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02:28.440 --> 02:29.440 About 10 minutes. 02:29.440 --> 02:31.440 It's gonna be a hot one today, isn't it? 02:31.440 --> 02:33.440 Yeah, that's what the paper says. 02:33.440 --> 02:35.440 Anything in the book? 02:35.440 --> 02:36.440 No. 02:36.440 --> 02:37.440 How about those mugs? 02:37.440 --> 02:38.440 They come in from Barrington? 02:38.440 --> 02:39.440 Yeah, I put them in your box. 02:39.440 --> 02:40.440 Thank you. 02:40.440 --> 02:43.440 Should we take a look at them? 02:43.440 --> 02:45.440 Hey, Frank. 02:45.440 --> 02:46.440 What? 02:46.440 --> 02:48.440 I said did you see the mugs? 02:48.440 --> 02:49.440 Oh, no. 02:49.440 --> 02:50.440 All right. 02:50.440 --> 02:52.440 What's the matter? 02:52.440 --> 02:54.440 Faye, what happened? 02:54.440 --> 02:55.440 Joe, you know me. 02:55.440 --> 02:58.440 You know how I feel about Faye. 02:58.440 --> 03:00.440 So you gotta know I didn't mean anything by it. 03:00.440 --> 03:01.440 You didn't mean anything? 03:01.440 --> 03:02.440 Certainly not. 03:02.440 --> 03:03.440 It's the farthest thing from my mind. 03:03.440 --> 03:04.440 What was? 03:04.440 --> 03:05.440 What she thought I meant. 03:05.440 --> 03:08.440 You know, Joe, sometimes I think Faye just don't understand me. 03:08.440 --> 03:10.440 Well, I don't understand you either on this one. 03:10.440 --> 03:11.440 Oh, that's right. 03:11.440 --> 03:12.440 You weren't there. 03:12.440 --> 03:13.440 No. 03:13.440 --> 03:14.440 I sort of got to thinking to myself you were. 03:14.440 --> 03:16.440 You know how a guy does. 03:16.440 --> 03:18.440 I got to thinking to myself and I got a problem. 03:18.440 --> 03:20.440 You're trying to think your old buddy knows all about it. 03:20.440 --> 03:21.440 Yeah. 03:21.440 --> 03:22.440 So I got to fill you in. 03:22.440 --> 03:23.440 I'll tell you all about it. 03:23.440 --> 03:24.440 Right now? 03:24.440 --> 03:25.440 Yeah. 03:25.440 --> 03:26.440 You see, after dinner last night, 03:26.440 --> 03:28.440 we had those Swedish meatballs that Faye makes so good. 03:28.440 --> 03:29.440 The what? 03:29.440 --> 03:30.440 Meatballs, Swedish ones. 03:30.440 --> 03:31.440 Oh, yeah, I know. 03:31.440 --> 03:32.440 I had those out there. 03:32.440 --> 03:33.440 Yeah, one that are very good. 03:33.440 --> 03:34.440 Excellent. 03:34.440 --> 03:36.440 Well, after dinner last night, we went into the living room, 03:36.440 --> 03:38.440 sat down to watch the television. 03:38.440 --> 03:41.440 I switched on the set and I kind of arranged the pillows 03:41.440 --> 03:42.440 and settled back. 03:42.440 --> 03:45.440 A couple of minutes later, Faye comes in with a box. 03:45.440 --> 03:48.440 One of those big flat ones like dresses come in. 03:48.440 --> 03:50.440 She bought a new dress. 03:50.440 --> 03:53.440 Joe, that's why she fixed the meatballs. 03:53.440 --> 03:54.440 I don't know how this is going to end, 03:54.440 --> 03:56.440 but up to here I must be on Faye's side, I guess. 03:56.440 --> 03:57.440 You are? 03:57.440 --> 03:59.440 Well, I don't understand any of it. 03:59.440 --> 04:01.440 Oh, well, I'll straighten that out. 04:01.440 --> 04:03.440 You see, whenever she wants me to go along with something, 04:03.440 --> 04:04.440 she's already done. 04:04.440 --> 04:06.440 She always makes Swedish meatballs. 04:06.440 --> 04:08.440 Well, I can figure that part out. 04:08.440 --> 04:09.440 What was in the box? 04:09.440 --> 04:10.440 A dress, Joe. 04:10.440 --> 04:11.440 She bought a dress. 04:11.440 --> 04:12.440 Oh, it was a dress? 04:12.440 --> 04:13.440 Yeah. 04:13.440 --> 04:15.440 She opened up the box, she shows it to me. 04:15.440 --> 04:17.440 Told me how she bought it on sale. 04:17.440 --> 04:18.440 Mm-hmm. 04:18.440 --> 04:19.440 You ever notice how every time a woman buys a dress, 04:19.440 --> 04:21.440 it's always on sale? 04:21.440 --> 04:23.440 No, I can't say as I ever have. 04:23.440 --> 04:25.440 Well, believe me, buddy, it always is. 04:25.440 --> 04:26.440 On sale? 04:26.440 --> 04:27.440 On sale. 04:27.440 --> 04:29.440 I don't want you to go through the whole day 04:29.440 --> 04:30.440 with this on your mind, 04:30.440 --> 04:31.440 but if you don't get to the point, 04:31.440 --> 04:33.440 there'll be time for us to sign out. 04:33.440 --> 04:34.440 Oh. 04:34.440 --> 04:35.440 Well, I didn't mean anything by it. 04:35.440 --> 04:36.440 Nothing. 04:36.440 --> 04:37.440 She held the dress up for me to see, 04:37.440 --> 04:40.440 and all I did, I just said, what size is it? 04:40.440 --> 04:42.440 You know how you do. 04:42.440 --> 04:44.440 Wanna look at these mugshots now? 04:44.440 --> 04:45.440 No, wait a minute, I wanna finish. 04:45.440 --> 04:47.440 Ask me what I was mad about. 04:47.440 --> 04:48.440 I wanted to tell you. 04:48.440 --> 04:50.440 I asked her what size the dress was. 04:50.440 --> 04:52.440 She told me it was a 12, a 12. 04:52.440 --> 04:53.440 A 12. 04:53.440 --> 04:54.440 Yeah. 04:54.440 --> 04:56.440 So I just kinda casually mentioned 04:56.440 --> 04:58.440 that when we got married, she wore a nine. 04:58.440 --> 05:00.440 That's all I said, that she wore a nine. 05:00.440 --> 05:02.440 Wanna look at the mugshots now? 05:02.440 --> 05:03.440 No, wait a minute. 05:03.440 --> 05:05.440 Will you help me with this thing? 05:05.440 --> 05:06.440 It's the use of being partners. 05:06.440 --> 05:07.440 If you can't help a little, 05:07.440 --> 05:08.440 we'll look at the mugshots. 05:08.440 --> 05:11.440 When we were married, she wore a nine. 05:11.440 --> 05:12.440 And she just flipped her wig, Joe. 05:12.440 --> 05:14.440 She got real mad, walked out of the room. 05:14.440 --> 05:16.440 Right out of the room. 05:16.440 --> 05:17.440 Yeah. 05:17.440 --> 05:20.440 I guess she thought I meant she was getting fat. 05:20.440 --> 05:21.440 Yeah, yes she did. 05:21.440 --> 05:22.440 Boy, she was mad. 05:22.440 --> 05:23.440 Mm-hmm. 05:23.440 --> 05:25.440 Hot shot, I'll get it. 05:25.440 --> 05:27.440 Let's go, corner of Grandview and Union. 05:27.440 --> 05:28.440 Yeah. 05:28.440 --> 05:29.440 Hold up. 05:29.440 --> 05:31.440 For the time we got to the supermarket, 05:31.440 --> 05:33.440 a broadcast carrying the description of the suspect 05:33.440 --> 05:35.440 had been gotten out to all cars in the city. 05:35.440 --> 05:37.440 A small crowd of people had gathered in front of the store, 05:37.440 --> 05:38.440 and the officers from the radio unit 05:38.440 --> 05:40.440 were attempting to keep them back from the entrance. 05:40.440 --> 05:42.440 An ambulance had been called, and when we got there, 05:42.440 --> 05:44.440 the attendants were giving emergency treatment 05:44.440 --> 05:46.440 to the day manager of the store. 05:46.440 --> 05:47.440 He'd been struck on the left side of the head 05:47.440 --> 05:50.440 just above the ear by the suspect when he was about to die. 05:50.440 --> 05:51.440 The day manager was there, 05:51.440 --> 05:53.440 and he was hit in the head. 05:53.440 --> 05:55.440 We decided to head just above the ear by the suspect 05:55.440 --> 05:57.440 when he'd made his getaway. 05:57.440 --> 05:58.440 The attendant told us that the man was suffering 05:58.440 --> 06:00.440 from a mild concussion. 06:00.440 --> 06:01.440 Frank and I entered the store 06:01.440 --> 06:03.440 and talked to one of the policemen who was there. 06:03.440 --> 06:05.440 He led us back to a small office in the rear of the place 06:05.440 --> 06:07.440 where we met the other two victims. 06:07.440 --> 06:09.440 One was the cashier of the store, Irma Watson. 06:09.440 --> 06:10.440 The other was the man who had the meat concession 06:10.440 --> 06:12.440 in the store, Tom Spence. 06:12.440 --> 06:13.440 We asked him to tell us what happened. 06:13.440 --> 06:15.440 First thing I saw of him was when he parked his car 06:15.440 --> 06:16.440 out in the lot. 06:16.440 --> 06:18.440 The guy was standing right beside the door. 06:18.440 --> 06:20.440 That's right, just standing there calm as could be. 06:20.440 --> 06:22.440 I saw him when I opened up the place. 06:22.440 --> 06:23.440 You want to go ahead? 06:23.440 --> 06:25.440 Well, I unlocked the door and we all came in. 06:25.440 --> 06:27.440 The man did too, just walked right in. 06:27.440 --> 06:29.440 We don't normally let people come in for eight, hardly ever. 06:29.440 --> 06:30.440 But since Gerald was there, 06:30.440 --> 06:32.440 we figured he could take care of the man. 06:32.440 --> 06:33.440 What do you mean Gerald's the man in the ambulance? 06:33.440 --> 06:34.440 Yeah, that's right. 06:34.440 --> 06:36.440 Hold up, fella, give him an awful clout on the head. 06:36.440 --> 06:37.440 Give him concussion. 06:37.440 --> 06:39.440 Concussion to the head. 06:39.440 --> 06:40.440 Tell you something about that too. 06:40.440 --> 06:41.440 What's that, Miss Watson? 06:41.440 --> 06:43.440 I don't really think Gerald's hit that hard. 06:43.440 --> 06:45.440 I think he's just putting on to get sympathy. 06:45.440 --> 06:46.440 Now, Irma, that ain't right. 06:46.440 --> 06:48.440 Not good to say things like that. 06:48.440 --> 06:50.440 Maybe not, but I tell you, you remember, 06:50.440 --> 06:52.440 remember the time he cut his finger when he was moving 06:52.440 --> 06:54.440 the cases of empty soda pop bottles? 06:54.440 --> 06:55.440 Yeah. 06:55.440 --> 06:57.440 Well, you were there, had to rush him to the hospital, 06:57.440 --> 06:58.440 have his hands sewn up. 06:58.440 --> 06:59.440 A lot of foolishness, 06:59.440 --> 07:01.440 piece of adhesive would have taken care of it. 07:01.440 --> 07:02.440 Sympathy, that's what he wants. 07:02.440 --> 07:04.440 Can we go on with what we were talking about? 07:04.440 --> 07:06.440 What happened after he came in the store, please? 07:06.440 --> 07:08.440 Well, I went upstairs and I turned on the lights. 07:08.440 --> 07:11.440 Have to turn them on from up there, officers up there. 07:11.440 --> 07:12.440 That's where I work. 07:12.440 --> 07:15.440 Turn on the lights, then come down to open the safe. 07:15.440 --> 07:17.440 Is that your job to open the safe in the morning? 07:17.440 --> 07:18.440 Yeah. 07:18.440 --> 07:19.440 And she's cashier. 07:19.440 --> 07:20.440 Well, what happened then? 07:20.440 --> 07:23.440 Well, Gerald was going on back to open the delivery door. 07:23.440 --> 07:25.440 I was over in the meat section, kind of straightening up. 07:25.440 --> 07:27.440 Where was the holdup man during this time? 07:27.440 --> 07:29.440 Just kind of strolling around, 07:29.440 --> 07:31.440 looking at the different displays up and down the aisles, 07:31.440 --> 07:32.440 just looking. 07:32.440 --> 07:34.440 Gerald opened up the back door and come back. 07:34.440 --> 07:36.440 Asked the fella if there was something special he was looking for. 07:36.440 --> 07:37.440 Well. 07:37.440 --> 07:40.440 Guy said he wanted to know where the fillet of Ann Chobie's was. 07:40.440 --> 07:41.440 Gerald told him. 07:41.440 --> 07:43.440 The fella went back to get something. 07:43.440 --> 07:45.440 That's what Gerald thought, but we know different now. 07:45.440 --> 07:46.440 Yeah, a lot different. 07:46.440 --> 07:48.440 All right, would you go on, please? 07:48.440 --> 07:50.440 Well, I was upstairs counting the receipts from yesterday, 07:50.440 --> 07:51.440 getting the bank statement ready. 07:51.440 --> 07:52.440 Irma's a cashier. 07:52.440 --> 07:53.440 Yeah. 07:53.440 --> 07:54.440 Yeah, we know that. 07:54.440 --> 07:55.440 Would you go on, please? 07:55.440 --> 07:57.440 Well, first thing, I know the man standing right behind me, 07:57.440 --> 07:59.440 holding this gun, pointed right at me. 07:59.440 --> 08:01.440 You can just bet he like to scare me out of my wits. 08:01.440 --> 08:02.440 Must have been terrible, Irma. 08:02.440 --> 08:03.440 It was. 08:03.440 --> 08:05.440 I just turned around and there he was with this gun, 08:05.440 --> 08:06.440 just about scared me to death. 08:06.440 --> 08:08.440 That's when he asked you for the money, did he? 08:08.440 --> 08:09.440 He didn't ask. 08:09.440 --> 08:10.440 He just told me to put it in a wooden box he had. 08:10.440 --> 08:11.440 Just put it in the box. 08:11.440 --> 08:12.440 What did he say? 08:12.440 --> 08:13.440 What were his exact words? 08:13.440 --> 08:15.440 Well, he just kind of walked over and said, 08:15.440 --> 08:18.440 put the money in the box and don't cause no trouble. 08:18.440 --> 08:19.440 This is a stick-up. 08:19.440 --> 08:20.440 Like that, he said it. 08:20.440 --> 08:21.440 Irma did just what he said. 08:21.440 --> 08:23.440 Yes, sir, I gave him the money, dumped it all in the box, 08:23.440 --> 08:24.440 just like he said. 08:24.440 --> 08:26.440 Then he told me to lay down on the floor. 08:26.440 --> 08:28.440 Just told me to lay down and not to make any noise 08:28.440 --> 08:29.440 or he would come back and kill me. 08:29.440 --> 08:30.440 I think he'd have done it too. 08:30.440 --> 08:31.440 I think he would have, Irma. 08:31.440 --> 08:33.440 That's why I did what he said, flatten the floor. 08:33.440 --> 08:35.440 Did he have the box when he came in? 08:35.440 --> 08:36.440 Yeah, I had it under his arm. 08:36.440 --> 08:38.440 I was down behind the meat counter 08:38.440 --> 08:39.440 and all of a sudden I heard this scream. 08:39.440 --> 08:40.440 That was me. 08:40.440 --> 08:41.440 Yes, ma'am. 08:41.440 --> 08:43.440 I let out a yell and Tom here heard it. 08:43.440 --> 08:45.440 So Gerald, we kind of looked at each other 08:45.440 --> 08:46.440 and then I grabbed the meat cleaver 08:46.440 --> 08:48.440 and started up the stairs. 08:48.440 --> 08:49.440 I didn't know what was wrong, 08:49.440 --> 08:51.440 but I did know Irma was in trouble. 08:51.440 --> 08:52.440 I appreciate that, Tom. 08:52.440 --> 08:54.440 I knew you were in trouble and I came a-running. 08:54.440 --> 08:56.440 Got the stairs, come up the office, 08:56.440 --> 08:57.440 and then I saw him. 08:57.440 --> 08:58.440 He was just coming down. 08:58.440 --> 08:59.440 He still had the gun, did he? 08:59.440 --> 09:00.440 Yeah, had the gun in the box. 09:00.440 --> 09:02.440 I didn't know what was in it at that time, 09:02.440 --> 09:03.440 but I had an idea. 09:03.440 --> 09:06.440 I just hefted the cleaver and started up the stairs. 09:06.440 --> 09:07.440 He stopped when he saw me. 09:07.440 --> 09:08.440 Stopped right in his tracks. 09:08.440 --> 09:09.440 Tom's awful brave. 09:09.440 --> 09:10.440 Yes, ma'am. 09:10.440 --> 09:11.440 So he told me to get out of his way 09:11.440 --> 09:12.440 or else he'd kill me. 09:12.440 --> 09:13.440 The way he was pointing that gun around 09:13.440 --> 09:14.440 kind of believed him. 09:14.440 --> 09:15.440 So I backed down the stairs 09:15.440 --> 09:16.440 and him right behind me. 09:16.440 --> 09:18.440 All the time he had that gun pointed at me. 09:18.440 --> 09:20.440 Where was the manager all this time? 09:20.440 --> 09:21.440 You mean Gerald? 09:21.440 --> 09:22.440 Mm-hmm. 09:22.440 --> 09:23.440 I don't know. 09:23.440 --> 09:24.440 I was upstairs. 09:24.440 --> 09:25.440 No, I saw him. 09:25.440 --> 09:26.440 He was down to the cash register in front. 09:26.440 --> 09:27.440 He saw this guy coming down the stairs 09:27.440 --> 09:29.440 and he ran for the phone to call the police. 09:29.440 --> 09:31.440 A fellow saw him and he took off after Gerald. 09:31.440 --> 09:32.440 I thought he was going to shoot him, 09:32.440 --> 09:33.440 but he didn't. 09:33.440 --> 09:34.440 Just hit him. 09:34.440 --> 09:36.440 Give him a concussion of the head. 09:36.440 --> 09:37.440 He's after sympathy, that's all. 09:37.440 --> 09:38.440 Oh, now, Irma, you're wrong. 09:38.440 --> 09:39.440 I've seen it. 09:39.440 --> 09:40.440 He gave Gerald an offer. 09:40.440 --> 09:42.440 Right along here. 09:42.440 --> 09:43.440 Real hard. 09:43.440 --> 09:44.440 Now, which way did the man go 09:44.440 --> 09:46.440 after he left the store, please? 09:46.440 --> 09:48.440 He ran down that way, down Union. 09:48.440 --> 09:49.440 Uh-huh. 09:49.440 --> 09:50.440 Will you describe the man for us? 09:50.440 --> 09:51.440 Well, he was about the funniest 09:51.440 --> 09:52.440 looking fellow I ever saw. 09:52.440 --> 09:53.440 He was about the funniest 09:53.440 --> 09:54.440 looking fellow I ever saw. 09:54.440 --> 09:55.440 It'd be a little better 09:55.440 --> 09:56.440 if you told us one at a time. 09:56.440 --> 09:57.440 I guess you'd never get it that way. 09:57.440 --> 09:58.440 It'd be a little difficult, sir, yeah. 09:58.440 --> 09:59.440 You go ahead, Irma. 09:59.440 --> 10:00.440 Well, I told the other policeman 10:00.440 --> 10:01.440 he was about the funniest 10:01.440 --> 10:02.440 looking little man I ever saw. 10:02.440 --> 10:03.440 Real little. 10:03.440 --> 10:04.440 Oh, not really. 10:04.440 --> 10:05.440 I think he just kind of hunched over. 10:05.440 --> 10:06.440 Well, he looked little. 10:06.440 --> 10:07.440 But how tall was he? 10:07.440 --> 10:08.440 Oh, about five foot eight. 10:08.440 --> 10:10.440 Maybe nine. 10:10.440 --> 10:11.440 Guess that's about right. 10:11.440 --> 10:12.440 Tell him about the way he was dressed. 10:12.440 --> 10:13.440 Oh, yeah. 10:13.440 --> 10:14.440 He had on this black overcoat 10:14.440 --> 10:15.440 and a hat. 10:15.440 --> 10:16.440 All pulled down over his eyes. 10:16.440 --> 10:17.440 The hat, I mean. 10:17.440 --> 10:18.440 What color was his hair, 10:18.440 --> 10:19.440 do you remember? 10:19.440 --> 10:20.440 Well, what I could see 10:20.440 --> 10:21.440 was it was kind of blonde. 10:21.440 --> 10:22.440 Light colored. 10:22.440 --> 10:23.440 Yeah, that's right. 10:23.440 --> 10:24.440 And he had a mustache. 10:24.440 --> 10:25.440 Yeah, real big. 10:25.440 --> 10:26.440 Looked like the old fashioned kind. 10:26.440 --> 10:28.440 Like the people who were when I was a kid. 10:28.440 --> 10:30.440 You know, handlebar, black. 10:30.440 --> 10:31.440 Real black. 10:31.440 --> 10:32.440 When he left the store, 10:32.440 --> 10:33.440 did you notice if he got into a car? 10:33.440 --> 10:34.440 Yeah, he did. 10:34.440 --> 10:35.440 I saw him run down the street 10:35.440 --> 10:36.440 and jump in one of the cars. 10:36.440 --> 10:38.440 Dark color. 10:38.440 --> 10:39.440 I'm not sure what kind it was. 10:39.440 --> 10:41.440 I think it might have been a Hudson. 10:41.440 --> 10:42.440 Lake model. 10:42.440 --> 10:43.440 I saw that. 10:43.440 --> 10:44.440 I was looking out the side window upstairs 10:44.440 --> 10:45.440 and I saw the same thing. 10:45.440 --> 10:47.440 Did you tell the other officers about it? 10:47.440 --> 10:48.440 I didn't. 10:48.440 --> 10:49.440 Neither did I. 10:49.440 --> 10:51.440 I guess we better get out of broadcast, aren't we? 10:51.440 --> 10:52.440 Did you happen to get the license number of the car? 10:52.440 --> 10:54.440 Yeah, that's where I went to work. 10:54.440 --> 10:56.440 Got it written down right here on my apron. 10:56.440 --> 10:57.440 See? 10:57.440 --> 10:58.440 Numbers ain't too plain, 10:58.440 --> 11:00.440 but you can make them out. 11:00.440 --> 11:01.440 I don't know, sir. 11:01.440 --> 11:02.440 I can't. 11:02.440 --> 11:03.440 You'll have to help me there. 11:03.440 --> 11:04.440 I got it too. 11:04.440 --> 11:05.440 Right here. 11:05.440 --> 11:07.440 I saw him get in the car and I wrote it down. 11:07.440 --> 11:08.440 Uh-huh. 11:08.440 --> 11:09.440 Thank you. 11:09.440 --> 11:10.440 Having the number of the car 11:10.440 --> 11:12.440 is going to make it easier to catch a fella, ain't it? 11:12.440 --> 11:13.440 We should make it a snap 11:13.440 --> 11:15.440 to find out who owns the car and that's the man. 11:15.440 --> 11:17.440 Well, it's not going to be that easy, I'm afraid. 11:17.440 --> 11:18.440 Why? 11:18.440 --> 11:20.440 Both numbers are different. 11:24.440 --> 11:25.440 A supplemental broadcast was gotten out 11:25.440 --> 11:26.440 carrying both the license numbers 11:26.440 --> 11:28.440 that the victims had gotten. 11:28.440 --> 11:29.440 Frank put in a call to DMV 11:29.440 --> 11:31.440 asking him to forward all information on the numbers. 11:31.440 --> 11:32.440 The crime lab crew came out 11:32.440 --> 11:33.440 and went over the place for finger prints 11:33.440 --> 11:35.440 but they were not able to turn up anything that we could use. 11:35.440 --> 11:38.440 We continued to question the butcher and the cashier. 11:38.440 --> 11:40.440 We got a complete description of the thief. 11:40.440 --> 11:42.440 The one outstanding thing that both of them agreed on 11:42.440 --> 11:43.440 was the mustache. 11:43.440 --> 11:45.440 Both said that it was a direct contrast 11:45.440 --> 11:47.440 to the color of the man's hair 11:47.440 --> 11:48.440 and said that it might have been darkened 11:48.440 --> 11:50.440 with shoe polish or some kind of grease. 11:50.440 --> 11:51.440 People in the vicinity were questioned, 11:51.440 --> 11:52.440 but none of them were able to supply us 11:52.440 --> 11:54.440 with any new information. 11:54.440 --> 11:55.440 The injured manager was removed 11:55.440 --> 11:57.440 to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital 11:57.440 --> 11:58.440 for emergency treatment 11:58.440 --> 12:00.440 and then referred to his own doctor. 12:00.440 --> 12:01.440 Frank and I talked to the police 12:01.440 --> 12:03.440 but he only verified the story that we'd gotten 12:03.440 --> 12:05.440 from the other two people in the store. 12:05.440 --> 12:07.440 12.45 PM, we returned to the city hall 12:07.440 --> 12:08.440 and asked the stats office 12:08.440 --> 12:10.440 to start a run on the MO for us. 12:10.440 --> 12:12.440 The victims were asked to go through the mug books 12:12.440 --> 12:13.440 but they were not able to identify 12:13.440 --> 12:15.440 any of the photographs. 12:15.440 --> 12:16.440 Frank and I spent the rest of the day 12:16.440 --> 12:17.440 talking to the other storekeepers 12:17.440 --> 12:19.440 in the vicinity of the robbery. 12:19.440 --> 12:20.440 We asked each of them 12:20.440 --> 12:22.440 if they'd seen anyone loitering in the area, 12:22.440 --> 12:23.440 anyone who looked suspicious. 12:23.440 --> 12:25.440 From each of them, we got the same answer. 12:25.440 --> 12:26.440 None of them could help us 12:26.440 --> 12:28.440 in establishing the identity of the suspect. 12:28.440 --> 12:30.440 The kickback on the lights was a big shock 12:30.440 --> 12:31.440 The kickback on the license number 12:31.440 --> 12:32.440 came in from Sacramento 12:32.440 --> 12:33.440 but when we checked out the information 12:33.440 --> 12:36.440 we were no closer to apprehending the thief. 12:36.440 --> 12:38.440 The next morning, Thursday, August 14th, 12:38.440 --> 12:40.440 Frank and I met in the squad room. 12:40.440 --> 12:41.440 Hi, Joe. 12:41.440 --> 12:42.440 Morning. 12:42.440 --> 12:43.440 How's my old buddy this morning? 12:43.440 --> 12:44.440 I'm all right. 12:44.440 --> 12:45.440 You sound happy. 12:45.440 --> 12:46.440 The problem with Fay straight now? 12:46.440 --> 12:47.440 Oh, yeah, sure. 12:47.440 --> 12:48.440 I got home last night. 12:48.440 --> 12:49.440 Everything's great. 12:49.440 --> 12:50.440 That right. 12:50.440 --> 12:51.440 Hey, we started last night. 12:51.440 --> 12:52.440 What's that? 12:52.440 --> 12:54.440 Fay and me, we're going on a diet. 12:54.440 --> 12:55.440 Both gonna lose a little weight. 12:55.440 --> 12:56.440 Oh, that's nice. 12:56.440 --> 12:58.440 Yeah, lose a little weight. 12:58.440 --> 12:59.440 Anything new in the market, Holder? 12:59.440 --> 13:01.440 No, the stats office should finish the run for us this morning 13:01.440 --> 13:03.440 when you start checking out the possibles. 13:03.440 --> 13:05.440 It's a good thing I wore my walking shoes. 13:05.440 --> 13:06.440 I get it. 13:08.440 --> 13:09.440 Robbery Friday. 13:09.440 --> 13:10.440 Yeah. 13:11.440 --> 13:12.440 No, that's right. 13:12.440 --> 13:13.440 No, that's right. 13:13.440 --> 13:14.440 We'd like to hear it. 13:15.440 --> 13:16.440 Yeah, sure. 13:17.440 --> 13:19.440 All right, we'll be out and see you. 13:19.440 --> 13:20.440 No, right away. 13:20.440 --> 13:21.440 All right, thank you very much. 13:21.440 --> 13:22.440 Bye. 13:22.440 --> 13:23.440 What do you got? 13:23.440 --> 13:25.440 Cashier out at the market, that Irma Watson. 13:25.440 --> 13:26.440 Yeah. 13:26.440 --> 13:27.440 Might have something for us. 13:27.440 --> 13:28.440 What's that? 13:28.440 --> 13:29.440 Who knows who the suspect is. 13:33.440 --> 13:34.440 Frank and I drove out to the market. 13:34.440 --> 13:36.440 We went upstairs to the office in the rear of the store 13:36.440 --> 13:37.440 and met Irma Watson. 13:37.440 --> 13:39.440 She was seated at a desk with a large ledger book 13:39.440 --> 13:40.440 opened in front of her. 13:40.440 --> 13:42.440 I got to thinking it over last night after I got home 13:42.440 --> 13:43.440 about the holdup man. 13:43.440 --> 13:44.440 Yes, ma'am. 13:44.440 --> 13:46.440 There was something about him, the way he acted 13:46.440 --> 13:48.440 and talked made me think I knew who he was, 13:48.440 --> 13:49.440 that I'd seen him someplace before. 13:49.440 --> 13:50.440 Uh-huh. 13:50.440 --> 13:52.440 I laid awake most of the night just thinking about it 13:52.440 --> 13:54.440 and then all of a sudden it came to me, 13:54.440 --> 13:55.440 right out of the air it came to me. 13:56.440 --> 13:57.440 Yes, ma'am. 13:57.440 --> 13:58.440 Go ahead. 13:58.440 --> 14:00.440 Well, I knew where it was that I thought I knew him from. 14:00.440 --> 14:01.440 Where, ma'am? 14:01.440 --> 14:02.440 Right here in the store. 14:02.440 --> 14:03.440 You mean he's a customer? 14:03.440 --> 14:05.440 No, he works for us right here in the store. 14:05.440 --> 14:06.440 That's where I've seen him. 14:06.440 --> 14:08.440 That mustache kind of fooled me for a minute, 14:08.440 --> 14:09.440 but not for long. 14:09.440 --> 14:10.440 I remembered. 14:10.440 --> 14:11.440 What's the man's name? 14:11.440 --> 14:12.440 I didn't remember that. 14:12.440 --> 14:13.440 I won't look this way. 14:13.440 --> 14:15.440 Not last night, but I came down here this morning 14:15.440 --> 14:17.440 and started through the books and came upon it. 14:17.440 --> 14:18.440 Got it right here. 14:18.440 --> 14:19.440 Take a look for yourself. 14:21.440 --> 14:22.440 See? 14:22.440 --> 14:23.440 Right there. 14:23.440 --> 14:24.440 That's Jed Ellsworth? 14:24.440 --> 14:25.440 That's him, I'm sure of it. 14:25.440 --> 14:26.440 Does Ellsworth work here now? 14:26.440 --> 14:27.440 Well, yes and no. 14:27.440 --> 14:28.440 Ma'am? 14:28.440 --> 14:29.440 Well, he does and he doesn't. 14:29.440 --> 14:31.440 He's still got the job, but he ain't working right now. 14:31.440 --> 14:32.440 Got a leave of absence. 14:32.440 --> 14:33.440 He's got ulcers. 14:33.440 --> 14:35.440 Said he wanted to get them taken care of. 14:35.440 --> 14:37.440 Said he had to go out of town and see a specialist. 14:37.440 --> 14:38.440 Get his ulcers fixed. 14:38.440 --> 14:39.440 I see. 14:39.440 --> 14:40.440 When did he leave? 14:40.440 --> 14:41.440 Last week. 14:41.440 --> 14:42.440 See, I got it right here. 14:42.440 --> 14:44.440 Last day he worked was Wednesday, August 6th. 14:44.440 --> 14:45.440 That was the last day. 14:45.440 --> 14:46.440 Do you have his home address? 14:46.440 --> 14:47.440 You just bet. 14:47.440 --> 14:48.440 Got it right here. 14:48.440 --> 14:50.440 Wrote all the information out for you. 14:50.440 --> 14:51.440 Thank you very much. 14:51.440 --> 14:53.440 It's him, I'm sure of it. 14:53.440 --> 14:55.440 All right, Miss Watson, we'll check it out. 14:55.440 --> 14:57.440 Only thing I can't figure out is that mustache. 14:57.440 --> 14:58.440 What's that? 14:58.440 --> 14:59.440 The mustache. 14:59.440 --> 15:01.440 I can't figure out how he could have grown it so fast. 15:01.440 --> 15:03.440 Takes longer than a week to get a mustache like that, doesn't it? 15:03.440 --> 15:04.440 Well, it depends, doesn't it? 15:04.440 --> 15:05.440 On what? 15:05.440 --> 15:06.440 Where you buy it. 15:06.440 --> 15:09.440 Frank and I returned to the office to run the name Jet Ellsworth through the record bureau. 15:09.440 --> 15:12.440 While Frank went through the packages checking the description we'd gotten of the suspect, 15:12.440 --> 15:15.440 I went down to the stats office and picked up the list of possibles that they had for us. 15:15.440 --> 15:16.440 10.26 a.m. 15:16.440 --> 15:18.440 I met Frank back at the R&I counter. 15:18.440 --> 15:19.440 Hi, how's it going? 15:19.440 --> 15:20.440 Good. 15:20.440 --> 15:21.440 How's it going? 15:21.440 --> 15:22.440 Good. 15:22.440 --> 15:25.440 I met Frank back at the R&I counter. 15:25.440 --> 15:26.440 Hi, how's it going? 15:26.440 --> 15:27.440 Looks like we got a live one. 15:27.440 --> 15:30.440 Got a Jet Ellsworth here pretty close to the description. 15:30.440 --> 15:32.440 Record in the East, St. Louis. 15:32.440 --> 15:34.440 Done big time back there, nothing locally, though. 15:34.440 --> 15:35.440 What'd he fall for? 15:35.440 --> 15:36.440 Armed robbery. 15:45.440 --> 15:49.440 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 15:49.440 --> 15:51.440 Meet the Tom Harmons. 15:51.440 --> 15:54.440 You know Tom as Michigan's All-American football star. 15:54.440 --> 15:56.440 Now a top sports announcer. 15:56.440 --> 16:00.440 Mrs. Harmon is the motion picture and television star Elise Knox. 16:00.440 --> 16:03.440 They're typical of people everywhere who are saying, 16:03.440 --> 16:05.440 Chesterfield's for me. 16:05.440 --> 16:07.440 I like regular sized Chesterfields. 16:07.440 --> 16:09.440 Half for years. 16:09.440 --> 16:11.440 They're best for me, at least I think so. 16:11.440 --> 16:14.440 Because of that Chesterfield quality. 16:14.440 --> 16:16.440 That's the way I feel about them, too. 16:16.440 --> 16:18.440 I've always smoked Chesterfields. 16:18.440 --> 16:20.440 Now I go for the king size. 16:20.440 --> 16:22.440 Guess I like a longer smoke. 16:22.440 --> 16:25.440 So whether you smoke regular sized like Elise Knox, 16:25.440 --> 16:28.440 or king sized like Tom Harmon, 16:28.440 --> 16:32.440 enjoy America's most popular two-way cigarette. 16:32.440 --> 16:34.440 Chesterfield's for me. 16:34.440 --> 16:36.440 You hear it everywhere. 16:36.440 --> 16:41.440 The Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made. 16:41.440 --> 16:44.440 For the taste you want, the mildness you want, 16:44.440 --> 16:50.440 join the thousands now changing to Chesterfield. 16:50.440 --> 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. 17:03.440 --> 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. 17:08.440 --> 17:11.440 It was a one-story Redwood house in the Beverly Glen area. 17:11.440 --> 17:14.440 We rang the front doorbell. 17:14.440 --> 17:15.440 Yes? 17:15.440 --> 17:16.440 Would you like to see Jed Ellsworth? 17:16.440 --> 17:17.440 He's not here. 17:17.440 --> 17:19.440 Well, do you know where we can reach him? 17:19.440 --> 17:21.440 What's this about? He in trouble again? 17:21.440 --> 17:22.440 Ma'am? 17:22.440 --> 17:23.440 Jed in trouble again? 17:23.440 --> 17:24.440 We'd like to talk to him, please. 17:24.440 --> 17:25.440 You cops? 17:25.440 --> 17:26.440 Or police officers. 17:26.440 --> 17:27.440 Uh-huh. Figures. 17:27.440 --> 17:28.440 What's he done this time? 17:28.440 --> 17:31.440 It's just routine. We want to ask him a couple of questions. Where is he? 17:31.440 --> 17:32.440 I don't know. 17:32.440 --> 17:33.440 Well, he lives here, doesn't he? 17:33.440 --> 17:34.440 Yeah, I don't know where he is. 17:34.440 --> 17:36.440 Haven't seen him since day before yesterday. 17:36.440 --> 17:38.440 He's packed up and left. I don't know where he went. 17:38.440 --> 17:40.440 Well, didn't he give you any idea where he was going? 17:40.440 --> 17:43.440 No. He went through my purse, took what money I had, and shoved off. 17:43.440 --> 17:47.440 Don't much matter to me if I never see him again. I'd probably be better off. 17:47.440 --> 17:49.440 I wonder if we could see his things. 17:49.440 --> 17:50.440 You mean where he left? 17:50.440 --> 17:51.440 Yes, ma'am. 17:51.440 --> 17:54.440 Sure. Come on in. You're in his room. I'm about to throw him out. 17:54.440 --> 17:57.440 I don't want him, and I don't think you'll be back for him this time. 17:57.440 --> 18:00.440 Down the hall. This way. 18:00.440 --> 18:01.440 Thank you, ma'am. 18:01.440 --> 18:03.440 What are you after him for? 18:03.440 --> 18:05.440 Well, it'd be a little better if we talked to him. 18:05.440 --> 18:08.440 Sure. It don't matter to me. I'm through with him. 18:08.440 --> 18:11.440 Nothing but trouble with cops since we've been married. 18:11.440 --> 18:13.440 I didn't know he had a record when I met him. 18:13.440 --> 18:16.440 It wasn't until after we got married I found out he was a jailbird. 18:16.440 --> 18:20.440 Right after we got married, the cops started coming around asking questions. 18:20.440 --> 18:22.440 How long have you been married? 18:22.440 --> 18:25.440 Eighteen months. Met him back in St. Louis. 18:25.440 --> 18:28.440 That's been right after he got out of jail. I didn't know what's in. 18:28.440 --> 18:30.440 I wished I'd dead. Wouldn't have nothing to do with him. 18:30.440 --> 18:31.440 Gave me nothing but trouble. 18:31.440 --> 18:34.440 Would you know if he has any people in California? 18:34.440 --> 18:37.440 What could I ever saw? He never talked about them. 18:37.440 --> 18:38.440 Did he drive a car? 18:38.440 --> 18:39.440 Jed? Yes, ma'am. 18:39.440 --> 18:41.440 No, he didn't own one. 18:41.440 --> 18:45.440 Whenever he needed one, he'd go to one of these rental agencies, rent one. 18:45.440 --> 18:47.440 This is his room. Stuff's there on the bed. 18:47.440 --> 18:49.440 Thank you. I'll check it. 18:49.440 --> 18:52.440 I'm gonna throw it all out. Anything there you want, just take it with you. 18:52.440 --> 18:53.440 I don't think that'll be necessary. 18:53.440 --> 18:56.440 Well, the offer's still good. What you don't take, I'll throw out. 18:56.440 --> 18:58.440 Your husband got any close friends at all in town? 18:58.440 --> 19:00.440 Yeah. A couple other bums. 19:00.440 --> 19:02.440 Can you give us their names? 19:02.440 --> 19:04.440 Only one name I know, Larry Jessup. 19:04.440 --> 19:08.440 Jed used to pal around all the time. I think his job at the store took up too much pal time. 19:08.440 --> 19:09.440 That's the reason Jed quit. 19:09.440 --> 19:12.440 I understand your husband had trouble with his stomach, don't I? 19:12.440 --> 19:13.440 Yeah, ulcer. 19:13.440 --> 19:15.440 Was he under the care of a doctor? 19:15.440 --> 19:18.440 All the time taking pills and eating special things. 19:18.440 --> 19:20.440 Got to the point where nothing I cooked was right for the ulcer. 19:20.440 --> 19:22.440 We did nothing but fight all the time. 19:22.440 --> 19:24.440 Miserable 18 months. I'm glad he's gone. 19:24.440 --> 19:26.440 Never see him again. It'll be a week too soon. 19:26.440 --> 19:28.440 Can you give us the doctor's name? 19:28.440 --> 19:30.440 Yeah. It's on one of the bills there. 19:30.440 --> 19:32.440 Got it in with the rest of them. 19:32.440 --> 19:34.440 Reminds me. Can you answer me something? 19:34.440 --> 19:35.440 What's that? 19:35.440 --> 19:38.440 Am I responsible for his bills? The ones he ran over himself without my help? 19:38.440 --> 19:39.440 I got to pay him? 19:39.440 --> 19:42.440 Well, ma'am, that's not a police problem. You better check with a lawyer on that. 19:42.440 --> 19:43.440 A lawyer? 19:43.440 --> 19:44.440 Yes, ma'am. 19:44.440 --> 19:47.440 More expense. Seems like all I do is put out money for him. 19:47.440 --> 19:49.440 Boy, I'm glad he's gone. 19:49.440 --> 19:50.440 Do you have a picture of him? 19:50.440 --> 19:51.440 You mean like a snapshot? 19:51.440 --> 19:52.440 Yes, ma'am. 19:52.440 --> 19:55.440 No. Jed wouldn't let nobody take pictures of him. Said it was bad luck. 19:55.440 --> 19:56.440 Mm-hmm. 19:56.440 --> 19:58.440 He had a mustache, didn't he? 19:58.440 --> 19:59.440 That's a sign of it. 19:59.440 --> 20:00.440 Mrs. Alzhor. 20:00.440 --> 20:01.440 Yeah? 20:01.440 --> 20:03.440 Do you know what's on these dictograph records? 20:03.440 --> 20:06.440 Oh, those are mine. I'm a stenographer. Sometimes I do work at home. Those are mine. 20:06.440 --> 20:07.440 Oh. 20:07.440 --> 20:08.440 Just letters. 20:08.440 --> 20:09.440 That's the one thing he ever did for me. 20:09.440 --> 20:10.440 What's that? 20:10.440 --> 20:13.440 Made that box for records. Real big thing. Took him all day to make it. 20:13.440 --> 20:15.440 Just a plain, simple wooden box. 20:15.440 --> 20:17.440 You'd have thought it was a Taj Mahal. The only thing he ever did for me. 20:17.440 --> 20:20.440 I see. Your husband get many phone calls here? 20:20.440 --> 20:24.440 No. Not until you notice. Larry'd call once in a while. I told you, they was real pally. 20:24.440 --> 20:25.440 Yes, ma'am. 20:25.440 --> 20:27.440 Do you ever hear any of the conversations by any chance? 20:27.440 --> 20:28.440 Just on this end. 20:28.440 --> 20:30.440 You know what they were talking about? 20:30.440 --> 20:34.440 Not too good. They used to get real secret. You know, low voices. 20:34.440 --> 20:37.440 They were planning something, though. I don't know what it was, but they were planning something. 20:37.440 --> 20:39.440 This fellow, Jessup, he drive a car? 20:39.440 --> 20:40.440 Yeah. 20:40.440 --> 20:41.440 You know what kind? 20:41.440 --> 20:42.440 Yeah. New Hudson. 20:48.440 --> 20:51.440 We got the address of the suspect's friend and we drove back to the city hall. 20:51.440 --> 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. 20:57.440 --> 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. 21:03.440 --> 21:06.440 According to his package, he'd never been convicted in California. 21:06.440 --> 21:11.440 We sent a teletype up to George Brereton, C.I.I. in Sacramento, asking for further information on the man. 21:11.440 --> 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. 21:16.440 --> 21:20.440 It was a large boarding house in the Hollywood Hills area. We talked to the landlady. 21:20.440 --> 21:23.440 She told us Jessup wasn't in, but that she expected him by six p.m. 21:23.440 --> 21:26.440 We asked if she'd ever seen a man answering Jed Ellsworth's description. 21:26.440 --> 21:29.440 She said that such a man was a frequent visitor in Jessup's room. 21:29.440 --> 21:32.440 Five p.m. Frank and I and the company of the landlady checked the room. 21:32.440 --> 21:36.440 We found nothing to tie Jessup in with the robbery. We waited for him. 21:36.440 --> 21:40.440 Five-fifty-eight p.m. He came up the stairs and opened the door. 21:40.440 --> 21:41.440 What are you guys doing here? 21:41.440 --> 21:43.440 Police officers. It's Frank Smith. My name's Friday. 21:43.440 --> 21:45.440 I still want to know what you're doing here. 21:45.440 --> 21:47.440 Got a couple of questions we want to ask you, Jessup. 21:47.440 --> 21:49.440 Go ahead. I got nothing to hide. Ask. 21:49.440 --> 21:50.440 Where's Jed Ellsworth? 21:50.440 --> 21:52.440 I don't know. I haven't seen him in a couple of days. Why? 21:52.440 --> 21:54.440 I understand you two are pretty good friends. 21:54.440 --> 21:56.440 We're friends. The guy's off his rocker. 21:56.440 --> 21:57.440 How do you mean that? 21:57.440 --> 21:59.440 What I said. He only got out of the can a couple of years ago. 21:59.440 --> 22:01.440 Right away he's doing his best to get back in. 22:01.440 --> 22:02.440 Is that right? 22:02.440 --> 22:05.440 Sure. A couple of days ago he called. Said he had to see me right away. 22:05.440 --> 22:07.440 Had a big idea for both of us to make a lot of money. 22:07.440 --> 22:08.440 Yeah? 22:08.440 --> 22:10.440 Well, I don't want to have to work all my life, so I told him I'd listen. 22:10.440 --> 22:13.440 He laid out this big deal where he could knock off a supermarket. 22:13.440 --> 22:16.440 Told me he had it all planned, how it'd all work out real good. Couldn't miss. 22:16.440 --> 22:17.440 Mm-hmm. 22:17.440 --> 22:20.440 I told him I didn't want no part of it. I could sure use the dough, yeah, 22:20.440 --> 22:22.440 but not take a chance on going to jail for it. 22:22.440 --> 22:25.440 I already got a record. I had enough to do with cops to last me the rest of my life. 22:25.440 --> 22:29.440 Been lucky the last couple of times. It didn't fall, but I don't want to press. 22:29.440 --> 22:32.440 I'm punching a clock now, and that's where it's going to be. I told him that. 22:32.440 --> 22:34.440 Did you say he was going to go ahead with the job? 22:34.440 --> 22:36.440 No, I just said I was crazy not to pick up some easy money. 22:36.440 --> 22:38.440 You heard from him since then? 22:38.440 --> 22:40.440 Yeah, I saw him yesterday. He came over in the morning. 22:40.440 --> 22:43.440 Told me to forget all about the market job. Said he realized it was wrong. 22:43.440 --> 22:44.440 Asked me to drive him out to Pomona. 22:44.440 --> 22:45.440 What for, did he say? 22:45.440 --> 22:47.440 Yeah, he said he'd walked out on Hazel. That's his wife. 22:47.440 --> 22:48.440 Yeah, we know. 22:48.440 --> 22:51.440 Said he left her and was going to Pomona. Had a job out there. 22:51.440 --> 22:52.440 You'd drive him? 22:52.440 --> 22:54.440 Yeah, to a motel there. I can show it to you if you want. 22:54.440 --> 22:55.440 Is he still there? 22:55.440 --> 22:57.440 I don't know as far as I know he is. That's where I left him. 22:57.440 --> 22:58.440 Sitting out there counting his money. 22:58.440 --> 22:59.440 What money? 22:59.440 --> 23:02.440 He told me he drew all the dough out of his and Hazel's account. 23:02.440 --> 23:05.440 Said she wasn't going to get any of it. Must have had about 4,000 bucks. 23:05.440 --> 23:07.440 You know what bank he had the money in? 23:07.440 --> 23:10.440 No, he didn't say. I didn't know him and Hazel had that much. 23:10.440 --> 23:12.440 Of course, she works pretty hard. Thrifty, you know. 23:12.440 --> 23:15.440 Jed always said she was stingy. A lot of money. 23:15.440 --> 23:18.440 Yeah, they had it in this wooden box, all stacked in there real neat. Hard to believe. 23:18.440 --> 23:19.440 What's that? 23:19.440 --> 23:22.440 About the box. Jed's about the laziest guy I ever knew. 23:22.440 --> 23:24.440 Last one to work with his hands. Sure proud of it though. 23:24.440 --> 23:26.440 Said he made the box himself. 23:30.440 --> 23:33.440 Larry, Jessup, Frank and I drove out to the motel in Pomona. 23:33.440 --> 23:36.440 We checked with the manager but found that the suspect had checked out that morning. 23:36.440 --> 23:39.440 Fortunately, the room had not been cleaned yet and we went over it. 23:39.440 --> 23:42.440 On a shelf in a closet we found the wooden box that Jessup had spoken of. 23:42.440 --> 23:45.440 It was a duplicate of the one that we'd seen at the suspect's home. 23:45.440 --> 23:50.440 We told the manager we were taking it with us and asked her to notify us in the event Ellsworth returned. 23:50.440 --> 23:52.440 We asked if he had a car when he left. 23:52.440 --> 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. 23:56.440 --> 24:00.440 Jessup and I went out to our car and waited for Frank to come back from the suspect's room. 24:00.440 --> 24:02.440 Sure looks like he pulled a robbery, huh? 24:02.440 --> 24:04.440 It seems to fit him real good, doesn't it? 24:04.440 --> 24:08.440 Joe? Yeah? Look at this. Found it under the bed. 24:08.440 --> 24:10.440 Phony black mustache. 24:10.440 --> 24:13.440 We checked with the automobile rental agencies in the area. 24:13.440 --> 24:15.440 None of them had seen a man answering the suspect's description. 24:15.440 --> 24:17.440 We asked them to call us if such a man did come in. 24:17.440 --> 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. 24:21.440 --> 24:25.440 Both of the containers were taken to the crime lab for comparison. 24:25.440 --> 24:27.440 We drove to the market that had been held up. 24:27.440 --> 24:30.440 All three of the victims were shown the false mustache that we'd found in the motel. 24:30.440 --> 24:33.440 All three said it was identical with the one that the holdup man had worn. 24:33.440 --> 24:38.440 After his investigation, Lee Jones said that the two wooden boxes were cut off from the motel. 24:38.440 --> 24:42.440 Lee Jones said that the two wooden boxes were cut from the same piece of three-ply wood. 24:42.440 --> 24:44.440 Paint particles on the wood matched. 24:44.440 --> 24:47.440 The nails used were made by the same machine. 24:47.440 --> 24:50.440 The box we found at the motel was shown to both the butcher and the cashier. 24:50.440 --> 24:53.440 They said that it was the same one that the thief had carried. 24:53.440 --> 24:58.440 A local and an APB were put out on the suspect asking him to be picked up for suspicion of robbery. 24:58.440 --> 25:02.440 For the next three days, the surveillance on the suspect's house was maintained. 25:02.440 --> 25:05.440 All of Mrs. Ellsworth's activities were observed. 25:05.440 --> 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. 25:10.440 --> 25:14.440 The officers on stakeout followed her to the subway terminal in downtown Los Angeles. 25:14.440 --> 25:18.440 We met them there. Mrs. Ellsworth walked down to the landing and appeared to be waiting. 25:18.440 --> 25:20.440 Frank and I took over the surveillance. 25:20.440 --> 25:26.440 We waited. 9.30 p.m. 10. 10.15. 10.18 p.m. 25:26.440 --> 25:27.440 Joe. 25:27.440 --> 25:28.440 Yeah, I see him. 25:28.440 --> 25:29.440 Looks like the description. 25:29.440 --> 25:31.440 Yeah, he's going toward his wife. 25:31.440 --> 25:33.440 All right, let's let him get together. 25:33.440 --> 25:34.440 Yeah. 25:34.440 --> 25:35.440 Come on. 25:38.440 --> 25:39.440 He sees us. 25:39.440 --> 25:41.440 Jed, Jed, get out of here. 25:41.440 --> 25:42.440 Come on, right. 25:42.440 --> 25:43.440 All right, Ellsworth, hold it up. 25:43.440 --> 25:44.440 Police officers. 25:45.440 --> 25:46.440 Come on, drop the gun, Ellsworth. 25:46.440 --> 25:47.440 You're not going to get out of here. 25:48.440 --> 25:49.440 Let's give it back to him. 25:51.440 --> 25:52.440 He's down. Come on. 25:55.440 --> 25:56.440 He's hurt. 25:56.440 --> 25:57.440 I'll get an ambulance. 25:57.440 --> 25:58.440 Right. 25:58.440 --> 25:59.440 He's dead. Did you kill him? 25:59.440 --> 26:00.440 No, we've sent for an ambulance. 26:00.440 --> 26:02.440 I didn't want him to get hurt. I didn't want him to get hurt. 26:02.440 --> 26:04.440 Why didn't you call us when you heard from him? 26:04.440 --> 26:06.440 I don't know. I don't know. 26:06.440 --> 26:09.440 He said if I met him he'd give me some money so I could pay the bills we owed. 26:09.440 --> 26:11.440 He was going to give me some money. 26:11.440 --> 26:12.440 I was going to call you after I got the money. 26:12.440 --> 26:13.440 I was going to call. 26:13.440 --> 26:14.440 Yeah, sure you were. 26:14.440 --> 26:16.440 It's a chance to get out from under, get even. 26:16.440 --> 26:18.440 He didn't care when we were together. 26:18.440 --> 26:20.440 I was the one who worried about it. 26:20.440 --> 26:22.440 He never cared. He never paid a bill. 26:22.440 --> 26:32.440 Don't worry, he's going to pay this one. 26:32.440 --> 26:34.440 The story you've just heard is true. 26:34.440 --> 26:36.440 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:36.440 --> 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. 26:44.440 --> 26:46.440 In a moment, the results of that trial. 26:46.440 --> 26:48.440 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 26:48.440 --> 26:50.440 Thank you, George Fenomen. 26:50.440 --> 26:54.440 You know, the Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made and best for you. 26:54.440 --> 26:55.440 Now that's a fact. 26:55.440 --> 26:59.440 And to my way of thinking, it's the very reason for you to change to Chesterfield. 26:59.440 --> 27:01.440 Try them either way, regular or king size. 27:01.440 --> 27:05.440 If you try them, I think you'll say with all of us, Chesterfield's for me. 27:05.440 --> 27:20.440 Jed Warren Ellsworth was tried and convicted of robbery in the first degree and received sentence as prescribed by law. 27:20.440 --> 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. 27:26.440 --> 27:50.440 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 27:50.440 --> 27:55.440 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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