1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,640 Sound off for Chesterfield. 2 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:18,520 Chesterfield, low in nicotine, highest in quality, best for you. 3 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:28,520 Chesterfield brings you Dragnet. 4 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,320 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 5 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:43,200 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 6 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:44,560 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:46,760 You're assigned a burglary detail. 8 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:51,560 In the past five weeks, 17 homes in your city have been stripped of all valuables. 9 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:53,320 There's no lead to the thief. 10 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:54,760 No description. 11 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,760 Your job, get him. 12 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:04,320 Before you buy your next pack of cigarettes, think this over. 13 00:01:04,320 --> 00:01:09,480 A doctor has been examining a group of Chesterfield smokers with special attention to the nose, 14 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,480 throat, and sinuses. 15 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:17,680 His latest report, after a full year and a half, says no adverse effects from smoking 16 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,520 Chesterfield. 17 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,040 Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like this? 18 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:30,320 Chesterfield, regular or king size, they're low in nicotine, highest in quality, best 19 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:33,960 for you. 20 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:41,920 Dragnet, the documentary drama of an actual crime. 21 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,920 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 22 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:50,400 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 23 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:52,300 police files. 24 00:01:52,300 --> 00:01:57,680 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 25 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,680 in action. 26 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:06,120 It was Wednesday, June 3rd. 27 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:07,560 It was hot in Los Angeles. 28 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,520 We were working the day watch out of burglary detail. 29 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:10,520 My partner is Frank Smith. 30 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:11,520 The boss is Captain Wisdom. 31 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,200 My name is Friday. 32 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,320 We'd just been relieved from stakeout and we were on our way to get something to eat. 33 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:21,120 It was 1227 a.m. when we got to the corner of Fedora and Ardmore streets, the Cakes and 34 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,480 Rittle Cafe. 35 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:25,800 Here's a couple back here, Joe. 36 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:26,800 Yeah, that's fine. 37 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:27,800 What'll it be, fellas? 38 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:28,800 You got a menu? 39 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:29,800 Up there on the board. 40 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:30,800 Huh? 41 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:31,800 Oh, yeah. 42 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:32,800 How's the hash? 43 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:33,800 Doing pretty good. 44 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:34,800 We're out of it. 45 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,800 I didn't think a restaurant was ever out of hash. 46 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:38,800 We are. 47 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:49,800 You want to get me a stack of wheat cakes, some bacon and a cup of coffee, please? 48 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:50,800 Hey, that sounds good. 49 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:55,480 I'll have the same, but make mine plain hotcakes and sausage on the side, will you? 50 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:56,480 Yeah. 51 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:57,480 Well, you want the coffee now? 52 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:58,480 Yeah. 53 00:02:58,480 --> 00:02:59,480 Yeah, that'll be fine. 54 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:00,480 Coming up. 55 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:02,880 Say, put an egg on my hotcakes, huh? 56 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:03,880 Yeah. 57 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:04,880 Over light? 58 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:05,880 Over light. 59 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:06,880 Yeah. 60 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,880 Well, I'm hungry, Joe. 61 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:10,400 Well, I figured that. 62 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,400 Is that the morning paper you got there? 63 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:13,400 Yeah, this? 64 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:14,400 Yeah. 65 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:15,400 Hand it over, will you? 66 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:16,400 Here you are. 67 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:17,400 Thanks. 68 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,400 What's on the front page? 69 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,840 I'm looking at the sports, Joe. 70 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,480 A lot of news there. 71 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,120 Do you want to know what's going on in the world? 72 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:29,320 Joe, I like the sports. 73 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,240 I get the news all the time. 74 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,520 My boys, the Hollywood stars, won again. 75 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:35,520 Puts them nine up. 76 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:38,520 Looks like they might win the pennant. 77 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,320 This day along, she'll be knocking them in. 78 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:41,320 Who? 79 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:42,320 Day along. 80 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:43,320 Oh. 81 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:44,920 Joe, you're not much of a baseball fan, are you? 82 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,560 Yeah, I like to watch the series on TV. 83 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,040 It's going to be pretty good. 84 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,640 Looks like the Yanks and the Dodgers. 85 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,640 Here's your coffee. 86 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:53,640 Oh, thank you. 87 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,640 The rest will be right here. 88 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:56,920 Good. 89 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,120 You fellas are new in the neighborhood, aren't you? 90 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:00,120 What's that? 91 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:01,600 You're new around here, aren't you? 92 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:02,600 Yeah. 93 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,040 Stephen's got three heads. 94 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:05,440 Most of our trade is neighborhood people. 95 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,400 Come in for coffee and cakes on the way home from the show. 96 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,440 I could tell you fellas are new here. 97 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,040 Haven't seen you before. 98 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:14,280 Yeah. 99 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,040 I'll get the rest of the order. 100 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:17,040 Fine. 101 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,640 We got one RBI. 102 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:19,640 What? 103 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,640 Stephen's got one RBI. 104 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,440 You got a what? 105 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:25,440 RBI, Joe. 106 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:26,440 Run, battered. 107 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:27,440 Oh, yeah. 108 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:28,440 RBI. 109 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:29,440 I know what you mean. 110 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:30,440 I didn't understand what you said. 111 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,440 You got to know all that stuff to really watch a game. 112 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:33,440 Yeah, I know that. 113 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,720 Here you go, fellas. 114 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,360 Wheat cakes and bacon, hot cakes and sausage. 115 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:39,360 Wait a minute. 116 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:41,160 Where's the egg? 117 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:42,160 Inside. 118 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:43,160 Where? 119 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:44,160 Inside. 120 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,160 Look, Joe, underneath there. 121 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:47,160 Egg underneath. 122 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:48,160 Here's the syrup. 123 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:49,160 Thank you. 124 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:54,160 I sure had some excitement around here. 125 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,160 Am I right? 126 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:57,160 Yeah. 127 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:58,160 Don't you guys read the papers? 128 00:04:58,160 --> 00:04:59,160 He does. 129 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:00,160 Yeah. 130 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,160 Sports page. 131 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:02,160 No, no. 132 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:03,160 I mean the front page. 133 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:04,160 What's been going on? 134 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:05,160 He won't tell me. 135 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:06,160 All the burglaries. 136 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,080 Been 17 of them in the last five weeks. 137 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:10,360 It's running the cops silly. 138 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:11,760 Is that so? 139 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:12,760 Sure. 140 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:13,760 They don't know where they're going. 141 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:14,760 Running them silly. 142 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:16,680 So you like a little more coffee? 143 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,240 Yeah, I wouldn't mind, please. 144 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:19,240 Very good coffee, too. 145 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:20,240 You make it yourself here? 146 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:21,240 Yeah, thanks a lot. 147 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,240 Put a head on this, too, honey. 148 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:24,240 Fine. 149 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,640 There have been at least five detectives in here in the last couple of weeks asking questions. 150 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,960 Trying to come up with a lead. 151 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,880 Sure running them ragged. 152 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:35,480 You guys haven't read about it, huh? 153 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,160 Yeah, I think I've seen something about it somewhere. 154 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,260 It's pretty funny. 155 00:05:40,260 --> 00:05:41,260 Just get this picture. 156 00:05:41,260 --> 00:05:42,260 Now, get it. 157 00:05:42,260 --> 00:05:43,260 A guy. 158 00:05:43,260 --> 00:05:45,120 They figure it's one felon. 159 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,240 He walks up to the back of a house. 160 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:48,760 First off, he's sure there's nobody home. 161 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,400 Then he walks up to one of the windows and punches a hole in the screen. 162 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:56,580 Jimmy's the window, walks right in and lifts the jewelry in the house and takes off. 163 00:05:56,580 --> 00:05:58,400 Just as cool as can be. 164 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,060 They figure he's hitting the places between six and nine. 165 00:06:01,060 --> 00:06:02,360 You get that? 166 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,360 Between six and nine p.m. 167 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:08,440 They must have half the cops in the forest looking for the guy. 168 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,120 They're running rings around him. 169 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:11,920 How's the case? 170 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:12,920 Fine. 171 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:13,920 Good. 172 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:15,360 We got kind of secret recipe here. 173 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:16,640 Wife made it up. 174 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,280 Anyway, I was talking to one of the people who had it. 175 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:21,280 You know, one of the victims, guy over on Hobart. 176 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:24,800 He said the cops came in and went all over his house, took fingerprints, pictures, all 177 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:25,800 that. 178 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,280 Worked on his house for about five hours. 179 00:06:27,280 --> 00:06:29,920 Went all over the backyard looking for footprints. 180 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,040 And you know what they came up with? 181 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:33,040 No. 182 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:34,040 Nothing. 183 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,880 Absolutely nothing. 184 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,800 All that time, all those men and they didn't come up with nothing. 185 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:44,360 He sure got the cops running in circles. 186 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:45,360 You got a check? 187 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:46,360 Check. 188 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:47,360 Oh, yeah, yeah. 189 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:48,360 Here you go. 190 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,720 Stack of wheat, bacon, hot sausage and egg, two coffees. 191 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:54,320 I won't charge you for the refills. 192 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:55,320 That's very nice of you. 193 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:56,320 Thank you. 194 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:57,320 Oh, that's all right. 195 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:58,320 Let's see. 196 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,360 Comes to a dollar twenty five, taxes a dollar twenty nine. 197 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:01,360 Okay. 198 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:02,800 You got any pennies, Frank? 199 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:03,800 Yeah. 200 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:04,800 I got two. 201 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:05,800 Here, take a nickel and break it apart. 202 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:06,800 I'll get my wallet, Joe. 203 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:07,800 Maybe I've got a couple in there. 204 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:14,160 Hey, hey, how come you guys are carrying guns? 205 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,240 You ain't going to hold up the place, are you? 206 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:17,600 There isn't any money here. 207 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,600 We're police officers. 208 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:20,880 Detectives? 209 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:21,880 Yeah. 210 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:31,640 Oh, say, I hope you guys ain't sorry about what I said about you running in circles. 211 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:32,640 No, forget it. 212 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:33,640 That's all right. 213 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:34,680 Well, now, come on, let this one be on the house. 214 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:35,680 Take your money back. 215 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:37,360 Sort of a way to say I'm sorry. 216 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:38,360 Forget it. 217 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:39,760 I'd like to pop for the cakes. 218 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:40,760 No, thanks. 219 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:41,760 Thanks. 220 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:42,760 Just the same. 221 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,320 Well, hope you come back again. 222 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:45,320 Sure. 223 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,520 Say, just a minute. 224 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:48,520 Yeah. 225 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:52,080 I'd like to ask you a question. 226 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,120 About this fellow who's been pulling the jobs. 227 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:55,120 Yeah. 228 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,240 When do you figure you're going to get him? 229 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:04,160 When he runs out of circles. 230 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:10,520 The papers had carried the story since the fifth burglary. 231 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:12,560 The thief had been operating in the same general area. 232 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,960 On each report, the crime lab had been sent out. 233 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:15,960 Pictures were taken. 234 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:17,640 Fingerprints were lifted. 235 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:21,160 When the sum total of evidence was weighed and sifted, we were able to establish the 236 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:24,360 fact that we were looking for the same man or men. 237 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:28,480 He was in possession of a one quarter inch punch, which he used on the screens, and a 238 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:32,080 half inch jimmy, which he used to pry open the windows. 239 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:37,080 From traces of fabric that he left on the fourth job, we knew that he wore cotton gloves. 240 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:41,640 We had no physical description of him to work with, nothing but the M.O. that he used. 241 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,520 The stats office had made run after run looking for a lead. 242 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:48,600 The possibles that they'd turned up were checked out, but they noted it's nothing. 243 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,320 Communications had been gotten off to the rest of the nation asking for information 244 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:56,320 on known criminals who used the same M.O., but the replies were of no help. 245 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,960 All recently released convicts from the state penitentiaries and work farms were checked. 246 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:01,480 We found nothing. 247 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:05,360 The pawn shops in the Southland were alerted to be on the lookout for the stolen goods. 248 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,560 Again, nothing. 249 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:10,880 Informants and other sources of information were questioned and re-questioned, and at 250 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,840 the end of five weeks we were right back where we started. 251 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,060 The newspapers took up the stories in full force. 252 00:09:16,060 --> 00:09:19,940 They ran cartoons of the thief picturing him as an invisible phantom who could almost announce 253 00:09:19,940 --> 00:09:23,160 the time of the next house breaking to the police and then proceed according to plan 254 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:25,220 without interference. 255 00:09:25,220 --> 00:09:28,400 Every known method of apprehending the burglar was tried, none of them worked. 256 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,640 Captain Wisdom assigned four other teams of men to the case. 257 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:35,080 Metro Division sent out another two cars to aid in the rolling stakeout. 258 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,440 Apparently we were stopped cold. 259 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:41,480 Two more days passed, and on Friday, June 5th, we got a report of another burglary. 260 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:42,480 9.36 a.m. 261 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,000 Frank and I left the office to check it out. 262 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,320 Yes, something you want? 263 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:49,720 We'd like to see Miss Santos if we could. 264 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:50,720 Who are you? 265 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:51,720 Police officers, ma'am. 266 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:52,720 Is Miss Santos in? 267 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:53,720 Oh, well, I'm her. 268 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:54,720 Come on in. 269 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:55,720 Thank you. 270 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:56,720 Come on, come on. 271 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:57,720 Hurry up. 272 00:09:57,720 --> 00:09:58,720 Yes, ma'am. 273 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,960 I never saw so many flies around as this summer. 274 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:03,960 Sit down. 275 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:04,960 Thank you. 276 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:05,960 Can I get you anything, cup of coffee? 277 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:06,960 No, no, thank you. 278 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:08,320 You don't mind if I have some? 279 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:09,320 No, you go right ahead. 280 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:13,000 Just having another cup before I get started on the house, sort of the lull before the storm. 281 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,000 Ma'am. 282 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Kids are downstairs playing. 283 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,000 They'll be up in a minute. 284 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,000 They get to running around. 285 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,000 It's impossible to get anything done. 286 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Yes, ma'am. 287 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,520 All I can do is get a second cup of coffee in the morning. 288 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,000 Excuse me, I'll be right back. 289 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Sure. 290 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Just make yourself comfortable. 291 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Thank you. 292 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,000 Thank you, ma'am. 293 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,800 Now then, this is about the burger last night, isn't it? 294 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:30,800 Yes, ma'am. 295 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:31,800 We'd like to go over the list of stolen articles with you. 296 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:32,800 Uh-huh, that's it. 297 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:33,800 Everything they took. 298 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:34,800 I'd like to check it if we can. 299 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,040 Wasn't anything else in the house for them to take? 300 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:38,040 Let's see here. 301 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:41,240 According to what we have in the report, you listed $47 in cash, haven't you? 302 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:42,240 Yeah, yeah, that's from the jar. 303 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:43,240 Ma'am. 304 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:44,640 We got a little candy jar upstairs. 305 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:45,640 Keep loose change in it. 306 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,120 Whenever I have anything left over from my household money, I put it in there. 307 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:50,480 Anthony, he's my husband. 308 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:51,480 Yes, ma'am. 309 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,640 Well, whenever Anthony's got any loose change in his pocket, he drops it in there. 310 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:56,240 Adds up in time. 311 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,240 $47. 312 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:58,240 Yes, ma'am. 313 00:10:58,240 --> 00:10:59,240 You're pretty sure about the amount now? 314 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,240 Yeah, you see, we keep a little piece of paper in the jar. 315 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:04,080 Got the amount written on it so as we can tell how much we've added to it. 316 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,360 Whoever stole the money didn't take the paper, just the money. 317 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:08,360 Had exactly $47. 318 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:09,360 Yes, ma'am. 319 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,440 Now you list a ruby and diamond woman's wristwatch, is that right? 320 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:13,760 Gonna use it for a trip to Las Vegas. 321 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:14,760 A big part? 322 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:17,440 We were gonna use the money in the jar for a trip to Las Vegas. 323 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:18,440 Only needed $150 more. 324 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,840 Now I gotta start all over again. 325 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:21,840 Yes, ma'am. 326 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:22,840 Now about the watch. 327 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:24,680 Oh, yeah, well, they stole that too. 328 00:11:24,680 --> 00:11:28,240 Had two rubies on one side, three diamonds on the other, little gold band. 329 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:29,240 Took that too. 330 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,320 The anniversary present from Anthony. 331 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:32,320 He's my husband. 332 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:33,320 Uh-huh. 333 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,240 Gave it to me on our fifth anniversary, February 2nd. 334 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:36,640 Now you list a diamond ring. 335 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,880 I wonder if you can give us a little better description of the ring. 336 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:39,880 My engagement ring. 337 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:41,880 Solitaire, not very big. 338 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,620 Hat on my dressing table on one of those little ring gadgets. 339 00:11:44,620 --> 00:11:46,480 You know, the little block of wood on the little stick. 340 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:47,480 Yes, ma'am. 341 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:49,240 You put your rings on it when you're doing the dishes. 342 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:50,240 Not very big. 343 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:51,240 Yes, ma'am. 344 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:52,240 Now was there anything else of value taken? 345 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:53,240 No. 346 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:57,160 A couple of cheap little costume pieces, bracelet, couple of pins, nothing really worth anything. 347 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,200 I can have descriptions of the pieces if we could. 348 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:00,200 I can give them to you. 349 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:01,200 All right, fine. 350 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,400 You really think you're gonna be able to catch the fella who took the things? 351 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:04,400 Well, we don't know. 352 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:05,400 We're sure gonna try. 353 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,600 Have there been any strangers that you've noticed in the neighborhood lately? 354 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,720 No, none that I can think of right now. 355 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:11,520 Any strange cars, ma'am? 356 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:12,520 You married, officer? 357 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:13,520 Yes, ma'am. 358 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:14,520 Got any kids? 359 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:15,520 Yes, ma'am, too. 360 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:16,520 Uh-huh. 361 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,920 Well, you just ask your wife how much time she's got to take notice of cars driving up 362 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,200 and down the street, noticing whether people are loitering in front of the house or not. 363 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:24,200 You just ask her. 364 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,200 She'll tell you. 365 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:29,080 You men, all the time talking about the modern conveniences, help out the housework, just 366 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,160 zipping the houses clean with the vacuum, swish the dishes around, they're all clean 367 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:33,160 with the new soaps. 368 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:34,160 Yes, ma'am. 369 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,640 Well, maybe it's better than our mothers had it, but they still haven't come up with 370 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,800 nothing short of a straight jacket that'll keep you from having to run after the kids 371 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:40,800 all day. 372 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:41,800 Yes, ma'am. 373 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:42,800 You ask your wife, she'll tell you. 374 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:43,800 Yes, ma'am. 375 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:44,800 You ask yours, too. 376 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:45,800 You'll see. 377 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:46,800 I'm not married, Miss Sanderson. 378 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:47,800 Hmm. 379 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,400 Well, then you wouldn't know. 380 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,800 Well, you can talk to his wife. 381 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:54,680 Those fellas last night, they gained clues? 382 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:57,000 We haven't checked on them yet, ma'am. 383 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,240 Seems like they should be able to tell something about who did it. 384 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,520 All that powder they was putting around, the pictures they was taking, all the excitement. 385 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:05,520 Took me two hours after they left before I could get the kids to sleep. 386 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:06,520 All that trouble. 387 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,480 They should have something that's going to get the things back. 388 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,560 I sure know one thing. 389 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:12,560 What's that, ma'am? 390 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:13,560 The man that stole the watch. 391 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:14,560 I wish they'd taken the book. 392 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:15,560 Beg your pardon? 393 00:13:15,560 --> 00:13:16,560 The record book. 394 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:17,560 It was right in the door of the dressing table. 395 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:20,440 Where those people at the store are, if you don't find them, they will. 396 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:22,080 I don't believe I understand, Miss Sanderson. 397 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,520 The people where we bought the wristwatch, they'll find them, sure. 398 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:26,080 They won't let them get away with it. 399 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:27,080 Ma'am. 400 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,080 The watch, it isn't paid for. 401 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:33,800 10.42 a.m. 402 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:35,120 We started to canvas the neighborhood. 403 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:39,200 For the next hour, we talked to the people in the houses on both sides of the street. 404 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,280 None of them could add anything to the story given us by the latest victim. 405 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:46,080 12 noon, Frank and I called the office and told them we'd be out for seven. 406 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,240 As we were leaving our car, a tall elderly man approached us. 407 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,240 He identified himself as Ross Dunham. 408 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:54,440 He explained that he lived in the corner house on the same street as Mrs. Santos. 409 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,800 Yeah, my wife told me you were by the house this morning. 410 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:57,800 Yes, sir, we were. 411 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:59,440 Got something that maybe you can use. 412 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:00,440 What's that, Mr. Dunham? 413 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:01,440 Well, I noticed it right off. 414 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,440 Didn't want to say anything about it to the Mrs. 415 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:04,440 You know, women get upset. 416 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,440 Thought it'd be better not to mention it. 417 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:07,440 Yes, sir, what is it? 418 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,480 Night before last Thursday, I saw the car. 419 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:10,480 What car was that, sir? 420 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:11,480 The one I wanted to tell you about. 421 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:13,720 I was going downtown to tell you officers about it. 422 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,320 Felt kind of like it was my duty, you know, public spirit. 423 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:17,320 Yes, sir. 424 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:18,320 How about the car? 425 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:19,320 Well, it was kind of a warm night. 426 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,360 The Mr. and I were sitting out on the porch and glider just taking a night air. 427 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,680 Then I saw the car go by. 428 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:25,680 Didn't think much about it at first. 429 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:26,680 I see. 430 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,840 Must have been about 6.30 right after supper. 431 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:31,600 We just sitting there, taking air, having a glass of iced tea. 432 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,400 Then I saw the car go by again. 433 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:34,400 Slow like. 434 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:35,760 Like he's looking to house it over. 435 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,360 Could you describe the car for us, sir? 436 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,640 Yeah, it got written right down here someplace. 437 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,240 Car went by the house two more times that night. 438 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:44,240 Four times all told. 439 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:45,240 Four. 440 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:46,240 Uh-huh. 441 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,160 And I think I got it in my wallet. 442 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:50,160 I had left it in my other pants. 443 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:51,160 I thought you... 444 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:52,160 Oh, no, no, here it is. 445 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:53,160 There it is. 446 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:54,160 Even got the license number. 447 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:55,160 Yes, sir. 448 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:56,160 Is it going to help? 449 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:57,160 We don't know, sir. 450 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:58,160 We'll check it out. 451 00:14:58,160 --> 00:14:59,160 Can I have that paper, please? 452 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:00,160 I'll call it in, Joe. 453 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:01,160 Have them check DMV. 454 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:02,160 Right. 455 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,160 Sure hope it gives you guys some help. 456 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:09,160 The way the burglar's been running around here, terrible. 457 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,160 The man isn't safe to leave his house. 458 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,160 I've been thinking about having those little bell alarms put on the windows. 459 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,160 Did the officers talk to you last night, sir? 460 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,160 You mean when they came out to see Mr. Santos? 461 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:19,160 Yes, sir. 462 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:20,160 No, they didn't. 463 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:21,160 I saw the police car. 464 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,160 I thought about going down to talk to them. 465 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:25,160 But the missus would have wanted to know what was going on. 466 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,160 Told her about the car and it'd upset her. 467 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:28,160 She's kind of nervous. 468 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,160 Breaks out in a rash whenever anything happens like this. 469 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:32,160 I see. 470 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:35,160 Got just about every kind of ointment in the world. 471 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:36,160 Doctor says it's in her mind. 472 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,160 Says it's all in her imagination. 473 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:39,160 You believe that? 474 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:40,160 Well, I wouldn't know, sir. 475 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,160 I don't put much stock in it. 476 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,160 I used to get rashes when I'd eat fresh peaches. 477 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:46,160 Don't anymore, though. 478 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:47,160 See you in a minute, Joe. 479 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,160 Yeah, would you excuse me, Mr. Dunham? 480 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:50,160 Yeah, sure. 481 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:54,160 Did you get anything? 482 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:55,160 Yeah. 483 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:56,160 Didn't have any trouble making the car. 484 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:57,160 Got a good suspect. 485 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:58,160 Yeah, who? 486 00:15:58,160 --> 00:15:59,160 Guy named Oakes. 487 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:00,160 Oakes? 488 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:01,160 Yeah. 489 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:02,160 Works on a burglary. 490 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:03,160 It's a police car. 491 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,160 We thank Mr. Dunham for his cooperation in the attempt to help us. 492 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,160 As a public-minded citizen, he'd done what he thought was right. 493 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,160 During the time we'd been working on the case, 494 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,160 we'd turned up dozens of well-meaning citizens who wanted to cooperate. 495 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,160 Each of the tips, no matter how remote, we checked out. 496 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,160 This meant using additional man hours 497 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:27,160 and pulling officers off other assignments to investigate the possible leads. 498 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,160 But in every event, we appreciated the tips. 499 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:31,160 Three more days passed. 500 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:32,160 The thief hit once more. 501 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,160 In spite of the close surveillance we were keeping on the area, 502 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:37,160 he somehow managed to get into the vicinity, 503 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:39,160 commit the crime, and leave without being observed. 504 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:43,160 The pressure from local citizens' clubs and insurance companies got a little heavier. 505 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,160 On Tuesday morning, June 10th, 506 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,160 a meeting was held in Chief of Detective Thad Brown's office. 507 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:52,160 The detail and results of our investigation were gone over again. 508 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,160 Additional bulletins were gotten out requesting information on the MO. 509 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:59,160 The area of the rolling stakeout was increased to 96 square blocks. 510 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,160 That's two square miles. 511 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,160 A new plan for surveillance was worked out. 512 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,160 Under the new conditions, we were able to keep the entire neighborhood 513 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,160 under almost constant watch. 514 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,160 Additional teams of men were assigned for Metro division. 515 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,160 To date, the thief had stolen jewelry, money, and other personal property 516 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:16,160 amounting to a little over $8,000. 517 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,160 The check on the pawn shops was tightened, 518 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,160 but none of the merchandise turned up in the normal outlets. 519 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,160 Every night between the hours of 5.30 and midnight, 520 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,160 the dragnet of the area was put into effect. 521 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,160 During the next week, the theft stopped completely. 522 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,160 Apparently, we'd stopped the burglar, but we still hadn't caught him. 523 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,160 Wednesday, June 17th, I checked in for work. 524 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:35,160 Joe? Yeah? 525 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,160 I think we got something. What's that? 526 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,160 I was just down the hall with Bates. Yeah? 527 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,160 I checked out the F.I. cards that had been filed in the area we're working. 528 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,160 Came up with one possible. Yeah, what do you got on it? 529 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:45,160 A guy named Boyd Hall. 530 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,160 He was stopped four times in the last week in different locations 531 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:49,160 in the same general area. 532 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,160 Tell the officers he was on his way home. 533 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,160 How do you spell that name? B-O-Y-D, Boyd Hall. 534 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:57,160 You got his address? Yeah, better check it out. 535 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,160 I ran the name through R.N.I. and came up with eight. 536 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,160 Three of them back in the joint, one dead, other four have to be checked out. 537 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,160 Descriptions don't fit too well. Let me see there. 538 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,160 Yeah, here you are. 539 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,160 You better get right out there. Now let's go. 540 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,160 Might be something, huh? I don't know. We're due for a break. 541 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:21,160 Fifteen minutes later, we turned off Vermont Avenue onto Venice Boulevard. 542 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,160 Four blocks to the left and we turned onto Dewey Street. 543 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,160 Another block and a half and we pulled up in front of the address. 544 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,160 Well, this is 1800. It ought to be right... 545 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,160 Here. 546 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,160 Well, we're still batting a thousand. 547 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,160 1804 Dewey. Yeah. 548 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,160 Vacant lot. 549 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:57,160 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 550 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:01,160 It's so satisfying to know that my Chesterfield is low in nicotine 551 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:03,160 highest in quality. 552 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:07,160 Chesterfield, low in nicotine, highest in quality. 553 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:12,160 A fact proved by chemical analyses of the country's six leading cigarette brands. 554 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:17,160 And it's so satisfying to know that a doctor who has been making thorough examinations, 555 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:24,160 especially of the nose, throat, and sinuses, reports no adverse effects from smoking Chesterfields. 556 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:29,160 His report is a part of a program supervised by a responsible independent researcher 557 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:34,160 and is based on thorough bi-monthly examinations of a group of Chesterfield smokers 558 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,160 over a period of a year and a half. 559 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,160 That's 18 full months now. 560 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:43,160 Don't you want to smoke a cigarette with a record like this? 561 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,160 Regular or king size? 562 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:49,160 Chesterfield is low in nicotine, highest in quality. 563 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,160 Best for me, best for you. 564 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,160 Best for me, best for you. 565 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:06,160 Wednesday, June 17th, 848 a.m. 566 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,160 We canvassed the neighborhood around the vacant lot. 567 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,160 None of the people had ever heard of Boyd Hall. 568 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:14,160 We asked about anyone answering the description listed on the F.I. cards. 569 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,160 The neighbors couldn't help us there either. 570 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,160 1117 a.m. 571 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,160 We returned to the office and we started to check out the remaining four possibles. 572 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,160 All of them were able to establish alibis for the time of the burglaries 573 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,160 and they were eliminated as suspects. 574 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,160 We got in touch with the officers who'd filed the F.I. cards. 575 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,160 They remembered the man. 576 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,160 Each of the teams of men who'd stopped him had asked for identification. 577 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,160 He'd produced a driver's license, personal cards, and several letters to himself 578 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,160 bearing the Dewey Street address. 579 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,160 He told the officers that he'd lived in the neighborhood 580 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,160 and that he was returning to his home from a grocery store. 581 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,160 The officers had checked the bag of groceries he was carrying 582 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,160 and found nothing suspicious and let him proceed on his way. 583 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:53,160 We got in touch with Sergeant Zuck at the warrant office 584 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:57,160 and asked him to check and see if there were any outstanding traffic warrants on Boyd Hall. 585 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,160 He called back to tell us there were none. 586 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:03,160 APBs and local broadcasts were sent out asking for information 587 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,160 on anyone answering the description using the name Boyd Hall. 588 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:09,160 We got in touch with the Department of Motor Vehicles 589 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:12,160 and asked them to give us all the information they could on the suspect 590 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:19,160 carrying California Operator's License Number Z-941-511, issued 12-552. 591 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,160 They checked their files and told us that there was no record of a Boyd Hall 592 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,160 being issued that particular license number. 593 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:28,160 They also stated that no number had been given out on the Z-series. 594 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:32,160 This left little doubt that the license was a forgery and the name was an alias. 595 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,160 In the meantime, the rolling stakeout continued. 596 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:37,160 Two days passed while we followed down leaves. 597 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:42,160 Saturday, June 20th, Frank and I were in position for the night surveillance, 8.30 p.m. 598 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:46,160 Joe, up at the corner getting off the streetcar? 599 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,160 No, maybe. Description fits. 600 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:52,160 Carrying a shopping bag. Now let's take a look. 601 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,160 Right. 602 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,160 Pull up here is good. 603 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:09,160 Excuse me, fella. 604 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,160 We're gonna have to go through this again. 605 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:12,160 Thank you, pardon? 606 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:13,160 You're police officers, aren't you? 607 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:14,160 Yes, sir, we are. 608 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:15,160 And you want to see my identification? 609 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:16,160 Yes, sir, that's right. 610 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:17,160 All right. 611 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,160 I'll be glad when you fellas find whatever it is you're looking for. 612 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:22,160 You know, this is the fifth time I've been stopped. 613 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:23,160 Is that right? 614 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:24,160 Yeah. 615 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:25,160 Here, will you hold this shopping bag for me? 616 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:26,160 Sure. 617 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:27,160 Hey, what you got in here? 618 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,160 Loaf of bread, groceries. 619 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:31,160 I got my driver's license in my wallet. Here. 620 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,160 Would you take it out of your wallet, please? 621 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:34,160 Sure. 622 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:38,160 There. See? 623 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:39,160 Mm-hmm. 624 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,160 Boyd Hall. That's your true name? 625 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:42,160 That's what it says. 626 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,160 1804 Dewey Street. That's where you live? 627 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,160 Yeah. Just came back from the store. 628 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:47,160 Mm-hmm. 629 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,160 Well, we're sorry we bothered you, Mr. Hall. 630 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:50,160 Perfectly all right. 631 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,160 I know you're only doing what we pay you for. 632 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:53,160 I'll tell you what. 633 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,160 To make up for causing any inconvenience, 634 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:55,160 let us drive you home, could we? 635 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:56,160 Oh, that's not necessary. 636 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:57,160 It's just a couple of blocks. 637 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:58,160 I don't mind a walk. 638 00:22:58,160 --> 00:22:59,160 Don't like to put you fellas out. 639 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:00,160 Well, don't worry about it. 640 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:01,160 Get in the back seat, huh? 641 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,160 Really, I appreciate the thub, but it's not necessary. 642 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:05,160 Want to get in the back there? 643 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:06,160 All right. 644 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,160 Want to take the shopping bag in front, Frank? 645 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:10,160 Yeah. 646 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:14,160 Go ahead, Hall. 647 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:17,160 The way you guys acted, 648 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:18,160 you think there was something wrong. 649 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:19,160 Nothing is, is there? 650 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,160 No, I was just saying the way you guys... 651 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:23,160 Never mind. 652 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:24,160 How long you live in this neighborhood, Hall? 653 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,160 A little while. We just bought the house. 654 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:27,160 About how long would you say? 655 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:28,160 Not long. 656 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:29,160 How long? 657 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,160 Couple of months. 658 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,160 I think it's right at the next block, Frank. 659 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:36,160 Yeah. 660 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:37,160 Say, I sure appreciate this, 661 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,160 but you guys don't have to go out of your way. 662 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:40,160 Just drop me off at the corner. 663 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:41,160 I can walk. It's just a little ways down. 664 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,160 No, it's no trouble at all. 665 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:44,160 Here we are. 666 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,160 Well, I sure want to thank you, officers. 667 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,160 It's a real pleasure to know that our taxes 668 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:52,160 are paying for the kind of service you've just given. 669 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:53,160 Well, it's going to get a little better. 670 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:54,160 Hmm? 671 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:55,160 Never mind. 672 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:57,160 When we get out of the car, we'll walk up with you. 673 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:58,160 Yeah. 674 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:03,160 That's okay. 675 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:04,160 I'll carry the bags for you. 676 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:05,160 Well, it might be better if I took it. 677 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:06,160 No, no trouble. 678 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,160 Now, which is your house, Hall? 679 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,160 This one right here. 680 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:12,160 Mm-hmm. 681 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:13,160 That's 1802. 682 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,160 Then that one's 1806. 683 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:17,160 Let's walk down a little further, shall we? 684 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:18,160 Mm-hmm. 685 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:22,160 That's fine. 686 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,160 Now, if we figure correctly, 687 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,160 1804 would be right here, wouldn't it? 688 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:29,160 Don't suppose it'd do any good 689 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:30,160 to say somebody stole the house. 690 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:31,160 No, I don't suppose it would. 691 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,160 You want to tell us about it? 692 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,160 Yeah, I might as well. 693 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,160 Now, let's get back in the car. 694 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,160 All right. 695 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,160 Now, what do you got in this shopping bag? 696 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:49,160 Sure is heavy. 697 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:51,160 Let's see. 698 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,160 A box of breakfast cereal. 699 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,160 And a loaf of French bread. 700 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,160 You ought to take this bread back, Hall, 701 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,160 and look here, somebody cut it right in half. 702 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:07,160 Is that your job? 703 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:08,160 Yeah. 704 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,160 All hollowed out. 705 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,160 Punching a jimmy inside. 706 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:14,160 Burglary tools. 707 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,160 You want to tell us where you got them? 708 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:19,160 How about it, Hall? 709 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:21,160 All right, let's go, Frank. 710 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:22,160 Yeah. 711 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,160 I suppose you guys think you're pretty smart, don't you? 712 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,160 No, not particularly. 713 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:31,160 It took us a while to figure out. 714 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,160 I should have let it go. 715 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:34,160 Should have gotten out while it was good. 716 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:35,160 Yeah, you should have. 717 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:36,160 How are you going to know? 718 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:37,160 I figured 10 weeks, none quit. 719 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,160 Another two weeks, that's all I needed. 720 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,160 Where's the stuff you took? 721 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:41,160 Hotel room. 722 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:42,160 You shoved any of it yet? 723 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:43,160 No, it's all there. 724 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:44,160 Every bit of it but the money. 725 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:45,160 I lived on that. 726 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,160 Figured when I got enough, I'd hit for the border, 727 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:48,160 sell it in Mexico. 728 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,160 Let's stop on the way and pick it up, huh? 729 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,160 All right, place over on 6th, I'll show you. 730 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,160 This isn't another vacant lot, is it? 731 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:56,160 No, no, this is McCoy. 732 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,160 You know, I had it all figured, all the way down the line. 733 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,160 Every time I got a new car, I'd get it. 734 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,160 All the way down the line, every angle. 735 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,160 Hey, how about it? 736 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:04,160 Answer a question for me. 737 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:05,160 All right. 738 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,160 Is there any way to beat it, any way to come out on top? 739 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,160 Well, you know the answer to that one better than we do. 740 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,160 You tried, what do you think? 741 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,160 The story you have just heard is true. 742 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,160 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 743 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,160 On October 15th, trial was held in 744 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,160 Department 96, Superior Court of the State of California, 745 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,160 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 746 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,160 In a moment, the results of that trial. 747 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,160 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 748 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,160 Thank you, George Feneman. 749 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,160 Friends, as you heard George tell you earlier, 750 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:44,160 we've received the full year and one half report. 751 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:46,160 It comes from the doctor who's been examining 752 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,160 Chesterfield smokers with special attention 753 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,160 to the nose, throat, and sinuses. 754 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,160 Now, the report shows again, 755 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,160 no adverse effects from smoking Chesterfields. 756 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,160 I think that's very important to you as a smoker, 757 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:00,160 and I hope you'll keep it in mind next time you buy cigarettes 758 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,160 and get Chesterfields. 759 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,160 Regular or king size, Chesterfields are low in nicotine, 760 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,160 highest in quality. 761 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,160 Best for you. 762 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,160 Lawrence Philip Harris, alias Boyd Hall, 763 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,160 was tried and convicted on six counts of burglary 764 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,160 in the first degree and received sentence 765 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:25,160 as prescribed by law. 766 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,160 Burglary in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment 767 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:32,160 in the state penitentiary for a period of not less than five years. 768 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,160 Dragnet wishes to thank the editors of McCall's magazine 769 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:38,160 for their interesting personal story about Jack Webb, 770 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:42,160 Nobody's Man Friday, in the current September issue of McCall's. 771 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,160 You have just heard Dragnet, 772 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,160 a series of authentic cases from official files. 773 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,160 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police 774 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,160 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 775 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,160 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, 776 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,160 Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 777 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,160 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Peter Leeds, 778 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,160 Joyce McCluskey, Harry Bartel. 779 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,160 Script by John Robinson. 780 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,160 Music by Walter Schuman. 781 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,160 Hal Gibney speaking. 782 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,160 Watch an entirely new Dragnet case history 783 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,160 each week on your local NBC television station. 784 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,160 Please check your newspaper for day and time. 785 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:33,160 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 786 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,160 Have you tried new cork-tipped Fatima? 787 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,160 It's the smooth smoke. 788 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:42,160 Here's why. 789 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,160 New Fatima tips of perfect cork, 790 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,160 king size for longer filtering, 791 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:52,160 and Fatima quality for a much better flavor and aroma. 792 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:56,160 Remember, Fatima has the tip for your lips. 793 00:28:56,160 --> 00:29:00,160 Try new Fatima. 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