1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,640 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,520 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:19,160 Dragnet is brought to you by Chesterfield, made by Liggett and Myers. 4 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:32,920 First, major tobacco company to give you a complete line of quality cigarettes. 5 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:34,320 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,280 You're assigned to robbery detail. 7 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,560 A gang of truck hijackers has been working in your city. 8 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,840 They've stolen 14 loaded trucks. 9 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,320 They've kidnapped and beaten one of the drivers. 10 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:46,160 There's no clue to their identity. 11 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:49,080 Your job, get them. 12 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:57,000 With the winter season coming on, Young America and all of us will be concentrating on our 13 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:02,320 favorite winter sports, ice skating, bowling, basketball, skiing. 14 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:08,280 One thing you'll notice, whatever Young America does, wherever it goes, Chesterfield goes 15 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:09,280 along. 16 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:13,160 Yes, Chesterfield is the choice of Young America. 17 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:17,680 Chesterfield is the choice of more thousands of smokers everywhere. 18 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,680 People are learning the facts about Chesterfield. 19 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:25,480 Learning that Chesterfield is highest in quality, low in nicotine. 20 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:30,080 Learning that Chesterfield is really mild, really satisfying. 21 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:31,720 How about it, friends? 22 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,120 Change to Chesterfield yourself. 23 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,720 Smoke America's most popular two-way cigarette. 24 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,840 Regular and king-size Chesterfield. 25 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:48,680 Best for you. 26 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,560 Dragnet, the documentary drama of an actual crime. 27 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,720 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 28 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:01,280 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 29 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,200 police files. 30 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:08,720 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 31 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,200 in action. 32 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:17,320 It was Wednesday, June 4th. 33 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:18,760 It was warm in Los Angeles. 34 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:20,480 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 35 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,720 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss of Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 36 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:24,720 My name is Friday. 37 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,880 We were on the way out from the office and it was 9.47 a.m. when we got to the county 38 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:28,880 hospital. 39 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:29,880 Ward 419. 40 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:30,880 Hi. 41 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:31,880 Mr. Gilmore? 42 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:32,880 Yeah. 43 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:33,880 I know you guys. 44 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:34,880 No, sir. 45 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:35,880 We're police officers. 46 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:36,880 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 47 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,880 My name is Friday. 48 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:39,880 Hi, it is. 49 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:40,880 Hello. 50 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:41,880 A couple of stools over there. 51 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:42,880 Drag them up. 52 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:43,880 Sit down. 53 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:44,880 I'll get them. 54 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:45,880 Here you go. 55 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:46,880 Thanks. 56 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,880 How do you feel, Mr. Gilmore? 57 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:50,880 Rough. 58 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:51,880 Real rough. 59 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,880 I feel like I've ridden 50 miles in the back of a ready-mixed cement truck. 60 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,880 If it weren't for the pills they'd be giving me, I'd think I'd go off my rocker. 61 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,880 You want to tell us what happened? 62 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:04,880 Yeah, as much as I can remember. 63 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,880 If it goes so far, then there's a room full of black. 64 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,880 If you'll tell us what you can, please. 65 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:11,880 Yeah. 66 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:12,880 Yesterday, that's when it was. 67 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:13,880 Yesterday? 68 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:14,880 Yesterday morning. 69 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:15,880 I checked in for work. 70 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:16,880 Had a load. 71 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:17,880 I was going to take over to Phoenix. 72 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:19,880 Supposed to shove off about 10, 10.15. 73 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:21,880 Did you know what you were carrying? 74 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:22,880 Yeah. 75 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:23,880 I saw the way, Bill. 76 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:26,880 Some of the stuff they were loading. 77 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:27,880 Used furniture. 78 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:28,880 Didn't make any difference to me. 79 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:30,880 They load the truck and I'll drive it. 80 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:31,880 Uh-huh. 81 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:32,880 I went across the street. 82 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:34,880 Little coffee place over there. 83 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:36,880 Got my back-end bottle filled and came back. 84 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:38,880 By that time, they had the truck loaded. 85 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:41,880 I signed the way, Bill, in the office and went out and got into the truck. 86 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:43,880 The two guys were waiting for me. 87 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:44,880 They were in the cab of the truck? 88 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:45,880 Yeah. 89 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:46,880 Sitting there. 90 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,880 Kind of scrunched down so you couldn't even see it from the outside. 91 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:50,880 Yes, sir. 92 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:52,880 As soon as I opened the door, one of them had a gun pointed at me. 93 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,880 Told me to get into the truck like there was nothing wrong. 94 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:57,880 Just start the motor and get the truck away from me. 95 00:03:57,880 --> 00:03:59,880 Did they get out of the truck at that time? 96 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:00,880 No. 97 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,880 When I got there, they told me to drive away and I did. 98 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:05,880 Wasn't going to mess around with them having a gun. 99 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:06,880 Yeah, go ahead. 100 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,880 Then we drove about three blocks and they told me to pull into an alley just off of Santa Fe. 101 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:11,880 Santa Fe in what? 102 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:12,880 Do you remember? 103 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,880 Uh, by Porter Street between Porter and Enterprise. 104 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:15,880 I see. 105 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:16,880 Like to go ahead? 106 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:21,880 Then they told me to pull into the alley and when I did, they made me get out of the truck. 107 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,880 Took me around back and broke the seal and told me to get inside. 108 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:25,880 Right. 109 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:26,880 And that's what you did? 110 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:31,880 Yes, sir. If they'd have told me to jump off the city hall, I'd have gone ahead and done it with that gun pointed at me. 111 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:32,880 Now I'm a coward. 112 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,880 A fellow weighs a gun around and I'm going to do just like he tells me. 113 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:36,880 Yes, sir. 114 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:38,880 Those guys are mean, you could tell. 115 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:39,880 How's that? 116 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,880 Oh, I'm kind of a student of phrenology and I could tell about those fellows real plain. 117 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:44,880 Student of what? 118 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,880 Phrenology. You know, bumps on the head. 119 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:48,880 Huh. 120 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:49,880 They all mean something. 121 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,880 Of course, I didn't get a chance to make a good examination of these guys, but I could see it. 122 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:53,880 Real criminal heads. 123 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:55,880 Mumps told me so. 124 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,880 One fellow had a head that was one of the worst I'd ever seen. 125 00:04:58,880 --> 00:04:59,880 Yes, sir. 126 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:00,880 He was mean to his mother, I could tell. 127 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,880 Had a bump right here. 128 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:03,880 Here, you see? 129 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:04,880 Yeah. 130 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:06,880 He was mean to his mother. 131 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:07,880 Yes, sir. 132 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:08,880 Well, what happened after they tied you up? 133 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:09,880 Just left me there. 134 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:10,880 I see. 135 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:11,880 You want to go on? 136 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:12,880 Yeah. 137 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,880 They must have drove for about 20 minutes and they stopped, pulled in some sort of a driveway. 138 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:16,880 How'd you figure that? 139 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,880 Well, right after they stopped, they made a half U-turn and then backed up. 140 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:20,880 Backed up this ramp. 141 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:21,880 Steep. 142 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:26,880 Then they stopped and took me out of the truck, blindfolded me and made me get out of the truck. 143 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,880 Now, this place where they stopped, that's where they unloaded the furniture, did they? 144 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:30,880 Yeah. 145 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:31,880 They must have taken it out of there. 146 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:32,880 I heard them thumping around in the truck. 147 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:34,880 Sounded like they were unloading it. 148 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:36,880 Well, now what'd they do after they got all the furniture out? 149 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,880 Put me back in, drove out to where you found the truck. 150 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,880 After they both climbed into the back, beat me up. 151 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:45,880 Don't remember much after that. 152 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:47,880 Both of them worked you over, huh? 153 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:48,880 Yeah. 154 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:49,880 Both of them got in their licks. 155 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:51,880 Especially the one who was mean to his mother. 156 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:52,880 He was vicious. 157 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:53,880 He was mean. 158 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,880 They kept hitting me with their fists until I just passed out. 159 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,880 Don't remember anything after that till I came to in the back of the truck. 160 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:02,880 That's when I called the cops and the guys in uniform came out. 161 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:04,880 I guess they're the ones who called you. 162 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:05,880 Yes, sir. 163 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,880 Now, is there any way that you might be able to tell us where they took you? 164 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:10,880 You mean when they unloaded the furniture? 165 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:11,880 Yes, sir. 166 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:13,880 Well, I think maybe I got an idea. 167 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,880 I tried to figure out how fast they was driving. 168 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,880 And after you've been a driver for a while, you get to know. 169 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,880 I'd say they were going about 20 miles an hour. 170 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:23,880 We were still in town. 171 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:25,880 My own guess is that they went out of Alameda. 172 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,880 Must have gone out Santa Fe and then turned onto Alameda. 173 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:29,880 Mm-hmm. 174 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,880 I remember hearing kids yelling, that'd probably be Santa Fe High School. 175 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:34,880 Yeah. 176 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:39,880 I guess we went out of Alameda to maybe 43rd or 44th and they turned right. 177 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:41,880 Kind of hard to figure it then. 178 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:42,880 The truck got tied up in traffic. 179 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,880 It was hard to tell if they were stopping for that or they were just at a light. 180 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:46,880 Right. 181 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,880 But I'd say that they were out about Avalon. 182 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:51,880 Maybe they went up to San Pedro. 183 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:53,880 I don't think so. 184 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:54,880 I'd say Avalon. 185 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:56,880 Then they turned left and headed for Hawthorne. 186 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:58,880 Not sure how far they went. 187 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:04,880 But I figured maybe around Rosa Cranes and then they turned a couple more times and they stopped and drove up that steep ramp. 188 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:05,880 Mm-hmm. 189 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:08,880 You figure they ended up around Rosa Cranes and Avalon. 190 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:09,880 Yeah. 191 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:11,880 I guess that's not much help though, huh? 192 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:13,880 Well, it gives us an idea where to start looking. 193 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,880 A couple other things that might help you. 194 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:17,880 What's that? 195 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,880 Well, it seems that when we started to back up the ramp, I heard a bump. 196 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:22,880 Like they backed into a car. 197 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,880 They didn't hit it hard, but I bet they did hit a car. 198 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:27,880 Yeah. 199 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,880 After that, they pulled the truck forward and stopped and backed up again. 200 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:33,880 This time they scraped into the side of a house. 201 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:35,880 I could feel it run along the side of the truck. 202 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:39,880 Sounded like they might have torn up some of the wood on the house. 203 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:40,880 Yeah. 204 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:42,880 Will that help any? 205 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:43,880 Yeah, sir. 206 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,880 We'll have our crime lab check the truck and see if they can come up with anything. 207 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:47,880 Sure hope you can. 208 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:50,880 Oh, you talk to my boss yet? 209 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:52,880 No, sir, but he's been notified, we understand. 210 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:54,880 I bet he's plenty sore about it. 211 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,880 Well, we wouldn't know about that, but he should understand that it wasn't your fault. 212 00:07:57,880 --> 00:07:59,880 He should, but he won't. 213 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:00,880 I know. 214 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:01,880 That right? 215 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:02,880 Yeah. 216 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:04,880 He doesn't understand anything that doesn't go on his way. 217 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:06,880 Spotted a mile off. 218 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:07,880 What's that, sir? 219 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:08,880 His head. 220 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,880 All kinds of bumps. 221 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:20,880 Ten-oh-six a.m. 222 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:22,880 We continued to question the victim Russell Gilmore. 223 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:24,880 He gave us descriptions of the two men who kidnapped him. 224 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:29,880 He also told us that at one time he heard one of the men call the other by the name Leo. 225 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,880 Further, he told us that when the two bandits had taken him from the truck, they'd placed him in a garage. 226 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,880 He was able to feel the wall. 227 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:41,880 He said that he was sure it was a plaster wall, and as much as he could feel the studs and the wire holding the plaster. 228 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:46,880 He said that at one time he heard a woman come out of a house and say something to the thieves while they unloaded the truck. 229 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:51,880 He told us that the garage wasn't very large because there was no echo on the sounds that were made in the building. 230 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,880 We called the office and got out a supplementary broadcast on the thieves carrying their descriptions. 231 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:57,880 Ten-forty a.m. 232 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,880 Frank and I left the county hospital and drove over to Central Station. 233 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:02,880 We went up to the crime lab and talked to Ray Pinker. 234 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:06,880 On the right rear fender, we found evidence that the truck had hit a car. 235 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,880 It looked at some paint chips. 236 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:10,880 Got them here. 237 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:12,880 Looks like a blue car, huh? 238 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:13,880 Yeah. 239 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:15,880 I checked the paint with the Ditzer Production color book. 240 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:17,880 Here, I'll show you. 241 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:21,880 We got all the paints cataloged by color. 242 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:24,880 Here. 243 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:26,880 This is the one. 244 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,880 Yeah, but Ray, there are a lot of blues here. How can you be sure this is it? 245 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:33,880 Well, here. You see they got a color patch on each page in the book, hole in the patch. 246 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:34,880 Oh, this little hole here, huh? 247 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:35,880 Mm-hmm. 248 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,880 Well, we just put this chip relief from the truck in the hole. 249 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:40,880 Now lay it down. 250 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:42,880 Get this lamp. 251 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:44,880 There. 252 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:45,880 Color matches. 253 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:47,880 Got them the same light and you can see they're the same paint. 254 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:49,880 Huh. Look at that, Joe. Same. 255 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:51,880 Yeah, I see. 256 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:52,880 Well, what do we got out of it, Ray? 257 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,880 Car the truck hit was a 1953 Hudson Jet. 258 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,880 It was a single-tone car. 259 00:09:57,880 --> 00:09:59,880 So the top color matches the body color. 260 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:00,880 Yeah. 261 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,880 You can only use this on one-color cars unless you got a special order. 262 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,880 Mm-hmm. Did you find any house paint on the side of the truck, Ray? 263 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:07,880 Yeah. Over here. 264 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:11,880 Might be able to do a little better on that for you. 265 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:12,880 Mm-hmm. 266 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,880 House the truck ran into is about 36 years old. 267 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:17,880 Might be a little more than that, but it's right around there. 268 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:18,880 How did you come up with that? 269 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:20,880 Been painted 18 times. 270 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:22,880 Figure once every two years you come out with 36. 271 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,880 Yeah. How do we know it's been painted every two years? 272 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:27,880 We don't, Frank, just guessing. 273 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:29,880 But the layers of paint are pretty even. 274 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,880 Might indicate they did it regularly. 275 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:33,880 You know, I didn't let the paint go too far before they redid it. 276 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:34,880 Oh, yeah. 277 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:36,880 Here are the chips of the house paint. 278 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:38,880 Here, I'll put one on under the microscope. 279 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:43,880 Here, take a look, Joe. 280 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:45,880 Okay. 281 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:47,880 You see okay? 282 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,880 I haven't got a... I don't know. 283 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:50,880 I'll adjust it. 284 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,880 Yeah. I see what you mean. 285 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:55,880 You know, the first coat was a cream white. 286 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,880 And they stuck pretty much to that for the next half dozen paint jobs. 287 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:00,880 Then they changed to a barn red. 288 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:02,880 Into a green, then back to cream white. 289 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,880 That goes on for three layers and then to the blue that's on it now. 290 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,880 Ray, if we find the house, can you tell us if it's the same one? 291 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:11,880 It shouldn't be too hard. 292 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:12,880 There aren't many of them around. 293 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:13,880 Well, how many? 294 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:16,880 Well, 18 coats would be 18 factorial. 295 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,880 That's multiplying 18 times 17, times 16, times 15, so on to times one. 296 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,880 I got it worked out for you. 297 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:24,880 I hope you have. I'm not with you at all here. 298 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:25,880 Well, look. 299 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,880 Works out to one in six quadrillion, four hundred and two trillion, 300 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,880 three hundred and seventy three billion, seven hundred and five million, 301 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,880 seven hundred and twenty eight thousand chances of finding its twin. 302 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,880 Oh. That's pretty long odds. 303 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,880 Well, if every man, woman and child on the face of the earth owned ten houses apiece, 304 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:44,880 there wouldn't be another one like it. 305 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,780 The 306 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:53,880 1137 a.m. We put in a call to Layton Prince. 307 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,880 Harlan Stahl told us that his crew had gone over the truck thoroughly, 308 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,880 but had failed to come up with anything. 309 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,880 We contacted the stats office and asked them to make a run on the M.O. 310 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:02,880 that the thieves had used. 311 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,880 They told us that the results would be ready for us late in the afternoon. 312 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:08,880 We contacted hit and run detail, but there'd been no reports 313 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,880 that could have been the car that the truck had hit. 314 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:13,880 We went to the office and got a large map of the city. 315 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:16,880 Then we drove out to the county hospital to talk to the victim again. 316 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,880 We asked him to trace his movements while he'd been held prisoner in the back of the truck. 317 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,880 He drew a line down Santa Fe Avenue up to Alameda 318 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,880 and over to Avalon Boulevard on 43rd Street. 319 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,880 From there, he traced the streets down to Rosecrans Avenue. 320 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:34,880 He drew a circle on the map centered on the intersection of Rosecrans Avenue and Avalon Boulevard. 321 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:38,880 He told us that we'd find the house we were looking for inside the circle. 322 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:41,880 Before we left him, we made arrangements for the mug shots to be taken to the hospital 323 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,880 for him to check for a possible identification of the suspects. 324 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,880 1240 p.m. We contacted Records and Identification Division 325 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,880 and asked them if they'd had any luck on running the name Leo. 326 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:53,880 We were told that they had three possibles for us. 327 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:58,880 The addresses on the packages were not in the area that had been circled by the victim Russell Gilmore. 328 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,880 We got in touch with Lieutenant Jack Smires and filled him in on the developments. 329 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,880 He called Metro Division and made arrangements for three additional teams of men 330 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,880 to work with us in a search of the streets within the circle drawn by the victim. 331 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,880 He also contacted the Divisional Commanders and asked for their cooperation. 332 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:17,880 The men were instructed to find a residence with a steep driveway leading to a detached garage. 333 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:21,880 The house would have a wooden porch on the right side of the house as it faced the street. 334 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,880 It would be damaged to the wood on the porch. 335 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:28,880 Also, there was a possibility that a Hudson automobile would be parked either in the driveway 336 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,880 or on the street right next to it. 337 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:32,880 The car would have some damage done to it. 338 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,880 5.15 p.m. Frank and I got back to the office from the search area. 339 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,880 I'm sure tired. I'm with you. A lot of streets out there. 340 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:42,880 Yeah, a lot of houses on the streets. What are the guys from Metro doing? 341 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:44,880 I don't know. I'll get it. 342 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:49,880 Robbery Friday. Yep. 343 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:52,880 Just a minute. Let me get there. 344 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,880 Yeah, okay. Hang on to it. We'll be right out. 345 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:57,880 Right. 346 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:05,880 Well, the Metro boys did some good. The house. They found it. 347 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,880 The address given us on the phone was 1486 Cedar Street down in Compton. 348 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,880 It took us 35 minutes to get out there from the city hall. 349 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:16,880 The officers from Metro Division Reserve stood by until we got there. 350 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,880 We found the house located on Cedar between Dwight Street and Tawada Avenue. 351 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,880 It was a one-story frame building with a stucco garage in the rear of the lot. 352 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:29,880 On the left front side of the house was a wooden porch which had been scraped by some large object. 353 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,880 Several of the pickets in the railing were broken. 354 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:37,880 On the street in front of the house next door we found a 1953 Hudson jet painted a light blue. 355 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:39,880 There was a dent in the left rear fender. 356 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:45,880 We couldn't tell for certain, but the color of the car and the color of the paint on the porch seemed to match the chips that we'd seen in the crime lab. 357 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:49,880 While the officers from Metro covered the rear of the building, Frank and I rang the front doorbell. 358 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:53,880 There was no answer. We checked the garage, but we found nothing that would tie the house owners in 359 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:55,880 with the robbery kidnapping. 360 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,880 The interior walls of the garage were rough wooden studs. 361 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,880 Between them we could see chicken wire embedded in plaster. 362 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:05,880 The physical description of the house, the ramp leading to the garage, the garage itself, 363 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:10,880 and the car parked on the street matched in every detail the picture that we'd been given by the victim. 364 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,880 6.10 p.m. We got the name Conrad Lewis from the mailbox in front of the house, 365 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:19,880 and while the officers from Metro checked it with our office, Frank and I went next door to talk with the neighbors. 366 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:20,880 Yeah? 367 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,880 I wonder if we could talk to you, ma'am. 368 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:24,880 Sure. Who are you? 369 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:26,880 Well, it might be better if we got in off the porch. 370 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:28,880 You ain't coming in here unless I know who and what you are. 371 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:30,880 We're police officers. 372 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:31,880 Oh? 373 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,880 Yes, ma'am. Here's our identification. 374 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,880 Oh, yeah. Well, come on in. 375 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:37,880 Thank you, ma'am. 376 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:38,880 I'm Myrtle Richards. 377 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:40,880 This is my partner Sergeant Friday. I'm Frank Smith. 378 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:41,880 Oh, how do you do? 379 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:42,880 How are you, ma'am? 380 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:44,880 You just sit down. I'll turn off the television. 381 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:45,880 Thank you. 382 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:50,880 Comedy. I've seen it before a couple of times. I always laugh at them again, though. They're funny. 383 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:51,880 Yes, ma'am. 384 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:53,880 It's a great bone to the people, television. 385 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,880 This one's only 12 inch, but I think maybe next year I'll get a bigger one, maybe even color. 386 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,880 They got it now, you know. It's true color. It's beautiful. 387 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:01,880 Yes, ma'am. 388 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,880 Of course, I ain't actually seen it myself. I just read about it, you know. Beautiful. 389 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,880 Oh, I'm a great fan. I got it on all day. 390 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:10,880 Right from the early show to the late, late show. 391 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,880 I understand next week one of them stations is going to start an early, early show next week. 392 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:16,880 Start an early, early show. Now that'll be nice, won't it? 393 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:19,880 Yes, ma'am, sure. I wonder if we could ask you a few questions. 394 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:21,880 By certainly. You just go right ahead. 395 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:23,880 That car out front, does that belong to you? 396 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:24,880 The blue one? 397 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:25,880 Yes, ma'am. 398 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,880 Yeah, that's mine. I just got it a few months ago. 399 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:29,880 That's what you're here about, huh? 400 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:30,880 I beg your pardon? 401 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:35,880 About how somebody hit my car. Big dent. Isn't that what you're here for? 402 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:37,880 No, not exactly. Do you know who hit your car? 403 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:41,880 No. I wish I did. If I knew, I'd sue them. 404 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:46,880 Imagine hitting a car this parked right at the curb, not leaving a note or something to say who did it. 405 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:51,880 Person who ran into me must be insured. It wouldn't cost him nothing. All he had to do was leave a card. 406 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:53,880 Yes, ma'am. When was the automobile hit? 407 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:58,880 Yesterday morning. I walked down to the market to do some shopping and get some things for dinner. 408 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:01,880 Prats, little potato chips, things to eat while I watched the TV. 409 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:06,880 When I got back, the dent was there. Did it while I was gone. Did it and didn't even leave a card. 410 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,880 Yes, ma'am. Could you tell us who lives next door to you, please? 411 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:10,880 Which side? 412 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:11,880 The left side over there. 413 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,880 Well, that's Lewis' house. Why are you asking about them? 414 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:16,880 How long have they lived there, do you know? 415 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:21,880 Yeah, I guess it's been about ten years. They moved in right after Conrad. 416 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,880 That's Mr. Lewis right after he opened up the new store. 417 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:25,880 What line of business is he in? 418 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:30,880 Well, he's got some kind of a shipping business. Has deals with different stores all over the state. 419 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:32,880 Did you see Mr. Lewis yesterday? 420 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,880 Yes. Matter of fact, I did. He come over like usual at 5.30. 421 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:37,880 He usually come over at that time, does he? 422 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,880 Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, yeah. 423 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,880 You see, there's a TV show he likes to see. I watch it, but his wife don't care for it. 424 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,880 She watches something else, so Conrad comes over here. He was here last night. 425 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:47,880 You see him during the day at all? 426 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:48,880 No, I didn't. 427 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:49,880 Do you know where they are tonight? 428 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,880 I'm not sure, but I think they went to the movies. 429 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:56,880 Seems to me Mrs. Lewis said that her and Conrad was going to a show over in town. 430 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:57,880 That's probably for us. I'll get them. 431 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:02,880 I imagine so. Isn't anybody come calling on me this time of night? 432 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:05,880 Oh, it's Henderson, Joe. I'll be right back. 433 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,880 Have you noticed any trucks in the neighborhood lately, Mrs. Richards? 434 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,880 Oh, well, I'll have to think about that for a minute. 435 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:16,880 You don't mean like the garbage you can truck, do you? 436 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:18,880 No, man. Large moving vans. 437 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:19,880 I see the others quite a bit. 438 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:20,880 Yeah. 439 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,880 Well, let me see. 440 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,880 Well, there were some people who just moved into a new house down the street. 441 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:27,880 That was about a month ago. That didn't help. 442 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:29,880 Well, thank you, Mrs. Richards. 443 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:30,880 Joe, see you in a minute. 444 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:32,880 Yeah. Excuse me, please, Mrs. Richards. 445 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,880 Yeah, you go right ahead. 446 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:37,880 Yeah. 447 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:39,880 Henderson ran the name Conrad Lewis through the files. 448 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:41,880 He's been convicted for armed robbery. 449 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:56,880 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 450 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:01,880 Smokers by the thousands are now changing to Chesterfield 451 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,880 because they're learning the facts about Chesterfield. 452 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:05,880 Facts like these. 453 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,880 A doctor has been examining Chesterfield smokers for 20 months, 454 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:11,880 almost two full years now. 455 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,880 We've just received his latest report, 456 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:21,880 and it confirms again no adverse effects to the nose, throat, and sinuses 457 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,880 from smoking Chesterfield. 458 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:26,880 That's a matter of record. And so is this. 459 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:33,880 Chesterfield is the only cigarette proved highest in quality, low in nicotine. 460 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:36,880 Those are the facts about Chesterfield. 461 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:40,880 More good reasons why Chesterfield's tastes so good. 462 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,880 Smoke so much milder. 463 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:43,880 How about it, friends? 464 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,880 Smoke America's most popular two-way cigarette. 465 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:51,880 Chesterfield. Regular and king-size. 466 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:56,880 Best for you. 467 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:06,880 The record showed that Conrad Lewis had been arrested for suspicion of armed robbery 10 years before. 468 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,880 He'd been brought to trial, convicted, and sent to San Quentin. 469 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,880 He'd served six years, and then he'd been released. 470 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:13,880 He was not on parole at the time. 471 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:15,880 Frank and I parked our car down the street from Lewis' house, 472 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:17,880 and we waited for him to return. 473 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,880 At 10.57 p.m., we saw a dark-colored Lincoln sedan turn onto the street 474 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,880 and swing into the driveway of the Lewis residence. 475 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,880 A man and a woman got out of the car and entered the house. 476 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,880 Frank and I waited a few minutes, and then we walked up to the front door and rang the bell. 477 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:30,880 Yeah? 478 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:31,880 You Conrad Lewis? 479 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:32,880 Yeah, that's right. Who are you? 480 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:33,880 Police officers. I'd like to talk to you. 481 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:35,880 Sure. Come on in. 482 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:40,880 What's this all about, something wrong? 483 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:41,880 You own a truck? 484 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:42,880 A truck. Do you own one? 485 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,880 No. You mind telling me what this is all about? 486 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:47,880 Can you account for your time since Monday night? 487 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:48,880 Why? 488 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:48,880 Can you? 489 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,880 Look, I don't know what this is all about, 490 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:52,880 and I'm not going to tell you a thing until you let me know what you want. 491 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:53,880 Now, what do you want? 492 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:55,880 The answers to those two questions. 493 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:01,880 12.15 a.m. 494 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:05,880 It had been only a little over 48 hours since Russell Gilmore had been kidnapped and beaten, 495 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:07,880 and we had a suspect in custody. 496 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,880 However, Lewis refused to admit any complicity in the crime. 497 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,880 We talked to him for several hours, but he told us nothing. 498 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,880 He admitted that he'd been arrested before and that he'd served time in San Quentin. 499 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,880 However, he stuck to his statement that since his release, he'd done his best to live by the law. 500 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,880 With the evidence at hand, he was booked at the main jail 501 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,880 on a charge of suspicion of violation of Section 211 P.C. 502 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,880 We obtained the keys to his place of business, and Frank and I went out to check it. 503 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,880 It was a large wholesale store selling used furniture. 504 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,880 A search at the premises failed to turn up any of the stolen merchandise. 505 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,880 While Frank went through the stock rooms, I checked the business ledgers. 506 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:45,880 Nothing back there either, Joe. How'd you do? 507 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:47,880 Well, according to these, Lewis does a big shipping business. 508 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:49,880 That's what the woman next door told us. 509 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:51,880 Yeah, he's been making shipments up to Oakland regular. 510 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:53,880 Books tell what they were? 511 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:54,880 Yeah, right here. 512 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,880 He's been sending large lots of used stuff to a place on MacArthur Boulevard. 513 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,880 There's a whole list of it here. Tables, living room sets, TV sets. 514 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,880 Better get in touch with the police up there and have them check this place out, huh? 515 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:07,880 Yeah. Without that stolen property, we're not going to have a very good case against them. 516 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:09,880 You got the address of the place up north? 517 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,880 Yeah. Let's go back to the office and get a call in. 518 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:13,880 Right. Sure hope they come up with the answers. 519 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,880 Well, if they don't, we might be in trouble. 520 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:16,880 Yeah? 521 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,880 The DA's office is liable to throw the whole thing out. 522 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:24,880 Thursday, June 5th, 820 a.m. 523 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,880 We put in a call to Captain of Inspector Tony Bolger in Oakland 524 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:30,880 and asked him to check on the recipient of the furniture shipment from Lewis. 525 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:35,880 We also gave him as detailed a description of the stolen merchandise as we were able to obtain. 526 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,880 In the meantime, Lewis had been admitted to bail and was released. 527 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,880 Thursday, 1115 p.m. 528 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,880 Frank and I got back to the office from checking a lead on one of the suspects who'd driven the truck. 529 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:46,880 I got it. 530 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,880 Robbery Friday. Yeah. Yes, it is. 531 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:54,880 All right. Tony Bolger from Oakland. 532 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:55,880 Let's hope we called it. 533 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:56,880 Yeah. Yeah, Tony. 534 00:22:57,880 --> 00:22:58,880 Yeah? 535 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:00,880 What'd he say? 536 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,880 Well, that's the way it looked from here. 537 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,880 What? Yeah, right. 538 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:06,880 Okay. Thank you. 539 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:08,880 How about it? 540 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:10,880 When you talk to the man who bought the stuff, he's clean. 541 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:12,880 How about the merchandise itself? 542 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:13,880 It's all stolen. 543 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:19,880 1120 p.m. 544 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,880 We got in touch with Lieutenant Smyers and filled him in on the new developments. 545 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,880 After we talked to him, we contacted officers Max Herman and Ed Benson 546 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,880 and made arrangements to meet them at the house on Cedar Street. 547 00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:30,880 It took us less than half an hour to get out to Compton. 548 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,880 The other officers were there by the time we arrived. 549 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,880 While they covered the back door, Frank and I went up to the front. 550 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:36,880 You think he knows it's us? 551 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:38,880 I don't know. Try it again. 552 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:43,880 The car's in the driveway. We know he's in there. 553 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:44,880 Wait a minute. 554 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:45,880 Sounds like somebody's coming now. 555 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:48,880 Yeah? 556 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:50,880 What are you doing out here? 557 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:51,880 Aren't you guys ever going to get off my back? 558 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:52,880 Mind if we come in and talk? 559 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:53,880 I got a choice. 560 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:54,880 No, you haven't. 561 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:55,880 Come on in. 562 00:23:57,880 --> 00:23:58,880 Want to go through the house again? 563 00:23:58,880 --> 00:23:59,880 That won't be necessary. 564 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:00,880 Yeah. 565 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:01,880 I'm glad of that. 566 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:02,880 What's it about this time? 567 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:06,880 Same as before. 568 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:07,880 Maybe you better spell it for me. 569 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:08,880 We can go that route if that's the way you want it. 570 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:10,880 Go ahead. I like fairy tales. 571 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:12,880 All right. We got a report from the victim who was robbed and kidnapped. 572 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,880 He was able to give us a description of this house, of your garage and of the whole setup. 573 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:17,880 You've been on a spike again. You see him. 574 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:18,880 We took a sample of the paint from your front porch. 575 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,880 It matches paint found on a truck that was hijacked. 576 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:21,880 A lot of houses in L.A. 577 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:23,880 Not painted like this one. 578 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:25,880 You think you're going to send me to the joint with a batch of paint? 579 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:26,880 It's going to help. 580 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:27,880 Look, cop, you know I've been in the rounds. 581 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,880 I've seen enough trouble to know it's rough to get a conviction with circumstantial evidence. 582 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:32,880 That's all you've got with me. Nothing more. 583 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,880 Now why don't you go home and I'll just forget you were here tonight. 584 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:35,880 We got the plant. 585 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:36,880 What? 586 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:37,880 We got the plant. They moved in on it. 587 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:39,880 The man you sold the stolen furniture to is willing to testify. 588 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:41,880 You know we got you cold. Now why not cop out? 589 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,880 That's the way it hangs, huh? 590 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:44,880 That's the way. 591 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:46,880 All right. I'll get my coat and go with you. 592 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:47,880 Just point it out. We'll get it for you. 593 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:48,880 In the closet. 594 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:49,880 Never mind. 595 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,880 He's making a pain in the... 596 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,880 Outside. 597 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:57,880 He's in his car. 598 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:00,880 Yeah, come on. 599 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:05,880 He's heading down toward Rosecrans. 600 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:08,880 Better hit the siren. 601 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:10,880 Right. 602 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,880 He's turning on the Rosecrans. Take a left. 603 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:18,880 I got him. 604 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:21,880 See him? 605 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:22,880 Wait a minute. 606 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:23,880 Yeah, up ahead there. 607 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:24,880 Dry shot? 608 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,880 Better not. Too many people around. 609 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:31,880 Can't you close in on him? 610 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,880 I think we're pulling up. 611 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:35,880 Making a turn. 612 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:36,880 Yeah. 613 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:37,880 Stay with him. 614 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:39,880 Hang on. 615 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,880 It's a dead end, Frank. 616 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,880 Yeah. 617 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:45,880 He's in trouble, Joe. 618 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,880 Come on. 619 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:51,880 Let's get him out of there. 620 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:52,880 That door is stuck. 621 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,880 Wait a minute. I'll give you a hand. 622 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:55,880 There. 623 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:56,880 Can you get him? 624 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,880 Better call an ambulance. The motor's in his lap. 625 00:25:58,880 --> 00:25:59,880 Is he still alive? 626 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:00,880 Looks like it. 627 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:01,880 Can you help me here? 628 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:02,880 Yeah, let me get in there. 629 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:03,880 All right. 630 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:05,880 Come on. Let's put him down here. 631 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:06,880 Yeah. 632 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:07,880 All right. Take it easy, Lewis. 633 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:08,880 I'll call the ambulance. 634 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:09,880 Right. 635 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,880 Take it easy, Lewis. We've sent for a doctor. 636 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,880 I didn't see the sign. 637 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,880 I didn't see the sign. 638 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:19,880 I didn't know the street didn't go through. 639 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,880 Lousy break. 640 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:22,880 Lousy break. 641 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,880 I'd have made it if I stayed off this street. 642 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,880 You'd never have got me if I'd stayed off this street. 643 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,880 I just turned the car, and all of a sudden I was on a dead end. 644 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:33,880 I'm afraid you're wrong there, mister. 645 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:34,880 Huh? 646 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,880 You've been there a long time. 647 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,880 The story you have just heard is true. 648 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,880 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 649 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,880 On October 14th, trial was held in Department 97, 650 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,880 Superior Court of the State of California, 651 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,880 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 652 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:57,880 In a moment, the results of that trial. 653 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,880 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 654 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:03,880 Well, here it is, the most talked about Christmas gift of the year, 655 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:05,880 the Chesterfield Christmas Carton, 656 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:07,880 now featured in nearly a million, 657 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,880 300,000 retail tobacco stores from coast to coast. 658 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,880 The famous covered bridge has been honored this week 659 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,880 by a new Christmas tune, the Kissing Bridge. 660 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,880 You'll be hearing a lot of it between now and Christmas. 661 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,880 So give the gift that everybody's talking about, 662 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:24,880 America's most popular two-way cigarette, 663 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,880 regular and king-size Chesterfield, 664 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,880 premium quality Chesterfield. 665 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:33,880 Best to give, best to get for Christmas. 666 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,880 The Chesterfield Christmas Carton 667 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,880 The Kissing Bridge 668 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,880 Conrad Austin Lewis and his Confederates were apprehended 669 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,880 and brought to trial on 11 counts of grand theft auto 670 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:49,880 and one count of kidnapping. 671 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,880 They were found guilty and sentenced as prescribed by law. 672 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,880 Grand theft auto is punishable by imprisonment 673 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,880 in the state penitentiary for a period of not less than one, 674 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:00,880 nor more than 10 years. 675 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,880 Kidnapping is punishable by imprisonment for a term 676 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,880 of from one to 25 years in the state penitentiary. 677 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:17,880 You have just heard Dragnet, 678 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,880 a series of authentic cases from official files. 679 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,880 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, 680 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,880 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 681 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,880 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, 682 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:31,880 and Sergeant Vance Brasher. 683 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,880 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Vic Perrin, Virginia Greg, Jim Griffith. 684 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,880 Script by John Robinson. 685 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:39,880 Music by Walter Schuman. 686 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:41,880 Hal Gibney speaking. 687 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,880 Watch an entirely new Dragnet case history 688 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,880 each week on your local NBC television station. 689 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,880 Please check your newspapers for the day and time. 690 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:57,880 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 691 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:06,880 Buy new Fatima, the smooth smoke with Fatima tips of perfect cork. 692 00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,880 King size for longer filtering and Fatima quality 693 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,880 for a much better flavor and aroma. 694 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,880 This Christmas give Fatima in the special Christmas carton, 695 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:22,880 cork tip and plain ends too. 696 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:44,880 Here Merle Muller and the news next on the NBC Radio Network.