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Chesterfield. 21 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Dragnet. The documented drama of an actual crime. 22 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:00,000 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 23 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:07,000 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. 24 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:18,000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 25 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:23,000 It was Monday, October 5th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of robbery detail. 26 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,000 My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Diddy and my name is Friday. 27 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:33,000 I was on my way into the office and it was 4.58 p.m. when I got to room 27A. Robbery. 28 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Hi, I'm Earth. Seen Frank? 29 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Yeah, he was here a couple of minutes ago. I think he went down the hall. Said he'd be right back. 30 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Thanks. How are the kids? 31 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 We're in the cycle again. 32 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,000 What do you mean? 33 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,000 The cold cycle. 34 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,000 Oh, yeah. 35 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Oldest boy brings one home with him, gives it to his sister. Then it goes to the baby, then to the wife, then to me. 36 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,000 By the time I got it, the oldest boy is ready to catch it again from me. Doesn't seem to be any end to it. 37 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,000 Yeah, I see what you mean. 38 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Readin' the other day where if you take care of a cold, you know, take a lot of pills, stay in bed, you can shake it in a week. 39 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,000 All right. 40 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Don't do anything special for it and it'll take seven days to get rid of it. 41 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Joe? 42 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,000 Hi. 43 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Got an APB here from San Diego. The boys down there really drew themselves a gem. 44 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Can I take a look? 45 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Yeah, here it is. 46 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,000 I can hear them moan all the way from here. 47 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,000 What is it? 48 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Well, I had a jewelry robbery at a hotel on the coast. Three men. 49 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Took 135,000 in jewels and at least 15,000 in cash. 50 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 150,000, huh? Any leads on them? 51 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,000 No, APB gives a description, a list of the stolen jewelry. That's about all. 52 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,000 When did it happen? 53 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 It says 1.30 this morning. 54 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 Yeah, it's gonna keep him busy for a while. 55 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Let Mort screamin' like an eagle, Joe. 56 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Why? 57 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,000 Well, I talked to him last week, said he was going down to Mexico to do some fishin'. 58 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Been savin' days off for the last three months. Won't get to go now. 59 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,000 I get it. 60 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Robbery Friday. 61 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Yeah, go ahead. San Diego. 62 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Yeah, hi, Mort. 63 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Yeah, we got the APB. How's it goin'? 64 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Yeah. 65 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,000 When do you figure they left? 66 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Yeah. 67 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Okay, Mort. Yeah. 68 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,000 All right, we'll keep an eye open. 69 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Right. Bye. 70 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,000 What's he got? 71 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Old Davis walkin', he want her comin' up. 72 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,000 They're drivin'? 73 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Yeah, they figure the holdup men are headin' this way. 74 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:20,000 The early editions of the afternoon papers came out and they carried the complete story. 75 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,000 Three men had entered the Carlton Surf Hotel at 1.30 a.m. 76 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,000 All three were armed and they forced the manager to open the safe. 77 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Inside the vault were the jewels and the other valuables that had been deposited with the management for safekeeping by the guests. 78 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:39,000 After looting the safe, the three men had robbed five of the guests who had entered the lobby during the time that they'd been going through the safe. 79 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:47,000 After taking all the money and valuables they could find, the three men forced the manager and the guests into a back store room of the hotel and they locked them in. 80 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:55,000 None of the victims could tell the San Diego officers what kind of a car had been used, but all of them were able to give good descriptions of the three men. 81 00:04:55,000 --> 00:05:00,000 The San Diego Police Department had been called and the men from the Detective Bureau had begun an immediate investigation. 82 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:07,000 From the phone conversation I'd had with Lieutenant Mort Gere, they had evidence to believe that the three men were heading up for Los Angeles. 83 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:14,000 While the three detectives from the San Diego Department came to L.A., Lieutenant Gere, Sergeant Tony McGuire would continue the investigation down in their city. 84 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:22,000 11, 12 p.m. Sergeants Carl Davis, Jerry Walk, and Pappy Hewan arrived at the city hall. They filled us in on what had happened. 85 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,000 The way the thing looked, it figured that someone who'd either worked for the hotel or was working for it had engineered it. 86 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,000 How'd that check on? 87 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,000 The identification we got? 88 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Yeah. 89 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Virgil Russell worked for the hotel a year ago as a busboy in a dining room. All the victims gave a positive identification on it. 90 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 How about the other two, Carl? 91 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Nothing on them yet. 92 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,000 What made you figure they might be coming up here? 93 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Well, Russell's got a record, checked his package and found that he has a sister in San Diego. Checked her and she gave us the lead. 94 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Yeah. 95 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Said her brother and two men came by the house early this morning. Her brother's been staying with them the past few weeks. 96 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,000 Anyway, he came by this morning, packed his clothes, said he had to come up to L.A. on business. 97 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Was she having a dress up here for him, Carl? 98 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Not good. Said he told her he'd get in touch with her. He was staying with a friend and place out on Olympic Boulevard. 99 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Anything on that address? 100 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Yeah, our package gave an address out there. Russell had listed a friend of his when he was arrested. 101 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,000 We figured he might be out there. Got a good description of the car. One thing is gonna help. 102 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Yeah. 103 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:15,000 Sister told us that she asked her brother about the other two men. Wanted to know if they didn't want to come to the house. 104 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Russell said, no, they were waiting for them. The three of them were in a hurry. She couldn't give us a description of the other two. 105 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,000 What time this happened? 106 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,000 About 5.30 this morning. 107 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Well, they came right up here. They'd get in about 8 then, wouldn't they? 108 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Yeah. 109 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,000 You're pretty sure that these are the right ones now? 110 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Looks like that. Identification of the mugs. Russell's sister told us when he was packing, a brooch fell out of his grip. She picked it up for him. 111 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,000 You have a description of it? 112 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Yeah. Matches one that was taken from the hotel in the theft. Large diamond with four rubies in the setting. Look real good for the job. 113 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Did you get a broadcast out on the car? 114 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Yeah. Russell's sister told us it was a 53 Nash, red and black, continental hookup. 115 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:56,000 She said Russell just got back from a trip through Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico. Said that he had the rear window covered with those stickers. You know, the ones they get from gas stations. 116 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Yeah, I know what you mean. 117 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,000 The window's supposed to be covered with them. Shouldn't be hard to spot. 118 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 Well, maybe he figures that too. Might have them taken off, huh? 119 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Possible. It's the lead, though. Something else to look out for. 120 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,000 Any chance he might have gotten across the border into Mexico? 121 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Yeah, it's possible, but it isn't likely. As soon as we got word on the car, we got out a supplemental APB on it and got in touch with the authorities down the border. 122 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,000 They said they hadn't seen a car that matched the description across the border. 123 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Well, if they'd gotten to the border, the officers down there didn't know about it anyway. 124 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Yeah, I talked to Al Gaitan from our office. He said they'd be on the lookout for him. 125 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:30,000 Our pawn shop detail got right on it, Carl. We got the description of the jewelry out all over town. We haven't had any reports on it yet, though. 126 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,000 They aren't gonna try to sell it piece by piece. Too many of those pieces are easy to recognize. 127 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,000 They'll probably try to peddle through a fence and have it broken up. 128 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Well, we'll get the word out to our informants. Ask them to watch out for it. 129 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Yeah, heist that big can't be kept quiet for long. Bound to be rumbles on it someplace. 130 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,000 I'd like to check out the place on Olympic. It looks like it's best leave we got. 131 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Okay. We're a walking human, you know. 132 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Went down to Hall with Murphy. Wanted to check some things at R&I. 133 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,000 Well, might as well get on out to Olympic, huh? You got the address? 134 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,000 Yeah, you better check the place first. Could be rough. 135 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,000 What do you mean? 136 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Well, all three of them are armed. Russell served time twice before at the joint. 137 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Yeah. 138 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 I don't think he's gonna want to go back. 139 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,000 We checked the name of Russell's friend through our files. We found that he had no record. 140 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,000 We drove out to the address on Olympic and we talked with the neighbors. 141 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,000 From them, we found out that it was not a private residence. 142 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:25,000 We talked to the woman who lived next door. We asked her about the man listed in the San Diego package as a friend of the suspects. 143 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,000 She told us she hadn't seen him. 144 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:32,000 Directly in front of the rooming house, we found a car answering the description given us by the sister. 145 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,000 There were no lights on in the rooming house. Walking human covered the rear of the place. 146 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Frank, Carl Davis, and I went up to the front door. 147 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,000 Pretty dark. I can't see anybody in there, can you? 148 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,000 No, I can't. 149 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Check the window. See if I can spot anything. 150 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,000 Right, Carl. 151 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Well, let's try the door. 152 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,000 Yeah. 153 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Who is it? 154 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Come on, open up. 155 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Beat it. Nobody gets in here. 156 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,000 All right, Frank, let's hit it. 157 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,000 All right, stand right where you are. Hold on. 158 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,000 I'm not doing anything. What are you doing breaking in here like this? 159 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:12,000 Get your hands out in front of you. 160 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Sure. 161 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,000 I'll shake him, Joe. He's clean. 162 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Everything okay? 163 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,000 Yeah, Carl. 164 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Who else is in the house? 165 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Nobody but the landlady. She's upstairs. Her and her daughter. Nobody else here. 166 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,000 What's your name? 167 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Pete Ellis. 168 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Where's Russell? 169 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,000 I don't know any Russell. 170 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,000 All right, we'll look around. Come on. 171 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,000 What's in there? 172 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:32,000 Dining room. There ain't nothing in there. 173 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Open it up. 174 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,000 See? Nobody here. 175 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,000 No. 176 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:47,000 All right, we'll check the other rooms. Where's this door go? 177 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Bedroom? Ain't nobody in there. 178 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Open it up. 179 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,000 Joe, nobody in the kitchen. Check the back porch. 180 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:55,000 I'm walking Davis for upstairs. 181 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,000 All right, we'll try this one here. Come on, you open it up. 182 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,000 It's locked. It can't get in. 183 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,000 There's a key in the door over here. Let's see if it fits. 184 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,000 Virgil! Virgil! Get out! Virgil, it's the cops! Get out! 185 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:10,000 All right, get out of the way. You, come on, let's hit it. Get out! 186 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,000 On the bed, Joe. 187 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 I see. All right, come on, you out of that bed. 188 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,000 Hey, Joe. 189 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Yeah? 190 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,000 There's a bottle of sleeping pills on the table here. 191 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Yeah, an empty bottle of whiskey. I guess he's dead drunk. 192 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Upstairs is clean, Joe. Russell, huh? 193 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Yeah, he's drunk. I guess we're pretty lucky. Under his pillow there? 194 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Yeah. 195 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,000 Three guns. 196 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,000 With the suspects in custody, we searched the house. 197 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,000 In the back bedroom where we'd found Virgil Russell, 198 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:40,000 we found a folder with all of the newspaper stories of the hotel robbery. 199 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,000 In each instance, that portion of the story which referred to the thieves themselves 200 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,000 was outlined in pencil, and there were small notations 201 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,000 along the margins of the newspaper. 202 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,000 A complete search of the house netted us nothing. 203 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,000 There was no sign of the loot from the robbery, 204 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,000 although each of the suspects had a large amount of money in their possession. 205 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,000 We talked to the landlady, but she was unable to tell us anything about the suspects. 206 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:04,000 She said that she had rented a room to Peter Ellis over a year before 207 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,000 and that the suspect had moved out after living in the house for only two months. 208 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,000 She said that she hadn't seen them again since that night 209 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,000 when they arrived at the house and asked for rooms. 210 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,000 We called the office and arranged for a stakeout on the place, 211 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,000 and we took the two suspects back to the office. 212 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,000 We ran Peter Ellis through R&I, 213 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,000 and we found that he had one previous conviction on a robbery charge. 214 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:26,000 2.15 a.m. We talked to Virgil Russell in the interrogation room. 215 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,000 All right, all right. I ain't trying to con you into anything. 216 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,000 I was in on the heist, I'll admit it, but I ain't gonna be no Fink. 217 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Ain't gonna get any other names out of me. 218 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,000 You got the money we found on you from that hotel robbery, is that right? 219 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:37,000 I don't know where else it had come from. 220 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,000 I got no reason to con you about the hotel job. I pulled it. 221 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,000 I ain't afraid to admit it. I'm just not turning Fink, that's all. 222 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Maybe we can get it out of Ellis. 223 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,000 He won't tell you anything. 224 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,000 You're pretty sure about that. He admits he was in on the robbery. 225 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,000 So what? We all had a deal. 226 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,000 If any of us got caught, they wouldn't tell about the others. 227 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,000 You think Ellis and that other guy would go that route, standing the arrest alone? 228 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,000 Sure. We had an agreement. 229 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Oh, come on now. Tell us how much you got for the jewels. 230 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,000 You can tell us that and not tell us who the other man is, can't you? 231 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Yeah, yeah, I suppose so. 232 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,000 Isn't there any way you could tell if I told you how much we got? 233 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,000 How much? 234 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:10,000 Seven thousand. 235 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,000 How much? 236 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,000 Seven thousand. 237 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 Who set up the deal to sell the stuff? Your partner? 238 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Yeah, he handled all that. 239 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,000 He fixed it for you to get seven thousand bucks for all the jewelry? 240 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Yeah, that's right. 241 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:24,000 Well, you made a good deal, all right. Seven thousand for a hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars worth of jewelry. 242 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:29,000 Wasn't worth a hundred and thirty-five. That's just the papers making it sound big. 243 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Oh, no, Russell, you're wrong. That's what the stuff is worth. 244 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Are you kidding? 245 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 You got that report, Frank? 246 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,000 Yeah, here. 247 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Now, wait a minute. That's maybe what they claim the stuff is worth, but you know how people are always jacking things up on the insurance companies? 248 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,000 The stuff was worth maybe fifteen thousand out of a cent more. 249 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Yeah, Joe, here it is. 250 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,000 This is the report you got from the insurance company, Carl. 251 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,000 That's it. 252 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Would you like to read it to yourself, Russell, or do you want me to read it to you? 253 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,000 Well, let me see it. 254 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,000 Mm-hmm. 255 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,000 What a lousy bum. 256 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Oh, no good, good. 257 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:13,000 He's a thief. That's what he is. A thieving thief. 258 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 That's the kind of a guy you say you had a deal with, huh? 259 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,000 Let you think he was doing you a big favor. Some deal. Seven thousand dollars. 260 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,000 If we'd picked him up, he'd have screamed like an eagle. 261 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 He's your pal, all right. 262 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,000 No good thief. I can't believe it. 263 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,000 Who'd he sell his stuff to, do you know? 264 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,000 No, no, I don't, and that's the truth. I saw the guy, but I don't know who it was. 265 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,000 How'd the deal work? 266 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:38,000 Earlier tonight, we got together out in Westwood. He called the fellow who was gonna handle the deal, told him to meet us here. 267 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Who's he? 268 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,000 A fink, a lousy fink. 269 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,000 What's his name? 270 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,000 Payne Al Payne. 271 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,000 How do you spell it? Last name. 272 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000 P-A-Y-N-E. 273 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,000 You got a record? 274 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 No, I don't think so. I never heard him talk about it. 275 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,000 You give us a description? 276 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 Yeah. 277 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,000 That stuff was really worth a hundred and thirty-five grand. 278 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,000 He said it was a lot of talk, newspaper talk, he said. 279 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Oh, brother, what a laugh. 280 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,000 What's his payne look like? 281 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,000 Oh, he's about thirty-seven, maybe a hundred and fifty, sixty pounds. 282 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Oh, a little bit of hair on the edge of his head. 283 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 I'll check the name through R&I, Joe. 284 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,000 Right. Do you want to bring the mugs back here? 285 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Yeah. 286 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,000 Russell? 287 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Yeah? 288 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,000 That first name, is it Alfred or Albert? 289 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:19,000 I think it's Albert. He's some kind of a promoter. I don't know what he promotes. I think it's just a dodge, kind of a front. 290 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,000 I'll be right back, sir. 291 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,000 All right. 292 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,000 Let's go ahead with the story about the buy, huh? 293 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,000 All right. Where was I? 294 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,000 He said you went out the west way. 295 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:32,000 Oh, yeah. Well, we were supposed to meet out in a parking lot by the ice rink. Big place out there. 296 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,000 Well, we met this guy there. 297 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:38,000 A fellow Payne called it. He looked at the stuff, said it was worth maybe fifteen thousand the way it was. 298 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,000 But he said it had to be broken down before it could be sold. 299 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 That it wouldn't bring that much when it was all broken down. 300 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,000 What did Al say to that? 301 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Well, he agreed to it, said it was true. He went right along with it. Lousy deal. He was probably in on the whole thing. 302 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,000 Wouldn't be surprised. 303 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:56,000 I just can't get over it. We had all that stuff and didn't know what it was worth. 304 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,000 You got any idea who this guy is? 305 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,000 No, I told you. I didn't know. 306 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,000 You said this Payne had an office here in town. You know where it is? 307 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:07,000 Yeah, I can show you. We were up there this afternoon while I was setting up the deal. It's in a building over on Sixth. 308 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,000 You'd be willing to go over there with us? 309 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,000 So you can nail him? 310 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 That's right. We want to get the jewels back. 311 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Sure I'll go. After what that bum did to me, nothing too bad for him. 312 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,000 How are you going to work it, Joe? 313 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:19,000 Well, Russell here will have to introduce me as somebody who wants to buy this stuff. 314 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,000 He'll have to tell Payne that I'm willing to pay, say, 50,000 for the jewelry. 315 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,000 That way, Payne will have to get in touch with the other man. I don't think he'll pass up a deal like that. 316 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,000 Maybe he figures to make more than that this way. 317 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Yeah, but suppose he thinks that Russell here wants to do business with me. He'll get the stuff back. I don't think he'll want to cross Russell. 318 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,000 Might work. 319 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,000 We haven't got much choice. We've got to get this stuff back before it's broken up. 320 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Hey, Joe, I've got some pictures here. I'm gonna match the description. 321 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,000 What was that? 322 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,000 I'm gonna match the description. 323 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 Oh. You want to look at these? 324 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,000 Yeah. 325 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:52,000 Joe's gonna go see this Payne with Russell and Ellis, try to get lead on where this stuff is. 326 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,000 How are you gonna work it? 327 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Well, I'll tell Payne I'm interested in buying the jewels, offer him maybe 50,000. 328 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,000 Pictures not here. None of these is Payne. 329 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,000 You go along with this plan, Russell? 330 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Sure. I'd like to see you get him and get him good. 331 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,000 It's pretty risky. It doesn't look like there's any other way. 332 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,000 I suppose not. 333 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,000 Russell? 334 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Yeah? 335 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,000 We know Payne carries a gun. I'm gonna tell you something. I want you to remember it. 336 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,000 All right. 337 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:18,000 You get any bright ideas about tipping Payne off about Joe, remember we'll have men all through the building. 338 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,000 All right. 339 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000 We're not gonna start any shooting. 340 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,000 Yeah. 341 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,000 But we'll finish it. 342 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:40,000 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 343 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,000 Chesterfield is best for you. Just listen to the record. 344 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:50,000 For a full year and two months, a doctor has been making regular examinations of a group of Chesterfield smokers. 345 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:56,000 And he reports no adverse effects to the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfields. 346 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,000 Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like this? 347 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Chesterfield. First with premium quality in both regular and king size. 348 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,000 Chesterfield. First choice with Young America. 349 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:14,000 And that's from a survey of 274 colleges and universities. 350 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Try Chesterfields today. 351 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:22,000 Remember, Chesterfield is America's best cigarette buy. 352 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:38,000 The two suspects, Peter Ellis and Virgil Russell, were taken to the main jail and booked in for violation of Section 211 of the California Penal Code. 353 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:44,000 After that, the officers from San Diego, Frank and I, discussed the plan for finding the stolen jewels. 354 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:48,000 It was agreed that I would go into the office building with the suspect Virgil Russell. 355 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:53,000 To lessen the chances of discovery, I would carry no gun or any police identification. 356 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:58,000 We were unable to make contact that night, so the following morning we checked over the physical layout of the building. 357 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,000 It was six stories high and had one elevator. 358 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:05,000 There were two entrances to the building, one in the front and one that opened off an alley in the rear. 359 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,000 Officers were planted at both entrances. 360 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,000 Additional men were stationed on each floor. 361 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:14,000 Two men were on the roof to cut off any possible escape to one of the adjoining buildings. 362 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,000 1130 a.m. Tuesday, October 6th. 363 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,000 Russell called Payne and said that he wanted to see him. 364 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000 Payne told him to come right over to the office. 365 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Russell and I got into a car and we drove over. 366 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:29,000 It had been arranged that from the time we entered the building, no one would be permitted to leave until we returned to the main entrance. 367 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 1158 a.m. 368 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,000 We got to the office building, we went up to the fourth floor. 369 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,000 The sign on Payne's door read, Albert Payne, investments. 370 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,000 Russell opened the door and we walked in. 371 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,000 Hi, Verge. What's the bet? 372 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Well, I'd like you to meet Joe Ferguson. 373 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,000 Joe, glad to meet you. 374 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,000 Yeah, same here, Al. 375 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,000 Sit down, boys. 376 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,000 Now, what's this all about? 377 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000 It's about the stuff, Al. We gotta get it back. 378 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,000 Now, what's the pitch? I don't even know what you're talking about. 379 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:00,000 Come off it, Payne. Joe here's willing to opt the ante for the jewels. 380 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,000 How much? 381 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000 It'll go as high as 50,000. I gotta see it first. 382 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,000 For 15,000 worth of jewels? 383 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,000 Papers say it's worth 135. 384 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,000 I explained that to you. They up the value. It's all insured. 385 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,000 People up the price of the insurance companies, papers up the price. 386 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,000 They sell more papers. I told you. 387 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Yeah, and I ain't buying it. I want the stuff back. 388 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,000 I never even got my cut of the 7,000. Alice feels the same way. 389 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 I told you the money'd be coming. 390 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,000 Well, it ain't coming anymore. I want the stuff back. 391 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,000 I don't think we can do that. Most of it's already broken up. 392 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,000 Not much of it could be broken up in the time that he's had it. 393 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,000 Guy that bought it isn't gonna like it. 394 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,000 Well, it's tough. You just tell him to stop breaking it up. 395 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Tell him we want it back. 396 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 Where do you figure to sell the jewels? 397 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,000 I don't see where that concerns you. I'm offering you 50,000 for them. 398 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,000 That's all you need to know. 399 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Come on, Al. Quit playing games. Let's get on it. 400 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,000 You get in touch with the guy you gave them to and get the jewels back. 401 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,000 I got something to say about this. 402 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,000 I was in on the job with you. Don't you forget it. 403 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,000 I'm only gonna say this once more, Payne. 404 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,000 You get on that phone and get in touch with your contact. 405 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Tell him to stop breaking them up. You set up a meet to get the stuff back. 406 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,000 I'll call him. I don't think it's gonna do any good. 407 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,000 He's probably got all the mountains melted down by this time. 408 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Got it all broken up. 409 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,000 You call him. Let's see what happens. 410 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,000 All right. 411 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Now, let me talk to Fred. 412 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Fred and Sal. Yeah. 413 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:26,000 Listen, something's come up we can't go through with the deal. 414 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,000 What? 415 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 Yeah, I know. I told them. 416 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,000 It doesn't make any difference. They want it all back. 417 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,000 Yeah, I told them that, too. 418 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,000 Doesn't make any difference. 419 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,000 You want the jewels back that have been broken down, too? 420 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,000 I told you, Al. I want all of it back. 421 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:46,000 Yeah. Yeah, Freddy says all of it. 422 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,000 Okay. When can you make it? 423 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,000 Yeah. All right. 424 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,000 Yeah, we'll see you then. Right. 425 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,000 Okay. Bye. 426 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,000 They'll have the stuff for you tomorrow night. 427 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,000 Why does he have to wait that long? 428 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000 How do I know? He just said he couldn't get it to you any sooner. 429 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000 You should have let me talk to him. I'd have told him. 430 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,000 Yeah, sure. How much of it's been broken up? 431 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,000 Hardly. And he just got started. 432 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,000 Fred says almost all whole. 433 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,000 Who is this Fred? 434 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,000 That's none of your business. 435 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000 I asked you a question, Al. 436 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,000 You got your answer. Doesn't make any difference who he is. 437 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,000 You and your friends lost up the deal. Be happy. You fixed it fine. 438 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 Well, I'll come out better. 439 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Yeah, you better be right. Now, remember, I got a piece of this. 440 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 I won't forget. 441 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 What time tomorrow are we gonna meet Fred? 442 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000 He said he'd call. Let me know where and when. 443 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,000 Well, it can't be any later than tomorrow. I gotta be leaving then. 444 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,000 You're gonna have the money with you when you pick up the stuff, Al. 445 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000 I'll have it. 446 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 All of it. I don't want any of this down payment. 447 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,000 I told you I'd have it. 448 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,000 All right, you call me tomorrow about 10, Virg. 449 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,000 I'll let you know the details then. 450 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Okay. 451 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,000 I hope you're right about this, Virg. 452 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,000 What do you mean? 453 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Well, this deal. I don't like it. 454 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,000 I hope nothing happens to louse it up. 455 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:56,000 Yeah, so do I. 456 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,000 Virgil, Russell, and I left the office and went downstairs. 457 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:05,000 We checked with Frank, Carl Davis, and the other officers from San Diego. 458 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Al Payne was taken into custody and booked in at the main jail 459 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,000 on suspicion of violation of Section 211 P.C. 460 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,000 Then we returned to the office. 461 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,000 You find out who has the stuff? 462 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Yeah, a fellow named Fred. 463 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,000 You know who he is? 464 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,000 No, not yet, but we will. 465 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 How'd you figure that? Payne didn't tell you. 466 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 Well, I saw the number he dialed when he called Fred. 467 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,000 It was a Hollywood prefix. 468 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,000 That narrows down the area. 469 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:29,000 I can try the number and see who answers. 470 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000 Oh, I'm sorry. I got the wrong number. 471 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,000 Excuse me. 472 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,000 Did you get it? 473 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,000 Yeah. 474 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,000 It's the Kingery Trophy Company. 475 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,000 You want to check the books? 476 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,000 Right. 477 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 Okay. 478 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:52,000 K, K.I., King, and Cade. 479 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 Here there's Joe. 480 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Kingery Trophy Company. It's on Las Palmas. 481 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,000 Trophy Company. That'd give them a chance to melt the Mounties down to metal, wouldn't it? 482 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,000 It'd be easier to get rid of it that way. 483 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Makes sense. 484 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,000 What do you figure to move in on? 485 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 Right now, we can drive out and check the place now. 486 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,000 Look it over, then we'll go ahead and get them. 487 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,000 What happens with me? 488 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,000 We got to take you back to the main jail. 489 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,000 After the help I gave you? 490 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,000 That's the way it's got to be. You knew that going in. 491 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,000 Yeah, I suppose so. 492 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,000 Well, you tell the D.A.I. help, though, huh? 493 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,000 Yeah, we'll see who knows about it. 494 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 Sure a bad deal all the way around. 495 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 A real bad deal. I should have known I couldn't win. 496 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,000 Right from the start, I should have known. Nobody can win. 497 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Well, still a lot of people trying. 498 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 We returned Virgil Russell to his cell, 499 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,000 and then we drove out to the Kingery Trophy Company. 500 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,000 It was a two-story building on Las Palmas Avenue in Hollywood. 501 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 They made trophies and fraternity pins. 502 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,000 A large sign on the front of the building advertised that they could duplicate anything in metal. 503 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:47,000 We checked with the neighborhood merchants and found that there was a permanent staff of four employees. 504 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,000 The company was owned by a Roger Kingery, 505 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:54,000 and none of the neighborhood people could tell us anything about an employee by the name of Fred. 506 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,000 5 p.m. The employees of the plant left the building. One man remained. 507 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 From the description we'd gotten from Russell, 508 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,000 we figured that he was the person Payne had called Fred. 509 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,000 6.03 p.m. The lights in the rear of the factory went on, 510 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,000 and through the windows we could see the suspect working over a small furnace. 511 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,000 On a table off to one side we could see a quantity of jewelry. 512 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:18,000 Frank, Carl, and I went to the side door of the plant while the other officers covered the remaining doors. 513 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 All right, you ready? 514 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,000 Yeah. Let's go. 515 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,000 Carl? Yeah. 516 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:27,000 I'll hit the door and grab him before he's got the chance to throw the jewelry into the furnace. 517 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,000 Right. 518 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 Grab him, Carl. He's making a break for it. 519 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,000 I got it. Hey! 520 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,000 What are you guys doing breaking in here like this? 521 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,000 Look at that, Joe. Jewelry matches the description of the stolen stuff. 522 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Yeah, it looks like it. 523 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,000 All right, mister, stand still. 524 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,000 I'll shank him. 525 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,000 He's clean. 526 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 I don't know what you guys are doing. I don't know what this is all about. 527 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000 All right, save it. What's this jewelry doing here? 528 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,000 That isn't mine. 529 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 I didn't ask you who it was. I asked you what it was doing here. 530 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,000 The fellas say give me $2,500 if I break it down for them. 531 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,000 What's the fella's name? 532 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 A guy named Payne said he'd pay me to melt it down for him. 533 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,000 You know this stuff was stolen? 534 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 No, no, I didn't. He just made the deal to melt it down. 535 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Didn't he call you this afternoon and tell you to stop breaking it up? 536 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,000 Yeah, and then he called back and told me not to pay attention to what he said. 537 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,000 Go ahead with the job. I did like he said. 538 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000 Who else is in this with you? 539 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,000 What do you mean? 540 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,000 Who else here at the factory? 541 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 Nobody. I'm the only one. I only did it because I needed the money. 542 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,000 I don't know where the jewels came from. I didn't care. 543 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 It didn't make no difference to me. As long as I got mine, I was happy. 544 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000 I didn't know what it was all about. 545 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,000 Looks like most of it's here, Joe. 546 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:21,000 How many pieces did you break down? 547 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 Took a couple of the pins apart. 548 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,000 Didn't have the time to melt any of the mounting down. It's all there. 549 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,000 All that Payne gave me. 550 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000 What's your name? 551 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,000 Fred Michelson. 552 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,000 All right, let's go. 553 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,000 I didn't know they were stolen. I didn't know anything about it. 554 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000 I just did a job. That's all. Just a job. 555 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,000 Yeah. 556 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,000 I didn't even get paid for it. 557 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,000 Don't worry about it. You will. 558 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,000 The story you have just heard is true. 559 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 560 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,000 On February 18th, trial was held in Department 89, 561 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:57,000 Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of San Diego. 562 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,000 In a moment, the results of that trial. 563 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,000 And now here is our star, Jack Webb. 564 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 Thank you, George Fenomen. 565 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 I want to thank all of you for your interest in drag. 566 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000 Thanks very much for your letters. We really appreciate them. 567 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,000 And we'll try to keep around on giving you the kind of a show that you like. 568 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,000 I want to thank all of you, too, who have switched to Chesterfield. 569 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,000 I know you're going to like them. 570 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,000 And I know you'll find their best for you. 571 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000 Now, you folks who haven't tried Chesterfield, 572 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,000 I'd like you to pick up a carton tomorrow. 573 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:34,000 Chesterfield. It's a great smoke. 574 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,000 Virgil Nathan Russell, Peter Howard Ellis, and Albert Franklin Payne 575 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,000 were tried and convicted of robbery in the first degree. 576 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,000 They received sentence as prescribed by law. 577 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:46,000 Fred George Michelson was tried and found guilty of receiving stolen property. 578 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,000 He received sentence as prescribed by law. 579 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,000 Receiving stolen property is punishable by imprisonment 580 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:56,000 in the state penitentiary for a period of not more than 10 years. 581 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,000 Ladies and gentlemen, 582 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,000 Lieutenant Jack Allen, Los Angeles Police Department. 583 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,000 Thank you. 584 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,000 On behalf of the Detroit Police Officers Association, 585 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:08,000 I'd like to present this award to Dragnet. 586 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000 I wonder if you'd read it, Mr. Fenomen. 587 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Yes, sir. 588 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,000 Whereas the radio and television show Dragnet 589 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,000 and its writers, producers, and actors 590 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:21,000 most accurately portray the American police officers and their work, 591 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:26,000 and whereas the result of this portrayal has been to give the people of this country 592 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 a new insight into their police departments, 593 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:33,000 bringing with it understanding, sympathy, and an aroused public opinion, 594 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:39,000 and whereas Dragnet brings credit to the men and women of the police forces throughout America, 595 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:43,000 therefore we, the Detroit Police Officers Association, 596 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,000 representing the patrolmen, detectives, and policewomen of Detroit, 597 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,000 hereby cite and commend the show Dragnet 598 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:53,000 and its star Jack Webb, who plays the part of Detective Sergeant Friday, 599 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:59,000 as the finest and most accurate police program both on television and radio. 600 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:03,000 Signed this date, March 31, 1953, 601 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,000 in behalf of the association by Thomas Duffy, President, 602 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,000 Bruce Finney, Vice President, 603 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,000 Francis Klein, Secretary-Treasurer. 604 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,000 All of us on Dragnet want to thank the Detroit Police Officers Association 605 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,000 and our thanks to you, Lieutenant Allen. 606 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:26,000 Music 607 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:31,000 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 608 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, 609 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,000 Los Angeles Police Department. 610 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:41,000 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 611 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,000 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Eddie Firestone, Art Gilmore. 612 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:52,000 Script by John Robinson. Music by Walter Schuman. Hal Gibney speaking. 613 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:58,000 For a million laughs, tune in Chesterfield's Martin & Lewis show Tuesday on the same NBC station. 614 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,000 And sound off for Chesterfields. 615 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:06,000 Either regular or king size, you'll find premium quality Chesterfields much milder. 616 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,000 Chesterfield is best for you. 617 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:15,000 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet Transcribed from Los Angeles.