1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,940 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,940 --> 00:00:14,640 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:15,640 Dragmint. 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:26,000 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,300 You're assigned a narcotics detail. 6 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:31,560 The body of a man has been found in a public park lake. 7 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,840 Physical evidence indicates he was killed by narcotics. 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,960 Your job, check it out. 9 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:42,880 It was Monday, July 9th. 10 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:44,040 It was warm in Los Angeles. 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,160 We were working the day watch out on narcotics detail. 12 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:47,400 My partner is Frank Smith. 13 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:48,880 The boss is Captain Shy. 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:49,880 My name is Friday. 15 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:54,240 We were on our way out from the office and it was 10.23 a.m. when we got to room 42. 16 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:55,240 Homicide. 17 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:59,080 You got a name on him? 18 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:00,080 Yeah. 19 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:01,080 Hi Joe, Frank. 20 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:02,080 Oh yeah. 21 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:03,080 You all right with him? 22 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:04,080 Yeah. 23 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:05,080 What's the spelling on that? 24 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:06,080 Yeah, I'll check it out. 25 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:07,080 All right. 26 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:08,080 I'll call you back. 27 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:09,080 Bye. 28 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:10,080 Jack, how's it going? 29 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:11,080 Pretty good. 30 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:12,080 What about you? 31 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:13,080 Doesn't do much good to kick. 32 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:14,080 Yeah, never worked for me. 33 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:15,080 What you got for it? 34 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:16,080 Wait a minute, I'll get the pictures. 35 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:17,080 All right. 36 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:26,080 We got it late Saturday night. 37 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:30,600 Just got the results of the audits of this morning. 38 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,600 Thought maybe you and Frank would be interested. 39 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,600 Yeah, here, let me get you a table. 40 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:37,600 What is it? 41 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:38,600 Oh, here. 42 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:41,080 The way we got the story goes together like this. 43 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,560 A couple of kids on their way home from a late show walked through MacArthur Park. 44 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:45,560 Must have been about 10.30. 45 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:46,560 Yeah. 46 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:49,680 They stopped by the side of the lake for a minute and they saw something in the water. 47 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,560 Went down to check it and found the body of a man. 48 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:52,560 Yeah. 49 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:53,560 Here's a picture of where we found him. 50 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:54,560 Mm-hmm. 51 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,560 Contacted the park authorities and they called the police. 52 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,560 Tell me car answered and they called us. 53 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:01,560 Mm-hmm. 54 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:02,560 You know who he is? 55 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:03,560 No idea on him. 56 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:04,560 Made him through his prints. 57 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,560 The names, Walter Dumer, appears to be his true name. 58 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:09,560 Got several aliases. 59 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:10,560 How about his background? 60 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,560 Been picked up for just about everything in the code. 61 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,560 Copy of his arrest record. 62 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,560 He was first arrested when he was 14. 63 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:18,560 Yeah. 64 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,560 Piled him up ever since. 65 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,560 Added up, he spent over half his life in prison. 66 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:24,560 Mm-hmm. 67 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,560 Wait and looks, he died someplace else. 68 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:27,560 How'd he figure that out? 69 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:28,560 Go on here. 70 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,560 This is a picture taken of the path leading to the lake. 71 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:32,560 Yeah. 72 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:33,560 See here, the tracks? 73 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:34,560 Mm-hmm. 74 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,560 Looks like he was dragged down the gravel path and then dropped into the water. 75 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:38,560 Mm-hmm. 76 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:39,560 Yeah. 77 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:40,560 See there, Joe? 78 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:41,560 Yeah. 79 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:42,560 What killed him? 80 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:43,560 Had us for a while. 81 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:44,560 He was in a coma. 82 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:45,560 The poor old man. 83 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:46,560 He had to think for a minute. 84 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:47,560 On his record, there are a half dozen people in town who'd like to take care of it. 85 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:48,560 Yeah. 86 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,560 Copy of the autopsy report. 87 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:56,560 Well, we'll explain why we thought you might want a piece of it. 88 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:57,560 No. 89 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:58,560 He died of narcotics poisoning. 90 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:05,560 We went over the dead man's effects without coming up with any additional information. 91 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:09,560 From the report of the coroner's office, we knew that Gilmer had died of narcotics poisoning. 92 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:14,560 We were not able to tell the type of the narcotics used, but it was listed as either heroin or morphine. 93 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:19,560 During the past three months, the Southland had been flooded with an inferior grade of heroin. 94 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:23,560 From chemical analysis, we knew that it was being processed in Mexico. 95 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,560 We'd been in touch with Mexican authorities, but in spite of our joint activities, 96 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,560 the drug continued to cross the border and it continued to be circulated. 97 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,560 Arrests of mules and pushers had been made. 98 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,560 Suspects had been interrogated and all other leads had been checked out, 99 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,560 but we were still unable to come up with the key people in the operation. 100 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,560 The death of Walter Gilmer gave us a possible lead. 101 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:47,560 We couldn't be sure that he died of the low-grade drug, but it was worth looking into. 102 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,560 Working with Sergeant Jack McCready and Danny Galindo of Homicide Detail, 103 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,560 we pulled Gilmer's package and we went over all of the available information on him. 104 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,560 We made out a list of his known friends and his associates. 105 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,560 All of the places he was known to frequent were checked. 106 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:05,560 For the next two days, anyone who had been seen in Gilmer's company was talked to. 107 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,560 Apparently, we were at a dead end. 108 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:11,560 Thursday, July 12th, 1114 A.M., Frank and I got back from talking to an informant. 109 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,560 There was a note in the book to call McCready. 110 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:15,560 McCready there? 111 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:16,560 Yeah. 112 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,560 Oh, Jack, Joe Friday. 113 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:19,560 Mm-hmm. 114 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,560 Well, where is he now? 115 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,560 No, we'll be right over. Thank you. 116 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:25,560 What's he got? 117 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:26,560 One of Gilmer's friends. 118 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:27,560 Yeah? 119 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,560 Says he was with Gilmer when he died. 120 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:35,560 Frank and I left the Central Police Station and walked over to the City Hall. 121 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,560 By the time we'd gotten there, McCready had pulled the suspect's package 122 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,560 and had what background information there was on the man. 123 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,560 The three of us talked to him in the interrogation room. 124 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:45,560 For the record, what's your name? 125 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:46,560 David Flack. 126 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:47,560 How old are you? 127 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:48,560 26. 128 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:49,560 Is this still your address? 129 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,560 Yeah. How well did you know this Walter Gilmer? 130 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:52,560 We're on together. 131 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:53,560 How long? 132 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:54,560 A couple of years. 133 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,560 According to your package here, you've had several arrests for being a user, is that right? 134 00:04:58,560 --> 00:04:59,560 He got the paper. 135 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:00,560 Told us you were with Gilmer when he died. 136 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:01,560 Now look, there you go again. 137 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:02,560 What? 138 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,560 I said I was with him when he was sick, that's all. 139 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,560 We got together Saturday night, had dinner, and Walt didn't feel so good. 140 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,560 He shoved off, said he was going home to get some rest. 141 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,560 It's the last time I saw him. He went home to get some rest. 142 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:14,560 Go ahead. 143 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,560 With what? There ain't no more to say. You guys asked me, remember? 144 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:18,560 We talked to the manager of your apartment house. 145 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:19,560 Real goof, ain't she? 146 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,560 She said you and Gilmer came in together Saturday night, puts the time about 8.30. 147 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,560 The two of you stayed there till about 9.30. 148 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:26,560 Then she heard you come out of the elevator with Gilmer. 149 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:27,560 She's got real big ears. 150 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:28,560 That's what she says. 151 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,560 Goes on to tell us that she went to the door of her apartment, looked out into the hall. 152 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,560 Says she saw you carry Gilmer out of the apartment building. 153 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:35,560 I carried Walt out? 154 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:36,560 That's what she says. 155 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:37,560 You know how big Walt is? 156 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:38,560 You got no idea? 157 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:39,560 Well, you know I couldn't carry him anyplace. 158 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:42,560 Guy weighs me about 50 pounds, I ain't that strong. 159 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:43,560 The landlady's willing to testify to it. 160 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:44,560 Ah, she talks a lot. 161 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,560 She's going to talk you right into the joint. 162 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,560 If we find Gilmer an hour later dead, you're the last person seen with him. 163 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:52,560 Fits you real good, Flack. 164 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,560 From here, it looks like you're right for a 187 charge. 165 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,560 You figure you can nail me down for murder, huh? 166 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:58,560 Worth a try. 167 00:05:58,560 --> 00:05:59,560 Yeah, but can you make it go? 168 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:00,560 We think so. 169 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,560 Now, one thing's going to loss it up. 170 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:03,560 Yeah? 171 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:04,560 I didn't do it. 172 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:05,560 I had no part in it, none. 173 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,560 You'd better tell us then, huh? 174 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,560 If I give it to you, it'll make a difference? 175 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:11,560 Depends on the words. 176 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:12,560 Go ahead. 177 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:13,560 Where do I start? 178 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,560 The beginning will do. 179 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:16,560 Yeah. 180 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,560 I guess Saturday afternoon's as good as any. 181 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:19,560 Well, listen. 182 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,560 Old Walt got himself a new connection, said it was a good one. 183 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:23,560 For heroin? 184 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:24,560 Yeah. 185 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,560 Got a good buy on a couple of bindles, said it was a real good deal. 186 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:28,560 You know where? 187 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:29,560 No, he wouldn't tell me. 188 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,560 He just said it was his and that when I needed some stuff, he'd set it up for me. 189 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,560 You're on H2, huh? 190 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:34,560 Yeah, why, I lied to you. 191 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,560 A couple of days in the tank will bring it out anyway. 192 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,560 Yeah, I'm swinging a pretty good habit. 193 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:39,560 How much? 194 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:40,560 Shooting three a day. 195 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:41,560 All right, go ahead. 196 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:43,560 Well, Walt had a fix about four in the afternoon. 197 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,560 We were going out for dinner, and Walt said he had enough H so he could take one for free. 198 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:48,560 Mm-hmm. 199 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,560 After that, we went out, got something to eat. 200 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,560 Walt didn't eat much, said he felt way out, didn't hardly eat at all. 201 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:54,560 Yeah. 202 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:56,560 Went back to the apartment, sat around, talked. 203 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,560 Tried to get him to tell me where he made the connection. 204 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,560 He just laughed and said it was the best thing he ever fell into. 205 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:01,560 Didn't he give you any idea? 206 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:02,560 No, not a smell. 207 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:03,560 All right. 208 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,560 Well, pretty soon he said he didn't feel so good. 209 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,560 I thought maybe he needed another pop. 210 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:08,560 I asked him if he wanted me to cook it for him. 211 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:09,560 He said no. 212 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:10,560 Said he just wanted to get some air. 213 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,560 Told him he couldn't breathe too good. 214 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:13,560 Just lay there on the bed grabbing for air. 215 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:14,560 Mm-hmm. 216 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,560 I asked him if he wanted me to call a doctor, get somebody up there to fix him. 217 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:18,560 He looked pretty bad. 218 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:19,560 Yeah. 219 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,560 He told me he didn't want anybody, just to leave him alone. 220 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:22,560 Mm-hmm. 221 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:23,560 I called him an hour later. 222 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:24,560 I checked with him. 223 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:25,560 I wanted to see if he felt any better. 224 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:26,560 He was dead. 225 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:27,560 You took him out of the apartment then? 226 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:28,560 Yeah. 227 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:29,560 I got scared. 228 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,560 I didn't know what had happened, but I could see you guys laying it on me. 229 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:32,560 What'd you do? 230 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:33,560 Took him out to the park. 231 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,560 Got him in the back seat of the car and took him out there. 232 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,560 Sat in the car for about 50 minutes waiting for a couple of kids to leave. 233 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:40,560 I was sitting on the bench near there talking. 234 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:41,560 I had to wait for them to leave. 235 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:42,560 Yeah. 236 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:45,560 After they'd gone, I'd drag Walt down the water and dumped him in the lake. 237 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:46,560 What about his identification? 238 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:47,560 Took it out of his pocket. 239 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:50,560 Figured he'd give me a couple of days to try and grow an alibi. 240 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,560 Figured it'd take that long for you to find out who he was. 241 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,560 You just left him in the lake then, huh? 242 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:56,560 Yeah. 243 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,560 Drove back to the house and tried to figure what to do. 244 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,560 Think of somebody who'd grow me an alibi. 245 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,560 You haven't got any idea where Gilmer made the connection, huh? 246 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:03,560 No. 247 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:04,560 You know where he went Saturday afternoon? 248 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:05,560 No. 249 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:06,560 He left the place about 10 in the morning. 250 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,560 I didn't see him until about 3 or maybe 3.30. 251 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,560 He was holding pretty good then. 252 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:12,560 Real happy. 253 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:13,560 Laughing it up all over the place. 254 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:14,560 Oh, Walt. 255 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,560 He had a real good laugh when he was feeling good. 256 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,560 Gee, I still can't get it straight that he's dead. 257 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,560 Gilmer have any close friends that you know of? 258 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:22,560 Couple. Not more than that. 259 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:23,560 Want to give us their names? 260 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,560 I guess. As long as they don't find out. 261 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,560 Did he meet any new people he told you about? 262 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,560 If he did, he didn't say nothing. 263 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:31,560 I'm sorry. I'd sure like to help you. 264 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,560 It's a lousy trick making Walt think he was getting such a good deal 265 00:08:33,560 --> 00:08:34,560 than having it turn out like this. 266 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:35,560 It's a lousy deal. 267 00:08:35,560 --> 00:08:36,560 Mm-hmm. 268 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:39,560 He was real happy because he thought he scored real big, got it real cheap. 269 00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:41,560 Told me he hardly paid anything for it. 270 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:42,560 Well, they had it wrong, didn't he? 271 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:43,560 Huh? 272 00:08:43,560 --> 00:08:44,560 He was overcharged. 273 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:52,560 We continued to talk to David Flack. 274 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:56,560 From him, we got additional names of people Walter Gilmer had dealings with. 275 00:08:56,560 --> 00:09:00,560 We also got the addresses of bars and restaurants the dead man was known to have frequented. 276 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:03,560 In our interrogation of Flack, he was unable to give us any leads 277 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:06,560 as to where Gilmer might have bought the lethal narcotics. 278 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:10,560 Thursday afternoon at 421 p.m., Flack was taken to the main jail 279 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:14,560 to be booked in on suspicion of violation of the State Narcotic Act of felony. 280 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:17,560 Frank and I went back to the office and talked with Captain Shy. 281 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:20,560 We told him what had happened, and we reviewed the progress we'd made 282 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:23,560 in attempting to apprehend the leaders of the narcotic ring. 283 00:09:23,560 --> 00:09:26,560 After talking over all the possibilities, it was decided that the only way we had 284 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:30,560 of getting to the higher-ups in the operation was for one of us to go underground. 285 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:33,560 We decided that I would act the part of a buyer from Northern California 286 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:36,560 and try to make the contact with the members of the ring. 287 00:09:36,560 --> 00:09:41,560 I was given a quantity of marked bills and fictitious identification before I left the office. 288 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:45,560 Frank and I worked out a method for communication, and I went home to change my clothes. 289 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:48,560 I left all of my police identification there, and the next morning I began to be seen 290 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:52,560 in the bars and restaurants where Walter Gilmer was known. 291 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:56,560 For the first week it went slow. The people involved were cautious of all newcomers. 292 00:09:56,560 --> 00:10:02,560 On Saturday, July 21st, I had breakfast, and then I walked over to a small place on East 7th Street. 293 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:05,560 Not open for business yet, Joe? 294 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:08,560 No problem. I got some time to kill. I thought I'd do it here if you got no beef. 295 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:11,560 No, sit down. I'm just getting the booze up from downstairs. 296 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:13,560 You want something to cook, maybe? 297 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:15,560 Yeah. You got one that's cold? 298 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:19,560 Yeah. I could put a shot in it if you want. 299 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:20,560 No, that's all right. It's too early. 300 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:22,560 Boss don't like it if I pour before it's time. 301 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:24,560 Mm-hmm. 302 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:27,560 How's business? 303 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:29,560 Oh, not bad. I guess it's a little slow all over. 304 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:31,560 Yeah. 305 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:32,560 How's it going with you, Joe? 306 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:33,560 Slow. 307 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:35,560 How long you figure to be in town? 308 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:37,560 Only got a couple more days. 309 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:38,560 Mm-hmm. 310 00:10:38,560 --> 00:10:40,560 I got to get back up north. 311 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:42,560 Never heard you say what you did. 312 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:44,560 I told John I'm a promoter. 313 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:45,560 You mean like price fights? 314 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:47,560 No. Anything I can make a buck on. 315 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:48,560 What are you working on now? 316 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:50,560 Well, I got a deal. 317 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:52,560 Yeah, I guess you'd rather I didn't get too nosy, huh? 318 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:54,560 Yeah, it might be better that way. 319 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:56,560 Mm-hmm. 320 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:58,560 Words out you're trying to make a buy. 321 00:10:58,560 --> 00:10:59,560 What's that? 322 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:01,560 I say words out you're trying to make a buy. 323 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:02,560 Is that so? 324 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:03,560 Yeah, that's what the word is. 325 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:04,560 Where's it from? 326 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:05,560 From around. 327 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:08,560 No place you can point to. It's around. 328 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:10,560 Anything on what I'm looking for? 329 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:13,560 I don't understand. It's H. 330 00:11:13,560 --> 00:11:14,560 Is that what you think? 331 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:16,560 I don't know. I'm just telling you what the word is. 332 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:18,560 Mm-hmm. 333 00:11:18,560 --> 00:11:20,560 I understand you're a good friend of Walt Gumer. 334 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:23,560 Yeah, I know him. We didn't live together. I knew him. 335 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:24,560 I'm not saying about Walt. 336 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:25,560 Yeah, I guess it is. 337 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:27,560 Did you ever find out what killed him? 338 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:29,560 I don't know. I don't read the papers much. 339 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:30,560 Was it in the paper? 340 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:32,560 Yeah. 341 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:35,560 Uh, rumble is he got some bad stuff. 342 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:37,560 That right. 343 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:38,560 Yeah, that's what you're saying. 344 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:40,560 There might be. I told you. I don't know. 345 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:42,560 I guess if you're a friend of his, 346 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:44,560 you'd like to talk to his connection, huh? 347 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:47,560 Well, it doesn't make any difference to me one way or the other. 348 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:50,560 Mm-hmm. You ain't sore about that, then, huh? 349 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:52,560 I told you I knew him. I didn't know him good. 350 00:11:52,560 --> 00:11:55,560 Just enough to say hello. That's all. 351 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:56,560 Mm-hmm. 352 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:58,560 They're rough the way he went. 353 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:00,560 Call it your own. 354 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:03,560 Well, I'll see you around, Al. 355 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:04,560 You gotta leave, huh? 356 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:06,560 Told you. I only got a couple more days in town. 357 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:08,560 I gotta line something up before I go back. 358 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:09,560 Well, maybe I can give you a hand. 359 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:10,560 Yeah. 360 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:11,560 Depends on what you're after. 361 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:14,560 I got a lot of friends around. I might be able to do you some good. 362 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:16,560 Well, how are you gonna work that? 363 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:17,560 How much you wanna buy? 364 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:19,560 What'd you say? 365 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:21,560 Come off it, Joe. We got the rumble on you. 366 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:23,560 You're down here from Sacramento. You're here to make a buy. 367 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:26,560 Simple question. How much you wanna take back with you? 368 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:28,560 If I wanted to make a connection, that's... 369 00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:32,560 You the guy I'm supposed to see? If I wanted to make a connection? 370 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:33,560 Might work out that way. 371 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:34,560 You holding now? 372 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:35,560 A little. 373 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:36,560 How big? 374 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:37,560 Enough to handle your action. 375 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:39,560 I want a couple ounces. 376 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:40,560 That's a lot of stuff. 377 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:41,560 I don't sell cut rates. 378 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:43,560 Now, you holding that much or aren't you? 379 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:45,560 No, I can line it up for you. 380 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:47,560 What do you take your piece? 381 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:49,560 Off the top. I make the deal for you. 382 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:50,560 Oh, no. No go. 383 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:51,560 Huh? 384 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:53,560 I don't know how you work things here, but I only do business with a gun. 385 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:55,560 Yeah, well, this one don't work that way. 386 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:56,560 Well, then let's forget the whole thing. 387 00:12:56,560 --> 00:12:58,560 Hey, wait a minute. Hold it, Joe. 388 00:12:58,560 --> 00:12:59,560 Yeah? 389 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:00,560 You got the cash? 390 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:01,560 I can get it. 391 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:03,560 All right, it'll work. I'll have to see. 392 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:05,560 I deal with the gun or the buys off? 393 00:13:05,560 --> 00:13:06,560 I'll check it. 394 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:07,560 Is it good stuff? 395 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:08,560 Best we got to offer. 396 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:09,560 That's not much of an answer, is it? 397 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:10,560 It's good. 398 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:11,560 When'll you know? When'll you know? 399 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:13,560 We'll wait here. I'll make a phone call. 400 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:29,560 All right. 401 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:30,560 This is Al. 402 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:33,560 Yeah, I know, I know, but this is important. 403 00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:36,560 Got a guy here who wants to buy a couple of shirts. 404 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:38,560 Now, large size. 405 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:40,560 Uh-huh. 406 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:42,560 As far as we know, he is. 407 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:44,560 I talked to you about him. 408 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:46,560 Yeah, that's the one. Yeah. 409 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:50,560 Now, I said he won't buy them from anybody else. 410 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:53,560 Yeah, that's what I told him. 411 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:55,560 He said he's got it. 412 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:57,560 Just a minute, I'll check. 413 00:13:57,560 --> 00:13:59,560 Uh, you'll be here about seven tonight? 414 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:00,560 Huh? 415 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:02,560 You'll be here tonight about seven? 416 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:04,560 Well, we can make the deal, sure. 417 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:06,560 Yeah, yeah, he can make it. 418 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:08,560 All right, yeah, yeah, I know. 419 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:11,560 I told you, we checked. He's all right. 420 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:13,560 Uh-huh. Yeah, right. 421 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:15,560 Goodbye. 422 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:16,560 Deal's made. 423 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:17,560 All right. 424 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:19,560 Be here at seven. Make it sharp, huh? 425 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:20,560 Okay. 426 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:27,560 You meet the boss. 427 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,560 I got in touch with Frank and I filled him in on what had happened. 428 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:35,560 For the first time in several months, it appeared as if we had a concrete lead to the operators of the dope ring. 429 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:41,560 It was arranged to keep the bar under surveillance, but not to take anybody into custody until a buy had been made. 430 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:44,560 I went back to the room I was renting and I waited. 431 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:48,560 I left at 5.30, had something to eat, and at five minutes of seven, I walked into the bar. 432 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,560 The place was crowded. 433 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,560 There wasn't an empty stool and most of the boots were taken. 434 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:55,560 I edged up to the bar and caught the bartender's attention. 435 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,560 Why, you're drawing your early. 436 00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:58,560 No, you said seven sharp. 437 00:14:58,560 --> 00:14:59,560 Yeah. 438 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:00,560 We gonna do business? 439 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,560 Uh, where do I get out from behind the bar? 440 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:07,560 Yeah, back here, Joe. 441 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,560 And here it is. 442 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,560 You're joking, aren't you? 443 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,560 No, Joe, this is the boss. 444 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,560 Well, I had it figured a little different. 445 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:24,560 Yeah, everybody does. 446 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:28,560 The woman sitting in the booth was in her late 30s or early 40s. It was hard to tell. 447 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,560 She had dark hair and blue eyes. 448 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,560 The suit she was wearing was gray and it looked expensive. 449 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:38,560 After the bartender introduced us, she told him to bring a drink and then she motioned me to sit down. 450 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:40,560 Your name's Joe Friese, is that right? 451 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:41,560 Yeah. 452 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:42,560 Ralph tells me you want some action. 453 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,560 No, he gave you the story. 454 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:45,560 How do I know you're a legitimate dealer? 455 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:46,560 You don't. 456 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:49,560 Still, you want me to go out on a limb and turn over two ounces of heroin to you. 457 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:51,560 I'm willing to pay for it, lady. 458 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:52,560 Where's it gonna go? 459 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:53,560 Up north. 460 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:54,560 Out of ground. 461 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:55,560 Sacramento. 462 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,560 You got the route to get rid of it? 463 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,560 They're waiting for it now. 464 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,560 Go on then, I should tell you I haven't got two ounces. 465 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:03,560 Well, and I'm wasting my time. 466 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:04,560 But I can get it. 467 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:05,560 How soon? 468 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:06,560 Yeah. 469 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,560 How quick do you need it? 470 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,560 I want to leave town in a couple of days, I told Al. 471 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:13,560 You're working alone? 472 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:15,560 I don't see how they're treating the price. 473 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:16,560 You're wrong. 474 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:17,560 What? 475 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:18,560 H we've got goes for $4.50 an ounce. 476 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:19,560 That's pretty high. 477 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:20,560 The best we can get. 478 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:21,560 Should be. 479 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,560 You want to make a deal, the price comes down. 480 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:26,560 No, I can't swing more than two ounces. 481 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,560 Even if the price has dropped? 482 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:29,560 How much? 483 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:30,560 To $3.50. 484 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:31,560 No, that doesn't fit. 485 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:32,560 What's the angle? 486 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:37,560 If you're on your own, you must get a little tiresome to have to carry the load by yourself. 487 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:38,560 Maybe. 488 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,560 I was thinking maybe you'd like a partner. 489 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:42,560 You? 490 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:43,560 That's what I had in mind. 491 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:44,560 No go. 492 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:45,560 Why? 493 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:46,560 Oh, a lot of reasons. 494 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:47,560 Meaning because I don't need anybody. 495 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:49,560 Then it's gonna cost you $4.50. 496 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:51,560 Well, I figured that going in. 497 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:52,560 When do you want the stuff? 498 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:53,560 Tomorrow night'll do. 499 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:54,560 You don't have to be late. 500 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:55,560 We got it coming in then. 501 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:56,560 From where? 502 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,560 The price doesn't include that. 503 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:00,560 Okay. 504 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:02,560 Where do I pick the H up? 505 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:03,560 Elf will call you. 506 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:04,560 He'll give you the time and the place. 507 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,560 Well, if it's high grade, I might want some more. 508 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,560 You can pay our price, you'll get it. 509 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:09,560 It's all right. 510 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,560 You're making a big mistake, Joe. 511 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:12,560 Is that so? 512 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:13,560 Yeah. 513 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,560 I got L.A. sewed up good and tight. 514 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:17,560 Good distribution. 515 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,560 All the product I need. 516 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:20,560 You got the North. 517 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,560 If we put them together, we could both come out real well. 518 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,560 No, I told you before, I don't need partners. 519 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:26,560 You might be wrong, Joe. 520 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:27,560 What? 521 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,560 You might already have one. 522 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:37,560 I stopped by the bar and gave the bartender my phone number. 523 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,560 He said he'd call me as soon as he had any information. 524 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,560 I left the place and walked over to 5th Street. 525 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:46,560 At a corner restaurant, I put in a call to Frank and I filled him in on what had happened. 526 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:51,560 It was set up that he and Sergeant Roxy Luccarelli would keep me under surveillance all the following day. 527 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:55,560 In the meantime, the woman, Dolores Page, would be watched also. 528 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,560 I went back to the hotel where I was staying and went to bed. 529 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:04,560 At 3.30 a.m., the phone rang and the bartender, Alf, told me to get dressed and meet him in front of the hotel right away. 530 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,560 He said we were leaving town immediately to make the narcotics buy. 531 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:11,560 I tried to call Frank and fill him in on what had happened, but I couldn't reach him. 532 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:16,560 I got in touch with the office and left word regarding the meat and then went downstairs to wait for Alf. 533 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:19,560 At 3.45 a.m., Alf drove up to the entrance. 534 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:26,560 I tried to stall as long as possible to give the men from the office time to get there, but finally we left the hotel before they arrived. 535 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:32,560 In the car with Alf and myself were a man who introduced himself as Earl and the woman, Dolores Page. 536 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,560 We drove down to the beach and turned south on Highway 101. 537 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,560 We continued down to San Diego. 538 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:44,560 At 6.30 a.m., we checked into a small hotel and Alf, along with Earl, left to make the meat and the buy. 539 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:48,560 I tried to find out where they were going, but they refused to give me any information. 540 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,560 Dolores Page and I waited for him to come back. 541 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,560 I was unable to contact the San Diego authorities telling them what to watch out for. 542 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,560 Apparently, I'd lost contact with Frank and Luccarelli. 543 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:03,560 The only hope now was that someplace along the line, the Page woman and her associates would make some kind of a mistake. 544 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,560 We waited at the hotel until 12.15 when Alf and Earl returned. 545 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:07,560 Where is Earl? 546 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:08,560 Downstairs in the car. 547 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:09,560 Why are you coming so late? 548 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:12,560 He got hung up on the other side of National City, customs inspection. 549 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:13,560 He went through the car. 550 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:14,560 Find anything? 551 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:16,560 No, but there's something wrong about the whole deal. 552 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:17,560 What do you mean? 553 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,560 It's like they were waiting for us, like somebody had tipped them off when we were coming through. 554 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:21,560 What makes you think that? 555 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:22,560 The way they acted. 556 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:23,560 Other cars had just looked over. 557 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,560 Ours, they went all the way through, took the seats out, checked the tires, even climbed underneath. 558 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,560 I tell you, somebody tipped them off. They were waiting. 559 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,560 Anything wrong with this, I want no part of it. Can you understand that? 560 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:34,560 We've been working it a long time without no hitch. 561 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:36,560 All of a sudden, you come along, we got trouble. 562 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:37,560 What are you trying to build? 563 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:39,560 Just that it's funny that it happened now, first time you're here. 564 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,560 Are you trying to say that I got something to do with the shakedown? 565 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:42,560 If it fits, wear it. 566 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,560 No, you listen, you two-bit punk. I got more to lose than you have. 567 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,560 I'm paying top price for this product. I got customers waiting now. 568 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:51,560 You come breezing in here and try to lay one of your own mistakes on me and I'll break your back. 569 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,560 You talk like a man 12 foot tall. 570 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:54,560 I don't have to be that big a... 571 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:55,560 All right, knock it off. 572 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,560 You two beefing isn't going to do any good. They didn't find anything. 573 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:02,560 You got no call to figure it was a tip-off. No reason at all. Now let's get out of here. 574 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,560 Tell your boy to get off my back. 575 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:06,560 Don't worry about it. There won't be any more trouble. 576 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:08,560 Better not be, because I'll spell it out for you. 577 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:09,560 Is that right? 578 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:16,560 If it is, then I'm going to cause it. 579 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:18,560 The three of us went downstairs and got into the car. 580 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:20,560 We started to drive back to Los Angeles. 581 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:26,560 From what I could find out, the narcotics buy had been made in Mexico, but the heroin was not in the car we were driving. 582 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:31,560 We continued up the coast. Just south of Oceanside, California, we began to follow a large bus. 583 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,560 As we drove, I noticed that Alf was being careful to keep the vehicle in sight. 584 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:39,560 At San Clemente, the bus pulled into a small roadside restaurant for a rest stop. 585 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:41,560 We parked immediately in back of it. 586 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:43,560 Alf got out of the car and approached the bus. 587 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:49,560 He walked up to the rear of the vehicle, reached under the rear bumper, and removed a small package wrapped in waterproof material. 588 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:54,560 He checked the contents, and then he walked back to the car. 589 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:55,560 Get it? 590 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,560 Yeah, right where we put the stuff. 591 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,560 Get in. 592 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:02,560 Let me have it. 593 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,560 Here. 594 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,560 Here it is, Joe. Got the money? 595 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,560 You want to wrap it up right here? 596 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:10,560 No reason not to. 597 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,560 Why don't we wait till we get back to town? It'll be easier there. 598 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,560 You got any special reason to wait? 599 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:15,560 No. 600 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:16,560 Got the money? 601 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:15,560 Yep. 602 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:16,560 Then why wait? 603 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:19,560 Well, let me see what I'm buying. 604 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,560 Here. 605 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:23,560 Looks all right. 606 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:27,560 Best we can buy. You don't have to taste it. 607 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:28,560 What are you trying to pull? 608 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:29,560 What? 609 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,560 What are you trying to sell me? This stuff's no good. You're not going to stick me $450 for this junkie. 610 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:33,560 You made the deal. 611 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:34,560 And I'm leaving it. I want no part of it. 612 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:35,560 It's a little late to come up with that. 613 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:36,560 You haven't been paid yet. 614 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:37,560 We will be. Get out of the car. 615 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:38,560 Leave him alone, Alf. 616 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,560 We've done it your way all along. It hasn't worked out from here, and I'm going to call it. 617 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:42,560 You're doing it wrong, Alf. 618 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,560 You let me worry about that. Get out, mister. 619 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,560 Go on. 620 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:50,560 Well, where to? 621 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:54,560 Let's take a walk around the back of the buildings. Go ahead. 622 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,560 Figure to kill me and come up with the money, too. Is that it? 623 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:58,560 Keep walking. 624 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,560 You know you're not going to get away with it, don't you? 625 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,560 You keep buying those fairy tales. 626 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:03,560 Maybe we can make a deal, Alf. 627 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:04,560 Yeah? 628 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,560 If you get the money, it doesn't make any difference about me, does it? 629 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:08,560 What do you mean? 630 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:13,560 Now, wait a minute. Suppose I give you the money. You got it clean. You don't have to rouse me then, do you? 631 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,560 Maybe I'll like shelling you around. I never did figure you on our side. 632 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:17,560 Why? 633 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:18,560 Because you knew Walt Gilm. 634 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:20,560 What happened to him doesn't make any difference to me. 635 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,560 You don't read good, Joe. Right from the beginning, I didn't figure you. 636 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:25,560 What do you mean? You set the deal up, didn't you? 637 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,560 It looked like some fast change. I didn't count on this much McGill. It's not worth it. 638 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,560 Oh, let's talk about Walt. What's he got to do with it? 639 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,560 He was working with us, pushing. Got too wise. Thought he could do it without us. 640 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,560 So you gave him a connection with Bad H, is that it? 641 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:36,560 That's it. 642 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,560 You kill me and Dolores isn't going to like it. You know that, don't you? 643 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,560 The wheel just passed out of her hands. Come on, let's get it over with. 644 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:43,560 All right. Where to? 645 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:45,560 Back there. 646 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,560 What are you trying to prove? 647 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:53,560 Come on, Alf. Drop the gun. 648 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:56,560 Joe. 649 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:57,560 Joe, you all right? 650 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:58,560 Yeah. 651 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,560 We've been right behind you since you left Dago. 652 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:02,560 Yeah? How'd you work that? 653 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:05,560 Well, I got the message you left at the office. We had a tail on the page woman. 654 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:06,560 Picked you up down south. 655 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,560 How about her and another fellow back there? 656 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:09,560 Roxy's got him. 657 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:10,560 Let me have your hand cuff, will you? 658 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:11,560 Yeah, here. 659 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:13,560 Bartender? 660 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,560 Yeah. He copped out to give him Walt Gilm or the bad junk. 661 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,560 Huh. That takes care of it then, huh? 662 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:21,560 Yeah. Come on, let's get him to the car. 663 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:23,560 All right. Come on, get up. 664 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:27,560 Well, I'm glad this one's over. 665 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,560 Yeah. Well, you don't look any the worse for wear. 666 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:31,560 Yeah, right. 667 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:34,560 Sure. You didn't really have anything to worry about. 668 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:35,560 Is that right? 669 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:39,560 Well, sure. You don't mind me telling you that, do you? 670 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,560 It's a good thing you weren't two minutes later. 671 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:42,560 Huh? 672 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:49,560 I might not have heard you. 673 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:54,560 The story you have just heard is true. 674 00:23:54,560 --> 00:24:05,560 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 675 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:10,560 Dolores Marie Page and Alfred Giles Harnett were tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. 676 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:14,560 David Alcott Flack was tried and convicted of using narcotics, 677 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:18,560 and Earl Tyler Rockland was tried and convicted of possession of narcotics. 678 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,560 They all received sentence as prescribed by law. 679 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:26,560 Murder in the first degree is punishable by life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. 680 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:33,560 Possession of narcotics first offense is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one year. 681 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:40,560 Using narcotics is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one year. 682 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:48,560 Dragnet, the story of your police force in action is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service. 683 00:24:48,560 --> 00:25:03,560 The United States Armed Forces radio service is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service. 684 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:18,560 The United States Armed Forces radio service is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service. 685 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:33,560 The United States Armed Forces radio service is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service. 686 00:25:33,560 --> 00:26:00,560 The United States Armed Forces radio service is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service.