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01:57.720 Chesterfield King size, Chesterfield King size, Chesterfield King size. 01:57.720 --> 02:01.640 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 02:01.640 --> 02:05.960 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 02:05.960 --> 02:10.600 travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 02:10.600 --> 02:12.300 police files. 02:12.300 --> 02:17.520 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 02:17.520 --> 02:22.360 in action. 02:22.360 --> 02:25.000 Was Tuesday May 13th, was warm in Los Angeles. 02:25.000 --> 02:26.960 We were working the day watch out a homicide detail. 02:26.960 --> 02:28.000 My partner's Frank Smith. 02:28.000 --> 02:29.000 The boss is Captain Warman. 02:29.000 --> 02:30.000 My name's Friday. 02:30.000 --> 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. 02:35.400 --> 02:37.600 You get it? 02:37.600 --> 02:40.160 Yeah, John just finished up. 02:40.160 --> 02:42.320 He says the handwriting matches, victim wrote the note. 02:42.320 --> 02:43.680 Huh, that's it then, huh? 02:43.680 --> 02:44.680 Yeah. 02:44.680 --> 02:45.680 You talked to his wife? 02:45.680 --> 02:46.680 Yeah, she's pretty broken up. 02:46.680 --> 02:47.680 I don't know what the figures. 02:47.680 --> 02:48.680 Ate too fast. 02:48.680 --> 02:49.680 Oh, I got a heartburn. 02:49.680 --> 02:53.560 Well, why don't you take a couple of those Pepto pals or whatever it is and let's get 02:53.560 --> 02:54.560 on with this. 02:54.560 --> 02:55.560 There's a lot of work here. 02:55.560 --> 02:56.560 Hey, there's an idea. 02:56.560 --> 02:57.560 Never thought of that. 02:57.560 --> 02:58.560 Yeah, I got some in my locker over here. 02:58.560 --> 02:59.560 You sure have. 02:59.560 --> 03:01.480 Last time I bought a big box of them. 03:01.480 --> 03:04.840 There must be some left. 03:04.840 --> 03:06.880 Yeah. 03:06.880 --> 03:10.800 Find them? 03:10.800 --> 03:13.520 Yeah. 03:13.520 --> 03:18.720 He thinks the husband fits in, huh? 03:18.720 --> 03:20.720 Yeah, all the way along the... 03:20.720 --> 03:22.720 What are you doing? 03:22.720 --> 03:23.720 Huh? 03:23.720 --> 03:24.720 I said what are you doing there? 03:24.720 --> 03:25.720 I found the Pepto's. 03:25.720 --> 03:27.720 Yeah, but what are you doing with them there? 03:27.720 --> 03:28.720 Oh, putting them together. 03:28.720 --> 03:29.720 I must have dropped them sometimes. 03:29.720 --> 03:31.720 See, all the pills are all broken up. 03:31.720 --> 03:32.920 Trying to put one together. 03:32.920 --> 03:34.720 You can't be too careful. 03:34.720 --> 03:36.280 Can't take too much. 03:36.280 --> 03:37.680 What is this? 03:37.680 --> 03:38.680 Oh, there. 03:38.680 --> 03:39.680 One pill. 03:39.680 --> 03:42.680 That's all you're supposed to take, just one. 03:42.680 --> 03:43.680 I don't understand. 03:43.680 --> 03:44.680 What do you mean? 03:44.680 --> 03:49.280 How you can come in here, no sleep, upset stomach and feel so good. 03:49.280 --> 03:50.280 Yeah. 03:50.280 --> 03:51.280 You know something, Joe? 03:51.280 --> 03:52.280 What's that? 03:52.280 --> 03:53.280 To pose, I really don't. 03:53.280 --> 03:54.280 You don't, huh? 03:54.280 --> 03:55.280 Nope. 03:55.280 --> 03:57.680 That ought to be about right, I guess. 03:57.680 --> 03:59.280 Does that look like one pill to you? 03:59.280 --> 04:00.280 I don't know, Frank. 04:00.280 --> 04:01.280 I hope so. 04:01.280 --> 04:03.480 It's too important a decision for me to help you with. 04:03.480 --> 04:04.480 Oh, Pepto pal. 04:04.480 --> 04:05.480 Good for what ails you. 04:05.480 --> 04:06.480 Potent, Joe. 04:06.480 --> 04:08.520 Real potent. 04:08.520 --> 04:10.080 I just wondered if you were all through now. 04:10.080 --> 04:12.880 Oh, as soon as I scrape the crumbs away. 04:12.880 --> 04:13.880 Okay? 04:13.880 --> 04:14.880 Here, wait on it. 04:14.880 --> 04:15.880 Here's one you missed. 04:15.880 --> 04:16.880 Thanks. 04:16.880 --> 04:19.880 It's only a half gone. 04:19.880 --> 04:20.880 Okay. 04:20.880 --> 04:21.880 Okay. 04:21.880 --> 04:25.080 What are you all through now? 04:25.080 --> 04:26.080 You've had your pill and everything. 04:26.080 --> 04:27.560 Joe, I took my pill. 04:27.560 --> 04:29.480 I've got the Pepto pals all worked out now. 04:29.480 --> 04:31.480 What can I do for you? 04:31.480 --> 04:32.480 Cot shot. 04:32.480 --> 04:33.480 I'll get it. 04:33.480 --> 04:34.480 For us? 04:34.480 --> 04:35.480 Yeah, shooting at the top. 04:35.480 --> 04:40.480 For us? 04:40.480 --> 04:41.480 Yeah, shooting at the corner of Broadway and San Julian. 04:41.480 --> 04:42.480 Who's the victim? 04:42.480 --> 04:43.480 Traffic officer. 04:43.480 --> 04:51.720 We left the office and drove to the scene of the shooting. 04:51.720 --> 04:54.280 Traffic at the intersection had come to a virtual standstill. 04:54.280 --> 04:57.960 18 feet from the northwest corner, lying in the middle of the pedestrian crosswalk, was 04:57.960 --> 04:59.480 a uniformed traffic officer. 04:59.480 --> 05:02.080 He was wearing a white cap of the traffic division. 05:02.080 --> 05:05.680 There was a large blood stain on the right side of his chest and his service revolver 05:05.680 --> 05:07.620 was still in his holster. 05:07.620 --> 05:10.760 By the time we got to the scene, the ambulance had arrived and the wounded officer was being 05:10.760 --> 05:12.880 given emergency treatment. 05:12.880 --> 05:16.060 Other officers were trying to get the traffic moving again and additional men were throwing 05:16.060 --> 05:19.480 up a blockade around the immediate vicinity in an attempt to apprehend the person who 05:19.480 --> 05:21.760 shot the policeman. 05:21.760 --> 05:25.480 Captain Lorman and Chief Detective Stad Brown arrived and took charge of the search. 05:25.480 --> 05:27.920 Frank and I checked through the crowd that had gathered and we found a witness to the 05:27.920 --> 05:29.960 shooting. 05:29.960 --> 05:31.840 I saw the whole thing, officer, right from the beginning. 05:31.840 --> 05:33.800 I saw just about the most awful thing I ever saw. 05:33.800 --> 05:35.200 Oh, sure, if you'll just give us your name. 05:35.200 --> 05:36.200 Roy Hickock. 05:36.200 --> 05:37.200 It's H-I-C-K-O-K. 05:37.200 --> 05:38.200 All right, Mr. Hickock. 05:38.200 --> 05:39.640 Now, if you'll tell us what happened. 05:39.640 --> 05:41.960 Well, I was on my way to work, walking down the street. 05:41.960 --> 05:43.920 I got to the corner here, Broadway and San Julian. 05:43.920 --> 05:45.960 I got to the corner and I stopped for a light. 05:45.960 --> 05:46.960 Go ahead. 05:46.960 --> 05:49.800 I just stood there waiting for it to be time to cross. 05:49.800 --> 05:52.200 All of a sudden this car came up and slid to a stop. 05:52.200 --> 05:53.960 The light changed and he had to stop. 05:53.960 --> 05:54.960 Uh-huh. 05:54.960 --> 05:58.080 He must have been going pretty fast because he went clear out into the intersection. 05:58.080 --> 06:00.840 The officer, the one who was shot, held up his hand. 06:00.840 --> 06:02.920 I think that was the only reason the driver didn't run the light. 06:02.920 --> 06:03.920 The officer held up his hand. 06:03.920 --> 06:04.920 All right, sir, go ahead. 06:04.920 --> 06:08.400 Well, the fellow stopped, but he was right in the middle of the crosswalk. 06:08.400 --> 06:10.840 Everybody had to go around the car, you know, out into the intersection. 06:10.840 --> 06:11.840 Uh-huh. 06:11.840 --> 06:13.360 He was right in the middle and we all had to go around it. 06:13.360 --> 06:14.360 Yeah. 06:14.360 --> 06:15.360 Well, he just sat there. 06:15.360 --> 06:16.880 He didn't make any try to back up or nothing. 06:16.880 --> 06:20.080 He just sat there kind of waiting for the light to change again so he could get going. 06:20.080 --> 06:21.080 I see. 06:21.080 --> 06:24.200 Then the officer, the one who was shot, he started to walk over to the fellow. 06:24.200 --> 06:25.640 I guess he wanted him to back up. 06:25.640 --> 06:26.880 It must have been something like that. 06:26.880 --> 06:28.320 He wanted him to get out of the way. 06:28.320 --> 06:29.320 What happened then? 06:29.320 --> 06:31.360 Well, all of a sudden this guy in the car just started shooting. 06:31.360 --> 06:33.160 Where was the officer when the shooting started? 06:33.160 --> 06:34.280 We hadn't even got to the car yet. 06:34.280 --> 06:37.160 He must have been about 10, 12 feet from it. 06:37.160 --> 06:39.360 This guy pulled out the gun and started powing away. 06:39.360 --> 06:41.400 Point blank he did it right in the policeman's face. 06:41.400 --> 06:42.400 Yeah. 06:42.400 --> 06:44.520 Well, everybody on the street got panicky when they heard the shooting. 06:44.520 --> 06:47.440 They started to run everywhere, yelling, screaming, real panic. 06:47.440 --> 06:48.800 What did the officer do? 06:48.800 --> 06:49.800 Nothing. 06:49.800 --> 06:50.800 He stood there and looked surprised. 06:50.800 --> 06:54.680 And then he tried to get his gun out of the holster, but well, before he could do it, the 06:54.680 --> 06:57.520 fellow in the car shot a couple more times and the policeman fell down. 06:57.520 --> 06:58.520 What did he do then? 06:58.520 --> 06:59.520 He pulled out the gun and shot the guy in the car. 06:59.520 --> 07:00.520 Yeah, that's right. 07:00.520 --> 07:02.800 We took off, drove right through the people and drove down San Julian. 07:02.800 --> 07:05.560 It's a wonder he didn't kill somebody the way he drove off. 07:05.560 --> 07:06.960 He just didn't care about anybody. 07:06.960 --> 07:08.360 Barreled south on San Julian. 07:08.360 --> 07:10.440 Did you talk to the other officers about this? 07:10.440 --> 07:12.160 Well, not too much. 07:12.160 --> 07:15.040 Seems like as soon as it happened there were so many people around there wasn't much time 07:15.040 --> 07:16.780 to talk to anybody. 07:16.780 --> 07:18.720 I called down where I worked and I told them I'd be late. 07:18.720 --> 07:20.800 I told them to expect me when I walked in. 07:20.800 --> 07:23.240 I never did see so many policemen or cars. 07:23.240 --> 07:24.240 Just a minute, will you? 07:24.240 --> 07:25.240 Folks, you'll have to get back here, please. 07:25.240 --> 07:26.240 Give us a little more room now. 07:26.240 --> 07:27.240 All right, thank you. 07:27.240 --> 07:30.720 Can you give us a description of the car? 07:30.720 --> 07:31.720 The one the killer drove? 07:31.720 --> 07:32.720 Yes, sir. 07:32.720 --> 07:33.720 Well, you bet I can. 07:33.720 --> 07:34.720 I can tell you all about it. 07:34.720 --> 07:35.720 Why would you go ahead? 07:35.720 --> 07:38.160 Well, it was a dark colored sedan. 07:38.160 --> 07:40.000 A blue, a dark blue. 07:40.000 --> 07:41.000 What kind of car was it? 07:41.000 --> 07:42.000 You mean the brand? 07:42.000 --> 07:43.000 Yes, sir. 07:43.000 --> 07:44.000 Well, I'm not real sure about that. 07:44.000 --> 07:45.000 It all happened so fast. 07:45.000 --> 07:46.800 You know, all of a sudden it was over. 07:46.800 --> 07:50.960 I only got a kind of a quick look at it because I wasn't paying much attention to it. 07:50.960 --> 07:53.560 Well, look, folks, you'll have to stay back here, please. 07:53.560 --> 07:56.560 Frank, hold them back over there, will you? 07:56.560 --> 07:59.800 Now, what kind of a car was it? 07:59.800 --> 08:03.680 Well, I think it was either a Plymouth or maybe a DeSoto, but I'm not sure. 08:03.680 --> 08:05.320 But you're pretty sure about the color, are you? 08:05.320 --> 08:06.320 Oh, yeah. 08:06.320 --> 08:07.320 It was blue, dark blue. 08:07.320 --> 08:08.320 Well, what about the man driving the car? 08:08.320 --> 08:09.320 Did you get a good look at him? 08:09.320 --> 08:11.360 Yeah, I guess just about everybody did. 08:11.360 --> 08:14.080 You know, sitting out there in the middle of the street like that, everybody that went 08:14.080 --> 08:15.360 by him had a look at him. 08:15.360 --> 08:17.160 Could you give us a description of him? 08:17.160 --> 08:18.160 What do you want to know? 08:18.160 --> 08:19.680 Well, how about the color of his hair? 08:19.680 --> 08:22.320 Was light, not real blonde, but a light color. 08:22.320 --> 08:23.320 How about his eyes? 08:23.320 --> 08:24.680 It looked like they were blue. 08:24.680 --> 08:26.720 But how old would you say the man was? 08:26.720 --> 08:29.840 I don't know, maybe 24, 25, around in there. 08:29.840 --> 08:30.840 He wasn't real old. 08:30.840 --> 08:31.840 Was he clean shaven? 08:31.840 --> 08:32.840 Yeah. 08:32.840 --> 08:33.840 How about the glasses? 08:33.840 --> 08:34.840 Do you remember, was he wearing them? 08:34.840 --> 08:35.840 No. 08:35.840 --> 08:38.120 Was there anything about him that would make it easier for us to identify him? 08:38.120 --> 08:39.280 I don't think I know what you mean. 08:39.280 --> 08:41.960 Well, was there anything about him, a scar or maybe a birthmark, something like that, 08:41.960 --> 08:42.960 that you might have seen? 08:42.960 --> 08:43.960 Not that I remember. 08:43.960 --> 08:46.320 He might have had something like that, but if he did, I don't remember. 08:46.320 --> 08:48.720 Did you have the chance to see what the man was wearing? 08:48.720 --> 08:52.240 Well, just that he had on a white shirt and a jacket, it looked like the ones they issue 08:52.240 --> 08:53.240 in the Army. 08:53.240 --> 08:55.920 It was kind of windbreaker type, light material. 08:55.920 --> 08:56.920 Uh-huh. 08:56.920 --> 08:57.920 Did the man say anything? 08:57.920 --> 08:59.080 If he did, I didn't hear it. 08:59.080 --> 09:01.600 As soon as he started shooting, it seemed like the roof came off. 09:01.600 --> 09:04.760 All the noise, everybody yelling, trying to get out of the way of the bullets. 09:04.760 --> 09:06.520 If he said anything, I sure didn't hear it. 09:06.520 --> 09:07.520 I see. 09:07.520 --> 09:09.160 Now, is there anything else that you can give us on the man? 09:09.160 --> 09:12.120 Well, there is, Sergeant, but I feel a little silly about it. 09:12.120 --> 09:13.440 What's that, sir? 09:13.440 --> 09:14.440 What's about the car? 09:14.440 --> 09:17.360 I told you I didn't pay much attention to it, not at first. 09:17.360 --> 09:21.520 Well, after the shooting started, then I got as good a look as I could. 09:21.520 --> 09:23.960 I got a pretty good look at the back of it when the guy took off. 09:23.960 --> 09:25.120 Just a minute, I didn't hear you. 09:25.120 --> 09:27.720 I say I got a pretty good look at the back of it when the guy took off. 09:27.720 --> 09:28.720 You know, when he went down the street? 09:28.720 --> 09:29.720 I see. 09:29.720 --> 09:31.640 I feel a little silly because I didn't get more. 09:31.640 --> 09:32.640 How's that? 09:32.640 --> 09:33.640 The license number. 09:33.640 --> 09:34.640 Yeah. 09:34.640 --> 09:41.080 I could only get four of the numbers. 09:41.080 --> 09:45.280 The witness was able to give us the numbers, one sugar, one three nine. 09:45.280 --> 09:49.240 A broadcast was gotten out carrying this information and a search was started through auto records 09:49.240 --> 09:52.440 in an attempt to come up with the owner of the vehicle. 09:52.440 --> 09:55.480 Two men were detailed to the Department of Motor Vehicles to assist their men in the 09:55.480 --> 09:57.040 search of the files. 09:57.040 --> 10:01.040 Meantime, Chief Brown and Captain Lorman had ordered roadblocks to be put up on San 10:01.040 --> 10:05.040 Julian and all streets leading to adjoining areas. 10:05.040 --> 10:08.600 The one witness, Roy Hickok, was taken to the city hall and he was shown the mug books. 10:08.600 --> 10:12.040 He was unable to come up with an identification on the suspect. 10:12.040 --> 10:13.920 12.40 p.m. 10:13.920 --> 10:17.000 Frank put in a call to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital and found that Officer Larry Gereau 10:17.000 --> 10:21.400 was still in a critical condition and that he had not regained consciousness. 10:21.400 --> 10:26.040 His family had been notified and a car was dispatched to bring his wife to the hospital. 10:26.040 --> 10:29.080 All people in the immediate vicinity of the shooting were interrogated and their statements 10:29.080 --> 10:33.640 were taken, but none of them could give us a lead as to the identity of the suspect. 10:33.640 --> 10:34.640 5.27 p.m. 10:34.640 --> 10:36.840 Frank and I went back to the office. 10:36.840 --> 10:39.440 While he checked my auto records, I put in a call to Captain Lorman. 10:39.440 --> 10:40.440 Yeah, Skipper. 10:40.440 --> 10:42.440 No, no, they're still checking. 10:42.440 --> 10:43.440 Yeah. 10:43.440 --> 10:46.040 Well, Frank's down there now. 10:46.040 --> 10:47.040 Uh-huh. 10:47.040 --> 10:50.320 Yeah, he looked at him, but he wasn't able to give us anything. 10:50.320 --> 10:52.560 No, I say he couldn't give us any of it. 10:52.560 --> 10:55.440 No, last we heard he was still unconscious. 10:55.440 --> 10:56.440 Yeah, that's right. 10:56.440 --> 11:00.040 Well, he left a word that we're to be called if he comes up. 11:00.040 --> 11:01.040 Mm-hmm. 11:01.040 --> 11:04.720 No, no, Glendale and McCready are over there. 11:04.720 --> 11:07.640 Yeah, she's taking it pretty hard. 11:07.640 --> 11:08.640 Joe. 11:08.640 --> 11:09.640 Right. 11:09.640 --> 11:10.640 Just a minute, I got Skipper on the phone. 11:10.640 --> 11:12.200 If anything turns up, we'll call you. 11:12.200 --> 11:13.200 Joe. 11:13.200 --> 11:14.200 Yeah, Horton. 11:14.200 --> 11:15.200 Hold on a minute, Skipper. 11:15.200 --> 11:16.200 Well, they made the car. 11:16.200 --> 11:17.200 Yeah. 11:17.200 --> 11:18.200 It was stolen this morning. 11:18.200 --> 11:19.200 Well, we got a pretty good piece of news. 11:19.200 --> 11:21.400 No, Frank just came in. 11:21.400 --> 11:22.400 They made the car. 11:22.400 --> 11:31.080 It was stolen this morning. 11:31.080 --> 11:33.680 We got in touch with the owner of the car and we talked to him. 11:33.680 --> 11:36.520 He told us that he'd noticed that the car was gone from the place where he'd left it the 11:36.520 --> 11:39.680 night before and that he filed a report on it immediately. 11:39.680 --> 11:43.520 We got a full description of the vehicle and a supplementary broadcast was gotten out. 11:43.520 --> 11:48.000 814 p.m., we got a call from Georgia Street Hospital telling us that Officer Gereau had 11:48.000 --> 11:51.000 regained consciousness and he could be questioned. 11:51.000 --> 11:52.960 Frank and I left the office and drove over to see him. 11:52.960 --> 11:56.920 By the time we got there, however, he lapsed into a coma again. 11:56.920 --> 11:58.960 We talked to Dr. Sebastian. 11:58.960 --> 12:02.720 He told us that he'd removed four bullets from Gereau's body. 12:02.720 --> 12:05.360 One of the shots had severed the officer's spinal cord. 12:05.360 --> 12:08.520 In the event that he pulled out of it, he'd never walk again. 12:08.520 --> 12:10.560 Frank and I talked with Glendale and McCready. 12:10.560 --> 12:13.800 We'd been able to interview the wounded officer, but they hadn't been able to get any additional 12:13.800 --> 12:14.800 information from him. 12:14.800 --> 12:17.680 As we walked down the hall, we met Mrs. Gereau. 12:17.680 --> 12:19.160 Sergeant Friday? 12:19.160 --> 12:20.600 Yes, ma'am. 12:20.600 --> 12:22.040 I'm Ellen Gereau, Larry's wife. 12:22.040 --> 12:23.040 Yes, ma'am. 12:23.040 --> 12:24.040 Do they know yet? 12:24.040 --> 12:25.040 Do they know if Larry's going to be all right? 12:25.040 --> 12:27.520 Well, it'd be better if you talked to Dr. Sebastian, Mrs. Gereau. 12:27.520 --> 12:28.520 I have. 12:28.520 --> 12:29.520 He tells me they don't know yet. 12:29.520 --> 12:31.160 How can they say that? 12:31.160 --> 12:32.160 They don't know. 12:32.160 --> 12:33.320 Larry's been here for almost 12 hours. 12:33.320 --> 12:34.320 They must know something. 12:34.320 --> 12:35.320 Why won't they tell me? 12:35.320 --> 12:36.320 We're sorry, Mrs. Gereau. 12:36.320 --> 12:39.320 Have you caught the man yet? 12:39.320 --> 12:41.120 The man who did this to Larry, have you got him yet? 12:41.120 --> 12:42.120 No, ma'am, not yet. 12:42.120 --> 12:43.480 Then what are you doing here? 12:43.480 --> 12:44.560 Why aren't you out looking for him? 12:44.560 --> 12:46.000 We're doing everything we can, ma'am. 12:46.000 --> 12:47.000 But you haven't caught him. 12:47.000 --> 12:49.360 You're all running around looking, but you haven't caught him. 12:49.360 --> 12:50.760 Well, that's doing a lot of good. 12:50.760 --> 12:53.960 It makes me feel a lot better to know that the man who shot my husband is still running 12:53.960 --> 12:54.960 free. 12:54.960 --> 12:55.960 We're sorry. 12:55.960 --> 12:56.960 That doesn't help, Sergeant. 12:56.960 --> 13:01.840 I can't take it home with me and spread out your sorrow in front of my children. 13:01.840 --> 13:03.960 They're still going to want to know where their father is. 13:03.960 --> 13:06.280 They're still going to want to have him back. 13:06.280 --> 13:07.920 Your good wishes aren't going to be enough. 13:07.920 --> 13:09.880 Joe, I'll check the office. 13:09.880 --> 13:10.880 All right. 13:10.880 --> 13:13.640 Tell the skipper we're going to tag Metro Division. 13:13.640 --> 13:14.640 Right. 13:14.640 --> 13:18.240 Mrs. Gereau, we know how you feel. 13:18.240 --> 13:19.800 We know what's going through your mind. 13:19.800 --> 13:23.200 My partner there was just shot not too long ago, and I've been right here in this same 13:23.200 --> 13:26.080 place waiting for a report, too, just like you. 13:26.080 --> 13:29.440 I know what it is to see the doctor come out of a treatment room and not say anything. 13:29.440 --> 13:32.920 I know there isn't much I can say to make it easier, but we can tell you this. 13:32.920 --> 13:35.220 There are 4,000 policemen in this city. 13:35.220 --> 13:37.480 Every one of them is looking for the man who shot your husband. 13:37.480 --> 13:38.480 Joe? 13:38.480 --> 13:39.480 Yeah. 13:39.480 --> 13:40.480 The suspect. 13:40.480 --> 13:41.480 Yeah. 13:41.480 --> 13:42.480 They found him. 13:42.480 --> 13:50.040 The tip had come in from a man who had phoned the complaint board and said that he knew 13:50.040 --> 13:51.400 where the suspect was hiding. 13:51.400 --> 13:53.080 The man wouldn't give his name. 13:53.080 --> 13:55.400 Immediately, two cars were dispatched to the address. 13:55.400 --> 13:58.320 It was a cheap rooming house on East 4th Street. 13:58.320 --> 14:00.920 The manager of the place said that there was a tenant who matched the description of the 14:00.920 --> 14:03.360 suspect in a room on the 5th floor. 14:03.360 --> 14:05.760 He'd given the name James Krell. 14:05.760 --> 14:09.040 When the investigating officers had approached the room, they were met with gunfire. 14:09.040 --> 14:10.400 They returned the fire. 14:10.400 --> 14:14.400 The building was evacuated and the streets in front of the building were roped off. 14:14.400 --> 14:18.360 Several more cars arrived from Metro Division and the building was completely surrounded. 14:18.360 --> 14:21.080 Frank and I stopped by the office and picked up tear gas equipment. 14:21.080 --> 14:26.780 From what we were told, the suspect had barricaded the door leading into the room with furniture. 14:26.780 --> 14:30.060 The only way we had to get him out alive was with gas. 14:30.060 --> 14:32.160 Frank and I talked with Captain Lorman and with Chief Brown. 14:32.160 --> 14:36.240 It was decided to use a flight right shell and blast through the door. 14:36.240 --> 14:38.360 Frank took the gun and we went up to the 5th floor. 14:38.360 --> 14:39.360 The halls were empty. 14:39.360 --> 14:40.360 You all set? 14:40.360 --> 14:43.360 Let's give him another chance. 14:43.360 --> 14:44.360 All right. 14:44.360 --> 14:50.080 All right, Krell, we'll give you one more chance to come out of there. 14:50.080 --> 14:52.040 Come on, Krell. 14:52.040 --> 14:55.240 Open the door and throw the gun out. 14:55.240 --> 14:56.240 He's not coming out. 14:56.240 --> 14:57.240 All right, this is the last time around, Krell. 14:57.240 --> 14:58.240 Get out of here, cop. 14:58.240 --> 14:59.240 Get out of here. 14:59.240 --> 15:00.240 Leave me alone. 15:00.240 --> 15:01.240 You try to come through that door. 15:01.240 --> 15:02.240 I'll kill you. 15:02.240 --> 15:03.240 I swear I will. 15:03.240 --> 15:04.240 I'll kill you where you stand. 15:04.240 --> 15:05.240 All right, Frank. 15:05.240 --> 15:06.240 Let's put the mask on. 15:06.240 --> 15:07.240 All right. 15:07.240 --> 15:08.240 You all set? 15:08.240 --> 15:09.240 Yeah. 15:09.240 --> 15:10.240 All right. 15:10.240 --> 15:11.240 Let it go. 15:11.240 --> 15:12.240 He should be coming out. 15:12.240 --> 15:13.240 Yeah. 15:13.240 --> 15:14.240 He's moving that furniture. 15:14.240 --> 15:15.240 I'll cover this side. 15:15.240 --> 15:16.240 All right. 15:16.240 --> 15:17.240 Watch it. 15:17.240 --> 15:18.240 I'm coming out. 15:18.240 --> 15:19.240 I give up. 15:19.240 --> 15:20.240 I give up. 15:20.240 --> 15:21.240 I give up. 15:21.240 --> 15:22.240 I give up. 15:22.240 --> 15:23.240 You're coming out. 15:23.240 --> 15:24.240 What the hell are you doing? 15:24.240 --> 15:25.240 I'm coming out. 15:25.240 --> 15:26.240 What the hell are you doing? 15:26.240 --> 15:27.240 I'm coming out. 15:27.240 --> 15:28.240 I give up. 15:28.240 --> 15:29.240 I give up. 15:29.240 --> 15:30.240 I give up. 15:30.240 --> 15:31.240 I'm coming out. 15:31.240 --> 15:32.240 I give up. 15:32.240 --> 15:33.240 I give up. 15:33.240 --> 15:34.240 Throw the gun out here. 15:34.240 --> 15:35.240 Throw the gun out first, and then you follow it. 15:35.240 --> 15:36.240 OK. 15:36.240 --> 15:37.240 OK. 15:37.240 --> 15:38.240 I'm doing what you say. 15:38.240 --> 15:39.240 Here's the gun. 15:39.240 --> 15:40.240 I quit. 15:40.240 --> 15:41.240 Here's the gun. 15:41.240 --> 15:42.240 I got it. 15:42.240 --> 15:43.240 All right, Krell. 15:43.240 --> 15:44.240 Come on out with your hands behind your head. 15:44.240 --> 15:45.240 Come on. 15:45.240 --> 15:46.240 Move. 15:46.240 --> 15:47.240 All right. 15:47.240 --> 15:48.240 Don't shoot. 15:48.240 --> 15:49.240 Don't shoot. 15:49.240 --> 15:50.240 I'm doing like you say. 15:50.240 --> 15:51.240 I'm coming. 15:51.240 --> 15:52.240 All right. 15:52.240 --> 15:53.240 Come on. 15:53.240 --> 15:54.240 Move, Krell. 15:54.240 --> 15:55.240 All right, this will do. 15:55.240 --> 15:56.240 Now stand still. 15:56.240 --> 15:57.240 Hands up against the wall. 15:57.240 --> 15:58.240 Come on, Krell. 15:58.240 --> 15:59.240 Do what he says. 15:59.240 --> 16:01.620 But I can't breathe. I can't breathe that gas. 16:01.700 --> 16:02.920 You better get used to it, Krell. 16:03.000 --> 16:04.000 What? 16:04.080 --> 16:06.000 If that cop dies, they won't let you walk out of the room. 16:15.880 --> 16:18.800 The suspect was taken to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital for treatment. 16:18.880 --> 16:21.380 When the investigating officers had approached the room that he was hiding in, 16:21.460 --> 16:23.340 Krell had shot at them through the door. 16:23.420 --> 16:26.920 They'd returned the fire, and one of the bullets had shattered his left wrist. 16:26.920 --> 16:29.380 We got his full name when we ran him through R.N.I. 16:29.460 --> 16:31.460 We found that he had a minor record in California 16:31.540 --> 16:34.220 and was at the time a deserter from the Army. 16:34.300 --> 16:37.460 His wrist was taken care of, and then Frank and I talked to him in the treatment room. 16:37.540 --> 16:38.840 Lousy deal all the way around. 16:38.920 --> 16:39.920 Is that right? 16:40.000 --> 16:41.260 Sure, you guys had no right to come up there and shoot off that gas. 16:41.340 --> 16:42.340 We didn't call it. 16:42.420 --> 16:43.420 Lousy deal. 16:43.500 --> 16:44.500 Why'd you shoot that officer? 16:44.600 --> 16:45.600 I thought he was gonna shoot me with self-defense. 16:45.680 --> 16:46.680 When they picked him up, his gun was still in his holster. 16:46.760 --> 16:47.760 Then somebody put it back. 16:47.840 --> 16:48.840 Why'd he want to shoot you? 16:48.920 --> 16:50.260 Who knows? Who can figure any cop? You're all sadists. 16:50.340 --> 16:51.340 Why'd you do it? 16:51.420 --> 16:53.140 Look, I'll tell you nice and plain. 16:53.140 --> 16:57.060 I drove up to the signal, I stopped. This wise cop come over and started rousing me 16:57.140 --> 16:58.140 about being in the intersection. 16:58.220 --> 17:00.640 I told him to shut up. I don't have to take that kind of talk from nobody. 17:00.720 --> 17:02.140 He pulled a gun. It was self-defense. 17:02.220 --> 17:04.140 We got a couple of people who saw the whole thing. They tell a little different. 17:04.220 --> 17:05.760 They're either psyched or else you're paying them off. 17:05.840 --> 17:06.840 How long you been AWOL? 17:06.940 --> 17:07.940 Who says I am? 17:08.020 --> 17:09.020 The Army. 17:09.100 --> 17:10.100 I could square that beef with him. 17:10.180 --> 17:11.180 What about that car you were driving this morning? 17:11.260 --> 17:12.260 What about it? 17:12.340 --> 17:13.340 Where'd you get it? 17:13.440 --> 17:14.440 Belongs to a friend of mine. I borrowed it. 17:14.520 --> 17:15.520 Owner reported it stolen. 17:15.600 --> 17:16.600 He must have forgotten he told me to take it. 17:16.680 --> 17:17.680 What's a friend's name? 17:17.760 --> 17:18.760 I forget. 17:18.860 --> 17:19.860 It'd pay you to remember. 17:19.860 --> 17:23.200 He was gonna shoot me. He just walked up and said he was gonna shoot you. 17:23.280 --> 17:24.900 Yeah, guys, I say this to all you cops out there. 17:24.980 --> 17:26.980 Put that uniform on. You all think you can boss anybody around. 17:27.060 --> 17:28.360 Well, you made a mistake with this one. 17:28.440 --> 17:29.740 Isn't anybody bosses me around? 17:29.820 --> 17:30.820 How long you been in town? 17:30.900 --> 17:31.900 Why? Answer the question. 17:31.980 --> 17:32.980 Couple of weeks. 17:33.060 --> 17:34.060 You been AWOL for over six months. Now where you been? 17:34.160 --> 17:35.160 Around. Where? 17:35.240 --> 17:36.240 I like to travel. 17:36.320 --> 17:37.320 Manager of that rooming house says you just checked in this morning. 17:37.400 --> 17:38.400 Is that right? 17:38.480 --> 17:39.480 You talked to her. I didn't. 17:39.560 --> 17:40.560 All right. Where you been staying? 17:40.660 --> 17:42.200 There goes the memory again. 17:42.280 --> 17:44.740 Look, you're in trouble, Krell. Talk like that won't do you any good. 17:44.820 --> 17:46.400 One of those things, I wish I could help you fellas, 17:46.400 --> 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. 17:49.900 --> 17:51.900 But he said you could take it. Yeah? Then why'd he report it stolen? Ask him. 17:51.980 --> 17:53.360 We did. He says he doesn't know you. 17:53.440 --> 17:54.660 Where'd you get the gun? Picked it up. 17:54.740 --> 17:56.780 Where? Bought it. Don't know the name of the store. 17:56.860 --> 17:58.820 It's being checked now. You might as well save time and tell us. 17:58.900 --> 18:01.280 You're getting paid. What'd the officer say before you shot him? 18:01.360 --> 18:04.400 Didn't say anything. Just pulled his gun. I was faster. Self-defense. 18:04.480 --> 18:06.080 Now, you might think this is a game, Krell. 18:06.160 --> 18:07.700 You maybe think you're a big man sitting here, 18:07.780 --> 18:09.400 but I want to set you straight. You're in trouble. 18:09.480 --> 18:10.940 More trouble than you've ever been in before. 18:10.940 --> 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. 18:16.560 --> 18:19.940 It was this kind of purple flash, and all of a sudden this cop was laying there. 18:20.020 --> 18:22.700 Maybe it wasn't self-defense. Maybe it was temporary insanity. 18:22.780 --> 18:24.780 Hey, how's that sound? Temporary insanity. 18:26.860 --> 18:30.080 He die? No, not yet. Cops and cats, you can't kill him. 18:30.160 --> 18:33.240 You made a pretty good try. All right, mister, on your feet. What for? Come on, let's go. 18:33.320 --> 18:35.280 We going to jail? Get up, Krell. Come on. 18:35.360 --> 18:37.580 Maybe you're gonna take me to the gas chamber right now, huh? 18:37.660 --> 18:40.120 Do without a trial or nothing. Just lock me up and drop the eggs. 18:40.120 --> 18:42.620 You're awful close to it, mister. You gotta get me there first. 18:42.700 --> 18:44.200 You're standing in front of it right now. 18:44.280 --> 18:47.080 I tell you what, I'll give you a 10 to 1. I don't make it. Come on. 18:50.920 --> 18:54.000 I bet you guys would just love to have me make a break, huh? 18:54.080 --> 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. 19:02.180 --> 19:04.220 Well, how about it? You'd like that, wouldn't you? 19:06.600 --> 19:09.680 Get your pictures and all the papers. Heroic cops killed criminal. 19:09.680 --> 19:11.180 All right, in here. 19:15.520 --> 19:17.020 Yeah, you guys would really like that. 19:17.100 --> 19:19.240 I'm gonna give you something for free, Krell. Oh, yeah? What's that? 19:19.320 --> 19:21.520 You talk a lot, but you don't say anything. Always happens. 19:21.600 --> 19:24.280 Put a guy in a uniform right away, he's a big man. 19:24.360 --> 19:27.940 A bum on the outside that just give him a badge and a suit right away, he's big. 19:28.020 --> 19:30.200 Yeah, sure. Come on. 19:34.240 --> 19:37.160 Hey, how's about a cigarette? Here. 19:37.160 --> 19:40.200 Well, thanks. Got a match? Come on, move. 19:44.500 --> 19:46.540 Car's back this way. Wait a minute. 19:46.620 --> 19:48.380 What do you want? A cigarette. 19:48.460 --> 19:51.260 Not doing me much good without a match. All right, here. 19:52.680 --> 19:54.720 Grab him, Joe. Hold it up, Krell. 19:54.800 --> 19:57.560 All right, Krell, hold it up. Hold it up or I'll shoot. 19:59.180 --> 20:00.640 He's down. 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You the manager here? 22:45.200 --> 22:46.660 Well, right now I am. Yeah, why? 22:46.740 --> 22:48.700 Police officers. I want some information. 22:48.780 --> 22:51.160 About what? Take a look at this. 22:51.160 --> 22:52.660 Is that one of your receipts? 22:52.740 --> 22:54.740 Let me take a look. 22:54.820 --> 22:57.620 Wait a minute. Let me get the lights on so I can see. 23:01.240 --> 23:03.040 Yeah, there's the name right on the top. 23:03.120 --> 23:04.800 Sure looks like it's one of ours, don't it? 23:04.880 --> 23:06.300 You recognize the two names on it? 23:06.380 --> 23:08.140 Wait a minute. 23:08.220 --> 23:10.100 Yeah, yeah, I do. 23:10.180 --> 23:11.300 Yeah, I recognize them good. 23:11.380 --> 23:13.060 This fellow Larson, is he in now? 23:13.140 --> 23:15.800 I don't know. We don't keep a very close tab on the people who stay here. 23:15.900 --> 23:17.780 Service isn't too good but we don't ask questions. 23:17.860 --> 23:19.700 Change the sheets once a week. We don't ask questions. 23:19.700 --> 23:22.540 Is he in? He might be. I'd have to check it. 23:22.620 --> 23:26.080 There's a police investigation, mister. Is Larson in? 23:26.160 --> 23:28.160 I'll check the box. 23:32.220 --> 23:33.760 Well, Key's gone. Must be upstairs. 23:33.840 --> 23:35.500 He alone? I can't say. He might be. 23:35.580 --> 23:37.540 I didn't hear nobody go up but then I don't listen too good. 23:37.620 --> 23:39.420 Show us the room. You mean I gotta go up with you? 23:39.500 --> 23:40.500 Come on, mister. Let's go. 23:40.580 --> 23:42.880 Look, we got a nice, quiet hotel. We don't cause no trouble. 23:42.960 --> 23:44.500 There's no reason for you cops to come snooping around. 23:44.580 --> 23:46.300 You got the passkey? 23:46.300 --> 23:49.800 Yeah. Let's go. 23:52.260 --> 23:54.340 Have to take the elevator up. I can't go up the stairs. 23:54.420 --> 23:57.060 All right. 23:57.140 --> 23:59.140 Go ahead. 24:02.260 --> 24:03.520 Fifth floor. 24:03.600 --> 24:05.600 That's what they paid for. 24:07.600 --> 24:09.400 How long the two of them been here? 24:09.480 --> 24:11.480 Larson and Krell. How long they been here? 24:11.560 --> 24:12.900 I'll have to check the book for that. 24:12.980 --> 24:14.440 Can't carry those things around in my head. 24:14.440 --> 24:16.440 If I did, there wouldn't be no room for the important things. 24:16.520 --> 24:17.520 About when? 24:17.600 --> 24:19.400 What? About when did they come in? 24:19.480 --> 24:22.480 Oh, I don't know. Maybe two, three weeks around in there. 24:22.560 --> 24:23.560 They got any friends? 24:23.640 --> 24:25.560 Well, most everybody's got a few friends. 24:25.640 --> 24:26.900 Any of them come around here? 24:26.980 --> 24:30.860 No, not that I've seen. We're not snoopy like some. 24:30.940 --> 24:32.940 I'll get the door. 24:35.780 --> 24:36.940 All right. Which way? What? 24:37.020 --> 24:38.620 Which way is 517? 24:38.700 --> 24:40.700 To the left. 24:41.580 --> 24:43.280 I don't want no trouble here now, huh? 24:43.280 --> 24:44.280 We're not gonna make any. 24:44.360 --> 24:46.820 Look, this is a quiet hotel. We don't want any of the tenants to get sore. 24:46.900 --> 24:48.660 You guys are gonna walk out. I gotta live here. 24:48.740 --> 24:50.740 I don't want no trouble. 24:52.280 --> 24:53.820 Here it is. 24:53.900 --> 24:54.900 All right, give me the key. 24:54.980 --> 24:56.980 Yeah. 24:57.080 --> 24:58.080 Take that side, Frank. 24:58.160 --> 24:59.780 Yeah. 24:59.860 --> 25:01.620 Look, you stand back out of the way and keep still. 25:01.700 --> 25:02.700 No trouble now, huh? Please. 25:02.780 --> 25:03.780 Keep your voice down, will you? 25:03.860 --> 25:05.860 No trouble. 25:07.960 --> 25:08.960 All set. 25:08.960 --> 25:13.960 Yeah. 25:15.300 --> 25:16.640 Looks like he's asleep. 25:16.720 --> 25:19.720 All right, you take the right side. 25:19.800 --> 25:21.800 He's got a gun. Get out of here! Come on! 25:21.880 --> 25:23.880 All right. 25:26.600 --> 25:28.600 Watch it, Frank! 25:28.600 --> 25:30.600 Come here. 25:37.480 --> 25:39.480 All right, now, come on, Larson. On your feet. Get up. 25:39.560 --> 25:41.560 What are you doing in here? 25:41.640 --> 25:43.060 You've got no right to come in like this. 25:43.140 --> 25:44.140 I'll check the room, Joe. 25:44.220 --> 25:45.640 What are you looking for? I'm registered. 25:45.720 --> 25:47.720 You check my parole officer. He'll tell you I'm clean. 25:47.800 --> 25:48.800 What about the gun? 25:48.880 --> 25:50.560 All right, so I got a gun. 25:50.640 --> 25:51.640 You're an ex-con, aren't you? 25:51.720 --> 25:52.720 Big deal. 25:52.800 --> 25:53.800 All right, let's go. 25:53.880 --> 25:54.880 Where? 25:54.980 --> 25:55.980 You've been there before. 25:56.060 --> 25:57.600 Take a look, Joe. Five of them. 25:57.600 --> 25:58.600 All right, where'd you get these? 25:58.680 --> 26:00.260 You find out, cop. You're getting nothing from me. 26:00.340 --> 26:01.340 All right, come on. 26:01.440 --> 26:03.100 Take your days. Let's go. 26:03.180 --> 26:04.560 What about Krell? You get him, too? 26:04.640 --> 26:05.640 That's right. 26:05.720 --> 26:06.720 You got him in jail? 26:06.800 --> 26:07.800 He's dead. 26:07.900 --> 26:08.900 Krell? 26:08.980 --> 26:10.520 That's right. He tried to make a break and it didn't work. 26:10.600 --> 26:11.600 Poor kid. 26:11.680 --> 26:12.680 Didn't know what it was all about. 26:12.780 --> 26:13.780 Wanted to be a tough guy. 26:13.860 --> 26:15.280 Yeah, and you were gonna show him how, weren't you? 26:15.360 --> 26:17.440 Nice kid. He wanted to be a big man. 26:17.520 --> 26:18.520 We had it all planned. 26:18.600 --> 26:19.600 We could hit the big time. 26:19.700 --> 26:22.020 Got the guns. He went out to get a car this morning. 26:22.120 --> 26:23.580 That's probably why he killed the cop. 26:23.660 --> 26:25.240 Krell got scared. 26:25.320 --> 26:26.320 He didn't know he wanted to be big. 26:26.320 --> 26:27.780 He wanted people to talk about him. 26:27.860 --> 26:28.860 Don't worry about it, mister. 26:28.940 --> 26:29.940 Huh? They will. 26:38.080 --> 26:40.460 The story you have just heard is true. 26:40.540 --> 26:42.880 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:42.960 --> 26:46.040 On May 19th, an inquest was held in the coroner's office 26:46.120 --> 26:49.220 in and for the county of Los Angeles, state of California. 26:49.300 --> 26:51.380 In a moment, the results of that inquest. 26:51.460 --> 26:53.760 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 26:53.840 --> 26:54.840 Thank you. 26:54.840 --> 26:57.640 Earlier, George Feneman told you exactly why the Chesterfield 26:57.720 --> 27:00.020 you smoked today is the best cigarette ever made. 27:00.100 --> 27:01.560 And best for you. 27:01.640 --> 27:03.060 Now, the rest is up to you. 27:03.140 --> 27:04.600 Get a carton or two for yourself. 27:04.680 --> 27:06.320 Smoke them and you'll say, as we do, 27:06.400 --> 27:07.900 it's Chesterfield's for me. 27:16.240 --> 27:18.120 The coroner's jury returned a verdict 27:18.200 --> 27:21.860 that the death of James Edward Krell was justifiable homicide. 27:21.860 --> 27:25.540 Sidney Carter Larson was filed on for ex-convict with a gun. 27:25.620 --> 27:27.780 And upon completion of sentence on that count 27:27.860 --> 27:30.500 was released to the authorities of Tulare, California 27:30.500 --> 27:51.900 for prosecution on a charge of burglary. 27:51.980 --> 27:53.480 You have just heard Dragnet, 27:53.560 --> 27:56.520 a series of authentic cases from official files. 27:56.600 --> 27:59.080 Technical advice comes from the office of chief of police 27:59.080 --> 28:01.880 W.H. 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