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02:18.360 --> 02:19.360 Yeah, Angie. 02:19.360 --> 02:23.360 Why'd you tell the officers who arrested you that you were 18? 02:23.360 --> 02:24.360 How'd they find out different? 02:24.360 --> 02:25.360 All they had to do was check your record. 02:25.360 --> 02:26.360 Well, it don't make any difference. 02:26.360 --> 02:27.360 Some of them say 16, some say 17. 02:27.360 --> 02:28.360 They're all different. 02:28.360 --> 02:29.360 You're 17 though, aren't you? 02:29.360 --> 02:30.360 Yeah, 17. 02:30.360 --> 02:31.360 All right. 02:31.360 --> 02:36.360 You want to tell us about this burglary? 02:36.360 --> 02:39.640 I told the other guys, ain't that enough? 02:39.640 --> 02:40.640 We want to hear it. 02:40.640 --> 02:42.640 Well, figure if you tell it once, that's enough. 02:42.640 --> 02:43.640 I copped out. 02:43.640 --> 02:44.640 I told them all about it. 02:44.640 --> 02:45.640 Why don't you ask them? 02:45.640 --> 02:46.640 All right, boy. 02:46.640 --> 02:47.640 Give us a story. 02:47.640 --> 02:48.640 You got a match? 02:48.640 --> 02:50.640 You'd better if you don't smoke, don't you think? 02:50.640 --> 02:51.640 Well, my folks don't care. 02:51.640 --> 02:52.640 They let me smoke. 02:52.640 --> 02:53.640 The law doesn't until you're 18. 02:53.640 --> 02:54.640 Oh, yeah. 02:54.640 --> 02:55.640 Come on, Angie. 02:55.640 --> 02:56.640 Tell us about it. 02:56.640 --> 02:57.640 There's nothing to tell. 02:57.640 --> 02:59.640 You and a couple other kids broke into a house. 02:59.640 --> 03:00.640 It's all there is to it. 03:00.640 --> 03:01.640 They just broke into the place. 03:01.640 --> 03:03.080 What about the stuff you took? 03:03.080 --> 03:04.800 I told the other two guys all about that. 03:04.800 --> 03:05.800 The officers from burglary? 03:05.800 --> 03:07.400 Yeah, they said it was from Central. 03:07.400 --> 03:09.000 I told them all about it, everything. 03:09.000 --> 03:11.000 You showed them where the plant was? 03:11.000 --> 03:12.000 I told them. 03:12.000 --> 03:13.000 I didn't go there though. 03:13.000 --> 03:14.000 I just told them. 03:14.000 --> 03:15.000 What'd you steal? 03:15.000 --> 03:16.480 The things you stole, name them for us. 03:16.480 --> 03:17.480 Just different stuff. 03:17.480 --> 03:19.880 You know, like you find in a house, all kinds of stuff. 03:19.880 --> 03:20.880 Was it an electric mixer? 03:20.880 --> 03:21.880 Yeah, good one. 03:21.880 --> 03:23.360 You know, with orange juice attachment, good. 03:23.360 --> 03:24.360 What else? 03:24.360 --> 03:25.800 Electric razor, some silverware. 03:25.800 --> 03:27.000 What kind of silverware? 03:27.000 --> 03:28.000 You know, like you eat with. 03:28.000 --> 03:29.240 Was there a silver tea service? 03:29.240 --> 03:30.240 A what? 03:30.240 --> 03:31.240 A coffee service, you know what I mean? 03:31.240 --> 03:32.680 If I knew, I wouldn't ask you. 03:32.680 --> 03:35.640 Like a coffee pot with legs, a lot of scroll work on it, silver, you know? 03:35.640 --> 03:36.640 Oh yeah, yeah, I know. 03:36.640 --> 03:38.000 Well, was there one of those? 03:38.000 --> 03:39.000 No. 03:39.000 --> 03:40.000 How about a German Luger? 03:40.000 --> 03:41.000 You mean a pistol? 03:41.000 --> 03:42.000 That's right. 03:42.000 --> 03:43.000 No, there wasn't one of them. 03:43.000 --> 03:44.920 Hey, you guys gonna let me out tonight? 03:44.920 --> 03:45.920 No, you'll be held here. 03:45.920 --> 03:48.800 Well, I thought you was gonna let me go tonight. 03:48.800 --> 03:49.800 How about my folks? 03:49.800 --> 03:50.800 They know I'm here? 03:50.800 --> 03:51.800 We haven't had a chance to notify them yet. 03:51.800 --> 03:52.800 Where do they live? 03:52.800 --> 03:53.800 Down on Wall. 03:53.800 --> 03:54.800 They have a phone? 03:54.800 --> 03:55.800 Uh-uh. 03:55.800 --> 03:57.200 I thought you always told them when you picked up a kid. 03:57.200 --> 03:58.200 We were booked as an adult. 03:58.200 --> 04:00.200 Oh yeah. 04:00.200 --> 04:01.200 You fenced any of this stolen merchandise yet? 04:01.200 --> 04:02.720 No, we just got it last night. 04:02.720 --> 04:05.000 We just broke into the house and haven't had a chance to fence it. 04:05.000 --> 04:06.320 The other officers say they're gonna pick it up? 04:06.320 --> 04:07.320 Yeah. 04:07.320 --> 04:08.320 You got a job? 04:08.320 --> 04:09.320 What? 04:09.320 --> 04:10.320 I said are you working? 04:10.320 --> 04:11.320 I told you I did. 04:11.320 --> 04:12.320 Where? 04:12.320 --> 04:13.320 Place down on East Fifth. 04:13.320 --> 04:14.320 What do you do? 04:14.320 --> 04:15.320 I'm a messenger, ride a bike, deliver things. 04:15.320 --> 04:16.320 You're working there now? 04:16.320 --> 04:17.320 I'm here now. 04:17.320 --> 04:18.320 You know what I mean. 04:18.320 --> 04:19.320 No. 04:19.320 --> 04:20.320 You're not working then? 04:20.320 --> 04:21.320 The boss of me had a beef. 04:21.320 --> 04:22.320 He's a moody one too. 04:22.320 --> 04:23.320 Real moody. 04:23.320 --> 04:24.320 Your parole officer know you lost the job? 04:24.320 --> 04:25.320 I never told him. 04:25.320 --> 04:26.320 Well, maybe he found out. 04:26.320 --> 04:28.320 You know, I was sore at you. 04:28.320 --> 04:29.320 Yeah. 04:29.320 --> 04:30.320 You been reporting regular? 04:30.320 --> 04:31.320 Yeah, pretty much. 04:31.320 --> 04:32.320 What's that mean? 04:32.320 --> 04:33.320 Once in a while, a couple of times I missed. 04:33.320 --> 04:34.320 Just a couple. 04:34.320 --> 04:35.320 Don't have to make a federal case out of it. 04:35.320 --> 04:36.320 My parole officer know about this arrest? 04:36.320 --> 04:37.320 I think he's been notified. 04:37.320 --> 04:38.320 How many times have you been arrested? 04:38.320 --> 04:39.320 I don't know, maybe six, seven. 04:39.320 --> 04:40.320 You ever been to camp? 04:40.320 --> 04:41.320 Yeah, I was there. 04:41.320 --> 04:42.320 What for? 04:42.320 --> 04:43.320 Truancy. 04:43.320 --> 04:44.320 How long were you there? 04:44.320 --> 04:45.320 A couple of weeks. 04:45.320 --> 04:47.320 And I broke out and he sent me to Preston. 04:47.320 --> 04:48.320 I'm on parole now. 04:48.320 --> 04:50.320 You can't let me out tonight, huh? 04:50.320 --> 04:52.320 We'll book you and notify your officer. 04:52.320 --> 04:53.320 What's his name? 04:53.320 --> 04:54.320 Lockridge. 04:54.320 --> 04:55.320 He's a moody old guy. 04:55.320 --> 04:57.320 Hope he ain't in the mood when he sees me. 04:57.320 --> 04:58.320 Rough if he's in the mood. 04:58.320 --> 04:59.320 Is that right? 04:59.320 --> 05:00.320 Yeah. 05:00.320 --> 05:02.320 Like he came down to see me one day and asked me how I was doing. 05:02.320 --> 05:03.320 I told him, fine. 05:03.320 --> 05:04.320 I had a job. 05:04.320 --> 05:05.320 I was doing fine. 05:05.320 --> 05:06.320 He says, that's good, Angie, like that. 05:06.320 --> 05:07.320 That's good. 05:07.320 --> 05:08.320 Tells me how fine I'm doing. 05:08.320 --> 05:09.320 Yeah. 05:09.320 --> 05:11.320 Next day he comes to my house and reads me off. 05:11.320 --> 05:13.320 Says I'm a bum, I'm no good, all like that. 05:13.320 --> 05:14.320 Moody. 05:14.320 --> 05:15.320 Why'd he read you off? 05:15.320 --> 05:16.320 I don't know. 05:16.320 --> 05:17.320 Didn't he tell you? 05:17.320 --> 05:18.320 No, he just came in and yelled at me. 05:18.320 --> 05:19.320 I wasn't doing anything. 05:19.320 --> 05:20.320 He's moody. 05:20.320 --> 05:22.320 You belong to a gang, Angie. 05:22.320 --> 05:23.320 Huh? 05:23.320 --> 05:25.320 I said, do you belong to a gang? 05:25.320 --> 05:26.320 Yeah, we got a club. 05:26.320 --> 05:27.320 I belong to that. 05:27.320 --> 05:28.320 What's the name of the club? 05:28.320 --> 05:29.320 Little Wall Street Gang. 05:29.320 --> 05:30.320 You heard of it? 05:30.320 --> 05:31.320 No. 05:31.320 --> 05:32.320 Good club. 05:32.320 --> 05:34.320 You sure you ain't heard of it? 05:34.320 --> 05:35.320 No. 05:35.320 --> 05:36.320 How about you? 05:36.320 --> 05:37.320 No. 05:37.320 --> 05:38.320 You're gang fight much? 05:38.320 --> 05:39.320 What do you mean fight? 05:39.320 --> 05:40.320 Have you ever get mixed up in gang wars, anything like that? 05:40.320 --> 05:41.320 No, no, not us. 05:41.320 --> 05:42.320 We've been in a couple of street fights maybe. 05:42.320 --> 05:45.320 You know, some kids come over to where we are and start trouble, but we've never been 05:45.320 --> 05:46.320 in no gang wars. 05:46.320 --> 05:47.320 We got a good gang. 05:47.320 --> 05:48.320 You know anybody that belongs to Pink Rats? 05:48.320 --> 05:49.320 Couple of guys. 05:49.320 --> 05:50.320 I don't know them real well. 05:50.320 --> 05:51.320 Who are they? 05:51.320 --> 05:54.320 I told you, I don't know them real well, just to know them when I see them, you know, 05:54.320 --> 05:55.320 like that. 05:55.320 --> 05:56.320 You don't know any of the names, huh? 05:56.320 --> 05:58.320 Well, I think one of them is called Pinky. 05:58.320 --> 05:59.320 That's all I know. 05:59.320 --> 06:00.320 Look, why are you asking me about them? 06:00.320 --> 06:02.320 Well, we got a rumble up there cooking up a gang war. 06:02.320 --> 06:03.320 I wondered if you know anything about it. 06:03.320 --> 06:04.320 Where'd you hear it? 06:04.320 --> 06:05.320 We did. 06:05.320 --> 06:06.320 You know anything on it? 06:06.320 --> 06:07.320 No. 06:07.320 --> 06:08.320 You sure? 06:08.320 --> 06:10.320 I told you, I wouldn't tell you if it wasn't right. 06:10.320 --> 06:13.320 Now look, Angie, if this thing breaks loose, there's going to be a lot of kids hurt. 06:13.320 --> 06:15.320 If you've got no part in it, why don't you give us a story? 06:15.320 --> 06:16.320 I'm giving it to you. 06:16.320 --> 06:17.320 Ain't nothing more I can tell you. 06:17.320 --> 06:21.320 I didn't hear nothing about no war. I told you, I belong to the little Wall Street gang. 06:21.320 --> 06:22.320 We don't get mixed up in no wars. 06:22.320 --> 06:24.320 A couple of street fights maybe, but no wars. 06:24.320 --> 06:25.320 You gonna stand on that? 06:25.320 --> 06:27.320 I haven't got any other way. 06:29.320 --> 06:30.320 What did you hear? 06:30.320 --> 06:31.320 What? 06:31.320 --> 06:34.320 What did you hear about the rats? About the war, I mean. 06:34.320 --> 06:35.320 Who are they gonna fight? 06:35.320 --> 06:37.320 The way it comes to us, they're gonna cut into the orchids. 06:37.320 --> 06:38.320 You mean from the south side? 06:38.320 --> 06:39.320 Yeah. 06:40.320 --> 06:41.320 They're rough guys. 06:41.320 --> 06:42.320 That's what we hear. 06:43.320 --> 06:44.320 How did it start? 06:44.320 --> 06:45.320 What do you mean? 06:45.320 --> 06:46.320 What's the beef? 06:46.320 --> 06:48.320 The orchids won't go that far away from home to stage something. 06:48.320 --> 06:50.320 Got to be a reason. You guys know what it is? 06:50.320 --> 06:54.320 The way we got it, a girlfriend of one of the orchid gang moved over into the pink rat territory. 06:54.320 --> 06:55.320 They started to go with one of the rats. 06:55.320 --> 06:58.320 The orchids didn't like it, so they drove over one night and beat up on one of the rats. 06:58.320 --> 07:01.320 The next night, the rats went over the south side and kicked around one of the orchids. 07:01.320 --> 07:02.320 That's the way it started. 07:02.320 --> 07:05.320 A couple of nights ago, one of the rat kids was riding down the street on a motorbike. 07:05.320 --> 07:07.320 A car full of orchids came up alongside the boy, 07:07.320 --> 07:11.320 and before he could do anything about it, they wrapped a piece of bicycle chain around his head. 07:11.320 --> 07:12.320 Killing? 07:11.320 --> 07:14.320 No. He's still in the county hospital. He's not doing too well. 07:14.320 --> 07:17.320 We've got word there's going to be a party this Saturday night at one of the rats' house. 07:17.320 --> 07:19.320 We figure maybe that's where the trouble's going to be. 07:19.320 --> 07:21.320 You're not throwing any coconuts at me. 07:21.320 --> 07:22.320 What? 07:22.320 --> 07:23.320 This is for real? 07:23.320 --> 07:24.320 It's the way we get it. 07:24.320 --> 07:26.320 Those kids get started, and somebody's going to get hurt real bad. 07:26.320 --> 07:28.320 It may be a lot worse than you've got it figured. 07:28.320 --> 07:29.320 What do you mean? 07:29.320 --> 07:31.320 I heard about the job the orchids did last week. 07:31.320 --> 07:32.320 Yeah? 07:32.320 --> 07:34.320 They broke into a place and cleaned it out. 07:34.320 --> 07:35.320 It must have been for Saturday night. 07:35.320 --> 07:36.320 How do you mean? 07:36.320 --> 07:38.320 They stole a couple of rifles. Something worse. 07:38.320 --> 07:39.320 Yeah? 07:39.320 --> 07:44.320 12-gauge shotgun. 07:44.320 --> 07:46.320 10.45 p.m. 07:46.320 --> 07:50.320 Angelo Marcal was rebooked at Georgia Street Juvenile on a charge of burglary. 07:50.320 --> 07:53.320 His shoes and his belt were taken from him, and he was held in detention. 07:53.320 --> 07:56.320 We put in a call to his parole officer and told him what had happened. 07:56.320 --> 08:01.320 After that, we drove by Marcal's home to inform his parents of the arrest, but we found nobody there. 08:01.320 --> 08:05.320 We left our card with a notation asking them to call us when they returned. 08:05.320 --> 08:10.320 Before the Marcal boy had been placed in the cell, we'd gotten a description of the boy he knew as Pinky. 08:10.320 --> 08:14.320 After trying to contact Marcal's parents, we went up to the second floor of the Juvenile Division 08:14.320 --> 08:17.320 and had the Record Bureau check the nickname and description. 08:17.320 --> 08:19.320 We came up with three possibles. 08:19.320 --> 08:22.320 We pulled the mug shots of the boys and showed them to Angelo Marcal, 08:22.320 --> 08:24.320 but he was unable to give us an identification. 08:24.320 --> 08:27.320 It was difficult to tell if the boy was lying or telling us the truth 08:27.320 --> 08:30.320 to try to cover up for the members of the Pink Rat Gang. 08:30.320 --> 08:33.320 The following afternoon, Wednesday, September 9, Frank and I checked into the office, 08:33.320 --> 08:36.320 and then we drove out to see the parents of the Marcal boy. 08:36.320 --> 08:40.320 They still hadn't returned, and the neighbors told us that they had seen the couple drive away 08:40.320 --> 08:44.320 early Monday morning without giving any indications to when they might return. 08:44.320 --> 08:47.320 We asked the woman who lived next door to call us when they did come back. 08:47.320 --> 08:51.320 4.40 p.m. We drove over to the east side of town to check on the three possibles named Pinky 08:51.320 --> 08:53.320 that we'd turned up the previous night. 08:53.320 --> 08:58.320 All of the boys were able to prove to our satisfaction that they were not the Pinky we were after. 08:58.320 --> 09:02.320 We talked to the youngsters in the neighborhood asking them if they knew anything about an expected gang order. 09:02.320 --> 09:04.320 Either they didn't know anything about it or they wouldn't tell us. 09:04.320 --> 09:08.320 6.15 p.m. We went back to the office and put in a call to Central Burglary. 09:09.320 --> 09:11.320 Yeah, we haven't got the exact date. 09:11.320 --> 09:15.320 The way we got it, there were a couple of rifles taken and a 12-gate shotgun. 09:15.320 --> 09:18.320 No, and a 12-gate shotgun. Yeah. 09:18.320 --> 09:21.320 Sure, are we? We're checking the reports now. 09:21.320 --> 09:24.320 This is one tip I'd like to have turned bad, wouldn't you? 09:24.320 --> 09:28.320 Yeah, I'm with you. Yeah, Rex? Mm-hmm. 09:28.320 --> 09:31.320 That'll be the 30, huh? Yeah. 09:31.320 --> 09:34.320 What's that? Yeah, I guess it might be. 09:34.320 --> 09:37.320 Won't help if it is. Right. 09:37.320 --> 09:39.320 Let us know, huh? Right. 09:39.320 --> 09:42.320 I got the reports. Guns were stolen on Tuesday, August 30th. 09:42.320 --> 09:44.320 I still haven't been able to get anything on it. 09:44.320 --> 09:46.320 Rifles were.30-06s. Deer rifles, huh? 09:46.320 --> 09:50.320 Yeah. Olson says he got another report last night. Might mean something. 09:50.320 --> 09:52.320 Hardware store broken in two. What'd they take? 09:52.320 --> 10:01.320 Four boxes of.30-06 ammo, three boxes of 12-gauge cartridges. 10:01.320 --> 10:07.320 It might have been a coincidence, but if it wasn't, the Orchid Gang was armed with three guns and 225 rounds of ammunition, 10:07.320 --> 10:10.320 enough to start and sustain a small war. 10:10.320 --> 10:13.320 6.35 p.m. We contacted Lieutenant Hartgrove, the night watch commander, 10:13.320 --> 10:16.320 and he assigned two other teams of officers to work with us. 10:16.320 --> 10:20.320 In addition to the juvenile officers, radio units out of Metro Division, Reserves, 10:20.320 --> 10:23.320 joined us in the search for members of the Orchid Gang. 10:23.320 --> 10:26.320 The streets in the area were combed. Citizens in the area were questioned, 10:26.320 --> 10:30.320 but they failed to supply any information on the boys who belonged to the gang. 10:30.320 --> 10:34.320 The satin embroidered jackets the members of the Orchid Gang wore had disappeared from the streets. 10:34.320 --> 10:39.320 At 12.01 a.m., the search was called off and a broadcast was put out to the regular units in the area 10:39.320 --> 10:42.320 to be on the watch for any gang activities. 10:42.320 --> 10:46.320 12.47 a.m. We got in touch with Rex Olson in Central Burglary. 10:46.320 --> 10:52.320 He told us that the crime lab had failed to come up with any physical evidence on the theft of ammunition from the hardware store. 10:52.320 --> 10:55.320 1.20 a.m. Frank and I checked out of the office and we went home. 10:55.320 --> 10:59.320 The following morning at 8.30 a.m. we got in touch with the juvenile informant, 10:59.320 --> 11:02.320 and he was able to give us more information on the expected gang war. 11:02.320 --> 11:05.320 He told us that the fight was set for Saturday night. 11:05.320 --> 11:08.320 He was unable to give us the exact address of the party that was to be crashed, 11:08.320 --> 11:11.320 but he did give us a general idea of the location. 11:11.320 --> 11:15.320 He was also able to give us the name Pinky Eggers and his address. 11:15.320 --> 11:18.320 He told us that the Eggers boy was the leader of the Pink Rats 11:18.320 --> 11:21.320 and might be able to give us information on the membership of the Orchid Gang. 11:21.320 --> 11:25.320 12.40 p.m. Frank and I drove out to talk to the Eggers boy. 11:25.320 --> 11:28.320 We checked his school, but he wasn't there. We went to his home. 11:28.320 --> 11:31.320 It was a small one-story frame building with a weathered picket fence surrounding it. 11:31.320 --> 11:34.320 In 1947, Hopped Up Ford was in the driveway. 11:34.320 --> 11:37.320 Frank and I went up on the porch and rang the bell. 11:37.320 --> 11:39.320 The yard could sure stand to cleaning up. 11:39.320 --> 11:41.320 Yeah, wonder who the car belongs to. 11:41.320 --> 11:43.320 I don't know. Sure looks fast. 11:43.320 --> 11:45.320 Yeah? I'd like to see Pinky Eggers. 11:45.320 --> 11:46.320 Who are you? Police officers. 11:46.320 --> 11:48.320 Well, can't you lay off the kid? Why don't you quit rousting him? 11:48.320 --> 11:50.320 Is he here? No, he ain't here. 11:50.320 --> 11:52.320 And if he was, I don't think I'd let you see him. 11:52.320 --> 11:53.320 Is that his car? Yeah, it's his. 11:53.320 --> 11:56.320 Registered in his name? No, in mine. 11:56.320 --> 11:58.320 Now, what'd he have to the kid for? I want to talk to him. 11:58.320 --> 11:59.320 Well, talk to me. I'm his father. 11:59.320 --> 12:01.320 Anything you got to say to him, you can tell me. 12:01.320 --> 12:03.320 Your boy belonged to a club called the Pink Rat Gang. 12:03.320 --> 12:05.320 Why? Does he? 12:05.320 --> 12:07.320 I answer no questions till you tell me why you're asking. 12:07.320 --> 12:09.320 Now, look, mister, we're not out here to pass the time of day. 12:09.320 --> 12:13.320 Your boy's mixed up in something that can turn out to be pretty serious. 12:13.320 --> 12:14.320 That's the way it is. 12:14.320 --> 12:15.320 Who says it's serious, and what are you talking about? 12:15.320 --> 12:18.320 We got word that your boy's mixed up in a gang war that's gonna break out this weekend. 12:18.320 --> 12:22.320 And you two big cops are out here leaning on a kid because he's mixed up in a beef. 12:22.320 --> 12:25.320 Listen, there's a five-year-old kid down the street skating on the sidewalk. 12:25.320 --> 12:27.320 Why don't you go put the arm on her? 12:27.320 --> 12:29.320 If this war breaks out and somebody's gonna get hurt, 12:29.320 --> 12:31.320 maybe your boy, we're trying to stop it. 12:31.320 --> 12:33.320 Well, don't bother. Pinky can take care of himself. 12:33.320 --> 12:35.320 Any of the gangs cause trouble, the rats can swing their end. 12:35.320 --> 12:37.320 You want to stop the beef, go talk to the other kids. 12:37.320 --> 12:40.320 Tell them to lay off. My boy's gang is now looking for trouble. 12:40.320 --> 12:42.320 Any fighting going on, you can talk to the other kids. 12:42.320 --> 12:43.320 You check them. Leave my boy alone. 12:43.320 --> 12:45.320 We want to talk to him, Mr. Eggers. 12:45.320 --> 12:47.320 You gonna make a pinch? 12:47.320 --> 12:49.320 No, we just want to talk to him. 12:49.320 --> 12:52.320 Should've known you were gonna take him today. Only two of you. 12:52.320 --> 12:54.320 Well, I'm telling you, you ain't laying a hand on Pink. 12:54.320 --> 12:56.320 You try it, and I'll haul you in every court in the country. 12:56.320 --> 12:57.320 Now, get out of here. 12:57.320 --> 12:58.320 Where's your boy now? 12:58.320 --> 13:00.320 That's none of your business. I told you to get out. 13:00.320 --> 13:02.320 Maybe you don't understand, Eggers. This is a gang war. 13:02.320 --> 13:03.320 Your boy's helping to build it. 13:03.320 --> 13:06.320 All right, so a couple of kids get together in a vacant lot and mix it up. 13:06.320 --> 13:09.320 A couple of bloody noses, black eyes, nothing wrong. Makes men out of them. 13:09.320 --> 13:12.320 A lot more serious than that. We understand there's gonna be guns used in it. 13:12.320 --> 13:15.320 You get out of here now. I got some rights. 13:15.320 --> 13:18.320 You in off the property in two minutes flat, I'm gonna get a gun and start shooting. 13:18.320 --> 13:22.320 You come around here telling me my son's getting mixed up with a bunch of hoodlums using guns? 13:22.320 --> 13:24.320 You guys are Section 8s. 13:24.320 --> 13:27.320 Maybe Pink, he'll belt a couple of kids, but there ain't gonna be no guns. 13:27.320 --> 13:31.320 Only reason they'd use them is that they're around all the time with you cops hounding them. 13:31.320 --> 13:34.320 You just can't see a bunch of kids have a little fun, can you? 13:34.320 --> 13:39.320 Unless they belong to the stinking clubs you build, you can't stand on that DAPS or whatever you call it. 13:39.320 --> 13:42.320 Kid don't belong to that, ain't no good in your book. Well, I'm telling you something. 13:42.320 --> 13:45.320 Any kid that does belong to it's a bum in my book. 13:45.320 --> 13:48.320 Now, you get off my property and don't come back, you hear me? 13:48.320 --> 13:51.320 Anything happens, Pinky can take care of himself. He'll be okay. 13:51.320 --> 13:53.320 Now, you guys leave him alone. 13:53.320 --> 13:55.320 I hope he's right. 13:55.320 --> 13:59.320 3.15 PM 13:59.320 --> 14:02.320 Frank and I drove over to Pinky Agar's school again. 14:02.320 --> 14:05.320 We spent the next two hours talking to the youngsters in the neighborhood. 14:05.320 --> 14:09.320 Those that would cooperate with us didn't have the information that we needed. 14:09.320 --> 14:11.320 The others refused to tell us anything. 14:11.320 --> 14:16.320 In the meantime, officers from 77th Street Division were checking on the activities of the Orchid Gang. 14:16.320 --> 14:19.320 They ran into the same evasive answers that we had. 14:19.320 --> 14:22.400 If the information we'd gotten was true, we had a little more than 48 hours to get to the 14:22.400 --> 14:25.320 principles of the war before the shooting could start. 14:25.320 --> 14:30.320 Thursday night, 8.40 PM, Frank and I met with Captain John Powers, Lieutenant Heartgrove 14:30.320 --> 14:32.320 and the heads of the juvenile details throughout the city. 14:32.320 --> 14:37.320 From them we learned that word of the impending war had spread through the gangs in the separate districts. 14:37.320 --> 14:40.320 And that the other gangs were taking sides in the argument 14:40.320 --> 14:44.320 and were ready to start their own battles with factions who opposed them. 14:44.320 --> 14:46.320 Captain Powers, along with the heads of the divisions, 14:46.320 --> 14:49.320 mapped the plan of action to be put into effect at the first sign of an outbreak. 14:49.320 --> 14:53.320 Additional cars from Metropolitan Division reserves were to be ready if they were needed. 14:53.320 --> 14:56.320 Days off for all juvenile officers were canceled. 14:56.320 --> 15:00.320 A three-way radio contact would be kept open between all divisions on Saturday night. 15:00.320 --> 15:03.320 The area where the main activity was expected would be heavily patrolled, 15:03.320 --> 15:06.320 both by beat men and by radio car officers. 15:06.320 --> 15:10.320 Once the operating plan was set up, there was little to do but wait. 15:10.320 --> 15:13.320 In the meantime, the search went on for members of the Orchid Gang 15:13.320 --> 15:16.320 and for Pinky Eggers, the leader of the Pink Rats. 15:16.320 --> 15:19.320 A watch had been placed on his home but he failed to return. 15:19.320 --> 15:22.320 Friday, September 6th, 9.42 p.m. 15:22.320 --> 15:24.320 Frank and I checked with the Burglary Division on the stolen guns 15:24.320 --> 15:27.320 and then we went over to the New Yorker restaurant to get something to eat. 15:29.320 --> 15:30.320 Hi, Sal. 15:30.320 --> 15:32.320 Hey, Joe, call your office, huh? I just called you. 15:32.320 --> 15:34.320 Yeah, thanks. Order him the fish and chips, will you, Frank? 15:34.320 --> 15:35.320 Sure. 15:35.320 --> 15:36.320 How's it going, Sal? 15:36.320 --> 15:37.320 Not bad. 15:37.320 --> 15:38.320 Would you? 15:38.320 --> 15:40.320 Kind of rough. Where's Rosie? 15:40.320 --> 15:42.320 Her and the kids went to movies. 15:42.320 --> 15:44.320 Her and the kids went to movies. 15:53.320 --> 15:56.320 2568, please. Yeah, George Jubin. Right. 15:58.320 --> 16:00.320 Lieutenant, this Friday. 16:01.320 --> 16:03.320 When did it happen? 16:03.320 --> 16:04.320 Well, we'd like to get a pencil. 16:04.320 --> 16:06.320 Sal, hand me that menu, will you? 16:06.320 --> 16:08.320 Yeah, here you are. 16:08.320 --> 16:09.320 All right, go ahead. 16:09.320 --> 16:11.320 Yeah, I got it. 16:11.320 --> 16:12.320 Yeah. 16:13.320 --> 16:15.320 Well, what do you want us to do? 16:15.320 --> 16:16.320 Yeah. 16:16.320 --> 16:18.320 They know yet? 16:18.320 --> 16:20.320 Yeah, all right. 16:20.320 --> 16:22.320 No, we'll get right over there. Bye. 16:23.320 --> 16:24.320 Never mind the food, Sal. 16:24.320 --> 16:25.320 What's the matter? 16:25.320 --> 16:27.320 The kids didn't wait until Saturday. 16:27.320 --> 16:28.320 They just shot up Highland Park. 16:28.320 --> 16:29.320 What's the score? 16:29.320 --> 16:30.320 Still coming in. A good start. 16:30.320 --> 16:31.320 Yeah. 16:31.320 --> 16:42.320 Eleven-year-old boy killed. 16:42.320 --> 16:44.320 You are listening to Dragnet, 16:44.320 --> 16:47.320 the authentic story of your police force in action. 16:47.320 --> 16:52.320 It's taking place at your dealers, cigarette dealers coast to coast. 16:52.320 --> 16:57.320 Smokers by the thousands are now changing to Chesterfield. 16:57.320 --> 16:59.320 Join them today. 16:59.320 --> 17:06.320 And you'll be smoking the only cigarette that gives you proof of low nicotine, highest quality. 17:06.320 --> 17:08.320 I want you to know that's a matter of record. 17:08.320 --> 17:10.320 And so is this. 17:10.320 --> 17:16.320 As I've been telling you, Chesterfield is the only cigarette with this proven record with smokers. 17:16.320 --> 17:23.320 No adverse effects to the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfields. 17:23.320 --> 17:26.320 Good reasons why you should change to Chesterfield? 17:26.320 --> 17:28.320 You bet. 17:28.320 --> 17:30.320 Ask for Chesterfield. 17:30.320 --> 17:43.320 Regular or king size, best for you. 17:43.320 --> 17:47.320 The first victim of the juvenile gang war was 11-year-old Tony Herman. 17:47.320 --> 17:50.320 The teenagers next door to the Herman house were having a party. 17:50.320 --> 17:55.320 At 9.36 p.m. Friday night, a group of youngsters had arrived at the house and tried to crash the party. 17:55.320 --> 18:01.320 A fist fight had ensued, and Tony, who was doing his homework next door, had gone out to see what was causing the disturbance. 18:01.320 --> 18:05.320 As he stood on the porch watching the fighting, a 12-gauge shotgun had been fired. 18:05.320 --> 18:10.320 The pellets from the cartridge had caught the youngster in the stomach and the abdomen, and he'd gone down. 18:10.320 --> 18:14.320 At the sound of the shot, the fighting had stopped and the party crashers had left the scene. 18:14.320 --> 18:18.320 The police had been called, and Tony was removed to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 18:18.320 --> 18:20.320 He was dead on arrival. 18:20.320 --> 18:23.320 From the neighbors, descriptions of the party crashers had been obtained. 18:23.320 --> 18:26.320 The boys wore satin jackets with a large white orchid embroidered on the back. 18:26.320 --> 18:33.320 One of the people who saw the shooting said that the boy who'd fired the gun wore a jacket with the name Gene under the orchid design. 18:33.320 --> 18:38.320 A broadcast was gotten out immediately, along with a description of the car that the juveniles had used to escape. 18:38.320 --> 18:41.320 The parents of the Herman boy were not at home when the shooting occurred. 18:41.320 --> 18:46.320 From the neighbors, we found that they usually went to a movie on Friday night, and they didn't return until after midnight. 18:46.320 --> 18:50.320 An officer was stationed at the house to bring them to the hospital when he returned. 18:50.320 --> 18:53.320 At 1.34 a.m., Mrs. Herman arrived at the hospital. 18:53.320 --> 18:56.320 She was a small, dark woman with graying hair. She didn't know what had happened. 18:56.320 --> 18:59.320 Frank and I met her in the hall. 18:59.320 --> 19:01.320 I want to see Sergeant Friday. Is he here? 19:01.320 --> 19:02.320 I'm Sergeant Friday, ma'am. 19:02.320 --> 19:05.320 Well, I'm Mrs. Herman. They say something's happened to Tony. 19:05.320 --> 19:08.320 Yes, ma'am. You want to step in here? Might be a little better to talk. 19:08.320 --> 19:12.320 All right. Can I see him? He isn't hurt bad, is he? 19:12.320 --> 19:15.320 It's that bicycle. I told his father I knew it was too soon for it. 19:15.320 --> 19:19.320 He's so little, and to buy him a big bike like that, he couldn't hardly reach the pedals. 19:19.320 --> 19:22.320 Well, that's it, isn't it? He fell off the bicycle. 19:22.320 --> 19:23.320 No, ma'am. 19:23.320 --> 19:27.320 What is it, then? What is it? 19:27.320 --> 19:31.320 Something more? He's hurt. I want to see him. 19:31.320 --> 19:32.320 Just a minute, Mrs. Herman. 19:32.320 --> 19:36.320 Why won't you tell me what happened to him? My husband will be here in a few minutes, and he's gonna want to know. 19:36.320 --> 19:38.320 Why won't you tell me? How bad's he hurt? 19:38.320 --> 19:39.320 Pretty bad, ma'am. 19:39.320 --> 19:41.320 That's not an answer. How bad's he hurt? 19:41.320 --> 19:44.320 He's dead. 19:44.320 --> 19:45.320 Dead? 19:45.320 --> 19:47.320 Can we get you anything? 19:47.320 --> 19:50.320 My boy's dead? Tony? 19:50.320 --> 19:51.320 What? 19:51.320 --> 19:54.320 I thought he'd fallen off the bicycle. He got it for his birthday. A new bicycle. 19:54.320 --> 19:58.320 28-inch wheels. I thought he'd fallen. I didn't know it was like this. 19:58.320 --> 20:00.320 Can I see him? My boy? Can I? 20:00.320 --> 20:01.320 Yes, ma'am. 20:01.320 --> 20:02.320 How did it happen? How? 20:02.320 --> 20:04.320 We're sorry about it, Mrs. Herman. 20:04.320 --> 20:07.320 My Tony had an accident, and he's dead. 20:07.320 --> 20:11.320 We went to a movie, and we'll come home to find our son's dead. 20:11.320 --> 20:12.320 I better get the Dr. Frank. 20:12.320 --> 20:17.320 Right. 20:17.320 --> 20:19.320 Doctor will be here in a minute, Mrs. Herman. 20:19.320 --> 20:23.320 Just to a movie? He was doing his homework. Now he's dead. 20:23.320 --> 20:25.320 How did it happen, Mr. Fryder? 20:25.320 --> 20:28.320 The gun went off. He was standing on the porch. He was hit. 20:28.320 --> 20:31.320 But who was shooting? Who shot my boy? Who killed him? 20:31.320 --> 20:32.320 We don't know, Mrs. Herman. 20:32.320 --> 20:37.320 I want to know who it was who killed him. I want to know. His father's gonna want to know. 20:37.320 --> 20:42.320 My boy's dead. My boy, my son. 20:46.320 --> 20:48.320 You want to handle this, Doc? We'll wait outside. 20:48.320 --> 20:50.320 Sure, wait. 20:54.320 --> 20:55.320 Kind of hard to do. 20:55.320 --> 20:56.320 You're gonna make up for it, right? 20:56.320 --> 20:58.320 The kid that fired the gun? Yeah. 20:58.320 --> 20:59.320 They got him downstairs. 20:59.320 --> 21:04.320 A few minutes after the broadcast had gone out on the boy wearing the jacket with the name Gene on it, 21:04.320 --> 21:07.320 two officers on York Boulevard had picked up the speeding car. 21:07.320 --> 21:11.320 In shaking down the occupants and the car itself, they'd found the jacket hidden under the rear seat. 21:11.320 --> 21:16.320 In the trunk of the automobile, they'd found the stolen rifles and the shotgun with one discharged cartridge in it. 21:16.320 --> 21:20.320 The three boys in the car had been taken into custody and brought immediately to Georgia Street. 21:20.320 --> 21:23.320 Two of the youngsters had been taken to the detention cells, 21:23.320 --> 21:26.320 and the third, who identified himself as dead, had been taken to the hospital. 21:26.320 --> 21:30.320 Two had been taken to the detention cells, and the third, who identified himself as Gene Graff, 21:30.320 --> 21:33.320 was brought to the office of the night watch commander. 21:33.320 --> 21:38.320 From the identification found in his pockets, we learned his name, address, and his age, 16 years old. 21:38.320 --> 21:42.320 His parents were notified that he was being held, and they were asked to come to the office immediately. 21:42.320 --> 21:47.320 All the time the boy had been in the room and the calls had been made, he refused to say anything. 21:47.320 --> 21:50.320 When Frank hung up the phone after calling his parents, he made the first statement. 21:50.320 --> 21:52.320 What's that gonna prove? What's that? 21:52.320 --> 21:54.320 Having him come down here, what are you gonna prove with that? 21:54.320 --> 21:56.320 You wanna tell us about it? 21:56.320 --> 21:57.320 That's a kid. You gonna be all right? 21:57.320 --> 21:58.320 No, he's not. 21:58.320 --> 21:59.320 How bad's he hurt? 21:59.320 --> 22:00.320 He's dead. 22:01.320 --> 22:02.320 Rough. 22:03.320 --> 22:05.320 That's all you got to say? 22:05.320 --> 22:06.320 What do you want me to say? 22:06.320 --> 22:09.320 You gunned down an 11-year-old boy and that's all you got to say about it? 22:09.320 --> 22:14.320 Look, cop, I know the routine. You read me off, make a big speech, and I'm supposed to feel real bad. 22:14.320 --> 22:16.320 But I'd like to go along with you, but it won't work. 22:16.320 --> 22:19.320 Look, save the effort. Use the words in somebody else. 22:19.320 --> 22:21.320 Do what you're gonna do and let's get it over with. 22:21.320 --> 22:23.320 How old are you? 22:23.320 --> 22:24.320 You already saw it. 22:24.320 --> 22:25.320 How old? 22:25.320 --> 22:26.320 Sixteen. 22:26.320 --> 22:27.320 Pretty heavy, aren't you? 22:27.320 --> 22:28.320 I've been around, yeah. 22:28.320 --> 22:29.320 Don't get smart, kid. 22:29.320 --> 22:31.320 Not my fault. I was born that way. 22:31.320 --> 22:33.320 How many times you been arrested? 22:33.320 --> 22:34.320 Couple. 22:34.320 --> 22:35.320 How many times? 22:35.320 --> 22:36.320 Four. 22:35.320 --> 22:36.320 For what? 22:36.320 --> 22:39.320 Suspicion 211, suspicion 245. 22:39.320 --> 22:41.320 You're sixteen. You've been picked up for robbery and assault. 22:41.320 --> 22:42.320 I didn't stand any of them. 22:42.320 --> 22:43.320 You ever been in camp? 22:43.320 --> 22:44.320 No. 22:44.320 --> 22:45.320 You ever served any time? 22:45.320 --> 22:48.320 Look, the taxpayers pay you a lot of money to keep records. 22:48.320 --> 22:50.320 Why don't you look all this up? It's there. 22:50.320 --> 22:52.320 Where'd you get the shotgun you used tonight? 22:52.320 --> 22:54.320 I won it in a raffle. I got a lot of luck. 22:54.320 --> 22:55.320 Yeah, well, it just ran out, kid. 22:55.320 --> 22:57.320 Now, I'm gonna give you a piece of advice. 22:57.320 --> 22:59.320 If you're as smart as I think you are, you're gonna take it. 22:59.320 --> 23:01.320 You start answering these questions, you start answering them right. 23:01.320 --> 23:05.320 You bought yourself a pile of trouble that you and that smart mouth of yours aren't gonna talk your way out of. 23:05.320 --> 23:07.320 You killed somebody, an eleven-year-old boy. 23:07.320 --> 23:09.320 You walked up that house with a gun, a gun you were ready to use. 23:09.320 --> 23:11.320 And you just answered the questions and never mind the sarcasm. 23:11.320 --> 23:13.320 Put the muscle away. 23:13.320 --> 23:16.320 You lean on me and I'll have every sister in this state on your neck. 23:16.320 --> 23:18.320 I'm a juvenile. Don't you forget it. 23:18.320 --> 23:19.320 You just got out of that league. 23:19.320 --> 23:20.320 That's the way you see it. 23:20.320 --> 23:21.320 That's the way it is. 23:21.320 --> 23:23.320 From where you sit. But I'm telling you. 23:23.320 --> 23:28.320 You give me any muscle and I'll scream my head off to every sob sister club in the country. 23:28.320 --> 23:31.320 I'm gonna ask you once more, young fella. Where'd you get that gun? 23:31.320 --> 23:34.320 I bought a lucky ticket. 23:34.320 --> 23:36.320 Stick with it, kid. We're checking the numbers now. 23:36.320 --> 23:40.320 Those guns were taken on the burglary last week. You're dead on it. We got you going in. 23:40.320 --> 23:41.320 You try to make it stick. 23:41.320 --> 23:42.320 Don't worry. We will. 23:42.320 --> 23:43.320 Use narcotics? 23:43.320 --> 23:44.320 Do I look like a hyper? 23:44.320 --> 23:45.320 I asked a question. 23:45.320 --> 23:46.320 And I gave you an answer. 23:46.320 --> 23:47.320 Did you drink? 23:47.320 --> 23:49.320 Sure. I'm a real lush. 23:49.320 --> 23:52.320 I'm gonna tell you something. We're running out of patience with you. 23:52.320 --> 23:56.320 Well, then you better go get pumped up. You're gonna need a lot more. 23:56.320 --> 23:58.320 What were you doing out there tonight? 23:58.320 --> 23:59.320 Where? 23:59.320 --> 24:00.320 Come off it. You know what I mean. 24:00.320 --> 24:02.320 Gently, gently. 24:02.320 --> 24:04.320 What were you doing at that party? 24:04.320 --> 24:07.320 What do you usually do at a party? I was having a good time. 24:07.320 --> 24:08.320 Why'd you take that gun with you? 24:08.320 --> 24:12.320 It was in the car. I didn't take it. I went along for the ride. 24:12.320 --> 24:13.320 Well, who put it there? 24:13.320 --> 24:14.320 I don't know. 24:14.320 --> 24:15.320 Other boys say it was yours. 24:15.320 --> 24:16.320 That's a lie. 24:16.320 --> 24:17.320 Prove it. 24:17.320 --> 24:18.320 I don't have to. You gotta prove I did know about it. 24:18.320 --> 24:19.320 We don't have to prove a thing. 24:19.320 --> 24:21.320 There were a couple of people who saw you shoot the kid. 24:21.320 --> 24:24.320 Guys you were with were copped out. You're nailed and you know it. 24:24.320 --> 24:26.320 We'll see what the judge has to say about it. 24:26.320 --> 24:28.320 I've gotten off before. I'll swing it this time. 24:28.320 --> 24:31.320 I'm a juvenile. I'm not responsible for what I do. 24:31.320 --> 24:33.320 You really believe that, don't you? 24:33.320 --> 24:35.320 I said it. 24:35.320 --> 24:37.320 You know, I got two kids. 24:37.320 --> 24:39.320 What do you want? A medal? 24:39.320 --> 24:41.320 I got two kids. They're pretty good youngsters, too. 24:41.320 --> 24:45.320 They go to school, they study hard, and they're trying hard to grow up to be decent human beings. 24:45.320 --> 24:48.320 They'll get married and raise ordinary families. 24:48.320 --> 24:50.320 They'll never do much of anything special to get their names in the papers. 24:50.320 --> 24:53.320 Nobody's gonna give much notice. Maybe that's the way they want it. 24:53.320 --> 24:58.320 But all of a sudden, somebody like you comes along, mean and rotten, and people hear about you. 24:58.320 --> 25:02.320 They figure all the kids sat down and wrote your name on a ballot, and now you represent all of them. 25:02.320 --> 25:04.320 That you're the shining example of American youth. 25:04.320 --> 25:07.320 They sit there and shake their heads and talk about what's happening to the younger generation. 25:07.320 --> 25:09.320 They got the wrong picture. It isn't true. None of it. 25:09.320 --> 25:10.320 You framed it. 25:10.320 --> 25:14.320 You act like a big man, and every decent, honest kid comes on looking like a bum. 25:14.320 --> 25:16.320 You sit there and blow off about being a juvenile. 25:16.320 --> 25:18.320 You like it because you think it'll buy you special privileges. 25:18.320 --> 25:20.320 Well, you're wrong, fella. Not in my book. 25:20.320 --> 25:24.320 As far as I'm concerned, you're a rotten little killer, and you're gonna be treated like one. 25:24.320 --> 25:26.320 Now you bring out the rubber hose. 25:26.320 --> 25:28.320 All right, come on. Let's go. 25:28.320 --> 25:31.320 Take your coat, boy. You're not coming back this way. 25:31.320 --> 25:32.320 Yeah. 25:32.320 --> 25:34.320 Come in. 25:34.320 --> 25:35.320 Mr. Friday? 25:35.320 --> 25:36.320 Yes, Miss Herman. 25:36.320 --> 25:40.320 They told me I'd find you here. Is this the boy who did it? 25:40.320 --> 25:44.320 Yes, ma'am. 25:44.320 --> 25:46.320 What's your name? 25:46.320 --> 25:47.320 Answer. 25:47.320 --> 25:49.320 Gene Graff. 25:49.320 --> 25:54.320 Why'd you do it? Why'd you kill my boy? 25:54.320 --> 26:00.320 Did he do something to you? Is that it, did Tony do something to you? 26:00.320 --> 26:05.320 Answer me! Say something! 26:05.320 --> 26:10.320 Just tell me one thing. What right do you have? 26:10.320 --> 26:15.320 What right does a young hoodlum like you have to stand there alive and breathing in my boy dead? 26:15.320 --> 26:19.320 What right? Do you hear me? What right? 26:19.320 --> 26:20.320 Miss Herman. 26:20.320 --> 26:23.320 Make him tell me what right. What right? 26:23.320 --> 26:27.320 What right does he have to do a horrible thing like this? What right? 26:27.320 --> 26:36.320 I don't know, but we're gonna take it away from him. 26:36.320 --> 26:41.320 The story you have just heard is true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:41.320 --> 26:47.320 On October 4th, the petition was filed in juvenile court and the subject was declared unfit to be tried as a juvenile. 26:47.320 --> 26:53.320 He was ordered to be tried in superior court under the general law. In a moment, the results of that trial. 26:53.320 --> 26:55.320 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 26:55.320 --> 27:01.320 Thank you, George Fenomen. Friends, we've been getting letters from people all over the country telling us that they've switched to Chesterfield. 27:01.320 --> 27:09.320 Now just as I've been telling you, thousands of smokers are changing to Chesterfield because only Chesterfield gives proof of low nicotine, highest quality. 27:09.320 --> 27:18.320 That's why I recommend you try them today. Regular or king size, Chesterfield's are really mild, really satisfying. Best for you. 27:18.320 --> 27:33.320 Gene Norton Graff was tried and convicted of murder in the second degree. He was referred to the youth authority for punishment. 27:33.320 --> 27:40.320 Murder in the second degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of from five years to life. 27:40.320 --> 28:04.320 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 28:04.320 --> 28:10.320 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 28:10.320 --> 28:15.320 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 28:15.320 --> 28:19.320 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Bert Holland, June Whitley, Gil Stratton. 28:19.320 --> 28:26.320 Script by John Robinson. Music by Walter Schuman. Hal Gibney speaking. 28:26.320 --> 28:36.320 Watch an entirely different Dragnet case history each week on your local NBC television station. 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