WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.000 Sound off for Chesterfield. 00:06.000 --> 00:16.000 Chesterfield, low in nicotine, highest in quality, best for you. 00:16.000 --> 00:25.000 Chesterfield brings you Dregma. 00:25.000 --> 00:29.000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:29.000 --> 00:38.000 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:38.000 --> 00:42.000 You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to forgery detail. 00:42.000 --> 00:45.000 For the past six years, a forger has been working in your city. 00:45.000 --> 00:48.000 The victims describe the suspect as a woman. 00:48.000 --> 00:51.000 Her M.O. is simple, but it continues to work. 00:51.000 --> 00:57.000 Your job, stop her. 00:57.000 --> 01:02.000 Smokers by the thousands are now changing to Chesterfield. 01:02.000 --> 01:07.000 No wonder. 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It was warm in Los Angeles. 02:07.000 --> 02:09.000 We were working the day watch out of forgery detail. 02:09.000 --> 02:12.000 My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Welsh. My name is Friday. 02:12.000 --> 02:15.000 We were on our way out from the office and it was 10.42 a.m. 02:15.000 --> 02:21.000 when we got to the ninth floor of the Beckworth Department Store, the credit manager's office. 02:21.000 --> 02:22.000 Yes? 02:22.000 --> 02:23.000 Would you like to see Mr. Donaldson, please? 02:23.000 --> 02:24.000 May I see who's calling? 02:24.000 --> 02:26.000 Sergeant Friday, Los Angeles Police Department. 02:26.000 --> 02:27.000 Oh, yes, he's expecting you. Just a moment. 02:27.000 --> 02:28.000 Thank you. 02:28.000 --> 02:29.000 Yes? 02:29.000 --> 02:31.000 The gentlemen from the police department are here, Mr. Donaldson. 02:31.000 --> 02:33.000 Send them in, please. 02:33.000 --> 02:36.000 Yes, sir. You want to go right in? That's the door. 02:36.000 --> 02:42.000 Thank you very much. 02:42.000 --> 02:43.000 Come on in, gentlemen. 02:43.000 --> 02:46.000 Thank you. Mr. Donaldson? 02:46.000 --> 02:47.000 Yes? 02:47.000 --> 02:49.000 I'm Sergeant Friday. This is my partner, Frank Smith. 02:49.000 --> 02:50.000 How do you do? 02:50.000 --> 02:51.000 How you do, sir? 02:51.000 --> 02:52.000 Sit down. 02:52.000 --> 02:54.000 Thank you very much, sir. 02:54.000 --> 02:55.000 Do you want to tell us what this is all about? 02:55.000 --> 03:00.000 Well, it's the little mother again. I've got the receipts here on the desk. 03:00.000 --> 03:02.000 Is Sergeant Ferguson still working on this case? 03:02.000 --> 03:03.000 Yes, sir. 03:03.000 --> 03:05.000 I talked to him the last time he was stuck. 03:05.000 --> 03:07.000 Usual type of things charged? 03:07.000 --> 03:11.000 Yes, children's shoes, dresses, sweaters. Same as always. 03:11.000 --> 03:13.000 I wonder if I could have those slips, Mr. Donaldson. 03:13.000 --> 03:14.000 Sure. Here you are. 03:14.000 --> 03:15.000 Thank you. 03:15.000 --> 03:17.000 All made out the same day. 03:17.000 --> 03:19.000 August 22nd. 03:19.000 --> 03:22.000 Yes. Our experience is that she usually comes in on a Saturday. 03:22.000 --> 03:25.000 It seems that the store is more crowded then, 03:25.000 --> 03:28.000 and the girls don't take any more time to verify their accounts than they have to. 03:28.000 --> 03:29.000 Can I see those, Joe? 03:29.000 --> 03:30.000 Yeah, here you are. 03:30.000 --> 03:31.000 Thanks. 03:31.000 --> 03:33.000 I wonder if we could talk to the sales girl who waited on her. 03:33.000 --> 03:34.000 Sure. I'll have her set up. 03:34.000 --> 03:36.000 Fine. 03:36.000 --> 03:37.000 Yes, sir? 03:37.000 --> 03:39.000 Ms. Firestone, would you please have Mrs. Allen set up? 03:39.000 --> 03:40.000 Yes, sir. 03:40.000 --> 03:44.000 I notice here the only items charged not for children is a woman's slip. 03:44.000 --> 03:46.000 Yes. We've had a couple of them in the past. 03:46.000 --> 03:48.000 Pieces of women's clothing. 03:48.000 --> 03:50.000 I talked to Sergeant Ferguson about it when he was here. 03:50.000 --> 03:52.000 Did you get the bulletin we sent out this month? 03:52.000 --> 03:53.000 Beg pardon? 03:53.000 --> 03:56.000 The bulletin giving the woman's description, samples of her handwriting. Did you get it? 03:56.000 --> 03:58.000 Yes, sir. We did. 03:58.000 --> 04:00.000 You've got to understand, Sergeant. 04:00.000 --> 04:03.000 This is one of the biggest stores in the city. We do a lot of business. 04:03.000 --> 04:07.000 It'll be almost impossible to alert all of the sales girls to watch for the woman. 04:07.000 --> 04:08.000 Yes, sir. We understand that. 04:08.000 --> 04:10.000 But was the description sent to the children's department? 04:10.000 --> 04:13.000 It was. It didn't do any good, though. 04:13.000 --> 04:16.000 If a woman charged large amounts, it might be easier. 04:16.000 --> 04:19.000 But look at the sales slips yourself. 04:19.000 --> 04:22.000 Four dollars shoes, three dollars dresses. 04:22.000 --> 04:25.000 Nothing to make a charge like that stand out. 04:25.000 --> 04:28.000 We make sure that there's an account in the name and then let it go. 04:28.000 --> 04:30.000 Don't you use the charge-of-plate system? 04:30.000 --> 04:33.000 Yes, we do. But if a customer wants to charge an item and hasn't got the plate, 04:33.000 --> 04:38.000 we usually just verify the account and let them sign the sales slip. 04:38.000 --> 04:39.000 How about identification? 04:39.000 --> 04:41.000 Well, normally we do ask for it. 04:41.000 --> 04:44.000 But as I said, these sales are such small amounts 04:44.000 --> 04:46.000 and the woman comes in when the store is crowded. 04:46.000 --> 04:49.000 The girls just call the credit department and let her sign the receipt. 04:49.000 --> 04:50.000 I see. 04:50.000 --> 04:51.000 Excuse me. 04:51.000 --> 04:52.000 Yes, sir. 04:52.000 --> 04:53.000 Yes? 04:53.000 --> 04:55.000 Mrs. Allen's here. 04:55.000 --> 04:57.000 Oh, all right. Just a moment. 04:57.000 --> 04:58.000 Yes, sir. 04:58.000 --> 05:00.000 The woman who waited on us is out in the office. 05:00.000 --> 05:02.000 Do you want to talk to her in here? 05:02.000 --> 05:04.000 Well, we don't want to take up any more of your time. 05:04.000 --> 05:05.000 I'm sure we can see her out there. 05:05.000 --> 05:08.000 All right. If there's anything else you need, I'll be here. 05:08.000 --> 05:09.000 Yes, sir. 05:09.000 --> 05:10.000 Hello, officer. 05:10.000 --> 05:11.000 Yes, sir. 05:11.000 --> 05:14.000 You know, I feel a little funny about this thing. 05:14.000 --> 05:15.000 Why is that, sir? 05:15.000 --> 05:17.000 Well, the thing she's charged. 05:17.000 --> 05:18.000 What's that? 05:18.000 --> 05:22.000 The thing she's taken. They're almost all kids clothes. 05:22.000 --> 05:24.000 Doesn't seem to be interested in anything else. 05:24.000 --> 05:28.000 Total amounts of the articles she's taken don't add up to much. 05:28.000 --> 05:31.000 It's the principle of the thing more than the value. 05:31.000 --> 05:35.000 It just seems that the only thing she's interested in is the children. 05:35.000 --> 05:39.000 It feels a little funny to call the police about a person like that. 05:39.000 --> 05:40.000 Yes, sir, we understand. 05:40.000 --> 05:45.000 We've got a lot of this going on, but the others, they take things for themselves. 05:45.000 --> 05:47.000 Luggages, you know, expensive items. 05:47.000 --> 05:49.000 But she doesn't. Just for the kids. 05:49.000 --> 05:52.000 She doesn't seem to be at all interested in herself. 05:52.000 --> 05:53.000 Well, we are. 05:53.000 --> 05:55.000 Yes, well, I suppose so. 05:55.000 --> 05:57.000 Well, I'll be here if you need anything more. 05:57.000 --> 05:59.000 Thank you, Mr. Donaldson. Thanks very much. 05:59.000 --> 06:00.000 We'll be in touch with you. 06:00.000 --> 06:02.000 You'll bring the sales slips back, won't you? 06:02.000 --> 06:04.000 Yes, sir, as soon as we've had the chance to photograph them. 06:04.000 --> 06:06.000 Well, I hope you can do something about it. 06:06.000 --> 06:08.000 Yes, sir, so do we. Thank you very much. 06:08.000 --> 06:10.000 Anything you need, you let me know. 06:10.000 --> 06:11.000 Yes, sir, thank you. 06:13.000 --> 06:15.000 Just a moment. Mrs. Allen? 06:15.000 --> 06:16.000 Yes. 06:16.000 --> 06:18.000 These are the police officers. 06:18.000 --> 06:20.000 How you doing, ma'am? I'm Sergeant Friday. 06:20.000 --> 06:22.000 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 06:22.000 --> 06:23.000 How are you doing, Miss Allen? 06:23.000 --> 06:25.000 You want to sit down over here, please? 06:25.000 --> 06:27.000 Yes, all right. 06:27.000 --> 06:29.000 I feel just terrible about this. 06:29.000 --> 06:30.000 Ma'am? 06:30.000 --> 06:32.000 All this forgery thing. 06:32.000 --> 06:34.000 Now, you waited on the woman, did you? 06:34.000 --> 06:36.000 Yes, at least in the little girl's department. 06:36.000 --> 06:38.000 Uh-huh. What if you could describe her for us? 06:38.000 --> 06:40.000 Well, she was a little woman. 06:40.000 --> 06:41.000 I'd say a ten. 06:41.000 --> 06:43.000 How's that again, ma'am? 06:43.000 --> 06:44.000 A size ten. 06:44.000 --> 06:45.000 Oh. 06:45.000 --> 06:47.000 Five one, about 105 pounds. 06:47.000 --> 06:48.000 Cute as a button. 06:48.000 --> 06:49.000 Mm-hmm. 06:49.000 --> 06:50.000 Did she have the children with her? 06:50.000 --> 06:52.000 No, no, she didn't. 06:52.000 --> 06:54.000 I thought it was a little funny at the time, 06:54.000 --> 06:56.000 but as I say, we were sitting there 06:56.000 --> 06:58.000 and we were so busy with the school rush that afternoon 06:58.000 --> 07:01.000 that none of us girls had a chance to really think about anything. 07:01.000 --> 07:03.000 Yes, ma'am. What color hair did she have? 07:03.000 --> 07:05.000 Kind of sandy color. 07:05.000 --> 07:07.000 Guess you'd call it a blonde. 07:07.000 --> 07:09.000 Wore it up in a bun. 07:09.000 --> 07:10.000 You know, back here, you know. 07:10.000 --> 07:11.000 Yes, ma'am. 07:11.000 --> 07:13.000 The other girls noticed it. 07:13.000 --> 07:15.000 Long. Looked nice. 07:15.000 --> 07:17.000 Different than all the other short haircuts. 07:17.000 --> 07:19.000 Kind of old-fashioned and homey. 07:19.000 --> 07:21.000 Yes, ma'am. How was she dressed? 07:21.000 --> 07:22.000 Not very well. 07:22.000 --> 07:25.000 Had a little blue hat, dark coat, cloth coat. 07:25.000 --> 07:28.000 Collar came up like this, you know. 07:28.000 --> 07:29.000 Slash pockets. 07:29.000 --> 07:31.000 Nice, but not expensive. 07:31.000 --> 07:34.000 I see, ma'am. Now, would you know her if you saw her again? 07:34.000 --> 07:36.000 Oh, my, yes, sure would. 07:36.000 --> 07:37.000 Well, we'd like you to come over to our office 07:37.000 --> 07:38.000 and look at some pictures, if you would. 07:38.000 --> 07:39.000 All right. 07:39.000 --> 07:41.000 I'll have to talk to the floor manager. 07:41.000 --> 07:42.000 We'll take care of that, Mrs. Allen. 07:42.000 --> 07:44.000 All right. 07:44.000 --> 07:46.000 You think that you might have a picture of her? 07:46.000 --> 07:47.000 We don't know. 07:47.000 --> 07:49.000 I kind of hope not. 07:49.000 --> 07:50.000 Ma'am? 07:50.000 --> 07:52.000 I hope you don't have a picture. 07:52.000 --> 07:54.000 I guess it's a little sinful to even think of it, 07:54.000 --> 07:56.000 but she had a reason for what she did. 07:56.000 --> 07:57.000 I'm sure of it. 07:57.000 --> 07:59.000 Why do you say that, Mrs. Allen? 07:59.000 --> 08:03.000 Officer, I've been selling for a long time. 08:03.000 --> 08:05.000 I met a lot of people in that time. 08:05.000 --> 08:06.000 Nice ones and nasty ones. 08:06.000 --> 08:08.000 And believe me, this is one of the sweetest people 08:08.000 --> 08:10.000 I've ever served. 08:10.000 --> 08:11.000 Mm-hmm. 08:11.000 --> 08:13.000 I understand that you call her the little mother. 08:13.000 --> 08:14.000 Isn't that right? 08:14.000 --> 08:15.000 Well, we don't, ma'am. 08:15.000 --> 08:17.000 That's what the newspapers call her. 08:17.000 --> 08:20.000 Well, it fits her to a T. Right to a T. 08:20.000 --> 08:22.000 The way she bustled around those dresses, 08:22.000 --> 08:25.000 looking, testing, she was just like a mother hen 08:25.000 --> 08:27.000 trying to find something for her brood. 08:27.000 --> 08:29.000 Little doll, cute as a button. 08:29.000 --> 08:32.000 She just got to have a reason for what she's doing. 08:32.000 --> 08:33.000 Sergeant Friday? 08:33.000 --> 08:34.000 Yes, Mr. Donaldson? 08:34.000 --> 08:35.000 I'm glad I caught you. 08:35.000 --> 08:36.000 I think we've got it. 08:36.000 --> 08:37.000 Sir? 08:37.000 --> 08:39.000 The little mother is downstairs now. 08:39.000 --> 08:47.000 For the last six years, the same woman had been operating 08:47.000 --> 08:49.000 in the downtown department stores. 08:49.000 --> 08:51.000 During that period, she'd forged a total of $1,300 08:51.000 --> 08:53.000 worth of merchandise that we knew of. 08:53.000 --> 08:55.000 Because of her M.O., there was no way of telling 08:55.000 --> 08:57.000 how much more had gone undetected. 08:57.000 --> 08:58.000 The operation was a simple one. 08:58.000 --> 09:01.000 She'd enter a store, go to one of the departments. 09:01.000 --> 09:03.000 There, she'd pick up articles of apparel, 09:03.000 --> 09:05.000 mostly for children, and then ask to charge them. 09:05.000 --> 09:07.000 She'd explain that she'd forgotten her charge plate, 09:07.000 --> 09:09.000 and after the account had been verified, 09:09.000 --> 09:10.000 she'd sign the charge slip. 09:10.000 --> 09:12.000 These slips would be put in the mail to the people 09:12.000 --> 09:14.000 who maintained the account, and it wouldn't be 09:14.000 --> 09:17.000 until they noticed a discrepancy that we'd be notified. 09:17.000 --> 09:19.000 Usually, a month would pass between the time 09:19.000 --> 09:21.000 the clothing was taken and we were told of it. 09:21.000 --> 09:23.000 In the six years that the little mother, 09:23.000 --> 09:25.000 as the newspapers had dubbed her, had been operating, 09:25.000 --> 09:27.000 almost every team of detectives in the forgery detail 09:27.000 --> 09:28.000 had worked on the case. 09:28.000 --> 09:31.000 Statements from salesgirls who'd waited on her were taken. 09:31.000 --> 09:33.000 Photo stats of the sales slips were made. 09:33.000 --> 09:35.000 Witnesses were interrogated, and then when the sum total 09:35.000 --> 09:37.000 of actual physical evidence was weighed and sifted, 09:37.000 --> 09:39.000 there was no lead to the identity of the forger. 09:39.000 --> 09:42.000 The police department had gotten out printed bulletins 09:42.000 --> 09:44.000 and copies of composite drawings of the suspect, 09:44.000 --> 09:46.000 and these had been distributed to all department stores 09:46.000 --> 09:47.000 in the area. 09:47.000 --> 09:49.000 But because of the suspect's appearance and the way 09:49.000 --> 09:51.000 she operated, none of the victims became suspicious 09:51.000 --> 09:53.000 in time to notify us. 09:53.000 --> 09:55.000 The department store's protective league was working with us, 09:55.000 --> 09:58.000 but they met with the same dead ends that we'd found. 09:58.000 --> 10:00.000 Meanwhile, the evidence continued to pile up. 10:00.000 --> 10:02.000 The operation continued to work. 10:02.000 --> 10:04.000 When the manager of Beckworth's department store 10:04.000 --> 10:06.000 told us that the suspect was in the store, 10:06.000 --> 10:08.000 Frank and I were able to come up with the first concrete lead 10:08.000 --> 10:10.000 we'd had since we'd been working on the case. 10:10.000 --> 10:12.000 In the company of the manager and the saleswoman, 10:12.000 --> 10:15.000 Mrs. Myra Allen, Frank and I went down to the boys' department 10:15.000 --> 10:17.000 where the suspect was reported to be. 10:17.000 --> 10:18.000 Down this way. 10:18.000 --> 10:19.000 Yes, sir. 10:19.000 --> 10:21.000 The girl said she was over with the boys' suits. 10:21.000 --> 10:23.000 I hope they were able to hold her. 10:23.000 --> 10:24.000 Just a minute. 10:24.000 --> 10:25.000 Yes, sir. 10:25.000 --> 10:27.000 I know I don't have to tell you gentlemen about the store's 10:27.000 --> 10:29.000 liability in a situation like this. 10:29.000 --> 10:30.000 No, sir. 10:30.000 --> 10:32.000 Now, I'm sure it's her, but it could be very embarrassing 10:32.000 --> 10:34.000 and expensive to the store if we made a mistake. 10:34.000 --> 10:35.000 All right, sir. We understand. 10:35.000 --> 10:36.000 Good. Over here. 10:36.000 --> 10:37.000 All right. 10:39.000 --> 10:40.000 Mr. Donaldson. Mr. Donaldson. 10:40.000 --> 10:42.000 Yes, Miss Franklin. Where is she? 10:42.000 --> 10:43.000 It's not my fault. You've got to believe that. 10:43.000 --> 10:44.000 What's the matter, Miss? 10:44.000 --> 10:46.000 Don't tell me you stopped the wrong person. 10:46.000 --> 10:48.000 You caused trouble with an innocent party and she could sue the store. 10:48.000 --> 10:49.000 I'm sorry, Mr. Donaldson. 10:49.000 --> 10:50.000 Where is the woman, Miss? 10:50.000 --> 10:51.000 That's what I'm trying to tell you. 10:51.000 --> 10:52.000 Yes, ma'am. 10:52.000 --> 10:53.000 She wouldn't wait. 10:58.000 --> 11:00.000 A quick search of the immediate vicinity and the store 11:00.000 --> 11:01.000 failed to turn up the suspect. 11:01.000 --> 11:03.000 The department store security staff was notified 11:03.000 --> 11:05.000 and a watch was put on all of the doors. 11:05.000 --> 11:08.000 The credit department was notified and they took action. 11:08.000 --> 11:10.000 We checked with the elevator operators. 11:10.000 --> 11:12.000 We found one that told us she'd seen a woman who answered 11:12.000 --> 11:14.000 the description get in her car. 11:14.000 --> 11:16.000 She explained that the woman seemed to be in a hurry 11:16.000 --> 11:18.000 and had left the elevator as soon as it had reached the main floor. 11:18.000 --> 11:21.000 A further check of the store netted us nothing. 11:21.000 --> 11:23.000 The suspect had escaped. 11:23.000 --> 11:25.000 In the downtown crowds, it would have been almost impossible 11:25.000 --> 11:27.000 to try to find her on the streets. 11:27.000 --> 11:29.000 However, an additional broadcast carrying a complete description 11:29.000 --> 11:33.000 of the clothing she was wearing was gotten out to all cars in the area. 11:33.000 --> 11:36.000 The first good chance we'd had for apprehending her was gone. 11:36.000 --> 11:38.000 We had to go back to the legwork and the waiting. 11:38.000 --> 11:40.000 Three months passed. 11:40.000 --> 11:42.000 During that time, Frank and I cleaned up a series of counterfeit 11:42.000 --> 11:43.000 payroll check cashings. 11:43.000 --> 11:46.000 Another 30 days went by without activity for the little mother. 11:46.000 --> 11:48.000 There were four new sales slips added to the file, 11:48.000 --> 11:50.000 but when the leads resulting from these were checked out, 11:50.000 --> 11:53.000 we were no closer to her than we'd been six years before. 11:53.000 --> 11:56.000 Thursday, December 17th, 1255 p.m. 11:56.000 --> 11:58.000 I checked into the office. 11:59.000 --> 12:00.000 Joe, that you? 12:00.000 --> 12:02.000 Yeah. What do you got? 12:02.000 --> 12:03.000 Oh, I just talked to Skipper. 12:03.000 --> 12:04.000 Yeah? 12:04.000 --> 12:06.000 Got a couple of more beefs about the little mother. 12:06.000 --> 12:07.000 When did they come in? 12:07.000 --> 12:08.000 This morning. 12:08.000 --> 12:09.000 Where are they? 12:09.000 --> 12:10.000 They're in the office. 12:10.000 --> 12:11.000 What do you got? 12:11.000 --> 12:12.000 He's checking the handwriting. 12:12.000 --> 12:14.000 Well, how about the name she used? 12:14.000 --> 12:15.000 Wait a minute. 12:15.000 --> 12:17.000 I got them here in my book. 12:17.000 --> 12:18.000 There they are. 12:18.000 --> 12:21.000 Mrs. Norris Farrow, Mrs. James Slagle, I guess it is, 12:21.000 --> 12:23.000 and Mrs. Ross Neiman. 12:23.000 --> 12:25.000 I called the stores and got the information on these people. 12:25.000 --> 12:26.000 Did you talk to them? 12:26.000 --> 12:28.000 Yeah. Asked all the routine stuff. 12:28.000 --> 12:31.000 None of them can think of any friends who match the description. 12:31.000 --> 12:32.000 How about the things she charged? 12:32.000 --> 12:33.000 Anything there? 12:33.000 --> 12:34.000 No. 12:34.000 --> 12:35.000 Usual items. 12:35.000 --> 12:36.000 Let's see. 12:36.000 --> 12:39.000 One for kids, one child's cotton dress. 12:39.000 --> 12:40.000 There is one thing different. 12:40.000 --> 12:41.000 What's that? 12:41.000 --> 12:43.000 I checked the sizes of the clothes. 12:43.000 --> 12:46.000 Last bunch of sales slips we had, the dresses were for a 10-year-old. 12:46.000 --> 12:47.000 Yeah. 12:47.000 --> 12:49.000 This time she bought them for a 12-year-old. 12:49.000 --> 12:51.000 Kids are getting bigger, Joe. 12:51.000 --> 12:52.000 Well, that's a big help. 12:52.000 --> 12:54.000 All we gotta do is look for a couple of kids that are growing. 12:54.000 --> 12:56.000 Well, I was just trying to help, Joe. 12:56.000 --> 12:59.000 No, I mean, it just doesn't seem to be anywhere to go. 12:59.000 --> 13:01.000 All the time we put in, all the people we've talked to, 13:01.000 --> 13:04.000 all we got for it is a file drawer all to ourselves on the thing. 13:04.000 --> 13:07.000 I get it. 13:07.000 --> 13:09.000 Forgery Friday. 13:09.000 --> 13:10.000 Who? 13:10.000 --> 13:11.000 Yes, ma'am. 13:11.000 --> 13:12.000 Mm-hmm. 13:12.000 --> 13:13.000 Yes, ma'am. 13:13.000 --> 13:15.000 I remember. 13:15.000 --> 13:16.000 Where is she now? 13:16.000 --> 13:18.000 I see. 13:18.000 --> 13:19.000 Yeah, we can be right over. 13:19.000 --> 13:20.000 Yes, ma'am. 13:20.000 --> 13:21.000 Bye. 13:21.000 --> 13:22.000 Bye. 13:22.000 --> 13:23.000 Well, we got it. 13:23.000 --> 13:24.000 What do you mean? 13:24.000 --> 13:25.000 That was Mrs. Allen. 13:25.000 --> 13:26.000 Remember the sales lady over at Beckworth's? 13:26.000 --> 13:27.000 Oh, yeah, I think I do. 13:27.000 --> 13:28.000 What'd she have to say? 13:28.000 --> 13:31.000 Told me she's having lunch in a restaurant at the corner of Jackson and Hill. 13:31.000 --> 13:32.000 Yeah. 13:32.000 --> 13:34.000 And she's sitting next to her. 13:34.000 --> 13:41.000 One o' two p.m. 13:41.000 --> 13:43.000 We checked out of the office and drove over to the restaurant. 13:43.000 --> 13:45.000 It was located at the rear of a large drug store. 13:45.000 --> 13:47.000 When we came into the place, Mrs. Allen met us at the entrance. 13:47.000 --> 13:51.000 She took us back down the counter and pointed out a small woman sitting on the last stool. 13:51.000 --> 13:52.000 That's her. 13:52.000 --> 13:53.000 You sure, ma'am? 13:53.000 --> 13:54.000 I'm positive. 13:54.000 --> 13:55.000 That's her. 13:55.000 --> 13:56.000 All right, let's go. 13:56.000 --> 13:57.000 Yeah. 13:57.000 --> 13:58.000 You want to wait here, Mrs. Allen? 13:58.000 --> 13:59.000 Certainly. 13:59.000 --> 14:04.000 Something you gentlemen want? 14:04.000 --> 14:05.000 We're police officers, ma'am. 14:05.000 --> 14:06.000 We'd like to talk to you. 14:06.000 --> 14:07.000 Police? 14:07.000 --> 14:08.000 Yes, ma'am. 14:08.000 --> 14:09.000 You want to step over there to talk? 14:09.000 --> 14:10.000 Might be better. 14:10.000 --> 14:11.000 Well, if you want to say anything to me, you can say it right here. 14:11.000 --> 14:12.000 I haven't done anything wrong. 14:12.000 --> 14:14.000 What if we could see your identification? 14:14.000 --> 14:15.000 Why? 14:15.000 --> 14:16.000 Your identification, ma'am. 14:16.000 --> 14:17.000 Could we see it? 14:17.000 --> 14:18.000 All right. 14:18.000 --> 14:19.000 Just a minute. 14:19.000 --> 14:20.000 I've got it in my purse. 14:20.000 --> 14:21.000 Getting terrible. 14:21.000 --> 14:27.000 I don't know what you officers are trying to find out, but I'm going to tell you right 14:27.000 --> 14:30.000 now, if you can't prove you've got a reason for making me do this, you're in trouble. 14:30.000 --> 14:31.000 We're not making you do anything, ma'am. 14:31.000 --> 14:33.000 We don't want to cause you any embarrassment. 14:33.000 --> 14:34.000 Funny way of showing it. 14:34.000 --> 14:37.000 I want to tell you that my husband knows people in this town. 14:37.000 --> 14:38.000 When he hears about this, he... 14:38.000 --> 14:39.000 Oh, here you are. 14:39.000 --> 14:40.000 Here's my driver's license. 14:40.000 --> 14:43.000 Would you take it out of your wallet, please? 14:43.000 --> 14:44.000 Here. 14:44.000 --> 14:45.000 Mrs. Evelyn Nelson? 14:45.000 --> 14:46.000 That's who I am. 14:46.000 --> 14:47.000 Is this your present address? 14:47.000 --> 14:48.000 No, it isn't. 14:48.000 --> 14:52.000 We moved a few months ago, but I haven't had a chance to have it changed. 14:52.000 --> 14:53.000 Is that all you want? 14:53.000 --> 14:54.000 No, Miss Nelson, it isn't. 14:54.000 --> 14:55.000 I wonder if we could talk to you in our office. 14:55.000 --> 14:56.000 Why? 14:56.000 --> 15:00.000 I always thought you had to arrest people before you could order them around. 15:00.000 --> 15:03.000 We're asking you to come over to the city hall with us, if you will, ma'am. 15:03.000 --> 15:04.000 There are a few things we'd like to check out. 15:04.000 --> 15:05.000 What things? 15:05.000 --> 15:08.000 I wonder if I could see what you've got in the bags here. 15:08.000 --> 15:09.000 What are you looking for? 15:09.000 --> 15:10.000 Do you mind if we took a look? 15:10.000 --> 15:12.000 Well, they're just some clothes for my children. 15:12.000 --> 15:13.000 Nothing in there would interest you. 15:13.000 --> 15:16.000 Well, then it wouldn't hurt if we looked, would it? 15:16.000 --> 15:17.000 Go ahead. 15:17.000 --> 15:18.000 You won't find anything. 15:18.000 --> 15:20.000 You want to take a couple of these, Frank? 15:20.000 --> 15:26.000 Yeah, I got it. 15:26.000 --> 15:28.000 Well, what about it? 15:28.000 --> 15:29.000 Did you find anything wrong? 15:29.000 --> 15:30.000 Maybe a gun. 15:30.000 --> 15:32.000 No, ma'am, but I wonder if you could explain this. 15:32.000 --> 15:33.000 What's that? 15:33.000 --> 15:35.000 This charge slip here, signed by Mrs. Ross Neiman. 15:35.000 --> 15:38.000 Well, certainly that was probably in the bag when I bought the things. 15:38.000 --> 15:39.000 I don't know anything about it. 15:39.000 --> 15:41.000 All right, Miss Nelson, I'm afraid we're going to have to ask you to come with us. 15:41.000 --> 15:42.000 On what charge? 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Room 29. 17:46.000 --> 17:49.000 Yeah, come right in the first street entrance, turn left into the police department. 17:49.000 --> 17:52.000 That's right, ma'am. There's an arch there. Go right through it. 17:52.000 --> 17:55.000 Straight down the hall and to the right. 17:55.000 --> 17:59.000 Well, it's the only way you can go. It's on the left as you go down the hall. 17:59.000 --> 18:01.000 That's right, 29. 18:01.000 --> 18:04.000 If you'll ask for Sergeant Friday or Officer Smith. 18:04.000 --> 18:07.000 No, ma'am, Smith. That's all right, ma'am. We'll expect you. 18:07.000 --> 18:10.000 Goodbye. I'll call the next one. 18:10.000 --> 18:12.000 Yeah. 18:12.000 --> 18:16.000 You know, you'd save yourself and us a lot of trouble if you'd tell us the truth, Mrs. Nelson. 18:19.000 --> 18:21.000 Mrs. Nelson? 18:24.000 --> 18:26.000 Hello, may I speak with Miss Brundage, please? 18:26.000 --> 18:28.000 And children's wear? 18:28.000 --> 18:31.000 Yes, ma'am, I will. 18:32.000 --> 18:33.000 Hang up the phone. 18:33.000 --> 18:34.000 Thank you, partner. 18:34.000 --> 18:37.000 You don't have to go through this anymore. 18:38.000 --> 18:40.000 All right, ma'am. 18:41.000 --> 18:43.000 You want to tell us about it? 18:43.000 --> 18:45.000 Mrs. Nelson? 18:47.000 --> 18:50.000 I only did it for them, the kids. I didn't want to. 18:50.000 --> 18:54.000 How do you think I felt when I knew I was stealing? How do you think I felt? 18:54.000 --> 18:56.000 You want to go ahead? 18:56.000 --> 18:58.000 My husband, Paul, is a good man. 18:58.000 --> 19:01.000 What he's done, he thinks is right. I can't quarrel with him. 19:01.000 --> 19:04.000 But he doesn't know, he doesn't understand. 19:06.000 --> 19:10.000 It isn't that he doesn't love the kids. He does. He really does. 19:10.000 --> 19:13.000 It's just that he doesn't understand. You can see that, can't you? 19:13.000 --> 19:15.000 He doesn't understand about them. 19:16.000 --> 19:18.000 Either of you have a handkerchief? 19:18.000 --> 19:20.000 I came away this morning without one. 19:20.000 --> 19:22.000 Yes, ma'am. Here you are. 19:22.000 --> 19:26.000 Thanks. 19:26.000 --> 19:28.000 You want to go ahead, please? 19:28.000 --> 19:33.000 All his life he's worked, put in long hours without a thought of what he was doing to himself. 19:33.000 --> 19:37.000 Every nickel, every nickel he made was put away so he'd be able to feel secure, 19:37.000 --> 19:40.000 so he wouldn't have to worry about anything. 19:40.000 --> 19:43.000 It was all right when we first got married. I could understand it then. 19:43.000 --> 19:45.000 I went along with what he thought. 19:45.000 --> 19:48.000 But the last few years it's gotten to be an obsession with him. 19:48.000 --> 19:51.000 The almighty dollar, that's all that seems important to him. 19:51.000 --> 19:53.000 What kind of work does your husband do, Mrs. Nelson? 19:53.000 --> 19:55.000 He owns a grocery store. 19:55.000 --> 19:59.000 Small place, but it does good, makes a good living. 19:59.000 --> 20:02.000 Only we aren't living, we're existing. 20:02.000 --> 20:06.000 He gives me ten dollars a week to run the house and buy clothes for the kids. 20:06.000 --> 20:11.000 I've tried, Lord knows I've tried, budget meals, cheap cuts of meat, day-old bread. 20:11.000 --> 20:15.000 Any way you spend it, no matter how you figure, ten dollars, 20:15.000 --> 20:18.000 it just doesn't go very far. 20:18.000 --> 20:21.000 Now, Mrs. Nelson, didn't you talk to your husband about it? 20:21.000 --> 20:24.000 Didn't you ask him for additional money for the expenses? 20:24.000 --> 20:28.000 Yes, I'd ask him and he'd tell me if I had to make do all the time, 20:28.000 --> 20:31.000 make do just a little longer until he had the money in the bank, 20:31.000 --> 20:33.000 then we'd be all right. 20:33.000 --> 20:36.000 Only the more it went on, the worse it got. 20:36.000 --> 20:39.000 It didn't seem to make any difference how much money we had, 20:39.000 --> 20:43.000 how the total in the passbook went up. He wasn't satisfied. 20:43.000 --> 20:48.000 Had to be a little more, a little more. 20:48.000 --> 20:51.000 I guess I'm feeling sorry for myself, but you see, 20:51.000 --> 20:56.000 he could afford to buy the kids decent clothes, at least that. 20:56.000 --> 20:58.000 You agree with me, don't you? 20:58.000 --> 20:59.000 Well, that's hard to say, ma'am. 20:59.000 --> 21:01.000 Not for me. 21:01.000 --> 21:05.000 I'll never forget the day when my boy came home crying, been fighting. 21:05.000 --> 21:09.000 One of the other boys at school had said something about the patches on his clothes. 21:09.000 --> 21:13.000 Just a little kid, that's all he was, ridiculed by his friends. 21:13.000 --> 21:16.000 That's when I made up my mind to do something about it. 21:16.000 --> 21:18.000 Does your husband know anything about your activities? 21:18.000 --> 21:19.000 No, nothing. 21:19.000 --> 21:21.000 How'd you explain the new clothes for the youngster to him? 21:21.000 --> 21:23.000 I didn't have to. 21:23.000 --> 21:27.000 Last year he's been working so hard at the store, I hardly ever see him. 21:27.000 --> 21:28.000 The kids don't hardly know him. 21:28.000 --> 21:31.000 He even spends Sunday at the store dressing the windows. 21:31.000 --> 21:32.000 You mean he spends all his time there? 21:32.000 --> 21:34.000 Every minute he's not asleep. 21:34.000 --> 21:38.000 He let one crook he had go so he could save the money. 21:38.000 --> 21:40.000 It doesn't make any difference who gets hurt. 21:40.000 --> 21:42.000 Get that dollar and put it away. 21:42.000 --> 21:49.000 That's what counts, put the dollar away. 21:49.000 --> 21:51.000 You know something, officer? 21:51.000 --> 21:53.000 What's that, Miss Nelson? 21:53.000 --> 21:58.000 I haven't been able to sit down and talk to my husband for six weeks. 21:58.000 --> 22:03.000 Six weeks, he gets home at 12.30, one o'clock in the morning. 22:03.000 --> 22:05.000 He's up and gone at 6.30. 22:05.000 --> 22:09.000 Kids are always asking when Daddy's coming home. 22:09.000 --> 22:10.000 How do you answer him? 22:10.000 --> 22:12.000 How do you make him understand? 22:12.000 --> 22:14.000 I can't. 22:14.000 --> 22:20.000 I've tried the only way I know how, and I did it so wrong. 22:20.000 --> 22:25.000 All right, Miss Nelson, we'll try to work it out. 22:25.000 --> 22:27.000 Can I use your phone? 22:27.000 --> 22:30.000 I've got to tell the children what to do about dinner. 22:30.000 --> 22:31.000 I'll call if you like, ma'am. 22:31.000 --> 22:32.000 What's the number? 22:32.000 --> 22:36.000 Hollywood 9-8-8-4-4. 22:47.000 --> 22:49.000 Where's your husband now, Miss Nelson? 22:49.000 --> 22:51.000 At the store, I guess. Are you going to call him? 22:51.000 --> 22:53.000 I think we should, ma'am. Let him know what's happened. 22:53.000 --> 22:56.000 I guess so. Somebody's got to take care of the kids. 22:56.000 --> 22:57.000 Hello, I'm calling for Mrs. Nelson. 22:57.000 --> 22:58.000 I wonder if I could speak to her son, 22:58.000 --> 23:01.000 Mr. Sergeant Friday, Los Angeles Police Department. 23:01.000 --> 23:03.000 Who? 23:03.000 --> 23:07.000 Yes, no, she's down here now. Room 29. 23:07.000 --> 23:10.000 All right, fine. 23:10.000 --> 23:12.000 Was that my boy? I wanted to talk to him. 23:12.000 --> 23:15.000 No, ma'am, that was your husband. He's on his way down here. 23:22.000 --> 23:25.000 2.14 p.m. Paul Nelson walked into the office. 23:25.000 --> 23:27.000 Frank and I took him and his wife to the interrogation room. 23:27.000 --> 23:29.000 She'd asked us while we waited for him 23:29.000 --> 23:31.000 if we'd let her talk to him for a few minutes alone. 23:31.000 --> 23:33.000 We stayed out in the hall, and after a brief wait, 23:33.000 --> 23:36.000 Paul Nelson opened the door and asked us to come into the room. 23:36.000 --> 23:38.000 His wife had evidently told him the full story 23:38.000 --> 23:39.000 because he was visibly shaken. 23:39.000 --> 23:42.000 He walked over to his wife and sat down beside her. 23:42.000 --> 23:44.000 Well, I guess I've really done it, haven't I? 23:44.000 --> 23:45.000 What do you mean, sir? 23:45.000 --> 23:47.000 I've really ruined everything. 23:47.000 --> 23:49.000 My home, my kids, everything. 23:49.000 --> 23:52.000 All the time it was happening, I never knew it, never had an idea. 23:52.000 --> 23:54.000 Don't blame yourself too much, Paul. 23:54.000 --> 23:56.000 But I should have known, I should have seen it myself. 23:56.000 --> 23:58.000 Even when you tried to tell me I was too busy 23:58.000 --> 24:00.000 to see it, too wrapped up with the business. 24:00.000 --> 24:02.000 It wasn't for me, Paul. It was for the children. 24:02.000 --> 24:04.000 It doesn't make any difference who it was for. 24:04.000 --> 24:08.000 I'm the one who caused it. I'm the one. It's my fault. 24:08.000 --> 24:10.000 I'm sorry, Evelyn. 24:10.000 --> 24:12.000 How can I ever make it up to you? 24:12.000 --> 24:15.000 Don't think about that now, Paul. It won't do any good. 24:15.000 --> 24:17.000 What's been done can't be changed. 24:17.000 --> 24:18.000 How about it, Officer? 24:18.000 --> 24:19.000 Sir? 24:19.000 --> 24:20.000 What happens now? 24:20.000 --> 24:22.000 Well, your wife's going to be given a preliminary hearing. 24:22.000 --> 24:24.000 She'll have the chance to plead guilty. 24:24.000 --> 24:27.000 If she does, the court will decide what to do. 24:27.000 --> 24:29.000 What's the punishment for what she's done? 24:29.000 --> 24:31.000 Well, according to Section 473 of the penal code, 24:31.000 --> 24:33.000 it's imprisonment in the state penitentiary 24:33.000 --> 24:35.000 for one to 14 years or for not more than a year 24:35.000 --> 24:36.000 in the county jail. 24:36.000 --> 24:37.000 Is there any way out of it? 24:37.000 --> 24:38.000 What do you mean? 24:38.000 --> 24:40.000 Any way of getting Evelyn out of it? 24:40.000 --> 24:42.000 If I went to the judge and told him why she did it, 24:42.000 --> 24:44.000 if I told him it was my fault, would that make a difference? 24:44.000 --> 24:46.000 I don't know. I'd be up to the court. 24:46.000 --> 24:47.000 But I could try. 24:47.000 --> 24:48.000 Yes, sir? 24:48.000 --> 24:50.000 If I paid the money back for all the things she's taken, 24:50.000 --> 24:52.000 I can afford it. I could go to the stores and pay him. 24:52.000 --> 24:54.000 Maybe they'd feel different then, huh? 24:54.000 --> 24:56.000 I could make it up to him. Everything would be all right. 24:56.000 --> 24:58.000 Well, it's been going on for six years, you know. 24:58.000 --> 25:00.000 But if I did pay the stores back, 25:00.000 --> 25:01.000 it'd make it up to him, wouldn't it? 25:01.000 --> 25:03.000 Maybe, but how about your wife? 25:03.000 --> 25:04.000 What? 25:04.000 --> 25:05.000 How are you going to make it up to her? 25:11.000 --> 25:13.000 4.30 p.m. The suspect was released on a writ. 25:13.000 --> 25:16.000 The next afternoon, Frank and I met with Mr. and Mrs. Nelson 25:16.000 --> 25:18.000 and their attorney. We talked over the case. 25:18.000 --> 25:20.000 It seemed that the husband's change of heart was permanent. 25:20.000 --> 25:23.000 He swore that he'd never give his wife cause for unhappiness again. 25:23.000 --> 25:26.000 Two weeks later, in Department 89 of the Superior Court, 25:26.000 --> 25:29.000 Mrs. Nelson entered a plea of guilty to 14 counts of forgery. 25:29.000 --> 25:31.000 When the court reviewed the circumstances 25:31.000 --> 25:34.000 and was informed that Mr. Nelson intended to make full restitution, 25:34.000 --> 25:36.000 the probation board recommended that Mrs. Nelson 25:36.000 --> 25:38.000 be placed on probation for three years. 25:38.000 --> 25:41.000 After the hearing, Frank and I had a brief talk with the couple. 25:41.000 --> 25:44.000 They thanked us for our consideration and understanding. 25:44.000 --> 25:47.000 Apparently, the cause of trouble between the Nelsons had been erased. 25:47.000 --> 25:48.000 Another two weeks went by. 25:48.000 --> 25:50.000 January 22nd, Frank and I got back from lunch, 25:50.000 --> 25:53.000 and we checked into the office. 25:54.000 --> 25:55.000 Here they are, dear. 25:55.000 --> 25:57.000 Mr. Friday, Mr. Smith? 25:57.000 --> 25:59.000 Mrs. Nelson, Mr. Nelson, how are you? 25:59.000 --> 26:01.000 Just fine, Sergeant. How are you two? 26:01.000 --> 26:03.000 Fine, thank you very much, ma'am. What can we do for you? 26:03.000 --> 26:05.000 It's what we want to do for you. 26:05.000 --> 26:06.000 Sir? 26:06.000 --> 26:07.000 You got the boxes, honey? 26:07.000 --> 26:09.000 Yeah, here they are. 26:10.000 --> 26:12.000 It's not much, but we thought that you'd like them. 26:12.000 --> 26:15.000 Made them ourselves to say thanks. 26:15.000 --> 26:18.000 Look at that, Joe. That's not necessary, ma'am. 26:18.000 --> 26:19.000 You didn't have to do that. 26:19.000 --> 26:20.000 No, no, we wanted to. 26:20.000 --> 26:23.000 Toll house cookies. He made a box for each of you. 26:23.000 --> 26:24.000 Real good. Lots of chocolate. 26:24.000 --> 26:25.000 Well, that's very nice of you. 26:25.000 --> 26:27.000 We just hope you'll enjoy them. 26:27.000 --> 26:28.000 Yes, ma'am, I'm sure we will. 26:28.000 --> 26:29.000 Yes, ma'am. 26:29.000 --> 26:30.000 How are things going with you? 26:30.000 --> 26:31.000 Well, just fine. 26:31.000 --> 26:33.000 Paul and I have gotten everything straightened out. 26:33.000 --> 26:35.000 I help him out at the store now. 26:35.000 --> 26:37.000 That way he's got more time to spend with the kids. 26:37.000 --> 26:39.000 Things just couldn't be much better. 26:39.000 --> 26:40.000 Well, we're glad to hear that. 26:40.000 --> 26:43.000 It's a funny thing to say, Mr. Friday, but it's true. 26:43.000 --> 26:45.000 The best thing that ever happened to us. 26:45.000 --> 26:46.000 What's happened, Mrs. Nelson? 26:46.000 --> 26:49.000 Am I getting arrested? 26:55.000 --> 26:57.000 The story you have just heard is true. 26:57.000 --> 27:00.000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 27:00.000 --> 27:03.000 On January 8th, the meeting was held in the county probationer's office 27:03.000 --> 27:06.000 in and for the county of Los Angeles, state of California. 27:06.000 --> 27:08.000 In a moment, the results of that meeting. 27:08.000 --> 27:10.000 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 27:10.000 --> 27:12.000 Thank you, George Fenomen. 27:12.000 --> 27:14.000 Friends, we've been getting letters from people all over the country 27:14.000 --> 27:16.000 telling us that they've switched to Chesterfield. 27:16.000 --> 27:20.000 Just as I've been telling you, thousands of smokers are changing to Chesterfield 27:20.000 --> 27:24.000 because only Chesterfield gives proof of low nicotine, highest quality. 27:24.000 --> 27:26.000 That's why I recommend you try them today. 27:26.000 --> 27:30.000 Regular or king size, you'll find Chesterfield best for you. 27:38.000 --> 27:41.000 At the end of three years, Mrs. Evelyn Margaret Nelson 27:41.000 --> 27:44.000 had fulfilled the requirements of her probation, 27:44.000 --> 27:47.000 and the case was officially marked closed. 27:56.000 --> 28:01.000 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 28:01.000 --> 28:04.000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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