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01:21.120 --> 01:24.800 Chesterfield, first with premium quality. 01:24.800 --> 01:28.360 Chesterfield, first choice of young America. 01:28.360 --> 01:33.240 And that's from a survey made in 274 colleges and universities. 01:33.240 --> 01:35.640 Try Chesterfield's today. 01:35.640 --> 01:39.000 Chesterfield, regular or king size. 01:39.000 --> 01:45.200 They're much milder and best for you. 01:45.200 --> 01:51.760 Dragmen, the documented drama of an actual crime. 01:51.760 --> 01:56.720 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 01:56.720 --> 02:01.320 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 02:01.320 --> 02:03.000 police files. 02:03.000 --> 02:08.200 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 02:08.200 --> 02:11.200 in action. 02:11.200 --> 02:14.360 It was Monday, June 8th. 02:14.360 --> 02:15.360 It was warm in Los Angeles. 02:15.360 --> 02:17.800 We were working the day watch on a homicide detail. 02:17.800 --> 02:18.920 My partner is Frank Smith. 02:18.920 --> 02:20.200 The boss is Captain Warman. 02:20.200 --> 02:21.600 My name is Friday. 02:21.600 --> 02:24.560 Because I'm on my way into the office and it was 8.03 a.m. when I checked into room 02:24.560 --> 02:25.560 42. 02:25.560 --> 02:26.560 Homicide. 02:26.560 --> 02:27.560 Joe? 02:27.560 --> 02:28.560 Yeah? 02:28.560 --> 02:29.560 Back here in the skipper's office. 02:29.560 --> 02:30.560 Ray Geese wants to talk to you. 02:30.560 --> 02:31.560 All right. 02:31.560 --> 02:32.560 Morning, Joe. 02:32.560 --> 02:33.560 Hi, Ray. 02:33.560 --> 02:34.560 What do you got? 02:34.560 --> 02:35.560 Suicide. 02:35.560 --> 02:36.560 Anything on it? 02:36.560 --> 02:37.560 Here's the report. 02:37.560 --> 02:39.560 Team from the business office went out last night. 02:39.560 --> 02:40.560 Get on it right away, will you? 02:40.560 --> 02:41.560 Right, Ray. 02:41.560 --> 02:42.560 Let's go. 02:42.560 --> 02:43.560 Yeah. 02:43.560 --> 02:44.560 Want to check this stuff before we get started? 02:44.560 --> 02:47.560 Might as well give us an idea of what we got to do. 02:47.560 --> 02:49.040 Let's report to say there you got it. 02:49.040 --> 02:52.400 Let's see, according to this, business office got a call at 2.30 this morning. 02:52.400 --> 02:55.320 Landlady out in the Westlake Park district called in and said that this young girl had 02:55.320 --> 02:56.320 committed suicide. 02:56.320 --> 02:57.600 Did they get an ID on her? 02:57.600 --> 02:59.960 No, they got her listed as Jane Doe, number 17. 02:59.960 --> 03:00.960 There's a description here. 03:00.960 --> 03:02.960 Better check out the missing persons, huh? 03:02.960 --> 03:03.960 Uh-huh. 03:03.960 --> 03:05.280 How'd the landlady happen to find the body? 03:05.280 --> 03:08.600 Well, according to the report, she heard the water running in the apartment, finally went 03:08.600 --> 03:09.600 up to see what it was. 03:09.600 --> 03:11.640 She knocked on the door, nobody answered. 03:11.640 --> 03:13.280 She opened it and went in, found the body. 03:13.280 --> 03:15.080 Well, the girl didn't live in the apartment then? 03:15.080 --> 03:17.240 No, places rented to her, Ross Mitchell. 03:17.240 --> 03:18.240 Anything on him? 03:18.240 --> 03:19.520 No, he says he wasn't home. 03:19.520 --> 03:21.520 He was checked through R&I, no make on him. 03:21.520 --> 03:22.800 How about prints on the victim? 03:22.800 --> 03:23.800 No go. 03:23.800 --> 03:24.800 Checked him out. 03:24.800 --> 03:25.800 Nothing on her here. 03:25.800 --> 03:26.800 We could send him on to Washington. 03:26.800 --> 03:27.800 Yeah. 03:27.800 --> 03:28.800 And then he found a suicide note. 03:28.800 --> 03:30.360 There's a copy of it here. 03:30.360 --> 03:31.360 What's it say? 03:31.360 --> 03:34.240 Ross, I've tried to make you understand. 03:34.240 --> 03:35.240 Nothing seems to do any good. 03:35.240 --> 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 03:38.440 --> 03:39.440 to make a go of it. 03:39.440 --> 03:40.440 I know this doesn't solve anything. 03:40.440 --> 03:42.160 It's the only way I can think of. 03:42.160 --> 03:43.160 Any signature? 03:43.160 --> 03:44.160 No. 03:44.160 --> 03:46.720 The report says that the original copy's over at the crime lab for processing. 03:46.720 --> 03:49.320 Well, I guess we better start with the landlady, huh? 03:49.320 --> 03:50.520 It's the best lead we got. 03:50.520 --> 03:51.840 Glendo and Bates are out there now. 03:51.840 --> 03:52.840 Place was staked right away. 03:52.840 --> 03:54.600 Friday, you want a tech too? 03:54.600 --> 03:56.600 Right, thanks Ray. 03:56.600 --> 03:58.680 It's Friday time. 03:58.680 --> 03:59.680 Yeah. 03:59.680 --> 04:00.680 Uh huh. 04:00.680 --> 04:01.680 No, we just got it. 04:01.680 --> 04:02.680 Was that right? 04:02.680 --> 04:03.680 Okay, Max. 04:03.680 --> 04:04.680 No, have him wait there, will you? 04:04.680 --> 04:05.680 No, we'll be right over. 04:05.680 --> 04:06.680 Right, thank you. 04:06.680 --> 04:07.680 Well, it's a little break. 04:07.680 --> 04:08.680 Max over at the coroner's office says they know who the girl is. 04:08.680 --> 04:09.680 Yeah. 04:09.680 --> 04:10.680 Her father just identified the body. 04:10.680 --> 04:17.680 8 14 a.m. 04:17.680 --> 04:26.720 We left the city hall and we went over to the hall of justice. 04:26.720 --> 04:29.320 We met the victim's father, a Mr. Robert Andrews Paul. 04:29.320 --> 04:31.560 He told us that there could be no mistake. 04:31.560 --> 04:34.800 The body was that of his daughter, Gloria Z. Paul. 04:34.800 --> 04:38.480 The attendant had given him some smelling salts and after introducing us, he'd left 04:38.480 --> 04:40.000 to close off the viewing room. 04:40.000 --> 04:41.480 I don't understand why she'd do it. 04:41.480 --> 04:42.480 None of it makes sense. 04:42.480 --> 04:44.640 When did you see your daughter last, Mr. Paul? 04:44.640 --> 04:45.640 Saturday afternoon. 04:45.640 --> 04:46.640 That was the last time. 04:46.640 --> 04:47.640 I never saw her again. 04:47.640 --> 04:49.800 She was gone Saturday night and all day yesterday, is that it? 04:49.800 --> 04:50.800 Yeah. 04:50.800 --> 04:51.800 You hear from her at all? 04:51.800 --> 04:52.800 No. 04:52.800 --> 04:53.800 Weren't you worried about her at all? 04:53.800 --> 04:58.200 No, sometimes she doesn't come home, stays with a girlfriend, but when I didn't hear 04:58.200 --> 05:01.000 from her last night, I got worried, started calling around. 05:01.000 --> 05:03.200 She say where she was gone when she left? 05:03.200 --> 05:05.240 Told me she was going over to see Peggy. 05:05.240 --> 05:08.120 Said the two of them were going to a show and that she'd be home for dinner, sure. 05:08.120 --> 05:09.920 Who is this Peggy? 05:09.920 --> 05:11.640 Peggy Rockwell, a friend of Gloria's. 05:11.640 --> 05:12.960 Have you talked to her? 05:12.960 --> 05:13.960 What? 05:13.960 --> 05:16.440 I say, have you talked to this Peggy since your daughter disappeared? 05:16.440 --> 05:18.080 Yes, I called her last night. 05:18.080 --> 05:19.080 I talked to her then. 05:19.080 --> 05:20.160 I was most out of my mind. 05:20.160 --> 05:21.160 I didn't know what to do. 05:21.160 --> 05:22.280 I talked to her last night. 05:22.280 --> 05:23.280 She didn't know. 05:23.280 --> 05:25.960 Did your daughter know anybody named Ross Mitchell? 05:25.960 --> 05:26.960 Ross Mitchell? 05:26.960 --> 05:29.160 No, I don't think I've ever heard the name. 05:29.160 --> 05:30.160 Why do you ask that? 05:30.160 --> 05:31.840 I just wondered. 05:31.840 --> 05:33.760 You know something about this you're not telling me, is that it? 05:33.760 --> 05:34.760 No, sir, we don't. 05:34.760 --> 05:35.760 Well, it must be something like that. 05:35.760 --> 05:37.640 You don't just come up with a name like that out of thin air. 05:37.640 --> 05:38.640 You got to have a reason. 05:38.640 --> 05:39.640 Now look, I'm a father. 05:39.640 --> 05:41.160 I got a right to know. 05:41.160 --> 05:44.000 All night sitting there waiting for the phone to ring, calling her friends, thinking she's 05:44.000 --> 05:46.720 been in an accident, imagining all kinds of things. 05:46.720 --> 05:47.920 If you know something, you should tell me. 05:47.920 --> 05:48.920 I've got to know. 05:48.920 --> 05:52.040 How am I going to tell her mother? 05:52.040 --> 05:53.760 Poor woman's almost dead with worry. 05:53.760 --> 05:55.960 She doesn't know about this. 05:55.960 --> 05:57.720 All she knows is that the baby's gone. 05:57.720 --> 05:58.720 That's all. 05:58.720 --> 05:59.720 The baby's gone. 05:59.720 --> 06:00.720 Gloria is dead. 06:00.720 --> 06:01.720 I don't know what to do. 06:01.720 --> 06:02.720 All right, Mr. Paul, try to take it easy. 06:02.720 --> 06:09.920 I'm sorry if you got a cigarette. 06:09.920 --> 06:12.920 Yes, sir. 06:12.920 --> 06:15.920 Here you go. 06:15.920 --> 06:20.760 Here, I'll give you a light. 06:20.760 --> 06:21.760 I'm sorry about that. 06:21.760 --> 06:22.760 It's all right, sir, we understand. 06:22.760 --> 06:27.120 And do you think you can give us an address where we can talk to this Peggy Rockwell? 06:27.120 --> 06:30.000 Yes, she works at a restaurant over on Seventh. 06:30.000 --> 06:32.000 I've got a home address, too, if you want it. 06:32.000 --> 06:35.200 We hope you'll understand this, Mr. Paul. 06:35.200 --> 06:37.040 We don't mean any offense here. 06:37.040 --> 06:38.040 What's that? 06:38.040 --> 06:40.720 Did your daughter have any steady boyfriends that you know about? 06:40.720 --> 06:43.880 No, I don't think so, knowing that she went with steady. 06:43.880 --> 06:46.140 No one man she liked more than the others? 06:46.140 --> 06:47.140 I think there was. 06:47.140 --> 06:48.140 I don't know who. 06:48.140 --> 06:51.480 Her mother asked her about it a couple of times, wanted to know who the fellow was, 06:51.480 --> 06:53.200 but Gloria never said. 06:53.200 --> 06:54.200 Just said that it wasn't serious. 06:54.200 --> 06:55.200 It didn't matter. 06:55.200 --> 06:57.000 I'd seem to get along with this man, would you know? 06:57.000 --> 06:58.000 All right, I guess. 06:58.000 --> 06:59.000 I told you I never saw him. 06:59.000 --> 07:00.360 I didn't know who he was. 07:00.360 --> 07:03.640 But whenever Gloria had a date with him, she acted like it was something special. 07:03.640 --> 07:05.400 Did your daughter have a job? 07:05.400 --> 07:06.400 Not regular. 07:06.400 --> 07:09.360 She used to model once in a while, and then maybe she'd pick up a day's work and pictures, 07:09.360 --> 07:10.360 not much. 07:10.360 --> 07:13.640 Can you think of any reason why she'd want to take her own life? 07:13.640 --> 07:14.640 No. 07:14.640 --> 07:17.440 She seemed pretty happy, never gave any indication there was anything wrong. 07:17.440 --> 07:19.240 She been ill lately under a doctor's care? 07:19.240 --> 07:20.720 No, not that I know about. 07:20.720 --> 07:23.840 Mr. Paul, is it possible she might have been seeing a doctor and you wouldn't know about 07:23.840 --> 07:24.840 it? 07:24.840 --> 07:25.840 No, her mother would have known. 07:25.840 --> 07:26.840 She'd have told me. 07:26.840 --> 07:28.400 Now, I'm pretty sure she was feeling all right. 07:28.400 --> 07:29.840 Anything about her job that bothered her? 07:29.840 --> 07:30.840 What do you mean? 07:30.840 --> 07:33.720 Well, was she happy with what she was doing, the kind of work she was doing? 07:33.720 --> 07:34.720 Oh, yeah. 07:34.720 --> 07:35.720 Gloria didn't want a career. 07:35.720 --> 07:38.280 She was looking for a husband, one to settle down and raise a family. 07:38.280 --> 07:42.080 Well, can you think of anything at all that might make her want to take her own life, 07:42.080 --> 07:43.080 as I ask you? 07:43.080 --> 07:44.080 I can't understand it. 07:44.080 --> 07:46.000 None of it makes any sense to me. 07:46.000 --> 07:48.640 Where she was found, she didn't know anybody in that part of town. 07:48.640 --> 07:50.280 I don't know what she'd be doing over there. 07:50.280 --> 07:51.280 Could she drink? 07:51.280 --> 07:53.240 I don't think I understand. 07:53.240 --> 07:54.840 Well, did she drink much, sir? 07:54.840 --> 07:56.080 Bars, cocktail lounges? 07:56.080 --> 07:57.400 No, she didn't. 07:57.400 --> 07:59.200 Now, Gloria was a good girl. 07:59.200 --> 08:00.600 She didn't drink or smoke. 08:00.600 --> 08:01.600 She was a good girl. 08:01.600 --> 08:02.880 And I don't understand all this. 08:02.880 --> 08:04.560 First, this thing with Ross. 08:04.560 --> 08:06.120 Now, you want to know if she drinks. 08:06.120 --> 08:08.320 I don't know what you're trying to get at, but I don't like it. 08:08.320 --> 08:10.000 You're trying to make Gloria something that she isn't. 08:10.000 --> 08:12.320 She's a good girl, always has been. 08:12.320 --> 08:13.320 Just a home and family. 08:13.320 --> 08:14.800 It's all she wanted, nothing more. 08:14.800 --> 08:18.440 I don't know why you're asking me all these questions. 08:18.440 --> 08:19.440 I'm her father. 08:19.440 --> 08:20.440 You're the police. 08:20.440 --> 08:21.440 It's up to you to find the reason. 08:21.440 --> 08:22.800 That's your job. 08:22.800 --> 08:24.760 Not to come around and say things about my girl. 08:24.760 --> 08:25.760 I'm sorry. 08:25.760 --> 08:27.200 We're not saying anything, Mr. Paul. 08:27.200 --> 08:30.000 You're trying to make me believe that Gloria wasn't a nice girl. 08:30.000 --> 08:31.000 I know different. 08:31.000 --> 08:33.040 I raised her since she was a baby. 08:33.040 --> 08:36.040 I gave her all the care I could. 08:36.040 --> 08:38.160 I don't know why she'd do a thing like this. 08:38.160 --> 08:39.160 You don't? 08:39.160 --> 08:40.160 No. 08:40.160 --> 08:42.040 Why ask me these questions? 08:42.040 --> 08:44.720 Well, sir, you said it yourself. 08:44.720 --> 08:51.400 You're her father. 08:51.400 --> 08:53.280 We continue to talk to the father of the victim. 08:53.280 --> 08:56.640 From him, we got a list of the girl's friends, the address and the names of the people that 08:56.640 --> 08:57.640 she worked for. 08:57.640 --> 09:01.640 While we were talking to him, he was unable to give us any ideas as to why his daughter, 09:01.640 --> 09:03.560 Gloria Paul, might want to take her own life. 09:03.560 --> 09:07.120 He insisted that he didn't know anybody or any one of his daughter's acquaintances named 09:07.120 --> 09:08.120 Ross Mitchell. 09:08.120 --> 09:11.880 A telephone call was put through to his wife, but she was unable to tell us who the man 09:11.880 --> 09:12.880 was. 09:12.880 --> 09:13.880 8.20 a.m. 09:13.880 --> 09:17.000 Mr. Paul recovered from the initial shock and he went home. 09:17.000 --> 09:18.240 8.39 a.m. 09:18.240 --> 09:21.160 We drove over to the roaming house where Gloria Paul had been found. 09:21.160 --> 09:23.920 On the way, we stopped to call the crime lab to see if they'd been able to come up with 09:23.920 --> 09:26.280 anything in the dead girl's effects to help us. 09:26.280 --> 09:29.920 Lieutenant Lee Jones at the lab told us that they hadn't finished their investigation yet. 09:29.920 --> 09:30.920 8.50 a.m. 09:30.920 --> 09:34.120 We arrived at the house and talked with the landlady, Selma Keen. 09:34.120 --> 09:35.120 It's terrible. 09:35.120 --> 09:36.120 Poor little thing. 09:36.120 --> 09:38.480 You haven't seen Ross Mitchell yet, have you? 09:38.480 --> 09:39.800 No, he hasn't come in. 09:39.800 --> 09:43.120 I told the officers last night that I didn't expect him until noon today. 09:43.120 --> 09:44.400 Have you seen the girl before? 09:44.400 --> 09:45.400 Once in a while. 09:45.400 --> 09:48.600 She'd come in with Ross, wait for him and then they'd go right out. 09:48.600 --> 09:50.000 Did you see her last night, son? 09:50.000 --> 09:53.280 I told the officers that were here last night that I didn't. 09:53.280 --> 09:55.640 Didn't you talk to them at all? 09:55.640 --> 09:56.640 Yes, ma'am. 09:56.640 --> 09:59.800 We have a report they filed, Mrs. Keen, but we'd like to get some additional facts from 09:59.800 --> 10:00.800 you. 10:00.800 --> 10:02.840 It seems like a waste of time, but I suppose you have to. 10:02.840 --> 10:03.840 Yes, ma'am. 10:03.840 --> 10:05.160 Do you have any idea when she might have come in? 10:05.160 --> 10:06.160 No, not the slightest. 10:06.160 --> 10:08.320 When was the last time you saw Mitchell? 10:08.320 --> 10:09.320 Saturday around noon. 10:09.320 --> 10:12.880 He came in and told me that he'd be out of town over the weekend. 10:12.880 --> 10:14.880 He said for me to keep an eye on the place. 10:14.880 --> 10:15.880 Yes, ma'am. 10:15.880 --> 10:16.880 Did he tell you where he was going? 10:16.880 --> 10:19.800 He said he was going to visit an assistant director friend of his over in La Piñata. 10:19.800 --> 10:21.600 Did he say what the friend's name was? 10:21.600 --> 10:23.800 No, they're working on a picture together. 10:23.800 --> 10:27.040 Ross just met him the other day, asked him out for the weekend. 10:27.040 --> 10:29.040 Ross was very good at making friends. 10:29.040 --> 10:30.840 Do you know where he's working? 10:30.840 --> 10:31.840 No. 10:31.840 --> 10:35.760 Ross just said it was a sea adventure, doing it in full color, 3D, too. 10:35.760 --> 10:38.040 I guess it's going to be quite a spectacle. 10:38.040 --> 10:40.400 I didn't have all the gimmicks in my day. 10:40.400 --> 10:41.400 Ma'am. 10:41.400 --> 10:43.240 Didn't have 3D or the other things. 10:43.240 --> 10:44.940 My day, we acted. 10:44.940 --> 10:48.120 We knew how to act from the heart. 10:48.120 --> 10:49.680 These youngsters are good flack. 10:49.680 --> 10:50.680 Make a star out of anybody. 10:50.680 --> 10:51.680 Oh, things have changed. 10:51.680 --> 10:56.680 And here, this one. 10:56.680 --> 10:58.960 That's me with the pith helmet. 10:58.960 --> 11:00.680 This was made over on Catalina Island. 11:00.680 --> 11:03.320 We were shooting a jungle picture. 11:03.320 --> 11:04.480 We acted. 11:04.480 --> 11:05.640 No doubles for us. 11:05.640 --> 11:06.640 Real actors. 11:06.640 --> 11:07.640 Hmm. 11:07.640 --> 11:08.640 When was this, ma'am? 11:08.640 --> 11:10.640 A few years ago. 11:10.640 --> 11:13.440 Now, why are you asking all these questions about Ross? 11:13.440 --> 11:15.880 Well, a note the girl left was addressed to him. 11:15.880 --> 11:17.520 That doesn't mean anything. 11:17.520 --> 11:19.640 Just some lovesick girl. 11:19.640 --> 11:22.280 Doesn't mean Ross had anything to do with it. 11:22.280 --> 11:23.840 How'd you happen to find the body? 11:23.840 --> 11:26.120 I went to bed about 10.30. 11:26.120 --> 11:30.440 They were running one of my old movies on TV, and I stayed up to see it. 11:30.440 --> 11:31.440 You happened to catch it. 11:31.440 --> 11:33.760 The thing called The Floods Will Come. 11:33.760 --> 11:34.760 Made it over at Catalina. 11:34.760 --> 11:36.760 It starred Nick Benton. 11:36.760 --> 11:39.160 Real movie idol. 11:39.160 --> 11:40.960 Here's one of the stills from the picture. 11:40.960 --> 11:41.960 Yes, ma'am. 11:41.960 --> 11:43.080 Here's the whole company. 11:43.080 --> 11:44.400 That's me. 11:44.400 --> 11:47.120 And that's Nick with the patees. 11:47.120 --> 11:48.120 He put on a little weight. 11:48.120 --> 11:51.200 I remember he had to do road work while we were there to trim down. 11:51.200 --> 11:53.480 Held the company up for a week. 11:53.480 --> 11:54.880 The grand picture. 11:54.880 --> 11:57.720 They didn't do it right on television, though. 11:57.720 --> 11:59.520 Look, look horny. 11:59.520 --> 12:02.000 I guess the way they ran it through the machines. 12:02.000 --> 12:05.000 You know, we all looked pasty. 12:05.000 --> 12:06.000 Even Nick. 12:06.000 --> 12:07.000 Yes, ma'am. 12:07.000 --> 12:08.000 Would you go on, please? 12:08.000 --> 12:12.240 Well, after I saw the rest of the picture, I went up to the kitchen, got a bowl of shredded 12:12.240 --> 12:14.280 wheat to eat in bed. 12:14.280 --> 12:16.360 Came back to the bedroom, and I heard this noise. 12:16.360 --> 12:17.680 What noise was that, ma'am? 12:17.680 --> 12:20.480 Like somebody was running water in one of the taps. 12:20.480 --> 12:21.480 Went on and on. 12:21.480 --> 12:23.600 Pretty soon it started to bother me. 12:23.600 --> 12:24.600 I couldn't understand it. 12:24.600 --> 12:27.640 Finally, I went up to see who it was. 12:27.640 --> 12:29.560 Noise came from Ross's apartment. 12:29.560 --> 12:32.720 I'd knocked, but there wasn't any answer, so I unlocked the door and went in. 12:32.720 --> 12:35.040 I thought something was wrong. 12:35.040 --> 12:36.040 That's when I saw her. 12:36.040 --> 12:37.040 I see. 12:37.040 --> 12:38.040 She was lying on bed. 12:38.040 --> 12:40.400 Right away, I called the police. 12:40.400 --> 12:42.920 Now, before you went up, did you hear any other noises? 12:42.920 --> 12:44.920 Any sound of a struggle, anything like that, maybe? 12:44.920 --> 12:45.920 No. 12:45.920 --> 12:46.920 Just the water running. 12:46.920 --> 12:47.920 I didn't see a lot of shots, ma'am. 12:47.920 --> 12:48.920 You hear that? 12:48.920 --> 12:49.920 No, no, I didn't. 12:49.920 --> 12:51.680 A lot of shooting in the picture I was watching. 12:51.680 --> 12:53.440 Did you touch anything in the room? 12:53.440 --> 12:55.280 No, I turned the lights, but that's all. 12:55.280 --> 12:56.720 The room was dark when I went in. 12:56.720 --> 12:59.240 Just turned on the lights, and then I called you. 12:59.240 --> 13:02.120 According to our report, there wasn't any purse found in the body. 13:02.120 --> 13:03.120 Did you see one when you went in there? 13:03.120 --> 13:04.120 I didn't. 13:04.120 --> 13:06.440 But if I had, you'd gotten it. 13:06.440 --> 13:09.360 What are you trying to say, that I stole her purse? 13:09.360 --> 13:10.360 Is that what you're trying to say? 13:10.360 --> 13:11.360 No, ma'am, that's not what we're trying to say. 13:11.360 --> 13:12.360 Better not. 13:12.360 --> 13:14.360 I've got a reputation in this town. 13:14.360 --> 13:15.360 I know a lot of big people. 13:15.360 --> 13:18.160 I'm not going to have you come in here and call me a thief. 13:18.160 --> 13:21.080 Well, we didn't mean to offend you, ma'am. 13:21.080 --> 13:23.520 Who has a key to Mitchell's place besides him, ma'am? 13:23.520 --> 13:24.520 No one. 13:24.520 --> 13:25.520 He's got the only one. 13:25.520 --> 13:27.520 I don't like a lot of keys to the rooms out. 13:27.520 --> 13:29.120 I tell all the tenants that. 13:29.120 --> 13:31.480 Have you got any idea how the girl might have gotten into the room? 13:31.480 --> 13:32.480 No. 13:32.480 --> 13:33.480 Do you know who the gun belonged to? 13:33.480 --> 13:34.480 Yes, it was Ross's. 13:34.480 --> 13:35.480 You're pretty sure about that, are you? 13:35.480 --> 13:37.240 Yes, I saw it when he moved in. 13:37.240 --> 13:38.240 Commented on it then. 13:38.240 --> 13:41.000 He said that he'd had it since he was a kid. 13:41.000 --> 13:42.000 Kept it out of sentiment. 13:42.000 --> 13:44.560 What's this all about, anyway? 13:44.560 --> 13:46.720 You seem to think that there's something wrong with that here. 13:46.720 --> 13:47.720 No, ma'am. 13:47.720 --> 13:49.880 It's just that in things like this, we have to make a complete investigation. 13:49.880 --> 13:50.880 You can understand. 13:50.880 --> 13:54.480 Oh, well, I want to do all I can to help you, but I do have an appointment. 13:54.480 --> 13:56.880 If there's nothing more you want, I'd like to be going. 13:56.880 --> 13:58.320 That's all right, Miss King. 13:58.320 --> 14:00.120 If we want to talk to you, we'll be able to reach you here? 14:00.120 --> 14:01.120 Yes, right here. 14:01.120 --> 14:03.320 We'll give you a call to tell you about the inquest. 14:03.320 --> 14:05.400 Am I going to have to be there? 14:05.400 --> 14:06.400 Yes, ma'am. 14:06.400 --> 14:07.400 You and Mitchell. 14:07.400 --> 14:08.400 Why him? 14:08.400 --> 14:09.400 Well, it was his apartment, ma'am. 14:09.400 --> 14:10.400 But he didn't have anything to do with it. 14:10.400 --> 14:11.880 Well, maybe so, ma'am, but he'll still have to be there. 14:11.880 --> 14:14.880 It's not fair. 14:14.880 --> 14:15.880 A thing like this can ruin him. 14:15.880 --> 14:17.720 By the time the papers get through it, he'll be finished. 14:17.720 --> 14:18.720 It can ruin his career. 14:18.720 --> 14:19.880 He doesn't know anything about it. 14:19.880 --> 14:20.880 He won't be able to tell you anything. 14:20.880 --> 14:21.880 You're wrong there, ma'am. 14:21.880 --> 14:28.880 He's got a lot to explain. 14:28.880 --> 14:31.880 We went upstairs and met the officer staked out in the room and looked at the apartment 14:31.880 --> 14:33.360 where the girl had been found. 14:33.360 --> 14:34.360 9.20 a.m. 14:34.360 --> 14:38.440 We gave our card to Thelma Keen and asked her to call us if she thought of anything else. 14:38.440 --> 14:42.080 We also asked her to notify us immediately in the event she heard from Mitchell. 14:42.080 --> 14:44.080 The stakeout on the room continued. 14:44.080 --> 14:45.080 9.52 a.m. 14:45.080 --> 14:48.880 We drove over to the coffee shop on West 7th Street to talk to the girl's friend, Peggy 14:48.880 --> 14:49.880 Rockwell. 14:49.880 --> 14:54.640 We found her in the back of the place typing out the day's menus. 14:54.640 --> 14:55.640 What about Gloria? 14:55.640 --> 14:56.640 Something wrong? 14:56.640 --> 14:57.640 When was the last time you saw her, miss? 14:57.640 --> 14:58.640 Let's see. 14:58.640 --> 14:59.640 Saturday night. 14:59.640 --> 15:00.640 She stayed at my house. 15:00.640 --> 15:01.640 Left about noon on Sunday. 15:01.640 --> 15:02.640 I had the day off. 15:02.640 --> 15:06.760 Figured that maybe we'd do something, but Gloria said she had something to do. 15:06.760 --> 15:08.640 Last I saw her was on Sunday morning. 15:08.640 --> 15:10.040 You know a man named Ross Mitchell? 15:10.040 --> 15:11.040 That bum. 15:11.040 --> 15:12.040 Why do you say that, miss Rockwell? 15:12.040 --> 15:13.040 Because he is. 15:13.040 --> 15:14.040 Real no good. 15:14.040 --> 15:15.040 You're pretty friendly with Miss Paul? 15:15.040 --> 15:16.040 Gloria thought so. 15:16.040 --> 15:17.880 It turned out he was just using her. 15:17.880 --> 15:18.880 How do you mean? 15:18.880 --> 15:21.640 Thought at first she could get him some jobs. 15:21.640 --> 15:23.160 Turned out when he could do better, he dropped her. 15:23.160 --> 15:25.880 They were going to get married and then he thought he could do better, so he dropped 15:25.880 --> 15:26.880 her. 15:26.880 --> 15:30.440 Say, do you mind if I go ahead with these menus? 15:30.440 --> 15:32.760 The boss will be sore if I don't get through with them. 15:32.760 --> 15:33.760 No, you go right ahead, miss. 15:33.760 --> 15:35.360 We can talk while I'm doing it. 15:35.360 --> 15:36.360 Yes, ma'am. 15:36.360 --> 15:38.440 I took the coarse ones, touch typing. 15:38.440 --> 15:39.440 Didn't think I'd ever use it. 15:39.440 --> 15:40.440 Boy, was I fooled. 15:40.440 --> 15:42.720 You go right ahead, miss. 15:42.720 --> 15:46.120 Well, this Ross really gave her the rush. 15:46.120 --> 15:49.240 Had her take him around, introduce him to her friends. 15:49.240 --> 15:51.000 She got him a couple of jobs. 15:51.000 --> 15:52.480 She's the one who introduced him to Mike. 15:52.480 --> 15:53.480 Mike? 15:53.480 --> 15:55.360 Yeah, Mike Cowlitz, Ross' agent. 15:55.360 --> 15:56.720 Peggy set it up. 15:56.720 --> 15:59.200 She's done just about everything for him. 15:59.200 --> 16:00.800 Then the bum acts like this. 16:00.800 --> 16:01.800 What do you mean, miss? 16:01.800 --> 16:02.800 Treated her so bad. 16:02.800 --> 16:05.800 Say, how do you spell croquettes? 16:05.800 --> 16:12.800 Well, I think it's C-R-O-Q-U-E-T-T-E-S. 16:12.800 --> 16:17.800 O-Q-E-T-T-E-S. 16:17.800 --> 16:20.800 Turkey. 16:20.800 --> 16:26.360 They had roast turkey last night. 16:26.360 --> 16:30.160 I don't understand how people can eat them, but we sure sell a lot of them. 16:30.160 --> 16:33.000 Did Miss Paul say she was going to see Ross over the weekend? 16:33.000 --> 16:34.000 Yeah. 16:34.000 --> 16:35.360 She said she had an appointment with him Sunday. 16:35.360 --> 16:36.960 Said she'd called him and set it up. 16:36.960 --> 16:37.960 You know what time? 16:37.960 --> 16:40.600 No, just said she wasn't going on like this. 16:40.600 --> 16:41.600 Had to be straightened out. 16:41.600 --> 16:43.480 I don't blame her. 16:43.480 --> 16:46.320 She's told her friends they were going to get married, and at the last minute, Ross 16:46.320 --> 16:47.320 had back out. 16:47.320 --> 16:48.320 Her family know about Ross? 16:48.320 --> 16:49.320 No. 16:49.320 --> 16:51.920 Father didn't mind her doing a little work and show business, but he didn't want her to 16:51.920 --> 16:53.760 marry anyone in it. 16:53.760 --> 16:56.400 She thought that if they just got married, then the family would understand. 16:56.400 --> 16:59.320 Jo, yeah, I'll call the crime lab, see if they've finished. 16:59.320 --> 17:00.320 Yeah, fine, thanks. 17:00.320 --> 17:02.640 How'd Miss Paul and Mitchell seem to get along, ma'am? 17:02.640 --> 17:03.640 What do you mean? 17:03.640 --> 17:05.840 Well, do they have any arguments or disagreements, would you know? 17:05.840 --> 17:06.840 Not often. 17:06.840 --> 17:09.320 Most of the trouble they had was about getting married. 17:09.320 --> 17:11.800 Ross kept saying that it wouldn't do him any good to be married now. 17:11.800 --> 17:13.760 He thought that it might hurt his career. 17:13.760 --> 17:14.760 That's all he thought about. 17:14.760 --> 17:17.760 Were you ever present in any of these arguments? 17:17.760 --> 17:18.760 Once. 17:18.760 --> 17:22.560 We'd gone out on a double date, went to a place down at the beach, had dinner, and then 17:22.560 --> 17:25.280 stopped on the way back for a couple of drinks. 17:25.280 --> 17:28.920 Ross got pretty drunk, got into a big thing about his career. 17:28.920 --> 17:32.280 He went on and on about how hard he'd work, how much the theater meant to him, all that 17:32.280 --> 17:33.280 kind of stuff. 17:33.280 --> 17:34.280 What did he say? 17:34.280 --> 17:38.240 Finally, he said right out, he'd kill anyone who tried to stop him, just like that. 17:38.240 --> 17:39.800 He'd kill anyone who tried to stop him. 17:39.800 --> 17:40.800 Joe. 17:40.800 --> 17:41.800 Yeah? 17:41.800 --> 17:42.800 See you, ma'am. 17:42.800 --> 17:43.800 Would you excuse me, please? 17:43.800 --> 17:44.800 Sure. 17:44.800 --> 17:45.800 Just a minute. 17:45.800 --> 17:47.680 Is there one L or two Ls in broccoli? 17:47.680 --> 17:48.680 Just one, ma'am. 17:48.680 --> 17:49.680 Well, thanks. 17:49.680 --> 17:50.680 Yeah? 17:50.680 --> 17:51.680 I just talked to Lee Jones. 17:51.680 --> 17:52.680 Yeah, did he finish up? 17:52.680 --> 17:53.680 Yeah, something's wrong. 17:53.680 --> 17:54.680 What's that? 17:54.680 --> 17:55.680 He thinks the girl was murdered. 17:55.680 --> 18:15.720 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 18:15.720 --> 18:18.120 Years ahead of them all. 18:18.120 --> 18:21.440 Chesterfield is years ahead of all cigarettes. 18:21.440 --> 18:23.400 Chesterfield quality is highest. 18:23.400 --> 18:24.800 Here's the proof. 18:24.800 --> 18:29.400 The chemical analysis give an index of good quality for the country's six leading cigarette 18:29.400 --> 18:30.660 brands. 18:30.660 --> 18:36.040 The index of good quality table, which is a ratio of high sugar to low nicotine, shows 18:36.040 --> 18:38.720 Chesterfield quality highest. 18:38.720 --> 18:40.080 Chesterfield quality highest. 18:40.080 --> 18:43.560 15% higher than its nearest competitor. 18:43.560 --> 18:44.960 Chesterfield quality highest. 18:44.960 --> 18:49.960 31% higher than the average of the five other leading brands. 18:49.960 --> 18:53.560 Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like this? 18:53.560 --> 18:54.560 Chesterfield. 18:54.560 --> 18:57.800 With premium quality and best for you. 18:57.800 --> 19:00.240 Try Chesterfield today. 19:00.240 --> 19:04.200 Regular or king size. 19:04.200 --> 19:11.560 10 37 a.m. 19:11.560 --> 19:14.280 We drove to the crime lab and talked with Sergeant J. Allen. 19:14.280 --> 19:18.200 He told us that when they checked for powder burns on the body, they hadn't found any. 19:18.200 --> 19:21.380 They measured the reach of the dead girl and found that it would have been almost impossible 19:21.380 --> 19:24.620 for her to have pulled the trigger on the rifle, leaving the fingerprints they found 19:24.620 --> 19:25.620 on the gun. 19:25.620 --> 19:29.760 Water test failed to show any traces of nitrate powder on her hands. 19:29.760 --> 19:33.000 They checked the handwriting on the suicide note found in the room against samples of 19:33.000 --> 19:36.320 Gloria Paul's writing and found that they didn't match. 19:36.320 --> 19:39.360 From their findings, they said that it was their opinion that the girl had not killed 19:39.360 --> 19:41.540 herself that she'd been murdered. 19:41.540 --> 19:45.440 We went back to the city hall and got a local and an APB on Ross Mitchell. 19:45.440 --> 19:47.340 We called the landlady of his rooming house. 19:47.340 --> 19:48.880 She hadn't heard from him. 19:48.880 --> 19:52.720 12 30 p.m. We went back to the rooming house and relieved the stakeout. 19:52.720 --> 19:55.840 We asked the landlady not to say anything to Mitchell about our being there. 19:55.840 --> 19:59.640 12 45 p.m. Still no sign of the suspect. 19:59.640 --> 20:00.920 One o'clock. 20:00.920 --> 20:01.920 One thirty. 20:01.920 --> 20:02.920 Who are you? 20:02.920 --> 20:04.920 What are you doing in my place? 20:04.920 --> 20:05.920 Come on in. 20:05.920 --> 20:06.920 Who are you? 20:06.920 --> 20:07.920 Police officers. 20:07.920 --> 20:08.920 Come on in. 20:08.920 --> 20:09.920 Close that door. 20:09.920 --> 20:10.920 Put that suitcase down. 20:10.920 --> 20:11.920 What's this all about anyway? 20:11.920 --> 20:12.920 What have you guys been doing here? 20:12.920 --> 20:13.920 The place is so torn up. 20:13.920 --> 20:14.920 You're Ross Mitchell. 20:14.920 --> 20:15.920 Yes, sir. 20:15.920 --> 20:16.920 I'm Ross Mitchell. 20:16.920 --> 20:20.760 You know a girl named Gloria Paul? 20:20.760 --> 20:21.760 What's she got to do with it? 20:21.760 --> 20:22.760 You know her? 20:22.760 --> 20:23.760 Yeah, I know her. 20:23.760 --> 20:24.760 When's the last time you saw her? 20:24.760 --> 20:25.760 Say, what's this all about? 20:25.760 --> 20:26.760 What's all these questions? 20:26.760 --> 20:27.760 When was the last time you saw Gloria Paul? 20:27.760 --> 20:28.760 Friday night, I guess. 20:28.760 --> 20:29.760 Don't you know for sure? 20:29.760 --> 20:30.760 All right. 20:30.760 --> 20:31.760 Friday night. 20:31.760 --> 20:32.760 You haven't seen her since? 20:32.760 --> 20:33.760 I told you the last time was Friday night. 20:33.760 --> 20:34.760 You didn't see her Sunday? 20:34.760 --> 20:35.760 No. 20:35.760 --> 20:36.760 Where were you Saturday and Sunday? 20:36.760 --> 20:37.760 Out of town. 20:37.760 --> 20:38.760 Where? 20:38.760 --> 20:39.760 La Cagnata. 20:39.760 --> 20:40.760 Can you prove you were there? 20:40.760 --> 20:41.760 Why? 20:41.760 --> 20:42.760 Can you prove you were there? 20:42.760 --> 20:43.760 I don't like all this. 20:43.760 --> 20:44.760 You guys coming in here asking a lot of questions. 20:44.760 --> 20:45.760 What are you trying to prove? 20:45.760 --> 20:46.760 I don't have a choice. 20:46.760 --> 20:47.760 That's what you say. 20:47.760 --> 20:48.760 You haven't told me what this is all about. 20:48.760 --> 20:49.760 I'm not telling you anything until you tell me. 20:49.760 --> 20:50.960 Now, you look, Mitchell, understand this. 20:50.960 --> 20:51.960 We're not here to pass the time of day. 20:51.960 --> 20:52.960 You better come up with some answers quick. 20:52.960 --> 20:53.960 Now, who are you with? 20:53.960 --> 20:55.600 A friend of mine, a guy named Sid Austin. 20:55.600 --> 20:56.600 What's his phone number? 20:56.600 --> 20:57.600 You're going to call him? 20:57.600 --> 20:58.600 We've got to check your alibi. 20:58.600 --> 20:59.600 Now, what's his number? 20:59.600 --> 21:01.040 It won't do any good to call him. 21:01.040 --> 21:02.040 I thought you said you were there. 21:02.040 --> 21:03.040 I was. 21:03.040 --> 21:04.040 Then we've got to call him. 21:04.040 --> 21:05.040 Well, he won't be able to tell you anything. 21:05.040 --> 21:06.040 He wasn't there. 21:06.040 --> 21:07.040 He just let me use his place. 21:07.040 --> 21:08.040 There wasn't anybody there. 21:08.040 --> 21:17.040 I'm sure he's got somebody else inside you. 21:17.040 --> 21:18.040 You mean here? 21:18.040 --> 21:19.040 That's right. 21:19.040 --> 21:20.040 Nobody. 21:20.040 --> 21:21.040 You've got the only key, huh? 21:21.040 --> 21:22.040 That's right. 21:22.040 --> 21:23.040 The landlady's got one, just the two of them. 21:23.040 --> 21:24.040 You got any idea how somebody else could get in here? 21:24.040 --> 21:25.040 No. 21:25.040 --> 21:26.040 Why? 21:26.040 --> 21:27.040 How well do you know Gloria Paul? 21:27.040 --> 21:28.040 What's she got to do with it? 21:28.040 --> 21:29.040 How well do you know her? 21:29.040 --> 21:30.040 We used to go together. 21:30.040 --> 21:31.040 Anything serious between you? 21:31.040 --> 21:32.040 She thought we might get married. 21:32.040 --> 21:33.040 How do you feel about it? 21:33.040 --> 21:34.040 I don't think that's any of your business. 21:34.040 --> 21:35.040 Maybe it is. 21:35.040 --> 21:36.040 How do you feel about it? 21:36.040 --> 21:37.040 I liked her. 21:37.040 --> 21:38.040 Not sure what her problem was. 21:38.040 --> 21:39.040 I like her. 21:39.040 --> 21:40.040 Oh. 21:40.040 --> 21:41.040 Can I please have a cigarette? 21:41.040 --> 21:42.040 Yeah. 21:42.040 --> 21:43.040 Here. 21:43.040 --> 21:44.040 Here's a match. 21:44.040 --> 21:45.040 Thanks. 21:45.040 --> 21:46.040 How did it happen? 21:46.040 --> 21:47.040 I thought maybe you could tell us. 21:47.040 --> 21:48.040 Why did you figure that? 21:48.040 --> 21:49.040 Where'd you see her last? 21:49.040 --> 21:50.040 Up here. 21:50.040 --> 21:51.040 This room? 21:51.040 --> 21:52.040 Yeah. 21:52.040 --> 21:53.040 When was that? 21:53.040 --> 21:54.040 I told you, Friday night. 21:54.040 --> 21:55.040 Do you have any trouble with her? 21:55.040 --> 21:56.040 No. 21:56.040 --> 21:57.040 No argument? 21:57.040 --> 21:58.040 I told you no. 21:58.040 --> 21:59.040 I know, I know, I know. 21:59.040 --> 22:00.040 I know. 22:00.040 --> 22:01.040 I know. 22:01.040 --> 22:02.040 I know. 22:02.040 --> 22:03.040 I know. 22:03.040 --> 22:04.040 You think she's a stupid girl. 22:04.040 --> 22:04.920 You have any trouble with her? 22:04.920 --> 22:05.420 No. 22:05.420 --> 22:06.040 No argument? 22:06.040 --> 22:07.040 I told you no. 22:08.840 --> 22:10.300 Well, how did it happen? Can't you tell me? 22:10.300 --> 22:11.500 You own a.22 rifle? 22:11.500 --> 22:12.100 Yeah. 22:12.100 --> 22:12.980 You got bullets for it? 22:12.980 --> 22:13.640 Yeah, why? 22:13.640 --> 22:14.640 Where do you keep it? 22:15.400 --> 22:16.140 Closet over there. 22:16.140 --> 22:17.260 You keep it loaded? 22:17.260 --> 22:19.300 No, the bullets are on the shelf in the closet. 22:19.300 --> 22:21.060 All right, come on, Ross. We better go downtown. 22:21.060 --> 22:21.640 What for? 22:21.640 --> 22:22.720 I want to talk to you. 22:22.720 --> 22:24.760 What for? You got to tell me before I have to go. 22:24.760 --> 22:26.320 You got to tell me what you're holding me for. 22:26.320 --> 22:35.700 For the suspicion of murder. Now, come on. 22:35.700 --> 22:37.120 Where are you taking him? 22:37.120 --> 22:37.660 Downtown. 22:37.660 --> 22:38.340 Why? 22:38.340 --> 22:39.580 We want to talk to him. 22:39.580 --> 22:42.620 You didn't have anything to do with it, did you, Ross? 22:42.620 --> 22:44.080 I don't even know what this is all about. 22:44.080 --> 22:45.800 All I know is that Gloria's dead. 22:45.800 --> 22:47.960 She killed herself in your room. 22:47.960 --> 22:48.380 What? 22:48.380 --> 22:50.600 In your room, Ross. It was suicide. 22:50.600 --> 22:51.800 Well, they're arresting me for murder. 22:51.800 --> 22:52.960 Well, you can't do that. 22:52.960 --> 22:54.260 Ross didn't have anything to do with it. 22:54.260 --> 22:56.300 It was suicide. That's what you said. 22:56.300 --> 22:57.060 All right, come on, Mitchell. 22:57.060 --> 22:59.260 Well, you can't do that. It was suicide. 22:59.260 --> 23:00.440 You want to take him out the car, Frank? 23:00.440 --> 23:01.140 Yeah. 23:01.140 --> 23:02.640 You can see that you're making a mistake. 23:02.640 --> 23:04.860 He didn't have anything to do with it. 23:04.860 --> 23:06.560 He's going to have enough trouble with that girl 23:06.560 --> 23:07.780 killing herself in his apartment. 23:07.780 --> 23:10.200 You can't arrest him for murder. It was suicide. 23:10.200 --> 23:11.440 What are you trying to tell us, lady? 23:11.440 --> 23:12.740 What? 23:12.740 --> 23:13.740 Something you want to say here? 23:13.740 --> 23:16.200 No. You're making things up. 23:16.200 --> 23:17.700 All right. Let's go. 23:17.700 --> 23:19.440 Yes. 23:19.440 --> 23:21.860 Let's go ahead. Take him. Go ahead. 23:21.860 --> 23:24.200 He wants to be a star. Let him. 23:24.200 --> 23:26.340 Go ahead and take him and serve him right 23:26.340 --> 23:28.400 the way he treats people. 23:28.400 --> 23:30.040 I tried to help him. 23:30.040 --> 23:32.080 God knows I tried. 23:32.080 --> 23:33.880 Got him to meet a lot of important people, 23:33.880 --> 23:35.240 a lot of contacts. 23:35.240 --> 23:37.100 You think he was interested? 23:37.100 --> 23:38.640 You bet he was. 23:38.640 --> 23:40.960 How does he show it? 23:40.960 --> 23:42.760 I'll tell you how. 23:42.760 --> 23:46.060 He thanks me for all I've done for him by running around, 23:46.060 --> 23:50.500 chasing after that young nobody, that Gloria. 23:50.500 --> 23:51.840 I tried to reason with her, 23:51.840 --> 23:54.560 tried to talk some sense into her, 23:54.560 --> 23:57.160 told her that she couldn't do anything for him, 23:57.160 --> 23:59.840 told her that I could make him a star bigger than anybody. 24:01.000 --> 24:02.300 She said she loved him. 24:03.320 --> 24:04.940 She doesn't know how to love. 24:06.080 --> 24:07.880 You want to go ahead? 24:07.880 --> 24:11.080 Came over here all the time begging Ross to marry. 24:11.080 --> 24:12.320 I told her to get out of his life 24:12.320 --> 24:13.700 and stay out to leave him alone. 24:13.700 --> 24:15.000 He didn't need her. 24:15.000 --> 24:16.320 When was all this? 24:16.320 --> 24:18.840 Sunday evening. She came here all dressed up. 24:18.840 --> 24:21.440 When they're young, they know everything. 24:22.280 --> 24:24.320 I'm one of the biggest stars this town ever had. 24:24.320 --> 24:26.280 She's a nobody. 24:26.280 --> 24:27.880 I know what's good for that boy. 24:28.680 --> 24:30.480 Didn't you tell us you didn't see the girl Sunday, 24:30.480 --> 24:31.880 isn't that right? 24:31.880 --> 24:33.160 That's what I said. 24:33.160 --> 24:34.760 Did you see her Sunday? 24:34.760 --> 24:35.600 Yes, I did. 24:36.760 --> 24:39.520 She wanted me to let her into Ross's apartment. 24:39.520 --> 24:40.360 I told her he wasn't there. 24:40.360 --> 24:41.640 She said it didn't make any difference. 24:41.640 --> 24:42.480 She'd wait for him. 24:42.480 --> 24:43.920 Well? 24:43.920 --> 24:46.080 I told her to leave him alone. 24:46.080 --> 24:47.600 She didn't understand him. 24:47.600 --> 24:49.200 Didn't know how to take care of him. 24:50.200 --> 24:51.440 I know the right people. 24:51.440 --> 24:53.840 He could have written his own ticket in this town. 24:53.840 --> 24:55.080 He could have been big. 24:57.400 --> 24:59.240 You don't want him. 24:59.240 --> 25:00.080 I killed her. 25:01.280 --> 25:03.240 All right, you want to get a coke, ma'am? 25:03.240 --> 25:04.080 Yes. 25:05.240 --> 25:06.680 Doesn't make any difference. 25:07.600 --> 25:08.840 I did it to help him. 25:10.160 --> 25:11.800 I thought you'd think it was suicide. 25:11.800 --> 25:14.000 I didn't think you'd figure anything else. 25:14.000 --> 25:15.720 You wrote the note, didn't you? 25:15.720 --> 25:17.800 I did. 25:17.800 --> 25:19.560 That's what you've got to understand. 25:20.560 --> 25:24.160 For him, that was all that counted. 25:24.160 --> 25:26.000 He'd married her and he'd been through. 25:26.000 --> 25:27.680 I had to stop it. 25:27.680 --> 25:29.840 I didn't want to kill her. 25:29.840 --> 25:33.280 You can see I couldn't let him marry her. 25:33.280 --> 25:35.080 Ross is a fine actor. 25:35.080 --> 25:36.400 Real talent. 25:37.440 --> 25:39.440 Doesn't come along often. 25:39.440 --> 25:40.680 All right, lady, let's go. 25:40.680 --> 25:42.040 He'll understand, won't he? 25:42.040 --> 25:43.120 He'll know why I did it. 25:43.120 --> 25:44.840 He'll understand. 25:44.840 --> 25:46.120 I wouldn't know, ma'am. 25:46.120 --> 25:46.960 Huh? 25:46.960 --> 25:47.960 We'll let you ask him. 25:55.600 --> 25:57.920 The story you have just heard is true. 25:57.920 --> 26:00.680 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:00.680 --> 26:03.520 On October 14th, trial was held in Department 89, 26:03.520 --> 26:05.320 Superior Court of the State of California, 26:05.320 --> 26:07.280 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 26:07.280 --> 26:09.600 In a moment, the results of that trial. 26:09.600 --> 26:11.520 Now here's our star, Jack Webb. 26:11.520 --> 26:13.120 Thank you, George Fenomen. 26:13.120 --> 26:16.000 Friends, Dragnet Radio is taking a summer vacation. 26:16.000 --> 26:17.200 We'll be back in the fall. 26:17.200 --> 26:19.400 George Fenomen will tell you all about that in a minute. 26:19.400 --> 26:22.040 Meanwhile, I hope you'll watch our TV show regularly. 26:22.040 --> 26:23.200 And I also hope that all of you 26:23.200 --> 26:25.720 who are not Chesterfield smokers will try them. 26:25.720 --> 26:28.360 I like to feel that when we resume broadcasting in the fall, 26:28.360 --> 26:30.680 every one of you will have switched to Chesterfield. 26:30.680 --> 26:32.360 You'll find their best for you. 26:32.360 --> 26:34.400 And of course, when you go on that vacation this summer, 26:34.400 --> 26:36.600 be sure to take along a couple of cartons, will you? 26:36.600 --> 26:40.200 Chesterfield, we all hope you have a very pleasant summer. 26:40.200 --> 26:43.200 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 26:49.200 --> 26:51.160 Thelma Alice Keene was tried and convicted 26:51.160 --> 26:52.680 of murder in the first degree. 26:52.680 --> 26:54.520 She was sentenced to life imprisonment 26:54.520 --> 26:58.520 in the California Institute for Women, Corona, California. 26:58.520 --> 27:17.520 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 27:17.520 --> 27:20.760 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases 27:20.760 --> 27:22.320 from official files. 27:22.320 --> 27:24.800 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, 27:24.800 --> 27:27.600 W.H. 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