54 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:16,200 Took me three days to get over that. 55 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,200 What am I in here for? 56 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:19,200 You don't remember? 57 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:20,200 No, not good. 58 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:21,200 A lot of fog. 59 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:25,200 Seems like the last thing I remember is a lot of sirens, fire engines, cops, a lot of 60 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:26,200 noise. 61 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:27,200 After that, there's a big nothing. 62 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:28,200 What did I do? 63 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,480 Well, he called the police department, told them the officer had been shot trying to stop 64 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:32,480 a holdup. 65 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,200 Then he called the fire department, told them the Times building was on fire. 66 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:37,200 You're kidding. 67 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:38,200 No, he's not. 68 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,200 Boy, I really got it this time, haven't I? 69 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,200 Yeah, see, you got yourself a problem. 70 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,200 Why'd you do it? 71 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:46,200 I'm trying to think. 72 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:50,200 It seemed like the girl I was with made some remark about L.A. being a dull town. 73 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,200 I told her she just didn't know the place. 74 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,200 I think that's when I started calling. 75 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,200 Hey, that's in the morning papers? 76 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:57,200 I don't think so. 77 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:58,200 Why? 78 00:03:58,200 --> 00:03:59,200 I really got trouble if it is. 79 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,200 You arrest the girl? 80 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:01,200 No. 81 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,200 Thanks for small favors. 82 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:03,200 Why? 83 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:04,200 Either you married? 84 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:05,200 Yeah, he is. 85 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,200 Oh, he'll know what I mean. 86 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:11,200 I don't think my wife would be crazy about who I was out with last night. 87 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:12,200 No? 88 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:13,200 Yeah. 89 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,200 Wife thinks I was at a sales meeting. 90 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,200 Hope she doesn't find out. 91 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,200 Hey, where was I when you picked me up? 92 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:22,200 Well, according to the arrest report, you were in a phone booth trying to have the National 93 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:23,200 Guard called out. 94 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:24,200 I got to join something. 95 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,200 This is the worst one I've ever pulled. 96 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,200 Where do you live, Harris? 97 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:29,200 Apartment over on 9th. 98 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,200 Didn't they get that last night? 99 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:32,200 No. 100 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:33,200 All you tell the arresting officers was your name. 101 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,200 I didn't give anybody any trouble, did I? 102 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,200 I mean, I didn't start a fight, nothing like that, huh? 103 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:38,200 No. 104 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,200 You didn't cause any trouble until they got you down here. 105 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:41,200 Down here? 106 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,200 I didn't hit anybody, did I? 107 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,200 Well, you tried, but you didn't make it. 108 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,200 You guys are detectives, aren't you? 109 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:49,200 That's right. 110 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:50,200 How come they send you fellas down here? 111 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:51,200 I cause that much trouble? 112 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,200 How long have you been in town, Harris? 113 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:54,200 Since I got out of the service. 114 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,200 I think about six years. 115 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:57,200 You said you were a salesman. 116 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:58,200 Who do you work for? 117 00:04:58,200 --> 00:04:59,200 Cottington and Michaels. 118 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,200 How long have you been with him? 119 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,200 Since I got out, I went to work for him right after I was discharged. 120 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,200 Ever been arrested before? 121 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:05,200 No. 122 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,200 Oh, a couple of traffic tickets, you know, nothing serious. 123 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,200 What's all this about anyway? 124 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,200 Well, you guys actually trying to prove something more than just a drunk rap. 125 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:12,200 What's the pitch? 126 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,200 Well, there's been some fella around town who's been making calls 127 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:15,200 like you made last night. 128 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:16,200 He's been making a lot of them. 129 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,200 Well, I've been phony, but we got to send out equipment. 130 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,200 Well, you figure maybe it was me, huh? 131 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:22,200 Looks like it might have been. 132 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:23,200 We have to check it out. 133 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,200 No, I guess I made the ones last night. 134 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,200 You say I did, but that's it. 135 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,200 Hey, you mind if I take another cigarette? 136 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:30,200 Yeah, here, help yourself. 137 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,200 Thanks. 138 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:33,200 Here's a match. 139 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,200 Thanks. 140 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:38,200 Thanks. 141 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,200 No, I'm sorry, you guys got the wrong fella. 142 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:41,200 No. 143 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:42,200 You can check me. 144 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:43,200 You'll find out you got the wrong man. 145 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:44,200 Uh-uh. 146 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:45,200 How come this is so important? 147 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:46,200 You must get a lot of phony calls. 148 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,200 How come this is so big? 149 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:49,200 A lot of reasons make it that way. 150 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:50,200 Yeah? 151 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,200 Don't see it myself. 152 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,200 Lots of times I see fire engines go out and false alarms. 153 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,200 Doesn't look like it does any harm. 154 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,200 Do you remember how many units were with you last night? 155 00:05:58,200 --> 00:05:59,200 No. 156 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:00,200 Must have been a lot of them. 157 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,200 Well, 15 police cars answered the officers' need help call 158 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,200 before they could get a code four out on it. 159 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,200 There were five units of fire department equipment there. 160 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,200 I suppose that equipment had been needed someplace else 161 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:11,200 on a real call. 162 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:12,200 Yeah, see what you mean. 163 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,200 It's not just the equipment being out of service. 164 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,200 Every time a unit rolls on a call, 165 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,200 there's the chance that somebody's gonna get hurt. 166 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,200 That's what you built last night. 167 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,200 Look, I said I was sorry. 168 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,200 Is there anything more I can tell you? 169 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,200 Any chance of me getting an aspirin around here? 170 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,200 There's a doctor here. All he had to do was ask for it. 171 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,200 We'll check on our way out. 172 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:32,200 All right, come on, Harris. You can go back now. 173 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:33,200 Yeah. 174 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:34,200 Just a minute. 175 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,200 What's the name of the friend you were out with last night? 176 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:37,200 You gonna have to drag her into this? 177 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:38,200 We gotta check your story. 178 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:39,200 I hate to have you do that. 179 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:41,200 The story will stand, it isn't that. 180 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:42,200 What is it then? 181 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:43,200 I told you I was married. 182 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:44,200 Yeah. 183 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:45,200 Sketch in the papers, I'm gonna have a bigger headache. 184 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:46,200 Is that right? 185 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,200 Yeah, my wife won't understand about last night. 186 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:49,200 Well, that's too bad, Harris. 187 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,200 She just won't understand, that's all. 188 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:52,200 How's that? 189 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:56,200 Well, she's present in the Neighborhood Temperance Club. 190 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:01,200 9.30 a.m. 191 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:08,200 James Harris was returned to his cell to be held to answer charges of violation of Section 4127A, municipal code. 192 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,200 Frank and I called the woman he'd said he was with the night before. 193 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,200 She verified the story that he'd given us. 194 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:19,200 Further investigation of Harris proved that he couldn't possibly have been the suspect we were looking for. 195 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,200 We drove back to the office to talk with Captain Didion. 196 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:29,200 For the past three weeks, both the police and fire departments had been getting a number of false calls, apparently from the same person. 197 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:34,200 The officers on the complaint board told us that they had gotten so that they almost recognized the voice of the caller. 198 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:39,200 They told us that it sounded like a male voice and the caller could be middle-aged. 199 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,200 The person had no noticeable accent or speech peculiarities. 200 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:48,200 They'd tried to hold the suspect on the phone when they were certain that it was the same caller, but they'd been unable to do so. 201 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,200 Most of the calls the suspect put through were of the emergency type. 202 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:58,200 As a result, we had to send men and equipment to the reported scene, even though we might think that the call was a false one. 203 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,200 The calls averaged six a week during the period that the suspect had been operating. 204 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:08,200 In cooperation with the members of the fire department, Frank and I were assigned to try to apprehend the person making the calls. 205 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,200 The operation was simple. 206 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:15,200 The individual would call the board, give an address that we couldn't check out, and then describe what had happened. 207 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:20,200 The address given was usually a corner so that it was impossible for us to make verifying phone calls. 208 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:25,200 In each instance, as soon as the suspect would report the disturbance, he would hang up. 209 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,200 The operation was simple and untraceable. 210 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:32,200 11 17 a.m. We finished talking with Captain Didion and left his office. 211 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:35,200 All right, Skipper. I'll check you later. 212 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,200 Boy, he's in a great mood this morning, you know. 213 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,200 Don't be a blame him. The way this thing's going, we're no nearer to breaking it. 214 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:41,200 Yeah. 215 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:45,200 Joe, it figures the guy who's doing this is going to be around to watch all the excitement. 216 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,200 That's got to be the reason he's making the call so he can get his kicks. 217 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:48,200 Well. 218 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,200 Well, it figures he's got to be in the crowd someplace. 219 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:51,200 So? 220 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,200 Well, let's try to get a hold of the newspaper pictures. Try to check them. 221 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,200 Find one person who's at the scene. Might work. 222 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,200 You know, some place to start in it. 223 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,200 It's hot shot. I get it. 224 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:07,200 Going to have to wait. Bank robbery in progress. 225 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:16,200 11 26 a.m. We took the call car and started for the bank. 226 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:20,200 Before we arrived, Control One put out a code four on the call. 227 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,200 No further assistance needed. Was another false alarm. 228 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,200 We completed our investigation and on the way back to the office, 229 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,200 we answered an ambulance follow up call two blocks from the bank. 230 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,200 A squad car had been on the way to answer the robbery call at the bank. 231 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,200 It had been traveling north on Spring Street. 232 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,200 An ambulance had been making an emergency trip to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 233 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:41,200 It had been traveling west on Seventh Street. 234 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:45,200 Both had been rolling code three. Neither one of them heard the siren of the other unit. 235 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,200 Neither of them knew of the other's presence. 236 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,200 Both had hit the intersection at the same time. 237 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,200 The police car, in an attempt to avoid the ambulance, had swerved. 238 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:58,200 It had corromed off the side of the larger vehicle and then plowed through traffic 239 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,200 and hit a traffic signal pole head on. 240 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,200 The car had hit the pole at the seam of the left front fender and the body. 241 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,200 The police unit had been split wide open. 242 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,200 The officer on the passenger side of the car had been thrown against the windshield. 243 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,200 The other one had been thrown into the steering wheel and then out of the car 244 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,200 onto the curb ten feet from the wrecked unit. 245 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,200 The ambulance, after being hit, had spun across the intersection on two wheels, 246 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,200 hit the curbing and tipped over. 247 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:26,200 Only the fact that it had hit a street light pole had stopped it from going on through the pedestrian traffic on the sidewalk. 248 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:30,200 It had come to rest laying on its side at the southeast corner of the intersection. 249 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,200 The driver of the ambulance had been thrown clear of the truck. 250 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:38,200 The patient in the rear and the attendant with him had been thrown about in the interior of the unit 251 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,200 and when we got there they were lying in a mass of wreckage. 252 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,200 The intersection was covered with gasoline and oil. 253 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:47,200 A traffic officer was attempting to do what he could for the survivor. 254 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:50,200 Let us through here. Police officers, please let us through. 255 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,200 All right, you'll just step back there. I'm sorry, keep back please. 256 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,200 Friday and Smith, Central Robbery. 257 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,200 I'm sorry, Jake's in traffic. 258 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:57,200 They alive? 259 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,200 I don't know, both unconscious, pretty bad. I didn't want to move them. 260 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:00,200 How about an ambulance? 261 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:01,200 I put the call in right away. 262 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:02,200 Did you call in about this oil on the streets here? 263 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:03,200 No, I didn't yet. 264 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,200 Well, you better get a call in, don't you think? 265 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:08,200 Have them warn all approaching units, street slippery, have them approach with caution, huh? 266 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:09,200 All right. 267 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:09,200 Thank you. 268 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:10,200 Sure is a mess, isn't it? 269 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,200 Doesn't look like they got much of a chance, does it? 270 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:13,200 How about that ambulance? 271 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,200 A couple of officers there now. I guess they're looking after them. 272 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,200 Let's check the driver. 273 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:20,200 How about it, Joe? 274 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:22,200 Well, that ambulance better get here quick. 275 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:23,200 Yeah? 276 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,200 He isn't going to last long. 277 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:32,200 The ambulance arrived and the injured men were removed to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 278 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:36,200 The police garage sent out a wrecker and the damaged vehicles were removed. 279 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,200 The intersection was cleaned of the gasoline and oil, 280 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:42,200 and inside of an hour and a half, the corner was handling traffic as usual. 281 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:45,200 The only indication of the wreck left on the scene was a broken hubcap 282 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,200 lying in a puddle of dirty water in the gutter. 283 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,200 Two police officers had been seriously injured in the accident. 284 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,200 Frank and I checked the immediate neighborhood for witnesses. 285 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:57,200 We found a newspaper vendor who had a stand a block from the scene. 286 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,200 He identified himself as George Kennedy. 287 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,200 He told us what he knew of the wreck. 288 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:02,200 I saw the whole thing, the whole thing. 289 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,200 Yes, sir, if you'd tell us what you saw, please. 290 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,200 Well, my stand is just up the street there. 291 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:07,200 You can see it on the corner. 292 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:08,200 Uh-huh. 293 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:09,200 Well, I was checking stock. 294 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,200 A lot of new magazines came in this morning, I was going through them, 295 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:13,200 you know, marking them up, going through them. 296 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:14,200 Yes, sir. 297 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,200 I was just standing there, fixing up the new magazines, 298 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:17,200 when all of a sudden I hear these sirens. 299 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,200 It sounded like they were coming from all directions. 300 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:20,200 I see. 301 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,200 Then I saw that there was an ambulance coming down 7th Street. 302 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,200 I stopped what I was doing to see where the ambulance was going, 303 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:26,200 then I heard the crash. 304 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:27,200 Terrible. 305 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:28,200 Did you see the accident, Kennedy? 306 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,200 Well, not at first, no. 307 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:31,200 I saw it right after I heard the brakes. 308 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,200 I didn't really see it at first, you know, just after I heard the brakes. 309 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,200 And then I looked up and saw what was happening, 310 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:37,200 and I started to run down there. 311 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:38,200 Uh-huh. 312 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:39,200 Well, the car's all smashed up. 313 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,200 Right after that I saw you guys come up, 314 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:42,200 and then the other ambulance. 315 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:43,200 That's about all. 316 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:45,200 Nothing more I can tell you, I guess. 317 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:46,200 Anything I can do to help? 318 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:47,200 Anything at all? 319 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:48,200 No, sir. 320 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:49,200 How about the officers in the car? 321 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:50,200 Are they all right? 322 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:51,200 I heard one of them was dead. 323 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:52,200 Any truth in that? 324 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,200 No, sir, both of them are in pretty bad shape. 325 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:55,200 Awful thing to happen. 326 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,200 Biggest crash I ever saw. 327 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:57,200 Just awful. 328 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:58,200 Uh-huh. 329 00:12:58,200 --> 00:12:59,200 Well, thanks, Kennedy, for your help. 330 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:00,200 Oh, it wasn't anything. 331 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:01,200 Glad to do what I could. 332 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,200 Anything else I can do, if you guys just let me know. 333 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,200 All right, Kennedy, thanks very much. 334 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:06,200 Oh, not at all. 335 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:07,200 Glad to do it. 336 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:08,200 Sure, terrible thing. 337 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,200 No need for such a waste. 338 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:11,200 Yes, sir. 339 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,200 If they die, it'll almost seem like there's murder, won't it? 340 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:14,200 Yes, sir. 341 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:15,200 From here it looks that way. 342 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,200 Frank and I drove back to the office. 343 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:23,200 We checked with the doctor at the PNF ward 344 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,200 at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 345 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,200 The doctor told us that the injured officers 346 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:28,200 were still in critical condition, 347 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,200 and as yet had not regained consciousness. 348 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:32,200 We checked with the complaint board, 349 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:33,200 and the officer who'd answered the call 350 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,200 about the supposed bank robbery told us 351 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,200 that he thought that the caller was the same suspect 352 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:38,200 we were looking for. 353 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,200 With Captain Didion and Captain Hagenbaugh 354 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,200 in communications, we worked out a plan 355 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,200 to attempt to apprehend the caller. 356 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,200 The next time he put in a call, 357 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:47,200 the officer answering the complaint 358 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:48,200 would attempt to keep him on the line 359 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,200 with questions regarding the complaint 360 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:51,200 until we could get to the vicinity 361 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,200 and start a search for him. 362 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,200 We would be notified by a hotshot call immediately. 363 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,200 Two days passed without the caller making a move. 364 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,200 On Saturday, May 8th, we got a call 365 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,200 from Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 366 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,200 Yeah, Doc. Uh-huh. 367 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:07,200 Well, how about the families? 368 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,200 They been told yet? 369 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:10,200 Uh-huh. 370 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,200 Well, I imagine they're pretty happy about it, huh? 371 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,200 Yeah, well, thanks for letting us know. 372 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,200 Right, Doc. Bye. 373 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:19,200 Doc call? 374 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:20,200 Yeah. Both officers are gonna be okay. 375 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,200 They're doing what they can for him. 376 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,200 Hotshot. 377 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:29,200 Now, maybe we can do something for him. 378 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:33,200 Suspect's on the phone now. 379 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,200 The caller had told the officer on the complaint board 380 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,200 that he wanted to report an attempted robbery 381 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,200 at the corner of 6th and Spring Streets. 382 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:47,200 He said there was a shooting 383 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:48,200 as the operator of the store involved 384 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,200 had tried to stop the holdup man. 385 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,200 The man on the phone had requested police assistance 386 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,200 and the dispatching of an ambulance to the scene. 387 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,200 The officer so far had managed to keep the caller on the phone 388 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,200 while he let us know of the call. 389 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,200 Another officer had called the store 390 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,200 and verified that there was no holdup as reported. 391 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,200 Frank and I left the office and proceeded to the area code 2. 392 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,200 We felt that if the suspect heard the siren of a unit, 393 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,200 it might alarm him and we'd lose him. 394 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:13,200 We arrived at the corner four minutes 395 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,200 after we'd gotten the hotshot. 396 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,200 Frank took one side of the street and I took the other. 397 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:18,200 We worked our way down 6th Street, 398 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,200 spotting all of the stores with public telephones. 399 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:22,200 It took us a little over three minutes 400 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,200 to cover the street for one block east. 401 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,200 We met back at the corner and started down Spring Street. 402 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,200 As time went on, our chances of the suspect 403 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,200 staying on the phone dwindled. 404 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,200 Twelve minutes had passed since the suspect had placed the call. 405 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,200 I was covering the east side of Spring Street 406 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,200 and I was almost to the corner of 7th 407 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,200 when I walked into a store to check the phone booth 408 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:41,200 just inside the door. 409 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,200 The voice was familiar. It was George Kennedy, 410 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,200 the proprietor of the corner newsstand. 411 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,200 Sure, I can see you. 412 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,200 No, my name don't matter. 413 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,200 All that counts is you get an ambulance here right away. 414 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,200 If you don't, this poor man is going to bleed you dead. 415 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,200 Certainly, he's right here, right in the same room. 416 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:57,200 All right, come on out of there. 417 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:58,200 Hey, what's this all about? 418 00:15:58,200 --> 00:15:59,200 Come on out of that phone booth. 419 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,200 What, right? You got to tell me what to do. 420 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:02,200 No, don't hang up that phone, Kennedy. 421 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:04,200 You got no business breaking into my phone call. 422 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,200 All right, you come out of that booth, will you, right now. 423 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:09,200 All right, stand right there. 424 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,200 Hello. Yeah, no, this is Friday. 425 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,200 Yeah, we got him. Uh-huh. 426 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,200 Yeah, well, as soon as I pick up Smith, we'll be right in. 427 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,200 Hold it up, Kennedy! 428 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,200 Stop that man! Hey, stop him! 429 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,200 Hey, mister, watch your car! 430 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:29,200 You all right, mister? 431 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:30,200 Yeah, did you see where that old man went? 432 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,200 No, sorry, mister. He ran into the crowd over there. 433 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:33,200 I wasn't watching him. 434 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,200 I thought you were going to get hit by that car. 435 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,200 Hey, Joe, what are you doing out in the middle of the street? 436 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,200 Well, I had him. It's George Kennedy, the guy with the newsstand. 437 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,200 You mean the guy we talked to the other day? 438 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:42,200 That's right. 439 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:43,200 At least we know who we're after. That's a help. 440 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,200 Yeah, maybe. We got to get him fast now. 441 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:46,200 Yeah? 442 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:52,200 He knows we're after him. 443 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:55,200 We went back to our unit and got out of broadcast on George Kennedy. 444 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:59,200 After that, we checked the immediate neighborhood, but we were unable to find the suspect. 445 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:04,200 We checked at his newsstand, but the people in the surrounding stores were unable to give us the exact address where he lived. 446 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:09,200 We arranged for a stakeout on the newsstand, then we went back to the city hall and called the city clerk. 447 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,200 We asked him to check the records for the license issued to Kennedy. 448 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:16,200 The clerk's office told us they would check their files immediately and call us back. 449 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:20,200 We ran the name George Kennedy through R&I, but he had no previous criminal record. 450 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:25,200 We checked with Captain Didion while we waited for the call back from the city clerk's office. 451 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,200 I got it. 452 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,200 It's Robby Friday. 453 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:30,200 Yeah? 454 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:31,200 Who? 455 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:35,200 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Hello. 456 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,200 That's all we need. 457 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:38,200 What is it? 458 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:42,200 That was Kennedy. Says he knows we want him and he said we better forget all about it, then we'll never get him. 459 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:43,200 Yeah? 460 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:44,200 Says we might as well give up. 461 00:17:55,200 --> 00:18:00,200 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 462 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,200 Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like this? 463 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:09,200 The first choice of Young America, according to a recent survey made in 274 colleges. 464 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,200 Chesterfield. 465 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:16,200 The first cigarette with premium quality in both regular and king size. 466 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:17,200 Chesterfield. 467 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:25,200 The cigarette with highest quality, proven by chemical analyses to have higher quality than the five other leading brands. 468 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:26,200 Chesterfield. 469 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,200 And first, to give you this report. 470 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:35,200 A doctor has been making thorough examinations of a group of Chesterfield smokers every two months for a full year. 471 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:42,200 And he reports no adverse effects to the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfield. 472 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:46,200 Try Chesterfield. Buy a carton. 473 00:18:46,200 --> 00:19:00,200 Much milder Chesterfield is America's best cigarette buy. 474 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,200 A local broadcast was gotten out on Kennedy. 475 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:07,200 The city clerk called back and gave us the home address listed on his application for a vendor's license. 476 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:14,200 We checked out the address, a rooming house on 9th Street, and the landlady told us that Kennedy was not at home, that she hadn't seen him all day. 477 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:20,200 She was able to give us the address of his sister, and after Frank and I arranged for a stakeout on the rooming house, we drove over to see the sister. 478 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:23,200 She lived in a small frame house in the Hollywood area. 479 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:27,200 I suppose I knew that it had to happen. I guess there wasn't any way to avoid it. 480 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:28,200 Ma'am. 481 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,200 About George, he's sick. I guess you know that. 482 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,200 Yes, ma'am. Have you ever spent any time in an institution of any sort, would you know? 483 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:38,200 No. There were times when I thought about it. We used to talk, try to figure out what was the best thing. 484 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:42,200 Somehow we just couldn't bring ourselves to do it, to commit him. 485 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,200 You say we, ma'am. What do you mean? 486 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:48,200 Oh, I mean Harold. Harold's my brother. He's the baby of the family. 487 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:53,200 And what the doctor said, I guess, in a way, Harold's the cause of the whole thing. Way back, I mean. 488 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:54,200 Ma'am. 489 00:19:54,200 --> 00:20:00,200 Well, I can't deny it. We talked to doctors about George, you know, psychologists. 490 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:01,200 Yes, ma'am. 491 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:05,200 He said that George had a compulsion complex. It came from when he was a little boy. 492 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:12,200 That he resented the attention that the folks showed Harold. It's unfortunate, Harold was sickly when he was little and he needed more attention. 493 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,200 I guess George didn't understand. 494 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,200 You have any idea where he might be now, ma'am? 495 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,200 No. You tried the place over on night. That's where he lives. 496 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:23,200 Yes, Miss Carroll. We checked the place. Landlady said she hadn't seen your brother all day. 497 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,200 Oh. Well, if he's not there, I don't know where he could be. 498 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:29,200 No. I wouldn't have the slightest idea. 499 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,200 Could you tell us if your brother had any close friends in the city, anyone he might go to? 500 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,200 None at all. I'm sorry. I can't be of more help. 501 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,200 Well, do you have a recent picture of your brother, ma'am? 502 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,200 Well, yes, I think I can find one for you. Why do you want it? 503 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:41,200 We needed to find him, Miss Carroll. 504 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:49,200 Oh. Well, I have one that was taken this year at George's birthday party. I took it with one of those cameras that develop right away, you know. 505 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,200 Yes, ma'am. What if you'd be kind enough to get it for us, please? 506 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,200 Surely. I think it's in the desk. I'll get it for you. 507 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:55,200 Oh, excuse me a minute. 508 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:56,200 Surely. 509 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,200 Hello. Oh, yes. 510 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:05,200 What? Uh-huh. They're here now. I don't know what to think. 511 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:13,200 Yes. Yes, I know, but it's too late for that now. The important thing is to find him before he does something more. 512 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:17,200 Yeah. Well, I'll call you back. I don't want to keep the officers waiting. 513 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:22,200 All right. Bye. That was Harold. He heard about George. 514 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,200 Mm-hmm. It's possible your brother might go over to his place? 515 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,200 No, that's the last place he'd go. 516 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,200 What if he could give us his address, please? 517 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,200 Sure, I can give it to you. I know that George wouldn't go there, though. 518 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,200 Why are you so sure, ma'am? 519 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:39,200 I told you about the birthday party. Well, George and Harold were there, just a family sort of thing. 520 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:43,200 At least it started out that way. The way it finished was awful. 521 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:48,200 George and Harold got into a big fight. They were always arguing. 522 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,200 Uh-huh. What if you'd get that picture for us now, Miss Carroll? 523 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,200 Oh, yes, right away. 524 00:21:53,200 --> 00:22:01,200 It's here someplace. Harold just said that we should have put George in an institution a long time ago. 525 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:08,200 We should have had him helped. I guess he's right. I guess it's all my fault. 526 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,200 Why do you say that, ma'am? 527 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:14,200 Well, it was me that didn't want George committed. I was the one who fought against it. 528 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:18,200 I was so sure that everything would work out all right. Oh, here it is. 529 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,200 Yes, ma'am? 530 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:26,200 That's George. He got a paper hat on. He came out of one of those little snapper things. 531 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:30,200 George liked things like that, kid things. I guess he never grew up. 532 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:31,200 Yes, ma'am. 533 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:35,200 Always lived in a dream world. Made it up himself. 534 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:41,200 Thought that everybody was persecuting him, that people were after him. It's so silly it wasn't true. 535 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:42,200 I'm afraid it is, ma'am. 536 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:43,200 What? 537 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:44,200 We're after him. 538 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:48,200 We got the address of George Kennedy's brother, and Frank and I drove over to talk to him. 539 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:52,200 He told us that he didn't have the slightest idea where his brother might be. 540 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:58,200 We called the office and arranged for a stakeout on homes of the sister and the brother in the event that Kennedy might try to contact him. 541 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:04,200 Six thirty p.m. We met with Captain Didion and a psychiatrist from Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 542 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,200 Psychiatrist said that after hearing our report on Kennedy's actions, 543 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:14,200 that he might have a strong compulsion complex. 544 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:19,200 And as a result of events that morning, he could have a violent resentment of any type of authority. 545 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:24,200 Two days passed. We got more leads and we ran him down. They went no place. 546 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,200 Tuesday, May 11th, 1251 a.m. 547 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,200 I get it. 548 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,200 Robbery Friday. 549 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,200 Yes, ma'am. 550 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:36,200 Now, when was that? 551 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:40,200 Yeah. All right, Miss Carol. We'll take care of it. Yes, ma'am. By the way, thank you. 552 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,200 Kennedy's sister says he just called her. 553 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:44,200 Yeah? 554 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,200 Said he was over by Westlake Park and he was going to commit suicide. 555 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,200 One oh two a.m. We called the complaint board and told them what had happened. 556 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:00,200 They contacted all available units and asked them to proceed to Westlake Park code two. 557 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,200 Frank and I drove to the area. 558 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:07,200 By the time we got there, several units had responded to the call, as yet none of them had seen Kennedy. 559 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,200 From the bridge on Wilshire, two men had been watching the lake and up to the time we got there, 560 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,200 they'd seen no activity on the surface of the water. 561 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,200 One thirty a.m. Frank and I started to go through the park. 562 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:22,200 A heavy fog had risen from the lake and visibility was dropping fast. 563 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:27,200 You see anything? 564 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,200 No. 565 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,200 Now let's head down toward the lake, huh? 566 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:33,200 Yeah. 567 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,200 This way. 568 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:39,200 See, it's getting cold. I should have worn a heavier coat. 569 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,200 Hold it a minute. See him? 570 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:49,200 Yeah. Just sitting there. Doesn't see us though. 571 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:54,200 All right. You take him from that side. I'll go this way. Watch it, huh? 572 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:59,200 Right. 573 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:05,200 Who's there? Who is it? I know you're there. Who is it? 574 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,200 I got a gun. Are you coming any closer or am I going to shoot? 575 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,200 I can see you, you know. I can see you. 576 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:14,200 You get away from here. You get away right now or I'm going to shoot. 577 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:15,200 All right. I warned you. 578 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:16,200 Put that gun down, Kennedy. 579 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,200 Yeah, I knew you were there. I knew it. 580 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,200 I thought you could sneak up on me and get me and I wouldn't know it, huh? 581 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,200 That's what you thought, ain't it? Ain't it? 582 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,200 Nobody's trying to sneak up on you, Kennedy. Nobody's trying to hurt you. 583 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,200 Yeah, that's what you say, but I know a difference. I know. 584 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:34,200 Who are you? Come on. I know anyway, so you might as well tell me. Who are you? 585 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,200 You know who I am, George. Joe Friday. 586 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,200 I'm your friend. Now you know that, don't you? 587 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,200 Ain't anybody that's my friend. Ain't anybody. 588 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,200 Nobody I can trust. Why should I trust you? 589 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:47,200 Come on, tell me. Why should I trust you? You're a cop, ain't you? 590 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:48,200 Ain't you? 591 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:52,200 You know that, George, we met before. You know I'm your friend, too, don't you? 592 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,200 No, you ain't. You ain't my friend. You want to take me away and lock me up. 593 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,200 It's not true, George. I just want to talk to you. 594 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,200 Just sit and talk, that's all. 595 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,200 You stay away from me. I'm not going to tell you again. I don't want you near me. 596 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,200 Now take it easy, George. 597 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,200 No, you ain't going to get me. I'm going to get away from you. Away from all of you. 598 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,200 All right, wait a minute. 599 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,200 I know all about you. I know you ain't going to get me. 600 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,200 I said, Quim, somebody help me. Help. 601 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,200 All right, Kennedy, take it easy. 602 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,200 All right, come on now. You're all right. You're all right. 603 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,200 Come on. Come on, get up here. 604 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,200 Now you're all right now. 605 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,200 Ain't anybody to understand. Ain't anybody. 606 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:38,200 You OK, Joe? 607 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:39,200 Yeah. 608 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,200 I'll shake him. 609 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:44,200 He's clean. 610 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,200 I couldn't even get a gun. 611 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,200 Couldn't even get a gun. Never could do anything right. 612 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,200 Just nothing ever went right. 613 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,200 Wasn't anybody that understood. 614 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,200 Nobody that knew what I wanted. 615 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:57,200 Nobody cared about me. 616 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,200 Nobody cared. 617 00:26:58,200 --> 00:26:59,200 You're wrong about that. 618 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:00,200 Huh? 619 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:01,200 We do. 620 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,200 The story you've just heard was true. 621 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,200 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 622 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,200 On September 21st, trial was held in Department 97, 623 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,200 Superior Court of the State of California, 624 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,200 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 625 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,200 In a moment, the results of that trial. 626 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,200 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 627 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,200 Thank you, George Fenomen. 628 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,200 I sure hope you were listening real close to what George Fenomen had to say tonight, 629 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,200 because it proves what I always tell you. 630 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,200 You can't beat the premium quality you get in Chesterfield, 631 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:38,200 regular or king size. 632 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,200 I'd like you to try Chesterfield. 633 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,200 They're much milder and they have a wonderful taste. 634 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,200 The case of George Hoyt Kennedy was referred to the city attorney. 635 00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,200 Due to the mental condition of the suspect, 636 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:02,200 the case was then referred to the psychopathic detail at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 637 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,200 After due process in Superior Court, 638 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:08,200 the suspect was committed to a mental institution for treatment. 639 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,200 Ladies and gentlemen, 640 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,200 we wish to thank the editors and readers of TV Radio Mirror Magazine 641 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,200 for their awards to Dragnet, 642 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:19,200 their sixth annual award issue now on sale at your newsstand. 643 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:30,200 You have just heard Dragnet, 644 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,200 a series of authentic cases from official files. 645 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:39,200 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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