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From beginning to end, from crime to 02:03.440 --> 02:07.120 punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 02:11.680 --> 02:15.440 It was Tuesday, June 3rd. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of 02:15.440 --> 02:19.600 robbery detail. My partner is Frank Smith, the boss is Chief Detective Stad Brown. My name is 02:19.600 --> 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, 02:24.240 --> 02:28.800 the manager's office. I'm not a young woman anymore. I can't take this kind of excitement. Yes, 02:28.800 --> 02:33.040 ma'am. You checked with them? Yeah, they got the broadcast out right away. Long shot if it pays off. 02:33.040 --> 02:37.040 Yeah, not much of a description. I hope you're not saying that for my benefit, young man. I gave you 02:37.040 --> 02:41.760 all I could. It was hard to see their faces with those scarves on. Maybe you could have done better, 02:41.760 --> 02:45.440 but I couldn't. We're not trying to say that you didn't do good, ma'am. We understand the 02:45.440 --> 02:49.680 handicap that you were under. I should hope so. Terrible thing. I'm not a young woman anymore. 02:49.680 --> 02:53.360 Yes, ma'am. Now, would you tell us just exactly what happened now right from the beginning? 02:53.360 --> 02:57.040 You mean starting when I come in this morning? Yes, ma'am. That's right. Eight o'clock, just like 02:57.040 --> 03:01.760 always. That's when I got here. Opened the door with the key and came right on in. A little 03:01.760 --> 03:06.400 suspecting what was waiting for me. I tell you, I was pretty surprised when they popped out at me. 03:06.400 --> 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 03:10.320 --> 03:14.880 them? No, ma'am. Certainly not. Never would have come in. When did you first see the two, ma'am? 03:14.880 --> 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 03:19.760 --> 03:24.240 back to the clothes closet to hang up my coat and umbrella. I see. Go ahead. Kind of silly, I guess, 03:24.240 --> 03:28.480 carrying an umbrella on a day like this, but I always do. Never know. Yes, ma'am. People always 03:28.480 --> 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. 03:33.920 --> 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, 03:38.080 --> 03:42.720 please? Well, I hung up my umbrella and my coat and then I came out the main part of the bank, 03:42.720 --> 03:47.120 right out where those two assassins were. And that's when you saw them, is that right? Oh, no. They 03:47.120 --> 03:52.400 were cagey. They waited until I was away from the alarm system. They were real sly. I see. Go ahead. 03:52.400 --> 03:56.960 I walked out the tables. You know where the deposit slips are out in the center? Yes, ma'am. Out there. 03:56.960 --> 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, 04:01.600 --> 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. 04:06.880 --> 04:12.640 You know, all the slips in the right place, blotters all clean and new, neat. Yes, ma'am, I understand. 04:12.640 --> 04:16.800 When did you see the thieves? As I was straightening up the counter. That's when they stepped out in the 04:16.800 --> 04:21.840 open. Where were they, ma'am? Over in the escrow department, hiding behind the desks, I guess. 04:21.840 --> 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 04:26.320 --> 04:31.680 me with his steely eyes and told me to be quiet and nothing would happen. Said to be just quiet. 04:32.400 --> 04:36.960 I'm not young anymore, Sergeant. A thing like that can be a tremendous shock. Yes, ma'am. Were both of 04:36.960 --> 04:41.520 the men together at that time? I don't understand. Well, did they both come out from behind the counter? 04:41.520 --> 04:46.720 Oh, yes. The big one had a machine gun and the other, the little scrawny one, had a pistol. 04:46.720 --> 04:51.360 Now, you're positive the big one had a machine gun? Listen, young man, I've seen enough movies and 04:51.360 --> 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 04:56.160 --> 05:01.920 it a revolver or an automatic? What? Well, look here. Did it look like this, this gun of mine? No, 05:02.480 --> 05:07.200 no, it wasn't like that. It was more the kind you see in movies. More mean looking than that. 05:07.200 --> 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, 05:12.080 --> 05:16.800 but it was real mean. And furthermore, I wouldn't be surprised there were real bullets in it. Not in the 05:16.800 --> 05:21.040 least. All right. Now, after they came out from behind the counter, what happened? They asked me what time 05:21.040 --> 05:27.360 the rest of the staff came in. I told them, anytime. That seemed to make them happy. Why you say that? 05:28.080 --> 05:33.200 Because one of them, the big one, turned to the little runt and said, just like clockwork. That's 05:33.200 --> 05:38.320 what he said. Just like clockwork. I'm going to tell you something, sort of a clue. Yes, ma'am. 05:38.320 --> 05:44.160 What's that? These fellas been planning this a long time. They knew all about how the bank works, 05:44.160 --> 05:49.120 what time everybody comes in and all. They even knew about the keys. What keys? The ones to the 05:49.120 --> 05:54.400 bank door. They knew who had them. First thing they wanted to know after they asked about the 05:54.400 --> 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 05:59.760 --> 06:05.360 doors in front of it. You know the bar doors in front of the vault door? To those. Did you give 06:05.360 --> 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 06:09.920 --> 06:15.360 bullets in those guns and I wasn't about to make sure. After all, I pay my taxes. Catching those 06:15.360 --> 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 06:20.400 --> 06:25.040 to go out and apprehend no thieves. Yes, ma'am. What happened then? You mean after I gave them the key? 06:25.040 --> 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 06:29.680 --> 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 06:34.800 --> 06:39.920 where I hung my umbrella. Yes, ma'am. But they let you stay outside, did they? Oh, yes. They had me 06:39.920 --> 06:46.240 right up in front with those guns pointed at me every second. Every second. I guess they wanted me 06:46.240 --> 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 06:51.440 --> 06:55.920 door, they could look inside and see me standing there. That way, I guess they thought there wasn't 06:55.920 --> 07:01.680 anything wrong. Came right in, like lambs to the slaughter. Next thing they knew, there was a gun 07:01.680 --> 07:07.280 in their ribs and they was locked up in the closet. What time did the manager come in? Poor Mr. Blanton. 07:07.280 --> 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? 07:12.560 --> 07:16.960 He had an awful attack. Bad heart. Well, they've taken him to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 07:16.960 --> 07:21.440 Did they find his pills? What's that? His pills. Mr. Blanton had a special kind of pills he takes 07:21.440 --> 07:25.840 when he has an attack. Some kind of explosive. Always has them with him. Did the men find him? 07:25.840 --> 07:28.880 Well, I guess they did or else they had the necessary medication with him. He's going to be 07:28.880 --> 07:36.480 all right. Just needs some rest. I'm glad of that. Sweet man. Widower. What happened when he came in? 07:36.480 --> 07:42.560 Mr. Blanton? Yes, ma'am. Well, he was just about pulled right in off the streets. He just got his 07:42.560 --> 07:46.960 key in the door and they practically just yanked him right in. Right away, wand his key to the vault 07:46.960 --> 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 07:51.200 --> 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 07:56.160 --> 08:00.480 out of his bank and to stop the foolishness. Just like that, he told them. I thought they were going 08:00.480 --> 08:05.040 to shoot him, but they didn't. I think if it hadn't been for the big one, they would have. 08:05.040 --> 08:09.680 The scrawny one wanted to. Wanted to kill Mr. Blanton right in cold blood. But the big one 08:09.680 --> 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 08:14.480 --> 08:21.360 of there. That's when Mr. Blanton passed out. Cold. Right on the floor. Attack. You want to go ahead? 08:22.080 --> 08:26.480 Well, I guess they just about had a fight between themselves over that. Well, how do you mean? 08:26.480 --> 08:31.360 The big one really read the runt off. Told him he was stupid for making poor Mr. Blanton pass out. 08:31.360 --> 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 08:36.880 --> 08:41.280 them the combination. You told them how to open the safe? Certainly. With poor Mr. Blanton laying 08:41.280 --> 08:44.320 there on the floor, all I could think about was them getting out of there. That's all that was 08:44.320 --> 08:49.360 important. That's when they opened the safe, didn't it? Yeah. Went right over to Mr. Blanton and got 08:49.360 --> 08:53.920 his key out of his pocket and unlocked the door. By then, the lock had switched off and they just 08:53.920 --> 08:58.640 opened up the vault and went in. Cleaned it right out. Just scooped up the money and put it in a 08:58.640 --> 09:03.200 black bag and left. First off, of course, they locked me up in the closet with the others and 09:03.200 --> 09:08.560 then they left. So who turned in the alarm? I guess it was Mr. Blanton. He was laying on the floor 09:08.560 --> 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 09:13.600 --> 09:18.000 him. Was it anybody else who could have done it? During the time the men were in the bank, did you 09:18.000 --> 09:22.080 hear them use any names? I don't think I understand what you mean. Well, do they call each other by 09:22.080 --> 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, 09:27.280 --> 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. 09:38.080 --> 09:42.000 We obtained a complete description of the hold-up pair and a supplemental broadcast was put out. 09:42.000 --> 09:45.680 The crime lab crew came out to the scene and went over the premises for physical evidence. 09:45.680 --> 09:49.680 From their investigation, we found that the bandits had made their entrance through a rear window. 09:49.680 --> 09:54.400 They'd sawed through the steel bars and broken the glass. From there, they'd come in and apparently 09:54.400 --> 09:58.880 had waited for the employees to arrive. We'd ascertained from the cashier that both men had 09:58.880 --> 10:03.520 worn gloves, so there was no chance of getting any fingerprints. In the dirt on the alley pavement, 10:03.520 --> 10:08.080 Lee Jones was able to find several good impressions of footprints. These were photographed and 10:08.080 --> 10:12.160 booked as evidence. Because of their placement, it was more than likely that they belonged to the 10:12.160 --> 10:16.800 thieves. Also in the alley, he found several broken hacksaw blades. These were booked, 10:16.800 --> 10:20.400 their numbers noted, and a request sent to the manufacturer for the name of the store that had 10:20.400 --> 10:24.560 sold them. The other employees of the bank were questioned and they verified the story and the 10:24.560 --> 10:29.600 description that we'd gotten from the cashier. The stats office started a run on the M.O. used and 10:29.600 --> 10:33.200 the victims were taken downtown and asked to go through the mug books. They were not able to give 10:33.200 --> 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. 10:38.640 --> 10:44.000 Hi. Hi. How'd the stats office do? Well, I got the list right here, 18 possibles. Yeah. Any of them 10:44.000 --> 10:48.400 look good? Couple. Skipper around? No, you went over the inspector's office. Anything special? 10:48.400 --> 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 10:52.000 --> 10:55.760 Gaffney are with us. We can use Pinky and Stromwell if we need them. Is Murph around? No, he went down 10:55.760 --> 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. 11:00.000 --> 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 11:03.680 --> 11:07.680 with this list, huh? Yeah. How about the bank manager? Any word there? I called George's street, 11:07.680 --> 11:11.760 talked with Dr. Sebastian. He said Blanton has been released to his own doctor. What kind of 11:11.760 --> 11:15.440 conditions is he in? Should be able to talk to him tonight. Guess it was a pretty bad attack. 11:15.440 --> 11:20.000 Sebastian said he was in rough shape. Well, let's check out. We can tag Murph in the hall. 11:20.000 --> 11:24.720 Gaffney with him? He was. All right, let's go. You want to sign us out? Yeah. I got it. 11:27.040 --> 11:32.720 Robbery Friday. Yeah, he's here. Just a minute. For you, Frank. Okay. Want to take care of the book? 11:32.720 --> 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. 11:38.880 --> 11:46.480 Huh? Yeah, sure we can. Yes, sir. We can right away. You want to give me that address? 11:48.480 --> 11:54.320 Yes, sir. Okay. Thank you. I have it. Yeah, right away. Goodbye. It's Blanton's doctor. Yeah. 11:54.320 --> 11:57.600 Says he wants to see us right away. Yeah. What about? Well, Blanton says he remembers that when the 11:57.600 --> 12:01.520 thieves left, the bank of customer came up to the door. Yeah. He heard the big one tell the other 12:01.520 --> 12:09.120 one to take off his mask. The customer got a good look at both of them. 12:14.400 --> 12:18.240 We left the office immediately and drove over to the bank manager's home. We talked with his doctor 12:18.240 --> 12:23.120 and we obtained permission to ask a few questions. Blanton told us that as the two thieves had left 12:23.120 --> 12:27.280 the bank, a woman passerby had noticed the bank manager's keys still in the front door lock. 12:27.280 --> 12:32.000 She'd stopped and knocked at the door to notify someone in the bank about the keys. As she did, 12:32.000 --> 12:36.880 the two holdup men had taken off their masks and passed directly in front of her. We asked Blanton 12:36.880 --> 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 12:40.800 --> 12:44.640 she might be a customer of his bank. He said it was possible that he'd just never seen her before. 12:45.280 --> 12:48.560 They gave us her description and we started to check with the bank employees in the hopes that 12:48.560 --> 12:53.440 one of them could identify her. None of them could. We got out a supplemental bulletin asking that the 12:53.440 --> 12:57.520 woman be picked up. In the meantime, officers Murphy and Rafferty had checked out the list of 12:57.520 --> 13:01.920 possibles that the stats office had come up with. All of the names on the list either had alibis or 13:01.920 --> 13:06.080 could establish that they were not near the bank when it was robbed. We checked all F.I. cards 13:06.080 --> 13:11.040 filed in the area without result. Frank and I checked out of the office at 12 18 a.m. and went 13:11.040 --> 13:15.120 home to get some sleep. The next day, Wednesday, June 3rd, Frank was waiting for me when I got to 13:15.120 --> 13:19.840 work. Don't sit down. We got a call to make. Yeah? Marie Logan called. You remember the rental car 13:19.840 --> 13:23.600 agent out in the valley? Oh yeah, she gave us a hand on the identity of that young fellow that 13:23.600 --> 13:27.040 knocked over the liquor store out at Tilden-Memethil, wasn't it? That's the one. What she got? Might be 13:27.040 --> 13:30.800 nothing, but we ought to check it out. Says there's a woman who hangs around the local bars mooching 13:30.800 --> 13:35.840 drinks. Never got a dime. Yeah. She came in to see Marie yesterday afternoon. Wanted to rent a car to 13:35.840 --> 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. 13:50.240 --> 13:54.160 From the statement we'd gotten from the bank, we knew that in the 34,000 dollars the thieves had 13:54.160 --> 13:58.400 taken, there were several thousand dollars in one hundred dollar bills. Frank and I signed out of the 13:58.400 --> 14:02.720 office and drove out to the San Fernando Valley. At the corner of Valley Heart Boulevard and Dickens, 14:02.720 --> 14:07.120 we found Marie Logan's rental agency. There was a line of late model cars in front of the lot, 14:07.120 --> 14:12.800 and at the rear we found a small wooden building. Frank knocked at the door and we waited. Yeah, oh 14:12.800 --> 14:17.440 hi, it's you. Hello, Miss Logan. Miss Logan. Hi Sergeant, Mr. Smith. Come on in. Thank you. Thanks very much. 14:18.320 --> 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, 14:22.720 --> 14:27.600 you want to fill us in? This woman named Betty Gallick hangs around the bars in the neighborhood, 14:27.600 --> 14:32.880 spends her time catching drinks, real bum. Why do you figure we might be interested? A couple of times 14:32.880 --> 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? 14:37.760 --> 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 14:41.840 --> 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 14:46.240 --> 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 14:50.400 --> 14:55.600 she had the cash though. Yeah, came in wanted a new Lincoln to drive to New York. She was dressed like 14:55.600 --> 15:00.480 always, cheap cotton dress, cloth coat, even had the imitation leather purse. Kind of supposed to 15:00.480 --> 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? 15:03.840 --> 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, 15:08.480 --> 15:13.520 said I'd been stung too many times before. So right off she said she wanted to pay cash. 15:14.160 --> 15:18.000 That's when she opens his crummy purse and the dough almost fell out. Must have had a couple of 15:18.000 --> 15:22.000 thousand dollars in there, maybe more. Well you said something on the phone about hundred dollar bills. 15:22.000 --> 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. 15:26.640 --> 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 15:30.560 --> 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 15:35.280 --> 15:38.720 you got an address on this Gaelic woman? Yeah, after I called this morning I checked through the 15:38.720 --> 15:42.720 records, got her home address and the driver's license number. She got any friends you know her? 15:42.720 --> 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 15:48.000 --> 15:51.920 couple of times with the same guy in the place down at the corner. Hot days, I sometimes go down there 15:51.920 --> 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, 15:56.560 --> 15:59.920 not his name. I've seen the two of them drive away together a couple of times. 16:00.560 --> 16:04.560 He's got a flashy convertible. Guess he drove it out here. What do you mean? 16:04.560 --> 16:11.680 Well, car's got a New York license plate. Oh, excuse me. Yes ma'am. Go ahead. Logan Randall service. Yeah, 16:11.680 --> 16:22.800 uh-huh. Yeah, I know her. Yeah. You sure about that? Sure, okay. Thanks, goodbye. 16:24.000 --> 16:29.040 That tears it. What's wrong? There was a rental agency in Hollywood called to ask me about Betty 16:29.040 --> 16:33.600 Gaelic. Seems she gave me as a reference. Yeah. Came into their place and rented a car from them, 16:33.600 --> 16:42.720 paid cash for it. Was she there now? No, she left for New York this morning. 16:47.440 --> 16:51.760 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 16:52.400 --> 16:57.120 One of the biggest comedy hits of the year. That's how the movie critics are describing 16:57.120 --> 17:03.360 Bob Hope's latest Paramount picture, Casanova's Big Night. Like so many other millions of smokers, 17:03.360 --> 17:09.360 Bob and Audrey Dalton, who appears with him in the picture, say Chesterfield's for me. First, 17:09.360 --> 17:14.560 Audrey Dalton. I changed to Chesterfield King Size because I think it's better than any other King 17:14.560 --> 17:20.640 Size cigarette. Bob Hope says, five years. That's how long I've been smoking Chesterfield's and they 17:20.640 --> 17:25.360 have what it takes to satisfy me. 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We got the Gallic woman's address from the rental agency and we checked out her house. 18:10.800 --> 18:14.480 We found nothing to give us any indication as to where she might have gone, but we did find a silk 18:14.480 --> 18:19.360 scarf similar to the one described by the victims as having been worn by the hold-up men. We checked 18:19.360 --> 18:23.680 with the neighbors, but none of them could tell us where Betty Gallic had gone. Two days went by 18:23.680 --> 18:27.600 while we followed down every lead that turned up. The information from the crime lab was checked out, 18:27.600 --> 18:32.080 but it led us nowhere. The serial numbers on the hacksaw blades had come back, but when we talked 18:32.080 --> 18:37.760 to the store owner, he was unable to tell us who had bought them. Saturday at 12 noon, a meeting was 18:37.760 --> 18:42.560 held in the offices of Thad Brown. Members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation were there. 18:42.560 --> 18:45.840 They had agents working on the case, but they hadn't been able to come up with any more information 18:45.840 --> 18:49.920 than we'd gotten. 2 14 p.m. Frank and I got back to the office. 18:52.320 --> 18:56.560 The chief was sure mad. Well, do you blame him? We haven't got very much. Well, seems like every 18:56.560 --> 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. 19:03.040 --> 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. 19:11.440 --> 19:15.600 Bye. Those communications, they just got a wire from Chicago. Yeah. They picked up the Gallic woman. 19:15.600 --> 19:20.080 Betty Gallic had been picked up south of Chicago and held an answer to our communication. However, 19:20.080 --> 19:23.600 when she was picked up, she was in the company of two other women. They were identified as her 19:23.600 --> 19:28.240 sisters. We made arrangements to talk to her by long distance telephone. As soon as we started to 19:28.240 --> 19:32.160 ask her questions regarding the bank robbery, she admitted being the driver of the getaway car. 19:32.880 --> 19:36.560 She told us that the theft had been planned by a man she knew only as Dean. 19:37.200 --> 19:41.440 She was the first woman to be arrested. She was the first woman to be arrested. 19:41.440 --> 19:44.640 She told us that the theft had been planned by a man she knew only as Dean. 19:45.280 --> 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 19:49.200 --> 19:54.240 valley along with the other two men. She identified these two men as Richard and Matt. She was unable 19:54.240 --> 19:58.400 to give us their last names or tell us any more about them. She did say, however, that Matt was 19:58.400 --> 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 20:02.800 --> 20:06.960 not with the trio when the bank was held up. We questioned her further, but she was unable to give 20:06.960 --> 20:10.880 us any additional information on the three men. She did, however, tell us that they had stayed at a 20:10.880 --> 20:14.560 motel located on Sepulveda Boulevard. She gave us the name and the approximate location. 20:15.520 --> 20:20.080 She was detained pending extradition in Chicago. Saturday evening, Frank and I drove out to the 20:20.080 --> 20:26.560 motel that the Gallic woman had mentioned. We rang the bell and waited. Yeah, lights on. We got no 20:26.560 --> 20:30.240 vacancies. Police officers, we want to ask you some questions. What about a couple of men who stayed 20:30.240 --> 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 20:33.840 --> 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 20:36.880 --> 20:41.040 tall, the other short, named Dean and Richard. What about the last name? We haven't got that. 20:41.040 --> 20:44.880 Don't need it. I know who you mean. Yeah. Sure. Dean Franklin, Dick Norton, a couple of no-goods. 20:44.880 --> 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. 20:48.480 --> 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 20:54.880 --> 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 20:59.280 --> 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 21:03.600 --> 21:07.040 bucket of trouble. I want no part of it. While they was here, they paid their rent and didn't cause 21:07.040 --> 21:10.560 much trouble. That's all I was interested in. As long as they didn't cause any trouble. Yes, sir. How 21:10.560 --> 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, 21:14.160 --> 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 21:17.360 --> 21:20.880 visitors while they were here? A couple of guys come around in the morning. That's about it, though. 21:20.880 --> 21:25.040 Look like bill collectors. The boys never let them inside. Used to talk on the porch. Three of them 21:25.040 --> 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 21:30.000 --> 21:33.920 he had some kind of a job back there. It wasn't real chummy, you know. Kind of kept to themselves. 21:33.920 --> 21:37.520 All right, sir. Would you see if you got that address where they might be? Oh, sure. Forgot all about 21:37.520 --> 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 21:42.560 --> 21:47.360 that? Wrong people renting rooms. We got no way of checking on them. Seems like whenever somebody's 21:47.360 --> 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 21:53.760 --> 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 21:58.480 --> 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, 22:03.120 --> 22:06.880 huh? No, sir. It's police business. You figure you're going to have any trouble with them? Well, 22:06.880 --> 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. 22:10.720 --> 22:12.560 Why? Because I know Franklin's got a gun. 22:18.400 --> 22:22.160 We obtained the license number and the description of the car that the suspects had driven. It was a 22:22.160 --> 22:26.880 late model convertible with New York license plates. Before we left the motel, we called R&I 22:26.880 --> 22:31.120 and checked the names Dean Franklin and Richard Norton. We found that both of them had long felony 22:31.120 --> 22:35.200 records. We talked to Captain Donahoe and had two more teams of men sent out from the office to meet 22:35.200 --> 22:39.840 us at the address that we'd gotten from the motel manager. From what we knew of the two men, taking 22:39.840 --> 22:44.080 them into custody would be difficult. Frank and I left the motel and drove out to the address in 22:44.080 --> 22:48.480 west Los Angeles. It was a one-story wooden building set well back on a weed-filled lot. 22:49.120 --> 22:53.280 A late model car was in the driveway. Ten minutes after we got there, officers Murphy, 22:53.280 --> 22:57.520 Rafferty, Meade, and Leitner met us. Murphy had brought two sawed-off shotguns loaded with 22:57.520 --> 23:02.320 double-aught buck and several tear gas grenades. The only chance we had of taking the men without 23:02.320 --> 23:06.960 bloodshed was to use the one element on our side. Surprise. Murphy and Rafferty went around to the 23:06.960 --> 23:11.040 street at the back of the house and Leitner took the other. When all of us were in position, Frank and 23:11.040 --> 23:23.920 I prepared to move up to the front door. You all set? Just a minute. All right, let's go. 23:23.920 --> 23:26.880 I don't see anything. Well, I might have seen this. You better take it easy. Right. 23:26.880 --> 23:35.840 All right, let's make it for the porch. Yeah. Come on. 23:41.520 --> 23:45.520 You okay? Yeah. All right, now I'll take the door. When we get inside, 23:45.520 --> 23:58.800 you go to the left, I'll handle the right side. Right. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Now. 23:58.800 --> 24:01.360 How about it? Nothing. Place is empty. 24:08.960 --> 24:12.640 We searched the house, but we found no trace of the suspects. From the clothing in the closets, 24:12.640 --> 24:16.320 we figured that they had not moved out. And going over the house, we found a machine gun hidden in 24:16.320 --> 24:21.040 one of the bedrooms. The cartridge clip was loaded and the gun was ready for use. We pulled the clip, 24:21.040 --> 24:24.720 called the office and told them where we were. Then we settled down to wait for the suspects to 24:24.720 --> 24:29.200 return. Murphy and Rafferty covered the rear approaches to the house. Meade and Leitner were 24:29.200 --> 24:34.240 in cars parked down the street and Frank and I waited in the front room. At 10 46 PM, the phone 24:34.240 --> 24:38.640 in the house rang three times and then it stopped. We waited for Franklin and Norton to come back. 24:38.640 --> 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 24:46.000 --> 24:50.800 again. 12 45. From down the street, we heard a car approach. Joe. Yeah. 24:53.760 --> 24:57.040 Did you see anything? Just a minute. Pull that curtain back. 24:58.080 --> 25:01.920 It's a Ford sedan coming down this way. Pulled into the driveway. 25:01.920 --> 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. 25:07.520 --> 25:12.000 Yeah. How about Leitner and Meade? Yeah, they see them. They're starting to get out of the car down there. 25:12.000 --> 25:14.000 Better cover the door. They're coming in. 25:17.200 --> 25:20.480 Police officer, stand still. Get the other one, Frank. All of them. 25:20.480 --> 25:26.080 Meade, Leitner, he's coming at you. No, hold on. They got him, Frank. All right, Franklin, turn around. 25:27.360 --> 25:29.760 How'd you get to us? Who told you? Put your hands behind you. 25:29.760 --> 25:33.680 Who told you we were here? Somebody had to tell you. You'd never have got us without somebody 25:33.680 --> 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. 25:37.680 --> 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. 25:42.880 --> 25:45.680 You're wrong. We'd have made it. Come on. 25:53.280 --> 25:58.400 The story you have just heard is true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. 25:58.400 --> 26:03.680 On November 14th, trial was held in Department 92's Superior Court of the State of California, 26:03.680 --> 26:07.680 in and for the County of Los Angeles. In a moment, the results of that trial. 26:07.680 --> 26:12.240 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. Thank you, George Fenomen. Thousands of smokers all across 26:12.240 --> 26:16.560 the country are now changing to Chesterfield. We'd like you to give them a try, too. I know you'll 26:16.560 --> 26:21.120 like them because the Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made. For the taste you 26:21.120 --> 26:26.480 want and the mildness you want, smoke America's most popular two-way cigarette. Regular or king 26:26.480 --> 26:28.480 size, Chesterfield. 26:28.480 --> 26:31.760 Dean Roger Franklin, Richard Henry Norton, and Betty Elaine Gallick were tried and convicted of 26:31.760 --> 26:36.640 robbery in the first degree. Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state 26:36.640 --> 26:41.680 penitentiary for a period of from five years to life. Further investigation showed that Matthew 26:41.680 --> 26:47.600 Arthur Ross had no part or knowledge of the crime. The trial was held in the state of California, 26:47.600 --> 26:52.000 in the state of Los Angeles, in the state of Los Angeles, in the state of Los Angeles, in the 26:52.000 --> 26:56.800 state of Los Angeles. Further investigation showed that Matthew Arthur Ross had no part or knowledge 26:56.800 --> 26:58.800 of the crime. 26:58.800 --> 27:23.200 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. Technical advice comes 27:23.200 --> 27:28.560 from the office of chief of police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. Technical advisors 27:28.560 --> 27:34.880 Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, 27:34.880 --> 27:42.080 Helen Klebe, Georgia Ellis, Vic Perrin. Script by John Robinson. 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