WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:10.640 Sound off for Chesterfield. 00:10.640 --> 00:18.520 Chesterfield, low in nicotine, highest in quality, best for you. 00:18.520 --> 00:28.520 Chesterfield brings you Dragnet. 00:28.520 --> 00:32.320 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:32.320 --> 00:43.200 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:43.200 --> 00:44.560 You're a detective sergeant. 00:44.560 --> 00:46.760 You're assigned a burglary detail. 00:46.760 --> 00:51.560 In the past five weeks, 17 homes in your city have been stripped of all valuables. 00:51.560 --> 00:53.320 There's no lead to the thief. 00:53.320 --> 00:54.760 No description. 00:54.760 --> 00:57.760 Your job, get him. 00:57.760 --> 01:04.320 Before you buy your next pack of cigarettes, think this over. 01:04.320 --> 01:09.480 A doctor has been examining a group of Chesterfield smokers with special attention to the nose, 01:09.480 --> 01:11.480 throat, and sinuses. 01:11.480 --> 01:17.680 His latest report, after a full year and a half, says no adverse effects from smoking 01:17.680 --> 01:19.520 Chesterfield. 01:19.520 --> 01:23.040 Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like this? 01:23.040 --> 01:30.320 Chesterfield, regular or king size, they're low in nicotine, highest in quality, best 01:30.320 --> 01:33.960 for you. 01:33.960 --> 01:41.920 Dragnet, the documentary drama of an actual crime. 01:41.920 --> 01:45.920 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 01:45.920 --> 01:50.400 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 01:50.400 --> 01:52.300 police files. 01:52.300 --> 01:57.680 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 01:57.680 --> 02:00.680 in action. 02:00.680 --> 02:06.120 It was Wednesday, June 3rd. 02:06.120 --> 02:07.560 It was hot in Los Angeles. 02:07.560 --> 02:09.520 We were working the day watch out of burglary detail. 02:09.520 --> 02:10.520 My partner is Frank Smith. 02:10.520 --> 02:11.520 The boss is Captain Wisdom. 02:11.520 --> 02:13.200 My name is Friday. 02:13.200 --> 02:16.320 We'd just been relieved from stakeout and we were on our way to get something to eat. 02:16.320 --> 02:21.120 It was 1227 a.m. when we got to the corner of Fedora and Ardmore streets, the Cakes and 02:21.120 --> 02:24.480 Rittle Cafe. 02:24.480 --> 02:25.800 Here's a couple back here, Joe. 02:25.800 --> 02:26.800 Yeah, that's fine. 02:26.800 --> 02:27.800 What'll it be, fellas? 02:27.800 --> 02:28.800 You got a menu? 02:28.800 --> 02:29.800 Up there on the board. 02:29.800 --> 02:30.800 Huh? 02:30.800 --> 02:31.800 Oh, yeah. 02:31.800 --> 02:32.800 How's the hash? 02:32.800 --> 02:33.800 Doing pretty good. 02:33.800 --> 02:34.800 We're out of it. 02:34.800 --> 02:37.800 I didn't think a restaurant was ever out of hash. 02:37.800 --> 02:38.800 We are. 02:38.800 --> 02:49.800 You want to get me a stack of wheat cakes, some bacon and a cup of coffee, please? 02:49.800 --> 02:50.800 Hey, that sounds good. 02:50.800 --> 02:55.480 I'll have the same, but make mine plain hotcakes and sausage on the side, will you? 02:55.480 --> 02:56.480 Yeah. 02:56.480 --> 02:57.480 Well, you want the coffee now? 02:57.480 --> 02:58.480 Yeah. 02:58.480 --> 02:59.480 Yeah, that'll be fine. 02:59.480 --> 03:00.480 Coming up. 03:00.480 --> 03:02.880 Say, put an egg on my hotcakes, huh? 03:02.880 --> 03:03.880 Yeah. 03:03.880 --> 03:04.880 Over light? 03:04.880 --> 03:05.880 Over light. 03:05.880 --> 03:06.880 Yeah. 03:06.880 --> 03:08.880 Well, I'm hungry, Joe. 03:08.880 --> 03:10.400 Well, I figured that. 03:10.400 --> 03:12.400 Is that the morning paper you got there? 03:12.400 --> 03:13.400 Yeah, this? 03:13.400 --> 03:14.400 Yeah. 03:14.400 --> 03:15.400 Hand it over, will you? 03:15.400 --> 03:16.400 Here you are. 03:16.400 --> 03:17.400 Thanks. 03:17.400 --> 03:20.400 What's on the front page? 03:20.400 --> 03:22.840 I'm looking at the sports, Joe. 03:22.840 --> 03:25.480 A lot of news there. 03:25.480 --> 03:28.120 Do you want to know what's going on in the world? 03:28.120 --> 03:29.320 Joe, I like the sports. 03:29.320 --> 03:32.240 I get the news all the time. 03:32.240 --> 03:34.520 My boys, the Hollywood stars, won again. 03:34.520 --> 03:35.520 Puts them nine up. 03:35.520 --> 03:38.520 Looks like they might win the pennant. 03:38.520 --> 03:40.320 This day along, she'll be knocking them in. 03:40.320 --> 03:41.320 Who? 03:41.320 --> 03:42.320 Day along. 03:42.320 --> 03:43.320 Oh. 03:43.320 --> 03:44.920 Joe, you're not much of a baseball fan, are you? 03:44.920 --> 03:46.560 Yeah, I like to watch the series on TV. 03:46.560 --> 03:48.040 It's going to be pretty good. 03:48.040 --> 03:50.640 Looks like the Yanks and the Dodgers. 03:50.640 --> 03:52.640 Here's your coffee. 03:52.640 --> 03:53.640 Oh, thank you. 03:53.640 --> 03:55.640 The rest will be right here. 03:55.640 --> 03:56.920 Good. 03:56.920 --> 03:59.120 You fellas are new in the neighborhood, aren't you? 03:59.120 --> 04:00.120 What's that? 04:00.120 --> 04:01.600 You're new around here, aren't you? 04:01.600 --> 04:02.600 Yeah. 04:02.600 --> 04:04.040 Stephen's got three heads. 04:04.040 --> 04:05.440 Most of our trade is neighborhood people. 04:05.440 --> 04:09.400 Come in for coffee and cakes on the way home from the show. 04:09.400 --> 04:11.440 I could tell you fellas are new here. 04:11.440 --> 04:13.040 Haven't seen you before. 04:13.040 --> 04:14.280 Yeah. 04:14.280 --> 04:16.040 I'll get the rest of the order. 04:16.040 --> 04:17.040 Fine. 04:17.040 --> 04:18.640 We got one RBI. 04:18.640 --> 04:19.640 What? 04:19.640 --> 04:21.640 Stephen's got one RBI. 04:21.640 --> 04:24.440 You got a what? 04:24.440 --> 04:25.440 RBI, Joe. 04:25.440 --> 04:26.440 Run, battered. 04:26.440 --> 04:27.440 Oh, yeah. 04:27.440 --> 04:28.440 RBI. 04:28.440 --> 04:29.440 I know what you mean. 04:29.440 --> 04:30.440 I didn't understand what you said. 04:30.440 --> 04:32.440 You got to know all that stuff to really watch a game. 04:32.440 --> 04:33.440 Yeah, I know that. 04:33.440 --> 04:35.720 Here you go, fellas. 04:35.720 --> 04:38.360 Wheat cakes and bacon, hot cakes and sausage. 04:38.360 --> 04:39.360 Wait a minute. 04:39.360 --> 04:41.160 Where's the egg? 04:41.160 --> 04:42.160 Inside. 04:42.160 --> 04:43.160 Where? 04:43.160 --> 04:44.160 Inside. 04:44.160 --> 04:46.160 Look, Joe, underneath there. 04:46.160 --> 04:47.160 Egg underneath. 04:47.160 --> 04:48.160 Here's the syrup. 04:48.160 --> 04:49.160 Thank you. 04:49.160 --> 04:54.160 I sure had some excitement around here. 04:54.160 --> 04:56.160 Am I right? 04:56.160 --> 04:57.160 Yeah. 04:57.160 --> 04:58.160 Don't you guys read the papers? 04:58.160 --> 04:59.160 He does. 04:59.160 --> 05:00.160 Yeah. 05:00.160 --> 05:01.160 Sports page. 05:01.160 --> 05:02.160 No, no. 05:02.160 --> 05:03.160 I mean the front page. 05:03.160 --> 05:04.160 What's been going on? 05:04.160 --> 05:05.160 He won't tell me. 05:05.160 --> 05:06.160 All the burglaries. 05:06.160 --> 05:09.080 Been 17 of them in the last five weeks. 05:09.080 --> 05:10.360 It's running the cops silly. 05:10.360 --> 05:11.760 Is that so? 05:11.760 --> 05:12.760 Sure. 05:12.760 --> 05:13.760 They don't know where they're going. 05:13.760 --> 05:14.760 Running them silly. 05:14.760 --> 05:16.680 So you like a little more coffee? 05:16.680 --> 05:18.240 Yeah, I wouldn't mind, please. 05:18.240 --> 05:19.240 Very good coffee, too. 05:19.240 --> 05:20.240 You make it yourself here? 05:20.240 --> 05:21.240 Yeah, thanks a lot. 05:21.240 --> 05:23.240 Put a head on this, too, honey. 05:23.240 --> 05:24.240 Fine. 05:24.240 --> 05:27.640 There have been at least five detectives in here in the last couple of weeks asking questions. 05:27.640 --> 05:29.960 Trying to come up with a lead. 05:29.960 --> 05:33.880 Sure running them ragged. 05:33.880 --> 05:35.480 You guys haven't read about it, huh? 05:35.480 --> 05:38.160 Yeah, I think I've seen something about it somewhere. 05:38.160 --> 05:40.260 It's pretty funny. 05:40.260 --> 05:41.260 Just get this picture. 05:41.260 --> 05:42.260 Now, get it. 05:42.260 --> 05:43.260 A guy. 05:43.260 --> 05:45.120 They figure it's one felon. 05:45.120 --> 05:47.240 He walks up to the back of a house. 05:47.240 --> 05:48.760 First off, he's sure there's nobody home. 05:48.760 --> 05:52.400 Then he walks up to one of the windows and punches a hole in the screen. 05:52.400 --> 05:56.580 Jimmy's the window, walks right in and lifts the jewelry in the house and takes off. 05:56.580 --> 05:58.400 Just as cool as can be. 05:58.400 --> 06:01.060 They figure he's hitting the places between six and nine. 06:01.060 --> 06:02.360 You get that? 06:02.360 --> 06:04.360 Between six and nine p.m. 06:04.360 --> 06:08.440 They must have half the cops in the forest looking for the guy. 06:08.440 --> 06:10.120 They're running rings around him. 06:10.120 --> 06:11.920 How's the case? 06:11.920 --> 06:12.920 Fine. 06:12.920 --> 06:13.920 Good. 06:13.920 --> 06:15.360 We got kind of secret recipe here. 06:15.360 --> 06:16.640 Wife made it up. 06:16.640 --> 06:19.280 Anyway, I was talking to one of the people who had it. 06:19.280 --> 06:21.280 You know, one of the victims, guy over on Hobart. 06:21.280 --> 06:24.800 He said the cops came in and went all over his house, took fingerprints, pictures, all 06:24.800 --> 06:25.800 that. 06:25.800 --> 06:27.280 Worked on his house for about five hours. 06:27.280 --> 06:29.920 Went all over the backyard looking for footprints. 06:29.920 --> 06:32.040 And you know what they came up with? 06:32.040 --> 06:33.040 No. 06:33.040 --> 06:34.040 Nothing. 06:34.040 --> 06:36.880 Absolutely nothing. 06:36.880 --> 06:39.800 All that time, all those men and they didn't come up with nothing. 06:39.800 --> 06:44.360 He sure got the cops running in circles. 06:44.360 --> 06:45.360 You got a check? 06:45.360 --> 06:46.360 Check. 06:46.360 --> 06:47.360 Oh, yeah, yeah. 06:47.360 --> 06:48.360 Here you go. 06:48.360 --> 06:52.720 Stack of wheat, bacon, hot sausage and egg, two coffees. 06:52.720 --> 06:54.320 I won't charge you for the refills. 06:54.320 --> 06:55.320 That's very nice of you. 06:55.320 --> 06:56.320 Thank you. 06:56.320 --> 06:57.320 Oh, that's all right. 06:57.320 --> 06:58.320 Let's see. 06:58.320 --> 07:00.360 Comes to a dollar twenty five, taxes a dollar twenty nine. 07:00.360 --> 07:01.360 Okay. 07:01.360 --> 07:02.800 You got any pennies, Frank? 07:02.800 --> 07:03.800 Yeah. 07:03.800 --> 07:04.800 I got two. 07:04.800 --> 07:05.800 Here, take a nickel and break it apart. 07:05.800 --> 07:06.800 I'll get my wallet, Joe. 07:06.800 --> 07:07.800 Maybe I've got a couple in there. 07:07.800 --> 07:14.160 Hey, hey, how come you guys are carrying guns? 07:14.160 --> 07:16.240 You ain't going to hold up the place, are you? 07:16.240 --> 07:17.600 There isn't any money here. 07:17.600 --> 07:19.600 We're police officers. 07:19.600 --> 07:20.880 Detectives? 07:20.880 --> 07:21.880 Yeah. 07:21.880 --> 07:31.640 Oh, say, I hope you guys ain't sorry about what I said about you running in circles. 07:31.640 --> 07:32.640 No, forget it. 07:32.640 --> 07:33.640 That's all right. 07:33.640 --> 07:34.680 Well, now, come on, let this one be on the house. 07:34.680 --> 07:35.680 Take your money back. 07:35.680 --> 07:37.360 Sort of a way to say I'm sorry. 07:37.360 --> 07:38.360 Forget it. 07:38.360 --> 07:39.760 I'd like to pop for the cakes. 07:39.760 --> 07:40.760 No, thanks. 07:40.760 --> 07:41.760 Thanks. 07:41.760 --> 07:42.760 Just the same. 07:42.760 --> 07:44.320 Well, hope you come back again. 07:44.320 --> 07:45.320 Sure. 07:45.320 --> 07:47.520 Say, just a minute. 07:47.520 --> 07:48.520 Yeah. 07:48.520 --> 07:52.080 I'd like to ask you a question. 07:52.080 --> 07:54.120 About this fellow who's been pulling the jobs. 07:54.120 --> 07:55.120 Yeah. 07:55.120 --> 07:57.240 When do you figure you're going to get him? 07:57.240 --> 08:04.160 When he runs out of circles. 08:04.160 --> 08:10.520 The papers had carried the story since the fifth burglary. 08:10.520 --> 08:12.560 The thief had been operating in the same general area. 08:12.560 --> 08:14.960 On each report, the crime lab had been sent out. 08:14.960 --> 08:15.960 Pictures were taken. 08:15.960 --> 08:17.640 Fingerprints were lifted. 08:17.640 --> 08:21.160 When the sum total of evidence was weighed and sifted, we were able to establish the 08:21.160 --> 08:24.360 fact that we were looking for the same man or men. 08:24.360 --> 08:28.480 He was in possession of a one quarter inch punch, which he used on the screens, and a 08:28.480 --> 08:32.080 half inch jimmy, which he used to pry open the windows. 08:32.080 --> 08:37.080 From traces of fabric that he left on the fourth job, we knew that he wore cotton gloves. 08:37.080 --> 08:41.640 We had no physical description of him to work with, nothing but the M.O. that he used. 08:41.640 --> 08:44.520 The stats office had made run after run looking for a lead. 08:44.520 --> 08:48.600 The possibles that they'd turned up were checked out, but they noted it's nothing. 08:48.600 --> 08:51.320 Communications had been gotten off to the rest of the nation asking for information 08:51.320 --> 08:56.320 on known criminals who used the same M.O., but the replies were of no help. 08:56.320 --> 08:59.960 All recently released convicts from the state penitentiaries and work farms were checked. 08:59.960 --> 09:01.480 We found nothing. 09:01.480 --> 09:05.360 The pawn shops in the Southland were alerted to be on the lookout for the stolen goods. 09:05.360 --> 09:07.560 Again, nothing. 09:07.560 --> 09:10.880 Informants and other sources of information were questioned and re-questioned, and at 09:10.880 --> 09:13.840 the end of five weeks we were right back where we started. 09:13.840 --> 09:16.060 The newspapers took up the stories in full force. 09:16.060 --> 09:19.940 They ran cartoons of the thief picturing him as an invisible phantom who could almost announce 09:19.940 --> 09:23.160 the time of the next house breaking to the police and then proceed according to plan 09:23.160 --> 09:25.220 without interference. 09:25.220 --> 09:28.400 Every known method of apprehending the burglar was tried, none of them worked. 09:28.400 --> 09:31.640 Captain Wisdom assigned four other teams of men to the case. 09:31.640 --> 09:35.080 Metro Division sent out another two cars to aid in the rolling stakeout. 09:35.080 --> 09:37.440 Apparently we were stopped cold. 09:37.440 --> 09:41.480 Two more days passed, and on Friday, June 5th, we got a report of another burglary. 09:41.480 --> 09:42.480 9.36 a.m. 09:42.480 --> 09:45.000 Frank and I left the office to check it out. 09:45.000 --> 09:48.320 Yes, something you want? 09:48.320 --> 09:49.720 We'd like to see Miss Santos if we could. 09:49.720 --> 09:50.720 Who are you? 09:50.720 --> 09:51.720 Police officers, ma'am. 09:51.720 --> 09:52.720 Is Miss Santos in? 09:52.720 --> 09:53.720 Oh, well, I'm her. 09:53.720 --> 09:54.720 Come on in. 09:54.720 --> 09:55.720 Thank you. 09:55.720 --> 09:56.720 Come on, come on. 09:56.720 --> 09:57.720 Hurry up. 09:57.720 --> 09:58.720 Yes, ma'am. 09:58.720 --> 10:02.960 I never saw so many flies around as this summer. 10:02.960 --> 10:03.960 Sit down. 10:03.960 --> 10:04.960 Thank you. 10:04.960 --> 10:05.960 Can I get you anything, cup of coffee? 10:05.960 --> 10:06.960 No, no, thank you. 10:06.960 --> 10:08.320 You don't mind if I have some? 10:08.320 --> 10:09.320 No, you go right ahead. 10:09.320 --> 10:13.000 Just having another cup before I get started on the house, sort of the lull before the storm. 10:13.000 --> 10:14.000 Ma'am. 10:14.000 --> 10:15.000 Kids are downstairs playing. 10:15.000 --> 10:16.000 They'll be up in a minute. 10:16.000 --> 10:17.000 They get to running around. 10:17.000 --> 10:18.000 It's impossible to get anything done. 10:18.000 --> 10:19.000 Yes, ma'am. 10:19.000 --> 10:21.520 All I can do is get a second cup of coffee in the morning. 10:21.520 --> 10:23.000 Excuse me, I'll be right back. 10:23.000 --> 10:24.000 Sure. 10:24.000 --> 10:25.000 Just make yourself comfortable. 10:25.000 --> 10:26.000 Thank you. 10:26.000 --> 10:27.000 Thank you, ma'am. 10:27.000 --> 10:29.800 Now then, this is about the burger last night, isn't it? 10:29.800 --> 10:30.800 Yes, ma'am. 10:30.800 --> 10:31.800 We'd like to go over the list of stolen articles with you. 10:31.800 --> 10:32.800 Uh-huh, that's it. 10:32.800 --> 10:33.800 Everything they took. 10:33.800 --> 10:34.800 I'd like to check it if we can. 10:34.800 --> 10:37.040 Wasn't anything else in the house for them to take? 10:37.040 --> 10:38.040 Let's see here. 10:38.040 --> 10:41.240 According to what we have in the report, you listed $47 in cash, haven't you? 10:41.240 --> 10:42.240 Yeah, yeah, that's from the jar. 10:42.240 --> 10:43.240 Ma'am. 10:43.240 --> 10:44.640 We got a little candy jar upstairs. 10:44.640 --> 10:45.640 Keep loose change in it. 10:45.640 --> 10:49.120 Whenever I have anything left over from my household money, I put it in there. 10:49.120 --> 10:50.480 Anthony, he's my husband. 10:50.480 --> 10:51.480 Yes, ma'am. 10:51.480 --> 10:54.640 Well, whenever Anthony's got any loose change in his pocket, he drops it in there. 10:54.640 --> 10:56.240 Adds up in time. 10:56.240 --> 10:57.240 $47. 10:57.240 --> 10:58.240 Yes, ma'am. 10:58.240 --> 10:59.240 You're pretty sure about the amount now? 10:59.240 --> 11:01.240 Yeah, you see, we keep a little piece of paper in the jar. 11:01.240 --> 11:04.080 Got the amount written on it so as we can tell how much we've added to it. 11:04.080 --> 11:07.360 Whoever stole the money didn't take the paper, just the money. 11:07.360 --> 11:08.360 Had exactly $47. 11:08.360 --> 11:09.360 Yes, ma'am. 11:09.360 --> 11:12.440 Now you list a ruby and diamond woman's wristwatch, is that right? 11:12.440 --> 11:13.760 Gonna use it for a trip to Las Vegas. 11:13.760 --> 11:14.760 A big part? 11:14.760 --> 11:17.440 We were gonna use the money in the jar for a trip to Las Vegas. 11:17.440 --> 11:18.440 Only needed $150 more. 11:18.440 --> 11:20.840 Now I gotta start all over again. 11:20.840 --> 11:21.840 Yes, ma'am. 11:21.840 --> 11:22.840 Now about the watch. 11:22.840 --> 11:24.680 Oh, yeah, well, they stole that too. 11:24.680 --> 11:28.240 Had two rubies on one side, three diamonds on the other, little gold band. 11:28.240 --> 11:29.240 Took that too. 11:29.240 --> 11:31.320 The anniversary present from Anthony. 11:31.320 --> 11:32.320 He's my husband. 11:32.320 --> 11:33.320 Uh-huh. 11:33.320 --> 11:35.240 Gave it to me on our fifth anniversary, February 2nd. 11:35.240 --> 11:36.640 Now you list a diamond ring. 11:36.640 --> 11:38.880 I wonder if you can give us a little better description of the ring. 11:38.880 --> 11:39.880 My engagement ring. 11:39.880 --> 11:41.880 Solitaire, not very big. 11:41.880 --> 11:44.620 Hat on my dressing table on one of those little ring gadgets. 11:44.620 --> 11:46.480 You know, the little block of wood on the little stick. 11:46.480 --> 11:47.480 Yes, ma'am. 11:47.480 --> 11:49.240 You put your rings on it when you're doing the dishes. 11:49.240 --> 11:50.240 Not very big. 11:50.240 --> 11:51.240 Yes, ma'am. 11:51.240 --> 11:52.240 Now was there anything else of value taken? 11:52.240 --> 11:53.240 No. 11:53.240 --> 11:57.160 A couple of cheap little costume pieces, bracelet, couple of pins, nothing really worth anything. 11:57.160 --> 11:59.200 I can have descriptions of the pieces if we could. 11:59.200 --> 12:00.200 I can give them to you. 12:00.200 --> 12:01.200 All right, fine. 12:01.200 --> 12:03.400 You really think you're gonna be able to catch the fella who took the things? 12:03.400 --> 12:04.400 Well, we don't know. 12:04.400 --> 12:05.400 We're sure gonna try. 12:05.400 --> 12:07.600 Have there been any strangers that you've noticed in the neighborhood lately? 12:07.600 --> 12:09.720 No, none that I can think of right now. 12:09.720 --> 12:11.520 Any strange cars, ma'am? 12:11.520 --> 12:12.520 You married, officer? 12:12.520 --> 12:13.520 Yes, ma'am. 12:13.520 --> 12:14.520 Got any kids? 12:14.520 --> 12:15.520 Yes, ma'am, too. 12:15.520 --> 12:16.520 Uh-huh. 12:16.520 --> 12:19.920 Well, you just ask your wife how much time she's got to take notice of cars driving up 12:19.920 --> 12:23.200 and down the street, noticing whether people are loitering in front of the house or not. 12:23.200 --> 12:24.200 You just ask her. 12:24.200 --> 12:25.200 She'll tell you. 12:25.200 --> 12:29.080 You men, all the time talking about the modern conveniences, help out the housework, just 12:29.080 --> 12:32.160 zipping the houses clean with the vacuum, swish the dishes around, they're all clean 12:32.160 --> 12:33.160 with the new soaps. 12:33.160 --> 12:34.160 Yes, ma'am. 12:34.160 --> 12:36.640 Well, maybe it's better than our mothers had it, but they still haven't come up with 12:36.640 --> 12:39.800 nothing short of a straight jacket that'll keep you from having to run after the kids 12:39.800 --> 12:40.800 all day. 12:40.800 --> 12:41.800 Yes, ma'am. 12:41.800 --> 12:42.800 You ask your wife, she'll tell you. 12:42.800 --> 12:43.800 Yes, ma'am. 12:43.800 --> 12:44.800 You ask yours, too. 12:44.800 --> 12:45.800 You'll see. 12:45.800 --> 12:46.800 I'm not married, Miss Sanderson. 12:46.800 --> 12:47.800 Hmm. 12:47.800 --> 12:49.400 Well, then you wouldn't know. 12:49.400 --> 12:52.800 Well, you can talk to his wife. 12:52.800 --> 12:54.680 Those fellas last night, they gained clues? 12:54.680 --> 12:57.000 We haven't checked on them yet, ma'am. 12:57.000 --> 12:59.240 Seems like they should be able to tell something about who did it. 12:59.240 --> 13:02.520 All that powder they was putting around, the pictures they was taking, all the excitement. 13:02.520 --> 13:05.520 Took me two hours after they left before I could get the kids to sleep. 13:05.520 --> 13:06.520 All that trouble. 13:06.520 --> 13:09.480 They should have something that's going to get the things back. 13:09.480 --> 13:11.560 I sure know one thing. 13:11.560 --> 13:12.560 What's that, ma'am? 13:12.560 --> 13:13.560 The man that stole the watch. 13:13.560 --> 13:14.560 I wish they'd taken the book. 13:14.560 --> 13:15.560 Beg your pardon? 13:15.560 --> 13:16.560 The record book. 13:16.560 --> 13:17.560 It was right in the door of the dressing table. 13:17.560 --> 13:20.440 Where those people at the store are, if you don't find them, they will. 13:20.440 --> 13:22.080 I don't believe I understand, Miss Sanderson. 13:22.080 --> 13:24.520 The people where we bought the wristwatch, they'll find them, sure. 13:24.520 --> 13:26.080 They won't let them get away with it. 13:26.080 --> 13:27.080 Ma'am. 13:27.080 --> 13:30.080 The watch, it isn't paid for. 13:30.080 --> 13:33.800 10.42 a.m. 13:33.800 --> 13:35.120 We started to canvas the neighborhood. 13:35.120 --> 13:39.200 For the next hour, we talked to the people in the houses on both sides of the street. 13:39.200 --> 13:42.280 None of them could add anything to the story given us by the latest victim. 13:42.280 --> 13:46.080 12 noon, Frank and I called the office and told them we'd be out for seven. 13:46.080 --> 13:49.240 As we were leaving our car, a tall elderly man approached us. 13:49.240 --> 13:51.240 He identified himself as Ross Dunham. 13:51.240 --> 13:54.440 He explained that he lived in the corner house on the same street as Mrs. Santos. 13:54.440 --> 13:56.800 Yeah, my wife told me you were by the house this morning. 13:56.800 --> 13:57.800 Yes, sir, we were. 13:57.800 --> 13:59.440 Got something that maybe you can use. 13:59.440 --> 14:00.440 What's that, Mr. Dunham? 14:00.440 --> 14:01.440 Well, I noticed it right off. 14:01.440 --> 14:03.440 Didn't want to say anything about it to the Mrs. 14:03.440 --> 14:04.440 You know, women get upset. 14:04.440 --> 14:06.440 Thought it'd be better not to mention it. 14:06.440 --> 14:07.440 Yes, sir, what is it? 14:07.440 --> 14:09.480 Night before last Thursday, I saw the car. 14:09.480 --> 14:10.480 What car was that, sir? 14:10.480 --> 14:11.480 The one I wanted to tell you about. 14:11.480 --> 14:13.720 I was going downtown to tell you officers about it. 14:13.720 --> 14:16.320 Felt kind of like it was my duty, you know, public spirit. 14:16.320 --> 14:17.320 Yes, sir. 14:17.320 --> 14:18.320 How about the car? 14:18.320 --> 14:19.320 Well, it was kind of a warm night. 14:19.320 --> 14:22.360 The Mr. and I were sitting out on the porch and glider just taking a night air. 14:22.360 --> 14:24.680 Then I saw the car go by. 14:24.680 --> 14:25.680 Didn't think much about it at first. 14:25.680 --> 14:26.680 I see. 14:26.680 --> 14:28.840 Must have been about 6.30 right after supper. 14:28.840 --> 14:31.600 We just sitting there, taking air, having a glass of iced tea. 14:31.600 --> 14:33.400 Then I saw the car go by again. 14:33.400 --> 14:34.400 Slow like. 14:34.400 --> 14:35.760 Like he's looking to house it over. 14:35.760 --> 14:37.360 Could you describe the car for us, sir? 14:37.360 --> 14:40.640 Yeah, it got written right down here someplace. 14:40.640 --> 14:43.240 Car went by the house two more times that night. 14:43.240 --> 14:44.240 Four times all told. 14:44.240 --> 14:45.240 Four. 14:45.240 --> 14:46.240 Uh-huh. 14:46.240 --> 14:49.160 And I think I got it in my wallet. 14:49.160 --> 14:50.160 I had left it in my other pants. 14:50.160 --> 14:51.160 I thought you... 14:51.160 --> 14:52.160 Oh, no, no, here it is. 14:52.160 --> 14:53.160 There it is. 14:53.160 --> 14:54.160 Even got the license number. 14:54.160 --> 14:55.160 Yes, sir. 14:55.160 --> 14:56.160 Is it going to help? 14:56.160 --> 14:57.160 We don't know, sir. 14:57.160 --> 14:58.160 We'll check it out. 14:58.160 --> 14:59.160 Can I have that paper, please? 14:59.160 --> 15:00.160 I'll call it in, Joe. 15:00.160 --> 15:01.160 Have them check DMV. 15:01.160 --> 15:02.160 Right. 15:02.160 --> 15:05.160 Sure hope it gives you guys some help. 15:05.160 --> 15:09.160 The way the burglar's been running around here, terrible. 15:09.160 --> 15:11.160 The man isn't safe to leave his house. 15:11.160 --> 15:14.160 I've been thinking about having those little bell alarms put on the windows. 15:14.160 --> 15:16.160 Did the officers talk to you last night, sir? 15:16.160 --> 15:18.160 You mean when they came out to see Mr. Santos? 15:18.160 --> 15:19.160 Yes, sir. 15:19.160 --> 15:20.160 No, they didn't. 15:20.160 --> 15:21.160 I saw the police car. 15:21.160 --> 15:23.160 I thought about going down to talk to them. 15:23.160 --> 15:25.160 But the missus would have wanted to know what was going on. 15:25.160 --> 15:27.160 Told her about the car and it'd upset her. 15:27.160 --> 15:28.160 She's kind of nervous. 15:28.160 --> 15:31.160 Breaks out in a rash whenever anything happens like this. 15:31.160 --> 15:32.160 I see. 15:32.160 --> 15:35.160 Got just about every kind of ointment in the world. 15:35.160 --> 15:36.160 Doctor says it's in her mind. 15:36.160 --> 15:38.160 Says it's all in her imagination. 15:38.160 --> 15:39.160 You believe that? 15:39.160 --> 15:40.160 Well, I wouldn't know, sir. 15:40.160 --> 15:42.160 I don't put much stock in it. 15:42.160 --> 15:45.160 I used to get rashes when I'd eat fresh peaches. 15:45.160 --> 15:46.160 Don't anymore, though. 15:46.160 --> 15:47.160 See you in a minute, Joe. 15:47.160 --> 15:49.160 Yeah, would you excuse me, Mr. Dunham? 15:49.160 --> 15:50.160 Yeah, sure. 15:53.160 --> 15:54.160 Did you get anything? 15:54.160 --> 15:55.160 Yeah. 15:55.160 --> 15:56.160 Didn't have any trouble making the car. 15:56.160 --> 15:57.160 Got a good suspect. 15:57.160 --> 15:58.160 Yeah, who? 15:58.160 --> 15:59.160 Guy named Oakes. 15:59.160 --> 16:00.160 Oakes? 16:00.160 --> 16:01.160 Yeah. 16:01.160 --> 16:02.160 Works on a burglary. 16:02.160 --> 16:03.160 It's a police car. 16:07.160 --> 16:10.160 We thank Mr. Dunham for his cooperation in the attempt to help us. 16:10.160 --> 16:13.160 As a public-minded citizen, he'd done what he thought was right. 16:13.160 --> 16:15.160 During the time we'd been working on the case, 16:15.160 --> 16:18.160 we'd turned up dozens of well-meaning citizens who wanted to cooperate. 16:18.160 --> 16:21.160 Each of the tips, no matter how remote, we checked out. 16:21.160 --> 16:23.160 This meant using additional man hours 16:23.160 --> 16:27.160 and pulling officers off other assignments to investigate the possible leads. 16:27.160 --> 16:30.160 But in every event, we appreciated the tips. 16:30.160 --> 16:31.160 Three more days passed. 16:31.160 --> 16:32.160 The thief hit once more. 16:32.160 --> 16:35.160 In spite of the close surveillance we were keeping on the area, 16:35.160 --> 16:37.160 he somehow managed to get into the vicinity, 16:37.160 --> 16:39.160 commit the crime, and leave without being observed. 16:39.160 --> 16:43.160 The pressure from local citizens' clubs and insurance companies got a little heavier. 16:43.160 --> 16:45.160 On Tuesday morning, June 10th, 16:45.160 --> 16:48.160 a meeting was held in Chief of Detective Thad Brown's office. 16:48.160 --> 16:52.160 The detail and results of our investigation were gone over again. 16:52.160 --> 16:55.160 Additional bulletins were gotten out requesting information on the MO. 16:55.160 --> 16:59.160 The area of the rolling stakeout was increased to 96 square blocks. 16:59.160 --> 17:01.160 That's two square miles. 17:01.160 --> 17:03.160 A new plan for surveillance was worked out. 17:03.160 --> 17:06.160 Under the new conditions, we were able to keep the entire neighborhood 17:06.160 --> 17:08.160 under almost constant watch. 17:08.160 --> 17:10.160 Additional teams of men were assigned for Metro division. 17:10.160 --> 17:13.160 To date, the thief had stolen jewelry, money, and other personal property 17:13.160 --> 17:16.160 amounting to a little over $8,000. 17:16.160 --> 17:18.160 The check on the pawn shops was tightened, 17:18.160 --> 17:21.160 but none of the merchandise turned up in the normal outlets. 17:21.160 --> 17:23.160 Every night between the hours of 5.30 and midnight, 17:23.160 --> 17:26.160 the dragnet of the area was put into effect. 17:26.160 --> 17:28.160 During the next week, the theft stopped completely. 17:28.160 --> 17:31.160 Apparently, we'd stopped the burglar, but we still hadn't caught him. 17:31.160 --> 17:34.160 Wednesday, June 17th, I checked in for work. 17:34.160 --> 17:35.160 Joe? Yeah? 17:35.160 --> 17:37.160 I think we got something. What's that? 17:37.160 --> 17:39.160 I was just down the hall with Bates. Yeah? 17:39.160 --> 17:42.160 I checked out the F.I. cards that had been filed in the area we're working. 17:42.160 --> 17:44.160 Came up with one possible. Yeah, what do you got on it? 17:44.160 --> 17:45.160 A guy named Boyd Hall. 17:45.160 --> 17:48.160 He was stopped four times in the last week in different locations 17:48.160 --> 17:49.160 in the same general area. 17:49.160 --> 17:51.160 Tell the officers he was on his way home. 17:51.160 --> 17:54.160 How do you spell that name? B-O-Y-D, Boyd Hall. 17:54.160 --> 17:57.160 You got his address? Yeah, better check it out. 17:57.160 --> 17:59.160 I ran the name through R.N.I. and came up with eight. 17:59.160 --> 18:02.160 Three of them back in the joint, one dead, other four have to be checked out. 18:02.160 --> 18:04.160 Descriptions don't fit too well. Let me see there. 18:04.160 --> 18:06.160 Yeah, here you are. 18:06.160 --> 18:09.160 You better get right out there. Now let's go. 18:09.160 --> 18:12.160 Might be something, huh? I don't know. We're due for a break. 18:18.160 --> 18:21.160 Fifteen minutes later, we turned off Vermont Avenue onto Venice Boulevard. 18:21.160 --> 18:24.160 Four blocks to the left and we turned onto Dewey Street. 18:24.160 --> 18:27.160 Another block and a half and we pulled up in front of the address. 18:30.160 --> 18:33.160 Well, this is 1800. It ought to be right... 18:33.160 --> 18:35.160 Here. 18:35.160 --> 18:37.160 Well, we're still batting a thousand. 18:37.160 --> 18:39.160 1804 Dewey. Yeah. 18:39.160 --> 18:41.160 Vacant lot. 18:52.160 --> 18:57.160 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 18:57.160 --> 19:01.160 It's so satisfying to know that my Chesterfield is low in nicotine 19:01.160 --> 19:03.160 highest in quality. 19:03.160 --> 19:07.160 Chesterfield, low in nicotine, highest in quality. 19:07.160 --> 19:12.160 A fact proved by chemical analyses of the country's six leading cigarette brands. 19:12.160 --> 19:17.160 And it's so satisfying to know that a doctor who has been making thorough examinations, 19:17.160 --> 19:24.160 especially of the nose, throat, and sinuses, reports no adverse effects from smoking Chesterfields. 19:24.160 --> 19:29.160 His report is a part of a program supervised by a responsible independent researcher 19:29.160 --> 19:34.160 and is based on thorough bi-monthly examinations of a group of Chesterfield smokers 19:34.160 --> 19:36.160 over a period of a year and a half. 19:36.160 --> 19:39.160 That's 18 full months now. 19:39.160 --> 19:43.160 Don't you want to smoke a cigarette with a record like this? 19:43.160 --> 19:45.160 Regular or king size? 19:45.160 --> 19:49.160 Chesterfield is low in nicotine, highest in quality. 19:49.160 --> 19:52.160 Best for me, best for you. 19:52.160 --> 19:55.160 Best for me, best for you. 20:03.160 --> 20:06.160 Wednesday, June 17th, 848 a.m. 20:06.160 --> 20:08.160 We canvassed the neighborhood around the vacant lot. 20:08.160 --> 20:10.160 None of the people had ever heard of Boyd Hall. 20:10.160 --> 20:14.160 We asked about anyone answering the description listed on the F.I. cards. 20:14.160 --> 20:16.160 The neighbors couldn't help us there either. 20:16.160 --> 20:18.160 1117 a.m. 20:18.160 --> 20:21.160 We returned to the office and we started to check out the remaining four possibles. 20:21.160 --> 20:24.160 All of them were able to establish alibis for the time of the burglaries 20:24.160 --> 20:26.160 and they were eliminated as suspects. 20:26.160 --> 20:29.160 We got in touch with the officers who'd filed the F.I. cards. 20:29.160 --> 20:31.160 They remembered the man. 20:31.160 --> 20:34.160 Each of the teams of men who'd stopped him had asked for identification. 20:34.160 --> 20:37.160 He'd produced a driver's license, personal cards, and several letters to himself 20:37.160 --> 20:39.160 bearing the Dewey Street address. 20:39.160 --> 20:42.160 He told the officers that he'd lived in the neighborhood 20:42.160 --> 20:45.160 and that he was returning to his home from a grocery store. 20:45.160 --> 20:47.160 The officers had checked the bag of groceries he was carrying 20:47.160 --> 20:50.160 and found nothing suspicious and let him proceed on his way. 20:50.160 --> 20:53.160 We got in touch with Sergeant Zuck at the warrant office 20:53.160 --> 20:57.160 and asked him to check and see if there were any outstanding traffic warrants on Boyd Hall. 20:57.160 --> 20:59.160 He called back to tell us there were none. 20:59.160 --> 21:03.160 APBs and local broadcasts were sent out asking for information 21:03.160 --> 21:06.160 on anyone answering the description using the name Boyd Hall. 21:06.160 --> 21:09.160 We got in touch with the Department of Motor Vehicles 21:09.160 --> 21:12.160 and asked them to give us all the information they could on the suspect 21:12.160 --> 21:19.160 carrying California Operator's License Number Z-941-511, issued 12-552. 21:19.160 --> 21:22.160 They checked their files and told us that there was no record of a Boyd Hall 21:22.160 --> 21:24.160 being issued that particular license number. 21:24.160 --> 21:28.160 They also stated that no number had been given out on the Z-series. 21:28.160 --> 21:32.160 This left little doubt that the license was a forgery and the name was an alias. 21:32.160 --> 21:34.160 In the meantime, the rolling stakeout continued. 21:34.160 --> 21:37.160 Two days passed while we followed down leaves. 21:37.160 --> 21:42.160 Saturday, June 20th, Frank and I were in position for the night surveillance, 8.30 p.m. 21:42.160 --> 21:46.160 Joe, up at the corner getting off the streetcar? 21:46.160 --> 21:49.160 No, maybe. Description fits. 21:49.160 --> 21:52.160 Carrying a shopping bag. Now let's take a look. 21:52.160 --> 21:54.160 Right. 21:56.160 --> 21:58.160 Pull up here is good. 22:08.160 --> 22:09.160 Excuse me, fella. 22:09.160 --> 22:11.160 We're gonna have to go through this again. 22:11.160 --> 22:12.160 Thank you, pardon? 22:12.160 --> 22:13.160 You're police officers, aren't you? 22:13.160 --> 22:14.160 Yes, sir, we are. 22:14.160 --> 22:15.160 And you want to see my identification? 22:15.160 --> 22:16.160 Yes, sir, that's right. 22:16.160 --> 22:17.160 All right. 22:17.160 --> 22:20.160 I'll be glad when you fellas find whatever it is you're looking for. 22:20.160 --> 22:22.160 You know, this is the fifth time I've been stopped. 22:22.160 --> 22:23.160 Is that right? 22:23.160 --> 22:24.160 Yeah. 22:24.160 --> 22:25.160 Here, will you hold this shopping bag for me? 22:25.160 --> 22:26.160 Sure. 22:26.160 --> 22:27.160 Hey, what you got in here? 22:27.160 --> 22:29.160 Loaf of bread, groceries. 22:29.160 --> 22:31.160 I got my driver's license in my wallet. Here. 22:31.160 --> 22:33.160 Would you take it out of your wallet, please? 22:33.160 --> 22:34.160 Sure. 22:37.160 --> 22:38.160 There. See? 22:38.160 --> 22:39.160 Mm-hmm. 22:39.160 --> 22:41.160 Boyd Hall. That's your true name? 22:41.160 --> 22:42.160 That's what it says. 22:42.160 --> 22:44.160 1804 Dewey Street. That's where you live? 22:44.160 --> 22:46.160 Yeah. Just came back from the store. 22:46.160 --> 22:47.160 Mm-hmm. 22:47.160 --> 22:49.160 Well, we're sorry we bothered you, Mr. Hall. 22:49.160 --> 22:50.160 Perfectly all right. 22:50.160 --> 22:52.160 I know you're only doing what we pay you for. 22:52.160 --> 22:53.160 I'll tell you what. 22:53.160 --> 22:54.160 To make up for causing any inconvenience, 22:54.160 --> 22:55.160 let us drive you home, could we? 22:55.160 --> 22:56.160 Oh, that's not necessary. 22:56.160 --> 22:57.160 It's just a couple of blocks. 22:57.160 --> 22:58.160 I don't mind a walk. 22:58.160 --> 22:59.160 Don't like to put you fellas out. 22:59.160 --> 23:00.160 Well, don't worry about it. 23:00.160 --> 23:01.160 Get in the back seat, huh? 23:01.160 --> 23:04.160 Really, I appreciate the thub, but it's not necessary. 23:04.160 --> 23:05.160 Want to get in the back there? 23:05.160 --> 23:06.160 All right. 23:07.160 --> 23:09.160 Want to take the shopping bag in front, Frank? 23:09.160 --> 23:10.160 Yeah. 23:10.160 --> 23:14.160 Go ahead, Hall. 23:16.160 --> 23:17.160 The way you guys acted, 23:17.160 --> 23:18.160 you think there was something wrong. 23:18.160 --> 23:19.160 Nothing is, is there? 23:19.160 --> 23:22.160 No, I was just saying the way you guys... 23:22.160 --> 23:23.160 Never mind. 23:23.160 --> 23:24.160 How long you live in this neighborhood, Hall? 23:24.160 --> 23:26.160 A little while. We just bought the house. 23:26.160 --> 23:27.160 About how long would you say? 23:27.160 --> 23:28.160 Not long. 23:28.160 --> 23:29.160 How long? 23:29.160 --> 23:30.160 Couple of months. 23:33.160 --> 23:35.160 I think it's right at the next block, Frank. 23:35.160 --> 23:36.160 Yeah. 23:36.160 --> 23:37.160 Say, I sure appreciate this, 23:37.160 --> 23:39.160 but you guys don't have to go out of your way. 23:39.160 --> 23:40.160 Just drop me off at the corner. 23:40.160 --> 23:41.160 I can walk. It's just a little ways down. 23:41.160 --> 23:43.160 No, it's no trouble at all. 23:43.160 --> 23:44.160 Here we are. 23:46.160 --> 23:48.160 Well, I sure want to thank you, officers. 23:48.160 --> 23:49.160 It's a real pleasure to know that our taxes 23:49.160 --> 23:52.160 are paying for the kind of service you've just given. 23:52.160 --> 23:53.160 Well, it's going to get a little better. 23:53.160 --> 23:54.160 Hmm? 23:54.160 --> 23:55.160 Never mind. 23:55.160 --> 23:57.160 When we get out of the car, we'll walk up with you. 23:57.160 --> 23:58.160 Yeah. 24:02.160 --> 24:03.160 That's okay. 24:03.160 --> 24:04.160 I'll carry the bags for you. 24:04.160 --> 24:05.160 Well, it might be better if I took it. 24:05.160 --> 24:06.160 No, no trouble. 24:06.160 --> 24:08.160 Now, which is your house, Hall? 24:08.160 --> 24:09.160 This one right here. 24:11.160 --> 24:12.160 Mm-hmm. 24:12.160 --> 24:13.160 That's 1802. 24:13.160 --> 24:15.160 Then that one's 1806. 24:16.160 --> 24:17.160 Let's walk down a little further, shall we? 24:17.160 --> 24:18.160 Mm-hmm. 24:21.160 --> 24:22.160 That's fine. 24:24.160 --> 24:26.160 Now, if we figure correctly, 24:26.160 --> 24:28.160 1804 would be right here, wouldn't it? 24:28.160 --> 24:29.160 Don't suppose it'd do any good 24:29.160 --> 24:30.160 to say somebody stole the house. 24:30.160 --> 24:31.160 No, I don't suppose it would. 24:31.160 --> 24:33.160 You want to tell us about it? 24:33.160 --> 24:34.160 Yeah, I might as well. 24:34.160 --> 24:36.160 Now, let's get back in the car. 24:45.160 --> 24:46.160 All right. 24:46.160 --> 24:48.160 Now, what do you got in this shopping bag? 24:48.160 --> 24:49.160 Sure is heavy. 24:50.160 --> 24:51.160 Let's see. 24:54.160 --> 24:55.160 A box of breakfast cereal. 24:58.160 --> 25:00.160 And a loaf of French bread. 25:01.160 --> 25:03.160 You ought to take this bread back, Hall, 25:03.160 --> 25:06.160 and look here, somebody cut it right in half. 25:06.160 --> 25:07.160 Is that your job? 25:07.160 --> 25:08.160 Yeah. 25:08.160 --> 25:09.160 All hollowed out. 25:11.160 --> 25:13.160 Punching a jimmy inside. 25:13.160 --> 25:14.160 Burglary tools. 25:14.160 --> 25:16.160 You want to tell us where you got them? 25:18.160 --> 25:19.160 How about it, Hall? 25:20.160 --> 25:21.160 All right, let's go, Frank. 25:21.160 --> 25:22.160 Yeah. 25:27.160 --> 25:29.160 I suppose you guys think you're pretty smart, don't you? 25:29.160 --> 25:30.160 No, not particularly. 25:30.160 --> 25:31.160 It took us a while to figure out. 25:31.160 --> 25:33.160 I should have let it go. 25:33.160 --> 25:34.160 Should have gotten out while it was good. 25:34.160 --> 25:35.160 Yeah, you should have. 25:35.160 --> 25:36.160 How are you going to know? 25:36.160 --> 25:37.160 I figured 10 weeks, none quit. 25:37.160 --> 25:39.160 Another two weeks, that's all I needed. 25:39.160 --> 25:40.160 Where's the stuff you took? 25:40.160 --> 25:41.160 Hotel room. 25:41.160 --> 25:42.160 You shoved any of it yet? 25:42.160 --> 25:43.160 No, it's all there. 25:43.160 --> 25:44.160 Every bit of it but the money. 25:44.160 --> 25:45.160 I lived on that. 25:45.160 --> 25:47.160 Figured when I got enough, I'd hit for the border, 25:47.160 --> 25:48.160 sell it in Mexico. 25:48.160 --> 25:50.160 Let's stop on the way and pick it up, huh? 25:50.160 --> 25:52.160 All right, place over on 6th, I'll show you. 25:52.160 --> 25:54.160 This isn't another vacant lot, is it? 25:54.160 --> 25:56.160 No, no, this is McCoy. 25:56.160 --> 25:58.160 You know, I had it all figured, all the way down the line. 25:58.160 --> 26:00.160 Every time I got a new car, I'd get it. 26:00.160 --> 26:02.160 All the way down the line, every angle. 26:02.160 --> 26:03.160 Hey, how about it? 26:03.160 --> 26:04.160 Answer a question for me. 26:04.160 --> 26:05.160 All right. 26:05.160 --> 26:08.160 Is there any way to beat it, any way to come out on top? 26:08.160 --> 26:11.160 Well, you know the answer to that one better than we do. 26:11.160 --> 26:13.160 You tried, what do you think? 26:21.160 --> 26:23.160 The story you have just heard is true. 26:23.160 --> 26:26.160 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:26.160 --> 26:28.160 On October 15th, trial was held in 26:28.160 --> 26:31.160 Department 96, Superior Court of the State of California, 26:31.160 --> 26:33.160 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 26:33.160 --> 26:35.160 In a moment, the results of that trial. 26:35.160 --> 26:37.160 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 26:37.160 --> 26:39.160 Thank you, George Feneman. 26:39.160 --> 26:41.160 Friends, as you heard George tell you earlier, 26:41.160 --> 26:44.160 we've received the full year and one half report. 26:44.160 --> 26:46.160 It comes from the doctor who's been examining 26:46.160 --> 26:48.160 Chesterfield smokers with special attention 26:48.160 --> 26:50.160 to the nose, throat, and sinuses. 26:50.160 --> 26:52.160 Now, the report shows again, 26:52.160 --> 26:55.160 no adverse effects from smoking Chesterfields. 26:55.160 --> 26:57.160 I think that's very important to you as a smoker, 26:57.160 --> 27:00.160 and I hope you'll keep it in mind next time you buy cigarettes 27:00.160 --> 27:01.160 and get Chesterfields. 27:01.160 --> 27:04.160 Regular or king size, Chesterfields are low in nicotine, 27:04.160 --> 27:06.160 highest in quality. 27:06.160 --> 27:08.160 Best for you. 27:17.160 --> 27:19.160 Lawrence Philip Harris, alias Boyd Hall, 27:19.160 --> 27:22.160 was tried and convicted on six counts of burglary 27:22.160 --> 27:24.160 in the first degree and received sentence 27:24.160 --> 27:25.160 as prescribed by law. 27:25.160 --> 27:28.160 Burglary in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment 27:28.160 --> 27:32.160 in the state penitentiary for a period of not less than five years. 27:32.160 --> 27:35.160 Dragnet wishes to thank the editors of McCall's magazine 27:35.160 --> 27:38.160 for their interesting personal story about Jack Webb, 27:38.160 --> 27:42.160 Nobody's Man Friday, in the current September issue of McCall's. 27:52.160 --> 27:54.160 You have just heard Dragnet, 27:54.160 --> 27:57.160 a series of authentic cases from official files. 27:57.160 --> 27:59.160 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police 27:59.160 --> 28:02.160 W.H. 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