1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:11,000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Tragment. 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:23,000 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 6 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:27,000 You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to auto theft detail. 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,000 You receive a report that a circus truck has been broken into. 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Several of the animals are missing. Some of them are dangerous. 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Your job, find them. 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:41,000 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 11 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,000 It was Monday, May 12th. It was cold in Los Angeles. 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,000 We were working the day watch out of auto theft detail. 13 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,000 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss of Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,000 My name is Friday. 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:55,000 I was on my way back from Superior Court and it was 1146 A.M. when I got to room 40. 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Auto theft. 17 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Hi. How'd it go? 18 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Well, his lawyer's got a continuous. 19 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000 Yeah? How come? 20 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,000 I don't know. New evidence they want to introduce. 21 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,000 What's the DA's office say? 22 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,000 It was nothing they can say. It comes under the heading of due process, you know. 23 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,000 Yeah. You think you're gonna nail him? 24 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Alex thinks so. The guy's admitted his guilt. Now he's claiming the confession is a lot of bunk. 25 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,000 Says we got it out of him by force. 26 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,000 Hmph. Why now? 27 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Prove he did it without the confession, I guess. 28 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,000 It shouldn't be too hard. We got all the evidence. 29 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,000 We get the chance to lay it out for the jury. 30 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Yeah. When you go back? 31 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Let's see. Set it off for a week, I guess. Yeah. 32 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Anything come in? 33 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 No. Not big. 34 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Excuse me. 35 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Yes, sir? Something we can do for you? 36 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,000 I could report something stolen. 37 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000 All right, sir. Just come on in. 38 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,000 Sure gets nervous around here. 39 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,000 All right, sir. 40 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 Now, what kind of a car was it? 41 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,000 Ain't no car. 42 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:48,000 Big one? 43 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,000 No car stolen. Stuff in the car. 44 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,000 All right. What was it? 45 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,000 Wasn't really a car anyway. A truck. 46 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,000 That's what they stole it from. A truck. 47 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 All right. If you'll give us a description. 48 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,000 As far as I know, they might not have stole it anyway. 49 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Might just have opened it and let them all out. 50 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Yes, sir. Well, the sooner we get this report filled out, 51 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,000 the faster we can start looking for the stolen merchandise. 52 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,000 Yeah. Just out of that myself. 53 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Sure does. 54 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,000 All right, sir. Now, what's your name? 55 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Clarence Hevel. H-A-V-I-L-L. 56 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 No R. Most people put an R in it. 57 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Hevel. 58 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Where'd the theft take place? 59 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Corner Fountain, D. Longfrey. 60 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Right on the corner there. 61 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,000 Yes, south of the red zone on Fountain. 62 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,000 All right, sir. What was taken? 63 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 You see, I got this call from one of the drivers 64 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,000 who works for my brother and me. 65 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Drives one of our trucks. 66 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Called and said the machine broke down. 67 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Wanted me to bring another tractor over. 68 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Well, we can get to all that later, Mr. Hevel. 69 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Now, what were the stolen articles? 70 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,000 Animals. 71 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Sir? 72 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Animals from our carnival. 73 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 What kind of animals? 74 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Oh, a couple of monkeys, Cody Mundy, two raccoons. 75 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 All right, sir. Anything else? 76 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Yeah. Here comes the bad part. 77 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,000 This is what I was afraid of. 78 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 What's that, sir? 79 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,000 It's the reason I waited so long to report it. 80 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,000 I thought maybe turn up. 81 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,000 What's that, sir? 82 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,000 A black panther. 83 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,000 We got a description of the animals 84 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,000 when the local broadcasters got out on them immediately. 85 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:22,000 12.18 p.m. We continue to talk to Clarence Hevel. 86 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Friday night. That's when it happened. 87 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,000 What time Friday night? 88 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,000 About 7.05 or 7.10, right after the fights went on. 89 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 That's when the phone rang. 90 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 I see. 91 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,000 I was kind of sure about being interrupted when the fights was on. 92 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Always watch them. 93 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Most of my friends know not to call me then. 94 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Yes, sir. 95 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Well, anyway, the phone rang. 96 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,000 I got up and went over to answer it. 97 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 It was Bert. 98 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 It was Bert. 99 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Bert Newell. 100 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 He's a driver. 101 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Oh, I see. 102 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Said he had a breakdown at Fountain D'Longcree. 103 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Asked me if I had an extra tractor. 104 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 It happened, I did. 105 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Uh-huh. 106 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 But he asked me to bring it over. 107 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Said he wanted to use it to get the show to Nevada. 108 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 So you drove over then, huh? 109 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Not right away. 110 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,000 How's that? 111 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Well, it looked like the fight wasn't going to last much longer, 112 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 and I wanted to see the finish of it. 113 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 So I stuck around for a couple more rounds. 114 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 After that, I left. 115 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Uh-huh. 116 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Drove over and found Bert right on the corner, 117 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 and I was standing there, 118 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 not trying to do nothing about the breakdown, 119 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 just standing there. 120 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Yes, sir. 121 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Well, you just bet I read him off. 122 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Told him the least he could have done was get out of the wrench or something, 123 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 try to find the trouble. 124 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 I read him off good. 125 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Yes, sir. 126 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Didn't do no good. 127 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 He's shifflous, you know. 128 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Real shifflous. 129 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Yes, sir. 130 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 You know Bert, do you? 131 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 No, sir. 132 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Shifflous. 133 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 You know him, you know that. 134 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,000 You want to go on, please? 135 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Oh, yeah. 136 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,000 I got the trailer on the hitch, and the tractor hooked up, 137 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,000 only took a couple of minutes, and got it done, 138 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 and Bert took off. 139 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Where was he going, you know? 140 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 Over to Nevada. 141 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,000 Going to play a show there, Overton. 142 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Going to play a show there. 143 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Yes, sir. 144 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Right by Lake Mead, Overton. 145 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Yes, sir. 146 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,000 When did you find out the animals were missing? 147 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,000 When I got the wire from my brother. 148 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 That's when I got the first inkling. 149 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 When was that? 150 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Last night. 151 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Company phoned me about, oh, I guess it was about 8.30. 152 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 I see. 153 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000 You have the telegram? 154 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000 No. 155 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,000 What did it say? 156 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,000 Yes, the animals are gone from my brother. 157 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Said that the animals went on the truck when it got to Overton. 158 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Uh-huh. 159 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Told me about how the locks on a couple of the cages 160 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 was busted and smashed, 161 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 and the animals was gone. 162 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Well, now, sir, is it possible that the cages might have been 163 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,000 broken into some other place than Los Angeles? 164 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Might be, yes. 165 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Might be, made likely. 166 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Why do you say that? 167 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 The only reason I know of is, it ain't likely. 168 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Not only that, I got proof of it. 169 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,000 How do you mean, sir? 170 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,000 Well, as soon as I got the wire, I went down to Fountain D. Longcree, 171 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,000 went right there and looked around. 172 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Uh-huh. 173 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Figured I might as well go down there and look around. 174 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,000 I might find something, you know. 175 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Took a big four-cell flash and went down to the corner. 176 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 I see. 177 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Yeah, I was right. That's where it happened. 178 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Yeah, that's where they got away. 179 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Found a spore, you know. 180 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,000 How big a part? 181 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 Spore, tracks. Found them all over the place. 182 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Oh, I see. Of the panthers? 183 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Of the raccoons. 184 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Not only that, I found something else. 185 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Yes, sir? Monkeys. Found them, too. 186 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Where were they? 187 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Phone pole, right up on the top, just sitting there, shivering. 188 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,000 They're kind of little, you know. 189 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Get real cold, easy. 190 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 We have them around the place. They wear little sweaters. 191 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Get chilly real easy. 192 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,000 How about the rest of the animals? 193 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,000 You see any sign of them? 194 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,000 No, I went over to a little store near there and got a head of lettuce. 195 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Seventeen cents. 196 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Took it back to the phone pole, showed it to Caesar and Salome. 197 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Oh, they love lettuce. 198 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Is that the monkeys? 199 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Yeah, mama's a white-eared. 200 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Love lettuce. 201 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,000 They came right down there, didn't they? 202 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Yeah, right down the pole, slithered right for the lettuce. 203 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000 And they were scared stiff. 204 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Being up there on that pole all night, 205 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,000 should have had their sweaters. 206 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 What about the other animals? 207 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 Not a sign of them. 208 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Just the spore of the raccoons. 209 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Haven't got the slightest idea where they might have gone. 210 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000 No real problem, though, not them. 211 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 How do you mean? 212 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Easy to replace. 213 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,000 Just go up in the Hollywood Hills, lots of them there. 214 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Run all over the place, upsetting garbage cans. 215 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Imagine some of the people would be glad to have me come up there and take them away. 216 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Yeah, raccoons ain't no problem. 217 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Well, Mr. Havel, what about the panther? 218 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Well, he's a problem. 219 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Yes, sir. Can you give us a description of the animal? 220 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,000 He's black. 221 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 Yes, sir. 222 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Like the inside of a well, jet black. 223 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,000 Even blacker than that ink they're talking about. 224 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,000 About six inches. 225 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,000 That's what I'm talking about. 226 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 About seven feet long, oh, easy there. 227 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 That's counting the tail, seven feet. 228 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 Anything else about him that we should know? 229 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 No, just a plain black panther, nothing special. 230 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Is he dangerous? 231 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Well, not unless he meets somebody. 232 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,000 Dandy's got a temper. 233 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 That's the name of the animal, is it Dandy? 234 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Yeah, namely that because he's blacker than the pitch of the inferno. 235 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Dandy. 236 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 You're pretty sure he got out of that truck when the monkeys did, huh? 237 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Well, I ain't going to give you no written guarantee, but I'm sure of it. 238 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 All right, sir, we'll start looking for him right away. 239 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,000 Mr. Havill, where were these animals coming from? 240 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Winter quarters. 241 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,000 The standard organ is going to be our first, just starting the season. 242 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 Mm-hmm. 243 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Well, is there anything else you can tell us that will make it easier to find the panther? 244 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 No, not a thing. 245 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Just be careful, that's all. 246 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Don't hurt him. 247 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,000 He's really as gentle as a kitten when you get to know him, 248 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 like a big overgrown cat. 249 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 Gentle. 250 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 That's something Clyde didn't understand. 251 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Who's Clyde, sir? 252 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 My brother Clyde. 253 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Oh, I see. 254 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,000 He didn't like Dandy, didn't understand him. 255 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,000 That's what caused the trouble. 256 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,000 What was that? 257 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,000 Last winter, Clyde came to see the show, tell me about the bookings. 258 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,000 Oh, I see. 259 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 We discussed about how the best way to exhibit Dandy would be, 260 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 and Clyde got too close to the cage. 261 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 Yeah. 262 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Dandy almost killed him. 263 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:52,000 All officers in the area where the panther had escaped were notified, 264 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:56,000 and an additional team of men were called from metropolitan reserves to patrol the vicinity. 265 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:01,000 The presence of the animal on city streets presented a very real menace to all citizens in the city. 266 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:07,000 A team of detectives from auto theft detail were dispatched to the corner of Fountain and DeLongfray to talk to the people who lived in the area. 267 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:11,000 However, they were unable to come up with any new information on the escaped panther. 268 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Frank and I talked to Chief of Detective Stad Brown and with Captain Nelson. 269 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,000 It was decided to start a block-by-block search for the missing cat. 270 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Authorities from the Griffith Park Zoo were consulted as to the possible hiding places of the animal. 271 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:30,000 When the afternoon newspapers hit the streets, calls began to flood the complaint board asking for additional information on the panther. 272 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:35,000 Local radio and television broadcasts carried stories about the escape, and the number of calls went up. 273 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,000 Additional men had to be called to care for the switchboard. 274 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,000 The search went on. 275 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:45,000 Frank and I worked in the field along with the other men from auto theft detail and officers from Metro Division. 276 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:52,000 Every possible hiding place in the vicinity of Fountain and DeLongfray was searched without turning up any new information on the cat. 277 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:59,000 It was the opinion of authorities that the panther might try to hide in the brush of the Hollywood Hills, and the search was moved to that vicinity. 278 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,000 Tuesday, May 12, Frank and I got back to the office from the area. 279 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,000 We'd been up all night looking for the animal. 280 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,000 You want to check with the skipper? 281 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 Anybody around here can bring in some coffee. 282 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,000 I'll call Sal. He'll bring some over. 283 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,000 That would be a good idea. 284 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 I can send over a sandwich too. 285 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,000 What kind do you want? 286 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000 I don't care. Just tell him to make sure the coffee's hot. 287 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,000 Yes. 288 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Yes, sir? 289 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 I'd like to talk to the men who are working on the panther thing. 290 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,000 Yes, sir. Come right in. 291 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,000 I'm at the end of the hall. I find it in here. 292 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Well, I'm Sergeant Party. Maybe I can help you. 293 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,000 You working with the search party? 294 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,000 Yes, sir. I'm partnering with them. I've been out with them. 295 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,000 Have they caught up yet? 296 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,000 No, sir. Not yet. 297 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,000 They know where there is coffee? 298 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Well, no, sir. We don't. 299 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,000 That's what I thought. I'm Sidney Norton. I live in this town. 300 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,000 Yes, sir. 301 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,000 Got a family. I pay taxes. 302 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Uh-huh. 303 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,000 I just want to ask one question. 304 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,000 Yes, sir. Go ahead. 305 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,000 Now, according to the papers, it's Havel, or whatever his name is. 306 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,000 He owns the panther. Is that right? 307 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,000 His name's Clarence Havel. 308 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,000 But he owns the cast. 309 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Yes, sir. That's right. 310 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Well, I want his address. 311 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Big pie? 312 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,000 I want the number of his house. That's simple, isn't it? 313 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,000 Well, we're not allowed to give that out. I'm sorry. 314 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,000 All I want is his address so I can go over there and punch him right in the nose. 315 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,000 You going to give it to me? 316 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,000 No, sir. 317 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Who's your superior? 318 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Captain Millson. 319 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,000 Well, what is he? I want to talk to him. 320 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,000 He's in Chief Brown's office right now. 321 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,000 Well, where is that? 322 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Down at the end of the hall, office number 26. 323 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,000 All right. I'll talk to him. 324 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 I want that man's address, and I want it now. 325 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Terrible thing for the law to allow a person to keep animals like that 326 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,000 so they can get away and walk around killing anybody they meet. 327 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:24,000 If you cops can't do anything about it, I can. You can just bet I can. 328 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Well, if you go out and cause Mr. Havel any trouble, you're liable for arrest, sir. 329 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,000 By whom? 330 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Any policeman that he wants to call. 331 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Well, you protect him, but you don't care about me and my family, is that it? 332 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,000 No, sir. You've both got rights of protection under the law. 333 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,000 Now, if Havel's done anything, we'll take care of it. 334 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,000 When? 335 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,000 As soon as we find that panther. 336 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Well, you may just be wrong. 337 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,000 I've been talking around. 338 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,000 There are a lot of people who feel like I do, a lot of them. 339 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Enough, maybe, to decide to do things our way. 340 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,000 Well, I wouldn't try it, Mr. Norton. 341 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,000 Too late, mister. You can't do anything about it. 342 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,000 We will. Me and my friends, we'll take care of it. 343 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 It's out of your hands. We'll take care of Havel. 344 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,000 We'll take care of him good. 345 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,000 I wouldn't make book on that. 346 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,000 He's going to stop us. 347 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,000 It's like I told you, any cop that Havel calls. 348 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Frank and I talked to Sidney Norton, and we finally convinced him that any action he might take would not help the situation. 349 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,000 We sent him home, and then we met with Captain Nelson and Chief Brown. 350 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:18,000 The progress of the search was reviewed, and it was decided to continue it in the Lake Hollywood area and in the upper Griffith Park hills. 351 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:23,000 All days off had been canceled, and additional officers were joining in the hunt for the panthers. 352 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,000 After the meeting, Frank and I got some breakfast, and then we drove out to Clarence Havel's home. 353 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:32,000 It was a large ranch house at the corner of Vickery Boulevard and Monterey Avenue out in the San Fernando Valley. 354 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:37,000 We drove through the gate and parked the car. Clarence Havel was sitting on the large porch waiting for us. 355 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:39,000 A small monkey was sitting on his shoulder. 356 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,000 All right, come on up and sit down. 357 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:42,000 Yes, sir. 358 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,000 How's it going, Mr. Friday, Mr. Smith? 359 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,000 All right, sir. Pretty good, sir. 360 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Get you anything? A glass of ginger beer, maybe? Got some cold in the any spot? 361 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,000 No, sir, no, thanks. 362 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Heard from my brother this morning. 363 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000 All right. 364 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Well, in Nevada, got a telegram. Company phoned it to me again. Good news. 365 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,000 What's that, sir? 366 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,000 Well, it began to look like it's all a mistake. 367 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,000 Sir? 368 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:07,000 The whole thing. Looks like the animals didn't get away here in Los Angeles. 369 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Why do you say that? 370 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,000 Well, a telegram from my brother. 371 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:14,000 Said they found the Cody Mundy and one of the raccoons in Baker, California. 372 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,000 Found them alongside the road, tired and hungry. 373 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Guess they're sorry now they got out of the truck. 374 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000 How about the panther? Any word on him? 375 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:24,000 No, not yet, but Clyde sets some men out to look for it. 376 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,000 Sure, Dandy will turn up. 377 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,000 How can we get in touch with your brother, Hevel? 378 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,000 Can't. 379 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,000 What? 380 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,000 Can't get in touch with him. Out in the desert looking for Dandy. How to touch. 381 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Can you give us the address of your winter quarters here in town? 382 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 I can't do that, Mr. Friday. 383 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Why not? 384 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 Don't know. 385 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,000 Well, sir, you run a circus and you don't know where the animals are kept? 386 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Well, not really a circus, a carnival. 387 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 Yes, sir, we understand, but what's the address? 388 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,000 I don't know. 389 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,000 You haven't any idea? 390 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,000 Not the least. 391 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 You can't tell us where to reach your brother? 392 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,000 He's out looking for Dandy. 393 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Well, how about it, Hevel, something that you're not telling us? 394 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Hevel? 395 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Yeah? 396 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,000 What was there? 397 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Well, we haven't got no regular winter quarters, not regular set up. 398 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,000 That's why I can't tell you where it is. 399 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,000 Ain't none. 400 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,000 All right, go ahead. 401 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:15,000 You see, the Hevel Amalgamated Combined Trolls is really a gypsy carnival. 402 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,000 How do you mean that? 403 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Well, we ain't got no big operation, a couple of mangy animals. 404 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,000 We don't have a license to keep them in the city. 405 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,000 The only quarters we've got are vacant lots. 406 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:29,000 We set up and stay there until the neighbors start to complain and we move on. 407 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,000 Trucks for the shore are registered in states where the fee is smallest 408 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:36,000 and we got about every deal we could to keep the cost of operation down. 409 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Now, what about the pants? 410 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,000 Dandy? 411 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Yes, sir? 412 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 When he real the traction we got. 413 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 Man killer. 414 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,000 I told you about how he almost got cried, didn't I? I told you that. 415 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Yes, sir. 416 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,000 I don't understand, Dandy, or nothing works with him. 417 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,000 Is that right? 418 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,000 Might be something about Dandy. 419 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,000 Could be our officer. We gave him this number. 420 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Yeah, yeah, just a minute. 421 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,000 Hello. 422 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,000 Yeah, this is number. Huh? 423 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,000 Yeah, just a minute. 424 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,000 It's for you, Mr. Pryde. Your office. 425 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Thank you. 426 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,000 Thank you very much. 427 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000 No trouble at all. I'd like to do what I can. 428 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,000 Yes, sir. Pryde. Yes, Cooper. 429 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,000 That's right. 430 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,000 Well, you want to give me that address? 431 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,000 I checked out, didn't I? Uh-huh. 432 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,000 Now we'll get right over. 433 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,000 Frank, let's go. 434 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Good news? 435 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Well, we're not sure yet. 436 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,000 Huh? 437 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:39,000 I said they found the Panther. 438 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:43,000 The address we'd gotten on the telephone was in the Hollywood Hills just off Beechwood Drive. 439 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:49,000 Frank and I drove down the freeway, turned off at Gower, up Franklin to Beechwood, and we continued up to Ledgwood Drive. 440 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:55,000 By the time we got there, other units had arrived in the immediate vicinity where the animal had been seen was surrounded. 441 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 From one of the officers, we got the story. 442 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,000 The Panther had been seen by one of the civilians searching the area. 443 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:05,000 The animal had run between two houses and jumped through a window into a ground floor garage. 444 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,000 We checked the house, but we found that the occupants were not there. 445 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:14,000 Because of the danger of the Panther's presence and the difficulty of taking it alive, it was decided to try to shoot it. 446 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:18,000 The officers involved in the search were armed with large caliber weapons. 447 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:23,000 Frank and I took two sawed-off shotguns and we approached the door leading to the garage. 448 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Who's covering the window? 449 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Mac. 450 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Alright, I'll hit the door. Stand back, we'll try to see what's inside. 451 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,000 Okay. I can't see anything from the window. 452 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,000 Yeah, it might be behind those boxes at the rear there. 453 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Yeah. 454 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,000 You all set? 455 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Yep. 456 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:48,000 Now. 457 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,000 See anything? 458 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000 No. 459 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,000 Wait a minute. 460 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:58,000 Back there behind the cases. Looks like something there. 461 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,000 You can take that sign. 462 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,000 Alright. 463 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,000 Take it easy. 464 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Sure. You don't have to tell us. 465 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:10,000 Alright, Frank. Right from where you are, can you tip those boxes over there? 466 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Yeah, I think so. 467 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,000 Well, let's try it. Maybe it'll drive them out in the open. 468 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:22,000 Alright. 469 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,000 Well, there he is. 470 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:28,000 Yeah, looks pretty mean. 471 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:37,000 Black Tomcat. 472 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,000 The event was similar to several that had happened during the hunt for the black panther. 473 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:46,000 During the twenty-odd hours we'd been looking for the animal, there'd been several reports that seemed authentic enough to be checked out. 474 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,000 All of them turned out to be false. 475 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:53,000 By this time there were over three hundred officers engaged in the search. 476 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:58,000 Frank and I went back to the office and put in a call to the telegraph company in an effort to find Clyde Habel. 477 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:02,000 They checked through their files but they were unable to find any record of any wires. 478 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:07,000 We then put in a call to the California-Nevada border station in an attempt to get information. 479 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:11,000 Yes, sir, that's right. Habel Amalgamated Combined Show. 480 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,000 What? 481 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000 Five, two, three. 482 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:18,000 A. B. Victor. I. L. L. 483 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:19,000 Habel. 484 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Well, what we got it should have come through Saturday the thirteenth. 485 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,000 No, it might have been Sunday the fourteenth. 486 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,000 You're pretty sure about that, are you? 487 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Was it possible? 488 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,000 All right, I understand. 489 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Okay, thank you. If anything turns up, will you call us? 490 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,000 Friday, extension 2507. That's all of that detail. 491 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:42,000 Right. Thanks again. Bye. 492 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,000 How about it? They got a record of the show going through? 493 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,000 They never heard of it. 494 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:53,000 We immediately put in a call to the authorities in Baker, California. 495 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:57,000 We talked with members of the State Highway Patrol and from them we obtained the information 496 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,000 that there had been no stray animals captured in the vicinity during the past few days. 497 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:06,000 The conversation with them lengthened the possibility that the story we'd gotten from Clarence Habel was a lie. 498 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,000 We checked his house but Habel wasn't there. 499 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 From his neighbor we obtained the name of his sister. 500 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:15,000 Six tens in, we drove out to the address of two families, Stucco Duplex. 501 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,000 We rang the bell and we waited. 502 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Yes? 503 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,000 Miss Habel? 504 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,000 That's right. What is it you want? 505 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,000 Well, police officers. Frank Smith, my name's Friday. 506 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,000 Hello. 507 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,000 How do you do, ma'am? 508 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,000 What is it you want? 509 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,000 Would you like to talk to you about your brother? 510 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,000 Friday? 511 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,000 No, ma'am, Clarence. 512 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,000 Mr. Friday, I've done what I can for him. 513 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:37,000 If he's in trouble again, he's just going to have to go it alone. 514 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,000 What if we could talk inside? 515 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,000 Well, come on in. 516 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,000 Thank you very much. 517 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,000 What's he done this time? 518 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Thank you, pardon? 519 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000 What's my brother done this time? 520 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,000 Does your brother own a circus? 521 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Is this a joke? 522 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 No, ma'am, it's pretty serious, does he? 523 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Sure, big one. 524 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 How about the malcomated and combined shows? 525 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,000 Travels all over the country. 526 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,000 Animals, concessions. 527 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Even got a man eating black pasta. 528 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,000 Yes, ma'am, that's one of the things we want to find out about. 529 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,000 Dandy? 530 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,000 You know the animal, do you? 531 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Oh, Clarence's friends do. 532 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,000 Talked about him all the time. 533 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,000 Do you know where the circus is right now? 534 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,000 Same place it's always been. 535 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 Never been anyplace else. 536 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,000 Yeah. 537 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,000 And Clarence's head. 538 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:24,000 We continued to talk to Lillian Havel. 539 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,000 From her we got the background of her story. 540 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:30,000 She told us that her brother had been a press agent for one of the larger carnivals, 541 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000 but that he'd been discharged several years before. 542 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:38,000 Since that time he talked of very little else but the day when he'd be able to start his own show starring Dandy, 543 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000 the man killing Black Panther. 544 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,000 She went on to tell us that he'd spent most of his time in the hills of the San Fernando Valley 545 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,000 trapping small animals preparing for the first tour of the carnival. 546 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,000 We called the office and notified them. 547 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,000 The search for the Black Panther was called off. 548 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,000 8.46 p.m. 549 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,000 We left the duplex and we drove out the freeway to the valley. 550 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,000 When we got to Havel's he was sitting on the front porch reading. 551 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 The monkey was still on his shoulder. 552 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 Hey, come back, huh? 553 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:05,000 Yes, sir. 554 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,000 Found Dandy yet? 555 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,000 Sure hope you come up with him. 556 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000 I hate to lose the main attraction. 557 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000 You haven't had any word of him yet, huh? 558 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,000 No. 559 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000 He's a sly one, old Dandy. 560 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,000 Sly. 561 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,000 He knows if you find him he'll go back in the cage. 562 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000 You just keep looking though, he'll turn up. 563 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,000 The search has been called off, Havel. 564 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,000 Called off? 565 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,000 That's right. 566 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,000 You mean you quit looking? 567 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,000 That's right. 568 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Well you can't do that, you can't. 569 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:31,000 Dangerous animal like that loose in the city, all the people in dire danger, you can't call off the posse. 570 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,000 Why don't you tell us about it? 571 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,000 What do you mean? 572 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,000 All right, Havel, tell us why you did it. 573 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Huh? 574 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,000 Why'd you report the Panther being gone? 575 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,000 He was, wanted to save all the people from dire danger. 576 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,000 Why don't you tell us the truth? 577 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,000 Huh? 578 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,000 We've checked your story, it's a pack of lies, you know it. 579 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Now just a minute, ain't no man that says I tell lies, no man. 580 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,000 You say you got two telegrams from your brother, is that right? 581 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Yeah, from Clyde. 582 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000 Well we checked with a telegraph company. 583 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 They've got no record of any such messages. 584 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,000 Hey, it's a big company, they might have lost him. 585 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000 No, I don't think they lost him. 586 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,000 Might have. 587 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 You told us the carnival truck went into Nevada, didn't you? 588 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000 Is that right? 589 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,000 Well we checked at the border, they don't know anything about the show. 590 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,000 Well, there are a lot of roads in the Nevada, maybe you called the wrong station. 591 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,000 No, we talked to the right one. 592 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,000 Big truck, red and yellow, Havel's combined amalgamated shows, 593 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,000 letters about this big on the side, 594 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 yellow letters, got a picture of Danny on the side, 595 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,000 you know what I mean, you can almost count his teeth. 596 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:29,000 You told us the truck was registered in your name, DMV has no record of it. 597 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000 Well it must be some mistake, it's gotta be wrong. 598 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:35,000 We talked to your sister, she tells you don't have any kind of a show. 599 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000 Lillian said that? 600 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,000 That's what she said. 601 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,000 You here too? 602 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,000 Yes, sir. 603 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:45,000 Lillian told you I didn't have no show? Lillian told you that? 604 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000 Go and get your coat, Havel. 605 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,000 Huh? 606 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 A little cold out tonight, you might need a coat. 607 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,000 We going someplace? 608 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,000 Yes, sir, we're gonna have to take you downtown. 609 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,000 Why? 610 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Well you had half the city on a wild goose chase here, 611 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,000 caused a lot of people a lot of work, 612 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,000 turns out there was no reason for it, we're trying to find out why you did it. 613 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,000 Why? 614 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,000 Yes, sir. 615 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,000 You ever wanted anything bad, Sergeant? 616 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,000 What? 617 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,000 You ever wanted something so bad you'd almost taste it, 618 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,000 get to a point where you think about it so much, 619 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:19,000 pretty soon it don't come over like a dream anymore, it's real, honest and true real. 620 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 You ever wanted anything like that? 621 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000 I wouldn't know. 622 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Well, that's the way it was with Havel's and Mel's combined shows. 623 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,000 That's the way it was. 624 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:33,000 I was weaned on sawdust, been around it all my life. 625 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:37,000 The animals, side shows, the alley, all of it. 626 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 Been my whole life. 627 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,000 When I left it just seemed like I jumped into a big hole that didn't have no bottom. 628 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:49,000 Wasn't anything to hang on to, nothing to tie down to, you know. 629 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,000 Always I had in the back of my head that I could do it again. 630 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,000 I was a good publicity man, good. 631 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,000 Used to pack the man. 632 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,000 Never no trouble getting the people in when I was there. 633 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:03,000 When I left I knew I'd be back, I knew it with my own show. 634 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:08,000 Havel's amalgamated combined shows, the biggest in the world. 635 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,000 I guess I just got so I believed it too much 636 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:16,000 and lost the line between what's real and what I was dreaming. 637 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,000 You know, this morning when you was out here, 638 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,000 remembered and tried to stop you from going on with it. 639 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:26,000 Tried and then there was that phone call where they found Andy. 640 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:31,000 Didn't seem right to stop things then, just didn't seem right. 641 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000 All right, you want to get your coat? 642 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:34,000 Yeah. 643 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,000 You going to take me downtown in a police car? 644 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,000 That's right. 645 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Going to use a siren? 646 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,000 For what sir? 647 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Siren. 648 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,000 There's no reason for any siren. 649 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,000 I suppose not. 650 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,000 Used to have sirens when I come to town. 651 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,000 Me and the chief of police ride down the street, siren going. 652 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,000 Everybody knew I was in town, big to do. 653 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Everybody knew I was there. 654 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Things sure changed. 655 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Not very much. 656 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 Things have changed. 657 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,000 People used to know I was in town. 658 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,000 They still do. 659 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:13,000 Music 660 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:18,000 Clarence Neil Habel was held over for a sanity hearing in superior court. 661 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,000 On recommendation of the court, appropriate action was taken. 662 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:29,000 The story of your police force in action is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 663 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:58,000 Music 664 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:08,000 Music