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From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, 19 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,520 Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 20 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:58,560 It was Thursday, November 19th. It was warm in Los Angeles. 21 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,480 We were working the day watch out of homicide detail. 22 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,160 My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Warman. 23 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,760 My name's Friday. We just got in a call from Georgia Street 24 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:10,200 Receiving Hospital and it was 946 A.M. when we got to the second floor. 25 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,040 Go to the treatment room. Yes? 26 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,200 Could I see Dr. Hall, please? Come in, Joe. 27 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,360 Joe, Frank. Hi, Doc. 28 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:18,360 Is this the girl? Yeah. 29 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,120 How's she doing? I'm not sure yet. 30 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,520 Just finished the transfusion. When are you going to know? 31 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,480 We think she's going to live, but there's no way of telling right now 32 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,720 how much damage has been done to the brain tissue. 33 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,440 Bad bruise on her face. Must have received a bad blow. 34 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,520 Might have gotten it when she fell. Let's go outside. 35 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,000 I can use the smoke. Okay. 36 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:42,000 If there's any change, I'll be out in the hall. All right, doctor. 37 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,120 You got a cigarette? I'm fresh out. Yeah, here you are. 38 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,000 Frank? Yeah, thanks. 39 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Here's a match. 40 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:55,200 Thanks. I didn't know you gave transfusions in cases like this, Doc. 41 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,800 Don't have to very often. You see, a thing like this, 42 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,000 the carbon monoxide in the gas joins with the hemoglobin in the red cells. 43 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,600 Won't let go. Blood takes the monoxide through the system 44 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,000 and suffocates the brain tissue. We've given her some coramine. 45 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,200 Helps speed up the heart action. Wait, look, she's got a good chance of living, 46 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,200 but we won't know how bad it really is until later. 47 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,800 It's a rough one, isn't it? You find out who she is? 48 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,800 Well, according to the stuff we found in her wallet, her name's Mona Fenton. 49 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:19,800 Another thing that doesn't make much sense, Doc, 50 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,400 she registered into the hotel as Mrs. John Norris. 51 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,000 As near as we can find out, she wasn't married. 52 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,400 How'd you come up with that? Well, when the office got word about it, 53 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:27,800 we tried to get in touch with her husband. 54 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,400 We called the phone number on the ID that we found in her wallet, 55 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,400 talked with her mother. She says the girl's single. 56 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,400 How about the guy she was with? You been able to talk to him? 57 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,400 No, haven't found out who he is. Name doesn't check out, huh? 58 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,200 Not that we can find. How about the mother? 59 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,600 Did she give you anything? We just talked to her for a minute. 60 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,400 We're going over there when we leave here. 61 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,000 Maybe she can come up with some answers. I sure hope so. 62 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,600 Couple of more questions you can ask her. Yeah, what's that? 63 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,800 Find out if the girl's been under a doctor's care. 64 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,700 What do you mean? Checked her over when she came in, found marks. 65 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:56,200 On her arm? Yeah, I think she's an addict. 66 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,100 The 67 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,400 At 8.30 a.m. that morning, a guest in a small hotel on Grand Avenue 68 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:09,000 had thought that he detected the odor of gas in the halls of the building. 69 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,800 He notified the desk clerk and together they conducted a search of the premises. 70 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:18,000 Finally, they ascertained that the escaping gas was coming from a room on the third floor of the hotel. 71 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,000 When the desk clerk got no answer to his calls, he used a passkey to open the door. 72 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,700 Sprawled across the bed was a girl who appeared to be in her early 20s. 73 00:04:25,700 --> 00:04:29,000 The gas heater in the room had been turned on full and the windows were closed, 74 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,400 locked and stuffed with pieces of torn sheets to keep the fumes in the room. 75 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,300 The quick action of the desk clerk had undoubtedly saved the girl's life. 76 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:40,800 While the hotel guest called an ambulance, the clerk turned off the gas, 77 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:45,800 opened the windows and administered artificial respiration to the girl until the ambulance crew arrived. 78 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:51,500 As an attempted suicide, the homicide detail had to make an investigation and Frank and I were assigned to the case. 79 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:54,400 After we talked to Doc Hall at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, 80 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,500 we drove down to the hotel where the girl had been found. 81 00:04:57,500 --> 00:04:58,900 Right in here. 82 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:03,200 Anybody been in this room since the other officers left? 83 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,500 No, sir. They told me to lock it until you could see it. 84 00:05:05,500 --> 00:05:07,100 All right, sir. 85 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:09,100 This is just the way you found it, is that right? 86 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:14,000 Well, yes, of course. The gas is turned off and I opened the windows, but everything else is the same. 87 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,400 I see. 88 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:20,300 From what you said on the phone, she came in last night, is that right? 89 00:05:20,300 --> 00:05:23,000 Yes, sir. At least that's what the registration book says. 90 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,300 They checked in at 10.15. 91 00:05:25,300 --> 00:05:26,500 Did you take care of him? 92 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:29,000 No, I was out to dinner when they got here. 93 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,100 Who checked him in? 94 00:05:30,100 --> 00:05:31,500 Jeff, Jeff Christensen. 95 00:05:31,500 --> 00:05:32,300 Is he around? 96 00:05:32,300 --> 00:05:35,600 No, not right now. He'll probably be back tonight. 97 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:37,000 Know where we can find him? 98 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,800 I don't know. See, Jeff got paid last night. 99 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:41,200 Got his week's wages. 100 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:45,400 Last I saw him, he was on his way out on the town with some of his friends. 101 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,900 Jeff goes out on the town. Maybe we don't see him a couple of days. 102 00:05:48,900 --> 00:05:51,000 I see. But you figure he'll be back tonight, huh? 103 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:56,400 Oh, yes, yes. Jeff only worked a couple of days last week, so he ain't gonna go on much of the town. 104 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,300 Mm-hmm. Did you see the man Miss Benton came in with? 105 00:05:59,300 --> 00:06:00,400 No, I didn't. 106 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,600 He was already in the room when I got back from dinner. 107 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,400 I checked the book. I got the money from Jeff before I left. 108 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,000 The man must have gone out sometime earlier this morning. 109 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,300 I guess I was asleep. My room's just back of a desk. 110 00:06:12,300 --> 00:06:14,400 The fellow must have got out while I was asleep. 111 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,200 I see. Did you get any calls from the room at all? 112 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:18,800 Not a one. 113 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,400 Like I told those uniformed officers we were here, I didn't see them at all. Not a people. 114 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,000 Matter of fact, I was thinking how nice and quiet they were. 115 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,800 But the way the room looks, they sure must have had some sort of argument. 116 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,600 Yes, sir. 117 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,800 Would you know if they brought any baggage with them? 118 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:35,900 Matter of fact, I know they didn't. 119 00:06:35,900 --> 00:06:38,400 Sure looks like they did some heavy drinking, don't it? 120 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:39,600 Mm-hmm. 121 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,800 Yeah. Glasses. That bottle's almost empty. 122 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,000 Yeah. I'd rather you wouldn't touch the bottle. 123 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,400 Oh, yeah. Yeah, well, I won't. 124 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,400 Say, you talk to the girls' people yet? 125 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:50,400 No, sir, we haven't. 126 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:51,800 But you plan to see them, aren't you? 127 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,100 Yes, sir. 128 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:56,500 Yeah, I wonder if you'd do me a favor. You know, when you see a people. 129 00:06:56,500 --> 00:06:57,400 Yes, sir. What's that? 130 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,800 Well, I don't much mind the dirty glasses and having to straighten the room up. 131 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,400 That's all part of the hotel business. 132 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,600 But I wish you'd say something about the torn sheets. 133 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,000 Tell the people about them. I don't want to cause no trouble. 134 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:13,300 But maybe if they know how about the sheets were all torn up, they'd want to make good on them. 135 00:07:13,300 --> 00:07:15,000 You will mention them, won't you? 136 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,200 Yes, sir. 137 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,500 I'll call the office, Joe. Have them send out a crew. See what prints we can lift. 138 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:21,400 All right, fine. 139 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,100 Who else has a passkey to this room? 140 00:07:23,100 --> 00:07:24,100 Oh, you mean beside me? 141 00:07:24,100 --> 00:07:25,200 Yes, sir. 142 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:26,400 Well, ain't nobody. 143 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:27,800 Where's the key kept? 144 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,400 It hangs on a nail next to this. That big nail there. It hangs right on it. 145 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:32,100 Mm-hmm. 146 00:07:32,100 --> 00:07:35,800 When you came into the room, did you notice if there was anything around the door to keep the gas inside? 147 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,000 Uh, I don't follow you. 148 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Well, you found pieces of torn sheets around the windows, you say. 149 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,700 Now, was there anything like that but the door? 150 00:07:43,700 --> 00:07:46,800 Oh, oh, yes. I'm with you now. Yeah. 151 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,500 Now, let me think. 152 00:07:48,500 --> 00:07:53,200 As I remember, no, no, there wasn't nothing there, just around the windows. 153 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,600 Mm-hmm. Was the key in the lock when you came up here? 154 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:56,600 You mean inside the room? 155 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:57,400 Yes, sir. That's right. 156 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:03,100 No, no. The reason I know that for sure is that I looked through the keyhole, tried to see what was in the room. 157 00:08:03,100 --> 00:08:06,800 No, sir, the key wasn't in. Of course, that don't mean nothing. 158 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:07,600 Sir? 159 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,900 Well, only a couple of the rooms have keys anyway. We don't use them anymore. 160 00:08:10,900 --> 00:08:12,800 You mean you don't lock the doors? 161 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,000 Sure, we lock the doors. We got them all locked all the time. 162 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:19,400 It's a respectable hotel. Of course, we lock the doors. 163 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,300 But not with those keys. We got those other locks on the doors. 164 00:08:22,300 --> 00:08:24,200 Oh, I see. You see? Yeah, see there? 165 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,500 Sort of like Yale locks. That kind, you know. 166 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:29,800 That's what locks the doors, not the other keys. 167 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,300 Yes, I see. 168 00:08:31,300 --> 00:08:33,000 Of course, we lock the doors. 169 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,400 Yes. 170 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,600 The locks catch when the door is closed, though, is that right? 171 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:39,800 Yep. Locks them tight. 172 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,800 I got in touch with Lee Jones, Joe. He sent a crew right over. 173 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:44,800 Good. I checked with Doc Hall. 174 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:45,500 How's the girl? 175 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:47,800 Oh, she's coming along. Doc says she's doing better. 176 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:52,600 Oh, these fellas that you're gonna have roaming around here, what's this all about? Is something wrong? 177 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,300 We're not sure yet, sir. 178 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:56,800 Oh, dear, dear. It always happens like this, don't it? 179 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:57,600 What's that, sir? 180 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,500 I try to run a respectable place. Goodness knows I do. 181 00:09:00,500 --> 00:09:04,500 I keep it right up to date. It's good service and something like this happens. 182 00:09:04,500 --> 00:09:07,700 There was no reason for that girl to do a thing like this. Not in my hotel. 183 00:09:07,700 --> 00:09:11,500 Now you cops come in here. Cops gonna be all over the place. 184 00:09:11,500 --> 00:09:14,200 Tenants aren't gonna like it. They ain't gonna like it at all. 185 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:19,800 Just because of that girl. Why'd she have to come in here and do a thing like this? 186 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:21,900 Why'd she have to do it at all, sir? 187 00:09:21,900 --> 00:09:28,900 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 188 00:09:28,900 --> 00:09:32,200 11.26 a.m. We questioned the people in the hotel. 189 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:37,200 None of them could remember hearing any undue noise coming from the room where the girl had tried to kill herself. 190 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,200 Normally, the investigation would have been routine, but with the possibility of foul play, 191 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,000 we had to check every angle and then check it again. 192 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,500 The crew from the crime lab arrived and went over the room. 193 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:52,000 Under the bed, they found an empty capsule, the type commonly used to dispense heroin. 194 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,400 They also came up with a clean set of fingerprints on both glasses. 195 00:09:55,400 --> 00:10:01,100 They were photographed, and the water glasses themselves were removed to the crime lab to be booked as evidence. 196 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:05,700 The registration card the couple had signed was turned over to Don Meyer in handwriting. 197 00:10:05,700 --> 00:10:09,400 The name was checked through our record bureau, through the phone book, and through the city directory, 198 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:14,600 but when the leads were checked out, we were no further in knowing who the man was who'd taken the room with Mona Fenton. 199 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,600 Word was left at the hotel for the handyman to contact us as soon as he returned. 200 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:23,700 Word was also left that if the man who'd registered with the Fenton girl returned, we were to be called. 201 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:29,600 11.45 a.m. The men from the crime lab finished their investigation and returned to the office to compile the results. 202 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,400 Frank and I left the hotel and drove out to the address listed on the girl's identification. 203 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:38,200 It was a large white colonial home near one of the colleges. We rang the doorbell and waited. 204 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:39,900 Yes? 205 00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:40,700 Mrs. Fenton? 206 00:10:40,700 --> 00:10:42,200 Yes, that's right. What is it you want? 207 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:43,600 Police officers would like to talk to you. 208 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:44,400 Oh, come in. 209 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,700 Thank you. 210 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:49,100 It's about Mona, isn't it? 211 00:10:49,100 --> 00:10:49,600 Yes, ma'am. 212 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,200 I knew something like this would happen. I knew it all along. 213 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:53,100 May I get your pardon? 214 00:10:53,100 --> 00:10:57,500 When she first had this crazy idea, when she first told me about it, I knew. 215 00:10:57,500 --> 00:11:01,600 Kids, try to tell them. Just try, and they tell you that times have changed. 216 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:06,200 They say that you're not keeping up with the time. They know it all. Nobody can tell them anything. 217 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:07,700 Well, what idea is this, Mrs. Fenton? 218 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:12,700 When she wanted to quit school and take the job in that drive-in restaurant, the most ridiculous thing I ever heard of. 219 00:11:12,700 --> 00:11:20,100 But nobody could talk her out of it, Lord knows I tried. I knew something like this would happen. I just knew it. 220 00:11:20,100 --> 00:11:24,400 Yes, ma'am. Do you know any reason why your daughter might want to take her own life? 221 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:25,800 Are you a policeman, too? 222 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,200 Yes, ma'am. I'm Frank Smith. This is my partner, Joe Friday. 223 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:29,000 How do you do? 224 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:33,400 How are you, ma'am? Do you know any reason why your daughter might want to kill herself? 225 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:35,500 It's a little hard to say, Mr. Friday. 226 00:11:35,500 --> 00:11:36,600 What's that? 227 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,200 Mona and I had quite an argument about her leaving school. 228 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:43,300 It was one of those silly things that starts and gets all out of hand, you know. 229 00:11:43,300 --> 00:11:47,500 We both have pride, and neither one of us was going to back down. 230 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:50,200 I haven't seen Mona to talk to for over a month. 231 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:51,800 Does she live here, ma'am? 232 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:53,500 Yes, she does, Mr. Smith. 233 00:11:53,500 --> 00:11:57,100 But there's an outside entrance to her room. She comes and goes as she pleases. 234 00:11:57,100 --> 00:11:59,500 Doesn't eat her meals here, so I hardly ever see her. 235 00:11:59,500 --> 00:12:02,500 Mm-hmm. Do you know if she's been under a doctor's care? 236 00:12:02,500 --> 00:12:04,900 No, I don't think so. Why do you ask that? 237 00:12:04,900 --> 00:12:07,100 Well, is your daughter a diabetic? 238 00:12:07,100 --> 00:12:09,200 No, she isn't, Mr. Friday. 239 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,200 Why all these questions about Mona and a doctor? What are you trying to find out? 240 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,800 Does your daughter have any special boyfriends, Mrs. Fenton? 241 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,000 She did have. 242 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:16,800 Who was that? 243 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:18,900 Richard Burdick. Nice boy. 244 00:12:18,900 --> 00:12:21,800 Mona and he were planning to get married when they got out of school. 245 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,600 Then, along with everything else, that just blew up. 246 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,700 Everything seemed to go all at the same time. 247 00:12:27,700 --> 00:12:30,100 Did your daughter have any trouble with this Burdick? 248 00:12:30,100 --> 00:12:32,900 No. Nothing you could call real trouble. 249 00:12:32,900 --> 00:12:35,500 It's just that they agreed to disagree. 250 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:37,900 It was Mona's idea. Richard didn't want anything to change. 251 00:12:37,900 --> 00:12:39,600 She was very much in love with her. 252 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:40,400 Uh-huh. 253 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:41,500 Does he know about this? 254 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:43,600 I don't think so, Mrs. Fenton. We haven't told him. 255 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,300 I don't know what he's going to do when he hears about it. 256 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:49,100 It's going to hit him awfully hard. He's the sensitive type. 257 00:12:49,100 --> 00:12:51,500 Does your daughter have any close friends that she might confide in? 258 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:52,900 I suppose she does. 259 00:12:52,900 --> 00:12:55,200 She's talked about some of the girls where she worked. 260 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,100 Would you give us their names, please? 261 00:12:57,100 --> 00:12:59,900 Oh, yes, I will. I'll write them down for you, those I can remember. 262 00:12:59,900 --> 00:13:02,600 All right, fine. Has your daughter been in good spirits lately? 263 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,000 As far as I know, yes. She's always seemed happy enough when I saw her. 264 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,600 I told you we haven't said much more than hello the last month, but she seemed happy. 265 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,600 Uh-huh. You said that she broke up with this Burdick boy, is that right? 266 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:13,500 Yes. 267 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:14,500 When was that? 268 00:13:14,500 --> 00:13:16,300 Six weeks, two months ago. 269 00:13:16,300 --> 00:13:17,600 You know what caused it? 270 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,200 The job, all the other things. 271 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,300 Mona kept making dates with him and then breaking them at the last minute. 272 00:13:23,300 --> 00:13:25,400 I guess Richard just got tired of being stood up. 273 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:27,900 Well, did he and your daughter have any arguments that you know of? 274 00:13:27,900 --> 00:13:29,300 No. 275 00:13:29,300 --> 00:13:31,600 They just decided that it wouldn't work out for them. 276 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,300 They just decided to stop seeing each other. 277 00:13:34,300 --> 00:13:36,000 Did your daughter have any other steady boyfriends? 278 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,900 Anyone that she saw quite a bit of, maybe? 279 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:41,300 Well, there was one boy. He was quite a bit older than Mona. 280 00:13:41,300 --> 00:13:43,600 She saw a lot of him the last couple of weeks. 281 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,100 You know who he was? 282 00:13:45,100 --> 00:13:47,100 No, I never met him. I only saw him once. 283 00:13:47,100 --> 00:13:49,100 What if you could describe him for us? 284 00:13:49,100 --> 00:13:51,700 No, I'm afraid I can't. He drove by for Mona one night, 285 00:13:51,700 --> 00:13:53,400 going to pick her up for a date. 286 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:54,800 Parked out in front and honked the horn. 287 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:55,600 I see. 288 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:57,300 I went to the front door to tell him to come in. 289 00:13:57,300 --> 00:13:58,800 Mona wasn't ready yet, but he wouldn't. 290 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:00,500 Just sat out there and waited. 291 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:01,800 I didn't get a good look at him. 292 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,900 Could you describe the car for us? 293 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:05,300 I'm not good. 294 00:14:05,300 --> 00:14:08,100 It was one of those foreign cars, a convertible. 295 00:14:08,100 --> 00:14:10,900 I think it might have been a Jaguar. I'm not sure about that, though. 296 00:14:10,900 --> 00:14:12,700 But you're sure it wasn't an American automobile. 297 00:14:12,700 --> 00:14:13,800 Yes, I'm sure about that. 298 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,900 All right. How about the color of the car? Can you tell us that? 299 00:14:16,900 --> 00:14:20,300 It was awfully dark out there. I'm not sure. 300 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:23,300 I'd rather not say, officer, if I can't be sure. You understand that. 301 00:14:23,300 --> 00:14:25,500 I wouldn't want to tell you something and then have it turn out to be wrong. 302 00:14:25,500 --> 00:14:26,800 You can understand that, can't you? 303 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,300 Yes, ma'am, of course. 304 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:29,900 Did you see Mona this morning? 305 00:14:29,900 --> 00:14:31,500 Yes, we did. 306 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:32,300 Is she all right? 307 00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:33,900 They think so, yes. 308 00:14:33,900 --> 00:14:34,800 Aren't you sure? 309 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:37,700 Well, when we talked to the doctor, they were doing everything they could. 310 00:14:37,700 --> 00:14:40,000 They seemed to think that she was going to be all right. 311 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,200 Thank God. 312 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,200 It's so hard, Mr. Friday, to know that your child is sick, 313 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,300 that she tried to kill herself. 314 00:14:47,300 --> 00:14:52,100 To want to go to her and not be able to. 315 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:54,400 It's so hard. 316 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:56,100 Try to take it easy if you can, Miss Fenton. 317 00:14:56,100 --> 00:15:00,600 If you'll just give us the names of the girls that she might know, we'll be on our way. 318 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,200 Yes, I'll write them for you. 319 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:03,900 Thank you. 320 00:15:03,900 --> 00:15:04,600 Excuse me. 321 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,600 Shirley. 322 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,100 Hello. 323 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:10,500 Yes, it is. 324 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:11,700 What? 325 00:15:11,700 --> 00:15:13,700 Yes, they're here. Just a moment. 326 00:15:13,700 --> 00:15:14,600 It's for you. 327 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,600 I'll get a job. 328 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,100 I'll get those names for you, Mr. Friday. 329 00:15:20,100 --> 00:15:22,100 All right, fine. 330 00:15:22,100 --> 00:15:25,000 Did your daughter ever refer to this man in the foreign car by name? 331 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,900 No, I don't think she did. 332 00:15:26,900 --> 00:15:30,500 All I know is that whenever she went out with him, it was the big date of the bunch. 333 00:15:30,500 --> 00:15:32,000 How often did she see him? 334 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,500 Maybe a couple of times a week. 335 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:34,700 Might have been more. 336 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:37,300 I had no way of knowing what she was doing. 337 00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:39,600 She kept pretty much to herself when she met him, 338 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,100 but I could tell he was the big thing in her life. 339 00:15:42,100 --> 00:15:44,500 He was it. 340 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:45,200 Joe? 341 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:46,000 Yeah. 342 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:46,900 See a minute? 343 00:15:46,900 --> 00:15:48,100 Yes, excuse me, Miss Fenn. 344 00:15:48,100 --> 00:15:49,000 I'll finish this list. 345 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,100 Thank you. 346 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:51,700 Yeah. 347 00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:53,400 Call with some Jacks Meyers at the office. 348 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:53,900 Yeah. 349 00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:55,400 Just removed her to the general hospital. 350 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:55,800 Yeah. 351 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:56,800 She had a relapse. 352 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,500 They don't think she's gonna live. 353 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:13,100 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 354 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:17,900 There are good reasons why thousands of people are changing to Chesterfield every day. 355 00:16:17,900 --> 00:16:22,200 Why Chesterfield is the largest selling two-way cigarette in America. 356 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:26,100 Why Chesterfield is best for me and best for you. 357 00:16:26,100 --> 00:16:28,200 People these days want facts. 358 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,100 When you want people to use your product, 359 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:33,800 you have to tell them what effect it has on people who do use it regularly. 360 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:39,400 That's why a doctor has examined for almost two years a large group of Chesterfield smokers. 361 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:45,300 Forty-five percent of them have, on the average, been smoking Chesterfields for well over ten years. 362 00:16:45,300 --> 00:16:48,800 What is the effect on these people from smoking Chesterfield? 363 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:54,200 No adverse effects to the nose, throat, and sinuses, says the doctor. 364 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,900 Consider Chesterfield's record with these smokers, 365 00:16:56,900 --> 00:17:00,000 with millions of other smokers throughout America. 366 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,900 Another good reason for you to change to Chesterfield. 367 00:17:03,900 --> 00:17:08,300 Regular or king size, Chesterfield is best for me, 368 00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:10,400 best for you. 369 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:19,500 ["Fenton Girl's Marching March"] 370 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:22,800 We obtained the name of the drive-in restaurant where the Fenton Girl was employed. 371 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,000 We also got the names of the girls that she worked with, 372 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,700 and the address of her boyfriend, Richard Burdick. 373 00:17:27,700 --> 00:17:33,000 Mrs. Fenton also gave us a list of names of persons who might be able to aid us in the investigation. 374 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,200 Under further questioning, the mother was still unable to furnish us with a motive 375 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,900 for her daughter's attempt to take her own life. 376 00:17:38,900 --> 00:17:42,100 The apparent lack of a motive, or any type of a suicide note, 377 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:47,300 coupled with the bruise on the girl's chin, made the likelihood of foul play more than possible. 378 00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:51,200 12.57 p.m. We left the Fenton home and drove over to the drive-in. 379 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,500 We stopped on the way and put in a call to the office. 380 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:56,200 There still hadn't been any report of the handyman at the hotel, 381 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:00,800 the only person who could give us a description of the man who registered at the place with the Fenton Girl. 382 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:05,100 When we got to the drive-in, we asked about a Peggy Griegson, one of the girls on the list. 383 00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:07,800 After a few minutes, the girl came over to our car. 384 00:18:10,300 --> 00:18:11,300 You want to see me? 385 00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:12,300 You Peggy Griegson? 386 00:18:12,300 --> 00:18:12,900 Yeah, why? 387 00:18:12,900 --> 00:18:14,900 We'd like to ask you some questions about Mona Fenton. 388 00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:15,700 Who are you guys? 389 00:18:15,700 --> 00:18:17,600 Police officers. We'd just like to talk to you. 390 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,400 I gotta get it okayed with the manager. I'm on duty now, lunchtime. 391 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:21,900 Pretty busy. I gotta get it okayed. 392 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:22,600 I'll take care of it. 393 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:23,300 All right, fine. 394 00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:24,400 I'll check with the manager, Joe. 395 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:25,300 Right. 396 00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:28,200 Hope this isn't gonna take long. I got a couple of customers waiting for orders. 397 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:29,500 My partner will take care of it. 398 00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:32,400 Well, ain't the manager knowing that worries me. It's the tips they're gonna leave. 399 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:33,800 Make what I do and the tips are important. 400 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,000 Yes, ma'am. 401 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,800 What's all this about Mona anyway? 402 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,100 What are the cops after her for? 403 00:18:38,100 --> 00:18:40,100 Well, she tried to kill herself this morning. 404 00:18:40,100 --> 00:18:40,900 Mona? 405 00:18:40,900 --> 00:18:42,100 Yeah. 406 00:18:42,100 --> 00:18:43,800 Why? Why'd you do a thing like that? 407 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:45,700 Well, we thought maybe you could help us there. 408 00:18:45,700 --> 00:18:47,400 Why me? I haven't got anything to do with it. 409 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,100 Well, we understand you were pretty friendly with her. 410 00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:52,800 Well, sure, I was a friend of Mona's, but I don't know anything about no suicide. 411 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,500 I don't know anything about it and I don't want to. 412 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:56,500 Do you know any reason she might try to take her own life? 413 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:58,700 Not a reason in the world. Not Mona. 414 00:18:58,700 --> 00:19:01,100 Do you know if she was under a doctor's care for any reason? 415 00:19:01,100 --> 00:19:03,000 No. I mean, I don't know. 416 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,300 She didn't say anything about it. Never said a word. 417 00:19:05,300 --> 00:19:06,100 Was she? 418 00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:07,600 Well, that's what we're trying to find out. 419 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,000 Can you think of any enemy she had? 420 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,900 Anybody who might have wanted to hurt her? 421 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:12,300 How far is this gonna go? 422 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:13,400 Well, how do you mean, miss? 423 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:14,800 I mean, who's gonna hear about this? 424 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,300 Who's gonna hear the answers I'm gonna give? 425 00:19:16,300 --> 00:19:17,400 Well, no one. 426 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:18,600 Now, what do you got for us? 427 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:20,100 Well, I'll give you this for free. 428 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:22,300 If anything happened to Mona, you go talk to Dick Burdick. 429 00:19:22,300 --> 00:19:24,000 Talk to him. He'll be able to tell you. 430 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:24,900 Why'd you say that? 431 00:19:24,900 --> 00:19:26,500 Because it's true. No other reason. 432 00:19:26,500 --> 00:19:28,100 He's a real bum. 433 00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:30,000 You ask me, I think there's something wrong with him. 434 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,100 You know, in the head. 435 00:19:31,100 --> 00:19:33,100 Would you have any reason to say that? 436 00:19:33,100 --> 00:19:34,300 All the reason in the world. 437 00:19:34,300 --> 00:19:37,600 Poor girl, this bum all the time coming around, giving her trouble. 438 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:40,400 All the time telling her how he's gonna kill her and anybody that comes near her. 439 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:41,800 Burdick said that to Miss Fenton, did he? 440 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,000 Half a dozen times. 441 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,100 Wasn't one a week ago. 442 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:47,500 Mona told me she told him off, told him to get lost. 443 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:49,800 She wanted any part of him to leave her alone. 444 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:51,900 He made a big scene. Mona told me all about it. 445 00:19:51,900 --> 00:19:54,000 One day, this Terry drove in here. 446 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,900 Got one of those flashy foreign cars. 447 00:19:55,900 --> 00:19:56,800 A Jaguar? 448 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:58,000 I think so, yeah. 449 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,000 All right, go ahead. 450 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,700 Well, one day, he drove into the place. 451 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:02,500 Mona took care of him. 452 00:20:02,500 --> 00:20:04,300 I guess he liked Mona. He kept coming back. 453 00:20:04,300 --> 00:20:06,600 Always parked in her station. 454 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,600 Anyway, this Burdick kid found out about it. 455 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:12,000 Wasn't anything for him to worry about, but he made a big thing about it. 456 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000 Told Mona she was supposed to stop seeing Terry. 457 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,800 Said if she didn't, he was gonna cause real trouble. 458 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:17,300 Did he say what he was gonna do? 459 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:18,800 I think he was kidding. 460 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:20,800 I don't think he really meant it. He's just a kid. 461 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:21,800 What would he say? 462 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:23,500 I really don't think he meant it. 463 00:20:23,500 --> 00:20:25,800 Well, all right. Now, what did he say to her? 464 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:35,800 Said if he found them together again, kill them both. 465 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,600 We talked to the other girls in the drive-in. 466 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:41,500 From them, we got the same story about the scenes that Richard Burdick had created. 467 00:20:41,500 --> 00:20:46,000 We got more information about the threats that he'd made against the Fenton girl and Terry Hamilton. 468 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,500 From one of the girls, we got the address of Hamilton. 469 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:49,800 2.45 p.m. 470 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,300 We left the drive-in and drove over to the address of the girl's boyfriend, Richard Burdick. 471 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:54,400 We talked to the landlady. 472 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,500 She told us that the Burdick boy had regular habits. 473 00:20:56,500 --> 00:20:59,000 He paid his rent on time. He never had any visitors. 474 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,800 She told us that he wasn't in his room at that time, but she said that she'd let us in. 475 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,400 In her company, we went upstairs. 476 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,600 She unlocked the door and Frank and I went in. 477 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,000 Go on, check the bedroom. I'll take the kitchen. 478 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,000 Yeah. 479 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,500 Nothing out there. How'd you do? 480 00:21:16,500 --> 00:21:17,900 Well, it looks like we're a little late. 481 00:21:17,900 --> 00:21:18,300 What? 482 00:21:18,300 --> 00:21:19,800 His clothes are gone. 483 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,600 We checked the room further. 484 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:25,000 Every indication was that Richard Burdick had left the apartment in a hurry. 485 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,600 We talked to the landlady again. 486 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,600 She could give us no reason for his disappearance. 487 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,400 She gave us the name of his employer. 488 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:34,700 We put in a call to them, but they told us that Burdick had failed to show up for work that day. 489 00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:36,100 4.15 p.m. 490 00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:41,800 We put in a call to the hotel on Grand Avenue, but the handyman still hadn't returned and there'd been no word from him. 491 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,700 We went back to the office and checked the name Richard Burdick through R&I, 492 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:47,300 but we found no criminal record for anybody answering questions. 493 00:21:47,300 --> 00:21:50,000 We put out a local and an APB on him. 494 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:56,000 At 4.39 p.m., we got a call from General Hospital telling us that the Fenton girl had regained consciousness and that we could talk to her. 495 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:59,200 Frank and I left the office and traveled code two out to the hospital. 496 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:03,000 The doctor on duty told us that the girl was out of danger, but that she was very weak. 497 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,000 He asked us not to get her excited and he led us into her room. 498 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:11,000 Miss Fenton. 499 00:22:12,700 --> 00:22:14,000 Yes, who are you? 500 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,000 I'm a doctor. 501 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,400 Yes, who are you? 502 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:18,700 Police officers. 503 00:22:18,700 --> 00:22:22,000 Why can't you leave me alone? Go away. 504 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Just a couple of questions we'd like to ask you. 505 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:28,900 I don't want to talk to anybody. Why didn't you leave things the way they were? Why didn't you leave me alone? 506 00:22:28,900 --> 00:22:30,900 Well, you had a lot of people worried, Miss. 507 00:22:30,900 --> 00:22:32,200 No reason for it. 508 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:36,500 Be better all the way around if things had happened the way I planned them. 509 00:22:36,500 --> 00:22:38,500 And you did try to kill yourself? 510 00:22:38,500 --> 00:22:39,200 Yes. 511 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,000 Who was with you in that hotel room? 512 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,300 You mean Mr. Morris? 513 00:22:42,300 --> 00:22:43,000 Yeah. 514 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,300 It was Terry. 515 00:22:44,300 --> 00:22:48,000 It was always Terry. He was going to marry me, then he didn't. 516 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 He said he would and he didn't. 517 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 That way you did what you did? 518 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,000 Yes. 519 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000 You used narcotics, Miss Fenton? 520 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,000 Hmm? 521 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,000 You used narcotics? 522 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,000 Yes. That was Terry's idea, too. 523 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:05,000 I think that's all he wanted with me, just to get me hooked so I'd have to do what he said. 524 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,000 I think that was the reason. 525 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,000 How about this Richard Burdick? 526 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,000 What about him? 527 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,000 Do you have anything to do with you deciding to take your own life? 528 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 In a lot of ways. 529 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,000 The biggest mistake I ever made was leaving Richard. 530 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,000 I thought it was smart, real smart. I was going to show him. 531 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Terry said he'd marry me. He said he was in love with me. 532 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000 Did he get you started on narcotics? 533 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Yeah. 534 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,000 At first it wasn't so bad. I loved him, really I did. 535 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,000 Then when I had to have the fixes, he changed. 536 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Told me he couldn't give it to me anymore. 537 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:38,000 That I was going to have to pay for it. I tried to tell him to tell him that I loved him. 538 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:42,000 But I wanted to be with him. That's why I went to the hotel to talk it over. 539 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:46,000 Try to come to an understanding. Some kind of an understanding. 540 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:50,000 He said that he didn't want to have anything to do with me. 541 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,000 That he wanted no part of me anymore. 542 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,000 Said that I was going to have to pay for the H from now on. 543 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,000 I didn't have any way to pay for it. 544 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,000 He said it wasn't any of his business. 545 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Is he a user? 546 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,000 Yes. 547 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:08,000 It's all so stupid, all so stupid. 548 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,000 Ma'am? 549 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,000 The whole thing, I had it real good all the way around. 550 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:17,000 And then I went ahead and ruined everything, tore it all down. 551 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:21,000 Even if I'd have killed myself, it would have been no answer. 552 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,000 Not the right answer anyway. 553 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,000 I know that. I know it real well. 554 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,000 Alright, can you tell us where you can find this Terry? 555 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000 You bet I can. 556 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,000 I want to see him feel like I do. 557 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,000 I want him to know what it's like. 558 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Will you be willing to meet with him? Make a buy off Narcotics Force? 559 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,000 You name the time, I'll be there. 560 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,000 I'll be there if I have to crawl. 561 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 Alright, you better get some rest now. 562 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 I guess so. 563 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,000 I'm pretty tired. 564 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Did you see my mother? 565 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Yes, ma'am. 566 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Is she real mad at me? 567 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 No, I don't think she is. 568 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000 Would you call her? 569 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,000 Ask her to come and see me? Tell her I'm sorry. 570 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 Tell her I want to see her. 571 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,000 I'll be glad to hear that. I hope so. 572 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,000 I've got so much to tell her, her and Richard. 573 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 How much to tell them both. 574 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,000 Alright, Miss Femme. We'll get in touch with her. 575 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,000 And you tell me when you want me to call Terry. You tell me. 576 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,000 Alright, we will. 577 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,000 Terrible thing, isn't it? 578 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,000 What's that? 579 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Terry. 580 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,000 He's been around a long time. 581 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,000 Must be other girls in the same fix all because of him. 582 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,000 Girls who have a bad habit and have to do what he says. 583 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,000 Girls like me, terrible. Nobody knows how many. 584 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,000 Yes, ma'am. 585 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Where's it going to end? 586 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,000 When you meet him. 587 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,000 The story you have just heard is true. 588 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:55,000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 589 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,000 On March 10th, trial was held in Department 98, 590 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,000 Superior Court of the State of California, 591 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,000 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 592 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 In a moment, the results of that trial. 593 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 594 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,000 Thank you, George Fenomen. 595 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:13,000 Obviously, it would be impossible for you to question all the Chesterfield smokers that you'd run into. 596 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:18,000 Yet, we're convinced that you want to know what effect a product has on people who do use it regularly. 597 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000 Well, Chesterfield tells you. 598 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:24,000 Now, you've heard the report from the doctor who's been examining Chesterfield smokers. 599 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:28,000 No adverse effects to the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfield. 600 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,000 I think it would make good sense for you to change to Chesterfield today. 601 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,000 Smoke America's most popular two-way cigarette. 602 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:38,000 Regular or king size, you'll find Chesterfield's best for you. 603 00:26:38,000 --> 00:27:04,000 Music 604 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:30,800 she be placed under the care of a competent psychiatrist. 605 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:35,640 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 606 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:39,400 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police 607 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:40,400 Department. 608 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:45,560 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 609 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,760 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Vic Rodman, Virginia Gregg, Gene Tatum. 610 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:51,640 Script by John Robinson. 611 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:52,840 Music by Walter Schuman. 612 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:57,400 Hal Gibney speaking. 613 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:02,920 Watch an entirely different Dragnet case history each week on your local NBC television station. 614 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:07,720 Please check your newspapers for the day and time. 615 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:16,720 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 616 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:21,520 Announcing the best of filter cigarettes, L and M filters. 617 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:25,280 The L and M filter is entirely pure, harmless to health. 618 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:30,320 Filters out the heavy particles in the smoke, gives you more flavor, less nicotine. 619 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:35,800 L and M filters and Potima with tips of perfect cork, both made and guaranteed by the makers 620 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,440 of Chesterfield. 621 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:51,880 Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company. 622 00:28:51,880 --> 00:29:01,600 Here John Cameron Swayze and the news next on the NBC Radio Network.