1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,680 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,640 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:15,640 Dragmits. 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:23,440 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:29,080 You're assigned to robbery detail. 6 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:32,320 You've been looking for a suspect in a market robbery for three weeks. 7 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,320 Finally, an informant calls you with information. 8 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:42,240 Your job, check it out. 9 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:43,240 Was Tuesday, February 17th. 10 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,200 It was cold in Los Angeles. 11 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,120 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 12 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:48,120 My partner is Frank Smith. 13 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,120 The boss is Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 14 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:51,120 My name's Friday. 15 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,360 We were on our way out from the office and it was 1056 by the time we parked our car 16 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,360 and got to 4278 Winona. 17 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,360 The Balamese room. 18 00:00:58,360 --> 00:00:59,360 Hi Joe, Frank. 19 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:00,360 Van, how's it going? 20 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:01,360 I'm walking around, about all I can expect. 21 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:02,360 Sit down. 22 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:03,360 Thank you. 23 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:04,360 Get you anything? 24 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:05,360 No, no thanks. 25 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:06,360 Just made a fresh pot of coffee in the back. 26 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:07,360 Like the cup? 27 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:08,360 Yeah, I might go for one. 28 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:09,360 How about you, Frank? 29 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:10,360 Sure, I'll get it. 30 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:11,360 You both take it black, don't you? 31 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:12,360 That's right. 32 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:13,360 Yeah, man. 33 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:14,360 What was it you wanted to talk to us about? 34 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:15,360 What? 35 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:16,360 I said what was it you wanted to see us about? 36 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:17,360 In just a minute, I'll be right with you. 37 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:18,360 Here, you want to take one of these cups? 38 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:19,360 Yeah, let me give you a hand there. 39 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:20,360 All right. 40 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:29,360 Here you go, Frank. 41 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:30,360 Thanks. 42 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,360 What do you got for us, Van? 43 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,960 I read in a paper a couple weeks ago where you had a stick up at that big market out 44 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:37,960 in the valley, is that right? 45 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:38,960 Yeah, Pete made it with close to $7,000. 46 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:39,960 You got anything on it? 47 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:40,960 Well, what'd the guy look like? 48 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:47,960 Well, the description we got was 28 to 30, 5'8", 5'10", 145 pounds, dark hair, dark 49 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:48,960 eyes. 50 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:50,560 And he was wearing a leather jacket and denim pants. 51 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:51,960 It was all in the paper van. 52 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:53,560 Well, it might fit then. 53 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:54,560 All except the clothes, huh? 54 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,320 There's been a bohunk hanging around here the last couple weeks. 55 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,120 He's got a roller to make a horse pretty sick. 56 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:00,120 Yeah? 57 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,920 The funny part is that I've seen him around here for a year and he never had two dimes 58 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:03,920 to rub together. 59 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:05,800 All of a sudden he turns up loaded. 60 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,640 Popping for drinks all over the place. 61 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,800 Loaded down with expensive watches, good clothes, everything that goes with money. 62 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:11,800 What's his name, you know? 63 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:12,800 Well, I don't know the whole thing. 64 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:13,800 I've been calling him Nick. 65 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:14,800 That's all I know. 66 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:16,920 He matches the description pretty close, huh? 67 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:17,920 All except the clothes. 68 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:19,960 Rags he's carrying now are the best. 69 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:21,480 Don't look like they come from plain rags. 70 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:22,480 Mm-hmm. 71 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:23,880 Did he come up with any kind of a story about the money? 72 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:27,520 No, I kind of hinted at it a couple of times, you know, in a joking sort of way. 73 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:28,520 I didn't want to be too nosy. 74 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:29,520 Yeah, I know. 75 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:34,000 All he says is that he met the locksmith at Fort Knox, passed it off as a big joke, said 76 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,400 he found the easy way to live. 77 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:36,400 Might be our man. 78 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:37,400 Do you have any close friends? 79 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,240 No, Joey plays a kind of solo. 80 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:40,640 He dated Madge a couple of times. 81 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:41,640 Who's Madge? 82 00:02:41,640 --> 00:02:42,640 She's a waper's here. 83 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:43,640 Comes in about six. 84 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:44,640 She works the tables and back. 85 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:45,640 Mm-hmm. 86 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:46,640 Did she tell you anything about the guy? 87 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:50,120 No, I asked her, but she says they had dinner, took in a couple of clubs, then he took her 88 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:51,120 home. 89 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:52,120 Played it straight all evening. 90 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:53,120 Mm-hmm. 91 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:54,360 Kind of worried Madge for a couple of days after. 92 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:55,760 Figured she was kind of slipping a little. 93 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:57,360 You didn't say anything to her? 94 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,000 No, no kind of a tip-off. 95 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Played it real straight, like I said. 96 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Did he have a job? 97 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,400 Well, not so as you'd notice. 98 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,000 Doesn't seem to have any working hours. 99 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,320 Used to walk in here at all hours. 100 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:06,600 Got any other friends? 101 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:07,600 No close ones. 102 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,320 He'd buy drinks for anybody that was around when he was popping, but he never came in 103 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:11,320 with nobody. 104 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:12,320 He never left with anybody. 105 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:13,320 You seen him around lately? 106 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:14,320 No, not for a couple of days. 107 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:15,320 Got any idea where he lives? 108 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,080 No, I don't think he pads down here in the neighborhood. 109 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:19,080 How about a car? 110 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:20,080 No go. 111 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,680 All the time I saw him, he rode cabs, took them here and left in them. 112 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,760 Well, last time he left, you say where he was going? 113 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:25,760 No, just shoved off. 114 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,160 Said he might not be around for a couple of days and have a hot cup of Irish coffee waiting 115 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:30,160 for him when he got back. 116 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:31,160 What's Irish coffee? 117 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:32,160 Well, it's a new drink. 118 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,360 I got it from a friend of mine up in San Francisco. 119 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,320 A cup of coffee, Irish whiskey, topped with a Jolder whipped cream. 120 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:38,960 Just drank them all the time. 121 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:39,960 Yeah. 122 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:41,320 Yeah, he's got the whole place on him. 123 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,680 You come in some night, we got more coffee cups on the bar than glasses. 124 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,960 Didn't give me any idea where he was going, did you? 125 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,520 Well, if he threw it, I didn't hear it. 126 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:50,680 Anybody around the place you might have talked to? 127 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:51,960 Well, I can't give you no names. 128 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:53,120 Might talk to Madge. 129 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,080 I don't think she'll come up with anything, but you can try. 130 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:56,880 What time did you say she came in? 131 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:57,880 Six. 132 00:03:57,880 --> 00:03:58,880 That's when she's supposed to check in. 133 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:02,280 Once in a while she's late, but she's supposed to have her apron on about six. 134 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,280 Okay, Van, thanks for the call. 135 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:05,280 We'll be back. 136 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,120 Now, if this Nick comes in, give us the ring. 137 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:08,840 Sure, if he's in town, he'll be back. 138 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:09,840 Yeah. 139 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,700 Sure, he's all the time telling me we got the best Irish coffee in town. 140 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:14,920 It's all he drinks, so it figures he'll be here to get some. 141 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:16,400 Right away I see him, I'll give you a call. 142 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:17,400 All right, thanks, Van. 143 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:18,720 I sure hope it's the guy you're after. 144 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:19,720 Yeah, so do we. 145 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:20,960 Seven, geez, a lot of money. 146 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:22,520 You can buy an awful lot with that. 147 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:23,840 Well, he better take it easy. 148 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:24,840 Yeah? 149 00:04:24,840 --> 00:04:34,120 He better not hit that Irish coffee too hard. 150 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:39,160 Three weeks previously, on Monday, January 19th at 9.40 a.m., a masked man had walked 151 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,840 into a supermarket at the corner of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Camarillo Street and 152 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:47,680 held up the store for a total of $7,367. 153 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,840 The alarm had gone out immediately, but the holdup man succeeded in getting out of the 154 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:52,440 area. 155 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,000 All routine procedure had been followed, but it resulted in no information to put us any 156 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,000 closer to the thief. 157 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Local broadcasts and APBs had been gotten out. 158 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,440 The description of the thief had been taken and checked through the stats office. 159 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:06,880 All leads had been followed up without result. 160 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:10,960 The phone call from the bartender appeared to be our first break in the case. 161 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,920 Frank and I went back to the city hall and checked the name, Nick, and the description 162 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:15,840 through the moniker, file and R&I. 163 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:19,080 There were only four possibles turned over to us. 164 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:23,040 We showed the mug shots to the bartender, but he couldn't give us an identification. 165 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,400 We got the home address of Madge, the cocktail waitress, and we went out to see her. 166 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,400 Her landlady told us that she wasn't home and that when the girl had left, she said 167 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,560 she'd go straight to work. 168 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,160 We waited for her at the bar, but after talking to her, we had no additional information to 169 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:36,160 work with. 170 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,880 The following morning, we began to canvas the neighborhood. 171 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,600 We talked to shopkeepers and store owners. 172 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,440 In several clothing stores, we found clerks who thought they remembered the man, but they 173 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,160 were unable to give us any information on him. 174 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,400 Late that afternoon, we talked to a jeweler. 175 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,200 We asked if he had a customer who might fit the description of the suspect. 176 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,200 Yes, sir. 177 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:55,680 It seems to me I remember a man like that. 178 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,480 What can you tell us about him, Mr. Hobbs? 179 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:58,480 Not much. 180 00:05:58,480 --> 00:05:59,480 I bought quite a bit of merchandise. 181 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:01,440 What is it you want to know? 182 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:02,440 Could you give us his name? 183 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:03,440 I'm afraid not. 184 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:04,440 How about receipts? 185 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:05,440 Anything like that? 186 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:06,440 No, sir. 187 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:07,440 It was a cash sale. 188 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:08,440 There was no reason to take his name. 189 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:09,440 Uh-huh. 190 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:11,320 Can you give us any information on him at all? 191 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,280 Maybe if you could tell me what this is all about, I could help you out. 192 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:16,040 Oh, it's a police matter, Mr. Hobbs. 193 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:20,040 You must understand, Sergeant, I want to do what I can, but it's rather difficult without 194 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,720 knowing exactly what days you're after. 195 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:23,160 Well, we want to find a man. 196 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,320 Any information you have that'll help us do that will be appreciated. 197 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,400 I'm afraid there's nothing I can do for you. 198 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:28,400 Well, how about the things you bought? 199 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:29,400 You want the complete list? 200 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:30,400 Yeah. 201 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:31,400 How much do you buy? 202 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,400 I'll have to look it up just a minute. 203 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:34,400 All right, sir. 204 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:35,400 You keep a record of your sales, do you? 205 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:36,400 Yeah, I have to for tax purposes. 206 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:37,400 Just a minute. 207 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:38,400 Uh-huh. 208 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:39,400 I'm not certain of the date. 209 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:40,400 Take a minute to find. 210 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:41,400 Oh, that should take you time. 211 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:42,400 Let's see. 212 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:43,400 Yeah. 213 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:44,400 Here. 214 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:45,400 Here it is. 215 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,400 Bought a gold tie bar, set of cufflinks and a wristwatch. 216 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,400 Can you give us the description of the goods? 217 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,400 A plain gold tie bar, square ends. 218 00:06:54,400 --> 00:07:04,400 Cufflinks were plain, sort of square design, no relief work. 219 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,400 How about the watch? 220 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,400 A Patek Philippe, solid gold. 221 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,400 Anything about the watch that would make it easier to identify? 222 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:12,400 No. 223 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,400 You got a record of the case, a movement number? 224 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:15,400 Mm-hmm. 225 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:16,400 You want that? 226 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:17,400 Might help. 227 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:18,400 Yeah, I can get it for you. 228 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:19,400 All right, fine. 229 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:20,400 How do you pay for this merchandise? 230 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:21,400 In cash. 231 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:22,400 Yes, sir. 232 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,400 But what about the denominations of the bills? 233 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:25,400 Would you remember what they were? 234 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,400 I'm sorry, Sergeant, I can't help you. 235 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:29,400 That was a while ago and I don't remember. 236 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,400 Is there anything at all about the man that might help us identify him? 237 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:33,400 An accent, maybe? 238 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:34,400 Way walk, way dress. 239 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:35,400 No. 240 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,400 He was well dressed, conservative. 241 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,400 Well, except the tie. 242 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:41,400 That was rather jarring. 243 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:42,400 What, sir? 244 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,400 He had on a dark flannel suit, button-down collar, black shoes. 245 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,400 Everything went together except the tie. 246 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:50,400 It was bright red. 247 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:51,400 What about his speech? 248 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:52,400 Was there anything there? 249 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:53,400 Not that I remember. 250 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:54,400 Nothing else about it? 251 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:55,400 No, sir. 252 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,400 Well, all right, Mr. Hobbs, I'm gonna leave one of our cards with you. 253 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:59,400 If you think of anything else, we'd appreciate a call. 254 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:00,400 Mm-hmm. 255 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:01,400 Ask for you, Mr. Prady. 256 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:02,400 Oh, either me or Frank Smith here. 257 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,400 All right, if I think of anything. 258 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,400 If you'll get the numbers on the watch for us, please. 259 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,400 Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. 260 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,400 Say, there is something. 261 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:12,400 Yeah, sir? 262 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,400 When he bought the new watch, he was wearing one. 263 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:16,400 Uh-huh. 264 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,400 Asked me if I'd give him anything for it, wanted to trade it in. 265 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:19,400 Yeah. 266 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,400 I told him it wasn't worth anything to me. 267 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,400 Suggested he'd try to sell it to a secondhand store. 268 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:24,400 Yeah. 269 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:26,400 He said he'd seen the last of Hock's shops. 270 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,400 Said if I didn't want to buy the watch, he'd make me a gift of it. 271 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:30,400 Well, did you take it? 272 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,400 He left it here. 273 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:32,400 You still have it? 274 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:33,400 I think it's still in the back. 275 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:34,400 I got a box of old parts. 276 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:35,400 His watch might be in there. 277 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:36,400 What if you'd mind checking that, sir? 278 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:37,400 Yeah, in just a minute. 279 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:38,400 Let's see if I can find it. 280 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:39,400 Mm-hmm. 281 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:40,400 What do you think? 282 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:41,400 I don't know. 283 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:42,400 It might be something. 284 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:43,400 I don't know what to do for a break. 285 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:44,400 Yeah. 286 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:45,400 We gonna tag the office after this? 287 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:46,400 Yeah, I guess. 288 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,400 You gonna go home for dinner? 289 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:50,400 No, not tonight. 290 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:52,400 They's got the girls from the bridge club coming over. 291 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,400 I thought I'd go by Allen Lum's, get some shrimp and lobster. 292 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:56,400 You wanna go with me? 293 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:57,400 Where? 294 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:58,400 Allen Lum's. 295 00:08:58,400 --> 00:08:59,400 Oh, yeah. 296 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:00,400 Good lobster player. 297 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:01,400 Sure, I'll go with you. 298 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:02,400 In here. 299 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:03,400 Here it is. 300 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:04,400 The watch is in here now, some place. 301 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:05,400 What kind of a watch is it, sir? 302 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:06,400 Off brand. 303 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:07,400 It should be here some place. 304 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:08,400 Let this one here. 305 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:09,400 Broken, huh? 306 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:10,400 Let me see. 307 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:11,400 Oh, yeah. 308 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:12,400 Why? 309 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:13,400 I don't know. 310 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,400 Nothing special. 311 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:17,400 Kind of nice looking. 312 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,400 If it worked, we might be able to make a deal. 313 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,400 If I sold you that one, I'd be in jail tomorrow, sure. 314 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,400 Oh, wait a minute. 315 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:28,400 Here. 316 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:29,400 Here it is. 317 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:30,400 This is it? 318 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:31,400 Yes, sir. 319 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,400 Well, now, is there anything about the watch that would make it possible to tell where it 320 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:35,400 was bought? 321 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:36,400 No, sir. 322 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:37,400 It's a cheap brand. 323 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:38,400 Most of the drugstores in town carry them. 324 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:39,400 Uh-huh. 325 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:40,400 What if you mind if we take it with us? 326 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:41,400 We'll give you a receipt. 327 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:42,400 That won't be necessary. 328 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:43,400 I trust you. 329 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:44,400 We appreciate it, Mr. Howes. 330 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:45,400 We'd better give you a receipt. 331 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:46,400 Well, all right. 332 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:47,400 I'll get the book. 333 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,400 Oh, I just thought of something. 334 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,400 It might not work, but it's worth a try. 335 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:54,400 Yes, sir. 336 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:55,400 What's that? 337 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:56,400 Just a minute. 338 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:57,400 Yeah. 339 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:58,400 He did. 340 00:09:58,400 --> 00:09:59,400 Sir? 341 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,400 He had the watch repaired at one time or another. 342 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:04,400 You see here? 343 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:05,400 Let me see. 344 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,400 I don't believe I see what you mean. 345 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:08,400 Well, here. 346 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:09,400 See the initials there and the numbers? 347 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,400 It's R.J. 10567. 348 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:13,400 Yeah. 349 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,400 That's the initials of a watcher's family worked on the watch. 350 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:18,400 That should make it pretty simple, shouldn't it? 351 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:19,400 Yes, sir. 352 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:20,400 It'll help. 353 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:21,400 Yeah, simple. 354 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,400 All you have to do is find R.J. and get the name of the man who had work number 10567. 355 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,400 He should be able to give you the name of the man you're looking for. 356 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:28,400 Simple. 357 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:29,400 Yes, sir. 358 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,400 It's not quite that easy, but it's a place to start. 359 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:41,400 We left the jeweler and we went back to the office. 360 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:45,400 We checked the phone book for watch repairmen with the possible initials of R.J. 361 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,400 Frank got on one phone and I got on another. 362 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:52,400 It was a long chance that the watch had been bought and serviced in Los Angeles. 363 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:56,400 We went through the watch repair companies where the initials we were looking for, and 364 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,400 then we started at the top of the list of jewelry concerns. 365 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,400 I see. 366 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:02,400 That's right, sir. 367 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:03,400 Thank you very much. 368 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:04,400 I'll call the information we have. 369 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:05,400 Yes, sir. 370 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:06,400 Thanks a lot. 371 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:07,400 Goodbye. 372 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:08,400 No, I wouldn't be able to tell you anymore. 373 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:09,400 Bye. 374 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:10,400 Bye. 375 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:11,400 I got nothing. 376 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,400 Well, we better get on or we're going to have to wait until tomorrow. 377 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:14,400 520. 378 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,400 Most of the place is closed in a few minutes, so let's stay with it. 379 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:18,400 Yeah. 380 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,400 It's getting so I can't see the numbers on this dial anymore. 381 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:22,400 Oh. 382 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:28,400 This is Sergeant Friday, Los Angeles Police Department. 383 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:29,400 Hello. 384 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:30,400 Yes, sir. 385 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:31,400 This is Officer Frank Smith. 386 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:32,400 No, there's nothing wrong. 387 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:33,400 Do you have a watch repairman who uses the initials RJ? 388 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:34,400 Why don't you give me some information? 389 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:35,400 No, that's RJ. 390 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:36,400 Yes, sir. 391 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,400 Do you have a watch repairman who uses the initials RJ? 392 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:40,400 No, sir. 393 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:41,400 No, we're looking for information. 394 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,400 That's all. 395 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:43,400 RJ is in Jane. 396 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:44,400 And we'd like nothing at all. 397 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:45,400 Yes, ma'am. 398 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:46,400 All right, sir. 399 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:47,400 Thank you. 400 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:48,400 I'll wait. 401 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:49,400 Bye. 402 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:50,400 Thank you. 403 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:51,400 I'll hang on. 404 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:52,400 Nothing here. 405 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:53,400 I don't know. 406 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:54,400 Maybe we got a dead end. 407 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:55,400 Yeah. 408 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:56,400 She's gone to look here. 409 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,400 I see. 410 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,400 What's that? 411 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:05,400 Hello, this is Sergeant Friday, Los Angeles Police Department. 412 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:06,400 Wait a minute, will you? 413 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:07,400 Hey, hold it, Joe. 414 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:08,400 I got one. 415 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:09,400 Just a minute, please. 416 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:10,400 Could you hold on a minute? 417 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:11,400 Yeah, that's right. 418 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:12,400 This is Frank Smith. 419 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:13,400 Hang on a minute. 420 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:14,400 I got one. 421 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,400 This is Frank Smith, robbery detail. 422 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,400 Can you tell me who gave you the work number? 423 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:24,400 No, can you tell me who you gave the work number 10567 to? 424 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,400 That's right, 10567. 425 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:29,400 Yes, sir, I'll hang on. 426 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:30,400 I got a guy now. 427 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:31,400 He's checking it. 428 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:32,400 Does it look good? 429 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:33,400 Well, might be. 430 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:34,400 Place down on 5th, West 5th. 431 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,400 Well, I'll let this one go for me. 432 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:37,400 Yeah. 433 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:38,400 Hello, sir. 434 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:39,400 Yeah, that's right, sir. 435 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:40,400 Well, I'll call you back. 436 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:41,400 567. 437 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:42,400 No, it's nothing important, sir. 438 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:43,400 Who? 439 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:44,400 Well, I may call back. 440 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:45,400 I mean... 441 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:46,400 Do you have an address for him? 442 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:47,400 Yes, sir. 443 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:48,400 Thank you very much. 444 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:49,400 I see. 445 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:50,400 Do you remember him at all? 446 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:51,400 Mm-hmm. 447 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:52,400 Well, thanks very much. 448 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:53,400 We'll get in touch with you. 449 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,400 Well, according to this guy, the watch was brought in by Mike Langley. 450 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,400 Well, maybe we know who we're looking for now. 451 00:12:58,400 --> 00:12:59,400 Well, there's another problem, though. 452 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:00,400 Yeah. 453 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:01,400 There's no address on Langley. 454 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,400 We checked the name Langley through R&I, 455 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:12,400 but without any description to work with, 456 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,400 there was little chance that we'd find anything. 457 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,400 We checked the description on the arrest reports 458 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:18,400 against that of our suspect, 459 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,400 and we ruled out all the possibles that we came up with. 460 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,400 We checked the name in the phone book, but we found no listing. 461 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,400 We checked the city directory without result. 462 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,400 6.15 p.m. 463 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:29,400 We got in touch with the utility companies 464 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:31,400 and asked them to check their records. 465 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:35,400 They told us they'd call us back by the next morning with the information. 466 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:37,400 Wednesday, February 18th, 9.12 a.m. 467 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,400 Frank and I were in the squad room. 468 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,400 I got it. 469 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,400 Robbery Friday. 470 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:46,400 Yes, that's right. 471 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:47,400 Mm-hmm. 472 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:49,400 Okay. Yeah, go ahead. 473 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,400 Mm-hmm. 474 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,400 2647 Gilbert. 475 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,400 That's G as in George, I-L-B-E-R-T. 476 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,400 Yeah. Okay. Uh-huh. 477 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,400 Well, how long have they had that service? 478 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:03,400 Uh-huh. Right, you betcha. 479 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:05,400 Thanks very... Friday. 480 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,400 Yes, right. Thanks very much. 481 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,400 They came up with it, huh? 482 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:10,400 Yeah, looks real good here. 483 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,400 Service started on Friday, January 16th. 484 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:13,400 Yeah. 485 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:19,400 Two days before the robbery. 486 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:23,400 9.52 a.m. 487 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,400 We made another check at R&I, and then we left the office. 488 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,400 We drove out the Hollywood Freeway, turned off at Vermont, 489 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,400 and drove over to Gilbert. 490 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,400 2647 was the last unit in the Spanish-style court. 491 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,400 Frank covered the back of the place, 492 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,400 and I went up and rang the doorbell. 493 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,400 The door was opened by a woman in her late 20s. 494 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,400 She identified herself as Mrs. Pearl Langley. 495 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:45,400 We asked about her husband. She told us he was at work. 496 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,400 Frank and I got the address and drove over to the place. 497 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:51,400 Frank Langley was a fry cook in a small restaurant on Spring Street. 498 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,400 We took him back into the manager's office, and we talked to him. 499 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:56,400 He matched the description of the suspect very close. 500 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:57,400 You're way off base. 501 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,400 Well, maybe you can tell us where you were on Saturday, January 17th, huh? 502 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,400 Sure. I was home helping Pearl. 503 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:04,400 We just moved into the new place the day before. 504 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,400 I was giving her a hand getting things straightened out. 505 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,400 What about Sunday, the 18th? 506 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:09,400 I worked. Here? 507 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:10,400 It's the only job I've got. 508 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,400 What about Monday, the 19th? 509 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:13,400 Same deal. You were here. 510 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,400 That's right. What time do you come to work? 511 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:17,400 I get in about 6.30, line things up in the kitchen. 512 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:18,400 We open at 7.30. 513 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:20,400 You're pretty sure of where you were on the 19th, huh? 514 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:21,400 Positive. 515 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,400 Any special reason, you're so sure? 516 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:24,400 What do you mean? 517 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:26,400 Well, any reason you'd remember you were working on that day? 518 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:28,400 Nothing besides I haven't missed a day since I took the job. 519 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:29,400 When was that? 520 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,400 About a year and a half ago. 521 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,400 You'd have to check with the boss. 522 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,400 He'd have a record of what days you were here, huh? 523 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,400 That old skim flimmy's got a note on every minute I was in the kitchen. 524 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,400 He'll probably tell you how many eggs I fried since I've been cooking for him. 525 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:42,400 You want to check on that, Frank? 526 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:43,400 Yeah. 527 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,400 I want you to look at something here, Langley, and tell me if you know who it belongs to. 528 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,400 Sure. What do you got? 529 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:50,400 Right here. 530 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,400 It's a cheap watch. It isn't mine. 531 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:55,400 Have you ever seen it? 532 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:56,400 I don't think so. 533 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:57,400 You ever been arrested? 534 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:58,400 Why you ask that? 535 00:15:58,400 --> 00:15:59,400 Have you? 536 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:00,400 No. 537 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:01,400 Never been in trouble with the police? 538 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:02,400 Not in California. 539 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:03,400 Where? 540 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:04,400 Texas. 541 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:05,400 Where in Texas? 542 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:06,400 Galveston. 543 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:07,400 What was the beef? 544 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,400 I was driving and they nailed me on the boulevard. 545 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:10,400 What'd you draw? 546 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:11,400 Pay to find it, ten days. 547 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,400 That's the only trouble you've ever had with the police? 548 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:14,400 That's it. 549 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:15,400 You sure about this watch? 550 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:16,400 Yeah. 551 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:17,400 Never saw it before? 552 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:18,400 No. 553 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:19,400 Go. 554 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:20,400 Yeah. 555 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:21,400 Be right back, Langley. 556 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:23,400 I'd appreciate it if you could step it up. 557 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,400 The boss is going to start docking me if I'm off much more. 558 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:26,400 Out. 559 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:29,400 What do you got? 560 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:30,400 I checked with the owner. 561 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:32,400 Looks like we're far out on this thing. 562 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:44,400 Langley was working all day the 19th. 563 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:59,400 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 564 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:04,400 We contacted the authorities in Galveston and talked with officers Rex Torian and Ruben Guzman. 565 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,400 They told us that Mike Langley had been arrested for drunk driving. 566 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:13,400 They went on to say that he'd lived in the Beach City for several years and that until his arrest he had never been in trouble. 567 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,400 We brought him down to the city hall and we talked to him further. 568 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:23,400 The victims of the holdup were asked to a special show up, but although they said Langley looked quite a bit like the stick-up man, they couldn't give us a positive identification. 569 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:25,400 He was released from custody. 570 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:29,400 On Thursday, February 19th, we got a call from him asking us to come out to his home. 571 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,400 Frank and I left the office and drove to the Gilbert Street address. 572 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:34,400 We met Langley and his wife. 573 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,400 You met my wife Pearl, didn't you? 574 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:37,400 Yes, sir, we did. 575 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:38,400 We met yesterday. 576 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:39,400 Now what do you want to see us about, Langley? 577 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:40,400 Sit down. 578 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:41,400 Can I get you anything? 579 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:42,400 A cup of coffee? 580 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:43,400 No, thank you, ma'am. 581 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:47,400 I hate to bring you guys out here, but I want to get this thing cleared up. 582 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:48,400 Yes, sir, we do too. 583 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:49,400 You got that watch with you? 584 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:50,400 Yes, sir. 585 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:51,400 Yeah. 586 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:52,400 Here you are. 587 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:53,400 Oh, thanks. 588 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:58,400 I got to thinking about it last night about why you think it was mine. 589 00:17:58,400 --> 00:17:59,400 Yes, sir. 590 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,400 I guess it didn't make much of an impression on me at the time, but I remembered it. 591 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:03,400 Yeah? 592 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,400 I figured out how you got my name on it. 593 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:06,400 Yes, sir. 594 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:07,400 I did take the watch in to be fixed. 595 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:09,400 It isn't mine, but I did have it fixed. 596 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:10,400 Well, who does it belong to? 597 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,400 My cousin, Herbert Langley. 598 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,400 He got in some trouble when he was at Quentin. 599 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,400 He sent the watch out to me to have it fixed. 600 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:17,400 I guess I must have forgotten all about it. 601 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:18,400 You know where he is now? 602 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:19,400 He was staying here with us. 603 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:20,400 How long ago, ma'am? 604 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,400 The guy the day after we moved in the house. 605 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:24,400 That'd be Sunday. 606 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:25,400 Yeah. 607 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,400 I remember it because Mike and me were trying to get the place straightened out and Herb 608 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:30,400 didn't do anything but sit around and guzzle beer. 609 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,400 Didn't look to hand to help. 610 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:32,400 So you're here now? 611 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:33,400 You mean staying here? 612 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:34,400 Yes, ma'am. 613 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:36,400 No, he moved out about a week ago. 614 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:37,400 Did he tell you where he was going? 615 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:38,400 No. 616 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,400 He said he was tired of being a fifth wheel left. 617 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:42,400 Him and Pearl didn't get along too good. 618 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:43,400 We sure didn't. 619 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,400 One thing I don't go is a man that doesn't work. 620 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:50,400 Laying around the house all day or else down at some bar drinking all day. 621 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,400 Do you know what he was in jail for? 622 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:53,400 Herb kept telling us it was a bad beef. 623 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,400 They didn't have anything to do with it. 624 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:56,400 What was the charge? 625 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:57,400 Robbery. 626 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:58,400 Where was that? 627 00:18:58,400 --> 00:18:59,400 Up north. 628 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:00,400 It was at San Rafael, wasn't it, honey? 629 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:01,400 A real bum. 630 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,400 I wish you wouldn't say that, Pearl. 631 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:04,400 Why not? 632 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:05,400 It's true. 633 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:06,400 You just didn't understand him. 634 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:07,400 No, and I didn't want to. 635 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:08,400 I don't like him. 636 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:09,400 Never did. 637 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,400 All the time, laying around, giving orders. 638 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,400 Wanted to be waited on, hand and foot. 639 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,400 He was asking for something. 640 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:17,400 Him and that lousy coffee. 641 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,400 That was the end when he started asking for that Irish coffee. 642 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:21,400 What do you mean? 643 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,400 Coffee, Irish whiskey, and whipped cream. 644 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:25,400 Something he heard about someplace. 645 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:26,400 Do you know where he is now? 646 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:27,400 No. 647 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:28,400 How about you, sir? 648 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,400 Well, I haven't got the address, but he did say something about going back to see Mother. 649 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:32,400 Where would that be? 650 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:33,400 Texas. 651 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:34,400 He wasn't sure. 652 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:35,400 He just said he was thinking about it. 653 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,400 Oh, did he say when he was coming back? 654 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:38,400 No. 655 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,400 Him and Pearl had a beef before he left. 656 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:45,400 Packed the bag, said he'd never be back. 657 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:53,400 We got a complete description of Herbert Langley and a snapshot of him. 658 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,400 Frank and I went back to the office and put in a call to Fred Galloway in the adult authority 659 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:58,400 office. 660 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,400 He contacted Sacramento and got Langley's prison number. 661 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,400 We checked the coming out mug books and got a good picture of the suspect. 662 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:08,400 This was shown to the victims and they identified him positively as the holdup man. 663 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:12,400 A local and an APB were gotten out on him and a radiogram was sent to the authorities 664 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:15,400 in Galveston, Texas asking them to check on the suspect. 665 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,400 We got a list of his known friends and other relatives. 666 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,400 These were interviewed, but they were unable to give us any further leads on Langley's 667 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,400 whereabouts. 668 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,400 A week went by. 669 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,400 On Friday, February 27th, Frank and I got back into the office from the main jail. 670 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:31,400 You think he's telling the truth? 671 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,400 Yeah, well, if he is, it's the first time. 672 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,400 He hasn't had an honest job in the last six years. 673 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,400 Better check the book, huh? 674 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:38,400 Yeah. 675 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:42,400 Robbery, Stuart. 676 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:44,400 Yeah, just a minute. 677 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:45,400 Joe, take one. 678 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,400 Thanks, Hugh. 679 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:48,400 One? 680 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,400 One. 681 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:52,400 Miss Friday? 682 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:53,400 Yes, ma'am. 683 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,400 Uh-huh. 684 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,400 Well, no, he won't hear it from us. 685 00:20:58,400 --> 00:20:59,400 Yeah. 686 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,400 Well, how long ago was that? 687 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:02,400 Yeah. 688 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:03,400 All right, no, we'll check it out. 689 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:04,400 Thanks for calling us. 690 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:05,400 Right? 691 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:06,400 Bye. 692 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:07,400 Nothing in the book. 693 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,400 It was Pearl Langley on the phone. 694 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:10,400 Yeah. 695 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:11,400 She just got a message from the suspect. 696 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:12,400 Yeah. 697 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:19,400 He's in town. 698 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,400 Frank and I, along with Stuart, Creasy, Stromwell, and Stoner, checked out of the office and 699 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,400 went over to the bar on Winona Street. 700 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:28,400 Mrs. Langley had told me on the phone that her brother-in-law had sent a telegram to the 701 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,400 house asking that her husband meet him there after work. 702 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,400 When we got to the place, the suspect wasn't there. 703 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,400 Stuart and Creasy covered the front of the bar while Stromwell and Stoner staked out on 704 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,400 the alley at the back of the place. 705 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,400 Frank and I went inside and talked to the bartender, Van Gordon. 706 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:43,400 Hi, Joe, Frank. 707 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:44,400 Van. 708 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:45,400 How's it going? 709 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:46,400 You seen the fellow Nick that you told us about? 710 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:47,400 No, not since I talked to you. 711 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,400 If you'd been in, I'd have sure given you a call. 712 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:50,400 Why? 713 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:51,400 Well, we got word he's in town. 714 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:52,400 Supposed to show up here. 715 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:53,400 How heavy is he? 716 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:54,400 We don't know for sure. 717 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:55,400 You found out who he is yet? 718 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:56,400 Yeah. 719 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:57,400 We made him for a Herbert Langley. 720 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:58,400 You got him for the market job? 721 00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:59,400 Victims say he's the man, yeah. 722 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:00,400 Uh-huh. 723 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:01,400 But when do you say he's going to be here? 724 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,400 Oh, the way we got it sometime this afternoon. 725 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:05,400 Say, you going to take him here? 726 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:06,400 I'm going to try. 727 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:07,400 Well, do me a favor, will you? 728 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:08,400 Try it, or what's that? 729 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:12,400 Well, if there's a beef, will you try and steer him outside before he gets spat out? 730 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:13,400 I don't want the place broken up. 731 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:14,400 I would do what we can. 732 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:15,400 We get you anything while you're waiting? 733 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:16,400 How about some coffee? 734 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:17,400 Yeah, I think there's some left. 735 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:18,400 I don't know how good it is. 736 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:19,400 Well, as long as it's hot and black. 737 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:20,400 Well, I'll get a couple of cups. 738 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,400 You want to drink it here at the bar? 739 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,400 No, we'll take it to one of the booths. 740 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:25,400 Okay. 741 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:26,400 Hey, you'll remember, huh? 742 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:27,400 What's that? 743 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:28,400 I'll try to steer him outside. 744 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:32,400 Okay, I'll try to steer him. 745 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,400 Frank and I sat down in the booth and we waited. 746 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:36,400 2.30 p.m. 747 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:37,400 3. 748 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:38,400 No sign of Langley. 749 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:39,400 3.30. 750 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,400 Several people came in and sat down at the bar. 751 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,400 The bartender tried to get him out of the place as soon as he could. 752 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,400 In the event there wasn't any trouble, we didn't want anyone to get hurt. 753 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:49,400 4 o'clock. 754 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:50,400 4.15. 755 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:51,400 Hi, man. 756 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:52,400 How's it going? 757 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:53,400 Oh, pretty good, Nick. 758 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:54,400 Where you been? 759 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:55,400 Oh, I took a couple of weeks out of town. 760 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,400 I had some business to do. 761 00:22:58,400 --> 00:22:59,400 Uh-huh. 762 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:00,400 How'd it be? 763 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:01,400 Irish coffee, huh? 764 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:02,400 Yeah. 765 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:03,400 Put some whipped cream on it this time. 766 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:04,400 Sure, sure. 767 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:05,400 That's him. 768 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:06,400 Let's go. 769 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:07,400 Yeah. 770 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:08,400 You ever been up through Washington Bay? 771 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:09,400 No. 772 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:10,400 You should try to make the trip sometime. 773 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:11,400 Sure, beautiful. 774 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:12,400 You got something you want? 775 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:13,400 Herb Langley? 776 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:14,400 Who's asking? 777 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:15,400 Police officers. 778 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:16,400 You're under arrest. 779 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:17,400 All right. 780 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:18,400 Stand up. 781 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:19,400 What's the charge? 782 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:20,400 Robbery. 783 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:21,400 What's the charge? 784 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:25,400 I'll take him, Charlie. 785 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,400 Get him outside. 786 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,400 Don't break up the place. 787 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,400 Get out of here! 788 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,400 All right, come on. 789 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:37,400 Get up. 790 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:38,400 Want a coffee? 791 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:39,400 Yeah. 792 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:40,400 Oh, look at this place. 793 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:41,400 Just look at it. 794 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:42,400 It's gonna take me a couple of weeks to open it up again. 795 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:43,400 Oh, we're sorry about it, Van. 796 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:44,400 Oh, this isn't gonna do much good. 797 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:45,400 We're gonna have to do something about it. 798 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:46,400 Oh, I'm sorry. 799 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:47,400 Oh, I'm sorry. 800 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:48,400 Oh, I'm sorry. 801 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:49,400 Oh, I'm sorry. 802 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,400 Oh, I'm sorry about it, Van. 803 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:52,400 Oh, this isn't gonna do much good. 804 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:53,400 We're gonna place a smashed up. 805 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:54,400 Who's gonna pay for it? 806 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:55,400 Who's gonna make it right? 807 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:56,400 I wouldn't know. 808 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:57,400 See, I asked you to steer him outside. 809 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:58,400 I asked you to steer him outside. 810 00:23:58,400 --> 00:23:59,400 Well, he didn't give us much choice. 811 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:00,400 Huh? 812 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:01,400 This is the way he wanted it. 813 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,400 Nice to say, but who's gonna pay for it? 814 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:04,400 It wouldn't do much good if I told you. 815 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:05,400 Huh? 816 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:06,400 He's got another bill to pay first. 817 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:17,400 The story you've just heard is true. 818 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:44,280 Why don't you believe that there's a way that 819 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:49,120 in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of 820 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:52,520 not less than five years. 821 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:57,320 You have just heard Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action, and 822 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:02,480 starring Jack Webb, a presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service. 823 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:15,500 Cut.