1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,760 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,640 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:19,160 Dragnet is brought to you by Chesterfield, made by Liggett and Myers. 4 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:32,840 First major tobacco company to bring you a complete line of quality cigarettes. 5 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:34,360 You're a detective sergeant. 6 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,320 You're assigned to robbery detail. 7 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,840 A supermarket in your city has been robbed. 8 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:40,680 The thief wore a disguise. 9 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,080 You don't know who he is or what he looks like. 10 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:48,920 Your job, find him. 11 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,440 Today, friends, you hear these three words everywhere. 12 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:54,760 Chesterfield's for me. 13 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:59,920 The Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made. 14 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:05,880 Best for you because Chesterfield gives you proof of highest quality, low nicotine. 15 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,400 The taste you want, the mildness you want. 16 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:15,340 Chesterfield is best for you because it's tested and approved by 30 years of scientific 17 00:01:15,340 --> 00:01:17,160 tobacco research. 18 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:23,360 Chesterfield is best for you because it has an established good record with smokers, proven 19 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,360 by test after test. 20 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:32,040 Yes, friends, the Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made for the taste 21 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,880 you want, the mildness you want. 22 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:38,520 Join the thousands now changing to Chesterfield. 23 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:47,760 Always say Chesterfield's for me. 24 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,920 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 25 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:55,880 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 26 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:00,520 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 27 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,200 police violence. 28 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:07,440 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 29 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:12,440 in action. 30 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:13,440 Was Wednesday, August 13th. 31 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:14,440 It was warm in Los Angeles. 32 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:16,440 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 33 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,440 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss of Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 34 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:20,440 My name is Friday. 35 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:26,440 I was on my way into the office and it was 7 58 a.m. when I got to room 27A, robbery. 36 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:27,440 Morning Frank. 37 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:28,440 You been in long? 38 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:29,440 About 10 minutes. 39 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,440 It's gonna be a hot one today, isn't it? 40 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,440 Yeah, that's what the paper says. 41 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,440 Anything in the book? 42 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:36,440 No. 43 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:37,440 How about those mugs? 44 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:38,440 They come in from Barrington? 45 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:39,440 Yeah, I put them in your box. 46 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:40,440 Thank you. 47 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,440 Should we take a look at them? 48 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:45,440 Hey, Frank. 49 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:46,440 What? 50 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,440 I said did you see the mugs? 51 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:49,440 Oh, no. 52 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:50,440 All right. 53 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,440 What's the matter? 54 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:54,440 Faye, what happened? 55 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:55,440 Joe, you know me. 56 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,440 You know how I feel about Faye. 57 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,440 So you gotta know I didn't mean anything by it. 58 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:01,440 You didn't mean anything? 59 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:02,440 Certainly not. 60 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:03,440 It's the farthest thing from my mind. 61 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:04,440 What was? 62 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:05,440 What she thought I meant. 63 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,440 You know, Joe, sometimes I think Faye just don't understand me. 64 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,440 Well, I don't understand you either on this one. 65 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:11,440 Oh, that's right. 66 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:12,440 You weren't there. 67 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:13,440 No. 68 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:14,440 I sort of got to thinking to myself you were. 69 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,440 You know how a guy does. 70 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,440 I got to thinking to myself and I got a problem. 71 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,440 You're trying to think your old buddy knows all about it. 72 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:21,440 Yeah. 73 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:22,440 So I got to fill you in. 74 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:23,440 I'll tell you all about it. 75 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:24,440 Right now? 76 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:25,440 Yeah. 77 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:26,440 You see, after dinner last night, 78 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,440 we had those Swedish meatballs that Faye makes so good. 79 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:29,440 The what? 80 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:30,440 Meatballs, Swedish ones. 81 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:31,440 Oh, yeah, I know. 82 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:32,440 I had those out there. 83 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:33,440 Yeah, one that are very good. 84 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:34,440 Excellent. 85 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,440 Well, after dinner last night, we went into the living room, 86 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,440 sat down to watch the television. 87 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,440 I switched on the set and I kind of arranged the pillows 88 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:42,440 and settled back. 89 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,440 A couple of minutes later, Faye comes in with a box. 90 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,440 One of those big flat ones like dresses come in. 91 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,440 She bought a new dress. 92 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,440 Joe, that's why she fixed the meatballs. 93 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:54,440 I don't know how this is going to end, 94 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:56,440 but up to here I must be on Faye's side, I guess. 95 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:57,440 You are? 96 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,440 Well, I don't understand any of it. 97 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:01,440 Oh, well, I'll straighten that out. 98 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,440 You see, whenever she wants me to go along with something, 99 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:04,440 she's already done. 100 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,440 She always makes Swedish meatballs. 101 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,440 Well, I can figure that part out. 102 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:09,440 What was in the box? 103 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:10,440 A dress, Joe. 104 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:11,440 She bought a dress. 105 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:12,440 Oh, it was a dress? 106 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:13,440 Yeah. 107 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:15,440 She opened up the box, she shows it to me. 108 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,440 Told me how she bought it on sale. 109 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:18,440 Mm-hmm. 110 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:19,440 You ever notice how every time a woman buys a dress, 111 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,440 it's always on sale? 112 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,440 No, I can't say as I ever have. 113 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,440 Well, believe me, buddy, it always is. 114 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:26,440 On sale? 115 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:27,440 On sale. 116 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:29,440 I don't want you to go through the whole day 117 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:30,440 with this on your mind, 118 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:31,440 but if you don't get to the point, 119 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:33,440 there'll be time for us to sign out. 120 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:34,440 Oh. 121 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:35,440 Well, I didn't mean anything by it. 122 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:36,440 Nothing. 123 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:37,440 She held the dress up for me to see, 124 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,440 and all I did, I just said, what size is it? 125 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,440 You know how you do. 126 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,440 Wanna look at these mugshots now? 127 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:45,440 No, wait a minute, I wanna finish. 128 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,440 Ask me what I was mad about. 129 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:48,440 I wanted to tell you. 130 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,440 I asked her what size the dress was. 131 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,440 She told me it was a 12, a 12. 132 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:53,440 A 12. 133 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:54,440 Yeah. 134 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,440 So I just kinda casually mentioned 135 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,440 that when we got married, she wore a nine. 136 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,440 That's all I said, that she wore a nine. 137 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,440 Wanna look at the mugshots now? 138 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:03,440 No, wait a minute. 139 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:05,440 Will you help me with this thing? 140 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:06,440 It's the use of being partners. 141 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:07,440 If you can't help a little, 142 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:08,440 we'll look at the mugshots. 143 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,440 When we were married, she wore a nine. 144 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:12,440 And she just flipped her wig, Joe. 145 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,440 She got real mad, walked out of the room. 146 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,440 Right out of the room. 147 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:17,440 Yeah. 148 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,440 I guess she thought I meant she was getting fat. 149 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:21,440 Yeah, yes she did. 150 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:22,440 Boy, she was mad. 151 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:23,440 Mm-hmm. 152 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,440 Hot shot, I'll get it. 153 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,440 Let's go, corner of Grandview and Union. 154 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:28,440 Yeah. 155 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:29,440 Hold up. 156 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:31,440 For the time we got to the supermarket, 157 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,440 a broadcast carrying the description of the suspect 158 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:35,440 had been gotten out to all cars in the city. 159 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,440 A small crowd of people had gathered in front of the store, 160 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:38,440 and the officers from the radio unit 161 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,440 were attempting to keep them back from the entrance. 162 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,440 An ambulance had been called, and when we got there, 163 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,440 the attendants were giving emergency treatment 164 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,440 to the day manager of the store. 165 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:47,440 He'd been struck on the left side of the head 166 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,440 just above the ear by the suspect when he was about to die. 167 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:51,440 The day manager was there, 168 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,440 and he was hit in the head. 169 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,440 We decided to head just above the ear by the suspect 170 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,440 when he'd made his getaway. 171 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:58,440 The attendant told us that the man was suffering 172 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:00,440 from a mild concussion. 173 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:01,440 Frank and I entered the store 174 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,440 and talked to one of the policemen who was there. 175 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,440 He led us back to a small office in the rear of the place 176 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,440 where we met the other two victims. 177 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,440 One was the cashier of the store, Irma Watson. 178 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:10,440 The other was the man who had the meat concession 179 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,440 in the store, Tom Spence. 180 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:13,440 We asked him to tell us what happened. 181 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,440 First thing I saw of him was when he parked his car 182 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:16,440 out in the lot. 183 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,440 The guy was standing right beside the door. 184 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:20,440 That's right, just standing there calm as could be. 185 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:22,440 I saw him when I opened up the place. 186 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:23,440 You want to go ahead? 187 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,440 Well, I unlocked the door and we all came in. 188 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:27,440 The man did too, just walked right in. 189 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:29,440 We don't normally let people come in for eight, hardly ever. 190 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:30,440 But since Gerald was there, 191 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,440 we figured he could take care of the man. 192 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:33,440 What do you mean Gerald's the man in the ambulance? 193 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:34,440 Yeah, that's right. 194 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,440 Hold up, fella, give him an awful clout on the head. 195 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:37,440 Give him concussion. 196 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,440 Concussion to the head. 197 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:40,440 Tell you something about that too. 198 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:41,440 What's that, Miss Watson? 199 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:43,440 I don't really think Gerald's hit that hard. 200 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,440 I think he's just putting on to get sympathy. 201 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:46,440 Now, Irma, that ain't right. 202 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,440 Not good to say things like that. 203 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:50,440 Maybe not, but I tell you, you remember, 204 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,440 remember the time he cut his finger when he was moving 205 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,440 the cases of empty soda pop bottles? 206 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:55,440 Yeah. 207 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,440 Well, you were there, had to rush him to the hospital, 208 00:06:57,440 --> 00:06:58,440 have his hands sewn up. 209 00:06:58,440 --> 00:06:59,440 A lot of foolishness, 210 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:01,440 piece of adhesive would have taken care of it. 211 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:02,440 Sympathy, that's what he wants. 212 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,440 Can we go on with what we were talking about? 213 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,440 What happened after he came in the store, please? 214 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,440 Well, I went upstairs and I turned on the lights. 215 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,440 Have to turn them on from up there, officers up there. 216 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:12,440 That's where I work. 217 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,440 Turn on the lights, then come down to open the safe. 218 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,440 Is that your job to open the safe in the morning? 219 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:18,440 Yeah. 220 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:19,440 And she's cashier. 221 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:20,440 Well, what happened then? 222 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,440 Well, Gerald was going on back to open the delivery door. 223 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,440 I was over in the meat section, kind of straightening up. 224 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,440 Where was the holdup man during this time? 225 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,440 Just kind of strolling around, 226 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,440 looking at the different displays up and down the aisles, 227 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:32,440 just looking. 228 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:34,440 Gerald opened up the back door and come back. 229 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:36,440 Asked the fella if there was something special he was looking for. 230 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:37,440 Well. 231 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,440 Guy said he wanted to know where the fillet of Ann Chobie's was. 232 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:41,440 Gerald told him. 233 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:43,440 The fella went back to get something. 234 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,440 That's what Gerald thought, but we know different now. 235 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:46,440 Yeah, a lot different. 236 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:48,440 All right, would you go on, please? 237 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,440 Well, I was upstairs counting the receipts from yesterday, 238 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:51,440 getting the bank statement ready. 239 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:52,440 Irma's a cashier. 240 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:53,440 Yeah. 241 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:54,440 Yeah, we know that. 242 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:55,440 Would you go on, please? 243 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:57,440 Well, first thing, I know the man standing right behind me, 244 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,440 holding this gun, pointed right at me. 245 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:01,440 You can just bet he like to scare me out of my wits. 246 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:02,440 Must have been terrible, Irma. 247 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:03,440 It was. 248 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,440 I just turned around and there he was with this gun, 249 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:06,440 just about scared me to death. 250 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,440 That's when he asked you for the money, did he? 251 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:09,440 He didn't ask. 252 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:10,440 He just told me to put it in a wooden box he had. 253 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:11,440 Just put it in the box. 254 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:12,440 What did he say? 255 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:13,440 What were his exact words? 256 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,440 Well, he just kind of walked over and said, 257 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,440 put the money in the box and don't cause no trouble. 258 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:19,440 This is a stick-up. 259 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:20,440 Like that, he said it. 260 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:21,440 Irma did just what he said. 261 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:23,440 Yes, sir, I gave him the money, dumped it all in the box, 262 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:24,440 just like he said. 263 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,440 Then he told me to lay down on the floor. 264 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,440 Just told me to lay down and not to make any noise 265 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:29,440 or he would come back and kill me. 266 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:30,440 I think he'd have done it too. 267 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:31,440 I think he would have, Irma. 268 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,440 That's why I did what he said, flatten the floor. 269 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,440 Did he have the box when he came in? 270 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:36,440 Yeah, I had it under his arm. 271 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,440 I was down behind the meat counter 272 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:39,440 and all of a sudden I heard this scream. 273 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:40,440 That was me. 274 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:41,440 Yes, ma'am. 275 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,440 I let out a yell and Tom here heard it. 276 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:45,440 So Gerald, we kind of looked at each other 277 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:46,440 and then I grabbed the meat cleaver 278 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,440 and started up the stairs. 279 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:49,440 I didn't know what was wrong, 280 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:51,440 but I did know Irma was in trouble. 281 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:52,440 I appreciate that, Tom. 282 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,440 I knew you were in trouble and I came a-running. 283 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,440 Got the stairs, come up the office, 284 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:57,440 and then I saw him. 285 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:58,440 He was just coming down. 286 00:08:58,440 --> 00:08:59,440 He still had the gun, did he? 287 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:00,440 Yeah, had the gun in the box. 288 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,440 I didn't know what was in it at that time, 289 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:03,440 but I had an idea. 290 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,440 I just hefted the cleaver and started up the stairs. 291 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:07,440 He stopped when he saw me. 292 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:08,440 Stopped right in his tracks. 293 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:09,440 Tom's awful brave. 294 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:10,440 Yes, ma'am. 295 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:11,440 So he told me to get out of his way 296 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:12,440 or else he'd kill me. 297 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:13,440 The way he was pointing that gun around 298 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:14,440 kind of believed him. 299 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:15,440 So I backed down the stairs 300 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:16,440 and him right behind me. 301 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,440 All the time he had that gun pointed at me. 302 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,440 Where was the manager all this time? 303 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:21,440 You mean Gerald? 304 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:22,440 Mm-hmm. 305 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:23,440 I don't know. 306 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:24,440 I was upstairs. 307 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:25,440 No, I saw him. 308 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:26,440 He was down to the cash register in front. 309 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:27,440 He saw this guy coming down the stairs 310 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,440 and he ran for the phone to call the police. 311 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,440 A fellow saw him and he took off after Gerald. 312 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:32,440 I thought he was going to shoot him, 313 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:33,440 but he didn't. 314 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:34,440 Just hit him. 315 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,440 Give him a concussion of the head. 316 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:37,440 He's after sympathy, that's all. 317 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:38,440 Oh, now, Irma, you're wrong. 318 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:39,440 I've seen it. 319 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:40,440 He gave Gerald an offer. 320 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,440 Right along here. 321 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:43,440 Real hard. 322 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:44,440 Now, which way did the man go 323 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,440 after he left the store, please? 324 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:48,440 He ran down that way, down Union. 325 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:49,440 Uh-huh. 326 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:50,440 Will you describe the man for us? 327 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:51,440 Well, he was about the funniest 328 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:52,440 looking fellow I ever saw. 329 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:53,440 He was about the funniest 330 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:54,440 looking fellow I ever saw. 331 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:55,440 It'd be a little better 332 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:56,440 if you told us one at a time. 333 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:57,440 I guess you'd never get it that way. 334 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:58,440 It'd be a little difficult, sir, yeah. 335 00:09:58,440 --> 00:09:59,440 You go ahead, Irma. 336 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:00,440 Well, I told the other policeman 337 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:01,440 he was about the funniest 338 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:02,440 looking little man I ever saw. 339 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:03,440 Real little. 340 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:04,440 Oh, not really. 341 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:05,440 I think he just kind of hunched over. 342 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:06,440 Well, he looked little. 343 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:07,440 But how tall was he? 344 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:08,440 Oh, about five foot eight. 345 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:10,440 Maybe nine. 346 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:11,440 Guess that's about right. 347 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:12,440 Tell him about the way he was dressed. 348 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:13,440 Oh, yeah. 349 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:14,440 He had on this black overcoat 350 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:15,440 and a hat. 351 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,440 All pulled down over his eyes. 352 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:17,440 The hat, I mean. 353 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:18,440 What color was his hair, 354 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:19,440 do you remember? 355 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:20,440 Well, what I could see 356 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:21,440 was it was kind of blonde. 357 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:22,440 Light colored. 358 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:23,440 Yeah, that's right. 359 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:24,440 And he had a mustache. 360 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:25,440 Yeah, real big. 361 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:26,440 Looked like the old fashioned kind. 362 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,440 Like the people who were when I was a kid. 363 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,440 You know, handlebar, black. 364 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:31,440 Real black. 365 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:32,440 When he left the store, 366 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:33,440 did you notice if he got into a car? 367 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:34,440 Yeah, he did. 368 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:35,440 I saw him run down the street 369 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:36,440 and jump in one of the cars. 370 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,440 Dark color. 371 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:39,440 I'm not sure what kind it was. 372 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:41,440 I think it might have been a Hudson. 373 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:42,440 Lake model. 374 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:43,440 I saw that. 375 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:44,440 I was looking out the side window upstairs 376 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:45,440 and I saw the same thing. 377 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,440 Did you tell the other officers about it? 378 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:48,440 I didn't. 379 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:49,440 Neither did I. 380 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,440 I guess we better get out of broadcast, aren't we? 381 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:52,440 Did you happen to get the license number of the car? 382 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:54,440 Yeah, that's where I went to work. 383 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,440 Got it written down right here on my apron. 384 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:57,440 See? 385 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:58,440 Numbers ain't too plain, 386 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,440 but you can make them out. 387 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:01,440 I don't know, sir. 388 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:02,440 I can't. 389 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:03,440 You'll have to help me there. 390 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:04,440 I got it too. 391 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:05,440 Right here. 392 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:07,440 I saw him get in the car and I wrote it down. 393 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:08,440 Uh-huh. 394 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:09,440 Thank you. 395 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:10,440 Having the number of the car 396 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,440 is going to make it easier to catch a fella, ain't it? 397 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:13,440 We should make it a snap 398 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,440 to find out who owns the car and that's the man. 399 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,440 Well, it's not going to be that easy, I'm afraid. 400 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:18,440 Why? 401 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,440 Both numbers are different. 402 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:25,440 A supplemental broadcast was gotten out 403 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:26,440 carrying both the license numbers 404 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:28,440 that the victims had gotten. 405 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:29,440 Frank put in a call to DMV 406 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:31,440 asking him to forward all information on the numbers. 407 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:32,440 The crime lab crew came out 408 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:33,440 and went over the place for finger prints 409 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:35,440 but they were not able to turn up anything that we could use. 410 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,440 We continued to question the butcher and the cashier. 411 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:40,440 We got a complete description of the thief. 412 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,440 The one outstanding thing that both of them agreed on 413 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:43,440 was the mustache. 414 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,440 Both said that it was a direct contrast 415 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,440 to the color of the man's hair 416 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:48,440 and said that it might have been darkened 417 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,440 with shoe polish or some kind of grease. 418 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:51,440 People in the vicinity were questioned, 419 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:52,440 but none of them were able to supply us 420 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,440 with any new information. 421 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:55,440 The injured manager was removed 422 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,440 to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital 423 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:58,440 for emergency treatment 424 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,440 and then referred to his own doctor. 425 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:01,440 Frank and I talked to the police 426 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,440 but he only verified the story that we'd gotten 427 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,440 from the other two people in the store. 428 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:07,440 12.45 PM, we returned to the city hall 429 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:08,440 and asked the stats office 430 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,440 to start a run on the MO for us. 431 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,440 The victims were asked to go through the mug books 432 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:13,440 but they were not able to identify 433 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,440 any of the photographs. 434 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:16,440 Frank and I spent the rest of the day 435 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:17,440 talking to the other storekeepers 436 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,440 in the vicinity of the robbery. 437 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:20,440 We asked each of them 438 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,440 if they'd seen anyone loitering in the area, 439 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:23,440 anyone who looked suspicious. 440 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:25,440 From each of them, we got the same answer. 441 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:26,440 None of them could help us 442 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,440 in establishing the identity of the suspect. 443 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,440 The kickback on the lights was a big shock 444 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:31,440 The kickback on the license number 445 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:32,440 came in from Sacramento 446 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:33,440 but when we checked out the information 447 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:36,440 we were no closer to apprehending the thief. 448 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:38,440 The next morning, Thursday, August 14th, 449 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,440 Frank and I met in the squad room. 450 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:41,440 Hi, Joe. 451 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:42,440 Morning. 452 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:43,440 How's my old buddy this morning? 453 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:44,440 I'm all right. 454 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:45,440 You sound happy. 455 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:46,440 The problem with Fay straight now? 456 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:47,440 Oh, yeah, sure. 457 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:48,440 I got home last night. 458 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:49,440 Everything's great. 459 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:50,440 That right. 460 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:51,440 Hey, we started last night. 461 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:52,440 What's that? 462 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:54,440 Fay and me, we're going on a diet. 463 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:55,440 Both gonna lose a little weight. 464 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:56,440 Oh, that's nice. 465 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,440 Yeah, lose a little weight. 466 00:12:58,440 --> 00:12:59,440 Anything new in the market, Holder? 467 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,440 No, the stats office should finish the run for us this morning 468 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,440 when you start checking out the possibles. 469 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:05,440 It's a good thing I wore my walking shoes. 470 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:06,440 I get it. 471 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:09,440 Robbery Friday. 472 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:10,440 Yeah. 473 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:12,440 No, that's right. 474 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:13,440 No, that's right. 475 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:14,440 We'd like to hear it. 476 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:16,440 Yeah, sure. 477 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:19,440 All right, we'll be out and see you. 478 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:20,440 No, right away. 479 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:21,440 All right, thank you very much. 480 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:22,440 Bye. 481 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:23,440 What do you got? 482 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,440 Cashier out at the market, that Irma Watson. 483 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:26,440 Yeah. 484 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:27,440 Might have something for us. 485 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:28,440 What's that? 486 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:29,440 Who knows who the suspect is. 487 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:34,440 Frank and I drove out to the market. 488 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,440 We went upstairs to the office in the rear of the store 489 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:37,440 and met Irma Watson. 490 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:39,440 She was seated at a desk with a large ledger book 491 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:40,440 opened in front of her. 492 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:42,440 I got to thinking it over last night after I got home 493 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:43,440 about the holdup man. 494 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:44,440 Yes, ma'am. 495 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:46,440 There was something about him, the way he acted 496 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:48,440 and talked made me think I knew who he was, 497 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:49,440 that I'd seen him someplace before. 498 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:50,440 Uh-huh. 499 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,440 I laid awake most of the night just thinking about it 500 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,440 and then all of a sudden it came to me, 501 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:55,440 right out of the air it came to me. 502 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:57,440 Yes, ma'am. 503 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:58,440 Go ahead. 504 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,440 Well, I knew where it was that I thought I knew him from. 505 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:01,440 Where, ma'am? 506 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:02,440 Right here in the store. 507 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:03,440 You mean he's a customer? 508 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,440 No, he works for us right here in the store. 509 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:06,440 That's where I've seen him. 510 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,440 That mustache kind of fooled me for a minute, 511 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:09,440 but not for long. 512 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:10,440 I remembered. 513 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:11,440 What's the man's name? 514 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:12,440 I didn't remember that. 515 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:13,440 I won't look this way. 516 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,440 Not last night, but I came down here this morning 517 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:17,440 and started through the books and came upon it. 518 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:18,440 Got it right here. 519 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:19,440 Take a look for yourself. 520 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:22,440 See? 521 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:23,440 Right there. 522 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:24,440 That's Jed Ellsworth? 523 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:25,440 That's him, I'm sure of it. 524 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:26,440 Does Ellsworth work here now? 525 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:27,440 Well, yes and no. 526 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:28,440 Ma'am? 527 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:29,440 Well, he does and he doesn't. 528 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:31,440 He's still got the job, but he ain't working right now. 529 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:32,440 Got a leave of absence. 530 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:33,440 He's got ulcers. 531 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:35,440 Said he wanted to get them taken care of. 532 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,440 Said he had to go out of town and see a specialist. 533 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:38,440 Get his ulcers fixed. 534 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:39,440 I see. 535 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:40,440 When did he leave? 536 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:41,440 Last week. 537 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:42,440 See, I got it right here. 538 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,440 Last day he worked was Wednesday, August 6th. 539 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:45,440 That was the last day. 540 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:46,440 Do you have his home address? 541 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:47,440 You just bet. 542 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:48,440 Got it right here. 543 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,440 Wrote all the information out for you. 544 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:51,440 Thank you very much. 545 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,440 It's him, I'm sure of it. 546 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:55,440 All right, Miss Watson, we'll check it out. 547 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:57,440 Only thing I can't figure out is that mustache. 548 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:58,440 What's that? 549 00:14:58,440 --> 00:14:59,440 The mustache. 550 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,440 I can't figure out how he could have grown it so fast. 551 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:03,440 Takes longer than a week to get a mustache like that, doesn't it? 552 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:04,440 Well, it depends, doesn't it? 553 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:05,440 On what? 554 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:06,440 Where you buy it. 555 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,440 Frank and I returned to the office to run the name Jet Ellsworth through the record bureau. 556 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,440 While Frank went through the packages checking the description we'd gotten of the suspect, 557 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,440 I went down to the stats office and picked up the list of possibles that they had for us. 558 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:16,440 10.26 a.m. 559 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,440 I met Frank back at the R&I counter. 560 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:19,440 Hi, how's it going? 561 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:20,440 Good. 562 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:21,440 How's it going? 563 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:22,440 Good. 564 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,440 I met Frank back at the R&I counter. 565 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:26,440 Hi, how's it going? 566 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:27,440 Looks like we got a live one. 567 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,440 Got a Jet Ellsworth here pretty close to the description. 568 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,440 Record in the East, St. Louis. 569 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:34,440 Done big time back there, nothing locally, though. 570 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:35,440 What'd he fall for? 571 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:36,440 Armed robbery. 572 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:49,440 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 573 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:51,440 Meet the Tom Harmons. 574 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,440 You know Tom as Michigan's All-American football star. 575 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:56,440 Now a top sports announcer. 576 00:15:56,440 --> 00:16:00,440 Mrs. Harmon is the motion picture and television star Elise Knox. 577 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,440 They're typical of people everywhere who are saying, 578 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,440 Chesterfield's for me. 579 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:07,440 I like regular sized Chesterfields. 580 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,440 Half for years. 581 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,440 They're best for me, at least I think so. 582 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,440 Because of that Chesterfield quality. 583 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,440 That's the way I feel about them, too. 584 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,440 I've always smoked Chesterfields. 585 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:20,440 Now I go for the king size. 586 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,440 Guess I like a longer smoke. 587 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,440 So whether you smoke regular sized like Elise Knox, 588 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:28,440 or king sized like Tom Harmon, 589 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:32,440 enjoy America's most popular two-way cigarette. 590 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,440 Chesterfield's for me. 591 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,440 You hear it everywhere. 592 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:41,440 The Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made. 593 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,440 For the taste you want, the mildness you want, 594 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:50,440 join the thousands now changing to Chesterfield. 595 00:16:50,440 --> 00:17:03,440 We sent an immediate request to the authorities in St. Louis asking that they forward all available information on their suspect, Jed Ellsworth. 596 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:08,440 1.15 p.m. Frank and I drove out to the address we'd been given by the cashier at the supermarket. 597 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,440 It was a one-story Redwood house in the Beverly Glen area. 598 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:14,440 We rang the front doorbell. 599 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:15,440 Yes? 600 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:16,440 Would you like to see Jed Ellsworth? 601 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:17,440 He's not here. 602 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,440 Well, do you know where we can reach him? 603 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:21,440 What's this about? He in trouble again? 604 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:22,440 Ma'am? 605 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:23,440 Jed in trouble again? 606 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:24,440 We'd like to talk to him, please. 607 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:25,440 You cops? 608 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:26,440 Or police officers. 609 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:27,440 Uh-huh. Figures. 610 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:28,440 What's he done this time? 611 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,440 It's just routine. We want to ask him a couple of questions. Where is he? 612 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:32,440 I don't know. 613 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:33,440 Well, he lives here, doesn't he? 614 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:34,440 Yeah, I don't know where he is. 615 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,440 Haven't seen him since day before yesterday. 616 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:38,440 He's packed up and left. I don't know where he went. 617 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,440 Well, didn't he give you any idea where he was going? 618 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:43,440 No. He went through my purse, took what money I had, and shoved off. 619 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:47,440 Don't much matter to me if I never see him again. I'd probably be better off. 620 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:49,440 I wonder if we could see his things. 621 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:50,440 You mean where he left? 622 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:51,440 Yes, ma'am. 623 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:54,440 Sure. Come on in. You're in his room. I'm about to throw him out. 624 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,440 I don't want him, and I don't think you'll be back for him this time. 625 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,440 Down the hall. This way. 626 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:01,440 Thank you, ma'am. 627 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:03,440 What are you after him for? 628 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,440 Well, it'd be a little better if we talked to him. 629 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,440 Sure. It don't matter to me. I'm through with him. 630 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,440 Nothing but trouble with cops since we've been married. 631 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,440 I didn't know he had a record when I met him. 632 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:16,440 It wasn't until after we got married I found out he was a jailbird. 633 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:20,440 Right after we got married, the cops started coming around asking questions. 634 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,440 How long have you been married? 635 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,440 Eighteen months. Met him back in St. Louis. 636 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,440 That's been right after he got out of jail. I didn't know what's in. 637 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,440 I wished I'd dead. Wouldn't have nothing to do with him. 638 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:31,440 Gave me nothing but trouble. 639 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:34,440 Would you know if he has any people in California? 640 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,440 What could I ever saw? He never talked about them. 641 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:38,440 Did he drive a car? 642 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:39,440 Jed? Yes, ma'am. 643 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:41,440 No, he didn't own one. 644 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:45,440 Whenever he needed one, he'd go to one of these rental agencies, rent one. 645 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,440 This is his room. Stuff's there on the bed. 646 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:49,440 Thank you. I'll check it. 647 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:52,440 I'm gonna throw it all out. Anything there you want, just take it with you. 648 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:53,440 I don't think that'll be necessary. 649 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,440 Well, the offer's still good. What you don't take, I'll throw out. 650 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,440 Your husband got any close friends at all in town? 651 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,440 Yeah. A couple other bums. 652 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,440 Can you give us their names? 653 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,440 Only one name I know, Larry Jessup. 654 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:08,440 Jed used to pal around all the time. I think his job at the store took up too much pal time. 655 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:09,440 That's the reason Jed quit. 656 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,440 I understand your husband had trouble with his stomach, don't I? 657 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:13,440 Yeah, ulcer. 658 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,440 Was he under the care of a doctor? 659 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,440 All the time taking pills and eating special things. 660 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:20,440 Got to the point where nothing I cooked was right for the ulcer. 661 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,440 We did nothing but fight all the time. 662 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,440 Miserable 18 months. I'm glad he's gone. 663 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,440 Never see him again. It'll be a week too soon. 664 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:28,440 Can you give us the doctor's name? 665 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,440 Yeah. It's on one of the bills there. 666 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,440 Got it in with the rest of them. 667 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,440 Reminds me. Can you answer me something? 668 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:35,440 What's that? 669 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:38,440 Am I responsible for his bills? The ones he ran over himself without my help? 670 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:39,440 I got to pay him? 671 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,440 Well, ma'am, that's not a police problem. You better check with a lawyer on that. 672 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:43,440 A lawyer? 673 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:44,440 Yes, ma'am. 674 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,440 More expense. Seems like all I do is put out money for him. 675 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,440 Boy, I'm glad he's gone. 676 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:50,440 Do you have a picture of him? 677 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:51,440 You mean like a snapshot? 678 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:52,440 Yes, ma'am. 679 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,440 No. Jed wouldn't let nobody take pictures of him. Said it was bad luck. 680 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:56,440 Mm-hmm. 681 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,440 He had a mustache, didn't he? 682 00:19:58,440 --> 00:19:59,440 That's a sign of it. 683 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:00,440 Mrs. Alzhor. 684 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:01,440 Yeah? 685 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:03,440 Do you know what's on these dictograph records? 686 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,440 Oh, those are mine. I'm a stenographer. Sometimes I do work at home. Those are mine. 687 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:07,440 Oh. 688 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:08,440 Just letters. 689 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:09,440 That's the one thing he ever did for me. 690 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:10,440 What's that? 691 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,440 Made that box for records. Real big thing. Took him all day to make it. 692 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,440 Just a plain, simple wooden box. 693 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:17,440 You'd have thought it was a Taj Mahal. The only thing he ever did for me. 694 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,440 I see. Your husband get many phone calls here? 695 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:24,440 No. Not until you notice. Larry'd call once in a while. I told you, they was real pally. 696 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:25,440 Yes, ma'am. 697 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,440 Do you ever hear any of the conversations by any chance? 698 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:28,440 Just on this end. 699 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,440 You know what they were talking about? 700 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:34,440 Not too good. They used to get real secret. You know, low voices. 701 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,440 They were planning something, though. I don't know what it was, but they were planning something. 702 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:39,440 This fellow, Jessup, he drive a car? 703 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:40,440 Yeah. 704 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:41,440 You know what kind? 705 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:42,440 Yeah. New Hudson. 706 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,440 We got the address of the suspect's friend and we drove back to the city hall. 707 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:57,440 We made arrangements for a stakeout to be placed on the house in addition to asking Mrs. Ellsworth to call us in the event that she heard from her husband. 708 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:03,440 We ran the name Lawrence Jessup through R&I and we came up with a criminal record for him that listed several arrests for burglary and auto theft. 709 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,440 According to his package, he'd never been convicted in California. 710 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:11,440 We sent a teletype up to George Brereton, C.I.I. in Sacramento, asking for further information on the man. 711 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:16,440 Four-fifty p.m. Frank and I left the office and drove out to the address given us by the suspect's wife. 712 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:20,440 It was a large boarding house in the Hollywood Hills area. We talked to the landlady. 713 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,440 She told us Jessup wasn't in, but that she expected him by six p.m. 714 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,440 We asked if she'd ever seen a man answering Jed Ellsworth's description. 715 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:29,440 She said that such a man was a frequent visitor in Jessup's room. 716 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,440 Five p.m. Frank and I and the company of the landlady checked the room. 717 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:36,440 We found nothing to tie Jessup in with the robbery. We waited for him. 718 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:40,440 Five-fifty-eight p.m. He came up the stairs and opened the door. 719 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:41,440 What are you guys doing here? 720 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,440 Police officers. It's Frank Smith. My name's Friday. 721 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,440 I still want to know what you're doing here. 722 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:47,440 Got a couple of questions we want to ask you, Jessup. 723 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:49,440 Go ahead. I got nothing to hide. Ask. 724 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:50,440 Where's Jed Ellsworth? 725 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,440 I don't know. I haven't seen him in a couple of days. Why? 726 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:54,440 I understand you two are pretty good friends. 727 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,440 We're friends. The guy's off his rocker. 728 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:57,440 How do you mean that? 729 00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,440 What I said. He only got out of the can a couple of years ago. 730 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,440 Right away he's doing his best to get back in. 731 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:02,440 Is that right? 732 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,440 Sure. A couple of days ago he called. Said he had to see me right away. 733 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,440 Had a big idea for both of us to make a lot of money. 734 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:08,440 Yeah? 735 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:10,440 Well, I don't want to have to work all my life, so I told him I'd listen. 736 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,440 He laid out this big deal where he could knock off a supermarket. 737 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,440 Told me he had it all planned, how it'd all work out real good. Couldn't miss. 738 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:17,440 Mm-hmm. 739 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,440 I told him I didn't want no part of it. I could sure use the dough, yeah, 740 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,440 but not take a chance on going to jail for it. 741 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,440 I already got a record. I had enough to do with cops to last me the rest of my life. 742 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:29,440 Been lucky the last couple of times. It didn't fall, but I don't want to press. 743 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,440 I'm punching a clock now, and that's where it's going to be. I told him that. 744 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,440 Did you say he was going to go ahead with the job? 745 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,440 No, I just said I was crazy not to pick up some easy money. 746 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,440 You heard from him since then? 747 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:40,440 Yeah, I saw him yesterday. He came over in the morning. 748 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,440 Told me to forget all about the market job. Said he realized it was wrong. 749 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:44,440 Asked me to drive him out to Pomona. 750 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:45,440 What for, did he say? 751 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,440 Yeah, he said he'd walked out on Hazel. That's his wife. 752 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:48,440 Yeah, we know. 753 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:51,440 Said he left her and was going to Pomona. Had a job out there. 754 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:52,440 You'd drive him? 755 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,440 Yeah, to a motel there. I can show it to you if you want. 756 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:55,440 Is he still there? 757 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,440 I don't know as far as I know he is. That's where I left him. 758 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:58,440 Sitting out there counting his money. 759 00:22:58,440 --> 00:22:59,440 What money? 760 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,440 He told me he drew all the dough out of his and Hazel's account. 761 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,440 Said she wasn't going to get any of it. Must have had about 4,000 bucks. 762 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,440 You know what bank he had the money in? 763 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,440 No, he didn't say. I didn't know him and Hazel had that much. 764 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:12,440 Of course, she works pretty hard. Thrifty, you know. 765 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,440 Jed always said she was stingy. A lot of money. 766 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,440 Yeah, they had it in this wooden box, all stacked in there real neat. Hard to believe. 767 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:19,440 What's that? 768 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,440 About the box. Jed's about the laziest guy I ever knew. 769 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,440 Last one to work with his hands. Sure proud of it though. 770 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,440 Said he made the box himself. 771 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,440 Larry, Jessup, Frank and I drove out to the motel in Pomona. 772 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,440 We checked with the manager but found that the suspect had checked out that morning. 773 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,440 Fortunately, the room had not been cleaned yet and we went over it. 774 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,440 On a shelf in a closet we found the wooden box that Jessup had spoken of. 775 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,440 It was a duplicate of the one that we'd seen at the suspect's home. 776 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:50,440 We told the manager we were taking it with us and asked her to notify us in the event Ellsworth returned. 777 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,440 We asked if he had a car when he left. 778 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,440 The manager told us he didn't but that he had asked for the name of some automobile rental agencies in Pomona. 779 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:00,440 Jessup and I went out to our car and waited for Frank to come back from the suspect's room. 780 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,440 Sure looks like he pulled a robbery, huh? 781 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,440 It seems to fit him real good, doesn't it? 782 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:08,440 Joe? Yeah? Look at this. Found it under the bed. 783 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,440 Phony black mustache. 784 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,440 We checked with the automobile rental agencies in the area. 785 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,440 None of them had seen a man answering the suspect's description. 786 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,440 We asked them to call us if such a man did come in. 787 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,440 We drove by Ellsworth's house and picked up the wooden box that he'd made for his wife's dictograph records. 788 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:25,440 Both of the containers were taken to the crime lab for comparison. 789 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,440 We drove to the market that had been held up. 790 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,440 All three of the victims were shown the false mustache that we'd found in the motel. 791 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,440 All three said it was identical with the one that the holdup man had worn. 792 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:38,440 After his investigation, Lee Jones said that the two wooden boxes were cut off from the motel. 793 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,440 Lee Jones said that the two wooden boxes were cut from the same piece of three-ply wood. 794 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,440 Paint particles on the wood matched. 795 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,440 The nails used were made by the same machine. 796 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,440 The box we found at the motel was shown to both the butcher and the cashier. 797 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,440 They said that it was the same one that the thief had carried. 798 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:58,440 A local and an APB were put out on the suspect asking him to be picked up for suspicion of robbery. 799 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:02,440 For the next three days, the surveillance on the suspect's house was maintained. 800 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,440 All of Mrs. Ellsworth's activities were observed. 801 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:10,440 On the 20th of August, 17, we got a call that the suspect's wife had left the house carrying a suitcase. 802 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:14,440 The officers on stakeout followed her to the subway terminal in downtown Los Angeles. 803 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:18,440 We met them there. Mrs. Ellsworth walked down to the landing and appeared to be waiting. 804 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,440 Frank and I took over the surveillance. 805 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:26,440 We waited. 9.30 p.m. 10. 10.15. 10.18 p.m. 806 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:27,440 Joe. 807 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:28,440 Yeah, I see him. 808 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:29,440 Looks like the description. 809 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,440 Yeah, he's going toward his wife. 810 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,440 All right, let's let him get together. 811 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:34,440 Yeah. 812 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:35,440 Come on. 813 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:39,440 He sees us. 814 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,440 Jed, Jed, get out of here. 815 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:42,440 Come on, right. 816 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:43,440 All right, Ellsworth, hold it up. 817 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:44,440 Police officers. 818 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:46,440 Come on, drop the gun, Ellsworth. 819 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:47,440 You're not going to get out of here. 820 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:49,440 Let's give it back to him. 821 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:52,440 He's down. Come on. 822 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:56,440 He's hurt. 823 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:57,440 I'll get an ambulance. 824 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:58,440 Right. 825 00:25:58,440 --> 00:25:59,440 He's dead. Did you kill him? 826 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:00,440 No, we've sent for an ambulance. 827 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:02,440 I didn't want him to get hurt. I didn't want him to get hurt. 828 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,440 Why didn't you call us when you heard from him? 829 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,440 I don't know. I don't know. 830 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,440 He said if I met him he'd give me some money so I could pay the bills we owed. 831 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,440 He was going to give me some money. 832 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:12,440 I was going to call you after I got the money. 833 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:13,440 I was going to call. 834 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:14,440 Yeah, sure you were. 835 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,440 It's a chance to get out from under, get even. 836 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,440 He didn't care when we were together. 837 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,440 I was the one who worried about it. 838 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,440 He never cared. He never paid a bill. 839 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:32,440 Don't worry, he's going to pay this one. 840 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,440 The story you've just heard is true. 841 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,440 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 842 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:44,440 On January 17th, trial was held in Department 97, Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles. 843 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,440 In a moment, the results of that trial. 844 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:48,440 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 845 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,440 Thank you, George Fenomen. 846 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,440 You know, the Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made and best for you. 847 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:55,440 Now that's a fact. 848 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:59,440 And to my way of thinking, it's the very reason for you to change to Chesterfield. 849 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,440 Try them either way, regular or king size. 850 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:05,440 If you try them, I think you'll say with all of us, Chesterfield's for me. 851 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:20,440 Jed Warren Ellsworth was tried and convicted of robbery in the first degree and received sentence as prescribed by law. 852 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:26,440 Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of from five years to life. 853 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:50,440 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 854 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:55,440 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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