1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,800 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,560 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:17,800 Dragnet brought to you by Chesterfield. 4 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:24,160 For the taste you want, the mildness you want, a really refreshing smoke, buy America's most 5 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,480 popular two-way cigarette. 6 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:27,880 Chesterfield. 7 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:38,480 They satisfy millions. 8 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:40,040 You're a detective sergeant. 9 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,120 You're assigned a robbery detail. 10 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,800 You get a call that a woman has been badly beaten. 11 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,880 She can't describe her assailant. 12 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,400 He's still at large. 13 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:54,200 Your job, find him. 14 00:00:54,200 --> 00:01:00,840 For the taste you want, the mildness you want, for a really refreshing smoke every time, 15 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,420 you should change to Chesterfield. 16 00:01:03,420 --> 00:01:06,240 On every count, they satisfy millions. 17 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,320 They'll satisfy you. 18 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:13,640 Chesterfield is the cigarette proved highest in quality, low in nicotine. 19 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:19,240 The cigarette tested and approved by 30 years of scientific tobacco research. 20 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,240 The cigarette with a taste and mildness you want. 21 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:28,840 Yes, the Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made. 22 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:30,200 Best for you. 23 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,760 It all adds up to Chesterfield's world-famous slogan. 24 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,880 They satisfy. 25 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:37,760 Regular orking size. 26 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:42,840 Try Chesterfield today. 27 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,840 Dragnet. 28 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,000 The documented drama of an actual crime. 29 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:53,960 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 30 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:58,480 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 31 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,160 police files. 32 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:05,280 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 33 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,280 in action. 34 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:11,720 It was Monday, January 14th. 35 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:13,360 It was raining in Los Angeles. 36 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:15,480 We were working the night watch out of robbery detail. 37 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,400 My partner's Frank Smith, the boss of Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 38 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:19,400 It was Friday. 39 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,600 We were on our way out from the office and it was 11.47 p.m. when we got to 7982 Oakwood 40 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:24,600 Avenue. 41 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:25,600 Front door. 42 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:26,600 What is it? 43 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,000 Police officers, would you like to see Miss Griffin? 44 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,000 How do I know? 45 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Say pardon? 46 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,000 How do I know you're cops? 47 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Here's our identification. 48 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 I'm handed here. 49 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Pardon? 50 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Pass it through the door. 51 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 I want to see it good. 52 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 All right, here you are. 53 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Yeah. 54 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,000 What do you think? 55 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Well, your guess is good as mine. 56 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Come on in. 57 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,000 Thank you. 58 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Hurry up. 59 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Don't let all the rain in. 60 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Yes, ma'am. 61 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,800 I wonder if I have my identification back, please. 62 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,080 Take your coats off right here. 63 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:54,880 I don't want you tracking the water through the house. 64 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:55,880 All right. 65 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:56,880 Could I have that identification card, please? 66 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,360 You don't mind my being so careful about what's happened here. 67 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,360 I've got to take all the precautions, you know. 68 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:02,360 Yes, ma'am. 69 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:03,360 Come on into the sitting room. 70 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:04,360 I'll take that card. 71 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:05,360 Thank you. 72 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:06,360 Which one of you is Sergeant Friday? 73 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:07,360 I am. 74 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:08,360 You're the one who called. 75 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:09,360 That's right. 76 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:10,360 Who's he? 77 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:11,360 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 78 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:12,360 Well, sit down. 79 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:13,360 Here's your card. 80 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:14,360 Thank you. 81 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:15,360 Would you like anything, cup of coffee? 82 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:16,360 Maybe some hot cocoa? 83 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:17,360 No, no, no. 84 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:18,360 Thank you. 85 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:19,360 Well, suit yourself. 86 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:20,360 What is it you want? 87 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:21,840 We understand you know Mrs. Kieran. 88 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:22,840 We're neighbors. 89 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:24,800 Maybe you can tell us what happened here tonight. 90 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:27,520 It seems like you'd have the story of being cops and all. 91 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,520 Well, we'd like to hear you tell it, ma'am. 92 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:30,520 All right. 93 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:32,520 I was here tonight watching the TV. 94 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,560 Just gone out to the kitchen to get a plate of snacks for the late show. 95 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:36,560 You know, kind of like the munch. 96 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,360 Well, all of a sudden, I heard this scream, real loud. 97 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:44,240 I wasn't watching the television right then, so at first I thought it was from the set, 98 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:45,240 you know, like a drama. 99 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:46,240 Yes, ma'am. 100 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,120 Didn't think nothing about it right then. 101 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,640 Got myself all settled for the movie and then I heard another scream. 102 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:53,080 That's when I knew there was something wrong. 103 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,080 How's that? 104 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:55,280 There was a quiz on the television. 105 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,360 No reason for any screams. 106 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:58,360 Right then there was another one. 107 00:03:58,360 --> 00:03:59,840 Then I knew it was from next door. 108 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:00,840 Yeah. 109 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:02,160 So I got my coat and umbrella and went over there. 110 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:03,160 I see. 111 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,040 Knocked on the door but didn't get no answer. 112 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:06,800 Well, I went into the house. 113 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:08,640 All dark, not a light on. 114 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,440 Went right in and called Mrs. Kieran, called to her. 115 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:16,400 Didn't answer but I could kind of hear something off to the back of the place. 116 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,200 Sounded like somebody crying. 117 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,880 Sounded like a whimper, soft. 118 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,800 Came from the back of the house in the bedroom. 119 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,320 You didn't see anybody else in the house when you went in, did you? 120 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,120 If I had, I'd have told you before this. 121 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:30,600 Go ahead, please. 122 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,160 I got to the bedroom and opened the door. 123 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,360 Couldn't see anything at first. 124 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,360 Then I was about to go on in and this man jumped out at me. 125 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:39,360 He was in the bedroom, was he? 126 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,760 Yeah, must have been hiding in the dark and heard me coming and he got back so I wouldn't 127 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:43,760 see him. 128 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:45,560 Then when I opened the door, he jumped right out. 129 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:46,560 Almost scared me to death. 130 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:47,560 Well, what did he do? 131 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,040 He just jumped at me and ran out of the house. 132 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,640 Right through the front door, heard it slam. 133 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,680 And then I heard the crying again. 134 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,600 Was sort of off to one side of the room. 135 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,640 I couldn't see right away where it was coming from. 136 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,000 I turned on the light and right away I saw her. 137 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 She was laying on the floor. 138 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Yes, ma'am. 139 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,000 Oh, it was just terrible. 140 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,720 Room was all tore up. 141 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,800 Things all thrown around, a real mess and her laying right there in the middle of it, 142 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:11,800 all beat up. 143 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,920 It looked like whoever done it had tried to kill her. 144 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:14,920 What did you do then? 145 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:15,920 Called the police. 146 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,640 Dialed O, told the operator to send the policeman. 147 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,160 Wasn't long before they was here. 148 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:22,520 It seemed like there was a hundred of them all over the place. 149 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,400 All right, Mrs. Griffin, I wonder if you can give us a description of the man you saw. 150 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,600 Other officers asked me the same thing. 151 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,000 There isn't much I can tell you. 152 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,040 Just all of a sudden he was there and then he was gone. 153 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:33,760 You're pretty sure it was a man, though, huh? 154 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:34,760 Certainly. 155 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:36,520 I guess I know a man when I see one. 156 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:37,920 He's been married to one for 22 years. 157 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:38,920 Yes, ma'am. 158 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:39,920 Can you tell us anything about him? 159 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:41,920 I just got a glimpse of him, not good. 160 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,040 I can't tell you anything about how he looked. 161 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,520 He was standing in the dark when I come in. 162 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,120 Next thing I knew, he jumped past me and went out the front door. 163 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,120 Yes, ma'am. 164 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:51,120 Would you know him again if you saw him? 165 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:52,120 I don't think so. 166 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:53,120 Just a glimpse, that's all. 167 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:54,120 Mm-hmm. 168 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,600 I'd like to help, but there isn't much more I can tell you. 169 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:57,600 All right, ma'am. 170 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:58,600 How is Mrs. Karen? 171 00:05:58,600 --> 00:05:59,600 Is she gonna be okay? 172 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,840 Well, she'll be in the hospital for a few days, but she's gonna be all right. 173 00:06:02,840 --> 00:06:05,880 Can she able to tell you something about the man who did this? 174 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:06,880 What man? 175 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:08,680 Seems like she'd be able to describe him. 176 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,480 Must have been there for a good half hour. 177 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:11,480 How do you figure that? 178 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,440 Must have been at least that long from the time I heard the first scream till I got over 179 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:16,440 there. 180 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,400 First off, I didn't think it was real. 181 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:19,400 Thought it was on television. 182 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:20,400 Yes, ma'am, you told us. 183 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:21,400 Must have been the half hour. 184 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:22,400 Mm-hmm. 185 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,800 Now, did Mrs. Karen have any enemies that you knew of? 186 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,040 Well, there's some people who didn't like her. 187 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:31,920 A couple right here in the neighborhood, but none of them that would do a thing like this. 188 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,000 How'd she and her husband seem to get along? 189 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,080 Well, you mean, did they have any fights? 190 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:37,080 Yes, that's right. 191 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:38,080 All the time. 192 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,240 Seemed like they was always battling about something. 193 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:42,640 Would you know what caused the arguments? 194 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:43,640 Oh. 195 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:45,360 Mostly about her and other men. 196 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:46,840 He thought she was running around on him. 197 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:47,840 He used to fight about it. 198 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:51,000 A couple of times he said if she didn't stop, he was gonna kill her. 199 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Was that true? 200 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,480 You mean about her and the men? 201 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:54,480 Yes. 202 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:55,480 Well, might have been. 203 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,640 For all I know, I didn't pay much mind to their troubles. 204 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:02,440 Seems like I had too many things to keep me busy without getting mixed up in their problems. 205 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:03,440 All right, Miss Griffin. 206 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:04,440 We'll leave our card with you. 207 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,120 If you remember anything you think we'd be interested in, we'd appreciate a call from 208 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:08,120 you. 209 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,120 If I think of anything, you get one. 210 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:10,120 Thank you, ma'am. 211 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,080 Don't it seem kind of funny to you? 212 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:13,080 What's that? 213 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,720 How Mrs. Kearn can't tell you anything about the fella? 214 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,280 Don't that strike you kind of odd? 215 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:19,280 How do you mean? 216 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,600 Well, if somebody is in my house for that long, I'd be able to tell something about 217 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:23,600 him. 218 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:24,600 Something for sure. 219 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:25,600 Uh-huh. 220 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:27,920 First I guess with the lights off, maybe she couldn't see. 221 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:28,920 And then again. 222 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:29,920 Yes, ma'am. 223 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:31,920 Maybe she don't want to tell you. 224 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:41,480 Frank and I drove back to the office and put in a call to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 225 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:44,400 We talked to Dr. Sebastian and found that the victim had recovered to the point where 226 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,280 she could be moved to her own hospital. 227 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,520 We also talked to the officers who were with her. 228 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,560 They told us that the woman hadn't given them any new information and that they still hadn't 229 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:52,880 been able to contact her husband. 230 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,360 While I checked the crime lab, Frank went down the hall and ran the names Irene and 231 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,360 Tom Kearn through R&I. 232 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,200 2 14 a.m. we met back in the squad room. 233 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,040 How'd it go in the crime lab? 234 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:06,040 I got it all here. 235 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:07,040 You want to take a look? 236 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:08,040 Yeah. 237 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,760 Beginning to look like we got a good case against the husband. 238 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:12,760 Yeah? 239 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:13,760 You know, here. 240 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:15,400 Here's a picture of the room. 241 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,480 The woman was found about here. 242 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:18,480 See? 243 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:19,480 Uh-huh. 244 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,280 You can see the way the stuff scattered all around the place all through here. 245 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:23,280 Yeah. 246 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:24,280 It looks like robbery. 247 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,040 Well, he wanted to look that way maybe. 248 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:27,040 What do you mean? 249 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:31,000 Well, in the dresser drawer here, the boys from the crime lab found $120 in cash. 250 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,400 All the thief had to do was open the drawer and he'd have seen it too. 251 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:34,400 Oh. 252 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:35,400 Well, how about the entrance? 253 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:36,840 That's something else that doesn't seem to gel. 254 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:38,240 They checked all the windows and doors. 255 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:39,560 There's no sign of any breaking. 256 00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:41,480 She must have opened the door for the thief. 257 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,640 Well, that means it was somebody Mrs. Kearnan knew, huh? 258 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:44,640 Yeah. 259 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:45,640 It kind of looks that way. 260 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:46,640 Anything else we can use? 261 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,480 Well, take a look here. 262 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,520 Here's a picture of a footprint Lee Jones found on the earth beside the path. 263 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:56,360 The way it looks, the thief left the path when he ran from the house and stepped in the 264 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:57,360 soft dirt. 265 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:58,360 Do us any good? 266 00:08:58,360 --> 00:08:59,360 No, not much. 267 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:00,360 The ground was wet. 268 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,560 Must have been a good impression, but the rain broke down the walls. 269 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:04,360 It's not much good to us now. 270 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:05,360 That's it, huh? 271 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:06,360 Yeah. 272 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:07,360 Laiton Prince didn't come up with anything. 273 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:08,360 How'd you do? 274 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:09,360 Well, nothing on the woman. 275 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:10,360 Husband's got an arrest record. 276 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:11,360 Yeah. 277 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:12,360 Got it right here. 278 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,360 Mrs. Kearnan had him pinched 18 months ago on a beating charge. 279 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:16,360 Refused to prosecute. 280 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:18,360 Same thing a year ago. 281 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,760 And here besides her, complaints he's been booked for ADW and suspicion 211. 282 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:22,760 Got any big time? 283 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:23,760 No. 284 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:24,760 Never drew a conviction. 285 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:28,480 Now, Joe, the thing I don't understand, if it was her husband, why doesn't she beef him? 286 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,560 She wasn't worried about having him arrested before. 287 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:31,560 I don't know. 288 00:09:31,560 --> 00:09:32,560 There's something wrong about it. 289 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:34,360 Well, there's gotta be an answer someplace. 290 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:35,360 You tagged the Stats Office? 291 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:36,360 Yeah. 292 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:37,360 I gave them what we had on the guy. 293 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,000 They're gonna start a run on the M.O. in the morning. 294 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,280 Better get the rest of this information down to him. 295 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,160 Yeah, we can drop it off on the way out, huh? 296 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:44,160 Right. 297 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:45,160 You got that list of the husband's friends? 298 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:46,160 Uh-huh. 299 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:47,160 Well, let's talk to them. 300 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:48,160 Maybe they can tell us where he is. 301 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:49,160 Okay. 302 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:50,160 Hot shot. 303 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:51,160 I'll get it. 304 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:54,160 What is it? 305 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:55,760 The Stats Office are gonna have to wait, I guess. 306 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:56,760 Huh? 307 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:57,760 1824 Studio Court. 308 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:58,760 Well, that's a couple of blocks from Cairns. 309 00:09:58,760 --> 00:09:59,760 What's the call? 310 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:05,560 Woman slugged. 311 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:08,160 We left the office and we drove over to the address code three. 312 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:11,400 It was a small house set well back on the lot. 313 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,520 When we got there, a felony car out of Hollywood Division had already arrived and the crime 314 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,520 lab had been called. 315 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:20,080 The victim was identified as a Mrs. Milo Hudson, age 42. 316 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:23,160 An ambulance was dispatched from Hollywood Receiving Hospital and she was given first 317 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:24,160 aid. 318 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:25,560 She'd been beaten about the head and shoulders. 319 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:28,760 As soon as the attendance had finished, Frank and I talked to her. 320 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:30,320 If you'll just tell us what happened, please. 321 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:31,320 Awful thing. 322 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,080 Most awful thing ever happened to me. 323 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:34,080 Yes, ma'am. 324 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,080 Did you get a good look at the man? 325 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:36,080 Pretty good. 326 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:37,240 Not real good, but I did see him. 327 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:38,440 Could you describe him for us? 328 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:39,440 How do you mean? 329 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:40,680 Well, how tall was he? 330 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:42,040 I guess about as tall as you. 331 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:43,640 He'd be about five foot eleven. 332 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:44,840 If that's how tall you are. 333 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:45,840 Yes, ma'am. 334 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:46,840 How about his weight? 335 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:47,840 Was he heavy or light? 336 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:48,840 About like him. 337 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:49,840 That'd be about 180, huh? 338 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:51,040 I guess so. 339 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,440 I don't know, but I guess that's about what it is. 340 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:54,440 What about his face? 341 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:55,440 Did you see that? 342 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:56,440 Yes, sir. 343 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:57,440 Got a good look. 344 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:58,440 You'd know him again if you saw him, would you? 345 00:10:58,440 --> 00:10:59,520 I certainly would. 346 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,200 Never forget that face. 347 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,280 Not if I live to be a hundred, I'll never forget it. 348 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,560 Now, could you give us a good description of him? 349 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:08,040 Had dark hair, almost black, kind of curly. 350 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,800 Little wave right here in front. 351 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:11,800 Had blue eyes. 352 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:12,800 Dark blue. 353 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:14,360 Might have been kind of hazel color. 354 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:15,360 Dark. 355 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:16,360 Was he clean shaven? 356 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,000 You mean did he have a mustache? 357 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Yes, ma'am. 358 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,000 No. 359 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,000 He didn't have anything like that. 360 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,720 Was there anything about him that might make it easier for us to identify him? 361 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:25,080 I don't think I know what you mean. 362 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,880 Well, did he have any scars, any birthmarks, anything like that? 363 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:28,880 Let me think. 364 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,760 It seems there was something, but I can't remember what. 365 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,200 This man say anything to you? 366 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:34,540 Not at first. 367 00:11:34,540 --> 00:11:36,040 When he came in, he didn't say a word. 368 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:40,160 Just pointed the gun at me and motioned back into the house, like he wanted me to get back 369 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:41,160 there. 370 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,080 Uh-huh, but he did say something to you later, is that right? 371 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:44,080 Yes. 372 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,100 When we got to the bedroom and he started to go through the place, I told him he better 373 00:11:47,100 --> 00:11:49,360 get out because my husband would be coming in any minute. 374 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:50,360 I see. 375 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,640 He smiled and said he knew George didn't get home till 4.30. 376 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:54,600 He used your husband's name, didn't he? 377 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:55,600 Yes. 378 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:56,600 Come think of it, he did. 379 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,200 I didn't pay much attention to it before, but he did. 380 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,200 Do you think you ever saw that man before? 381 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,280 Not that I remember. 382 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,040 But you're sure you'd know him if you saw him again? 383 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:06,040 I sure would. 384 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,880 See, I remember what it was about him. 385 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:09,880 Yes. 386 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,520 You know, you wanted something about him that would make it easier to tell if he was the 387 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:13,520 right man. 388 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:14,520 That's right. 389 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:15,520 He had a scar. 390 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:20,200 A small one right here by his eye, made it look like his left eye was real big, gave him 391 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:21,200 a funny look. 392 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:22,200 Is that what you meant? 393 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,200 Yes, ma'am. 394 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,880 I wonder if you'd come down to the city hall and go through some pictures for us. 395 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,640 Well, I want to do everything I can to help. 396 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:30,120 I'm supposed to check with my doctor. 397 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,040 If he says it's all right, I'll be there. 398 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:33,040 When would you want me? 399 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:34,960 Well, if you could make it in the morning. 400 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:36,840 If the doctor says it's all right, I'll be there. 401 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:37,840 Okay, thanks, Mrs. Hudson. 402 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,160 We can send a car for you, if you like. 403 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:41,680 Might be better if you did. 404 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:43,760 George likes to sleep late and I don't drive. 405 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:44,760 All right, ma'am. 406 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:45,760 I'll be there in the morning. 407 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,360 Sure hope you can catch the person who's done this. 408 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,640 Lord knows how many more people he's going to hurt. 409 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:51,640 Yes, ma'am. 410 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,480 Just seems to know all about people. 411 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,640 When they're going to be alone and all, seems to know all about him. 412 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:58,840 Knew right where everything in this house was, all the way. 413 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:00,480 Knew right down to a T. 414 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,440 You're sure you never saw him before, is that right? 415 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:03,440 Positive. 416 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:04,440 You don't forget that kind of face. 417 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,440 See it once and you remember it all your life. 418 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:08,520 Well, has there been anybody new in the neighborhood? 419 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:09,800 I don't understand what you mean. 420 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:12,800 Well, like any salesman, door to door canvas, there's anything like that. 421 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:16,960 In a residential neighborhood like this, there's always somebody around trying to sell something. 422 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,600 Must be a couple of people a day come to the door. 423 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,640 But I'm sure the man who hit me wasn't one of them. 424 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:22,640 All right, ma'am. 425 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:23,640 Thank you very much. 426 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:24,960 Not at all, Sergeant. 427 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,120 I want to do all I can to help you get him. 428 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,480 Do you have any idea who he is, where to find him? 429 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:31,920 Not very much, Miss Hudson. 430 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:33,840 Terrible to think about it. 431 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:35,720 Men like that roam in the streets. 432 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:37,840 Woman isn't safe in her own home anymore. 433 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:38,840 We'll get to him, ma'am. 434 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:39,840 I should hope so. 435 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:41,560 But what do we do in the meantime? 436 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:44,160 Sit here and wait for this lunatic to kick the doors down? 437 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:45,840 We'll do everything we can. 438 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:46,840 Awful. 439 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,360 I'll never forget how he came in here, shoved me around. 440 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:50,360 Just never forget it. 441 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:51,360 Well, that makes you even. 442 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:52,360 What? 443 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:53,360 He won't either. 444 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:59,680 We got out of supplemental broadcast, carrying the description of the suspect, and then we 445 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:01,440 continued to talk to the latest victim. 446 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,080 She was unable to come up with any additional information. 447 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,080 4.30 a.m. 448 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,800 The crew from the crime lab finished up their investigation, and Frank and I went back to 449 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:09,800 the office. 450 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,840 We left the description of the suspect at the stats office, and we asked R and I to 451 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:17,360 check the oddity file for a possible identification on the scar that the suspect had. 452 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,000 5.21 a.m. 453 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,480 We signed out of the office. 454 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,280 The next day, at 9.26 a.m., we met with Chief Brown and Captain Donahoe, and we went over 455 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,040 the case with them. 456 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,920 Because of the method of operation used, it became apparent that the thief was acquainted 457 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,320 with the habits of the people in the neighborhood. 458 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,120 Two additional teams of men were assigned to the case, and they began to canvas the 459 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:38,520 area for information on people who appeared to be loitering in the vicinity. 460 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,920 We also decided to assign three more police units to patrol the streets during the night 461 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:43,240 hours. 462 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,200 We checked all F.I. cards that had been filed in the area. 463 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,360 That afternoon, Milo Hudson came down to the office and went through the mug books, but 464 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,400 she was unable to make an identification. 465 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,360 She was shown pictures of Tom Curran, the husband of the first victim, but she stated 466 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,920 positively that he was not the man who had beaten her. 467 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:00,080 The list of possible came back from the stats office and was checked without result. 468 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:01,920 A week went by. 469 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:05,320 In spite of the additional men involved, the suspect hit three more times. 470 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,040 In each case, the M.O. was the same. 471 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:08,760 In each case, he escaped. 472 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,720 However, we were able to get a little more information on him. 473 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,200 We had the artist and crime analysis division draw up a composite picture of the suspect 474 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,360 and we had it distributed to all officers in the city. 475 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,560 The daily papers ran out on their front pages. 476 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,640 Thursday, January 24th, 520 p.m. 477 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:23,720 Frank and I got back to the office from dinner. 478 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,920 I want to call Fay and tell her it looks like a late night. 479 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,920 All right, I'll check the book. 480 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:29,920 Anything? 481 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:30,920 No. 482 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:32,920 We called her from Pinky. 483 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:33,920 Yeah? 484 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,960 He and Lightner talked to that magazine salesman. 485 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:37,960 Like how? 486 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:38,960 No. 487 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:39,960 A guy just got in town a couple of days ago. 488 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:40,960 Description's pretty far off. 489 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:41,960 Oh. 490 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,960 I got it. 491 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:45,960 Robbery Friday. 492 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:46,960 Yes, ma'am, that's right. 493 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,960 Well, we can take it. 494 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:50,960 All right. 495 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:52,960 What's that address again? 496 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,960 Yes, that's Studio Court. 497 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:56,960 Yes, ma'am, we'll be right out. 498 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:57,960 No, no, don't do anything. 499 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,960 If he wants to leave, don't try to stop him. 500 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:01,960 That's right, we'll be right there. 501 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:02,960 Woman out on Studio Court. 502 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:03,960 Yeah. 503 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:14,960 I'm going to go see if he thinks the suspect's in our house now. 504 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:19,960 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 505 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:21,720 Meet the Tom Harmons. 506 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:26,600 You know Tom as Michigan's all-American football star, now a top sports announcer. 507 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:30,280 Mrs. Harmon is the motion picture and television star Elise Knox. 508 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:34,680 Very typical of people everywhere who are saying Chesterfield's for me. 509 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:38,800 I like regular-sized Chesterfields, half for years. 510 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:43,680 They're best for me, at least I think so, because of that Chesterfield quality. 511 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:45,280 That's the way I feel about them too. 512 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:47,840 I've always smoked Chesterfields. 513 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,680 Now I go for the king size. 514 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:52,360 I guess I like a longer smoke. 515 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:57,640 No king size cigarette satisfies like king size Chesterfield. 516 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:03,560 For the taste you want, the mildness you want, a really refreshing smoke every time. 517 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,000 Change to Chesterfield. 518 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:18,680 Regular or king size, America's most popular two-way cigarette. 519 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,480 Frank and I left the office and drove over to the address we'd been given on the phone. 520 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,520 As we pulled up in front of the house, we could see a man standing on the porch. 521 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,120 We got out of the car and we went up the walk. 522 00:17:27,120 --> 00:17:29,320 At the front door we met the woman who'd called. 523 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:32,920 She said that the man had rung the doorbell and had tried to force his way into the house. 524 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,280 She went on to say that her husband wasn't home and that she'd managed to stall the man 525 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:37,680 until we got there. 526 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:40,520 We took him back to the city hall and talked to him in the interrogation room. 527 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,040 He identified himself as Victor Nadel. 528 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:44,920 Frank went down the hall to run him through records and identification. 529 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:46,880 A lot of trouble you guys are causing me. 530 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:47,880 No reason for all this. 531 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:48,880 What were you doing at that house? 532 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:49,880 Trying to earn a living. 533 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:51,280 You have to force your way in to do that? 534 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:52,840 That old broad's off her rocker. 535 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:53,840 I didn't try to get into the place. 536 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:54,840 She says you did. 537 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:55,840 She's flipped. 538 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:56,840 What do you do for a living? 539 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:58,120 I work, you know another way. 540 00:17:58,120 --> 00:17:59,120 What kind of work? 541 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:00,120 Salesman. 542 00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:01,120 What do you sell? 543 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:02,120 Right now I'm selling lots. 544 00:18:02,120 --> 00:18:03,120 Real estate? 545 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:04,120 Yeah. 546 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:05,120 Where? 547 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:06,120 Tracked out in the desert. 548 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:07,120 Who do you work for? 549 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:08,120 I don't think I'm going to tell you that. 550 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:09,120 You're not going to get them a note. 551 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:10,360 We're going to find out anyway and I want you to save yourself a lot of grief and tell 552 00:18:10,360 --> 00:18:11,360 us. 553 00:18:11,360 --> 00:18:12,360 You get paid, you dig it out. 554 00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:13,360 You ever been arrested? 555 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:14,360 A couple of times. 556 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:15,360 Where? 557 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:16,360 Oklahoma. 558 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:17,360 What for? 559 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:18,360 Call it hijacking. 560 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:19,360 Robbery? 561 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:20,360 Same thing. 562 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:21,360 You ever do any time? 563 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:22,360 No, they couldn't nail it down. 564 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:23,360 Where do you live? 565 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:25,160 Got a room down on East Fifth, room and privileges. 566 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,160 Who do you work for? 567 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:28,160 That's your job. 568 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:29,160 How long you been in town? 569 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:30,160 A couple of months. 570 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,160 You been working for this real estate company since you got here? 571 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,360 Yeah, I got the job a couple of days after I got off the train. 572 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:35,360 How'd you get it? 573 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:36,360 Answer's an ad. 574 00:18:36,360 --> 00:18:38,560 You ever see that woman out on studio court before? 575 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:39,560 No. 576 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:40,560 You don't know her? 577 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:41,560 I told you. 578 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:42,560 She'd have no reason to tie a bad beef on you, would she? 579 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:43,560 She's doing it, ain't she? 580 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,160 It's kind of silly without any reason, isn't it? 581 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:46,640 She's a woman, that's all they need. 582 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,560 All right, empty your pockets out on the table here. 583 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:49,560 Why? 584 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:50,560 Come on. 585 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:51,560 We're not playing games here. 586 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:52,560 What's this all about? 587 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,560 We're trying to prove with all this strong arm wrestling. 588 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:56,560 We're trying to find out why you wanted to break into that house. 589 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:57,560 I told you I didn't break into the house. 590 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:59,160 That old harpy's out of her mind to tell you a thing like that. 591 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:00,760 I don't know why, but she's got it in for me. 592 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:01,760 Wants to see me get into trouble. 593 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:02,760 You said you didn't know her. 594 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:03,760 That's right. 595 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:04,760 You never saw her before. 596 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:05,760 That's what I said. 597 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:06,760 And why'd she build a thing like this? 598 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:07,760 I told you, I don't know. 599 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:08,760 It's a lie. 600 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:09,760 I walked up to the door and asked if I could talk to her. 601 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:10,760 Just try to talk to her. 602 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:11,760 Right away she starts yelling at me to get away, get off the property. 603 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:12,760 Why didn't you leave then? 604 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:13,760 I wanted to make a sale. 605 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:22,760 You must have figured she wasn't interested. 606 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:23,760 I needed to make a sale. 607 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:24,760 I haven't been doing too good. 608 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:25,760 I had to make a sale or I'd have lost my job. 609 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:26,760 That's the reason you act like a tough guy, isn't it? 610 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:27,760 All I did was try to talk to her, talk her into buying a lot. 611 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:28,760 You've got a funny way of doing it. 612 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:29,760 I thought maybe she was going to call the police, make a complaint. 613 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:30,760 If she'd have done that, I'd have lost my job, sure. 614 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:31,760 That's all there is to it. 615 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:32,760 I'm telling you the truth. 616 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:33,760 You've got to believe me. 617 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:34,760 You've been working in the neighborhood before? 618 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:35,760 No, it's the first time. 619 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:36,760 I've been kind of sick the last week. 620 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:37,760 This is the first time out for me. 621 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:38,760 First time I've been around here. 622 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:39,760 Where'd you work before? 623 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:44,760 Westlake area. 624 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:45,760 You ever have any trouble there? 625 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:46,760 No, none. 626 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:47,760 Why'd you make the switch then? 627 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:48,760 Just thought I'd try a new territory, see if I could make up for the week I lost. 628 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,160 You got anybody who will back up this story for you? 629 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:52,160 People in my rooming house, I'll tell you. 630 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,160 They'll say I was there all week, some kind of flu, they'll tell you. 631 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,160 Ciao. 632 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:57,160 Yeah. 633 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,160 See you in a minute. 634 00:19:58,160 --> 00:19:59,160 Yeah. 635 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:00,160 You want me to wait here? 636 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:01,160 That's right, just sit there. 637 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:02,160 What do you got? 638 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,160 Well, looks like we nailed the wrong guy. 639 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:05,160 What do you think? 640 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,160 Call just came in, radio car picked up a fellow out in Rosewood Avenue. 641 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:08,160 Who? 642 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:09,160 Caught him in a house trying to beat a woman to death. 643 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:10,160 How about the description? 644 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:11,160 Matches the suspect right down the line. 645 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:16,160 Victor Nadel was booked in at the main jail pending further investigation. 646 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:21,160 We were unable to connect him with any robbery, but Perry Thomas of the city attorney's office 647 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:26,160 issued a complaint charging violation of section 415 of the penal code. 648 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,160 At 7.46 p.m., the suspect we'd gotten the call about arrived at the city hall. 649 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,160 He was fingerprinted and checked through R&I. 650 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:36,160 We found that he'd served a year and a day in New York State for breaking and entering. 651 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,160 He'd served a sentence in the state of Washington on similar charges. 652 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,160 Physically, he matched the description we'd gotten from the victims. 653 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,160 While Pinky Meade and Dee Lightner contacted the women and asked them to come down to the 654 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,160 office, Frank and I questioned the suspect. 655 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,160 Rudolph Marnell, is that your true name? 656 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:50,160 Yes, sir. 657 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:51,160 Where do you live? 658 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:52,160 My home's out in Hollywood. 659 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:53,160 It's a big place, narrow it down, will you? 660 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:54,160 Ledgewood Drive, 2917. 661 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:55,160 You ever been arrested? 662 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:56,160 Yeah, you know that. 663 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:57,160 It was a mistake, though. 664 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:58,160 Both times? 665 00:20:58,160 --> 00:20:59,160 Well, the second time was because of the first. 666 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:00,160 What do you mean by that? 667 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:01,160 Not once you've done time. 668 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,160 It seems like anything goes wrong, the cops are on your back just like that. 669 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,160 You want to tell us what happened out there tonight? 670 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:07,160 You mean on Rosewood? 671 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:08,160 That's right. 672 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:09,160 Big misunderstanding. 673 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,160 Will you tell us about it, will you? 674 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:11,160 I wanted to use your phone. 675 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:12,160 I don't know, I guess you got scared about something. 676 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:13,160 All I wanted to do was make a call. 677 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:14,160 How'd you ask her? 678 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,160 Regular way, told her I was in trouble, asked if I could phone. 679 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,160 Next thing I know, she's screaming up a storm, there's cops all around me. 680 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,160 According to this report, you didn't stop when you were told, is that right? 681 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:23,160 I guess so. 682 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:24,160 Well, is it or isn't it? 683 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:25,160 Yeah. 684 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:26,160 Why'd you run? 685 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:27,160 I didn't know what was going on, I got a record. 686 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,160 I had enough to do with cops to last me the rest of my life. 687 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:34,160 As soon as I heard the sirens, I took off. 688 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,160 I guess I didn't hear that cop telling me to stop. 689 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,160 Yeah, it's kind of hard to believe. 690 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,160 Well, you believe the woman who says I tried to slug her, you believe her, but you don't believe me. 691 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:41,160 You see, that's what I meant. 692 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:42,160 What's that? 693 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,160 Well, as soon as you fall once, there's a dozen cops right behind you all the time waiting to stop on you. 694 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,160 You ever figure that you helped build it that way? 695 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,160 Well, it reads good, but you ain't got nobody on your tail. 696 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:50,160 All right. 697 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:51,160 Now tell us again about tonight. 698 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:55,160 I told the cops who picked me up, I told the cop who fingerprinted me, I already told you once. 699 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:56,160 Now how many times you want to hear it? 700 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:57,160 Until we get it the right way? 701 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:58,160 Well, how are you going to know? 702 00:21:58,160 --> 00:21:59,160 We'll find it. 703 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:01,160 Come on, go down to the interrogation room. 704 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,160 Go ahead. 705 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,160 Down this way. 706 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:10,160 Go ahead, right in there. 707 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:14,160 Sit down. 708 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,160 All right, Marnell, now let's clean it up. 709 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:19,160 What do you mean? 710 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,160 You know we're going to have no trouble making you on these things. 711 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:22,160 We got the victims on their way down here now. 712 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:23,160 As soon as they identify you, you've had it. 713 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,160 So save yourself a lot of time and trouble if you cop out now. 714 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,160 I'd like to give you a hand, Sergeant, really would, but there's nothing I can do. 715 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:30,160 I don't know what you're talking about. 716 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:31,160 All right. 717 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,160 What were you doing on January 10th? 718 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:34,160 10th? 719 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,160 That's right. 720 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:36,160 What day was that? 721 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:37,160 Thursday. 722 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:38,160 Gee, I don't know. 723 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:39,160 It's a long time ago. 724 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:40,160 It's hard to remember. 725 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:41,160 How about the 11th? 726 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:42,160 Same, I don't remember. 727 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:43,160 14th? 728 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:44,160 Yeah, yeah, I can tell you about that. 729 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:45,160 All right, go ahead. 730 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:49,160 I got through work and went home, met the wife, we had dinner, took her to the show. 731 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:50,160 You can prove that? 732 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:51,160 Well, sure, ask my wife, she'll tell you. 733 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:52,160 All right. 734 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:53,160 How about Wednesday the 16th? 735 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,160 Blank. 736 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,160 You don't remember what you were doing on the 16th of January, huh? 737 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:58,160 No, is it important? 738 00:22:58,160 --> 00:22:59,160 It's gonna be for you. 739 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:00,160 How about the 17th? 740 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:01,160 That'd be Thursday. 741 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,160 That's right. 742 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,160 I stayed home and watched the wrestling on television. 743 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:06,160 You can prove that, can you? 744 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:07,160 Sure, I had some people in to watch the matches. 745 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:08,160 Give us their names, will you? 746 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:09,160 Yeah. 747 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:10,160 Who was wrestling that night? 748 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:11,160 You want them all or just the main? 749 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:12,160 How about the Sammy Windup? 750 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:13,160 Let me think. 751 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:17,160 Yeah, it was a tag team match between the McLean brothers and the South Twins. 752 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:18,160 You're sure? 753 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:19,160 I'm positive. 754 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:20,160 How about the 19th? 755 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:21,160 What'd you do then? 756 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,160 19th. 757 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:24,160 That would be... 758 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:25,160 Saturday. 759 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:26,160 Well, I'm off Saturday. 760 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:27,160 I don't remember too good. 761 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,160 Probably came home, sat around the house, drank beer and loafed. 762 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,160 That was Saturday the 19th. 763 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:32,160 Yeah, the 19th. 764 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,160 How about Monday the 21st? 765 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:35,160 I bowl that night. 766 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:36,160 Where? 767 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:37,160 Lane's out on Sunset. 768 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:38,160 Bowl there all the time? 769 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:39,160 Yeah. 770 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:40,160 You bowl every Monday night? 771 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:41,160 No, not every week. 772 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:42,160 Usually it's on Tuesday. 773 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:43,160 Why'd you change this week? 774 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:44,160 Well, some of the guys couldn't make it Tuesday, so we changed the day. 775 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,160 Anything special to you about January 14th, 17th, 21st? 776 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:48,160 What do you mean special? 777 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:51,160 Well, your birthday, your anniversary, something like that. 778 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:52,160 No. 779 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:53,160 Nothing to make them stand out? 780 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:54,160 No. 781 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:55,160 Then how come you can remember what you were doing on those days? 782 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:58,160 You can't give us a story to fit January 10th, 11th, 16th or 19th. 783 00:23:58,160 --> 00:23:59,160 I don't know. 784 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,160 What are you guys trying to get me to say? 785 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:02,160 What are you trying to get at? 786 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:03,160 The truth. 787 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:04,160 Well, I'm giving it to you. 788 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:05,160 We can't see it. 789 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:06,160 How come you remember those days? 790 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:07,160 I don't know, I just do. 791 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:08,160 That's kind of funny. 792 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,160 I couldn't remember what I was doing last week. 793 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:10,160 I'd have to sit down and think about it. 794 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:11,160 You didn't even have to try to remember. 795 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:12,160 You knew right away, didn't you? 796 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,160 Like it was important for you to remember. 797 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:15,160 You keep trying to build an alibi, don't you? 798 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:22,160 Look, you asked me where I was, I told you. 799 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:23,160 Let's have the names of the people you say you're with. 800 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:24,160 You're going to talk to them? 801 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:25,160 That's right. 802 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:26,160 Well, maybe they won't remember. 803 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,160 I think they will. 804 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:28,160 What happens if they don't? 805 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:29,160 Then you're in big trouble. 806 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:30,160 You're holding a lot of it right now. 807 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:31,160 Let's have the names. 808 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:32,160 Sure, I've got nothing to worry about. 809 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:33,160 I'll give them to you. 810 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:34,160 Here's a pencil. 811 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:35,160 Paper there. 812 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:36,160 I don't know all the addresses. 813 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:37,160 We'll look them up. 814 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,160 You're going to have to talk to them, huh? 815 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:39,160 Sure. 816 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:40,160 What's the matter? 817 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:41,160 You think they won't stand behind you? 818 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:42,160 No, it's not that. 819 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:43,160 Then what is it? 820 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:44,160 Well, just that they don't know I've done time. 821 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:45,160 They'll try to get me. 822 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,160 You know, say they weren't with me, they might do that. 823 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:48,160 You like that woman tonight? 824 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:49,160 Yeah, just like that. 825 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,160 People don't like you much, do they, Marnell? 826 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,160 Seems like everybody's trying to get you in trouble. 827 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:54,160 I want a lawyer. 828 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,160 You want to check, Frank, see if the victims are here? 829 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:58,160 Yeah. 830 00:24:58,160 --> 00:24:59,160 But what's going to happen now? 831 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:00,160 We've got some people we want to see. 832 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:01,160 Who are they? 833 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:02,160 The women you beat up. 834 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:03,160 No, you can't make me on those jobs. 835 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,160 We think we can. 836 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:05,160 Yeah, well, you just try. 837 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,160 You take this thing into court, they're going to throw it right out. 838 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,160 That's the way you got it figured out. 839 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,160 That's right. 840 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:10,160 Go ahead, Frank, bring them in. 841 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:11,160 All right. 842 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,160 I said I want a lawyer. 843 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:15,160 What? 844 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:16,160 I said I want a lawyer. 845 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:17,160 Well, you'll get one. 846 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:18,160 Yeah, and a jury. 847 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:19,160 I want a jury trial. 848 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:20,160 You've got a choice. 849 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:21,160 You bet I have. 850 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,160 You bring all these women down here to point me out, well, it isn't going to work. 851 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,160 Bunch of people who don't like me causing me trouble. 852 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:26,160 People who don't like me. 853 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:27,160 I want a jury trial, a judge and a jury. 854 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:28,160 All right, you'll get them. 855 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:29,160 I'll make you a bet. 856 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,160 They won't like you either. 857 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:40,160 The story you have just heard is true. 858 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,160 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 859 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:47,160 On May 16th, trial was held in Department 98, Superior Court of the State of California 860 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,160 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 861 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,160 In a moment, the results of that trial. 862 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,160 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 863 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,160 Thank you, George Fenomen. 864 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:59,160 You know, the Chesterfield you smoked today is the best cigarette ever made and best for you. 865 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:00,160 Now that's a fact. 866 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,160 And to my way of thinking, it's the very reason for you to change to Chesterfield. 867 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,160 Try them either way, regular or king size. 868 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:09,160 If you try them, I think you'll say with all of us, Chesterfield's for me. 869 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:21,160 Rudolph August Marnell was filed on for four counts of robbery in the first degree, 870 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:24,160 five counts of burglary in the first degree, 871 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:28,160 and five counts of assault with intent to do great bodily injury. 872 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:33,160 He was found guilty by a jury trial on all counts and received sentence as prescribed by law. 873 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:38,160 Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than five years. 874 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:43,160 Burglary in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than five years. 875 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:50,160 Assault with intent to do great bodily harm is punishable by a term of from one to 20 years in the state penitentiary. 876 00:26:50,160 --> 00:27:14,160 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 877 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:19,160 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 878 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:24,160 Technical advisors Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wins, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 879 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:28,160 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Virginia Gregg, Helen Cleave. 880 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:35,160 Script by John Robinson. Music by Walter Schuman. Hal Gibney speaking. 881 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:40,160 Watch an entirely different Dragnet case history each week on your local NBC television station. 882 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:44,160 Please check your newspapers for the day and time. 883 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:50,160 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 884 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:55,160 Filter cigarette smokers, here is headline news. 885 00:27:55,160 --> 00:28:00,160 Nationwide demand for L and M filters drops price. 886 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:04,160 Now you save up to four cents a pack, forty cents a carton. 887 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:10,160 Now everyone can afford America's highest quality and best filter tip cigarettes. 888 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:15,160 Remember only L and M's have the miracle filter tip containing alpha cellulose. 889 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:19,160 You get much more flavor, much less nicotine. 890 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:25,160 Buy L and M filters, the distinctive monogram cigarette at the new low price. 891 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,160 L and M filters. 892 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:51,160 Music by John Robinson.