1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,680 Chesterfield, first with premium quality and best for you. 3 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:23,680 Chesterfield brings you Dragmen. 4 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:27,400 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:40,040 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,040 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,280 You're assigned to homicide detail. 8 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,520 A young girl has been shot with a.22 caliber rifle. 9 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,600 It was reported as suicide. 10 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:56,240 Your job, investigate. 11 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:00,320 Here is Chesterfield's record with smokers and important to you. 12 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:06,360 No adverse effects to the nose, throat and sinuses from smoking Chesterfield. 13 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,920 That's the report of a doctor who has been examining a group of Chesterfield smokers 14 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:15,440 for a full year and two months as a part of a program supervised by a responsible independent 15 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,560 research laboratory. 16 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,120 Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like this? 17 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,800 Chesterfield, first with premium quality. 18 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,360 Chesterfield, first choice of young America. 19 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:33,240 And that's from a survey made in 274 colleges and universities. 20 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,640 Try Chesterfield's today. 21 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:39,000 Chesterfield, regular or king size. 22 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:45,200 They're much milder and best for you. 23 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:51,760 Dragmen, the documented drama of an actual crime. 24 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:56,720 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 25 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:01,320 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 26 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,000 police files. 27 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:08,200 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 28 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,200 in action. 29 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,360 It was Monday, June 8th. 30 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:15,360 It was warm in Los Angeles. 31 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,800 We were working the day watch on a homicide detail. 32 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:18,920 My partner is Frank Smith. 33 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:20,200 The boss is Captain Warman. 34 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:21,600 My name is Friday. 35 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,560 Because I'm on my way into the office and it was 8.03 a.m. when I checked into room 36 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:25,560 42. 37 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:26,560 Homicide. 38 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:27,560 Joe? 39 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:28,560 Yeah? 40 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:29,560 Back here in the skipper's office. 41 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:30,560 Ray Geese wants to talk to you. 42 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:31,560 All right. 43 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:32,560 Morning, Joe. 44 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:33,560 Hi, Ray. 45 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:34,560 What do you got? 46 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:35,560 Suicide. 47 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:36,560 Anything on it? 48 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:37,560 Here's the report. 49 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,560 Team from the business office went out last night. 50 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:40,560 Get on it right away, will you? 51 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:41,560 Right, Ray. 52 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:42,560 Let's go. 53 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:43,560 Yeah. 54 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:44,560 Want to check this stuff before we get started? 55 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,560 Might as well give us an idea of what we got to do. 56 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,040 Let's report to say there you got it. 57 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,400 Let's see, according to this, business office got a call at 2.30 this morning. 58 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,320 Landlady out in the Westlake Park district called in and said that this young girl had 59 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:56,320 committed suicide. 60 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:57,600 Did they get an ID on her? 61 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,960 No, they got her listed as Jane Doe, number 17. 62 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:00,960 There's a description here. 63 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:02,960 Better check out the missing persons, huh? 64 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:03,960 Uh-huh. 65 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:05,280 How'd the landlady happen to find the body? 66 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:08,600 Well, according to the report, she heard the water running in the apartment, finally went 67 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:09,600 up to see what it was. 68 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,640 She knocked on the door, nobody answered. 69 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:13,280 She opened it and went in, found the body. 70 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,080 Well, the girl didn't live in the apartment then? 71 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,240 No, places rented to her, Ross Mitchell. 72 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:18,240 Anything on him? 73 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:19,520 No, he says he wasn't home. 74 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,520 He was checked through R&I, no make on him. 75 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:22,800 How about prints on the victim? 76 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:23,800 No go. 77 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:24,800 Checked him out. 78 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:25,800 Nothing on her here. 79 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:26,800 We could send him on to Washington. 80 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:27,800 Yeah. 81 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:28,800 And then he found a suicide note. 82 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:30,360 There's a copy of it here. 83 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:31,360 What's it say? 84 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,240 Ross, I've tried to make you understand. 85 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:35,240 Nothing seems to do any good. 86 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,440 I've told you that I won't stand in the way of your career, but you don't want to try 87 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:39,440 to make a go of it. 88 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:40,440 I know this doesn't solve anything. 89 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:42,160 It's the only way I can think of. 90 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:43,160 Any signature? 91 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:44,160 No. 92 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,720 The report says that the original copy's over at the crime lab for processing. 93 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,320 Well, I guess we better start with the landlady, huh? 94 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:50,520 It's the best lead we got. 95 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:51,840 Glendo and Bates are out there now. 96 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:52,840 Place was staked right away. 97 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:54,600 Friday, you want a tech too? 98 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,600 Right, thanks Ray. 99 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,680 It's Friday time. 100 00:03:58,680 --> 00:03:59,680 Yeah. 101 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:00,680 Uh huh. 102 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:01,680 No, we just got it. 103 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:02,680 Was that right? 104 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:03,680 Okay, Max. 105 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:04,680 No, have him wait there, will you? 106 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:05,680 No, we'll be right over. 107 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:06,680 Right, thank you. 108 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:07,680 Well, it's a little break. 109 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:08,680 Max over at the coroner's office says they know who the girl is. 110 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:09,680 Yeah. 111 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:10,680 Her father just identified the body. 112 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:17,680 8 14 a.m. 113 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:26,720 We left the city hall and we went over to the hall of justice. 114 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,320 We met the victim's father, a Mr. Robert Andrews Paul. 115 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,560 He told us that there could be no mistake. 116 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,800 The body was that of his daughter, Gloria Z. Paul. 117 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,480 The attendant had given him some smelling salts and after introducing us, he'd left 118 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,000 to close off the viewing room. 119 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,480 I don't understand why she'd do it. 120 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:42,480 None of it makes sense. 121 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,640 When did you see your daughter last, Mr. Paul? 122 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:45,640 Saturday afternoon. 123 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:46,640 That was the last time. 124 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:47,640 I never saw her again. 125 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:49,800 She was gone Saturday night and all day yesterday, is that it? 126 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:50,800 Yeah. 127 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:51,800 You hear from her at all? 128 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:52,800 No. 129 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:53,800 Weren't you worried about her at all? 130 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:58,200 No, sometimes she doesn't come home, stays with a girlfriend, but when I didn't hear 131 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,000 from her last night, I got worried, started calling around. 132 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,200 She say where she was gone when she left? 133 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,240 Told me she was going over to see Peggy. 134 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,120 Said the two of them were going to a show and that she'd be home for dinner, sure. 135 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:09,920 Who is this Peggy? 136 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:11,640 Peggy Rockwell, a friend of Gloria's. 137 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:12,960 Have you talked to her? 138 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:13,960 What? 139 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,440 I say, have you talked to this Peggy since your daughter disappeared? 140 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,080 Yes, I called her last night. 141 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:19,080 I talked to her then. 142 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:20,160 I was most out of my mind. 143 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:21,160 I didn't know what to do. 144 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:22,280 I talked to her last night. 145 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:23,280 She didn't know. 146 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:25,960 Did your daughter know anybody named Ross Mitchell? 147 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:26,960 Ross Mitchell? 148 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,160 No, I don't think I've ever heard the name. 149 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:30,160 Why do you ask that? 150 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:31,840 I just wondered. 151 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:33,760 You know something about this you're not telling me, is that it? 152 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:34,760 No, sir, we don't. 153 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:35,760 Well, it must be something like that. 154 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:37,640 You don't just come up with a name like that out of thin air. 155 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:38,640 You got to have a reason. 156 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:39,640 Now look, I'm a father. 157 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:41,160 I got a right to know. 158 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,000 All night sitting there waiting for the phone to ring, calling her friends, thinking she's 159 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,720 been in an accident, imagining all kinds of things. 160 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:47,920 If you know something, you should tell me. 161 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:48,920 I've got to know. 162 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,040 How am I going to tell her mother? 163 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:53,760 Poor woman's almost dead with worry. 164 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:55,960 She doesn't know about this. 165 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,720 All she knows is that the baby's gone. 166 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:58,720 That's all. 167 00:05:58,720 --> 00:05:59,720 The baby's gone. 168 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:00,720 Gloria is dead. 169 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:01,720 I don't know what to do. 170 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:02,720 All right, Mr. Paul, try to take it easy. 171 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:09,920 I'm sorry if you got a cigarette. 172 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,920 Yes, sir. 173 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,920 Here you go. 174 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:20,760 Here, I'll give you a light. 175 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:21,760 I'm sorry about that. 176 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:22,760 It's all right, sir, we understand. 177 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:27,120 And do you think you can give us an address where we can talk to this Peggy Rockwell? 178 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,000 Yes, she works at a restaurant over on Seventh. 179 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,000 I've got a home address, too, if you want it. 180 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,200 We hope you'll understand this, Mr. Paul. 181 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,040 We don't mean any offense here. 182 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:38,040 What's that? 183 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,720 Did your daughter have any steady boyfriends that you know about? 184 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,880 No, I don't think so, knowing that she went with steady. 185 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,140 No one man she liked more than the others? 186 00:06:46,140 --> 00:06:47,140 I think there was. 187 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:48,140 I don't know who. 188 00:06:48,140 --> 00:06:51,480 Her mother asked her about it a couple of times, wanted to know who the fellow was, 189 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,200 but Gloria never said. 190 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:54,200 Just said that it wasn't serious. 191 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:55,200 It didn't matter. 192 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,000 I'd seem to get along with this man, would you know? 193 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,000 All right, I guess. 194 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 I told you I never saw him. 195 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,360 I didn't know who he was. 196 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,640 But whenever Gloria had a date with him, she acted like it was something special. 197 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:05,400 Did your daughter have a job? 198 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:06,400 Not regular. 199 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,360 She used to model once in a while, and then maybe she'd pick up a day's work and pictures, 200 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:10,360 not much. 201 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,640 Can you think of any reason why she'd want to take her own life? 202 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:14,640 No. 203 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:17,440 She seemed pretty happy, never gave any indication there was anything wrong. 204 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:19,240 She been ill lately under a doctor's care? 205 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:20,720 No, not that I know about. 206 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,840 Mr. Paul, is it possible she might have been seeing a doctor and you wouldn't know about 207 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:24,840 it? 208 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:25,840 No, her mother would have known. 209 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:26,840 She'd have told me. 210 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:28,400 Now, I'm pretty sure she was feeling all right. 211 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:29,840 Anything about her job that bothered her? 212 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:30,840 What do you mean? 213 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,720 Well, was she happy with what she was doing, the kind of work she was doing? 214 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:34,720 Oh, yeah. 215 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:35,720 Gloria didn't want a career. 216 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,280 She was looking for a husband, one to settle down and raise a family. 217 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:42,080 Well, can you think of anything at all that might make her want to take her own life, 218 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:43,080 as I ask you? 219 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:44,080 I can't understand it. 220 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,000 None of it makes any sense to me. 221 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,640 Where she was found, she didn't know anybody in that part of town. 222 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:50,280 I don't know what she'd be doing over there. 223 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:51,280 Could she drink? 224 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,240 I don't think I understand. 225 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:54,840 Well, did she drink much, sir? 226 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:56,080 Bars, cocktail lounges? 227 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:57,400 No, she didn't. 228 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,200 Now, Gloria was a good girl. 229 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:00,600 She didn't drink or smoke. 230 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:01,600 She was a good girl. 231 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:02,880 And I don't understand all this. 232 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:04,560 First, this thing with Ross. 233 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:06,120 Now, you want to know if she drinks. 234 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:08,320 I don't know what you're trying to get at, but I don't like it. 235 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,000 You're trying to make Gloria something that she isn't. 236 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,320 She's a good girl, always has been. 237 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:13,320 Just a home and family. 238 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:14,800 It's all she wanted, nothing more. 239 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,440 I don't know why you're asking me all these questions. 240 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:19,440 I'm her father. 241 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:20,440 You're the police. 242 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:21,440 It's up to you to find the reason. 243 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:22,800 That's your job. 244 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,760 Not to come around and say things about my girl. 245 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:25,760 I'm sorry. 246 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:27,200 We're not saying anything, Mr. Paul. 247 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,000 You're trying to make me believe that Gloria wasn't a nice girl. 248 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,000 I know different. 249 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,040 I raised her since she was a baby. 250 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,040 I gave her all the care I could. 251 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:38,160 I don't know why she'd do a thing like this. 252 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:39,160 You don't? 253 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:40,160 No. 254 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:42,040 Why ask me these questions? 255 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:44,720 Well, sir, you said it yourself. 256 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:51,400 You're her father. 257 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,280 We continue to talk to the father of the victim. 258 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:56,640 From him, we got a list of the girl's friends, the address and the names of the people that 259 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:57,640 she worked for. 260 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,640 While we were talking to him, he was unable to give us any ideas as to why his daughter, 261 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:03,560 Gloria Paul, might want to take her own life. 262 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:07,120 He insisted that he didn't know anybody or any one of his daughter's acquaintances named 263 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:08,120 Ross Mitchell. 264 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:11,880 A telephone call was put through to his wife, but she was unable to tell us who the man 265 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:12,880 was. 266 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:13,880 8.20 a.m. 267 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,000 Mr. Paul recovered from the initial shock and he went home. 268 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,240 8.39 a.m. 269 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,160 We drove over to the roaming house where Gloria Paul had been found. 270 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,920 On the way, we stopped to call the crime lab to see if they'd been able to come up with 271 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,280 anything in the dead girl's effects to help us. 272 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:29,920 Lieutenant Lee Jones at the lab told us that they hadn't finished their investigation yet. 273 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:30,920 8.50 a.m. 274 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:34,120 We arrived at the house and talked with the landlady, Selma Keen. 275 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:35,120 It's terrible. 276 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:36,120 Poor little thing. 277 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,480 You haven't seen Ross Mitchell yet, have you? 278 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:39,800 No, he hasn't come in. 279 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:43,120 I told the officers last night that I didn't expect him until noon today. 280 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:44,400 Have you seen the girl before? 281 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:45,400 Once in a while. 282 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,600 She'd come in with Ross, wait for him and then they'd go right out. 283 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,000 Did you see her last night, son? 284 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,280 I told the officers that were here last night that I didn't. 285 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,640 Didn't you talk to them at all? 286 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:56,640 Yes, ma'am. 287 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,800 We have a report they filed, Mrs. Keen, but we'd like to get some additional facts from 288 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:00,800 you. 289 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:02,840 It seems like a waste of time, but I suppose you have to. 290 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:03,840 Yes, ma'am. 291 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:05,160 Do you have any idea when she might have come in? 292 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:06,160 No, not the slightest. 293 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,320 When was the last time you saw Mitchell? 294 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:09,320 Saturday around noon. 295 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:12,880 He came in and told me that he'd be out of town over the weekend. 296 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:14,880 He said for me to keep an eye on the place. 297 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:15,880 Yes, ma'am. 298 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:16,880 Did he tell you where he was going? 299 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,800 He said he was going to visit an assistant director friend of his over in La Piñata. 300 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,600 Did he say what the friend's name was? 301 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,800 No, they're working on a picture together. 302 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,040 Ross just met him the other day, asked him out for the weekend. 303 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,040 Ross was very good at making friends. 304 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:30,840 Do you know where he's working? 305 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:31,840 No. 306 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,760 Ross just said it was a sea adventure, doing it in full color, 3D, too. 307 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,040 I guess it's going to be quite a spectacle. 308 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:40,400 I didn't have all the gimmicks in my day. 309 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:41,400 Ma'am. 310 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,240 Didn't have 3D or the other things. 311 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:44,940 My day, we acted. 312 00:10:44,940 --> 00:10:48,120 We knew how to act from the heart. 313 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,680 These youngsters are good flack. 314 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:50,680 Make a star out of anybody. 315 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:51,680 Oh, things have changed. 316 00:10:51,680 --> 00:10:56,680 And here, this one. 317 00:10:56,680 --> 00:10:58,960 That's me with the pith helmet. 318 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:00,680 This was made over on Catalina Island. 319 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:03,320 We were shooting a jungle picture. 320 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:04,480 We acted. 321 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:05,640 No doubles for us. 322 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:06,640 Real actors. 323 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:07,640 Hmm. 324 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:08,640 When was this, ma'am? 325 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:10,640 A few years ago. 326 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,440 Now, why are you asking all these questions about Ross? 327 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,880 Well, a note the girl left was addressed to him. 328 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:17,520 That doesn't mean anything. 329 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:19,640 Just some lovesick girl. 330 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,280 Doesn't mean Ross had anything to do with it. 331 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:23,840 How'd you happen to find the body? 332 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:26,120 I went to bed about 10.30. 333 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:30,440 They were running one of my old movies on TV, and I stayed up to see it. 334 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:31,440 You happened to catch it. 335 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:33,760 The thing called The Floods Will Come. 336 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:34,760 Made it over at Catalina. 337 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,760 It starred Nick Benton. 338 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,160 Real movie idol. 339 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:40,960 Here's one of the stills from the picture. 340 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:41,960 Yes, ma'am. 341 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:43,080 Here's the whole company. 342 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,400 That's me. 343 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,120 And that's Nick with the patees. 344 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:48,120 He put on a little weight. 345 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,200 I remember he had to do road work while we were there to trim down. 346 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,480 Held the company up for a week. 347 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:54,880 The grand picture. 348 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:57,720 They didn't do it right on television, though. 349 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,520 Look, look horny. 350 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,000 I guess the way they ran it through the machines. 351 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,000 You know, we all looked pasty. 352 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,000 Even Nick. 353 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Yes, ma'am. 354 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,000 Would you go on, please? 355 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:12,240 Well, after I saw the rest of the picture, I went up to the kitchen, got a bowl of shredded 356 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:14,280 wheat to eat in bed. 357 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,360 Came back to the bedroom, and I heard this noise. 358 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:17,680 What noise was that, ma'am? 359 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:20,480 Like somebody was running water in one of the taps. 360 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:21,480 Went on and on. 361 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,600 Pretty soon it started to bother me. 362 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:24,600 I couldn't understand it. 363 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,640 Finally, I went up to see who it was. 364 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:29,560 Noise came from Ross's apartment. 365 00:12:29,560 --> 00:12:32,720 I'd knocked, but there wasn't any answer, so I unlocked the door and went in. 366 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,040 I thought something was wrong. 367 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:36,040 That's when I saw her. 368 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:37,040 I see. 369 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:38,040 She was lying on bed. 370 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:40,400 Right away, I called the police. 371 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,920 Now, before you went up, did you hear any other noises? 372 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:44,920 Any sound of a struggle, anything like that, maybe? 373 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:45,920 No. 374 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:46,920 Just the water running. 375 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:47,920 I didn't see a lot of shots, ma'am. 376 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:48,920 You hear that? 377 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:49,920 No, no, I didn't. 378 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:51,680 A lot of shooting in the picture I was watching. 379 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:53,440 Did you touch anything in the room? 380 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:55,280 No, I turned the lights, but that's all. 381 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:56,720 The room was dark when I went in. 382 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,240 Just turned on the lights, and then I called you. 383 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,120 According to our report, there wasn't any purse found in the body. 384 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:03,120 Did you see one when you went in there? 385 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:04,120 I didn't. 386 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,440 But if I had, you'd gotten it. 387 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,360 What are you trying to say, that I stole her purse? 388 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:10,360 Is that what you're trying to say? 389 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:11,360 No, ma'am, that's not what we're trying to say. 390 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:12,360 Better not. 391 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,360 I've got a reputation in this town. 392 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:15,360 I know a lot of big people. 393 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,160 I'm not going to have you come in here and call me a thief. 394 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,080 Well, we didn't mean to offend you, ma'am. 395 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,520 Who has a key to Mitchell's place besides him, ma'am? 396 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:24,520 No one. 397 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:25,520 He's got the only one. 398 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:27,520 I don't like a lot of keys to the rooms out. 399 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,120 I tell all the tenants that. 400 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,480 Have you got any idea how the girl might have gotten into the room? 401 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:32,480 No. 402 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:33,480 Do you know who the gun belonged to? 403 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:34,480 Yes, it was Ross's. 404 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:35,480 You're pretty sure about that, are you? 405 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,240 Yes, I saw it when he moved in. 406 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:38,240 Commented on it then. 407 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,000 He said that he'd had it since he was a kid. 408 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,000 Kept it out of sentiment. 409 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,560 What's this all about, anyway? 410 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:46,720 You seem to think that there's something wrong with that here. 411 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:47,720 No, ma'am. 412 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:49,880 It's just that in things like this, we have to make a complete investigation. 413 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:50,880 You can understand. 414 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:54,480 Oh, well, I want to do all I can to help you, but I do have an appointment. 415 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:56,880 If there's nothing more you want, I'd like to be going. 416 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:58,320 That's all right, Miss King. 417 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,120 If we want to talk to you, we'll be able to reach you here? 418 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:01,120 Yes, right here. 419 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,320 We'll give you a call to tell you about the inquest. 420 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,400 Am I going to have to be there? 421 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:06,400 Yes, ma'am. 422 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:07,400 You and Mitchell. 423 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:08,400 Why him? 424 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:09,400 Well, it was his apartment, ma'am. 425 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:10,400 But he didn't have anything to do with it. 426 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:11,880 Well, maybe so, ma'am, but he'll still have to be there. 427 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,880 It's not fair. 428 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:15,880 A thing like this can ruin him. 429 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:17,720 By the time the papers get through it, he'll be finished. 430 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:18,720 It can ruin his career. 431 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:19,880 He doesn't know anything about it. 432 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:20,880 He won't be able to tell you anything. 433 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:21,880 You're wrong there, ma'am. 434 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:28,880 He's got a lot to explain. 435 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,880 We went upstairs and met the officer staked out in the room and looked at the apartment 436 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:33,360 where the girl had been found. 437 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:34,360 9.20 a.m. 438 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:38,440 We gave our card to Thelma Keen and asked her to call us if she thought of anything else. 439 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:42,080 We also asked her to notify us immediately in the event she heard from Mitchell. 440 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,080 The stakeout on the room continued. 441 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:45,080 9.52 a.m. 442 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,880 We drove over to the coffee shop on West 7th Street to talk to the girl's friend, Peggy 443 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:49,880 Rockwell. 444 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:54,640 We found her in the back of the place typing out the day's menus. 445 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:55,640 What about Gloria? 446 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:56,640 Something wrong? 447 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:57,640 When was the last time you saw her, miss? 448 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:58,640 Let's see. 449 00:14:58,640 --> 00:14:59,640 Saturday night. 450 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:00,640 She stayed at my house. 451 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:01,640 Left about noon on Sunday. 452 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:02,640 I had the day off. 453 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:06,760 Figured that maybe we'd do something, but Gloria said she had something to do. 454 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:08,640 Last I saw her was on Sunday morning. 455 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:10,040 You know a man named Ross Mitchell? 456 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:11,040 That bum. 457 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:12,040 Why do you say that, miss Rockwell? 458 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:13,040 Because he is. 459 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:14,040 Real no good. 460 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:15,040 You're pretty friendly with Miss Paul? 461 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:16,040 Gloria thought so. 462 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:17,880 It turned out he was just using her. 463 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:18,880 How do you mean? 464 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,640 Thought at first she could get him some jobs. 465 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:23,160 Turned out when he could do better, he dropped her. 466 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:25,880 They were going to get married and then he thought he could do better, so he dropped 467 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:26,880 her. 468 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:30,440 Say, do you mind if I go ahead with these menus? 469 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,760 The boss will be sore if I don't get through with them. 470 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:33,760 No, you go right ahead, miss. 471 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:35,360 We can talk while I'm doing it. 472 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:36,360 Yes, ma'am. 473 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,440 I took the coarse ones, touch typing. 474 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:39,440 Didn't think I'd ever use it. 475 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:40,440 Boy, was I fooled. 476 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:42,720 You go right ahead, miss. 477 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:46,120 Well, this Ross really gave her the rush. 478 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,240 Had her take him around, introduce him to her friends. 479 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,000 She got him a couple of jobs. 480 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,480 She's the one who introduced him to Mike. 481 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:53,480 Mike? 482 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,360 Yeah, Mike Cowlitz, Ross' agent. 483 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:56,720 Peggy set it up. 484 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,200 She's done just about everything for him. 485 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:00,800 Then the bum acts like this. 486 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:01,800 What do you mean, miss? 487 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:02,800 Treated her so bad. 488 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,800 Say, how do you spell croquettes? 489 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:12,800 Well, I think it's C-R-O-Q-U-E-T-T-E-S. 490 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:17,800 O-Q-E-T-T-E-S. 491 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,800 Turkey. 492 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:26,360 They had roast turkey last night. 493 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:30,160 I don't understand how people can eat them, but we sure sell a lot of them. 494 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:33,000 Did Miss Paul say she was going to see Ross over the weekend? 495 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Yeah. 496 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,360 She said she had an appointment with him Sunday. 497 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:36,960 Said she'd called him and set it up. 498 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:37,960 You know what time? 499 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,600 No, just said she wasn't going on like this. 500 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:41,600 Had to be straightened out. 501 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,480 I don't blame her. 502 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,320 She's told her friends they were going to get married, and at the last minute, Ross 503 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:47,320 had back out. 504 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:48,320 Her family know about Ross? 505 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:49,320 No. 506 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:51,920 Father didn't mind her doing a little work and show business, but he didn't want her to 507 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:53,760 marry anyone in it. 508 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,400 She thought that if they just got married, then the family would understand. 509 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,320 Jo, yeah, I'll call the crime lab, see if they've finished. 510 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:00,320 Yeah, fine, thanks. 511 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,640 How'd Miss Paul and Mitchell seem to get along, ma'am? 512 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:03,640 What do you mean? 513 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:05,840 Well, do they have any arguments or disagreements, would you know? 514 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:06,840 Not often. 515 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,320 Most of the trouble they had was about getting married. 516 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,800 Ross kept saying that it wouldn't do him any good to be married now. 517 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,760 He thought that it might hurt his career. 518 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:14,760 That's all he thought about. 519 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,760 Were you ever present in any of these arguments? 520 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:18,760 Once. 521 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:22,560 We'd gone out on a double date, went to a place down at the beach, had dinner, and then 522 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,280 stopped on the way back for a couple of drinks. 523 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,920 Ross got pretty drunk, got into a big thing about his career. 524 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:32,280 He went on and on about how hard he'd work, how much the theater meant to him, all that 525 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:33,280 kind of stuff. 526 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:34,280 What did he say? 527 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:38,240 Finally, he said right out, he'd kill anyone who tried to stop him, just like that. 528 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:39,800 He'd kill anyone who tried to stop him. 529 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:40,800 Joe. 530 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:41,800 Yeah? 531 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:42,800 See you, ma'am. 532 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:43,800 Would you excuse me, please? 533 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:44,800 Sure. 534 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:45,800 Just a minute. 535 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:47,680 Is there one L or two Ls in broccoli? 536 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:48,680 Just one, ma'am. 537 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:49,680 Well, thanks. 538 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:50,680 Yeah? 539 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:51,680 I just talked to Lee Jones. 540 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:52,680 Yeah, did he finish up? 541 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:53,680 Yeah, something's wrong. 542 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:54,680 What's that? 543 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:55,680 He thinks the girl was murdered. 544 00:17:55,680 --> 00:18:15,720 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 545 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,120 Years ahead of them all. 546 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:21,440 Chesterfield is years ahead of all cigarettes. 547 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,400 Chesterfield quality is highest. 548 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:24,800 Here's the proof. 549 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:29,400 The chemical analysis give an index of good quality for the country's six leading cigarette 550 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:30,660 brands. 551 00:18:30,660 --> 00:18:36,040 The index of good quality table, which is a ratio of high sugar to low nicotine, shows 552 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:38,720 Chesterfield quality highest. 553 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:40,080 Chesterfield quality highest. 554 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,560 15% higher than its nearest competitor. 555 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:44,960 Chesterfield quality highest. 556 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:49,960 31% higher than the average of the five other leading brands. 557 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,560 Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like this? 558 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:54,560 Chesterfield. 559 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,800 With premium quality and best for you. 560 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,240 Try Chesterfield today. 561 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:04,200 Regular or king size. 562 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:11,560 10 37 a.m. 563 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,280 We drove to the crime lab and talked with Sergeant J. Allen. 564 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:18,200 He told us that when they checked for powder burns on the body, they hadn't found any. 565 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,380 They measured the reach of the dead girl and found that it would have been almost impossible 566 00:19:21,380 --> 00:19:24,620 for her to have pulled the trigger on the rifle, leaving the fingerprints they found 567 00:19:24,620 --> 00:19:25,620 on the gun. 568 00:19:25,620 --> 00:19:29,760 Water test failed to show any traces of nitrate powder on her hands. 569 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,000 They checked the handwriting on the suicide note found in the room against samples of 570 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,320 Gloria Paul's writing and found that they didn't match. 571 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,360 From their findings, they said that it was their opinion that the girl had not killed 572 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:41,540 herself that she'd been murdered. 573 00:19:41,540 --> 00:19:45,440 We went back to the city hall and got a local and an APB on Ross Mitchell. 574 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,340 We called the landlady of his rooming house. 575 00:19:47,340 --> 00:19:48,880 She hadn't heard from him. 576 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:52,720 12 30 p.m. We went back to the rooming house and relieved the stakeout. 577 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,840 We asked the landlady not to say anything to Mitchell about our being there. 578 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,640 12 45 p.m. Still no sign of the suspect. 579 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:00,920 One o'clock. 580 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:01,920 One thirty. 581 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:02,920 Who are you? 582 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:04,920 What are you doing in my place? 583 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:05,920 Come on in. 584 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:06,920 Who are you? 585 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:07,920 Police officers. 586 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:08,920 Come on in. 587 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:09,920 Close that door. 588 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:10,920 Put that suitcase down. 589 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:11,920 What's this all about anyway? 590 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:12,920 What have you guys been doing here? 591 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:13,920 The place is so torn up. 592 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:14,920 You're Ross Mitchell. 593 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:15,920 Yes, sir. 594 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:16,920 I'm Ross Mitchell. 595 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:20,760 You know a girl named Gloria Paul? 596 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:21,760 What's she got to do with it? 597 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:22,760 You know her? 598 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:23,760 Yeah, I know her. 599 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:24,760 When's the last time you saw her? 600 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:25,760 Say, what's this all about? 601 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:26,760 What's all these questions? 602 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:27,760 When was the last time you saw Gloria Paul? 603 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:28,760 Friday night, I guess. 604 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:29,760 Don't you know for sure? 605 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:30,760 All right. 606 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:31,760 Friday night. 607 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:32,760 You haven't seen her since? 608 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:33,760 I told you the last time was Friday night. 609 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:34,760 You didn't see her Sunday? 610 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:35,760 No. 611 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:36,760 Where were you Saturday and Sunday? 612 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:37,760 Out of town. 613 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:38,760 Where? 614 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:39,760 La Cagnata. 615 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:40,760 Can you prove you were there? 616 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:41,760 Why? 617 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:42,760 Can you prove you were there? 618 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:43,760 I don't like all this. 619 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:44,760 You guys coming in here asking a lot of questions. 620 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:45,760 What are you trying to prove? 621 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:46,760 I don't have a choice. 622 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:47,760 That's what you say. 623 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:48,760 You haven't told me what this is all about. 624 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:49,760 I'm not telling you anything until you tell me. 625 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:50,960 Now, you look, Mitchell, understand this. 626 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:51,960 We're not here to pass the time of day. 627 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:52,960 You better come up with some answers quick. 628 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:53,960 Now, who are you with? 629 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,600 A friend of mine, a guy named Sid Austin. 630 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:56,600 What's his phone number? 631 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:57,600 You're going to call him? 632 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:58,600 We've got to check your alibi. 633 00:20:58,600 --> 00:20:59,600 Now, what's his number? 634 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,040 It won't do any good to call him. 635 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:02,040 I thought you said you were there. 636 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:03,040 I was. 637 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:04,040 Then we've got to call him. 638 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:05,040 Well, he won't be able to tell you anything. 639 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:06,040 He wasn't there. 640 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:07,040 He just let me use his place. 641 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:08,040 There wasn't anybody there. 642 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:17,040 I'm sure he's got somebody else inside you. 643 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,040 You mean here? 644 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:19,040 That's right. 645 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:20,040 Nobody. 646 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:21,040 You've got the only key, huh? 647 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:22,040 That's right. 648 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:23,040 The landlady's got one, just the two of them. 649 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:24,040 You got any idea how somebody else could get in here? 650 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,040 No. 651 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:26,040 Why? 652 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,040 How well do you know Gloria Paul? 653 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:28,040 What's she got to do with it? 654 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:29,040 How well do you know her? 655 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:30,040 We used to go together. 656 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:31,040 Anything serious between you? 657 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:32,040 She thought we might get married. 658 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,040 How do you feel about it? 659 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:34,040 I don't think that's any of your business. 660 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:35,040 Maybe it is. 661 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:36,040 How do you feel about it? 662 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:37,040 I liked her. 663 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:38,040 Not sure what her problem was. 664 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:39,040 I like her. 665 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:40,040 Oh. 666 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:41,040 Can I please have a cigarette? 667 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:42,040 Yeah. 668 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:43,040 Here. 669 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:44,040 Here's a match. 670 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:45,040 Thanks. 671 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:46,040 How did it happen? 672 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:47,040 I thought maybe you could tell us. 673 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:48,040 Why did you figure that? 674 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,040 Where'd you see her last? 675 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:50,040 Up here. 676 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:51,040 This room? 677 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,040 Yeah. 678 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:53,040 When was that? 679 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:54,040 I told you, Friday night. 680 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:55,040 Do you have any trouble with her? 681 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:56,040 No. 682 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:57,040 No argument? 683 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:58,040 I told you no. 684 00:21:58,040 --> 00:21:59,040 I know, I know, I know. 685 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:00,040 I know. 686 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:01,040 I know. 687 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:02,040 I know. 688 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:03,040 I know. 689 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:04,040 You think she's a stupid girl. 690 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:04,920 You have any trouble with her? 691 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:05,420 No. 692 00:22:05,420 --> 00:22:06,040 No argument? 693 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:07,040 I told you no. 694 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:10,300 Well, how did it happen? Can't you tell me? 695 00:22:10,300 --> 00:22:11,500 You own a.22 rifle? 696 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:12,100 Yeah. 697 00:22:12,100 --> 00:22:12,980 You got bullets for it? 698 00:22:12,980 --> 00:22:13,640 Yeah, why? 699 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:14,640 Where do you keep it? 700 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:16,140 Closet over there. 701 00:22:16,140 --> 00:22:17,260 You keep it loaded? 702 00:22:17,260 --> 00:22:19,300 No, the bullets are on the shelf in the closet. 703 00:22:19,300 --> 00:22:21,060 All right, come on, Ross. We better go downtown. 704 00:22:21,060 --> 00:22:21,640 What for? 705 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:22,720 I want to talk to you. 706 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:24,760 What for? You got to tell me before I have to go. 707 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,320 You got to tell me what you're holding me for. 708 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:35,700 For the suspicion of murder. Now, come on. 709 00:22:35,700 --> 00:22:37,120 Where are you taking him? 710 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:37,660 Downtown. 711 00:22:37,660 --> 00:22:38,340 Why? 712 00:22:38,340 --> 00:22:39,580 We want to talk to him. 713 00:22:39,580 --> 00:22:42,620 You didn't have anything to do with it, did you, Ross? 714 00:22:42,620 --> 00:22:44,080 I don't even know what this is all about. 715 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:45,800 All I know is that Gloria's dead. 716 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,960 She killed herself in your room. 717 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:48,380 What? 718 00:22:48,380 --> 00:22:50,600 In your room, Ross. It was suicide. 719 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:51,800 Well, they're arresting me for murder. 720 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:52,960 Well, you can't do that. 721 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:54,260 Ross didn't have anything to do with it. 722 00:22:54,260 --> 00:22:56,300 It was suicide. That's what you said. 723 00:22:56,300 --> 00:22:57,060 All right, come on, Mitchell. 724 00:22:57,060 --> 00:22:59,260 Well, you can't do that. It was suicide. 725 00:22:59,260 --> 00:23:00,440 You want to take him out the car, Frank? 726 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:01,140 Yeah. 727 00:23:01,140 --> 00:23:02,640 You can see that you're making a mistake. 728 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:04,860 He didn't have anything to do with it. 729 00:23:04,860 --> 00:23:06,560 He's going to have enough trouble with that girl 730 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:07,780 killing herself in his apartment. 731 00:23:07,780 --> 00:23:10,200 You can't arrest him for murder. It was suicide. 732 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:11,440 What are you trying to tell us, lady? 733 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:12,740 What? 734 00:23:12,740 --> 00:23:13,740 Something you want to say here? 735 00:23:13,740 --> 00:23:16,200 No. You're making things up. 736 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:17,700 All right. Let's go. 737 00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:19,440 Yes. 738 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,860 Let's go ahead. Take him. Go ahead. 739 00:23:21,860 --> 00:23:24,200 He wants to be a star. Let him. 740 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,340 Go ahead and take him and serve him right 741 00:23:26,340 --> 00:23:28,400 the way he treats people. 742 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,040 I tried to help him. 743 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,080 God knows I tried. 744 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:33,880 Got him to meet a lot of important people, 745 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,240 a lot of contacts. 746 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,100 You think he was interested? 747 00:23:37,100 --> 00:23:38,640 You bet he was. 748 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:40,960 How does he show it? 749 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:42,760 I'll tell you how. 750 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:46,060 He thanks me for all I've done for him by running around, 751 00:23:46,060 --> 00:23:50,500 chasing after that young nobody, that Gloria. 752 00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:51,840 I tried to reason with her, 753 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,560 tried to talk some sense into her, 754 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,160 told her that she couldn't do anything for him, 755 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,840 told her that I could make him a star bigger than anybody. 756 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,300 She said she loved him. 757 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:04,940 She doesn't know how to love. 758 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,880 You want to go ahead? 759 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,080 Came over here all the time begging Ross to marry. 760 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:12,320 I told her to get out of his life 761 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:13,700 and stay out to leave him alone. 762 00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:15,000 He didn't need her. 763 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,320 When was all this? 764 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,840 Sunday evening. She came here all dressed up. 765 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,440 When they're young, they know everything. 766 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,320 I'm one of the biggest stars this town ever had. 767 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,280 She's a nobody. 768 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:27,880 I know what's good for that boy. 769 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,480 Didn't you tell us you didn't see the girl Sunday, 770 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:31,880 isn't that right? 771 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:33,160 That's what I said. 772 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,760 Did you see her Sunday? 773 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:35,600 Yes, I did. 774 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,520 She wanted me to let her into Ross's apartment. 775 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:40,360 I told her he wasn't there. 776 00:24:40,360 --> 00:24:41,640 She said it didn't make any difference. 777 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:42,480 She'd wait for him. 778 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:43,920 Well? 779 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,080 I told her to leave him alone. 780 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,600 She didn't understand him. 781 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,200 Didn't know how to take care of him. 782 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,440 I know the right people. 783 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,840 He could have written his own ticket in this town. 784 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,080 He could have been big. 785 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,240 You don't want him. 786 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:00,080 I killed her. 787 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,240 All right, you want to get a coke, ma'am? 788 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:04,080 Yes. 789 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:06,680 Doesn't make any difference. 790 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:08,840 I did it to help him. 791 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:11,800 I thought you'd think it was suicide. 792 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,000 I didn't think you'd figure anything else. 793 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,720 You wrote the note, didn't you? 794 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,800 I did. 795 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,560 That's what you've got to understand. 796 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,160 For him, that was all that counted. 797 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,000 He'd married her and he'd been through. 798 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,680 I had to stop it. 799 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:29,840 I didn't want to kill her. 800 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,280 You can see I couldn't let him marry her. 801 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,080 Ross is a fine actor. 802 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:36,400 Real talent. 803 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,440 Doesn't come along often. 804 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:40,680 All right, lady, let's go. 805 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:42,040 He'll understand, won't he? 806 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,120 He'll know why I did it. 807 00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:44,840 He'll understand. 808 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,120 I wouldn't know, ma'am. 809 00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:46,960 Huh? 810 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:47,960 We'll let you ask him. 811 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,920 The story you have just heard is true. 812 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,680 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 813 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,520 On October 14th, trial was held in Department 89, 814 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,320 Superior Court of the State of California, 815 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,280 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 816 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:09,600 In a moment, the results of that trial. 817 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,520 Now here's our star, Jack Webb. 818 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,120 Thank you, George Fenomen. 819 00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:16,000 Friends, Dragnet Radio is taking a summer vacation. 820 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,200 We'll be back in the fall. 821 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,400 George Fenomen will tell you all about that in a minute. 822 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,040 Meanwhile, I hope you'll watch our TV show regularly. 823 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:23,200 And I also hope that all of you 824 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,720 who are not Chesterfield smokers will try them. 825 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,360 I like to feel that when we resume broadcasting in the fall, 826 00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:30,680 every one of you will have switched to Chesterfield. 827 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:32,360 You'll find their best for you. 828 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:34,400 And of course, when you go on that vacation this summer, 829 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,600 be sure to take along a couple of cartons, will you? 830 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:40,200 Chesterfield, we all hope you have a very pleasant summer. 831 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:43,200 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 832 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,160 Thelma Alice Keene was tried and convicted 833 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:52,680 of murder in the first degree. 834 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:54,520 She was sentenced to life imprisonment 835 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:58,520 in the California Institute for Women, Corona, California. 836 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:17,520 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 837 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,760 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases 838 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:22,320 from official files. 839 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,800 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, 840 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,600 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 841 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,880 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, 842 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:32,520 Sergeant Fance Brasher. 843 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,120 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Virginia Greg, 844 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:36,200 Vic Perrin. 845 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,160 Script by John Robinson, Ben Alexander. 846 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:40,880 Music by Walter Schuman. 847 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:42,000 Hal Gibney speaking. 848 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,600 For a million laughs, tune in Chesterfield's Martin and Lewis 849 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,520 Show, Tuesday on this same NBC station. 850 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,720 And sound off for Chesterfield, either regular or king size. 851 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:59,640 You'll find premium quality Chesterfield's much milder. 852 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,000 Chesterfield is best for you. 853 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,800 By special request, Dragnet is being 854 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,960 sent to our servicemen and women all over the world. 855 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,400 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed 856 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:14,400 from Los Angeles. 857 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:20,720 Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, Dragnet 858 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,040 leaves radio for the rest of the summer. 859 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:24,960 We'll be back early in September. 860 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,600 Watch then for our return. 861 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,760 Check the radio listings of your newspaper for the day and time. 862 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,160 Please note, however, that if Dragnet is seen on television 863 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,960 in your community, it will continue throughout the summer. 864 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,480 Have you tried new cork tipped Fatima? 865 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,440 It's the smooth smoke. 866 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:41,720 Here's why. 867 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,760 New Fatima tips of perfect cork. 868 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,240 King size for longer filtering. 869 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:51,960 And Fatima quality for a much better flavor and aroma. 870 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:55,880 Remember, Fatima has the tip for your lips. 871 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:57,360 Try new Fatima. 872 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,880 See how smooth it is. 873 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:04,160 Fatima is made by the makers of Chesterfield, Liggett and Myers, 874 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,680 one of tobacco's most respected names. 875 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:27,680 No news, now.