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For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the 18 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:57,760 Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an 19 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:03,440 actual case transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to 20 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:07,120 punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 21 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,440 It was Tuesday, June 3rd. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of 22 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:19,600 robbery detail. My partner is Frank Smith, the boss is Chief Detective Stad Brown. My name is 23 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:24,240 Friday. I was on my way back from the street and it was 8 47 a.m. when I got to the rear of the bank, 24 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,800 the manager's office. I'm not a young woman anymore. I can't take this kind of excitement. Yes, 25 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:33,040 ma'am. You checked with them? Yeah, they got the broadcast out right away. Long shot if it pays off. 26 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:37,040 Yeah, not much of a description. I hope you're not saying that for my benefit, young man. I gave you 27 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:41,760 all I could. It was hard to see their faces with those scarves on. Maybe you could have done better, 28 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,440 but I couldn't. We're not trying to say that you didn't do good, ma'am. We understand the 29 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,680 handicap that you were under. I should hope so. Terrible thing. I'm not a young woman anymore. 30 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,360 Yes, ma'am. Now, would you tell us just exactly what happened now right from the beginning? 31 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:57,040 You mean starting when I come in this morning? Yes, ma'am. That's right. Eight o'clock, just like 32 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:01,760 always. That's when I got here. Opened the door with the key and came right on in. A little 33 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:06,400 suspecting what was waiting for me. I tell you, I was pretty surprised when they popped out at me. 34 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:10,320 You didn't see them at first, then, huh? Of course not. You think I would have come in if I'd have seen 35 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,880 them? No, ma'am. Certainly not. Never would have come in. When did you first see the two, ma'am? 36 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:19,760 I came in and locked the door behind me. Rules say you gotta lock the door. I did, and then I went 37 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:24,240 back to the clothes closet to hang up my coat and umbrella. I see. Go ahead. Kind of silly, I guess, 38 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:28,480 carrying an umbrella on a day like this, but I always do. Never know. Yes, ma'am. People always 39 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:33,920 kind of smirk at me for carrying one, but whenever it rains out of a clear sky, they don't smirk then. 40 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:38,080 I'm always the center of a crowd, you just bet you. Yes, ma'am. Would you go ahead with what happened, 41 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:42,720 please? Well, I hung up my umbrella and my coat and then I came out the main part of the bank, 42 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:47,120 right out where those two assassins were. And that's when you saw them, is that right? Oh, no. They 43 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:52,400 were cagey. They waited until I was away from the alarm system. They were real sly. I see. Go ahead. 44 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:56,960 I walked out the tables. You know where the deposit slips are out in the center? Yes, ma'am. Out there. 45 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:01,600 Mm-hmm. I walked out straight and up. Really isn't my job, but I didn't have anything else to do, 46 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:06,880 so I thought I'd maybe just check and see if any of the points needed new nibs. I like a neat place. 47 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:12,640 You know, all the slips in the right place, blotters all clean and new, neat. Yes, ma'am, I understand. 48 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:16,800 When did you see the thieves? As I was straightening up the counter. That's when they stepped out in the 49 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:21,840 open. Where were they, ma'am? Over in the escrow department, hiding behind the desks, I guess. 50 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:26,320 That's the direction they came from. I see. Now, what'd they say to you? The big one. He looked at 51 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:31,680 me with his steely eyes and told me to be quiet and nothing would happen. Said to be just quiet. 52 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,960 I'm not young anymore, Sergeant. A thing like that can be a tremendous shock. Yes, ma'am. Were both of 53 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,520 the men together at that time? I don't understand. Well, did they both come out from behind the counter? 54 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:46,720 Oh, yes. The big one had a machine gun and the other, the little scrawny one, had a pistol. 55 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:51,360 Now, you're positive the big one had a machine gun? Listen, young man, I've seen enough movies and 56 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:56,160 television to know a machine gun when I see it. Don't you think I don't? Now, about the pistol. Was 57 00:04:56,160 --> 00:05:01,920 it a revolver or an automatic? What? Well, look here. Did it look like this, this gun of mine? No, 58 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:07,200 no, it wasn't like that. It was more the kind you see in movies. More mean looking than that. 59 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:12,080 Real mean looking, kind of flat like. I see. It was an automatic then, huh? Well, I don't know what it was, 60 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:16,800 but it was real mean. And furthermore, I wouldn't be surprised there were real bullets in it. Not in the 61 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:21,040 least. All right. Now, after they came out from behind the counter, what happened? They asked me what time 62 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:27,360 the rest of the staff came in. I told them, anytime. That seemed to make them happy. Why you say that? 63 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:33,200 Because one of them, the big one, turned to the little runt and said, just like clockwork. That's 64 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:38,320 what he said. Just like clockwork. I'm going to tell you something, sort of a clue. Yes, ma'am. 65 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:44,160 What's that? These fellas been planning this a long time. They knew all about how the bank works, 66 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:49,120 what time everybody comes in and all. They even knew about the keys. What keys? The ones to the 67 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:54,400 bank door. They knew who had them. First thing they wanted to know after they asked about the 68 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:59,760 staff was where my key was. Do you have a key to the vault? No, not to the vault itself. Just to the 69 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:05,360 doors in front of it. You know the bar doors in front of the vault door? To those. Did you give 70 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:09,920 the men your key? I didn't have much to say about it. I told you, I think they might have had real 71 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:15,360 bullets in those guns and I wasn't about to make sure. After all, I pay my taxes. Catching those 72 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:20,400 fellas is your job, not mine. If you want to cash a check, I can take care of you. But I'm not about 73 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:25,040 to go out and apprehend no thieves. Yes, ma'am. What happened then? You mean after I gave them the key? 74 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:29,680 That's right, yes. They made me get off to one side of the front doors and wait for the rest of the 75 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:34,800 staff. As they'd come in, the hold-up men would make them get into the closet in the rear of the bank 76 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:39,920 where I hung my umbrella. Yes, ma'am. But they let you stay outside, did they? Oh, yes. They had me 77 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:46,240 right up in front with those guns pointed at me every second. Every second. I guess they wanted me 78 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:51,440 to act as kind of a decoy. Ma'am. Well, when the other people who work in the bank came up to the 79 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:55,920 door, they could look inside and see me standing there. That way, I guess they thought there wasn't 80 00:06:55,920 --> 00:07:01,680 anything wrong. Came right in, like lambs to the slaughter. Next thing they knew, there was a gun 81 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:07,280 in their ribs and they was locked up in the closet. What time did the manager come in? Poor Mr. Blanton. 82 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:12,560 He's not well, you know. He's not well at all. Yes, ma'am. We saw him out front. Is he all right? 83 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:16,960 He had an awful attack. Bad heart. Well, they've taken him to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 84 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:21,440 Did they find his pills? What's that? His pills. Mr. Blanton had a special kind of pills he takes 85 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,840 when he has an attack. Some kind of explosive. Always has them with him. Did the men find him? 86 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,880 Well, I guess they did or else they had the necessary medication with him. He's going to be 87 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:36,480 all right. Just needs some rest. I'm glad of that. Sweet man. Widower. What happened when he came in? 88 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:42,560 Mr. Blanton? Yes, ma'am. Well, he was just about pulled right in off the streets. He just got his 89 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,960 key in the door and they practically just yanked him right in. Right away, wand his key to the vault 90 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:51,200 door. You have to have both of them in order to open it. Both of them have to be turned at the same 91 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:56,160 time. I see. They asked him for his key. At first, he didn't want to give it to them. Told them to get 92 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:00,480 out of his bank and to stop the foolishness. Just like that, he told them. I thought they were going 93 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:05,040 to shoot him, but they didn't. I think if it hadn't been for the big one, they would have. 94 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:09,680 The scrawny one wanted to. Wanted to kill Mr. Blanton right in cold blood. But the big one 95 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:14,480 stopped him. Said to just get on with the job and get out of there. That's what he said. To get out 96 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:21,360 of there. That's when Mr. Blanton passed out. Cold. Right on the floor. Attack. You want to go ahead? 97 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,480 Well, I guess they just about had a fight between themselves over that. Well, how do you mean? 98 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:31,360 The big one really read the runt off. Told him he was stupid for making poor Mr. Blanton pass out. 99 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:36,880 Said that now they'd have to wait for the combination of the safe. But I stopped that. How's that? I gave 100 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:41,280 them the combination. You told them how to open the safe? Certainly. With poor Mr. Blanton laying 101 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,320 there on the floor, all I could think about was them getting out of there. That's all that was 102 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:49,360 important. That's when they opened the safe, didn't it? Yeah. Went right over to Mr. Blanton and got 103 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:53,920 his key out of his pocket and unlocked the door. By then, the lock had switched off and they just 104 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:58,640 opened up the vault and went in. Cleaned it right out. Just scooped up the money and put it in a 105 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:03,200 black bag and left. First off, of course, they locked me up in the closet with the others and 106 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:08,560 then they left. So who turned in the alarm? I guess it was Mr. Blanton. He was laying on the floor 107 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:13,600 where he'd fell. I guess he came to and up to get to the alarm system and turned it on. Must have been 108 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:18,000 him. Was it anybody else who could have done it? During the time the men were in the bank, did you 109 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:22,080 hear them use any names? I don't think I understand what you mean. Well, do they call each other by 110 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:27,280 name at any time? Not that I heard. Is it important? Well, it'd help. I didn't hear them use any, 111 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:31,280 but if worse comes to worse, I can do something about it. Yes, ma'am. I've got a couple for them. 112 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:42,000 We obtained a complete description of the hold-up pair and a supplemental broadcast was put out. 113 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,680 The crime lab crew came out to the scene and went over the premises for physical evidence. 114 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:49,680 From their investigation, we found that the bandits had made their entrance through a rear window. 115 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:54,400 They'd sawed through the steel bars and broken the glass. From there, they'd come in and apparently 116 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:58,880 had waited for the employees to arrive. We'd ascertained from the cashier that both men had 117 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:03,520 worn gloves, so there was no chance of getting any fingerprints. In the dirt on the alley pavement, 118 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:08,080 Lee Jones was able to find several good impressions of footprints. These were photographed and 119 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:12,160 booked as evidence. Because of their placement, it was more than likely that they belonged to the 120 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:16,800 thieves. Also in the alley, he found several broken hacksaw blades. These were booked, 121 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,400 their numbers noted, and a request sent to the manufacturer for the name of the store that had 122 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:24,560 sold them. The other employees of the bank were questioned and they verified the story and the 123 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:29,600 description that we'd gotten from the cashier. The stats office started a run on the M.O. used and 124 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,200 the victims were taken downtown and asked to go through the mug books. They were not able to give 125 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:38,640 us an identification of the thieves. That afternoon at 3 47 p.m. Frank and I met back in the squad room. 126 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:44,000 Hi. Hi. How'd the stats office do? Well, I got the list right here, 18 possibles. Yeah. Any of them 127 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:48,400 look good? Couple. Skipper around? No, you went over the inspector's office. Anything special? 128 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:52,000 I wanted to check with him on who's going to work with us on this thing. We left word. Murph and 129 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,760 Gaffney are with us. We can use Pinky and Stromwell if we need them. Is Murph around? No, he went down 130 00:10:55,760 --> 00:11:00,000 to R.N.I. He had a hunch this might tie in with the heist they worked on last month. Same M.O. 131 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,680 Figured he might as well check it out. Well, as soon as he gets back, maybe he'll give us a hand 132 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:07,680 with this list, huh? Yeah. How about the bank manager? Any word there? I called George's street, 133 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:11,760 talked with Dr. Sebastian. He said Blanton has been released to his own doctor. What kind of 134 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,440 conditions is he in? Should be able to talk to him tonight. Guess it was a pretty bad attack. 135 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:20,000 Sebastian said he was in rough shape. Well, let's check out. We can tag Murph in the hall. 136 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:24,720 Gaffney with him? He was. All right, let's go. You want to sign us out? Yeah. I got it. 137 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:32,720 Robbery Friday. Yeah, he's here. Just a minute. For you, Frank. Okay. Want to take care of the book? 138 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:38,880 Yeah. Who is it? He didn't say. He just wanted to talk to you. Oh. Smith's speaking. Yeah, that's right. 139 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:46,480 Huh? Yeah, sure we can. Yes, sir. We can right away. You want to give me that address? 140 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:54,320 Yes, sir. Okay. Thank you. I have it. Yeah, right away. Goodbye. It's Blanton's doctor. Yeah. 141 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:57,600 Says he wants to see us right away. Yeah. What about? Well, Blanton says he remembers that when the 142 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:01,520 thieves left, the bank of customer came up to the door. Yeah. He heard the big one tell the other 143 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:09,120 one to take off his mask. The customer got a good look at both of them. 144 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,240 We left the office immediately and drove over to the bank manager's home. We talked with his doctor 145 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:23,120 and we obtained permission to ask a few questions. Blanton told us that as the two thieves had left 146 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:27,280 the bank, a woman passerby had noticed the bank manager's keys still in the front door lock. 147 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:32,000 She'd stopped and knocked at the door to notify someone in the bank about the keys. As she did, 148 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:36,880 the two holdup men had taken off their masks and passed directly in front of her. We asked Blanton 149 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,800 if he knew the woman, but he said that he'd never seen her before. We asked if it was possible that 150 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,640 she might be a customer of his bank. He said it was possible that he'd just never seen her before. 151 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,560 They gave us her description and we started to check with the bank employees in the hopes that 152 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:53,440 one of them could identify her. None of them could. We got out a supplemental bulletin asking that the 153 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:57,520 woman be picked up. In the meantime, officers Murphy and Rafferty had checked out the list of 154 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:01,920 possibles that the stats office had come up with. All of the names on the list either had alibis or 155 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:06,080 could establish that they were not near the bank when it was robbed. We checked all F.I. cards 156 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:11,040 filed in the area without result. Frank and I checked out of the office at 12 18 a.m. and went 157 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:15,120 home to get some sleep. The next day, Wednesday, June 3rd, Frank was waiting for me when I got to 158 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:19,840 work. Don't sit down. We got a call to make. Yeah? Marie Logan called. You remember the rental car 159 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:23,600 agent out in the valley? Oh yeah, she gave us a hand on the identity of that young fellow that 160 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:27,040 knocked over the liquor store out at Tilden-Memethil, wasn't it? That's the one. What she got? Might be 161 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:30,800 nothing, but we ought to check it out. Says there's a woman who hangs around the local bars mooching 162 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:35,840 drinks. Never got a dime. Yeah. She came in to see Marie yesterday afternoon. Wanted to rent a car to 163 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:50,240 drive to New York. Where do we fit in? She wanted to pay in advance. Offered Marie brand new hundred dollar bills. 164 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:54,160 From the statement we'd gotten from the bank, we knew that in the 34,000 dollars the thieves had 165 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:58,400 taken, there were several thousand dollars in one hundred dollar bills. Frank and I signed out of the 166 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:02,720 office and drove out to the San Fernando Valley. At the corner of Valley Heart Boulevard and Dickens, 167 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:07,120 we found Marie Logan's rental agency. There was a line of late model cars in front of the lot, 168 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:12,800 and at the rear we found a small wooden building. Frank knocked at the door and we waited. Yeah, oh 169 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:17,440 hi, it's you. Hello, Miss Logan. Miss Logan. Hi Sergeant, Mr. Smith. Come on in. Thank you. Thanks very much. 170 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:22,720 I sure hope I haven't brought you guys out here in a while goose chase. Hope it works out. All right, 171 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:27,600 you want to fill us in? This woman named Betty Gallick hangs around the bars in the neighborhood, 172 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:32,880 spends her time catching drinks, real bum. Why do you figure we might be interested? A couple of times 173 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:37,760 she's come in to rent a car just to use around town. First few times I was stuck. How do you mean? 174 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:41,840 Checks. She'd pay the deposit with a check, then when she brought the car back she'd pay the bill by 175 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:46,240 check. I see. Check it bounced. Then when I'd call her she'd come in and pick it up and give me the cash 176 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:50,400 to cover it. That was the only reason I didn't turn it over to you, she always paid up. Now this time 177 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:55,600 she had the cash though. Yeah, came in wanted a new Lincoln to drive to New York. She was dressed like 178 00:14:55,600 --> 00:15:00,480 always, cheap cotton dress, cloth coat, even had the imitation leather purse. Kind of supposed to 179 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,840 look like real leather but as soon as you get inside 10 feet you know what it is. You know what I mean? 180 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:08,480 Yes, I think so. That kind. Well anyway when she asked for the car I told her I couldn't let her have it, 181 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:13,520 said I'd been stung too many times before. So right off she said she wanted to pay cash. 182 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:18,000 That's when she opens his crummy purse and the dough almost fell out. Must have had a couple of 183 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:22,000 thousand dollars in there, maybe more. Well you said something on the phone about hundred dollar bills. 184 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,640 Yeah, she pulled out a couple of them to show me she could pay cash. I asked her where she got them. 185 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:30,560 What'd you say to that? Said it wasn't any of my business. Told me as long as she had the money and 186 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:35,280 a driver's license I should ought to run to the car. I thought I ought to check with you first. Now 187 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:38,720 you got an address on this Gaelic woman? Yeah, after I called this morning I checked through the 188 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,720 records, got her home address and the driver's license number. She got any friends you know her? 189 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:48,000 Just about on every bar stool where she hung out. I mean anyone special. Oh I don't know, I saw her a 190 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,920 couple of times with the same guy in the place down at the corner. Hot days, I sometimes go down there 191 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:56,560 for a beer. Well I've seen her there with this one guy a couple of times. You know who he is? No, 192 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,920 not his name. I've seen the two of them drive away together a couple of times. 193 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:04,560 He's got a flashy convertible. Guess he drove it out here. What do you mean? 194 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:11,680 Well, car's got a New York license plate. Oh, excuse me. Yes ma'am. Go ahead. Logan Randall service. Yeah, 195 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:22,800 uh-huh. Yeah, I know her. Yeah. You sure about that? Sure, okay. Thanks, goodbye. 196 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:29,040 That tears it. What's wrong? There was a rental agency in Hollywood called to ask me about Betty 197 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:33,600 Gaelic. Seems she gave me as a reference. Yeah. Came into their place and rented a car from them, 198 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:42,720 paid cash for it. Was she there now? No, she left for New York this morning. 199 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:51,760 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 200 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:57,120 One of the biggest comedy hits of the year. That's how the movie critics are describing 201 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:03,360 Bob Hope's latest Paramount picture, Casanova's Big Night. Like so many other millions of smokers, 202 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:09,360 Bob and Audrey Dalton, who appears with him in the picture, say Chesterfield's for me. First, 203 00:17:09,360 --> 00:17:14,560 Audrey Dalton. I changed to Chesterfield King Size because I think it's better than any other King 204 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:20,640 Size cigarette. Bob Hope says, five years. That's how long I've been smoking Chesterfield's and they 205 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:25,360 have what it takes to satisfy me. What's more, I've seen how they make Chesterfield's down in their 206 00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:31,040 Durham factory and I wouldn't smoke any other cigarette. Try Chesterfield's yourself. You'll 207 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:38,560 find their best for you too. Yes, either way, regular or King Size, smoke America's most popular 208 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:43,440 two-way cigarette. Join the thousands now changing to Chesterfield. 209 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:58,320 We contacted the rental agency that had leased the car to Betty Gallic. From them, we got a 210 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:02,240 description of the car and the license number. We put out a local and an all-points bulletin on the 211 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,920 vehicle. We got in touch with the New York authorities and asked them to be on the lookout for 212 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:10,800 the car. We got the Gallic woman's address from the rental agency and we checked out her house. 213 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:14,480 We found nothing to give us any indication as to where she might have gone, but we did find a silk 214 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:19,360 scarf similar to the one described by the victims as having been worn by the hold-up men. We checked 215 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:23,680 with the neighbors, but none of them could tell us where Betty Gallic had gone. Two days went by 216 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,600 while we followed down every lead that turned up. The information from the crime lab was checked out, 217 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:32,080 but it led us nowhere. The serial numbers on the hacksaw blades had come back, but when we talked 218 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:37,760 to the store owner, he was unable to tell us who had bought them. Saturday at 12 noon, a meeting was 219 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:42,560 held in the offices of Thad Brown. Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation were there. 220 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:45,840 They had agents working on the case, but they hadn't been able to come up with any more information 221 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,920 than we'd gotten. 2 14 p.m. Frank and I got back to the office. 222 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:56,560 The chief was sure mad. Well, do you blame him? We haven't got very much. Well, seems like every 223 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:00,720 time we do get a lead worth anything, it goes to nothing. Yeah, it's got to end in some place. I got it. 224 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:11,440 Robbery Friday. Yeah. We did? No, we went. Yeah, right. No, I'll be right down to pick it up. Yeah, thanks. 225 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:15,600 Bye. Those communications, they just got a wire from Chicago. Yeah. They picked up the Gallic woman. 226 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:20,080 Betty Gallic had been picked up south of Chicago and held an answer to our communication. However, 227 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:23,600 when she was picked up, she was in the company of two other women. They were identified as her 228 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:28,240 sisters. We made arrangements to talk to her by long distance telephone. As soon as we started to 229 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:32,160 ask her questions regarding the bank robbery, she admitted being the driver of the getaway car. 230 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,560 She told us that the theft had been planned by a man she knew only as Dean. 231 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:41,440 She was the first woman to be arrested. She was the first woman to be arrested. 232 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:44,640 She told us that the theft had been planned by a man she knew only as Dean. 233 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:49,200 She was unable to tell us any more about him. She went on to say that she'd met him in a bar in the 234 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:54,240 valley along with the other two men. She identified these two men as Richard and Matt. She was unable 235 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:58,400 to give us their last names or tell us any more about them. She did say, however, that Matt was 236 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:02,800 from New York and that as far as she knew, he was there at the time. She went on to say that he was 237 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:06,960 not with the trio when the bank was held up. We questioned her further, but she was unable to give 238 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:10,880 us any additional information on the three men. She did, however, tell us that they had stayed at a 239 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:14,560 motel located on Sepulveda Boulevard. She gave us the name and the approximate location. 240 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:20,080 She was detained pending extradition in Chicago. Saturday evening, Frank and I drove out to the 241 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:26,560 motel that the Gallic woman had mentioned. We rang the bell and waited. Yeah, lights on. We got no 242 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:30,240 vacancies. Police officers, we want to ask you some questions. What about a couple of men who stayed 243 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,840 here? Anybody in this place who's got trouble with the cops has to get out. You tell me who they are 244 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,880 and I'll throw them right at you. I don't want no trouble. Now who are you looking for? One of them's 245 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:41,040 tall, the other short, named Dean and Richard. What about the last name? We haven't got that. 246 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,880 Don't need it. I know who you mean. Yeah. Sure. Dean Franklin, Dick Norton, a couple of no-goods. 247 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,480 They ain't here no more. You know where they are? I'm not sure. I think maybe I got an address in my desk. 248 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:54,880 Come on in. Thank you. I'm Jim Allison. Well, it's Frank Smith. My name's Friday. What have the boys 249 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:59,280 done? Just routine. We want to talk to them. You won't tell me, huh? It'll be better if we talk to them 250 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:03,600 about it. Have it your own way. I don't want to get mixed up in anything. Those boys got themselves a 251 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,040 bucket of trouble. I want no part of it. While they was here, they paid their rent and didn't cause 252 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,560 much trouble. That's all I was interested in. As long as they didn't cause any trouble. Yes, sir. How 253 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:14,160 long ago did they leave? I guess it's about a week ago. I got it in the books. I can check it for you, 254 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,360 if you want. Yes, sir. We'd like to have the information. Sure. I'll get it for you. Do they have any 255 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:20,880 visitors while they were here? A couple of guys come around in the morning. That's about it, though. 256 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:25,040 Look like bill collectors. The boys never let them inside. Used to talk on the porch. Three of them 257 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:30,000 move out at the same time? No. Matt left a couple of days before. Said he was going back east. I think 258 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,920 he had some kind of a job back there. It wasn't real chummy, you know. Kind of kept to themselves. 259 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:37,520 All right, sir. Would you see if you got that address where they might be? Oh, sure. Forgot all about 260 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:42,560 it. It's in the desk, I think. Always running into this kind of thing with a motel. Yes, sir. What's 261 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:47,360 that? Wrong people renting rooms. We got no way of checking on them. Seems like whenever somebody's 262 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:53,760 got trouble, they pick a motel to have it and never ends. Now, let's see. Yeah, here it is. They left 263 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:58,480 this in case I got any mail for them. Said just to send it on. Here you are. Thank you. It's a place out 264 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:03,120 in west Los Angeles. Thank you very much, sir. Glad to help out. You can't tell me what this is about, 265 00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:06,880 huh? No, sir. It's police business. You figure you're going to have any trouble with them? Well, 266 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,720 it's hard to say. It'll depend on how they want it. And if I was you, I'd take it easy picking them up. 267 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,560 Why? Because I know Franklin's got a gun. 268 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,160 We obtained the license number and the description of the car that the suspects had driven. It was a 269 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:26,880 late model convertible with New York license plates. Before we left the motel, we called R&I 270 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:31,120 and checked the names Dean Franklin and Richard Norton. We found that both of them had long felony 271 00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:35,200 records. We talked to Captain Donahoe and had two more teams of men sent out from the office to meet 272 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:39,840 us at the address that we'd gotten from the motel manager. From what we knew of the two men, taking 273 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:44,080 them into custody would be difficult. Frank and I left the motel and drove out to the address in 274 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:48,480 west Los Angeles. It was a one-story wooden building set well back on a weed-filled lot. 275 00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:53,280 A late model car was in the driveway. Ten minutes after we got there, officers Murphy, 276 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:57,520 Rafferty, Meade, and Leitner met us. Murphy had brought two sawed-off shotguns loaded with 277 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:02,320 double-aught buck and several tear gas grenades. The only chance we had of taking the men without 278 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:06,960 bloodshed was to use the one element on our side. Surprise. Murphy and Rafferty went around to the 279 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:11,040 street at the back of the house and Leitner took the other. When all of us were in position, Frank and 280 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:23,920 I prepared to move up to the front door. You all set? Just a minute. All right, let's go. 281 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,880 I don't see anything. Well, I might have seen this. You better take it easy. Right. 282 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:35,840 All right, let's make it for the porch. Yeah. Come on. 283 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,520 You okay? Yeah. All right, now I'll take the door. When we get inside, 284 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:58,800 you go to the left, I'll handle the right side. Right. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Now. 285 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,360 How about it? Nothing. Place is empty. 286 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,640 We searched the house, but we found no trace of the suspects. From the clothing in the closets, 287 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,320 we figured that they had not moved out. And going over the house, we found a machine gun hidden in 288 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:21,040 one of the bedrooms. The cartridge clip was loaded and the gun was ready for use. We pulled the clip, 289 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,720 called the office and told them where we were. Then we settled down to wait for the suspects to 290 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:29,200 return. Murphy and Rafferty covered the rear approaches to the house. Meade and Leitner were 291 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:34,240 in cars parked down the street and Frank and I waited in the front room. At 10 46 PM, the phone 292 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:38,640 in the house rang three times and then it stopped. We waited for Franklin and Norton to come back. 293 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:46,000 11 PM, 11 30, still no sign of them. Started to get cold in the house. Midnight, 12 30, the phone rang 294 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:50,800 again. 12 45. From down the street, we heard a car approach. Joe. Yeah. 295 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:57,040 Did you see anything? Just a minute. Pull that curtain back. 296 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,920 It's a Ford sedan coming down this way. Pulled into the driveway. 297 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:07,520 It's them. Just the two of them. As near as I can tell you. They're getting out of the car. 298 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:12,000 Yeah. How about Leitner and Meade? Yeah, they see them. They're starting to get out of the car down there. 299 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,000 Better cover the door. They're coming in. 300 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:20,480 Police officer, stand still. Get the other one, Frank. All of them. 301 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:26,080 Meade, Leitner, he's coming at you. No, hold on. They got him, Frank. All right, Franklin, turn around. 302 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:29,760 How'd you get to us? Who told you? Put your hands behind you. 303 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,680 Who told you we were here? Somebody had to tell you. You'd never have got us without somebody 304 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,680 tipping you. It was that lush Betty, wasn't it? It was her that told you. All right, outside. Come on, move. 305 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:42,880 Had to be her. She was the only one that knew. Had to be her. You'd never have made it without her. 306 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,680 You're wrong. We'd have made it. Come on. 307 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:58,400 The story you have just heard is true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. 308 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:03,680 On November 14th, trial was held in Department 92's Superior Court of the State of California, 309 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,680 in and for the County of Los Angeles. In a moment, the results of that trial. 310 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:12,240 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. Thank you, George Fenomen. Thousands of smokers all across 311 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:16,560 the country are now changing to Chesterfield. We'd like you to give them a try, too. I know you'll 312 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:21,120 like them because the Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made. For the taste you 313 00:26:21,120 --> 00:26:26,480 want and the mildness you want, smoke America's most popular two-way cigarette. Regular or king 314 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,480 size, Chesterfield. 315 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:31,760 Dean Roger Franklin, Richard Henry Norton, and Betty Elaine Gallick were tried and convicted of 316 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:36,640 robbery in the first degree. Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state 317 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:41,680 penitentiary for a period of from five years to life. Further investigation showed that Matthew 318 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:47,600 Arthur Ross had no part or knowledge of the crime. The trial was held in the state of California, 319 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:52,000 in the state of Los Angeles, in the state of Los Angeles, in the state of Los Angeles, in the 320 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:56,800 state of Los Angeles. Further investigation showed that Matthew Arthur Ross had no part or knowledge 321 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,800 of the crime. 322 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:23,200 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. Technical advice comes 323 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:28,560 from the office of chief of police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. Technical advisors 324 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:34,880 Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, 325 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:42,080 Helen Klebe, Georgia Ellis, Vic Perrin. Script by John Robinson. Music by Walter Schuman. 326 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,080 Hal Gibney speaking. 327 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:51,680 Watch an entirely different Dragnet case history each week on your local NBC television station. 328 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,680 Please check your newspapers for the day and time. 329 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,680 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 330 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:07,680 Filter cigarette smokers, here is headline news. Nationwide demand for L and M filters drops price. 331 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:14,480 Now you save up to four cents a pack, 40 cents a carton. Now everyone can afford America's highest 332 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:20,960 quality and best filter tip cigarette. Remember only L and M's have the miracle filter tip 333 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:28,720 containing alpha cellulose. You'll get much more flavor, much less nicotine. 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