1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,920 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,640 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,840 Dragnet is brought to you by Chesterfield. 4 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:24,760 For the taste you want, the mildness you want, a really refreshing smoke by America's most 5 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,620 popular two-way cigarette, Chesterfield. 6 00:00:28,620 --> 00:00:39,600 May satisfy millions. 7 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:41,040 You're a detective sergeant. 8 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,280 You're assigned to homicide detail. 9 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,360 A killer is loose in your city. 10 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,820 You don't know who he is or where to find him. 11 00:00:47,820 --> 00:00:50,280 You don't know who his victim will be. 12 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:55,920 Your job, stop him. 13 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:57,880 You hear it everywhere. 14 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,360 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We were working the day watch out a homicide detail. 40 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:28,000 My partner's Frank Smith. 41 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,000 The boss is Captain Warman. 42 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,000 My name's Friday. 43 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:35,400 I was on my way back from handwriting and it was 8.26 a.m. when I got to room 42, homicide. 44 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,600 You get it? 45 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,160 Yeah, John just finished up. 46 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,320 He says the handwriting matches, victim wrote the note. 47 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:43,680 Huh, that's it then, huh? 48 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:44,680 Yeah. 49 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:45,680 You talked to his wife? 50 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:46,680 Yeah, she's pretty broken up. 51 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:47,680 I don't know what the figures. 52 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:48,680 Ate too fast. 53 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:49,680 Oh, I got a heartburn. 54 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,560 Well, why don't you take a couple of those Pepto pals or whatever it is and let's get 55 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:54,560 on with this. 56 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:55,560 There's a lot of work here. 57 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:56,560 Hey, there's an idea. 58 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:57,560 Never thought of that. 59 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:58,560 Yeah, I got some in my locker over here. 60 00:02:58,560 --> 00:02:59,560 You sure have. 61 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:01,480 Last time I bought a big box of them. 62 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,840 There must be some left. 63 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:06,880 Yeah. 64 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:10,800 Find them? 65 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,520 Yeah. 66 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:18,720 He thinks the husband fits in, huh? 67 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,720 Yeah, all the way along the... 68 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:22,720 What are you doing? 69 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:23,720 Huh? 70 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:24,720 I said what are you doing there? 71 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:25,720 I found the Pepto's. 72 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,720 Yeah, but what are you doing with them there? 73 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:28,720 Oh, putting them together. 74 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:29,720 I must have dropped them sometimes. 75 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:31,720 See, all the pills are all broken up. 76 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:32,920 Trying to put one together. 77 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:34,720 You can't be too careful. 78 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:36,280 Can't take too much. 79 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:37,680 What is this? 80 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:38,680 Oh, there. 81 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:39,680 One pill. 82 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,680 That's all you're supposed to take, just one. 83 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:43,680 I don't understand. 84 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:44,680 What do you mean? 85 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:49,280 How you can come in here, no sleep, upset stomach and feel so good. 86 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:50,280 Yeah. 87 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:51,280 You know something, Joe? 88 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:52,280 What's that? 89 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:53,280 To pose, I really don't. 90 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:54,280 You don't, huh? 91 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:55,280 Nope. 92 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,680 That ought to be about right, I guess. 93 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,280 Does that look like one pill to you? 94 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:00,280 I don't know, Frank. 95 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:01,280 I hope so. 96 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,480 It's too important a decision for me to help you with. 97 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:04,480 Oh, Pepto pal. 98 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:05,480 Good for what ails you. 99 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:06,480 Potent, Joe. 100 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:08,520 Real potent. 101 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:10,080 I just wondered if you were all through now. 102 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,880 Oh, as soon as I scrape the crumbs away. 103 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:13,880 Okay? 104 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:14,880 Here, wait on it. 105 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:15,880 Here's one you missed. 106 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:16,880 Thanks. 107 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,880 It's only a half gone. 108 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:20,880 Okay. 109 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:21,880 Okay. 110 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,080 What are you all through now? 111 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:26,080 You've had your pill and everything. 112 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:27,560 Joe, I took my pill. 113 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,480 I've got the Pepto pals all worked out now. 114 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,480 What can I do for you? 115 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:32,480 Cot shot. 116 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:33,480 I'll get it. 117 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:34,480 For us? 118 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:35,480 Yeah, shooting at the top. 119 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:40,480 For us? 120 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:41,480 Yeah, shooting at the corner of Broadway and San Julian. 121 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:42,480 Who's the victim? 122 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:43,480 Traffic officer. 123 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:51,720 We left the office and drove to the scene of the shooting. 124 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,280 Traffic at the intersection had come to a virtual standstill. 125 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:57,960 18 feet from the northwest corner, lying in the middle of the pedestrian crosswalk, was 126 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:59,480 a uniformed traffic officer. 127 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,080 He was wearing a white cap of the traffic division. 128 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,680 There was a large blood stain on the right side of his chest and his service revolver 129 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,620 was still in his holster. 130 00:05:07,620 --> 00:05:10,760 By the time we got to the scene, the ambulance had arrived and the wounded officer was being 131 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:12,880 given emergency treatment. 132 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:16,060 Other officers were trying to get the traffic moving again and additional men were throwing 133 00:05:16,060 --> 00:05:19,480 up a blockade around the immediate vicinity in an attempt to apprehend the person who 134 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,760 shot the policeman. 135 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,480 Captain Lorman and Chief Detective Stad Brown arrived and took charge of the search. 136 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,920 Frank and I checked through the crowd that had gathered and we found a witness to the 137 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:29,960 shooting. 138 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:31,840 I saw the whole thing, officer, right from the beginning. 139 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:33,800 I saw just about the most awful thing I ever saw. 140 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,200 Oh, sure, if you'll just give us your name. 141 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:36,200 Roy Hickock. 142 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:37,200 It's H-I-C-K-O-K. 143 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:38,200 All right, Mr. Hickock. 144 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:39,640 Now, if you'll tell us what happened. 145 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:41,960 Well, I was on my way to work, walking down the street. 146 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,920 I got to the corner here, Broadway and San Julian. 147 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:45,960 I got to the corner and I stopped for a light. 148 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:46,960 Go ahead. 149 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,800 I just stood there waiting for it to be time to cross. 150 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,200 All of a sudden this car came up and slid to a stop. 151 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:53,960 The light changed and he had to stop. 152 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:54,960 Uh-huh. 153 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,080 He must have been going pretty fast because he went clear out into the intersection. 154 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,840 The officer, the one who was shot, held up his hand. 155 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:02,920 I think that was the only reason the driver didn't run the light. 156 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:03,920 The officer held up his hand. 157 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:04,920 All right, sir, go ahead. 158 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,400 Well, the fellow stopped, but he was right in the middle of the crosswalk. 159 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,840 Everybody had to go around the car, you know, out into the intersection. 160 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:11,840 Uh-huh. 161 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:13,360 He was right in the middle and we all had to go around it. 162 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:14,360 Yeah. 163 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:15,360 Well, he just sat there. 164 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:16,880 He didn't make any try to back up or nothing. 165 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,080 He just sat there kind of waiting for the light to change again so he could get going. 166 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:21,080 I see. 167 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:24,200 Then the officer, the one who was shot, he started to walk over to the fellow. 168 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:25,640 I guess he wanted him to back up. 169 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:26,880 It must have been something like that. 170 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:28,320 He wanted him to get out of the way. 171 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:29,320 What happened then? 172 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,360 Well, all of a sudden this guy in the car just started shooting. 173 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,160 Where was the officer when the shooting started? 174 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:34,280 We hadn't even got to the car yet. 175 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:37,160 He must have been about 10, 12 feet from it. 176 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,360 This guy pulled out the gun and started powing away. 177 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,400 Point blank he did it right in the policeman's face. 178 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:42,400 Yeah. 179 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,520 Well, everybody on the street got panicky when they heard the shooting. 180 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,440 They started to run everywhere, yelling, screaming, real panic. 181 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:48,800 What did the officer do? 182 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:49,800 Nothing. 183 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:50,800 He stood there and looked surprised. 184 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:54,680 And then he tried to get his gun out of the holster, but well, before he could do it, the 185 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,520 fellow in the car shot a couple more times and the policeman fell down. 186 00:06:57,520 --> 00:06:58,520 What did he do then? 187 00:06:58,520 --> 00:06:59,520 He pulled out the gun and shot the guy in the car. 188 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:00,520 Yeah, that's right. 189 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,800 We took off, drove right through the people and drove down San Julian. 190 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,560 It's a wonder he didn't kill somebody the way he drove off. 191 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:06,960 He just didn't care about anybody. 192 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,360 Barreled south on San Julian. 193 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,440 Did you talk to the other officers about this? 194 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:12,160 Well, not too much. 195 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,040 Seems like as soon as it happened there were so many people around there wasn't much time 196 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:16,780 to talk to anybody. 197 00:07:16,780 --> 00:07:18,720 I called down where I worked and I told them I'd be late. 198 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:20,800 I told them to expect me when I walked in. 199 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,240 I never did see so many policemen or cars. 200 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:24,240 Just a minute, will you? 201 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:25,240 Folks, you'll have to get back here, please. 202 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:26,240 Give us a little more room now. 203 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:27,240 All right, thank you. 204 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,720 Can you give us a description of the car? 205 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:31,720 The one the killer drove? 206 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:32,720 Yes, sir. 207 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:33,720 Well, you bet I can. 208 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:34,720 I can tell you all about it. 209 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:35,720 Why would you go ahead? 210 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,160 Well, it was a dark colored sedan. 211 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:40,000 A blue, a dark blue. 212 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,000 What kind of car was it? 213 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 You mean the brand? 214 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Yes, sir. 215 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,000 Well, I'm not real sure about that. 216 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,000 It all happened so fast. 217 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,800 You know, all of a sudden it was over. 218 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,960 I only got a kind of a quick look at it because I wasn't paying much attention to it. 219 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,560 Well, look, folks, you'll have to stay back here, please. 220 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,560 Frank, hold them back over there, will you? 221 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,800 Now, what kind of a car was it? 222 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,680 Well, I think it was either a Plymouth or maybe a DeSoto, but I'm not sure. 223 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:05,320 But you're pretty sure about the color, are you? 224 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:06,320 Oh, yeah. 225 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:07,320 It was blue, dark blue. 226 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:08,320 Well, what about the man driving the car? 227 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:09,320 Did you get a good look at him? 228 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,360 Yeah, I guess just about everybody did. 229 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:14,080 You know, sitting out there in the middle of the street like that, everybody that went 230 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:15,360 by him had a look at him. 231 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,160 Could you give us a description of him? 232 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:18,160 What do you want to know? 233 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:19,680 Well, how about the color of his hair? 234 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,320 Was light, not real blonde, but a light color. 235 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:23,320 How about his eyes? 236 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:24,680 It looked like they were blue. 237 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,720 But how old would you say the man was? 238 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,840 I don't know, maybe 24, 25, around in there. 239 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:30,840 He wasn't real old. 240 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:31,840 Was he clean shaven? 241 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:32,840 Yeah. 242 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:33,840 How about the glasses? 243 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:34,840 Do you remember, was he wearing them? 244 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:35,840 No. 245 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,120 Was there anything about him that would make it easier for us to identify him? 246 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:39,280 I don't think I know what you mean. 247 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:41,960 Well, was there anything about him, a scar or maybe a birthmark, something like that, 248 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:42,960 that you might have seen? 249 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:43,960 Not that I remember. 250 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,320 He might have had something like that, but if he did, I don't remember. 251 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,720 Did you have the chance to see what the man was wearing? 252 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:52,240 Well, just that he had on a white shirt and a jacket, it looked like the ones they issue 253 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:53,240 in the Army. 254 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,920 It was kind of windbreaker type, light material. 255 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:56,920 Uh-huh. 256 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:57,920 Did the man say anything? 257 00:08:57,920 --> 00:08:59,080 If he did, I didn't hear it. 258 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,600 As soon as he started shooting, it seemed like the roof came off. 259 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,760 All the noise, everybody yelling, trying to get out of the way of the bullets. 260 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,520 If he said anything, I sure didn't hear it. 261 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:07,520 I see. 262 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,160 Now, is there anything else that you can give us on the man? 263 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,120 Well, there is, Sergeant, but I feel a little silly about it. 264 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:13,440 What's that, sir? 265 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:14,440 What's about the car? 266 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:17,360 I told you I didn't pay much attention to it, not at first. 267 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,520 Well, after the shooting started, then I got as good a look as I could. 268 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:23,960 I got a pretty good look at the back of it when the guy took off. 269 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:25,120 Just a minute, I didn't hear you. 270 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,720 I say I got a pretty good look at the back of it when the guy took off. 271 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:28,720 You know, when he went down the street? 272 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:29,720 I see. 273 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:31,640 I feel a little silly because I didn't get more. 274 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:32,640 How's that? 275 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:33,640 The license number. 276 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:34,640 Yeah. 277 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:41,080 I could only get four of the numbers. 278 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:45,280 The witness was able to give us the numbers, one sugar, one three nine. 279 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:49,240 A broadcast was gotten out carrying this information and a search was started through auto records 280 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,440 in an attempt to come up with the owner of the vehicle. 281 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,480 Two men were detailed to the Department of Motor Vehicles to assist their men in the 282 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,040 search of the files. 283 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:01,040 Meantime, Chief Brown and Captain Lorman had ordered roadblocks to be put up on San 284 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:05,040 Julian and all streets leading to adjoining areas. 285 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,600 The one witness, Roy Hickok, was taken to the city hall and he was shown the mug books. 286 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,040 He was unable to come up with an identification on the suspect. 287 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:13,920 12.40 p.m. 288 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,000 Frank put in a call to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital and found that Officer Larry Gereau 289 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:21,400 was still in a critical condition and that he had not regained consciousness. 290 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:26,040 His family had been notified and a car was dispatched to bring his wife to the hospital. 291 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,080 All people in the immediate vicinity of the shooting were interrogated and their statements 292 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:33,640 were taken, but none of them could give us a lead as to the identity of the suspect. 293 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:34,640 5.27 p.m. 294 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:36,840 Frank and I went back to the office. 295 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,440 While he checked my auto records, I put in a call to Captain Lorman. 296 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:40,440 Yeah, Skipper. 297 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,440 No, no, they're still checking. 298 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:43,440 Yeah. 299 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,040 Well, Frank's down there now. 300 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:47,040 Uh-huh. 301 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,320 Yeah, he looked at him, but he wasn't able to give us anything. 302 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,560 No, I say he couldn't give us any of it. 303 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:55,440 No, last we heard he was still unconscious. 304 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:56,440 Yeah, that's right. 305 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:00,040 Well, he left a word that we're to be called if he comes up. 306 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:01,040 Mm-hmm. 307 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,720 No, no, Glendale and McCready are over there. 308 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,640 Yeah, she's taking it pretty hard. 309 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:08,640 Joe. 310 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:09,640 Right. 311 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:10,640 Just a minute, I got Skipper on the phone. 312 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,200 If anything turns up, we'll call you. 313 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:13,200 Joe. 314 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:14,200 Yeah, Horton. 315 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:15,200 Hold on a minute, Skipper. 316 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:16,200 Well, they made the car. 317 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:17,200 Yeah. 318 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:18,200 It was stolen this morning. 319 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:19,200 Well, we got a pretty good piece of news. 320 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,400 No, Frank just came in. 321 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:22,400 They made the car. 322 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:31,080 It was stolen this morning. 323 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,680 We got in touch with the owner of the car and we talked to him. 324 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:36,520 He told us that he'd noticed that the car was gone from the place where he'd left it the 325 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:39,680 night before and that he filed a report on it immediately. 326 00:11:39,680 --> 00:11:43,520 We got a full description of the vehicle and a supplementary broadcast was gotten out. 327 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:48,000 814 p.m., we got a call from Georgia Street Hospital telling us that Officer Gereau had 328 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,000 regained consciousness and he could be questioned. 329 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,960 Frank and I left the office and drove over to see him. 330 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,920 By the time we got there, however, he lapsed into a coma again. 331 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:58,960 We talked to Dr. Sebastian. 332 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,720 He told us that he'd removed four bullets from Gereau's body. 333 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,360 One of the shots had severed the officer's spinal cord. 334 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:08,520 In the event that he pulled out of it, he'd never walk again. 335 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:10,560 Frank and I talked with Glendale and McCready. 336 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:13,800 We'd been able to interview the wounded officer, but they hadn't been able to get any additional 337 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:14,800 information from him. 338 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,680 As we walked down the hall, we met Mrs. Gereau. 339 00:12:17,680 --> 00:12:19,160 Sergeant Friday? 340 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:20,600 Yes, ma'am. 341 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,040 I'm Ellen Gereau, Larry's wife. 342 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:23,040 Yes, ma'am. 343 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:24,040 Do they know yet? 344 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:25,040 Do they know if Larry's going to be all right? 345 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,520 Well, it'd be better if you talked to Dr. Sebastian, Mrs. Gereau. 346 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:28,520 I have. 347 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:29,520 He tells me they don't know yet. 348 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,160 How can they say that? 349 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:32,160 They don't know. 350 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:33,320 Larry's been here for almost 12 hours. 351 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:34,320 They must know something. 352 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:35,320 Why won't they tell me? 353 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:36,320 We're sorry, Mrs. Gereau. 354 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,320 Have you caught the man yet? 355 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:41,120 The man who did this to Larry, have you got him yet? 356 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:42,120 No, ma'am, not yet. 357 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:43,480 Then what are you doing here? 358 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:44,560 Why aren't you out looking for him? 359 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:46,000 We're doing everything we can, ma'am. 360 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,000 But you haven't caught him. 361 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,360 You're all running around looking, but you haven't caught him. 362 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:50,760 Well, that's doing a lot of good. 363 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,960 It makes me feel a lot better to know that the man who shot my husband is still running 364 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:54,960 free. 365 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:55,960 We're sorry. 366 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:56,960 That doesn't help, Sergeant. 367 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:01,840 I can't take it home with me and spread out your sorrow in front of my children. 368 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,960 They're still going to want to know where their father is. 369 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,280 They're still going to want to have him back. 370 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:07,920 Your good wishes aren't going to be enough. 371 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:09,880 Joe, I'll check the office. 372 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:10,880 All right. 373 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,640 Tell the skipper we're going to tag Metro Division. 374 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:14,640 Right. 375 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:18,240 Mrs. Gereau, we know how you feel. 376 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:19,800 We know what's going through your mind. 377 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,200 My partner there was just shot not too long ago, and I've been right here in this same 378 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,080 place waiting for a report, too, just like you. 379 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:29,440 I know what it is to see the doctor come out of a treatment room and not say anything. 380 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,920 I know there isn't much I can say to make it easier, but we can tell you this. 381 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:35,220 There are 4,000 policemen in this city. 382 00:13:35,220 --> 00:13:37,480 Every one of them is looking for the man who shot your husband. 383 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:38,480 Joe? 384 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:39,480 Yeah. 385 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:40,480 The suspect. 386 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:41,480 Yeah. 387 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:42,480 They found him. 388 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:50,040 The tip had come in from a man who had phoned the complaint board and said that he knew 389 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:51,400 where the suspect was hiding. 390 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,080 The man wouldn't give his name. 391 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,400 Immediately, two cars were dispatched to the address. 392 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,320 It was a cheap rooming house on East 4th Street. 393 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,920 The manager of the place said that there was a tenant who matched the description of the 394 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,360 suspect in a room on the 5th floor. 395 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,760 He'd given the name James Krell. 396 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,040 When the investigating officers had approached the room, they were met with gunfire. 397 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:10,400 They returned the fire. 398 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,400 The building was evacuated and the streets in front of the building were roped off. 399 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:18,360 Several more cars arrived from Metro Division and the building was completely surrounded. 400 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,080 Frank and I stopped by the office and picked up tear gas equipment. 401 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:26,780 From what we were told, the suspect had barricaded the door leading into the room with furniture. 402 00:14:26,780 --> 00:14:30,060 The only way we had to get him out alive was with gas. 403 00:14:30,060 --> 00:14:32,160 Frank and I talked with Captain Lorman and with Chief Brown. 404 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:36,240 It was decided to use a flight right shell and blast through the door. 405 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:38,360 Frank took the gun and we went up to the 5th floor. 406 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:39,360 The halls were empty. 407 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:40,360 You all set? 408 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,360 Let's give him another chance. 409 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:44,360 All right. 410 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:50,080 All right, Krell, we'll give you one more chance to come out of there. 411 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,040 Come on, Krell. 412 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,240 Open the door and throw the gun out. 413 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:56,240 He's not coming out. 414 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:57,240 All right, this is the last time around, Krell. 415 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:58,240 Get out of here, cop. 416 00:14:58,240 --> 00:14:59,240 Get out of here. 417 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:00,240 Leave me alone. 418 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:01,240 You try to come through that door. 419 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:02,240 I'll kill you. 420 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:03,240 I swear I will. 421 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:04,240 I'll kill you where you stand. 422 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:05,240 All right, Frank. 423 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:06,240 Let's put the mask on. 424 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:07,240 All right. 425 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:08,240 You all set? 426 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:09,240 Yeah. 427 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:10,240 All right. 428 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:11,240 Let it go. 429 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:12,240 He should be coming out. 430 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:13,240 Yeah. 431 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:14,240 He's moving that furniture. 432 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:15,240 I'll cover this side. 433 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:16,240 All right. 434 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:17,240 Watch it. 435 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:18,240 I'm coming out. 436 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:19,240 I give up. 437 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:20,240 I give up. 438 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:21,240 I give up. 439 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:22,240 I give up. 440 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:23,240 You're coming out. 441 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:24,240 What the hell are you doing? 442 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:25,240 I'm coming out. 443 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:26,240 What the hell are you doing? 444 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:27,240 I'm coming out. 445 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:28,240 I give up. 446 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:29,240 I give up. 447 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:30,240 I give up. 448 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:31,240 I'm coming out. 449 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:32,240 I give up. 450 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:33,240 I give up. 451 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:34,240 Throw the gun out here. 452 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:35,240 Throw the gun out first, and then you follow it. 453 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:36,240 OK. 454 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:37,240 OK. 455 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:38,240 I'm doing what you say. 456 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:39,240 Here's the gun. 457 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:40,240 I quit. 458 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:41,240 Here's the gun. 459 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:42,240 I got it. 460 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:43,240 All right, Krell. 461 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:44,240 Come on out with your hands behind your head. 462 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:45,240 Come on. 463 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:46,240 Move. 464 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:47,240 All right. 465 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:48,240 Don't shoot. 466 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:49,240 Don't shoot. 467 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:50,240 I'm doing like you say. 468 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:51,240 I'm coming. 469 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:52,240 All right. 470 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:53,240 Come on. 471 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:54,240 Move, Krell. 472 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:55,240 All right, this will do. 473 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:56,240 Now stand still. 474 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:57,240 Hands up against the wall. 475 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:58,240 Come on, Krell. 476 00:15:58,240 --> 00:15:59,240 Do what he says. 477 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,620 But I can't breathe. I can't breathe that gas. 478 00:16:01,700 --> 00:16:02,920 You better get used to it, Krell. 479 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,000 What? 480 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,000 If that cop dies, they won't let you walk out of the room. 481 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,800 The suspect was taken to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital for treatment. 482 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:21,380 When the investigating officers had approached the room that he was hiding in, 483 00:16:21,460 --> 00:16:23,340 Krell had shot at them through the door. 484 00:16:23,420 --> 00:16:26,920 They'd returned the fire, and one of the bullets had shattered his left wrist. 485 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,380 We got his full name when we ran him through R.N.I. 486 00:16:29,460 --> 00:16:31,460 We found that he had a minor record in California 487 00:16:31,540 --> 00:16:34,220 and was at the time a deserter from the Army. 488 00:16:34,300 --> 00:16:37,460 His wrist was taken care of, and then Frank and I talked to him in the treatment room. 489 00:16:37,540 --> 00:16:38,840 Lousy deal all the way around. 490 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:39,920 Is that right? 491 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,260 Sure, you guys had no right to come up there and shoot off that gas. 492 00:16:41,340 --> 00:16:42,340 We didn't call it. 493 00:16:42,420 --> 00:16:43,420 Lousy deal. 494 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:44,500 Why'd you shoot that officer? 495 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:45,600 I thought he was gonna shoot me with self-defense. 496 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:46,680 When they picked him up, his gun was still in his holster. 497 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:47,760 Then somebody put it back. 498 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:48,840 Why'd he want to shoot you? 499 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:50,260 Who knows? Who can figure any cop? You're all sadists. 500 00:16:50,340 --> 00:16:51,340 Why'd you do it? 501 00:16:51,420 --> 00:16:53,140 Look, I'll tell you nice and plain. 502 00:16:53,140 --> 00:16:57,060 I drove up to the signal, I stopped. This wise cop come over and started rousing me 503 00:16:57,140 --> 00:16:58,140 about being in the intersection. 504 00:16:58,220 --> 00:17:00,640 I told him to shut up. I don't have to take that kind of talk from nobody. 505 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,140 He pulled a gun. It was self-defense. 506 00:17:02,220 --> 00:17:04,140 We got a couple of people who saw the whole thing. They tell a little different. 507 00:17:04,220 --> 00:17:05,760 They're either psyched or else you're paying them off. 508 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:06,840 How long you been AWOL? 509 00:17:06,940 --> 00:17:07,940 Who says I am? 510 00:17:08,020 --> 00:17:09,020 The Army. 511 00:17:09,100 --> 00:17:10,100 I could square that beef with him. 512 00:17:10,180 --> 00:17:11,180 What about that car you were driving this morning? 513 00:17:11,260 --> 00:17:12,260 What about it? 514 00:17:12,340 --> 00:17:13,340 Where'd you get it? 515 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:14,440 Belongs to a friend of mine. I borrowed it. 516 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:15,520 Owner reported it stolen. 517 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:16,600 He must have forgotten he told me to take it. 518 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:17,680 What's a friend's name? 519 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:18,760 I forget. 520 00:17:18,860 --> 00:17:19,860 It'd pay you to remember. 521 00:17:19,860 --> 00:17:23,200 He was gonna shoot me. He just walked up and said he was gonna shoot you. 522 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:24,900 Yeah, guys, I say this to all you cops out there. 523 00:17:24,980 --> 00:17:26,980 Put that uniform on. You all think you can boss anybody around. 524 00:17:27,060 --> 00:17:28,360 Well, you made a mistake with this one. 525 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:29,740 Isn't anybody bosses me around? 526 00:17:29,820 --> 00:17:30,820 How long you been in town? 527 00:17:30,900 --> 00:17:31,900 Why? Answer the question. 528 00:17:31,980 --> 00:17:32,980 Couple of weeks. 529 00:17:33,060 --> 00:17:34,060 You been AWOL for over six months. Now where you been? 530 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:35,160 Around. Where? 531 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:36,240 I like to travel. 532 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:37,320 Manager of that rooming house says you just checked in this morning. 533 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:38,400 Is that right? 534 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:39,480 You talked to her. I didn't. 535 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:40,560 All right. Where you been staying? 536 00:17:40,660 --> 00:17:42,200 There goes the memory again. 537 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:44,740 Look, you're in trouble, Krell. Talk like that won't do you any good. 538 00:17:44,820 --> 00:17:46,400 One of those things, I wish I could help you fellas, 539 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:49,820 but there's nothing I can do. Where'd you get the car? From a friend. What's his name? I don't remember. 540 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:51,900 But he said you could take it. Yeah? Then why'd he report it stolen? Ask him. 541 00:17:51,980 --> 00:17:53,360 We did. He says he doesn't know you. 542 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:54,660 Where'd you get the gun? Picked it up. 543 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:56,780 Where? Bought it. Don't know the name of the store. 544 00:17:56,860 --> 00:17:58,820 It's being checked now. You might as well save time and tell us. 545 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:01,280 You're getting paid. What'd the officer say before you shot him? 546 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:04,400 Didn't say anything. Just pulled his gun. I was faster. Self-defense. 547 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,080 Now, you might think this is a game, Krell. 548 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:07,700 You maybe think you're a big man sitting here, 549 00:18:07,780 --> 00:18:09,400 but I want to set you straight. You're in trouble. 550 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:10,940 More trouble than you've ever been in before. 551 00:18:10,940 --> 00:18:16,480 We've got at least 20 people who saw you deliberately gun that cop. They're willing to swear to it in court. You know what I think it was? You go ahead and tell us. 552 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,940 It was this kind of purple flash, and all of a sudden this cop was laying there. 553 00:18:20,020 --> 00:18:22,700 Maybe it wasn't self-defense. Maybe it was temporary insanity. 554 00:18:22,780 --> 00:18:24,780 Hey, how's that sound? Temporary insanity. 555 00:18:26,860 --> 00:18:30,080 He die? No, not yet. Cops and cats, you can't kill him. 556 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,240 You made a pretty good try. All right, mister, on your feet. What for? Come on, let's go. 557 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,280 We going to jail? Get up, Krell. Come on. 558 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:37,580 Maybe you're gonna take me to the gas chamber right now, huh? 559 00:18:37,660 --> 00:18:40,120 Do without a trial or nothing. Just lock me up and drop the eggs. 560 00:18:40,120 --> 00:18:42,620 You're awful close to it, mister. You gotta get me there first. 561 00:18:42,700 --> 00:18:44,200 You're standing in front of it right now. 562 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:47,080 I tell you what, I'll give you a 10 to 1. I don't make it. Come on. 563 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:54,000 I bet you guys would just love to have me make a break, huh? 564 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:58,500 Now, you listen, Krell, with that arm, we can't put handcuffs on you, but you're still in custody. Don't try anything. 565 00:19:02,180 --> 00:19:04,220 Well, how about it? You'd like that, wouldn't you? 566 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,680 Get your pictures and all the papers. Heroic cops killed criminal. 567 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:11,180 All right, in here. 568 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:17,020 Yeah, you guys would really like that. 569 00:19:17,100 --> 00:19:19,240 I'm gonna give you something for free, Krell. Oh, yeah? What's that? 570 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,520 You talk a lot, but you don't say anything. Always happens. 571 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,280 Put a guy in a uniform right away, he's a big man. 572 00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:27,940 A bum on the outside that just give him a badge and a suit right away, he's big. 573 00:19:28,020 --> 00:19:30,200 Yeah, sure. Come on. 574 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:37,160 Hey, how's about a cigarette? Here. 575 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:40,200 Well, thanks. Got a match? Come on, move. 576 00:19:44,500 --> 00:19:46,540 Car's back this way. Wait a minute. 577 00:19:46,620 --> 00:19:48,380 What do you want? A cigarette. 578 00:19:48,460 --> 00:19:51,260 Not doing me much good without a match. All right, here. 579 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:54,720 Grab him, Joe. Hold it up, Krell. 580 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,560 All right, Krell, hold it up. Hold it up or I'll shoot. 581 00:19:59,180 --> 00:20:00,640 He's down. Come on. 582 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,520 How about it, Joe? 583 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:08,400 Well, I guess he was right. 584 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,480 That bet about the gas chamber, he won't make it. 585 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,080 You are listening to Dragnet, 586 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,500 the authentic story of your police force in action. 587 00:20:26,580 --> 00:20:28,880 One of the world's greatest laboratories 588 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,540 gives today's Chesterfield every conceivable test 589 00:20:32,620 --> 00:20:36,300 for quality, for mildness, and for taste. 590 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:39,600 But Chesterfield research continues beyond that. 591 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:41,940 Beyond that of any cigarette. 592 00:20:42,020 --> 00:20:45,060 You've all heard of tea tasters and wine tasters. 593 00:20:45,140 --> 00:20:47,520 Several years ago, the makers of Chesterfield 594 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,860 organized the first group of cigarette tasters in America. 595 00:20:50,940 --> 00:20:54,240 Today, they are experts in the field of cigarette taste, 596 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,780 mildness, and satisfaction. 597 00:20:56,860 --> 00:20:59,200 Yes, smoking is their business. 598 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,740 Their expert opinion is your assurance 599 00:21:01,820 --> 00:21:05,120 that Chesterfield always gives you the taste you want, 600 00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:08,960 the mildness you want, a really refreshing smoke every time. 601 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:12,300 It all adds up to Chesterfield's world-famous slogan, 602 00:21:12,380 --> 00:21:13,680 they satisfy. 603 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:17,520 Buy Chesterfield today, regular or king size. 604 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,180 Just light up, relax, 605 00:21:19,260 --> 00:21:22,940 and enjoy America's most popular two-way cigarette. 606 00:21:23,020 --> 00:21:26,480 Chesterfield, they satisfy millions. 607 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:40,160 They'll satisfy you. 608 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,040 A doctor was called down from the hospital 609 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:44,880 and the suspect James Crell was pronounced dead. 610 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:46,960 The body was removed to the county morgue. 611 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:48,420 In going over the dead man's effects, 612 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:51,500 we found a receipt from one of the downtown hotels. 613 00:21:51,580 --> 00:21:53,260 There were two names listed on it 614 00:21:53,260 --> 00:21:56,440 and a notation to the effect that the rent on room 517 615 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,320 had been paid for a week. 616 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,200 The other name on the slip was Sidney Larson. 617 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,080 We checked it through R&I and we found that Larson 618 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,860 had a long felony record in California 619 00:22:04,940 --> 00:22:07,580 and had been paroled two months previously. 620 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:10,460 The report came back on the gun that Crell had used. 621 00:22:10,540 --> 00:22:12,380 It was among seven revolvers that had been stolen 622 00:22:12,460 --> 00:22:15,720 from a hardware store in Tulare on May 6th. 623 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,180 The other six guns were still missing. 624 00:22:18,260 --> 00:22:21,340 We checked with Dr. Sebastian on Officer Gero's condition. 625 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:23,500 We were told that the policeman was still unconscious 626 00:22:23,580 --> 00:22:26,680 but that he had passed the critical stage. 627 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:28,600 Mrs. Gero collapsed when she heard the news 628 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:29,940 that her husband would never walk again 629 00:22:30,020 --> 00:22:32,240 and she was placed under sedative. 630 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,440 10.48 p.m. Frank and I left the office 631 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,520 and drove over to the hotel named on the receipt that we found. 632 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,780 It was a run-down place with a potted rubber plant in the lobby. 633 00:22:40,860 --> 00:22:43,520 We rang the bell on the counter and waited. 634 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,120 Yeah? You the manager here? 635 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,660 Well, right now I am. Yeah, why? 636 00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:48,700 Police officers. I want some information. 637 00:22:48,780 --> 00:22:51,160 About what? Take a look at this. 638 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:52,660 Is that one of your receipts? 639 00:22:52,740 --> 00:22:54,740 Let me take a look. 640 00:22:54,820 --> 00:22:57,620 Wait a minute. Let me get the lights on so I can see. 641 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,040 Yeah, there's the name right on the top. 642 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:04,800 Sure looks like it's one of ours, don't it? 643 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:06,300 You recognize the two names on it? 644 00:23:06,380 --> 00:23:08,140 Wait a minute. 645 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:10,100 Yeah, yeah, I do. 646 00:23:10,180 --> 00:23:11,300 Yeah, I recognize them good. 647 00:23:11,380 --> 00:23:13,060 This fellow Larson, is he in now? 648 00:23:13,140 --> 00:23:15,800 I don't know. We don't keep a very close tab on the people who stay here. 649 00:23:15,900 --> 00:23:17,780 Service isn't too good but we don't ask questions. 650 00:23:17,860 --> 00:23:19,700 Change the sheets once a week. We don't ask questions. 651 00:23:19,700 --> 00:23:22,540 Is he in? He might be. I'd have to check it. 652 00:23:22,620 --> 00:23:26,080 There's a police investigation, mister. Is Larson in? 653 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,160 I'll check the box. 654 00:23:32,220 --> 00:23:33,760 Well, Key's gone. Must be upstairs. 655 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:35,500 He alone? I can't say. He might be. 656 00:23:35,580 --> 00:23:37,540 I didn't hear nobody go up but then I don't listen too good. 657 00:23:37,620 --> 00:23:39,420 Show us the room. You mean I gotta go up with you? 658 00:23:39,500 --> 00:23:40,500 Come on, mister. Let's go. 659 00:23:40,580 --> 00:23:42,880 Look, we got a nice, quiet hotel. We don't cause no trouble. 660 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:44,500 There's no reason for you cops to come snooping around. 661 00:23:44,580 --> 00:23:46,300 You got the passkey? 662 00:23:46,300 --> 00:23:49,800 Yeah. Let's go. 663 00:23:52,260 --> 00:23:54,340 Have to take the elevator up. I can't go up the stairs. 664 00:23:54,420 --> 00:23:57,060 All right. 665 00:23:57,140 --> 00:23:59,140 Go ahead. 666 00:24:02,260 --> 00:24:03,520 Fifth floor. 667 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,600 That's what they paid for. 668 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,400 How long the two of them been here? 669 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,480 Larson and Krell. How long they been here? 670 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:12,900 I'll have to check the book for that. 671 00:24:12,980 --> 00:24:14,440 Can't carry those things around in my head. 672 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,440 If I did, there wouldn't be no room for the important things. 673 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:17,520 About when? 674 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,400 What? About when did they come in? 675 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,480 Oh, I don't know. Maybe two, three weeks around in there. 676 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:23,560 They got any friends? 677 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:25,560 Well, most everybody's got a few friends. 678 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:26,900 Any of them come around here? 679 00:24:26,980 --> 00:24:30,860 No, not that I've seen. We're not snoopy like some. 680 00:24:30,940 --> 00:24:32,940 I'll get the door. 681 00:24:35,780 --> 00:24:36,940 All right. Which way? What? 682 00:24:37,020 --> 00:24:38,620 Which way is 517? 683 00:24:38,700 --> 00:24:40,700 To the left. 684 00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:43,280 I don't want no trouble here now, huh? 685 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:44,280 We're not gonna make any. 686 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:46,820 Look, this is a quiet hotel. We don't want any of the tenants to get sore. 687 00:24:46,900 --> 00:24:48,660 You guys are gonna walk out. I gotta live here. 688 00:24:48,740 --> 00:24:50,740 I don't want no trouble. 689 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:53,820 Here it is. 690 00:24:53,900 --> 00:24:54,900 All right, give me the key. 691 00:24:54,980 --> 00:24:56,980 Yeah. 692 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:58,080 Take that side, Frank. 693 00:24:58,160 --> 00:24:59,780 Yeah. 694 00:24:59,860 --> 00:25:01,620 Look, you stand back out of the way and keep still. 695 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:02,700 No trouble now, huh? Please. 696 00:25:02,780 --> 00:25:03,780 Keep your voice down, will you? 697 00:25:03,860 --> 00:25:05,860 No trouble. 698 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:08,960 All set. 699 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:13,960 Yeah. 700 00:25:15,300 --> 00:25:16,640 Looks like he's asleep. 701 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,720 All right, you take the right side. 702 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,800 He's got a gun. Get out of here! Come on! 703 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:23,880 All right. 704 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,600 Watch it, Frank! 705 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,600 Come here. 706 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,480 All right, now, come on, Larson. On your feet. Get up. 707 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:41,560 What are you doing in here? 708 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,060 You've got no right to come in like this. 709 00:25:43,140 --> 00:25:44,140 I'll check the room, Joe. 710 00:25:44,220 --> 00:25:45,640 What are you looking for? I'm registered. 711 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,720 You check my parole officer. He'll tell you I'm clean. 712 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:48,800 What about the gun? 713 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,560 All right, so I got a gun. 714 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:51,640 You're an ex-con, aren't you? 715 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:52,720 Big deal. 716 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:53,800 All right, let's go. 717 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:54,880 Where? 718 00:25:54,980 --> 00:25:55,980 You've been there before. 719 00:25:56,060 --> 00:25:57,600 Take a look, Joe. Five of them. 720 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:58,600 All right, where'd you get these? 721 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,260 You find out, cop. You're getting nothing from me. 722 00:26:00,340 --> 00:26:01,340 All right, come on. 723 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,100 Take your days. Let's go. 724 00:26:03,180 --> 00:26:04,560 What about Krell? You get him, too? 725 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:05,640 That's right. 726 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:06,720 You got him in jail? 727 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:07,800 He's dead. 728 00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:08,900 Krell? 729 00:26:08,980 --> 00:26:10,520 That's right. He tried to make a break and it didn't work. 730 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:11,600 Poor kid. 731 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:12,680 Didn't know what it was all about. 732 00:26:12,780 --> 00:26:13,780 Wanted to be a tough guy. 733 00:26:13,860 --> 00:26:15,280 Yeah, and you were gonna show him how, weren't you? 734 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:17,440 Nice kid. He wanted to be a big man. 735 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:18,520 We had it all planned. 736 00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:19,600 We could hit the big time. 737 00:26:19,700 --> 00:26:22,020 Got the guns. He went out to get a car this morning. 738 00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:23,580 That's probably why he killed the cop. 739 00:26:23,660 --> 00:26:25,240 Krell got scared. 740 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:26,320 He didn't know he wanted to be big. 741 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:27,780 He wanted people to talk about him. 742 00:26:27,860 --> 00:26:28,860 Don't worry about it, mister. 743 00:26:28,940 --> 00:26:29,940 Huh? They will. 744 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,460 The story you have just heard is true. 745 00:26:40,540 --> 00:26:42,880 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 746 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,040 On May 19th, an inquest was held in the coroner's office 747 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:49,220 in and for the county of Los Angeles, state of California. 748 00:26:49,300 --> 00:26:51,380 In a moment, the results of that inquest. 749 00:26:51,460 --> 00:26:53,760 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 750 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:54,840 Thank you. 751 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,640 Earlier, George Feneman told you exactly why the Chesterfield 752 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,020 you smoked today is the best cigarette ever made. 753 00:27:00,100 --> 00:27:01,560 And best for you. 754 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,060 Now, the rest is up to you. 755 00:27:03,140 --> 00:27:04,600 Get a carton or two for yourself. 756 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,320 Smoke them and you'll say, as we do, 757 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:07,900 it's Chesterfield's for me. 758 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,120 The coroner's jury returned a verdict 759 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,860 that the death of James Edward Krell was justifiable homicide. 760 00:27:21,860 --> 00:27:25,540 Sidney Carter Larson was filed on for ex-convict with a gun. 761 00:27:25,620 --> 00:27:27,780 And upon completion of sentence on that count 762 00:27:27,860 --> 00:27:30,500 was released to the authorities of Tulare, California 763 00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:51,900 for prosecution on a charge of burglary. 764 00:27:51,980 --> 00:27:53,480 You have just heard Dragnet, 765 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,520 a series of authentic cases from official files. 766 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,080 Technical advice comes from the office of chief of police 767 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,880 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 768 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,260 Technical advisors Captain Jack Donahoe, 769 00:28:04,340 --> 00:28:07,140 Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 770 00:28:07,220 --> 00:28:09,800 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Virginia Gregg, 771 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,840 Vic Perrin, Harry Bartel. 772 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:13,560 Script by John Robinson. 773 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,220 Music by Walter Schuman. 774 00:28:15,300 --> 00:28:17,180 Hal Gibney speaking. 775 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,360 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet, 776 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,440 transcribed from Los Angeles. 777 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,160 Filter cigarette smokers. 778 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,460 Here is headline news. 779 00:28:30,540 --> 00:28:35,800 Nationwide demand for L and M filters drops price. 780 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,640 Now you save up to four cents a pack, 40 cents a carton. 781 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,260 Now everyone can afford America's highest quality 782 00:28:43,340 --> 00:28:45,800 and best filter tip cigarette. 783 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,880 Remember only L and M's have the miracle filter tip 784 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,180 containing alpha cellulose. 785 00:28:51,260 --> 00:28:54,680 You get much more flavor, much less nicotine. 786 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:59,260 Buy L and M filters, the distinctive monogram cigarette 787 00:28:59,340 --> 00:29:01,340 at the new low price. 788 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,440 L and M filters. 789 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:15,280 Hear Crime and Peter Chambers following John Cameron Swayze 790 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:25,280 on the NBC Radio Network.