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Wednesday, February 18th. 25 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:05,920 Was raining in Los Angeles. 26 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,200 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 27 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,120 My partner's Frank Smith, the boss is Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 28 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:12,400 My name's Friday. 29 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,360 The office had called me at 3.46 a.m. 30 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:18,840 By the time I got dressed and out in front of my apartment, it was 3.59 a.m. 31 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:20,840 Frank was there waiting to pick me up. 32 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,600 What's the best way to get there? 33 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,800 Down the freeway, I guess, and cut over on the Liso, huh? 34 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:26,800 All right. 35 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:27,800 Who called you? 36 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:28,800 The hospital or the office? 37 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:29,800 The office. 38 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:30,800 Said that Bailey had regained consciousness. 39 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:31,800 We might be able to talk to him now. 40 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:33,920 The rain's gonna slow us down. 41 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:35,480 Well, I better use the light and siren, Frank. 42 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:36,480 We may not have much time. 43 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:37,480 Huh? 44 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:38,480 The way the skipper put it to me on the phone. 45 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:39,480 Yeah? 46 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:40,480 They still don't know if Bailey's gonna live. 47 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:55,720 Raymond Bailey was 62 years old. 48 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,920 He owned and operated a small neighborhood grocery store on the corner of Whitman and 49 00:02:58,920 --> 00:02:59,920 Beacon Streets. 50 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:04,080 Two days before, on Monday night, a man had entered the store and at the point of a sawed-off 51 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,280 shotgun had robbed Bailey. 52 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,560 After emptying the cash register and the safe, he'd slugged the elderly man with a barrel 53 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,360 of the gun and he'd fled. 54 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,560 Bailey had been rushed to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital and then transferred to the county 55 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:15,800 hospital for treatment. 56 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:20,040 For the past two days, he'd been under heavy sedative and he'd been in a coma. 57 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,400 He was suffering from a skull fracture, cuts, and bruises. 58 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:27,280 His condition was listed as critical and we'd left word to be called the minute he regained 59 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:28,280 consciousness. 60 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:29,280 4.26 a.m. 61 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:30,280 We got to the hospital. 62 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:31,520 We went up to the fourth floor. 63 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,200 We met and talked with the doctor who'd been taking care of Bailey. 64 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,720 He told us that the patient had just been given another shot to ease the pain and that 65 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,380 he'd probably drop off to sleep. 66 00:03:39,380 --> 00:03:41,640 We went into the hospital room and walked over to the side of the bed. 67 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,720 It was a few minutes before the old man started to talk. 68 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:48,120 I'll tell you what I remember. 69 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:52,880 All seemed kind of far away like I read about it in the book. 70 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,240 Not like it really happened to me. 71 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:57,600 All right, sir, if you'd just tell it in your own words, if you can. 72 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:58,600 What time is it? 73 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,360 It's quarter to five, Mr. Bailey. 74 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:01,360 Who's that? 75 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:02,360 I'm Frank Smith. 76 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,000 Are you a policeman, too? 77 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Yes, sir. 78 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,660 Oh, quarter to five, huh? 79 00:04:07,660 --> 00:04:08,660 That day or night? 80 00:04:08,660 --> 00:04:10,240 It's in the morning, sir. 81 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,400 I sure have been out. 82 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,240 If you'd tell us what happened, sir. 83 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,680 How many of you are there in here? 84 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:17,280 Well, just the two of us. 85 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:20,440 The way they got in my head, old bandies can't see. 86 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:21,440 Say, officers. 87 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:22,440 Yes, sir? 88 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,440 The doctor said this is Wednesday. 89 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:25,440 Is that true? 90 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:26,440 Yes, sir, that's right. 91 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:27,440 Wednesday the 18th. 92 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:29,560 I can't figure where the time's gone. 93 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:31,040 It can't be Wednesday. 94 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,080 Why do you have to agree with him? 95 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:34,680 Why don't you tell me for true? 96 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,280 Well, sir, you've been asleep for a couple of days. 97 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:38,280 Really? 98 00:04:38,280 --> 00:04:39,280 Yes, sir. 99 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:40,280 You've been pretty sick, huh? 100 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:41,280 That's what they tell us. 101 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:42,280 Mm-hmm. 102 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:46,520 It seems like every time I turn around they give me another shot. 103 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:51,520 It takes the pain away, but makes everything seem so far away, like nothing was really 104 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:52,520 happening to me. 105 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:53,520 Yes, sir, we understand. 106 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,760 Think you could go on with the story? 107 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:58,840 Oh, yeah. 108 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:00,880 This fella came in Monday night. 109 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:01,880 It was raining. 110 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:02,880 It wasn't much business. 111 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,800 I was figuring on closing when he came in. 112 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,720 Took one of the carts and started to pick up stuff off the counter. 113 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:09,720 Yes, sir. 114 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,960 Well, the fella picked up a lot of stuff. 115 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,120 Had a shopping bag with him, hung it on the cart. 116 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,480 I figured that I'd have to check the bag when he got to the check stand. 117 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,760 We had a lot of shoplifting lately. 118 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:22,760 I see. 119 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:27,400 Well, after he looked store over, he came up to the check stand and I checked out stuff 120 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:28,400 he had. 121 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,440 It came to over $5. 122 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:34,920 Oh, picked out all kinds of things, most of them imported. 123 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,000 I see these were all groceries, were they? 124 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Yes. 125 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,880 I had the stuff and it came to a little over $5. 126 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:43,560 Oh, I got exactly how much? 127 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,440 Eh, a little over $5. 128 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:46,880 All right, sir. 129 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,720 After I got everything all told up, I asked him if I could put it in the shopping bag 130 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,000 for him. 131 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:56,480 I didn't want to come right out and ask to see in it. 132 00:05:56,480 --> 00:06:01,120 For all he might have just moved in the neighborhood and I haven't got that many regulars that 133 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:02,400 I can insult him. 134 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:03,400 Yes, sir. 135 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:08,600 That's when he pulled the gun, pulled it right out of the shopping bag. 136 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:10,560 You saw that it was a shotgun, did you? 137 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:11,560 Yes, sir. 138 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:12,560 The barrel was sharp. 139 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,720 I guess it had been sawed off. 140 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,880 He pointed at me and told me to give him the money in the cash register. 141 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:18,880 All right, sir. 142 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:24,720 And he told me to lay down on the floor and stay there for five minutes and not to move. 143 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:25,880 I was going to do it. 144 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,320 I wasn't going to give him any trouble. 145 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,400 Money doesn't mean that much to me. 146 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:36,680 You get to be my age, 62, and it's more important that you're alive than how much money you 147 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:37,680 got. 148 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:38,680 Yes, sir. 149 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:39,680 A lot more important. 150 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:40,680 Yes, sir. 151 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:45,960 Well, I was just going to do like you said when Mrs. Colton came in the store. 152 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,520 She's one of my regular customers, you know. 153 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,080 She saw the fellow with the gun and she let out a scream. 154 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:57,080 I tried to tell her to keep quiet, but before I could say much of anything, the fellow turned 155 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,080 around and hit me with a gun. 156 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,440 Oh, I say hit me just about as hard as you could. 157 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:09,600 I kind of remember the sirens coming, but that's kind of hazy, like it didn't really 158 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,440 happen to me, like I read about it. 159 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:13,440 I see, sir. 160 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,480 Now, can you tell us what the man looked like? 161 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,840 Yeah, I guess I can. 162 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:20,160 But before I do, though. 163 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:21,160 Yes, sir. 164 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,440 Would you tell me what time it really is? 165 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:27,400 Well, right now it's 4.50, Mr. Bailey, 4.50 a.m. 166 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:28,400 Wednesday morning? 167 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,040 Yes, sir, that's right. 168 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:35,040 I don't think it's very nice, you fellas, play a joke like this on old men. 169 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:36,040 Seems like you could be honest. 170 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,400 If I had my watch, I could tell myself. 171 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,960 We're telling you the truth about the time, Mr. Bailey, it's 4.50. 172 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:46,120 All right, then you have your little joke, but I don't think it's funny at all. 173 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,680 Sir, can you tell us how old the man was? 174 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,160 About 24, 26. 175 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:51,160 I see. 176 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:52,960 How tall was he? 177 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:53,960 Tall as me. 178 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,560 I can remember because I look right over straight at him. 179 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:59,600 That make him five and eight. 180 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,680 Yeah, right about that. 181 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:02,960 Was he heavy or slight? 182 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,000 I couldn't tell too well. 183 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,320 He had a big overcoat on. 184 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,200 How about his coloring, his complexion? 185 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,560 Oh, he's dark complexed, had dark eyes. 186 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,080 Do you remember what the color of his hair was? 187 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:19,440 Well, I could just see it, the temples, it was black. 188 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:23,000 Yeah, he had this hat on, the hat pulled down. 189 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,800 Was he clean shaded? 190 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,840 Yeah, yes, he was. 191 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,680 I'm sorry to have to ask you all these questions, but we have to get to the bottom of this. 192 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,560 Did he have any marks or scars? 193 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:34,160 Yes, yes, sir. 194 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:39,440 He had a little mole on the side of his nose, just a small little one. 195 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,200 Which side of his nose, would you remember? 196 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:46,240 Well, when he was facing me, it was on the left, so that'd be on his right. 197 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,320 Yeah, that's right, on the right side. 198 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,240 I hope we're not tiring you too much, but was there anything different about the way 199 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,960 he talked, an accent, something like that? 200 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:55,960 No. 201 00:08:55,960 --> 00:09:00,000 Say, how about the things he picked up, you get any fingerprints from him? 202 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,280 No, sir, he must have taken all the groceries with him. 203 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,480 Would you know the man if you saw him again, Mr. Bailey? 204 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:06,840 He just bet I would. 205 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,320 I'd remember that face till my dying day. 206 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:10,800 I won't ever forget it. 207 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,800 Think you've ever seen this man before? 208 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,160 No, sir, never did. 209 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:16,640 Would you know if he drove a car? 210 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:19,080 I don't think so. 211 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:20,920 He was so wet when he'd come in. 212 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,080 He must have walked a ways. 213 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,320 Like I said, his shoulders are just soaking wet. 214 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:26,320 Yes, sir. 215 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:30,440 We'd like to have you look at some pictures when you feel a little better, Mr. Bailey. 216 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,160 You just bring them on. 217 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,600 You got a picture of that young hoodlum, I'll know it. 218 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:35,600 All right, sir. 219 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:37,240 We're going to have to come back and see you. 220 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,000 You ought to try to get some sleep now. 221 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,600 We appreciate your cooperation here. 222 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,840 Well, I suppose I should. 223 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:48,240 The last couple of minutes, you fellas been getting a little further away from me. 224 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,840 Seems like none of this is happening to me, just like I'm dreaming it. 225 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:53,480 We'll be back to see you, sir. 226 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:54,880 Is there anything you need? 227 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:56,480 No, sir, not a thing. 228 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:57,800 All right, fine. 229 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:58,800 Thanks very much. 230 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:00,160 And you get some rest now. 231 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,280 Yeah, I'll try. 232 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:05,600 Hey, hey, one thing you could do for me. 233 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:06,600 What's that, sir? 234 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,200 Would you ask the nurse to come by? 235 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:13,920 I think the joke is funny, but you fellas carried it on too far. 236 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:15,840 I'd like to know what time it really is. 237 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:18,000 All right, Mr. Bailey, we'll send her in. 238 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Thank you. 239 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,000 Goodbye, sir. 240 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,000 Goodbye. 241 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Goodbye. 242 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,200 Pardon me, nurse. 243 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:26,200 Yes? 244 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,400 What if you check Mr. Bailey in there? 245 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,080 He'd like to know what time it is. 246 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,320 He's been asking the same question the last two days. 247 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,600 He won't seem to believe any of us. 248 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,840 But you know where you could find Dr. Cardell? 249 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,800 Yes, sir, just down the hall, two doors past the turn. 250 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:40,800 Thank you very much. 251 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:45,440 Sure like to find out when he'd be able to look at those mug shots. 252 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,440 Yeah, I know, it's got a good description. 253 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:48,920 Gonna make it easier? 254 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:49,920 Yeah. 255 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:50,920 I guess this is it. 256 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:52,520 Two doors past the turn. 257 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:53,520 Yeah. 258 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:54,520 Come in. 259 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,520 Sorry to bother you again, doctor. 260 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:58,520 That's all right. 261 00:10:58,520 --> 00:10:59,520 What can I do for you? 262 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,400 We were wondering when it would be possible for Mr. Bailey to look at some pictures for 263 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:03,400 us. 264 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:04,400 I mean, when he's well enough. 265 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,000 Well, with the way he's been reacting to treatment, he'll live. 266 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,000 Yes, sir. 267 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,000 But you saw the bandage. 268 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,000 Yes, sir. 269 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,000 He's totally blind. 270 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:16,480 5, 10 a.m. 271 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:17,560 We got to the city hall. 272 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:21,840 We got out a supplementary broadcast and an APB carrying the description of the suspect. 273 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:25,360 We asked the stats office to make a run for us on the information the victim of the holdup 274 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:26,360 had given us. 275 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:30,200 They said they'd be able to give us a list of possible by 10.30 that morning. 276 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,760 We checked through the oddity file to see if there might be something in the records 277 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,320 on the small mole on the suspect's nose. 278 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,720 There were several cards turned over to us, but none of them matched the rest of the description 279 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:39,720 that we had. 280 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:40,720 6.30 a.m. 281 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:41,960 We went across the street. 282 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,920 We had breakfast, then we came back to the office and put in a call to the hospital to 283 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:46,400 check on Bailey. 284 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,080 The doctor told us that he was sleeping comfortably and he appeared to be past the critical point. 285 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,800 For the next hour, Frank and I checked through the mug books to see if there were any recent 286 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:56,640 parolees who matched the description that we had. 287 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:00,560 We came up with nothing that would help us in getting an identification of the suspect. 288 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:04,280 The woman customer of the store mentioned by Bailey in his report of the crime had been 289 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,880 questioned thoroughly, but she was unable to give us any additional information on the 290 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:08,880 holdup man. 291 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,800 She was unable to give us a concrete description of the thief. 292 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,800 She'd been shown the mug books, but after looking at them, she stated that she was more 293 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,880 confused than she had been before seeing them. 294 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,280 She also told us about the suspect's black overcoat. 295 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,880 She said that while the shoulders looked quite wet from the rain, the rest of the garment 296 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:25,320 appeared to be dry. 297 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:26,320 10.30 a.m. 298 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,760 We got the results of the run from the stats office. 299 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,240 There were 17 names on the list. 300 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,800 All men matched the description of the suspect and had at one time or another used the same 301 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,160 M.O. used in holding up Bailey. 302 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,640 It took us two days to check him out, and at the end of 48 hours, we were no nearer 303 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,240 apprehending the thief than we had been before. 304 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,040 7.58 a.m. Saturday morning, I checked in for work. 305 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,040 Hi, Joe. 306 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:48,040 Morning, Frank. 307 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,840 It's one of the best investments I ever made. 308 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:51,840 Huh? 309 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:53,280 This trench coat sure gave me a lot of wear. 310 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,960 Well, if you only used it this week, you'd gotten your money's worth. 311 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:56,960 Yeah. 312 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:58,640 Sure is the answer to the rain question, though. 313 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,760 I haven't worn that plastic coat in mine so long, I'm beginning to feel like a package 314 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:02,760 of frozen food. 315 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:03,760 Yeah, you look like it, too. 316 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:04,760 Yeah. 317 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:05,760 Anything in the book? 318 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:06,760 No. 319 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:11,000 I talked to Stoner this morning, thought for a minute they had something for us. 320 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,000 What's that? 321 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,720 Well, I picked up a kid down on Seventh yesterday. 322 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,160 Tried to heist a liquor store. 323 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:17,480 Manager pulled a gun and held him. 324 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:18,480 Stoner answered the call. 325 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:20,840 Thought at first it might be the guy we're looking for. 326 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:21,840 Didn't check out, though, huh? 327 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:22,840 No. 328 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:24,760 Kid just got in town yesterday morning, broke and hungry. 329 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,720 You know, I got to thinking about that Bailey thing last night. 330 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:28,720 Yeah? 331 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:30,040 Well, what he said about the suspect's coat. 332 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:31,040 What do you mean? 333 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:34,160 Well, you remember that Bailey said the guy didn't look very wet, just the shoulders on 334 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:35,160 the coat. 335 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:36,800 Well, no, Joe, Bailey didn't say exactly that. 336 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,520 He said the shoulders on the coat looked wet, but it was that woman customer we talked to, 337 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:41,520 that Mrs. Colton. 338 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:43,880 She's the one that told us the coat looked dry except the shoulders. 339 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:45,200 Yeah, well, that's the point I'm trying to make. 340 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,000 I don't remember who said it. 341 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,360 But if just his shoulders were wet, the way the rain was coming down out there, he couldn't 342 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,240 have walked far and come in out of it that dry, could he? 343 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:54,240 No. 344 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:57,040 There's no bus or streetcar lines within six blocks of Bailey's store. 345 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:58,640 We know he doesn't live close to the store. 346 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:00,080 He had to come in the car. 347 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,080 Nobody saw one, though. 348 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:03,080 Yeah. 349 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:04,080 Yeah. 350 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,080 Well, it's happened before. 351 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:06,520 I guess it's the same thing you're thinking, huh? 352 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:07,520 Well? 353 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:08,520 Could have took a cab, huh? 354 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:09,520 Maybe. 355 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:10,520 Well, let's run it down. 356 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,280 I'd better stand still. 357 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:19,240 There are 22 taxi cab companies listed in the phone directory, all serving the downtown 358 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,080 Los Angeles area. 359 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:25,240 Each of these companies may have from six to several hundred cabs in service at any 360 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:26,640 given time. 361 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:29,480 Each driver might make as many as six trips an hour. 362 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:33,640 In wet weather, the cab traffic is almost double that of any normal day. 363 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,840 As a result of the number of possibilities, Frank and I spent the next week going through 364 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:40,960 drivers' waybills, checking for a cab that dropped off a customer near the corner of 365 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:47,280 Virgil Avenue and Bimini Place at approximately 9.30 p.m. on the day of the robbery. 366 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,200 After checking the reports, we came up with one trip that looked good. 367 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,840 A driver had picked up a passenger at the corner of Mariposa and Wilshire Boulevard 368 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:58,040 and had dropped him one block from Bailey's store, waited for him, and then driven him 369 00:14:58,040 --> 00:14:59,160 downtown. 370 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,220 We checked with the traffic manager of the cab company and we found that the driver could 371 00:15:02,220 --> 00:15:05,400 be located at a cab standout on Wilshire Boulevard. 372 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,000 Frank and I drove out to see him. 373 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,280 We gave him the description of the suspect and asked if he'd ever seen anybody who matched 374 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:11,280 it. 375 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:12,280 Yeah, I remember him. 376 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:13,280 A little guy. 377 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:14,280 I picked him up out on Wilshire. 378 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,600 I remember it because he wanted out on a corner. 379 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,560 I thought it was funny that he didn't want me to let him out in front of wherever it 380 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:20,560 was he was going. 381 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:21,560 Did you wait for him? 382 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:22,560 Yeah. 383 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:24,040 He gave me a saw buck and said for me to wait. 384 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,840 I dropped the flag and, oh, I guess it was about a half an hour later, he came running 385 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,440 back to the cab, jumped in, told me to take him down to First and Spring, let him out 386 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:32,440 there. 387 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:33,440 I remember him pretty good now. 388 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:34,440 Had a big shopping bag. 389 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:35,440 I see. 390 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,600 Do you know where he went when he got out of your cab out on Bimini? 391 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:38,600 No. 392 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:40,080 I think it was an apartment out there. 393 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:43,000 The way the rain was coming down, I didn't stick my head out to watch him. 394 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,640 How about when you dropped him off downtown? 395 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:46,080 You see where he went then? 396 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:47,080 No. 397 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,280 You think you'd know this man if you ever saw him again? 398 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:50,280 Not sure. 399 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,360 He wore his hat kind of down over his face, dark in the back of the cab. 400 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:54,360 Might know him. 401 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:55,360 Then maybe I wouldn't. 402 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,400 I'd like to have you come downtown, look at some pictures if you would, see if you can 403 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:58,400 spot him for us. 404 00:15:58,400 --> 00:15:59,400 Sure. 405 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:00,400 I got to get cleared through the dispatcher first. 406 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:01,400 That's all right. 407 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:02,400 We'll take care of that. 408 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:03,400 Say, what's this guy done? 409 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:04,400 I don't know. 410 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:05,400 We want to talk to him. 411 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,120 Going through a lot of trouble just to talk to a guy. 412 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:08,120 Come on, you can tell me. 413 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:09,120 I won't spread it around. 414 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:10,120 What's the beat? 415 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,120 What's he done? 416 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:12,120 That'll be a little better if we talk to him about it. 417 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:13,120 Okay. 418 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:14,120 That's the way you want to play it. 419 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:15,120 I don't want to get nosy. 420 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:16,120 I'll get you cleared with the dispatcher. 421 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:17,120 Okay. 422 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:19,920 I'd like to have you show us the apartment you think the man might have gone into if you 423 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:20,920 would. 424 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:21,920 Sure. 425 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:22,920 Glad to do anything I can to help. 426 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:23,920 Oh, say about those pictures. 427 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:24,920 Yeah. 428 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:25,920 Sure was dark that night. 429 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:26,920 I hope I can point him out. 430 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:27,920 Yes, sir. 431 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:28,920 So do we. 432 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:37,080 We took the cab driver downtown and he went through the mug books, but he was unable to 433 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:38,960 come up with an identification. 434 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,160 The neighborhoods where he'd picked up the suspect and where he dropped him off were 435 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:43,160 checked. 436 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,600 None of the people in the vicinity could tell us anything. 437 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:50,160 The usual channels of information were checked, but they yielded no new information. 438 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:53,520 It had been 10 days since the holdup and we were no nearer to finding the suspect than 439 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:55,960 we'd been the day after the robbery. 440 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:57,800 Another week passed without results. 441 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:59,160 The thief had dropped from sight. 442 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,200 We still had no idea where he was. 443 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,520 On Tuesday, March 10th, we got the answer. 444 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:04,520 Hot shot. 445 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:05,520 I'll get it. 446 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:06,520 Anything? 447 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:07,520 Yeah. 448 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:21,840 He just hit again. 449 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:25,280 The description of the MO the thief had used was the same as he'd employed in holding up 450 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:26,360 Bailey. 451 00:17:26,360 --> 00:17:29,080 During the following three days, he hit three more times. 452 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,160 Each time he got away without a trace. 453 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,400 From the information we were able to get, it became apparent that he was using taxi 454 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,440 cabs to get to and from the scene of the holdups. 455 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,560 We checked the cab companies and got their full cooperation. 456 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:44,280 They agreed to help us as much as they could, but explained that with the tremendous volume 457 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,400 of business that they handled each day, it would be almost impossible to check every 458 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,440 passenger that the drivers carried. 459 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:54,000 We got out-cunded descriptions of the suspect, giving detailed information of the hat and 460 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,920 the coat that he wore, the shopping bag that he carried, and the fact that he asked the 461 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,200 drivers to wait for him. 462 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,000 Another week passed without results. 463 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,720 The bandit had stopped operating. 464 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,920 Thursday, March 19th, three additional teams of men were assigned to the case and a rolling 465 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:12,120 stakeout was set up in the general area where the holdup man had been working. 466 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:15,440 Additional cars were planted at the cab stands along Wilshire Boulevard and in the vicinity 467 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,400 of First and Spring Streets. 468 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:19,260 Another two days passed. 469 00:18:19,260 --> 00:18:22,720 On Thursday, March 21st, Frank and I were sitting in our car, staked out at the cab 470 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,720 stand at the corner of Wilshire and Leeward, 8.46 p.m. 471 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,120 That looks like it's going to rain again. 472 00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:29,120 Yeah. 473 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:31,520 Those clouds have been moving in all afternoon. 474 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:32,520 Pretty black, aren't they? 475 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:33,520 Yeah. 476 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:34,520 It's very cold, too. 477 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:35,520 Attention all units. 478 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:36,520 All units. 479 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:37,520 9-6-4-8 Elton Face, a 211 code 3. 480 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:38,520 All units in the vicinity of 9-6-4-8 Elton Face, a 211 code 3. 481 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:39,520 Let's go. 482 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:40,520 Right. 483 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:41,520 A couple blocks over. 484 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:52,520 Yeah. 485 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:58,760 Well, this is 9400. 486 00:18:58,760 --> 00:18:59,760 Should be two blocks down from here. 487 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:00,760 All right. 488 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:01,760 You better hold it. 489 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:02,760 There's a cab headed this way. 490 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:03,760 You see who's in it? 491 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:04,760 No, he's pulling over the other side. 492 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:05,760 I'll take a look. 493 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:06,760 Yeah, it might be. 494 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:07,760 You want to check it? 495 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:08,760 Yeah. 496 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,760 All right, I'll swing it around. 497 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:12,760 That cab's taken off. 498 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:13,760 You see it? 499 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:14,760 Yeah, he's up ahead, just turning off on Wilshire. 500 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:15,760 See him? 501 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:16,760 Yeah, I hope we don't lose him. 502 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:17,760 There's only one man in the back seat. 503 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:18,760 You get a good look at him when we pass? 504 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:19,760 Not too good, no. 505 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:20,760 Hat pulled down. 506 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:21,760 It's about off. 507 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:22,760 See him? 508 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:23,760 Yeah, there he is, up ahead. 509 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:24,760 Yeah, he'll probably pull a gun on the driver. 510 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:25,760 All right, stick to him now. 511 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:26,760 Yeah. 512 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:27,760 It looks like he's headed for MacArthur Park. 513 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:28,760 Yeah. 514 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:39,760 Turn right. 515 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,760 Yeah. 516 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:47,760 There's a cab. 517 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,760 I'm gonna pull up. 518 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:51,760 Come on. 519 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:52,760 I couldn't stop. 520 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:53,760 He said he'd kill me if I did. 521 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:54,760 He had the gun pointed right at me. 522 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:55,760 You see where he went? 523 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:56,760 Yeah, he ran over there in the park. 524 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:57,760 Good. 525 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:58,760 He's all about it. 526 00:19:58,760 --> 00:19:59,760 He said if I didn't keep driving, he'd kill me. 527 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:00,760 It's all right, you stay here. 528 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:01,760 I'll be right back. 529 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:02,760 Yeah, sure. 530 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:03,760 Joe. 531 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:04,760 Yeah. 532 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:05,760 You see him? 533 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:06,760 No, he got away. 534 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:07,760 Maybe we got something to go on. 535 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:08,760 Yeah? 536 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:09,760 He dropped his shotgun. 537 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:24,000 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 538 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:30,040 Smokers by the thousands are now changing to Chesterfield, the only cigarette ever to 539 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:35,580 give you one proof of low nicotine, highest quality. 540 00:20:35,580 --> 00:20:39,360 Chemical analyses of the country's six leading brands confirm that. 541 00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:45,800 Two, the only cigarette ever to give you this proven record with smokers. 542 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:50,780 Again and again, over a full year and one half, a group of Chesterfield smokers have 543 00:20:50,780 --> 00:20:53,840 been given thorough medical examinations. 544 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,720 The doctor's reports are a matter of record. 545 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:03,160 No adverse effects to the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfield. 546 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:08,680 A responsible independent research laboratory supervises this continuing program. 547 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:14,080 Chesterfield, the only cigarette ever with a record like this. 548 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:28,240 Chesterfield, best for you. 549 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,680 A blockade of MacArthur Park was ordered. 550 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,920 The surrounding streets were checked, but apparently the suspect had made good his escape. 551 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:39,040 The crime lab crew was called and they came out and went over the cab for physical evidence. 552 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,360 In the back seat of the cab, we found the shopping bag that the thief had carried. 553 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:45,080 It was a plain brown paper bag with heavy cord handles. 554 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:46,480 There was no way of tracing it. 555 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:50,400 In the bottom of the bag, under several cans of food, there was a sales slip with a penciled 556 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:51,400 notation. 557 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:54,360 One of the prices that had been rung up had apparently been wrong. 558 00:21:54,360 --> 00:21:57,800 And after the total had been made, a credit to the customer had been deducted. 559 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:02,720 There was no market name on the slip and no address, just the penciled notation. 560 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,520 The shotgun and the cans of food were checked for fingerprints, but those that were found 561 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,960 were so badly smudged that they were useless. 562 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:12,200 The serial number was checked with gun records and we found out that the gun had been reported 563 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,240 stolen three months previously. 564 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:17,560 We went out and talked to the man who'd made the report, but he couldn't help us. 565 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:21,360 Lieutenant Lee Jones made photographs of the serrated edge of the sawed-off barrels and 566 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:23,000 they were booked as evidence. 567 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,080 We checked at the store that had been robbed, but they told us that the sales slip wasn't 568 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:27,080 theirs. 569 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,860 Monday, March 23rd, we started out to find the store that had made out the slip. 570 00:22:30,860 --> 00:22:34,100 We checked all of the smaller grocery stores in the area where most of the cabs had been 571 00:22:34,100 --> 00:22:35,100 picked up. 572 00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:36,940 It took us the better part of three days. 573 00:22:36,940 --> 00:22:40,600 On Wednesday afternoon, we stopped at a small delicatessen at the corner of 3rd and Leeward 574 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:41,600 streets. 575 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,920 The manager there told us that he didn't recognize the slip, but he said that it could have come 576 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:46,640 from their cash register. 577 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,520 He asked us to wait while he called his wife. 578 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,880 She came over to the store and we showed her the receipt. 579 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,040 Yeah, that's one I made out. 580 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:56,320 A customer bought four cans of tomato sauce and I made a mistake on the register. 581 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,360 I overcharged him a penny on each can. 582 00:22:58,360 --> 00:23:00,280 He noticed that he made quite a scene. 583 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:01,280 It was pretty embarrassing. 584 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,720 I apologized and I gave him a credit. 585 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,000 Do you know the man? 586 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,000 He comes in quite often, once twice a week. 587 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,440 Does he live in the neighborhood, would you know? 588 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:09,640 No, I can't tell you that. 589 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:10,800 He just comes in and then he leaves. 590 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:11,800 Do you know his name? 591 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:12,800 No, I don't. 592 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:13,800 Do you drive a car? 593 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:14,800 I've never seen him in a car. 594 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,920 He usually walks in, gets what he wants and then walks out. 595 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:18,200 Do you ever come in with anybody else? 596 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:19,200 No, he's always alone. 597 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:20,800 And you don't know if he lives around here, huh? 598 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:21,800 Well, I told you no. 599 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:22,800 What's he done? 600 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:23,800 What's this all about? 601 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:24,800 We want to talk to him, ma'am. 602 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:25,800 When do you think he'll be back? 603 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,800 Well, let's say this is Thursday. 604 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,240 He might be in this evening, maybe tomorrow. 605 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:31,600 What times do you usually come in? 606 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,360 Mostly in the late afternoon or early evening. 607 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:34,360 Is there something I can do? 608 00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:35,800 Do you have a message I could give him? 609 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:44,400 No, ma'am, we'll give it to him. 610 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,360 We called the office and told them where we were. 611 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:49,720 Sergeants Murphy and Rafferty were sent out to help us cover the place. 612 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,600 They'd stopped by the business office and brought out two shotguns for us. 613 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,600 Frank and I checked the small store for some place to stake out. 614 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,540 The only place we could find where we could keep the entire store under observation and 615 00:23:58,540 --> 00:24:02,720 yet not be seen ourselves was on top of one of the large refrigerators that held frozen 616 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,720 foods and dairy products. 617 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:08,600 Murphy and Rafferty took up their positions outside of the store and we waited. 618 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,200 At 5.30 it started to rain again. 619 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,000 There was no sign of the suspect. 620 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,960 7 p.m., 8 p.m., still no sign of him and the rain got heavier. 621 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:17,960 8.30, 9 p.m. 622 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:24,360 Every time this thing switches on, it feels like the dentist is working on the teeth. 623 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:29,600 Sure not much room up here. 624 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:30,600 Don't shove me off. 625 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,600 There just isn't one. 626 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:34,600 What's that? 627 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,600 It says in any way a man can lay on top of an ice box and be comfortable. 628 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:38,600 Yeah. 629 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:39,600 Evening. 630 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:40,600 Yeah. 631 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:41,600 Glad to see you back. 632 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:42,600 Huh? 633 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:43,600 Thought you might be mad about me overcharging you the other day. 634 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:44,600 Looking for anything special tonight? 635 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:45,600 No, just a couple can of things. 636 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:46,600 I can get them. 637 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:47,600 Sure is raining. 638 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:48,600 Yeah. 639 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:49,600 Looks good. 640 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:50,600 Yeah. 641 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:51,600 This wheelie comes over this way. 642 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:52,600 You can jump him then. 643 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:53,600 All right. 644 00:24:53,600 --> 00:25:04,600 All right, now. 645 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:12,600 Hey, what's going on? 646 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:17,600 Watch it, Joe. 647 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:18,600 Let's go. 648 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:19,600 There he goes. 649 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:20,600 All right, police officer, hold it up. 650 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:21,600 He isn't gonna stop, Joe. 651 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:22,600 You see Murp and Rafferty? 652 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:23,600 Yeah. 653 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:24,600 They're across the street. 654 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:25,600 Looks like he's going in that apartment. 655 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:26,600 Come on. 656 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:27,600 All right, take it easy. 657 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:28,600 He should be in there. 658 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:29,600 He is. 659 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:30,600 All right, cover me. 660 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:31,600 Right. 661 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:32,600 All right, give it up, mister. 662 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:33,600 Get away from me, cop. 663 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:34,600 You come after me, I'll kill you. 664 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:35,600 Come on downstairs. 665 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:36,600 You're gonna save yourself a lot of trouble. 666 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:37,600 You okay, Joe? 667 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:38,600 Yeah. 668 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:39,600 He's still alive. 669 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:40,600 You want to call the ambulance? 670 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:41,600 Yeah. 671 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:56,600 Who told you? 672 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:57,600 Who tipped you off? 673 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:58,600 You did. 674 00:25:58,600 --> 00:25:59,600 I never talked in my life. 675 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:00,600 I wasn't even worried. 676 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:01,600 You were once, fella. 677 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:02,600 What about? 678 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:03,600 Four cents. 679 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:15,040 The story you have just heard is true. 680 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,600 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 681 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:22,360 On July 16th, trial was held in Department 96, Superior Court of the State of California 682 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:24,580 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 683 00:26:24,580 --> 00:26:26,720 In a moment, the results of that trial. 684 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,200 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 685 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:30,200 Thank you, George Fenomen. 686 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,800 I only need seven seconds to tell you why you should be smoking Chesterfields. 687 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,800 Chesterfield is low in nicotine, highest in quality. 688 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:37,800 Best for you. 689 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:38,800 I'd like you to try them. 690 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:41,800 Regular or king size? 691 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,880 Chesterfield. 692 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:54,640 Earl Russell Craig was tried and convicted on three counts of robbery in the first degree 693 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,600 and one count of assault with a deadly weapon. 694 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,880 Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary 695 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,980 for a period of not less than five years. 696 00:27:03,980 --> 00:27:07,560 Assault with a deadly weapon is punishable by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 697 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:09,640 ten years. 698 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:14,320 Ladies and gentlemen, this week in Detroit, a group of men are gathered for the 60th annual 699 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:18,080 conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. 700 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:22,560 Dragnet sends best wishes to the top law enforcement officers in the nation and thanks them for 701 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:25,620 the protection they daily give to our homes and families. 702 00:27:25,620 --> 00:27:45,480 May this conference be the best one they've ever had. 703 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:50,600 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 704 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,100 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles 705 00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:55,880 Police Department. 706 00:27:55,880 --> 00:28:00,520 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 707 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:05,240 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Ralph Moody, Lillian Byoff, Jack Krushen. 708 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:07,080 Script by John Robinson. 709 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:08,560 Music by Walter Schuman. 710 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:12,840 Hal Gibney speaking. 711 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:18,640 Watch an entirely new Dragnet case history each week on your local NBC television station. 712 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,320 Please check your newspaper for the day and time. 713 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:29,840 And as always, Dragnet has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 714 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,400 Have you tried new cork-tipped Fatima? 715 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,320 It's the smooth smoke. 716 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:35,480 Here's why. 717 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,360 New Fatima tips of perfect cork. 718 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:41,080 King size for longer filtering. 719 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:45,400 And Fatima quality for a much better flavor and aroma. 720 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:49,400 Remember, Fatima has the tip for your lips. 721 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:50,840 Try new Fatima. 722 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,160 See how smooth it is. 723 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:59,840 Fatima is made by the makers of Chesterfield, Liggett and Myers, one of tobacco's most respected 724 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:00,840 names. 725 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:29,360 Think Fatima's fresh, noцareth, quite a bunch of