WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.200 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:11.200 --> 00:14.120 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:14.120 --> 00:18.920 Dragnet is brought to you by Chesterfield, made by Liggett and Myers. 00:18.920 --> 00:32.240 First major tobacco company to give you a complete line of quality cigarettes. 00:32.240 --> 00:33.680 You're a detective sergeant. 00:33.680 --> 00:35.720 You're assigned a punko fugitive detail. 00:35.720 --> 00:38.920 An extortion ring is operating in your city. 00:38.920 --> 00:41.200 The victims are wealthy businessmen. 00:41.200 --> 00:43.440 The thieves claim they're policemen. 00:43.440 --> 00:47.440 Your job, check them out. 00:47.440 --> 00:53.960 Friends, this month's Chesterfield poster features the world's greatest golfer, Ben 00:53.960 --> 00:54.960 Hogan. 00:54.960 --> 00:57.680 Now here's what he has to say about Chesterfield. 00:57.680 --> 01:01.560 I'm a Chesterfield smoker and have been for seven years. 01:01.560 --> 01:02.880 The reason's simple. 01:02.880 --> 01:05.600 Chesterfield is the best for me. 01:05.600 --> 01:08.400 They're milder and they taste great. 01:08.400 --> 01:09.400 Try them yourself. 01:09.400 --> 01:11.440 Take Ben Hogan's advice. 01:11.440 --> 01:13.120 Try Chesterfield. 01:13.120 --> 01:19.160 The only cigarette ever to give you proof of low nicotine, highest quality, and a proven 01:19.160 --> 01:21.240 record with smokers. 01:21.240 --> 01:28.200 Chesterfield, regular or king size, best for you. 01:28.200 --> 01:37.360 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 01:37.360 --> 01:41.440 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 01:41.440 --> 01:45.940 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 01:45.940 --> 01:47.840 police files. 01:47.840 --> 01:53.280 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 01:53.280 --> 02:00.440 in action. 02:00.440 --> 02:01.440 It was Tuesday, August 10th. 02:01.440 --> 02:02.440 It was warm in Los Angeles. 02:02.440 --> 02:04.840 We were working the day watch out of Bunko Fugitive Detail. 02:04.840 --> 02:06.200 My partner's Frank Smith. 02:06.200 --> 02:07.200 The boss is Captain Didion. 02:07.200 --> 02:08.200 My name's Friday. 02:08.200 --> 02:13.280 I spent the morning in court and it was 1145 AM when I got back to room 38, Bunko Division. 02:13.280 --> 02:15.800 Well, I'm telling you, you better do something about it. 02:15.800 --> 02:17.800 Getting terrible when a citizen has a thing like this happening. 02:17.800 --> 02:18.800 All right, Mr. Mathur. 02:18.800 --> 02:20.600 If you'll take it easy, tell me what happened. 02:20.600 --> 02:21.840 I got a lot of friends in this town. 02:21.840 --> 02:23.720 I happen to know one of the councilmen real well. 02:23.720 --> 02:26.680 If you don't clean this thing up, you're going to be walking a beat out in a plum thicker. 02:26.680 --> 02:27.680 Just a minute, Mr. Mathur. 02:27.680 --> 02:28.680 Here's my partner. 02:28.680 --> 02:30.680 If you'll tell us what happened, maybe we can help you out. 02:30.680 --> 02:31.680 You don't need no partner. 02:31.680 --> 02:32.960 Just go out and arrest them fellas. 02:32.960 --> 02:33.960 Go get them. 02:33.960 --> 02:34.960 What's the matter here? 02:34.960 --> 02:35.960 This is Mr. Keith Mathur, Joe. 02:35.960 --> 02:38.400 This is my partner, Sergeant Friday. 02:38.400 --> 02:39.400 How are you, sir? 02:39.400 --> 02:40.400 I don't want you to come around here trying to smooth things over. 02:40.400 --> 02:43.040 I'm not going to be happy until them hoodlums end jail where they belong. 02:43.040 --> 02:45.240 I'm telling you the same as I told this fella. 02:45.240 --> 02:46.240 You do something about this. 02:46.240 --> 02:47.240 I'm going to take it to the mayor. 02:47.240 --> 02:48.240 What's the matter here, Frank? 02:48.240 --> 02:49.240 I don't know. 02:49.240 --> 02:50.240 Been trying to find out? 02:50.240 --> 02:51.240 Well, what you going to do about it? 02:51.240 --> 02:53.240 How about a cigarette, huh? 02:53.240 --> 02:54.240 Thank you. 02:54.240 --> 02:57.240 Here, I have a match. 02:57.240 --> 03:00.240 Here you are. 03:00.240 --> 03:01.240 How about it? 03:01.240 --> 03:02.240 Sir? 03:02.240 --> 03:03.240 Well, how about it? 03:03.240 --> 03:04.240 What you going to do? 03:04.240 --> 03:06.240 You start right at the beginning and tell us what this is all about. 03:06.240 --> 03:07.240 Maybe we can give you a hand. 03:07.240 --> 03:09.240 Well, here's the shoeshine in the world. 03:09.240 --> 03:10.240 It's worth five dollars. 03:10.240 --> 03:11.600 I don't care what kind of wax they use. 03:11.600 --> 03:13.000 Not for five dollars, no sir. 03:13.000 --> 03:14.000 Shoeshine? 03:14.000 --> 03:15.000 Yes. 03:15.000 --> 03:16.000 They call it imported wax. 03:16.000 --> 03:18.000 Where they charge for it must be brought in from Timbuktu. 03:18.000 --> 03:19.000 Ridiculous. 03:19.000 --> 03:20.000 I'll get the report. 03:20.000 --> 03:21.000 All right. 03:21.000 --> 03:23.840 Take a match and light it and they burn the edges of your shoe soles. 03:23.840 --> 03:25.200 Don't do nothing but smoke up your shoes. 03:25.200 --> 03:26.200 That's all. 03:26.200 --> 03:27.200 Just smoke up your shoes. 03:27.200 --> 03:28.200 A five dollar hot foot. 03:28.200 --> 03:29.200 You want to give us your full name, sir? 03:29.200 --> 03:31.280 Keith Jefferson Mathur. 03:31.280 --> 03:32.480 Right down the street to threaten me. 03:32.480 --> 03:34.200 Where'd this happen, sir? 03:34.200 --> 03:35.600 Shoeshine stand in the corner of Main and Colon. 03:35.600 --> 03:38.200 A little place with pinup pictures all over the walls. 03:38.200 --> 03:39.200 Never seen so many pinups. 03:39.200 --> 03:42.200 Do you know if they had a card showing the prices of the shines? 03:42.200 --> 03:43.200 Well, I didn't see one. 03:43.200 --> 03:44.560 Only them pictures are hard to tell. 03:44.560 --> 03:48.360 Well, if you'd just tell us in your own words exactly what happened, will you please? 03:48.360 --> 03:49.360 I was on my way to work. 03:49.360 --> 03:50.360 Had a very busy day. 03:50.360 --> 03:51.360 A lot of important appointments. 03:51.360 --> 03:54.360 I just parked my car and I was walking along and went by this place. 03:54.360 --> 03:56.400 A fellow standing there asked me if I wanted a shine. 03:56.400 --> 03:58.360 Just so happened I did, so I climbed up in the chair. 03:58.360 --> 04:01.840 Well, I was sitting there reading the paper and the man asked me if I wanted imported 04:01.840 --> 04:02.840 wax. 04:02.840 --> 04:04.320 I wasn't paying a lot of attention. 04:04.320 --> 04:05.320 I guess I said yes. 04:05.320 --> 04:07.400 Next thing I know, I think he's trying to give me a hot foot. 04:07.400 --> 04:09.440 I looked down, he's got this big kitchen match out. 04:09.440 --> 04:11.280 He's burning the edges of my soles. 04:11.280 --> 04:12.280 Smoke coming up. 04:12.280 --> 04:13.280 I told him to stop it. 04:13.280 --> 04:14.280 I got down from the chair. 04:14.280 --> 04:15.280 I was plenty sore. 04:15.280 --> 04:16.280 You can just bet I was sore. 04:16.280 --> 04:17.280 Plenty. 04:17.280 --> 04:18.280 Yes, sir, we can understand. 04:18.280 --> 04:19.280 Well, I had him a half a dollar. 04:19.280 --> 04:20.280 Figured that'd take care of the tip, too. 04:20.280 --> 04:22.640 Wasn't a very good shine. 04:22.640 --> 04:25.000 Come right down to it, a half dollar was too much. 04:25.000 --> 04:26.000 All that smoke. 04:26.000 --> 04:28.800 Next thing I know, he said the shine was five dollars. 04:28.800 --> 04:29.800 Five dollars! 04:29.800 --> 04:30.800 Almost climbed right down top of the place. 04:30.800 --> 04:31.800 Couldn't believe my ears. 04:31.800 --> 04:33.680 $25 for shine. 04:33.680 --> 04:35.240 That's when the men got out of the car, did they? 04:35.240 --> 04:36.240 That's right. 04:36.240 --> 04:38.040 Them three fellas got right at me. 04:38.040 --> 04:39.960 Say, how'd you know about that? 04:39.960 --> 04:41.880 Well, sir, this isn't a new operation. 04:41.880 --> 04:43.240 You mean tell me this happened before? 04:43.240 --> 04:45.480 Yes, sir, we get a couple dozen complaints a week. 04:45.480 --> 04:48.200 We'll finish up this report, and then if you'll point out the place, we'll have a look. 04:48.200 --> 04:49.200 Then you can just start writing. 04:49.200 --> 04:50.800 I told you I had a lot of important appointments. 04:50.800 --> 04:52.360 I can't spend all day here. 04:52.360 --> 04:54.760 Can I see someone here, please? 04:54.760 --> 04:55.760 Yes, sir. 04:55.760 --> 04:56.760 You want to go ahead with this, Frank? 04:56.760 --> 04:57.760 I'll see what he wants. 04:57.760 --> 04:58.760 Yes, sir. 04:58.760 --> 05:00.760 Yes, sir, could I help you? 05:00.760 --> 05:02.480 I want to give myself up. 05:02.480 --> 05:03.480 Sir? 05:03.480 --> 05:04.880 This is Bunko Fugitive, isn't it? 05:04.880 --> 05:05.880 That's what it says on the door. 05:05.880 --> 05:06.880 Yes, sir, that's right. 05:06.880 --> 05:08.640 I want to give myself up. 05:08.640 --> 05:09.640 I'm tired of running. 05:09.640 --> 05:10.640 I haven't got any place to go. 05:10.640 --> 05:12.720 Would you like to tell me what this is all about? 05:12.720 --> 05:14.040 I gave him every nickel I had. 05:14.040 --> 05:16.280 I didn't even got enough money to go home. 05:16.280 --> 05:18.480 All I want is enough to eat on and get back home. 05:18.480 --> 05:19.480 I gave him everything. 05:19.480 --> 05:21.200 I don't believe I understand you, sir. 05:21.200 --> 05:22.760 I gave him all the money I had. 05:22.760 --> 05:23.760 He said it'd be all right. 05:23.760 --> 05:25.960 I'm broke, and I want a bar enough to get home. 05:25.960 --> 05:26.960 Who are you talking about? 05:26.960 --> 05:27.960 Who'd you give the money to? 05:27.960 --> 05:28.960 Policeman. 05:28.960 --> 05:34.240 The man who walked into the office identified himself as Martin Dietrich. 05:34.240 --> 05:38.000 From the story he gave us, it appeared that he'd been the victim of a shakedown by a person 05:38.000 --> 05:41.440 or persons representing themselves as police officers. 05:41.440 --> 05:44.400 We turned the shoeshine parlor complaint over to one of the other officers for investigation, 05:44.400 --> 05:47.280 and then we took Dietrich across the street to the Federal Cafe. 05:47.280 --> 05:51.320 We sat down in a booth and ordered coffee while the victim had breakfast. 05:51.320 --> 05:53.920 He acted as if he hadn't eaten in several days. 05:53.920 --> 05:56.440 Frank and I waited until he finished, and then we started to question him. 05:56.440 --> 05:58.680 Now, if you'll just tell us what happened, Dietrich. 05:58.680 --> 05:59.680 Sure. 05:59.680 --> 06:00.680 I'm from Chicago. 06:00.680 --> 06:03.920 I worked for a wholesale drug company back there, and I had to come out here on business. 06:03.920 --> 06:04.920 I got in last Saturday. 06:04.920 --> 06:06.920 That'd be August 7th, would it? 06:06.920 --> 06:08.280 Yeah, yeah, the 7th. 06:08.280 --> 06:10.080 I got in at 8.45 on the Super Chief. 06:10.080 --> 06:13.680 Well, I didn't have any business to do until yesterday, so I thought I'd look the town 06:13.680 --> 06:14.680 over, get settled, you know? 06:14.680 --> 06:15.680 Yes, sir. 06:15.680 --> 06:19.200 I didn't even have a hotel reservation, so after I got off the train, I was waiting for 06:19.200 --> 06:23.120 my baggage to be checked through, and I went over to the coffee shop for some coffee. 06:23.120 --> 06:24.120 Sat down, started to read the paper. 06:24.120 --> 06:27.960 I must have been there for about 15, 20 minutes when this guy came in and sat down next to 06:27.960 --> 06:28.960 me. 06:28.960 --> 06:29.960 Go ahead. 06:29.960 --> 06:31.640 He just sat there for a couple of minutes. 06:31.640 --> 06:33.120 I didn't pay any attention to him. 06:33.120 --> 06:34.760 Busy reading the paper, you know? 06:34.760 --> 06:35.760 Mm-hmm. 06:35.760 --> 06:36.760 Then he asked me for a match. 06:36.760 --> 06:39.120 I gave him one, told him to keep the pack. 06:39.120 --> 06:41.280 I remember telling him that. 06:41.280 --> 06:43.040 Next thing I know, we're in a big conversation. 06:43.040 --> 06:44.040 Turns out he's from Chicago, too. 06:44.040 --> 06:45.040 Did he tell you his name? 06:45.040 --> 06:46.040 No. 06:46.040 --> 06:47.040 He said it was Gabriel Bush. 06:47.040 --> 06:50.960 He told me he was in the wholesale liquor business, said he was out here on a selling 06:50.960 --> 06:53.840 trip, checking up on the branch office. 06:53.840 --> 06:55.000 I went right along with him. 06:55.000 --> 06:58.920 He seemed like such a nice fellow, well-dressed, cultured. 06:58.920 --> 07:01.280 Even knowing it, you sure wouldn't figure him for what he was. 07:01.280 --> 07:02.280 What was that, sir? 07:02.280 --> 07:03.640 A narcotic addict. 07:03.640 --> 07:04.920 Are you sure about that? 07:04.920 --> 07:05.920 Well, I should be. 07:05.920 --> 07:09.040 It cost me over $3,000 to find out. 07:09.040 --> 07:10.120 You want to go on, sir? 07:10.120 --> 07:12.800 We got a cab and went out to a big hotel on Wilshire. 07:12.800 --> 07:13.800 He had reservations there. 07:13.800 --> 07:16.560 He signed the card and we went up the room. 07:16.560 --> 07:19.520 The way he acted, you'd never know anything was wrong, never even suspected. 07:19.520 --> 07:20.520 I see. 07:20.520 --> 07:24.360 Well, we no sooner got in the room that Gabe started to unpack his suitcase. 07:24.360 --> 07:25.360 Gabe? 07:25.360 --> 07:26.360 Yeah, Gabriel Bush. 07:26.360 --> 07:27.360 Oh, yeah. 07:27.360 --> 07:28.360 He told me to call him Gabe. 07:28.360 --> 07:29.720 Said he was named after a great uncle or something. 07:29.720 --> 07:30.720 Didn't care much for the name. 07:30.720 --> 07:31.720 I see. 07:31.720 --> 07:32.720 Go ahead, please. 07:32.720 --> 07:35.840 Well, he unpacked his bag and I guess I should have noticed something then, the way he acted. 07:35.840 --> 07:36.840 How do you mean? 07:36.840 --> 07:40.240 When he took the stuff out of his bag, he acted like he didn't want me to see what he was 07:40.240 --> 07:41.240 doing. 07:41.240 --> 07:43.600 But he did it in a funny way so I couldn't miss noticing it. 07:43.600 --> 07:44.600 You know what I mean? 07:44.600 --> 07:45.600 I think I do, yeah. 07:45.600 --> 07:48.760 Well, he went into the bathroom, stayed in there a couple of minutes, and then when he 07:48.760 --> 07:52.120 came out, he had his sleeve rolled up, had a piece of cotton on his arm like when they 07:52.120 --> 07:53.120 give you a transfusion. 07:53.120 --> 07:54.120 You know here? 07:54.120 --> 07:58.960 He had this little leather case, and when he went to put it away, he dropped it. 07:58.960 --> 08:01.160 Spilled his stuff in it all over the floor. 08:01.160 --> 08:03.160 I should have gotten out right then, right there. 08:03.160 --> 08:05.480 If I'd had any brains, I would have gotten out. 08:05.480 --> 08:07.000 What was in the case, do you know? 08:07.000 --> 08:09.760 All this stuff for taking narcotics, hypodermic needle, all that stuff. 08:09.760 --> 08:11.440 Well, what did he say when he dropped this? 08:11.440 --> 08:13.240 He just tried to laugh it off. 08:13.240 --> 08:16.800 Then he told me that he was a diabetic, said that he had to take insulin shots. 08:16.800 --> 08:18.520 About that time, the other two guys came in. 08:18.520 --> 08:20.280 What did these two men want? 08:20.280 --> 08:23.360 Said Gabe was a narcotic addict, said they'd been after him for a long time and that they'd 08:23.360 --> 08:26.080 gotten word from the Chicago police that he was coming out here. 08:26.080 --> 08:27.080 Yeah. 08:27.080 --> 08:29.200 And told me that they'd been following us since we got off the train. 08:29.200 --> 08:30.600 Been following us all the time. 08:30.600 --> 08:31.760 What'd they do then? 08:31.760 --> 08:35.920 Took us downstairs and put us in a car, said they were going to take us to jail. 08:35.920 --> 08:38.840 Tried to talk to them, tell them I didn't have any part in what Gabe was doing. 08:38.840 --> 08:40.840 I didn't even know about the narcotics. 08:40.840 --> 08:42.520 One of them said they knew that. 08:42.520 --> 08:44.080 That you weren't involved in it? 08:44.080 --> 08:45.080 Yeah. 08:45.080 --> 08:48.080 Then the other one opened up the glove compartment of the car and took out a microphone, called 08:48.080 --> 08:49.640 in here to police headquarters. 08:49.640 --> 08:51.280 Gave him Gabe's name and mine. 08:51.280 --> 08:53.600 Said they had us in custody and were bringing us in. 08:53.600 --> 08:57.080 I kept asking the one guy in the back with me to let me go, let me get out of the car. 08:57.080 --> 08:58.080 What'd he say? 08:58.080 --> 09:00.360 Oh, he told me that they'd like to, but it was too late. 09:00.360 --> 09:03.720 That they'd already called in my name, said they couldn't do anything about it now. 09:03.720 --> 09:06.240 I told him how it had ruined me if the story got out. 09:06.240 --> 09:08.720 How could I explain it to my bosses? 09:08.720 --> 09:10.040 That's when they told me there was a way. 09:10.040 --> 09:11.040 Yeah. 09:11.040 --> 09:13.640 The one fellow said that if I could afford to take care of all the policemen who knew 09:13.640 --> 09:15.960 that I'd been picked up, maybe they could fix it. 09:15.960 --> 09:18.880 The other one, the one in the front seat, said that wasn't a good idea, that they should 09:18.880 --> 09:19.880 book me. 09:19.880 --> 09:22.960 Well, they got in a discussion about it, the one guy wanted to let me go, the other one 09:22.960 --> 09:23.960 said not to. 09:23.960 --> 09:26.920 Finally, the one with me, the one in the back seat, won out. 09:26.920 --> 09:29.320 I gave him all the money I had. 09:29.320 --> 09:30.600 Thirty-three hundred and fifty dollars. 09:30.600 --> 09:31.600 How much? 09:31.600 --> 09:32.920 Thirty-three hundred and fifty dollars. 09:32.920 --> 09:33.920 I see. 09:33.920 --> 09:36.720 Then they pulled a car over the curb and told me to get out. 09:36.720 --> 09:38.560 The badge these two men showed you. 09:38.560 --> 09:41.200 Did it look like this one? 09:41.200 --> 09:42.200 I think so. 09:42.200 --> 09:45.400 I was so worried I didn't get a real close look at it. 09:45.400 --> 09:46.400 I think it was the same. 09:46.400 --> 09:47.400 I see. 09:47.400 --> 09:48.640 You want them to tell you their names? 09:48.640 --> 09:52.520 The one in the front seat, the one who wanted to let me go, said his name was Lang, said 09:52.520 --> 09:53.520 he was a sergeant. 09:53.520 --> 09:55.120 Did he tell you where he worked? 09:55.120 --> 09:57.520 Just narcotics, that's all he said. 09:57.520 --> 09:59.360 You gave him this money all in cash, did you? 09:59.360 --> 10:00.360 Yeah, all of it. 10:00.360 --> 10:01.360 I say, do you know him? 10:01.360 --> 10:02.360 You know these two officers? 10:02.360 --> 10:03.360 No, sir, we don't. 10:03.360 --> 10:07.160 He said they were policemen, the badges, the police car, even the radio. 10:07.160 --> 10:09.480 Did you hear anyone talk back to him on that radio? 10:09.480 --> 10:10.480 I don't remember. 10:10.480 --> 10:14.040 I was so upset about what was happening, I didn't pay any attention to what was going 10:14.040 --> 10:15.040 on. 10:15.040 --> 10:18.040 All I could think about was that I was going to jail for something I didn't know anything 10:18.040 --> 10:19.040 about. 10:19.040 --> 10:20.680 No, I don't remember. 10:20.680 --> 10:21.680 What kind of a car was it? 10:21.680 --> 10:22.680 A Chevrolet. 10:22.680 --> 10:23.680 What color? 10:23.680 --> 10:24.680 Sort of a light gray. 10:24.680 --> 10:27.040 Will you show us the hotel where all this happened? 10:27.040 --> 10:29.080 Sure, but I don't understand all this. 10:29.080 --> 10:32.200 The other two policemen said that if I gave them the money, everything would be all right. 10:32.200 --> 10:33.640 They said they could fix it up. 10:33.640 --> 10:35.320 I don't want any trouble. 10:35.320 --> 10:37.200 All I want is enough money to get home. 10:37.200 --> 10:38.560 They said they'd fix the whole thing up. 10:38.560 --> 10:39.840 They told me there wouldn't be any trouble. 10:39.840 --> 10:40.840 No trouble. 10:40.840 --> 10:41.840 Yes, sir. 10:41.840 --> 10:42.840 You think they're really cops? 10:42.840 --> 10:44.040 I don't know, but they're wrong about one thing. 10:44.040 --> 10:45.040 What's that? 10:45.040 --> 10:46.040 There's going to be trouble. 10:46.040 --> 10:49.040 I don't know. 10:49.040 --> 10:51.240 1252 p.m. 10:51.240 --> 10:53.600 We took the victim, Martin Dietrich, back to the city hall. 10:53.600 --> 10:56.440 We got in touch with Lieutenant Iannone, Internal Affairs Division. 10:56.440 --> 10:58.200 We filled him in on what had happened. 10:58.200 --> 11:02.160 He started an immediate check of all police officers in the city and the county. 11:02.160 --> 11:05.920 Working from the description we'd gotten from the victim, we notified the narcotics detail. 11:05.920 --> 11:06.920 They went to work on it. 11:06.920 --> 11:10.120 A local and an APB were gotten out on the suspects. 11:10.120 --> 11:14.000 We checked the name Gabriel Bush through R&I, but when the mug shots from the packages that 11:14.000 --> 11:18.440 we came up with were shown to Dietrich, he was unable to give us an identification. 11:18.440 --> 11:19.440 315 p.m. 11:19.440 --> 11:22.920 We drove the victim out to the hotel where he told us the shakedown had occurred. 11:22.920 --> 11:25.240 In the company of the manager, we went upstairs. 11:25.240 --> 11:28.400 Come right in. 11:28.400 --> 11:32.040 This is the room. 11:32.040 --> 11:33.040 How about it, Dietrich? 11:33.040 --> 11:34.040 Yeah. 11:34.040 --> 11:35.040 This is where he brought me. 11:35.040 --> 11:37.000 Mr. Alden, do you know anything about the man who took this room? 11:37.000 --> 11:38.000 You mean Mr. Bush? 11:38.000 --> 11:39.000 Yes, sir. 11:39.000 --> 11:40.000 No, I don't. 11:40.000 --> 11:41.440 I do remember when he came in, registered with this gentleman here. 11:41.440 --> 11:42.440 He had a reservation. 11:42.440 --> 11:43.720 I had the boy bring him up to the room. 11:43.720 --> 11:44.720 Yes, sir. 11:44.720 --> 11:47.760 Well, all the time Mr. Bush was signing the card, he was telling Mr. Dietrich here that 11:47.760 --> 11:49.240 there was a convention in town. 11:49.240 --> 11:52.560 How all the hotels were full up, well, that's not right. 11:52.560 --> 11:54.960 We haven't had a really big convention in a couple of months. 11:54.960 --> 11:59.680 Why, right here in this place, we've got several rooms we could have let Mr. Dietrich have. 11:59.680 --> 12:01.520 Not that we're not doing a good business, you understand. 12:01.520 --> 12:02.520 Not at all. 12:02.520 --> 12:03.520 Yes, sir. 12:03.520 --> 12:05.200 But we do have a few very nice rooms. 12:05.200 --> 12:06.800 Have you ever seen us, Mr. Bush, before? 12:06.800 --> 12:07.800 No. 12:07.800 --> 12:09.120 No, I don't think I ever have. 12:09.120 --> 12:10.120 All right, sir. 12:10.120 --> 12:12.960 If we could take a look at the registration card and then we'd like to talk the cashier. 12:12.960 --> 12:13.960 Sure. 12:13.960 --> 12:15.480 Do you know if their bill was paid when they checked out? 12:15.480 --> 12:16.480 I imagine so. 12:16.480 --> 12:17.480 I don't collect the money. 12:17.480 --> 12:18.480 Cashier does that. 12:18.480 --> 12:19.480 We can ask her. 12:19.480 --> 12:20.480 All right, sir. 12:20.480 --> 12:21.480 Do you think you might get a clue from her? 12:21.480 --> 12:22.840 Well, we'd like to talk to her if we could. 12:22.840 --> 12:25.960 She won't be able to tell you anything that I haven't filled you in on already. 12:25.960 --> 12:26.960 Sir? 12:26.960 --> 12:27.960 Well, it follows. 12:27.960 --> 12:28.960 I'm the manager here. 12:28.960 --> 12:31.120 Anything goes on, I'm going to know about it. 12:31.120 --> 12:33.920 Not only that, but I've worked a lot with our security officer. 12:33.920 --> 12:36.200 How's that, sir? 12:36.200 --> 12:37.200 House detective. 12:37.200 --> 12:38.200 Oh, yeah. 12:38.200 --> 12:39.200 Oh, yes. 12:39.200 --> 12:41.080 I help him out all the time. 12:41.080 --> 12:44.360 We're always trying to get away with hotel property, but we stop them. 12:44.360 --> 12:46.760 Come right down to it, I could almost be a policeman myself. 12:46.760 --> 12:47.760 All I need is a badge and a gun. 12:47.760 --> 12:49.760 I'm afraid you're a little wrong there, mister. 12:49.760 --> 12:50.760 Just a badge and a gun. 12:50.760 --> 12:53.760 They don't make you a cop. 12:53.760 --> 12:55.560 438 p.m. 12:55.560 --> 13:00.800 We talked to the cashier at the hotel. 13:00.800 --> 13:04.560 She told us that the bill for the room had been paid by Gabriel Bush at 2.15 the afternoon 13:04.560 --> 13:08.120 of the shakedown, three hours after Martin Dietrich had turned over all his money to 13:08.120 --> 13:09.640 the thieves. 13:09.640 --> 13:12.680 She told us that the bill had been paid with cash and that she could give us no further 13:12.680 --> 13:14.400 information on the man. 13:14.400 --> 13:18.600 We obtained the registration card the suspect had signed when he checked into the hotel. 13:18.600 --> 13:22.280 In the usual processing of the card by hotel employees, it had been handled so much that 13:22.280 --> 13:25.000 lifting fingerprints from it was impossible. 13:25.000 --> 13:28.440 The card was turned over to Don Myers and handwriting to be checked. 13:28.440 --> 13:29.840 520 p.m. 13:29.840 --> 13:33.180 The victim started to look through the photographs of police officers. 13:33.180 --> 13:36.200 Lieutenant Ionone's preliminary investigation had failed to turn up any police officers 13:36.200 --> 13:39.040 who matched the description of the shakedown men. 13:39.040 --> 13:42.040 A check with the officers from narcotics detail meant it as nothing. 13:42.040 --> 13:45.400 They were still checking their sources of information to help us in coming up with a 13:45.400 --> 13:46.400 lead. 13:46.400 --> 13:47.400 1116 p.m. 13:47.400 --> 13:49.820 We took the victim out for dinner and then we came back to the city hall and continued 13:49.820 --> 13:51.000 to go through the pictures. 13:51.000 --> 13:55.000 At 1.26 a.m. he finished the last book without finding the men who claimed that they were 13:55.000 --> 13:56.600 police officers. 13:56.600 --> 13:59.720 We checked out of the office and Dietrich spent the night at Frank's house. 13:59.720 --> 14:03.960 The following morning, Wednesday, August 11th, 8.04 a.m., Frank and I met with Captain Didion 14:03.960 --> 14:04.960 in his office. 14:04.960 --> 14:06.000 Well, where are you, Ionone? 14:06.000 --> 14:07.000 Not too far, Skipper. 14:07.000 --> 14:08.000 What have you got? 14:08.000 --> 14:09.000 We checked the files. 14:09.000 --> 14:10.000 We're pretty sure that they aren't policemen. 14:10.000 --> 14:11.000 How about narcotics? 14:11.000 --> 14:12.000 They come up with anything? 14:12.000 --> 14:13.000 Not yet. 14:13.000 --> 14:14.000 They're still working on it. 14:14.000 --> 14:15.000 You need any extra men? 14:15.000 --> 14:16.000 No, not right now. 14:16.000 --> 14:17.000 We might later. 14:17.000 --> 14:18.000 I got Johnny DeBetter standing by. 14:18.000 --> 14:20.360 You can use anybody else you need, but clean this thing up. 14:20.360 --> 14:21.360 Where do you go from here? 14:21.360 --> 14:24.000 Well, we're getting descriptions out to all the hotels. 14:24.000 --> 14:25.000 Wanting them about the racket. 14:25.000 --> 14:27.400 Asking them to call us if this Bush guy registers again. 14:27.400 --> 14:29.400 Doesn't seem like you'll use the same name again. 14:29.400 --> 14:31.020 No reason not to, Skipper. 14:31.020 --> 14:32.280 He doesn't know we're on to him. 14:32.280 --> 14:34.320 I suppose so. 14:34.320 --> 14:35.880 I got an idea last night. 14:35.880 --> 14:36.880 Might work. 14:36.880 --> 14:38.320 Could be something to start on. 14:38.320 --> 14:39.320 All right. 14:39.320 --> 14:43.000 Well, it figures that the only men who'll go for this dodge have got responsible positions 14:43.000 --> 14:44.000 in their hometowns. 14:44.000 --> 14:47.040 If they didn't have, they wouldn't care about being brought down here along with Bush. 14:47.040 --> 14:48.040 Is that right? 14:48.040 --> 14:49.040 Yeah, that follows. 14:49.040 --> 14:52.440 They gotta be from out of town so the con men can get rid of them fast. 14:52.440 --> 14:53.440 Yeah. 14:53.440 --> 14:56.120 Now, this Dietrich, he was picked up in the Union Station, right? 14:56.120 --> 14:57.120 Yeah, that's right. 14:57.120 --> 14:59.840 And if you're gonna pick your men up, that's the place to do it. 14:59.840 --> 15:01.080 Try to nail them while they're setting the mark. 15:01.080 --> 15:02.080 Yeah, it might work. 15:02.080 --> 15:03.960 It'd be better if one of us was the mark, though. 15:03.960 --> 15:05.500 That's what I had in mind. 15:05.500 --> 15:07.000 You got any good luggage, Joe? 15:07.000 --> 15:08.000 Expensive looking? 15:08.000 --> 15:09.560 Well, I got a set my mother gave me last Christmas. 15:09.560 --> 15:10.560 Looks pretty good to me. 15:10.560 --> 15:11.560 Well, try it then. 15:11.560 --> 15:13.440 Smith, you'll work with DeBette. 15:13.440 --> 15:16.120 Keep a tail on Friday from the time he gets into Union Depot. 15:16.120 --> 15:17.120 Joe. 15:17.120 --> 15:18.120 Yeah? 15:18.120 --> 15:19.120 Here's the timetable. 15:19.120 --> 15:20.120 What? 15:20.120 --> 15:33.080 Tomorrow morning, you start riding the train. 15:33.080 --> 15:38.840 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 15:38.840 --> 15:44.160 It's taking place at your dealers, cigarette dealers coast to coast. 15:44.160 --> 15:48.480 Smokers by the thousands are now changing to Chesterfield. 15:48.480 --> 15:53.560 Join them today and you'll be smoking the only cigarette that gives you proof of low 15:53.560 --> 15:56.600 nicotine highest quality. 15:56.600 --> 16:00.520 I want you to know that's a matter of record and so is this. 16:00.520 --> 16:05.680 As I've been telling you, Chesterfield is the only cigarette with this proven record 16:05.680 --> 16:07.280 with smokers. 16:07.280 --> 16:14.080 No adverse effects to the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfield. 16:14.080 --> 16:17.240 Good reasons why you should change to Chesterfield? 16:17.240 --> 16:18.400 You bet. 16:18.400 --> 16:20.320 Ask for Chesterfield. 16:20.320 --> 16:26.640 Regular or king size, best for you. 16:26.640 --> 16:36.920 The following morning, Thursday, August 12th, I drove out to Pasadena. 16:36.920 --> 16:40.920 At 812 a.m., I caught the train on its last stop before it reached the Union Depot in 16:40.920 --> 16:42.720 Los Angeles. 16:42.720 --> 16:45.480 At 845 a.m., the train pulled into the station. 16:45.480 --> 16:48.280 I got off, walked up the ramp into the terminal. 16:48.280 --> 16:51.720 From there, I walked over to the coffee shop and waited for over an hour. 16:51.720 --> 16:55.440 Where I sat, I could see Frank and Sergeant John DeBetta further down the counter. 16:55.440 --> 16:59.040 At the end of the hour, no attempt had been made to approach me and we called off the 16:59.040 --> 17:01.160 operation for the day. 17:01.160 --> 17:04.080 While I was in the coffee shop, I watched for anybody matching the description of the 17:04.080 --> 17:07.560 suspect Bush, but if he was there, we didn't see him. 17:07.560 --> 17:11.120 The operation was staged again for the next two days without results. 17:11.120 --> 17:14.400 On Sunday, August 15th, I went through the same procedure. 17:14.400 --> 17:16.840 After the waitress brought my coffee, I waited. 17:16.840 --> 17:17.840 9.02 a.m. 17:17.840 --> 17:19.880 Mind if I sit down here? 17:19.880 --> 17:21.880 No, go right ahead. 17:21.880 --> 17:22.880 Here, I'll move my coat. 17:22.880 --> 17:23.880 I'll get it for you. 17:23.880 --> 17:25.920 You're not going to need an overcoat out here. 17:25.920 --> 17:26.920 Sure is hot. 17:26.920 --> 17:27.920 Yeah, I guess so. 17:27.920 --> 17:28.920 This is my first trip. 17:28.920 --> 17:30.560 I thought I'd bring one with me anyway. 17:30.560 --> 17:31.560 California weather, you know. 17:31.560 --> 17:32.560 Yeah, you never know. 17:32.560 --> 17:33.560 Where are you from? 17:33.560 --> 17:34.560 Chicago. 17:34.560 --> 17:35.560 Where, take the chief in? 17:35.560 --> 17:36.560 Yeah. 17:36.560 --> 17:38.520 Just thought I'd have a cup of coffee before I start out to find a hotel. 17:38.520 --> 17:40.720 Yeah, guess I ought to introduce myself. 17:40.720 --> 17:41.720 I'm Gabriel Bush. 17:41.720 --> 17:42.720 My friends call me Gabe. 17:42.720 --> 17:43.720 Well, my name's Friday. 17:43.720 --> 17:44.720 Did you just get into? 17:44.720 --> 17:45.720 Yeah. 17:45.720 --> 17:47.800 I work for a wholesale liquor company in Chicago. 17:47.800 --> 17:49.320 It's a small world. 17:49.320 --> 17:50.320 Where are your offices? 17:50.320 --> 17:51.320 On State Street. 17:51.320 --> 17:54.280 I'm in real trouble with our West Coast office, so the boss sent me out to see if I can straighten 17:54.280 --> 17:55.280 it out. 17:55.280 --> 17:56.280 What are you doing here? 17:56.280 --> 17:57.600 Oh, just kind of business and pleasure. 17:57.600 --> 17:58.600 Mm-hmm. 17:58.600 --> 17:59.600 What line you're in? 17:59.600 --> 18:00.600 Machine tools. 18:00.600 --> 18:01.600 How long are you going to be in town? 18:01.600 --> 18:03.640 Well, as a matter of fact, I'm leaving Tuesday. 18:03.640 --> 18:05.280 That doesn't give you a lot of time here. 18:05.280 --> 18:06.280 You know anybody in town? 18:06.280 --> 18:07.280 No, sir, I don't. 18:07.280 --> 18:08.280 Not a soul. 18:08.280 --> 18:09.280 Where'd you say you're staying? 18:09.280 --> 18:11.000 Well, I'm not staying any place. 18:11.000 --> 18:12.000 I haven't got a place yet. 18:12.000 --> 18:13.000 Thought I'd go over to the Statler. 18:13.000 --> 18:14.000 Oh, you're not going to get in there. 18:14.000 --> 18:16.320 As a matter of fact, you're going to have a rough time getting in any place. 18:16.320 --> 18:17.320 Oh, is that so? 18:17.320 --> 18:21.480 Well, I was at a big convention in town, no rooms to be had. 18:21.480 --> 18:25.280 I made my reservation a couple of weeks ago, and the office out here took care of it. 18:25.280 --> 18:26.280 I didn't know it would be that crowded. 18:26.280 --> 18:27.280 I'll tell you what. 18:27.280 --> 18:28.280 Yeah? 18:28.280 --> 18:29.280 Come on over to my hotel. 18:29.280 --> 18:30.280 You can park your luggage there, and I'll get in touch with a couple of friends here 18:30.280 --> 18:31.280 and see what they can do. 18:31.280 --> 18:34.280 Well, that's sure nice of you, but I don't want you to go to a lot of trouble. 18:34.280 --> 18:35.280 I'll find a place somewhere. 18:35.280 --> 18:36.280 There's no trouble at all. 18:36.280 --> 18:38.680 Can't let a fellow Chicagoan stand out in the cold. 18:38.680 --> 18:40.520 I'm sure the boys can find you a place. 18:40.520 --> 18:42.160 Now, you know, I sure appreciate all this. 18:42.160 --> 18:43.280 I don't think anything about it. 18:43.280 --> 18:44.280 Who knows? 18:44.280 --> 18:45.920 Maybe you'll be able to do something for me someday. 18:45.920 --> 18:51.520 Yeah, maybe I can. 18:51.520 --> 18:53.600 We walked out of the terminal and we got into a cab. 18:53.600 --> 18:55.840 I could see Frank and DeBetta following us. 18:55.840 --> 18:58.400 The address Bush gave the cab driver was out on Wilshire. 18:58.400 --> 19:00.480 We pulled up in front of the place we went in. 19:00.480 --> 19:03.740 The suspect signed the registration card and we went upstairs. 19:03.740 --> 19:07.080 All the time he kept up a running conversation about how difficult it was to get a hotel 19:07.080 --> 19:08.080 room. 19:08.080 --> 19:11.640 The bellboy left our bags in the room and asked us if we wanted them opened. 19:11.640 --> 19:14.640 Bush made it apparent to both the boy and to me that he was the only one who was going 19:14.640 --> 19:16.400 to open his own suitcase. 19:16.400 --> 19:19.360 After the bellboy left the room, Bush laid his bag on the bed and snapped it open. 19:19.360 --> 19:22.880 He took out a small leather case, trying to keep me from seeing it and at the same time 19:22.880 --> 19:24.240 making sure that I did. 19:24.240 --> 19:27.200 He went into the bathroom and after about two minutes he came out. 19:27.200 --> 19:29.800 He'd taken off his coat and his left shirt sleeve was rolled back. 19:29.800 --> 19:32.280 He had a small piece of cotton on his arm. 19:32.280 --> 19:35.000 I feel a lot better now. 19:35.000 --> 19:36.000 What's the matter? 19:36.000 --> 19:37.000 Something wrong? 19:37.000 --> 19:38.000 Oh, no, nothing at all. 19:38.000 --> 19:39.000 You see, I'm a diabetic. 19:39.000 --> 19:40.000 I have to take insulin shots every so often. 19:40.000 --> 19:41.000 Oh, that's too bad. 19:41.000 --> 19:44.120 I'll get this back in my suitcase and we can start looking for a room for you. 19:44.120 --> 19:45.120 That's nice of you. 19:45.120 --> 19:46.560 Oh, here, let me give you a hand. 19:46.560 --> 19:47.560 I'll help you pick it up. 19:47.560 --> 19:48.560 Oh, no, it's all right. 19:48.560 --> 19:49.560 Don't worry about it. 19:49.560 --> 19:50.560 I can get it. 19:50.560 --> 19:51.560 I'll be here in just a minute. 19:51.560 --> 19:53.560 I guess this spoon's part of it, isn't it? 19:53.560 --> 19:54.560 Oh, yeah. 19:54.560 --> 19:56.600 I didn't know you used a spoon for insulin. 19:56.600 --> 19:57.600 I'll get it. 19:57.600 --> 19:58.600 Wait a minute. 19:58.600 --> 19:59.600 Let me put this stuff away. 19:59.600 --> 20:02.600 Well, I'll open the door and see who it is anyway, huh? 20:02.600 --> 20:03.760 Yeah, what do you want? 20:03.760 --> 20:04.760 Police officers. 20:04.760 --> 20:05.760 You're under arrest. 20:05.760 --> 20:06.760 What for? 20:06.760 --> 20:07.760 Narcotics. 20:07.760 --> 20:08.880 What are you doing breaking in here like this? 20:08.880 --> 20:10.440 You got no right coming in a room like this. 20:10.440 --> 20:11.440 I'd knock it off, Bush. 20:11.440 --> 20:15.440 We've been after you for a long time, we finally nailed you, not all ball about it. 20:15.440 --> 20:16.640 This other fella a cop, too? 20:16.640 --> 20:18.120 Yeah, this is my partner, Roger Silvey. 20:18.120 --> 20:19.600 Now, listen, I had no part in this. 20:19.600 --> 20:20.600 I just met this guy. 20:20.600 --> 20:22.840 If you want him, OK, but don't tie me in with him, please. 20:22.840 --> 20:23.840 Too bad, mister. 20:23.840 --> 20:24.840 Get your coat. 20:24.840 --> 20:25.840 And where are we going? 20:25.840 --> 20:26.840 Downtown. 20:26.840 --> 20:27.840 We gotta book you. 20:27.840 --> 20:28.840 But I had no part in this. 20:28.840 --> 20:29.840 I tell you, I just met the guy just this morning down at the depot. 20:29.840 --> 20:30.840 I just met him. 20:30.840 --> 20:31.840 I'm not mixed up on anything. 20:31.840 --> 20:32.840 My company finds out about this. 20:32.840 --> 20:33.840 It's gonna cost me my job. 20:33.840 --> 20:34.840 Now, you guys gotta give me a break, please. 20:34.840 --> 20:35.840 You should have thought of that before, mister. 20:35.840 --> 20:36.840 A little late now. 20:36.840 --> 20:41.840 Yeah, but if my boss hears about this, he's gonna kill me. 20:41.840 --> 20:42.840 Come on, why don't you give the guy a break? 20:42.840 --> 20:43.840 He's telling the truth. 20:43.840 --> 20:44.840 I just met him. 20:44.840 --> 20:45.840 He's got no piece of the action. 20:45.840 --> 20:46.840 That's rough. 20:46.840 --> 20:47.840 Maybe next time he'd be more careful of who he bums around with. 20:47.840 --> 20:48.840 Let's go. 20:48.840 --> 20:49.840 Oh, please, give him a break. 20:49.840 --> 20:50.840 You guys are all alike. 20:50.840 --> 20:51.840 You cry when you get tagged. 20:51.840 --> 20:52.840 Yeah, but this isn't right. 20:52.840 --> 20:53.840 Let's go. 20:53.840 --> 20:54.840 We're taking you in. 20:54.840 --> 20:55.840 What's the chart? 20:55.840 --> 20:56.840 We'll tell you in jail. 20:56.840 --> 21:01.440 The two men had shown us badges when they came in, but they'd flashed them by so fast, 21:01.440 --> 21:03.600 there was no way of taking a good look at them. 21:03.600 --> 21:06.240 They made Bush and I get our things together, and then they took us downstairs. 21:06.240 --> 21:09.480 As we walked through the lobby, I nodded to Frank and Johnny DeBetta. 21:09.480 --> 21:11.160 They followed us at a distance. 21:11.160 --> 21:14.880 The plan was that I'd get in the car with the suspects and then give them the money. 21:14.880 --> 21:16.800 After that, they'd be taken into custody. 21:16.800 --> 21:19.840 Until they'd actually taken the money, all we could prosecute them on was the charge 21:19.840 --> 21:21.520 of impersonating an officer. 21:21.520 --> 21:25.600 Once the currency was in their possession, we could prove extortion, a felony. 21:25.600 --> 21:29.200 After we left the hotel, we walked up Wilshire Boulevard and we stopped by a gray Chevrolet. 21:29.200 --> 21:30.560 All right, get in. 21:30.560 --> 21:32.440 Is this a police car? 21:32.440 --> 21:33.440 That's right. 21:33.440 --> 21:35.440 I'll take this one in front with me. 21:35.440 --> 21:38.040 All right, get in. 21:38.040 --> 21:42.720 You're making a mistake. 21:42.720 --> 21:44.720 Well, let the judge worry about that. 21:44.720 --> 21:46.280 I'll call in and tell them we're coming in. 21:46.280 --> 21:48.320 Right. 21:48.320 --> 21:51.240 This is car 12-7, car 12-7. 21:51.240 --> 21:52.480 We have two prisoners in custody. 21:52.480 --> 21:53.960 We're taking them downtown for booking. 21:53.960 --> 21:56.000 Repeat, we have two prisoners in custody. 21:56.000 --> 21:57.800 We're taking them downtown for booking. 21:57.800 --> 22:00.560 All right, just sit back, mister. 22:00.560 --> 22:01.560 You got a long ride. 22:01.560 --> 22:02.880 What are they gonna do to me? 22:02.880 --> 22:03.880 We just booked you after that. 22:03.880 --> 22:05.600 It's up to the court. 22:05.600 --> 22:06.600 Yeah, but they're gonna let me go, aren't they? 22:06.600 --> 22:07.600 I don't know. 22:07.600 --> 22:09.600 I got a big drive on now about narcotics. 22:09.600 --> 22:10.600 Court's getting pretty rough. 22:10.600 --> 22:12.200 I had a guy up just last week. 22:12.200 --> 22:14.920 They caught him in a car with another fellow who was smoking marijuana. 22:14.920 --> 22:16.320 This one guy didn't even know it was tea. 22:16.320 --> 22:17.320 They really nailed him. 22:17.320 --> 22:18.680 Hey, how long did they give Jansen? 22:18.680 --> 22:20.640 You mean on that tea wrap last week? 22:20.640 --> 22:21.640 Yeah, five years. 22:21.640 --> 22:23.520 Well, you see, they're really getting rough. 22:23.520 --> 22:25.680 Yeah, but you know I didn't have anything to do with this. 22:25.680 --> 22:26.680 You said that yourself. 22:26.680 --> 22:27.680 You know that. 22:27.680 --> 22:30.840 Listen, isn't there some way? 22:30.840 --> 22:32.760 There's gotta be a way. 22:32.760 --> 22:34.380 I don't know. 22:34.380 --> 22:37.120 We don't like to see guys like you nailed, but the pressure's on us, too. 22:37.120 --> 22:39.680 We'd like to just let you out of the car, forget we ever saw you. 22:39.680 --> 22:40.680 We can't do it. 22:40.680 --> 22:41.680 Why not? 22:41.680 --> 22:42.680 Why can't you? 22:42.680 --> 22:43.680 Too many people know we picked you up. 22:43.680 --> 22:44.680 Well, who? 22:44.680 --> 22:45.680 Who knows it? 22:45.680 --> 22:46.680 Well, our office, for one. 22:46.680 --> 22:48.280 Soon as we spotted you and Bush at the hotel, we called them. 22:48.280 --> 22:50.080 Told them we were gonna take you into custody. 22:50.080 --> 22:52.120 My partner just called in and told them we had you. 22:52.120 --> 22:53.120 People on the radio know it. 22:53.120 --> 22:54.120 Must be a couple of dozen. 22:54.120 --> 22:55.120 I'm sorry. 22:55.120 --> 22:56.120 There's nothing we can do. 22:56.120 --> 22:57.120 I'm sorry. 22:57.120 --> 22:58.120 It's a lousy deal. 22:58.120 --> 22:59.120 It's gonna ruin me. 22:59.120 --> 23:00.120 You guys know that. 23:00.120 --> 23:01.120 I'll lose my job. 23:01.120 --> 23:03.120 I'll be through. 23:03.120 --> 23:04.720 I don't know. 23:04.720 --> 23:07.360 We'd like to help you out, but you can see there just isn't any way. 23:07.360 --> 23:08.360 But there's gotta be. 23:08.360 --> 23:09.360 Shelby? 23:09.360 --> 23:10.360 Yeah? 23:10.360 --> 23:11.360 How about it? 23:11.360 --> 23:14.080 Can't we just let him out? 23:14.080 --> 23:15.560 You tell me how we're gonna get away with it. 23:15.560 --> 23:17.600 How are we gonna explain when he isn't there to be booked? 23:17.600 --> 23:18.920 Oh, look, he's a nice guy. 23:18.920 --> 23:21.160 I don't want to see him get into trouble for something he didn't do. 23:21.160 --> 23:23.520 Neither do I, but how do you figure to square it? 23:23.520 --> 23:24.520 You're bright, Cots. 23:24.520 --> 23:26.400 Come on, give the guy a break. 23:26.400 --> 23:28.440 Suppose we could take care of the warts, Commander. 23:28.440 --> 23:29.920 Maybe he'd forget we called in. 23:29.920 --> 23:31.520 Taking care of him is expensive. 23:31.520 --> 23:32.520 Yeah. 23:32.520 --> 23:33.520 How much money you got on you? 23:33.520 --> 23:34.520 Well, about $2,500. 23:34.520 --> 23:35.520 That's not too much. 23:35.520 --> 23:36.520 Can you raise any more? 23:36.520 --> 23:37.520 No, not without sending home. 23:37.520 --> 23:38.520 I can't do that. 23:38.520 --> 23:39.520 How about it, Sylvie? 23:39.520 --> 23:40.520 $2,500 enough? 23:40.520 --> 23:41.520 Won't go very far. 23:41.520 --> 23:42.520 A lot of people to take care of. 23:42.520 --> 23:43.520 That's all he's got. 23:43.520 --> 23:44.520 Ain't enough. 23:44.520 --> 23:45.520 Let's book him. 23:45.520 --> 23:46.520 Oh, come on. 23:46.520 --> 23:47.520 We've been riding together a long time, Sylvie. 23:47.520 --> 23:48.520 This is the loziest deal we've ever had to pull. 23:48.520 --> 23:49.520 If we take the $2,500 and explain it to the Commander, it'll work. 23:49.520 --> 23:50.520 Come on, let's give the guy a chance. 23:50.520 --> 23:51.520 If it goes wrong, it's on your neck. 23:51.520 --> 23:52.520 All right, all right. 23:52.520 --> 24:00.520 I'll take the beef. 24:00.520 --> 24:01.520 Okay, shove him out. 24:01.520 --> 24:02.520 We've got to take Bush in, though. 24:02.520 --> 24:03.520 All right. 24:03.520 --> 24:04.520 Come on, give me the money. 24:04.520 --> 24:05.520 Sure. 24:05.520 --> 24:06.520 Here you are. 24:06.520 --> 24:07.520 It's all there. 24:07.520 --> 24:08.520 Okay. 24:08.520 --> 24:09.520 Sylvie? 24:09.520 --> 24:10.520 Pull over. 24:10.520 --> 24:11.520 Let's let him out. 24:11.520 --> 24:12.520 Where are we? 24:12.520 --> 24:13.520 Fourth and Spring. 24:13.520 --> 24:16.160 Would you mind dropping me off a couple of blocks up the street? 24:16.160 --> 24:17.600 This isn't a taxi service, mister. 24:17.600 --> 24:19.240 You're coming out of this smelling like a rose. 24:19.240 --> 24:20.240 Don't press your luck. 24:20.240 --> 24:21.720 Just a couple of blocks up there near First. 24:21.720 --> 24:22.720 What's over there? 24:22.720 --> 24:23.720 City Hall. 24:23.720 --> 24:24.720 You're under arrest. 24:24.720 --> 24:32.640 The three men were taken into custody and then the Mark money was booked as evidence. 24:32.640 --> 24:35.440 We got in touch with the victim, Martin Dietrich, and asked him to come down to the City Hall 24:35.440 --> 24:36.440 and give us an identification. 24:36.440 --> 24:39.960 He looked at the suspects and then stated positively that they were the men who'd shaken 24:39.960 --> 24:40.960 him down. 24:40.960 --> 24:41.960 That's them. 24:41.960 --> 24:42.960 He'll sign a complaint? 24:42.960 --> 24:43.960 You bet I will. 24:43.960 --> 24:44.960 I want to see him get there. 24:44.960 --> 24:46.360 Oh, it's all a beef, a little con game, that's all. 24:46.360 --> 24:47.360 So we took the mark. 24:47.360 --> 24:48.360 Shut up, Lang. 24:48.360 --> 24:49.360 I've still got to prove it. 24:49.360 --> 24:51.560 That ain't going to be hard with the help your friend Gabe handed out to them. 24:51.560 --> 24:53.960 Imagine being so dumb you pick a cop as a mark. 24:53.960 --> 24:55.200 You know, both of you went along with it. 24:55.200 --> 24:56.200 Oh, you're dumb, Gabe. 24:56.200 --> 24:57.200 Face it. 24:57.200 --> 24:58.200 All right, let's go. 24:58.200 --> 24:59.200 Come on, mister. 24:59.200 --> 25:01.400 Don't give me no orders, cop. 25:01.400 --> 25:02.880 You got me in custody, that's enough. 25:02.880 --> 25:03.880 Now don't order me around. 25:03.880 --> 25:04.880 I'll go when I'm ready. 25:04.880 --> 25:05.880 Come on, Lang. 25:05.880 --> 25:06.880 Hey, you know something, cop? 25:06.880 --> 25:08.880 I think I play the part better than you do. 25:08.880 --> 25:10.160 Now I'm going to tell you something, mister. 25:10.160 --> 25:11.600 I want you to remember it. 25:11.600 --> 25:13.020 As a con man, you're a flop. 25:13.020 --> 25:15.480 You wouldn't know a mark if he came up and hit you right in the mouth. 25:15.480 --> 25:16.960 Besides being bad at that, you're a liar. 25:16.960 --> 25:17.960 The worst kind of liar. 25:17.960 --> 25:19.720 You go around telling people that you're a cop. 25:19.720 --> 25:22.080 You flash a tin badge and write off, you're the law. 25:22.080 --> 25:24.040 You don't care what you do or who you hurt. 25:24.040 --> 25:25.280 I've been in this business a long time. 25:25.280 --> 25:27.760 I've seen a lot of five tens come across the desk here. 25:27.760 --> 25:30.840 Guys who take old women cheap crumbs with a handkerchief switch and the smack game. 25:30.840 --> 25:33.280 But at least they don't try to hide behind a phony badge. 25:33.280 --> 25:35.600 We don't know how many people you pull this cheap deal on, but we're going to find out. 25:35.600 --> 25:37.960 We'll get every name there is and then we'll make you on all of them. 25:37.960 --> 25:38.960 I live in this town. 25:38.960 --> 25:39.960 I work here and I like it. 25:39.960 --> 25:43.200 There are 4,500 men in this city who feel the same way, all cops. 25:43.200 --> 25:46.360 Men are trying to prove that the law is here to protect people, not to cut them down. 25:46.360 --> 25:48.880 They spend every day of the year making up a good score and you come along and tilt 25:48.880 --> 25:50.360 it. 25:50.360 --> 25:52.960 Every one of those people you hit thinks he's been taken by a cop now. 25:52.960 --> 25:56.240 A cop whose hand was reaching for money that wasn't his. 25:56.240 --> 25:57.240 You keep wearing that grin, Lang. 25:57.240 --> 26:00.480 See if you can still make it when we turn the key on you. 26:00.480 --> 26:01.480 Now let's go. 26:01.480 --> 26:04.280 You want to take him outside, Frank? 26:04.280 --> 26:07.280 I'll be right with you. 26:07.280 --> 26:10.200 Yeah, come on. 26:10.200 --> 26:12.680 That all you need me for? 26:12.680 --> 26:15.000 Yeah, Martin, we'll be in touch with you. 26:15.000 --> 26:16.000 Right. 26:16.000 --> 26:17.800 Too bad about all this, isn't it? 26:17.800 --> 26:18.800 Yeah. 26:18.800 --> 26:21.600 Those people that bunch took, they're always going to think those guys were real cops. 26:21.600 --> 26:22.600 Yeah, that's right. 26:22.600 --> 26:23.600 They were going to know. 26:23.600 --> 26:25.640 Of course, you can't blame them, not really. 26:25.640 --> 26:26.640 Look how they got to me. 26:26.640 --> 26:28.320 I guess there just ain't any way to tell. 26:28.320 --> 26:30.600 If a guy flashes a badge, you know, how are you going to tell? 26:30.600 --> 26:31.600 Yeah, there's one way. 26:31.600 --> 26:33.160 How are you going to know he's a fake? 26:33.160 --> 26:42.240 When he asks you for money. 26:42.240 --> 26:44.640 The story you have just heard is true. 26:44.640 --> 26:47.440 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:47.440 --> 26:52.360 On December 17th, trial was held in Department 92, Superior Court of the State of California 26:52.360 --> 26:54.520 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 26:54.520 --> 26:56.720 In a moment, the results of that trial. 26:56.720 --> 26:59.100 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 26:59.100 --> 27:00.100 Thank you, George Fenomen. 27:00.100 --> 27:04.920 Friends, we'd like to express our appreciation to all of you who made our dragnet theme song 27:04.920 --> 27:05.920 so popular. 27:05.920 --> 27:10.600 Whenever or wherever you hear it, we hope it'll remind you to try our Chesterfields, 27:10.600 --> 27:14.200 to join the thousands who are changing to Chesterfields and getting the one cigarette 27:14.200 --> 27:17.280 that's low in nicotine, highest in quality. 27:17.280 --> 27:29.480 Chesterfield, best for me, best for you. 27:29.480 --> 27:33.800 Gerald Richard Lang, Richard Harris Silbey, and Gabriel Norris Bush were tried and convicted 27:33.800 --> 27:37.560 of violation of Section 518 P.C. extortion. 27:37.560 --> 27:40.400 They received sentences prescribed by law. 27:40.400 --> 27:44.480 Violation of Section 518 P.C. is punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary 27:44.480 --> 27:59.000 for a period of not less than one, nor more than ten years. 27:59.000 --> 28:03.680 You have just heard dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 28:03.680 --> 28:06.360 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 28:06.360 --> 28:08.960 Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 28:08.960 --> 28:13.720 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wins, Sergeant France Brasher. 28:13.720 --> 28:17.920 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Vic Perrin, Herb Ellis, Paul Richards. 28:17.920 --> 28:19.800 Script by John Robinson. 28:19.800 --> 28:21.120 Music by Walter Schuman. 28:21.120 --> 28:25.760 Hal Gibney speaking. 28:25.760 --> 28:31.200 Watch an entirely new dragnet case history each week on your local NBC television station. 28:31.200 --> 28:36.400 Please check your newspapers for the day and time. 28:36.400 --> 28:46.320 This has brought you dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 28:46.320 --> 28:49.040 Have you tried new cork tip fatima? 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