WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:12.160 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:12.160 --> 00:14.760 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:14.760 --> 00:19.440 Dragnet is brought to you by Chesterfield, made by Liggett and Myers. 00:19.440 --> 00:32.760 First, major tobacco company to bring you a complete line of quality cigarettes. 00:32.760 --> 00:34.280 You're a detective sergeant. 00:34.280 --> 00:36.840 You're assigned to Bunko Fugitive Detail. 00:36.840 --> 00:40.120 A confidence man has set up operations in your city. 00:40.120 --> 00:42.480 The product he's selling has a ready market. 00:42.480 --> 00:44.960 Perfect cut blue-white diamonds. 00:44.960 --> 00:45.960 Your job? 00:45.960 --> 00:51.440 Stop him. 00:51.440 --> 00:55.000 Today you'll hear these three words everywhere. 00:55.000 --> 00:57.320 Chesterfield's for me. 00:57.320 --> 01:03.120 The cigarette tested and approved by 30 years of scientific tobacco research. 01:03.120 --> 01:05.400 Chesterfield's for me. 01:05.400 --> 01:09.000 The cigarette with a proven good record with smokers. 01:09.000 --> 01:12.080 And first cigarette to have such a record. 01:12.080 --> 01:14.520 Chesterfield's for me. 01:14.520 --> 01:17.840 Chesterfield gives you proof of highest quality. 01:17.840 --> 01:19.500 Low nicotine. 01:19.500 --> 01:21.200 The taste you want. 01:21.200 --> 01:23.320 The mildness you want. 01:23.320 --> 01:28.760 The Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made. 01:28.760 --> 01:32.720 And best for you. 01:32.720 --> 01:40.000 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 01:40.000 --> 01:45.000 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 01:45.000 --> 01:49.640 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 01:49.640 --> 01:51.360 police files. 01:51.360 --> 01:56.520 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 01:56.520 --> 02:01.800 in action. 02:01.800 --> 02:02.800 Was Tuesday, November 9th. 02:02.800 --> 02:04.120 It was warm in Los Angeles. 02:04.120 --> 02:06.360 We were working the day watch out of Bunko Fugitive Detail. 02:06.360 --> 02:07.440 My partner's Frank Smith. 02:07.440 --> 02:08.720 The boss is Captain Didion. 02:08.720 --> 02:09.720 My name's Friday. 02:09.720 --> 02:14.120 I was on my way back from the record division and it was 1140 a.m. when I got to room 38. 02:14.120 --> 02:15.120 Bunko Detail. 02:15.120 --> 02:17.120 Is there a check on? 02:17.120 --> 02:18.880 Yeah, there's three possibles. 02:18.880 --> 02:20.120 Descriptions don't match too well. 02:20.120 --> 02:21.880 We'll have to check them all out, I guess. 02:21.880 --> 02:23.840 The better with Justin, said he'd give us a hand. 02:23.840 --> 02:24.840 That's good. 02:24.840 --> 02:25.840 Should we get on it? 02:25.840 --> 02:26.840 Yeah. 02:26.840 --> 02:27.840 Any calls? 02:27.840 --> 02:28.840 No, let's go. 02:28.840 --> 02:29.840 I got it. 02:29.840 --> 02:31.840 Bunko Fugitive Friday. 02:31.840 --> 02:32.840 Yeah. 02:32.840 --> 02:33.840 Yes, ma'am. 02:33.840 --> 02:34.840 Hmm? 02:34.840 --> 02:37.840 Well, I'm not sure. 02:37.840 --> 02:40.280 No, the officer that handled the case isn't here right now. 02:40.280 --> 02:41.280 I wonder if I could take a message. 02:41.280 --> 02:44.000 Yes, ma'am, he'll call you when he gets in. 02:44.000 --> 02:45.000 All right, uh-huh. 02:45.000 --> 02:46.000 Yes, all right. 02:46.000 --> 02:49.000 If you'll wait just a minute, I'll transfer to just a minute. 02:49.000 --> 02:50.000 Hold on, please. 02:50.000 --> 02:53.000 Would you give this call to 2949, please? 02:53.000 --> 02:54.000 Thank you. 02:54.000 --> 02:55.000 Oh, excuse me. 02:55.000 --> 02:56.000 Yes, sir. 02:56.000 --> 02:57.000 Is this the Fraud Department? 02:57.000 --> 02:58.000 Was Bunko Fugitive? 02:58.000 --> 02:59.000 Yes, sir. 02:59.000 --> 03:00.000 Then I guess this is what I want. 03:00.000 --> 03:01.000 I'd like to report a swindle. 03:01.000 --> 03:02.000 All right, sir. 03:02.000 --> 03:03.000 I'll check with the bettor, Joe. 03:03.000 --> 03:04.000 You can go ahead. 03:04.000 --> 03:05.000 I'll check with the bettor, Joe. 03:05.000 --> 03:06.000 I'll check with the bettor, Joe. 03:06.000 --> 03:08.000 I'll check with the bettor, Joe. 03:08.000 --> 03:09.000 You can go to work on this list. 03:09.000 --> 03:10.000 Right. 03:10.000 --> 03:11.000 I'll be right back. 03:11.000 --> 03:12.000 Okay. 03:12.000 --> 03:13.000 Want to come in, sir? 03:13.000 --> 03:16.000 Sit down right here if you like. 03:16.000 --> 03:17.000 Okay. 03:17.000 --> 03:20.000 Well, where'd be the best place to start? 03:20.000 --> 03:22.000 Would you like to give us your name, sir? 03:22.000 --> 03:23.000 Terrell Tilson. 03:23.000 --> 03:25.000 That's with an F. F-I-L-S-O-N, Tilson. 03:25.000 --> 03:26.000 Yes, sir. 03:26.000 --> 03:28.000 What I want to tell you about happened to a friend of mine. 03:28.000 --> 03:29.000 All right. 03:29.000 --> 03:32.000 He's a little too embarrassed to commit himself, so I said I'd tell you about it. 03:32.000 --> 03:33.000 It's a terrible thing. 03:33.000 --> 03:34.000 It should be stopped. 03:34.000 --> 03:35.000 All right, sir. 03:35.000 --> 03:36.000 I'll tell you what we can. 03:36.000 --> 03:37.000 You want to tell us what it's all about? 03:37.000 --> 03:39.000 Well, this friend of mine was in the bank one day. 03:39.000 --> 03:41.000 He'd gone in to make withdrawal, a couple hundred dollars. 03:41.000 --> 03:42.000 I see. 03:42.000 --> 03:46.000 On the way out of the place, this kind of seedy-looking man came up to my friend and started to talk. 03:46.000 --> 03:47.000 Did your friend know the man? 03:47.000 --> 03:48.000 Never saw him before in his life. 03:48.000 --> 03:49.000 All right, sir, go ahead. 03:49.000 --> 03:52.000 Well, this little guy said he had a business proposition to put to my friend. 03:52.000 --> 03:54.000 Said they could both make a lot of money out of it. 03:54.000 --> 03:55.000 Mm-hmm. 03:55.000 --> 03:58.000 The little guy suggested that they both have to walk down the street to a little coffee 03:58.000 --> 04:00.000 stand that's there and have a cup of coffee. 04:00.000 --> 04:03.000 My friend didn't see anything wrong with that, so they did. 04:03.000 --> 04:05.000 That's where the little guy told the story. 04:05.000 --> 04:06.000 What was that, sir? 04:06.000 --> 04:08.000 Oh, about how he was a DP, you know, a displaced person. 04:08.000 --> 04:09.000 Mm-hmm. 04:09.000 --> 04:10.000 Said he'd come over from Belgium. 04:10.000 --> 04:13.000 Big story about how he just managed to get out of Germany with his life. 04:13.000 --> 04:15.000 Really laid it on thick, real thick. 04:15.000 --> 04:16.000 Mm-hmm. 04:16.000 --> 04:17.000 That's when he pulled a snapper. 04:17.000 --> 04:20.000 Said that he'd gotten into the country illegally, that he didn't have any papers, 04:20.000 --> 04:21.000 and that's why he came to my friend. 04:21.000 --> 04:22.000 I see. 04:22.000 --> 04:23.000 Go ahead. 04:23.000 --> 04:26.000 Man, see, this little guy reached into his pocket, took out a couple of pieces of folded paper. 04:26.000 --> 04:28.000 He undid them, and there were four diamonds. 04:28.000 --> 04:30.000 Most beautiful things you ever saw. 04:30.000 --> 04:31.000 Mm-hmm. 04:31.000 --> 04:34.000 Well, I want to say that since he was in the country without a passport, 04:34.000 --> 04:37.000 he couldn't take the chance to try and sell the diamonds that he might be picked up. 04:37.000 --> 04:39.000 So he wanted to sell the stones to my friend. 04:39.000 --> 04:41.000 Said he wouldn't have any trouble getting rid of them. 04:41.000 --> 04:43.000 Well, how much did he want for them, do you know? 04:43.000 --> 04:45.000 Said he'd sell a lot for $13,000. 04:45.000 --> 04:47.000 That's quite a bit, isn't it? 04:47.000 --> 04:50.000 Yeah, especially when his friend of mine doesn't know anything about diamonds. 04:50.000 --> 04:52.000 All right, sir, do you want to go ahead? 04:52.000 --> 04:56.000 Man, the little guy said my friend to take the stones to any jeweler and have them appraised. 04:56.000 --> 04:58.000 Said he'd go along with whatever the jeweler said. 04:58.000 --> 04:59.000 And that's what your friend did, then? 04:59.000 --> 05:02.000 Yeah, went to one of the best jewelry stores in the city. 05:02.000 --> 05:05.000 Took the stones with him and had the jeweler look at them. 05:05.000 --> 05:07.000 Now, this little man, did he go into the store with your friend? 05:07.000 --> 05:09.000 No, he said he'd wait outside. 05:09.000 --> 05:10.000 Uh-huh. 05:10.000 --> 05:13.000 The jeweler looked at the stones and said they were worth $15,000. 05:13.000 --> 05:14.000 That's wholesale. 05:14.000 --> 05:15.000 $15,000. 05:15.000 --> 05:17.000 So your friend bought the diamonds, did he? 05:17.000 --> 05:18.000 Yes. 05:18.000 --> 05:20.000 He offered the owner $10,000 cash for them. 05:20.000 --> 05:23.000 The little guy wouldn't go for the deal, so he took the diamonds back. 05:23.000 --> 05:26.000 They hemmed and hawed around for a couple of minutes, and then he said he'd sell. 05:26.000 --> 05:30.000 So the both of them went to my friend's bank, got the money, and the deal was set. 05:30.000 --> 05:34.000 Little man reached into his pocket, took out the package, handed over the diamonds for the $10,000. 05:34.000 --> 05:35.000 Uh-huh. 05:35.000 --> 05:37.000 Then my friend tried to sell them. 05:37.000 --> 05:39.000 He went back to the same jeweler. 05:39.000 --> 05:40.000 And that's when he found out. 05:40.000 --> 05:41.000 Yeah? 05:41.000 --> 05:43.000 They weren't the same stones. 05:43.000 --> 05:45.000 My friend had gotten a different packet. 05:45.000 --> 05:49.000 Instead of diamonds, he bought four zircons worth $25, $30 a piece. 05:49.000 --> 05:53.000 $10,000 for $120 worth of cut glass. 05:53.000 --> 05:56.000 Now, you've got to do something about it. 05:56.000 --> 05:59.000 You've got to figure some way to get that money back. 05:59.000 --> 06:00.000 All right. 06:00.000 --> 06:03.000 You want to give us a description of the man who sold you the coins? 06:03.000 --> 06:05.000 How'd you know? 06:05.000 --> 06:07.000 Well, you aren't the only one who's been taken by this racket. 06:07.000 --> 06:09.000 There've been several cases the last few months. 06:09.000 --> 06:11.000 That's all the more reason you ought to get him. 06:11.000 --> 06:13.000 $10,000, that's what he took me for. 06:13.000 --> 06:15.000 That's really easy money. 06:15.000 --> 06:17.000 Well, the only difference is the amount, isn't it? 06:17.000 --> 06:18.000 What do you mean? 06:18.000 --> 06:23.000 Well, you can't take five the same way. 06:23.000 --> 06:29.000 Frank came back to the office and I filled him in on the story Harold Filson had given me. 06:29.000 --> 06:33.000 The victim gave us a complete statement and a description of the man who'd victimized him. 06:33.000 --> 06:36.000 He also gave us the address of the bank where he'd been approached. 06:36.000 --> 06:43.000 After that, Filson was taken down to the mug room and shown photographs of known confidence men who had used the same M.O. 06:43.000 --> 06:48.000 A local and an APB were gotten out carrying the description of the suspect as well as a complete description of the clothes he wore 06:48.000 --> 06:52.000 and the method he used in approaching the intended victim. 06:52.000 --> 06:59.000 We got the name of the jeweler who'd appraised the diamonds and we asked the victim if we could keep the stones until we'd finished our investigation. 06:59.000 --> 07:03.000 He gave us his consent when we signed a receipt for the zirconies. 07:03.000 --> 07:09.000 1.46 p.m. Frank and I drove out to the Hollywood area where we talked to Saul Maurice, the owner of the jewelry store. 07:09.000 --> 07:11.000 If you'll wait, I'll get my loot and check them for you. 07:11.000 --> 07:12.000 We'd appreciate that. 07:12.000 --> 07:15.000 Probably should have known there was something wrong when I came in here. 07:15.000 --> 07:19.000 The average man doesn't carry $15,000 and I'd set diamonds around with him. 07:19.000 --> 07:20.000 Let me see the stones. 07:20.000 --> 07:22.000 Sure, here you are. 07:23.000 --> 07:25.000 Take a look at these, if you will. 07:27.000 --> 07:29.000 They're the same ones, same as the diamonds. 07:29.000 --> 07:31.000 What can you tell us about them? 07:31.000 --> 07:33.000 They look as if they were cut in this country. 07:33.000 --> 07:35.000 Yeah? Why do you say that? 07:35.000 --> 07:37.000 Facets, they're cut longer than European stones. 07:39.000 --> 07:40.000 They were made in America. 07:40.000 --> 07:42.000 Is there any way we could tell where? 07:42.000 --> 07:45.000 No. Whoever did it, though, knew what he was doing. 07:45.000 --> 07:46.000 I remember the diamonds. Beautiful. 07:46.000 --> 07:48.000 You mean the real diamonds were just like these then, huh? 07:48.000 --> 07:53.000 Yes, there was a 125 round, two 1-carat marquee and a 403 square cut. 07:53.000 --> 07:54.000 You sure about the size, are you? 07:54.000 --> 07:58.000 Reasonably, yes. I didn't weigh them at the time, but I did use a mo gauge on them. 07:58.000 --> 07:59.000 That's what they checked out. 07:59.000 --> 08:02.000 You can't give us any idea then where the zircons might have come from? 08:02.000 --> 08:05.000 No, I'm sorry. I can give you a list of the men in Los Angeles who might have done it. 08:05.000 --> 08:06.000 We'd appreciate it. 08:06.000 --> 08:07.000 No trouble at all. 08:07.000 --> 08:08.000 You want to take these with you? 08:08.000 --> 08:09.000 Yes, sir. 08:09.000 --> 08:13.000 I don't understand. Why would a legitimate diamond cutter make these imitations? 08:13.000 --> 08:16.000 If a person ordered them copied, there'd be no reason not to. 08:16.000 --> 08:18.000 Quite often people don't like to wear genuine stones. 08:18.000 --> 08:21.000 Occasions when good imitations do just as well. That's what probably happened here. 08:21.000 --> 08:22.000 Uh-huh. 08:22.000 --> 08:25.000 Whoever it was probably ordered them in a lounge lot and cut one ahead with it. 08:25.000 --> 08:28.000 Well, now the stones he brought in the first time were real, weren't they? 08:28.000 --> 08:32.000 Yes, fine, high color, beautifully cut. Especially this square. I'll get those names for you. 08:32.000 --> 08:33.000 Thank you. 08:33.000 --> 08:35.000 Say, I wonder if you'd tell me something. 08:35.000 --> 08:36.000 Well, what's that? 08:36.000 --> 08:39.000 Well, my wife's been looking for something to clean her engagement ring. 08:39.000 --> 08:42.000 You know, it gets dirty down the little prongs that hold the diamond. 08:42.000 --> 08:44.000 I wonder if you could recommend something to clean it. 08:44.000 --> 08:48.000 I'll tell you what, next time you're in the area, bring the ring in. I'll be glad to clean it for you. 08:48.000 --> 08:51.000 Well, the problem there is she doesn't want to take it off, I guess. 08:51.000 --> 08:53.000 I don't think she'd go for me taking it all day. 08:53.000 --> 08:56.000 Well, I'll tell her to take it into the jeweler in the neighborhood. He'll be glad to do it. 08:56.000 --> 08:57.000 Thanks, sure, appreciate it. 08:57.000 --> 08:58.000 No trouble at all. 08:58.000 --> 08:59.000 Now, here's the list. 08:59.000 --> 09:00.000 Thank you. 09:00.000 --> 09:02.000 Sure hope you can find the man who sold the phonies. 09:02.000 --> 09:03.000 Yes, sir, so do we. 09:03.000 --> 09:07.000 I'm sure he'll probably get stung buying diamonds and make some leery from then on. Hard on legitimate people in the business. 09:07.000 --> 09:08.000 Yes, sir, we can understand that. 09:08.000 --> 09:10.000 Jeweler's Alliance has been saying it for a long time. 09:10.000 --> 09:12.000 Know your jeweler and you'll get value received. 09:12.000 --> 09:15.000 A guy like this makes it twice as rough on honest men. 09:15.000 --> 09:17.000 Well, that's the way it is most of the time. 09:17.000 --> 09:19.000 Always seems like the honest ones get hurt. 09:19.000 --> 09:20.000 Well, maybe not always. 09:20.000 --> 09:21.000 What? 09:21.000 --> 09:23.000 I hope it's going to work the other way this time. 09:23.000 --> 09:35.000 3.15 p.m. Frank and I returned to the office and got out a supplemental bulletin on the genuine diamonds that were being used. 09:35.000 --> 09:41.000 We checked with Captain Didion and he assigned two more officers to help us in checking out the list of diamond cutters in the area. 09:41.000 --> 09:50.000 The questioning took the better part of the next day and at 4.37 p.m. when we met in the bunko squad room, we were no further ahead with the apprehension of the suspect. 09:50.000 --> 09:58.000 During the week that followed, we continued to talk to the lapidaries in the Southland area, but they were unable to give us any leads as to who might have made the copies. 09:58.000 --> 10:02.000 On Monday, November 22nd, we received another complaint. 10:02.000 --> 10:08.000 An elderly woman who identified herself as Mrs. Myra Hacken told us that she'd been swindled out of $12,000. 10:08.000 --> 10:12.000 The story she gave us was almost identical with the one we'd gotten from Harold Filson. 10:12.000 --> 10:15.000 The description of the suspect was the same. 10:15.000 --> 10:19.000 Frank and I talked to the jeweler that had made the appraisal on the stones for her. 10:19.000 --> 10:21.000 He was unable to give us any concrete information. 10:21.000 --> 10:27.000 However, the zircons purchased by Mrs. Hacken were identical with those bought by the first victim, Filson. 10:27.000 --> 10:31.000 Two more weeks passed and in that time the confidence man hit two more citizens. 10:31.000 --> 10:33.000 The method of approach was the same. 10:33.000 --> 10:35.000 The story he gave the victims was the same. 10:35.000 --> 10:37.000 Nothing in the story was new. 10:37.000 --> 10:38.000 The search for him went on. 10:38.000 --> 10:42.000 On Wednesday, December 1st, Captain Didion called a meeting in his office. 10:42.000 --> 10:45.000 Come in. 10:45.000 --> 10:46.000 Sit down. 10:46.000 --> 10:47.000 Right. 10:47.000 --> 10:48.000 Nice. 10:48.000 --> 10:49.000 What's it about, Skipper? 10:49.000 --> 10:51.000 You know what it is. Where are you on it? 10:51.000 --> 10:52.000 The diamond switch, huh? 10:52.000 --> 10:53.000 That's it. 10:53.000 --> 10:54.000 Going slow, Captain. 10:54.000 --> 10:57.000 What's the score at the date? About $45,000, isn't it? 10:57.000 --> 10:58.000 Yeah. 10:58.000 --> 10:59.000 You're no closer to the guy than when he started. 10:59.000 --> 11:00.000 Well, we got a description. 11:00.000 --> 11:01.000 We can't book that. 11:01.000 --> 11:03.000 We're doing everything we can, Captain. 11:03.000 --> 11:06.000 We talked to all the victims, all the people in town who might know who he is. 11:06.000 --> 11:07.000 There isn't a rumble. 11:07.000 --> 11:09.000 He must be playing it single. None of the usual sources know anything. 11:09.000 --> 11:10.000 How about the money? 11:10.000 --> 11:12.000 Anybody spending more than they can account for? 11:12.000 --> 11:14.000 No, not that we've been able to turn. 11:14.000 --> 11:15.000 Stats office? 11:15.000 --> 11:17.000 They've given us a list of possible 14 of them. 11:17.000 --> 11:19.000 They've all been checked out and are unfit. 11:19.000 --> 11:21.000 What about the jeweler's association? What do they got for you? 11:21.000 --> 11:22.000 They're doing all they can. 11:22.000 --> 11:25.000 They put out a notice to all their members to be on the lookout for the guy. 11:25.000 --> 11:28.000 Sent out a description to all the diamond cutters asking for information on the stones. 11:28.000 --> 11:31.000 We've had a composite drawing made of the suspect. 11:31.000 --> 11:32.000 An MO sheet. 11:32.000 --> 11:35.000 It's been sent to all the banks in the area. Nothing backed on it, though. 11:35.000 --> 11:36.000 Well, what's the answer? 11:36.000 --> 11:37.000 Got to be some way of nailing him. 11:37.000 --> 11:38.000 Well, we got an idea. 11:38.000 --> 11:40.000 The odds are on the long side, I guess. 11:40.000 --> 11:41.000 But it's about the only way we can think of. 11:41.000 --> 11:42.000 Let's hear it. 11:42.000 --> 11:45.000 Well, we know that the guy's working the Hollywood area pretty heavy. 11:45.000 --> 11:47.000 Seems that most of the Marxy picks are out there. 11:47.000 --> 11:49.000 They do business in those banks along the boulevard. 11:49.000 --> 11:50.000 Mm-hmm. 11:50.000 --> 11:52.000 We thought that if we could spot a couple of undercover people in the banks 11:52.000 --> 11:54.000 and make it look like they were doing business there, 11:54.000 --> 11:55.000 they might be approached. 11:55.000 --> 11:57.000 It matters when you said the odds were long. 11:57.000 --> 11:59.000 How many people do you figure are going to eat for this? 11:59.000 --> 12:01.000 Well, we figure a minimum of a half a dozen. 12:01.000 --> 12:03.000 They all should be middle-aged or elderly. 12:03.000 --> 12:06.000 Suspect doesn't seem to bother anybody under 40. 12:06.000 --> 12:08.000 How about keeping in touch with the undercover people? 12:08.000 --> 12:09.000 How you figure to work that? 12:09.000 --> 12:10.000 Well, we thought we could cruise the area, 12:10.000 --> 12:13.000 work out some kind of a check system so we'd know what was going on. 12:13.000 --> 12:14.000 Mm-hmm. 12:14.000 --> 12:16.000 Okay, I'll get in touch with Chief Brown. 12:16.000 --> 12:18.000 Ask him to line up some officers that'll work the banks. 12:18.000 --> 12:19.000 You better get in touch with Hollywood. 12:19.000 --> 12:20.000 Fill them in on what you're doing. 12:20.000 --> 12:23.000 Might ask for a couple of F cars to give you a hand in the surveillance. 12:23.000 --> 12:24.000 Right, Skipper. 12:24.000 --> 12:25.000 We'll get together here in the morning. 12:25.000 --> 12:26.000 You can brief them on what you want. 12:26.000 --> 12:27.000 I'm going to work it out. 12:27.000 --> 12:28.000 Okay. 12:28.000 --> 12:29.000 Better notify the banks too. 12:29.000 --> 12:31.000 Give them the setup so there won't be any slip. 12:31.000 --> 12:32.000 Excuse me. 12:32.000 --> 12:35.000 Bunko Fugitive, Captain Didion. 12:35.000 --> 12:36.000 Yeah? 12:36.000 --> 12:37.000 Mm-hmm. 12:37.000 --> 12:39.000 Okay, we'll send them right out. 12:39.000 --> 12:40.000 That's right. 12:40.000 --> 12:41.000 Do what you can. 12:41.000 --> 12:43.000 Here's one to move on. 12:43.000 --> 12:45.000 Bank on Hollywood Boulevard. 12:45.000 --> 12:48.000 Head cashier says there's been a man loitering in the place for the last 30 minutes. 12:48.000 --> 12:51.000 That's the description of your suspect right down the line. 12:51.000 --> 12:59.000 The man had been detained until we got there. 12:59.000 --> 13:02.000 We were told that the suspect had entered the bank at approximately 1140 a.m. 13:02.000 --> 13:04.000 and that he'd been observed by the bank guard. 13:04.000 --> 13:07.000 When the man's movements had aroused the guard's suspicions, 13:07.000 --> 13:09.000 he'd notified the cashier, 13:09.000 --> 13:11.000 and he in turn had called us when he noticed the similarity 13:11.000 --> 13:14.000 between the suspect and our bulletin. 13:14.000 --> 13:17.000 We asked the suspect to step out to our car so we could question him. 13:17.000 --> 13:19.000 He appeared to have been drinking, but he was cooperative. 13:19.000 --> 13:22.000 We got into the backseat with Frank, and we asked him to show us his wallet. 13:22.000 --> 13:24.000 Hey, uh, my wallet. 13:24.000 --> 13:26.000 Is there any money in it? 13:26.000 --> 13:29.000 Well, I don't know. Is that any of your business? 13:29.000 --> 13:31.000 You got any money in the wallet? 13:31.000 --> 13:33.000 It might be a couple of bucks, yes. 13:33.000 --> 13:36.000 Then again on the other side of the fence, I might not. 13:36.000 --> 13:40.000 All right, mister, take the money out and hand the wallet to me. 13:40.000 --> 13:42.000 Ain't none. I'm broke. 13:42.000 --> 13:44.000 All right, let's have it. 13:44.000 --> 13:47.000 Sure, I'd like to cooperate. Always like to cooperate. 13:47.000 --> 13:50.000 All right. Is your true name Samuel Gerald Pugh? 13:50.000 --> 13:52.000 That is correct. 13:52.000 --> 13:54.000 Ever been arrested? 13:54.000 --> 13:56.000 That, gentlemen, is my life story. 13:56.000 --> 13:58.000 Is that right? 13:58.000 --> 14:00.000 It certainly is. 14:00.000 --> 14:03.000 Many's the happy hour I've spent in your main jail. 14:03.000 --> 14:05.000 Delightful things. 14:05.000 --> 14:10.000 Referred to in the trade as the Graybar Hotel, you know. 14:10.000 --> 14:12.000 What was the charge? 14:12.000 --> 14:19.000 I believe that's referred to in the trade as a 4127ALAMC. 14:19.000 --> 14:21.000 Drunk, huh? 14:21.000 --> 14:22.000 Oh, now, if you don't mind, officer, 14:22.000 --> 14:24.000 rather you wouldn't put it just that way. 14:24.000 --> 14:27.000 It sounds so completely undignified. 14:27.000 --> 14:28.000 Completely. 14:28.000 --> 14:30.000 What were you doing in that bank? 14:30.000 --> 14:35.000 Then I spent a short vacation with the sheriff out in Castaic. 14:35.000 --> 14:37.000 That was a charming resort. 14:37.000 --> 14:39.000 Look, what were you doing in the bank? 14:39.000 --> 14:44.000 Then I spent a short vacation with the sheriff out in Castaic. 14:44.000 --> 14:45.000 That's a charming resort. 14:45.000 --> 14:47.000 Why were you in the bank? 14:47.000 --> 14:55.000 I've also enjoyed the hospitality of the authorities in San Francisco, Oakland, and in Beaumont, Texas. 14:55.000 --> 14:57.000 Now, you look, mister, we're not playing a game with you here. 14:57.000 --> 15:00.000 You come up with some straight answers and come up with them fast. 15:00.000 --> 15:01.000 Sir? 15:01.000 --> 15:02.000 Yeah? 15:02.000 --> 15:07.000 Well, I'm trying to the best of my ability to answer your questions in the order that you present them. 15:07.000 --> 15:11.000 Now, I'm still working on the initial one, you understand? 15:11.000 --> 15:14.000 Would you like to know why I spent so much time in the bank? 15:14.000 --> 15:15.000 Look, you know what we want to know. 15:15.000 --> 15:17.000 We want to know why you're in that bank. 15:17.000 --> 15:19.000 Very well, then I shall tell you. 15:19.000 --> 15:27.000 I have spent all of this time in gathering material for a treatise on the penal colonies in the bank. 15:27.000 --> 15:28.000 All right, all right, let's go. 15:28.000 --> 15:30.000 Yeah, come on, mister, get on your feet. 15:30.000 --> 15:38.000 Oh, here now, now listen, I resent this treatise, and furthermore, I intend to expose your methods in my forthcoming book. 15:38.000 --> 15:39.000 Yeah, yeah. 15:39.000 --> 15:40.000 Yes. 15:40.000 --> 15:45.000 Realize, officer, that I've given you fair warning. 15:45.000 --> 15:46.000 You're going to book me again? 15:46.000 --> 15:47.000 That's right. 15:47.000 --> 15:48.000 Drunk? 15:48.000 --> 15:49.000 We'll figure that when we get you downtown. 15:49.000 --> 15:51.000 Well, that's all you've got. 15:51.000 --> 15:52.000 I didn't really do it. 15:52.000 --> 15:54.000 You can't book a man to just think about it. 15:54.000 --> 15:55.000 That right. 15:55.000 --> 15:57.000 I didn't really do it. 15:57.000 --> 15:59.000 I'll just think about it. 15:59.000 --> 16:00.000 What are you talking about? 16:00.000 --> 16:02.000 What I was doing in the bank. 16:02.000 --> 16:04.000 I'm broke and I'm hungry. 16:04.000 --> 16:06.000 I just got into town this morning. 16:06.000 --> 16:11.000 I arrived amid the sunshine of glorious California, broke and hungry. 16:11.000 --> 16:15.000 So I am handled around a bit and went into the bank. 16:15.000 --> 16:25.000 Then maybe I'd write a little check, just enough to tide me over until I decide to accept one of the many offers that have been offered me. 16:25.000 --> 16:26.000 You got any money in the bank? 16:26.000 --> 16:28.000 Oh, that's a trivial detail. 16:28.000 --> 16:37.000 However, as much as you gentlemen are willing to accord me the hospitality of the Graybar Hotel, I shall accept with a lack of it. 16:37.000 --> 16:38.000 Well, that's nice. 16:38.000 --> 16:41.000 I am gratified that you appreciate my position. 16:41.000 --> 16:43.000 You got any way of proving you just got in town? 16:43.000 --> 16:44.000 Is that necessary? 16:44.000 --> 16:45.000 Might be a few. 16:45.000 --> 16:48.000 I shall have no trouble in supplying such verification. 16:48.000 --> 16:49.000 Yes. 16:49.000 --> 16:55.000 I have been enjoying the hospitality of the largest state for the past three months. 16:55.000 --> 16:58.000 I suffered my connection with them two days. 16:58.000 --> 16:59.000 Is that right? 16:59.000 --> 17:00.000 It certainly is. 17:00.000 --> 17:04.000 I, Officer, have been in jail for the past three months. 17:04.000 --> 17:05.000 Yes. 17:05.000 --> 17:15.000 In Beaumont, Texas. 17:15.000 --> 17:18.000 The suspect was taken to the city hall and held for further investigation. 17:18.000 --> 17:23.000 Teletypes were sent to the authorities in Texas and they verified the story that we'd gotten. 17:23.000 --> 17:27.000 The suspect was booked in violation of 4127A LAMC. 17:27.000 --> 17:32.000 The following morning, Frank and I, along with Captain Diddy, and briefed the police officers chosen by Chief Brown. 17:32.000 --> 17:34.000 We told them the suspect's MO. 17:34.000 --> 17:37.000 We gave each of them copies of the composite drawing that had been made. 17:37.000 --> 17:40.000 At 10.30 that morning, the plan was put into operation. 17:40.000 --> 17:43.000 It continued through the weekend without results. 17:43.000 --> 17:47.000 During that time, we received no new complaints regarding the confidence, Mayor. 17:47.000 --> 17:51.000 Wednesday, December 8th, Frank and I checked into the office. 17:51.000 --> 17:53.000 I'm gonna call Fay. Tell her what time I'll be home. 17:53.000 --> 17:55.000 Okay. You wanna check the book while you're there? 17:55.000 --> 17:56.000 Yeah. 17:56.000 --> 17:57.000 I got it. 17:57.000 --> 17:59.000 Uncle Fugitive, Friday. 17:59.000 --> 18:01.000 Yeah. 18:01.000 --> 18:02.000 Okay, where? 18:02.000 --> 18:05.000 Yeah, we know where that is. Right. See you there. 18:05.000 --> 18:06.000 Guess you'll have to call Fay later. 18:06.000 --> 18:07.000 What do you mean? 18:07.000 --> 18:08.000 Suspect. 18:07.000 --> 18:08.000 Yeah? 18:08.000 --> 18:11.000 He's setting up a mark in a coffee shop out on Hollywood Boulevard right now. 18:21.000 --> 18:26.000 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 18:26.000 --> 18:28.000 Meet the Tom Harmons. 18:28.000 --> 18:32.000 You know Tom as an all-American and now a top sports announcer. 18:32.000 --> 18:36.000 Mrs. Harmon is the motion picture and television star Elise Knox. 18:36.000 --> 18:41.000 They're typical of people everywhere who are saying, Chesterfield's for me. 18:41.000 --> 18:45.000 I like regular-sized Chesterfields. Half for years. 18:45.000 --> 18:50.000 They're best for me, at least I think so, because of that Chesterfield quality. 18:50.000 --> 18:55.000 That's the way I feel about them, too. I've always smoked Chesterfields. 18:55.000 --> 19:00.000 Now I go for the king size. Yes, I like a longer smoke. 19:00.000 --> 19:06.000 So whether you smoke regular size like Elise Knox or king size like Tom Harmon, 19:06.000 --> 19:12.000 enjoy America's most popular two-way cigarette, Chesterfield's for me. 19:12.000 --> 19:15.000 You hear it everywhere. 19:15.000 --> 19:20.000 The Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made. 19:20.000 --> 19:25.000 And best for you. 19:31.000 --> 19:35.000 The call had come from one of the undercover people that we'd planted in the banks on Hollywood Boulevard. 19:35.000 --> 19:41.000 The policewoman told me that a man answering the description had approached her and offered to sell her some unset diamonds. 19:41.000 --> 19:45.000 The suspect suggested that they have a cup of coffee while he explained the deal to the victim. 19:45.000 --> 19:50.000 After they'd reached the coffee shop, the policewoman excused herself and put in the call to us. 19:50.000 --> 19:54.000 It took us 18 minutes to drive to Hollywood and Vine Streets and to get to the coffee shop. 19:54.000 --> 19:57.000 When we entered the place, we could see the policewoman at one of the rear tables. 19:57.000 --> 20:00.000 Frank and I walked back and sat down in the adjoining booth. 20:00.000 --> 20:03.000 They'd evidently been talking for several minutes before we got there. 20:03.000 --> 20:07.000 You can understand my position. I don't want to have to let them go, but I have no choice. 20:07.000 --> 20:09.000 I'm still not sure why you don't sell them yourself. 20:09.000 --> 20:13.000 There is some trouble about my passport. The authorities are checking it over. 20:13.000 --> 20:19.000 If I try to dispose of the diamonds in the usual channels, there are bound to be questions, questions I can't answer. 20:19.000 --> 20:23.000 I'm not sure I want to be mixed up in a thing like this. I've never had any trouble with the law. 20:23.000 --> 20:26.000 My husband would be pretty angry if he knew about this. 20:26.000 --> 20:28.000 But there will be no trouble, none. 20:28.000 --> 20:33.000 The reason I decided to even bother you with this is that I have seen you several times in the bank. 20:33.000 --> 20:36.000 You look to me like a person who would understand and want to help. 20:36.000 --> 20:38.000 That's very kind. 20:38.000 --> 20:41.000 It is you who are being kind to even let me talk to you. 20:41.000 --> 20:46.000 I wish I could tell you how much it means to me to be able to walk up to just anyone on the straight and talk. 20:46.000 --> 20:49.000 To know that there is nothing to be afraid of. 20:49.000 --> 20:53.000 This business about the passport is annoying, but it will all be straightened out. 20:53.000 --> 20:55.000 After that, everything will be all right. 20:55.000 --> 20:57.000 Well, can't you wait until then to sell the diamonds? 20:57.000 --> 21:03.000 I'm afraid not. I have bills. I must pay my attorney, my family. They must be taken care of. I need the money now. 21:03.000 --> 21:05.000 I'm still not sure. 21:05.000 --> 21:10.000 Kind lady, let me show you the gems. Just let me show them to you and then decide. 21:10.000 --> 21:11.000 Excuse me? 21:11.000 --> 21:12.000 Coffee, please. 21:12.000 --> 21:13.000 Yeah, coffee. 21:13.000 --> 21:15.000 Two coffees right away. 21:15.000 --> 21:21.000 There. Just look at them. Have you ever seen anything so beautiful in your life? 21:21.000 --> 21:22.000 They are nice. 21:22.000 --> 21:25.000 These are all we were able to get out of the country. 21:25.000 --> 21:28.000 Weeks before we left, we sold everything we owned to buy them. 21:28.000 --> 21:32.000 You know, in Europe, diamonds are about the only thing that has a set value. 21:32.000 --> 21:35.000 If I were to tell you the trouble we had in getting them, 21:35.000 --> 21:38.000 but that would take too long and I have already taken too much of your time. 21:38.000 --> 21:41.000 Not at all. How much are you asking for them? 21:41.000 --> 21:46.000 On the market, they are worth an American dollar, so at least $10,000. 21:46.000 --> 21:48.000 Oh, I could never pay that much for them. 21:48.000 --> 21:49.000 But you would not have to. 21:49.000 --> 21:50.000 I don't understand. 21:50.000 --> 21:54.000 It is simple. You take them to any jeweler in the city, anyone at all. You pick him up. 21:54.000 --> 21:57.000 Take the diamonds to him, ask him what they are worth. 21:57.000 --> 22:00.000 Then come back to me and we can make the transaction. 22:00.000 --> 22:04.000 You see what he will offer you for me. You will see that what I have said is the truth. 22:04.000 --> 22:07.000 You can buy them from me. I will get the money I need. 22:07.000 --> 22:10.000 Then you can sell them to the same jeweler and make a handsome profit. 22:10.000 --> 22:12.000 Go ahead, take them. I will wait for you here. 22:12.000 --> 22:13.000 You trust me with them? 22:13.000 --> 22:17.000 Certainly. I knew when I saw you in the bank I could depend on you. 22:17.000 --> 22:19.000 I trust you with my life savings. 22:19.000 --> 22:20.000 All right, let's go. 22:24.000 --> 22:26.000 Something I can do for you, gentlemen? 22:26.000 --> 22:28.000 Police officers, you are under arrest. 22:28.000 --> 22:29.000 On what charge? 22:29.000 --> 22:30.000 Grand theft. 22:30.000 --> 22:31.000 You must be joking. 22:31.000 --> 22:32.000 Afraid not. 22:32.000 --> 22:33.000 Let's go. 22:33.000 --> 22:34.000 You get everything you need at Sergeant Friday? 22:34.000 --> 22:35.000 Yeah, thanks, Margaret. 22:35.000 --> 22:36.000 You are in with them. 22:36.000 --> 22:38.000 I am a police officer too. 22:39.000 --> 22:40.000 How are you going to know? 22:40.000 --> 22:41.000 I will take the diamonds. 22:41.000 --> 22:43.000 Do you want to give us the Zircon's too? 22:43.000 --> 22:45.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 22:45.000 --> 22:47.000 Lousy deal. You are going to have to prove it, you know. 22:47.000 --> 22:48.000 We will take care of that. 22:48.000 --> 22:49.000 How are you going to do it? 22:49.000 --> 22:52.000 It shouldn't be too tough. Have the victims take a look at you. 22:52.000 --> 22:54.000 They should give us a positive identification, shouldn't they? 22:54.000 --> 22:55.000 Yeah, I guess so. 22:55.000 --> 22:56.000 Where did you get the stones? 22:56.000 --> 22:57.000 I picked them up in New York. 22:57.000 --> 23:00.000 They are real. Worth easily 13, maybe 14 thousand dollars. 23:00.000 --> 23:01.000 How about the imitations? 23:01.000 --> 23:02.000 What about them? 23:02.000 --> 23:03.000 Where did you get them? 23:03.000 --> 23:05.000 A friend of mine, guy back east. His hobby is life, you know. 23:05.000 --> 23:06.000 Lapidary? 23:06.000 --> 23:08.000 Yeah, that's it. I had him cut the Zircon's for me. 23:08.000 --> 23:09.000 Do you know why you wanted them? 23:09.000 --> 23:12.000 No, I told him it was for a joke, asking to make me six sets. 23:12.000 --> 23:13.000 All of them like the real ones. 23:13.000 --> 23:15.000 I only had this one and one more to get rid of. 23:15.000 --> 23:17.000 Just two more and you have to tag me. 23:17.000 --> 23:18.000 You are in a rough go. 23:18.000 --> 23:20.000 You need me for anything more, Sergeant? 23:20.000 --> 23:21.000 No, thanks, Margaret. We will take him in. 23:21.000 --> 23:22.000 I will go on then. 23:22.000 --> 23:23.000 Right, thanks again. 23:23.000 --> 23:24.000 Glad to help. 23:24.000 --> 23:25.000 Thanks, Margaret. 23:25.000 --> 23:26.000 Yeah, see you downtown. 23:26.000 --> 23:27.000 Right. Tell Chief Brown we will be in the same, will you? 23:27.000 --> 23:28.000 Okay. 23:29.000 --> 23:30.000 All right, mister, let's go. 23:30.000 --> 23:31.000 Mind if I finish my coffee? 23:32.000 --> 23:33.000 All right, make it fast. 23:33.000 --> 23:34.000 Okay, thanks. 23:34.000 --> 23:35.000 What's your name? 23:35.000 --> 23:36.000 Nathan Croner. 23:36.000 --> 23:37.000 You ever fall in before? 23:37.000 --> 23:38.000 A couple of times, small baves. 23:38.000 --> 23:39.000 Where? 23:39.000 --> 23:40.000 Midwest, Colorado, Kansas. 23:40.000 --> 23:41.000 Big time? 23:41.000 --> 23:42.000 Burglary. 23:42.000 --> 23:44.000 Served three years in Colorado, two in Kansas. 23:44.000 --> 23:46.000 Thought you had it figured this time. 23:46.000 --> 23:47.000 Sure way to make it pay. 23:47.000 --> 23:48.000 Never know, do you? 23:48.000 --> 23:49.000 What's that? 23:49.000 --> 23:50.000 How it's going to turn out. 23:50.000 --> 23:51.000 Take his touch, for instance. 23:51.000 --> 23:52.000 Yeah. 23:52.000 --> 23:53.000 Hey, you got a cigarette? 23:53.000 --> 23:54.000 Yeah, here you go. 23:54.000 --> 23:55.000 Here. 23:55.000 --> 23:56.000 Thanks. 23:56.000 --> 23:57.000 I got a match. 23:57.000 --> 24:00.000 You know, this would never work if you tried it with honest people. 24:00.000 --> 24:01.000 Is that right? 24:01.000 --> 24:02.000 Sure. 24:02.000 --> 24:04.000 Right off, I told him I was having trouble with my passport, even told one of them I was 24:04.000 --> 24:05.000 in the country illegally. 24:05.000 --> 24:07.000 That's when he should have gone to the cops right then. 24:07.000 --> 24:08.000 Mm-hmm. 24:08.000 --> 24:09.000 Gonna miss that. 24:09.000 --> 24:10.000 What's that? 24:10.000 --> 24:11.000 The coffee. 24:11.000 --> 24:12.000 Gonna miss it. 24:12.000 --> 24:15.000 Anyway, if every one of them didn't have a little thievery in them, it'd be a con game 24:15.000 --> 24:16.000 in the world, it would work. 24:16.000 --> 24:17.000 You ever think of that? 24:17.000 --> 24:18.000 Yeah, once in a while. 24:18.000 --> 24:19.000 I hand over a bunch of diamonds. 24:19.000 --> 24:20.000 Now, I know they're worth a minimum of 15,000 dollars. 24:20.000 --> 24:21.000 I'm not going to give you a penny. 24:21.000 --> 24:22.000 I'm not going to give you a penny. 24:22.000 --> 24:23.000 I'm not going to give you a penny. 24:23.000 --> 24:27.000 I hand over a bunch of diamonds, now I know they're worth a minimum of 15,000 dollars. 24:27.000 --> 24:28.000 Worth that anywhere in the country. 24:28.000 --> 24:29.000 Mm-hmm. 24:29.000 --> 24:32.000 So what happens, the Mark takes them into a jeweler and finds out they're worth that 24:32.000 --> 24:34.000 much, and right away he's out to try to make a fast buck for himself. 24:34.000 --> 24:36.000 He comes back, tells me they're only good for 10,000. 24:36.000 --> 24:37.000 You see? 24:37.000 --> 24:38.000 Thieves. 24:38.000 --> 24:39.000 Mm-hmm. 24:39.000 --> 24:40.000 You about finished with that coffee? 24:40.000 --> 24:41.000 Yeah. 24:41.000 --> 24:44.000 Now, the Mark stands to make himself a cup of thousand dollars going in, but that isn't 24:44.000 --> 24:45.000 enough. 24:45.000 --> 24:46.000 He's going to take me for more. 24:46.000 --> 24:47.000 It wouldn't work if they weren't thieves at heart. 24:47.000 --> 24:49.000 Well, that still doesn't give you the right to take them. 24:49.000 --> 24:50.000 I suppose not. 24:50.000 --> 24:54.000 I get a real kick out of figuring what they look like when they find out they're stuck 24:54.000 --> 24:55.000 with a handful of cut glass. 24:55.000 --> 24:57.000 Must be real yaks to see that look. 24:57.000 --> 24:59.000 I don't know, how about that coffee? 24:59.000 --> 25:00.000 Come on, let's go. 25:00.000 --> 25:01.000 Yeah. 25:01.000 --> 25:03.000 Okay, I'm with you. 25:03.000 --> 25:04.000 All right. 25:04.000 --> 25:08.000 You pull this dodge anyplace else in the country? 25:08.000 --> 25:09.000 Not me. 25:09.000 --> 25:10.000 It was the first place. 25:10.000 --> 25:12.000 Figured if I scored good here, I could take it easy. 25:12.000 --> 25:15.000 You know, work a bit, maybe once a year in a different city. 25:15.000 --> 25:16.000 Keep moving. 25:16.000 --> 25:18.000 Don't make any difference how they talk or what kind of clothes they wear. 25:18.000 --> 25:19.000 A Mark still a Mark. 25:19.000 --> 25:21.000 I just had a bad deal going good. 25:21.000 --> 25:23.000 I could have lived off of it for years. 25:23.000 --> 25:24.000 That's what you wanted, huh? 25:24.000 --> 25:26.000 Yeah, just a deal to keep me in clothes and food. 25:26.000 --> 25:28.000 Roof over my head, nothing big. 25:28.000 --> 25:30.000 Well, it all worked out then, didn't it? 25:30.000 --> 25:31.000 What? 25:31.000 --> 25:32.000 That's what you're going to get. 25:32.000 --> 25:33.000 Come on. 25:33.000 --> 25:42.000 The story you have just heard is true. 25:42.000 --> 25:45.000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 25:45.000 --> 25:50.000 On April 15th, trial was held in Department 98, Superior Court of the State of California, 25:50.000 --> 25:52.000 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 25:52.000 --> 25:54.000 In a moment, the results of that trial. 25:54.000 --> 25:57.000 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 25:57.000 --> 25:59.000 Thank you, George Fenomen. 25:59.000 --> 26:03.000 You know, the Chesterfield you smoked today is the best cigarette ever made and best for you. 26:03.000 --> 26:04.000 Now that's a fact. 26:04.000 --> 26:08.000 And to my way of thinking, it's the very reason for you to change to Chesterfield. 26:08.000 --> 26:10.000 Try them either way, regular or king size. 26:10.000 --> 26:13.000 If you try them, I think you'll say with all of us, 26:13.000 --> 26:16.000 Chesterfield's for me. 26:16.000 --> 26:45.000 Ladies and gentlemen, crime has reached a new high. 26:45.000 --> 26:49.000 Over two million major crimes were committed last year in the United States. 26:49.000 --> 26:54.000 You and your loved ones, your lives and property are threatened. 26:54.000 --> 26:57.000 Now, during National Crime Prevention Week, 26:57.000 --> 27:02.000 the National Exchange Clubs urge you to act to protect yourself and your country. 27:02.000 --> 27:05.000 Go to church this Sunday and every Sunday. 27:05.000 --> 27:10.000 The nation needs the great moral vitality which springs from church-going men and women. 27:10.000 --> 27:14.000 And remember to be alert and be on the lookout for ways to prevent crime. 27:14.000 --> 27:39.000 Help your police force and your community reduce the crime rate. 27:39.000 --> 27:44.000 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 27:44.000 --> 27:49.000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police W.H. 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