1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,800 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,680 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:20,600 Dragnet is brought to you by Chesterfield, made by Liggett and Myers. 4 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:33,560 We have a great major tobacco company to bring you a complete line of quality cigarettes. 5 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,280 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,680 You're assigned to homicide detail. 7 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,960 The body of an attractive woman has been found in a downtown office building, beaten to death 8 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:43,880 with a piece of lead pipe. 9 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,120 The killer has escaped into the city. 10 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:49,440 Your job, find him. 11 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:56,080 Today, friends, you hear these three words everywhere. 12 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,640 Chesterfield's for me. 13 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:04,140 The Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made. 14 00:01:04,140 --> 00:01:10,800 Best for you because Chesterfield gives you proof of highest quality, low nicotine. 15 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,520 The taste you want. 16 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,640 The mildness you want. 17 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:20,360 Chesterfield is best for you because it is tested and approved by 30 years of scientific 18 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,520 tobacco research. 19 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:28,400 Chesterfield is best for you because it has an established good record with smokers, proven 20 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,080 by test after test. 21 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:37,440 Yes, friends, the Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made. 22 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,920 For the taste you want, the mildness you want. 23 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:46,960 Join the thousands now changing to Chesterfield. 24 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:54,200 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 25 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:59,160 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 26 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,840 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 27 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,560 police files. 28 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:10,800 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 29 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:12,520 in action. 30 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:16,600 It was Thursday, April 15th. 31 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,080 It was warm in Los Angeles. 32 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:19,840 We were working the day watch out of homicide detail. 33 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:21,200 My partner is Frank Smith. 34 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:22,200 The boss is Captain Lorman. 35 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:23,680 My name is Friday. 36 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:28,260 We just left the murder room and it was 7.40 a.m. when we got to suite 718, the building 37 00:02:28,260 --> 00:02:31,260 manager's office. 38 00:02:31,260 --> 00:02:34,280 Miss Joyce? 39 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,400 Yes, you men cops? 40 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:38,400 Yes, ma'am. 41 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,360 We understand you're the one who found the bodies, isn't that right? 42 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:43,360 That's right. 43 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:44,360 I found her. 44 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,800 It was an awful scene. 45 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,120 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 46 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:49,120 My name's Friday. 47 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,560 I wonder if you feel up to telling us exactly what happened. 48 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:52,560 Oh, sure. 49 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,240 It's just about the most terrible thing ever happened to me. 50 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:56,560 There's something we can get you, ma'am. 51 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:57,560 Oh, no thanks. 52 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,200 Janie brought me some hot coffee. 53 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:00,200 Who's Janie? 54 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:01,200 Janie Alquist. 55 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:02,800 She works the first three floors. 56 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:03,800 She brought me some hot coffee. 57 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:04,800 I see. 58 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:06,600 She was up here and they let her bring it. 59 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:07,960 All right, Miss Joyce. 60 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,200 Would you just tell us about it, please? 61 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,200 Right from the beginning. 62 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,760 You want to hear all about the whole thing? 63 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:14,400 If you would, please. 64 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,320 Well, I came on at four, just like always. 65 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,960 I punched in and came up to the 10th floor and started in. 66 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,960 Got the things out of the closet on the 10th. 67 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,640 Usually, I start on the 7th. 68 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:31,360 But now and then, I like to do it a little different and I start on 10 and work down. 69 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:32,360 Yes, ma'am. 70 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:33,360 What time was it when you found the body? 71 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:34,360 Oh, just a few minutes ago. 72 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,360 I guess about seven, right around in there. 73 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,040 I only had two more offices to do and I'd be finished. 74 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,080 I just had two more when I got there. 75 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:44,080 Yes, ma'am. 76 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,200 If you'd go ahead and tell us about finding the body. 77 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:53,920 Oh, well, I unlocked the door and I saw the light inside. 78 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,280 I thought it was kind of funny because usually it's dark. 79 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:57,280 You mean on the office? 80 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,680 Yes, and where Mrs. Fitzgerald's desk is, it's usually dark. 81 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:01,680 Yes, ma'am. 82 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,920 I thought it was kind of funny, like I said. 83 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:07,520 But then I thought that maybe she was working. 84 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,400 She does accounting, though, woman accountant, and I thought she was working. 85 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,000 So I knocked. 86 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,200 I didn't just want to go right in if she was working, you know, disturbers. 87 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,160 So I knocked, but she didn't answer. 88 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,040 Go ahead, please. 89 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,680 Well, I opened the door and went in. 90 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:28,360 Right off, I was kind of sore about it. 91 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,760 No excuse for a thing like that. 92 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:31,760 No excuse at all. 93 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:32,760 What do you mean? 94 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:34,440 Well, didn't you see the place? 95 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:35,440 Didn't you look? 96 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:36,440 Yeah. 97 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:37,440 Well, then you know what a mess it was. 98 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:41,840 Papers all over the floor and ashtrays spilled, all that mess. 99 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:43,600 And I'm supposed to be through at 730. 100 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:48,640 I had never made it, never got through on time. 101 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:50,640 And that's when I saw her behind the desk. 102 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:53,640 Oh, it was an awful thing. 103 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,240 There she was on the floor, dead. 104 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:57,240 Yes, ma'am. 105 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:58,840 There was no one else in the office? 106 00:04:58,840 --> 00:04:59,840 No. 107 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:04,120 Just Mrs. Fitzgerald, she was on the floor behind the desk. 108 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:05,120 And why'd you do that? 109 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:06,120 Oh, I screamed. 110 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:07,960 Loud, as loud as I could. 111 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:09,960 I wanted somebody to come up there right away. 112 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,480 And that was the first time I ever saw anybody dead. 113 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,800 Then I ran out of the office and went downstairs to get somebody to help. 114 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,800 Just an awful thing. 115 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,800 Oh, poor Mrs. Fitzgerald. 116 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:25,800 Oh, she was so nice. 117 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,800 All the time saying hello when she'd come in early and I'd still be working. 118 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:34,800 Oh, I think about it and I just can't believe that it's true. 119 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,800 I just can't hardly believe it. 120 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,800 Did you see anyone on the floor while you were working? 121 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:41,800 Yes, Mrs. Fitzgerald. 122 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:44,800 No, ma'am, I mean, was there anybody in the halls of the building? 123 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:45,800 Oh, no. 124 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:46,800 No, not that I saw. 125 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:47,800 There wasn't anybody. 126 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,800 I'd have seen them if they were there, but they weren't. 127 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:50,800 All right, Miss Joyce. 128 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:52,800 We'll contact you tomorrow about a statement. 129 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,800 Meantime, I'll leave you one of our cards here. 130 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,800 If you think of anything we should know, we'd appreciate it if you'd give us a call. 131 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:58,800 Oh, I sure will. 132 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,800 Anything at all I think of, I'll call you. 133 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:02,800 Can I go now? 134 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:03,800 Yes, ma'am, certainly. 135 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,800 I'm going to go home and take a hot bath and calm my nerves. 136 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:07,800 Surely. 137 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,800 Oh, sure, it's going to be a shock to her husband. 138 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,800 Of course, not that he'll mind too much. 139 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:14,800 I beg your pardon? 140 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:16,800 Her husband, you know, Mr. Fitzgerald. 141 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,800 Yes, ma'am, what about him? 142 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:20,800 Well, just that it isn't going to bother that one too much. 143 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:21,800 Why do you say that? 144 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,800 Oh, I shouldn't have said anything. 145 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,800 Not a word, I shouldn't have told you I'd get fired, sure. 146 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,800 Well, if it's got anything to do with Ms. Fitzgerald's death, maybe you'd better tell us, don't you think? 147 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,800 Well, if you'll promise not to tell the supervisor. 148 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,800 All right, go ahead. 149 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:43,800 It gets dull just being in a big building by yourself, all alone at night when there isn't anybody around. 150 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:45,800 It's pretty dull. 151 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:56,800 Once in a while, not real often, but just once in a while I kind of read some of the letters that people throw away, you know, in the wastebasket. 152 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,800 They don't want them anymore, so when it gets real dull, I read of them. 153 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:05,800 I've read some in Mrs. Fitzgerald's office from her husband, Mr. Fitzgerald. 154 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:06,800 Yeah. 155 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:11,800 Seems like they've been having some kind of a big fight, going to court and all. 156 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,800 I don't know what it's all about, but they've been fighting. 157 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:17,800 And in the letters he tells how she ought to leave him alone. 158 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:22,800 I guess she's asking for a lot of alimony or something, that's what it sounded like to me. 159 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:27,800 Some of the letters, the way he wrote to her, mean, used to threaten her all the time. 160 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,800 You saw these letters where he threatened her, did you? 161 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:42,800 Yes. One, I guess it was about a week ago, he said in that if she tried to railroad the thing through, now that's what he said, railroad the thing through, he'd come up here and... 162 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:43,800 Yes, go ahead. 163 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:45,800 Well, that's all there is. 164 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,800 I couldn't find the other piece of the letter where he said what he was going to do. 165 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,800 See, she tore up the letters after she read them. 166 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:54,800 All right, Miss Joyce, thank you very much. 167 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:55,800 No, I hope I helped. 168 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:57,800 Yes, ma'am, you certainly have. 169 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,800 I sure wish I could have found that other piece of the letter. 170 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:01,800 No way of knowing what it said. 171 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,800 Yes, ma'am. 172 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,800 You suppose he really meant it? 173 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,800 I don't know, we'll ask him. 174 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,800 By the time Frank and I had arrived at the scene, the crew from the crime lab was there. 175 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:23,800 Photographs of the entire room were taken and fingerprints were lifted from the edges of the desk, from the top of a lamp, and from the molding around the door. 176 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:28,800 The murder weapon, a 15 inch section of heavy lead pipe, was booked for evidence. 177 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,800 There was nothing we could tell from the pipe itself other than the fact that it was the murder instrument. 178 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,800 It was a plain piece of three quarter inch pipe. 179 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,800 One end was wrapped in a heavy brown paper, the other was blood stained. 180 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,800 Because of the appearance of the office, it looked as if robbery was the motive for the crime. 181 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:48,800 However, on examination of the victim's personal effects, we found that two large diamond rings were still on her fingers. 182 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:52,800 In her purse, we found cash in the amount of $226. 183 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:56,800 On the desk itself, we found a woman's wrist watch set with 12 diamonds. 184 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,800 The fact that none of this had been removed apparently ruled out robbery as the motive. 185 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:05,800 The other employees of the building were questioned, but they were unable to shed any light on a possible suspect. 186 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,800 None of them had seen any unauthorized persons in the place after closing hours. 187 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,800 People on the street in the immediate vicinity were questioned. 188 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,800 The only lead we were able to come up with was that at approximately 7.02 a.m., 189 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,800 a newsboy had seen a short, stocky man walk from the office building entrance. 190 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,800 Other than the brief description of the man's build, the witness was unable to tell us anything. 191 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,800 An immediate broadcast was gotten out on what information we had. 192 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,800 From a telephone book in the victim's desk, we got an address for her husband, Oscar Fitzgerald. 193 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,800 It was a men's club located in downtown Los Angeles. 194 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:37,800 Frank and I drove over to talk to him. 195 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:39,800 Come in. Thank you. Thank you very much. 196 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,800 Sit down. I'll coffee some coffee. You fellas want some? No, no thanks. 197 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:46,800 No, sir. You don't mind if I have some? No, you go right ahead. 198 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:48,800 Room service, please. 199 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,800 Kind of early for the cops to come calling in. Yes, sir, I guess it is. 200 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,800 This is Mr. Fitzgerald, room 417. Would you please send up a pot of coffee? 201 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,800 That's right. Oh, and send a large glass of orange juice, too, huh? 202 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,800 Yeah, make sure it's cold. 417. Right. 203 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,800 One thing I can't go is warm orange juice. Like a cigarette? 204 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,800 Yeah, thank you. 205 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:10,800 Now, what's this all about? What do you want to see me for? 206 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:12,800 Well, when's the last time you saw your wife? 207 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,800 Ada? Thank you. 208 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,800 I guess a couple of weeks ago, why? 209 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:18,800 Well, can you narrow that down to a day? 210 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:20,800 Why? Any special reason for me to? 211 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,800 Well, we'd like to hear it. 212 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,800 Let's see. I guess it was around March 30th. I can check it if it's important. 213 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:26,800 Where'd you see her? 214 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,800 With my lawyers. We had a conference to try and work out the divorce and settlement. 215 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,800 What line of work are you in, Fitzgerald? 216 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:36,800 I think you'd better tell me what this is all about before I answer any more questions. 217 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,800 If this is some sort of trick Ada's trying, you tell her it won't work and she can get off my back. 218 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,800 No, it's no trick. I think it might be better if you'd cooperate with us and answer the question. 219 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,800 All right, but I'm going to tell you going in that if you try to pull a fast one, 220 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,800 I'm going to deny everything I tell you now. 221 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,800 You tell us the truth, you won't have any trouble. Now, where do you work? 222 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,800 Right now, I'm between. 223 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:55,800 What's that mean exactly? 224 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:57,800 I'm an actor right now. I haven't got an assignment. 225 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:58,800 What'd you work last? 226 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:00,800 Picture studio. 227 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,800 Look, until you tell me what this is for, I'm not going to give you any names. 228 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:05,800 Can you give us your movements for the past few days? 229 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:06,800 Starting when? 230 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,800 Well, let's try the day before yesterday. 231 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:13,800 Okay, I got up and went out to see my agent. Of course, that was a waste of time. 232 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,800 Hung around the office for a couple hours and then had lunch on the strip. 233 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:20,800 After that, I came downtown, saw a movie, I came home, took a shower and then got to dinner again. 234 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:21,800 You proved that? 235 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,800 If I have to, yeah. But you're getting no names until I know what's going on. 236 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,800 All right, how about yesterday? What'd you do then? 237 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:32,800 I got up and went out to my agents. He told me he had a part on the fire. We went out on an interview. 238 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:37,800 I was at the studio until about 4.30 and then we went back to my agents' office and had a couple of drinks. 239 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,800 After that, I came back here. Didn't feel too good and I went to bed. 240 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,800 Well, a man at the desk could be able to verify all that, would he? 241 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:44,800 Yeah, just ask him. 242 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:46,800 Fitzgerald, how'd you get along with your wife? 243 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:50,800 Well, it's not any of your business, but I'll tell you. It isn't any secret. I hated everything about her. 244 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,800 You ever have any fights with her? 245 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,800 Not more than five a week for the past four years. 246 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:55,800 You ever hit her? 247 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,800 You know, people win money for answering questions on quiz shows. What happens if I answer the big ones? 248 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:01,800 Well, that depends on how you're going to answer it. 249 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,800 Well, I understand you wrote your wife some threatening letters now, is that right? 250 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,800 I guess you could call them that, yeah. I told her to get off my back and leave me alone. 251 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,800 Told her if she didn't, she was building more trouble than she could handle. 252 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:12,800 You ever threaten her life? 253 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:16,800 No. I'm not going to try to tell you that there weren't times when I could have killed Ada. 254 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,800 There were a lot of them, but it wasn't worth it, not for her. 255 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:20,800 What did you argue about mostly? 256 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:21,800 The divorce. 257 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,800 I've been trying to get one for the last four years. Ada wouldn't see it. 258 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,800 Finally, when I did talk her into it, the settlement she wanted was way out of line. 259 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:30,800 I wouldn't go for it and told her so. 260 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,800 What's all this about the fights and the threatening anyway? Something happened to Ada, is that it? 261 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:35,800 Yes, sir. 262 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:36,800 Has she been hurt? 263 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:38,800 Fred is more serious than that. 264 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:39,800 She dead? 265 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:40,800 Yes, sir. 266 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:41,800 You think I did? 267 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,800 No, we're checking everybody that knew her. 268 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:50,800 Okay, I told you there were times when I could have, when I maybe wanted to, but I wouldn't go to jail for it. 269 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,800 Not ever. You got to find another boy and when you do, I'll go as lawyer's fee. 270 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:54,800 Yeah. 271 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:55,800 How'd they do it? 272 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:56,800 Piece of lead pipe. 273 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:57,800 Bad? 274 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:58,800 Yeah. 275 00:12:58,800 --> 00:12:59,800 Rough way to go. 276 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:01,800 Is there an easy way? 277 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:12,800 We made a preliminary search of the room, but we found nothing that would tie in the victim's husband, Oscar Fitzgerald, with the crime. 278 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:17,800 We talked to the desk clerk and he verified the man's story that he'd been in his apartment the evening of the killing. 279 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:22,800 Fitzgerald made arrangements with us to attend the coroner's inquest and Frank and I went back to the city hall. 280 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,800 We checked with the crime lab on their investigation. 281 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:31,800 Lieutenant Lee Jones told us that they'd been able to lift several partial fingerprints from the murder weapon, but that they were impossible to classify. 282 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:38,800 He went on to say that the other prints that had been found at the scene were unusable as evidence, since it would be difficult to get enough points for identification. 283 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,800 The other physical evidence taken from the office was of little use. 284 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:46,800 A check had been made of a piece of pipe, but it was found to be of a common type and impossible to trace. 285 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:51,800 Micro photographs had been made of the serrated edges and these had been booked as evidence. 286 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:57,800 We asked the stats office to make a run on the MO of the crime and they told us that they would start through their files immediately. 287 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:03,800 For the next two days, Frank and I talked to all of the friends and relatives of the victim, attempting to find a motive for the crime. 288 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:07,800 From what we had to work on, the only plausible reason for the killing was either revenge or jealousy. 289 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:13,800 None of Mrs. Fitzgerald's friends or business acquaintances were able to point out anyone with a strong enough reason to kill the woman. 290 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:19,800 Monday, April 19, Frank and I got back to the office after interviewing one of the victim's business competitors. 291 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,800 Well, that's another one that didn't go anyplace. 292 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,800 It seems like that's all we've been drawing on this one, doesn't it? 293 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:25,800 Yeah. I'll check the book. 294 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,800 All right. Anything come in from the stats office yet? 295 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,800 No. Said they'd have the rest to run for us this afternoon. 296 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:34,800 First punch didn't turn anything. I got it. 297 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:37,800 Homicide Friday. 298 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:38,800 Yeah, Jack. 299 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:40,800 Anything on him? 300 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:42,800 Anything on him? Sure. 301 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:44,800 We're no place now. 302 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:47,800 Well, no. Anything's gotta be... 303 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:50,800 You want to give me that address? All right. 304 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:53,800 All right. We'll check it. Good. 305 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:55,800 All right, Jack. Thanks again. Bye. 306 00:14:56,800 --> 00:15:00,800 Jack McCready says he talked to one of his informants this morning. Guy came up with a couple of good things, maybe. 307 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:01,800 Yeah? 308 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,800 One of them's about a guy in the Olympia bar at Fourth and Kohler. A fellow's pretty drunk. Been doing a lot of talking down there. 309 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:06,800 Something for us? 310 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:10,800 Maybe. He's bragging about beating a woman to death with a piece of pipe. 311 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,800 4.40 p.m. We left the office and drove over to the corner of Fourth and Kohler, the Olympia bar. 312 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:22,800 When we walked in, there were only a few customers in the place. 313 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,800 At the far end of the bar, a short, stocky man was sitting alone. 314 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,800 In front of him was an empty shot glass and a bottle of beer. 315 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,800 He appeared to be pretty drunk, and as we entered, he was talking to the other people seated at the bar. 316 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:36,800 Any of you guys that don't believe it, just come outside with me, I'll show you. 317 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:38,800 I'll show you all, every one of you. 318 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:43,800 Bartender, I got an empty glass. Now let's do something about it, huh? 319 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:45,800 I need a drink. 320 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,800 I think you had about enough of that, don't you? 321 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:48,800 What? 322 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:49,800 I said you had enough to drink. 323 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,800 Who are you to tell me that, huh? 324 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:55,800 Who are you to come in here and tell me what to do? What's the matter? 325 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,800 You think you're cops or something, huh? Is that what you think? 326 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:00,800 You called it. Come on, we want to talk to you. 327 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:02,800 You mean you are cops? 328 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:03,800 That's right. 329 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,800 Well, listen, you better get out of here and do it fast. 330 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,800 If you know what's good for you, you just better. 331 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:10,800 Frank. 332 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:11,800 Yeah? 333 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,800 Stick your hands off me. You guys don't hear good, do you? 334 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:15,800 Stand still. 335 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,800 You're not messing around with me. You're gonna find out. You'll find out good. 336 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,800 I'll give you the same thing I gave her, the same thing. 337 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,800 Hold it, Frank. All right, come on, mister. 338 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:24,800 What are you talking about? 339 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,800 I'll tell you. I'll tell you good. 340 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:30,800 And you'll know, leave me alone if you know what's good for you. 341 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:34,800 I'm talking about that Ada Fitzgerald, that's who. 342 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:35,800 Ada. 343 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,800 You're gonna mess with me and you'll forget what she got. 344 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,800 I'm a pretty rough fella, you know. Pretty rough. 345 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:42,800 That right. 346 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:45,800 You betcha. You're not dealing with a kid, you know. 347 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:47,800 Well, that makes it even then, doesn't it? 348 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,800 You're not dealing with a woman. 349 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,800 We took the suspect down to the homicide squad room. 350 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:54,800 He identified himself as Carl Neely. 351 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,800 He was handcuffed to a chair and we ran his name through the record bureau. 352 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,800 He had a long string of arrests for various charges, 353 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,800 including attempted robbery, assault, and assault with intent to do great bodily harm. 354 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,800 He'd never been convicted on a felony, 355 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,800 but his record showed that he'd served two terms in the county jail for drunk charges 356 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:11,800 and creating a public nuisance. 357 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,800 While we were checking his record, 358 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,800 the suspect passed out and announced that he had been convicted of a crime. 359 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:21,800 While we were checking his record, the suspect passed out in an alcoholic stupor in the squad room. 360 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,800 We contacted Sergeant Jack McCready and Officer Danny Galindo 361 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,800 and asked them to make a search of the suspect's residence. 362 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,800 In going over the place, they'd found a bloodstained shirt and a coat. 363 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,800 The garments were packed in a cardboard box that had been hidden under the kitchen sink. 364 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:38,800 They were brought downtown to us along with an empty envelope found in the apartment. 365 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:40,800 It had been sent to the suspect, Neely, 366 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,800 and the return address on the back indicated that the letter had been sent 367 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,800 by the victim's husband, Oscar Fitzgerald. 368 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,800 We waited for the suspect to come to, enough for us to question him. 369 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:50,800 Frank went out and brought back some hot coffee. 370 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,800 We tried to get Neely to drink some of it. 8.40 p.m. 371 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:58,800 It's hot. 372 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:00,800 All right, come on, try some more. 373 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:07,800 You're cops, huh? 374 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:09,800 You've been there out before. 375 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,800 Yeah. What am I here for? 376 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,800 I want to talk to you about the Fitzgerald woman. 377 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,800 Ada? Spouting off again. 378 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:17,800 You said you killed her. 379 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,800 Figures. 380 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,800 Every time I get tanked up, I always kill somebody. 381 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,800 I always fail. 382 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,800 All right, tell us about the Fitzgerald woman. 383 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:30,800 Nothing to tell. 384 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:32,800 I read about it in the papers. 385 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:34,800 This morning I started drinking. 386 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:36,800 It always happens when I've been belting the booze. 387 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,800 I right away tell people I killed somebody. 388 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:40,800 These clothes here belong to you. 389 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,800 Let me see. 390 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:44,800 I don't know. Where'd you get them? 391 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:45,800 Are they yours? 392 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:46,800 I don't know. 393 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,800 You got that many clothes? 394 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,800 I know all the clothes I got. No trouble at all. 395 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:52,800 Maybe you don't dress as good as me. 396 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,800 All right, come off it, Neely. You're in trouble. Big trouble here. 397 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,800 You sat in a bar this morning, told everybody about how you'd beaten a woman to death. 398 00:18:57,800 --> 00:18:59,800 We find these clothes in your apartment, blood stains all over them. 399 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,800 Here's another thing, this envelope. Where'd you get this? 400 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,800 Through the mail, like it says. You see the stamp? 401 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:06,800 You know Oscar Fitzgerald? 402 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,800 I don't get mail from strangers. Sure I know him. 403 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,800 It's a crime to get a letter now. 404 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:12,800 What was in that envelope? 405 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,800 I don't think that's none of your business. 406 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,800 Well, we do. What kind of dealings have you got with Oscar Fitzgerald? 407 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:18,800 I used to work for him. 408 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:19,800 Doing what? 409 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,800 I took care of the place when him and he were married. 410 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:23,800 Sort of a general handyman. 411 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:25,800 When did you see him last? 412 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,800 I don't know. Maybe a couple of months ago, around there. 413 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:29,800 A couple of three months. 414 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:32,800 What did he find so important that he wrote you about it? 415 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:34,800 He loaned me some money. He sent me a check. 416 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,800 It was a loan, huh? Yeah. 417 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:38,800 Signed any sort of note for the money? 418 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,800 I endorsed the check. It said on it I was a loan. 419 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,800 What are you guys trying to prove anyway? 420 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,800 You trying to tie me in with Ada's killing? 421 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:46,800 You look good for it. 422 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,800 You're off your rocker. I had nothing to do with it. 423 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,800 Sure, you got me for drunk, but that's all. 424 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:53,800 Your record makes you look good for it. 425 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:55,800 The clothes we found in your apartment don't help you. 426 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,800 You sure Oscar Fitzgerald didn't pay you to kill his wife? 427 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,800 It'd be a lot better if you told us the truth here in the unit. 428 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,800 I'm telling you the truth. It's right in front of you. 429 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:04,800 All you gotta do is open your eyes. It's there. 430 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:05,800 Where'd the blood stains come from? 431 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:06,800 They're mine. 432 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:07,800 Well, tell us about it. 433 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,800 I got in a fight with another fella. 434 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:10,800 Where? 435 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:11,800 A bar down on 7th. 436 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:12,800 When? 437 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:13,800 Wednesday. 438 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:14,800 Last week? 439 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:15,800 Yeah, last Wednesday. 440 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:16,800 What time did you have this fight? 441 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:17,800 Closing time. 442 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:19,800 That'd make it about 2 o'clock, huh? 443 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:20,800 That's when the bar is closed. 444 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:22,800 Where'd you go after you had the fight? 445 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,800 Went up to a friend's house and had a couple more drinks. 446 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:26,800 Who's a friend? 447 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:28,800 You don't know him. He's got no record. 448 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:29,800 What's his name? 449 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:30,800 I don't want him dragged into anything. 450 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,800 What's his name? 451 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:33,800 Jackie Meadows. 452 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,800 Let me see your hands, Nailing. 453 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,800 Sure. 454 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:39,800 You got some pretty bad bruises there. 455 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:41,800 You must've hit something pretty hard. 456 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,800 The fight I told you about, that's where those came from. 457 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,800 Tell us what you did after you left the bar. 458 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:48,800 I told you I went up to Jackie's. 459 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:49,800 I had a couple of drinks. 460 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:50,800 What time did you get there? 461 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,800 Around 3, maybe 3.10. 462 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:54,800 What time did you leave? 463 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:55,800 About 5. 464 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:56,800 Where'd you go? 465 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:58,800 I don't remember too good. I was pretty boozed up. 466 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:00,800 Where do you think you went? 467 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,800 Well, Jackie was worried about me being cut up from the fight. 468 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,800 He wanted me to see a doctor. 469 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:09,800 He drove me down to a Georgia Street receiving hospital. 470 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,800 I was there until 9.30 Thursday morning. 471 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:24,800 You are listening to Dragnet, 472 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,800 the authentic story of your police force in action. 473 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:29,800 World altitude records. 474 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,800 World speed records. 475 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:37,800 All part of Bill Bridgman's job as a supersonic test pilot for Douglas Aircraft. 476 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,800 You read about Bill in Time magazine. 477 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,800 Now let's meet one of the world's fastest humans. 478 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:49,800 And Jack Willen Hazard, who is collaborating with Bill on his new book, Test Pilot. 479 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:55,800 They smoke America's most popular two-way cigarette, Chesterfield. 480 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,800 I smoke the king size. 481 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,800 After hearing what the Chesterfield people have been saying about them, 482 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:04,800 I thought I should try them. I'm convinced they're best for me. 483 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,800 It's Chesterfield's for me too, but I like the regular size. 484 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,800 Either way, they're everything Bill says, and they're really mild. 485 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:16,800 You try Chesterfield. I think you'll find they're best for you. 486 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:20,800 Yes, for the taste you want, the mildness you want. 487 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:33,800 Join the thousands now changing to Chesterfield. 488 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,800 A call was put through to Dr. Hall at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital 489 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:41,800 asking if a patient was given emergency treatment on the morning of Thursday, April 15. 490 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:46,800 A search of the hospital records verified the story told to us by the suspect, Carl Neely. 491 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:51,800 We checked through our crime reports and we found that a miscellaneous injury report had been made. 492 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:53,800 From the coroner's report, we knew that the victim had been murdered 493 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,800 between the hours of 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. on that morning. 494 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:01,800 We got in touch with Neely's friend, Jackie Meadows, and he also verified the suspect's story. 495 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,800 He was booked in at the main jail on a charge of being drunk in a public place, 496 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:09,800 and Frank and I started checking out the remainder of the list that the stats office had given us. 497 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,800 Originally, there had been 12 names on the list. We talked to 10 of them. 498 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:18,800 The 11th, a Norman Sitkin, had a record of burglary, attempted robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon. 499 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,800 He'd been arrested and brought to trial on a charge of murder three years previously, but he'd been acquitted. 500 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,800 The circumstances surrounding his arrest were the same as those in the Fitzgerald case. 501 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,800 The main reason he'd been released, a free man, was the testimony of his mother 502 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,800 who had sworn that Sitkin had been home with her on the night of the killing. 503 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,800 When we went out to his home, we found that he wasn't there. 504 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,800 We talked to his mother and she told us that he'd been in San Diego for the past three days. 505 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,800 Under interrogation, we established the fact that on the night of the Fitzgerald killing, 506 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,800 Sitkin hadn't been at home, but that he had been in Los Angeles. 507 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:53,800 We put in a call to the San Diego authorities and talked to Lieutenant Mort Geer in the homicide detail. 508 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:58,800 We contacted the hotel where he was staying in Los Angeles, and a 24-hour stakeout was placed on the location. 509 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,800 Wednesday, April 21st, Frank and I got back from lunch. 510 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,800 Better put in a call to Mort, huh? See if they got anything on Sitkin? 511 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:05,800 Yeah, you want to do it? 512 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:06,800 Right. 513 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:11,800 Okay. 514 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:18,800 Hi, this is Frank Smith, robbery. 515 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,800 Yeah, I'd like to put in a call to San Diego PD Homicide Bureau. 516 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,800 Lieutenant Mort Geer. 517 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,800 No, it's a homicide. 518 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:32,800 Yeah, DR 132549. 519 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,800 Yeah, that's the one. 520 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,800 That's 3268. Huh? 521 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:39,800 Well, 58. 522 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,800 Right. Okay, Sam, thanks. 523 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:47,800 I'm on this one, Joe. 524 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,800 Oh, sorry. Homicide Friday. 525 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:51,800 Yes, sir? 526 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,800 No, that's right. When was that? 527 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:56,800 Yes, sir, right away. 528 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:57,800 Cancel that call, Frank. 529 00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:58,800 What do you got? 530 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:05,800 I just walked into his hotel. 531 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:09,800 Frank and I left the office immediately and drove out to Sitkin's hotel. 532 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,800 We talked to the officers on stakeout and they told us that the suspect had just returned. 533 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,800 They went on to explain that they'd given Sitkin no reason to suspect that anything was wrong 534 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,800 and that he'd gone directly to his room. 535 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:23,800 Frank and I got in the elevator and we went up to the fourth floor. 536 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,800 Yeah? 537 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:31,800 All right, just a minute. 538 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:32,800 Yeah? What do you want? 539 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:33,800 You Norman Sitkin? 540 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:34,800 Yeah, what do you want? 541 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:35,800 Police officer. 542 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,800 Come on. 543 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,800 You got no right to do this. Let me see your warrant. 544 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,800 Get your coat, Sitkin. We want to talk to you. 545 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,800 What for? What do you got to talk to me about? I got nothing to say. 546 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:44,800 Get your coat. 547 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:46,800 Why? What's the charge? What are you taking me in for? 548 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:47,800 Suspicion of murder? 549 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:48,800 You're kidding. 550 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:49,800 Well, you just keep thinking that. 551 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:50,800 You mean this is for real? 552 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:51,800 Come on, let's go. 553 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,800 No, wait a minute. I want to know what this is all about. 554 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:55,800 Is that so? 555 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:56,800 Sure. 556 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,800 I figure I had something to do with that woman who was beaten to death downtown. 557 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,800 Fitzgerald, I think that's the name, huh? Isn't that what you think? 558 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,800 Well, you seem to know all about it. 559 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,800 Well, you're way off on this one. I got an alibi that you can't break. 560 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,800 I can see you guys figuring because I stood this kind of beef once before, 561 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,800 you can make a stick this time. 562 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:13,800 Well, it won't work, cop. None of it fits together. 563 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,800 I can prove where I was that night every minute. 564 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:16,800 All right. 565 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:17,800 That's right. Every minute. 566 00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:19,800 You checking my house, happens I was with my mother, 567 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:21,800 just like the other time. All night I was home. 568 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:22,800 You gonna stand on that? 569 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:23,800 Well, there isn't any other way. 570 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:25,800 Well, that's gonna make it a lot easier then. 571 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:26,800 What's that supposed to mean? 572 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:28,800 We've talked to your mother. She says you weren't home that night. 573 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,800 Well, she's wrong. You let me talk to her. 574 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,800 She'll tell you. You just let me talk to her. 575 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,800 She's sure you weren't there. She's willing to testify to that. 576 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:37,800 Get out of my way! 577 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:41,800 All right, come on. 578 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:42,800 Let me get the cuffs. 579 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,800 Yeah. Hold still. 580 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:47,800 Funny, isn't it? 581 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:48,800 What's that? 582 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,800 Looks like he might have been good on that first killing, 583 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:51,800 the one he was acquitted on. 584 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,800 His mother might have lied on the stand. 585 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:55,800 That's not gonna make a lot of difference, is it? 586 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:57,800 He's gonna make up for it on this one. 587 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,800 The story you have just heard is true. 588 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,800 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 589 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,800 On August 17th, trial was held in Department 97, 590 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,800 Superior Court of the State of California, 591 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,800 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 592 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:19,800 In a moment, the results of that trial. 593 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:21,800 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 594 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:22,800 Thank you. 595 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:24,800 Earlier, George Fenomen told you exactly why 596 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,800 the Chesterfield you smoked today is the best cigarette ever made. 597 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:29,800 And best for you. 598 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:30,800 Now, the rest is up to you. 599 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,800 Get a carton or two for yourself. 600 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:34,800 Smoke them and you'll say, as we do, 601 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,800 it's Chesterfield's for me. 602 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,800 Norman Edward Sitkin was tried and convicted for murder in the first degree. 603 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,800 On recommendation of the jury, he received the maximum penalty. 604 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,800 And on July 19th, he was executed in the lethal gas chamber 605 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,800 at the State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California. 606 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:11,800 You have just heard Dragnet, 607 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,800 a series of authentic cases from official files. 608 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:18,800 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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