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Dragnet, the documentary drama of an actual crime.
For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed
from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment,
Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.
It was Tuesday, August 12th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out
a homicide division, missing persons detail. My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain
Norman. My name is Friday. We were on our way out from the office and it was 1014 a.m. when we
got to 1865 Malabar Street, manager's apartment.
Better try it again, huh?
Yeah.
Just a minute, I'm moving as fast as I can.
Sounds like she's got trouble.
Yeah.
Yeah?
Mrs. Fleischer?
Yeah, what do you want?
Police officers, ma'am, would you like to talk to you?
Come in, I've got to take care of that kid.
Thank you very much.
Nice, ma'am.
Sit down, I'll be right back.
All right, thank you.
Sounds like colic to me.
All right?
Yeah, sounds like colic. I wonder if she's got a hot water bottle.
What?
Hot water bottle. Put it on the kid's stomach. Makes him feel better.
Oh.
Both of ours have the colic. Pour out three hot water bottles.
On two kids?
No, Joe. We lost the stopper on one of them.
Baby's teething, having a rough time.
Oh.
This is my partner, Frank Smith. My name's Friday. We'd like to ask you some questions
about one of your tenants.
Oh, which one?
Mrs. Shipley. We understand she had apartment 207?
Yeah, she did. What about her?
You know where we can get in touch with her?
I ain't got any idea.
When did you see her last?
I guess it must have been a month ago.
Possible you might be able to give us an exact date on it.
Well, if I could have done that, I'd have told you right out. I got nothing to hide.
Well, we didn't mean to say that you hadn't, ma'am.
Well, it sounded like it. It sounded an awful lot like it. I'm going to be honest with you.
Yes, ma'am.
When Harriet first moved in here, we got along fine. She was all the time wanting me to tell
her how to take care of the baby when it came.
Yes, ma'am. Go ahead.
Got along just fine. Used to have her a little cup of coffee in the afternoon, chummy. Then
all of a sudden it all got different.
Well, how was that?
Just did. Her husband was overseas in the Army. I guess Harriet missed him pretty much.
Anyway, she was always saying how she did.
I wish she could be here when the baby was born. Got terrible depressed.
I see.
Moody, you know?
Yes, ma'am.
I did what I could to cheer her up. Used to go up there and we'd sit and talk. Taught
her how to knit. Gave her some needles and yarns. A little present. I thought maybe it'd
give her something to think about. Kind of take her mind off her and her husband. Didn't
do no good.
Well, how long had her husband been away, do you know?
Four months this time. He's over in Japan, I think. Army.
Mm-hmm.
Harriet used to go out once in a while. Go down to the show. Seemed like just about every
picture she saw made her sadder. I guess that's why she did it. Just got so sad she couldn't
take it anymore.
Oh, what's that?
Tried to kill herself.
As Sheppley?
Yeah. I got the kids in bed one night and went up there. I hadn't heard nothing from
her that day, so I went up to see how she was. Good thing I did, too. Found her right
there in the living room. She cut her wrists. Right away I called for the doctor and all
the ambulances and police came running around. Took her to the hospital. Big deal. Guess
I found her in time, though. They pulled her through.
I walk up there and find her dying. That far from death's door. And when she comes home
from the hospital, what thanks do you think I get?
I wouldn't know. Go ahead.
Nothing. Not a single solitary word do I get. She's mad. Says I should have left her alone,
let her done it. Come in here when she got back and read me off in words that I ain't
used to hearing.
Mm-hmm.
I got five kids, mister. They take a lot of time and I ain't got enough to go running
around after nobody who don't thank a person for saving their life like that. I called it
quits right then. Right at that minute, we were no longer friends.
Mm-hmm. When did she make the attempt on her life?
Last September. I don't remember the date. I think it was the second, maybe the third
week. I'm not sure about what day it was. Anyway, after I saved her life, she's mad at me.
She have any people here in Los Angeles, would you know?
I never heard her talking, none. She's got a sister. I don't know, but I don't know where
she is. Don't think Harry'd ever said.
Well, what did she say to you when she left? Did she give you any idea where she was going?
I didn't even see her. She didn't even come by and say so long. Goodbye, take a jump,
nothing. She just left. One night she's here, next morning she's gone.
Did you get any mail while she was here? Yeah. Once in a while she got a letter from her
husband. Then there was a couple of letters from San Francisco. I don't know who they
was from. Did she take everything with her, all of
her personal things? Nothing. Left it all here. Of course, it's
not much, but it's all here. I see. Where are the things, ma'am?
Downstairs, in the basement. I got it all put away in case she ever comes back. Gonna
cost her, too. Storage and for me to pack it. I told you it isn't much. Some dresses,
few clothes for the baby, phonograph, couple of records. That's about it. You can see
them if you want to. We'd like to take a look at them before we
go. Sure thing. Can't let you take them, though. I gotta collect for the storage.
Yes, ma'am. Does Shipley have any close friends that you know of?
Not that I know of. Of course, she might have had some down at the Dream Palace.
Where's that? Where she worked. Dance hall downtown. She
was kind of hostess there. That's the name of the place, is it? Dream
Palace? Yeah. She might have had some friends down there.
None of them ever came here, though. At least if they did, I never saw them.
You know of any reason that she might have left in such a hurry?
Not right off, I can't think of one. There was something wrong with her, though, when
she came back from the hospital. You know, when she had the baby, she was worried about
something. Would you know what it was? No. All I know
is that when she'd been home a couple of days, she came down here and asked me to do some
work on the apartment. I told her if she wanted anything done, she could do it herself the
way she talked to me. What would she want done?
The silliest thing I ever heard of. She didn't have anything to steal.
Well. She wanted all the locks on the doors changed.
10.46 a.m. In the company of the apartment manager, Barbara Fleischer, Frank and I went
down to the basement and looked through the missing woman's effects. Other than the
phonograph, several cardboard boxes of used baby clothes and cheap woman's dresses, we
found nothing. There were no snapshots or letters to Aides in ascertaining where she
might have gone. We asked Mrs. Fleischer to notify us in the event that she heard from
the Shipley woman. We put in a call to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital and verified the
story about the attempted suicide. 11.15 a.m. We checked the phone book for the address
of the Dream Palace Dance Hall. It was on the second floor of a large building at the
corner of 7th and Margo Streets. On the front of the building were several faded photographs
of contest winners with the cups that they'd won and the name of the proprietor, Ernest
Lasnik. We went upstairs. It was a large barn-like room with crepe paper birds hanging over the
lights. In the rear of the place at one of the tables, we found Lasnik. He was just eating
his lunch. Mr. Lasnik?
Yeah? What do you want?
I'd like to ask you some questions. We're police officers. My name's Smith. My partner,
Sergeant Friday.
Hi.
How are you?
I'm good.
What about all of them? Sit down.
Thank you.
Care for a sandwich?
No, thank you.
Well, you do go right ahead. There's all the makings, bread, butter, salami, pickles.
Help yourself.
No, thanks, Mr. Lasnik.
You don't mind if I go ahead, huh? Bunch of kids coming in at 3.30. I'd like to get the
place cleaned up before they get here.
No, sir. You go right ahead.
All right. What do you want to see me about?
It's about one of your employees, sir.
Yeah? Which one?
A girl named Harriet Shipley.
Oh, yeah. I remember. She don't work here anymore.
She doesn't work here anymore?
No.
Got any idea where she is?
No, I got the slightest. I ain't seen Nadine in about maybe six months.
No, sir. You don't understand. We're inquiring about a Harriet Shipley.
Yeah, I know. I told you. I ain't seen her in six months.
What's this about Nadine?
It's her club name.
Oh.
See, lots of girls don't like to use their real names. In case the fellow wants to get
chummy away from here, it's easier if we don't know the girl's real name, Harriet using
Nadine.
I understand.
We've got a bunch of them. On one of the girl's leaves, we put the name back in a hat.
New girl picks it. Had 14 Nadines since we opened.
Mm-hmm.
27 Althias.
Yes, sir. Do you have any idea where the Shipley girl is?
No. I might check her husband. He might know.
We understand he was in the Army.
Yeah, that's right. He is. Overseas. He should know where his wife is. Go ask him.
Well, we'll probably do that, sir. We thought maybe we could turn her up ourselves. There's
been a missing report filed on her.
Missing, huh? Who told it?
Sir?
Who told about her being missing?
The report was filed by her mother-in-law.
Well, I wish I could help you fellas out.
Now, the last time you saw the Shipley girl, she say anything about leaving town?
No. Wouldn't be surprised, though.
Why do you say that?
Well, poor kid was scared to death. Told me she wanted to get away.
Mm-hmm. Do you know what she was frightened about?
Yeah. Cliff Bender. That's what she was afraid of. Cliff.
Well, who's he?
Well, look, I'll tell you the whole thing. Be easier that way. One favor I gotta ask
of you.
Yes, sir?
You won't tell Cliff I told you. If he come up here, he could tear the place apart easy.
You gotta promise me you won't tell him.
All right, sir. You go ahead.
Yeah. Well, um, Nadine, uh, Harriet. Well, she came to work for me about a year and a
half ago. Came in, told me she had some experience in a dance place in the Midwest. I don't remember
the name right off. Probably come to me.
Yes, sir.
Well, I told her I'd try her, you know, sort of probation.
Yes, sir?
Well, it worked out fine. End of the week, I put her on permanent. She did real well.
Well, the guys got to coming in just to dance with her. Wouldn't have nobody else. Just
Nadine. Or, Harriet.
Mm-hmm.
Well, that's how she met Cliff. He'd come in one night, fell for her, and they started
to go together. I told him I didn't like the idea of girls going out with the customers.
Not good business. Didn't make any difference to them, though. They kept right on seeing
each other.
That's this bender fellow.
Yeah. Well, anyway, one night the soldier came in. He was took right away with Nadine.
Asked her for a dance. Kept buying tickets all night so he could dance with her. Come
back the next night. Same thing. All night long, he danced with Nadine.
That's Harriet.
Yeah, that's right. Called her Nadine. You know, I told you about her.
Yes, sir.
Made Cliff plenty sore, but there wasn't anything he could do about it. She wanted to be with
a soldier. It wasn't too long before she told him he was gonna get married. Well, word got
around about that really made Cliff hacked. Real hacked.
Yes, sir.
Yeah. Well, him and the soldier, Shipley, had a fight downstairs one night after we
closed. Guess Cliff waited for him and Nadine to come down. Anyway, it was a real brawl.
Cops and everything. Cliff really cleaned up on the soldier. Didn't do any good to him.
What do you mean?
Nadine told Cliff to stay away from her. Keep far away. Told him that her and the soldier
was gonna get married and that they were through. She met Cliff and her.
Well, the soldier and Nadine got married a couple days later and she quit her job. Right
after that, I heard he went overseas and Cliff was around trying to break things up. Didn't
do no good, though. Nadine loved the soldier and she planned to stay with him.
Yes, sir.
Well, I tried to talk to Cliff. Tell him to stay out of it. Leave the girl alone.
What was that?
I told him, leave the girl alone.
I see.
Didn't do any good. He was sure hacked. He said that she was his girl. Might take some
time but he'd get her for running out on her. I figured he told her that, too. That's what
she was afraid of. Don't blame her. Cliff told me that, I believe him.
What's that, sir?
That he was gonna kill her.
12.26 p.m. After we'd gotten the names and addresses of the employees of the Dream Palace
who knew the missing girl, Frank and I went back to the office. We had the names checked
through the record bureau but we found that only one of the 14 people on the list had
arrest records. That one was a Cliff Bender who'd been picked up on a charge of suspicion
of burglary. However, according to the information on the report, he'd been released because
of lack of evidence. We checked the log about the fight Lasnik had mentioned. We found that
an F.I. card had been filed but that no arrest had been made. We went over to room 45 and
we talked with Sergeant Egenweiler and Sergeant Rubels, the officers who'd handled the burglary
case. They told us that in their contacts with Bender, he was sullen and uncooperative.
They told us that he'd been seen in the company of known criminals. They also told us that
in their opinion, they considered the man dangerous. We checked his last known address
but we found that he'd moved in July, leaving no forwarding address. While Frank and I checked
out the rest of the missing girl's friends and acquaintances, Sergeant Graham and Cliff
Bailey tried to check on Bender. We talked to everybody on the list we'd gotten from
Ernest Lasnik but none of them could give us any idea where we might find the Shipley
girl. Most of them, however, told us about the threat that Bender had made against her
life and expressed the opinion that he was responsible for her disappearance. The next
day, Wednesday, August 13th, Frank and I went by communications. Then we checked back into
the office.
I tell you, the mother-in-law of that missing girl called again this morning?
No, no, you didn't.
Yeah, she wanted to know how we were doing, what progress we'd been able to make.
Well, what'd you tell her?
Well, I filled her in on what we found. I didn't tell her about Bender, though. I just
said we thought we'd be able to find the girl.
You talked to her when she made the original report, didn't you, Joe?
Yeah.
What'd you think?
I thought there was something there that's a little off-base to you.
I don't know what you're trying to get at.
Well, it just seems to me that she doesn't care if we find her daughter-in-law or not.
All she cares about is the kid.
Well, yeah, I kind of got that idea myself. The way she talked, doesn't seem that she
and the girl got along too well, does it?
No. It just seems like there's something she isn't telling us. I don't know what it is.
I asked her this morning if she'd heard from her son, if he knew anything about where his
wife might be.
What'd you say to that?
Well, she told me she didn't want to bother him, make him worry. Wouldn't even tell me
his mailing address. Said she didn't want him alarmed unless there was a reason.
The way I see it, his wife being gone is reason enough.
Yeah, that's the way it seems to me. And I told her that. She said our job was just
to find the girl and the baby and that's all.
Cooperation like that isn't going to make it any easier, is it? We can only do so much
if she isn't going to help us.
Well, it doesn't make a lot of sense. Her filing the report and then holding out information.
I mean, I may better get over and talk to her again. See if we can get the whole story.
How about Graham and Bailey? You heard from them?
No, there's a note in the book. They got a lead on Bender. Graham said they were going
to run it down for us this morning.
All right. What time you got now?
Uh, 9.43.
I want to talk to the skipper. Make arrangements to put a picture of the shippley girl on Suspects
One this afternoon. Might be able to turn something, huh?
Sure, a lot of loose ends.
I get it.
Missing persons, Friday. Yeah, Graham. Where? What'd she say?
Mm-hmm. Yeah, well, that's about the same. What? Yeah.
Well, you want to call the crime line? Right. No, we'll meet you out there right away. Right. Bye.
They found where Bender was living. What do you mean, what?
Checked out last June, about the same time the shippley girl disappeared. Landlady hasn't
seen him since. Guys came up with something else. Yeah. A couple of shirts for a baby.
Uh-huh. Blood stains all over him.
10.02 a.m. We got to the apartment where Bender had been living. The crew from the crime lab
were there and they were photographing the room and the clothing that had been found.
Sergeant J. Allen told us that he'd have to run a precipitate test on the stains before
he could tell whether or not they were of human origin. 10.45 a.m. They finished their
investigation on the scene and they went back to Central Station to compile the results.
Frank called the office and the local and an APB were put out on Cliff Bender asking
that he be picked up as a possible suspect. We also had his card flagged in the record
bureau. We talked to the landlady of the apartment building and she told us that Bender had left
his apartment hurriedly one night about the middle of June. She was unable to tell us
the exact date, but she did go on to say that she'd been getting a check for the rent each
month. We asked her if she could show us either one of the checks or an envelope that it had
come in. She explained that she had thrown the envelopes away and had cashed the checks.
She was unable to tell us where they'd been mailed from. She said that as far as she knew,
she'd never seen the shippley girl in Bender's apartment. We asked her to notify us immediately
in the event that the suspect returned. We put in a call to the bank where the rent checks
were cashed and we asked that they give us the information on them. 1.30 p.m. Frank and
I went over to the crime lab and we talked to J. Allen. He told us that the stains on
the baby clothes were human blood. He showed us the photographs taken, but there was nothing
in them that would give us any lead as to either the girls or Bender's whereabouts.
That afternoon, the picture of Harriet Shippley was telecast over the police program. We got
several calls from citizens who said that they'd seen the girl. We checked them all
out. One of the callers, a bus driver, told us that he'd seen the girl and the baby on
his bus during the month of June and that she'd gotten off in San Diego. We alerted
the police in that city to look for her. Thursday morning, Frank and I checked into the office.
You want to check the book, Frank, see if there's anything in San Diego? Right. I got
it. Missing person this Friday. Yes, that's right. Yes, we did. Uh-huh. Where? You sure
about that? Right away. Frank, get your coat. What do you got? Shippley girl. They found
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Mental Hospital in Camarillo. She told me that they had a patient who resembled a photograph
of the missing girl as televised on our police program. Frank and I left the office and drove
out to the hospital. We talked to the nurse and to the doctor who was taking care of the
sick girl. From personal effects and the scars on her wrists, we were reasonably sure of
the identification. The doctor told us that the girl had been committed on July 17th by
her sister under the name Harriet Lavin. He told us that the girl was undergoing treatment
but that there was little hope for a complete recovery and that it would be some time before
she could be permitted to leave the violent ward. We tried to talk to her but we were
unable to get any coherent answers. We asked about the baby but the authorities were unable
to give us any information. We got the name and address of the sister who had committed
the Shipley girl and we drove down to San Diego to talk to her. It was a small place
in a wartime housing development. The paint was peeling off the plyboard walls and the
front yard was overgrown with weeds. The woman who answered the door identified herself as
Pauline Lavin. Sure, what do you want to know? Don't make no difference now. You go back
and tell her it's too late. Way too late. Tell who, ma'am? Mrs. Shipley, Harriet's
mother-in-law. You go back and tell her she done it good. Ain't nothing left to do to
Harriet. It's all been done. You can tell her that. Well, we don't work for Mrs. Shipley,
ma'am. We're trying to find out what happened to your sister and the baby. Who asked you
to find out in the first place? It was her, wasn't it? Wasn't she the one? She filed
a report. That's what I mean. Well, you go back and tell her there's nothing more she
can do to Harriet or the baby or Big Jerry. Nothing at all she can do. Where is the baby,
ma'am? He's not here. Do you know where he is? Yes, but I'm not going to tell you. I'm
not going to tell anybody. I promised Harriet I wouldn't tell and I'm going to keep the
promise. Mrs. Lavin, we don't want to hurt your sister. We're just trying to get to the
truth. Now, maybe you better tell us what you know. You ain't doing this for old Mrs.
Shipley. No, ma'am. All right then. I'll tell you, but not for her. I wouldn't give her
the right time of day. She's the one that did it, the whole thing. You can lay it right
at her feet. All right. You want to tell us about it? Since they got married, she's given
the kids trouble. Right from the first she heard about it. Said that Harriet wasn't good
enough for a son. Said Harriet was cheap. Didn't make any difference to the kids. They
got married anyway. They were in love, so they got married. As soon as Big Jerry went
overseas, she started on Harriet to get an annulment. All the time writing her letters,
telling her how cheap she was. That if she really loved Jerry, she'd get an annulment.
Then she found out about the baby, so she started saying how they should get a divorce.
Does Harriet's husband know about this, would you know? Sure. All along he knew it. He didn't
like it. Told his mother to stay out of their lives. Kept telling her, but it didn't do
any good. None. Then Harriet got the wire. The one that told about Big Jerry being dead.
Almost killed her. I thought it was going to. They was really in love. It isn't often
you see something like them, too. Real love. The kind you live, not the kind you talk about.
One night, right after she got the wire, she got a phone call from San Francisco. From
old Miss Shipley. She told Harriet that she was going to the court to take the baby away
from her. Said she could prove Harriet wasn't a good mother, and she didn't deserve to have
the baby. Was Harriet living here at the time? No. She'd come down every weekend, but she
wasn't living here. There was a guy up in L.A. that was giving her trouble. A fellow
named Bender, I think. He was with her when she tried to kill herself. He ran out so he
wouldn't get mixed up in it. He was always giving Harriet trouble, so she left one night
to get away from him and old Mrs. Shipley. She came down here and said that she just wanted
to be left alone with her baby. That's not a lot to ask, is it? Just to be left alone?
No, ma'am. It was for old Mrs. Shipley. She just wouldn't let Harriet alone. Kept after
her saying how she was going to take away the baby. How Harriet was an unfit mother.
Kind of got on her mind. Finally, there wasn't much else she was thinking about but how to
keep her baby. She went out walking one night. Took the baby with her. Rained. Rained real
hard. I guess the baby took cold. Anyway, the next day he came down with a bad fever.
A couple days later, he was dead. Not even a year old, and he was dead. You want to go
to the hospital? Harriet sat around for a week. Didn't say anything. Didn't do nothing.
Just stared at the wall. Didn't even cry. Just sat and looked at the wall. And all of
a sudden she just fell apart. I called the doctor. Said it was a breakdown and said I
should have her committed. I signed the papers and that's where she is. I went up to see
her. She didn't even know me. I'm her sister and she didn't even know me. So you just tell
Mrs. Shipley how she did good. You just tell her what she did to my sister. Tell her how
the baby's dead and she's finally got what she wanted because now Harriet hasn't got
the baby. Nobody's got him. Nobody's got him. Nobody. Come on, Frank. Yeah. Where
to? We'd better get back to town. Yes, sir. See Mrs. Shipley. We got back to Los Angeles
at 9.30 p.m. We went directly to the hotel where Mrs. Shipley was staying. The desk clerk
told us that she left word that she was not to be disturbed. He called the room and she
asked that we come up. We took the elevator to the seventh floor and we walked down the
hall. Good evening, Sergeant Friday. Officer Smith, come in. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am.
You're just having a drink. May I fix you one? No, thank you. How about you, Mr. Smith?
No, thank you. You don't mind if I go ahead? No, ma'am. No, no. Just sit down and I'll
be right with you. Thank you. The desk clerk said it was important. Yes, ma'am. You found
my daughter-in-law? Yes, ma'am. And the baby? Where is he? Is he still with her? No, ma'am,
he's not. Where is he? Your daughter-in-law is pretty sick, Mrs. Shipley. Oh? Yes, ma'am.
She's in the state hospital up at Camarillo. Camarillo? Yes, ma'am. That's a mental hospital,
isn't it? That's right. I'm sorry to hear about Harriet, but I knew she wasn't very
stable. Why didn't you tell us your son was dead, Mrs. Shipley? I didn't think it had
any bearing on the thing. What difference does it make? You don't seem to be very interested
in this way. I'm going to be honest with you, Sergeant. I'm not. Not in the least interested
in what she does or where she is. I never did feel she was the right girl for my son.
Never. When the baby was born, I tried to go along with it. I tried to be nice to her
and she wouldn't have it. She wouldn't even be friendly. She poisoned my son, turned him
against me. She's a terrible woman. Just terrible. Whatever's happened to her is just exactly
what she's got coming. Naturally, I'm sorry it's the way it is, but there's nothing I
can do. All I'm interested in right now is my grandchild. I want him. And if I have to
go to court to get him, then I'll do it that way. That won't be necessary, ma'am. Where
is he? I'd like to go and get him now that Jerry's wife can't take care of him. He's
dead, ma'am. If this is some kind of a joke that you're making up to help my daughter
in law keep him, it won't work. It's no joke. It's the truth. He died in a hospital in San
Diego. It's not right. It's not right that he's dead. She did this, Harriet. She did
it to get even with me. I know she did. We're sorry, Miss Shipley. First my husband, then
Jerry. I haven't got anybody. I'm all by myself. Isn't anybody in the world who cares?
Nobody. No, we're sorry, Miss Shipley. I wish there was something we could do. No, you're
not. You're like the rest of them. Harriet, she is the one. Nobody else to consider in
this mess. Just her. What about the baby? The story you've just heard is true. The names
were changed to protect the innocent. On Thursday, August 14th, a meeting was held in the office
of the Captain of Homicide, Los Angeles Police Department. In a moment, the results of that
meeting. Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. Thank you, George Fenomen. You know, the Chesterfield
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for me. At the meeting held in Captain Lorman's office, it was decided that no criminal act
had taken place and the case was officially marked closed. You have just heard Dragnet,
a series of authentic cases from official files. Technical advice comes from the Office
of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. Technical advisors, Captain
Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. Heard tonight were Ben Alexander,
Herb Bygren, Carolyn Jones. Script by John Robinson. Music by Walter Schuman. Hal Gibney
speaking. Watch an entirely different Dragnet case history each week on your local NBC television
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