1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:14,680 Chesterfield, first with premium quality and best for you. 3 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:24,600 Chesterfield brings you Dragon. 4 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,960 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:39,760 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:40,760 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,640 You're assigned to auto theft detail. 8 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,200 You get a call from a truck rental service. 9 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,320 One of their trucks has disappeared. 10 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,800 There's no sign of the man who rented it. 11 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:57,320 Your job, find him. 12 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,520 Years ahead of them all. 13 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,440 Chesterfield is years ahead of them all. 14 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:08,320 The quality contrast between Chesterfield and other leading brands is a revealing story. 15 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:13,320 Recent chemical analyses give an index of good quality for the country's six leading 16 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:15,080 cigarette brands. 17 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:21,760 The index of good quality table, which is a ratio of high sugar to low nicotine, shows 18 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,000 Chesterfield quality highest. 19 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,960 Chesterfield quality highest. 20 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:28,840 Fifteen percent higher than its nearest competitor. 21 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:30,880 Chesterfield quality highest. 22 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:35,240 Thirty-one percent higher than the average of the five other leading brands. 23 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:41,360 Yes, Chesterfield is first with premium quality in both regular and king size. 24 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:45,480 Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like this? 25 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,480 Chesterfield. 26 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:56,720 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 27 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:01,840 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 28 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:06,600 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 29 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:07,600 police files. 30 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:13,800 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 31 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:14,800 in action. 32 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,800 It was Monday, April 20th. 33 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:22,360 It was warm in Los Angeles. 34 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,440 We were working the day watch out of auto theft detail. 35 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:25,440 My partner is Frank Smith. 36 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:26,440 The boss is Captain Nelson. 37 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:27,440 My name is Friday. 38 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:32,440 I was on my way into the office and it was 8.02 a.m. when I got to room 40. 39 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:33,440 Auto theft. 40 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:34,440 Hi, Frank. 41 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:35,440 Hi. 42 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:36,440 Where'd you get the sunburn? 43 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:37,440 I went fishing yesterday. 44 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:38,440 Yeah? 45 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:39,440 Where'd you go? 46 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:40,440 Down Newport. 47 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:41,440 How'd you do? 48 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:42,440 Didn't. 49 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:43,440 What do you mean? 50 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:44,440 I didn't. 51 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:45,880 Yesterday's the first day off. 52 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,360 We've been able to collect for a month. 53 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:48,360 Yeah, I know. 54 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:49,920 Last Thursday, I checked with a skipper. 55 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:52,440 Said it looked like I'd be able to make it sure this weekend. 56 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:53,640 So I called a place. 57 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:54,640 I made reservations. 58 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:55,640 All set. 59 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:56,640 Gonna go fishing. 60 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:57,640 Yeah. 61 00:02:57,640 --> 00:03:00,240 Saturday night, I got all my tackle out and took my reel apart. 62 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,280 Cleaned it already. 63 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:03,280 They packed a lunch. 64 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:04,280 Real good. 65 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:05,280 I'm all set. 66 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,440 Get up at 4.45 in the morning. 67 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,200 I drove down to Newport. 68 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:10,200 Beautiful morning. 69 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,200 Sun shining. 70 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,800 Little wind, you know. 71 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:13,800 Really looking forward to it. 72 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,200 Gonna be a real day off, you know. 73 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,560 Get down there, get on the boat. 74 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,320 Not many people, maybe 15 or 20. 75 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,040 Yeah, not many for a Sunday, was it? 76 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:23,960 No, that's why I think I got it made. 77 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:25,760 I got a place right at the back of the boat. 78 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:26,760 We shoved off. 79 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,680 I went down to get some breakfast. 80 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,840 You know, load up, really pull those fish in. 81 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:32,840 Yeah. 82 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:33,840 Yeah, I got to the weekend. 83 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:34,840 Went up on deck. 84 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:35,840 What do you suppose we were? 85 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:36,840 I wouldn't know. 86 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:37,840 Don't take a guess. 87 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:38,840 I think I wouldn't have the least idea. 88 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:39,840 All right, where were you? 89 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:40,840 I was in Newport. 90 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:41,840 I was in Newport. 91 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:42,840 I was in Newport. 92 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:44,400 All right, where were you? 93 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:45,400 Right back at the dock. 94 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:46,400 What? 95 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,400 Yeah, right back at the dock. 96 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,400 They'd gone out to the ocean and the water was so rough they turned around and came right 97 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:53,400 back. 98 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,480 And all the while I'm down below having breakfast. 99 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:56,480 I didn't even see the ocean. 100 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:57,480 Oh well, that's too bad, isn't it? 101 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:58,480 Yeah. 102 00:03:58,480 --> 00:03:59,480 Yeah. 103 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:04,880 Picked up my tackle when I went and fished on the pier. 104 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:05,880 After all day. 105 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:07,880 Ate my lunch and fished all day. 106 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,240 Well, how'd you do there? 107 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:10,240 Pretty good, huh? 108 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,240 All day just getting a blister on my lip from the sun. 109 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:13,240 Yeah, well did you catch anything? 110 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:14,240 How'd you do? 111 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,240 Skunk. 112 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:16,240 What? 113 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:17,240 Skunk, nothing. 114 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,240 You mean you didn't catch anything at all? 115 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,240 No, a couple of little perch. 116 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:24,240 Skunk. 117 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,240 Yeah, well, too bad. 118 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,240 Did you check the book? 119 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,240 My day off from skunk. 120 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:31,240 I got it. 121 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:32,240 Auto theft Friday. 122 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:33,240 Yeah. 123 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:34,240 Mm-hmm. 124 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:35,240 When did it go out? 125 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:36,240 Yeah, just a minute. 126 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:43,240 All right, what's that address again? 127 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:44,240 Uh-huh. 128 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:45,240 Yeah. 129 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:46,240 Okay. 130 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:47,240 Yeah, we'll be right there. 131 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:48,240 You bet. 132 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:49,240 All right. 133 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:50,240 I'll get your hat. 134 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:51,240 Yeah. 135 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:52,240 Truck rental company out on Pico. 136 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:53,240 Guy came in Saturday and rented a two ton from them. 137 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:54,240 Yeah. 138 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:55,240 Said he'd be back in a couple hours. 139 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:56,240 Uh-huh. 140 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:57,240 I haven't seen them since. 141 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:58,240 824, 824. 142 00:04:58,240 --> 00:04:59,240 Yeah. 143 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:06,240 We drove out to the address of the Coventry U Drive truck service. 144 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:13,240 The lot was on the corner of Pico Boulevard and Cambridge Street. 145 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,240 Along the front of the place were several panel and pickup trucks, and in the back of 146 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,240 the yard was one large steak truck. 147 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,240 The office was in a small wooden building at the rear of the lot. 148 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,240 We went in and talked to the manager, Mr. Stephen Cole. 149 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:29,240 I tried to check him this morning when the truck wasn't back. 150 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,240 Once the landlady said she saw him come home with the truck, said she hasn't seen him 151 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:32,240 since. 152 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:33,240 What's the man's name, Cole? 153 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:35,240 The name he used when he rented the truck was George Summers. 154 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:36,240 Did he have any identification? 155 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:37,240 Yeah, he had a driver's license. 156 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:38,240 I got the number here on the slip. 157 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:39,240 Oh, here it is. 158 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:40,240 The California license. 159 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:41,240 You've got to have one when you rent a truck. 160 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:42,240 Uh-huh. 161 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:43,240 He signed his name George R. Summers. 162 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:44,240 Number of the license was W414626. 163 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:45,240 26, huh? 164 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:46,240 Uh-huh. 165 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:47,240 What kind of a truck was it? 166 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:48,240 A new one. 167 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:49,240 A new one. 168 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:50,240 A new one. 169 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:51,240 A new one. 170 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:52,240 A new one. 171 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,240 A new one. 172 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:56,240 A new L4203. 173 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:57,240 A new one. 174 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:58,240 A new one. 175 00:05:58,240 --> 00:05:59,240 It was a new truck. 176 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:00,240 Oh, I see. 177 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:01,240 That's great. 178 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:02,240 Uh-huh. 179 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:03,240 Uh-huh. 180 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:04,240 What kind of a truck was it? 181 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:05,240 A new Ford. 182 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:06,240 Discard it a couple weeks ago. 183 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:07,240 Brand new. 184 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:08,240 What color was it? 185 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:09,240 Blue, light blue. 186 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:10,240 Had the name Coventry paint on the side. 187 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:11,240 The name's in the cream color. 188 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:12,240 What kind of a truck is it? 189 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:13,240 Two-ton steak. 190 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:14,240 Well, is it possible that Summers was just keeping it out longer than he said he would? 191 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:15,240 Possible, but it isn't likely. 192 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:16,240 Said when he came in he wanted to haul a load of furniture, said he just needed a couple 193 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:17,240 of hours. 194 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:18,240 That was Saturday morning. 195 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:19,240 Who's rent? 196 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:20,240 What's for me? 197 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:21,240 Oh, I see. 198 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,840 When a truck is late getting back, we usually call first, then send one of our men out to 199 00:06:24,840 --> 00:06:25,840 check on it. 200 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:27,080 Red drove over to see this summer's. 201 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:28,080 He left about an hour ago. 202 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:29,080 I haven't heard from him yet. 203 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:30,080 All right. 204 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:31,080 So do you get a deposit on the truck? 205 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:32,080 Yeah, we do. 206 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:33,680 Some of the places don't, but we get one. 207 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:34,680 Twenty bucks. 208 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:35,680 Do the summers pay cash? 209 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:36,680 No, it gave me a check. 210 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,680 I haven't had a chance to deposit it yet. 211 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:39,680 I'll call the bank later. 212 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:40,680 Uh-huh. 213 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:41,680 Can you give us a description of the man? 214 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:42,680 Well, not very good. 215 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,440 I was out in the yard when he came in. 216 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:45,680 I didn't handle the deal myself. 217 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,680 I got a look at him, but not good. 218 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:49,680 Would you know him again at the time? 219 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:50,680 Oh, it'd be hard to say. 220 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:51,680 I couldn't be sure. 221 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:52,680 The girl would, though. 222 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:53,680 She wrote out the papers. 223 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:54,680 What if we could talk to her? 224 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:55,680 Yeah, she'll be in at nine. 225 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:56,680 You can talk to her then. 226 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:57,680 You got his address there? 227 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,680 I'll see if I can check the name. 228 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:01,680 Yeah. 229 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:02,680 Oh, here it is. 230 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:03,680 2462 New Jersey Street. 231 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:04,680 Oh, okay. 232 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,680 Can you give us some kind of a description on him? 233 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,680 Well, I told you I didn't get a good look at him. 234 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,680 He's a small fellow, blonde, maybe 25 or 26 around in there. 235 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:13,680 That's about the best I can do. 236 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:14,680 Excuse me a minute. 237 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:15,680 Yeah. 238 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:16,680 Come to you drive. 239 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:17,680 Yeah, how big? 240 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:18,680 Oh, sure, we got one. 241 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:19,680 Yeah, wait a minute, I'll check. 242 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:20,680 Just a minute. 243 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:21,680 Run your 210 the first dollar, dollar 25 an hour after that. 244 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:22,680 Mm-hmm. 245 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:23,680 No, there's gas in it when you get it. 246 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:24,680 That's right. 247 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:25,680 Oh, you pay for the gas. 248 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:26,680 All right. 249 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:27,680 Well, there's a 20 dollar to be farthest. 250 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:28,680 That's right. 251 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:29,680 Well, you get it back. 252 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:30,680 California driver's license. 253 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:31,680 Right. 254 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:32,680 You pay for the gas. 255 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:33,680 Mm-hmm. 256 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:34,680 Well, you pay for the gas. 257 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:35,680 All right. 258 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:36,680 Well, there's a 20 dollar to be farthest. 259 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:37,680 That's right. 260 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:38,680 Well, you get it back. 261 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:39,680 California driver's license. 262 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:40,680 Right. 263 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:41,680 Well, you get it back. 264 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,680 California driver's license. 265 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:45,680 Right. 266 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:46,680 Coal. 267 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:47,680 C-O-L-E. 268 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:48,680 Okay, bye. 269 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:49,680 All right, if I use the phone there. 270 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:50,680 Oh, sure, help yourself. 271 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:51,680 Thanks. 272 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:52,680 Pretty busy, you're right. 273 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:53,680 Yes, sir. 274 00:07:53,680 --> 00:08:05,680 Once in a while we get kind of slow, but it seems like everybody's moving or something all 275 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:06,680 the time. 276 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:07,680 I've got 20 tries. 277 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:08,680 Yeah, 2626. 278 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,680 You've got three other places you know around town. 279 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,680 Hi there, it's Dr. Frank Smith, 2633. 280 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:16,680 Mm-hmm. 281 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,680 Would you check the name George R. Summers, please? 282 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:28,680 Well, he's described as WMA 2327, flight bill, and blonde. 283 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,680 So blonde. 284 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:31,680 Mm-hmm. 285 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,680 Possible address is given as 2462. 286 00:08:34,680 --> 00:08:37,680 I wonder if we could see the check he left his deposit code. 287 00:08:37,680 --> 00:08:39,680 Sure, I got it kept on the back of the slip. 288 00:08:39,680 --> 00:08:40,680 Sure, I'll hang on. 289 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:41,680 Here it is. 290 00:08:41,680 --> 00:08:42,680 Uh-huh. 291 00:08:42,680 --> 00:08:46,680 That truck is worth about $2,800 as a fan. 292 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:48,680 Well, you carry insurance on it, don't you? 293 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:50,680 Oh, sure, it's covered, but that isn't the point. 294 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:52,680 That guy that just called wants to rent a two-ton stake. 295 00:08:52,680 --> 00:08:53,680 I only got two of them. 296 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:55,680 Somebody else calls, I'm going to lose the rental. 297 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:56,680 That's what Graf say it is. 298 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:59,680 Probably turn out that deposit check isn't any good either. 299 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:01,680 I'm not all the way around. 300 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:02,680 How about it, Frank? 301 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:03,680 Well, I'll be sure. 302 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:05,680 I've got a record on the George R. Summers and Mikey. 303 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:07,680 The address is different, but out of six cards, 304 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:09,680 it's the closest done time for possession. 305 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:10,680 What's he mean possession? 306 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:11,680 He's narcotic. 307 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:13,680 So how about it, does he want it now? 308 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:14,680 No, nothing on him. 309 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:16,680 Can you give us the license number of the truck? 310 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:17,680 Yeah, it's right here. 311 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:19,680 I got the body motor serial number too. 312 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:20,680 Lousy phone. 313 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:21,680 Here's the slip. 314 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:22,680 You can copy the dope yourself. 315 00:09:22,680 --> 00:09:23,680 Thank you. 316 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:25,680 Tell him to you drive. 317 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:27,680 Yeah. 318 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:28,680 Is he there? 319 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:29,680 Uh-huh. 320 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:31,680 You tell me to get right down here. 321 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:32,680 Yeah, you bring him. 322 00:09:32,680 --> 00:09:33,680 Right. 323 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:35,680 Well, that's it. 324 00:09:35,680 --> 00:09:36,680 Huh? 325 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:38,680 Callers from Reddy found Summers in his boarding house. 326 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:39,680 Says he's been there since Saturday night. 327 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:40,680 How about the truck? 328 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:41,680 According to what he told Reddy, 329 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:43,680 he left it out in front of the house Saturday afternoon. 330 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:45,680 Came back, it was gone. 331 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:49,680 914 A.M. 332 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:51,680 The owner of the truck rental service called the bank 333 00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:53,680 that the deposit check had been written on. 334 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:56,680 He talked to the cashier and found that there was enough money 335 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:58,680 in Summers' account to cover the check. 336 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:01,680 We got a full description from Cole, Secretary of the Suspect. 337 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:03,680 The check of the truck company records showed 338 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:05,680 that he'd never rented a truck from them before. 339 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:07,680 946 A.M. 340 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:09,680 Summers arrived at the office of the U Drive company. 341 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:12,680 We talked with him briefly and asked him to accompany us downtown. 342 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:15,680 We got out a local and an APB on the stolen truck. 343 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:18,680 We checked his fingerprints against the record card 344 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:20,680 and got a positive identification. 345 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:21,680 1037 A.M. 346 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:22,680 We took him to the interrogation room. 347 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:23,680 You ever been arrested? 348 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:24,680 You know the answer to that. 349 00:10:24,680 --> 00:10:25,680 I'd like to have you tell us. 350 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:27,680 Yeah, I've felt once did my time. 351 00:10:27,680 --> 00:10:28,680 I'm clean, no parole. 352 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:30,680 Want to tell us about this truck deal? 353 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:31,680 Sure, I got nothing to lose. 354 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:33,680 I didn't have anything to do with it. 355 00:10:33,680 --> 00:10:34,680 All right, from the beginning. 356 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:36,680 I rented it about noon on Saturday. 357 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:37,680 What were you going to use it for? 358 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:39,680 I had to help a friend of mine move some furniture. 359 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:41,680 What's the friend's name? 360 00:10:41,680 --> 00:10:42,680 Louise Jordan. 361 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:43,680 Where does she live? 362 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:44,680 2487 Clifford Street. 363 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:45,680 She got a phone? 364 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:46,680 No. 365 00:10:46,680 --> 00:10:47,680 Hey, listen, I don't want you guys going around there 366 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:48,680 and giving her a bad time. 367 00:10:48,680 --> 00:10:50,680 According to the landlady at your place, 368 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:51,680 she saw you drive away from the rooming house 369 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:53,680 and that truck Saturday afternoon. 370 00:10:53,680 --> 00:10:54,680 How about it? 371 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:55,680 Yeah, how about it? 372 00:10:55,680 --> 00:10:56,680 What do you get to say? 373 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:57,680 She's off a rocker. 374 00:10:57,680 --> 00:10:59,680 If she saw anybody six-two and even, it wasn't me. 375 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:00,680 Well, the way we get it, she was pretty sure. 376 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:01,680 Well, you get it wrong. 377 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:02,680 According to the record, you were picked up 378 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:04,680 for violation of the State of Narcotics Act, right? 379 00:11:04,680 --> 00:11:05,680 I don't like the record. 380 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:07,680 If that's what it says, that's what I fell for. 381 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:08,680 Well, let me see your arm. 382 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:09,680 Why? 383 00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:10,680 I want to see your arm rolled up your sleeve. 384 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:11,680 Come on. 385 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:12,680 Look, I don't like the way you guys are acting. 386 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:13,680 You got nothing on me. 387 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:15,680 If you got anything to say, say it and get it over with. 388 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:17,680 You got nothing, let me get out of here. 389 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:18,680 Sit down. 390 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:19,680 Sit down, son. 391 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:20,680 Come on. 392 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:22,680 I know you rolled up your sleeve. 393 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:23,680 Let me see your arm. 394 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:24,680 I can't prove anything. 395 00:11:24,680 --> 00:11:25,680 Roll it up. 396 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:26,680 Yeah. 397 00:11:26,680 --> 00:11:30,680 Well, looks like you've been riding kind of high. 398 00:11:30,680 --> 00:11:31,680 It's not as bad as it looks. 399 00:11:31,680 --> 00:11:32,680 A lot of scars you've seen. 400 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:33,680 That's from before. 401 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:34,680 They look fresh. 402 00:11:34,680 --> 00:11:35,680 When was the last time you had a pop? 403 00:11:35,680 --> 00:11:36,680 A long, long time ago. 404 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:37,680 How long? 405 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:38,680 I don't remember. 406 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:39,680 You holding now? 407 00:11:39,680 --> 00:11:40,680 No. 408 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:41,680 You got a habit? 409 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:42,680 No. 410 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:43,680 Nothing rough. 411 00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:44,680 I enjoy pop once in a while. 412 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:45,680 You must think you're playing with kids, Somers. 413 00:11:45,680 --> 00:11:46,680 Why don't you stop columnist? 414 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:47,680 You look like you're hosting You Know It. 415 00:11:47,680 --> 00:11:48,680 You're as bad as my landlady. 416 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:49,680 Frank? 417 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:50,680 Yeah? 418 00:11:50,680 --> 00:11:51,680 You want to get in touch with narcotics? 419 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:52,680 See if Roxy can come over. 420 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:53,680 Sure, right away. 421 00:11:53,680 --> 00:11:54,680 What's the deal on calling him over? 422 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:57,680 Why don't you have him look at your arm, see what he thinks? 423 00:11:57,680 --> 00:11:58,680 He'll tell you. 424 00:11:58,680 --> 00:11:59,680 It's like I said. 425 00:11:59,680 --> 00:12:00,680 Well, it's one sure way to find out. 426 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:01,680 What's that? 427 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:02,680 Drop you in a cell and wait. 428 00:12:02,680 --> 00:12:03,680 If you haven't got a habit, you won't mind. 429 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:04,680 We're going to hold you anyway. 430 00:12:04,680 --> 00:12:05,680 For what? 431 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:06,680 Dirty about the truck. 432 00:12:06,680 --> 00:12:07,680 It's got too many holes in it. 433 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:08,680 Well, what do you mean? 434 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:09,680 It's true the way I told you. 435 00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:10,680 That's the way it happened. 436 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:11,680 You don't believe anything, do you? 437 00:12:11,680 --> 00:12:12,680 Yeah, the truth when we hear it. 438 00:12:12,680 --> 00:12:13,680 I'm giving you that. 439 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:14,680 You aren't buying it. 440 00:12:14,680 --> 00:12:15,680 Maybe it's the way you're trying to sell it. 441 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:17,680 Do you want to tell us what really happened to that truck? 442 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:18,680 I told you. 443 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:25,680 I parked it out in front of my house when I came back, it was gone, isn't anything more. 444 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:26,680 Well, if you were home, how come your landlady says she didn't see you from Saturday afternoon? 445 00:12:26,680 --> 00:12:27,680 I came in the back way for once the old bat was looking the other way. 446 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:28,680 You mean you stayed in your room all that time? 447 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:29,680 Yeah, that's what I said. 448 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:30,680 What do you do for a living? 449 00:12:30,680 --> 00:12:31,680 You mean do I work? 450 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:32,680 That's right. 451 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:33,680 No. 452 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:34,680 You don't work, huh? 453 00:12:34,680 --> 00:12:35,680 No, I had a job, but I lost it. 454 00:12:35,680 --> 00:12:36,680 When? 455 00:12:36,680 --> 00:12:37,680 Friday. 456 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:38,680 What did you do? 457 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:39,680 I was a pro diver. 458 00:12:39,680 --> 00:12:40,680 Where'd you wash dishes? 459 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:41,680 Placed down on Sixth. 460 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:42,680 Why'd you get fired? 461 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:43,680 Boston, I had a beef. 462 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:44,680 What about? 463 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:45,680 I got hacked because I came in late. 464 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:48,680 Roxy's on his way over, John. 465 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:50,680 It's Roxy, that Roxy Luccarelli? 466 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:52,680 Yeah, do you know him? 467 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:54,680 Yeah, I ran into him before, nice guy, treated me right. 468 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:55,680 He's the one that nailed you? 469 00:12:55,680 --> 00:12:56,680 He's one of them. 470 00:12:56,680 --> 00:12:58,680 Find all these joy pops you've had, where do you get this stuff? 471 00:12:58,680 --> 00:12:59,680 Around. 472 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:00,680 Where around? 473 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:01,680 Here and there. 474 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:02,680 Why don't you come off it, Somers? 475 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:03,680 You might think you're playing it cozy, but you're laying a big bomb here. 476 00:13:03,680 --> 00:13:05,680 The story you're trying to peddle is just phony all the way through. 477 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:06,680 We know it and so do you. 478 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:08,680 Now why don't you level on it, make it a lot easier. 479 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:09,680 I'd like to, cop, really I would. 480 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:10,680 There's just one big problem. 481 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:11,680 Yeah. 482 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:12,680 You're off base, you know it. 483 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:15,680 You haven't got anything on me, I rented a truck, it was stolen. 484 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:17,680 I'm the one that reported it, I didn't try to get away. 485 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:18,680 I'm telling you all I know. 486 00:13:18,680 --> 00:13:20,680 You're leaning all over me because I fell once. 487 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:23,680 You guys just can't stand to see anyone carry a lunch bucket for long. 488 00:13:23,680 --> 00:13:26,680 You gotta try to make up for something even if you have to build it yourself. 489 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:28,680 But you made a big mistake this time, cop. 490 00:13:28,680 --> 00:13:29,680 You haven't got anything on me that you can stick. 491 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:32,680 All I gotta do now is keep my mouth shut and you're up an alley. 492 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:33,680 And that's what I'm gonna do. 493 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:37,680 You're not gonna get another word out of me. 494 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:42,680 All right, now tell us again about the truck. 495 00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:46,680 Come on, what time did you find out it was gone? 496 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:47,680 You didn't tell us that. 497 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:53,680 Did you leave the keys in the truck when you parked it? 498 00:13:53,680 --> 00:13:54,680 All right, mister, your plan is smart. 499 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:56,680 Let's see how long you can make it last. 500 00:13:56,680 --> 00:13:58,680 We'll see how it is after you've been sitting in the cell for a few hours. 501 00:13:58,680 --> 00:14:00,680 We'll try it again then, huh? 502 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:01,680 I'm gonna take my time. 503 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:06,680 You do that, we got a lot of it. 504 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:10,680 Sergeant Roxy Luccarelli came over from the narcotics division to talk to the suspect. 505 00:14:10,680 --> 00:14:12,680 Summers would say nothing. 506 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:16,680 The marks on Summers' arm were fresh and indications were that he was a narcotics user. 507 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:21,680 Summers was booked at the main jail in suspicion of violation of the State Narcotic Act of felony. 508 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:25,680 Frank and I, along with Sergeant Luccarelli, went over to the suspect's rooming house. 509 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:27,680 A thorough search of the place netted us nothing. 510 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:32,680 We talked with a landlady and she gave us the same story she'd given the owner of the U-Drive truck service. 511 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:38,680 She said that it was possible for Summers to come in through the back of the house and get to his room without being noticed. 512 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,680 But she told us that there'd been several phone calls for him on Sunday 513 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,680 and that when she'd knocked on his door there'd been no answer. 514 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:45,680 Five-thirty p.m. 515 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:50,680 We checked back into the office and found that there'd been no reply to the broadcast we'd gotten out on the truck. 516 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:57,680 We ran Louise Jordan, Summers' girlfriend, through RNI, but we found no record on anyone answering her description. 517 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:01,680 We drove out and talked to her and she verified the suspect's story about moving the furniture. 518 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:07,680 A meeting with the district attorney's office decided that there was not enough evidence to bring Summers to court on a narcotics charge 519 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,680 and not enough to issue an indictment for the theft of the truck. 520 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:12,680 He was released from custody. 521 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:16,680 In the next three weeks we got reports of four more trucks being stolen. 522 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,680 The MO was the same as with the Coventry U-Drive theft. 523 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:27,680 In each instance the persons involved were checked out, but the leads we came up with led us nowhere. 524 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:35,680 Additional MO bulletins were gotten out warning all operators of U-Drive agencies to be on the lookout for a thief or thieves unknown. 525 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,680 Another two weeks passed. 526 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,680 The thefts continued, but the thieves had switched their method of operation. 527 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:45,680 They were now stealing privately owned automobiles from parking lots in front of homes. 528 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,680 Thursday, June 4, Frank and I checked into the office. 529 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:52,680 I got it. 530 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:54,680 How about that, buddy? 531 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:56,680 Yeah, yeah, please put it through. 532 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:57,680 Sal Gaitan from San Diego. 533 00:15:57,680 --> 00:15:58,680 Yeah? 534 00:15:58,680 --> 00:15:59,680 Yeah, hi Al. 535 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:01,680 Uh-huh. When? 536 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:02,680 Yeah. 537 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:04,680 Will anybody near it? 538 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,680 How about paper? 539 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:08,680 Yeah, no, we'll be right down. 540 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:10,680 Yeah, okay. 541 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:11,680 What? 542 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:12,680 Uh-huh. 543 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:13,680 They've been keeping up. 544 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:14,680 Right. 545 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:15,680 Well, maybe they have. 546 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:16,680 No, we'll leave here right away. 547 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,680 We'll see you in about, well, let's see, it's 10, 20 now. 548 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:21,680 About three hours. 549 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:22,680 About how long will it take us? 550 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:23,680 Yeah, bye. 551 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,680 Bye, Al. 552 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:27,680 I only heard that truck from Cumberford U Drive has been found. 553 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:28,680 Where? 554 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:29,680 Just outside Rosarito Beach in Mexico. 555 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:30,680 Yeah. 556 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:32,680 Found new registration papers and something else under the seat. 557 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:33,680 Huh? 558 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:35,680 Twelve bindles of heroin. 559 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:51,680 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 560 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:55,680 Chesterfield is best for you. 561 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:57,680 Listen to Chesterfield's record. 562 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:04,680 For a full year and two months, a doctor has been making regular examinations of a group of Chesterfield smokers, 563 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:11,680 and he reports no adverse effects to the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfields. 564 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,680 Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like this? 565 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:16,680 Chesterfield. 566 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:21,680 First with premium quality in both regular and king signs. 567 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:22,680 Chesterfield. 568 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:29,680 First choice with Young America, and that's from a survey of 274 colleges and universities. 569 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,680 Cry Chesterfields today. 570 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:37,680 Remember, Chesterfield is America's best cigarette buy. 571 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:49,680 Ten twenty-five a.m. We talked with Captain Nelson about the latest developments in the case, 572 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:52,680 and he instructed us to leave for San Diego. 573 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:57,680 When we arrived at San Diego, we checked with their auto theft detail and with Sergeant Al Gaten. 574 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:59,680 He went with us to the border. 575 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:03,680 We talked with the authorities at the border, but they could give us a little information. 576 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:08,680 They said that they'd received the bulletins we'd sent out, but that they hadn't seen the stolen vehicle. 577 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:14,680 We checked with the authorities at Tijuana, and with them we drove to the location where the truck had been found. 578 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,680 A thorough search of the area was started, but we turned up nothing. 579 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:21,680 None of the people in the immediate vicinity could tell us anything about the truck. 580 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,680 From the registration slip, we got the name of the owner. 581 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:30,680 The license plates were issued by the state of California, but a check showed that they'd been taken from a wrecked car. 582 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:34,680 The narcotics found in the cab of the truck were turned over to the Mexican police. 583 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,680 The next morning, Frank and I left for Los Angeles. 584 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:41,680 While we'd been gone, officers Bill Donovan and Jack Pilkington, along with Sergeant Al Mansell, 585 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,680 had been following up the leads in the Los Angeles area. 586 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,680 They hadn't come up with anything new. 587 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,680 The car thefts continued. 588 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:53,680 State police units along the road to the Mexican border were alerted, but the cars continued to disappear. 589 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:59,680 Two weeks went by. Tuesday, June 23rd, Frank and I came back from a meeting with members of the National Auto Theft Bureau. 590 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,680 Want to check the book? 591 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:02,680 Yeah, I'll get it. 592 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,680 One of these steps are sure to drop on our recovery record, aren't they? 593 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,680 Yeah, we talked to Skipper this morning. The insurance companies are raising the rough. 594 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,680 I figure it's costing them a lot. 595 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,680 There's a message here from Judge Shelton wants us to call him. 596 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:14,680 Sheriff's department? 597 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,680 Yeah, Mark Deportin. 598 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:17,680 You want to get it? 599 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:35,680 Yeah, I'll get it. 600 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:39,680 Narcotics, please. 601 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,680 Yeah, is Judge Shelton there? 602 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,680 Yeah, thanks. 603 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:45,680 He's there, sir. 604 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,680 Is Judge Frank Smith over at the Auto Theft? 605 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:49,680 Yeah. 606 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,680 Well, why do you think that's it? 607 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:54,680 Yeah. 608 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,680 When are you going to meet her? 609 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:57,680 Mm-hmm. 610 00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:58,680 Okay, we'll be right over. 611 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:00,680 Right, goodbye. 612 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:01,680 You need me? 613 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,680 Yeah, Judge got a call this morning from a girl said she's been invited down to Mexico. 614 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:05,680 Yeah. 615 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:07,680 Says two of them are going down to pick up some heroin. 616 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:08,680 Yeah, where do we fit in? 617 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:18,680 Girl told Judge they'd be driving the stolen car. 618 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,680 We went over to the Hall of Justice and talked with Sergeant Judge Shelton. 619 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,680 He told us about the call he'd received. 620 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,680 He said that he was supposed to meet the girl at 3.30 that afternoon, 621 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,680 and he wanted to know if we wanted to accompany him. 622 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:33,680 We told him we did, and at 3.15 p.m., the three of us walked into a bar on West 7. 623 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:37,680 We waited for the girl to arrive, 3.46. 624 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:38,680 Here she comes. 625 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:39,680 The blonde? 626 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:40,680 Yeah. 627 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:41,680 Hi, Judge. 628 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,680 I'd like you to meet a couple of friends of mine, 629 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:45,680 Kurt Collins, Frank Smith, Joe Friday. 630 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:46,680 How are you? 631 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:46,680 Hi, Judge. 632 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:47,680 Sit down, Barry. 633 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:48,680 Thanks. 634 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:49,680 Can I get you anything? 635 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:50,680 Sandwich, cup of coffee? 636 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:51,680 No. 637 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,680 I could use an old-fashioned, though. 638 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:54,680 Tell him to give you a big piece of orange. 639 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:55,680 Okay, I'll get it. 640 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:56,680 Excuse me. 641 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:57,680 Sure. 642 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:03,680 Are you two guys cops? 643 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:04,680 Yes, ma'am. 644 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:05,680 What are you a cop of? 645 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:06,680 Central Auto Pest. 646 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:08,680 Well, that's why Judd called you, huh? 647 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:09,680 Pardon? 648 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:11,680 About the hot car we're driving south. 649 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:12,680 Yes, ma'am. 650 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:13,680 My name is Vera. 651 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:14,680 Why don't you use that? 652 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:15,680 All right, Vera. 653 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,680 You know where the stolen car is, the one they're going to drive down? 654 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:18,680 Not now. 655 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:19,680 I will, though. 656 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:20,680 What do you mean? 657 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:21,680 I don't think it's been stolen yet. 658 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:22,680 What? 659 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,680 Well, I don't think the car's been stolen yet. 660 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,680 Well, do you know when it's going to be taken? 661 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:27,680 Sometime this afternoon. 662 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:28,680 We're supposed to leave tonight. 663 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:30,680 You know who's going to take it? 664 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,680 This friend of mine, fellow named Harry Sloan. 665 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:34,680 Here's your old passenger. 666 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,680 Oh, thanks, Judd. 667 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,680 You know how this operation's going to work, Vera? 668 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:40,680 No. 669 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,680 All I know is I got a call from Harry this morning. 670 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:43,680 He asked me what I was doing. 671 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:44,680 I told him nothing. 672 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,680 So he asked me if I wanted to take it right down to Mexico. 673 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:49,680 I told him I would, and he said he'd pick me up. 674 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,680 He's going to pick you up at your house? 675 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:52,680 No. 676 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,680 No, he said he'd call me and let me know where I'd meet him. 677 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,680 Well, where is he going to call you? 678 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:57,680 My place, in about an hour. 679 00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,680 What did he say makes you think the car's going to be stolen? 680 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,680 Just the way he talks. 681 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,680 Can't say anything real definite. 682 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,680 You know, just the way he talked. 683 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:06,680 Do you work alone? 684 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:07,680 No, there's another guy with him. 685 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:09,680 I don't know who it is. 686 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,680 What did he say to you about the narcotics? 687 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,680 He said that he was planning to pick up some H down there. 688 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:14,680 Didn't say where. 689 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:16,680 He gave us a description of this Harry, where he lives? 690 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:18,680 Yeah, I can give you that. 691 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:20,680 Got a record, you know? 692 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,680 Never talked about it. 693 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,680 I think maybe he's been picked up a couple of times, 694 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,680 but I don't think he serves time. 695 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:28,680 You said on the phone you had an idea how we could take him. 696 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:29,680 Yeah. 697 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,680 You see, I'll have to drive my car to meet him. 698 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:34,680 As soon as I get a call from Harry, I'll get in touch with you 699 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:36,680 and tell you where the meet's going to be. 700 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,680 I'll park my car and leave the license number of the stolen car in it. 701 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:40,680 Where? 702 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:42,680 In the back seat. 703 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,680 Judd, wouldn't it be a lot easier if we just kept her under surveillance? 704 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,680 Might be better for you, but it wouldn't for me. 705 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:50,680 Harry found out I'd been playing footsie with you guys. 706 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:51,680 He'd kill me. 707 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,680 Sure, this is a big operation. 708 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:55,680 It's not just Harry, you know that? 709 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:56,680 What do you mean? 710 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,680 All those cars that have been stolen lately, the trucks. 711 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,680 It's all part of the deal. 712 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:02,680 And Buncher's doing it. 713 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:04,680 You mean it's an organized ring. 714 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:05,680 Sure. 715 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,680 They got it all laid out from here in Sonata. 716 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,680 All the way, it's planned. 717 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:10,680 You know who the top man is? 718 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:11,680 No. 719 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:13,680 I never heard the name here, he never used it. 720 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,680 They take all the trucks down to Mexico, do they? 721 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:16,680 Hmm. 722 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,680 From what I understand, most of them end up down there. 723 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,680 You got any idea how they do it? 724 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,680 No. 725 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,680 What do you want out of this? 726 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:26,680 What? 727 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:27,680 Well, where are you going to come out, girl? 728 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,680 Why are you telling us all this? 729 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,680 Judd gave me a break once. 730 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:33,680 This is my way to pay him back. 731 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:35,680 Harry doesn't mean anything to me. 732 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,680 I don't care if you get him. 733 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,680 Well, I still think we ought to keep you under surveillance. 734 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:40,680 Be safer for you, Vera. 735 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,680 Don't worry about it. 736 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,680 I'll let you know right where I'm going to park my car. 737 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,680 You find that, and I'll see that the other information's there. 738 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:49,680 I better get going now. 739 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:50,680 Just a minute. 740 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,680 You want to give us a description of Sloan? 741 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,680 Sure, I can tell you what Harry looks like. 742 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,680 What are you going to do, check up on him? 743 00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,680 We'd like to know who we're after. 744 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,680 I don't think you'll find anything. 745 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,680 You'd be pretty surprised if you do. 746 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,680 Not as surprised as he'll be. 747 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:12,680 We got the description of Harry Sloan and called the office to check the name. 748 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,680 There was no record of anyone answering his description. 749 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:19,680 Vera Collins was unable to tell us anything about the second man in the operation. 750 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:22,680 She went back to her home and waited for the phone call from Sloan. 751 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:27,680 We returned to the office and waited for her to contact us with the information about the stolen car. 752 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:33,680 At 5.15 p.m., we got a call from her saying that her car would be parked somewhere within a 16-block area, 753 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,680 from Washington Boulevard to the north, Adams Boulevard to the south, 754 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:40,680 from Crenshaw Boulevard to the west, and Arlington Avenue to the east. 755 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:44,680 Frank, Judge Shelton, and I drove out to the area and began to cruise the vicinity. 756 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,680 We spent the next hour looking for the car. 757 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,680 When we were sure that it was not in the designated area, we began to expand our search. 758 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:57,680 At 6.37 p.m., we found the car parked on a small side street near St. Charles Place, 759 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,680 12 blocks outside the designated area. 760 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,680 We searched the car and found a slip of paper in the back seat. 761 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:10,680 It said Chevrolet sedan, blue color, 1C-33272. 762 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,680 We'll try to stall Harry on the way to Tijuana. 763 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,680 It was signed Vera. 764 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,680 We got out a local in an APB with special attention to the Border Patrol on the car, 765 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:24,680 asking that if it was found abandoned, to place a stakeout on it and to notify us immediately. 766 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,680 It was 7.02 p.m. when we started to drive to the Mexican border. 767 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,680 We kept in constant radio contact with Sergeant Al Gaitan at the border, 768 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,680 and he told us that the suspect's car had not crossed over yet. 769 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:40,680 10.37 p.m. We drove through National City and took the road to Tijuana. 770 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:46,680 Just south of Chula Vista, we picked up a car that matched the description of the stolen vehicle. 771 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,680 How about it, Joe? Yeah, it matches. 772 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:53,680 Frankie, can you get a little closer? Yeah, I think so. 773 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,680 Different license plate, Judd. 774 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:01,680 Probably switched to cold plates. That's what they haven't been spotted before. 775 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:06,680 You see them yet? Yeah, it's the Collins woman, all right. 776 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,680 Want to take them now? Yeah. I'll get the sign. 777 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:18,680 Doesn't look like they're gonna stop. I'll make a try for the tire, Frank. 778 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:23,680 Wait a minute, Joe. Yeah, road's clear ahead. All right. 779 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,680 They're slowing down. Yeah, they're slowing over. 780 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:37,680 All right, get your hands on that wheel right, see them. I'll cover the others. Right. 781 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,680 Right. All right, get out of the car. 782 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,680 What are you trying to prove? We're always shooting. Come on, let's get out of the car. 783 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:47,680 Come on, you just get out. I don't know what you're trying to prove. We haven't done anything. 784 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,680 Come on, come on, let's don't argue. All right, Mr. Over to the car. 785 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,680 I'll take them, Joe. You're gonna be sorry about this. You've got a right to stop us. 786 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:58,680 Stand still. Yeah, he's clean? Turn around. 787 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:00,680 You're George Sommers, aren't you? Yeah. 788 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,680 He picked you up for that stolen truck about six weeks ago, wasn't it? 789 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,680 Yeah, you had to let me go. You're gonna do the same this time. You've got nothing to hold me on. 790 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,680 No, you're wrong there, Sommers. Where'd you get this car? I borrowed it. 791 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,680 From who? A friend of mine. He knows you took it, huh? 792 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:12,680 Certainly, he told me to. This car is stolen and you know it. 793 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,680 We know all about the operation, the whole deal. 794 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,680 You gonna stand there appellant or you gonna tell us who the big gun is? 795 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,680 What do you mean operation? This isn't the first car you've shoved across the border. 796 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,680 We know about the narcotics too. You're in this all the way. 797 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:26,680 You've got a choice. You can take it alone or you can go along with it and nail the big guy. 798 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:28,680 It's up to you. 799 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:31,680 Wouldn't do any good if I told you who he was. I can't prove anything. 800 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:33,680 I don't, neither can you. You'll never get him, never. Is that right? 801 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,680 Sure, he told me so. Cops will never get me. Those are his words. That's what he said. 802 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,680 Well, that's not new. Huh? You said the same thing. 803 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:52,680 The story you've just heard is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 804 00:27:52,680 --> 00:28:00,680 On November 19th, trial was held in Department 89, Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles. 805 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,680 In a moment, the results of that trial. 806 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,680 And now here is our star, Jack Webb. 807 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,680 Thank you, George Fenorman. 808 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:14,680 Friends all of us on Dragnet are proud to be associated with Chesterfield because, believe me, Chesterfield here is years ahead of them all. 809 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:19,680 You just can't beat a cigarette that was good to begin with and keeps getting better all the time. 810 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:23,680 But of course you can't find out how much you'll like them until you try them. That's what we'd like you to do. 811 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:28,680 Try a couple of packs of milder Chesterfield, regular or king size. 812 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:32,680 I know you'll agree that Chesterfield is best for you. 813 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:46,680 George Richard Summers and Harry Alden Sloan were tried and convicted of grand theft auto, one count. 814 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,680 They received sentence as prescribed by law. 815 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:56,680 Grand theft auto is punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not less than one, nor more than ten years. 816 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,680 Next week, The Big Gun, Part Two. 817 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:15,680 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 818 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:20,680 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 819 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:25,680 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Breacher. 820 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,680 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Jack Kruschen, and Herb Ellis. 821 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:33,680 Script by John Robinson. Music by Walter Schuman. 822 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,680 Hal Gibney speaking. 823 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:44,680 For a million laughs, tune in Chesterfield's Martin & Lewis Show, Tuesday on this same NBC station. 824 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:46,680 And sound off for Chesterfield. 825 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:53,680 Either regular or king size, you'll find premium quality Chesterfield much milder. 826 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:57,680 Chesterfield is best for you. 827 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:03,680 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 828 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,680 Now, new Fatima has the tip for your lips. 829 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,680 Fatima tips of perfect cork. 830 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,680 King size for natural filtering. 831 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,680 Fatima quality for a much better flavor and aroma. 832 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,680 So remember, new Fatima has the tip for your lips. 833 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:28,680 Fatima, see how smooth they are. 834 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:32,680 Remember, Fatima is made by the makers of Chesterfield. 835 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:37,680 Liggett & Myers, one of tobacco's most respected names. 836 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:41,680 Tonight, it's Adventure with Barry Craig on NBC.