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From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, 24 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,800 Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 25 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:16,000 It was Tuesday, August 12th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out 26 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,000 a homicide division, missing persons detail. My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain 27 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,200 Norman. My name is Friday. We were on our way out from the office and it was 1014 a.m. when we 28 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,000 got to 1865 Malabar Street, manager's apartment. 29 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Better try it again, huh? 30 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Yeah. 31 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:36,600 Just a minute, I'm moving as fast as I can. 32 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,000 Sounds like she's got trouble. 33 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Yeah. 34 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Yeah? 35 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Mrs. Fleischer? 36 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Yeah, what do you want? 37 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,400 Police officers, ma'am, would you like to talk to you? 38 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:44,800 Come in, I've got to take care of that kid. 39 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:45,800 Thank you very much. 40 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:46,800 Nice, ma'am. 41 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:47,800 Sit down, I'll be right back. 42 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:48,800 All right, thank you. 43 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,200 Sounds like colic to me. 44 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:52,200 All right? 45 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,800 Yeah, sounds like colic. I wonder if she's got a hot water bottle. 46 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:55,800 What? 47 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,000 Hot water bottle. Put it on the kid's stomach. Makes him feel better. 48 00:02:58,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Oh. 49 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,200 Both of ours have the colic. Pour out three hot water bottles. 50 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:02,200 On two kids? 51 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:06,800 No, Joe. We lost the stopper on one of them. 52 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:08,400 Baby's teething, having a rough time. 53 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:09,400 Oh. 54 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,760 This is my partner, Frank Smith. My name's Friday. We'd like to ask you some questions 55 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:12,760 about one of your tenants. 56 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:13,760 Oh, which one? 57 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:15,800 Mrs. Shipley. We understand she had apartment 207? 58 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,320 Yeah, she did. What about her? 59 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:18,320 You know where we can get in touch with her? 60 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:19,320 I ain't got any idea. 61 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:20,320 When did you see her last? 62 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:21,920 I guess it must have been a month ago. 63 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:24,120 Possible you might be able to give us an exact date on it. 64 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,800 Well, if I could have done that, I'd have told you right out. I got nothing to hide. 65 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:28,200 Well, we didn't mean to say that you hadn't, ma'am. 66 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,000 Well, it sounded like it. It sounded an awful lot like it. I'm going to be honest with you. 67 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Yes, ma'am. 68 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,280 When Harriet first moved in here, we got along fine. She was all the time wanting me to tell 69 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:37,880 her how to take care of the baby when it came. 70 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:38,880 Yes, ma'am. Go ahead. 71 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,000 Got along just fine. Used to have her a little cup of coffee in the afternoon, chummy. Then 72 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,320 all of a sudden it all got different. 73 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:45,320 Well, how was that? 74 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:50,040 Just did. Her husband was overseas in the Army. I guess Harriet missed him pretty much. 75 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,720 Anyway, she was always saying how she did. 76 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,880 I wish she could be here when the baby was born. Got terrible depressed. 77 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:55,880 I see. 78 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:56,880 Moody, you know? 79 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:57,880 Yes, ma'am. 80 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,880 I did what I could to cheer her up. Used to go up there and we'd sit and talk. Taught 81 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,120 her how to knit. Gave her some needles and yarns. A little present. I thought maybe it'd 82 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:08,440 give her something to think about. Kind of take her mind off her and her husband. Didn't 83 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:09,440 do no good. 84 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:10,960 Well, how long had her husband been away, do you know? 85 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,000 Four months this time. He's over in Japan, I think. Army. 86 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Mm-hmm. 87 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,280 Harriet used to go out once in a while. Go down to the show. Seemed like just about every 88 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:21,320 picture she saw made her sadder. I guess that's why she did it. Just got so sad she couldn't 89 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:22,320 take it anymore. 90 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:23,320 Oh, what's that? 91 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:24,320 Tried to kill herself. 92 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:25,320 As Sheppley? 93 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:29,240 Yeah. I got the kids in bed one night and went up there. I hadn't heard nothing from 94 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,800 her that day, so I went up to see how she was. Good thing I did, too. Found her right 95 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,440 there in the living room. She cut her wrists. Right away I called for the doctor and all 96 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:41,200 the ambulances and police came running around. Took her to the hospital. Big deal. Guess 97 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,360 I found her in time, though. They pulled her through. 98 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:47,480 I walk up there and find her dying. That far from death's door. And when she comes home 99 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,160 from the hospital, what thanks do you think I get? 100 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:51,720 I wouldn't know. Go ahead. 101 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:56,920 Nothing. Not a single solitary word do I get. She's mad. Says I should have left her alone, 102 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,120 let her done it. Come in here when she got back and read me off in words that I ain't 103 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:01,120 used to hearing. 104 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:02,120 Mm-hmm. 105 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,080 I got five kids, mister. They take a lot of time and I ain't got enough to go running 106 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:08,960 around after nobody who don't thank a person for saving their life like that. I called it 107 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,600 quits right then. Right at that minute, we were no longer friends. 108 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,040 Mm-hmm. When did she make the attempt on her life? 109 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,480 Last September. I don't remember the date. I think it was the second, maybe the third 110 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:22,200 week. I'm not sure about what day it was. Anyway, after I saved her life, she's mad at me. 111 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:23,800 She have any people here in Los Angeles, would you know? 112 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,600 I never heard her talking, none. She's got a sister. I don't know, but I don't know where 113 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,960 she is. Don't think Harry'd ever said. 114 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,240 Well, what did she say to you when she left? Did she give you any idea where she was going? 115 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:37,640 I didn't even see her. She didn't even come by and say so long. Goodbye, take a jump, 116 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,920 nothing. She just left. One night she's here, next morning she's gone. 117 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,120 Did you get any mail while she was here? Yeah. Once in a while she got a letter from her 118 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,200 husband. Then there was a couple of letters from San Francisco. I don't know who they 119 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,240 was from. Did she take everything with her, all of 120 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,000 her personal things? Nothing. Left it all here. Of course, it's 121 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,200 not much, but it's all here. I see. Where are the things, ma'am? 122 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:58,560 Downstairs, in the basement. I got it all put away in case she ever comes back. Gonna 123 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:02,960 cost her, too. Storage and for me to pack it. I told you it isn't much. Some dresses, 124 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:06,360 few clothes for the baby, phonograph, couple of records. That's about it. You can see 125 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,800 them if you want to. We'd like to take a look at them before we 126 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,720 go. Sure thing. Can't let you take them, though. I gotta collect for the storage. 127 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,280 Yes, ma'am. Does Shipley have any close friends that you know of? 128 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:17,200 Not that I know of. Of course, she might have had some down at the Dream Palace. 129 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,760 Where's that? Where she worked. Dance hall downtown. She 130 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,240 was kind of hostess there. That's the name of the place, is it? Dream 131 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,040 Palace? Yeah. She might have had some friends down there. 132 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,240 None of them ever came here, though. At least if they did, I never saw them. 133 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,280 You know of any reason that she might have left in such a hurry? 134 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:33,680 Not right off, I can't think of one. There was something wrong with her, though, when 135 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,480 she came back from the hospital. You know, when she had the baby, she was worried about 136 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,800 something. Would you know what it was? No. All I know 137 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,720 is that when she'd been home a couple of days, she came down here and asked me to do some 138 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,260 work on the apartment. I told her if she wanted anything done, she could do it herself the 139 00:06:45,260 --> 00:06:47,280 way she talked to me. What would she want done? 140 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:49,720 The silliest thing I ever heard of. She didn't have anything to steal. 141 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:54,720 Well. She wanted all the locks on the doors changed. 142 00:06:54,720 --> 00:07:02,760 10.46 a.m. In the company of the apartment manager, Barbara Fleischer, Frank and I went 143 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:06,040 down to the basement and looked through the missing woman's effects. Other than the 144 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:10,280 phonograph, several cardboard boxes of used baby clothes and cheap woman's dresses, we 145 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:14,560 found nothing. There were no snapshots or letters to Aides in ascertaining where she 146 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:18,080 might have gone. We asked Mrs. Fleischer to notify us in the event that she heard from 147 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:22,160 the Shipley woman. We put in a call to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital and verified the 148 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:27,680 story about the attempted suicide. 11.15 a.m. We checked the phone book for the address 149 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:31,560 of the Dream Palace Dance Hall. It was on the second floor of a large building at the 150 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:36,200 corner of 7th and Margo Streets. On the front of the building were several faded photographs 151 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:40,560 of contest winners with the cups that they'd won and the name of the proprietor, Ernest 152 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:46,000 Lasnik. We went upstairs. It was a large barn-like room with crepe paper birds hanging over the 153 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,040 lights. In the rear of the place at one of the tables, we found Lasnik. He was just eating 154 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,040 his lunch. Mr. Lasnik? 155 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,080 Yeah? What do you want? 156 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:57,920 I'd like to ask you some questions. We're police officers. My name's Smith. My partner, 157 00:07:57,920 --> 00:07:58,920 Sergeant Friday. 158 00:07:58,920 --> 00:07:59,920 Hi. 159 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:00,920 How are you? 160 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:01,920 I'm good. 161 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:02,920 What about all of them? Sit down. 162 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:03,920 Thank you. 163 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:04,920 Care for a sandwich? 164 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:05,920 No, thank you. 165 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,120 Well, you do go right ahead. There's all the makings, bread, butter, salami, pickles. 166 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:09,120 Help yourself. 167 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:10,120 No, thanks, Mr. Lasnik. 168 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,440 You don't mind if I go ahead, huh? Bunch of kids coming in at 3.30. I'd like to get the 169 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:14,760 place cleaned up before they get here. 170 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:15,760 No, sir. You go right ahead. 171 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,580 All right. What do you want to see me about? 172 00:08:17,580 --> 00:08:19,080 It's about one of your employees, sir. 173 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:20,080 Yeah? Which one? 174 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:21,480 A girl named Harriet Shipley. 175 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,320 Oh, yeah. I remember. She don't work here anymore. 176 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:25,720 She doesn't work here anymore? 177 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:26,720 No. 178 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:27,720 Got any idea where she is? 179 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:32,320 No, I got the slightest. I ain't seen Nadine in about maybe six months. 180 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,560 No, sir. You don't understand. We're inquiring about a Harriet Shipley. 181 00:08:35,560 --> 00:08:39,880 Yeah, I know. I told you. I ain't seen her in six months. 182 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:40,880 What's this about Nadine? 183 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:41,880 It's her club name. 184 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:42,880 Oh. 185 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,000 See, lots of girls don't like to use their real names. In case the fellow wants to get 186 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,600 chummy away from here, it's easier if we don't know the girl's real name, Harriet using 187 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:50,600 Nadine. 188 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:51,600 I understand. 189 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,680 We've got a bunch of them. On one of the girl's leaves, we put the name back in a hat. 190 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:57,440 New girl picks it. Had 14 Nadines since we opened. 191 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:58,440 Mm-hmm. 192 00:08:58,440 --> 00:08:59,440 27 Althias. 193 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,000 Yes, sir. Do you have any idea where the Shipley girl is? 194 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,800 No. I might check her husband. He might know. 195 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:05,800 We understand he was in the Army. 196 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,520 Yeah, that's right. He is. Overseas. He should know where his wife is. Go ask him. 197 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,560 Well, we'll probably do that, sir. We thought maybe we could turn her up ourselves. There's 198 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:14,000 been a missing report filed on her. 199 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,560 Missing, huh? Who told it? 200 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:16,560 Sir? 201 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:17,560 Who told about her being missing? 202 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:18,920 The report was filed by her mother-in-law. 203 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,760 Well, I wish I could help you fellas out. 204 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:25,120 Now, the last time you saw the Shipley girl, she say anything about leaving town? 205 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,720 No. Wouldn't be surprised, though. 206 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:28,720 Why do you say that? 207 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,920 Well, poor kid was scared to death. Told me she wanted to get away. 208 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:34,280 Mm-hmm. Do you know what she was frightened about? 209 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:37,400 Yeah. Cliff Bender. That's what she was afraid of. Cliff. 210 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,400 Well, who's he? 211 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:47,000 Well, look, I'll tell you the whole thing. Be easier that way. One favor I gotta ask 212 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,000 of you. 213 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Yes, sir? 214 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,880 You won't tell Cliff I told you. If he come up here, he could tear the place apart easy. 215 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:53,360 You gotta promise me you won't tell him. 216 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:54,360 All right, sir. You go ahead. 217 00:09:54,360 --> 00:10:00,760 Yeah. Well, um, Nadine, uh, Harriet. Well, she came to work for me about a year and a 218 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:05,400 half ago. Came in, told me she had some experience in a dance place in the Midwest. I don't remember 219 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,400 the name right off. Probably come to me. 220 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:08,400 Yes, sir. 221 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,560 Well, I told her I'd try her, you know, sort of probation. 222 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:12,560 Yes, sir? 223 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:16,400 Well, it worked out fine. End of the week, I put her on permanent. She did real well. 224 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,120 Well, the guys got to coming in just to dance with her. Wouldn't have nobody else. Just 225 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:21,120 Nadine. Or, Harriet. 226 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,120 Mm-hmm. 227 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,560 Well, that's how she met Cliff. He'd come in one night, fell for her, and they started 228 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:29,280 to go together. I told him I didn't like the idea of girls going out with the customers. 229 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:33,720 Not good business. Didn't make any difference to them, though. They kept right on seeing 230 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:34,720 each other. 231 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:35,720 That's this bender fellow. 232 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:41,560 Yeah. Well, anyway, one night the soldier came in. He was took right away with Nadine. 233 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:44,680 Asked her for a dance. Kept buying tickets all night so he could dance with her. Come 234 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:47,680 back the next night. Same thing. All night long, he danced with Nadine. 235 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:48,680 That's Harriet. 236 00:10:48,680 --> 00:10:52,040 Yeah, that's right. Called her Nadine. You know, I told you about her. 237 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:53,040 Yes, sir. 238 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,960 Made Cliff plenty sore, but there wasn't anything he could do about it. She wanted to be with 239 00:10:55,960 --> 00:11:00,560 a soldier. It wasn't too long before she told him he was gonna get married. Well, word got 240 00:11:00,560 --> 00:11:03,400 around about that really made Cliff hacked. Real hacked. 241 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:04,400 Yes, sir. 242 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:08,160 Yeah. Well, him and the soldier, Shipley, had a fight downstairs one night after we 243 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:12,600 closed. Guess Cliff waited for him and Nadine to come down. Anyway, it was a real brawl. 244 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:17,400 Cops and everything. Cliff really cleaned up on the soldier. Didn't do any good to him. 245 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:18,400 What do you mean? 246 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,880 Nadine told Cliff to stay away from her. Keep far away. Told him that her and the soldier 247 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,680 was gonna get married and that they were through. She met Cliff and her. 248 00:11:24,680 --> 00:11:28,600 Well, the soldier and Nadine got married a couple days later and she quit her job. Right 249 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:32,320 after that, I heard he went overseas and Cliff was around trying to break things up. Didn't 250 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:35,720 do no good, though. Nadine loved the soldier and she planned to stay with him. 251 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:36,720 Yes, sir. 252 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:40,680 Well, I tried to talk to Cliff. Tell him to stay out of it. Leave the girl alone. 253 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:41,680 What was that? 254 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:43,680 I told him, leave the girl alone. 255 00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:44,680 I see. 256 00:11:44,680 --> 00:11:49,880 Didn't do any good. He was sure hacked. He said that she was his girl. Might take some 257 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:54,760 time but he'd get her for running out on her. I figured he told her that, too. That's what 258 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:58,160 she was afraid of. Don't blame her. Cliff told me that, I believe him. 259 00:11:58,160 --> 00:11:59,160 What's that, sir? 260 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,160 That he was gonna kill her. 261 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:12,600 12.26 p.m. After we'd gotten the names and addresses of the employees of the Dream Palace 262 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,720 who knew the missing girl, Frank and I went back to the office. We had the names checked 263 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,680 through the record bureau but we found that only one of the 14 people on the list had 264 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:25,060 arrest records. That one was a Cliff Bender who'd been picked up on a charge of suspicion 265 00:12:25,060 --> 00:12:29,060 of burglary. However, according to the information on the report, he'd been released because 266 00:12:29,060 --> 00:12:34,100 of lack of evidence. We checked the log about the fight Lasnik had mentioned. We found that 267 00:12:34,100 --> 00:12:39,040 an F.I. card had been filed but that no arrest had been made. We went over to room 45 and 268 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,600 we talked with Sergeant Egenweiler and Sergeant Rubels, the officers who'd handled the burglary 269 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:47,760 case. They told us that in their contacts with Bender, he was sullen and uncooperative. 270 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:51,120 They told us that he'd been seen in the company of known criminals. They also told us that 271 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:55,160 in their opinion, they considered the man dangerous. We checked his last known address 272 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:59,440 but we found that he'd moved in July, leaving no forwarding address. While Frank and I checked 273 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,920 out the rest of the missing girl's friends and acquaintances, Sergeant Graham and Cliff 274 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:06,680 Bailey tried to check on Bender. We talked to everybody on the list we'd gotten from 275 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:10,240 Ernest Lasnik but none of them could give us any idea where we might find the Shipley 276 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,920 girl. Most of them, however, told us about the threat that Bender had made against her 277 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,840 life and expressed the opinion that he was responsible for her disappearance. The next 278 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,920 day, Wednesday, August 13th, Frank and I went by communications. Then we checked back into 279 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:22,920 the office. 280 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:26,000 I tell you, the mother-in-law of that missing girl called again this morning? 281 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,000 No, no, you didn't. 282 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,600 Yeah, she wanted to know how we were doing, what progress we'd been able to make. 283 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:30,600 Well, what'd you tell her? 284 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,440 Well, I filled her in on what we found. I didn't tell her about Bender, though. I just 285 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:35,760 said we thought we'd be able to find the girl. 286 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:37,760 You talked to her when she made the original report, didn't you, Joe? 287 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:38,760 Yeah. 288 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:39,760 What'd you think? 289 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:41,520 I thought there was something there that's a little off-base to you. 290 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:43,320 I don't know what you're trying to get at. 291 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,360 Well, it just seems to me that she doesn't care if we find her daughter-in-law or not. 292 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:47,360 All she cares about is the kid. 293 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,840 Well, yeah, I kind of got that idea myself. The way she talked, doesn't seem that she 294 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,400 and the girl got along too well, does it? 295 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,240 No. It just seems like there's something she isn't telling us. I don't know what it is. 296 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,680 I asked her this morning if she'd heard from her son, if he knew anything about where his 297 00:13:58,680 --> 00:13:59,680 wife might be. 298 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:00,680 What'd you say to that? 299 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:03,720 Well, she told me she didn't want to bother him, make him worry. Wouldn't even tell me 300 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:06,960 his mailing address. Said she didn't want him alarmed unless there was a reason. 301 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,800 The way I see it, his wife being gone is reason enough. 302 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,920 Yeah, that's the way it seems to me. And I told her that. She said our job was just 303 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:14,840 to find the girl and the baby and that's all. 304 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:18,240 Cooperation like that isn't going to make it any easier, is it? We can only do so much 305 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:19,240 if she isn't going to help us. 306 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:23,000 Well, it doesn't make a lot of sense. Her filing the report and then holding out information. 307 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:27,080 I mean, I may better get over and talk to her again. See if we can get the whole story. 308 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:28,800 How about Graham and Bailey? You heard from them? 309 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,800 No, there's a note in the book. They got a lead on Bender. Graham said they were going 310 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:33,280 to run it down for us this morning. 311 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,400 All right. What time you got now? 312 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,160 Uh, 9.43. 313 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:41,120 I want to talk to the skipper. Make arrangements to put a picture of the shippley girl on Suspects 314 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,400 One this afternoon. Might be able to turn something, huh? 315 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:44,800 Sure, a lot of loose ends. 316 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:45,800 I get it. 317 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:53,800 Missing persons, Friday. Yeah, Graham. Where? What'd she say? 318 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:59,800 Mm-hmm. Yeah, well, that's about the same. What? Yeah. 319 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:04,800 Well, you want to call the crime line? Right. No, we'll meet you out there right away. Right. Bye. 320 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,200 They found where Bender was living. What do you mean, what? 321 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,400 Checked out last June, about the same time the shippley girl disappeared. Landlady hasn't 322 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,800 seen him since. Guys came up with something else. Yeah. A couple of shirts for a baby. 323 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,800 Uh-huh. Blood stains all over him. 324 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:26,000 10.02 a.m. We got to the apartment where Bender had been living. The crew from the crime lab 325 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,400 were there and they were photographing the room and the clothing that had been found. 326 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,800 Sergeant J. Allen told us that he'd have to run a precipitate test on the stains before 327 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:37,200 he could tell whether or not they were of human origin. 10.45 a.m. They finished their 328 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:41,400 investigation on the scene and they went back to Central Station to compile the results. 329 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,900 Frank called the office and the local and an APB were put out on Cliff Bender asking 330 00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:49,000 that he be picked up as a possible suspect. We also had his card flagged in the record 331 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:53,500 bureau. We talked to the landlady of the apartment building and she told us that Bender had left 332 00:15:53,500 --> 00:15:57,400 his apartment hurriedly one night about the middle of June. She was unable to tell us 333 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,600 the exact date, but she did go on to say that she'd been getting a check for the rent each 334 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:05,000 month. We asked her if she could show us either one of the checks or an envelope that it had 335 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:09,000 come in. She explained that she had thrown the envelopes away and had cashed the checks. 336 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:13,200 She was unable to tell us where they'd been mailed from. She said that as far as she knew, 337 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:17,200 she'd never seen the shippley girl in Bender's apartment. We asked her to notify us immediately 338 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:21,300 in the event that the suspect returned. We put in a call to the bank where the rent checks 339 00:16:21,300 --> 00:16:26,400 were cashed and we asked that they give us the information on them. 1.30 p.m. Frank and 340 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,800 I went over to the crime lab and we talked to J. Allen. He told us that the stains on 341 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:33,600 the baby clothes were human blood. He showed us the photographs taken, but there was nothing 342 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,900 in them that would give us any lead as to either the girls or Bender's whereabouts. 343 00:16:37,900 --> 00:16:42,200 That afternoon, the picture of Harriet Shippley was telecast over the police program. We got 344 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,200 several calls from citizens who said that they'd seen the girl. We checked them all 345 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,400 out. One of the callers, a bus driver, told us that he'd seen the girl and the baby on 346 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:54,300 his bus during the month of June and that she'd gotten off in San Diego. We alerted 347 00:16:54,300 --> 00:16:58,400 the police in that city to look for her. Thursday morning, Frank and I checked into the office. 348 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,600 You want to check the book, Frank, see if there's anything in San Diego? Right. I got 349 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:11,000 it. Missing person this Friday. Yes, that's right. Yes, we did. Uh-huh. Where? You sure 350 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:16,300 about that? Right away. Frank, get your coat. What do you got? Shippley girl. They found 351 00:17:16,300 --> 00:17:31,960 her. You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. Meet 352 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:38,500 the Tom Harmons. You know Tom is an all-American and now a top sports announcer. Mrs. Harmon 353 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:43,440 is the motion picture and television star Elise Knox. They're typical of people everywhere 354 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:50,880 who are saying Chesterfield's for me. I like regular sized Chesterfields. Half for years. 355 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:55,840 They're best for me, at least I think so, because of that Chesterfield quality. That's 356 00:17:55,840 --> 00:18:01,080 the way I feel about them too. I've always smoked Chesterfields. Now I go for the king 357 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:07,800 size. Guess I like a longer smoke. So whether you smoke regular size like Elise Knox or 358 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:15,040 king size like Tom Harmon, enjoy America's most popular two-way cigarette. Chesterfield's 359 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:21,800 for me. You hear it everywhere. The Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever 360 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:28,520 made. For the taste you want, the mildness you want, join the thousands now changing 361 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:42,720 to Chesterfield. The call had come from a nurse at the State 362 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:47,160 Mental Hospital in Camarillo. She told me that they had a patient who resembled a photograph 363 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:51,540 of the missing girl as televised on our police program. Frank and I left the office and drove 364 00:18:51,540 --> 00:18:55,200 out to the hospital. We talked to the nurse and to the doctor who was taking care of the 365 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:59,680 sick girl. From personal effects and the scars on her wrists, we were reasonably sure of 366 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,840 the identification. The doctor told us that the girl had been committed on July 17th by 367 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:08,800 her sister under the name Harriet Lavin. He told us that the girl was undergoing treatment 368 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,800 but that there was little hope for a complete recovery and that it would be some time before 369 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:16,160 she could be permitted to leave the violent ward. We tried to talk to her but we were 370 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:20,580 unable to get any coherent answers. We asked about the baby but the authorities were unable 371 00:19:20,580 --> 00:19:24,200 to give us any information. We got the name and address of the sister who had committed 372 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:28,520 the Shipley girl and we drove down to San Diego to talk to her. It was a small place 373 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:32,640 in a wartime housing development. The paint was peeling off the plyboard walls and the 374 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,520 front yard was overgrown with weeds. The woman who answered the door identified herself as 375 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:40,880 Pauline Lavin. Sure, what do you want to know? Don't make no difference now. You go back 376 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:45,040 and tell her it's too late. Way too late. Tell who, ma'am? Mrs. Shipley, Harriet's 377 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:48,840 mother-in-law. You go back and tell her she done it good. Ain't nothing left to do to 378 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:51,880 Harriet. It's all been done. You can tell her that. Well, we don't work for Mrs. Shipley, 379 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,640 ma'am. We're trying to find out what happened to your sister and the baby. Who asked you 380 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,960 to find out in the first place? It was her, wasn't it? Wasn't she the one? She filed 381 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,320 a report. That's what I mean. Well, you go back and tell her there's nothing more she 382 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:06,080 can do to Harriet or the baby or Big Jerry. Nothing at all she can do. Where is the baby, 383 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:10,200 ma'am? He's not here. Do you know where he is? Yes, but I'm not going to tell you. I'm 384 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,800 not going to tell anybody. I promised Harriet I wouldn't tell and I'm going to keep the 385 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,560 promise. Mrs. Lavin, we don't want to hurt your sister. We're just trying to get to the 386 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:19,800 truth. Now, maybe you better tell us what you know. You ain't doing this for old Mrs. 387 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:25,320 Shipley. No, ma'am. All right then. I'll tell you, but not for her. I wouldn't give her 388 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:29,160 the right time of day. She's the one that did it, the whole thing. You can lay it right 389 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,760 at her feet. All right. You want to tell us about it? Since they got married, she's given 390 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:36,800 the kids trouble. Right from the first she heard about it. Said that Harriet wasn't good 391 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:41,440 enough for a son. Said Harriet was cheap. Didn't make any difference to the kids. They 392 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:45,960 got married anyway. They were in love, so they got married. As soon as Big Jerry went 393 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,680 overseas, she started on Harriet to get an annulment. All the time writing her letters, 394 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,480 telling her how cheap she was. That if she really loved Jerry, she'd get an annulment. 395 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,360 Then she found out about the baby, so she started saying how they should get a divorce. 396 00:20:57,360 --> 00:21:01,560 Does Harriet's husband know about this, would you know? Sure. All along he knew it. He didn't 397 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,560 like it. Told his mother to stay out of their lives. Kept telling her, but it didn't do 398 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:12,240 any good. None. Then Harriet got the wire. The one that told about Big Jerry being dead. 399 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:17,640 Almost killed her. I thought it was going to. They was really in love. It isn't often 400 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:24,680 you see something like them, too. Real love. The kind you live, not the kind you talk about. 401 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,560 One night, right after she got the wire, she got a phone call from San Francisco. From 402 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,240 old Miss Shipley. She told Harriet that she was going to the court to take the baby away 403 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,960 from her. Said she could prove Harriet wasn't a good mother, and she didn't deserve to have 404 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:40,840 the baby. Was Harriet living here at the time? No. She'd come down every weekend, but she 405 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:45,360 wasn't living here. There was a guy up in L.A. that was giving her trouble. A fellow 406 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:49,960 named Bender, I think. He was with her when she tried to kill herself. He ran out so he 407 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:53,360 wouldn't get mixed up in it. He was always giving Harriet trouble, so she left one night 408 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:57,240 to get away from him and old Mrs. Shipley. She came down here and said that she just wanted 409 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:02,080 to be left alone with her baby. That's not a lot to ask, is it? Just to be left alone? 410 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:07,920 No, ma'am. It was for old Mrs. Shipley. She just wouldn't let Harriet alone. Kept after 411 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,800 her saying how she was going to take away the baby. How Harriet was an unfit mother. 412 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:16,400 Kind of got on her mind. Finally, there wasn't much else she was thinking about but how to 413 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:22,920 keep her baby. She went out walking one night. Took the baby with her. Rained. Rained real 414 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:29,080 hard. I guess the baby took cold. Anyway, the next day he came down with a bad fever. 415 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:37,080 A couple days later, he was dead. Not even a year old, and he was dead. You want to go 416 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:42,360 to the hospital? Harriet sat around for a week. Didn't say anything. Didn't do nothing. 417 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:48,360 Just stared at the wall. Didn't even cry. Just sat and looked at the wall. And all of 418 00:22:48,360 --> 00:22:52,920 a sudden she just fell apart. I called the doctor. Said it was a breakdown and said I 419 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:58,520 should have her committed. I signed the papers and that's where she is. I went up to see 420 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:05,760 her. She didn't even know me. I'm her sister and she didn't even know me. So you just tell 421 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:10,840 Mrs. Shipley how she did good. You just tell her what she did to my sister. Tell her how 422 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:14,160 the baby's dead and she's finally got what she wanted because now Harriet hasn't got 423 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:31,040 the baby. Nobody's got him. Nobody's got him. Nobody. Come on, Frank. Yeah. Where 424 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:42,520 to? We'd better get back to town. Yes, sir. See Mrs. Shipley. We got back to Los Angeles 425 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:46,720 at 9.30 p.m. We went directly to the hotel where Mrs. Shipley was staying. The desk clerk 426 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:50,520 told us that she left word that she was not to be disturbed. He called the room and she 427 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,840 asked that we come up. We took the elevator to the seventh floor and we walked down the 428 00:23:53,840 --> 00:24:04,320 hall. Good evening, Sergeant Friday. Officer Smith, come in. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. 429 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,720 You're just having a drink. May I fix you one? No, thank you. How about you, Mr. Smith? 430 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,080 No, thank you. You don't mind if I go ahead? No, ma'am. No, no. Just sit down and I'll 431 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:16,360 be right with you. Thank you. The desk clerk said it was important. Yes, ma'am. You found 432 00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:22,080 my daughter-in-law? Yes, ma'am. And the baby? Where is he? Is he still with her? No, ma'am, 433 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:27,760 he's not. Where is he? Your daughter-in-law is pretty sick, Mrs. Shipley. Oh? Yes, ma'am. 434 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:33,000 She's in the state hospital up at Camarillo. Camarillo? Yes, ma'am. That's a mental hospital, 435 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,360 isn't it? That's right. I'm sorry to hear about Harriet, but I knew she wasn't very 436 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:42,040 stable. Why didn't you tell us your son was dead, Mrs. Shipley? I didn't think it had 437 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:46,480 any bearing on the thing. What difference does it make? You don't seem to be very interested 438 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:51,520 in this way. I'm going to be honest with you, Sergeant. I'm not. Not in the least interested 439 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:56,640 in what she does or where she is. I never did feel she was the right girl for my son. 440 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:01,040 Never. When the baby was born, I tried to go along with it. I tried to be nice to her 441 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:05,840 and she wouldn't have it. She wouldn't even be friendly. She poisoned my son, turned him 442 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:11,580 against me. She's a terrible woman. Just terrible. Whatever's happened to her is just exactly 443 00:25:11,580 --> 00:25:15,800 what she's got coming. Naturally, I'm sorry it's the way it is, but there's nothing I 444 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:21,360 can do. All I'm interested in right now is my grandchild. I want him. And if I have to 445 00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:28,560 go to court to get him, then I'll do it that way. That won't be necessary, ma'am. Where 446 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:33,880 is he? I'd like to go and get him now that Jerry's wife can't take care of him. He's 447 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:39,240 dead, ma'am. If this is some kind of a joke that you're making up to help my daughter 448 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:44,080 in law keep him, it won't work. It's no joke. It's the truth. He died in a hospital in San 449 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:56,000 Diego. It's not right. It's not right that he's dead. She did this, Harriet. She did 450 00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:02,720 it to get even with me. I know she did. We're sorry, Miss Shipley. First my husband, then 451 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:09,200 Jerry. I haven't got anybody. I'm all by myself. Isn't anybody in the world who cares? 452 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:13,520 Nobody. No, we're sorry, Miss Shipley. I wish there was something we could do. No, you're 453 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:20,360 not. You're like the rest of them. Harriet, she is the one. Nobody else to consider in 454 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:34,320 this mess. Just her. What about the baby? The story you've just heard is true. The names 455 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:39,580 were changed to protect the innocent. On Thursday, August 14th, a meeting was held in the office 456 00:26:39,580 --> 00:26:43,800 of the Captain of Homicide, Los Angeles Police Department. In a moment, the results of that 457 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:49,280 meeting. Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. Thank you, George Fenomen. 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