1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,160 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:14,960 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:19,920 Dragnet is brought to you by Chesterfield, made by Liggett and Myers. 4 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:32,560 We've sent major tobacco company to bring you a complete line of quality cigarettes. 5 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:34,080 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,160 You're assigned a robbery detail. 7 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:39,680 A pair of thieves has been terrorizing the merchants in your city. 8 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:41,840 They're described as a man and a woman. 9 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,520 From their actions you know they're capable of murder. 10 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,760 Your job, stop them. 11 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:54,400 Today, you'll hear these three words everywhere. 12 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:56,720 Chesterfield's for me. 13 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,480 The cigarette with a proven good record with smokers. 14 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:02,080 Here is the record. 15 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:08,020 Bi-monthly examinations of a group of smokers show no adverse effects to the nose, throat 16 00:01:08,020 --> 00:01:11,480 and sinuses from smoking Chesterfield's. 17 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:13,720 Chesterfield's for me. 18 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:19,600 The cigarette tested and approved by 30 years of scientific tobacco research. 19 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:21,840 Chesterfield's for me. 20 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:26,400 Chesterfield gives you proof of highest quality, low nicotine. 21 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:28,040 The taste you want. 22 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,240 The mildness you want. 23 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:35,520 The Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made. 24 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:43,360 And best for you. 25 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,240 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 26 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,560 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 27 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:56,180 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 28 00:01:56,180 --> 00:01:57,880 police files. 29 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:03,080 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 30 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,600 in action. 31 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,440 It was Wednesday, July 23rd. 32 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:10,880 It was warm in Los Angeles. 33 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:12,600 We were working the night watch out of robbery detail. 34 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:13,880 My partner's Frank Smith. 35 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,840 The boss is Chief of Detective Stab Brown. 36 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:16,840 My name's Friday. 37 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:21,920 I was on my way back from the main jail and it was 8 16 p.m. when I got to room 27A. 38 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:22,920 Robbery detail. 39 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:23,920 Hi, Slats. 40 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:26,120 Joe, any word from Frank? 41 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,400 Yeah, I talked to Skipper this morning. 42 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,520 He said they were having a little trouble with that extradition. 43 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:31,520 Anything big? 44 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:32,520 No, I guess not. 45 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,400 Chief Brown said the authorities back in St. Louis would get it straightened out. 46 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:36,680 Frank ought to be back in the middle next week. 47 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:40,200 Skipper said he wants me to work with you on that liquor store thing. 48 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,520 Gaffney and I can use some help, we've run down just about every lead there is. 49 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:44,520 They all end up in the same place. 50 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:45,880 Well, I got a little of it. 51 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,880 You want to fill me in on the rest? 52 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:48,880 Yeah. 53 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:50,880 Hot shot, I'll get it. 54 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:57,160 Well, you can get it firsthand. 55 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:58,160 Yeah. 56 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:04,000 They just scored again. 57 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,760 Sergeant Slats, Henry, Tom Gaffney and I went downstairs to the carpool. 58 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,840 We took out our robbery car and we rolled on the call code three. 59 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:15,440 It took us a little over 10 minutes to get to the corner of Alexandria and Burns Avenues. 60 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,600 The place that had reported being robbed was a small neighborhood liquor store. 61 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,960 By the time we'd gotten there, a radio card answered the call and a felony car from Hollywood 62 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:24,960 division had gotten there. 63 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,620 While Gaffney talked with the men in the felony car, Slats and I went inside the store to 64 00:03:28,620 --> 00:03:30,120 see the victim. 65 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,800 The uniformed officer who was with him told us that the elderly man's name was Charles 66 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:34,840 Osborne. 67 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,120 We got what information the officer had been able to get and while he went to his unit 68 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,240 to get out a broadcast on the suspects, Slats and I talked to Osborne. 69 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,200 Well, there isn't much to tell. 70 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,280 I guess they worked it the same way they've been doing. 71 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,560 Just the way Hart tells in the papers, the same. 72 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,040 There were two of them, were there? 73 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:50,760 Yeah, a man and a woman, two. 74 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:52,760 Might be better if you told us just exactly what happened. 75 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:54,320 Well, just pick up any paper. 76 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:55,320 It's all there. 77 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,520 They've been doing the same thing for a couple of weeks. 78 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,200 I don't understand it, I don't. 79 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,200 What's that, Mr. Osborne? 80 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,080 Well, these two just walk into any store and take what they want. 81 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,440 You guys don't seem to be able to stop them. 82 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,760 You go great guns after they've held up somebody, then you're great. 83 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,000 But why are you when they're doing the robbing, huh? 84 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Why are you then? 85 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Where? 86 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,520 Well, if you'll just calm down here and tell us what happened, we might be able to do something 87 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:17,520 about it. 88 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,480 Oh, well, they come in just like always. 89 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:21,480 By what time was that? 90 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:22,840 Well, it must have been around eight. 91 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:24,560 I was a little too busy to look at my watch. 92 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:26,040 Do you want to go ahead? 93 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,600 Well, there was two of them, man and the woman. 94 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:29,600 Yes, sir? 95 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:30,600 Man and the woman. 96 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:36,240 They stood over there at the door, woman walked right up here at the counter, right up, stood 97 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:37,240 there. 98 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,400 First off, I thought she had a cold or something. 99 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,880 Wasn't long that thought held on though. 100 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:44,840 No, sir, not long at all. 101 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:45,840 Yes, sir? 102 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:47,840 Turned out to be a mask. 103 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:53,520 Actually, you know, right across here, right here across the face. 104 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:57,480 About that time, of course, I realized there was something was wrong, you know. 105 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:01,440 Anybody walks into the store with a mask on, they don't mean no good, oh, none. 106 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,520 Yes, sir, did you get a good look at the pair before they put the masks on? 107 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:05,720 No, sir, not at all. 108 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:10,120 No, no, they had them kind of up over their mouths when they come in, kind of like they 109 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:11,800 was going to cough or something. 110 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:16,280 Then they took their hands away and I could see that the hanker shoes was tied right on. 111 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:17,280 Tied. 112 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:18,880 Yes, sir, do you want to go ahead? 113 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:23,120 Well, this woman come over to the counter and asked me for a bottle of Canadian whiskey. 114 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:24,360 Just as calm as can be. 115 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:25,600 I was far right out. 116 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,920 Now, mind you, see, all this time I thought she had a cold. 117 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:29,920 Yes, sir. 118 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:31,920 I walked over, you see, there. 119 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,920 Yeah, that's where I keep the Canadian stuff and got a bottle. 120 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:35,920 I see. 121 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,520 Got it right down and I turned around and there she was, just standing there with the 122 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:40,800 mask on. 123 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,280 Had it tied right around. 124 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:43,280 Tied. 125 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:44,280 Yes, sir. 126 00:05:44,280 --> 00:05:45,280 What happened then? 127 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:47,560 Well, I asked them what the big idea was. 128 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,080 I thought that maybe they was playing a little joke, you see. 129 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:52,080 They was. 130 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,760 But it was on me. 131 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,200 Someone told me to put the bottle in the paper bag and put the money in the bag, too. 132 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,400 Told me to open the register and just put all the money right in the bag. 133 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,840 Did you see if they were armed? 134 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:05,360 No wonder you haven't caught them. 135 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:06,440 Sir? 136 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:10,760 You got a life-size picture of me giving them the money if they wasn't armed. 137 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:11,760 You got that kind of idea? 138 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:13,920 No, sir, we just want to know if they had guns. 139 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,280 Well, of course they had guns. 140 00:06:16,280 --> 00:06:17,280 Did you see them? 141 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:19,280 Well, naturally. 142 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:20,280 Right out in the open. 143 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:21,280 No, no, no, no. 144 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:22,280 Wait, wait, wait a second. 145 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:23,280 Come right down to it. 146 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:24,280 I didn't see them. 147 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:25,280 I didn't actually see them. 148 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:28,840 The fellow, he was at the door over there. 149 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:31,320 He had his hand in his pocket. 150 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,880 She had her hand in a purse, see, like this. 151 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,360 You see? 152 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:36,360 Like this, kind of. 153 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:37,840 Come right down to it. 154 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:40,080 I didn't really see them, no. 155 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,080 But I'm sure they was there, I'm sure. 156 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,080 Yes, sir. 157 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,120 Well, what happened after the woman asked for the money? 158 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,520 Well, her and the fellow just told me not to move for five minutes. 159 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:50,720 They told me to keep real still. 160 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,000 Said I wouldn't get hurt if I just took it easy. 161 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,120 And they left the store. 162 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:57,120 They walk away from the place? 163 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:58,120 Oh, no, no, sir. 164 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,720 They had a car parked right out in front. 165 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:01,720 Right in front. 166 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,880 Got into that and roared down the street. 167 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:10,040 I counted to a hundred by ones and then called you. 168 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,480 Did the uniformed officer get a description of the car? 169 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:14,960 Yes, yes, I'd give it to him right off. 170 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,680 All right, Mr. Osborne, if you'd give us a description of the pair. 171 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:23,960 Well, the woman was about, oh, maybe five foot three, around in there, waiting around 172 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:24,960 130. 173 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,320 How about the color of her hair? 174 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,080 Red, just flaming red. 175 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:32,640 Had new eyes, so I guess her hair really was that color. 176 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:34,520 What color were the eyes? 177 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:35,520 Flaming red, flaming red. 178 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:36,520 I told you that before. 179 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:37,520 No, sir, not her eyes. 180 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:38,520 Her eyes. 181 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:39,520 Oh, her eyes. 182 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,960 Oh, I'm all confused here. 183 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:43,800 Well, her eyes were blue. 184 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,240 So that's how I knew that. 185 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:47,740 Hair was bright red. 186 00:07:47,740 --> 00:07:48,740 What was she wearing? 187 00:07:48,740 --> 00:07:57,000 Oh, had on a kind of beret, green, kind of green coat, red purse, red shoes, low heel. 188 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,360 The front was cut out. 189 00:07:58,360 --> 00:07:59,360 How about the man? 190 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:00,360 What did he look like? 191 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:01,360 Oh, he's a big one. 192 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,440 He must have been around six feet. 193 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,400 I couldn't tell too good because he was standing over there with a door. 194 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:08,560 Oh, but he was a big one. 195 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,120 I tell you, he weighed about 170, maybe more. 196 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:12,600 How about his coloring? 197 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,280 Dark, dark hair, dark eyes. 198 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,320 Of course, I couldn't see anything very good. 199 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:19,960 Then he had that mask on. 200 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:20,960 What was he wearing? 201 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:24,120 He had a blue suit on, looked kind of like it was linen. 202 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:25,520 How about his shirt and tie? 203 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:26,520 White shirt, black tie. 204 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,640 Shirt was a button down collar, no hat. 205 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,680 Did either one of them have any marks or scars that might make it easier to identify him? 206 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:35,280 Not that I could see, no, sir. 207 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:36,280 How about accents? 208 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,400 Either of them have any kind of speech peculiarity? 209 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:39,400 No. 210 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:40,400 Exactly what the woman said to you. 211 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,160 Do you remember the word she used? 212 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:43,160 Uh-huh. 213 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,080 Well, first off, she asked for the whiskey. 214 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,280 Said, give me a bottle of Canadian whiskey. 215 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,080 Didn't mention any special brand. 216 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,640 Then when I brought it back, she said, just put it in the paper bag and empty the register 217 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:55,640 in there, too. 218 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:57,040 That's what the woman said. 219 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:58,720 Did the man say anything at all? 220 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,840 Well, when he was leaving, he said, stay put, Pop. 221 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:02,840 Stay there for five minutes. 222 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:03,840 You won't get hurt. 223 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:04,840 Those are his words. 224 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:05,840 Exactly. 225 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:06,840 I remember them. 226 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:07,840 All right, sir. 227 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:09,320 We'd like you to come downtown and check some pictures for us, if you will. 228 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,400 Well, I guess it'll be all right. 229 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,800 You guys should sure get on the ball, though. 230 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:14,800 It's getting pretty bad. 231 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:15,800 Sir. 232 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,160 In a big little city, you can't catch these people right out instead of rushing around 233 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:21,400 locking the door after the horse has been stole. 234 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,400 A little late then, seems to me. 235 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:24,400 Yes, sir. 236 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:25,400 Well, they've been pretty lucky. 237 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:26,840 They'll probably try this same thing again. 238 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:27,840 Yeah. 239 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:37,680 We'll try to beat it the next time. 240 00:09:37,680 --> 00:09:40,920 A search of the immediate area failed to turn up anything that might lead to the identity 241 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:42,040 of the thieves. 242 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:45,400 A broadcast had been gotten out to all cars in the city, giving the description of the 243 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:49,080 couple, the automobile they were driving, and the clothes they were wearing. 244 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,980 The pair had been operating in the city for the past three weeks. 245 00:09:51,980 --> 00:09:55,780 In that time, they'd established a fairly definite method of operation. 246 00:09:55,780 --> 00:09:58,760 Two days before they planned to work, they'd steal a car. 247 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,420 Then on the night that they started their operation, they'd pick one of the city's 248 00:10:01,420 --> 00:10:04,120 main arterials and start at one end of it. 249 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:08,160 They'd hit three or four stores in the area in a period of half an hour. 250 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:12,200 The stolen car would be parked on a side street and the couple would make good their escape. 251 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:14,920 All of the routine efforts had been made to identify them. 252 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,920 Due to the fact that a woman was involved in the operation, the State Adult Authority 253 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,200 for Women had been contacted for the names of recent parolees. 254 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,480 But when these had been checked out, we netted nothing. 255 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,560 Because of the circumstances of the MO, we felt that the first break in the case would 256 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:29,260 come through the woman. 257 00:10:29,260 --> 00:10:32,800 The stats office had made several runs and the possibles had been checked out. 258 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,480 Results, nothing. 259 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,540 Five minutes after we'd left the first victim, we got another call. 260 00:10:37,540 --> 00:10:40,120 The pair had hit again, further down on Alexandria Avenue. 261 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:42,120 All right, let us through here, please. 262 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:43,120 Let us through. 263 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:44,120 Please. 264 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:45,120 You the cop? 265 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:46,120 Yes, sir, that's right. 266 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:47,120 I'm the felter's rob. 267 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:48,120 I'm him. 268 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,120 Slash, you want to see if we can try to clear the front of the place? 269 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:52,120 Right. 270 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:53,120 Okay. 271 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,520 All right, sir, if you'd like to tell us what happened here. 272 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:56,520 Terrible. 273 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,120 Most terrible thing that ever happened to me. 274 00:10:58,120 --> 00:10:59,120 Yes, sir. 275 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,640 I got to have a little something to calm my nerves. 276 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:02,640 Got to. 277 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:03,640 Well, can I get you anything, sir? 278 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:04,640 Don't have to, son. 279 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:05,640 I got all right here. 280 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:06,640 Whole store full of it. 281 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:07,640 Just a minute. 282 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:08,640 Yes, sir. 283 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,800 A little brandy, that's what I need. 284 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:15,360 Yeah, mother's sure going to think I took a little nip just to have it. 285 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,440 Going to have to explain the whole thing to her. 286 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:19,440 Imagine me being robbed. 287 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:20,440 Yes, sir. 288 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:21,440 Now, if you'd tell us what happened here. 289 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:22,440 Yeah. 290 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,840 Oh, say, excuse me, you like a little of this? 291 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,840 No, sir. 292 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:30,760 Yeah. 293 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:32,760 These two came in here not more than five minutes ago. 294 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:33,760 Man, woman. 295 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:35,920 Came right in and asked for a bottle of whiskey. 296 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:37,280 Do you recall what brand? 297 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,240 Didn't ask for no special brand. 298 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:40,840 Just said they wanted Canada whiskey. 299 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:41,840 Blend. 300 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:43,920 You'd be able to give us a description of them? 301 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:49,120 Well, the woman had red hair and that's about the only thing I do remember about her other 302 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:50,120 than the way she talked. 303 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:51,120 How do you mean, sir? 304 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:52,120 Foul mouth. 305 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:53,240 The way she swore at me. 306 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:54,240 Just something fierce. 307 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:55,240 What did she say? 308 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:56,920 Oh, just a swear word, you know. 309 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:58,920 I guess I didn't get the bottle fast enough for him. 310 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:00,360 Just told him to hurry up. 311 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:02,600 Only she didn't say it just like that. 312 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,040 Where was the man during this time? 313 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,400 Oh, he was over here at the cash register with a gun. 314 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:07,520 Was the woman there, too? 315 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:08,520 Oh, no. 316 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:10,200 No, she stayed over by the door. 317 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:11,800 Didn't seem to be the lookout or something. 318 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,880 She didn't come much past there. 319 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:16,600 Right there by the potato chip rack. 320 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,440 That's about as far as she'd come. 321 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:19,440 You said they used guns. 322 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:20,800 Did you get a look at them? 323 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:21,880 Oh, yeah. 324 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:22,880 Big ones. 325 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,240 I guess it must have been that long. 326 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,080 Bearer must have been that big round. 327 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,400 What kind of a gun was it, would you know? 328 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,000 I don't think I know what you mean. 329 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,320 Was it an automatic or a revolver? 330 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,000 And I'm sorry, officer, but I don't understand. 331 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,800 All I know it was the biggest gun I ever saw. 332 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,560 It's been that long, that big round. 333 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:42,880 Did it look like this one? 334 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:43,880 Oh, no. 335 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,560 No, that's just a pea shooter compared to when that fellow was waving around. 336 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:49,480 Did you see a car when they left? 337 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:50,480 Yeah, I did. 338 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,160 Right out in front it was. 339 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:53,160 Parked in front of the sign. 340 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,960 Hey, you see there where it says, reserved for patrons? 341 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:56,960 Yeah, sir. 342 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:57,960 Yeah, right there. 343 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:58,960 That's where the car was. 344 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,480 After the fellow told me to dump the cash into the paper bag with the bottle, the woman 345 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,360 opened the door and both of them ran out and jumped into the car. 346 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,320 Roared off down the street. 347 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,080 But I got a good look at it, real good. 348 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:10,800 Then you can give us a description of it. 349 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:11,800 You bet I can. 350 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:18,480 Dark, 1953 Ford sedan, Ford or had one of them sun things on the front, you know, like 351 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:19,480 a shade. 352 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:20,480 Yes, sir. 353 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:22,160 Used to have them on the buggies when I was a young man. 354 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:26,120 I guess if you wait long enough, they get back to everything. 355 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:27,120 Yes, sir. 356 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:28,480 How much money did they get away with, sir? 357 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:32,920 Oh, I guess it must have been around $225, round in there someplace. 358 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:34,920 Give a couple, take a couple. 359 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,840 Do you think you'd know either one of these people if you ever saw them again? 360 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,640 No, you just bet I would. 361 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:43,440 Even with those masks on, I'd be able to pick them right out of a crowd. 362 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:47,040 You just stand them up in front of me and I'll point them out. 363 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:48,760 Never forget that gun. 364 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:49,760 Biggest gun I ever saw. 365 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,560 Must have been that long, that big around. 366 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:55,280 That one you got there is a real pea shooter. 367 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:57,280 How's it look, Chubb? 368 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,360 Well, it's the same couple. 369 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:00,360 Description fits perfectly. 370 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:03,360 I checked around the people in the crowd, found one old guy who says he saw the pair 371 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,960 come out of the store, got a good description of the car. 372 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:06,960 I already gave one. 373 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:08,800 If I can tell you anything you want to know. 374 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,960 Yes, sir, we appreciate that, but we do want to talk to everybody who knows anything about 375 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:12,960 the holdup. 376 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:13,960 All right. 377 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:14,960 You go ahead and talk to the other fella. 378 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:15,960 You go right ahead. 379 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:20,800 I got something he can't give you. 380 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:21,800 What's that, sir? 381 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:27,960 License number of the car they drove. 382 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:31,840 An immediate supplementary broadcast was gotten out to the cars in the area with special attention 383 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,400 to the units covering Alexandria Avenue. 384 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,880 The search for the pair of thieves went on, but as the hours passed and they failed to 385 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:41,280 hit again, it became apparent that they had eluded us again. 386 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,600 The next morning, the car was found abandoned on the east side of Los Angeles. 387 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:48,640 It was a stolen vehicle, and after it had been checked by the crime lab for latent prints, 388 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,720 we were no further toward apprehending the suspects. 389 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,000 Conferences were held with the chief of detectives, Thad Brown, and it was decided to place an 390 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,200 extensive stakeout on the liquor stores in the Hollywood area. 391 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,680 From past performances, the pair seemed to work their operation in that general area 392 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:03,640 more than the other parts of town. 393 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,800 The stakeout was maintained for three days without results. 394 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:10,920 On Tuesday night, July 29th, Sergeant Henry and I waited in the squad room for reports 395 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:12,880 from the other officers out in the field. 396 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:13,880 One fifteen a.m. 397 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,160 Looks like another night shot. 398 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:16,160 Yeah, still no action. 399 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,440 The stores will be closing in about 45 minutes now. 400 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:19,440 Yeah. 401 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:20,440 You got a cigarette? 402 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:21,440 I'm out. 403 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:22,440 Yeah. 404 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:23,440 I think there's a couple left in here. 405 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:24,440 Yeah, just two. 406 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:25,440 Here, go ahead. 407 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,480 I'll go down the hall and get a couple of packs later. 408 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,480 Oh, it's all right. 409 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:32,480 Here. 410 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:33,480 Heard from Frank? 411 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:35,240 No, I talked to Fay the night before last. 412 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:36,240 She got a letter from him. 413 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,240 Said he thought he'd be back about the end of the week. 414 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:39,240 Say how it's going? 415 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,160 No, she just read me a couple parts of the letter. 416 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:42,880 I guess it's all straightened out. 417 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:43,880 Suspect's coming back on his own. 418 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:45,880 Extraditions can sure be a pain. 419 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,080 I had to go back to New Orleans on one last year. 420 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:49,080 Had a miserable time. 421 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:50,080 Guy gave us a lot of trouble. 422 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:51,080 Yeah, I remember. 423 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:52,080 I get it. 424 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:56,200 Let's go. 425 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,200 They just hit again. 426 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:00,440 A mistake out area? 427 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:01,440 No, out in Highland Park. 428 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:02,440 They're way out on this one. 429 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:03,440 What do you mean? 430 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:04,440 Well, the victim decided to give him a little trouble. 431 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:05,440 Yeah? 432 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,440 A male suspect broke off the bottom of a whiskey bottle and worked the victim over. 433 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:19,360 Almost killed him. 434 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:21,160 You are listening to Dragnet. 435 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,920 The authentic story of your police force in action. 436 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:26,860 Chesterfield's for me. 437 00:16:26,860 --> 00:16:29,040 You hear it everywhere. 438 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:35,600 A brand new survey of campus cigarette dealers at 274 leading colleges and universities shows 439 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,600 Chesterfield the largest seller. 440 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:43,820 Nobody knows it better than America's number one band leader, Ray Anthony, who plays college 441 00:16:43,820 --> 00:16:46,200 dates coast to coast. 442 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,600 Here is Ray with his attractive wife Dee. 443 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,720 In cigarettes, the young crowd really goes for Chesterfield. 444 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,600 I've noticed that wherever we've played. 445 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:58,640 And I guess it's one of the reasons Chesterfield is America's most popular two-way cigarette. 446 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:03,000 Of course, Dee and I are Chesterfield smokers too. 447 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,840 We know they're best for us. 448 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:06,760 Chesterfield's for me. 449 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:08,960 You hear it everywhere. 450 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:26,600 The Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made and best for you. 451 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:30,580 At 1.13 a.m., the pair of thieves had entered a small all-night grocery store in the Highland 452 00:17:30,580 --> 00:17:31,580 Park area. 453 00:17:31,580 --> 00:17:35,320 They'd gone through the usual part of their MO asking for the bottle of Canadian whiskey 454 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:36,520 and then the money. 455 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,880 However, when they asked the victim to turn over the money to them, he had told them to 456 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,320 get out of the store. 457 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,640 The male member of the team had grabbed the bottle, hit it against the counter breaking 458 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:48,960 off the bottom, and then struck the victim several times about the head and shoulders. 459 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,080 When we'd gotten the call, the man had been removed to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital 460 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,600 where he was in a critical condition. 461 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,520 An immediate search of the area had failed to turn up anything that might lead us to 462 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,840 the apprehension of the man and woman. 463 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:03,440 A citywide broadcast was gotten out on the pair and arrangements were made for their 464 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:07,360 description to be broadcast on the police television program. 465 00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:11,200 Newspapers carried the stories and joined with us in asking for full cooperation from 466 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:12,200 the public. 467 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:16,840 For the next three days, we received several calls with information on the suspects, but 468 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:20,240 when all of these were checked and sifted, we were right back where we started. 469 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:25,640 The stakeouts were maintained on the liquor stores, but the suspects failed to hit again. 470 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:29,040 On Monday, August 4th, we got a call from the county hospital telling us that the latest 471 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,440 victim was in condition to be interviewed. 472 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:33,640 Slats Henry and I drove over to see him. 473 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:37,520 He was unable to tell us anything more than the dozen victims before him had told us. 474 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,880 3.15 p.m. We went back to the office. 475 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:41,600 Want to check the book? 476 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:42,600 Yeah, I'll get it. 477 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:48,120 Yeah, there's a message here that Arise McKay called. 478 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:49,120 He left a number. 479 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:50,120 Say what he wanted? 480 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:51,120 No, he just wants us to call. 481 00:18:51,120 --> 00:18:56,120 This table, we got to put something under this leg. 482 00:18:56,120 --> 00:18:59,360 It sure wobbles doesn't it? 483 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:00,360 Been that way for years. 484 00:19:00,360 --> 00:19:01,360 Yeah. 485 00:19:01,360 --> 00:19:07,000 I'd like to speak to Mr. Arise McKay, please. 486 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,960 My name is Friday, Los Angeles Police Department. 487 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:10,560 No, Police Department. 488 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:11,560 Yes, surely. 489 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:13,560 It's the Attorney's Office. 490 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:14,920 Yes, sir. 491 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,160 This is Sergeant Friday. 492 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,160 Yes, sir. 493 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:20,160 Certainly. 494 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,160 When was this? 495 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,160 All right, sir. 496 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:27,560 No, we'll be right over. 497 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:28,560 Yes, sir. 498 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:29,560 Thank you very much. 499 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:31,560 That might be something. 500 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:32,560 What'd he say? 501 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,160 A woman was in his office this afternoon. 502 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:35,160 Yeah. 503 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:41,240 Said something about being involved in the robbery. 504 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,520 Sergeant Henry and I signed out of the office and drove over to the address the lawyer had 505 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:46,240 given me on the phone. 506 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,440 We waited in the reception room for a few minutes and then his secretary ushered us into 507 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:50,440 Mr. McKay's office. 508 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:51,440 Come in, gentlemen. 509 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:52,440 Thank you very much. 510 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:53,440 Thank you. 511 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:54,440 I'm Arise McKay. 512 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:55,440 Yes, sir. 513 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:56,440 This is Sergeant Henry. 514 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:57,440 My name's Friday. 515 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:58,440 Oh, yes, you're the gentleman I talked to on the phone. 516 00:19:58,440 --> 00:19:59,440 That's right. 517 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:00,440 I'll get on and I'll try and tell you what happened. 518 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:01,440 All right. 519 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:02,440 Thank you very much. 520 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,040 You've got to realize my problem in this thing. 521 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:06,040 Yes, sir. 522 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:07,040 What's that? 523 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,680 Well, if this isn't anything worthwhile, I certainly don't want to have a client embarrassed. 524 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:10,680 You can understand that. 525 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:11,680 Yes, sir. 526 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,680 I suppose I just tell you what happened and we can go on from there. 527 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:14,680 All right. 528 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:15,680 That'll be fine. 529 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,020 A couple of days ago, I got a call from a young woman who said she wanted me to handle 530 00:20:18,020 --> 00:20:19,020 a divorce for her. 531 00:20:19,020 --> 00:20:20,020 Mm-hmm. 532 00:20:20,020 --> 00:20:22,000 We set up an appointment for her this afternoon. 533 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,920 She came in and we went over the problem. 534 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:25,960 I don't want to go into the detail of the divorce action. 535 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,000 I don't think that'll have any bearing on the rest of it. 536 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,000 All right, sir. 537 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,440 Well, to get to the short of it, we were going over the necessary information, the door burst 538 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:33,440 open and this man came in. 539 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:34,440 Mm-hmm. 540 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:35,720 I wanted to know what it was all about. 541 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,520 My secretary was right behind him, seeing that he just pushed his way right through 542 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:39,520 the reception room. 543 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:40,520 Well, who was he, do you know? 544 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:41,520 Well, he said he was the woman's husband. 545 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:42,520 Is that true? 546 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,680 Well, apparently, I told my secretary to wait outside, then I asked him what he wanted. 547 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:48,760 He didn't pay any attention to me at first, said it wasn't any of my concern, told me 548 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:49,760 to keep my nose out of it. 549 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:50,760 Mm-hmm. 550 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:52,880 Then he and the woman had a big discussion. 551 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:54,160 Seems that he didn't want her to divorce. 552 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,440 He made all sorts of promises how things would be different if she came back to him. 553 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:58,440 Mm-hmm. 554 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,080 And he seemed to go along with the idea. 555 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:03,600 As you know, we like to effect a reconciliation wherever possible. 556 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,240 So I told him to go ahead and talk it over. 557 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:06,240 Mm-hmm. 558 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,040 Well, I left him in the office and went out of the reception room and for a while it seemed 559 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:10,840 they were getting along all right. 560 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,000 And the shouting died down and they seemed to have agreed. 561 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,880 And all of a sudden it broke loose again. 562 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,400 They started screaming at each other and I went right back in the office and just as 563 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,800 I opened the door, I heard the man tell her that if she didn't come back, it'd cause her 564 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:21,800 a lot of trouble. 565 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:22,800 Mm-hmm. 566 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,440 He said for her to remember that she was mixed up in the holdups too and these were the exact 567 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:26,440 words. 568 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,720 And yet, you're mixed up in those stick-ups as deep as me. 569 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:29,720 I see. 570 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:33,400 When they saw me, they both quieted down and a couple minutes later, they both left the 571 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:34,400 office. 572 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:35,960 The woman said she'd get in touch with me about the bill. 573 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:37,800 It's certainly something that should be looked into. 574 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:38,800 Yes, that's what I thought. 575 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,120 That's the reason I called you. 576 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:41,600 Can you give us the name and address of the couple? 577 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:42,600 Yes, sir. 578 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:43,600 I have it right here. 579 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:44,600 Mm-hmm. 580 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:45,600 Thank you. 581 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,840 Pretty difficult to imagine that she'd be involved in anything like that. 582 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:48,840 Pretty woman, beautiful hair. 583 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:49,840 Is that right? 584 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:54,900 Yes, flaming red. 585 00:21:54,900 --> 00:21:58,400 We obtained the address the woman had given Reese McKay and we checked her name through 586 00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:59,480 R&I. 587 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,920 We found no criminal record on anyone answering her description. 588 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:06,240 While Slatz called Chief Brown and told him what had happened, I asked the record division 589 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,160 to make a run on the husband. 590 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,600 We found that he'd been arrested three years before for attempted armed robbery, but that 591 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,400 he'd been released for lack of evidence. 592 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:14,400 5.40 p.m. 593 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,560 Slatz and I drove over to the woman's address. 594 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:21,400 The name on the mailbox in the apartment lobby read, Mr. and Mrs. George Winston. 595 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,920 We rang the bell and we identified ourselves. 596 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:24,920 You want to come in? 597 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,440 Thank you very much. 598 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:28,440 Is there anyone else here, ma'am? 599 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:29,440 You mean in the apartment? 600 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:30,440 Yes. 601 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:31,440 No, I'm alone. 602 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:32,440 Where's that door lead, ma'am? 603 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:33,440 Bedroom. 604 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:34,440 You mind if we take a look? 605 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,440 Maybe you better tell me what this is all about first, huh? 606 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,440 I better go ahead and slam. 607 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:40,440 Yeah. 608 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,880 I suppose you're used to hearing that you've got a lot of nerve. 609 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:43,880 Yes, ma'am. 610 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:44,880 Well, it's true. 611 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:45,880 What's this all about? 612 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,880 Isn't there some law that says you've got to make a complaint or something? 613 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:49,880 Where's your husband? 614 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:50,880 That bum. 615 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:51,880 Where is he? 616 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,600 I don't know and I don't care if I never see him again. 617 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,840 Nothing but trouble did I ever get from him. 618 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:57,840 Miserable man. 619 00:22:57,840 --> 00:22:59,640 You haven't any idea where he is? 620 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:00,640 No. 621 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:04,800 I don't think I'd tell you if I did until you let me know what this is all about. 622 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,280 What's your husband do for a living, ma'am? 623 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,480 You guys are so interested in him, why don't you ask him yourselves? 624 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:10,480 Place is clean, Joe. 625 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:12,720 I told you that going in. 626 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:13,720 What's this all about? 627 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:15,120 Now come on, tell me or get out. 628 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:17,040 We understand you and your husband had an argument this morning. 629 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,360 Two of you mentioned something about a robbery. 630 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:23,400 Oh, I understand it all now. 631 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:24,600 Now it's all real plain. 632 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,600 Look, what George said was a joke. 633 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:27,920 That's all just a joke. 634 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:29,400 He didn't mean anything by it. 635 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:30,400 Boy, we got the story. 636 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:31,400 It sounded pretty straight. 637 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:32,720 You got it a little mixed up. 638 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,000 Well, maybe you better come downtown and tell us all about it. 639 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,000 What for? 640 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,280 Oh, we've got some people down there we'd like you to meet. 641 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:39,280 I got enough friends. 642 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,280 Well, let's put it down with these people who'd like to meet you. 643 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:42,720 Do you want to get your coat? 644 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,960 I think there's supposed to be something like a charge, isn't there? 645 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:46,960 Yes, ma'am. 646 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:47,960 That's the way you want it. 647 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:48,960 I do? 648 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:50,560 All right, suspicion of robbery. 649 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,120 What makes you think you can make it stick? 650 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:55,960 Well, we wouldn't be taking you in if we didn't figure we had a case. 651 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,800 You'd save all of us a lot of trouble if you'd tell us where we can pick up your husband. 652 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:00,800 What's in it for me? 653 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:01,800 What do you got now? 654 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:02,800 Nothing. 655 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,200 Well, that's the best we can do. 656 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,360 What makes you think you can hold up this kind of a charge? 657 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:08,800 A dozen victims, for one thing. 658 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,640 Slatzy, you want to check the closet and see if you can find the green coat and the red 659 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:12,640 shoes and purse? 660 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:13,640 Yeah. 661 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,080 What happens if I've got a green coat? 662 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,520 Well, it makes us look pretty good, doesn't it? 663 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:17,920 A lot of girls got green coats. 664 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,640 Yeah, we're looking for one. 665 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:21,640 She supposed to look like me? 666 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,360 The description we got matches exactly. 667 00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:25,520 A lot of people in the world look like me. 668 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:26,520 Same people who have green coats. 669 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:27,520 Got them, Joe. 670 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,440 Found them up on the shelf in the closet. 671 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:30,440 Take a look. 672 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:31,440 They match what we heard. 673 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,280 Would you like to try this coat on, Miss Winston? 674 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:34,440 Then we can get going. 675 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,320 OK, but you guys are sure going to find out that you're wrong. 676 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:38,760 Is that right? 677 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:39,760 You just bet. 678 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,000 And it's going to cost the city a lot of money because I'm really going to make a big thing 679 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,000 out of this. 680 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,000 Well, if we're wrong, we'll admit it. 681 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,920 Then you admit you could be making a mistake. 682 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:46,920 No, we don't. 683 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:51,800 I read in the papers where there was an old guy beat up in a robbery. 684 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:52,800 Same ones you're after me for? 685 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:53,800 Might be, yeah. 686 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:55,800 How's he doing, the old guy? 687 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:56,800 We're not sure yet. 688 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:58,440 He's going to live though, isn't he? 689 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,200 I told you, Miss Winston, we're not sure. 690 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,200 You got a cigarette? 691 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,200 Yes, ma'am, here. 692 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:07,200 Here. 693 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:11,680 I want you to tell me something. 694 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:12,680 Tell me true. 695 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:13,680 What's that? 696 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,880 You really think you can put me in those stores? 697 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:16,880 Yes, we do. 698 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:17,880 I can't make a deal, huh? 699 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:18,880 I'll tell you things and have it going easier? 700 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:23,880 No, ma'am, all we can do is see that it's marked down that way. 701 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:24,880 Best I can get? 702 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:25,880 That's the best. 703 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:26,880 I'll take it. 704 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:27,880 What? 705 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:28,880 I'll tell you about it. 706 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:29,880 I'll tell you the whole thing. 707 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:30,880 All right, go ahead. 708 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:31,880 You got the right people, me and George. 709 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:32,880 I knew when he hit that old man we'd had it. 710 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:33,880 I knew it right away. 711 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:34,880 That's why we quit, I was afraid. 712 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:35,880 If the guy died, you'd be able to get us for murder. 713 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:36,880 I didn't like the robbery part, but I knew it was going to be a big deal. 714 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:37,880 I'm going to get you a cigarette. 715 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:38,880 I'm going to get you a cigarette. 716 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:45,880 If I didn't like the robbery part, I didn't want any part of it to be a good thing. 717 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,800 I never did like the set up. 718 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:50,480 I used to tell George I didn't like it. 719 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:51,760 That didn't make any difference to him. 720 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:53,140 He wanted to be the big man. 721 00:25:53,140 --> 00:25:56,040 He used to sit here after hitting the places. 722 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,060 George would get the morning papers and sit here and laugh at the cops because he had 723 00:25:59,060 --> 00:26:00,060 them running after themselves. 724 00:26:00,060 --> 00:26:01,500 You know where he is? 725 00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:05,320 Yeah, he's in a hotel down on West Seventh using the name Evanston. 726 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,000 I'll give you the address. 727 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,140 All right, let's go. 728 00:26:08,140 --> 00:26:09,400 Yeah. 729 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:10,600 Huh. 730 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,280 Oh, George. 731 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,200 He's gonna be real surprised when you walk in on him. 732 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,080 Real surprised. 733 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,080 Sure wish I could see the expression on his face 734 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,740 when he finds out what's happened. 735 00:26:20,740 --> 00:26:22,320 Sure like to see it. 736 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,280 Well, that makes you even, doesn't it? 737 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:25,120 Hmm? 738 00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:26,560 He'll want to see yours. 739 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,060 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 740 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,800 The story you have just heard is true. 741 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,240 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 742 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,440 On November 17th, trial was held in Department 98, 743 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,400 Superior Court of the State of California, 744 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,400 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 745 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,640 In a moment, the results of that trial. 746 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,640 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 747 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:52,180 Thank you, George Veneman. 748 00:26:52,180 --> 00:26:53,720 Friends, we've told you that Chesterfield 749 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,680 is the best cigarette for you to smoke. 750 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,620 Now, to me, Chesterfield's record with people 751 00:26:57,620 --> 00:27:00,760 who do smoke them regularly backs up that statement. 752 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,560 Chesterfields are best because they're highest in quality, 753 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,200 low in nicotine, because they smoke mild 754 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,100 and they're really satisfying. 755 00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:10,500 I wish you'd give them a try and see for yourself. 756 00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:13,060 America's most popular two-way cigarette. 757 00:27:13,060 --> 00:27:15,500 Regular or king-sized Chesterfield. 758 00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:18,240 Best for me, best for you. 759 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:22,240 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 760 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,120 Geraldine Ruth Winston and George Roland Winston 761 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:30,780 were tried and convicted of robbery 762 00:27:30,780 --> 00:27:32,720 in the first degree, five counts. 763 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,460 They received sentence as prescribed by law. 764 00:27:35,460 --> 00:27:38,120 Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment 765 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:40,120 for a period of not less than five years 766 00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:41,860 in the state penitentiary. 767 00:27:41,860 --> 00:27:45,860 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 768 00:27:51,100 --> 00:27:52,780 You have just heard Dragnet, 769 00:27:52,780 --> 00:27:55,780 a series of authentic cases from official files. 770 00:27:55,780 --> 00:27:58,280 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, 771 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,180 W.H. 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