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40 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,040 No, no sign of anybody out back. 41 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:33,040 Did you call the crime lab? 42 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:34,360 Yeah, I talked to Lee's on the way. 43 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:35,360 That's good. 44 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:36,360 Call Hollywood Division 2. 45 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:37,640 They're going to send out some more men to help us. 46 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:40,080 That's an outside chance we might come up with something. 47 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,400 Yeah, whoever did it sure must have been wild, Joe. 48 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,720 I don't think I ever saw killing as brutal as this one. 49 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:45,720 It's pretty rough. 50 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:47,880 Must have hit her a couple of dozen times. 51 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:49,880 Look at there. 52 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,680 See, wristwatch is broken. 53 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,880 Looks like she might have raised her arm to try and stop some of the blows. 54 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:57,880 Crystal smashed up pretty bad. 55 00:02:57,880 --> 00:02:58,880 It's hard to read. 56 00:02:58,880 --> 00:02:59,880 Looks like 304, doesn't it? 57 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:00,880 Uh-huh. 58 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,000 Must have been the time. 59 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,200 From what the neighbor says, it had to have to be this afternoon. 60 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,080 Did you find anything that looks like the murder weapon? 61 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,080 Nothing out in the open. 62 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,000 Thought it'd be better if the crime lab checked the place first. 63 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 How about the other rooms? 64 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,320 They as bad as the one out front? 65 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:14,720 Yeah, stuff's all scattered around. 66 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,040 Drawers pulled out, contents thrown all over. 67 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:18,600 Whoever it was sure wanted us to think it was robbery. 68 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:19,840 Well, let's check the neighbor. 69 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:20,840 Yeah, he's cross street. 70 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,520 Said he wanted to go home and take something to help quiet him down. 71 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:25,560 Must have been quite a shock to the old guy. 72 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,280 You want to tell Brian and Phillips where we'll be? 73 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:29,280 Yeah. 74 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:30,280 Phillips is out in the back. 75 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:31,280 I saw him when I came in. 76 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:32,280 I'll talk to Brian. 77 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,560 Ask him to let us know when Lee gets here, will you? 78 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:35,560 All right. 79 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:36,560 Come on in. 80 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:37,560 Thank you. 81 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:38,560 Mr. Brody? 82 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:39,560 Yeah, over here. 83 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:41,560 Want to turn the lights on? 84 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:57,120 I was just sitting here having a drink, trying to calm down a little. 85 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:58,120 Yeah, sir. 86 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,560 Switches there on the wall, sort of behind the whatnot. 87 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,880 Had to kind of feel around. 88 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,560 Yeah, sir, I found it. 89 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,560 Turned out the lights helped my head. 90 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:12,040 Oh, me oh my, I got an awful headache. 91 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,240 You don't happen to have a couple of aspirin on you, do you? 92 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,240 No, sir, I'm sorry, I don't. 93 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,240 Oh, well, I guess you don't mind much. 94 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:23,160 I guess this will do just as good. 95 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:24,720 What if you tell me just what happened here? 96 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,520 Well, I'm glad to. 97 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,640 I want to help all I can, sure. 98 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,600 I'd like to see you get the guy who did this to Ethel. 99 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,440 Why do you think it was a man? 100 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:34,440 Huh? 101 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:35,440 Well, you said guy. 102 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:36,440 What makes you think it was a man? 103 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:42,240 Well, I didn't mean it like, you know, not special, but come right down to it, almost 104 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:43,240 got to be a man. 105 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,080 You can't imagine an old woman doing a thing like that. 106 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,200 At least no woman I ever knew. 107 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,280 It's got to be a man. 108 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:54,040 Come on in, everybody come in. 109 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:58,400 Might as well have a convention, all the people coming in. 110 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,480 It's my partner, Mr. Brody. 111 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:02,240 Oh, another policeman, huh? 112 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:03,240 Yes, sir. 113 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:04,240 How's that, Joe? 114 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:05,240 They're going to call us when the crime lab crew gets here. 115 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,520 How are you, Mr. Brody? 116 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:08,520 People all over the place. 117 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:13,040 I never saw a crowd come so fast as when the sirens come in. 118 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:17,800 Seemed like they were attached to mushrooms, just sprung up out of the ground. 119 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:18,800 Oh, yeah, I'm fine. 120 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:19,800 Fine, yeah. 121 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,200 I wonder if you'd mind leaving that alone until we ask you a few questions. 122 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,400 Oh, you mean before I have another drink? 123 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:26,400 Yes, sir, if you would. 124 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:27,400 Well, of course. 125 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:28,400 Glad to oblige. 126 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:29,400 I'll wait, I mean. 127 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:34,400 You don't have to worry about me, though, not old Earl Brody. 128 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:35,880 I'm the whole of my life. 129 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:36,880 Hey, just bet. 130 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,880 Old Earl's a regular tanker. 131 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:41,880 Don't ever show on old Earl. 132 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:42,880 Mm-hmm. 133 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,880 Well, if you'd just tell us about finding the body. 134 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:49,680 Well, I was out in the front, watering the lawn. 135 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:51,720 Always do it at the same time, you see. 136 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,120 The hot sun burns it up. 137 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:54,120 You don't water, you know. 138 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:55,120 You've got to do that. 139 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:56,120 Yes, sir. 140 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,120 Well, that's what I was doing, watering the lawn. 141 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,120 Yeah, sir, do you want to go on? 142 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,120 Sure you fellas want a little snort, huh? 143 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:05,880 No, no thanks, Mr. Brody. 144 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:06,880 No thanks. 145 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:12,960 Yeah, well, all of a sudden I hear Nero making an awful fuss. 146 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:13,960 Who's that? 147 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:15,960 That's a silly name, isn't it? 148 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:16,960 Who is it? 149 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:18,840 Little bitty old Peek. 150 00:06:18,840 --> 00:06:21,120 She called it Nero. 151 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,840 Always seemed to me that if you're going to call a dog Nero, it should be a big dog. 152 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:28,600 Yes, Nero's the dog. 153 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,680 Well, what happened then? 154 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,320 Well, sir, first off, I didn't pay much attention to it. 155 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,240 Just kept right on watering the lawn. 156 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,160 Then old Nero kept it up, kept right on yelling and howling. 157 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,000 Finally, I figured there must be something wrong. 158 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,240 Yes, sir, there must be with all that going on. 159 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:48,000 So I turned off the water and wandered over it, you know, check up. 160 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Yes, sir. 161 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,600 Mr. Brody, about what time was this? 162 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:54,360 I thought it was funny that Ethel not coming out and making Nero shut up. 163 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,160 Oh, it was about six o'clock. 164 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:57,160 Yeah, about six o'clock. 165 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:58,920 Did you see anyone around the house when you went over? 166 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:00,880 Not a soul, no, sir, there's nobody. 167 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,400 So I went around back to the patio, you know. 168 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:04,400 Mm-hmm. 169 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,400 Well, there wasn't anybody there either. 170 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:07,680 And I knocked at the door. 171 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:12,400 Now all this time little old Nero is still raising old Ned. 172 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,400 Ain't stopped to breathe hardly. 173 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:15,400 Yes, sir. 174 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:20,120 Well, sir, when I knocked on the door, things swung right open. 175 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,560 Wasn't locked, you know, so I called Ethel. 176 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,120 I called a couple of times. 177 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:25,120 I didn't get no answer. 178 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:29,120 I couldn't see nothing, so the door opens on the kind of little service ports. 179 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:30,120 I didn't see a thing. 180 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:31,120 Yes, sir. 181 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,960 Then I went in, walked right into the kitchen. 182 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:39,200 There she was lying on the floor, stuff scattered all over and little Nero sitting right beside 183 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:40,640 her just going crazy. 184 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:41,880 You called the police right away, didn't you? 185 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,360 Well, I ran out of the house all over to my place and called the operator. 186 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,520 I dialed over and told them to send a policeman right away. 187 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,560 Yeah, right away I called him. 188 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:52,920 Had you seen Miss Lawrence at all today? 189 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:54,800 Yeah, I saw her this noontime. 190 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,600 She was out to get the mail and we said, uh, hello. 191 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,520 You know, just as cheerful like, like that. 192 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:01,960 Well, what time did you say hello? 193 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:06,220 I picked up the mail and went right back into the house just like she didn't have no idea 194 00:08:06,220 --> 00:08:07,720 what was going to happen. 195 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,120 Oh, about 1.30, mail comes in. 196 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,840 Did you see anyone around her house this afternoon? 197 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:15,400 Nobody, no, no. 198 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:20,640 Oh, well, of course, now I was out in the back most of the afternoon, you see, you see, 199 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:25,240 out there working the flowers, so I can't right now say that there wasn't anybody over 200 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:26,240 there. 201 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:27,240 I see. 202 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:28,240 Do you know where we can get in touch with Mr. Lawrence? 203 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,240 He works in the garage down on Pico. 204 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,800 I think I got the name of the place around someplace. 205 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:38,320 I used to take my car down to him before him and Mrs. Lawrence got a divorce. 206 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,080 How long have they been divorced? 207 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:41,680 About three years, I guess. 208 00:08:41,680 --> 00:08:44,240 Well, I'm not really sure about that. 209 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:45,240 How'd they get along, you know? 210 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,120 Any trouble between them? 211 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,240 I guess there's some who'd say that he was right. 212 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:55,000 I may need to practice not to get involved in those things, religion, politics, marriage, 213 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000 troubles. 214 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,240 I don't get meddled up in them. 215 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,080 Oh, they, yeah, they fought all the time. 216 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:02,080 Yeah. 217 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:04,000 Has Mr. Lawrence been at his wife's house lately? 218 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,480 Well, not that I've seen. 219 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:09,920 I guess they will see each other, but I understand what Ethel said. 220 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:11,280 It was at the lawyer's. 221 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,720 She used to try to tell me about it, but I just wouldn't listen. 222 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:16,200 I don't believe in it. 223 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:20,480 Religion, politics, marriage stuff and all those things, et cetera, et cetera. 224 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:21,480 Yes, sir. 225 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:22,480 Alimony. 226 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,080 They was always fighting about alimony, always. 227 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:28,040 Do you know what the disagreements were about besides alimony? 228 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:29,600 I'll tell you, mister. 229 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,360 You better talk to Mr. Lawrence about that. 230 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:33,680 He's the one to set you right on it. 231 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:37,600 I go telling you and I'm liable to say something wrong, you see, and I wouldn't be right, I 232 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:38,600 would it. 233 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:39,600 You better talk to him. 234 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:40,600 You talk to him. 235 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:41,600 All right, sir, if you'll just give us the address, please. 236 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:42,600 Sure, sure. 237 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,600 Take a look at my checkbook, see if I can find it. 238 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:48,080 You talk to him. 239 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:52,480 You don't give you all the scoop, then maybe I can help you out a little. 240 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:54,080 All right, Mr. Brudig, thank you. 241 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,160 Got any more questions you've got to ask me right now? 242 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,680 Well, if you don't feel well, sir, we can talk to you later. 243 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:04,480 Well, it ain't that I don't feel good, just that I like another little snort, you know, 244 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:09,200 kind of picked me up a little, big body and soul together, awful thing, oh, just awful. 245 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,800 Well, there may be some more things we'll want to check with you later tonight. 246 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,560 A little old snort ain't gonna do no harm, one thing. 247 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:18,840 Everybody says his old or old can hold his liquor. 248 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,560 Everybody says that, you can ask them, everybody. 249 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:24,680 Harder day goes by if somebody don't say that. 250 00:10:24,680 --> 00:10:27,920 Well, if you'll get Mr. Lawrence's address for us, please. 251 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:29,920 Right away, right away, sir. 252 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:36,280 I wonder how you're gonna take all this, all them years of battling, screaming at each 253 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:37,280 other. 254 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:38,280 Now they're over. 255 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:42,040 He ain't gonna have no more trouble because of her. 256 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:43,800 No, that's not quite right, sir. 257 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:44,800 Huh? 258 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:51,200 He's liable to have a lot more. 259 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,320 Earl Brutig looked through his desk and he found a canceled check bearing the address 260 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,600 of the garage where the victim's husband was employed. 261 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:00,640 While he was looking for the check stub, Frank and I interrogated him further on the relations 262 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:02,840 between Ethel Lawrence and her husband. 263 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,160 He refused to tell us any more than he had, explaining that if the answers we got from 264 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,240 the husband weren't adequate, we could come back and see him. 265 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:10,560 6.48 p.m. 266 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:13,720 We returned to the victim's house and we talked with Lieutenant Lee Jones. 267 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,440 He told us that the crew from the crime lab had been unable to find the murder weapon, 268 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,040 but that they had been able to lift several good fingerprints from the kitchen. 269 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:23,200 He went on to say that these had been checked with those of the victim and they were not 270 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:24,640 the same. 271 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,720 Little other physical evidence was found in the house. 272 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,160 However, an impression of a shoe had been found in the soft earth at the side of the 273 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,840 house and a plaster cast had been made of it. 274 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,920 We asked Lieutenant Jones to take the fingerprints of the neighbor who had found the body and 275 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,960 check them with the impressions left in the victim's house. 276 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:40,280 9.46 p.m. 277 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:44,240 The coroner arrived and removed the body and attached the paper seal to the front door. 278 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,280 Frank and I went back to the office and checked the name of the victim and her husband through 279 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:48,880 the record bureau. 280 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:53,260 We found that Bernard Lawrence had been arrested four years previously on a wife beating charge, 281 00:11:53,260 --> 00:11:56,360 but that he'd been released when his wife refused to prosecute. 282 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,080 We checked the name Earl Broody. 283 00:11:58,080 --> 00:11:59,680 He had no record. 284 00:11:59,680 --> 00:12:00,680 10.54 p.m. 285 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:03,360 We drove over to the garage where the victim's husband was employed. 286 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:07,960 The place was closed, but there was a card on the door giving an emergency address. 287 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,000 Frank and I drove out to the house, a low rambling ranch style building. 288 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,880 The garage owner, Arnold Norton, met us at the door. 289 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:14,880 Yeah? 290 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:15,880 Mr. Norton? 291 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:16,880 That's right. 292 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:17,880 What can I do for you? 293 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:18,880 Police officers. 294 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:19,880 Would you like to talk to you? 295 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:20,880 Yeah, I guess it's okay. 296 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:21,880 I don't know what it's about, but I guess it's okay. 297 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:22,880 What do you want? 298 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:24,880 It might be better if we talked inside. 299 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:27,640 Do you mind if I see your identification? 300 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:28,640 No, sir. 301 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:29,640 Here's my ID card. 302 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:31,080 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 303 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:32,080 My name's Friday. 304 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:33,080 Uh-huh. 305 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:34,080 Yeah, come in. 306 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:35,080 Thank you. 307 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:36,080 Thank you. 308 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:37,080 Just a minute. 309 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:38,080 I'll turn off the TV. 310 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:39,760 We don't like to bother you, Mr. Norton. 311 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:40,760 It shouldn't take us too long. 312 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:41,760 Doesn't matter. 313 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:42,760 It's just a fight movie. 314 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:43,760 I've seen it before. 315 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,640 I get a kick out of seeing him again. 316 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:47,640 What is it you want to know? 317 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:49,800 You have an employee named Bernard Lawrence working for you? 318 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,200 Yeah, Barney's been with me for about seven years. 319 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:53,200 Why? 320 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:54,200 You have a home address for him? 321 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:55,200 I suppose so. 322 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,520 Look, can you tell me what this is all about? 323 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:57,520 Just a routine investigation. 324 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:58,520 We like to talk to him. 325 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,120 I'll write out the address for you. 326 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:01,120 All right. 327 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,720 What do you care about Lawrence and his wife having any quarrels or disagreements? 328 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:05,880 I'm not quite sure how I should answer that. 329 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:06,880 What do you mean? 330 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:08,200 I don't know why you're asking the question. 331 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,160 It's a little rough to ask me to comment on the way Barney gets along with his wife. 332 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:12,480 I don't want to lay anything on him. 333 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:13,960 You've known him for quite a while, have you? 334 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,200 Yeah, I told you he's been with me for seven years. 335 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:17,800 Best carburetor man I've got. 336 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,600 You must have heard him discussing his home life at one time or another, haven't you? 337 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,440 I went through the same thing before, you know. 338 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:23,880 I got myself right in the middle before. 339 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,080 I don't want it to happen again. 340 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:26,780 I don't understand. 341 00:13:26,780 --> 00:13:30,040 When they got the divorce, all the time lawyers coming around asking questions, trying to 342 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:31,040 get me to take sides. 343 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:32,320 I'm not going to do it. 344 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:34,960 If Barney's trying to bring the thing up again, he should be the one to tell me not to have 345 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,400 you fellas come around and do it. 346 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:37,480 I'm not going to get in the middle again. 347 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:38,880 I've known both of them for a long time. 348 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,040 I think a lot of them. 349 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,800 Ethel and Barney and me have been pretty close in the years. 350 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:43,800 But I've had it. 351 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,800 All the questions about how much Barney makes, what were his working hours, who did he see, 352 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:48,240 did he run around with any girls. 353 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,160 No, I'm not going to answer any more questions. 354 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,400 This isn't a civil matter, Mr. Norton. 355 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,280 This has nothing to do with the divorce? 356 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:55,280 No, sir. 357 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:56,800 I'm not going to be called as a witness? 358 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:58,800 We can't say to that, sir. 359 00:13:58,800 --> 00:13:59,800 Uh-huh. 360 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,280 The way you fellas are going about this routine thing makes me think that it's a lot more 361 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,760 important than just a traffic ticket or anything like that. 362 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:05,760 Well, it is. 363 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,280 Did you see Lawrence today? 364 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:08,280 You mean the garage? 365 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:09,280 Yes, sir. 366 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:10,600 Yeah, he came to work at eight, just like he always does. 367 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:11,600 He was there all day? 368 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:13,320 Eight to five, that's what he works. 369 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,680 Does he have occasion to leave the garage at all during the day? 370 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:17,680 I don't understand what you mean. 371 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:20,160 Well, does he have to leave to go pick up parts, anything like that? 372 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,200 Yeah, once in a while he does. 373 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,680 We got a fellow who does that kind of thing, but when he's out on the call and Barney needs 374 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,000 something fast, he maybe runs down the street and gets it. 375 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,600 Did he leave the garage this afternoon? 376 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,520 Yeah, he had to go down and pick up some rebuilds. 377 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:31,520 You know what time he left? 378 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:33,880 It would be hard to pin it down to an exact time. 379 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:35,360 I don't much keep tabs on Barney. 380 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,240 He comes and goes as he pleases. 381 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,080 Pretty important that we get an idea of when he was gone. 382 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:40,960 Well, I can check it with the other boys in the shop. 383 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,360 I should be able to find out when he left. 384 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,200 I know he got back about 4.30, though. 385 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:46,520 You're pretty sure about the time? 386 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:51,080 Yeah, he came back and did a job on a rush one that we had, and then he took off at five. 387 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:52,280 How was he acting when he came back? 388 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:53,280 What do you mean? 389 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:54,760 Did he seem upset about anything? 390 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:55,760 No, not particularly. 391 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,360 He seemed pretty happy, though. 392 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,080 He kept talking about what a beautiful day it was and how good he felt. 393 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,000 You know, it came right down to it. 394 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,200 Barney was happier than he's been in some time. 395 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,720 Just seemed like all his troubles were gone. 396 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,160 We know how you feel about this, Mr. Norton, but it's pretty important. 397 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,960 Did you ever hear Mr. Lawrence threaten his wife? 398 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,600 I'm gonna have to take your word for it being pretty important, Mr. Friday. 399 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,240 I've got no way of knowing, but if you guys get me in the middle of anything, I'm gonna 400 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:19,400 be pretty sore about it. 401 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:20,840 Don't worry about that. 402 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,960 Well, then they'll answer your question. 403 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:25,520 Barney and Ethel didn't get along very well. 404 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,200 I guess you knew that. 405 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:31,280 Yes, and all Ethel accusing Barney of running around, they had some pretty big arguments. 406 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,040 Barney was pretty mad at the judge when he got the alimony. 407 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:34,800 He had to pay Ethel 150 a month. 408 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,320 It made him pretty sore. 409 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,640 But the judge said to pay it or go to jail. 410 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,560 Ethel would just as soon see him in jail. 411 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,520 Barney used to talk to me about it. 412 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,360 We'd stop down the street and have a beer when we closed up the shop. 413 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,840 Barney would say there was only two ways he could get out of the alimony payments. 414 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:53,200 One was if Ethel got married again and Barney always said she was so mean that no sane man 415 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:54,200 would have her. 416 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:55,200 What about the other way? 417 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:56,200 That was for her to die. 418 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,280 I guess that was about the only threat he ever made so I could hear it. 419 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:00,280 What's that? 420 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:04,160 That he wouldn't mind helping her out. 421 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,880 1147 p.m. 422 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,320 We drove over to the address we'd gotten for Bernard Lawrence. 423 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,200 It was a modern apartment building in the Wilshire district. 424 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:15,960 We rang the bell to his apartment, but we got no answer. 425 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:20,200 Frank and I talked to the manager of the building and he led us into the suspect's apartment. 426 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,640 In a preliminary search of the place, we found nothing to tie the man in with his wife's 427 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:24,640 death. 428 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:28,000 However, from the clothes and the other personal effects in the place, we were reasonably sure 429 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,360 that he'd returned to the apartment. 430 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:34,080 The manager told us that Lawrence had come home after work, changed his clothes and left, 431 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,240 saying that he'd return later. 432 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,240 We put in a call to the office and we told them where we were and we made arrangements 433 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:43,680 to be relieved the next morning in the event the suspect hadn't returned. 434 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,680 Frank and I settled down in our car, which was parked across the street from the apartment 435 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:48,600 to wait for Lawrence. 436 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,400 At 1.30, Frank went down to the corner and called Fay to tell her he'd be a little late. 437 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,720 He brought back a carton of hot coffee and some sandwiches. 438 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:57,240 The stakeout continued. 439 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:00,320 2.30, still no sign of the suspect. 440 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,640 3.30, 4.00. 441 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:06,600 At 5.30 a.m., the landlord came to the porch of the apartment house and yelled at us indicating 442 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:08,380 he wanted to tell us something. 443 00:17:08,380 --> 00:17:10,160 Frank went over to see him while I waited in the car. 444 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,000 A couple of minutes later, Frank came running back. 445 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,000 Joe? 446 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Joe? 447 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,000 Yeah. 448 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Manager just got a call from Lawrence. 449 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,000 What about? 450 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,040 Lawrence wanted to have his stuff packed and sent down to the depot. 451 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:21,040 Yeah. 452 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,040 Said he's leaving town. 453 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:23,040 We're making mistakes. 454 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:24,040 A perfect news Execution. 455 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:25,040 Who are you talking to? 456 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:26,040 Fox. 457 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:27,040 That's not a reference letter. 458 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:28,060 That was a child name. 459 00:17:28,060 --> 00:17:29,080 It's not a letter. 460 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:30,080 OK. 461 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:31,080 Billy Graham. 462 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:32,080 It's not a letter. 463 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:33,080 It's just it's... 464 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:34,080 Well. 465 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:35,120 Er, it's... 466 00:17:35,120 --> 00:17:36,120 Well, let's go. 467 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:37,120 Are you hearing? 468 00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:38,120 Bill's still not Jewish. 469 00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:39,120 Well, get with us, Mr. Terry. 470 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:40,120 Oh, baby, I'm happy to be. 471 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:41,120 Good departed we are both in the Texas prison. 472 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:42,120 The jump took four years preaux prevented every chance at somehow getting back to his 473 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:43,120 bottom two. 474 00:17:43,120 --> 00:17:44,120 He never really lied. 475 00:17:44,120 --> 00:17:45,120 modal hunger. 476 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:41,040 Can't believe he could have 477 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:46,120 Now, how about we get to our book first. 478 00:17:46,120 --> 00:17:47,120 Is this the comic book that solving our calculation and changing the swill to trace, 479 00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:51,120 I've smoked regular sized Chesterfields for about seven years. 480 00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:55,120 Guess that ought to prove how I feel about Chesterfields taste and mildness. 481 00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:58,120 Peter says Chesterfields for me too. 482 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:04,120 Far as I'm concerned, King is the only size, and like Mary says, Chesterfield is the only cigarette. 483 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:09,120 Either way you like them. I bet you'll find Chesterfield is best for you. 484 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:13,120 Yes, smoke America's most popular two-way cigarette. 485 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:16,120 Regular and King-sized Chesterfield. 486 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:20,120 The best cigarette ever made. And best for you. 487 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:34,120 Five forty-two a.m. We called the business office and had arrangements made to check the reservation list on trains going east. 488 00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:40,120 We also set up stakeouts on the depots and on the airline terminals in the event the suspect changed his mind about taking the train. 489 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:43,120 Two officers came out and relieved us at the apartment. 490 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:48,120 The manager of the apartment was instructed to notify the officers on stakeout in the event he heard from Lawrence. 491 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:55,120 Six twelve a.m. Frank and I drove back downtown. We went to the business office and got out a local and an APB on the suspect. 492 00:18:55,120 --> 00:19:01,120 We checked out of the office to go home and change our clothes and at eight forty-six a.m. we met back in the squad room. 493 00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:06,120 You made it fast, huh Joe? Yeah, carton of coffee there if you want some. 494 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:09,120 No thanks. I got something to eat on the way in. Any word? 495 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:13,120 No, not yet. Lawrence still hasn't showed up at the apartment. There's nothing from the depot stakeouts. 496 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:17,120 Oh man, I'd sure like to get some sleep. I'm with you there. 497 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:20,120 You know, Faye sure is sore. What about last night? Yeah. 498 00:19:20,120 --> 00:19:24,120 Had it all planned. We were going to a movie tonight. Always plans it on my day off. 499 00:19:24,120 --> 00:19:28,120 You know, we have dinner and get out of the neighborhood. Kind of nice. She looks forward to it. 500 00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:32,120 What's that got to do with last night? Well, this is my day off, right? Yeah. 501 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:36,120 Yeah, that's what it says on the schedule. And I'm working, right? Yeah. 502 00:19:36,120 --> 00:19:39,120 Well, I worked all last night too, huh? Yeah. 503 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:42,120 Gonna be no movie tonight. I don't follow you. 504 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:48,120 Well, I'm gonna sleep. As soon as I get home, I'm gonna climb right into the shower, dry off, into bed. 505 00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:51,120 Gonna sleep the clock around. Yeah. That's why. 506 00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:56,120 We got to talk to Skipper this morning. Is he in yet? Yeah, he's down at Chief Brown's office. 507 00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:59,120 You fill him in? Yeah, a little bit. He goes along with us. 508 00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:02,120 Well, let's check R&I. I want to look at that arrest report on Lawrence, 509 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:05,120 see if any of his friends are listed. We might be able to get a lead on him. 510 00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:08,120 Better find out if he made that call he was supposed to have made when he was gone from work, huh? 511 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:10,120 Yeah. The way it looks, he's still in town. 512 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:12,120 Well, that doesn't do us a lot of good unless we know where. 513 00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:14,120 Well, we can go out and talk to the fellow that found the body. 514 00:20:14,120 --> 00:20:16,120 He might be able to come up with something. 515 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:19,120 Better put a stake out on the garage where Lawrence worked too. He might show up there. 516 00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:22,120 Right. I'll get Norton on the phone. Tell him to let us know if he hears anything. 517 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:24,120 All right. 518 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:29,120 You know, the whole thing looks pretty clean. 519 00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:32,120 All we got to do is put Lawrence at his wife's house this afternoon. We got it made. 520 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:35,120 There's only one trouble. We got to find him before we can put him there. 521 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:43,120 After putting in the call to the garage where the suspect was employed 522 00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:46,120 and arranging for a stakeout on the place, Frank and I checked the arrest record 523 00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:50,120 that had been made out four years previously and obtained a list of his friends and relatives. 524 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:54,120 We contacted each one of them, but they could give us no information on Lawrence. 525 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:58,120 That morning we met with Captain Lorman and we went over the evidence with him. 526 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:00,120 The fingerprints found at the scene of the murder had been eliminated 527 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:03,120 when they were compared with those of the neighbor, Earl Brooding. 528 00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:07,120 Other physical evidence netted us nothing. The murder weapon still had not been found. 529 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:10,120 The only piece of evidence that we had to attempt to identify the killer 530 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:13,120 was the plaster cast of the footprint found by the side of the house. 531 00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:17,120 However, Lee Jones said that it would be of little use other than to identify the size of the shoe. 532 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:20,120 It was a size 10 with a leather sole and a leather heel. 533 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:23,120 There were no distinguishing marks on the impression. 534 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:26,120 Two days went by and we still hadn't found Lawrence. 535 00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:28,120 We talked to the men he worked with, but none of them could supply us 536 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:31,120 with any information as to his possible whereabouts. 537 00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:34,120 We checked the bars he was known to frequent without results. 538 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:36,120 Apparently the suspect had disappeared without a trace. 539 00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:39,120 On Saturday, June 14, three days after the murder, 540 00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:42,120 Frank and I got back to the office after lunch. 541 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:44,120 You want to check the books? Yeah. 542 00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:49,120 Where can I find Joe Friday? I'm him. 543 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:51,120 I'm Barney Lawrence. Well, we've been looking for you. 544 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:53,120 I want you to get off my back. Leave me alone. 545 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:55,120 You mind telling us where you've been for the past three days? 546 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:56,120 It's none of your business. 547 00:21:56,120 --> 00:21:58,120 The only reason I'm here now is I want to tell you to stop going around 548 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:00,120 asking a lot of questions, causing me embarrassment. 549 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:02,120 What do you mean by that? You know what I mean. 550 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:05,120 I don't mind telling you I'm pretty sore about the things you said behind my back. 551 00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:07,120 You probably didn't think I'd find out about them, 552 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:08,120 but I did and I'm telling you to stop. 553 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:10,120 You ought to take it easy, Lawrence. 554 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:12,120 You keep your nose out of this, cop. I'm talking to him. 555 00:22:12,120 --> 00:22:14,120 I got a few things for you too before I leave. 556 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:15,120 Yeah? I don't think you're going to leave. 557 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:16,120 What's that supposed to mean? 558 00:22:16,120 --> 00:22:18,120 Just what it sounded like. You're under arrest. 559 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:19,120 For what? Suspicion of murder. 560 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:21,120 You figured I killed Ethel? You look good for it. 561 00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:23,120 Then you better get a pair of glasses, cop. 562 00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:26,120 I'm walking out of here and if you're smart, you won't try to stop me. 563 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:27,120 I wouldn't try it, Lawrence. 564 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:29,120 Lawrence? Now hold it. 565 00:22:29,120 --> 00:22:31,120 If you haven't done anything wrong, you've got nothing to worry about. 566 00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:32,120 Now come on back here. 567 00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:33,120 You know something? 568 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:34,120 What's that? 569 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:35,120 I've always wanted to hit a cop. 570 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:39,120 Come on, Lawrence. On your feet. 571 00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:41,120 Keep your hands off me, cop. Just keep your hands off me. 572 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:42,120 All right, now sit down. 573 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:44,120 Right here. Sit down. 574 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:46,120 Go ahead. 575 00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:48,120 We're investigating a murder. Someone beat your wife to death. 576 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:49,120 We're trying to find out who did it. 577 00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:50,120 Well, it wasn't me. 578 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:53,120 You've got a funny way of showing it. 579 00:22:58,120 --> 00:23:01,120 The suspect was booked in at the main jail on suspicion of murder. 580 00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:05,120 Lawrence put in a call to his lawyer and arrangements were made to have him released on bond. 581 00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:08,120 Frank and I attempted to interrogate him before he was booked, 582 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:11,120 but he refused to answer any questions we put to him. 583 00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:13,120 The following morning, we met with he and his lawyer. 584 00:23:13,120 --> 00:23:16,120 Again, we ran into the same stubborn silence. 585 00:23:16,120 --> 00:23:20,120 At 1130 a.m., we met with Captain Lorman and Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 586 00:23:20,120 --> 00:23:22,120 We laid out the evidence we had. 587 00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:24,120 From all appearances, we had the guilty man in custody, 588 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:27,120 but it might be difficult to prove in a court of law. 589 00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:32,120 The one thing we'd been unable to establish was Lawrence's presence in the house at the time of the murder. 590 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:34,120 It was decided that without being able to prove this, 591 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:38,120 we would have little chance of getting a complaint from the district attorney's office. 592 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:40,120 Frank and I started re-questioning the neighbors. 593 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:42,120 None of them could tell us any more than they already had. 594 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:45,120 We re-questioned the man who had found the body, Earl Brutig. 595 00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:50,120 He came up with the additional information that there had been a crew of carpenters working on a house the day of the killing. 596 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:52,120 The building was located next door to him, 597 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:55,120 directly across the street from the place where the murder had been committed. 598 00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:58,120 We questioned the carpenters. None of them could tell us anything. 599 00:23:58,120 --> 00:24:02,120 However, there was one man who had been working on the construction that we were unable to reach. 600 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:04,120 It took us several days before we were able to find him. 601 00:24:04,120 --> 00:24:09,120 On Wednesday, June 18th, we got to his house at 730 a.m. just before he left for work. 602 00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:12,120 He asked us to talk to him in the kitchen of his home. 603 00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:14,120 I was just having breakfast. Fix you guys something to eat? 604 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:17,120 No, thanks, Mr. Hewitt. We don't want to take up much of your time here. 605 00:24:17,120 --> 00:24:19,120 Oh, don't worry about that. What's this about, anyway? 606 00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:24,120 Well, we understand that you were working on a job on Green Oak Drive on the 10th of June. Is that right? 607 00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:28,120 Let me think. Yeah, yeah, 9700 block. Yeah, I was there. Why? 608 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:30,120 You worked there all day, did you? 609 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:35,120 That's right. Left the place around, uh, 530. 610 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:37,120 Say this about that woman that was murdered? Yes, sir. 611 00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:40,120 You got the fellow did it? Well, we think we know where he is. 612 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:43,120 You guys like a cup of coffee? Yeah, fine. We'll join you. 613 00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:45,120 Yeah, thanks. 614 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:53,120 Did either of you use sugar? No, no, thanks. No, thanks, sir. 615 00:24:53,120 --> 00:24:56,120 Don't see how you can drink coffee without it. 616 00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:58,120 I always use two spoons myself. 617 00:25:06,120 --> 00:25:08,120 That's good. 618 00:25:08,120 --> 00:25:10,120 Well, say, if you know who did the killing, how come he isn't in jail? 619 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:13,120 We need a little more evidence before we can take him to court. 620 00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:15,120 That's why you're talking to me, huh? That's right. 621 00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:18,120 A couple things you might be able to straighten us out on. 622 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:21,120 Why me? Well, we've talked to the other men in the crew. 623 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:24,120 Seems like you're the only one left. 624 00:25:24,120 --> 00:25:28,120 Comes right back to me, huh? That's right. 625 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:30,120 Yeah. 626 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:38,120 What's the matter, Hewitt? Gotta sit down. 627 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:42,120 Edmund! What's wrong, Hewitt? What's the matter? You sick? 628 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:47,120 Poison. Poison and the sugar. 629 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:50,120 I've been expecting it. Frank, get an ambulance. Quick. 630 00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:52,120 What kind of poison, Hewitt? What kind? 631 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:55,120 There's nothing you can do now. 632 00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:58,120 I know this is wrong, taking poison. 633 00:25:58,120 --> 00:26:01,120 I killed the old lady. 634 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:06,120 I killed her. 635 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:11,120 Ambulance on the way, Joe. 636 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:14,120 No hurry. He's dead. 637 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:23,120 The story you have just heard is true. 638 00:26:23,120 --> 00:26:26,120 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 639 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:29,120 On June 23rd, an inquest was held in offices of the coroner 640 00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,120 in and for the county of Los Angeles. 641 00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:33,120 In a moment, the results of that inquest. 642 00:26:33,120 --> 00:26:35,120 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 643 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:38,120 Thank you. Earlier, George Feneman told you exactly why 644 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:41,120 the Chesterfield you smoked today is the best cigarette ever made. 645 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:44,120 And best for you. 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Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 658 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:33,120 The Chief of Police, Jack Webb, was arrested on the day of the incident. 659 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:36,120 He was arrested on the day of the incident. 660 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:41,120 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 661 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:46,120 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 662 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:50,120 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Vic Rodman, Jack Crouchon. 663 00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:57,120 Script by John Robinson. Music by Walter Schuman. 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