WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.280 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:11.280 --> 00:14.200 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:14.200 --> 00:15.200 Dragnet. 00:15.200 --> 00:24.920 You're a detective sergeant. 00:24.920 --> 00:26.920 You're assigned a forgery detail. 00:26.920 --> 00:29.760 A group of check passers is working in your city. 00:29.760 --> 00:32.080 They've hit over 50 places of business. 00:32.080 --> 00:34.280 You have no lead to their true identity. 00:34.280 --> 00:35.280 They're still working. 00:35.280 --> 00:38.280 Your job, stop them. 00:38.280 --> 00:43.280 It was Wednesday, July 11th. 00:43.280 --> 00:44.840 It was warm in Los Angeles. 00:44.840 --> 00:46.720 We were working the day watch out a forgery detail. 00:46.720 --> 00:49.600 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss of Chief Detective Stab Brown. 00:49.600 --> 00:50.600 My name is Friday. 00:50.600 --> 00:52.520 We were on our way out from the office. 00:52.520 --> 00:56.960 It was 1120 a.m. when we got to the corner of York Boulevard and Buchanan Street. 00:56.960 --> 01:00.080 Buchanan Market. 01:00.080 --> 01:01.760 Yeah, that's what I'm looking for. 01:01.760 --> 01:02.760 Like to eat some dorsal? 01:02.760 --> 01:05.680 Eat in the back there by count 11, cold cereal. 01:05.680 --> 01:06.680 Thank you. 01:06.680 --> 01:07.680 Yeah? 01:07.680 --> 01:08.680 Mr. Dawson? 01:08.680 --> 01:09.680 Yeah? 01:09.680 --> 01:13.960 Police officers would like to talk to you. 01:13.960 --> 01:14.960 Oh, about the check, huh? 01:14.960 --> 01:15.960 That's right. 01:15.960 --> 01:17.200 Mind if I go ahead with this display? 01:17.200 --> 01:18.200 I'd like to get it finished. 01:18.200 --> 01:20.880 I got enough trouble with the boss as it is that I don't want to build anymore. 01:20.880 --> 01:21.880 No, sir. 01:21.880 --> 01:22.880 You go right ahead. 01:22.880 --> 01:23.880 Is this fellow cop too? 01:23.880 --> 01:24.880 Yes, sir. 01:24.880 --> 01:25.880 This is Officer Frank Smith. 01:25.880 --> 01:26.880 My name's Frank. 01:26.880 --> 01:29.320 Sure hope you can get the guy that gave me the paper. 01:29.320 --> 01:31.880 Waits stands now I'm gonna have to make it up out of my salary. 01:31.880 --> 01:32.880 I don't make that much. 01:32.880 --> 01:34.880 I haven't told my wife yet. 01:34.880 --> 01:37.480 She's gonna scream like an eagle when she finds out. 01:37.480 --> 01:38.920 We got a real strict budget. 01:38.920 --> 01:39.920 Sure gonna last it up. 01:39.920 --> 01:40.920 You have the check? 01:40.920 --> 01:41.920 Yeah. 01:41.920 --> 01:43.920 I got it right here. 01:43.920 --> 01:46.760 Came back from the bank this morning. 01:46.760 --> 01:48.760 Boss gave it to me. 01:48.760 --> 01:50.760 Here you go. 01:50.760 --> 01:51.760 Thank you. 01:51.760 --> 01:52.760 Same as the others? 01:52.760 --> 01:53.760 Looks like it. 01:53.760 --> 01:54.760 Yeah, here. 01:54.760 --> 01:55.760 Thank you. 01:55.760 --> 01:57.760 How's that look to you? 01:57.760 --> 01:58.760 Sir? 01:58.760 --> 01:59.760 The display. 01:59.760 --> 02:00.760 It look all right? 02:00.760 --> 02:01.760 Oh, yes, sir. 02:01.760 --> 02:02.760 It's fine. 02:02.760 --> 02:03.760 You got this mask finished and it's all gone. 02:03.760 --> 02:05.760 What can you tell us about the man who gave you the check? 02:05.760 --> 02:06.760 What do you want to know? 02:06.760 --> 02:08.760 Well, what kind of identification did he use? 02:08.760 --> 02:09.760 Just about the whole thing. 02:09.760 --> 02:13.760 Driver's license, social security card, gasoline credit card, the works. 02:13.760 --> 02:15.760 There's pencil notation on the back of the check. 02:15.760 --> 02:16.760 This is his license number. 02:16.760 --> 02:18.760 Let me take a look. 02:18.760 --> 02:19.760 Here. 02:19.760 --> 02:20.760 Yeah. 02:20.760 --> 02:21.760 Yeah, that's it. 02:21.760 --> 02:23.760 I figured sure it'd be good. 02:23.760 --> 02:24.760 Nice looking fella. 02:24.760 --> 02:25.760 I'm sure he'd never go in for a paper hanger. 02:25.760 --> 02:27.760 Can you give us a description of him? 02:27.760 --> 02:28.760 Yeah, sure can. 02:28.760 --> 02:30.760 We got a good look at him. 02:30.760 --> 02:35.760 This sure ought to sell his stuff. 02:35.760 --> 02:36.760 What's that, sir? 02:36.760 --> 02:38.760 I say this ought to sell his stuff. 02:38.760 --> 02:39.760 This mask. 02:39.760 --> 02:42.760 We're giving them away when you buy the breakfast food. 02:42.760 --> 02:44.760 Extra quarter and you get one of these head things. 02:44.760 --> 02:46.760 Kids sure go for them. 02:46.760 --> 02:47.760 Uh-huh. 02:47.760 --> 02:48.760 Whole display's built around it. 02:48.760 --> 02:50.760 You see the finished mask goes right there. 02:50.760 --> 02:53.760 Makes it look like the cardboard kid's wearing it. 02:53.760 --> 02:54.760 Uh-huh. 02:54.760 --> 02:56.760 You want to go ahead with the questions while I put it together? 02:56.760 --> 02:57.760 Yes, sir. 02:57.760 --> 02:59.760 Have you ever seen this man before? 02:59.760 --> 03:00.760 No. 03:00.760 --> 03:01.760 Of course he might have been around. 03:01.760 --> 03:03.760 We do a pretty good business. 03:03.760 --> 03:04.760 Could have been in, I wouldn't have remembered. 03:04.760 --> 03:05.760 What'd he say to you? 03:05.760 --> 03:07.760 Just came in and bought some groceries. 03:07.760 --> 03:09.760 Must have been about a dollar and a half's worth. 03:09.760 --> 03:10.760 He asked me to cash a check. 03:10.760 --> 03:12.760 I told him the manager would have to okay it. 03:12.760 --> 03:13.760 Uh-huh. 03:13.760 --> 03:15.760 I told him the manager wasn't here or he'd have to wait. 03:15.760 --> 03:17.760 Well, can't anyone else give the okay? 03:17.760 --> 03:18.760 Not supposed to. 03:18.760 --> 03:21.760 If we do and something goes wrong, we're stuck for it. 03:21.760 --> 03:22.760 I see. 03:22.760 --> 03:23.760 I told him he didn't have time. 03:23.760 --> 03:26.760 Said he was on his lunch hour and he had to get the groceries home. 03:26.760 --> 03:28.760 So I asked him if he had any identification. 03:28.760 --> 03:29.760 He said he did. 03:29.760 --> 03:32.760 It looked all right to me, so I cashed a check. 03:32.760 --> 03:33.760 Uh-huh. 03:33.760 --> 03:36.760 Say, would you hold this mask for me while I get the rubber band around the top? 03:36.760 --> 03:38.760 Yeah, sure. 03:38.760 --> 03:41.760 Now wait till I wind it around a couple of times. 03:41.760 --> 03:44.760 We put these things up high, but the kids still find a way to get them down. 03:44.760 --> 03:45.760 They're not put together good. 03:45.760 --> 03:46.760 They don't last long. 03:46.760 --> 03:48.760 Uh-huh. 03:48.760 --> 03:50.760 Now do it. 03:50.760 --> 03:53.760 Let's see. 03:53.760 --> 03:57.760 I guess this is what goes in next, the eyepiece. 03:57.760 --> 04:00.760 Take the eyepiece and put it inside the mask. 04:00.760 --> 04:04.760 Slip into notches Y and T. 04:04.760 --> 04:06.760 This is 60 years. 04:06.760 --> 04:08.760 Did you look at the man's identification closely? 04:08.760 --> 04:09.760 How do you mean close? 04:09.760 --> 04:11.760 Well, did you take a good look at it? 04:11.760 --> 04:14.760 Good enough to think it was all right to cash a check. 04:14.760 --> 04:15.760 It looked genuine, huh? 04:15.760 --> 04:17.760 If it didn't, I wouldn't have gone for the money. 04:17.760 --> 04:18.760 I see. 04:18.760 --> 04:21.760 Was there anything about the man that would make it easier for us to identify him? 04:21.760 --> 04:22.760 Not that I could see. 04:22.760 --> 04:23.760 He looked ordinary enough. 04:23.760 --> 04:24.760 Nothing special about him. 04:24.760 --> 04:26.760 Nothing that'd stand out. 04:26.760 --> 04:29.760 Hold this a minute, will you, while I put the earpiece inside? 04:29.760 --> 04:30.760 This here? 04:30.760 --> 04:31.760 Yeah. 04:31.760 --> 04:32.760 All right. 04:32.760 --> 04:34.760 Thanks. 04:34.760 --> 04:36.760 I guess that's all there is. 04:36.760 --> 04:39.760 Put it up here on the top. 04:39.760 --> 04:41.760 And that does it. 04:41.760 --> 04:43.760 Here. 04:43.760 --> 04:44.760 How's it look? 04:44.760 --> 04:45.760 It's fine. 04:45.760 --> 04:46.760 Huh, kind of scary. 04:46.760 --> 04:48.760 Sure hope the boss likes it. 04:48.760 --> 04:50.760 Sure been on my back since that check came back. 04:50.760 --> 04:52.760 Seems like everything I do is wrong. 04:52.760 --> 04:53.760 Be glad when this day is over. 04:53.760 --> 04:54.760 Yes, sir. 04:54.760 --> 04:56.760 You want to give us that description now? 04:56.760 --> 04:57.760 Of the man who gave me the check. 04:57.760 --> 04:58.760 That's right. 04:58.760 --> 04:59.760 Sure. 04:59.760 --> 05:00.760 I'm gonna do all I can to help. 05:00.760 --> 05:02.760 You think if you catch him, I'll be able to get the money back? 05:02.760 --> 05:04.760 Well, that's hard to say, sir. 05:04.760 --> 05:05.760 Sure hope so. 05:05.760 --> 05:06.760 89.60. 05:06.760 --> 05:07.760 That's a lot of money. 05:07.760 --> 05:08.760 I hate to lose it. 05:08.760 --> 05:09.760 How much was that? 05:09.760 --> 05:10.760 89.60. 05:10.760 --> 05:11.760 Yes, sir. 05:11.760 --> 05:14.760 I don't even want to think about what my wife's gonna say. 05:14.760 --> 05:15.760 That would be pretty rough. 05:15.760 --> 05:16.760 Yes, sir, we understand. 05:16.760 --> 05:18.760 How old was the man? 05:18.760 --> 05:20.760 About 27, around in there. 05:20.760 --> 05:21.760 About how tall was he? 05:21.760 --> 05:23.760 Five, nine, I guess. 05:23.760 --> 05:26.760 Say, if you do catch him, how do you go about getting the money back? 05:26.760 --> 05:28.760 Well, it's booked as evidence first. 05:28.760 --> 05:29.760 Then I get it back? 05:29.760 --> 05:30.760 Well, that depends on what happens at the trial. 05:30.760 --> 05:32.760 It's not up to us to decide, sir. 05:32.760 --> 05:34.760 You see, the suspect has gotten several other people, too. 05:34.760 --> 05:36.760 If there is anything recovered, they've got a share of it. 05:36.760 --> 05:39.760 Then I probably won't get what's coming to me. 05:39.760 --> 05:40.760 Well, no, sir, but you can be sure of one thing. 05:40.760 --> 05:41.760 What's that? 05:41.760 --> 05:42.760 Suspect will. 05:42.760 --> 05:52.760 1146 A.M. 05:52.760 --> 05:53.760 We got the complete description of the suspect, 05:53.760 --> 05:55.760 and we made arrangements for the victim to come down to the city hall 05:55.760 --> 05:57.760 and go through the mud books. 05:57.760 --> 06:00.760 The information on the driver's license was checked through R&I 06:00.760 --> 06:03.760 and the Department of Motor Vehicles, and we found it to be false. 06:03.760 --> 06:06.760 The first bad check had come to our attention on February 16th, 06:06.760 --> 06:08.760 five months previously. 06:08.760 --> 06:10.760 Between then and the present forgery, 06:10.760 --> 06:14.760 the gang had taken approximately $60,000 from businessmen in the Southland area. 06:14.760 --> 06:16.760 All attempts had been made to stop them. 06:16.760 --> 06:21.760 The checks cashed were all issued for the same amount, $91.10. 06:21.760 --> 06:25.760 The checks were drawn on real companies, but on banks where no account existed. 06:25.760 --> 06:28.760 Examination of the forgeries by the crime lab and by handwriting 06:28.760 --> 06:31.760 showed that the checks themselves were not genuine. 06:31.760 --> 06:33.760 The signatures on each of them vary. 06:33.760 --> 06:36.760 The typewriter used to fill in the payee and the date was different in each instance 06:36.760 --> 06:39.760 as was the check protector used. 06:39.760 --> 06:43.760 MO bulletins carrying pictures of the checks and lists of the companies that they were drawn on 06:43.760 --> 06:47.760 were gotten out to all supermarkets and check cashing agencies in the city. 06:47.760 --> 06:50.760 None of the precautions we took did any good. 06:50.760 --> 06:52.760 The gang continued to operate. 06:52.760 --> 06:55.760 Each of the victims was questioned, but the descriptions of the suspect that they gave us 06:55.760 --> 06:57.760 was different in each instance. 06:57.760 --> 07:00.760 Examination of pictures of known check forgeries using the same method of operation 07:00.760 --> 07:02.760 netted us nothing. 07:02.760 --> 07:04.760 The stats office had made several runs on the information we had, 07:04.760 --> 07:07.760 but they were not able to come up with any new evidence. 07:07.760 --> 07:11.760 George Brereton up at Sacramento was contacted and he furnished us a list of possibles. 07:11.760 --> 07:15.760 These were all checked out and several arrests were made clearing up other forgeries, 07:15.760 --> 07:18.760 but our crime suspects were still free and they were still operating. 07:18.760 --> 07:23.760 Wednesday, 4.15 p.m., Frank and I came back from Captain Welsh's office. 07:23.760 --> 07:25.760 Well, now we know how to skipper fields. 07:25.760 --> 07:27.760 Now, can you blame them? 07:27.760 --> 07:28.760 No, I guess not. 07:28.760 --> 07:30.760 We're doing all we can. 07:30.760 --> 07:33.760 If the people who run the stores won't look at the bulletins, there's nothing we can do. 07:33.760 --> 07:35.760 Remember, breaks are bound to go with us pretty soon. 07:35.760 --> 07:37.760 I get it. 07:37.760 --> 07:39.760 Forgery Friday. 07:39.760 --> 07:41.760 Oh, just a minute, ma'am. 07:41.760 --> 07:43.760 Fergie around? 07:43.760 --> 07:45.760 I don't know. I'll take a look in back. 07:45.760 --> 07:47.760 Hey, Fergie, then? Fergie? 07:47.760 --> 07:49.760 No, he's not here. 07:49.760 --> 07:51.760 He's not here right now. Can I take a message? 07:51.760 --> 07:53.760 Mm-hmm. 07:53.760 --> 07:55.760 Yes, ma'am. No, he's not working today. 07:55.760 --> 07:57.760 Yes, ma'am. 07:57.760 --> 07:59.760 Well, if you give me your number, I'll have him call when he gets in. 07:59.760 --> 08:01.760 All right. 08:01.760 --> 08:03.760 That's 9-8. 08:03.760 --> 08:05.760 Yes, ma'am. 08:05.760 --> 08:07.760 No, no, it's right in the message book. 08:07.760 --> 08:09.760 No, he'll see it. That's right. 08:09.760 --> 08:11.760 Yes, ma'am. Mm-hmm. 08:11.760 --> 08:13.760 No, he'll look at the book when he comes in. 08:13.760 --> 08:15.760 No, the first thing. 08:15.760 --> 08:17.760 You bet. Well, you're more than welcome. 08:17.760 --> 08:19.760 Yes, ma'am. Bye. 08:19.760 --> 08:21.760 Problem? 08:21.760 --> 08:23.760 No, she just didn't believe that Fergie would get the message. 08:23.760 --> 08:25.760 Yeah, I know. Sometimes face has the same thing. 08:25.760 --> 08:27.760 Sergeant Friday? 08:27.760 --> 08:29.760 Yes, that's... Oh, hi, B. Come on in. 08:29.760 --> 08:31.760 I wasn't sure you'd be in. 08:31.760 --> 08:33.760 You're a nice man, don't you, Beatrice Dowling? 08:33.760 --> 08:35.760 Oh, yeah, we've met. Sure, I haven't seen you in a long time. 08:35.760 --> 08:37.760 Sit down, B. Here. Thanks. 08:37.760 --> 08:39.760 There you go. 08:39.760 --> 08:41.760 What can we do for you? 08:41.760 --> 08:43.760 I thought I'd drop in and say hello. It's been a while. 08:43.760 --> 08:45.760 Yeah, it has been. How's it been going? 08:45.760 --> 08:47.760 Pretty good. Got myself a job. 08:47.760 --> 08:49.760 When I got out, things were working good for me. 08:49.760 --> 08:51.760 How long has it been now? A year ago, last January. 08:51.760 --> 08:53.760 Well, is there anything we can do for you? 08:53.760 --> 08:55.760 No. Might be the other way around. 08:55.760 --> 08:57.760 What do you mean? 08:57.760 --> 08:59.760 I never got a chance to tell you, Sergeant, 08:59.760 --> 09:01.760 how much I appreciated what you did for me, 09:01.760 --> 09:03.760 what you said in court. 09:03.760 --> 09:05.760 Well, we just told him the truth. 09:05.760 --> 09:07.760 I know. You would have gone a lot harder with me 09:07.760 --> 09:09.760 if you hadn't been on my side. 09:09.760 --> 09:11.760 It's nice of you to think of it that way, anyway. 09:11.760 --> 09:13.760 It's true. I never got a chance before. 09:13.760 --> 09:15.760 Now, maybe there's a way I can pay you back. 09:15.760 --> 09:17.760 Well, it's not necessary, you know. 09:17.760 --> 09:19.760 I know. I know. I want to. 09:19.760 --> 09:21.760 Well, what do you got? 09:21.760 --> 09:23.760 You know how it is. When you get out of jail, 09:23.760 --> 09:25.760 you meet a lot of people in the business. 09:25.760 --> 09:27.760 They all got a deal for you, 09:27.760 --> 09:29.760 and I'm not going to con you a couple of times. 09:29.760 --> 09:31.760 It's pretty hard, but I'm on the road, 09:31.760 --> 09:33.760 and I'm going to stay there. 09:33.760 --> 09:35.760 That's good to hear. 09:35.760 --> 09:37.760 You get rumbles, you know, things come up. 09:37.760 --> 09:39.760 I got one the other day. More than a rumble. 09:39.760 --> 09:41.760 How about you, right away? 09:41.760 --> 09:43.760 Figured there's a way to pay you back. 09:43.760 --> 09:45.760 Well, what is it? 09:45.760 --> 09:47.760 Met a guy in a bar, a little place near where I work. 09:47.760 --> 09:49.760 Usually after work, I stop in and have a beer 09:49.760 --> 09:51.760 while I wait for the traffic to clear up before I go home. 09:51.760 --> 09:53.760 Another night, 09:53.760 --> 09:55.760 I felt like I went and started talking. 09:55.760 --> 09:57.760 We got to talking about different things. 09:57.760 --> 09:59.760 Nothing big, just things. 09:59.760 --> 10:01.760 You know how you do at a bar. 10:01.760 --> 10:03.760 He asked me what I did for a living, 10:03.760 --> 10:05.760 how things were going, like that. 10:05.760 --> 10:07.760 And he wanted to know if I'd like to pick up a few extra bucks. 10:07.760 --> 10:09.760 Said he wanted me to cash a check for him. 10:09.760 --> 10:11.760 I told him I didn't have the money. 10:11.760 --> 10:13.760 It didn't make any difference how small the check was. 10:13.760 --> 10:15.760 I didn't have the loot. 10:15.760 --> 10:17.760 Then he sprung it. 10:17.760 --> 10:19.760 He didn't want me to cash it myself. 10:19.760 --> 10:21.760 Said he wanted me to take it to the store and get it cashed. 10:21.760 --> 10:23.760 Said he'd give me half what the check was for. 10:23.760 --> 10:25.760 Well, why didn't he do it himself? 10:25.760 --> 10:27.760 I asked him the same thing. 10:27.760 --> 10:29.760 That's when he told me. 10:29.760 --> 10:31.760 As soon as I heard it, I figured it might be something for you. 10:31.760 --> 10:33.760 He said the check was stolen. 10:35.760 --> 10:37.760 Beatrice Dowling had been convicted of forgery 10:37.760 --> 10:39.760 three years before. 10:39.760 --> 10:41.760 She'd been sentenced to the California Institution 10:41.760 --> 10:43.760 for Women at Corona, California. 10:43.760 --> 10:45.760 Frank and I had a small part in the investigation 10:45.760 --> 10:47.760 that resulted in her conviction. 10:47.760 --> 10:49.760 During the trial, we testified that her cooperation 10:49.760 --> 10:51.760 had aided us in apprehending the rest of the gang 10:51.760 --> 10:53.760 and allowing us to clean up the entire operation. 10:53.760 --> 10:55.760 Since she'd been paroled, we'd lost track of her. 10:55.760 --> 10:57.760 But on those occasions when we'd talk to a parole officer, 10:57.760 --> 10:59.760 we found that she was living up to all of the conditions 10:59.760 --> 11:01.760 of her release. 11:01.760 --> 11:03.760 Frank and I took her across the street to a restaurant 11:03.760 --> 11:05.760 and we talked further to her. 11:05.760 --> 11:07.760 That's the sugar, will you second? 11:07.760 --> 11:09.760 Yeah, yeah, I'll be. 11:09.760 --> 11:11.760 You don't use it? No, no thanks. 11:11.760 --> 11:13.760 How about you, Mr. Smith? No thanks, I take a bite too. 11:13.760 --> 11:15.760 How about this guy? What did you tell him? 11:15.760 --> 11:17.760 I said I'd think over the deal and let him know. 11:17.760 --> 11:19.760 Did you get a chance to see the checks? 11:19.760 --> 11:21.760 A couple. 11:21.760 --> 11:23.760 Took him out of a wallet in his coat. I didn't get a good look at him though. 11:23.760 --> 11:25.760 How about the man himself, did you ever see him before? 11:25.760 --> 11:27.760 I don't think so. 11:27.760 --> 11:29.760 You know why he picked you? 11:29.760 --> 11:31.760 I've been trying to figure that one myself. 11:31.760 --> 11:33.760 The only thing I can think of is the bartender there. 11:33.760 --> 11:35.760 He knows I fell once, he might have given the word. 11:35.760 --> 11:37.760 Has he got any record that you know of? 11:37.760 --> 11:39.760 The bartender? I don't think so. 11:39.760 --> 11:41.760 He likes to talk big, but I don't think he's ever done big time. 11:41.760 --> 11:43.760 You set up anything about meeting the man with a check? 11:43.760 --> 11:45.760 Not definite. 11:45.760 --> 11:47.760 I told him I'd think it over. 11:47.760 --> 11:49.760 I don't think he'd do it with the offer still be open. 11:49.760 --> 11:51.760 He said it would, he said to look him up. 11:51.760 --> 11:53.760 At the same bar? 11:53.760 --> 11:55.760 Yeah, but I could get in touch with him there. 11:55.760 --> 11:57.760 Any special time? 11:57.760 --> 11:59.760 I'm gonna name one. I want you to know I wasn't even figuring to go through with it. 11:59.760 --> 12:01.760 Not for a minute. 12:01.760 --> 12:03.760 When he told me the checks were stolen, I thought right away about you. 12:03.760 --> 12:05.760 Thought you might want the information. 12:05.760 --> 12:07.760 I never figured to get mixed up in it. 12:07.760 --> 12:09.760 Well, we'll buy it. 12:09.760 --> 12:11.760 What are you gonna do about it? 12:11.760 --> 12:13.760 Try to find out where the checks came from. 12:13.760 --> 12:15.760 While you were talking to this guy, did he use a name at all? 12:15.760 --> 12:17.760 Well, we were sitting there and another fellow came in and talked to him. 12:17.760 --> 12:19.760 I heard the other guy call him Cecil. 12:19.760 --> 12:21.760 Well, how about this other man? Do you know him? 12:21.760 --> 12:23.760 No. 12:23.760 --> 12:25.760 Never saw him around the bar? No, I never did. 12:25.760 --> 12:27.760 Look, Peter, something I don't understand. If you stop at this bar all the time, how come you haven't seen this Cecil before? 12:27.760 --> 12:29.760 Looks like he's a regular customer at the place. 12:29.760 --> 12:31.760 You don't believe me, do you? 12:31.760 --> 12:33.760 I'm just trying to get a straight. 12:33.760 --> 12:35.760 I told you before, I only go in there about 5.30. 12:35.760 --> 12:37.760 I'm only in the place maybe 15 minutes, then I leave. 12:37.760 --> 12:39.760 There's a lot of time when people are coming in and out that I'm not there. 12:39.760 --> 12:41.760 I see. 12:41.760 --> 12:43.760 Listen. 12:43.760 --> 12:45.760 I'm trying to give you guys something for free. 12:45.760 --> 12:47.760 You don't want it? 12:47.760 --> 12:49.760 Don't worry, you're not going to hurt my feelings. 12:49.760 --> 12:51.760 No, it's not that big. Frank and I have been on the thing for the last four months here. 12:51.760 --> 12:53.760 It's been giving us a lot of trouble. 12:53.760 --> 12:55.760 Yeah. 12:55.760 --> 12:57.760 Well, I think it's worth anything. 12:57.760 --> 12:59.760 We're going to check it out. 12:59.760 --> 13:01.760 Did this Cecil give you any idea where he got the checks? 13:01.760 --> 13:03.760 He said they were stolen payroll checks, all made out and ready for endorsement. 13:03.760 --> 13:05.760 Well, if they're made out, what about identification? 13:05.760 --> 13:07.760 He said he had that. 13:07.760 --> 13:09.760 All I'd need to put the checks through. 13:09.760 --> 13:11.760 Did he show you any of it? 13:11.760 --> 13:13.760 No, just said that he had it already. 13:13.760 --> 13:15.760 All right, B. 13:15.760 --> 13:17.760 I wonder if you can come back to the office and check through the books for us. 13:17.760 --> 13:19.760 See if you can spot this Cecil. 13:19.760 --> 13:21.760 Oh, sure. I'd be glad to help out. 13:21.760 --> 13:23.760 I've got a bill we can leave. 13:23.760 --> 13:25.760 I don't want to bring this up, Sergeant. 13:25.760 --> 13:27.760 Yeah, what's that? 13:27.760 --> 13:29.760 I hope you'll understand. I'm not trying to get out of line. 13:29.760 --> 13:31.760 Well, go ahead, B. 13:31.760 --> 13:33.760 They know me in this bar. This fella Cecil knows me. 13:33.760 --> 13:35.760 What would happen if I went ahead of the deal? 13:35.760 --> 13:37.760 You mean make the connection for us? 13:37.760 --> 13:39.760 Yeah, line him up, find out how the gas is working. 13:39.760 --> 13:41.760 I didn't ask you to do that. 13:41.760 --> 13:43.760 It's not your idea. I figured it might be easier all around. 13:43.760 --> 13:45.760 You and Mr. Smith will be right there. 13:45.760 --> 13:47.760 As soon as I get the information, then it's up to you. 13:47.760 --> 13:49.760 Well, I'll have to check that with the skipper. 13:49.760 --> 13:51.760 We'll find out what he thinks of the idea. It might be pretty dangerous. 13:51.760 --> 13:53.760 I thought of that too. The only one thing bothers me. 13:53.760 --> 13:55.760 What's that? 13:55.760 --> 13:57.760 Somebody's along the line. I'm going to have to tell this joker that I don't go for the deal. 13:57.760 --> 13:59.760 He's going to find out I'm working with you. 13:59.760 --> 14:01.760 When he does, be there. 14:01.760 --> 14:11.760 We returned to the office and made arrangements to meet Beatrice Dowling the next day. 14:11.760 --> 14:15.760 Frank and I got the name and description of the bartender at the place where the Dowling woman said she'd been approached. 14:15.760 --> 14:19.760 We ran it through our eye, but we were not able to find a record for the man. 14:19.760 --> 14:23.760 The next morning we met with Captain Welsh and told him of the idea. 14:23.760 --> 14:25.760 He agreed that it appeared to be the only way we had of stopping the suspect. 14:25.760 --> 14:29.760 We contacted Miss Dowling and made arrangements for her to be kept under constant surveillance. 14:29.760 --> 14:33.760 The same day, Thursday, July 12th at 5.20 pm, she entered the bar. 14:33.760 --> 14:37.760 Frank and I were parked down the street in our car. 14:37.760 --> 14:39.760 How about it? See the doorway? 14:39.760 --> 14:41.760 Well, all we can do now is wait. 14:41.760 --> 14:43.760 Yeah. 14:43.760 --> 14:45.760 Here, you want a cigarette? 14:45.760 --> 14:47.760 I got one. 14:49.760 --> 14:51.760 What's the matter? You got a cigarette? 14:51.760 --> 14:53.760 Yeah, you got one on your hand? 14:53.760 --> 14:55.760 There's some right here, sure. Here. 14:55.760 --> 14:59.760 Thanks. 15:01.760 --> 15:03.760 Oh, I'll sure be glad to get home. 15:03.760 --> 15:04.760 Yeah. 15:04.760 --> 15:06.760 Fay and me had a big argument last night. 15:06.760 --> 15:08.760 Is that right? What's the matter now? 15:08.760 --> 15:12.760 Oh, I came home. I guess about 7.30, about in there. 15:12.760 --> 15:17.760 Right after dinner, I got ready for bed. That's when I saw it. 15:17.760 --> 15:19.760 I should have known right from the start. 15:19.760 --> 15:21.760 You should have known what? 15:21.760 --> 15:23.760 Well, Fay fixed Swedish meatballs for dinner. 15:23.760 --> 15:24.760 Again, huh? 15:24.760 --> 15:26.760 Right then, I should have known. 15:26.760 --> 15:28.760 That's what had happened. 15:28.760 --> 15:30.760 You know, she always figures they'll soften me up, so I won't mind. 15:30.760 --> 15:32.760 What'd you buy this time? 15:32.760 --> 15:34.760 A new bedroom set. 15:34.760 --> 15:36.760 King-sized bed, Joe. 15:36.760 --> 15:40.760 Mattress, springs, couple of those new rubber pillows, you know, those bouncy spoonies. 15:40.760 --> 15:42.760 Yeah, I know. 15:42.760 --> 15:44.760 I took one look at them, and naturally, the roof went off. 15:44.760 --> 15:46.760 You mean she bought the whole thing, huh? 15:46.760 --> 15:48.760 She refurnished the whole room. 15:48.760 --> 15:50.760 Cost a lot of money, didn't it? 15:50.760 --> 15:53.760 That's what I thought. I was pretty sorry about it, too, and we had a few words. 15:53.760 --> 15:55.760 I guess it was pretty bad. 15:59.760 --> 16:01.760 By the time I got calmed down, she was asleep. 16:01.760 --> 16:03.760 Then I saw the bill. 16:03.760 --> 16:05.760 I couldn't believe it. 16:05.760 --> 16:07.760 You wouldn't either, Joe. It wasn't big at all. 16:07.760 --> 16:09.760 Is that right? 16:09.760 --> 16:11.760 Yeah. 16:11.760 --> 16:13.760 I sure slept good. 16:13.760 --> 16:15.760 I think I could make it, Joe. 16:15.760 --> 16:17.760 What's that? 16:17.760 --> 16:19.760 You know how I'm always talking about sleeping for a week? 16:19.760 --> 16:21.760 Well, the way I slept last night, I think I could make it. 16:21.760 --> 16:23.760 You know something that you'd like to try? 16:23.760 --> 16:25.760 How are you going to have to wait to try? Take a look down there. 16:25.760 --> 16:27.760 Huh? 16:27.760 --> 16:29.760 The bar. Beatrice is coming up. 16:29.760 --> 16:31.760 Oh, yeah. A couple of guys with her. 16:31.760 --> 16:33.760 They're acting kind of funny, aren't they? 16:33.760 --> 16:35.760 Yeah. 16:35.760 --> 16:37.760 The way they're shoving her around. 16:37.760 --> 16:39.760 There's only one reason for that. They found out about us. 16:45.760 --> 16:47.760 Frank and I followed the three people down the street. 16:47.760 --> 16:49.760 A half a block from the bar, they got into a black Oldsmobile sedan 16:49.760 --> 16:51.760 and pulled out into the line of traffic. 16:51.760 --> 16:53.760 We kept them under surveillance while we drove to the downtown area. 16:53.760 --> 16:55.760 We called Communications and got a rolling make on the car. 16:55.760 --> 16:57.760 It was registered to a Cecil Maddox, 2482 North Alexandria on Hollywood. 16:57.760 --> 16:59.760 We requested that Maddox be checked through RNI 16:59.760 --> 17:01.760 and we found that he'd been arrested twice before on charges of grand theft. 17:01.760 --> 17:03.760 And he'd served one term at San Quentin and one term at Folsom Penitentiary. 17:03.760 --> 17:05.760 At the corner of Broadway and Clay streets, 17:05.760 --> 17:07.760 the trio pulled into a parking lot and they left the car. 17:07.760 --> 17:09.760 Frank and I parked our unit and followed them to a stationary store. 17:09.760 --> 17:11.760 We were there for a couple of days. 17:11.760 --> 17:13.760 We were there for a couple of days. 17:13.760 --> 17:15.760 We were there for a couple of days. 17:15.760 --> 17:17.760 We were there for a couple of days. 17:17.760 --> 17:19.760 Frank and I parked our unit and followed them to a stationary store. 17:19.760 --> 17:21.760 On the street we could see Maddox talk to a salesman 17:21.760 --> 17:23.760 while the other man walked up to a display of typewriters. 17:23.760 --> 17:25.760 while the other man walked up to a display of typewriters. 17:25.760 --> 17:27.760 He took a slip of paper from his pocket and apparently tried to machine. 17:27.760 --> 17:29.760 He took a slip of paper from his pocket and apparently tried to machine. 17:29.760 --> 17:31.760 But the time he was finished Maddox had gotten through talking to the clerk 17:31.760 --> 17:33.760 and they used the same piece of paper to try a check protector. 17:33.760 --> 17:35.760 During this operation, Beatrice Dowling stood by and waited for them. 17:35.760 --> 17:37.760 During this operation, Beatrice Dowling stood by and waited for them. 17:37.760 --> 17:39.760 Finally, the three of them left the store 17:39.760 --> 17:41.760 and walked two blocks east to a large market. 17:41.760 --> 17:43.760 There we saw Maddox hand the Dowling woman an envelope. 17:43.760 --> 17:45.760 After that she entered the store 17:45.760 --> 17:48.700 that she entered the store and came back a few minutes later. 17:48.700 --> 17:50.840 Frank and I were about 10 feet from the pair of checkmen 17:50.840 --> 17:53.240 when the woman returned. 17:53.240 --> 17:54.280 Hey, Dave. 17:54.280 --> 17:55.120 How'd it go? 17:55.120 --> 17:55.940 Thank you, Fred. 17:55.940 --> 17:56.780 Here's the money. 17:56.780 --> 17:57.740 OK, let's go to a bar. 17:57.740 --> 17:58.580 We'll make the split. 17:58.580 --> 17:59.420 Half of this is mine, huh? 17:59.420 --> 18:00.180 That's the way we set up. 18:00.180 --> 18:00.700 Let's go. 18:00.700 --> 18:02.560 Come on, Frank. 18:02.560 --> 18:04.020 All right, Maddox, hold it up. 18:04.020 --> 18:05.060 What's this all about? 18:05.060 --> 18:06.740 Police officers, you're under arrest. 18:06.740 --> 18:07.460 For what? 18:07.460 --> 18:08.460 Go ahead, spell out the beef. 18:08.460 --> 18:09.460 How's forgery, Fred? 18:09.460 --> 18:09.860 I don't know. 18:09.860 --> 18:10.620 You won't hang it on me. 18:10.620 --> 18:11.340 Don't book it, mister. 18:11.340 --> 18:12.100 You'll get short odds. 18:12.100 --> 18:12.780 The wrong beef. 18:12.780 --> 18:13.260 I won't talk. 18:13.260 --> 18:16.060 You already have, huh? You paid for it with a bad check. 18:16.060 --> 18:23.020 The two suspects were taken to the city hall. 18:23.020 --> 18:25.340 The second man was identified as Raymond Johnstone. 18:25.340 --> 18:27.380 We checked him through records and identification, 18:27.380 --> 18:29.800 and we found that he had a long felony record. 18:29.800 --> 18:32.220 He'd served sentences in both San Quentin and Folsom. 18:32.220 --> 18:34.180 And from the record, we found that he was in Folsom 18:34.180 --> 18:36.780 at the time Maddox was serving his term. 18:36.780 --> 18:38.160 We talked to Johnstone for an hour, 18:38.160 --> 18:41.260 but he refused to admit any complicity in the forgeries. 18:41.260 --> 18:43.540 9 15 PM, officers Ferguson and Regan 18:43.540 --> 18:45.380 went out to the address we've gotten for Maddox, 18:45.380 --> 18:46.780 and Frank and I talked to the suspect 18:46.780 --> 18:48.300 in the interrogation room. 18:48.300 --> 18:49.860 All right, come on, Maddox, empty your pockets. 18:49.860 --> 18:50.260 What for? 18:50.260 --> 18:51.300 Because we want you to. 18:51.300 --> 18:52.220 Do I get the stuff back? 18:52.220 --> 18:53.540 Put it on the table. 18:53.540 --> 18:55.100 I haven't got anything, nothing you want. 18:55.100 --> 18:55.900 Will you let us figure that out? 18:55.900 --> 18:56.860 Come on, on the table. 18:59.660 --> 19:05.700 There's a wallet, handkerchief, chain, 19:05.700 --> 19:07.860 package of gum, keys, and that's it. 19:07.860 --> 19:12.820 All right, now the coat pockets. 19:12.820 --> 19:18.700 Cigarettes, lighter, some more chains, and parking stuff. 19:18.700 --> 19:19.780 Inside pockets, too? 19:19.780 --> 19:21.300 There's nothing there you'd be interested in. 19:21.300 --> 19:22.140 Inside pockets. 19:25.780 --> 19:26.820 Couple of letters, that's all. 19:26.820 --> 19:29.860 All right, let's take a look. 19:29.860 --> 19:32.060 Your true name's Cecil James Maddox? 19:32.060 --> 19:32.820 Yeah. 19:32.820 --> 19:34.580 Whose stuff belongs to? 19:34.580 --> 19:35.460 I don't know anything about it. 19:35.460 --> 19:37.460 Driver's license, social security card, oil company 19:37.460 --> 19:38.940 credit card, these don't belong to you, do they? 19:38.940 --> 19:39.940 Take a good look, cop. 19:39.940 --> 19:40.780 You see my name on them? 19:40.780 --> 19:42.020 We found them in your pocket. 19:42.020 --> 19:42.820 Cleaner must have left them. 19:42.820 --> 19:43.780 All come off it, Maddox. 19:43.780 --> 19:44.860 We got you nailed and you know it. 19:44.860 --> 19:45.580 You got to show me. 19:45.580 --> 19:46.780 All right, these other envelopes here, 19:46.780 --> 19:47.740 same thing on all of them. 19:47.740 --> 19:48.540 Now where'd you get them? 19:48.540 --> 19:51.580 I told you, I got a sloppy cleaner. 19:51.580 --> 19:53.260 Frank, you want to check to see if Fergie's back? 19:53.260 --> 19:53.740 Yeah, sure. 19:59.300 --> 20:00.820 You got any money in the wallet? 20:00.820 --> 20:01.380 Couple of bucks. 20:01.380 --> 20:02.340 Take it out. 20:02.340 --> 20:02.820 Sure. 20:05.380 --> 20:06.060 I'll give it to you. 20:06.060 --> 20:06.980 Keep it in your hands. 20:06.980 --> 20:07.940 Give me the wallet. 20:07.940 --> 20:10.220 Here. 20:10.220 --> 20:11.500 You find anything interesting in there, 20:11.500 --> 20:12.300 and I'll split it with you. 20:12.300 --> 20:14.180 Sure. 20:14.180 --> 20:15.220 How about these checks? 20:15.220 --> 20:15.700 Where'd you get them? 20:15.700 --> 20:16.220 I forget. 20:16.220 --> 20:17.900 Well, you better start remembering, mister. 20:17.900 --> 20:18.780 I'm trying. 20:18.780 --> 20:19.740 It just isn't working out. 20:19.740 --> 20:21.500 Pretty important that you do. 20:21.500 --> 20:22.340 I think I found them. 20:22.340 --> 20:22.740 Where? 20:22.740 --> 20:23.660 I don't remember. 20:23.660 --> 20:25.220 You turn up with $500 worth of checks, 20:25.220 --> 20:26.100 and you don't know where you got them, huh? 20:26.100 --> 20:27.140 I haven't got the slightest idea. 20:27.140 --> 20:27.940 What about this receipt? 20:27.940 --> 20:28.380 What's it for? 20:28.380 --> 20:28.940 I don't know. 20:28.940 --> 20:29.620 It's in your wallet. 20:29.620 --> 20:30.460 You must have put it there. 20:30.460 --> 20:31.340 Look at the back. 20:31.340 --> 20:32.420 There's a phone number on it. 20:32.420 --> 20:34.180 Maybe that's where I kept it. 20:34.180 --> 20:35.060 No phone number here? 20:35.060 --> 20:37.020 Well, I can't tell you where I got it. 20:37.020 --> 20:38.020 I guess I've been carrying it around for a long time. 20:38.020 --> 20:39.100 They did a couple of months ago. 20:39.100 --> 20:39.820 That's a long time to me. 20:39.820 --> 20:41.820 Look, what are you trying to prove with this innocent pitch? 20:41.820 --> 20:42.860 You know we got you going in. 20:42.860 --> 20:44.260 We're going to make a forgery complaint stick. 20:44.260 --> 20:45.460 Now why are you trying to make it harder? 20:45.460 --> 20:46.900 I don't think you can trip me for the beef. 20:46.900 --> 20:48.700 There's a couple of officers over at your apartment now. 20:48.700 --> 20:50.220 They come up with a press you use to print up 20:50.220 --> 20:51.340 the checks and the identification. 20:51.340 --> 20:52.260 You've had it, mister. 20:52.260 --> 20:53.180 Yes, they find the press. 20:53.180 --> 20:53.700 That's right. 20:53.700 --> 20:55.220 Only one big hole in the fairy tale. 20:55.220 --> 20:55.660 Is that so? 20:55.660 --> 20:56.580 I haven't got a press. 20:56.580 --> 20:57.780 I don't know where I got those checks. 20:57.780 --> 20:59.020 I think I bought them. 20:59.020 --> 21:06.020 You try to take me to court on that kind of evidence, 21:06.020 --> 21:11.020 and you'll make the front page as the dumbest cop of the year. 21:11.020 --> 21:12.020 Joe. 21:12.020 --> 21:13.020 Yeah? 21:13.020 --> 21:14.020 I've got something for you. 21:14.020 --> 21:15.020 You wait here, Maddox. 21:15.020 --> 21:16.020 Only one door, and you're in front of that. 21:16.020 --> 21:17.020 I'm not going anywhere. 21:17.020 --> 21:18.020 Just sit still. 21:18.020 --> 21:19.020 Yeah. 21:19.020 --> 21:20.020 How's it going? 21:20.020 --> 21:21.020 Not too good. 21:21.020 --> 21:22.020 You want a cop, huh? 21:22.020 --> 21:23.020 How'd you do? 21:23.020 --> 21:24.020 I talked to Fergie. 21:24.020 --> 21:25.020 They went over Maddox's apartment. 21:25.020 --> 21:26.020 Yeah. 21:26.020 --> 21:27.020 They didn't find anything. 21:27.020 --> 21:28.020 We went back into the interrogation room, 21:28.020 --> 21:29.020 and we talked to Raymond Johnstone, 21:29.020 --> 21:31.020 but he refused to cooperate with us. 21:31.020 --> 21:33.020 A thorough search was made of their car, 21:33.020 --> 21:35.020 but we failed to turn up anything new. 21:35.020 --> 21:37.020 We contacted the printer, who'd made up the receipt blanks. 21:37.020 --> 21:38.020 He checked his records, 21:38.020 --> 21:41.020 and was able to give us the address of the place that had ordered them. 21:41.020 --> 21:44.020 Officers Ferguson, Regan, Frank, and I drove out to the place. 21:44.020 --> 21:47.020 It was a cheap hotel located on East 7th. 21:47.020 --> 21:49.020 We checked with the desk clerk and showed him the receipt. 21:49.020 --> 21:52.020 He told us that two men answering the descriptions of the suspects 21:52.020 --> 21:54.020 had rented a room two months previously. 21:54.020 --> 21:56.020 He went on to say that there was a third man with a pair, 21:56.020 --> 21:58.020 and that he was in the room at the time. 21:58.020 --> 21:59.020 We asked about luggage, 21:59.020 --> 22:02.020 and the clerk said that the trio had moved in several large trunks. 22:02.020 --> 22:03.020 We got the room number, 22:03.020 --> 22:05.020 and while Ferguson and Regan covered the rear of the building, 22:05.020 --> 22:07.020 Frank and I went up to the room. 22:07.020 --> 22:09.020 Down this way. 22:12.020 --> 22:13.020 All right? 22:13.020 --> 22:15.020 Yeah. 22:19.020 --> 22:20.020 Yeah? 22:20.020 --> 22:21.020 Paul Adley? 22:21.020 --> 22:22.020 Yeah, that's right. What do you want? 22:22.020 --> 22:23.020 I'd like to talk to you. 22:23.020 --> 22:25.020 I'm kind of busy right now. What's it about? 22:25.020 --> 22:26.020 Police officers. 22:26.020 --> 22:27.020 Get out of here. 22:30.020 --> 22:31.020 You got no call to bust in here. 22:31.020 --> 22:32.020 I'm not doing anything wrong. 22:32.020 --> 22:33.020 Why don't you try to keep us out? 22:33.020 --> 22:35.020 I just don't like cops running all over the place. 22:35.020 --> 22:36.020 Where's that door go? 22:36.020 --> 22:38.020 Bedroom, but there ain't nothing in there that concerns you. 22:38.020 --> 22:39.020 I'll take a look. 22:39.020 --> 22:40.020 You stay out of there. 22:40.020 --> 22:41.020 What's this all about anyway? 22:41.020 --> 22:43.020 What are you cops trying to build? 22:43.020 --> 22:44.020 How about it, Frank? 22:44.020 --> 22:45.020 Take a look. 22:45.020 --> 22:47.020 Come on, Adley. Over here. 22:51.020 --> 22:52.020 Press and everything, huh? 22:52.020 --> 22:54.020 I do a little printing for the neighborhood people. 22:54.020 --> 22:55.020 There's nothing that concerns you. 22:55.020 --> 22:57.020 You do work for the Department of Motor Vehicles, too? 22:57.020 --> 22:58.020 What? 22:58.020 --> 22:59.020 These driver's license blanks. 22:59.020 --> 23:00.020 What are they for? 23:00.020 --> 23:01.020 Who tipped you? 23:01.020 --> 23:02.020 What? 23:02.020 --> 23:03.020 Who told you about the plant? Who told you? 23:03.020 --> 23:04.020 Does that make any difference? 23:04.020 --> 23:05.020 You bet it does. 23:05.020 --> 23:06.020 All the difference in the world. 23:06.020 --> 23:07.020 I don't know what they told you, 23:07.020 --> 23:08.020 but I'm not going to take the beef alone. 23:08.020 --> 23:09.020 I'm not going to take it alone. 23:09.020 --> 23:10.020 Is that so? 23:10.020 --> 23:11.020 Yeah. 23:11.020 --> 23:12.020 You go back and tell Cecil and Ray 23:12.020 --> 23:13.020 that they're going with me. 23:13.020 --> 23:14.020 I'm not going to carry this by myself. 23:14.020 --> 23:15.020 You tell them that, will you? 23:15.020 --> 23:16.020 Sure. 23:16.020 --> 23:17.020 Pony deal anyway. 23:17.020 --> 23:18.020 I sit here with the press, all the checks, 23:18.020 --> 23:20.020 anything goes wrong, I'm the one that stands for it. 23:20.020 --> 23:24.020 They're out with the money, one-sided, that's what it is. 23:24.020 --> 23:25.020 They get the kicks, I get the work, one-sided. 23:25.020 --> 23:26.020 No, not this time. 23:26.020 --> 23:27.020 Huh? 23:27.020 --> 23:28.020 You're all going to come out even. 23:28.020 --> 23:38.020 Cecil James Maddox, Raymond Richard Johnstone, 23:38.020 --> 23:41.020 and Paul Milton Hadley were tried and convicted 23:41.020 --> 23:43.020 on 18 counts of forgery. 23:43.020 --> 23:46.020 They received sentence as prescribed by law. 23:46.020 --> 23:49.020 Forgery is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail 23:49.020 --> 23:52.020 for not more than one year, or by imprisonment 23:52.020 --> 23:56.020 for not more than 14 years in the state penitentiary. 23:56.020 --> 23:58.020 You have just heard Dragnet, 23:58.020 --> 24:01.020 the authentic story of your police force in action, 24:01.020 --> 24:06.020 and starring Jack Webb, a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 24:06.020 --> 24:20.020 The United States Armed Forces Radio Service 24:20.020 --> 24:34.020 The United States Armed Forces Radio Service 24:34.020 --> 24:46.020 The United States Armed Forces Radio Service 24:46.020 --> 24:59.020 The United States Armed Forces Radio Service 24:59.020 --> 25:18.020 The United States Armed Forces Radio Service