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For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 18 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:54,000 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. 19 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:05,000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 20 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,000 It was Wednesday, June 24th. It was warm in Los Angeles. 21 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:12,000 We were working the day watch out of auto theft detail. My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Thad Brown. 22 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Chief of detectives. My name is Friday. 23 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:19,000 We were at the main jail and it was 814 a.m. when we got to the second floor. The interview room. 24 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Sit down, Sloan. 25 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Right there. 26 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 You guys start pretty early in the morning, don't you? 27 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,000 Yeah, once in a while. 28 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,000 You got a cigarette? 29 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,000 Yeah, here you are. 30 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Thanks. I never feel like I'm alive until I've had a cigarette in the morning. How about a match? 31 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Here. 32 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Why does nothing like it, that first cigarette? 33 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 All right, what's this all about? 34 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 You know that as well as we do. A few questions we want to ask. 35 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,000 All right, go ahead and ask. 36 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,000 What's your partner's setup? 37 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,000 I don't know what you're talking about. 38 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 No, it won't work, Sloan. We got the whole story from Summers. 39 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,000 Well, then what do you need from me? 40 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Just like to check out a few things. 41 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,000 What do you mean you got the whole story from Summers? What did he say? 42 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,000 He told us everything he knows about the setup and what he says you're the key man. Everything goes through you. 43 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,000 He said that? 44 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Yeah. 45 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,000 You believe him? 46 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,000 Got no reason not to. That's why we're here. It's your side of the story. 47 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 How much he tell you? 48 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,000 He said everything he knows. 49 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Yeah, yeah, that figures. You get a guy with a yen like that, and as soon as the roof starts to drop, they spill their insides out. 50 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,000 That's the trouble with doing business. With hypes, you always run into them. 51 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Yeah, hold on. What's here your side, huh? 52 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Sure, I knew going in, if you lock Summers up, he'd break. 53 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Just a matter of time before he started seeing things and talked all over the place. 54 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Why don't you do a little of the same? 55 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,000 I got no choice. Where do you want me to start? 56 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 How about the beginning? 57 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 As good a place as any, I guess. 58 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 All right, who's the big gun in the setup? 59 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,000 You're not going to believe this. 60 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Well, why don't you try us? 61 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000 I don't know who he is. I haven't got the slightest idea, and that's the truth. 62 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,000 You're asking us to buy the fact you work for a guy you don't know. 63 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,000 I don't care if you buy it or not. That's the way it is. I don't know who the big man is. 64 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,000 How'd he get your orders? 65 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,000 He calls me. 66 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000 Where? 67 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000 My place. 68 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 When? 69 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,000 When I got something for him. 70 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,000 How does he know? 71 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:51,000 We got a set time each day. He calls in, he tells me what he wants done, I tell him what's going on. 72 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,000 What happens if you want to talk to him when it's not the time? 73 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Nothing, I gotta wait. How'd he get paid? He calls me and tells me where to go. I show up there in a doze waiting. 74 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 All right, now you start at the beginning. Give us the whole story. 75 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,000 All right, I got in town about six months ago. 76 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Where from? 77 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Outside of Chicago. 78 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,000 All right. 79 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 I laid around town for a few days, and I got this rumble that maybe I can pick up a job. 80 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Where'd you hear it? 81 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Oh, just around. I couldn't tell you where it was, a word here, another one there. Just around. 82 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 All right, go ahead. 83 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Well, I'm home one day and the phone rings. I answer it, and the guy asks me if I wanted to go to work for him. 84 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,000 I'm on my operas, so I asked him what he wanted me to do, and he springs this car-ice thing on me. 85 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 I told him I wanted no part of it. 86 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:31,000 He kept on talking, kept telling me how it was such a sweet, clean racket, how we could work it without being tagged. 87 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Finally, I told him I might be willing to sit down and talk to him about it. 88 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,000 He says no go. He said he didn't want anybody to know who he was, and that went for me, too. 89 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,000 He told me he'd swing the operation on me. 90 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,000 What do you mean, swing? 91 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,000 Well, he said he'd tell me how to set it up, how to make it work, who to contact. 92 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,000 He said he had the organization already, but he needed a man to take charge of the L.A. part of it. 93 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,000 He told me that I was the guy he wanted. 94 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Well, how did he happen to come to you? 95 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,000 I don't know. I did time when I was a kid for Grand Theft Auto. First time, I got off light. 96 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Where'd you do the time? 97 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,000 New York State. 98 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,000 All right, go on. 99 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Well, maybe you got a rumble about that. 100 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,000 He knew that I was down, maybe he figured that I was the guy to handle it for him. I don't know why he just called. 101 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 Do you have any idea who this man on the phone was? 102 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:10,000 No. I thought about it a lot. I tried to come up with an answer, but there just wasn't any. 103 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,000 At least none that I could find. 104 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Might have been somebody you met back east. 105 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,000 I don't know. Could be. I got nowhere knowing. 106 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,000 The way the deal worked out, I didn't have any reason to get nosy. 107 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:21,000 This guy really had it figured out like a charm. I still don't know how you tagged us. 108 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,000 How about it? You tell me. 109 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,000 You know better, man. 110 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Yeah. Yeah, I suppose so. 111 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 All right, go ahead. What happened after you talked to this guy? 112 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Well, I wasn't real anxious right off. I told him I'd have to think about it, you see. 113 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Yeah. 114 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Next day, he calls again. 115 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Told me he wanted to tell me the deal, lay it out for me. 116 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,000 If I thought it was good, I could go along with it. Otherwise, we could call it quits. 117 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,000 I was just about to get bounced out of my room, so I listened. We must have talked for about an hour. 118 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Yeah. 119 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 That's when he laid it out for me. 120 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:48,000 The way it looked, the plan couldn't miss. It wasn't anything he hadn't thought of all along the line. 121 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,000 He had the leaks all plugged up tight, you see. 122 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 All right. How'd this deal work? 123 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 I thought Summers gave you the line-up. 124 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Yeah, he did, but we'd like to hear it from you, all right? 125 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Are you sure you ain't trying to con me into something? 126 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 You said it yourself. You've got no choice now, have you? 127 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:04,000 No. Well, the way it had worked was smooth, real smooth. 128 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,000 The boss, that's what I called him. He'd call me, tell me what kind of car he wanted. 129 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,000 I'd get in touch with one of the boys and pass the order on, you see. 130 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Yeah. 131 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Hype would steal the car, call me. 132 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Who? 133 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Some hype would steal the car and call me right away. Tell me where he had the car. 134 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,000 Then the boss would call and I'd tell him. He'd drive by, look at the car. 135 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,000 If he okayed it, he'd call me and I'd tell the fellow that stole it to get it rolling. 136 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,000 They'd drive it to Mexico, huh? 137 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Yeah. First off, I'd meet him and give him enough money to get back here, though. 138 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,000 After that, they'd switch the plates in the car and then shove off. 139 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Where'd you get the plates? 140 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Oh, the boss would get them someplace. 141 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Then they'd be delivered to me. Always cold plates. 142 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,000 I think he probably got them off of used car lots. I don't know. That's the way it looked like to me. 143 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Yeah. What happened then? 144 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Well, the guy'd drive the car straight through. He'd deliver the car to our contact down at Tijuana. 145 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000 What about the payoff from Mexico? How'd they work then? 146 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Well, that went through me, too. I'd get a call from the boss. He'd tell me where the meat was. 147 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,000 I'd show up and pick up a paper bag with the narcotics. 148 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 That's the way the stolen cars were paid for, narcotics? 149 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Yeah. Heroin was the best, so by the time we cut it down, it went a long way. 150 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 What'd you do with the stuff? 151 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Well, some of it I'd use for paying off the hype that lifted the car and the rest went on to the boss. 152 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,000 How'd you get it to him? 153 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:08,000 He'd call me, tell me where to leave it. Maybe an alley downtown, a telephone pole on central. 154 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Once in a fountain right in front of City Hall. Every time, it was a different place. 155 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Yeah. Is it possible any of the others might know who he is? 156 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Ah, I talked to none of them, no. I don't think they're holding that. 157 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Yeah. This boss, he ever say anything that could let you know where he was calling from? 158 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,000 No. 159 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,000 How about his voice? You get anything from that? 160 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,000 What do you mean? 161 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,000 He have an accent, something like that? 162 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,000 No, nothing. He talk just like you and me. There's one thing, though. 163 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,000 What's that? 164 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,000 He's been around. He knows the tricks. He knows about me, everything I've ever done. 165 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,000 The way he talks, you know he knows all the rackets. 166 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Mm-hmm. He ever sent you anything through the mail? 167 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,000 What do you mean, like with the postman? 168 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,000 That's right. 169 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Yeah. A couple of times he sent me a batch of plates to use on the cars, but they come by messing you. 170 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 One of the companies here? 171 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,000 No, just a guy. I asked him who sent them, but they couldn't tell me. 172 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Couldn't or wouldn't? 173 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,000 I ain't sure, but I really don't think they know. 174 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,000 It's always a different guy each time, never the same one twice. 175 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,000 You got some of the plates around? 176 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,000 No, we used the last one on the car last night. 177 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,000 When does the boss usually send them to you? 178 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,000 Depends on how many cars we've taken. He keeps track. 179 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,000 When we're out of coal plates, another batch of them shows up. It depends on the cars, you think? 180 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:04,000 How about the other men working with you? The ones here in town. Do you give us a list of them? 181 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,000 If I do, it makes me a pretty big think. 182 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,000 If you don't, it's going to make you big trouble. 183 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,000 I suppose so. There's nothing you guys can promise me for this, huh? 184 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,000 You know the answer to that, too. 185 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,000 We can see that the district attorney's office knows about the help he gave us. That's all we can do. 186 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 That's better than nothing. Okay, I'll give you the name. 187 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 Now, when this goes to trial, we can figure you'll be a witness for the state. 188 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,000 Against who? 189 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,000 Well, this boss, whoever he is. 190 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Sure, if you can get him. I don't think you will, though. 191 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Is that right? 192 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:27,000 Sure, it stands to reason. I worked for the guy. I never got to see him. He ain't going to want to see the police. 193 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Now, he's a little like you, isn't he? 194 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,000 Huh? 195 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,000 He's got no choice. 196 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:35,000 We got the list of names from the suspect, and then we checked with Captain Carl Shye in our narcotics division. 197 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,000 He assigned two men to work with us on the case. 198 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:42,000 We got in touch with the sheriff's department and filled Sergeant Judge Shelton in on the developments. 199 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:49,000 A call was put in to Al Gaten at San Diego, and he said that he'd get in touch with the Mexican authorities and line up the cooperation we needed from them. 200 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:54,000 The name of the contact in Tijuana was given to them, but they were unable to locate the suspect. 201 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,000 We asked the stats office to make a new run on the investigation. 202 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:04,000 We asked the stats office to make a new run on the MO of the auto thefts in an attempt to come up with a new lead on the head of the ring of thieves. 203 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:08,000 They turned up six leads that were checked out. They netted us nothing. 204 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:15,000 We got in touch with the state highway patrol, and we worked out a system to intercept any cars that might be stolen in the future by the same gang. 205 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:21,000 The plan was that in the event we received a call regarding a stolen vehicle, we'd put it on the air with the heading of the code word Alex. 206 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:26,000 This would alert all police officers between Los Angeles and the Mexican border. 207 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:30,000 The men named for us by the suspect Harry Sloan were all taken into custody. 208 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Further interrogation netted us no new information. 209 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:39,000 In the meantime, the leader of the gang had apparently succeeded in setting up a new group of thieves and was operating again. 210 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,000 The thefts continued through the next month. 211 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:49,000 During that time, all precautions were taken to keep the stolen cars from getting to the border, but the speed with which the gang operated made apprehending them almost impossible. 212 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:55,000 The radio operation with patrol units along the highway was tried, but by the time the cars were reported stolen to us 213 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:59,000 and we were able to get a broadcast out on them, they were already across the border. 214 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:03,000 Thursday, July 30th, Frank and I checked into the office. 215 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,000 I'll check the book. 216 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,000 Right. 217 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,000 Anything? 218 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,000 No, it's all here from Fay, that's all. 219 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 Well, Skipper sure hacked about this thing, huh? 220 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Can you blame him? 221 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,000 No, I suppose not. He's got a lot of people leaning on him. 222 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,000 I don't know, Joe, it's about time the brakes start falling on our side. 223 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,000 Well, we've been saying that for a long time, too. It doesn't seem to do much good. 224 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 We've got a big gun, we're going to have to prove it, and that isn't going to be easy. 225 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Yeah. 226 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,000 The way he's going to work down is going to be awful tough to build a case that'll stick. 227 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Well, he doesn't handle the narcotics, he doesn't handle the money, all he does is okay the jobs. 228 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,000 Yeah, but there's got to be an outlet for the heroin. 229 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,000 Where's he getting rid of it? 230 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,000 That's a good question. You know, we've been trying to come up with the answer a long time. 231 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,000 No rumbles, informants don't know anything. 232 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,000 I'll get it. 233 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 Auto theft Friday. 234 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:47,000 Yes, ma'am. 235 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,000 Well, maybe we can help you. 236 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Yes, ma'am, huh? 237 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Yes, well, could we meet you? 238 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Oh, no, ma'am, you won't be involved. 239 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:59,000 Oh, what's that address again? 240 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Yeah. 241 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 Yes, ma'am, we'll be there. 242 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Oh, in about ten minutes? What's that? 243 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,000 No, ma'am, just my partner. 244 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,000 Yes, that's right. 245 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,000 All right, see you then. 246 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Right, goodbye. 247 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Well, maybe this is a break. 248 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Who was it? 249 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,000 Woman, she wouldn't give us her name. She said that wasn't important. She wants us to meet her. 250 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,000 What about? 251 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:22,000 What does that have to do with used cars? 252 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,000 Ten, ten a.m. 253 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Frank and I left the office and drove to Hollywood to meet the woman who'd called in. 254 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,000 She said that she wanted to meet us in one of the coffee shops along Vine Street. 255 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:33,000 We drove out the new freeway to Hollywood Boulevard and then down to Vine Street. 256 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,000 We parked the car and walked up to the coffee shop. 257 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:40,000 The girl on the phone had refused to give us her name, so Frank and I had no way of knowing who she might be. 258 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,000 She told me to take a booth at the back of the restaurant and that she'd find us. 259 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 Then I sat down and ordered a cup of coffee and we waited. 260 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,000 There was no sign of the caller. 261 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,000 Eleven a.m. 262 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,000 She still hadn't shown up. 263 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:55,000 We were about ready to leave when a tall woman, well dressed, in her middle 30s came in. 264 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:59,000 She stopped at the door and looked around the place and then she headed for our booth. 265 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Joe. 266 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000 That might be. 267 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,000 No, she's heading for the next booth. 268 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,000 Are you from the police? 269 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:05,000 What? 270 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,000 Are you a policeman? 271 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,000 No, why? 272 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Never mind. 273 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,000 Are you from the cops? 274 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,000 Yes, ma'am. 275 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 I'm the one who called you and told you to meet me here. 276 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,000 Yes, ma'am. 277 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,000 I'm Joe Friday. 278 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,000 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 279 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,000 You got some way to prove it. 280 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,000 Ma'am. 281 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,000 Prove that you're cops. 282 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,000 I don't want to talk to nobody who ain't a cop. 283 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,000 Yes, ma'am. 284 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,000 Here's my ID card. 285 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,000 Oh, yeah. 286 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,000 That's you, all right. 287 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Yes, ma'am. 288 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,000 How about you? 289 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,000 Yes, ma'am. 290 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,000 Here's mine. 291 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,000 Oh, yeah. 292 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,000 Oh, say, that's a real nice picture. 293 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,000 You put on some weight, haven't you? 294 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Would you like to sit down, ma'am? 295 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,000 We can get started on this? 296 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,000 Yes, sure. 297 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:39,000 Now, what was your name? 298 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,000 You don't need that. 299 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,000 It doesn't make any difference. 300 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,000 All right. 301 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,000 We order you something, maybe? 302 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Yeah, I'd like a Coke. 303 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,000 All right. 304 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,000 I'll get a Joe. 305 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,000 You make sure it's a real Coke, though. 306 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,000 Genuine. 307 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,000 All right, ma'am. 308 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,000 I'm sorry I'm late. 309 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,000 I got tied up. 310 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000 That's all right, ma'am. 311 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,000 I wonder if we can get started. 312 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,000 Well, I was across the street waiting by the radio station. 313 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Yes, ma'am. 314 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,000 Waiting for that singer. 315 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Oh, what's his name? 316 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,000 You know who I mean, the cute one with the curly hair. 317 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 Oh, I never can think of his name. 318 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Anyway, I was waiting for him to come out. 319 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,000 He was doing a show over there, you know. 320 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 He has a wonderful voice and he's so cute. 321 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,000 Now, what's this all about, this thing you want to tell us? 322 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,000 Crazy kids in their autograph books. 323 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,000 I couldn't even get near him. 324 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,000 Miserable. 325 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,000 I wonder if we could get out of business here, ma'am. 326 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 You said on the phone that you could give us some information? 327 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,000 Yeah, I think I can help you out. 328 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,000 It seems to me that you might want to talk to this man. 329 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,000 What's his name? 330 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,000 Well, maybe I ought to tell you about him first, and then if you want to know his name, I can tell you that. 331 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,000 All right, ma'am. 332 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,000 Go ahead. 333 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Here's your Coke, ma'am. 334 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Oh, thanks. 335 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Oh, that's good. 336 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 It's cold. 337 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Do you want to go on? 338 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 On? 339 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Yes, ma'am. 340 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,000 About the man? 341 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,000 Oh, yeah. 342 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,000 Well, there's this fella, and he's got an office in the building where I work. 343 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Where would that be? 344 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,000 A corner of Hollywood and Dick Street. 345 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,000 Right on the corner. 346 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Ninth floor. 347 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Elevator's always out of order. 348 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Yes, ma'am. 349 00:13:58,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Well, he's got this office and I see him a lot. 350 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,000 You know what? 351 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,000 The elevator? 352 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,000 Maybe down at the magazine rack in the lobby. 353 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,000 Anyway, I see him a lot. 354 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,000 All right. 355 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Well, about a week ago, he asked me for a date. 356 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Just like that. 357 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,000 He'd come up to me while I was looking at TV Stars Parade at the magazine. 358 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:16,000 All about television stars, where they work, what they're like, all interesting things 359 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,000 like that, like do they like garlic and what kind of knot do they use in their ties, all 360 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,000 interesting things like that. 361 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,000 So this man asked you for a date, huh? 362 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,000 Came up just like brass and asked me out. 363 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,000 Well, first off, I was kind of flattered. 364 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 You know, he's pretty nice. 365 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,000 He drives a nice car and all, but I told him I couldn't go out with him. 366 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,000 Then I told him that I thought he should be ashamed of himself. 367 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,000 I told him he should be ashamed of himself. 368 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,000 Yes, ma'am. 369 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,000 Sure. 370 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,000 See, I knew he was married. 371 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,000 Nice little wife. 372 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,000 Real cute. 373 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,000 I saw her a couple of times around the building. 374 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Lately, she hasn't been too well. 375 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,000 Real cute. 376 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,000 Imagine him asking me out and him a married man. 377 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Well, yes, ma'am, but why do you think that the police might be interested in him? 378 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:02,000 I'm coming to that. 379 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000 That was good. 380 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:08,000 Well, I kind of checked around, you know, to see what this guy did and what business he was in. 381 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,000 Yes, ma'am. 382 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000 He's in the used car business, sells old cars. 383 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,000 I see. 384 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,000 That's it. 385 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,000 Sells used cars in an office building. 386 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,000 Not even a lot. 387 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Nothing. 388 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,000 There's a glass door. 389 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,000 Is there any lettering on it? 390 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Yeah, I thought about that too, but there isn't. 391 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,000 No, that's all he's got, just this little tiny office desk and a couple of chairs. 392 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,000 Glass door. 393 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,000 Well, ma'am, there's nothing illegal in that, you know. 394 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Oh, yeah, but he doesn't have a license. 395 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,000 No, sir, he doesn't have a license. 396 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Hey, pardon? 397 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,000 I work for a lawyer. 398 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,000 Alphabetical filing, G to O. 399 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:42,000 I asked my boss if he didn't have to have some kind of license to sell cars, and my boss says you do. 400 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,000 This man doesn't have one. 401 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:47,000 He goes out and buys these old cars and then fixes them up and sells them, and he doesn't have a license. 402 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:51,000 Well, not only that, the man he sells the cars to. 403 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,000 Why do you say that? 404 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Well, because I do, that's why. 405 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Well, he's coming in the office, and they sit there and talk and talk, and then they leave. 406 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:02,000 I've been in the hall sometimes, and they laugh, and they're real spooky guys, real spooky. 407 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,000 What's the matter, ma'am? 408 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,000 The man that just came in, the one with the kind of blond hair, you see him? 409 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Yes, ma'am, what about him? 410 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Isn't that... Oh, what a name. I know it as well as I know my own. 411 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:19,000 He stars in all those space things, you know, like the Saturn Saga and the Martian Maniac that was on last week, and this fella, that one that just came in. 412 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Well, he had on this kind of suit, all covered with lights, a space suit, so cute. 413 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Yes, ma'am. Well, if you'll tell us the name of the man in your building, we'll check on him. 414 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,000 Oh, there's more to the story. 415 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Ma'am? 416 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000 There's more. I'm not finished. 417 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Would you like to sit down and go on? 418 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,000 Oh, yeah. 419 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:42,000 Well, the day before yesterday, I'm standing by the elevator, and one of this man's customers came out of the office. 420 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,000 He walks over to the elevator. 421 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:48,000 He reached into his pocket and took out a cigarette, kept the pack up here in the pocket up here. 422 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,000 With the handkerchief? 423 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Yes, ma'am. 424 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,000 Well, when he pulled the pack out, he dropped a little package. 425 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,000 It fell around the floor and he didn't see it. 426 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,000 Right away, he got into the elevator and went down, and I went over and picked it up. 427 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,000 A little tiny thing. 428 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,000 Got it right here in my purse. 429 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:06,000 I was going to give it to the man, and then I thought maybe I better come to you. 430 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,000 I saw a picture of a thing like this in the newspaper once. 431 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,000 Here it is. 432 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:14,000 You just look at that. 433 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,000 There, you see? 434 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Yes, ma'am. 435 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,000 Where is it, Jim? 436 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Harold. 437 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:24,000 1140 A.M. 438 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,000 We continued to talk to the woman. 439 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:30,000 She gave us the name of the man who ran the used car agency in her building, Ralph Holland. 440 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:34,000 She also gave us a description of him and a description of the man she'd seen drop the narcotics. 441 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,000 We went back to the office and checked the name through R&I. 442 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,000 Holland had a record listing one arrest on suspicion of violation of the State Narcotic Act. 443 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,000 The date of the arrest was August 17, 1937. 444 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,000 He'd been released for lack of evidence. 445 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:50,000 We checked the name in the phone book and came up with a business and a residence address. 446 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:55,000 He lived with his wife in a large tract out in San Fernando Valley, 1.15 P.M. 447 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:58,000 Frank and I drove out to talk with Holland's neighbors. 448 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,000 They told us that the family was known and respected throughout the area. 449 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,000 None of them could recount any actions that might cause suspicion. 450 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,000 They told us the Hollands had lived in the house for the past five years, 451 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:11,000 but that Mrs. Holland had said that the family was planning to move into town. 452 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:15,000 From the neighbors, we found out that Mrs. Holland was a semi-invalid and rarely left the house. 453 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,000 We called the office and arranged for a stakeout on the house, 454 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,000 and then we drove back into Hollywood to talk with Holland's business associate. 455 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 From them, we got the same story. 456 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:28,000 Ralph Holland was a respected member of the community and was a member of several civic clubs. 457 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,000 None of his friends could tell us much about his business activities. 458 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:35,000 We did learn, however, that many of his friends couldn't figure how the family could live at the scale that they did. 459 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,000 They said that Holland had a good business, 460 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:42,000 but they couldn't see how he could afford the new cars that he drove or the new house he was planning to move into. 461 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,000 By 46 p.m., we checked back into the office and talked with Captain Nelson. 462 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,000 Well, it should take us a couple of days to get the information back from the banks. 463 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,000 Yeah. In the meantime, we got a lot of walking to do. 464 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,000 Yeah. It's gonna be tough. 465 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000 I'll skipper say we could have all the help we needed. 466 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,000 You got in touch with Narcotics? 467 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,000 Yeah, I called him this morning. They'll give us a hand. 468 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000 Yeah. Rough duty, isn't it? 469 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,000 What do you mean? 470 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,000 Well, we figured the guy's gilly, looks good for it, not a big job. 471 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Yeah. Gotta prove it. 472 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:22,000 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 473 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,000 Years ahead of them all. 474 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,000 Chesterfield is years ahead of all cigarettes. 475 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:31,000 Chesterfield quality is highest. Here's the proof. 476 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:37,000 Recent chemical analyses give an index of good quality for the country's six leading cigarette brands. 477 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:44,000 The index of good quality table, which is a ratio of high sugar to low nicotine, shows Chesterfield quality highest. 478 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,000 Chesterfield quality highest. 479 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,000 Fifteen percent higher than its nearest competitor. 480 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,000 Chesterfield quality highest. 481 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:56,000 Thirty-one percent higher than the average of the five other leading brands. 482 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,000 Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like this? 483 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:04,000 Chesterfield, first with premium quality and best for you. 484 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:09,000 Try Chesterfield today, regular or king size. 485 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Friday, July 31st, the legwork started. 486 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Two teams of men were assigned from auto theft detail to help us, and Narcotics sent two more teams to work with us. 487 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,000 For the next three weeks, Ralph Holland was kept under 24-hour surveillance. 488 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,000 A stakeout was maintained on his house and on his office. 489 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 His business records were checked. 490 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,000 From these, we came up with an estimate of what the suspect's income was. 491 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000 Then we began to check his expenditures. 492 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:46,000 As a result, we found that he had control of at least $250,000 that his business could not account for. 493 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,000 Everyone who visited the Hollands, either at their home or at his office, was checked on. 494 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,000 Among his visitors, we found several known narcotic dealers. 495 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:57,000 The auto thefts continued, but by now the code system had begun to work. 496 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:02,000 From July 31st to August 25th, 16 cars were stolen that we attributed to Holland's operation. 497 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,000 All of them were recovered between Los Angeles and the Mexican border. 498 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:11,000 All of the drivers of the cars were taken into custody, but none of them could give us any information to aid us in obtaining a conviction. 499 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:15,000 During that time, Holland didn't make any attempt to handle any narcotics. 500 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:21,000 A dictograph had been placed in his office and all of his conversations were monitored, but nothing incriminating was said. 501 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:27,000 We got the address of the new home the suspect had bought and a complete set of listening equipment was installed there. 502 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:31,000 From the time the couple moved into the house, their conversations were monitored 24 hours a day. 503 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:37,000 The recordings were played for Captain Nelson, Captain Chai of Narcotics Division, and for the men from the District Attorney's office. 504 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,000 They agreed that there wasn't enough evidence to issue an indictment. 505 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,000 Friday, August 28th, Frank and I checked into the listening post. 506 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,000 Why don't you might as well sit down, Frank. We got a long night. 507 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:52,000 It's gonna be better with a speaker. What? Fellas downtown putting a speaker, see? Earphones get too heavy. Oh, yeah. 508 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,000 I was talking to Guy Anderson. He was out here. 509 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,000 Said by the time you sit with those things on your head for a couple hours, feels like somebody shot your ears full of Novakine. 510 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,000 Yeah. Speaker's better. Yeah, man. It's easier too. 511 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000 Well, better turned on, huh? Yeah. 512 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,000 Holland come home yet? Just walked in before we got here. 513 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000 There they come. 514 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000 You tired, honey? Yeah. 515 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:14,000 I want a drink. I have one right here. Oh, I'll fix it. 516 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000 Sounds like you're in the living room, huh? Yeah. 517 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:21,000 Want to take a trip with me? Where to? Oh, help me. We drive down south. 518 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,000 You're not treating on going to Mexico. Oh, I got it, honey. 519 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:29,000 And anybody else that said things been rough lately, been picking the boys up as fast as I can find them. 520 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,000 Why did you call it quits? You've made enough. 521 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,000 Just about to do that, honey. That's the last trip. 522 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,000 I'm glad of that. Honey, I don't like it. 523 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:41,000 Maybe I'm just getting jittery, but I swear there have been men watching the house. 524 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:44,000 Here. Thank you, sir. 525 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000 Oh, you're just getting jumpy, honey. 526 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,000 There isn't anybody watching and anybody who knows about this. 527 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,000 Oh, I'm glad you think that. I'm not too sure anymore. 528 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,000 Nothing to worry about. We're cleaning. This is the last trip. 529 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,000 After that, we call it quits, okay? 530 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,000 I'll be glad when it's over. 531 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000 You go with me. That'll be good for you. 532 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 Get out of the house. See the country. 533 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,000 Get you over this case of nerves you got. 534 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,000 Might be kind of nice if that. Sure it would. 535 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,000 Best thing in the world for you. See some new things? 536 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,000 When do you figure you go? 537 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,000 Oh, I'm gonna pick up the car in the morning early. 538 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 I thought we'd get away about eight. 539 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 We'll stay down there for a couple of days. 540 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,000 We'll get back Tuesday. Take our time. Have a few laughs. 541 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Who's gonna pick up the car? 542 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,000 A kid named Jimmy. We're gonna meet him halfway, just outside of Del Mar. 543 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,000 I'll take the car from there. 544 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,000 Well, like I said, I'll be glad when it's over. 545 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,000 I know how you feel, honey. I'll give you my word. 546 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,000 Tomorrow, that's the end of it. 547 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:42,000 Well, let's hope he's not kidding. 548 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,000 The following morning at 6.30 a.m., 549 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,000 Frank and I, along with the men from Narcotics Division, 550 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,000 were parked down the street from the Holland home. 551 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,000 At 8.36 a.m., we saw the couple come out of the house 552 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 and get into Ralph Holland's car. 553 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 They drove out to Sepulveda Boulevard and they turned south. 554 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,000 All units of the state police had been notified to watch for the car. 555 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,000 Members of the Sheriff's Department were stationed along the road just outside Del Mar. 556 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:09,000 If we could take Holland into custody while he was in the possession of a stolen car 557 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,000 and confront him with the stories of the two suspects we picked up earlier, 558 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000 George Summers and Harry Sloan, 559 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,000 we felt that there was a good chance that he might confess. 560 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:20,000 In any event, we'd be able to bring him to trial on a grand theft auto charge. 561 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,000 The meet was made with the man who'd stolen the car as scheduled, 562 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,000 and Holland started to drive south to the border. 563 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:29,000 Men from the Sheriff's Department took the thief into custody and we followed Holland. 564 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000 About four minutes later, he pulled the car over to the side of the road 565 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000 in front of a small coffee stand. 566 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,000 He and his wife got out of the car and they went into the place. 567 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,000 We drove by and then we doubled back and parked about 100 yards up the road from the stand. 568 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,000 All right, let's go. The boy should be around back by now. 569 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,000 Yeah. 570 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 Come on, come on. 571 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,000 Out the end of the counter. 572 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,000 Yeah. 573 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,000 You Ralph Holland? 574 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Yes, what do you want? 575 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,000 You driving that green Buick out there? 576 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Yeah, so what? 577 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 What if we could see the registration papers on the car? 578 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,000 What for? 579 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,000 Police officers. We'd like to see the registration papers. 580 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Watch it. 581 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,000 What are you doing? You got no right to hit him like that. 582 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,000 We weren't doing anything. You got no right. 583 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,000 Come on, Holland. 584 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 You're playing a little rough, don't you? 585 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,000 We didn't call it. You did. 586 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,000 All right, hands are back here. 587 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000 Stand still. 588 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,000 How about it? 589 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:21,000 He's clean. 590 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 You guys, you got a lot of nerve to come in here and beat him up like this. 591 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,000 Who tipped you? Who faked it? 592 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,000 Don't worry about it. 593 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Somebody had to, but there wasn't anybody that knew. 594 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,000 Nobody at all. How'd you find out? 595 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,000 All right, come on. 596 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,000 It's perfect. 597 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,000 Now, where'd I go sour? 598 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,000 When'd I make the mistake? 599 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000 When you started. 600 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,000 The story you have just heard is true. 601 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 602 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,000 On January 14th, trial was held in Department 89, 603 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,000 Superior Court of the State of California, 604 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,000 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 605 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,000 In a moment, the results of that trial. 606 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 607 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,000 Thank you, George Fenomen. 608 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,000 Next time you buy cigarettes, I wish you'd kind of keep us in mind 609 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 and remember what we've told you about Chesterfield. 610 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:07,000 First with premium quality, highest quality, 611 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,000 in both regular and king size. 612 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,000 You smoke a couple of packs and you'll see what I mean. 613 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,000 Chesterfield's are milder, with a wonderful taste. 614 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,000 And you want to remember this. 615 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,000 Chesterfield is America's best cigarette buy. 616 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:29,000 See for yourself, won't you? 617 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,000 Ralph P. Holland was tried and convicted on 12 counts Grand Theft Auto. 618 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,000 His wife, Mildred R. Holland, was tried and convicted of one count Grand Theft Auto. 619 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,000 Seven other members of the gang were apprehended and brought to trial on the same charges. 620 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,000 They all received sentences as prescribed by law. 621 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:49,000 Grand Theft Auto is punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of not less than one, 622 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000 nor more than ten years. 623 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:57,000 Four suspects were apprehended and tried on charges of violation of the State Narcotic Act of Felony. 624 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,000 They were convicted and received terms as prescribed by law. 625 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:05,000 Violation of the State Narcotic Act of Felony is punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary 626 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:09,000 for a period of not less than one, nor more than six years. 627 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:23,000 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 628 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:28,000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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