1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,080 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,800 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:20,720 DRAGNET is brought to you by Chesterfield, made by Liggett and Myers. 4 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:33,880 It's a major tobacco company to give you a complete line of quality cigarettes. 5 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:35,400 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,320 You're assigned to robbery detail. 7 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,320 A gang has hijacked and robbed a bank truck. 8 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,800 They've stolen over $100,000. 9 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,760 There's no lead to their identity. 10 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:50,300 Your job, get them. 11 00:00:50,300 --> 00:00:54,760 During this holiday season, Young America, all of us will be concentrating on our favorite 12 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:59,360 winter sports, ice skating, bowling, basketball, skiing. 13 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:05,400 One thing you'll notice, whatever Young America does, wherever it goes, Chesterfield goes 14 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:06,400 along. 15 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,960 Yes, Chesterfield is the choice of Young America. 16 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:14,560 Chesterfield is the choice of more thousands of smokers everywhere. 17 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:20,280 People are learning the facts about Chesterfield, learning that Chesterfield is highest in quality. 18 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,840 Low in nicotine. 19 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:27,480 Learning that Chesterfield is really mild, really satisfying. 20 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,240 So how about it, friends? 21 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,880 Change to Chesterfield yourself. 22 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,600 Smoke America's most popular two-way cigarette. 23 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,840 Regular and king-size Chesterfield. 24 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,840 Best for you. 25 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:50,720 Dragnet, the documentary drama of an actual crime. 26 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,840 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 27 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:59,400 travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 28 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,320 police files. 29 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:06,720 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 30 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:13,800 in action. 31 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:14,800 It was Thursday, June 5th. 32 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:15,800 It was warm in Los Angeles. 33 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:16,800 We were working the night. 34 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:17,800 Watch out for robbery detail. 35 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:18,800 My partner is Frank Smith. 36 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,840 The boss is Chief of Detective Staff Brown. 37 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:21,840 My name is Friday. 38 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:26,000 I was on my way back from the business office and it was 10 52 p.m. when I got to room 27A. 39 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Robbery. 40 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,000 Did you get him? 41 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,000 Yeah, here's the gun. 42 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,000 You got the double-aught buck? 43 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Yeah, Jack. 44 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Here you go. 45 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Any word yet? 46 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 No, we ought to be hearing pretty quick. 47 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Nothing from Herman and Benson, huh? 48 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Last we got from them, they were over on Hobart. 49 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 No action there? 50 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Nothing. 51 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 I'll get it. 52 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Robbery Friday. 53 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Yes, ma'am. 54 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,000 That's right. 55 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,000 When was this? 56 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,000 No. 57 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,000 No, that's a burglary. 58 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,000 If you'll hold on just a minute, I'll have you switch them. 59 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Yes, ma'am. 60 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Hold on just one minute. 61 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Would you give this call to 2524, please? 62 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,000 That's right, burglary. 63 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Thank you. 64 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Woman who wants somebody to come up to her, she's got to be there. 65 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Yes, ma'am. 66 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,000 I'll be there. 67 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:03,000 I'll be there. 68 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,000 I'll be there. 69 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,000 I'll be there. 70 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,000 I'll be there. 71 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 I'll be there. 72 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 I'll be there. 73 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,800 Woman who wants somebody to come out and talk to her about her husband's work pants being 74 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,000 taken from the clothes line. 75 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,000 You should have gone out. 76 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,000 Yeah. 77 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 You got a cigarette? 78 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000 I'm fresh out. 79 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Here you are. 80 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 Got a match? 81 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Yeah, thanks. 82 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,400 Well, you might as well sit down, take it easy. 83 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,360 You got no idea how long we're going to be here. 84 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:24,360 Guess so. 85 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:29,240 You know, I'm still not real sure about how this tip came in. 86 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:30,600 You want to fill me in? 87 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,160 Call came through this afternoon. 88 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,000 Man refused to give his name, just said he had some information he thought we'd like to 89 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,000 have. 90 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,000 No idea who it was, huh? 91 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Said it wasn't important. 92 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,560 Went on to say that he could tell us where to pick up the men who held up the bank truck. 93 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:42,560 Well? 94 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,560 Well, I figured it might be a crank, so I asked him how we could be sure the story was true. 95 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:46,560 How'd he answer that? 96 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:47,560 Said he could prove it. 97 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,000 Said he had some of the serial numbers on the stolen bills. 98 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,000 To check out? 99 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Yeah. 100 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:53,000 Gave me the numbers from 10 of the 20s. 101 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,000 I checked the serial numbers. 102 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,000 They're good. 103 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 And that's when he said he'd call back, huh? 104 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,880 Yeah, said he'd call tonight around 10 and give us the address where we could pick up 105 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:00,880 the men. 106 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:01,880 It's late now, about an hour. 107 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:02,880 Yeah. 108 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:04,640 But he knows what he's talking about. 109 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,880 We got to be here when the phone rings. 110 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:08,320 No way of getting an ID on them, huh? 111 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:09,320 None. 112 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:10,320 What'd he say about the men? 113 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:11,320 They heavy? 114 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:12,320 And the way he tells it, they're loaded. 115 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,560 Got all the guns and ammunition they need to hold out for a week. 116 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:15,640 Who knows that? 117 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:17,360 Why couldn't he give us the address this afternoon? 118 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,160 He said he wanted to put a lot of distance between him and the rest of them. 119 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:21,160 See how many there were? 120 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:22,160 Not right out. 121 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:23,960 The way he talked to them, we figured there were three. 122 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:24,960 Any names? 123 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:25,960 No. 124 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:26,960 Said he'd tell us where to pick them up. 125 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:27,960 Said when we blew the whistle, they'd tell us. 126 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,320 Uh, that'd be a little tight-taken, then, huh? 127 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,400 If the way they handled the guards on the truck is any indication, it isn't going to 128 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:34,400 be a picnic. 129 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:35,400 How many men we got? 130 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,040 We got a dozen in Benson, we can call them in. 131 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:38,840 Murph and Rafferty, Stewart and Creasy. 132 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:39,840 Where are they now? 133 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:42,680 Well, I saw Murph and Raff down at the business office just a minute ago. 134 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:43,680 Said they'd be right in. 135 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:45,680 I get it. 136 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:47,680 Robbery Friday. 137 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,680 Yes, it is. 138 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:50,680 Where? 139 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,680 Yeah, I'll put them through. 140 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,080 Call from San Francisco operator, said it's station to station. 141 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:56,080 Might be our boy. 142 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,440 Huh, he'd have to fly up north to get here this fast. 143 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,600 Airlines don't ask for recommendations when they sell a ticket. 144 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:01,600 Wait just a minute. 145 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:02,600 This Friday. 146 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:03,600 Who's this? 147 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,200 Okay, if that's the way you want it. 148 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:07,200 Yeah. 149 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:08,200 Give me that address. 150 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,240 All right, let me read that back to you. 151 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,760 1657 Garfield Place, apartment 408. 152 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:14,760 Is that right? 153 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:15,760 Okay. 154 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:16,760 Why don't you tell us your name? 155 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:17,760 I won't do any... 156 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:18,760 Hello. 157 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:19,760 Hello. 158 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:20,760 All right, hang up. 159 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:25,760 I'll have the business office, get on it, see if they can come up with a number. 160 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:26,760 You got the address? 161 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:27,760 Yeah, I got that here. 162 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,360 The way he put it, job might be tougher than we figured. 163 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:30,360 What do you mean? 164 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:31,360 Well, I asked him his name. 165 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:32,360 I told him it wouldn't make any difference if he told us. 166 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:33,360 Yeah? 167 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:34,360 He said it wouldn't make any difference. 168 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:35,800 Said they'd kill him if they found out that he faked on them. 169 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:36,800 That figures. 170 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,200 Said that when he reads in the papers that they're dead, then he'll come in. 171 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:40,200 When they're dead? 172 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:46,560 Yeah, says we won't take them alive. 173 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,520 Ten days previously on Thursday, May 26th, three men had stopped an armored truck on 174 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,840 its way to the Federal Reserve Bank. 175 00:05:52,840 --> 00:05:55,320 The truck had stopped for collection on Wilshire Boulevard. 176 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:59,400 The three holed up men had approached the truck and produced sawed off 12 gauge shotguns. 177 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:03,400 At gunpoint, two of the men forced the drivers to go out to the San Fernando Valley. 178 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,400 The third followed in another car. 179 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,200 On a side road south of Ventura Boulevard, the suspects had tied and then beaten the driver 180 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:10,200 and the guard. 181 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,240 The two men were placed in the back of the truck and after stealing all of the cash in 182 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,880 the vehicle, the thieves had driven off. 183 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:20,400 As soon as the theft was discovered, men from the Federal Bureau of Investigation were notified. 184 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,960 Together with them, Frank and I followed down every lead. 185 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:26,000 The crime lab went over the truck but found nothing that would help us in getting to the 186 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,000 thieves. 187 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,520 The light and fingerprints were able to come up with nothing. 188 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,520 The driver of the truck and the guard had been shown the mug books but they were unable 189 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:34,320 to make an identification. 190 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,680 The method of operation was checked through the stats office but when the leads that developed 191 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,040 were checked out, we were in the same position as when we first got the call. 192 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,600 We had no idea who the thieves might be. 193 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,840 Descriptions obtained from the two victims were broadcast to the entire nation but there 194 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:48,440 were no kickbacks. 195 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:52,060 The FBI weighed and sifted all evidence in its Washington headquarters but they came 196 00:06:52,060 --> 00:06:54,880 up with the same results we had, nothing. 197 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,960 The phone call from the informant was the first concrete lead that we'd gotten. 198 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:03,360 There were nine men from the robbery division and three teams from the FBI in the operation. 199 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:07,300 From the information we had, we knew the suspects were armed and they were dangerous. 200 00:07:07,300 --> 00:07:09,440 The people in the building were gotten out of their apartments. 201 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,440 The building itself was completely surrounded. 202 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,960 1.36 a.m. we moved in. 203 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:15,720 Boys in the street are set, let's go. 204 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:17,160 Alright, did you check the manager? 205 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:18,160 Yep. 206 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,560 Descriptions of the men in the apartment match the one we got from the driver of the 207 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:21,560 truck. 208 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:22,560 It checks out to be the same guys. 209 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,120 The manager say how many there were? 210 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:25,640 She's not sure they're all in. 211 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:26,640 Alright. 212 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:34,280 Sounds like somebody's moving around in there. 213 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:35,280 Really? 214 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:36,280 You ready? 215 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:37,280 Yeah. 216 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:38,280 Let's go. 217 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:39,280 Police officer, stand still. 218 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:40,280 What are you doing in here? 219 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:41,280 You here alone? 220 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:42,280 Yeah, alone. 221 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:43,280 What are you looking for, a convention? 222 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:44,280 Where are the other two? 223 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:45,280 What two? 224 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:46,280 Nobody else, Joe. 225 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,280 The closet over there looks like an arsenal, loaded with guns, couple of sawed-off shotguns. 226 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,280 You guys got no right to come in here like this. 227 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,760 I don't know what you're looking for, but you ain't gonna find... 228 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:56,760 What's your name? 229 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:57,760 Hank Peterson. 230 00:07:57,760 --> 00:07:58,760 You rent this apartment with two other guys. 231 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:01,120 The manager tells us that they're Harvey Fitzgerald and Lou Colton. 232 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:02,120 Is that right? 233 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:03,120 Yeah, they live here. 234 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:04,120 Where are they now? 235 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:05,120 I don't know, out, maybe to a movie. 236 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:06,120 I don't know. 237 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:07,120 When do you expect them back? 238 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:08,120 Look, they're big fellas now. 239 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:09,680 They don't have to get me to sign a report card. 240 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:10,680 They do what they want. 241 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:11,680 They went out, I don't know where. 242 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:12,680 They didn't tell me. 243 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:14,160 They also didn't tell me when they'd be back. 244 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:15,520 What's this all about? 245 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:16,920 Where'd you get those guns in the closet? 246 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:18,320 They don't belong to me. 247 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:19,320 Who do they belong to? 248 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,320 One of the guys. 249 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:23,320 Why are you coming in here and asking all these questions? 250 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:24,320 I ain't done nothing. 251 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:25,320 You got no beef with me. 252 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:26,320 I don't know anything about the guns. 253 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:27,320 Maybe Lou likes to hunt. 254 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:28,320 I don't know. 255 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:29,320 They belong to Colton, huh? 256 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:30,320 Yeah, he brought them. 257 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:31,320 You don't know where he is now? 258 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:32,320 I told you, if I knew where he was, I'd tell you. 259 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:33,320 I don't want any trouble. 260 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,080 I don't like to have people pointing guns at me. 261 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:36,080 Would you put that one away? 262 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:37,080 Turn around. 263 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:38,080 What? 264 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:39,080 I said turn around. 265 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:40,080 Get over to the wall. 266 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,720 Put your hands up on it. 267 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:44,840 Big deal. 268 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:45,840 What happens now? 269 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:46,840 You kick my feet out, I fall down? 270 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:47,840 Stand still. 271 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:48,840 I'm gonna jump. 272 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:49,840 You're gonna find nothing on me. 273 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:50,840 I tell you, I'm clean. 274 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:51,840 Nice try, Peterson. 275 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,840 Here's a.38 Colt Joe had in his belt. 276 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,000 You go around pretty heavy for a fellow that doesn't want trouble, don't you? 277 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,000 I carry a lot of money. 278 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,200 Sometimes I think some guys are trying to take it away from me. 279 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:02,200 I gotta protect myself. 280 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:03,800 Anybody's got the right to protect themselves. 281 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,240 Yeah, you got a permit for this gun? 282 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:06,680 No, I didn't get around to it yet. 283 00:09:06,680 --> 00:09:07,680 I'm going to it all right away. 284 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:08,680 I'll get one. 285 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:09,680 You know how it is. 286 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:10,680 You mean to do something, but you forget. 287 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:11,680 Hey, can I stand up straight now? 288 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:12,680 Yeah. 289 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:13,680 Come on, Peterson, get your hands behind you. 290 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:17,760 Maybe you guys will tell me what this is for. 291 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:18,760 What are you looking for? 292 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:19,760 I'm looking for a cop downtown. 293 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:20,760 You know you're making a big mistake. 294 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:21,760 Is that right? 295 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:22,920 Sure, you really call this one wrong. 296 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:23,920 You're dragging an innocent man. 297 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:24,920 I'm clean. 298 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,720 I made a mistake when I didn't register the gun. 299 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:27,920 I'll cop to that, but that's the edge. 300 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:28,920 I don't go past there. 301 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:29,920 No, you got it wrong, Peterson. 302 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:30,920 Read me how. 303 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:32,560 We got you going in for the bank truck robbery. 304 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:34,360 You and your two friends, you're gonna stand for it. 305 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:35,800 Keep talking about my two friends. 306 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:36,800 I got no friends. 307 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:37,800 I move in with a couple of fellas. 308 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:39,960 All of a sudden, I got a piece of some action there shoving. 309 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:41,000 You got it wrong, cop. 310 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,640 You aren't gonna tell us you happened to be here at the wrong time, are you? 311 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:44,640 Look, I'm from Chicago. 312 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:48,800 I got a lead on a job out here, it gets cold in Chicago in the wintertime. 313 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:49,800 I don't like the cold. 314 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,320 Get a lead on a job out here in California, so I put an ad in the paper telling how I'd 315 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,360 like to drive out with the guy, share expenses. 316 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,840 The fellow that answers the ad wants to leave, when I gotta go is Luke Colton. 317 00:09:57,840 --> 00:09:59,800 I took a third of the tab driving out. 318 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:01,520 We got into town, he's got this apartment line up. 319 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:02,520 This one right here. 320 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,360 I got no place to stay, so he says for me to pad down with him, that's it. 321 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,560 The beginning, the middle, the end. 322 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:08,560 Anything outside of that, I don't know. 323 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:11,760 If you got trouble with Luke, then take it up with him, but don't make me fit in. 324 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:13,560 I got no part of the action, I don't want any. 325 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:14,840 What about the gun? 326 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:15,840 The gun you had on you? 327 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:19,240 I tried to explain that, I meant to get a permit for it, I didn't get around to it yet. 328 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:20,240 What about the ones in the closet? 329 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,000 Well, talk to Lou, they belong to him, maybe he's gonna open a museum. 330 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,560 All right, let's get out of here. 331 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:25,560 Come on, let's go. 332 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:28,920 Look what you did to the door, breaking it up like that. 333 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:29,920 No reason. 334 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:30,920 All you had to do was knock. 335 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,200 Landlady's gonna be pretty sore about it. 336 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,240 I'd have let you in if you had a knock, breaking up a door like that, she's gonna be real sore. 337 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:38,240 Probably won't talk to me. 338 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:46,200 It's gonna be a while before she's got the chance. 339 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,620 While Frank and I took Henry Peterson downtown, the other officers from robbery maintained 340 00:10:49,620 --> 00:10:51,720 the surveillance on the apartment. 341 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,840 Because of the construction of the building, it was impossible to wait inside of the room. 342 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,920 However, all of the entrances were covered. 343 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:57,920 2.40 a.m. 344 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:02,360 We checked the suspect through R&I, but we found that he had no record in Los Angeles. 345 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,080 His fingerprints were taken and forwarded to Washington for checking. 346 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,440 It was printed and mugged and then placed in a cell in the felony section at the main 347 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:09,440 jail. 348 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:13,280 The rest of that night, the watch on the apartment continued without results. 349 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,520 The following morning, Frank and I met with Lieutenant Smyers at a special show-off of 350 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:19,780 the suspect for the driver and the guard of the armored car. 351 00:11:19,780 --> 00:11:22,920 Without hesitation, they both stated positively that Peterson was one of the men who had held 352 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:24,200 them up. 353 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,440 The kickback arrived from Washington with the information that Peterson was wanted for 354 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,560 escape from the state penitentiary in New Jersey. 355 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:34,080 He'd been convicted on a charge of murder and robbery and given a life sentence. 356 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:38,040 The record showed that he'd escaped from the prison on Friday, May 9th, two weeks before 357 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:39,640 the truck had been robbed. 358 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:40,640 4.15 p.m. 359 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,640 We had him brought from his cell and Frank and I talked to him in the interrogation room 360 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:44,640 at the main jail. 361 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:45,640 You got a cigarette? 362 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:46,640 Yeah. 363 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:47,640 Here. 364 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:48,640 Thanks. 365 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:53,280 Here's a match. 366 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:54,280 What do we got going? 367 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:55,280 Same thing. 368 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,480 We want to know about the robbery of that armored car. 369 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,880 You figure there's something I could tell you on it, huh? 370 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:01,280 We wouldn't be here otherwise. 371 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:02,560 I'll make you a deal. 372 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:03,560 We don't make them. 373 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:04,560 You're gonna get me out. 374 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:05,560 You might go for this. 375 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:06,920 We can't promise you anything. 376 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:08,520 You're asking me to come over to your side. 377 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:10,520 Seems like you'd be willing to come a little closer to the line. 378 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:12,040 What do you got to say? 379 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:13,040 How bad you got me nailed? 380 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:14,040 As deep as it can go. 381 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:15,040 For real? 382 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:16,040 That's right. 383 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:17,040 Lay it out. 384 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:18,040 All of it? 385 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:19,040 Yeah. 386 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:20,040 We got the kickback from Washington. 387 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,040 We know you're wanted for escape. 388 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:22,320 We checked the guns from the apartment. 389 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:25,800 Found out they were taken in a burglary in Chicago Tuesday, May 13th. 390 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:26,800 Go ahead. 391 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:27,800 We checked with the Chicago papers. 392 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,560 The ad you told us about asking for a ride out here, it was never run. 393 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:32,120 You guys are sure thorough. 394 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:33,920 The victims of the robbery identified your picture. 395 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:34,920 They sure? 396 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:35,920 They're sure. 397 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:36,920 No chance for a mistake? 398 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:37,920 No chance. 399 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:39,160 If I cop out, where am I gonna do the time? 400 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:40,160 We don't decide then. 401 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:41,680 You think they'll send me back to Jersey? 402 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:43,320 I told you we got no say in that. 403 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:44,720 It's so cold back there. 404 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:45,720 It's nice here in California. 405 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:46,720 I like to stay here. 406 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,160 Nothing you guys can do so I can take the fall in Quentin, huh? 407 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:51,160 Nothing. 408 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:52,800 Any way you hear it, I'm nailed, huh? 409 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:53,800 That's right. 410 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:54,800 Okay. 411 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:56,280 Maybe it's marked down that I copped out. 412 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:57,280 They'll let me stay in California. 413 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:58,280 It'll be put down that way. 414 00:12:58,280 --> 00:12:59,280 Okay. 415 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:00,280 Where do you want me to start? 416 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,280 Try the beginning. 417 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:02,280 Good place, is any? 418 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,040 You're with the holdup, huh? 419 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:05,040 Yeah. 420 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:06,040 How about the other two? 421 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:07,040 You picked them up yet? 422 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:08,040 No. 423 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:09,040 Haven't come back to the apartment. 424 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:10,040 Might be good if they didn't. 425 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:11,480 Where do you come up with that? 426 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:12,480 Heavy, real heavy. 427 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:13,480 What are their names? 428 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:14,480 Luke Colton, Harvey Fitzgerald. 429 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,480 Those are the names in the mailbox. 430 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:17,480 Are they real? 431 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:18,480 Far as I know. 432 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:19,480 You aren't sure, huh? 433 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:20,480 No. 434 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:21,480 Part of what I told you is true. 435 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:23,320 I broke out of a jail in Jersey, then beat it to Chicago. 436 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,320 Laid around for a couple of days, then started to look for some action. 437 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:27,320 I was broke. 438 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:28,320 I needed a score to set me up. 439 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,760 I was sitting in a bar down on State Street one night and I met Lou and Harvey. 440 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:33,320 They took me to the job out here. 441 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,720 You mean they came all the way out here to pull the one job? 442 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:36,720 Yeah. 443 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:38,200 They got a rumble about how it'd be a cinch. 444 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,760 Came out to run it off, then they figured I'm going back leaving you cops with nothing. 445 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:43,480 When were they figuring on leaving? 446 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:44,480 I don't know. 447 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:45,480 This was their part of the deal. 448 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:46,920 I told them going in, I wanted to stay out here. 449 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:48,160 Didn't make any difference to them. 450 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,320 We all figured that if we cut up a hundred thousand dollar score, none of us was going 451 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:52,320 to look bad. 452 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:53,960 For all I know, they might be on the way back now. 453 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:54,960 Their clothes were still in the apartment. 454 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:58,240 You know how many suits you can buy with a third of a hundred thousand dollars? 455 00:13:58,240 --> 00:13:59,240 Let's go ahead. 456 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:02,400 Yeah, well, after the job, we made the split. 457 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,120 Talked it over and decided to dig in for a few days and then take off. 458 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:06,600 At least they decided to leave. 459 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:07,600 Didn't say when. 460 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,520 I told you, now they might be on the way back now. 461 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:10,920 Who else knows you're in on the job? 462 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:11,920 Huh? 463 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:12,920 Outside of you three, Colton, Fitzgerald. 464 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:14,280 Who else knows about it? 465 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:15,280 Isn't anybody. 466 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:16,280 Where's your part of the money? 467 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:17,280 Got it down in the bus depot. 468 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:18,760 Got it in the locker down there. 469 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:20,480 How long's it been there? 470 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:21,480 Since day before yesterday. 471 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:23,640 How often do they clean out them lockers? 472 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:24,640 Every 24 hours. 473 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,760 And then there's $33,000 floating around in the check room. 474 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:28,760 You got the key to the locker? 475 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:29,760 Yeah. 476 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:30,760 Where is it? 477 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:31,760 In my shoe. 478 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:32,760 I got a tape from the soul inside. 479 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:33,760 You want to give it to us? 480 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,040 Well, no, but I don't guess there's any other way. 481 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:37,040 No. 482 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:38,040 OK. 483 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:39,040 You spent any of the money? 484 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:40,560 You mean the stuff we stole? 485 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:41,560 That's right. 486 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:42,560 No, not a dime. 487 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:43,560 Why do you ask that? 488 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:44,560 Who else might know the serial numbers on the bills? 489 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:45,560 Well, nobody. 490 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:46,560 Nobody but us. 491 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:48,120 And I guess the guys at the bank, they got a record of them, I guess. 492 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:49,120 How about Colton and Fitzgerald? 493 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:50,120 They spent any of their part? 494 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:51,120 I don't know. 495 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:52,120 You got to ask them that. 496 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:53,760 The car you drove out after the armored truck. 497 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:54,760 Who'd that belong to? 498 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:55,760 Colton. 499 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,880 What kind of car is it? 500 00:14:57,880 --> 00:14:58,880 Plymouth, 1952. 501 00:14:58,880 --> 00:14:59,880 What model? 502 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:00,880 Sedan. 503 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:01,880 Color? 504 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:02,880 Light blue. 505 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:03,880 You know the license number? 506 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:04,880 No, I never paid any attention to it. 507 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:05,880 What state's it out of? 508 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:06,880 Illinois. 509 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:07,880 Who drove the car when you went on the holdup? 510 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:08,880 Harvey. 511 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:09,880 Fitzgerald, huh? 512 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:10,880 Yeah. 513 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:11,880 He drove the car and Lou and I went in the truck. 514 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:13,880 Either of them been arrested before? 515 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,720 I'm not sure, but I think Lou fell in New York. 516 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:16,720 I'm not sure, though. 517 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:17,720 How about Fitzgerald? 518 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:18,720 No. 519 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:20,560 At least he never said anything about it. 520 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,480 Only way I knew about Lou is that he talked about the food in Singsing. 521 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:24,480 That's the way I knew about him. 522 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:25,480 You know what he fell for? 523 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,200 He was in the food robbery, I think, and there was a kidnap rap, too, but he beat it. 524 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:29,200 He out clean? 525 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:30,200 I don't know. 526 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,480 Seems like you planned a job with two guys that you didn't know very well, doesn't it? 527 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:33,760 I was hungry and I was cold. 528 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,480 I wasn't about to ask for a life story when they offered me a part of the action. 529 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:37,480 How'd they pick you? 530 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:39,680 I told you, I was in a bar on state. 531 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:40,680 Lou and Harvey came in. 532 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:42,200 Both of them were carrying a load. 533 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,480 I was sitting there drinking beer, just the three of us in the place, and Lou was drinking 534 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:46,480 pretty heavy. 535 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,640 He gets in a beef with the barkeep, and I saw the roll he was carrying, so I figured 536 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,960 that if I could take his side in the brawl, maybe I could make a touch. 537 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,640 We walked out of the bar and he offered to buy me a meal. 538 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:56,960 Next thing I know, I'm on the way to California. 539 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,400 I'm a partner in a piece of goods that looks safe. 540 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,540 All that time in the car and you didn't find out anything about your two partners? 541 00:16:02,540 --> 00:16:03,540 We drove straight through. 542 00:16:03,540 --> 00:16:04,540 Well, we weren't driving. 543 00:16:04,540 --> 00:16:05,540 We were sleeping. 544 00:16:05,540 --> 00:16:07,960 Anyway, I wasn't a solid member of the club. 545 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,720 I wasn't about to get my nose mashed in for having it someplace where it didn't belong. 546 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,640 I figured if they wanted me to know something, they'd tell me. 547 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:14,640 You go with them for the guns? 548 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:15,640 No. 549 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:16,640 They already got nose when I fell in. 550 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:17,640 You knew they were stolen? 551 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,000 Guys turn up with that kind of muscle and can't come from anywhere else. 552 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Sure, I knew it was stolen. 553 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,880 Colton and Fitzgerald have any friends out here? 554 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:23,880 No, not in L.A. 555 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:24,880 Anywhere on the coast? 556 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:26,680 I hear Lou's got some people up north. 557 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:27,680 Where? 558 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:29,320 Maybe San Francisco, Marin County, I don't know. 559 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:30,600 Might even be Oakland. 560 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:31,600 Somewhere around the Bay Area. 561 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,120 They say anything about going up there? 562 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:34,120 No. 563 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:35,320 Of course they might have. 564 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:36,320 Way Lou likes to eat. 565 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,920 Coming out here, he'd go 10 miles out of the way because he knew a place that had a good 566 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:39,920 chili size. 567 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:40,920 Think nothing of it. 568 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:42,720 I never saw anybody who liked to eat so much. 569 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:43,720 Real gourmet. 570 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:44,720 Only with him it was glutton. 571 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,920 He mention any names of people he knew up north? 572 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:48,600 No, just said he had people. 573 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,600 Anything about the car they're driving that'd make it easy to spot? 574 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:51,600 What do you mean? 575 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,000 Like a dented fender, a scratch, anything to identify it? 576 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:55,520 Yeah, yeah, it might be something. 577 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,280 There's a kind of scratch in the back left fender, I think. 578 00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:59,960 A woman backed into us on the way out here. 579 00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:00,960 Cut right through the metal. 580 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:03,240 You think of any reason why they might ditch the car? 581 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:04,240 No. 582 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:08,040 We kept a close tab on the papers right after the job and looked to see how much you had 583 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:09,040 on it. 584 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:10,720 When we didn't see anything, we figured the car was all right. 585 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:11,720 I don't think they'd ditch it. 586 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:12,720 It'd be pretty easy to trace. 587 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:13,720 Lou owns it outright. 588 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,880 Unless you want to try to grab cold plates, he'd drive it like it was. 589 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:17,880 Okay. 590 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,160 We'll get you your things and you can come over to City Hall and make a statement. 591 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:21,520 How about the key to the locker? 592 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:22,520 Oh, yeah. 593 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:23,520 There it is. 594 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:27,840 Probably some money due on the package I'll have to owe you. 595 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:29,120 We'll take care of it. 596 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:30,120 Too bad, isn't it? 597 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:31,120 What's that? 598 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:32,120 Thirty-three thousand. 599 00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:33,120 I haven't got the dough to bail out the package. 600 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:34,120 It kind of works out even. 601 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:35,120 Why? 602 00:17:35,120 --> 00:17:36,120 We'd have no place to spend it. 603 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:46,800 An immediate APB was gotten off carrying the names and descriptions of the two suspects, 604 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:48,320 also a description of the car. 605 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:53,000 A radiogram was sent to DMV at Illinois requesting a license and description of any car registered 606 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,000 to a Lewis Colton. 607 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:59,320 While Eleanor Eastlack took Peterson's statement, Frank got in touch with a telephone company. 608 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,520 They'd finished checking the phone call we'd gotten from San Francisco, but the information 609 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,720 they gave led us no farther toward apprehending the suspects. 610 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:09,200 The call had been made from a pay booth in the Ferry Terminal building. 611 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,280 We got in touch with the FBI and filled them in on the developments. 612 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,840 As a result of Peterson's statement, the number of men maintaining the surveillance of the 613 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:20,200 apartment on Garfield Place was cut to one team working days and one team working the 614 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:21,200 night watch. 615 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:25,560 We put a call in to San Francisco and talked to Chief of Inspector James English. 616 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:26,840 We filled him in on what had happened. 617 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,800 He assigned Inspectors Sutton and Zimmerlund to work with us on the case. 618 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:32,440 Five forty-six p.m. 619 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,480 We checked out a tripped car and we left for San Francisco. 620 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:39,680 It took us a little under ten hours to drive the 405 miles between the two cities. 621 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:43,320 At four oh three a.m. we stopped in Oakland and put in a call to the San Francisco Police 622 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:44,320 Department. 623 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:45,320 How much? 624 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:46,320 Yeah, just a minute. 625 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:47,320 Frank, you got a quarter? 626 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:48,320 Yeah. 627 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:49,320 Thanks. 628 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,320 Here you are. 629 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:56,320 Two six four, please. 630 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,320 Hello, this is Joe Friday. 631 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:00,320 Yeah. 632 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,320 You got a message there for me from Charlie Sutton or Jules Zimmerlund? 633 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:04,320 Hmm? 634 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:05,320 Yeah. 635 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:06,320 No, no, we just got in. 636 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:07,320 Yeah. 637 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:08,320 Oakland. 638 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:09,320 What? 639 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:10,320 Just a minute. 640 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,320 You see that speed sign up there? 641 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:14,320 Yeah. 642 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:15,320 Fifth and Poplar. 643 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:16,320 Fifth and Poplar. 644 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:17,320 Yeah. 645 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,320 No, we're coming right over. 646 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:22,320 When was this? 647 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,320 I see. 648 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,320 Well, if Charlie calls in, tell him that we're on the way, will you? 649 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:28,320 Right. 650 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:29,320 Thank you. 651 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,320 Well, we're almost too late. 652 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:32,320 What do you mean? 653 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:33,320 They got a lead? 654 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:34,320 Sutton and Zimmerlund called in 30 minutes ago. 655 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:35,320 Yeah. 656 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:47,120 They're in the car waiting for the suspects now. 657 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:52,280 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 658 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:57,740 There are good reasons why thousands of people are changing to Chesterfield every day. 659 00:19:57,740 --> 00:20:02,480 Why Chesterfield is the largest selling two-way cigarette in America. 660 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:07,280 Why Chesterfield is best for me and best for you. 661 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:11,600 To sell a product, you have to make it good and keep it good. 662 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:13,880 What do the latest reports show about Chesterfield? 663 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:19,360 Well, our research laboratory has compared it with the leading cigarettes in the country. 664 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:24,580 Chesterfield is highest in quality, low in nicotine. 665 00:20:24,580 --> 00:20:26,480 People these days want facts. 666 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:30,040 When you want people to use your product, you have to tell them what effect it has on 667 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,640 people who do use it regularly. 668 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:38,560 That's why a doctor has examined for almost two years a large group of Chesterfield smokers. 669 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:43,560 Forty-five percent of them have, on the average, been smoking Chesterfields for well over 10 670 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:44,560 years. 671 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:48,440 What is the effect on these people from smoking Chesterfield? 672 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:56,600 No adverse effects to the nose, throat, and sinuses, says the doctor from smoking Chesterfield. 673 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:01,240 Consider Chesterfield's record with those smokers, with millions of other smokers throughout 674 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:02,920 America. 675 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:07,200 Another good reason for you to change to Chesterfield. 676 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:22,560 Regular or king-size, Chesterfield is best for me and best for you. 677 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:26,080 The address the business office had given me on the phone was a large garage located 678 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,440 at the corner of Union Avenue and Lynch Street. 679 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,600 When Frank and I got there, we met with inspectors Sutton and Zimmerlin. 680 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,240 They told us that when they'd gotten the APB, a call had gone out immediately to the officers 681 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:39,240 in the city to be on the lookout for a 1952 blue Plymouth with a dent in the left rear 682 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,520 fender and carrying Illinois license plates. 683 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:46,240 The suspects had parked the car in a no parking zone on O'Farrell Street between Taylor and 684 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,000 Mason Streets. 685 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,580 At the peak hour of traffic, the car had been towed away from the parking place and left 686 00:21:51,580 --> 00:21:52,580 in a garage. 687 00:21:52,580 --> 00:21:56,360 While it was in the garage, the information on it had been received from our department 688 00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:58,320 and an immediate stakeout was placed on it. 689 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,240 We felt reasonably sure that the suspects would return to the automobile. 690 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,360 They had no reason to think that there might be anything wrong. 691 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:08,200 The address of the garage had been left so that they might find the car. 692 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,440 All that would be necessary to release it would be the payment of the fine for overtime parking 693 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:13,520 along with the towing and garage fee. 694 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,600 The garage itself was a large building. 695 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,680 It provided four stories for parking. 696 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,240 The suspect's car was on the basement level. 697 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,840 We were able to keep watch on it from a small office near the exit ramp. 698 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:27,520 The attendants were instructed to act as if nothing was wrong when the suspects came in. 699 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,920 Once we knew that they were in the building, the entrances and exits would be blocked and 700 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:32,160 they would be taken into custody. 701 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,320 It was nothing to do but wait. 702 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:35,600 5.30 a.m. 703 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,240 No sign of Colton and Fitzgerald. 704 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:38,240 6.15 a.m. 705 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,160 Frank went out and brought back some hot coffee. 706 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:41,160 6.45. 707 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:42,160 7 a.m. 708 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:46,040 People began to come into the garage to get their cars but not the two suspects. 709 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,160 The later it became, the more difficult it would be for us to take the two men into custody. 710 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,360 If there was going to be any shooting, we'd be in a bad position with civilians in the 711 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:53,840 range of fire. 712 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:54,840 7.30. 713 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:55,840 8.00. 714 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:56,840 8.04 a.m. 715 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:00,480 Somebody coming down there. 716 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:01,480 Yeah. 717 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,000 You see who it is? 718 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,000 No. 719 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,000 Jules. 720 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,000 Yeah? 721 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,000 You and Charlie want to cover the other side? 722 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Right. 723 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,000 Then watch it. 724 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,000 We should be able to get a pretty good look at him. 725 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,000 Yeah. 726 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:23,160 It's Colton and Fitzgerald. 727 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:24,160 Yeah. 728 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:29,160 You see Jules and Charlie? 729 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,160 Wait a minute. 730 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,160 Yeah. 731 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,160 Over by the gray murk. 732 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:33,160 Looks like they're all set. 733 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:34,160 All right. 734 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:35,160 Let's go. 735 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:50,160 All right. 736 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:55,160 What do you guys want? 737 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:59,080 Police officers. 738 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:02,460 You're under arrest. 739 00:24:02,460 --> 00:24:03,720 Get them off. 740 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,720 The doors are blocked Colton, you're in here for good. 741 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,720 You're wearing a wrong kind of glasses, I'll get out. 742 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,720 Now look, we got you for robbery, don't make it anymore. 743 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:13,720 Joe? 744 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:14,720 Yeah. 745 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:15,720 He's over in the corner. 746 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:16,720 How about Fitzgerald? 747 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:17,720 Satin on Zimmerman and gun. 748 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:18,720 Two of their guns in their lap. 749 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:19,720 One no part of trouble. 750 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:20,720 Colton doesn't figure it that way. 751 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:21,720 I'll try to get around him. 752 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:23,720 Now watch yourself. 753 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:27,720 Keep those people back out of the doorway. 754 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:28,720 Go on Frank, I'll cover you. 755 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:29,720 Aye. 756 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,720 You come nearer me, come I'll kill you. 757 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,720 There's three more Colton, you aren't going to get by all of us. 758 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:37,720 Your partner Quint might not be smart like him. 759 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:39,720 He's not a smarty fair. 760 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,720 All right Colton, I'm coming to you. 761 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:44,720 You do it, you'll be dead when you get here. 762 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:45,720 Go down that gap. 763 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,720 Colton, Colton. 764 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:51,720 You see him Joe? 765 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:52,720 No. 766 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:54,720 Take it easy Joe. 767 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:56,720 Colton. 768 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,720 How about it? 769 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:01,720 He's hit, I can't tell how bad. 770 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:02,720 He's still got the gun. 771 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,720 Colton, you're going to hear me throw that gun out here. 772 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:08,720 Nothing. 773 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:13,720 Come on. 774 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:17,720 Better call an ambulance. 775 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:18,720 Right. 776 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:21,720 Never should have taken us. 777 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:22,720 Better take us. 778 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:23,720 We're going to get him. 779 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,720 Never should have taken us. 780 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:28,720 Better take it easy Colton, your hit word shows. 781 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,720 Never should have taken us. 782 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,720 Two of you, two of us. 783 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:34,720 You got it wrong mister. 784 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:35,720 Huh? 785 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,720 You were outnumbered going in. 786 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:46,720 The story you have just heard is true. 787 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:49,720 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 788 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:56,720 On September 18th, trial was held in Department 92, Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Los Angeles. 789 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:58,720 In a moment the results of that trial. 790 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,720 Now here is our star Jack Webb. 791 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:02,720 Thank you George Feneman. 792 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,720 The Chesterfield Christmas Carton is the most talked about gift of the year. 793 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,720 It features the covered bridge which of course inspired the Kissing Bridge song. 794 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,720 Now a highlight of the Radio City Music Hall Christmas show. 795 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:18,720 The carton itself is featured in most of the 1,300,000 retail tobacco stores coast to coast. 796 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,720 This Christmas do what I'm going to do. 797 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:23,720 Give America's most popular two way cigarette. 798 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,720 Regular and king size Chesterfield. 799 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,720 Best to give, best to get for Christmas. 800 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:46,720 Harvey Ned Fitzgerald and Lewis Jeffrey Colton were tried and convicted of kidnapping, robbery in the first degree, and violation of the Dangerous Weapons Control Act. 801 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,720 They were found guilty and sentenced as prescribed by law. 802 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:56,720 Kidnapping is punishable by imprisonment for a period of from one to 25 years in the state penitentiary. 803 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:01,720 Robbery in the first degree by imprisonment for a term of not less than five years. 804 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:07,720 Violation of the Dangerous Weapons Control Act by imprisonment in the state prison for a period of not less than five years. 805 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:13,720 Henry Vincent Peterson was remanded to the authorities of New Jersey for completion of his sentence. 806 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:18,720 A hold was placed on him by the state of California in the event he is paroled. 807 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:26,720 Be sure to read the current issue of Photography Workshop for an interesting and informative look behind the scenes with Dragnet. 808 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,720 That's Photography Workshop, the current issue. 809 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:49,720 Music 810 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:54,720 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 811 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:59,720 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 812 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:04,720 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wins, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 813 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,720 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Herb Ellis, Vic Perrin. 814 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:15,720 Script by John Robinson. Music by Walter Schuman. Hal Gibney speaking. 815 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:21,720 Watch an entirely different Dragnet case history each week on your local NBC television station. 816 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,720 Please check your newspapers for the day and time. 817 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:32,720 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 818 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:38,720 Buy new Fatima, the smooth smoke with Fatima tips of perfect cork. 819 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:44,720 King size for longer filtering and Fatima quality for a much better flavor and aroma. 820 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,720 This Christmas give Fatima in the special Christmas carton. 821 00:28:48,720 --> 00:29:14,720 Cork tip and plain ends too. 822 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:19,720 Hear Meryl Muller and the news next on the NBC Radio Network. 823 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:46,720 O'malley.