WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:10.320 Sound off for Chesterfield. 00:10.320 --> 00:16.560 Chesterfield, low in nicotine, highest in quality, best for you. 00:16.560 --> 00:26.920 Chesterfield brings you Dragnet. 00:26.920 --> 00:30.360 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true. 00:30.360 --> 00:41.280 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:41.280 --> 00:42.600 You're a detective sergeant. 00:42.600 --> 00:44.080 You're assigned a robbery detail. 00:44.080 --> 00:48.080 A holdup man has robbed the owner of a neighborhood grocery store. 00:48.080 --> 00:51.320 The victim has been beaten unmercifully with a sawed-off shotgun. 00:51.320 --> 00:54.320 The assailant has escaped into the city without a trace. 00:54.320 --> 00:55.320 Your job? 00:55.320 --> 01:00.880 You're assigned him. 01:00.880 --> 01:04.600 Smokers by the thousands are now changing to Chesterfield. 01:04.600 --> 01:11.040 The only cigarette ever to give you one, proof of low nicotine, highest quality. 01:11.040 --> 01:14.660 Two, this proven record with smokers. 01:14.660 --> 01:20.840 No adverse effects to the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfield. 01:20.840 --> 01:36.080 Regular or king-size, low in nicotine, highest in quality, best for you. 01:36.080 --> 01:40.000 Dragnet, the documentary drama of an actual crime. 01:40.000 --> 01:44.040 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 01:44.040 --> 01:48.560 travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 01:48.560 --> 01:50.460 police files. 01:50.460 --> 01:55.880 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 01:55.880 --> 02:03.280 in action. 02:03.280 --> 02:04.920 Was Wednesday, February 18th. 02:04.920 --> 02:05.920 Was raining in Los Angeles. 02:05.920 --> 02:08.200 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 02:08.200 --> 02:11.120 My partner's Frank Smith, the boss is Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 02:11.120 --> 02:12.400 My name's Friday. 02:12.400 --> 02:14.360 The office had called me at 3.46 a.m. 02:14.360 --> 02:18.840 By the time I got dressed and out in front of my apartment, it was 3.59 a.m. 02:18.840 --> 02:20.840 Frank was there waiting to pick me up. 02:20.840 --> 02:23.600 What's the best way to get there? 02:23.600 --> 02:25.800 Down the freeway, I guess, and cut over on the Liso, huh? 02:25.800 --> 02:26.800 All right. 02:26.800 --> 02:27.800 Who called you? 02:27.800 --> 02:28.800 The hospital or the office? 02:28.800 --> 02:29.800 The office. 02:29.800 --> 02:30.800 Said that Bailey had regained consciousness. 02:30.800 --> 02:31.800 We might be able to talk to him now. 02:31.800 --> 02:33.920 The rain's gonna slow us down. 02:33.920 --> 02:35.480 Well, I better use the light and siren, Frank. 02:35.480 --> 02:36.480 We may not have much time. 02:36.480 --> 02:37.480 Huh? 02:37.480 --> 02:38.480 The way the skipper put it to me on the phone. 02:38.480 --> 02:39.480 Yeah? 02:39.480 --> 02:40.480 They still don't know if Bailey's gonna live. 02:40.480 --> 02:55.720 Raymond Bailey was 62 years old. 02:55.720 --> 02:58.920 He owned and operated a small neighborhood grocery store on the corner of Whitman and 02:58.920 --> 02:59.920 Beacon Streets. 02:59.920 --> 03:04.080 Two days before, on Monday night, a man had entered the store and at the point of a sawed-off 03:04.080 --> 03:06.280 shotgun had robbed Bailey. 03:06.280 --> 03:09.560 After emptying the cash register and the safe, he'd slugged the elderly man with a barrel 03:09.560 --> 03:11.360 of the gun and he'd fled. 03:11.360 --> 03:14.560 Bailey had been rushed to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital and then transferred to the county 03:14.560 --> 03:15.800 hospital for treatment. 03:15.800 --> 03:20.040 For the past two days, he'd been under heavy sedative and he'd been in a coma. 03:20.040 --> 03:23.400 He was suffering from a skull fracture, cuts, and bruises. 03:23.400 --> 03:27.280 His condition was listed as critical and we'd left word to be called the minute he regained 03:27.280 --> 03:28.280 consciousness. 03:28.280 --> 03:29.280 4.26 a.m. 03:29.280 --> 03:30.280 We got to the hospital. 03:30.280 --> 03:31.520 We went up to the fourth floor. 03:31.520 --> 03:34.200 We met and talked with the doctor who'd been taking care of Bailey. 03:34.200 --> 03:37.720 He told us that the patient had just been given another shot to ease the pain and that 03:37.720 --> 03:39.380 he'd probably drop off to sleep. 03:39.380 --> 03:41.640 We went into the hospital room and walked over to the side of the bed. 03:41.640 --> 03:44.720 It was a few minutes before the old man started to talk. 03:44.720 --> 03:48.120 I'll tell you what I remember. 03:48.120 --> 03:52.880 All seemed kind of far away like I read about it in the book. 03:52.880 --> 03:54.240 Not like it really happened to me. 03:54.240 --> 03:57.600 All right, sir, if you'd just tell it in your own words, if you can. 03:57.600 --> 03:58.600 What time is it? 03:58.600 --> 04:00.360 It's quarter to five, Mr. Bailey. 04:00.360 --> 04:01.360 Who's that? 04:01.360 --> 04:02.360 I'm Frank Smith. 04:02.360 --> 04:04.000 Are you a policeman, too? 04:04.000 --> 04:05.000 Yes, sir. 04:05.000 --> 04:07.660 Oh, quarter to five, huh? 04:07.660 --> 04:08.660 That day or night? 04:08.660 --> 04:10.240 It's in the morning, sir. 04:10.240 --> 04:12.400 I sure have been out. 04:12.400 --> 04:14.240 If you'd tell us what happened, sir. 04:14.240 --> 04:15.680 How many of you are there in here? 04:15.680 --> 04:17.280 Well, just the two of us. 04:17.280 --> 04:20.440 The way they got in my head, old bandies can't see. 04:20.440 --> 04:21.440 Say, officers. 04:21.440 --> 04:22.440 Yes, sir? 04:22.440 --> 04:24.440 The doctor said this is Wednesday. 04:24.440 --> 04:25.440 Is that true? 04:25.440 --> 04:26.440 Yes, sir, that's right. 04:26.440 --> 04:27.440 Wednesday the 18th. 04:27.440 --> 04:29.560 I can't figure where the time's gone. 04:29.560 --> 04:31.040 It can't be Wednesday. 04:31.040 --> 04:33.080 Why do you have to agree with him? 04:33.080 --> 04:34.680 Why don't you tell me for true? 04:34.680 --> 04:37.280 Well, sir, you've been asleep for a couple of days. 04:37.280 --> 04:38.280 Really? 04:38.280 --> 04:39.280 Yes, sir. 04:39.280 --> 04:40.280 You've been pretty sick, huh? 04:40.280 --> 04:41.280 That's what they tell us. 04:41.280 --> 04:42.280 Mm-hmm. 04:42.280 --> 04:46.520 It seems like every time I turn around they give me another shot. 04:46.520 --> 04:51.520 It takes the pain away, but makes everything seem so far away, like nothing was really 04:51.520 --> 04:52.520 happening to me. 04:52.520 --> 04:53.520 Yes, sir, we understand. 04:53.520 --> 04:56.760 Think you could go on with the story? 04:56.760 --> 04:58.840 Oh, yeah. 04:58.840 --> 05:00.880 This fella came in Monday night. 05:00.880 --> 05:01.880 It was raining. 05:01.880 --> 05:02.880 It wasn't much business. 05:02.880 --> 05:05.800 I was figuring on closing when he came in. 05:05.800 --> 05:08.720 Took one of the carts and started to pick up stuff off the counter. 05:08.720 --> 05:09.720 Yes, sir. 05:09.720 --> 05:11.960 Well, the fella picked up a lot of stuff. 05:11.960 --> 05:15.120 Had a shopping bag with him, hung it on the cart. 05:15.120 --> 05:19.480 I figured that I'd have to check the bag when he got to the check stand. 05:19.480 --> 05:21.760 We had a lot of shoplifting lately. 05:21.760 --> 05:22.760 I see. 05:22.760 --> 05:27.400 Well, after he looked store over, he came up to the check stand and I checked out stuff 05:27.400 --> 05:28.400 he had. 05:28.400 --> 05:30.440 It came to over $5. 05:30.440 --> 05:34.920 Oh, picked out all kinds of things, most of them imported. 05:34.920 --> 05:37.000 I see these were all groceries, were they? 05:37.000 --> 05:38.000 Yes. 05:38.000 --> 05:40.880 I had the stuff and it came to a little over $5. 05:40.880 --> 05:43.560 Oh, I got exactly how much? 05:43.560 --> 05:45.440 Eh, a little over $5. 05:45.440 --> 05:46.880 All right, sir. 05:46.880 --> 05:50.720 After I got everything all told up, I asked him if I could put it in the shopping bag 05:50.720 --> 05:52.000 for him. 05:52.000 --> 05:56.480 I didn't want to come right out and ask to see in it. 05:56.480 --> 06:01.120 For all he might have just moved in the neighborhood and I haven't got that many regulars that 06:01.120 --> 06:02.400 I can insult him. 06:02.400 --> 06:03.400 Yes, sir. 06:03.400 --> 06:08.600 That's when he pulled the gun, pulled it right out of the shopping bag. 06:08.600 --> 06:10.560 You saw that it was a shotgun, did you? 06:10.560 --> 06:11.560 Yes, sir. 06:11.560 --> 06:12.560 The barrel was sharp. 06:12.560 --> 06:14.720 I guess it had been sawed off. 06:14.720 --> 06:17.880 He pointed at me and told me to give him the money in the cash register. 06:17.880 --> 06:18.880 All right, sir. 06:18.880 --> 06:24.720 And he told me to lay down on the floor and stay there for five minutes and not to move. 06:24.720 --> 06:25.880 I was going to do it. 06:25.880 --> 06:28.320 I wasn't going to give him any trouble. 06:28.320 --> 06:31.400 Money doesn't mean that much to me. 06:31.400 --> 06:36.680 You get to be my age, 62, and it's more important that you're alive than how much money you 06:36.680 --> 06:37.680 got. 06:37.680 --> 06:38.680 Yes, sir. 06:38.680 --> 06:39.680 A lot more important. 06:39.680 --> 06:40.680 Yes, sir. 06:40.680 --> 06:45.960 Well, I was just going to do like you said when Mrs. Colton came in the store. 06:45.960 --> 06:48.520 She's one of my regular customers, you know. 06:48.520 --> 06:52.080 She saw the fellow with the gun and she let out a scream. 06:52.080 --> 06:57.080 I tried to tell her to keep quiet, but before I could say much of anything, the fellow turned 06:57.080 --> 06:59.080 around and hit me with a gun. 06:59.080 --> 07:03.440 Oh, I say hit me just about as hard as you could. 07:03.440 --> 07:09.600 I kind of remember the sirens coming, but that's kind of hazy, like it didn't really 07:09.600 --> 07:12.440 happen to me, like I read about it. 07:12.440 --> 07:13.440 I see, sir. 07:13.440 --> 07:15.480 Now, can you tell us what the man looked like? 07:15.480 --> 07:18.840 Yeah, I guess I can. 07:18.840 --> 07:20.160 But before I do, though. 07:20.160 --> 07:21.160 Yes, sir. 07:21.160 --> 07:23.440 Would you tell me what time it really is? 07:23.440 --> 07:27.400 Well, right now it's 4.50, Mr. Bailey, 4.50 a.m. 07:27.400 --> 07:28.400 Wednesday morning? 07:28.400 --> 07:30.040 Yes, sir, that's right. 07:30.040 --> 07:35.040 I don't think it's very nice, you fellas, play a joke like this on old men. 07:35.040 --> 07:36.040 Seems like you could be honest. 07:36.040 --> 07:39.400 If I had my watch, I could tell myself. 07:39.400 --> 07:41.960 We're telling you the truth about the time, Mr. Bailey, it's 4.50. 07:41.960 --> 07:46.120 All right, then you have your little joke, but I don't think it's funny at all. 07:46.120 --> 07:48.680 Sir, can you tell us how old the man was? 07:48.680 --> 07:50.160 About 24, 26. 07:50.160 --> 07:51.160 I see. 07:51.160 --> 07:52.960 How tall was he? 07:52.960 --> 07:53.960 Tall as me. 07:53.960 --> 07:57.560 I can remember because I look right over straight at him. 07:57.560 --> 07:59.600 That make him five and eight. 07:59.600 --> 08:01.680 Yeah, right about that. 08:01.680 --> 08:02.960 Was he heavy or slight? 08:02.960 --> 08:05.000 I couldn't tell too well. 08:05.000 --> 08:07.320 He had a big overcoat on. 08:07.320 --> 08:09.200 How about his coloring, his complexion? 08:09.200 --> 08:12.560 Oh, he's dark complexed, had dark eyes. 08:12.560 --> 08:15.080 Do you remember what the color of his hair was? 08:15.080 --> 08:19.440 Well, I could just see it, the temples, it was black. 08:19.440 --> 08:23.000 Yeah, he had this hat on, the hat pulled down. 08:23.000 --> 08:24.800 Was he clean shaded? 08:24.800 --> 08:26.840 Yeah, yes, he was. 08:26.840 --> 08:30.680 I'm sorry to have to ask you all these questions, but we have to get to the bottom of this. 08:30.680 --> 08:32.560 Did he have any marks or scars? 08:32.560 --> 08:34.160 Yes, yes, sir. 08:34.160 --> 08:39.440 He had a little mole on the side of his nose, just a small little one. 08:39.440 --> 08:41.200 Which side of his nose, would you remember? 08:41.200 --> 08:46.240 Well, when he was facing me, it was on the left, so that'd be on his right. 08:46.240 --> 08:49.320 Yeah, that's right, on the right side. 08:49.320 --> 08:52.240 I hope we're not tiring you too much, but was there anything different about the way 08:52.240 --> 08:54.960 he talked, an accent, something like that? 08:54.960 --> 08:55.960 No. 08:55.960 --> 09:00.000 Say, how about the things he picked up, you get any fingerprints from him? 09:00.000 --> 09:03.280 No, sir, he must have taken all the groceries with him. 09:03.280 --> 09:05.480 Would you know the man if you saw him again, Mr. Bailey? 09:05.480 --> 09:06.840 He just bet I would. 09:06.840 --> 09:09.320 I'd remember that face till my dying day. 09:09.320 --> 09:10.800 I won't ever forget it. 09:10.800 --> 09:12.800 Think you've ever seen this man before? 09:12.800 --> 09:15.160 No, sir, never did. 09:15.160 --> 09:16.640 Would you know if he drove a car? 09:16.640 --> 09:19.080 I don't think so. 09:19.080 --> 09:20.920 He was so wet when he'd come in. 09:20.920 --> 09:23.080 He must have walked a ways. 09:23.080 --> 09:25.320 Like I said, his shoulders are just soaking wet. 09:25.320 --> 09:26.320 Yes, sir. 09:26.320 --> 09:30.440 We'd like to have you look at some pictures when you feel a little better, Mr. Bailey. 09:30.440 --> 09:32.160 You just bring them on. 09:32.160 --> 09:34.600 You got a picture of that young hoodlum, I'll know it. 09:34.600 --> 09:35.600 All right, sir. 09:35.600 --> 09:37.240 We're going to have to come back and see you. 09:37.240 --> 09:39.000 You ought to try to get some sleep now. 09:39.000 --> 09:40.600 We appreciate your cooperation here. 09:40.600 --> 09:42.840 Well, I suppose I should. 09:42.840 --> 09:48.240 The last couple of minutes, you fellas been getting a little further away from me. 09:48.240 --> 09:51.840 Seems like none of this is happening to me, just like I'm dreaming it. 09:51.840 --> 09:53.480 We'll be back to see you, sir. 09:53.480 --> 09:54.880 Is there anything you need? 09:54.880 --> 09:56.480 No, sir, not a thing. 09:56.480 --> 09:57.800 All right, fine. 09:57.800 --> 09:58.800 Thanks very much. 09:58.800 --> 10:00.160 And you get some rest now. 10:00.160 --> 10:02.280 Yeah, I'll try. 10:02.280 --> 10:05.600 Hey, hey, one thing you could do for me. 10:05.600 --> 10:06.600 What's that, sir? 10:06.600 --> 10:09.200 Would you ask the nurse to come by? 10:09.200 --> 10:13.920 I think the joke is funny, but you fellas carried it on too far. 10:13.920 --> 10:15.840 I'd like to know what time it really is. 10:15.840 --> 10:18.000 All right, Mr. Bailey, we'll send her in. 10:18.000 --> 10:19.000 Thank you. 10:19.000 --> 10:20.000 Goodbye, sir. 10:20.000 --> 10:21.000 Goodbye. 10:21.000 --> 10:22.000 Goodbye. 10:22.000 --> 10:25.200 Pardon me, nurse. 10:25.200 --> 10:26.200 Yes? 10:26.200 --> 10:28.400 What if you check Mr. Bailey in there? 10:28.400 --> 10:30.080 He'd like to know what time it is. 10:30.080 --> 10:32.320 He's been asking the same question the last two days. 10:32.320 --> 10:34.600 He won't seem to believe any of us. 10:34.600 --> 10:36.840 But you know where you could find Dr. Cardell? 10:36.840 --> 10:39.800 Yes, sir, just down the hall, two doors past the turn. 10:39.800 --> 10:40.800 Thank you very much. 10:40.800 --> 10:45.440 Sure like to find out when he'd be able to look at those mug shots. 10:45.440 --> 10:47.440 Yeah, I know, it's got a good description. 10:47.440 --> 10:48.920 Gonna make it easier? 10:48.920 --> 10:49.920 Yeah. 10:49.920 --> 10:50.920 I guess this is it. 10:50.920 --> 10:52.520 Two doors past the turn. 10:52.520 --> 10:53.520 Yeah. 10:53.520 --> 10:54.520 Come in. 10:54.520 --> 10:57.520 Sorry to bother you again, doctor. 10:57.520 --> 10:58.520 That's all right. 10:58.520 --> 10:59.520 What can I do for you? 10:59.520 --> 11:02.400 We were wondering when it would be possible for Mr. Bailey to look at some pictures for 11:02.400 --> 11:03.400 us. 11:03.400 --> 11:04.400 I mean, when he's well enough. 11:04.400 --> 11:06.000 Well, with the way he's been reacting to treatment, he'll live. 11:06.000 --> 11:07.000 Yes, sir. 11:07.000 --> 11:08.000 But you saw the bandage. 11:08.000 --> 11:09.000 Yes, sir. 11:09.000 --> 11:12.000 He's totally blind. 11:12.000 --> 11:16.480 5, 10 a.m. 11:16.480 --> 11:17.560 We got to the city hall. 11:17.560 --> 11:21.840 We got out a supplementary broadcast and an APB carrying the description of the suspect. 11:21.840 --> 11:25.360 We asked the stats office to make a run for us on the information the victim of the holdup 11:25.360 --> 11:26.360 had given us. 11:26.360 --> 11:30.200 They said they'd be able to give us a list of possible by 10.30 that morning. 11:30.200 --> 11:32.760 We checked through the oddity file to see if there might be something in the records 11:32.760 --> 11:35.320 on the small mole on the suspect's nose. 11:35.320 --> 11:38.720 There were several cards turned over to us, but none of them matched the rest of the description 11:38.720 --> 11:39.720 that we had. 11:39.720 --> 11:40.720 6.30 a.m. 11:40.720 --> 11:41.960 We went across the street. 11:41.960 --> 11:44.920 We had breakfast, then we came back to the office and put in a call to the hospital to 11:44.920 --> 11:46.400 check on Bailey. 11:46.400 --> 11:50.080 The doctor told us that he was sleeping comfortably and he appeared to be past the critical point. 11:50.080 --> 11:53.800 For the next hour, Frank and I checked through the mug books to see if there were any recent 11:53.800 --> 11:56.640 parolees who matched the description that we had. 11:56.640 --> 12:00.560 We came up with nothing that would help us in getting an identification of the suspect. 12:00.560 --> 12:04.280 The woman customer of the store mentioned by Bailey in his report of the crime had been 12:04.280 --> 12:07.880 questioned thoroughly, but she was unable to give us any additional information on the 12:07.880 --> 12:08.880 holdup man. 12:08.880 --> 12:11.800 She was unable to give us a concrete description of the thief. 12:11.800 --> 12:14.800 She'd been shown the mug books, but after looking at them, she stated that she was more 12:14.800 --> 12:17.880 confused than she had been before seeing them. 12:17.880 --> 12:20.280 She also told us about the suspect's black overcoat. 12:20.280 --> 12:23.880 She said that while the shoulders looked quite wet from the rain, the rest of the garment 12:23.880 --> 12:25.320 appeared to be dry. 12:25.320 --> 12:26.320 10.30 a.m. 12:26.320 --> 12:28.760 We got the results of the run from the stats office. 12:28.760 --> 12:31.240 There were 17 names on the list. 12:31.240 --> 12:34.800 All men matched the description of the suspect and had at one time or another used the same 12:34.800 --> 12:37.160 M.O. used in holding up Bailey. 12:37.160 --> 12:40.640 It took us two days to check him out, and at the end of 48 hours, we were no nearer 12:40.640 --> 12:43.240 apprehending the thief than we had been before. 12:43.240 --> 12:46.040 7.58 a.m. Saturday morning, I checked in for work. 12:46.040 --> 12:47.040 Hi, Joe. 12:47.040 --> 12:48.040 Morning, Frank. 12:48.040 --> 12:50.840 It's one of the best investments I ever made. 12:50.840 --> 12:51.840 Huh? 12:51.840 --> 12:53.280 This trench coat sure gave me a lot of wear. 12:53.280 --> 12:55.960 Well, if you only used it this week, you'd gotten your money's worth. 12:55.960 --> 12:56.960 Yeah. 12:56.960 --> 12:58.640 Sure is the answer to the rain question, though. 12:58.640 --> 13:01.760 I haven't worn that plastic coat in mine so long, I'm beginning to feel like a package 13:01.760 --> 13:02.760 of frozen food. 13:02.760 --> 13:03.760 Yeah, you look like it, too. 13:03.760 --> 13:04.760 Yeah. 13:04.760 --> 13:05.760 Anything in the book? 13:05.760 --> 13:06.760 No. 13:06.760 --> 13:11.000 I talked to Stoner this morning, thought for a minute they had something for us. 13:11.000 --> 13:12.000 What's that? 13:12.000 --> 13:13.720 Well, I picked up a kid down on Seventh yesterday. 13:13.720 --> 13:16.160 Tried to heist a liquor store. 13:16.160 --> 13:17.480 Manager pulled a gun and held him. 13:17.480 --> 13:18.480 Stoner answered the call. 13:18.480 --> 13:20.840 Thought at first it might be the guy we're looking for. 13:20.840 --> 13:21.840 Didn't check out, though, huh? 13:21.840 --> 13:22.840 No. 13:22.840 --> 13:24.760 Kid just got in town yesterday morning, broke and hungry. 13:24.760 --> 13:27.720 You know, I got to thinking about that Bailey thing last night. 13:27.720 --> 13:28.720 Yeah? 13:28.720 --> 13:30.040 Well, what he said about the suspect's coat. 13:30.040 --> 13:31.040 What do you mean? 13:31.040 --> 13:34.160 Well, you remember that Bailey said the guy didn't look very wet, just the shoulders on 13:34.160 --> 13:35.160 the coat. 13:35.160 --> 13:36.800 Well, no, Joe, Bailey didn't say exactly that. 13:36.800 --> 13:40.520 He said the shoulders on the coat looked wet, but it was that woman customer we talked to, 13:40.520 --> 13:41.520 that Mrs. Colton. 13:41.520 --> 13:43.880 She's the one that told us the coat looked dry except the shoulders. 13:43.880 --> 13:45.200 Yeah, well, that's the point I'm trying to make. 13:45.200 --> 13:47.000 I don't remember who said it. 13:47.000 --> 13:50.360 But if just his shoulders were wet, the way the rain was coming down out there, he couldn't 13:50.360 --> 13:53.240 have walked far and come in out of it that dry, could he? 13:53.240 --> 13:54.240 No. 13:54.240 --> 13:57.040 There's no bus or streetcar lines within six blocks of Bailey's store. 13:57.040 --> 13:58.640 We know he doesn't live close to the store. 13:58.640 --> 14:00.080 He had to come in the car. 14:00.080 --> 14:02.080 Nobody saw one, though. 14:02.080 --> 14:03.080 Yeah. 14:03.080 --> 14:04.080 Yeah. 14:04.080 --> 14:05.080 Well, it's happened before. 14:05.080 --> 14:06.520 I guess it's the same thing you're thinking, huh? 14:06.520 --> 14:07.520 Well? 14:07.520 --> 14:08.520 Could have took a cab, huh? 14:08.520 --> 14:09.520 Maybe. 14:09.520 --> 14:10.520 Well, let's run it down. 14:10.520 --> 14:12.280 I'd better stand still. 14:12.280 --> 14:19.240 There are 22 taxi cab companies listed in the phone directory, all serving the downtown 14:19.240 --> 14:21.080 Los Angeles area. 14:21.080 --> 14:25.240 Each of these companies may have from six to several hundred cabs in service at any 14:25.240 --> 14:26.640 given time. 14:26.640 --> 14:29.480 Each driver might make as many as six trips an hour. 14:29.480 --> 14:33.640 In wet weather, the cab traffic is almost double that of any normal day. 14:33.640 --> 14:36.840 As a result of the number of possibilities, Frank and I spent the next week going through 14:36.840 --> 14:40.960 drivers' waybills, checking for a cab that dropped off a customer near the corner of 14:40.960 --> 14:47.280 Virgil Avenue and Bimini Place at approximately 9.30 p.m. on the day of the robbery. 14:47.280 --> 14:50.200 After checking the reports, we came up with one trip that looked good. 14:50.200 --> 14:53.840 A driver had picked up a passenger at the corner of Mariposa and Wilshire Boulevard 14:53.840 --> 14:58.040 and had dropped him one block from Bailey's store, waited for him, and then driven him 14:58.040 --> 14:59.160 downtown. 14:59.160 --> 15:02.220 We checked with the traffic manager of the cab company and we found that the driver could 15:02.220 --> 15:05.400 be located at a cab standout on Wilshire Boulevard. 15:05.400 --> 15:07.000 Frank and I drove out to see him. 15:07.000 --> 15:10.280 We gave him the description of the suspect and asked if he'd ever seen anybody who matched 15:10.280 --> 15:11.280 it. 15:11.280 --> 15:12.280 Yeah, I remember him. 15:12.280 --> 15:13.280 A little guy. 15:13.280 --> 15:14.280 I picked him up out on Wilshire. 15:14.280 --> 15:16.600 I remember it because he wanted out on a corner. 15:16.600 --> 15:19.560 I thought it was funny that he didn't want me to let him out in front of wherever it 15:19.560 --> 15:20.560 was he was going. 15:20.560 --> 15:21.560 Did you wait for him? 15:21.560 --> 15:22.560 Yeah. 15:22.560 --> 15:24.040 He gave me a saw buck and said for me to wait. 15:24.040 --> 15:27.840 I dropped the flag and, oh, I guess it was about a half an hour later, he came running 15:27.840 --> 15:31.440 back to the cab, jumped in, told me to take him down to First and Spring, let him out 15:31.440 --> 15:32.440 there. 15:32.440 --> 15:33.440 I remember him pretty good now. 15:33.440 --> 15:34.440 Had a big shopping bag. 15:34.440 --> 15:35.440 I see. 15:35.440 --> 15:37.600 Do you know where he went when he got out of your cab out on Bimini? 15:37.600 --> 15:38.600 No. 15:38.600 --> 15:40.080 I think it was an apartment out there. 15:40.080 --> 15:43.000 The way the rain was coming down, I didn't stick my head out to watch him. 15:43.000 --> 15:44.640 How about when you dropped him off downtown? 15:44.640 --> 15:46.080 You see where he went then? 15:46.080 --> 15:47.080 No. 15:47.080 --> 15:49.280 You think you'd know this man if you ever saw him again? 15:49.280 --> 15:50.280 Not sure. 15:50.280 --> 15:53.360 He wore his hat kind of down over his face, dark in the back of the cab. 15:53.360 --> 15:54.360 Might know him. 15:54.360 --> 15:55.360 Then maybe I wouldn't. 15:55.360 --> 15:57.400 I'd like to have you come downtown, look at some pictures if you would, see if you can 15:57.400 --> 15:58.400 spot him for us. 15:58.400 --> 15:59.400 Sure. 15:59.400 --> 16:00.400 I got to get cleared through the dispatcher first. 16:00.400 --> 16:01.400 That's all right. 16:01.400 --> 16:02.400 We'll take care of that. 16:02.400 --> 16:03.400 Say, what's this guy done? 16:03.400 --> 16:04.400 I don't know. 16:04.400 --> 16:05.400 We want to talk to him. 16:05.400 --> 16:07.120 Going through a lot of trouble just to talk to a guy. 16:07.120 --> 16:08.120 Come on, you can tell me. 16:08.120 --> 16:09.120 I won't spread it around. 16:09.120 --> 16:10.120 What's the beat? 16:10.120 --> 16:11.120 What's he done? 16:11.120 --> 16:12.120 That'll be a little better if we talk to him about it. 16:12.120 --> 16:13.120 Okay. 16:13.120 --> 16:14.120 That's the way you want to play it. 16:14.120 --> 16:15.120 I don't want to get nosy. 16:15.120 --> 16:16.120 I'll get you cleared with the dispatcher. 16:16.120 --> 16:17.120 Okay. 16:17.120 --> 16:19.920 I'd like to have you show us the apartment you think the man might have gone into if you 16:19.920 --> 16:20.920 would. 16:20.920 --> 16:21.920 Sure. 16:21.920 --> 16:22.920 Glad to do anything I can to help. 16:22.920 --> 16:23.920 Oh, say about those pictures. 16:23.920 --> 16:24.920 Yeah. 16:24.920 --> 16:25.920 Sure was dark that night. 16:25.920 --> 16:26.920 I hope I can point him out. 16:26.920 --> 16:27.920 Yes, sir. 16:27.920 --> 16:28.920 So do we. 16:28.920 --> 16:37.080 We took the cab driver downtown and he went through the mug books, but he was unable to 16:37.080 --> 16:38.960 come up with an identification. 16:38.960 --> 16:42.160 The neighborhoods where he'd picked up the suspect and where he dropped him off were 16:42.160 --> 16:43.160 checked. 16:43.160 --> 16:45.600 None of the people in the vicinity could tell us anything. 16:45.600 --> 16:50.160 The usual channels of information were checked, but they yielded no new information. 16:50.160 --> 16:53.520 It had been 10 days since the holdup and we were no nearer to finding the suspect than 16:53.520 --> 16:55.960 we'd been the day after the robbery. 16:55.960 --> 16:57.800 Another week passed without results. 16:57.800 --> 16:59.160 The thief had dropped from sight. 16:59.160 --> 17:01.200 We still had no idea where he was. 17:01.200 --> 17:03.520 On Tuesday, March 10th, we got the answer. 17:03.520 --> 17:04.520 Hot shot. 17:04.520 --> 17:05.520 I'll get it. 17:05.520 --> 17:06.520 Anything? 17:06.520 --> 17:07.520 Yeah. 17:07.520 --> 17:21.840 He just hit again. 17:21.840 --> 17:25.280 The description of the MO the thief had used was the same as he'd employed in holding up 17:25.280 --> 17:26.360 Bailey. 17:26.360 --> 17:29.080 During the following three days, he hit three more times. 17:29.080 --> 17:31.160 Each time he got away without a trace. 17:31.160 --> 17:34.400 From the information we were able to get, it became apparent that he was using taxi 17:34.400 --> 17:37.440 cabs to get to and from the scene of the holdups. 17:37.440 --> 17:40.560 We checked the cab companies and got their full cooperation. 17:40.560 --> 17:44.280 They agreed to help us as much as they could, but explained that with the tremendous volume 17:44.280 --> 17:47.400 of business that they handled each day, it would be almost impossible to check every 17:47.400 --> 17:50.440 passenger that the drivers carried. 17:50.440 --> 17:54.000 We got out-cunded descriptions of the suspect, giving detailed information of the hat and 17:54.000 --> 17:57.920 the coat that he wore, the shopping bag that he carried, and the fact that he asked the 17:57.920 --> 18:00.200 drivers to wait for him. 18:00.200 --> 18:02.000 Another week passed without results. 18:02.000 --> 18:03.720 The bandit had stopped operating. 18:03.720 --> 18:07.920 Thursday, March 19th, three additional teams of men were assigned to the case and a rolling 18:07.920 --> 18:12.120 stakeout was set up in the general area where the holdup man had been working. 18:12.120 --> 18:15.440 Additional cars were planted at the cab stands along Wilshire Boulevard and in the vicinity 18:15.440 --> 18:17.400 of First and Spring Streets. 18:17.400 --> 18:19.260 Another two days passed. 18:19.260 --> 18:22.720 On Thursday, March 21st, Frank and I were sitting in our car, staked out at the cab 18:22.720 --> 18:25.720 stand at the corner of Wilshire and Leeward, 8.46 p.m. 18:25.720 --> 18:28.120 That looks like it's going to rain again. 18:28.120 --> 18:29.120 Yeah. 18:29.120 --> 18:31.520 Those clouds have been moving in all afternoon. 18:31.520 --> 18:32.520 Pretty black, aren't they? 18:32.520 --> 18:33.520 Yeah. 18:33.520 --> 18:34.520 It's very cold, too. 18:34.520 --> 18:35.520 Attention all units. 18:35.520 --> 18:36.520 All units. 18:36.520 --> 18:37.520 9-6-4-8 Elton Face, a 211 code 3. 18:37.520 --> 18:38.520 All units in the vicinity of 9-6-4-8 Elton Face, a 211 code 3. 18:38.520 --> 18:39.520 Let's go. 18:39.520 --> 18:40.520 Right. 18:40.520 --> 18:41.520 A couple blocks over. 18:41.520 --> 18:52.520 Yeah. 18:52.520 --> 18:58.760 Well, this is 9400. 18:58.760 --> 18:59.760 Should be two blocks down from here. 18:59.760 --> 19:00.760 All right. 19:00.760 --> 19:01.760 You better hold it. 19:01.760 --> 19:02.760 There's a cab headed this way. 19:02.760 --> 19:03.760 You see who's in it? 19:03.760 --> 19:04.760 No, he's pulling over the other side. 19:04.760 --> 19:05.760 I'll take a look. 19:05.760 --> 19:06.760 Yeah, it might be. 19:06.760 --> 19:07.760 You want to check it? 19:07.760 --> 19:08.760 Yeah. 19:08.760 --> 19:11.760 All right, I'll swing it around. 19:11.760 --> 19:12.760 That cab's taken off. 19:12.760 --> 19:13.760 You see it? 19:13.760 --> 19:14.760 Yeah, he's up ahead, just turning off on Wilshire. 19:14.760 --> 19:15.760 See him? 19:15.760 --> 19:16.760 Yeah, I hope we don't lose him. 19:16.760 --> 19:17.760 There's only one man in the back seat. 19:17.760 --> 19:18.760 You get a good look at him when we pass? 19:18.760 --> 19:19.760 Not too good, no. 19:19.760 --> 19:20.760 Hat pulled down. 19:20.760 --> 19:21.760 It's about off. 19:21.760 --> 19:22.760 See him? 19:22.760 --> 19:23.760 Yeah, there he is, up ahead. 19:23.760 --> 19:24.760 Yeah, he'll probably pull a gun on the driver. 19:24.760 --> 19:25.760 All right, stick to him now. 19:25.760 --> 19:26.760 Yeah. 19:26.760 --> 19:27.760 It looks like he's headed for MacArthur Park. 19:27.760 --> 19:28.760 Yeah. 19:28.760 --> 19:39.760 Turn right. 19:39.760 --> 19:42.760 Yeah. 19:42.760 --> 19:47.760 There's a cab. 19:47.760 --> 19:50.760 I'm gonna pull up. 19:50.760 --> 19:51.760 Come on. 19:51.760 --> 19:52.760 I couldn't stop. 19:52.760 --> 19:53.760 He said he'd kill me if I did. 19:53.760 --> 19:54.760 He had the gun pointed right at me. 19:54.760 --> 19:55.760 You see where he went? 19:55.760 --> 19:56.760 Yeah, he ran over there in the park. 19:56.760 --> 19:57.760 Good. 19:57.760 --> 19:58.760 He's all about it. 19:58.760 --> 19:59.760 He said if I didn't keep driving, he'd kill me. 19:59.760 --> 20:00.760 It's all right, you stay here. 20:00.760 --> 20:01.760 I'll be right back. 20:01.760 --> 20:02.760 Yeah, sure. 20:02.760 --> 20:03.760 Joe. 20:03.760 --> 20:04.760 Yeah. 20:04.760 --> 20:05.760 You see him? 20:05.760 --> 20:06.760 No, he got away. 20:06.760 --> 20:07.760 Maybe we got something to go on. 20:07.760 --> 20:08.760 Yeah? 20:08.760 --> 20:09.760 He dropped his shotgun. 20:09.760 --> 20:24.000 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 20:24.000 --> 20:30.040 Smokers by the thousands are now changing to Chesterfield, the only cigarette ever to 20:30.040 --> 20:35.580 give you one proof of low nicotine, highest quality. 20:35.580 --> 20:39.360 Chemical analyses of the country's six leading brands confirm that. 20:39.360 --> 20:45.800 Two, the only cigarette ever to give you this proven record with smokers. 20:45.800 --> 20:50.780 Again and again, over a full year and one half, a group of Chesterfield smokers have 20:50.780 --> 20:53.840 been given thorough medical examinations. 20:53.840 --> 20:56.720 The doctor's reports are a matter of record. 20:56.720 --> 21:03.160 No adverse effects to the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfield. 21:03.160 --> 21:08.680 A responsible independent research laboratory supervises this continuing program. 21:08.680 --> 21:14.080 Chesterfield, the only cigarette ever with a record like this. 21:14.080 --> 21:28.240 Chesterfield, best for you. 21:28.240 --> 21:30.680 A blockade of MacArthur Park was ordered. 21:30.680 --> 21:34.920 The surrounding streets were checked, but apparently the suspect had made good his escape. 21:34.920 --> 21:39.040 The crime lab crew was called and they came out and went over the cab for physical evidence. 21:39.040 --> 21:42.360 In the back seat of the cab, we found the shopping bag that the thief had carried. 21:42.360 --> 21:45.080 It was a plain brown paper bag with heavy cord handles. 21:45.080 --> 21:46.480 There was no way of tracing it. 21:46.480 --> 21:50.400 In the bottom of the bag, under several cans of food, there was a sales slip with a penciled 21:50.400 --> 21:51.400 notation. 21:51.400 --> 21:54.360 One of the prices that had been rung up had apparently been wrong. 21:54.360 --> 21:57.800 And after the total had been made, a credit to the customer had been deducted. 21:57.800 --> 22:02.720 There was no market name on the slip and no address, just the penciled notation. 22:02.720 --> 22:06.520 The shotgun and the cans of food were checked for fingerprints, but those that were found 22:06.520 --> 22:08.960 were so badly smudged that they were useless. 22:08.960 --> 22:12.200 The serial number was checked with gun records and we found out that the gun had been reported 22:12.200 --> 22:14.240 stolen three months previously. 22:14.240 --> 22:17.560 We went out and talked to the man who'd made the report, but he couldn't help us. 22:17.560 --> 22:21.360 Lieutenant Lee Jones made photographs of the serrated edge of the sawed-off barrels and 22:21.360 --> 22:23.000 they were booked as evidence. 22:23.000 --> 22:26.080 We checked at the store that had been robbed, but they told us that the sales slip wasn't 22:26.080 --> 22:27.080 theirs. 22:27.080 --> 22:30.860 Monday, March 23rd, we started out to find the store that had made out the slip. 22:30.860 --> 22:34.100 We checked all of the smaller grocery stores in the area where most of the cabs had been 22:34.100 --> 22:35.100 picked up. 22:35.100 --> 22:36.940 It took us the better part of three days. 22:36.940 --> 22:40.600 On Wednesday afternoon, we stopped at a small delicatessen at the corner of 3rd and Leeward 22:40.600 --> 22:41.600 streets. 22:41.600 --> 22:44.920 The manager there told us that he didn't recognize the slip, but he said that it could have come 22:44.920 --> 22:46.640 from their cash register. 22:46.640 --> 22:48.520 He asked us to wait while he called his wife. 22:48.520 --> 22:50.880 She came over to the store and we showed her the receipt. 22:50.880 --> 22:53.040 Yeah, that's one I made out. 22:53.040 --> 22:56.320 A customer bought four cans of tomato sauce and I made a mistake on the register. 22:56.320 --> 22:58.360 I overcharged him a penny on each can. 22:58.360 --> 23:00.280 He noticed that he made quite a scene. 23:00.280 --> 23:01.280 It was pretty embarrassing. 23:01.280 --> 23:03.720 I apologized and I gave him a credit. 23:03.720 --> 23:05.000 Do you know the man? 23:05.000 --> 23:07.000 He comes in quite often, once twice a week. 23:07.000 --> 23:08.440 Does he live in the neighborhood, would you know? 23:08.440 --> 23:09.640 No, I can't tell you that. 23:09.640 --> 23:10.800 He just comes in and then he leaves. 23:10.800 --> 23:11.800 Do you know his name? 23:11.800 --> 23:12.800 No, I don't. 23:12.800 --> 23:13.800 Do you drive a car? 23:13.800 --> 23:14.800 I've never seen him in a car. 23:14.800 --> 23:16.920 He usually walks in, gets what he wants and then walks out. 23:16.920 --> 23:18.200 Do you ever come in with anybody else? 23:18.200 --> 23:19.200 No, he's always alone. 23:19.200 --> 23:20.800 And you don't know if he lives around here, huh? 23:20.800 --> 23:21.800 Well, I told you no. 23:21.800 --> 23:22.800 What's he done? 23:22.800 --> 23:23.800 What's this all about? 23:23.800 --> 23:24.800 We want to talk to him, ma'am. 23:24.800 --> 23:25.800 When do you think he'll be back? 23:25.800 --> 23:27.800 Well, let's say this is Thursday. 23:27.800 --> 23:30.240 He might be in this evening, maybe tomorrow. 23:30.240 --> 23:31.600 What times do you usually come in? 23:31.600 --> 23:33.360 Mostly in the late afternoon or early evening. 23:33.360 --> 23:34.360 Is there something I can do? 23:34.360 --> 23:35.800 Do you have a message I could give him? 23:35.800 --> 23:44.400 No, ma'am, we'll give it to him. 23:44.400 --> 23:46.360 We called the office and told them where we were. 23:46.360 --> 23:49.720 Sergeants Murphy and Rafferty were sent out to help us cover the place. 23:49.720 --> 23:52.600 They'd stopped by the business office and brought out two shotguns for us. 23:52.600 --> 23:55.600 Frank and I checked the small store for some place to stake out. 23:55.600 --> 23:58.540 The only place we could find where we could keep the entire store under observation and 23:58.540 --> 24:02.720 yet not be seen ourselves was on top of one of the large refrigerators that held frozen 24:02.720 --> 24:04.720 foods and dairy products. 24:04.720 --> 24:08.600 Murphy and Rafferty took up their positions outside of the store and we waited. 24:08.600 --> 24:10.200 At 5.30 it started to rain again. 24:10.200 --> 24:12.000 There was no sign of the suspect. 24:12.000 --> 24:15.960 7 p.m., 8 p.m., still no sign of him and the rain got heavier. 24:15.960 --> 24:17.960 8.30, 9 p.m. 24:17.960 --> 24:24.360 Every time this thing switches on, it feels like the dentist is working on the teeth. 24:24.360 --> 24:29.600 Sure not much room up here. 24:29.600 --> 24:30.600 Don't shove me off. 24:30.600 --> 24:33.600 There just isn't one. 24:33.600 --> 24:34.600 What's that? 24:34.600 --> 24:37.600 It says in any way a man can lay on top of an ice box and be comfortable. 24:37.600 --> 24:38.600 Yeah. 24:38.600 --> 24:39.600 Evening. 24:39.600 --> 24:40.600 Yeah. 24:40.600 --> 24:41.600 Glad to see you back. 24:41.600 --> 24:42.600 Huh? 24:42.600 --> 24:43.600 Thought you might be mad about me overcharging you the other day. 24:43.600 --> 24:44.600 Looking for anything special tonight? 24:44.600 --> 24:45.600 No, just a couple can of things. 24:45.600 --> 24:46.600 I can get them. 24:46.600 --> 24:47.600 Sure is raining. 24:47.600 --> 24:48.600 Yeah. 24:48.600 --> 24:49.600 Looks good. 24:49.600 --> 24:50.600 Yeah. 24:50.600 --> 24:51.600 This wheelie comes over this way. 24:51.600 --> 24:52.600 You can jump him then. 24:52.600 --> 24:53.600 All right. 24:53.600 --> 25:04.600 All right, now. 25:04.600 --> 25:12.600 Hey, what's going on? 25:12.600 --> 25:17.600 Watch it, Joe. 25:17.600 --> 25:18.600 Let's go. 25:18.600 --> 25:19.600 There he goes. 25:19.600 --> 25:20.600 All right, police officer, hold it up. 25:20.600 --> 25:21.600 He isn't gonna stop, Joe. 25:21.600 --> 25:22.600 You see Murp and Rafferty? 25:22.600 --> 25:23.600 Yeah. 25:23.600 --> 25:24.600 They're across the street. 25:24.600 --> 25:25.600 Looks like he's going in that apartment. 25:25.600 --> 25:26.600 Come on. 25:26.600 --> 25:27.600 All right, take it easy. 25:27.600 --> 25:28.600 He should be in there. 25:28.600 --> 25:29.600 He is. 25:29.600 --> 25:30.600 All right, cover me. 25:30.600 --> 25:31.600 Right. 25:31.600 --> 25:32.600 All right, give it up, mister. 25:32.600 --> 25:33.600 Get away from me, cop. 25:33.600 --> 25:34.600 You come after me, I'll kill you. 25:34.600 --> 25:35.600 Come on downstairs. 25:35.600 --> 25:36.600 You're gonna save yourself a lot of trouble. 25:36.600 --> 25:37.600 You okay, Joe? 25:37.600 --> 25:38.600 Yeah. 25:38.600 --> 25:39.600 He's still alive. 25:39.600 --> 25:40.600 You want to call the ambulance? 25:40.600 --> 25:41.600 Yeah. 25:41.600 --> 25:56.600 Who told you? 25:56.600 --> 25:57.600 Who tipped you off? 25:57.600 --> 25:58.600 You did. 25:58.600 --> 25:59.600 I never talked in my life. 25:59.600 --> 26:00.600 I wasn't even worried. 26:00.600 --> 26:01.600 You were once, fella. 26:01.600 --> 26:02.600 What about? 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