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Chesterfield. 01:44.000 --> 01:58.000 Dragnet, the documentary drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 01:58.000 --> 02:04.000 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. 02:04.000 --> 02:14.000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 02:14.000 --> 02:19.000 It was Monday, February 9th. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of homicide detail. 02:19.000 --> 02:23.000 My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Norman. My name is Friday. 02:23.000 --> 02:31.000 I was on my way into the office and it was 7.45 a.m. when I got to room 42. Homicide. 02:31.000 --> 02:37.000 Back to you, John? Yep. You're in early, aren't you? Yeah, I couldn't sleep last night. 02:37.000 --> 02:41.000 Dropped off about three this morning then woke up at five, couldn't get back to sleep. 02:41.000 --> 02:46.000 Got up, made some coffee and decided to come on in the office. Yeah, I had a little trouble last night too. 02:46.000 --> 02:50.000 You did? What's your trouble? I don't know. I got up late yesterday morning. I guess that was it. 02:50.000 --> 02:53.000 I'll get it. Alright. 02:53.000 --> 02:58.000 Homicide Friday. Yep. Yeah, I remember. 02:58.000 --> 03:05.000 Johnny. Yep. When did you get the letter? Yeah, we'll be right over. Right. Bye. 03:05.000 --> 03:10.000 You remember that bartender over in that place on 6th Street, a fellow named Johnny? Yeah, is that him on the phone? 03:10.000 --> 03:15.000 Yeah, he says he's got an offer to make himself a fast $5,000. What for? Somebody wants him to kill a man. 03:20.000 --> 03:25.000 8, 10 a.m. Frank and I drove over to John Bronson's apartment. He lived in a new development on Wilshire Boulevard. 03:25.000 --> 03:30.000 We checked the name plates in the lobby of the building and then we went up to apartment 6B. We rang the bell and waited. 03:32.000 --> 03:35.000 Hiya, Joe, Frank. Come on in. How are you, John? Good to see you, John. 03:35.000 --> 03:39.000 Kind of early to get you guys over here, but I got worried about it and figured I'd better talk to you. 03:39.000 --> 03:43.000 You want to tell us what it's all about? Yeah, come on out in the kitchen. I got some coffee made. Okay. 03:46.000 --> 03:49.000 Here, sit down there. I'll pour you a cup of coffee. Alright. Good. 03:49.000 --> 03:56.000 Well, it started last night. I guess it was about 10, 10, 15. Payphone in the bar rang, kept ringing. I went over to answer it. 03:56.000 --> 04:00.000 I fell on the other end and asked for Johnny. Yeah. I told him it was me and then he hit me with a deal. 04:00.000 --> 04:04.000 At first I thought he was kidding. What did he say? He asked me if I wanted to make a fast $5,000. 04:04.000 --> 04:10.000 Of course I told him yeah. Then he sprung the snapper and said he wanted me to kill this guy, a fellow named Wilhelm Ulrich. 04:10.000 --> 04:16.000 You know this Ulrich? No, never laid eyes on him. First time I even heard the name. Okay, go ahead, John. 04:16.000 --> 04:22.000 Well, this guy on the phone started to lay it out, told me how he wanted it done. Here's your coffee. Thank you. 04:22.000 --> 04:28.000 I asked the joker who he was. He said it didn't matter. All that counted he said was that I knock off this Ulrich guy. Yeah. 04:28.000 --> 04:31.000 I told him I didn't know who the man was and I didn't know where to get in touch with him to kill him. 04:31.000 --> 04:34.000 You know, kind of going along with the gag all this time, thought it was a joke. Uh-huh. 04:34.000 --> 04:38.000 Well, this fellow on the phone said he'd give me all the dope I had to have, said he'd get it in mail this morning. Yeah. 04:38.000 --> 04:42.000 Came special delivery just before I called you, special. Uh-huh. You got the letter, have you? 04:42.000 --> 04:46.000 Yeah, I got it in the other room. I'll get it for you. All right, I'll go with you. 04:46.000 --> 04:50.000 John, how much have you handled the letter? Well, I opened it up. I didn't know what was in it. Uh-huh. 04:50.000 --> 04:53.000 If I'd have known what it was, I wouldn't have touched it at all, but I didn't know. 04:53.000 --> 04:58.000 I looked at it when I found out what was in it and figured I'd better call you. Couldn't see any way to tell who sent it. 04:58.000 --> 05:04.000 Maybe you can when you see it. Uh-huh. When I saw what it was, I didn't touch it anymore. Uh-huh. 05:04.000 --> 05:10.000 Well, let's see here. Money. Yeah, five one hundred dollar bills. 05:10.000 --> 05:16.000 And what's the letter say? Just a minute. I'm just by the edge here. 05:16.000 --> 05:21.000 This is Johnny. Here's the down payment. You'll get the rest when you finish the job. 05:21.000 --> 05:27.000 The name is Wilhelm Ulrich. The address is 2192 Vine Street, Hollywood. 05:27.000 --> 05:30.000 It's written on the typewriter. No signature. That's it. 05:30.000 --> 05:33.000 Let me see it, William. Oh, you can see it here. 05:33.000 --> 05:38.000 First off, I thought the whole thing was a joke. I didn't believe it. You know, I just thought it was some drunk trying to be funny. 05:38.000 --> 05:41.000 We get calls like that all the time, guys, trying to be funny. Yeah. 05:41.000 --> 05:47.000 And when I got this letter, I got scared. I ain't gonna kill nobody, especially somebody you don't even know, not for no five thousand. 05:47.000 --> 05:50.000 Did you recognize the voice on the phone, John? No, I don't think I ever heard it before. 05:50.000 --> 05:54.000 You got any idea why he'd called you? No, I've been clean. I haven't got a record. 05:54.000 --> 05:59.000 Nothing like that. I run a clean place. Never done anything that could tie me up with the rackets. Yeah, we know. 05:59.000 --> 06:04.000 Well, maybe I ran a little booze during Prohibition. Not much, just a little. Everybody was doing it then, but I'm clean now. 06:04.000 --> 06:11.000 Joe, there's a postmark here on the letter. It's mailed in Hollywood. Yeah, I saw that. We can check the postal authorities on the mailbox number, find out when it was picked up, huh? 06:11.000 --> 06:18.000 Yeah. Time on it here is 11, looks like 1145 last night. That's the time. 06:18.000 --> 06:22.000 You sure that you don't know Ulrich, John? Possibility he's been in your bar sometime, maybe, huh? 06:22.000 --> 06:26.000 Well, that'll be hard to say. We do a good business. Lots of people come in, I don't know. 06:26.000 --> 06:31.000 You know, just come in once in a while. I wouldn't know who they were. They keep quiet, and I ain't getting nosy. 06:31.000 --> 06:37.000 Well, we're going on back to the office. You'll probably hear from the caller again, Johnny, and as soon as you do, you let us know, will you? 06:37.000 --> 06:43.000 You gonna see this Ulrich phone? Yeah, we'll talk to him. Might be better if you don't say anything about this to anybody, John. 06:43.000 --> 06:49.000 Oh, no worry, I won't. Okay, we'll be talking to you later. You be at the bar? Yeah, I'll be there at four. Okay, thanks a million. 06:49.000 --> 06:56.000 No strain, glad to do it. Can't get over it, that guy calling, making an offer like that. I just can't get over it. He should know better than that. Yeah? 06:56.000 --> 07:01.000 Sure, yeah, I don't know. Somebody ain't gonna kill somebody they don't even know. 07:06.000 --> 07:12.000 We drove back to the city hall and turned the letter over to the crime lab to see if they could find any physical evidence to help us identify the writer. 07:12.000 --> 07:19.000 We ran the name Wilhelm Ulrich through R&I and we found no record. A further check on the name and we came up with one possibility. 07:19.000 --> 07:24.000 The address listed on the report was the same as the one given in the letter. We pulled the package and checked it. 07:24.000 --> 07:27.000 Let's take a look at it. All right. 07:27.000 --> 07:33.000 Now, let's see, there's a crime report and a statement here. Report from George Street Receiving Hospital. 07:33.000 --> 07:38.000 Now, what's the date on that? January 2nd last year. 07:38.000 --> 07:44.000 Well, it seems this Ulrich got a hold of some poison wine. Wine. Yeah. Hey, wait a minute. Yeah? 07:44.000 --> 07:50.000 You remember, Joe? He was an old guy. He was a German. He got a bottle of wine for Christmas and opened it New Year's Day. 07:50.000 --> 07:56.000 We worked that case with Lamonic and Gallina. Oh, sure. I remember now. Yeah, we ran down some of the leads for him. They didn't go anywhere. Yeah. 07:56.000 --> 08:01.000 That was the one where he didn't know where the wine came from, isn't it? Yeah. Nothing came from it. The leads didn't go anyplace. 08:01.000 --> 08:08.000 As I remember, he's a nice old guy. I wonder why somebody's after him. I don't know. Last time we couldn't find anybody with a motive. 08:08.000 --> 08:11.000 Well, there's one someplace. 08:11.000 --> 08:18.000 We'd helped investigate an attempted poisoning of Wilhelm Ulrich over a year ago. 08:18.000 --> 08:25.000 Somebody sent him a bottle of imported wine. Ulrich had opened the wine for dinner on New Year's and had drunk some of it. 08:25.000 --> 08:31.000 A short time later, he was seized with violent stomach cramps. He was rushed to George Street Receiving Hospital for treatment. 08:31.000 --> 08:34.000 He was then transferred to the county hospital for further treatment. 08:34.000 --> 08:39.000 Examination of the remaining wine showed that it had been dosed with a quantity of poison. 08:39.000 --> 08:43.000 Fortunately, Ulrich didn't drink much of the poison wine and he recovered. 08:43.000 --> 08:47.000 Detectives Joe LaMonica and Danny Galindo had handled most of the investigation. 08:47.000 --> 08:53.000 We'd helped them briefly in checking out some of the leads that they'd gotten. We checked with them again on the case. 08:53.000 --> 08:57.000 From the crime report, we got a list of the people that the two officers had interviewed. 08:57.000 --> 09:01.000 We checked with them and they gave us as much personal information as they could. 09:01.000 --> 09:07.000 One fifteen p.m. We drove out to see Wilhelm Ulrich. We found him in the yard digging in a rosebed. 09:07.000 --> 09:11.000 No, I can't understand it. I never quite believed that about the wine, sir. 09:11.000 --> 09:13.000 Why do you say that, Ulrich? 09:13.000 --> 09:16.000 Well, I found it hard to believe in my heart that anyone would want to do me harm. 09:16.000 --> 09:20.000 I have no enemies. No one that hates me enough to want to kill me. I'm sure of that. 09:20.000 --> 09:22.000 Well, I'm afraid you could be wrong about that, Ulrich. 09:22.000 --> 09:25.000 The officer said that before. Somehow, though, I just can't believe it. 09:25.000 --> 09:30.000 I have nothing anyone would want to kill me for. All of the people I know are my friends. We all got along. 09:30.000 --> 09:32.000 Yes, sir. 09:32.000 --> 09:36.000 Look at that. Isn't that a beautiful rose? Such loveliness. 09:36.000 --> 09:38.000 Mm-hmm. 09:38.000 --> 09:41.000 No? I'm sorry, officers. You're mistaken about this. 09:41.000 --> 09:43.000 I wonder if we could talk to you in the house, sir. 09:43.000 --> 09:46.000 Yes, that might be better. I could make you a cup of hot tea if you'd like. 09:46.000 --> 09:48.000 No, sir. Thanks. Just the same. 09:48.000 --> 09:50.000 Have you officers had lunch yet? 09:50.000 --> 09:51.000 Yes, sir. Thank you. 09:51.000 --> 09:55.000 Oh, I thought maybe you'd like a sandwich. Just got some liverwurst from a little place downtown. 09:55.000 --> 09:56.000 German. Excellent food. 09:56.000 --> 09:57.000 Mm-hmm. 09:57.000 --> 10:00.000 Here, I'll get the door. 10:00.000 --> 10:03.000 Just sit down any place. I have to get the dirt off my shoes, Marta. 10:03.000 --> 10:05.000 I would be very angry if I tracked dirt around. 10:05.000 --> 10:07.000 Marta, that's your daughter, isn't it? 10:07.000 --> 10:11.000 Yes. She comes over every couple of days and straightens up the house for me. 10:11.000 --> 10:14.000 Wonderful girl, Marta. I don't know what I'd do without her. 10:14.000 --> 10:16.000 Yes, sir. Now, there's a couple of things we'd like to ask you. 10:16.000 --> 10:18.000 Certainly. Anything I can do to help. 10:18.000 --> 10:20.000 Well, I would like to go over the information on the report here. 10:20.000 --> 10:22.000 Is that from the last time? The time of the wine? 10:22.000 --> 10:23.000 Yes, sir. That's right. 10:23.000 --> 10:26.000 All right. If you just ask anything you want, I've got nothing to hide. 10:26.000 --> 10:28.000 All right, sir. 10:28.000 --> 10:30.000 We checked the crime report you filled out last year. 10:30.000 --> 10:33.000 Now, has anything changed in your family since then? 10:33.000 --> 10:35.000 No. You gentlemen still working on that? 10:35.000 --> 10:38.000 Well, yes, sir. We have another matter to discuss here. 10:38.000 --> 10:40.000 There's one thing that has changed. 10:40.000 --> 10:41.000 What's that, sir? 10:41.000 --> 10:43.000 The part here about me running the business. 10:43.000 --> 10:47.000 That's changed. I still run it in a way. 10:47.000 --> 10:50.000 I still supervise it, but Robert, he actually runs it. 10:50.000 --> 10:52.000 Robert. You mean this name here, Robert Davis? 10:52.000 --> 10:54.000 Yes. He's my son-in-law, Marta's husband. 10:54.000 --> 10:57.000 He takes care of the business now. He's a good boy. 10:57.000 --> 10:58.000 Marta's lucky to have him. 10:58.000 --> 11:01.000 How long has your son-in-law been running the business, Mr. Ulrich? 11:01.000 --> 11:04.000 Well, let me see. It's been about eight, nine months. 11:04.000 --> 11:06.000 He took over right after I got out of the hospital. 11:06.000 --> 11:08.000 He's done wonders with it. Wonders. 11:08.000 --> 11:09.000 How's that, sir? 11:09.000 --> 11:10.000 Modernized. It changed it all around. 11:10.000 --> 11:13.000 Had one of those efficiency experts come in and study the people. 11:13.000 --> 11:15.000 Time and motion men, I think they call them. 11:15.000 --> 11:18.000 They come in with a stopwatch and look at the people doing the work 11:18.000 --> 11:21.000 and figure out how long it should take them to do a certain job. 11:21.000 --> 11:24.000 And then they plan how the job can be done faster and cheaper. 11:24.000 --> 11:26.000 Wonderful thing. Big changes. 11:26.000 --> 11:28.000 Yes, sir. I don't want you to take offense at this, Ulrich, 11:28.000 --> 11:30.000 but how are the relations between you and your son-in-law? 11:30.000 --> 11:32.000 I don't think I understand. 11:32.000 --> 11:34.000 How do you get along? Do you have any quarrels, disagreements? 11:34.000 --> 11:36.000 Oh, no. Robert and I never disagree. 11:36.000 --> 11:38.000 I found out that it didn't pay to argue with him. 11:38.000 --> 11:39.000 Sir? 11:39.000 --> 11:41.000 I found out that it didn't pay. He was always right. 11:41.000 --> 11:42.000 Uh-huh. 11:42.000 --> 11:45.000 Yes, you see, we had a few arguments when he took over the business 11:45.000 --> 11:47.000 about this time and motion study thing. 11:47.000 --> 11:50.000 I see. You want to tell us about these arguments? 11:50.000 --> 11:51.000 They weren't anything serious. 11:51.000 --> 11:53.000 I didn't think that it was a good idea to change. 11:53.000 --> 11:56.000 I couldn't see any reason for it. Everything was going good. 11:56.000 --> 11:59.000 The business was making money. Everybody seemed to be happy. 11:59.000 --> 12:01.000 I didn't want to take a chance, disturbing a good thing. 12:01.000 --> 12:03.000 You know, the golden goose. 12:03.000 --> 12:05.000 Uh-huh. You want to go ahead, please? 12:05.000 --> 12:07.000 Well, Robert said that we were behind at times, 12:07.000 --> 12:09.000 that if we didn't do something about it, 12:09.000 --> 12:11.000 we wouldn't be able to compete with other people. 12:11.000 --> 12:13.000 We manufacture women's dresses, you know. 12:13.000 --> 12:14.000 Sir, I saw that on the report. 12:14.000 --> 12:17.000 I finally told him to go ahead. I thought that he'd fail. He didn't. 12:17.000 --> 12:19.000 Now we compete. More dresses, more money. 12:19.000 --> 12:22.000 The employees are happy. They have music, coffee times. They like it. 12:22.000 --> 12:25.000 But it's all changed. I don't go down there anymore. 12:25.000 --> 12:27.000 I don't care much for it. It's changed. 12:27.000 --> 12:30.000 So I just stay home and work in the garden. 12:30.000 --> 12:32.000 It's Robert's factory now. 12:32.000 --> 12:35.000 You and Robert haven't had any other disagreements, have you? 12:35.000 --> 12:38.000 Oh, no. He's a fine young man, running the business very well. 12:38.000 --> 12:40.000 He's a good boy. I'm lucky to have him. 12:40.000 --> 12:42.000 Well, how about your competitors, Mr. Ulrich? 12:42.000 --> 12:45.000 How do they feel about this change in the way you operate your business? 12:45.000 --> 12:46.000 They resent it? 12:46.000 --> 12:48.000 Oh, no. I haven't really got any competitors. 12:48.000 --> 12:50.000 The big manufacturers don't care. 12:50.000 --> 12:52.000 I don't make enough dresses to bother them. 12:52.000 --> 12:54.000 And the other little men are in the same boat with me. 12:54.000 --> 12:57.000 They're too busy running the factories to worry about me. 12:57.000 --> 12:59.000 Now, can you think of anybody who might want to do a thing like this? 12:59.000 --> 13:00.000 How about that phone call? 13:00.000 --> 13:03.000 I told you before I can't. I find it very hard to believe. 13:03.000 --> 13:06.000 Well, I would have to talk to the people that you know, the people around you. 13:06.000 --> 13:08.000 We'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anybody what we were after. 13:08.000 --> 13:10.000 If you wanted that way, it's so hard to believe. 13:10.000 --> 13:12.000 I still think you're wrong. 13:13.000 --> 13:15.000 Looks like it's going to rain. Be good for the flowers. 13:15.000 --> 13:18.000 It's been dry up in the valley. Farmers need the rain. 13:18.000 --> 13:20.000 Yes, sir. You'll go along with us on this thing, will you? 13:20.000 --> 13:21.000 Not tell anybody about it? 13:21.000 --> 13:23.000 Sure. I'll help. 13:23.000 --> 13:25.000 It's all right if I tell my daughter and son-in-law about it, isn't it? 13:25.000 --> 13:28.000 Well, it'd be better if you didn't say anything to him or your daughter, not to anybody. 13:28.000 --> 13:32.000 They're going to see you here. They're going to ask questions. They're not stupid. 13:32.000 --> 13:35.000 Yes, sir. You could tell them that we were asking about somebody that you employ. How'll that be? 13:35.000 --> 13:38.000 What do I say if Robert asks what it's about? I have no secrets from him. 13:38.000 --> 13:41.000 Well, tell them we ask you not to tell anybody about it. 13:41.000 --> 13:43.000 Tell them it's a police business. It happens all the time. 13:43.000 --> 13:47.000 I suppose I could do that, but I don't like it. I don't like it at all. It's lying. 13:47.000 --> 13:50.000 Yes, sir. That may be true, but it's the best way. 13:50.000 --> 13:54.000 Oh, I guess it's a small lie. I can't tell myself that it's a small lie. 13:54.000 --> 13:58.000 We'll have some policemen come out and watch Mr. Alrick until we find the person who's doing this. 13:58.000 --> 14:00.000 Do you have to do that? 14:00.000 --> 14:01.000 Yes, sir. I'm afraid so. 14:01.000 --> 14:06.000 Well, no, I don't like that at all. Even worse than the lying. No, no, I don't like it at all. 14:06.000 --> 14:10.000 Mr. Alrick, I wonder if you really understand that when we ask you not to tell anybody about this, 14:10.000 --> 14:13.000 when we want to keep you under surveillance, it's just for your protection. 14:13.000 --> 14:18.000 But if what you say is true, if somebody really does want to kill me, if somebody hates me that much... 14:18.000 --> 14:19.000 Yes, sir. 14:19.000 --> 14:20.000 Can you stop him? 14:26.000 --> 14:30.000 We called the office and had a team of men sent out to keep Wilhelm Alrick under surveillance. 14:30.000 --> 14:36.000 His house and his person were to be watched 24 hours a day until we apprehended the person or persons who wanted him killed. 14:36.000 --> 14:40.000 We spent the rest of the afternoon talking to the people in the neighborhood. 14:40.000 --> 14:44.000 From all of them, we got the same story. Alrick was liked and respected through the area. 14:44.000 --> 14:51.000 All of the local shopkeepers and their business associates told us that he paid cash for everything he bought and that his credit was good. 14:51.000 --> 14:56.000 He was active in the local flower club and had twice in the past served as president of the organization. 14:56.000 --> 15:00.000 The neighbors confirmed what Alrick had told us about his family. 15:00.000 --> 15:03.000 His son-in-law and his daughter seemed to be devoted to the elderly man 15:03.000 --> 15:08.000 and were constantly trying to get him to sell the house he lived in and come to live with them. 15:08.000 --> 15:11.000 6.42 p.m. We returned to the office. 15:11.000 --> 15:13.000 Man, it's really coming down, huh? 15:13.000 --> 15:14.000 Yeah, it sure is. 15:14.000 --> 15:16.000 You got a raincoat in your locker? 15:16.000 --> 15:18.000 Yeah, I got one of those plastic kind in the bag. 15:18.000 --> 15:20.000 Oh, yeah, I want to get me one of those. 15:20.000 --> 15:22.000 I'll get mine. We'll go over and check the son-in-law. You got his address? 15:22.000 --> 15:24.000 Yeah, it's a place out on Ivar. 15:24.000 --> 15:25.000 Sure was a nice old man, huh? 15:25.000 --> 15:26.000 Yeah, he seems to be. 15:26.000 --> 15:28.000 If you want to grab my coat, I'll get the phone. 15:28.000 --> 15:29.000 Yeah, I'll get it. 15:29.000 --> 15:30.000 Thank you. 15:31.000 --> 15:32.000 Homicide Friday. 15:32.000 --> 15:33.000 Yeah. 15:33.000 --> 15:34.000 Uh-huh. 15:34.000 --> 15:36.000 Yeah, John. When? 15:36.000 --> 15:37.000 Yeah. 15:37.000 --> 15:39.000 No, we'll be right over. Right away. You bet. 15:39.000 --> 15:41.000 Frank. Yeah? 15:41.000 --> 15:42.000 Call from the bartender, Johnny. 15:42.000 --> 15:43.000 Yeah? 15:43.000 --> 15:44.000 Says he just got another phone call. 15:44.000 --> 15:46.000 Person told him that he'd gotten a down payment for the job, 15:46.000 --> 15:48.000 and he wanted to know why Ulrich hadn't been killed. 15:48.000 --> 15:49.000 Yeah. 15:49.000 --> 15:50.000 Guy said if Johnny didn't get on it, 15:50.000 --> 15:51.000 the money wouldn't do him any good. 15:51.000 --> 15:52.000 Told him to make up his own mind. 15:52.000 --> 15:53.000 Uh-huh. 15:53.000 --> 15:55.000 Either he makes good on the job or they'll kill him. 15:55.000 --> 15:58.000 You are listening to Dragnet, 15:58.000 --> 16:01.000 the authentic story of your police force in action. 16:01.000 --> 16:04.000 Chesterfield is best for you. 16:04.000 --> 16:06.000 Listen to Chesterfield's record. 16:06.000 --> 16:08.000 For a full year and two months, 16:08.000 --> 16:10.000 a doctor has been making regular examinations 16:10.000 --> 16:12.000 of a group of Chesterfield smokers, 16:12.000 --> 16:14.000 and he reports that he has been 16:14.000 --> 16:16.000 in the hospital for a few days. 16:16.000 --> 16:18.000 He says that he's been in the hospital 16:18.000 --> 16:19.000 for a few days, 16:19.000 --> 16:21.000 and he's been in the hospital for a few days. 16:21.000 --> 16:22.000 He's been in the hospital for a few days, 16:22.000 --> 16:24.000 and he's been in the hospital for a few days. 16:24.000 --> 16:26.000 And he reports no adverse effects 16:26.000 --> 16:29.000 to the nose, throat, and sinuses 16:29.000 --> 16:31.000 from smoking Chesterfields. 16:31.000 --> 16:33.000 Don't you want to try a cigarette 16:33.000 --> 16:34.000 with a record like this? 16:34.000 --> 16:36.000 Chesterfield. 16:36.000 --> 16:38.000 First with premium quality 16:38.000 --> 16:40.000 in both regular and king size. 16:40.000 --> 16:42.000 Chesterfield. 16:42.000 --> 16:44.000 First choice with Young America. 16:44.000 --> 16:48.000 And that's from a survey of 274 colleges and universities. 16:48.000 --> 16:51.000 Try Chesterfields today. 16:51.000 --> 16:52.000 Remember, 16:52.000 --> 16:56.000 Chesterfield is America's best cigarette buy. 16:56.000 --> 17:04.000 Music 17:04.000 --> 17:05.000 7, 10 p.m. 17:05.000 --> 17:07.000 We got to the bar on 6th Street. 17:07.000 --> 17:09.000 There were only a couple of people in the place. 17:09.000 --> 17:10.000 The bartender, Johnny, told us 17:10.000 --> 17:12.000 of the phone call that he'd received. 17:12.000 --> 17:13.000 He said that the person on the phone 17:13.000 --> 17:14.000 had told him that if he didn't hurry up 17:14.000 --> 17:15.000 and kill Ulrich, 17:15.000 --> 17:17.000 Johnny himself would be taking care of him. 17:17.000 --> 17:19.000 We called Lee Jones at the crime lab 17:19.000 --> 17:20.000 to ask him if he'd been able to come up 17:20.000 --> 17:21.000 with anything on the letter. 17:21.000 --> 17:23.000 He told us that there was no way of tracing it. 17:23.000 --> 17:24.000 Fingerprints found on the letter 17:24.000 --> 17:26.000 were those of the bartender. 17:26.000 --> 17:27.000 Photographs were taken of the letter 17:27.000 --> 17:28.000 and along with the money, 17:28.000 --> 17:31.000 it was booked for further evidence. 17:31.000 --> 17:32.000 We'd gotten in touch with the postal authorities 17:32.000 --> 17:34.000 and they said that they'd give us assistance. 17:34.000 --> 17:36.000 They gave us the location of the box 17:36.000 --> 17:37.000 where the letter had been mailed. 17:37.000 --> 17:39.000 They said they'd try to find out who sent it. 17:39.000 --> 17:41.000 We arranged for a stakeout on the bar 17:41.000 --> 17:43.000 and then we called the men at Ulrich's home. 17:43.000 --> 17:45.000 They told us that the son-in-law, Davis, 17:45.000 --> 17:46.000 and Ulrich's daughter had been there, 17:46.000 --> 17:47.000 but that no one else had seen 17:47.000 --> 17:49.000 or spoken to the elderly man. 17:49.000 --> 17:51.000 9.32 p.m., Frank and I drove out 17:51.000 --> 17:53.000 to check on Robert Davis. 17:53.000 --> 17:54.000 We got to the apartment house 17:54.000 --> 17:57.000 and rang the bell to the manager's room. 17:57.000 --> 17:58.000 Yes? 17:58.000 --> 17:59.000 Miss Franklin? 17:59.000 --> 18:00.000 Yes, what is it? 18:00.000 --> 18:01.000 Police officers, ma'am. 18:01.000 --> 18:02.000 We'd like to talk to you if we could. 18:02.000 --> 18:04.000 Oh, well, I suppose it's all right. 18:04.000 --> 18:05.000 Come on in. 18:05.000 --> 18:06.000 Thank you very much. 18:06.000 --> 18:07.000 Thank you very much, ma'am. 18:07.000 --> 18:08.000 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 18:08.000 --> 18:09.000 My name's Friday. 18:09.000 --> 18:10.000 What is it you wanted to see me about? 18:10.000 --> 18:11.000 Oh, we'd like to talk to you 18:11.000 --> 18:12.000 about one of your tenants, please. 18:12.000 --> 18:14.000 Oh? Which one? 18:14.000 --> 18:15.000 I bet I can guess. 18:15.000 --> 18:16.000 Ma'am. 18:16.000 --> 18:17.000 It's about that couple on the fifth floor, 18:17.000 --> 18:18.000 isn't it? 18:18.000 --> 18:19.000 The Radcliffs. 18:19.000 --> 18:20.000 It's them, isn't it? 18:20.000 --> 18:21.000 No, ma'am, it isn't. 18:21.000 --> 18:22.000 We'd like to talk to you about 18:22.000 --> 18:23.000 a Robert Davis and his wife. 18:23.000 --> 18:24.000 The Davises? 18:24.000 --> 18:25.000 Yes, ma'am. 18:25.000 --> 18:26.000 Why, I never thought it. 18:26.000 --> 18:27.000 It should be the Radcliffs, 18:27.000 --> 18:28.000 the way they carry on. 18:28.000 --> 18:29.000 The Davises. 18:29.000 --> 18:30.000 I never thought it. 18:30.000 --> 18:32.000 What do you want to know about them? 18:32.000 --> 18:34.000 Well, it's just a routine investigation, ma'am. 18:34.000 --> 18:35.000 Can you tell us how long they lived here? 18:35.000 --> 18:36.000 Well, see now. 18:36.000 --> 18:37.000 They've been almost six years. 18:37.000 --> 18:39.000 They've been in the building, you know. 18:39.000 --> 18:40.000 Yeah, six years anyway. 18:40.000 --> 18:41.000 They haven't always lived 18:41.000 --> 18:42.000 in the same apartment, though. 18:42.000 --> 18:43.000 Ma'am. 18:43.000 --> 18:44.000 When they moved in, 18:44.000 --> 18:45.000 they was in a little apartment 18:45.000 --> 18:46.000 on the second floor, 18:46.000 --> 18:48.000 living room, they pulled down a bed, 18:48.000 --> 18:49.000 a little bitty place. 18:49.000 --> 18:51.000 Then they moved up to the sixth floor, 18:51.000 --> 18:53.000 two bedroom, nice place. 18:53.000 --> 18:54.000 Nice people. 18:54.000 --> 18:55.000 The Davises, her wife, 18:55.000 --> 18:56.000 never thought it. 18:56.000 --> 18:57.000 Do they have any close friends 18:57.000 --> 18:59.000 in the building, would you know? 18:59.000 --> 19:00.000 Well, not Mr. Davies. 19:00.000 --> 19:02.000 He's kind of the quiet type. 19:02.000 --> 19:03.000 Never has much to do with anybody 19:03.000 --> 19:04.000 he keeps to himself. 19:04.000 --> 19:05.000 Mm-hmm. 19:05.000 --> 19:06.000 Now, Mrs. Davis, 19:06.000 --> 19:08.000 that's a different thing. 19:08.000 --> 19:09.000 She's a living doll. 19:09.000 --> 19:10.000 She's nice to everybody 19:10.000 --> 19:11.000 and so sweet. 19:11.000 --> 19:13.000 Never had a harsh word for anybody. 19:13.000 --> 19:14.000 Always a smile. 19:14.000 --> 19:16.000 I think Mr. Davis thinks 19:16.000 --> 19:17.000 he's too good for anybody. 19:17.000 --> 19:18.000 He always seems kind of snooty. 19:18.000 --> 19:19.000 Yes, ma'am. 19:19.000 --> 19:20.000 Do you ever have any arguments 19:20.000 --> 19:21.000 with anybody in the building 19:21.000 --> 19:22.000 that you might know of? 19:22.000 --> 19:24.000 Well, he's had a few arguments, 19:24.000 --> 19:25.000 like everybody else does. 19:25.000 --> 19:26.000 Like I said before, 19:26.000 --> 19:28.000 he thinks he's too good for anybody. 19:28.000 --> 19:30.000 He thinks he's better than anybody. 19:30.000 --> 19:32.000 He's got no right to, either. 19:32.000 --> 19:33.000 Ma'am. 19:33.000 --> 19:34.000 Why, he owes half the people 19:34.000 --> 19:35.000 in the neighborhood money. 19:35.000 --> 19:37.000 Way behind in his bills, 19:37.000 --> 19:39.000 owes me a couple of months rent. 19:39.000 --> 19:40.000 Never seems to be able 19:40.000 --> 19:41.000 to pay anybody he owes. 19:41.000 --> 19:42.000 I talked to the milkman, 19:42.000 --> 19:44.000 owes him for a month back. 19:44.000 --> 19:45.000 Every time he asks for his money, 19:45.000 --> 19:46.000 Davis tells him to come back 19:46.000 --> 19:48.000 and stop hounding him. 19:48.000 --> 19:49.000 I can't understand it. 19:49.000 --> 19:50.000 Seemed like such nice people 19:50.000 --> 19:52.000 when they moved in. 19:52.000 --> 19:53.000 Two years ago, 19:53.000 --> 19:55.000 that's when the trouble started. 19:55.000 --> 19:56.000 It was our understanding 19:56.000 --> 19:57.000 that he had a pretty good job. 19:57.000 --> 19:58.000 And he has. 19:58.000 --> 19:59.000 Works for his father-in-law, 19:59.000 --> 20:01.000 manages some kind of a factory. 20:01.000 --> 20:03.000 Addresses, I think. 20:03.000 --> 20:04.000 Oh, but that isn't it. 20:04.000 --> 20:05.000 He makes enough money. 20:05.000 --> 20:06.000 He just spends it faster 20:06.000 --> 20:08.000 than he makes it, that's all. 20:08.000 --> 20:09.000 I think he gambles. 20:09.000 --> 20:10.000 Why do you say that, ma'am? 20:10.000 --> 20:12.000 Oh, he's always going off 20:12.000 --> 20:14.000 on some kind of business trip. 20:14.000 --> 20:15.000 At least that's what he says it is, 20:15.000 --> 20:16.000 but I know different. 20:16.000 --> 20:18.000 Yes, how's that, ma'am? 20:18.000 --> 20:19.000 Well, he'd come back 20:19.000 --> 20:20.000 from one of those 20:20.000 --> 20:21.000 business trips once. 20:21.000 --> 20:22.000 Cab pulled up, 20:22.000 --> 20:23.000 and it just happened 20:23.000 --> 20:25.000 that I was standing out in front. 20:25.000 --> 20:26.000 A driver got out 20:26.000 --> 20:28.000 and gave him the bill for the cab, 20:28.000 --> 20:29.000 all the way from the airport. 20:29.000 --> 20:31.000 Almost $6. 20:31.000 --> 20:32.000 Well, anyway, 20:32.000 --> 20:33.000 when Mr. Davis got the money 20:33.000 --> 20:34.000 out of his pocket 20:34.000 --> 20:35.000 to pay the cab bill, 20:35.000 --> 20:37.000 a chip fell on the sidewalk. 20:37.000 --> 20:38.000 He didn't think that I saw it, 20:38.000 --> 20:40.000 but I did. 20:40.000 --> 20:41.000 The cab driver did, too. 20:41.000 --> 20:43.000 Well, what kind of a chip was it, ma'am? 20:43.000 --> 20:44.000 Well, you understand, 20:44.000 --> 20:46.000 I'm not a gambling woman, 20:46.000 --> 20:48.000 so I wouldn't know. 20:48.000 --> 20:50.000 But the cab driver, he knew. 20:50.000 --> 20:52.000 Oh, you just betcha, 20:52.000 --> 20:54.000 he knew right away. 20:54.000 --> 20:55.000 He picked up the chip 20:55.000 --> 20:57.000 and handed it back to Mr. Davis 20:57.000 --> 20:58.000 and said something about 20:58.000 --> 20:59.000 being in Las Vegas kind of kid, 20:59.000 --> 21:00.000 and you know. 21:00.000 --> 21:01.000 Yes, ma'am. 21:01.000 --> 21:02.000 Well, I've seen Mr. Davis 21:02.000 --> 21:04.000 get upset, but never like that. 21:04.000 --> 21:06.000 He grabbed the chip away 21:06.000 --> 21:07.000 from the cab driver 21:07.000 --> 21:08.000 and told him to mind 21:08.000 --> 21:09.000 his own business. 21:09.000 --> 21:10.000 Said that he'd had the chip 21:10.000 --> 21:11.000 a long time, 21:11.000 --> 21:12.000 that it didn't concern 21:12.000 --> 21:13.000 the cab driver. 21:13.000 --> 21:14.000 He was real mean. 21:14.000 --> 21:15.000 Uh-huh. 21:15.000 --> 21:17.000 And then at night, 21:17.000 --> 21:18.000 well, the argument 21:18.000 --> 21:20.000 that he and the missus had, 21:20.000 --> 21:22.000 I never in all my days 21:22.000 --> 21:23.000 heard anything like that. 21:23.000 --> 21:24.000 Well, what happened, ma'am? 21:24.000 --> 21:26.000 Well, you understand, 21:26.000 --> 21:27.000 that I just happened to be 21:27.000 --> 21:28.000 in the hall. 21:28.000 --> 21:29.000 I was making sure 21:29.000 --> 21:30.000 that the lights on the floor 21:30.000 --> 21:31.000 were all on. 21:31.000 --> 21:32.000 Those bulbs are always burning out, 21:32.000 --> 21:34.000 and I was checking them, you know. 21:34.000 --> 21:35.000 Yes, ma'am. 21:35.000 --> 21:36.000 Well, anyways, 21:36.000 --> 21:37.000 I hear this argument 21:37.000 --> 21:39.000 coming from the Davises' apartment. 21:39.000 --> 21:41.000 Mrs. Davis is telling how she 21:41.000 --> 21:43.000 isn't going to stand for it anymore. 21:43.000 --> 21:44.000 Mr. Davis better settle down 21:44.000 --> 21:45.000 and get to work 21:45.000 --> 21:47.000 and stop this foolishness. 21:47.000 --> 21:48.000 She didn't come right out 21:48.000 --> 21:49.000 and say what foolishness, 21:49.000 --> 21:51.000 but I could tell. 21:51.000 --> 21:52.000 I could tell. 21:52.000 --> 21:53.000 It was his gambling, 21:53.000 --> 21:54.000 that's what it was. 21:54.000 --> 21:55.000 Yes, ma'am. 21:55.000 --> 21:56.000 Is there anything else 21:56.000 --> 21:57.000 that you could think of 21:57.000 --> 21:58.000 that you could tell us 21:58.000 --> 21:59.000 about the Davises? 21:59.000 --> 22:00.000 No, I don't think so. 22:00.000 --> 22:02.000 I'm kind of surprised, though. 22:02.000 --> 22:03.000 I don't like him, 22:03.000 --> 22:04.000 but I never thought 22:04.000 --> 22:05.000 that he'd have the police 22:05.000 --> 22:06.000 after him. 22:06.000 --> 22:07.000 Well, we're just conducting 22:07.000 --> 22:08.000 a routine investigation, 22:08.000 --> 22:09.000 Mrs. Franklin. 22:09.000 --> 22:10.000 Oh, now you don't have 22:10.000 --> 22:11.000 to play cagey with me. 22:11.000 --> 22:12.000 I know about you, policeman. 22:12.000 --> 22:14.000 You and your routine investigations. 22:14.000 --> 22:15.000 You ain't fooling me. 22:15.000 --> 22:17.000 You want him for something. 22:17.000 --> 22:18.000 Now, what is it? 22:18.000 --> 22:19.000 Can you tell me? 22:19.000 --> 22:20.000 Ma'am, it's just police business, 22:20.000 --> 22:21.000 just routine. 22:21.000 --> 22:22.000 We'd appreciate it 22:22.000 --> 22:23.000 if you didn't say anything 22:23.000 --> 22:24.000 to anybody about us being here. 22:24.000 --> 22:25.000 Oh, sure, I'll go along with you. 22:25.000 --> 22:26.000 I won't tell a soul, 22:26.000 --> 22:27.000 not a living soul. 22:27.000 --> 22:28.000 Thank you very much, 22:28.000 --> 22:29.000 Mrs. Franklin. 22:29.000 --> 22:30.000 I'm going to leave you our card. 22:30.000 --> 22:31.000 We'd appreciate it 22:31.000 --> 22:32.000 if you'd give us a call 22:32.000 --> 22:33.000 if anything comes up. 22:33.000 --> 22:34.000 Uh-huh. 22:34.000 --> 22:35.000 I'll call you back, too, 1-1. 22:35.000 --> 22:36.000 Is that right? 22:36.000 --> 22:37.000 Yes, ma'am. 22:37.000 --> 22:38.000 Just ask for the homicide division 22:38.000 --> 22:39.000 that's written down there. 22:39.000 --> 22:40.000 All right, you just bet I will. 22:40.000 --> 22:41.000 I'd be glad to help. 22:41.000 --> 22:42.000 I'm just glad to. 22:42.000 --> 22:43.000 All right, fine. 22:43.000 --> 22:44.000 One thing, though. 22:44.000 --> 22:45.000 Yes, ma'am? 22:45.000 --> 22:46.000 Are you sure there ain't nothing 22:46.000 --> 22:47.000 that you want those people 22:47.000 --> 22:48.000 on the fifth floor for? 22:48.000 --> 22:49.000 The Radcliffe's? 22:49.000 --> 22:56.000 From the manager's office, 22:56.000 --> 22:57.000 we called the Ulrich home. 22:57.000 --> 22:58.000 We talked to Mr. Ulrich. 22:58.000 --> 22:59.000 He told us about the visit 22:59.000 --> 23:01.000 that afternoon from the Davises. 23:01.000 --> 23:02.000 He said that he hadn't told 23:02.000 --> 23:03.000 Robert Davis anything 23:03.000 --> 23:04.000 about the threats on his life. 23:04.000 --> 23:06.000 We went upstairs and talked to Davis. 23:06.000 --> 23:07.000 We told him that we had 23:07.000 --> 23:08.000 a serious matter to discuss with him, 23:08.000 --> 23:09.000 and then we asked him to accompany us 23:09.000 --> 23:11.000 down to the city hall. 23:11.000 --> 23:14.000 I don't know what you're talking about. 23:14.000 --> 23:15.000 I told the police everything 23:15.000 --> 23:16.000 I know about this a year ago. 23:16.000 --> 23:17.000 I don't know anything about it. 23:17.000 --> 23:19.000 Wish I could help, but I can't. 23:19.000 --> 23:21.000 You know, this has got me worried. 23:21.000 --> 23:22.000 Well, if you haven't done anything wrong, 23:22.000 --> 23:23.000 you've got nothing to worry about. 23:23.000 --> 23:25.000 I haven't done anything wrong. 23:25.000 --> 23:26.000 In here. 23:26.000 --> 23:28.000 Go ahead. 23:28.000 --> 23:32.000 All right, now tell me 23:32.000 --> 23:33.000 what this is all about. 23:33.000 --> 23:34.000 Frank? 23:34.000 --> 23:35.000 Yeah? 23:35.000 --> 23:36.000 Go check the office, see if we've got 23:36.000 --> 23:37.000 any answers to the calls this afternoon. 23:37.000 --> 23:38.000 Right. 23:43.000 --> 23:44.000 You got a cigarette? 23:44.000 --> 23:45.000 Yeah. 23:46.000 --> 23:47.000 Help yourself. 23:48.000 --> 23:50.000 Well, let's get to it, huh? 23:51.000 --> 23:53.000 I've got to get home, get some sleep. 23:53.000 --> 23:54.000 I've got a rough day tomorrow. 23:54.000 --> 23:55.000 This won't take very long. 23:55.000 --> 23:57.000 How do you get along with your father-in-law? 23:57.000 --> 23:58.000 All right, why? 23:58.000 --> 23:59.000 Like to know? 23:59.000 --> 24:01.000 Well, I don't see how that concerns you, 24:01.000 --> 24:02.000 but you ask, so I'll tell you. 24:02.000 --> 24:04.000 We get along fine, me and the old man. 24:04.000 --> 24:05.000 We get along just great. 24:05.000 --> 24:06.000 Does that make you happy? 24:06.000 --> 24:07.000 That's not the point. 24:07.000 --> 24:08.000 Anything? 24:08.000 --> 24:10.000 No, nothing new. 24:11.000 --> 24:12.000 You go over to Las Vegas much, Davis? 24:12.000 --> 24:13.000 Not much. Why? 24:13.000 --> 24:15.000 How often would you say you went over there? 24:15.000 --> 24:16.000 Maybe a couple times a year, 24:16.000 --> 24:17.000 not any more than that. 24:17.000 --> 24:18.000 When was the last time? 24:18.000 --> 24:21.000 What's so important about when I was in Vegas last? 24:21.000 --> 24:22.000 You guys spent a little more time 24:22.000 --> 24:24.000 finding out who was trying to kill my father-in-law. 24:24.000 --> 24:26.000 Less time asking questions that don't make any sense. 24:26.000 --> 24:27.000 You'd be doing a better job. 24:27.000 --> 24:28.000 What can you tell us about somebody 24:28.000 --> 24:30.000 trying to kill your father-in-law? 24:30.000 --> 24:32.000 All I know is what he told me this afternoon. 24:32.000 --> 24:33.000 What did he tell you? 24:33.000 --> 24:34.000 Not much. 24:34.000 --> 24:35.000 Said something about a bartender, 24:35.000 --> 24:36.000 something about a phone call. 24:36.000 --> 24:37.000 Did he tell you who the bartender was? 24:37.000 --> 24:40.000 No, just that it was someplace over on Sixth. 24:40.000 --> 24:42.000 All right, Davis, come off it, huh? 24:42.000 --> 24:43.000 What do you mean, come off it? 24:43.000 --> 24:44.000 You want to tell us why you did it 24:44.000 --> 24:45.000 or do you want us to tell you? 24:45.000 --> 24:47.000 Did what? I got nothing to tell you. 24:47.000 --> 24:49.000 I don't know what you guys are talking about. 24:49.000 --> 24:51.000 We talked to your father-in-law this morning. 24:51.000 --> 24:52.000 We told him that we'd gotten a report 24:52.000 --> 24:53.000 that his life had been threatened. 24:53.000 --> 24:54.000 We didn't tell him how it happened. 24:54.000 --> 24:56.000 We didn't tell him where our information came from, 24:56.000 --> 24:57.000 so he didn't know. 24:57.000 --> 24:59.000 All right, so maybe I got it someplace else. 24:59.000 --> 25:00.000 Oh, wait a minute. You couldn't. 25:00.000 --> 25:02.000 We didn't talk to anybody else. 25:02.000 --> 25:03.000 No, I heard it someplace. 25:03.000 --> 25:04.000 I don't remember, but I heard it. 25:04.000 --> 25:05.000 We checked around, 25:05.000 --> 25:06.000 found out you gamble quite a lot. 25:06.000 --> 25:07.000 You're a steady loser. 25:07.000 --> 25:09.000 You owe a lot of money in town, don't you? 25:09.000 --> 25:10.000 They're right. 25:10.000 --> 25:11.000 Yeah, that's right. 25:11.000 --> 25:13.000 I think we can make you for the threat on Ulrich's life. 25:13.000 --> 25:15.000 I don't think we'll have any trouble at all. 25:15.000 --> 25:16.000 You had the motive, you had the opportunity. 25:16.000 --> 25:17.000 First thing in the morning, 25:17.000 --> 25:18.000 we'll check with the factory. 25:18.000 --> 25:21.000 We'll see if you made a withdrawal of $500. 25:21.000 --> 25:22.000 We make that, and you've got big trouble. 25:22.000 --> 25:24.000 You figure you're going to be able to do that? 25:24.000 --> 25:25.000 We think so, yeah. 25:25.000 --> 25:26.000 We'll get your father-in-law down here 25:26.000 --> 25:29.000 and ask him what he told you this afternoon. 25:29.000 --> 25:30.000 Find out if he did tell you about that bartender, 25:30.000 --> 25:32.000 about the bar on sixth, about the phone call. 25:32.000 --> 25:33.000 You know, it doesn't look like 25:33.000 --> 25:35.000 it's going to be too much trouble making you for this. 25:35.000 --> 25:37.000 Save your time. 25:37.000 --> 25:38.000 What do you mean? 25:38.000 --> 25:39.000 You don't have to go through that thrash. 25:39.000 --> 25:40.000 I did it. 25:40.000 --> 25:42.000 I tried to have the old man knocked off. 25:42.000 --> 25:43.000 Were you the one who sent him the wine last year? 25:43.000 --> 25:44.000 Yeah. 25:44.000 --> 25:45.000 That's when it started. 25:45.000 --> 25:46.000 I started to gamble. 25:46.000 --> 25:47.000 Lost a lot of money. 25:47.000 --> 25:48.000 Couldn't pay it back. 25:48.000 --> 25:49.000 No way to pay it back. 25:49.000 --> 25:51.000 Guys I owed the money to were leaning on me. 25:51.000 --> 25:52.000 I had to pay them off. 25:52.000 --> 25:53.000 Had to. 25:53.000 --> 25:54.000 Yeah. 25:54.000 --> 25:55.000 I can only think of one way, 25:55.000 --> 25:56.000 get rid of the old man. 25:56.000 --> 25:58.000 Didn't you get a pretty good salary out of working for him? 25:58.000 --> 26:00.000 Yeah, pretty good, but it didn't go far. 26:00.000 --> 26:01.000 Not far enough. 26:01.000 --> 26:02.000 I tried to win it back, 26:02.000 --> 26:04.000 make good on the losses I had. 26:04.000 --> 26:05.000 I couldn't do it. 26:05.000 --> 26:06.000 The more I gambled, the worse it got. 26:06.000 --> 26:07.000 I just couldn't do it. 26:07.000 --> 26:08.000 It wasn't any other way. 26:08.000 --> 26:10.000 The other way, I decided to kill the old man. 26:10.000 --> 26:11.000 It's the only way. 26:11.000 --> 26:12.000 Can't you see that? 26:12.000 --> 26:13.000 It's the only way I could get clear. 26:13.000 --> 26:14.000 I know. 26:14.000 --> 26:16.000 I figured if I could get rid of the old man, 26:16.000 --> 26:17.000 I'd have everything fixed. 26:17.000 --> 26:18.000 Everything would be okay. 26:18.000 --> 26:20.000 I guess it worked out all right anyway. 26:20.000 --> 26:21.000 What do you mean? 26:21.000 --> 26:22.000 Well, there's nothing in the book 26:22.000 --> 26:23.000 they can throw at me. 26:23.000 --> 26:25.000 He's still alive, I didn't kill him. 26:25.000 --> 26:26.000 Who got hurt? 26:26.000 --> 26:27.000 You did. 26:27.000 --> 26:28.000 How do you figure? 26:28.000 --> 26:29.000 I didn't kill him. 26:29.000 --> 26:30.000 You're going to jail for trying. 26:30.000 --> 26:39.000 The story you have just heard is true. 26:39.000 --> 26:42.000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:42.000 --> 26:45.000 On June 18th, trial was held in Department 89, 26:45.000 --> 26:47.000 Superior Court of the State of California, 26:47.000 --> 26:49.000 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 26:49.000 --> 26:51.000 In a moment, the results of that trial. 26:51.000 --> 26:54.000 And now here is our star, Jack Webb. 26:54.000 --> 26:55.000 Thank you, George Fenomen. 26:55.000 --> 26:57.000 I want to thank all of you for your interest in Dragnet. 26:57.000 --> 26:59.000 Thanks very much for your letters. 26:59.000 --> 27:00.000 We really appreciate them, 27:00.000 --> 27:01.000 and we'll try to keep around giving you 27:01.000 --> 27:03.000 the kind of a show that you like. 27:03.000 --> 27:04.000 I want to thank all of you, too, 27:04.000 --> 27:06.000 who have switched to Chesterfield. 27:06.000 --> 27:07.000 I know you're going to like them, 27:07.000 --> 27:09.000 and I know you'll find their best for you. 27:09.000 --> 27:11.000 Now, you folks who haven't tried Chesterfield, 27:11.000 --> 27:13.000 I'd like you to pick up a carton tomorrow. 27:13.000 --> 27:24.000 Chesterfield, it's a great smoke. 27:24.000 --> 27:26.000 Robert Walter Davis was tried and convicted 27:26.000 --> 27:28.000 of attempted homicide. 27:28.000 --> 27:30.000 He received sentence as prescribed by law. 27:30.000 --> 27:33.000 Attempted homicide is punishable by imprisonment 27:33.000 --> 27:34.000 in the state penitentiary 27:34.000 --> 27:46.000 for a period of not less than 20 years. 27:46.000 --> 27:47.000 You have just heard Dragnet, 27:47.000 --> 27:50.000 a series of authentic cases from official files. 27:50.000 --> 27:53.000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, 27:53.000 --> 27:56.000 W.H. 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