WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.800 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:11.800 --> 00:14.560 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:14.560 --> 00:17.800 Dragnet brought to you by Chesterfield. 00:17.800 --> 00:24.160 For the taste you want, the mildness you want, a really refreshing smoke, buy America's most 00:24.160 --> 00:26.480 popular two-way cigarette. 00:26.480 --> 00:27.880 Chesterfield. 00:27.880 --> 00:38.480 They satisfy millions. 00:38.480 --> 00:40.040 You're a detective sergeant. 00:40.040 --> 00:42.120 You're assigned a robbery detail. 00:42.120 --> 00:44.800 You get a call that a woman has been badly beaten. 00:44.800 --> 00:46.880 She can't describe her assailant. 00:46.880 --> 00:48.400 He's still at large. 00:48.400 --> 00:54.200 Your job, find him. 00:54.200 --> 01:00.840 For the taste you want, the mildness you want, for a really refreshing smoke every time, 01:00.840 --> 01:03.420 you should change to Chesterfield. 01:03.420 --> 01:06.240 On every count, they satisfy millions. 01:06.240 --> 01:08.320 They'll satisfy you. 01:08.320 --> 01:13.640 Chesterfield is the cigarette proved highest in quality, low in nicotine. 01:13.640 --> 01:19.240 The cigarette tested and approved by 30 years of scientific tobacco research. 01:19.240 --> 01:22.240 The cigarette with a taste and mildness you want. 01:22.240 --> 01:28.840 Yes, the Chesterfield you smoke today is the best cigarette ever made. 01:28.840 --> 01:30.200 Best for you. 01:30.200 --> 01:33.760 It all adds up to Chesterfield's world-famous slogan. 01:33.760 --> 01:35.880 They satisfy. 01:35.880 --> 01:37.760 Regular orking size. 01:37.760 --> 01:42.840 Try Chesterfield today. 01:42.840 --> 01:46.840 Dragnet. 01:46.840 --> 01:49.000 The documented drama of an actual crime. 01:49.000 --> 01:53.960 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 01:53.960 --> 01:58.480 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 01:58.480 --> 02:00.160 police files. 02:00.160 --> 02:05.280 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 02:05.280 --> 02:07.280 in action. 02:07.280 --> 02:11.720 It was Monday, January 14th. 02:11.720 --> 02:13.360 It was raining in Los Angeles. 02:13.360 --> 02:15.480 We were working the night watch out of robbery detail. 02:15.480 --> 02:18.400 My partner's Frank Smith, the boss of Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 02:18.400 --> 02:19.400 It was Friday. 02:19.400 --> 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 02:23.600 --> 02:24.600 Avenue. 02:24.600 --> 02:25.600 Front door. 02:25.600 --> 02:26.600 What is it? 02:26.600 --> 02:29.000 Police officers, would you like to see Miss Griffin? 02:29.000 --> 02:30.000 How do I know? 02:30.000 --> 02:31.000 Say pardon? 02:31.000 --> 02:32.000 How do I know you're cops? 02:32.000 --> 02:33.000 Here's our identification. 02:33.000 --> 02:34.000 I'm handed here. 02:34.000 --> 02:35.000 Pardon? 02:35.000 --> 02:36.000 Pass it through the door. 02:36.000 --> 02:37.000 I want to see it good. 02:37.000 --> 02:38.000 All right, here you are. 02:38.000 --> 02:39.000 Yeah. 02:39.000 --> 02:40.000 What do you think? 02:40.000 --> 02:41.000 Well, your guess is good as mine. 02:41.000 --> 02:42.000 Come on in. 02:42.000 --> 02:43.000 Thank you. 02:43.000 --> 02:44.000 Hurry up. 02:44.000 --> 02:45.000 Don't let all the rain in. 02:45.000 --> 02:49.000 Yes, ma'am. 02:49.000 --> 02:51.800 I wonder if I have my identification back, please. 02:51.800 --> 02:53.080 Take your coats off right here. 02:53.080 --> 02:54.880 I don't want you tracking the water through the house. 02:54.880 --> 02:55.880 All right. 02:55.880 --> 02:56.880 Could I have that identification card, please? 02:56.880 --> 02:59.360 You don't mind my being so careful about what's happened here. 02:59.360 --> 03:01.360 I've got to take all the precautions, you know. 03:01.360 --> 03:02.360 Yes, ma'am. 03:02.360 --> 03:03.360 Come on into the sitting room. 03:03.360 --> 03:04.360 I'll take that card. 03:04.360 --> 03:05.360 Thank you. 03:05.360 --> 03:06.360 Which one of you is Sergeant Friday? 03:06.360 --> 03:07.360 I am. 03:07.360 --> 03:08.360 You're the one who called. 03:08.360 --> 03:09.360 That's right. 03:09.360 --> 03:10.360 Who's he? 03:10.360 --> 03:11.360 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 03:11.360 --> 03:12.360 Well, sit down. 03:12.360 --> 03:13.360 Here's your card. 03:13.360 --> 03:14.360 Thank you. 03:14.360 --> 03:15.360 Would you like anything, cup of coffee? 03:15.360 --> 03:16.360 Maybe some hot cocoa? 03:16.360 --> 03:17.360 No, no, no. 03:17.360 --> 03:18.360 Thank you. 03:18.360 --> 03:19.360 Well, suit yourself. 03:19.360 --> 03:20.360 What is it you want? 03:20.360 --> 03:21.840 We understand you know Mrs. Kieran. 03:21.840 --> 03:22.840 We're neighbors. 03:22.840 --> 03:24.800 Maybe you can tell us what happened here tonight. 03:24.800 --> 03:27.520 It seems like you'd have the story of being cops and all. 03:27.520 --> 03:29.520 Well, we'd like to hear you tell it, ma'am. 03:29.520 --> 03:30.520 All right. 03:30.520 --> 03:32.520 I was here tonight watching the TV. 03:32.520 --> 03:35.560 Just gone out to the kitchen to get a plate of snacks for the late show. 03:35.560 --> 03:36.560 You know, kind of like the munch. 03:36.560 --> 03:40.360 Well, all of a sudden, I heard this scream, real loud. 03:40.360 --> 03:44.240 I wasn't watching the television right then, so at first I thought it was from the set, 03:44.240 --> 03:45.240 you know, like a drama. 03:45.240 --> 03:46.240 Yes, ma'am. 03:46.240 --> 03:48.120 Didn't think nothing about it right then. 03:48.120 --> 03:51.640 Got myself all settled for the movie and then I heard another scream. 03:51.640 --> 03:53.080 That's when I knew there was something wrong. 03:53.080 --> 03:54.080 How's that? 03:54.080 --> 03:55.280 There was a quiz on the television. 03:55.280 --> 03:57.360 No reason for any screams. 03:57.360 --> 03:58.360 Right then there was another one. 03:58.360 --> 03:59.840 Then I knew it was from next door. 03:59.840 --> 04:00.840 Yeah. 04:00.840 --> 04:02.160 So I got my coat and umbrella and went over there. 04:02.160 --> 04:03.160 I see. 04:03.160 --> 04:05.040 Knocked on the door but didn't get no answer. 04:05.040 --> 04:06.800 Well, I went into the house. 04:06.800 --> 04:08.640 All dark, not a light on. 04:08.640 --> 04:11.440 Went right in and called Mrs. Kieran, called to her. 04:11.440 --> 04:16.400 Didn't answer but I could kind of hear something off to the back of the place. 04:16.400 --> 04:18.200 Sounded like somebody crying. 04:18.200 --> 04:20.880 Sounded like a whimper, soft. 04:20.880 --> 04:23.800 Came from the back of the house in the bedroom. 04:23.800 --> 04:26.320 You didn't see anybody else in the house when you went in, did you? 04:26.320 --> 04:29.120 If I had, I'd have told you before this. 04:29.120 --> 04:30.600 Go ahead, please. 04:30.600 --> 04:33.160 I got to the bedroom and opened the door. 04:33.160 --> 04:35.360 Couldn't see anything at first. 04:35.360 --> 04:38.360 Then I was about to go on in and this man jumped out at me. 04:38.360 --> 04:39.360 He was in the bedroom, was he? 04:39.360 --> 04:42.760 Yeah, must have been hiding in the dark and heard me coming and he got back so I wouldn't 04:42.760 --> 04:43.760 see him. 04:43.760 --> 04:45.560 Then when I opened the door, he jumped right out. 04:45.560 --> 04:46.560 Almost scared me to death. 04:46.560 --> 04:47.560 Well, what did he do? 04:47.560 --> 04:50.040 He just jumped at me and ran out of the house. 04:50.040 --> 04:51.640 Right through the front door, heard it slam. 04:51.640 --> 04:54.680 And then I heard the crying again. 04:54.680 --> 04:56.600 Was sort of off to one side of the room. 04:56.600 --> 04:58.640 I couldn't see right away where it was coming from. 04:58.640 --> 05:02.000 I turned on the light and right away I saw her. 05:02.000 --> 05:03.000 She was laying on the floor. 05:03.000 --> 05:04.000 Yes, ma'am. 05:04.000 --> 05:05.000 Oh, it was just terrible. 05:05.000 --> 05:07.720 Room was all tore up. 05:07.720 --> 05:10.800 Things all thrown around, a real mess and her laying right there in the middle of it, 05:10.800 --> 05:11.800 all beat up. 05:11.800 --> 05:13.920 It looked like whoever done it had tried to kill her. 05:13.920 --> 05:14.920 What did you do then? 05:14.920 --> 05:15.920 Called the police. 05:15.920 --> 05:18.640 Dialed O, told the operator to send the policeman. 05:18.640 --> 05:20.160 Wasn't long before they was here. 05:20.160 --> 05:22.520 It seemed like there was a hundred of them all over the place. 05:22.520 --> 05:25.400 All right, Mrs. Griffin, I wonder if you can give us a description of the man you saw. 05:25.400 --> 05:27.600 Other officers asked me the same thing. 05:27.600 --> 05:29.000 There isn't much I can tell you. 05:29.000 --> 05:32.040 Just all of a sudden he was there and then he was gone. 05:32.040 --> 05:33.760 You're pretty sure it was a man, though, huh? 05:33.760 --> 05:34.760 Certainly. 05:34.760 --> 05:36.520 I guess I know a man when I see one. 05:36.520 --> 05:37.920 He's been married to one for 22 years. 05:37.920 --> 05:38.920 Yes, ma'am. 05:38.920 --> 05:39.920 Can you tell us anything about him? 05:39.920 --> 05:41.920 I just got a glimpse of him, not good. 05:41.920 --> 05:44.040 I can't tell you anything about how he looked. 05:44.040 --> 05:46.520 He was standing in the dark when I come in. 05:46.520 --> 05:49.120 Next thing I knew, he jumped past me and went out the front door. 05:49.120 --> 05:50.120 Yes, ma'am. 05:50.120 --> 05:51.120 Would you know him again if you saw him? 05:51.120 --> 05:52.120 I don't think so. 05:52.120 --> 05:53.120 Just a glimpse, that's all. 05:53.120 --> 05:54.120 Mm-hmm. 05:54.120 --> 05:56.600 I'd like to help, but there isn't much more I can tell you. 05:56.600 --> 05:57.600 All right, ma'am. 05:57.600 --> 05:58.600 How is Mrs. Karen? 05:58.600 --> 05:59.600 Is she gonna be okay? 05:59.600 --> 06:02.840 Well, she'll be in the hospital for a few days, but she's gonna be all right. 06:02.840 --> 06:05.880 Can she able to tell you something about the man who did this? 06:05.880 --> 06:06.880 What man? 06:06.880 --> 06:08.680 Seems like she'd be able to describe him. 06:08.680 --> 06:10.480 Must have been there for a good half hour. 06:10.480 --> 06:11.480 How do you figure that? 06:11.480 --> 06:15.440 Must have been at least that long from the time I heard the first scream till I got over 06:15.440 --> 06:16.440 there. 06:16.440 --> 06:18.400 First off, I didn't think it was real. 06:18.400 --> 06:19.400 Thought it was on television. 06:19.400 --> 06:20.400 Yes, ma'am, you told us. 06:20.400 --> 06:21.400 Must have been the half hour. 06:21.400 --> 06:22.400 Mm-hmm. 06:22.400 --> 06:25.800 Now, did Mrs. Karen have any enemies that you knew of? 06:25.800 --> 06:28.040 Well, there's some people who didn't like her. 06:28.040 --> 06:31.920 A couple right here in the neighborhood, but none of them that would do a thing like this. 06:31.920 --> 06:34.000 How'd she and her husband seem to get along? 06:34.000 --> 06:36.080 Well, you mean, did they have any fights? 06:36.080 --> 06:37.080 Yes, that's right. 06:37.080 --> 06:38.080 All the time. 06:38.080 --> 06:41.240 Seemed like they was always battling about something. 06:41.240 --> 06:42.640 Would you know what caused the arguments? 06:42.640 --> 06:43.640 Oh. 06:43.640 --> 06:45.360 Mostly about her and other men. 06:45.360 --> 06:46.840 He thought she was running around on him. 06:46.840 --> 06:47.840 He used to fight about it. 06:47.840 --> 06:51.000 A couple of times he said if she didn't stop, he was gonna kill her. 06:51.000 --> 06:52.000 Was that true? 06:52.000 --> 06:53.480 You mean about her and the men? 06:53.480 --> 06:54.480 Yes. 06:54.480 --> 06:55.480 Well, might have been. 06:55.480 --> 06:58.640 For all I know, I didn't pay much mind to their troubles. 06:58.640 --> 07:02.440 Seems like I had too many things to keep me busy without getting mixed up in their problems. 07:02.440 --> 07:03.440 All right, Miss Griffin. 07:03.440 --> 07:04.440 We'll leave our card with you. 07:04.440 --> 07:07.120 If you remember anything you think we'd be interested in, we'd appreciate a call from 07:07.120 --> 07:08.120 you. 07:08.120 --> 07:09.120 If I think of anything, you get one. 07:09.120 --> 07:10.120 Thank you, ma'am. 07:10.120 --> 07:12.080 Don't it seem kind of funny to you? 07:12.080 --> 07:13.080 What's that? 07:13.080 --> 07:16.720 How Mrs. Kearn can't tell you anything about the fella? 07:16.720 --> 07:18.280 Don't that strike you kind of odd? 07:18.280 --> 07:19.280 How do you mean? 07:19.280 --> 07:22.600 Well, if somebody is in my house for that long, I'd be able to tell something about 07:22.600 --> 07:23.600 him. 07:23.600 --> 07:24.600 Something for sure. 07:24.600 --> 07:25.600 Uh-huh. 07:25.600 --> 07:27.920 First I guess with the lights off, maybe she couldn't see. 07:27.920 --> 07:28.920 And then again. 07:28.920 --> 07:29.920 Yes, ma'am. 07:29.920 --> 07:31.920 Maybe she don't want to tell you. 07:31.920 --> 07:41.480 Frank and I drove back to the office and put in a call to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 07:41.480 --> 07:44.400 We talked to Dr. Sebastian and found that the victim had recovered to the point where 07:44.400 --> 07:46.280 she could be moved to her own hospital. 07:46.280 --> 07:48.520 We also talked to the officers who were with her. 07:48.520 --> 07:51.560 They told us that the woman hadn't given them any new information and that they still hadn't 07:51.560 --> 07:52.880 been able to contact her husband. 07:52.880 --> 07:56.360 While I checked the crime lab, Frank went down the hall and ran the names Irene and 07:56.360 --> 07:58.360 Tom Kearn through R&I. 07:58.360 --> 08:02.200 2 14 a.m. we met back in the squad room. 08:02.200 --> 08:05.040 How'd it go in the crime lab? 08:05.040 --> 08:06.040 I got it all here. 08:06.040 --> 08:07.040 You want to take a look? 08:07.040 --> 08:08.040 Yeah. 08:08.040 --> 08:11.760 Beginning to look like we got a good case against the husband. 08:11.760 --> 08:12.760 Yeah? 08:12.760 --> 08:13.760 You know, here. 08:13.760 --> 08:15.400 Here's a picture of the room. 08:15.400 --> 08:17.480 The woman was found about here. 08:17.480 --> 08:18.480 See? 08:18.480 --> 08:19.480 Uh-huh. 08:19.480 --> 08:22.280 You can see the way the stuff scattered all around the place all through here. 08:22.280 --> 08:23.280 Yeah. 08:23.280 --> 08:24.280 It looks like robbery. 08:24.280 --> 08:26.040 Well, he wanted to look that way maybe. 08:26.040 --> 08:27.040 What do you mean? 08:27.040 --> 08:31.000 Well, in the dresser drawer here, the boys from the crime lab found $120 in cash. 08:31.000 --> 08:33.400 All the thief had to do was open the drawer and he'd have seen it too. 08:33.400 --> 08:34.400 Oh. 08:34.400 --> 08:35.400 Well, how about the entrance? 08:35.400 --> 08:36.840 That's something else that doesn't seem to gel. 08:36.840 --> 08:38.240 They checked all the windows and doors. 08:38.240 --> 08:39.560 There's no sign of any breaking. 08:39.560 --> 08:41.480 She must have opened the door for the thief. 08:41.480 --> 08:43.640 Well, that means it was somebody Mrs. Kearnan knew, huh? 08:43.640 --> 08:44.640 Yeah. 08:44.640 --> 08:45.640 It kind of looks that way. 08:45.640 --> 08:46.640 Anything else we can use? 08:46.640 --> 08:49.480 Well, take a look here. 08:49.480 --> 08:52.520 Here's a picture of a footprint Lee Jones found on the earth beside the path. 08:52.520 --> 08:56.360 The way it looks, the thief left the path when he ran from the house and stepped in the 08:56.360 --> 08:57.360 soft dirt. 08:57.360 --> 08:58.360 Do us any good? 08:58.360 --> 08:59.360 No, not much. 08:59.360 --> 09:00.360 The ground was wet. 09:00.360 --> 09:02.560 Must have been a good impression, but the rain broke down the walls. 09:02.560 --> 09:04.360 It's not much good to us now. 09:04.360 --> 09:05.360 That's it, huh? 09:05.360 --> 09:06.360 Yeah. 09:06.360 --> 09:07.360 Laiton Prince didn't come up with anything. 09:07.360 --> 09:08.360 How'd you do? 09:08.360 --> 09:09.360 Well, nothing on the woman. 09:09.360 --> 09:10.360 Husband's got an arrest record. 09:10.360 --> 09:11.360 Yeah. 09:11.360 --> 09:12.360 Got it right here. 09:12.360 --> 09:15.360 Mrs. Kearnan had him pinched 18 months ago on a beating charge. 09:15.360 --> 09:16.360 Refused to prosecute. 09:16.360 --> 09:18.360 Same thing a year ago. 09:18.360 --> 09:21.760 And here besides her, complaints he's been booked for ADW and suspicion 211. 09:21.760 --> 09:22.760 Got any big time? 09:22.760 --> 09:23.760 No. 09:23.760 --> 09:24.760 Never drew a conviction. 09:24.760 --> 09:28.480 Now, Joe, the thing I don't understand, if it was her husband, why doesn't she beef him? 09:28.480 --> 09:30.560 She wasn't worried about having him arrested before. 09:30.560 --> 09:31.560 I don't know. 09:31.560 --> 09:32.560 There's something wrong about it. 09:32.560 --> 09:34.360 Well, there's gotta be an answer someplace. 09:34.360 --> 09:35.360 You tagged the Stats Office? 09:35.360 --> 09:36.360 Yeah. 09:36.360 --> 09:37.360 I gave them what we had on the guy. 09:37.360 --> 09:39.000 They're gonna start a run on the M.O. in the morning. 09:39.000 --> 09:41.280 Better get the rest of this information down to him. 09:41.280 --> 09:43.160 Yeah, we can drop it off on the way out, huh? 09:43.160 --> 09:44.160 Right. 09:44.160 --> 09:45.160 You got that list of the husband's friends? 09:45.160 --> 09:46.160 Uh-huh. 09:46.160 --> 09:47.160 Well, let's talk to them. 09:47.160 --> 09:48.160 Maybe they can tell us where he is. 09:48.160 --> 09:49.160 Okay. 09:49.160 --> 09:50.160 Hot shot. 09:50.160 --> 09:51.160 I'll get it. 09:51.160 --> 09:54.160 What is it? 09:54.160 --> 09:55.760 The Stats Office are gonna have to wait, I guess. 09:55.760 --> 09:56.760 Huh? 09:56.760 --> 09:57.760 1824 Studio Court. 09:57.760 --> 09:58.760 Well, that's a couple of blocks from Cairns. 09:58.760 --> 09:59.760 What's the call? 09:59.760 --> 10:05.560 Woman slugged. 10:05.560 --> 10:08.160 We left the office and we drove over to the address code three. 10:08.160 --> 10:11.400 It was a small house set well back on the lot. 10:11.400 --> 10:14.520 When we got there, a felony car out of Hollywood Division had already arrived and the crime 10:14.520 --> 10:16.520 lab had been called. 10:16.520 --> 10:20.080 The victim was identified as a Mrs. Milo Hudson, age 42. 10:20.080 --> 10:23.160 An ambulance was dispatched from Hollywood Receiving Hospital and she was given first 10:23.160 --> 10:24.160 aid. 10:24.160 --> 10:25.560 She'd been beaten about the head and shoulders. 10:25.560 --> 10:28.760 As soon as the attendance had finished, Frank and I talked to her. 10:28.760 --> 10:30.320 If you'll just tell us what happened, please. 10:30.320 --> 10:31.320 Awful thing. 10:31.320 --> 10:33.080 Most awful thing ever happened to me. 10:33.080 --> 10:34.080 Yes, ma'am. 10:34.080 --> 10:35.080 Did you get a good look at the man? 10:35.080 --> 10:36.080 Pretty good. 10:36.080 --> 10:37.240 Not real good, but I did see him. 10:37.240 --> 10:38.440 Could you describe him for us? 10:38.440 --> 10:39.440 How do you mean? 10:39.440 --> 10:40.680 Well, how tall was he? 10:40.680 --> 10:42.040 I guess about as tall as you. 10:42.040 --> 10:43.640 He'd be about five foot eleven. 10:43.640 --> 10:44.840 If that's how tall you are. 10:44.840 --> 10:45.840 Yes, ma'am. 10:45.840 --> 10:46.840 How about his weight? 10:46.840 --> 10:47.840 Was he heavy or light? 10:47.840 --> 10:48.840 About like him. 10:48.840 --> 10:49.840 That'd be about 180, huh? 10:49.840 --> 10:51.040 I guess so. 10:51.040 --> 10:53.440 I don't know, but I guess that's about what it is. 10:53.440 --> 10:54.440 What about his face? 10:54.440 --> 10:55.440 Did you see that? 10:55.440 --> 10:56.440 Yes, sir. 10:56.440 --> 10:57.440 Got a good look. 10:57.440 --> 10:58.440 You'd know him again if you saw him, would you? 10:58.440 --> 10:59.520 I certainly would. 10:59.520 --> 11:01.200 Never forget that face. 11:01.200 --> 11:03.280 Not if I live to be a hundred, I'll never forget it. 11:03.280 --> 11:05.560 Now, could you give us a good description of him? 11:05.560 --> 11:08.040 Had dark hair, almost black, kind of curly. 11:08.040 --> 11:10.800 Little wave right here in front. 11:10.800 --> 11:11.800 Had blue eyes. 11:11.800 --> 11:12.800 Dark blue. 11:12.800 --> 11:14.360 Might have been kind of hazel color. 11:14.360 --> 11:15.360 Dark. 11:15.360 --> 11:16.360 Was he clean shaven? 11:16.360 --> 11:18.000 You mean did he have a mustache? 11:18.000 --> 11:19.000 Yes, ma'am. 11:19.000 --> 11:20.000 No. 11:20.000 --> 11:21.000 He didn't have anything like that. 11:21.000 --> 11:23.720 Was there anything about him that might make it easier for us to identify him? 11:23.720 --> 11:25.080 I don't think I know what you mean. 11:25.080 --> 11:27.880 Well, did he have any scars, any birthmarks, anything like that? 11:27.880 --> 11:28.880 Let me think. 11:28.880 --> 11:31.760 It seems there was something, but I can't remember what. 11:31.760 --> 11:33.200 This man say anything to you? 11:33.200 --> 11:34.540 Not at first. 11:34.540 --> 11:36.040 When he came in, he didn't say a word. 11:36.040 --> 11:40.160 Just pointed the gun at me and motioned back into the house, like he wanted me to get back 11:40.160 --> 11:41.160 there. 11:41.160 --> 11:43.080 Uh-huh, but he did say something to you later, is that right? 11:43.080 --> 11:44.080 Yes. 11:44.080 --> 11:47.100 When we got to the bedroom and he started to go through the place, I told him he better 11:47.100 --> 11:49.360 get out because my husband would be coming in any minute. 11:49.360 --> 11:50.360 I see. 11:50.360 --> 11:52.640 He smiled and said he knew George didn't get home till 4.30. 11:52.640 --> 11:54.600 He used your husband's name, didn't he? 11:54.600 --> 11:55.600 Yes. 11:55.600 --> 11:56.600 Come think of it, he did. 11:56.600 --> 11:59.200 I didn't pay much attention to it before, but he did. 11:59.200 --> 12:01.200 Do you think you ever saw that man before? 12:01.200 --> 12:03.280 Not that I remember. 12:03.280 --> 12:05.040 But you're sure you'd know him if you saw him again? 12:05.040 --> 12:06.040 I sure would. 12:06.040 --> 12:08.880 See, I remember what it was about him. 12:08.880 --> 12:09.880 Yes. 12:09.880 --> 12:12.520 You know, you wanted something about him that would make it easier to tell if he was the 12:12.520 --> 12:13.520 right man. 12:13.520 --> 12:14.520 That's right. 12:14.520 --> 12:15.520 He had a scar. 12:15.520 --> 12:20.200 A small one right here by his eye, made it look like his left eye was real big, gave him 12:20.200 --> 12:21.200 a funny look. 12:21.200 --> 12:22.200 Is that what you meant? 12:22.200 --> 12:23.200 Yes, ma'am. 12:23.200 --> 12:25.880 I wonder if you'd come down to the city hall and go through some pictures for us. 12:25.880 --> 12:28.640 Well, I want to do everything I can to help. 12:28.640 --> 12:30.120 I'm supposed to check with my doctor. 12:30.120 --> 12:32.040 If he says it's all right, I'll be there. 12:32.040 --> 12:33.040 When would you want me? 12:33.040 --> 12:34.960 Well, if you could make it in the morning. 12:34.960 --> 12:36.840 If the doctor says it's all right, I'll be there. 12:36.840 --> 12:37.840 Okay, thanks, Mrs. Hudson. 12:37.840 --> 12:40.160 We can send a car for you, if you like. 12:40.160 --> 12:41.680 Might be better if you did. 12:41.680 --> 12:43.760 George likes to sleep late and I don't drive. 12:43.760 --> 12:44.760 All right, ma'am. 12:44.760 --> 12:45.760 I'll be there in the morning. 12:45.760 --> 12:48.360 Sure hope you can catch the person who's done this. 12:48.360 --> 12:50.640 Lord knows how many more people he's going to hurt. 12:50.640 --> 12:51.640 Yes, ma'am. 12:51.640 --> 12:53.480 Just seems to know all about people. 12:53.480 --> 12:56.640 When they're going to be alone and all, seems to know all about him. 12:56.640 --> 12:58.840 Knew right where everything in this house was, all the way. 12:58.840 --> 13:00.480 Knew right down to a T. 13:00.480 --> 13:02.440 You're sure you never saw him before, is that right? 13:02.440 --> 13:03.440 Positive. 13:03.440 --> 13:04.440 You don't forget that kind of face. 13:04.440 --> 13:06.440 See it once and you remember it all your life. 13:06.440 --> 13:08.520 Well, has there been anybody new in the neighborhood? 13:08.520 --> 13:09.800 I don't understand what you mean. 13:09.800 --> 13:12.800 Well, like any salesman, door to door canvas, there's anything like that. 13:12.800 --> 13:16.960 In a residential neighborhood like this, there's always somebody around trying to sell something. 13:16.960 --> 13:19.600 Must be a couple of people a day come to the door. 13:19.600 --> 13:21.640 But I'm sure the man who hit me wasn't one of them. 13:21.640 --> 13:22.640 All right, ma'am. 13:22.640 --> 13:23.640 Thank you very much. 13:23.640 --> 13:24.960 Not at all, Sergeant. 13:24.960 --> 13:27.120 I want to do all I can to help you get him. 13:27.120 --> 13:30.480 Do you have any idea who he is, where to find him? 13:30.480 --> 13:31.920 Not very much, Miss Hudson. 13:31.920 --> 13:33.840 Terrible to think about it. 13:33.840 --> 13:35.720 Men like that roam in the streets. 13:35.720 --> 13:37.840 Woman isn't safe in her own home anymore. 13:37.840 --> 13:38.840 We'll get to him, ma'am. 13:38.840 --> 13:39.840 I should hope so. 13:39.840 --> 13:41.560 But what do we do in the meantime? 13:41.560 --> 13:44.160 Sit here and wait for this lunatic to kick the doors down? 13:44.160 --> 13:45.840 We'll do everything we can. 13:45.840 --> 13:46.840 Awful. 13:46.840 --> 13:49.360 I'll never forget how he came in here, shoved me around. 13:49.360 --> 13:50.360 Just never forget it. 13:50.360 --> 13:51.360 Well, that makes you even. 13:51.360 --> 13:52.360 What? 13:52.360 --> 13:53.360 He won't either. 13:53.360 --> 13:59.680 We got out of supplemental broadcast, carrying the description of the suspect, and then we 13:59.680 --> 14:01.440 continued to talk to the latest victim. 14:01.440 --> 14:04.080 She was unable to come up with any additional information. 14:04.080 --> 14:05.080 4.30 a.m. 14:05.080 --> 14:08.800 The crew from the crime lab finished up their investigation, and Frank and I went back to 14:08.800 --> 14:09.800 the office. 14:09.800 --> 14:12.840 We left the description of the suspect at the stats office, and we asked R and I to 14:12.840 --> 14:17.360 check the oddity file for a possible identification on the scar that the suspect had. 14:17.360 --> 14:19.000 5.21 a.m. 14:19.000 --> 14:20.480 We signed out of the office. 14:20.480 --> 14:24.280 The next day, at 9.26 a.m., we met with Chief Brown and Captain Donahoe, and we went over 14:24.280 --> 14:26.040 the case with them. 14:26.040 --> 14:28.920 Because of the method of operation used, it became apparent that the thief was acquainted 14:28.920 --> 14:31.320 with the habits of the people in the neighborhood. 14:31.320 --> 14:34.120 Two additional teams of men were assigned to the case, and they began to canvas the 14:34.120 --> 14:38.520 area for information on people who appeared to be loitering in the vicinity. 14:38.520 --> 14:41.920 We also decided to assign three more police units to patrol the streets during the night 14:41.920 --> 14:43.240 hours. 14:43.240 --> 14:46.200 We checked all F.I. cards that had been filed in the area. 14:46.200 --> 14:49.360 That afternoon, Milo Hudson came down to the office and went through the mug books, but 14:49.360 --> 14:51.400 she was unable to make an identification. 14:51.400 --> 14:54.360 She was shown pictures of Tom Curran, the husband of the first victim, but she stated 14:54.360 --> 14:56.920 positively that he was not the man who had beaten her. 14:56.920 --> 15:00.080 The list of possible came back from the stats office and was checked without result. 15:00.080 --> 15:01.920 A week went by. 15:01.920 --> 15:05.320 In spite of the additional men involved, the suspect hit three more times. 15:05.320 --> 15:07.040 In each case, the M.O. was the same. 15:07.040 --> 15:08.760 In each case, he escaped. 15:08.760 --> 15:11.720 However, we were able to get a little more information on him. 15:11.720 --> 15:15.200 We had the artist and crime analysis division draw up a composite picture of the suspect 15:15.200 --> 15:17.360 and we had it distributed to all officers in the city. 15:17.360 --> 15:19.560 The daily papers ran out on their front pages. 15:19.560 --> 15:21.640 Thursday, January 24th, 520 p.m. 15:21.640 --> 15:23.720 Frank and I got back to the office from dinner. 15:23.720 --> 15:25.920 I want to call Fay and tell her it looks like a late night. 15:25.920 --> 15:28.920 All right, I'll check the book. 15:28.920 --> 15:29.920 Anything? 15:29.920 --> 15:30.920 No. 15:30.920 --> 15:32.920 We called her from Pinky. 15:32.920 --> 15:33.920 Yeah? 15:33.920 --> 15:36.960 He and Lightner talked to that magazine salesman. 15:36.960 --> 15:37.960 Like how? 15:37.960 --> 15:38.960 No. 15:38.960 --> 15:39.960 A guy just got in town a couple of days ago. 15:39.960 --> 15:40.960 Description's pretty far off. 15:40.960 --> 15:41.960 Oh. 15:41.960 --> 15:44.960 I got it. 15:44.960 --> 15:45.960 Robbery Friday. 15:45.960 --> 15:46.960 Yes, ma'am, that's right. 15:46.960 --> 15:49.960 Well, we can take it. 15:49.960 --> 15:50.960 All right. 15:50.960 --> 15:52.960 What's that address again? 15:52.960 --> 15:55.960 Yes, that's Studio Court. 15:55.960 --> 15:56.960 Yes, ma'am, we'll be right out. 15:56.960 --> 15:57.960 No, no, don't do anything. 15:57.960 --> 15:59.960 If he wants to leave, don't try to stop him. 15:59.960 --> 16:01.960 That's right, we'll be right there. 16:01.960 --> 16:02.960 Woman out on Studio Court. 16:02.960 --> 16:03.960 Yeah. 16:03.960 --> 16:14.960 I'm going to go see if he thinks the suspect's in our house now. 16:14.960 --> 16:19.960 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 16:19.960 --> 16:21.720 Meet the Tom Harmons. 16:21.720 --> 16:26.600 You know Tom as Michigan's all-American football star, now a top sports announcer. 16:26.600 --> 16:30.280 Mrs. Harmon is the motion picture and television star Elise Knox. 16:30.280 --> 16:34.680 Very typical of people everywhere who are saying Chesterfield's for me. 16:34.680 --> 16:38.800 I like regular-sized Chesterfields, half for years. 16:38.800 --> 16:43.680 They're best for me, at least I think so, because of that Chesterfield quality. 16:43.680 --> 16:45.280 That's the way I feel about them too. 16:45.280 --> 16:47.840 I've always smoked Chesterfields. 16:47.840 --> 16:49.680 Now I go for the king size. 16:49.680 --> 16:52.360 I guess I like a longer smoke. 16:52.360 --> 16:57.640 No king size cigarette satisfies like king size Chesterfield. 16:57.640 --> 17:03.560 For the taste you want, the mildness you want, a really refreshing smoke every time. 17:03.560 --> 17:06.000 Change to Chesterfield. 17:06.000 --> 17:18.680 Regular or king size, America's most popular two-way cigarette. 17:18.680 --> 17:21.480 Frank and I left the office and drove over to the address we'd been given on the phone. 17:21.480 --> 17:24.520 As we pulled up in front of the house, we could see a man standing on the porch. 17:24.520 --> 17:27.120 We got out of the car and we went up the walk. 17:27.120 --> 17:29.320 At the front door we met the woman who'd called. 17:29.320 --> 17:32.920 She said that the man had rung the doorbell and had tried to force his way into the house. 17:32.920 --> 17:36.280 She went on to say that her husband wasn't home and that she'd managed to stall the man 17:36.280 --> 17:37.680 until we got there. 17:37.680 --> 17:40.520 We took him back to the city hall and talked to him in the interrogation room. 17:40.520 --> 17:43.040 He identified himself as Victor Nadel. 17:43.040 --> 17:44.920 Frank went down the hall to run him through records and identification. 17:44.920 --> 17:46.880 A lot of trouble you guys are causing me. 17:46.880 --> 17:47.880 No reason for all this. 17:47.880 --> 17:48.880 What were you doing at that house? 17:48.880 --> 17:49.880 Trying to earn a living. 17:49.880 --> 17:51.280 You have to force your way in to do that? 17:51.280 --> 17:52.840 That old broad's off her rocker. 17:52.840 --> 17:53.840 I didn't try to get into the place. 17:53.840 --> 17:54.840 She says you did. 17:54.840 --> 17:55.840 She's flipped. 17:55.840 --> 17:56.840 What do you do for a living? 17:56.840 --> 17:58.120 I work, you know another way. 17:58.120 --> 17:59.120 What kind of work? 17:59.120 --> 18:00.120 Salesman. 18:00.120 --> 18:01.120 What do you sell? 18:01.120 --> 18:02.120 Right now I'm selling lots. 18:02.120 --> 18:03.120 Real estate? 18:03.120 --> 18:04.120 Yeah. 18:04.120 --> 18:05.120 Where? 18:05.120 --> 18:06.120 Tracked out in the desert. 18:06.120 --> 18:07.120 Who do you work for? 18:07.120 --> 18:08.120 I don't think I'm going to tell you that. 18:08.120 --> 18:09.120 You're not going to get them a note. 18:09.120 --> 18:10.360 We're going to find out anyway and I want you to save yourself a lot of grief and tell 18:10.360 --> 18:11.360 us. 18:11.360 --> 18:12.360 You get paid, you dig it out. 18:12.360 --> 18:13.360 You ever been arrested? 18:13.360 --> 18:14.360 A couple of times. 18:14.360 --> 18:15.360 Where? 18:15.360 --> 18:16.360 Oklahoma. 18:16.360 --> 18:17.360 What for? 18:17.360 --> 18:18.360 Call it hijacking. 18:18.360 --> 18:19.360 Robbery? 18:19.360 --> 18:20.360 Same thing. 18:20.360 --> 18:21.360 You ever do any time? 18:21.360 --> 18:22.360 No, they couldn't nail it down. 18:22.360 --> 18:23.360 Where do you live? 18:23.360 --> 18:25.160 Got a room down on East Fifth, room and privileges. 18:25.160 --> 18:27.160 Who do you work for? 18:27.160 --> 18:28.160 That's your job. 18:28.160 --> 18:29.160 How long you been in town? 18:29.160 --> 18:30.160 A couple of months. 18:30.160 --> 18:32.160 You been working for this real estate company since you got here? 18:32.160 --> 18:34.360 Yeah, I got the job a couple of days after I got off the train. 18:34.360 --> 18:35.360 How'd you get it? 18:35.360 --> 18:36.360 Answer's an ad. 18:36.360 --> 18:38.560 You ever see that woman out on studio court before? 18:38.560 --> 18:39.560 No. 18:39.560 --> 18:40.560 You don't know her? 18:40.560 --> 18:41.560 I told you. 18:41.560 --> 18:42.560 She'd have no reason to tie a bad beef on you, would she? 18:42.560 --> 18:43.560 She's doing it, ain't she? 18:43.560 --> 18:45.160 It's kind of silly without any reason, isn't it? 18:45.160 --> 18:46.640 She's a woman, that's all they need. 18:46.640 --> 18:48.560 All right, empty your pockets out on the table here. 18:48.560 --> 18:49.560 Why? 18:49.560 --> 18:50.560 Come on. 18:50.560 --> 18:51.560 We're not playing games here. 18:51.560 --> 18:52.560 What's this all about? 18:52.560 --> 18:55.560 We're trying to prove with all this strong arm wrestling. 18:55.560 --> 18:56.560 We're trying to find out why you wanted to break into that house. 18:56.560 --> 18:57.560 I told you I didn't break into the house. 18:57.560 --> 18:59.160 That old harpy's out of her mind to tell you a thing like that. 18:59.160 --> 19:00.760 I don't know why, but she's got it in for me. 19:00.760 --> 19:01.760 Wants to see me get into trouble. 19:01.760 --> 19:02.760 You said you didn't know her. 19:02.760 --> 19:03.760 That's right. 19:03.760 --> 19:04.760 You never saw her before. 19:04.760 --> 19:05.760 That's what I said. 19:05.760 --> 19:06.760 And why'd she build a thing like this? 19:06.760 --> 19:07.760 I told you, I don't know. 19:07.760 --> 19:08.760 It's a lie. 19:08.760 --> 19:09.760 I walked up to the door and asked if I could talk to her. 19:09.760 --> 19:10.760 Just try to talk to her. 19:10.760 --> 19:11.760 Right away she starts yelling at me to get away, get off the property. 19:11.760 --> 19:12.760 Why didn't you leave then? 19:12.760 --> 19:13.760 I wanted to make a sale. 19:13.760 --> 19:22.760 You must have figured she wasn't interested. 19:22.760 --> 19:23.760 I needed to make a sale. 19:23.760 --> 19:24.760 I haven't been doing too good. 19:24.760 --> 19:25.760 I had to make a sale or I'd have lost my job. 19:25.760 --> 19:26.760 That's the reason you act like a tough guy, isn't it? 19:26.760 --> 19:27.760 All I did was try to talk to her, talk her into buying a lot. 19:27.760 --> 19:28.760 You've got a funny way of doing it. 19:28.760 --> 19:29.760 I thought maybe she was going to call the police, make a complaint. 19:29.760 --> 19:30.760 If she'd have done that, I'd have lost my job, sure. 19:30.760 --> 19:31.760 That's all there is to it. 19:31.760 --> 19:32.760 I'm telling you the truth. 19:32.760 --> 19:33.760 You've got to believe me. 19:33.760 --> 19:34.760 You've been working in the neighborhood before? 19:34.760 --> 19:35.760 No, it's the first time. 19:35.760 --> 19:36.760 I've been kind of sick the last week. 19:36.760 --> 19:37.760 This is the first time out for me. 19:37.760 --> 19:38.760 First time I've been around here. 19:38.760 --> 19:39.760 Where'd you work before? 19:39.760 --> 19:44.760 Westlake area. 19:44.760 --> 19:45.760 You ever have any trouble there? 19:45.760 --> 19:46.760 No, none. 19:46.760 --> 19:47.760 Why'd you make the switch then? 19:47.760 --> 19:48.760 Just thought I'd try a new territory, see if I could make up for the week I lost. 19:48.760 --> 19:51.160 You got anybody who will back up this story for you? 19:51.160 --> 19:52.160 People in my rooming house, I'll tell you. 19:52.160 --> 19:55.160 They'll say I was there all week, some kind of flu, they'll tell you. 19:55.160 --> 19:56.160 Ciao. 19:56.160 --> 19:57.160 Yeah. 19:57.160 --> 19:58.160 See you in a minute. 19:58.160 --> 19:59.160 Yeah. 19:59.160 --> 20:00.160 You want me to wait here? 20:00.160 --> 20:01.160 That's right, just sit there. 20:01.160 --> 20:02.160 What do you got? 20:02.160 --> 20:04.160 Well, looks like we nailed the wrong guy. 20:04.160 --> 20:05.160 What do you think? 20:05.160 --> 20:07.160 Call just came in, radio car picked up a fellow out in Rosewood Avenue. 20:07.160 --> 20:08.160 Who? 20:08.160 --> 20:09.160 Caught him in a house trying to beat a woman to death. 20:09.160 --> 20:10.160 How about the description? 20:10.160 --> 20:11.160 Matches the suspect right down the line. 20:11.160 --> 20:16.160 Victor Nadel was booked in at the main jail pending further investigation. 20:16.160 --> 20:21.160 We were unable to connect him with any robbery, but Perry Thomas of the city attorney's office 20:21.160 --> 20:26.160 issued a complaint charging violation of section 415 of the penal code. 20:26.160 --> 20:29.160 At 7.46 p.m., the suspect we'd gotten the call about arrived at the city hall. 20:29.160 --> 20:31.160 He was fingerprinted and checked through R&I. 20:31.160 --> 20:36.160 We found that he'd served a year and a day in New York State for breaking and entering. 20:36.160 --> 20:39.160 He'd served a sentence in the state of Washington on similar charges. 20:39.160 --> 20:42.160 Physically, he matched the description we'd gotten from the victims. 20:42.160 --> 20:45.160 While Pinky Meade and Dee Lightner contacted the women and asked them to come down to the 20:45.160 --> 20:47.160 office, Frank and I questioned the suspect. 20:47.160 --> 20:49.160 Rudolph Marnell, is that your true name? 20:49.160 --> 20:50.160 Yes, sir. 20:50.160 --> 20:51.160 Where do you live? 20:51.160 --> 20:52.160 My home's out in Hollywood. 20:52.160 --> 20:53.160 It's a big place, narrow it down, will you? 20:53.160 --> 20:54.160 Ledgewood Drive, 2917. 20:54.160 --> 20:55.160 You ever been arrested? 20:55.160 --> 20:56.160 Yeah, you know that. 20:56.160 --> 20:57.160 It was a mistake, though. 20:57.160 --> 20:58.160 Both times? 20:58.160 --> 20:59.160 Well, the second time was because of the first. 20:59.160 --> 21:00.160 What do you mean by that? 21:00.160 --> 21:01.160 Not once you've done time. 21:01.160 --> 21:04.160 It seems like anything goes wrong, the cops are on your back just like that. 21:04.160 --> 21:06.160 You want to tell us what happened out there tonight? 21:06.160 --> 21:07.160 You mean on Rosewood? 21:07.160 --> 21:08.160 That's right. 21:08.160 --> 21:09.160 Big misunderstanding. 21:09.160 --> 21:10.160 Will you tell us about it, will you? 21:10.160 --> 21:11.160 I wanted to use your phone. 21:11.160 --> 21:12.160 I don't know, I guess you got scared about something. 21:12.160 --> 21:13.160 All I wanted to do was make a call. 21:13.160 --> 21:14.160 How'd you ask her? 21:14.160 --> 21:17.160 Regular way, told her I was in trouble, asked if I could phone. 21:17.160 --> 21:19.160 Next thing I know, she's screaming up a storm, there's cops all around me. 21:19.160 --> 21:22.160 According to this report, you didn't stop when you were told, is that right? 21:22.160 --> 21:23.160 I guess so. 21:23.160 --> 21:24.160 Well, is it or isn't it? 21:24.160 --> 21:25.160 Yeah. 21:25.160 --> 21:26.160 Why'd you run? 21:26.160 --> 21:27.160 I didn't know what was going on, I got a record. 21:27.160 --> 21:29.160 I had enough to do with cops to last me the rest of my life. 21:29.160 --> 21:34.160 As soon as I heard the sirens, I took off. 21:34.160 --> 21:36.160 I guess I didn't hear that cop telling me to stop. 21:36.160 --> 21:37.160 Yeah, it's kind of hard to believe. 21:37.160 --> 21:40.160 Well, you believe the woman who says I tried to slug her, you believe her, but you don't believe me. 21:40.160 --> 21:41.160 You see, that's what I meant. 21:41.160 --> 21:42.160 What's that? 21:42.160 --> 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. 21:45.160 --> 21:47.160 You ever figure that you helped build it that way? 21:47.160 --> 21:49.160 Well, it reads good, but you ain't got nobody on your tail. 21:49.160 --> 21:50.160 All right. 21:50.160 --> 21:51.160 Now tell us again about tonight. 21:51.160 --> 21:55.160 I told the cops who picked me up, I told the cop who fingerprinted me, I already told you once. 21:55.160 --> 21:56.160 Now how many times you want to hear it? 21:56.160 --> 21:57.160 Until we get it the right way? 21:57.160 --> 21:58.160 Well, how are you going to know? 21:58.160 --> 21:59.160 We'll find it. 21:59.160 --> 22:01.160 Come on, go down to the interrogation room. 22:01.160 --> 22:03.160 Go ahead. 22:03.160 --> 22:04.160 Down this way. 22:09.160 --> 22:10.160 Go ahead, right in there. 22:13.160 --> 22:14.160 Sit down. 22:16.160 --> 22:18.160 All right, Marnell, now let's clean it up. 22:18.160 --> 22:19.160 What do you mean? 22:19.160 --> 22:21.160 You know we're going to have no trouble making you on these things. 22:21.160 --> 22:22.160 We got the victims on their way down here now. 22:22.160 --> 22:23.160 As soon as they identify you, you've had it. 22:23.160 --> 22:26.160 So save yourself a lot of time and trouble if you cop out now. 22:26.160 --> 22:29.160 I'd like to give you a hand, Sergeant, really would, but there's nothing I can do. 22:29.160 --> 22:30.160 I don't know what you're talking about. 22:30.160 --> 22:31.160 All right. 22:31.160 --> 22:33.160 What were you doing on January 10th? 22:33.160 --> 22:34.160 10th? 22:34.160 --> 22:35.160 That's right. 22:35.160 --> 22:36.160 What day was that? 22:36.160 --> 22:37.160 Thursday. 22:37.160 --> 22:38.160 Gee, I don't know. 22:38.160 --> 22:39.160 It's a long time ago. 22:39.160 --> 22:40.160 It's hard to remember. 22:40.160 --> 22:41.160 How about the 11th? 22:41.160 --> 22:42.160 Same, I don't remember. 22:42.160 --> 22:43.160 14th? 22:43.160 --> 22:44.160 Yeah, yeah, I can tell you about that. 22:44.160 --> 22:45.160 All right, go ahead. 22:45.160 --> 22:49.160 I got through work and went home, met the wife, we had dinner, took her to the show. 22:49.160 --> 22:50.160 You can prove that? 22:50.160 --> 22:51.160 Well, sure, ask my wife, she'll tell you. 22:51.160 --> 22:52.160 All right. 22:52.160 --> 22:53.160 How about Wednesday the 16th? 22:53.160 --> 22:54.160 Blank. 22:54.160 --> 22:57.160 You don't remember what you were doing on the 16th of January, huh? 22:57.160 --> 22:58.160 No, is it important? 22:58.160 --> 22:59.160 It's gonna be for you. 22:59.160 --> 23:00.160 How about the 17th? 23:00.160 --> 23:01.160 That'd be Thursday. 23:01.160 --> 23:02.160 That's right. 23:02.160 --> 23:05.160 I stayed home and watched the wrestling on television. 23:05.160 --> 23:06.160 You can prove that, can you? 23:06.160 --> 23:07.160 Sure, I had some people in to watch the matches. 23:07.160 --> 23:08.160 Give us their names, will you? 23:08.160 --> 23:09.160 Yeah. 23:09.160 --> 23:10.160 Who was wrestling that night? 23:10.160 --> 23:11.160 You want them all or just the main? 23:11.160 --> 23:12.160 How about the Sammy Windup? 23:12.160 --> 23:13.160 Let me think. 23:13.160 --> 23:17.160 Yeah, it was a tag team match between the McLean brothers and the South Twins. 23:17.160 --> 23:18.160 You're sure? 23:18.160 --> 23:19.160 I'm positive. 23:19.160 --> 23:20.160 How about the 19th? 23:20.160 --> 23:21.160 What'd you do then? 23:21.160 --> 23:23.160 19th. 23:23.160 --> 23:24.160 That would be... 23:24.160 --> 23:25.160 Saturday. 23:25.160 --> 23:26.160 Well, I'm off Saturday. 23:26.160 --> 23:27.160 I don't remember too good. 23:27.160 --> 23:30.160 Probably came home, sat around the house, drank beer and loafed. 23:30.160 --> 23:31.160 That was Saturday the 19th. 23:31.160 --> 23:32.160 Yeah, the 19th. 23:32.160 --> 23:34.160 How about Monday the 21st? 23:34.160 --> 23:35.160 I bowl that night. 23:35.160 --> 23:36.160 Where? 23:36.160 --> 23:37.160 Lane's out on Sunset. 23:37.160 --> 23:38.160 Bowl there all the time? 23:38.160 --> 23:39.160 Yeah. 23:39.160 --> 23:40.160 You bowl every Monday night? 23:40.160 --> 23:41.160 No, not every week. 23:41.160 --> 23:42.160 Usually it's on Tuesday. 23:42.160 --> 23:43.160 Why'd you change this week? 23:43.160 --> 23:44.160 Well, some of the guys couldn't make it Tuesday, so we changed the day. 23:44.160 --> 23:47.160 Anything special to you about January 14th, 17th, 21st? 23:47.160 --> 23:48.160 What do you mean special? 23:48.160 --> 23:51.160 Well, your birthday, your anniversary, something like that. 23:51.160 --> 23:52.160 No. 23:52.160 --> 23:53.160 Nothing to make them stand out? 23:53.160 --> 23:54.160 No. 23:54.160 --> 23:55.160 Then how come you can remember what you were doing on those days? 23:55.160 --> 23:58.160 You can't give us a story to fit January 10th, 11th, 16th or 19th. 23:58.160 --> 23:59.160 I don't know. 23:59.160 --> 24:01.160 What are you guys trying to get me to say? 24:01.160 --> 24:02.160 What are you trying to get at? 24:02.160 --> 24:03.160 The truth. 24:03.160 --> 24:04.160 Well, I'm giving it to you. 24:04.160 --> 24:05.160 We can't see it. 24:05.160 --> 24:06.160 How come you remember those days? 24:06.160 --> 24:07.160 I don't know, I just do. 24:07.160 --> 24:08.160 That's kind of funny. 24:08.160 --> 24:09.160 I couldn't remember what I was doing last week. 24:09.160 --> 24:10.160 I'd have to sit down and think about it. 24:10.160 --> 24:11.160 You didn't even have to try to remember. 24:11.160 --> 24:12.160 You knew right away, didn't you? 24:12.160 --> 24:14.160 Like it was important for you to remember. 24:14.160 --> 24:15.160 You keep trying to build an alibi, don't you? 24:15.160 --> 24:22.160 Look, you asked me where I was, I told you. 24:22.160 --> 24:23.160 Let's have the names of the people you say you're with. 24:23.160 --> 24:24.160 You're going to talk to them? 24:24.160 --> 24:25.160 That's right. 24:25.160 --> 24:26.160 Well, maybe they won't remember. 24:26.160 --> 24:27.160 I think they will. 24:27.160 --> 24:28.160 What happens if they don't? 24:28.160 --> 24:29.160 Then you're in big trouble. 24:29.160 --> 24:30.160 You're holding a lot of it right now. 24:30.160 --> 24:31.160 Let's have the names. 24:31.160 --> 24:32.160 Sure, I've got nothing to worry about. 24:32.160 --> 24:33.160 I'll give them to you. 24:33.160 --> 24:34.160 Here's a pencil. 24:34.160 --> 24:35.160 Paper there. 24:35.160 --> 24:36.160 I don't know all the addresses. 24:36.160 --> 24:37.160 We'll look them up. 24:37.160 --> 24:38.160 You're going to have to talk to them, huh? 24:38.160 --> 24:39.160 Sure. 24:39.160 --> 24:40.160 What's the matter? 24:40.160 --> 24:41.160 You think they won't stand behind you? 24:41.160 --> 24:42.160 No, it's not that. 24:42.160 --> 24:43.160 Then what is it? 24:43.160 --> 24:44.160 Well, just that they don't know I've done time. 24:44.160 --> 24:45.160 They'll try to get me. 24:45.160 --> 24:47.160 You know, say they weren't with me, they might do that. 24:47.160 --> 24:48.160 You like that woman tonight? 24:48.160 --> 24:49.160 Yeah, just like that. 24:49.160 --> 24:51.160 People don't like you much, do they, Marnell? 24:51.160 --> 24:53.160 Seems like everybody's trying to get you in trouble. 24:53.160 --> 24:54.160 I want a lawyer. 24:54.160 --> 24:57.160 You want to check, Frank, see if the victims are here? 24:57.160 --> 24:58.160 Yeah. 24:58.160 --> 24:59.160 But what's going to happen now? 24:59.160 --> 25:00.160 We've got some people we want to see. 25:00.160 --> 25:01.160 Who are they? 25:01.160 --> 25:02.160 The women you beat up. 25:02.160 --> 25:03.160 No, you can't make me on those jobs. 25:03.160 --> 25:04.160 We think we can. 25:04.160 --> 25:05.160 Yeah, well, you just try. 25:05.160 --> 25:06.160 You take this thing into court, they're going to throw it right out. 25:06.160 --> 25:08.160 That's the way you got it figured out. 25:08.160 --> 25:09.160 That's right. 25:09.160 --> 25:10.160 Go ahead, Frank, bring them in. 25:10.160 --> 25:11.160 All right. 25:11.160 --> 25:14.160 I said I want a lawyer. 25:14.160 --> 25:15.160 What? 25:15.160 --> 25:16.160 I said I want a lawyer. 25:16.160 --> 25:17.160 Well, you'll get one. 25:17.160 --> 25:18.160 Yeah, and a jury. 25:18.160 --> 25:19.160 I want a jury trial. 25:19.160 --> 25:20.160 You've got a choice. 25:20.160 --> 25:21.160 You bet I have. 25:21.160 --> 25:23.160 You bring all these women down here to point me out, well, it isn't going to work. 25:23.160 --> 25:25.160 Bunch of people who don't like me causing me trouble. 25:25.160 --> 25:26.160 People who don't like me. 25:26.160 --> 25:27.160 I want a jury trial, a judge and a jury. 25:27.160 --> 25:28.160 All right, you'll get them. 25:28.160 --> 25:29.160 I'll make you a bet. 25:29.160 --> 25:32.160 They won't like you either. 25:32.160 --> 25:40.160 The story you have just heard is true. 25:40.160 --> 25:42.160 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 25:42.160 --> 25:47.160 On May 16th, trial was held in Department 98, Superior Court of the State of California 25:47.160 --> 25:49.160 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 25:49.160 --> 25:51.160 In a moment, the results of that trial. 25:51.160 --> 25:53.160 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 25:53.160 --> 25:55.160 Thank you, George Fenomen. 25:55.160 --> 25:59.160 You know, the Chesterfield you smoked today is the best cigarette ever made and best for you. 25:59.160 --> 26:00.160 Now that's a fact. 26:00.160 --> 26:03.160 And to my way of thinking, it's the very reason for you to change to Chesterfield. 26:03.160 --> 26:05.160 Try them either way, regular or king size. 26:05.160 --> 26:09.160 If you try them, I think you'll say with all of us, Chesterfield's for me. 26:09.160 --> 26:21.160 Rudolph August Marnell was filed on for four counts of robbery in the first degree, 26:21.160 --> 26:24.160 five counts of burglary in the first degree, 26:24.160 --> 26:28.160 and five counts of assault with intent to do great bodily injury. 26:28.160 --> 26:33.160 He was found guilty by a jury trial on all counts and received sentence as prescribed by law. 26:33.160 --> 26:38.160 Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than five years. 26:38.160 --> 26:43.160 Burglary in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than five years. 26:43.160 --> 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. 26:50.160 --> 27:14.160 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 27:14.160 --> 27:19.160 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 27:19.160 --> 27:24.160 Technical advisors Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wins, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 27:24.160 --> 27:28.160 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Virginia Gregg, Helen Cleave. 27:28.160 --> 27:35.160 Script by John Robinson. Music by Walter Schuman. 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