WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.680 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:11.680 --> 00:14.640 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:14.640 --> 00:15.640 Dragmits. 00:15.640 --> 00:23.440 You're a detective sergeant. 00:23.440 --> 00:29.080 You're assigned to robbery detail. 00:29.080 --> 00:32.320 You've been looking for a suspect in a market robbery for three weeks. 00:32.320 --> 00:35.320 Finally, an informant calls you with information. 00:35.320 --> 00:42.240 Your job, check it out. 00:42.240 --> 00:43.240 Was Tuesday, February 17th. 00:43.240 --> 00:45.200 It was cold in Los Angeles. 00:45.200 --> 00:47.120 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 00:47.120 --> 00:48.120 My partner is Frank Smith. 00:48.120 --> 00:50.120 The boss is Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 00:50.120 --> 00:51.120 My name's Friday. 00:51.120 --> 00:54.360 We were on our way out from the office and it was 1056 by the time we parked our car 00:54.360 --> 00:56.360 and got to 4278 Winona. 00:56.360 --> 00:58.360 The Balamese room. 00:58.360 --> 00:59.360 Hi Joe, Frank. 00:59.360 --> 01:00.360 Van, how's it going? 01:00.360 --> 01:01.360 I'm walking around, about all I can expect. 01:01.360 --> 01:02.360 Sit down. 01:02.360 --> 01:03.360 Thank you. 01:03.360 --> 01:04.360 Get you anything? 01:04.360 --> 01:05.360 No, no thanks. 01:05.360 --> 01:06.360 Just made a fresh pot of coffee in the back. 01:06.360 --> 01:07.360 Like the cup? 01:07.360 --> 01:08.360 Yeah, I might go for one. 01:08.360 --> 01:09.360 How about you, Frank? 01:09.360 --> 01:10.360 Sure, I'll get it. 01:10.360 --> 01:11.360 You both take it black, don't you? 01:11.360 --> 01:12.360 That's right. 01:12.360 --> 01:13.360 Yeah, man. 01:13.360 --> 01:14.360 What was it you wanted to talk to us about? 01:14.360 --> 01:15.360 What? 01:15.360 --> 01:16.360 I said what was it you wanted to see us about? 01:16.360 --> 01:17.360 In just a minute, I'll be right with you. 01:17.360 --> 01:18.360 Here, you want to take one of these cups? 01:18.360 --> 01:19.360 Yeah, let me give you a hand there. 01:19.360 --> 01:20.360 All right. 01:20.360 --> 01:29.360 Here you go, Frank. 01:29.360 --> 01:30.360 Thanks. 01:30.360 --> 01:33.360 What do you got for us, Van? 01:33.360 --> 01:36.960 I read in a paper a couple weeks ago where you had a stick up at that big market out 01:36.960 --> 01:37.960 in the valley, is that right? 01:37.960 --> 01:38.960 Yeah, Pete made it with close to $7,000. 01:38.960 --> 01:39.960 You got anything on it? 01:39.960 --> 01:40.960 Well, what'd the guy look like? 01:40.960 --> 01:47.960 Well, the description we got was 28 to 30, 5'8", 5'10", 145 pounds, dark hair, dark 01:47.960 --> 01:48.960 eyes. 01:48.960 --> 01:50.560 And he was wearing a leather jacket and denim pants. 01:50.560 --> 01:51.960 It was all in the paper van. 01:51.960 --> 01:53.560 Well, it might fit then. 01:53.560 --> 01:54.560 All except the clothes, huh? 01:54.560 --> 01:57.320 There's been a bohunk hanging around here the last couple weeks. 01:57.320 --> 01:59.120 He's got a roller to make a horse pretty sick. 01:59.120 --> 02:00.120 Yeah? 02:00.120 --> 02:02.920 The funny part is that I've seen him around here for a year and he never had two dimes 02:02.920 --> 02:03.920 to rub together. 02:03.920 --> 02:05.800 All of a sudden he turns up loaded. 02:05.800 --> 02:07.640 Popping for drinks all over the place. 02:07.640 --> 02:10.800 Loaded down with expensive watches, good clothes, everything that goes with money. 02:10.800 --> 02:11.800 What's his name, you know? 02:11.800 --> 02:12.800 Well, I don't know the whole thing. 02:12.800 --> 02:13.800 I've been calling him Nick. 02:13.800 --> 02:14.800 That's all I know. 02:14.800 --> 02:16.920 He matches the description pretty close, huh? 02:16.920 --> 02:17.920 All except the clothes. 02:17.920 --> 02:19.960 Rags he's carrying now are the best. 02:19.960 --> 02:21.480 Don't look like they come from plain rags. 02:21.480 --> 02:22.480 Mm-hmm. 02:22.480 --> 02:23.880 Did he come up with any kind of a story about the money? 02:23.880 --> 02:27.520 No, I kind of hinted at it a couple of times, you know, in a joking sort of way. 02:27.520 --> 02:28.520 I didn't want to be too nosy. 02:28.520 --> 02:29.520 Yeah, I know. 02:29.520 --> 02:34.000 All he says is that he met the locksmith at Fort Knox, passed it off as a big joke, said 02:34.000 --> 02:35.400 he found the easy way to live. 02:35.400 --> 02:36.400 Might be our man. 02:36.400 --> 02:37.400 Do you have any close friends? 02:37.400 --> 02:39.240 No, Joey plays a kind of solo. 02:39.240 --> 02:40.640 He dated Madge a couple of times. 02:40.640 --> 02:41.640 Who's Madge? 02:41.640 --> 02:42.640 She's a waper's here. 02:42.640 --> 02:43.640 Comes in about six. 02:43.640 --> 02:44.640 She works the tables and back. 02:44.640 --> 02:45.640 Mm-hmm. 02:45.640 --> 02:46.640 Did she tell you anything about the guy? 02:46.640 --> 02:50.120 No, I asked her, but she says they had dinner, took in a couple of clubs, then he took her 02:50.120 --> 02:51.120 home. 02:51.120 --> 02:52.120 Played it straight all evening. 02:52.120 --> 02:53.120 Mm-hmm. 02:53.120 --> 02:54.360 Kind of worried Madge for a couple of days after. 02:54.360 --> 02:55.760 Figured she was kind of slipping a little. 02:55.760 --> 02:57.360 You didn't say anything to her? 02:57.360 --> 02:59.000 No, no kind of a tip-off. 02:59.000 --> 03:00.000 Played it real straight, like I said. 03:00.000 --> 03:01.000 Did he have a job? 03:01.000 --> 03:02.400 Well, not so as you'd notice. 03:02.400 --> 03:04.000 Doesn't seem to have any working hours. 03:04.000 --> 03:05.320 Used to walk in here at all hours. 03:05.320 --> 03:06.600 Got any other friends? 03:06.600 --> 03:07.600 No close ones. 03:07.600 --> 03:10.320 He'd buy drinks for anybody that was around when he was popping, but he never came in 03:10.320 --> 03:11.320 with nobody. 03:11.320 --> 03:12.320 He never left with anybody. 03:12.320 --> 03:13.320 You seen him around lately? 03:13.320 --> 03:14.320 No, not for a couple of days. 03:14.320 --> 03:15.320 Got any idea where he lives? 03:15.320 --> 03:18.080 No, I don't think he pads down here in the neighborhood. 03:18.080 --> 03:19.080 How about a car? 03:19.080 --> 03:20.080 No go. 03:20.080 --> 03:22.680 All the time I saw him, he rode cabs, took them here and left in them. 03:22.680 --> 03:24.760 Well, last time he left, you say where he was going? 03:24.760 --> 03:25.760 No, just shoved off. 03:25.760 --> 03:29.160 Said he might not be around for a couple of days and have a hot cup of Irish coffee waiting 03:29.160 --> 03:30.160 for him when he got back. 03:30.160 --> 03:31.160 What's Irish coffee? 03:31.160 --> 03:32.160 Well, it's a new drink. 03:32.160 --> 03:34.360 I got it from a friend of mine up in San Francisco. 03:34.360 --> 03:37.320 A cup of coffee, Irish whiskey, topped with a Jolder whipped cream. 03:37.320 --> 03:38.960 Just drank them all the time. 03:38.960 --> 03:39.960 Yeah. 03:39.960 --> 03:41.320 Yeah, he's got the whole place on him. 03:41.320 --> 03:44.680 You come in some night, we got more coffee cups on the bar than glasses. 03:44.680 --> 03:46.960 Didn't give me any idea where he was going, did you? 03:46.960 --> 03:49.520 Well, if he threw it, I didn't hear it. 03:49.520 --> 03:50.680 Anybody around the place you might have talked to? 03:50.680 --> 03:51.960 Well, I can't give you no names. 03:51.960 --> 03:53.120 Might talk to Madge. 03:53.120 --> 03:55.080 I don't think she'll come up with anything, but you can try. 03:55.080 --> 03:56.880 What time did you say she came in? 03:56.880 --> 03:57.880 Six. 03:57.880 --> 03:58.880 That's when she's supposed to check in. 03:58.880 --> 04:02.280 Once in a while she's late, but she's supposed to have her apron on about six. 04:02.280 --> 04:04.280 Okay, Van, thanks for the call. 04:04.280 --> 04:05.280 We'll be back. 04:05.280 --> 04:07.120 Now, if this Nick comes in, give us the ring. 04:07.120 --> 04:08.840 Sure, if he's in town, he'll be back. 04:08.840 --> 04:09.840 Yeah. 04:09.840 --> 04:12.700 Sure, he's all the time telling me we got the best Irish coffee in town. 04:12.700 --> 04:14.920 It's all he drinks, so it figures he'll be here to get some. 04:14.920 --> 04:16.400 Right away I see him, I'll give you a call. 04:16.400 --> 04:17.400 All right, thanks, Van. 04:17.400 --> 04:18.720 I sure hope it's the guy you're after. 04:18.720 --> 04:19.720 Yeah, so do we. 04:19.720 --> 04:20.960 Seven, geez, a lot of money. 04:20.960 --> 04:22.520 You can buy an awful lot with that. 04:22.520 --> 04:23.840 Well, he better take it easy. 04:23.840 --> 04:24.840 Yeah? 04:24.840 --> 04:34.120 He better not hit that Irish coffee too hard. 04:34.120 --> 04:39.160 Three weeks previously, on Monday, January 19th at 9.40 a.m., a masked man had walked 04:39.160 --> 04:42.840 into a supermarket at the corner of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Camarillo Street and 04:42.840 --> 04:47.680 held up the store for a total of $7,367. 04:47.680 --> 04:50.840 The alarm had gone out immediately, but the holdup man succeeded in getting out of the 04:50.840 --> 04:52.440 area. 04:52.440 --> 04:56.000 All routine procedure had been followed, but it resulted in no information to put us any 04:56.000 --> 04:58.000 closer to the thief. 04:58.000 --> 05:01.000 Local broadcasts and APBs had been gotten out. 05:01.000 --> 05:04.440 The description of the thief had been taken and checked through the stats office. 05:04.440 --> 05:06.880 All leads had been followed up without result. 05:06.880 --> 05:10.960 The phone call from the bartender appeared to be our first break in the case. 05:10.960 --> 05:13.920 Frank and I went back to the city hall and checked the name, Nick, and the description 05:13.920 --> 05:15.840 through the moniker, file and R&I. 05:15.840 --> 05:19.080 There were only four possibles turned over to us. 05:19.080 --> 05:23.040 We showed the mug shots to the bartender, but he couldn't give us an identification. 05:23.040 --> 05:26.400 We got the home address of Madge, the cocktail waitress, and we went out to see her. 05:26.400 --> 05:29.400 Her landlady told us that she wasn't home and that when the girl had left, she said 05:29.400 --> 05:31.560 she'd go straight to work. 05:31.560 --> 05:35.160 We waited for her at the bar, but after talking to her, we had no additional information to 05:35.160 --> 05:36.160 work with. 05:36.160 --> 05:38.880 The following morning, we began to canvas the neighborhood. 05:38.880 --> 05:41.600 We talked to shopkeepers and store owners. 05:41.600 --> 05:45.440 In several clothing stores, we found clerks who thought they remembered the man, but they 05:45.440 --> 05:48.160 were unable to give us any information on him. 05:48.160 --> 05:50.400 Late that afternoon, we talked to a jeweler. 05:50.400 --> 05:53.200 We asked if he had a customer who might fit the description of the suspect. 05:53.200 --> 05:54.200 Yes, sir. 05:54.200 --> 05:55.680 It seems to me I remember a man like that. 05:55.680 --> 05:57.480 What can you tell us about him, Mr. Hobbs? 05:57.480 --> 05:58.480 Not much. 05:58.480 --> 05:59.480 I bought quite a bit of merchandise. 05:59.480 --> 06:01.440 What is it you want to know? 06:01.440 --> 06:02.440 Could you give us his name? 06:02.440 --> 06:03.440 I'm afraid not. 06:03.440 --> 06:04.440 How about receipts? 06:04.440 --> 06:05.440 Anything like that? 06:05.440 --> 06:06.440 No, sir. 06:06.440 --> 06:07.440 It was a cash sale. 06:07.440 --> 06:08.440 There was no reason to take his name. 06:08.440 --> 06:09.440 Uh-huh. 06:09.440 --> 06:11.320 Can you give us any information on him at all? 06:11.320 --> 06:14.280 Maybe if you could tell me what this is all about, I could help you out. 06:14.280 --> 06:16.040 Oh, it's a police matter, Mr. Hobbs. 06:16.040 --> 06:20.040 You must understand, Sergeant, I want to do what I can, but it's rather difficult without 06:20.040 --> 06:21.720 knowing exactly what days you're after. 06:21.720 --> 06:23.160 Well, we want to find a man. 06:23.160 --> 06:25.320 Any information you have that'll help us do that will be appreciated. 06:25.320 --> 06:27.400 I'm afraid there's nothing I can do for you. 06:27.400 --> 06:28.400 Well, how about the things you bought? 06:28.400 --> 06:29.400 You want the complete list? 06:29.400 --> 06:30.400 Yeah. 06:30.400 --> 06:31.400 How much do you buy? 06:31.400 --> 06:33.400 I'll have to look it up just a minute. 06:33.400 --> 06:34.400 All right, sir. 06:34.400 --> 06:35.400 You keep a record of your sales, do you? 06:35.400 --> 06:36.400 Yeah, I have to for tax purposes. 06:36.400 --> 06:37.400 Just a minute. 06:37.400 --> 06:38.400 Uh-huh. 06:38.400 --> 06:39.400 I'm not certain of the date. 06:39.400 --> 06:40.400 Take a minute to find. 06:40.400 --> 06:41.400 Oh, that should take you time. 06:41.400 --> 06:42.400 Let's see. 06:42.400 --> 06:43.400 Yeah. 06:43.400 --> 06:44.400 Here. 06:44.400 --> 06:45.400 Here it is. 06:45.400 --> 06:48.400 Bought a gold tie bar, set of cufflinks and a wristwatch. 06:48.400 --> 06:51.400 Can you give us the description of the goods? 06:51.400 --> 06:54.400 A plain gold tie bar, square ends. 06:54.400 --> 07:04.400 Cufflinks were plain, sort of square design, no relief work. 07:04.400 --> 07:06.400 How about the watch? 07:06.400 --> 07:08.400 A Patek Philippe, solid gold. 07:08.400 --> 07:11.400 Anything about the watch that would make it easier to identify? 07:11.400 --> 07:12.400 No. 07:12.400 --> 07:14.400 You got a record of the case, a movement number? 07:14.400 --> 07:15.400 Mm-hmm. 07:15.400 --> 07:16.400 You want that? 07:16.400 --> 07:17.400 Might help. 07:17.400 --> 07:18.400 Yeah, I can get it for you. 07:18.400 --> 07:19.400 All right, fine. 07:19.400 --> 07:20.400 How do you pay for this merchandise? 07:20.400 --> 07:21.400 In cash. 07:21.400 --> 07:22.400 Yes, sir. 07:22.400 --> 07:24.400 But what about the denominations of the bills? 07:24.400 --> 07:25.400 Would you remember what they were? 07:25.400 --> 07:27.400 I'm sorry, Sergeant, I can't help you. 07:27.400 --> 07:29.400 That was a while ago and I don't remember. 07:29.400 --> 07:32.400 Is there anything at all about the man that might help us identify him? 07:32.400 --> 07:33.400 An accent, maybe? 07:33.400 --> 07:34.400 Way walk, way dress. 07:34.400 --> 07:35.400 No. 07:35.400 --> 07:38.400 He was well dressed, conservative. 07:38.400 --> 07:40.400 Well, except the tie. 07:40.400 --> 07:41.400 That was rather jarring. 07:41.400 --> 07:42.400 What, sir? 07:42.400 --> 07:46.400 He had on a dark flannel suit, button-down collar, black shoes. 07:46.400 --> 07:48.400 Everything went together except the tie. 07:48.400 --> 07:50.400 It was bright red. 07:50.400 --> 07:51.400 What about his speech? 07:51.400 --> 07:52.400 Was there anything there? 07:52.400 --> 07:53.400 Not that I remember. 07:53.400 --> 07:54.400 Nothing else about it? 07:54.400 --> 07:55.400 No, sir. 07:55.400 --> 07:57.400 Well, all right, Mr. Hobbs, I'm gonna leave one of our cards with you. 07:57.400 --> 07:59.400 If you think of anything else, we'd appreciate a call. 07:59.400 --> 08:00.400 Mm-hmm. 08:00.400 --> 08:01.400 Ask for you, Mr. Prady. 08:01.400 --> 08:02.400 Oh, either me or Frank Smith here. 08:02.400 --> 08:04.400 All right, if I think of anything. 08:04.400 --> 08:06.400 If you'll get the numbers on the watch for us, please. 08:06.400 --> 08:09.400 Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. 08:09.400 --> 08:11.400 Say, there is something. 08:11.400 --> 08:12.400 Yeah, sir? 08:12.400 --> 08:15.400 When he bought the new watch, he was wearing one. 08:15.400 --> 08:16.400 Uh-huh. 08:16.400 --> 08:18.400 Asked me if I'd give him anything for it, wanted to trade it in. 08:18.400 --> 08:19.400 Yeah. 08:19.400 --> 08:21.400 I told him it wasn't worth anything to me. 08:21.400 --> 08:23.400 Suggested he'd try to sell it to a secondhand store. 08:23.400 --> 08:24.400 Yeah. 08:24.400 --> 08:26.400 He said he'd seen the last of Hock's shops. 08:26.400 --> 08:29.400 Said if I didn't want to buy the watch, he'd make me a gift of it. 08:29.400 --> 08:30.400 Well, did you take it? 08:30.400 --> 08:31.400 He left it here. 08:31.400 --> 08:32.400 You still have it? 08:32.400 --> 08:33.400 I think it's still in the back. 08:33.400 --> 08:34.400 I got a box of old parts. 08:34.400 --> 08:35.400 His watch might be in there. 08:35.400 --> 08:36.400 What if you'd mind checking that, sir? 08:36.400 --> 08:37.400 Yeah, in just a minute. 08:37.400 --> 08:38.400 Let's see if I can find it. 08:38.400 --> 08:39.400 Mm-hmm. 08:39.400 --> 08:40.400 What do you think? 08:40.400 --> 08:41.400 I don't know. 08:41.400 --> 08:42.400 It might be something. 08:42.400 --> 08:43.400 I don't know what to do for a break. 08:43.400 --> 08:44.400 Yeah. 08:44.400 --> 08:45.400 We gonna tag the office after this? 08:45.400 --> 08:46.400 Yeah, I guess. 08:46.400 --> 08:49.400 You gonna go home for dinner? 08:49.400 --> 08:50.400 No, not tonight. 08:50.400 --> 08:52.400 They's got the girls from the bridge club coming over. 08:52.400 --> 08:55.400 I thought I'd go by Allen Lum's, get some shrimp and lobster. 08:55.400 --> 08:56.400 You wanna go with me? 08:56.400 --> 08:57.400 Where? 08:57.400 --> 08:58.400 Allen Lum's. 08:58.400 --> 08:59.400 Oh, yeah. 08:59.400 --> 09:00.400 Good lobster player. 09:00.400 --> 09:01.400 Sure, I'll go with you. 09:01.400 --> 09:02.400 In here. 09:02.400 --> 09:03.400 Here it is. 09:03.400 --> 09:04.400 The watch is in here now, some place. 09:04.400 --> 09:05.400 What kind of a watch is it, sir? 09:05.400 --> 09:06.400 Off brand. 09:06.400 --> 09:07.400 It should be here some place. 09:07.400 --> 09:08.400 Let this one here. 09:08.400 --> 09:09.400 Broken, huh? 09:09.400 --> 09:10.400 Let me see. 09:10.400 --> 09:11.400 Oh, yeah. 09:11.400 --> 09:12.400 Why? 09:12.400 --> 09:13.400 I don't know. 09:13.400 --> 09:16.400 Nothing special. 09:16.400 --> 09:17.400 Kind of nice looking. 09:17.400 --> 09:21.400 If it worked, we might be able to make a deal. 09:21.400 --> 09:24.400 If I sold you that one, I'd be in jail tomorrow, sure. 09:24.400 --> 09:27.400 Oh, wait a minute. 09:27.400 --> 09:28.400 Here. 09:28.400 --> 09:29.400 Here it is. 09:29.400 --> 09:30.400 This is it? 09:30.400 --> 09:31.400 Yes, sir. 09:31.400 --> 09:34.400 Well, now, is there anything about the watch that would make it possible to tell where it 09:34.400 --> 09:35.400 was bought? 09:35.400 --> 09:36.400 No, sir. 09:36.400 --> 09:37.400 It's a cheap brand. 09:37.400 --> 09:38.400 Most of the drugstores in town carry them. 09:38.400 --> 09:39.400 Uh-huh. 09:39.400 --> 09:40.400 What if you mind if we take it with us? 09:40.400 --> 09:41.400 We'll give you a receipt. 09:41.400 --> 09:42.400 That won't be necessary. 09:42.400 --> 09:43.400 I trust you. 09:43.400 --> 09:44.400 We appreciate it, Mr. Howes. 09:44.400 --> 09:45.400 We'd better give you a receipt. 09:45.400 --> 09:46.400 Well, all right. 09:46.400 --> 09:47.400 I'll get the book. 09:47.400 --> 09:50.400 Oh, I just thought of something. 09:50.400 --> 09:53.400 It might not work, but it's worth a try. 09:53.400 --> 09:54.400 Yes, sir. 09:54.400 --> 09:55.400 What's that? 09:55.400 --> 09:56.400 Just a minute. 09:56.400 --> 09:57.400 Yeah. 09:57.400 --> 09:58.400 He did. 09:58.400 --> 09:59.400 Sir? 09:59.400 --> 10:03.400 He had the watch repaired at one time or another. 10:03.400 --> 10:04.400 You see here? 10:04.400 --> 10:05.400 Let me see. 10:05.400 --> 10:07.400 I don't believe I see what you mean. 10:07.400 --> 10:08.400 Well, here. 10:08.400 --> 10:09.400 See the initials there and the numbers? 10:09.400 --> 10:12.400 It's R.J. 10567. 10:12.400 --> 10:13.400 Yeah. 10:13.400 --> 10:16.400 That's the initials of a watcher's family worked on the watch. 10:16.400 --> 10:18.400 That should make it pretty simple, shouldn't it? 10:18.400 --> 10:19.400 Yes, sir. 10:19.400 --> 10:20.400 It'll help. 10:20.400 --> 10:21.400 Yeah, simple. 10:21.400 --> 10:24.400 All you have to do is find R.J. and get the name of the man who had work number 10567. 10:24.400 --> 10:27.400 He should be able to give you the name of the man you're looking for. 10:27.400 --> 10:28.400 Simple. 10:28.400 --> 10:29.400 Yes, sir. 10:29.400 --> 10:31.400 It's not quite that easy, but it's a place to start. 10:31.400 --> 10:41.400 We left the jeweler and we went back to the office. 10:41.400 --> 10:45.400 We checked the phone book for watch repairmen with the possible initials of R.J. 10:45.400 --> 10:48.400 Frank got on one phone and I got on another. 10:48.400 --> 10:52.400 It was a long chance that the watch had been bought and serviced in Los Angeles. 10:52.400 --> 10:56.400 We went through the watch repair companies where the initials we were looking for, and 10:56.400 --> 10:59.400 then we started at the top of the list of jewelry concerns. 10:59.400 --> 11:01.400 I see. 11:01.400 --> 11:02.400 That's right, sir. 11:02.400 --> 11:03.400 Thank you very much. 11:03.400 --> 11:04.400 I'll call the information we have. 11:04.400 --> 11:05.400 Yes, sir. 11:05.400 --> 11:06.400 Thanks a lot. 11:06.400 --> 11:07.400 Goodbye. 11:07.400 --> 11:08.400 No, I wouldn't be able to tell you anymore. 11:08.400 --> 11:09.400 Bye. 11:09.400 --> 11:10.400 Bye. 11:10.400 --> 11:11.400 I got nothing. 11:11.400 --> 11:13.400 Well, we better get on or we're going to have to wait until tomorrow. 11:13.400 --> 11:14.400 520. 11:14.400 --> 11:17.400 Most of the place is closed in a few minutes, so let's stay with it. 11:17.400 --> 11:18.400 Yeah. 11:18.400 --> 11:21.400 It's getting so I can't see the numbers on this dial anymore. 11:21.400 --> 11:22.400 Oh. 11:22.400 --> 11:28.400 This is Sergeant Friday, Los Angeles Police Department. 11:28.400 --> 11:29.400 Hello. 11:29.400 --> 11:30.400 Yes, sir. 11:30.400 --> 11:31.400 This is Officer Frank Smith. 11:31.400 --> 11:32.400 No, there's nothing wrong. 11:32.400 --> 11:33.400 Do you have a watch repairman who uses the initials RJ? 11:33.400 --> 11:34.400 Why don't you give me some information? 11:34.400 --> 11:35.400 No, that's RJ. 11:35.400 --> 11:36.400 Yes, sir. 11:36.400 --> 11:39.400 Do you have a watch repairman who uses the initials RJ? 11:39.400 --> 11:40.400 No, sir. 11:40.400 --> 11:41.400 No, we're looking for information. 11:41.400 --> 11:42.400 That's all. 11:42.400 --> 11:43.400 RJ is in Jane. 11:43.400 --> 11:44.400 And we'd like nothing at all. 11:44.400 --> 11:45.400 Yes, ma'am. 11:45.400 --> 11:46.400 All right, sir. 11:46.400 --> 11:47.400 Thank you. 11:47.400 --> 11:48.400 I'll wait. 11:48.400 --> 11:49.400 Bye. 11:49.400 --> 11:50.400 Thank you. 11:50.400 --> 11:51.400 I'll hang on. 11:51.400 --> 11:52.400 Nothing here. 11:52.400 --> 11:53.400 I don't know. 11:53.400 --> 11:54.400 Maybe we got a dead end. 11:54.400 --> 11:55.400 Yeah. 11:55.400 --> 11:56.400 She's gone to look here. 11:56.400 --> 11:59.400 I see. 11:59.400 --> 12:02.400 What's that? 12:02.400 --> 12:05.400 Hello, this is Sergeant Friday, Los Angeles Police Department. 12:05.400 --> 12:06.400 Wait a minute, will you? 12:06.400 --> 12:07.400 Hey, hold it, Joe. 12:07.400 --> 12:08.400 I got one. 12:08.400 --> 12:09.400 Just a minute, please. 12:09.400 --> 12:10.400 Could you hold on a minute? 12:10.400 --> 12:11.400 Yeah, that's right. 12:11.400 --> 12:12.400 This is Frank Smith. 12:12.400 --> 12:13.400 Hang on a minute. 12:13.400 --> 12:14.400 I got one. 12:14.400 --> 12:15.400 This is Frank Smith, robbery detail. 12:15.400 --> 12:18.400 Can you tell me who gave you the work number? 12:18.400 --> 12:24.400 No, can you tell me who you gave the work number 10567 to? 12:24.400 --> 12:27.400 That's right, 10567. 12:27.400 --> 12:29.400 Yes, sir, I'll hang on. 12:29.400 --> 12:30.400 I got a guy now. 12:30.400 --> 12:31.400 He's checking it. 12:31.400 --> 12:32.400 Does it look good? 12:32.400 --> 12:33.400 Well, might be. 12:33.400 --> 12:34.400 Place down on 5th, West 5th. 12:34.400 --> 12:36.400 Well, I'll let this one go for me. 12:36.400 --> 12:37.400 Yeah. 12:37.400 --> 12:38.400 Hello, sir. 12:38.400 --> 12:39.400 Yeah, that's right, sir. 12:39.400 --> 12:40.400 Well, I'll call you back. 12:40.400 --> 12:41.400 567. 12:41.400 --> 12:42.400 No, it's nothing important, sir. 12:42.400 --> 12:43.400 Who? 12:43.400 --> 12:44.400 Well, I may call back. 12:44.400 --> 12:45.400 I mean... 12:45.400 --> 12:46.400 Do you have an address for him? 12:46.400 --> 12:47.400 Yes, sir. 12:47.400 --> 12:48.400 Thank you very much. 12:48.400 --> 12:49.400 I see. 12:49.400 --> 12:50.400 Do you remember him at all? 12:50.400 --> 12:51.400 Mm-hmm. 12:51.400 --> 12:52.400 Well, thanks very much. 12:52.400 --> 12:53.400 We'll get in touch with you. 12:53.400 --> 12:56.400 Well, according to this guy, the watch was brought in by Mike Langley. 12:56.400 --> 12:58.400 Well, maybe we know who we're looking for now. 12:58.400 --> 12:59.400 Well, there's another problem, though. 12:59.400 --> 13:00.400 Yeah. 13:00.400 --> 13:01.400 There's no address on Langley. 13:09.400 --> 13:11.400 We checked the name Langley through R&I, 13:11.400 --> 13:12.400 but without any description to work with, 13:12.400 --> 13:15.400 there was little chance that we'd find anything. 13:15.400 --> 13:17.400 We checked the description on the arrest reports 13:17.400 --> 13:18.400 against that of our suspect, 13:18.400 --> 13:21.400 and we ruled out all the possibles that we came up with. 13:21.400 --> 13:24.400 We checked the name in the phone book, but we found no listing. 13:24.400 --> 13:26.400 We checked the city directory without result. 13:26.400 --> 13:28.400 6.15 p.m. 13:28.400 --> 13:29.400 We got in touch with the utility companies 13:29.400 --> 13:31.400 and asked them to check their records. 13:31.400 --> 13:35.400 They told us they'd call us back by the next morning with the information. 13:35.400 --> 13:37.400 Wednesday, February 18th, 9.12 a.m. 13:37.400 --> 13:39.400 Frank and I were in the squad room. 13:39.400 --> 13:41.400 I got it. 13:43.400 --> 13:45.400 Robbery Friday. 13:45.400 --> 13:46.400 Yes, that's right. 13:46.400 --> 13:47.400 Mm-hmm. 13:47.400 --> 13:49.400 Okay. Yeah, go ahead. 13:49.400 --> 13:51.400 Mm-hmm. 13:51.400 --> 13:53.400 2647 Gilbert. 13:53.400 --> 13:57.400 That's G as in George, I-L-B-E-R-T. 13:57.400 --> 13:59.400 Yeah. Okay. Uh-huh. 13:59.400 --> 14:01.400 Well, how long have they had that service? 14:01.400 --> 14:03.400 Uh-huh. Right, you betcha. 14:03.400 --> 14:05.400 Thanks very... Friday. 14:05.400 --> 14:07.400 Yes, right. Thanks very much. 14:07.400 --> 14:09.400 They came up with it, huh? 14:09.400 --> 14:10.400 Yeah, looks real good here. 14:10.400 --> 14:12.400 Service started on Friday, January 16th. 14:12.400 --> 14:13.400 Yeah. 14:13.400 --> 14:19.400 Two days before the robbery. 14:19.400 --> 14:23.400 9.52 a.m. 14:23.400 --> 14:25.400 We made another check at R&I, and then we left the office. 14:25.400 --> 14:28.400 We drove out the Hollywood Freeway, turned off at Vermont, 14:28.400 --> 14:30.400 and drove over to Gilbert. 14:30.400 --> 14:33.400 2647 was the last unit in the Spanish-style court. 14:33.400 --> 14:35.400 Frank covered the back of the place, 14:35.400 --> 14:37.400 and I went up and rang the doorbell. 14:37.400 --> 14:39.400 The door was opened by a woman in her late 20s. 14:39.400 --> 14:42.400 She identified herself as Mrs. Pearl Langley. 14:42.400 --> 14:45.400 We asked about her husband. She told us he was at work. 14:45.400 --> 14:47.400 Frank and I got the address and drove over to the place. 14:47.400 --> 14:51.400 Frank Langley was a fry cook in a small restaurant on Spring Street. 14:51.400 --> 14:54.400 We took him back into the manager's office, and we talked to him. 14:54.400 --> 14:56.400 He matched the description of the suspect very close. 14:56.400 --> 14:57.400 You're way off base. 14:57.400 --> 15:00.400 Well, maybe you can tell us where you were on Saturday, January 17th, huh? 15:00.400 --> 15:02.400 Sure. I was home helping Pearl. 15:02.400 --> 15:04.400 We just moved into the new place the day before. 15:04.400 --> 15:06.400 I was giving her a hand getting things straightened out. 15:06.400 --> 15:08.400 What about Sunday, the 18th? 15:08.400 --> 15:09.400 I worked. Here? 15:09.400 --> 15:10.400 It's the only job I've got. 15:10.400 --> 15:12.400 What about Monday, the 19th? 15:12.400 --> 15:13.400 Same deal. You were here. 15:13.400 --> 15:15.400 That's right. What time do you come to work? 15:15.400 --> 15:17.400 I get in about 6.30, line things up in the kitchen. 15:17.400 --> 15:18.400 We open at 7.30. 15:18.400 --> 15:20.400 You're pretty sure of where you were on the 19th, huh? 15:20.400 --> 15:21.400 Positive. 15:21.400 --> 15:23.400 Any special reason, you're so sure? 15:23.400 --> 15:24.400 What do you mean? 15:24.400 --> 15:26.400 Well, any reason you'd remember you were working on that day? 15:26.400 --> 15:28.400 Nothing besides I haven't missed a day since I took the job. 15:28.400 --> 15:29.400 When was that? 15:29.400 --> 15:31.400 About a year and a half ago. 15:31.400 --> 15:33.400 You'd have to check with the boss. 15:33.400 --> 15:35.400 He'd have a record of what days you were here, huh? 15:35.400 --> 15:38.400 That old skim flimmy's got a note on every minute I was in the kitchen. 15:38.400 --> 15:41.400 He'll probably tell you how many eggs I fried since I've been cooking for him. 15:41.400 --> 15:42.400 You want to check on that, Frank? 15:42.400 --> 15:43.400 Yeah. 15:44.400 --> 15:47.400 I want you to look at something here, Langley, and tell me if you know who it belongs to. 15:47.400 --> 15:49.400 Sure. What do you got? 15:49.400 --> 15:50.400 Right here. 15:52.400 --> 15:54.400 It's a cheap watch. It isn't mine. 15:54.400 --> 15:55.400 Have you ever seen it? 15:55.400 --> 15:56.400 I don't think so. 15:56.400 --> 15:57.400 You ever been arrested? 15:57.400 --> 15:58.400 Why you ask that? 15:58.400 --> 15:59.400 Have you? 15:59.400 --> 16:00.400 No. 16:00.400 --> 16:01.400 Never been in trouble with the police? 16:01.400 --> 16:02.400 Not in California. 16:02.400 --> 16:03.400 Where? 16:03.400 --> 16:04.400 Texas. 16:04.400 --> 16:05.400 Where in Texas? 16:05.400 --> 16:06.400 Galveston. 16:06.400 --> 16:07.400 What was the beef? 16:07.400 --> 16:09.400 I was driving and they nailed me on the boulevard. 16:09.400 --> 16:10.400 What'd you draw? 16:10.400 --> 16:11.400 Pay to find it, ten days. 16:11.400 --> 16:13.400 That's the only trouble you've ever had with the police? 16:13.400 --> 16:14.400 That's it. 16:14.400 --> 16:15.400 You sure about this watch? 16:15.400 --> 16:16.400 Yeah. 16:16.400 --> 16:17.400 Never saw it before? 16:17.400 --> 16:18.400 No. 16:18.400 --> 16:19.400 Go. 16:19.400 --> 16:20.400 Yeah. 16:20.400 --> 16:21.400 Be right back, Langley. 16:21.400 --> 16:23.400 I'd appreciate it if you could step it up. 16:23.400 --> 16:25.400 The boss is going to start docking me if I'm off much more. 16:25.400 --> 16:26.400 Out. 16:28.400 --> 16:29.400 What do you got? 16:29.400 --> 16:30.400 I checked with the owner. 16:30.400 --> 16:32.400 Looks like we're far out on this thing. 16:32.400 --> 16:44.400 Langley was working all day the 19th. 16:44.400 --> 16:59.400 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 16:59.400 --> 17:04.400 We contacted the authorities in Galveston and talked with officers Rex Torian and Ruben Guzman. 17:04.400 --> 17:07.400 They told us that Mike Langley had been arrested for drunk driving. 17:07.400 --> 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. 17:13.400 --> 17:16.400 We brought him down to the city hall and we talked to him further. 17:16.400 --> 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. 17:23.400 --> 17:25.400 He was released from custody. 17:25.400 --> 17:29.400 On Thursday, February 19th, we got a call from him asking us to come out to his home. 17:29.400 --> 17:33.400 Frank and I left the office and drove to the Gilbert Street address. 17:33.400 --> 17:34.400 We met Langley and his wife. 17:34.400 --> 17:36.400 You met my wife Pearl, didn't you? 17:36.400 --> 17:37.400 Yes, sir, we did. 17:37.400 --> 17:38.400 We met yesterday. 17:38.400 --> 17:39.400 Now what do you want to see us about, Langley? 17:39.400 --> 17:40.400 Sit down. 17:40.400 --> 17:41.400 Can I get you anything? 17:41.400 --> 17:42.400 A cup of coffee? 17:42.400 --> 17:43.400 No, thank you, ma'am. 17:43.400 --> 17:47.400 I hate to bring you guys out here, but I want to get this thing cleared up. 17:47.400 --> 17:48.400 Yes, sir, we do too. 17:48.400 --> 17:49.400 You got that watch with you? 17:49.400 --> 17:50.400 Yes, sir. 17:50.400 --> 17:51.400 Yeah. 17:51.400 --> 17:52.400 Here you are. 17:52.400 --> 17:53.400 Oh, thanks. 17:53.400 --> 17:58.400 I got to thinking about it last night about why you think it was mine. 17:58.400 --> 17:59.400 Yes, sir. 17:59.400 --> 18:02.400 I guess it didn't make much of an impression on me at the time, but I remembered it. 18:02.400 --> 18:03.400 Yeah? 18:03.400 --> 18:05.400 I figured out how you got my name on it. 18:05.400 --> 18:06.400 Yes, sir. 18:06.400 --> 18:07.400 I did take the watch in to be fixed. 18:07.400 --> 18:09.400 It isn't mine, but I did have it fixed. 18:09.400 --> 18:10.400 Well, who does it belong to? 18:10.400 --> 18:12.400 My cousin, Herbert Langley. 18:12.400 --> 18:14.400 He got in some trouble when he was at Quentin. 18:14.400 --> 18:16.400 He sent the watch out to me to have it fixed. 18:16.400 --> 18:17.400 I guess I must have forgotten all about it. 18:17.400 --> 18:18.400 You know where he is now? 18:18.400 --> 18:19.400 He was staying here with us. 18:19.400 --> 18:20.400 How long ago, ma'am? 18:20.400 --> 18:23.400 The guy the day after we moved in the house. 18:23.400 --> 18:24.400 That'd be Sunday. 18:24.400 --> 18:25.400 Yeah. 18:25.400 --> 18:28.400 I remember it because Mike and me were trying to get the place straightened out and Herb 18:28.400 --> 18:30.400 didn't do anything but sit around and guzzle beer. 18:30.400 --> 18:31.400 Didn't look to hand to help. 18:31.400 --> 18:32.400 So you're here now? 18:32.400 --> 18:33.400 You mean staying here? 18:33.400 --> 18:34.400 Yes, ma'am. 18:34.400 --> 18:36.400 No, he moved out about a week ago. 18:36.400 --> 18:37.400 Did he tell you where he was going? 18:37.400 --> 18:38.400 No. 18:38.400 --> 18:40.400 He said he was tired of being a fifth wheel left. 18:40.400 --> 18:42.400 Him and Pearl didn't get along too good. 18:42.400 --> 18:43.400 We sure didn't. 18:43.400 --> 18:45.400 One thing I don't go is a man that doesn't work. 18:45.400 --> 18:50.400 Laying around the house all day or else down at some bar drinking all day. 18:50.400 --> 18:52.400 Do you know what he was in jail for? 18:52.400 --> 18:53.400 Herb kept telling us it was a bad beef. 18:53.400 --> 18:55.400 They didn't have anything to do with it. 18:55.400 --> 18:56.400 What was the charge? 18:56.400 --> 18:57.400 Robbery. 18:57.400 --> 18:58.400 Where was that? 18:58.400 --> 18:59.400 Up north. 18:59.400 --> 19:00.400 It was at San Rafael, wasn't it, honey? 19:00.400 --> 19:01.400 A real bum. 19:01.400 --> 19:03.400 I wish you wouldn't say that, Pearl. 19:03.400 --> 19:04.400 Why not? 19:04.400 --> 19:05.400 It's true. 19:05.400 --> 19:06.400 You just didn't understand him. 19:06.400 --> 19:07.400 No, and I didn't want to. 19:07.400 --> 19:08.400 I don't like him. 19:08.400 --> 19:09.400 Never did. 19:09.400 --> 19:11.400 All the time, laying around, giving orders. 19:11.400 --> 19:14.400 Wanted to be waited on, hand and foot. 19:14.400 --> 19:16.400 He was asking for something. 19:16.400 --> 19:17.400 Him and that lousy coffee. 19:17.400 --> 19:20.400 That was the end when he started asking for that Irish coffee. 19:20.400 --> 19:21.400 What do you mean? 19:21.400 --> 19:24.400 Coffee, Irish whiskey, and whipped cream. 19:24.400 --> 19:25.400 Something he heard about someplace. 19:25.400 --> 19:26.400 Do you know where he is now? 19:26.400 --> 19:27.400 No. 19:27.400 --> 19:28.400 How about you, sir? 19:28.400 --> 19:31.400 Well, I haven't got the address, but he did say something about going back to see Mother. 19:31.400 --> 19:32.400 Where would that be? 19:32.400 --> 19:33.400 Texas. 19:33.400 --> 19:34.400 He wasn't sure. 19:34.400 --> 19:35.400 He just said he was thinking about it. 19:35.400 --> 19:37.400 Oh, did he say when he was coming back? 19:37.400 --> 19:38.400 No. 19:38.400 --> 19:40.400 Him and Pearl had a beef before he left. 19:40.400 --> 19:45.400 Packed the bag, said he'd never be back. 19:45.400 --> 19:53.400 We got a complete description of Herbert Langley and a snapshot of him. 19:53.400 --> 19:57.400 Frank and I went back to the office and put in a call to Fred Galloway in the adult authority 19:57.400 --> 19:58.400 office. 19:58.400 --> 20:01.400 He contacted Sacramento and got Langley's prison number. 20:01.400 --> 20:04.400 We checked the coming out mug books and got a good picture of the suspect. 20:04.400 --> 20:08.400 This was shown to the victims and they identified him positively as the holdup man. 20:08.400 --> 20:12.400 A local and an APB were gotten out on him and a radiogram was sent to the authorities 20:12.400 --> 20:15.400 in Galveston, Texas asking them to check on the suspect. 20:15.400 --> 20:18.400 We got a list of his known friends and other relatives. 20:18.400 --> 20:21.400 These were interviewed, but they were unable to give us any further leads on Langley's 20:21.400 --> 20:22.400 whereabouts. 20:22.400 --> 20:24.400 A week went by. 20:24.400 --> 20:28.400 On Friday, February 27th, Frank and I got back into the office from the main jail. 20:28.400 --> 20:31.400 You think he's telling the truth? 20:31.400 --> 20:33.400 Yeah, well, if he is, it's the first time. 20:33.400 --> 20:35.400 He hasn't had an honest job in the last six years. 20:35.400 --> 20:37.400 Better check the book, huh? 20:37.400 --> 20:38.400 Yeah. 20:38.400 --> 20:42.400 Robbery, Stuart. 20:42.400 --> 20:44.400 Yeah, just a minute. 20:44.400 --> 20:45.400 Joe, take one. 20:45.400 --> 20:47.400 Thanks, Hugh. 20:47.400 --> 20:48.400 One? 20:48.400 --> 20:50.400 One. 20:50.400 --> 20:52.400 Miss Friday? 20:52.400 --> 20:53.400 Yes, ma'am. 20:53.400 --> 20:55.400 Uh-huh. 20:55.400 --> 20:58.400 Well, no, he won't hear it from us. 20:58.400 --> 20:59.400 Yeah. 20:59.400 --> 21:01.400 Well, how long ago was that? 21:01.400 --> 21:02.400 Yeah. 21:02.400 --> 21:03.400 All right, no, we'll check it out. 21:03.400 --> 21:04.400 Thanks for calling us. 21:04.400 --> 21:05.400 Right? 21:05.400 --> 21:06.400 Bye. 21:06.400 --> 21:07.400 Nothing in the book. 21:07.400 --> 21:09.400 It was Pearl Langley on the phone. 21:09.400 --> 21:10.400 Yeah. 21:10.400 --> 21:11.400 She just got a message from the suspect. 21:11.400 --> 21:12.400 Yeah. 21:12.400 --> 21:19.400 He's in town. 21:19.400 --> 21:22.400 Frank and I, along with Stuart, Creasy, Stromwell, and Stoner, checked out of the office and 21:22.400 --> 21:24.400 went over to the bar on Winona Street. 21:24.400 --> 21:28.400 Mrs. Langley had told me on the phone that her brother-in-law had sent a telegram to the 21:28.400 --> 21:31.400 house asking that her husband meet him there after work. 21:31.400 --> 21:34.400 When we got to the place, the suspect wasn't there. 21:34.400 --> 21:37.400 Stuart and Creasy covered the front of the bar while Stromwell and Stoner staked out on 21:37.400 --> 21:39.400 the alley at the back of the place. 21:39.400 --> 21:42.400 Frank and I went inside and talked to the bartender, Van Gordon. 21:42.400 --> 21:43.400 Hi, Joe, Frank. 21:43.400 --> 21:44.400 Van. 21:44.400 --> 21:45.400 How's it going? 21:45.400 --> 21:46.400 You seen the fellow Nick that you told us about? 21:46.400 --> 21:47.400 No, not since I talked to you. 21:47.400 --> 21:49.400 If you'd been in, I'd have sure given you a call. 21:49.400 --> 21:50.400 Why? 21:50.400 --> 21:51.400 Well, we got word he's in town. 21:51.400 --> 21:52.400 Supposed to show up here. 21:52.400 --> 21:53.400 How heavy is he? 21:53.400 --> 21:54.400 We don't know for sure. 21:54.400 --> 21:55.400 You found out who he is yet? 21:55.400 --> 21:56.400 Yeah. 21:56.400 --> 21:57.400 We made him for a Herbert Langley. 21:57.400 --> 21:58.400 You got him for the market job? 21:58.400 --> 21:59.400 Victims say he's the man, yeah. 21:59.400 --> 22:00.400 Uh-huh. 22:00.400 --> 22:01.400 But when do you say he's going to be here? 22:01.400 --> 22:04.400 Oh, the way we got it sometime this afternoon. 22:04.400 --> 22:05.400 Say, you going to take him here? 22:05.400 --> 22:06.400 I'm going to try. 22:06.400 --> 22:07.400 Well, do me a favor, will you? 22:07.400 --> 22:08.400 Try it, or what's that? 22:08.400 --> 22:12.400 Well, if there's a beef, will you try and steer him outside before he gets spat out? 22:12.400 --> 22:13.400 I don't want the place broken up. 22:13.400 --> 22:14.400 I would do what we can. 22:14.400 --> 22:15.400 We get you anything while you're waiting? 22:15.400 --> 22:16.400 How about some coffee? 22:16.400 --> 22:17.400 Yeah, I think there's some left. 22:17.400 --> 22:18.400 I don't know how good it is. 22:18.400 --> 22:19.400 Well, as long as it's hot and black. 22:19.400 --> 22:20.400 Well, I'll get a couple of cups. 22:20.400 --> 22:22.400 You want to drink it here at the bar? 22:22.400 --> 22:24.400 No, we'll take it to one of the booths. 22:24.400 --> 22:25.400 Okay. 22:25.400 --> 22:26.400 Hey, you'll remember, huh? 22:26.400 --> 22:27.400 What's that? 22:27.400 --> 22:28.400 I'll try to steer him outside. 22:28.400 --> 22:32.400 Okay, I'll try to steer him. 22:32.400 --> 22:35.400 Frank and I sat down in the booth and we waited. 22:35.400 --> 22:36.400 2.30 p.m. 22:36.400 --> 22:37.400 3. 22:37.400 --> 22:38.400 No sign of Langley. 22:38.400 --> 22:39.400 3.30. 22:39.400 --> 22:41.400 Several people came in and sat down at the bar. 22:41.400 --> 22:44.400 The bartender tried to get him out of the place as soon as he could. 22:44.400 --> 22:48.400 In the event there wasn't any trouble, we didn't want anyone to get hurt. 22:48.400 --> 22:49.400 4 o'clock. 22:49.400 --> 22:50.400 4.15. 22:50.400 --> 22:51.400 Hi, man. 22:51.400 --> 22:52.400 How's it going? 22:52.400 --> 22:53.400 Oh, pretty good, Nick. 22:53.400 --> 22:54.400 Where you been? 22:54.400 --> 22:55.400 Oh, I took a couple of weeks out of town. 22:55.400 --> 22:58.400 I had some business to do. 22:58.400 --> 22:59.400 Uh-huh. 22:59.400 --> 23:00.400 How'd it be? 23:00.400 --> 23:01.400 Irish coffee, huh? 23:01.400 --> 23:02.400 Yeah. 23:02.400 --> 23:03.400 Put some whipped cream on it this time. 23:03.400 --> 23:04.400 Sure, sure. 23:04.400 --> 23:05.400 That's him. 23:05.400 --> 23:06.400 Let's go. 23:06.400 --> 23:07.400 Yeah. 23:07.400 --> 23:08.400 You ever been up through Washington Bay? 23:08.400 --> 23:09.400 No. 23:09.400 --> 23:10.400 You should try to make the trip sometime. 23:10.400 --> 23:11.400 Sure, beautiful. 23:11.400 --> 23:12.400 You got something you want? 23:12.400 --> 23:13.400 Herb Langley? 23:13.400 --> 23:14.400 Who's asking? 23:14.400 --> 23:15.400 Police officers. 23:15.400 --> 23:16.400 You're under arrest. 23:16.400 --> 23:17.400 All right. 23:17.400 --> 23:18.400 Stand up. 23:18.400 --> 23:19.400 What's the charge? 23:19.400 --> 23:20.400 Robbery. 23:20.400 --> 23:21.400 What's the charge? 23:21.400 --> 23:25.400 I'll take him, Charlie. 23:25.400 --> 23:27.400 Get him outside. 23:27.400 --> 23:30.400 Don't break up the place. 23:30.400 --> 23:33.400 Get out of here! 23:33.400 --> 23:36.400 All right, come on. 23:36.400 --> 23:37.400 Get up. 23:37.400 --> 23:38.400 Want a coffee? 23:38.400 --> 23:39.400 Yeah. 23:39.400 --> 23:40.400 Oh, look at this place. 23:40.400 --> 23:41.400 Just look at it. 23:41.400 --> 23:42.400 It's gonna take me a couple of weeks to open it up again. 23:42.400 --> 23:43.400 Oh, we're sorry about it, Van. 23:43.400 --> 23:44.400 Oh, this isn't gonna do much good. 23:44.400 --> 23:45.400 We're gonna have to do something about it. 23:45.400 --> 23:46.400 Oh, I'm sorry. 23:46.400 --> 23:47.400 Oh, I'm sorry. 23:47.400 --> 23:48.400 Oh, I'm sorry. 23:48.400 --> 23:49.400 Oh, I'm sorry. 23:49.400 --> 23:51.400 Oh, I'm sorry about it, Van. 23:51.400 --> 23:52.400 Oh, this isn't gonna do much good. 23:52.400 --> 23:53.400 We're gonna place a smashed up. 23:53.400 --> 23:54.400 Who's gonna pay for it? 23:54.400 --> 23:55.400 Who's gonna make it right? 23:55.400 --> 23:56.400 I wouldn't know. 23:56.400 --> 23:57.400 See, I asked you to steer him outside. 23:57.400 --> 23:58.400 I asked you to steer him outside. 23:58.400 --> 23:59.400 Well, he didn't give us much choice. 23:59.400 --> 24:00.400 Huh? 24:00.400 --> 24:01.400 This is the way he wanted it. 24:01.400 --> 24:03.400 Nice to say, but who's gonna pay for it? 24:03.400 --> 24:04.400 It wouldn't do much good if I told you. 24:04.400 --> 24:05.400 Huh? 24:05.400 --> 24:06.400 He's got another bill to pay first. 24:06.400 --> 24:17.400 The story you've just heard is true. 24:17.400 --> 24:44.280 Why don't you believe that there's a way that 24:44.280 --> 24:49.120 in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of 24:49.120 --> 24:52.520 not less than five years. 24:52.520 --> 24:57.320 You have just heard Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action, and 24:57.320 --> 25:02.480 starring Jack Webb, a presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service. 25:02.480 --> 25:15.500 Cut.