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It was cold in Los Angeles. 34 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,000 We were working the day watch out of Burglary Division. 35 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,000 My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Bernard. 36 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,000 My name is Friday. 37 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,000 I'd gone across the street to buy stamps 38 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,000 for some Christmas cards I was sending out. 39 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:05,000 It was 9.15 a.m. when I got back to room 45, Burglary. 40 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,000 I sat down at a table in the squad room 41 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,000 and I started to address the cards when Frank walked in 42 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,000 carrying a stack of Christmas boxes. 43 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Hi, Joe. 44 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,000 Hi. 45 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Christmas cards, huh? Little late, aren't you? 46 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Well, I was going to send them out Monday, 47 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:21,000 but we had that stake out. 48 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 You ought to get married, Joe. 49 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Yeah? 50 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 It's the only system. 51 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Faye does all that stuff for me. 52 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,000 Laundry, mails cards, only system. 53 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Might help. 54 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,000 You got a big stack there. 55 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,000 I ought to cut down the list. 56 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Look at this here, upholstery shop. 57 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Yeah. 58 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 They send me a card every year. 59 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,000 I never get anything in return. 60 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,000 Faye and I ought to go over our list, cut off a few names. 61 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,000 I brought in your present. 62 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Want to open it now? 63 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,000 No, I'll wait. 64 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 I always open a couple a day before. 65 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Why? 66 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Well, it puts you in the spirit ahead of time. 67 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,000 I opened Phil's this morning. 68 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Who's he? 69 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Faye's brother in Denver. 70 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Gave me a magazine, one of those funny ones. 71 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,000 What do you mean, a comic book? 72 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,000 No, one of those funny ones, you know. 73 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,000 No, I don't, Frank. 74 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,000 Well, some of the pages have holes in them. 75 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,000 I don't know what they are. 76 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Well, some of the pages have holes in them. 77 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,000 You look through and there's a picture on the next page. 78 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Oh, yeah, I've seen those on the newsstand. 79 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,000 They have cloth pasted in. 80 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 Cloth? 81 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 In the ads. 82 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 If you want to buy a suit, they have a sample right there. 83 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,000 You mean you can feel it? 84 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Reach right out and feel it. 85 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 It was one for $200. 86 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,000 A suit? 87 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,000 Sure. 88 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Cloth comes from Scotland. 89 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 What's it made out of? Solid gold? 90 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 No, they've got a special kind of goat over there. 91 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,000 It's real smooth. 92 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Not a goat, Frank, a sheep. 93 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Well, it's a special kind of sheep then, 94 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000 because a suit costs $200. 95 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,000 You going to get one? 96 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,000 I told Fay. 97 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,000 She said, wear the sample. 98 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:42,000 Anything doing? 99 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Fanning and Pryor were in on that market holdup. 100 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,000 Did they come up with anything? 101 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Pound of air, nothing else. 102 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,000 I hope it stays quiet. 103 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 I've got more shopping to do. 104 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,000 I finished. 105 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,000 What did you get Ann? 106 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Stationary set, some paper and envelopes, leather binding. 107 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 Joe, you'll never learn. 108 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,000 What's the matter? 109 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 No woman wants a stationary set. 110 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Get her something personal. 111 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Well, it's got her initials on it. 112 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,000 No, no, you want something more sentimental, romantic. 113 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 What did you get Fay? 114 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 It's different in her case. 115 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 What did you get Fay? 116 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Sewing machine. 117 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,000 That's romantic. 118 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Well, there's no way. 119 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Why don't you buy her a catcher's mitt? 120 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,000 Burgory Friday. 121 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Yes, that's right. 122 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 You have the right department. 123 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 All right, Father, we'll be right down. 124 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,000 No, you can tell us about it there. 125 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Goodbye. 126 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 The old Mission Church, they've had a theft. 127 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Collection money? 128 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Statue of the Child Jesus. 129 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,000 Frank and I checked out of the office and rode over to the church 130 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,000 at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Main. 131 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:53,000 The old Mission Plaza Church founded 1781, 132 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,000 the year Los Angeles became a Pueblo. 133 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:59,000 The outside was typical early Spanish design, complete with mission arches. 134 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,000 It was made of adobe and painted white. 135 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,000 They called it the Queen of the Angels. 136 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 The Padres from down in Mexico built it. 137 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,000 The devout Mexicans in town still attended services there. 138 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 10.05 a.m. 139 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Frank and I crossed through the courtyard. 140 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,000 It used to be the old stable, but the Spanish priest changed all that 141 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,000 when it became a mission. 142 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Stone masons paved the stable floor and made it a courtyard. 143 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,000 They planted grape vines, trees, and flowers. 144 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,000 A young priest crossed the courtyard to meet us. 145 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,000 He'd been sitting on a stone bench reading his morning prayers 146 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 as priests had done here for 172 years. 147 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,000 We asked for Father Xavier Rojas, who'd communicated with us. 148 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 We were told he was inside. 149 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,000 We entered a side door. 150 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,000 The church seemed to glow with hundreds of votive candles flickering 151 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,000 on both sides of the altar and at the shrines throughout the church. 152 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,000 It was empty except for a few people praying. 153 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Surrounding the main altar were several old oil paintings and gold frames. 154 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,000 The air was heavy with a scent of advent flowers. 155 00:05:54,000 --> 00:06:00,000 We found Father Rojas up near the sanctuary looking at the nativity scene. 156 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 He told us about the crib. 157 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,000 It was a $70 duplication of the scene at Bethlehem. 158 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,000 The parishioners had taken up a collection for it 31 years ago. 159 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,000 It was put up every year on December 22 and taken down after the holy season. 160 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:16,000 It was beautiful, except that one of the shepherds had lost an arm, 161 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,000 the sheep was old and cracked, and the infant Jesus was missing. 162 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:24,000 Father Rojas led us back into the sacristy. 163 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,000 I'm sorry to bother you, man. 164 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000 It's all right, Father. 165 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Especially now, the holiday season. 166 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,000 We cash our checks, Father. You want to tell us what happened? 167 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Or what you think happened? 168 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,000 I discovered the statue was missing right after the six o'clock mass. 169 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 You saved the six? 170 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Yes. I started over to the rectory and stopped by the crib. 171 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,000 Was the statue there before mass? 172 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,000 I don't know, but it was there last night. 173 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 How late is the church open? 174 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,000 All night. 175 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,000 You leave it wide open so any thief can walk in? 176 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Particularly thieves, Sergeant. 177 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 You say it was there last night, Father. How late? 178 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Ten or eleven o'clock. We had confessions. 179 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,000 No one saw it after that? 180 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,000 One of the altar boys. He says it may have been there. He thinks it was. 181 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,000 Did he see it? 182 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 He's not sure. 183 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,000 What's his name? 184 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,000 Pardon me. 185 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 Here's the schedule. You'll find the names for every mass there. 186 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Was there a big crowd at the six o'clock mass, Father? 187 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,000 Not too many. Seven's the big one. People on their way to work. 188 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Did anyone stay after mass, did you notice? 189 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Not especially. I came back here, took off the vestments. 190 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,000 I suppose it was ten or fifteen minutes before I went back in the church. 191 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,000 It was empty then? 192 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,000 No. People were coming in for the seven o'clock. 193 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Are these the altar boys, James Corneen and Joseph Heffernan? 194 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 That's right. Joe's the one who mentioned it might have been there. 195 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Did you check with the other priests, Father? 196 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Before I called you. None of them knows anything about it. 197 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Just for a check on the pawn shops, how much the statue worth? 198 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,000 In money. 199 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 What's the point in pawn shops, Father? 200 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Only a few dollars. 201 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:51,000 We could get a new one, but it wouldn't be the same. 202 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,000 We've had children in the parish. They've grown up and married. 203 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 It's the only Jesus they know. 204 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,000 We understand. 205 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,000 And we've had children who died. It was the only Jesus they knew. 206 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,000 So many of the people who come here are simple people. 207 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 They wouldn't understand, Sergeant. 208 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 It would be like changing the evening star. 209 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,000 We'll do our best, Father. 210 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:13,000 That's why it would mean so much to have it back for the first mass on Christmas. 211 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,000 It's not very long, Father. 212 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,000 Less than 24 hours. 213 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 If anything turns up here, you know where to get in touch with us. 214 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Yes. 215 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Sad, isn't it? 216 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,000 How's that? 217 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,000 In so short a time, men learn to steal. 218 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Yes, but consider us, Father. 219 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,000 Us? 220 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,000 If some of them didn't, you and I'd be out of work. 221 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 10.50 a.m. We notified pawn shop detail. 222 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 Frank and I checked out the two altar boys. 223 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:42,000 The first one, James Corneen, said he knew nothing about the missing statue. 224 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:46,000 The second one, Joseph Heffernan, was not at home. 225 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:50,000 His father said he had a part-time job, but he'd have him get in touch with us right after lunch. 226 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,000 By 11.30 a.m., we'd run out of book procedure. 227 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000 We had a man to find. 228 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,000 Our only clue? 229 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,000 He'd been to church. 230 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 11.33 a.m. 231 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,000 We checked the phone books for the names of religious stores in the area. 232 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 Two of them were closed. 233 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,000 We tried the third. 234 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,000 When we got there, the only person in the store was an elderly man sitting by a table. 235 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,000 In front of him was a large, beautifully carved chess set. 236 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,000 We're police officers. 237 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 My name's Friday. This is my partner, Frank Smith. 238 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,000 Pleased to see you. Caught me in the middle of a big chess match. 239 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:32,000 Where's your partner? 240 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 Up in San Jose. We've been playing for years. 241 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,000 Same match? 242 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,000 No, just two or three months on this one. 243 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,000 What I meant was we've been playing different matches for years. 244 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,000 I see. 245 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,000 You know, we do it through the mail. I send him a move, he sends me one. 246 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Must keep you on your toes. 247 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Except during the holidays, the mail gets all fiddled up. That's no good. 248 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Guess not. 249 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,000 Slows things down. That's no good. I like to catch him off guard. 250 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000 You Mr. Flavin? 251 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 How'd you know? We never met. 252 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Your name's on the window out front. 253 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Mr. Flavin, we checked the other two religious stores in this neighborhood. They're closed. 254 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,000 It's the best one anyway. 50% European items. 255 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,000 We're checking the stores around the Mission Church. 256 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,000 For what? 257 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,000 Statue of the Child Jesus. Do you have one we could look at? 258 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,000 Sure. 259 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 No, sir. A larger one. 260 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,000 You don't want a larger one. Unless it's for a church. That's why you want a larger one. 261 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Could we see it, please? 262 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 It's not my due to butt in. 263 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,000 But unless you live in a big place, this'll make your living room all the kilter. 264 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Yes, sir. Do most of the people who go to the Mission Church trade here? 265 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,000 Good many of them. Special to kids. 266 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,000 Why kids? 267 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,000 More religious. Check on yourself. See if kids aren't more religious than you. 268 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:40,000 Might be so. 269 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:44,000 That's what's wrong with the world. Oh, I don't mean you're wrong with it. Everybody. 270 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 Yes, sir. What if we could stick to the point, Mr. Flavin? 271 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,000 Sure. A lot of people from the Mission Church come in here. 272 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,000 Do people ever come in and sell back a religious article? 273 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Like a prayer book or rosaries? 274 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Yes, sir. 275 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,000 Secondhand, you mean? 276 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Yes, sir. 277 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Not since I ever been around. It's silly. 278 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,000 Why? 279 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,000 People don't have religious articles so they can get rid of them. They have them so they can have them. 280 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,000 But if a man had a statue and wanted to sell it, he'd come to a place like this. 281 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Sure, but he wouldn't want to sell it. 282 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,000 He would if it was stolen. 283 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,000 No, sir. If a man wants to steal a statue, he'd be crazy or something like that. 284 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,000 The only place he'd want to go is where crazy people are. 285 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 You may be right, Mr. Flavin. 286 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,000 I don't know what you fellas are looking for, but if it's somebody who stole a statue, he's crazy and you won't find him. 287 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,000 You won't find him as long as you live. Or in a million years. 288 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,000 That should cover it. 289 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:31,000 We checked religious stores out as far as Van Ness. We asked the same questions. 290 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,000 The owners gave us the same answers, but none of them were as encouraging as Mr. Flavin. 291 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Frank and I had lunch and reported back to the office. 292 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:44,000 It was 1.30 p.m. when we started into the squad room. The captain was just coming out. 293 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 I just checked for you in the lunch room. 294 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,000 We've been out on that theft of the mission. 295 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,000 We may get some action on the Patterson case. 296 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Did they locate him? 297 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,000 I think he's on the bus from Sacramento. 298 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,000 Well, that means the Bakersfield police. 299 00:11:52,000 --> 00:12:02,000 We'll wait and see. 300 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Are one of you fellas Sergeant Freddie? 301 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,000 He is. 302 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,000 I'm Joe Heffnin. My father said you wanted to see me. 303 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,000 Well, sit down, son. You didn't have to come in. A phone call would have worked. 304 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:17,000 My father said to get on over. He says that any kid that uses phones is lazy. 305 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,000 We want to ask you about this morning. You serve six o'clock mass? 306 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,000 Yes, sir. I'm senior boy. So I get the sixth. 307 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,000 You're senior and you take the early trick? 308 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,000 Yes, sir. That way if you receive communion, you get to have breakfast sooner. 309 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Father Rojas says you think the statue was there before mass. 310 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,000 I didn't look, but I have a feeling it was there. 311 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,000 A feeling? 312 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:40,000 You know, how you have a feeling about something, but you're not sure. 313 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 Did you stay around long after mass? 314 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,000 I put out the candles and hung up my surplus. 315 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,000 How long would that take? 316 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,000 About five minutes, maybe. 317 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Did any of the people at mass stay on? 318 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Some always do, especially ladies. 319 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Oh? 320 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:57,000 Maybe they don't finish any time. Where else they start new prayers? I don't know. 321 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,000 So when you left, there were still some women there? 322 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:05,000 No, sir. That was at first. After I went back to the sacristy, there was only this one man. 323 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,000 What man? 324 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,000 He comes at six o'clock all the time. 325 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Do you know his name? 326 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:14,000 No, sir, but he works down in Olive. You know, paint shop. Where the paint signs. 327 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,000 Could you describe him? 328 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Sort of medium. He was wearing a suit that didn't match. 329 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,000 Didn't match? 330 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,000 You know, different pants than coat. 331 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,000 How about his age? 332 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,000 Always pretty old. 333 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,000 Take a guess. 334 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:29,000 About forty maybe. There's nothing particular about him. 335 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Then why did you notice him? 336 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,000 I've seen him before. In the bundle, I guess. 337 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,000 The bundle? 338 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Out in front. I saw him when he was coming out. He had this bundle, and he almost dropped it. 339 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,000 How large a bundle? 340 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,000 It's hard to say. 341 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,000 Come on, son. Was it large or small, the size of the statue? 342 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Not that big. Yes, sir. 343 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,000 We located the sign shop. The suspect didn't work there anymore, 344 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:05,000 but we discovered his name was Claude Stroop. We found out where he lived. 345 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Two twenty-five p.m. We arrived there. 346 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:13,000 It was a hotel for men, mostly old men, mostly down in outers. 347 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 It was called the Golden Dream. 348 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Police officers. We're looking for Claude Stroop. 349 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,000 Hope Claude didn't get in any trouble. 350 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:23,000 So do we. Is he in? 351 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,000 No. He's got room 307. You can check if you like. 352 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,000 He'll take your word. 353 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Were you on this morning? 354 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,000 Huh? 355 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,000 You had the early shift. 356 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,000 Well, we don't have shifts. My uncle owns the place. I'm the shift. 357 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,000 Did Stroop spend last night here? 358 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,000 Came in about eleven. 359 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,000 When did he leave this morning? 360 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,000 Around six, maybe before. 361 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Did he come back after? 362 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,000 Eight o'clock or so. Then left. Supposed to be back at ten. 363 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,000 Then pulls this trick. 364 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,000 What trick? 365 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,000 Our program. He knows the other fellas need him. 366 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Program? 367 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,000 They're here at the hotel. Every Christmas we have a program. 368 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,000 Put up a tree and sing. They're mostly old fellas. 369 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,000 Singing like that makes them remember back when they were kids. 370 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Then Jimmy Finn comes on. 371 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Jimmy Finn? 372 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,000 He shares number 409. 373 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:04,000 His family once had a lot of money, so he tells the fellas about it. 374 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:05,000 Stories about Christmas. 375 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:09,000 How they had this big log and his grandfather used to start it up. 376 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:13,000 After dinner, everybody turned over his plate and there underneath was a $20 gold piece. 377 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,000 Brand new one. 378 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000 When Stroop came in this morning, did he have a bundle? 379 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,000 I didn't see him come in. 380 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,000 You said you saw him. 381 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,000 I saw him go out after, but not come in. 382 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,000 When was that? 383 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,000 Eight. If you want to look for a bundle, I could give you his key. 384 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,000 We don't have a warrant. 385 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,000 It's all right. I know about police. It's all right with me. 386 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,000 It's not with us. 387 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,000 I didn't mean that. I just meant it was all right with me. 388 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:40,000 Good King Wester's lost look down on the feast of Stephen. 389 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,000 When the snow went round the house... 390 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,000 They were three old men. 391 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,000 You couldn't tell how much better they would have been with Stroop singing the fourth part, 392 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,000 but somehow you didn't care. 393 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,000 This was Christmas at the Golden Dream and it sounded fine. 394 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:52,000 ...that night. 395 00:15:52,000 --> 00:16:00,000 Though the frost was cruel, when the poor man came in sight, 396 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:06,000 gathering winter fuel. 397 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,000 This is the last rehearsal. They got most of the songs down pat. 398 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,000 Sounds pretty good. 399 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,000 That's why it's a shame Claude isn't here. 400 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 He's tenor and they need him to make it sound just right. 401 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:16,000 Does Stroop have a job? 402 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,000 No, sir. He used to have jobs. Not much lately, though. 403 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,000 Did he say where he was going? 404 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,000 No, he should have. The fellas need him. 405 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,000 When he comes in, will you call us? 406 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,000 Sure, and not say anything to him. 407 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,000 That's right. 408 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000 I hope it's nothing serious for Claude. 409 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,000 The fellas' troubles ought to be over. 410 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,000 Troubles? 411 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Way back, it wouldn't count now. 412 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,000 Tell us anyway. 413 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,000 I don't know much about it. 414 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:36,000 As much as you know. Now come on. 415 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,000 It was something back where he used to live. 416 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,000 He robbed somebody or something. 417 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,000 What else? 418 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,000 That's all. 419 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,000 It was a long time ago, way far back. 420 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,000 But he forgot it all, the robin and everything? 421 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,000 No, not quite. 422 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,000 He remembered it this morning. 423 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:58,000 God rest ye merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay. 424 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:06,000 For Jesus Christ our Savior was born upon this day. 425 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,000 To save the world. 426 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:13,000 We went back to the office and ran Stroop's name through R&I. 427 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,000 If he'd been booked anywhere, we had no record of it. 428 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,000 At least not under that name. 429 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,000 4.15 p.m. Pawn shop detail reported back. 430 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,000 No object resembling the statue of the child Jesus had been turned in. 431 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,000 4.18 p.m. I hung up the phone. 432 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,000 Patterson's on that Sacramento bus. 433 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,000 I thought Bakersfield had it. 434 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,000 They were supposed to confirm, they did. 435 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,000 I'm afraid they're going to have to wait until the next morning. 436 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,000 I'm afraid they're going to have to wait until the next morning. 437 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,000 I thought Bakersfield had it. They were supposed to confirm, they did. 438 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,000 Upward station. 439 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:41,000 What about Fanning and Pryor? 440 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,000 They're still out. 441 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 They'll be back soon. When's the bus arrive? 442 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,000 Six o'clock. 443 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,000 There's plenty of time for them to make it. 444 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,000 There's more time for you. 445 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,000 We're still in that theft. 446 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,000 Can it wait? 447 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,000 No. 448 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 What is it? Ten, fifteen dollar statue? 449 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,000 When's the price determine a case? 450 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,000 I realize it's a church statue, but that doesn't give it priority. 451 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,000 It's important to them, Captain. Joe and I promised to get it back. 452 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,000 What do you got on it? 453 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,000 Nothing much. 454 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 And why are you so big hearted? 455 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,000 Burgory Friday. 456 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,000 When? 457 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,000 No, don't say anything. 458 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,000 No, right. 459 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,000 It's Claude Stroop. He just walked into the hotel. 460 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,000 He's our suspect. 461 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,000 Nobody's leaked to him? 462 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,000 No. 463 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,000 You'll keep. You can run him down tomorrow. 464 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,000 It'll be too late then. 465 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,000 They need it for the first mass in the morning, Skipper. 466 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,000 It's kind of a big thing for them. 467 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,000 I'm sorry. I can't juggle details around so you can get a statue back. 468 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 If there's time later on, we'll do our best. 469 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,000 Yes, sir. 470 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,000 You better get over to the station. 471 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Yes, sir. 472 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,000 Will you call Father Rojas over at the mission? 473 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,000 Why? 474 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Tell him we're too busy to work on that statue. 475 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000 But we'll do it later. Tomorrow or when we get a chance. 476 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Why can't you call him? 477 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,000 Well, we better get over to the station. 478 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,000 If Patterson's on that bus, we don't want to miss him. 479 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,000 All right, I'll call him. 480 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Friday. 481 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Yeah. 482 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,000 I can send Fending and Prior. 483 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,000 He might as well stay on that other thing. 484 00:18:52,000 --> 00:19:05,000 Whatever you say, Cap'n. 485 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,000 You are listening to Dragnet, 486 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 the authentic story of your police force in action. 487 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:14,000 There are good reasons why thousands of people are changing to Chesterfield every day. 488 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Why Chesterfield is the largest selling two-way cigarette in America. 489 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,000 Why Chesterfield is best for me and best for you. 490 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,000 People these days want facts. 491 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,000 When you want people to use your product, 492 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:30,000 you have to tell them what effect it has on people who do use it regularly. 493 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,000 That's why a doctor has examined for almost two years 494 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,000 a large group of Chesterfield smokers. 495 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,000 Forty-five percent of them have, on the average, 496 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,000 been smoking Chesterfields for well over ten years. 497 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,000 What is the effect on these people from smoking Chesterfield? 498 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:51,000 No adverse effects to the nose, throat, and sinuses, says the doctor. 499 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Consider Chesterfield's record with these smokers, 500 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,000 with millions of other smokers throughout America. 501 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Another good reason for you to change to Chesterfield. 502 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:16,000 Regular or king-size, Chesterfield is best for me, best for you. 503 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Four forty-three p.m. We arrived at the Golden Dream Hotel. 504 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,000 The desk clerk was right. 505 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Claude Stroop looked like a man who had his troubles at bargain rates. 506 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,000 Your name Claude Stroop? 507 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Yes, sir. 508 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,000 Police officers. We'd like to talk to you. 509 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,000 I didn't do anything against the law. Honest, I didn't do anything against it. 510 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,000 You haven't been accused. 511 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:34,000 I want to take you downtown. 512 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,000 We'd like to talk to you. 513 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,000 No, sir, I'm not going. 514 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,000 I'm not going anywhere. I'm not going to talk to anybody. 515 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000 You're half wrong already. 516 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Five fifteen p.m. We returned Stroop for interrogation. 517 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:59,000 He kept his word. He refused to talk. 518 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Six oh five p.m. Frank called Fay, told her he'd be a little late. 519 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Stroop didn't move for a whole hour. He sat and stared, but he didn't talk. 520 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,000 Six forty p.m. We got a final report from pawn shop detail. 521 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,000 The shops were closed. There was no statue. 522 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,000 Stroop still hadn't talked. 523 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000 Don't you ever want to go home, Stroop? 524 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,000 If I was to talk, he wouldn't let me go. 525 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,000 Depends on what you'd say. 526 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 I'd say it wrong and I wouldn't get home. 527 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,000 You won't this way either. 528 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000 I'd like to go. You can bet on that. 529 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:31,000 This is the seventh year we had the program and I never missed a one. 530 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,000 And a single one. 531 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,000 Why don't you tell us what happened, Stroop? 532 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 How would I know you'd let me go? 533 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,000 You wouldn't. 534 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:38,000 I might as well anyway. 535 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 All right, what happened from Mass on? 536 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,000 Well, there was Mass. I came out and started down toward the hotel. 537 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,000 Back up. 538 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:49,000 I left my stuff at the hotel and then I picked up George's car. I didn't steal it. 539 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,000 He said I could have it any time I wanted. 540 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 Only this time I didn't ask him. 541 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 I took it and started out. 542 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,000 Well... 543 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 I should have asked, but I just didn't. 544 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:03,000 I went over to Grand Avenue for the Christmas bulbs for this fellow Selzen secondhand. 545 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,000 It was coming out of the lot, but I did it. 546 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000 The bumper must have caught the other car. 547 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,000 Didn't leave too big a dent, but there was this long scratch. 548 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,000 I got out and tried to wipe it off with my handkerchief. 549 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000 You know, spit on it like. 550 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 Only didn't do no good. 551 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,000 I didn't think anybody saw. 552 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,000 I don't know how you fellas found out about it. 553 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,000 I'll check all the records. 554 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 Right. 555 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 Stroop, we didn't bring you down here to talk about that. 556 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:31,000 You didn't? 557 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000 No. There's a statue missing from the church. 558 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 The statue of the child Jesus. 559 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,000 You mean I took it? 560 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000 You took a bundle out of church. 561 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,000 Yes, sir. 562 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,000 That was my other pants for the program tonight. 563 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:44,000 I had a place sewed up and there was a button on it. 564 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000 You can check. 565 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 But I wouldn't take a statue. 566 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 I don't think you would either. 567 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 He's clear at auto records. 568 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,000 Go on home. 569 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,000 For the program? 570 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,000 You mean it's all right? 571 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,000 Good night, Stroop. 572 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 Good night. 573 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Merry Christmas. 574 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Where to? 575 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,000 I don't know. 576 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 We could stay and work on it tonight. 577 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Wouldn't do any good. 578 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000 We won't find it. 579 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 I don't think so. 580 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,000 I'll go and get it. 581 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,000 I'll go and get it. 582 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,000 I'll go and get it. 583 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,000 I don't think so. 584 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Tell you kid and the priest. 585 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Build his hopes up. 586 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 I'll go tell him now. 587 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Merry Christmas. 588 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,000 7.27 p.m. 589 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,000 We found Father Rojas. 590 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 Frank told him how it was 591 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 to get the statue back by morning, 592 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 but that we'd keep trying during the week. 593 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:05,000 He said he understood. 594 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,000 We told him we had to get on. 595 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,000 As Frank and I started to leave, 596 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,000 the doors at the main entrance to the church opened. 597 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000 It was a good 200 feet away. 598 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,000 It was hard to be sure, 599 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,000 but it looked like a small boy drawing a bright red wagon behind him. 600 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,000 When he got closer, you could see he was no bigger than a pint of milk. 601 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 He was a luminous-eyed little Mexican boy 602 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000 with a face as young as yesterday. 603 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,000 The priest seemed to know him. 604 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 Paquito? 605 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,000 In the back of the wagon was the missing statue of the child Jesus. 606 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,000 He picked it up gently and walked up to the priest. 607 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Father Rojas? 608 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,000 He just stood there looking up at Father Rojas. 609 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 It's Paco Mendoza, the boy from Paris. 610 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000 Ask him where he found it. 611 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Where did you find it? 612 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,000 I didn't find it. I picked it up this morning. 613 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 He didn't find it. He took it. 614 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000 Why? 615 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,000 Why? 616 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Every year Paquito prayed for a red wagon. 617 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,000 This year Paquito prayed for the child Jesus. 618 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,000 This year Paquito prayed for the child Jesus. 619 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:31,000 I promised the child Jesus the first trip in my little car. 620 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,000 He says all through the years he's prayed for a red wagon. 621 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,000 This year he prayed to the child Jesus. 622 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:42,000 He promised that if he got the wagon, the child Jesus would have the first ride in it. 623 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:47,000 Will the devil come to take Paquito? 624 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,000 He wants to know if the devil will come and take him to hell. 625 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,000 That's your department, Father. 626 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000 He's not the devil. 627 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,000 He loves Paquito very much. 628 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,000 We crossed over to the sanctuary. 629 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:08,000 With the help of Father Rojas, the young boy replaced the infant Jesus in its rightful place, 630 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000 the crib in the nativity scene. 631 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:15,000 Frank and I could have been wrong, but the small plaster statues seem to approve. 632 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:25,000 Mary, Joseph, the wise men, Gaspar, Melchior, Baldazar, the old shepherd, 633 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:28,000 the young shepherd, the peasant. 634 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,000 They all seem to approve. 635 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:35,000 They all seem to approve. 636 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,000 Vuelve a tu casa, Paquito. 637 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,000 The priest told the boy to go home. 638 00:26:45,000 --> 00:27:02,000 He took hold of his wagon and started the long walk out of the church. 639 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 There wasn't much we could say. 640 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,000 There wasn't much to say. 641 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,000 We just stood there and watched him go. 642 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Halfway up he turned to look back. 643 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,000 And he went on out. 644 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,000 I don't understand how he got that wagon today. 645 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 Don't kids wait for Santa Claus anymore? 646 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,000 It isn't from Santa Claus. 647 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,000 The firemen fix old toys and give them to new children. 648 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:41,000 Paquito's family, they're poor. 649 00:27:41,000 --> 00:28:04,000 Aren't they, Father? 650 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:40,000 The story you have just heard is true. 651 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,000 The names and locations were changed. 652 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,000 Ladies and gentlemen, here is our star, Jack Webb. 653 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,000 Thank you, George Fenomen. 654 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,000 Friends, remember your cigarette dealer will be open right up to Christmas Eve. 655 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:55,000 And he can take care of your last minute shopping problems with Chesterfields. 656 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:59,000 Chesterfields and the special Christmas carton featuring the covered bridge. 657 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,000 And now, on behalf of the makers of Chesterfield, Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company, 658 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:09,000 there are over 6,000 wholesale distributors and 1,300,000 retail dealers. 659 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,000 And of course, all of us on Dragnet. 660 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:40,000 We'd like to wish you a very Merry Christmas.