WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.940 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:11.940 --> 00:14.640 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:14.640 --> 00:15.640 Dragmint. 00:15.640 --> 00:26.000 You're a detective sergeant. 00:26.000 --> 00:28.300 You're assigned a narcotics detail. 00:28.300 --> 00:31.560 The body of a man has been found in a public park lake. 00:31.560 --> 00:34.840 Physical evidence indicates he was killed by narcotics. 00:34.840 --> 00:37.960 Your job, check it out. 00:37.960 --> 00:42.880 It was Monday, July 9th. 00:42.880 --> 00:44.040 It was warm in Los Angeles. 00:44.040 --> 00:46.160 We were working the day watch out on narcotics detail. 00:46.160 --> 00:47.400 My partner is Frank Smith. 00:47.400 --> 00:48.880 The boss is Captain Shy. 00:48.880 --> 00:49.880 My name is Friday. 00:49.880 --> 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. 00:54.240 --> 00:55.240 Homicide. 00:55.240 --> 00:59.080 You got a name on him? 00:59.080 --> 01:00.080 Yeah. 01:00.080 --> 01:01.080 Hi Joe, Frank. 01:01.080 --> 01:02.080 Oh yeah. 01:02.080 --> 01:03.080 You all right with him? 01:03.080 --> 01:04.080 Yeah. 01:04.080 --> 01:05.080 What's the spelling on that? 01:05.080 --> 01:06.080 Yeah, I'll check it out. 01:06.080 --> 01:07.080 All right. 01:07.080 --> 01:08.080 I'll call you back. 01:08.080 --> 01:09.080 Bye. 01:09.080 --> 01:10.080 Jack, how's it going? 01:10.080 --> 01:11.080 Pretty good. 01:11.080 --> 01:12.080 What about you? 01:12.080 --> 01:13.080 Doesn't do much good to kick. 01:13.080 --> 01:14.080 Yeah, never worked for me. 01:14.080 --> 01:15.080 What you got for it? 01:15.080 --> 01:16.080 Wait a minute, I'll get the pictures. 01:16.080 --> 01:17.080 All right. 01:17.080 --> 01:26.080 We got it late Saturday night. 01:26.080 --> 01:30.600 Just got the results of the audits of this morning. 01:30.600 --> 01:33.600 Thought maybe you and Frank would be interested. 01:33.600 --> 01:36.600 Yeah, here, let me get you a table. 01:36.600 --> 01:37.600 What is it? 01:37.600 --> 01:38.600 Oh, here. 01:38.600 --> 01:41.080 The way we got the story goes together like this. 01:41.080 --> 01:44.560 A couple of kids on their way home from a late show walked through MacArthur Park. 01:44.560 --> 01:45.560 Must have been about 10.30. 01:45.560 --> 01:46.560 Yeah. 01:46.560 --> 01:49.680 They stopped by the side of the lake for a minute and they saw something in the water. 01:49.680 --> 01:51.560 Went down to check it and found the body of a man. 01:51.560 --> 01:52.560 Yeah. 01:52.560 --> 01:53.560 Here's a picture of where we found him. 01:53.560 --> 01:54.560 Mm-hmm. 01:54.560 --> 01:58.560 Contacted the park authorities and they called the police. 01:58.560 --> 02:00.560 Tell me car answered and they called us. 02:00.560 --> 02:01.560 Mm-hmm. 02:01.560 --> 02:02.560 You know who he is? 02:02.560 --> 02:03.560 No idea on him. 02:03.560 --> 02:04.560 Made him through his prints. 02:04.560 --> 02:08.560 The names, Walter Dumer, appears to be his true name. 02:08.560 --> 02:09.560 Got several aliases. 02:09.560 --> 02:10.560 How about his background? 02:10.560 --> 02:12.560 Been picked up for just about everything in the code. 02:12.560 --> 02:14.560 Copy of his arrest record. 02:14.560 --> 02:17.560 He was first arrested when he was 14. 02:17.560 --> 02:18.560 Yeah. 02:18.560 --> 02:20.560 Piled him up ever since. 02:20.560 --> 02:23.560 Added up, he spent over half his life in prison. 02:23.560 --> 02:24.560 Mm-hmm. 02:24.560 --> 02:26.560 Wait and looks, he died someplace else. 02:26.560 --> 02:27.560 How'd he figure that out? 02:27.560 --> 02:28.560 Go on here. 02:28.560 --> 02:31.560 This is a picture taken of the path leading to the lake. 02:31.560 --> 02:32.560 Yeah. 02:32.560 --> 02:33.560 See here, the tracks? 02:33.560 --> 02:34.560 Mm-hmm. 02:34.560 --> 02:37.560 Looks like he was dragged down the gravel path and then dropped into the water. 02:37.560 --> 02:38.560 Mm-hmm. 02:38.560 --> 02:39.560 Yeah. 02:39.560 --> 02:40.560 See there, Joe? 02:40.560 --> 02:41.560 Yeah. 02:41.560 --> 02:42.560 What killed him? 02:42.560 --> 02:43.560 Had us for a while. 02:43.560 --> 02:44.560 He was in a coma. 02:44.560 --> 02:45.560 The poor old man. 02:45.560 --> 02:46.560 He had to think for a minute. 02:46.560 --> 02:47.560 On his record, there are a half dozen people in town who'd like to take care of it. 02:47.560 --> 02:48.560 Yeah. 02:48.560 --> 02:50.560 Copy of the autopsy report. 02:50.560 --> 02:56.560 Well, we'll explain why we thought you might want a piece of it. 02:56.560 --> 02:57.560 No. 02:57.560 --> 02:58.560 He died of narcotics poisoning. 02:58.560 --> 03:05.560 We went over the dead man's effects without coming up with any additional information. 03:05.560 --> 03:09.560 From the report of the coroner's office, we knew that Gilmer had died of narcotics poisoning. 03:09.560 --> 03:14.560 We were not able to tell the type of the narcotics used, but it was listed as either heroin or morphine. 03:14.560 --> 03:19.560 During the past three months, the Southland had been flooded with an inferior grade of heroin. 03:19.560 --> 03:23.560 From chemical analysis, we knew that it was being processed in Mexico. 03:23.560 --> 03:27.560 We'd been in touch with Mexican authorities, but in spite of our joint activities, 03:27.560 --> 03:30.560 the drug continued to cross the border and it continued to be circulated. 03:30.560 --> 03:33.560 Arrests of mules and pushers had been made. 03:33.560 --> 03:36.560 Suspects had been interrogated and all other leads had been checked out, 03:36.560 --> 03:40.560 but we were still unable to come up with the key people in the operation. 03:40.560 --> 03:43.560 The death of Walter Gilmer gave us a possible lead. 03:43.560 --> 03:47.560 We couldn't be sure that he died of the low-grade drug, but it was worth looking into. 03:47.560 --> 03:51.560 Working with Sergeant Jack McCready and Danny Galindo of Homicide Detail, 03:51.560 --> 03:55.560 we pulled Gilmer's package and we went over all of the available information on him. 03:55.560 --> 03:58.560 We made out a list of his known friends and his associates. 03:58.560 --> 04:00.560 All of the places he was known to frequent were checked. 04:00.560 --> 04:05.560 For the next two days, anyone who had been seen in Gilmer's company was talked to. 04:05.560 --> 04:07.560 Apparently, we were at a dead end. 04:07.560 --> 04:11.560 Thursday, July 12th, 1114 A.M., Frank and I got back from talking to an informant. 04:11.560 --> 04:14.560 There was a note in the book to call McCready. 04:14.560 --> 04:15.560 McCready there? 04:15.560 --> 04:16.560 Yeah. 04:16.560 --> 04:18.560 Oh, Jack, Joe Friday. 04:18.560 --> 04:19.560 Mm-hmm. 04:19.560 --> 04:21.560 Well, where is he now? 04:21.560 --> 04:23.560 No, we'll be right over. Thank you. 04:23.560 --> 04:25.560 What's he got? 04:25.560 --> 04:26.560 One of Gilmer's friends. 04:26.560 --> 04:27.560 Yeah? 04:27.560 --> 04:29.560 Says he was with Gilmer when he died. 04:29.560 --> 04:35.560 Frank and I left the Central Police Station and walked over to the City Hall. 04:35.560 --> 04:38.560 By the time we'd gotten there, McCready had pulled the suspect's package 04:38.560 --> 04:41.560 and had what background information there was on the man. 04:41.560 --> 04:43.560 The three of us talked to him in the interrogation room. 04:43.560 --> 04:45.560 For the record, what's your name? 04:45.560 --> 04:46.560 David Flack. 04:46.560 --> 04:47.560 How old are you? 04:47.560 --> 04:48.560 26. 04:48.560 --> 04:49.560 Is this still your address? 04:49.560 --> 04:51.560 Yeah. How well did you know this Walter Gilmer? 04:51.560 --> 04:52.560 We're on together. 04:52.560 --> 04:53.560 How long? 04:53.560 --> 04:54.560 A couple of years. 04:54.560 --> 04:58.560 According to your package here, you've had several arrests for being a user, is that right? 04:58.560 --> 04:59.560 He got the paper. 04:59.560 --> 05:00.560 Told us you were with Gilmer when he died. 05:00.560 --> 05:01.560 Now look, there you go again. 05:01.560 --> 05:02.560 What? 05:02.560 --> 05:04.560 I said I was with him when he was sick, that's all. 05:04.560 --> 05:07.560 We got together Saturday night, had dinner, and Walt didn't feel so good. 05:07.560 --> 05:10.560 He shoved off, said he was going home to get some rest. 05:10.560 --> 05:13.560 It's the last time I saw him. He went home to get some rest. 05:13.560 --> 05:14.560 Go ahead. 05:14.560 --> 05:17.560 With what? There ain't no more to say. You guys asked me, remember? 05:17.560 --> 05:18.560 We talked to the manager of your apartment house. 05:18.560 --> 05:19.560 Real goof, ain't she? 05:19.560 --> 05:23.560 She said you and Gilmer came in together Saturday night, puts the time about 8.30. 05:23.560 --> 05:25.560 The two of you stayed there till about 9.30. 05:25.560 --> 05:26.560 Then she heard you come out of the elevator with Gilmer. 05:26.560 --> 05:27.560 She's got real big ears. 05:27.560 --> 05:28.560 That's what she says. 05:28.560 --> 05:31.560 Goes on to tell us that she went to the door of her apartment, looked out into the hall. 05:31.560 --> 05:34.560 Says she saw you carry Gilmer out of the apartment building. 05:34.560 --> 05:35.560 I carried Walt out? 05:35.560 --> 05:36.560 That's what she says. 05:36.560 --> 05:37.560 You know how big Walt is? 05:37.560 --> 05:38.560 You got no idea? 05:38.560 --> 05:39.560 Well, you know I couldn't carry him anyplace. 05:39.560 --> 05:42.560 Guy weighs me about 50 pounds, I ain't that strong. 05:42.560 --> 05:43.560 The landlady's willing to testify to it. 05:43.560 --> 05:44.560 Ah, she talks a lot. 05:44.560 --> 05:47.560 She's going to talk you right into the joint. 05:47.560 --> 05:51.560 If we find Gilmer an hour later dead, you're the last person seen with him. 05:51.560 --> 05:52.560 Fits you real good, Flack. 05:52.560 --> 05:55.560 From here, it looks like you're right for a 187 charge. 05:55.560 --> 05:57.560 You figure you can nail me down for murder, huh? 05:57.560 --> 05:58.560 Worth a try. 05:58.560 --> 05:59.560 Yeah, but can you make it go? 05:59.560 --> 06:00.560 We think so. 06:00.560 --> 06:02.560 Now, one thing's going to loss it up. 06:02.560 --> 06:03.560 Yeah? 06:03.560 --> 06:04.560 I didn't do it. 06:04.560 --> 06:05.560 I had no part in it, none. 06:05.560 --> 06:07.560 You'd better tell us then, huh? 06:07.560 --> 06:09.560 If I give it to you, it'll make a difference? 06:09.560 --> 06:11.560 Depends on the words. 06:11.560 --> 06:12.560 Go ahead. 06:12.560 --> 06:13.560 Where do I start? 06:13.560 --> 06:15.560 The beginning will do. 06:15.560 --> 06:16.560 Yeah. 06:16.560 --> 06:18.560 I guess Saturday afternoon's as good as any. 06:18.560 --> 06:19.560 Well, listen. 06:19.560 --> 06:22.560 Old Walt got himself a new connection, said it was a good one. 06:22.560 --> 06:23.560 For heroin? 06:23.560 --> 06:24.560 Yeah. 06:24.560 --> 06:27.560 Got a good buy on a couple of bindles, said it was a real good deal. 06:27.560 --> 06:28.560 You know where? 06:28.560 --> 06:29.560 No, he wouldn't tell me. 06:29.560 --> 06:31.560 He just said it was his and that when I needed some stuff, he'd set it up for me. 06:31.560 --> 06:33.560 You're on H2, huh? 06:33.560 --> 06:34.560 Yeah, why, I lied to you. 06:34.560 --> 06:36.560 A couple of days in the tank will bring it out anyway. 06:36.560 --> 06:38.560 Yeah, I'm swinging a pretty good habit. 06:38.560 --> 06:39.560 How much? 06:39.560 --> 06:40.560 Shooting three a day. 06:40.560 --> 06:41.560 All right, go ahead. 06:41.560 --> 06:43.560 Well, Walt had a fix about four in the afternoon. 06:43.560 --> 06:47.560 We were going out for dinner, and Walt said he had enough H so he could take one for free. 06:47.560 --> 06:48.560 Mm-hmm. 06:48.560 --> 06:50.560 After that, we went out, got something to eat. 06:50.560 --> 06:53.560 Walt didn't eat much, said he felt way out, didn't hardly eat at all. 06:53.560 --> 06:54.560 Yeah. 06:54.560 --> 06:56.560 Went back to the apartment, sat around, talked. 06:56.560 --> 06:58.560 Tried to get him to tell me where he made the connection. 06:58.560 --> 07:00.560 He just laughed and said it was the best thing he ever fell into. 07:00.560 --> 07:01.560 Didn't he give you any idea? 07:01.560 --> 07:02.560 No, not a smell. 07:02.560 --> 07:03.560 All right. 07:03.560 --> 07:05.560 Well, pretty soon he said he didn't feel so good. 07:05.560 --> 07:07.560 I thought maybe he needed another pop. 07:07.560 --> 07:08.560 I asked him if he wanted me to cook it for him. 07:08.560 --> 07:09.560 He said no. 07:09.560 --> 07:10.560 Said he just wanted to get some air. 07:10.560 --> 07:12.560 Told him he couldn't breathe too good. 07:12.560 --> 07:13.560 Just lay there on the bed grabbing for air. 07:13.560 --> 07:14.560 Mm-hmm. 07:14.560 --> 07:17.560 I asked him if he wanted me to call a doctor, get somebody up there to fix him. 07:17.560 --> 07:18.560 He looked pretty bad. 07:18.560 --> 07:19.560 Yeah. 07:19.560 --> 07:21.560 He told me he didn't want anybody, just to leave him alone. 07:21.560 --> 07:22.560 Mm-hmm. 07:22.560 --> 07:23.560 I called him an hour later. 07:23.560 --> 07:24.560 I checked with him. 07:24.560 --> 07:25.560 I wanted to see if he felt any better. 07:25.560 --> 07:26.560 He was dead. 07:26.560 --> 07:27.560 You took him out of the apartment then? 07:27.560 --> 07:28.560 Yeah. 07:28.560 --> 07:29.560 I got scared. 07:29.560 --> 07:31.560 I didn't know what had happened, but I could see you guys laying it on me. 07:31.560 --> 07:32.560 What'd you do? 07:32.560 --> 07:33.560 Took him out to the park. 07:33.560 --> 07:35.560 Got him in the back seat of the car and took him out there. 07:35.560 --> 07:38.560 Sat in the car for about 50 minutes waiting for a couple of kids to leave. 07:38.560 --> 07:40.560 I was sitting on the bench near there talking. 07:40.560 --> 07:41.560 I had to wait for them to leave. 07:41.560 --> 07:42.560 Yeah. 07:42.560 --> 07:45.560 After they'd gone, I'd drag Walt down the water and dumped him in the lake. 07:45.560 --> 07:46.560 What about his identification? 07:46.560 --> 07:47.560 Took it out of his pocket. 07:47.560 --> 07:50.560 Figured he'd give me a couple of days to try and grow an alibi. 07:50.560 --> 07:53.560 Figured it'd take that long for you to find out who he was. 07:53.560 --> 07:55.560 You just left him in the lake then, huh? 07:55.560 --> 07:56.560 Yeah. 07:56.560 --> 07:58.560 Drove back to the house and tried to figure what to do. 07:58.560 --> 08:00.560 Think of somebody who'd grow me an alibi. 08:00.560 --> 08:02.560 You haven't got any idea where Gilmer made the connection, huh? 08:02.560 --> 08:03.560 No. 08:03.560 --> 08:04.560 You know where he went Saturday afternoon? 08:04.560 --> 08:05.560 No. 08:05.560 --> 08:06.560 He left the place about 10 in the morning. 08:06.560 --> 08:09.560 I didn't see him until about 3 or maybe 3.30. 08:09.560 --> 08:11.560 He was holding pretty good then. 08:11.560 --> 08:12.560 Real happy. 08:12.560 --> 08:13.560 Laughing it up all over the place. 08:13.560 --> 08:14.560 Oh, Walt. 08:14.560 --> 08:16.560 He had a real good laugh when he was feeling good. 08:16.560 --> 08:19.560 Gee, I still can't get it straight that he's dead. 08:19.560 --> 08:21.560 Gilmer have any close friends that you know of? 08:21.560 --> 08:22.560 Couple. Not more than that. 08:22.560 --> 08:23.560 Want to give us their names? 08:23.560 --> 08:25.560 I guess. As long as they don't find out. 08:25.560 --> 08:27.560 Did he meet any new people he told you about? 08:27.560 --> 08:29.560 If he did, he didn't say nothing. 08:29.560 --> 08:31.560 I'm sorry. I'd sure like to help you. 08:31.560 --> 08:33.560 It's a lousy trick making Walt think he was getting such a good deal 08:33.560 --> 08:34.560 than having it turn out like this. 08:34.560 --> 08:35.560 It's a lousy deal. 08:35.560 --> 08:36.560 Mm-hmm. 08:36.560 --> 08:39.560 He was real happy because he thought he scored real big, got it real cheap. 08:39.560 --> 08:41.560 Told me he hardly paid anything for it. 08:41.560 --> 08:42.560 Well, they had it wrong, didn't he? 08:42.560 --> 08:43.560 Huh? 08:43.560 --> 08:44.560 He was overcharged. 08:44.560 --> 08:52.560 We continued to talk to David Flack. 08:52.560 --> 08:56.560 From him, we got additional names of people Walter Gilmer had dealings with. 08:56.560 --> 09:00.560 We also got the addresses of bars and restaurants the dead man was known to have frequented. 09:00.560 --> 09:03.560 In our interrogation of Flack, he was unable to give us any leads 09:03.560 --> 09:06.560 as to where Gilmer might have bought the lethal narcotics. 09:06.560 --> 09:10.560 Thursday afternoon at 421 p.m., Flack was taken to the main jail 09:10.560 --> 09:14.560 to be booked in on suspicion of violation of the State Narcotic Act of felony. 09:14.560 --> 09:17.560 Frank and I went back to the office and talked with Captain Shy. 09:17.560 --> 09:20.560 We told him what had happened, and we reviewed the progress we'd made 09:20.560 --> 09:23.560 in attempting to apprehend the leaders of the narcotic ring. 09:23.560 --> 09:26.560 After talking over all the possibilities, it was decided that the only way we had 09:26.560 --> 09:30.560 of getting to the higher-ups in the operation was for one of us to go underground. 09:30.560 --> 09:33.560 We decided that I would act the part of a buyer from Northern California 09:33.560 --> 09:36.560 and try to make the contact with the members of the ring. 09:36.560 --> 09:41.560 I was given a quantity of marked bills and fictitious identification before I left the office. 09:41.560 --> 09:45.560 Frank and I worked out a method for communication, and I went home to change my clothes. 09:45.560 --> 09:48.560 I left all of my police identification there, and the next morning I began to be seen 09:48.560 --> 09:52.560 in the bars and restaurants where Walter Gilmer was known. 09:52.560 --> 09:56.560 For the first week it went slow. The people involved were cautious of all newcomers. 09:56.560 --> 10:02.560 On Saturday, July 21st, I had breakfast, and then I walked over to a small place on East 7th Street. 10:02.560 --> 10:05.560 Not open for business yet, Joe? 10:05.560 --> 10:08.560 No problem. I got some time to kill. I thought I'd do it here if you got no beef. 10:08.560 --> 10:11.560 No, sit down. I'm just getting the booze up from downstairs. 10:11.560 --> 10:13.560 You want something to cook, maybe? 10:13.560 --> 10:15.560 Yeah. You got one that's cold? 10:15.560 --> 10:19.560 Yeah. I could put a shot in it if you want. 10:19.560 --> 10:20.560 No, that's all right. It's too early. 10:20.560 --> 10:22.560 Boss don't like it if I pour before it's time. 10:22.560 --> 10:24.560 Mm-hmm. 10:26.560 --> 10:27.560 How's business? 10:27.560 --> 10:29.560 Oh, not bad. I guess it's a little slow all over. 10:29.560 --> 10:31.560 Yeah. 10:31.560 --> 10:32.560 How's it going with you, Joe? 10:32.560 --> 10:33.560 Slow. 10:33.560 --> 10:35.560 How long you figure to be in town? 10:35.560 --> 10:37.560 Only got a couple more days. 10:37.560 --> 10:38.560 Mm-hmm. 10:38.560 --> 10:40.560 I got to get back up north. 10:40.560 --> 10:42.560 Never heard you say what you did. 10:42.560 --> 10:44.560 I told John I'm a promoter. 10:44.560 --> 10:45.560 You mean like price fights? 10:45.560 --> 10:47.560 No. Anything I can make a buck on. 10:47.560 --> 10:48.560 What are you working on now? 10:48.560 --> 10:50.560 Well, I got a deal. 10:50.560 --> 10:52.560 Yeah, I guess you'd rather I didn't get too nosy, huh? 10:52.560 --> 10:54.560 Yeah, it might be better that way. 10:54.560 --> 10:56.560 Mm-hmm. 10:56.560 --> 10:58.560 Words out you're trying to make a buy. 10:58.560 --> 10:59.560 What's that? 10:59.560 --> 11:01.560 I say words out you're trying to make a buy. 11:01.560 --> 11:02.560 Is that so? 11:02.560 --> 11:03.560 Yeah, that's what the word is. 11:03.560 --> 11:04.560 Where's it from? 11:04.560 --> 11:05.560 From around. 11:05.560 --> 11:08.560 No place you can point to. It's around. 11:08.560 --> 11:10.560 Anything on what I'm looking for? 11:10.560 --> 11:13.560 I don't understand. It's H. 11:13.560 --> 11:14.560 Is that what you think? 11:14.560 --> 11:16.560 I don't know. I'm just telling you what the word is. 11:16.560 --> 11:18.560 Mm-hmm. 11:18.560 --> 11:20.560 I understand you're a good friend of Walt Gumer. 11:20.560 --> 11:23.560 Yeah, I know him. We didn't live together. I knew him. 11:23.560 --> 11:24.560 I'm not saying about Walt. 11:24.560 --> 11:25.560 Yeah, I guess it is. 11:25.560 --> 11:27.560 Did you ever find out what killed him? 11:27.560 --> 11:29.560 I don't know. I don't read the papers much. 11:29.560 --> 11:30.560 Was it in the paper? 11:30.560 --> 11:32.560 Yeah. 11:32.560 --> 11:35.560 Uh, rumble is he got some bad stuff. 11:35.560 --> 11:37.560 That right. 11:37.560 --> 11:38.560 Yeah, that's what you're saying. 11:38.560 --> 11:40.560 There might be. I told you. I don't know. 11:40.560 --> 11:42.560 I guess if you're a friend of his, 11:42.560 --> 11:44.560 you'd like to talk to his connection, huh? 11:44.560 --> 11:47.560 Well, it doesn't make any difference to me one way or the other. 11:47.560 --> 11:50.560 Mm-hmm. You ain't sore about that, then, huh? 11:50.560 --> 11:52.560 I told you I knew him. I didn't know him good. 11:52.560 --> 11:55.560 Just enough to say hello. That's all. 11:55.560 --> 11:56.560 Mm-hmm. 11:56.560 --> 11:58.560 They're rough the way he went. 11:58.560 --> 12:00.560 Call it your own. 12:00.560 --> 12:03.560 Well, I'll see you around, Al. 12:03.560 --> 12:04.560 You gotta leave, huh? 12:04.560 --> 12:06.560 Told you. I only got a couple more days in town. 12:06.560 --> 12:08.560 I gotta line something up before I go back. 12:08.560 --> 12:09.560 Well, maybe I can give you a hand. 12:09.560 --> 12:10.560 Yeah. 12:10.560 --> 12:11.560 Depends on what you're after. 12:11.560 --> 12:14.560 I got a lot of friends around. I might be able to do you some good. 12:14.560 --> 12:16.560 Well, how are you gonna work that? 12:16.560 --> 12:17.560 How much you wanna buy? 12:17.560 --> 12:19.560 What'd you say? 12:19.560 --> 12:21.560 Come off it, Joe. We got the rumble on you. 12:21.560 --> 12:23.560 You're down here from Sacramento. You're here to make a buy. 12:23.560 --> 12:26.560 Simple question. How much you wanna take back with you? 12:26.560 --> 12:28.560 If I wanted to make a connection, that's... 12:28.560 --> 12:32.560 You the guy I'm supposed to see? If I wanted to make a connection? 12:32.560 --> 12:33.560 Might work out that way. 12:33.560 --> 12:34.560 You holding now? 12:34.560 --> 12:35.560 A little. 12:35.560 --> 12:36.560 How big? 12:36.560 --> 12:37.560 Enough to handle your action. 12:37.560 --> 12:39.560 I want a couple ounces. 12:39.560 --> 12:40.560 That's a lot of stuff. 12:40.560 --> 12:41.560 I don't sell cut rates. 12:41.560 --> 12:43.560 Now, you holding that much or aren't you? 12:43.560 --> 12:45.560 No, I can line it up for you. 12:45.560 --> 12:47.560 What do you take your piece? 12:47.560 --> 12:49.560 Off the top. I make the deal for you. 12:49.560 --> 12:50.560 Oh, no. No go. 12:50.560 --> 12:51.560 Huh? 12:51.560 --> 12:53.560 I don't know how you work things here, but I only do business with a gun. 12:53.560 --> 12:55.560 Yeah, well, this one don't work that way. 12:55.560 --> 12:56.560 Well, then let's forget the whole thing. 12:56.560 --> 12:58.560 Hey, wait a minute. Hold it, Joe. 12:58.560 --> 12:59.560 Yeah? 12:59.560 --> 13:00.560 You got the cash? 13:00.560 --> 13:01.560 I can get it. 13:01.560 --> 13:03.560 All right, it'll work. I'll have to see. 13:03.560 --> 13:05.560 I deal with the gun or the buys off? 13:05.560 --> 13:06.560 I'll check it. 13:06.560 --> 13:07.560 Is it good stuff? 13:07.560 --> 13:08.560 Best we got to offer. 13:08.560 --> 13:09.560 That's not much of an answer, is it? 13:09.560 --> 13:10.560 It's good. 13:10.560 --> 13:11.560 When'll you know? When'll you know? 13:11.560 --> 13:13.560 We'll wait here. I'll make a phone call. 13:13.560 --> 13:29.560 All right. 13:29.560 --> 13:30.560 This is Al. 13:30.560 --> 13:33.560 Yeah, I know, I know, but this is important. 13:33.560 --> 13:36.560 Got a guy here who wants to buy a couple of shirts. 13:36.560 --> 13:38.560 Now, large size. 13:38.560 --> 13:40.560 Uh-huh. 13:40.560 --> 13:42.560 As far as we know, he is. 13:42.560 --> 13:44.560 I talked to you about him. 13:44.560 --> 13:46.560 Yeah, that's the one. Yeah. 13:46.560 --> 13:50.560 Now, I said he won't buy them from anybody else. 13:50.560 --> 13:53.560 Yeah, that's what I told him. 13:53.560 --> 13:55.560 He said he's got it. 13:55.560 --> 13:57.560 Just a minute, I'll check. 13:57.560 --> 13:59.560 Uh, you'll be here about seven tonight? 13:59.560 --> 14:00.560 Huh? 14:00.560 --> 14:02.560 You'll be here tonight about seven? 14:02.560 --> 14:04.560 Well, we can make the deal, sure. 14:04.560 --> 14:06.560 Yeah, yeah, he can make it. 14:06.560 --> 14:08.560 All right, yeah, yeah, I know. 14:08.560 --> 14:11.560 I told you, we checked. He's all right. 14:11.560 --> 14:13.560 Uh-huh. Yeah, right. 14:13.560 --> 14:15.560 Goodbye. 14:15.560 --> 14:16.560 Deal's made. 14:16.560 --> 14:17.560 All right. 14:17.560 --> 14:19.560 Be here at seven. Make it sharp, huh? 14:19.560 --> 14:20.560 Okay. 14:20.560 --> 14:27.560 You meet the boss. 14:27.560 --> 14:30.560 I got in touch with Frank and I filled him in on what had happened. 14:30.560 --> 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. 14:35.560 --> 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. 14:41.560 --> 14:44.560 I went back to the room I was renting and I waited. 14:44.560 --> 14:48.560 I left at 5.30, had something to eat, and at five minutes of seven, I walked into the bar. 14:48.560 --> 14:50.560 The place was crowded. 14:50.560 --> 14:52.560 There wasn't an empty stool and most of the boots were taken. 14:52.560 --> 14:55.560 I edged up to the bar and caught the bartender's attention. 14:55.560 --> 14:57.560 Why, you're drawing your early. 14:57.560 --> 14:58.560 No, you said seven sharp. 14:58.560 --> 14:59.560 Yeah. 14:59.560 --> 15:00.560 We gonna do business? 15:00.560 --> 15:03.560 Uh, where do I get out from behind the bar? 15:03.560 --> 15:07.560 Yeah, back here, Joe. 15:07.560 --> 15:09.560 And here it is. 15:09.560 --> 15:11.560 You're joking, aren't you? 15:11.560 --> 15:14.560 No, Joe, this is the boss. 15:14.560 --> 15:16.560 Well, I had it figured a little different. 15:16.560 --> 15:24.560 Yeah, everybody does. 15:24.560 --> 15:28.560 The woman sitting in the booth was in her late 30s or early 40s. It was hard to tell. 15:28.560 --> 15:30.560 She had dark hair and blue eyes. 15:30.560 --> 15:33.560 The suit she was wearing was gray and it looked expensive. 15:33.560 --> 15:38.560 After the bartender introduced us, she told him to bring a drink and then she motioned me to sit down. 15:38.560 --> 15:40.560 Your name's Joe Friese, is that right? 15:40.560 --> 15:41.560 Yeah. 15:41.560 --> 15:42.560 Ralph tells me you want some action. 15:42.560 --> 15:44.560 No, he gave you the story. 15:44.560 --> 15:45.560 How do I know you're a legitimate dealer? 15:45.560 --> 15:46.560 You don't. 15:46.560 --> 15:49.560 Still, you want me to go out on a limb and turn over two ounces of heroin to you. 15:49.560 --> 15:51.560 I'm willing to pay for it, lady. 15:51.560 --> 15:52.560 Where's it gonna go? 15:52.560 --> 15:53.560 Up north. 15:53.560 --> 15:54.560 Out of ground. 15:54.560 --> 15:55.560 Sacramento. 15:55.560 --> 15:57.560 You got the route to get rid of it? 15:57.560 --> 15:59.560 They're waiting for it now. 15:59.560 --> 16:01.560 Go on then, I should tell you I haven't got two ounces. 16:01.560 --> 16:03.560 Well, and I'm wasting my time. 16:03.560 --> 16:04.560 But I can get it. 16:04.560 --> 16:05.560 How soon? 16:05.560 --> 16:06.560 Yeah. 16:06.560 --> 16:09.560 How quick do you need it? 16:09.560 --> 16:12.560 I want to leave town in a couple of days, I told Al. 16:12.560 --> 16:13.560 You're working alone? 16:13.560 --> 16:15.560 I don't see how they're treating the price. 16:15.560 --> 16:16.560 You're wrong. 16:16.560 --> 16:17.560 What? 16:17.560 --> 16:18.560 H we've got goes for $4.50 an ounce. 16:18.560 --> 16:19.560 That's pretty high. 16:19.560 --> 16:20.560 The best we can get. 16:20.560 --> 16:21.560 Should be. 16:21.560 --> 16:24.560 You want to make a deal, the price comes down. 16:24.560 --> 16:26.560 No, I can't swing more than two ounces. 16:26.560 --> 16:28.560 Even if the price has dropped? 16:28.560 --> 16:29.560 How much? 16:29.560 --> 16:30.560 To $3.50. 16:30.560 --> 16:31.560 No, that doesn't fit. 16:31.560 --> 16:32.560 What's the angle? 16:32.560 --> 16:37.560 If you're on your own, you must get a little tiresome to have to carry the load by yourself. 16:37.560 --> 16:38.560 Maybe. 16:38.560 --> 16:41.560 I was thinking maybe you'd like a partner. 16:41.560 --> 16:42.560 You? 16:42.560 --> 16:43.560 That's what I had in mind. 16:43.560 --> 16:44.560 No go. 16:44.560 --> 16:45.560 Why? 16:45.560 --> 16:46.560 Oh, a lot of reasons. 16:46.560 --> 16:47.560 Meaning because I don't need anybody. 16:47.560 --> 16:49.560 Then it's gonna cost you $4.50. 16:49.560 --> 16:51.560 Well, I figured that going in. 16:51.560 --> 16:52.560 When do you want the stuff? 16:52.560 --> 16:53.560 Tomorrow night'll do. 16:53.560 --> 16:54.560 You don't have to be late. 16:54.560 --> 16:55.560 We got it coming in then. 16:55.560 --> 16:56.560 From where? 16:56.560 --> 16:59.560 The price doesn't include that. 16:59.560 --> 17:00.560 Okay. 17:00.560 --> 17:02.560 Where do I pick the H up? 17:02.560 --> 17:03.560 Elf will call you. 17:03.560 --> 17:04.560 He'll give you the time and the place. 17:04.560 --> 17:06.560 Well, if it's high grade, I might want some more. 17:06.560 --> 17:08.560 You can pay our price, you'll get it. 17:08.560 --> 17:09.560 It's all right. 17:09.560 --> 17:11.560 You're making a big mistake, Joe. 17:11.560 --> 17:12.560 Is that so? 17:12.560 --> 17:13.560 Yeah. 17:13.560 --> 17:16.560 I got L.A. sewed up good and tight. 17:16.560 --> 17:17.560 Good distribution. 17:17.560 --> 17:19.560 All the product I need. 17:19.560 --> 17:20.560 You got the North. 17:20.560 --> 17:22.560 If we put them together, we could both come out real well. 17:22.560 --> 17:25.560 No, I told you before, I don't need partners. 17:25.560 --> 17:26.560 You might be wrong, Joe. 17:26.560 --> 17:27.560 What? 17:27.560 --> 17:29.560 You might already have one. 17:34.560 --> 17:37.560 I stopped by the bar and gave the bartender my phone number. 17:37.560 --> 17:39.560 He said he'd call me as soon as he had any information. 17:39.560 --> 17:42.560 I left the place and walked over to 5th Street. 17:42.560 --> 17:46.560 At a corner restaurant, I put in a call to Frank and I filled him in on what had happened. 17:46.560 --> 17:51.560 It was set up that he and Sergeant Roxy Luccarelli would keep me under surveillance all the following day. 17:51.560 --> 17:55.560 In the meantime, the woman, Dolores Page, would be watched also. 17:55.560 --> 17:58.560 I went back to the hotel where I was staying and went to bed. 17:58.560 --> 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. 18:04.560 --> 18:07.560 He said we were leaving town immediately to make the narcotics buy. 18:07.560 --> 18:11.560 I tried to call Frank and fill him in on what had happened, but I couldn't reach him. 18:11.560 --> 18:16.560 I got in touch with the office and left word regarding the meat and then went downstairs to wait for Alf. 18:16.560 --> 18:19.560 At 3.45 a.m., Alf drove up to the entrance. 18:19.560 --> 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. 18:26.560 --> 18:32.560 In the car with Alf and myself were a man who introduced himself as Earl and the woman, Dolores Page. 18:32.560 --> 18:35.560 We drove down to the beach and turned south on Highway 101. 18:35.560 --> 18:38.560 We continued down to San Diego. 18:38.560 --> 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. 18:44.560 --> 18:48.560 I tried to find out where they were going, but they refused to give me any information. 18:48.560 --> 18:50.560 Dolores Page and I waited for him to come back. 18:50.560 --> 18:54.560 I was unable to contact the San Diego authorities telling them what to watch out for. 18:54.560 --> 18:57.560 Apparently, I'd lost contact with Frank and Luccarelli. 18:57.560 --> 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. 19:03.560 --> 19:06.560 We waited at the hotel until 12.15 when Alf and Earl returned. 19:06.560 --> 19:07.560 Where is Earl? 19:07.560 --> 19:08.560 Downstairs in the car. 19:08.560 --> 19:09.560 Why are you coming so late? 19:09.560 --> 19:12.560 He got hung up on the other side of National City, customs inspection. 19:12.560 --> 19:13.560 He went through the car. 19:13.560 --> 19:14.560 Find anything? 19:14.560 --> 19:16.560 No, but there's something wrong about the whole deal. 19:16.560 --> 19:17.560 What do you mean? 19:17.560 --> 19:20.560 It's like they were waiting for us, like somebody had tipped them off when we were coming through. 19:20.560 --> 19:21.560 What makes you think that? 19:21.560 --> 19:22.560 The way they acted. 19:22.560 --> 19:23.560 Other cars had just looked over. 19:23.560 --> 19:27.560 Ours, they went all the way through, took the seats out, checked the tires, even climbed underneath. 19:27.560 --> 19:30.560 I tell you, somebody tipped them off. They were waiting. 19:30.560 --> 19:32.560 Anything wrong with this, I want no part of it. Can you understand that? 19:32.560 --> 19:34.560 We've been working it a long time without no hitch. 19:34.560 --> 19:36.560 All of a sudden, you come along, we got trouble. 19:36.560 --> 19:37.560 What are you trying to build? 19:37.560 --> 19:39.560 Just that it's funny that it happened now, first time you're here. 19:39.560 --> 19:41.560 Are you trying to say that I got something to do with the shakedown? 19:41.560 --> 19:42.560 If it fits, wear it. 19:42.560 --> 19:45.560 No, you listen, you two-bit punk. I got more to lose than you have. 19:45.560 --> 19:47.560 I'm paying top price for this product. I got customers waiting now. 19:47.560 --> 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. 19:51.560 --> 19:53.560 You talk like a man 12 foot tall. 19:53.560 --> 19:54.560 I don't have to be that big a... 19:54.560 --> 19:55.560 All right, knock it off. 19:55.560 --> 19:58.560 You two beefing isn't going to do any good. They didn't find anything. 19:58.560 --> 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. 20:02.560 --> 20:04.560 Tell your boy to get off my back. 20:04.560 --> 20:06.560 Don't worry about it. There won't be any more trouble. 20:06.560 --> 20:08.560 Better not be, because I'll spell it out for you. 20:08.560 --> 20:09.560 Is that right? 20:09.560 --> 20:16.560 If it is, then I'm going to cause it. 20:16.560 --> 20:18.560 The three of us went downstairs and got into the car. 20:18.560 --> 20:20.560 We started to drive back to Los Angeles. 20:20.560 --> 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. 20:26.560 --> 20:31.560 We continued up the coast. Just south of Oceanside, California, we began to follow a large bus. 20:31.560 --> 20:35.560 As we drove, I noticed that Alf was being careful to keep the vehicle in sight. 20:35.560 --> 20:39.560 At San Clemente, the bus pulled into a small roadside restaurant for a rest stop. 20:39.560 --> 20:41.560 We parked immediately in back of it. 20:41.560 --> 20:43.560 Alf got out of the car and approached the bus. 20:43.560 --> 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. 20:49.560 --> 20:54.560 He checked the contents, and then he walked back to the car. 20:54.560 --> 20:55.560 Get it? 20:55.560 --> 20:57.560 Yeah, right where we put the stuff. 20:57.560 --> 21:01.560 Get in. 21:01.560 --> 21:02.560 Let me have it. 21:02.560 --> 21:05.560 Here. 21:05.560 --> 21:07.560 Here it is, Joe. Got the money? 21:07.560 --> 21:09.560 You want to wrap it up right here? 21:09.560 --> 21:10.560 No reason not to. 21:10.560 --> 21:12.560 Why don't we wait till we get back to town? It'll be easier there. 21:12.560 --> 21:14.560 You got any special reason to wait? 21:14.560 --> 21:15.560 No. 21:15.560 --> 21:16.560 Got the money? 21:14.560 --> 21:15.560 Yep. 21:15.560 --> 21:16.560 Then why wait? 21:16.560 --> 21:19.560 Well, let me see what I'm buying. 21:19.560 --> 21:22.560 Here. 21:22.560 --> 21:23.560 Looks all right. 21:23.560 --> 21:27.560 Best we can buy. You don't have to taste it. 21:27.560 --> 21:28.560 What are you trying to pull? 21:28.560 --> 21:29.560 What? 21:29.560 --> 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. 21:32.560 --> 21:33.560 You made the deal. 21:33.560 --> 21:34.560 And I'm leaving it. I want no part of it. 21:34.560 --> 21:35.560 It's a little late to come up with that. 21:35.560 --> 21:36.560 You haven't been paid yet. 21:36.560 --> 21:37.560 We will be. Get out of the car. 21:37.560 --> 21:38.560 Leave him alone, Alf. 21:38.560 --> 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. 21:41.560 --> 21:42.560 You're doing it wrong, Alf. 21:42.560 --> 21:45.560 You let me worry about that. Get out, mister. 21:45.560 --> 21:49.560 Go on. 21:49.560 --> 21:50.560 Well, where to? 21:50.560 --> 21:54.560 Let's take a walk around the back of the buildings. Go ahead. 21:54.560 --> 21:56.560 Figure to kill me and come up with the money, too. Is that it? 21:56.560 --> 21:58.560 Keep walking. 21:58.560 --> 22:00.560 You know you're not going to get away with it, don't you? 22:00.560 --> 22:02.560 You keep buying those fairy tales. 22:02.560 --> 22:03.560 Maybe we can make a deal, Alf. 22:03.560 --> 22:04.560 Yeah? 22:04.560 --> 22:07.560 If you get the money, it doesn't make any difference about me, does it? 22:07.560 --> 22:08.560 What do you mean? 22:08.560 --> 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? 22:13.560 --> 22:16.560 Maybe I'll like shelling you around. I never did figure you on our side. 22:16.560 --> 22:17.560 Why? 22:17.560 --> 22:18.560 Because you knew Walt Gilm. 22:18.560 --> 22:20.560 What happened to him doesn't make any difference to me. 22:20.560 --> 22:23.560 You don't read good, Joe. Right from the beginning, I didn't figure you. 22:23.560 --> 22:25.560 What do you mean? You set the deal up, didn't you? 22:25.560 --> 22:28.560 It looked like some fast change. I didn't count on this much McGill. It's not worth it. 22:28.560 --> 22:30.560 Oh, let's talk about Walt. What's he got to do with it? 22:30.560 --> 22:33.560 He was working with us, pushing. Got too wise. Thought he could do it without us. 22:33.560 --> 22:35.560 So you gave him a connection with Bad H, is that it? 22:35.560 --> 22:36.560 That's it. 22:36.560 --> 22:39.560 You kill me and Dolores isn't going to like it. You know that, don't you? 22:39.560 --> 22:42.560 The wheel just passed out of her hands. Come on, let's get it over with. 22:42.560 --> 22:43.560 All right. Where to? 22:43.560 --> 22:45.560 Back there. 22:48.560 --> 22:50.560 What are you trying to prove? 22:50.560 --> 22:53.560 Come on, Alf. Drop the gun. 22:55.560 --> 22:56.560 Joe. 22:56.560 --> 22:57.560 Joe, you all right? 22:57.560 --> 22:58.560 Yeah. 22:59.560 --> 23:01.560 We've been right behind you since you left Dago. 23:01.560 --> 23:02.560 Yeah? How'd you work that? 23:02.560 --> 23:05.560 Well, I got the message you left at the office. We had a tail on the page woman. 23:05.560 --> 23:06.560 Picked you up down south. 23:06.560 --> 23:08.560 How about her and another fellow back there? 23:08.560 --> 23:09.560 Roxy's got him. 23:09.560 --> 23:10.560 Let me have your hand cuff, will you? 23:10.560 --> 23:11.560 Yeah, here. 23:12.560 --> 23:13.560 Bartender? 23:13.560 --> 23:16.560 Yeah. He copped out to give him Walt Gilm or the bad junk. 23:16.560 --> 23:19.560 Huh. That takes care of it then, huh? 23:19.560 --> 23:21.560 Yeah. Come on, let's get him to the car. 23:21.560 --> 23:23.560 All right. Come on, get up. 23:26.560 --> 23:27.560 Well, I'm glad this one's over. 23:27.560 --> 23:30.560 Yeah. Well, you don't look any the worse for wear. 23:30.560 --> 23:31.560 Yeah, right. 23:31.560 --> 23:34.560 Sure. You didn't really have anything to worry about. 23:34.560 --> 23:35.560 Is that right? 23:35.560 --> 23:39.560 Well, sure. You don't mind me telling you that, do you? 23:39.560 --> 23:41.560 It's a good thing you weren't two minutes later. 23:41.560 --> 23:42.560 Huh? 23:42.560 --> 23:49.560 I might not have heard you. 23:49.560 --> 23:54.560 The story you have just heard is true. 23:54.560 --> 24:05.560 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 24:05.560 --> 24:10.560 Dolores Marie Page and Alfred Giles Harnett were tried and convicted of murder in the first degree. 24:10.560 --> 24:14.560 David Alcott Flack was tried and convicted of using narcotics, 24:14.560 --> 24:18.560 and Earl Tyler Rockland was tried and convicted of possession of narcotics. 24:18.560 --> 24:21.560 They all received sentence as prescribed by law. 24:21.560 --> 24:26.560 Murder in the first degree is punishable by life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. 24:26.560 --> 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. 24:33.560 --> 24:40.560 Using narcotics is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one year. 24:40.560 --> 24:48.560 Dragnet, the story of your police force in action is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service. 24:48.560 --> 25:03.560 The United States Armed Forces radio service is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service. 25:03.560 --> 25:18.560 The United States Armed Forces radio service is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service. 25:18.560 --> 25:33.560 The United States Armed Forces radio service is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service. 25:33.560 --> 26:00.560 The United States Armed Forces radio service is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service.