1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,880 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,640 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:15,640 Drag men. 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:22,640 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:28,120 You're assigned a juvenile detail. 6 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,280 A series of housebreakings has taken place in your city. 7 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:35,040 The articles taken and the method of operation indicate a juvenile thief. 8 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:41,200 Your job, find him. 9 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:42,200 It was Tuesday, July 6th. 10 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:43,200 It was hot in Los Angeles. 11 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,320 We were working the day watch out of juvenile detail. 12 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:46,600 My partner is Frank Smith. 13 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:47,880 The boss is Captain Powers. 14 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:48,880 My name's Friday. 15 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,240 We were on our way out from the office and it was 10.36 a.m. when we got to the old 16 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,240 central jail building. 17 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,240 Crime lab. 18 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,240 Right. 19 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,240 Back. 20 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,240 How's it going? 21 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:06,240 It's going to hit the 90. 22 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:07,240 Probably will too. 23 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:08,240 Any water around? 24 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:09,240 Bottle over there in the corner. 25 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:10,240 Help yourself. 26 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:11,240 Thanks. 27 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:12,240 How about you, John? 28 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:13,240 No, no thanks. 29 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,240 You got anything for us, Ray? 30 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,240 Not the same as usual. 31 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:19,240 Take a look. 32 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:20,240 Same entrance. 33 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:24,240 Cut the screen on one of the back windows, broke the glass and climbed in. 34 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:25,240 Any prints? 35 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:26,240 No, nothing. 36 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:27,240 Here's a picture of the edge of the screen. 37 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:28,240 Here. 38 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:29,240 You can see the cut edges. 39 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:30,240 Have we got anything from it? 40 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:31,240 Not much. 41 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:32,240 I figured it was done with a knife. 42 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,240 If we come up with that, we might be able to tell you if you got the right one. 43 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,240 What about the physical evidence in the house, Ray? 44 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:38,240 Not much. 45 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:39,240 We've got a couple of partials. 46 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,240 Lifted them from the glass top on the dresser. 47 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,240 Here. 48 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:44,240 Give me a picture. 49 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,240 You can see here, not much to go on. 50 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:49,240 Match up with the prints from the other jobs? 51 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:52,240 A couple of points, but not enough to go the case on. 52 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,240 The only thing you got that definitely ties this one in with the other is the footprint. 53 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:56,240 Another one? 54 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:57,240 Mm-hmm. 55 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,240 Found it in the soft earth underneath the window. 56 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,240 Give me that print, will you, Frank? 57 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:02,240 Oh, yeah. 58 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:03,240 Here you go. 59 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:04,240 Thanks. 60 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:05,240 Here. 61 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:06,240 You can see it clearly. 62 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:07,240 A heel mark. 63 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:08,240 Same as in the others. 64 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:09,240 Did you get a cast of it? 65 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:10,240 Mm-hmm. 66 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:11,240 You want to see it? 67 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:12,240 No. 68 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:13,240 No reason if you look it over. 69 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:14,240 You got the same thing on the picture. 70 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:15,240 Yeah. 71 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:16,240 Anything else? 72 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:17,240 You had it. 73 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:18,240 No. 74 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:19,240 You got a cigarette. 75 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:20,240 Ran out and had a chance to get some more. 76 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,240 Here. 77 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,240 Thanks. 78 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:27,240 Thanks, Joe. 79 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:28,240 Yeah. 80 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,240 You been able to chase down the rubber heel for us? 81 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:32,240 No. 82 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:33,240 No luck. 83 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:34,240 We contacted half a dozen firms. 84 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:35,240 They all tell us the same thing. 85 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:36,240 It's made special. 86 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,240 Probably some small factory that specializes in custom-made shoes. 87 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,240 Might be some sort of correcting shoe. 88 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:42,240 You know, orthopedic? 89 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:43,240 Oh, yeah. 90 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:44,240 You've had it for a couple of weeks now. 91 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:45,240 What do you sit on it? 92 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:46,240 I don't know why we're we find it. 93 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:47,240 We've talked about every repairman in town. 94 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:48,240 None of them have seen this kind of thing. 95 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,240 None of them can tell us where it was made. 96 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:51,240 Check with the doctors in the area. 97 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:52,240 None of them know the brand. 98 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,240 I figure it might be one of them who sent for it. 99 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:55,240 That's none of them. 100 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:56,240 No. 101 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:57,240 It's a new one to them, too. 102 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:58,240 Yeah. 103 00:02:58,240 --> 00:02:59,240 Wish there was more I could give you, fellas. 104 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,240 Well, that's all right, man. 105 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:01,240 It seems no matter which way we turn, there's another wall waiting for us. 106 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:02,240 How about Burger? 107 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:03,240 Anything come in from them? 108 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:04,240 Well, they're checking it all down. 109 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:05,240 They got the same thing we came up with. 110 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:06,240 Anything turn up on the stolen merchandise? 111 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:07,240 No. 112 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:08,240 Burger, he's made all the checks. 113 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:09,240 Pawn shops have been alerted. 114 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:10,240 Stuff's all cheap. 115 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:11,240 Costumes, they're all cheap. 116 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:12,240 They're all cheap. 117 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:13,240 They're all cheap. 118 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:18,240 They're all cheap. 119 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:19,240 No reason to try and hock it. 120 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:20,240 They wouldn't get anything for it. 121 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:21,240 Brings you back to a motive. 122 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:22,240 Why'd you pull him a job in the first place? 123 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:23,240 All right, we'll file out with where the heels are made. 124 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,240 About the only thing we can figure is that some kid out for kicks gets his laughs from 125 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:27,240 breaking into houses. 126 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:28,240 There's no other reason. 127 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,240 Stuff he's stolen, you can buy by the carload in any dime store. 128 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:34,240 A couple of times he's left money alone when it's in plain sight to steal some cheap pin. 129 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,240 Looks like you've got yourself a wild one. 130 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:37,240 Yeah. 131 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:38,240 What can you tell us about the foot prints, any? 132 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:39,240 Well, I don't know. 133 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:40,240 I don't know. 134 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,240 What can you tell us about the foot prints, any? 135 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:44,240 Not much. 136 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:45,240 I found under the window. 137 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:46,240 Kid wasn't moving when they were made. 138 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:47,240 Can't figure a stride. 139 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:48,240 What about weight? 140 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:49,240 Only a guess, Joe. 141 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:50,240 Yeah. 142 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,240 I'd say it came in about 140. 143 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,240 Could be 15 pounds one way or the other. 144 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:55,240 What about the size? 145 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:56,240 Seven. 146 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:57,240 Looks like 7C. 147 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:58,240 You sure about that? 148 00:03:58,240 --> 00:03:59,240 Well, pretty sure. 149 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:00,240 Not much, is it? 150 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,240 Best we can do. 151 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:02,240 Okay. 152 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:03,240 Last place, the woman was real sore. 153 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:04,240 Don't blame her. 154 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:05,240 Not about the costume jewelry. 155 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:10,240 She didn't much care about that. 156 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,240 The prized gladiola she was raising. 157 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:14,240 Get tramped all over him. 158 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:15,240 Real sore that he stepped on. 159 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:16,240 Don't blame her. 160 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,240 Says when she catches him, she's going to give him a good talk. 161 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,240 I'm tramping up all her plants. 162 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:22,240 Well, we'll see you, Ray. 163 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:23,240 Yeah. 164 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,240 Sure haven't got much to go on, have you? 165 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:26,240 You called it. 166 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:32,240 Frank and I went back to the office, and we pulled all of the reports that we had on the 167 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:33,240 thefts. 168 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,240 We spent the rest of the morning going over them. 169 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,240 The method of operation was apparent. 170 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:42,240 Each Friday night for the past two months between the hours of 8.30 and 11 p.m., a single 171 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,240 thief had entered a home in a wealthy section of town and stolen as much worthless costume 172 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,240 jewelry as he could carry out. 173 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,240 On each occasion, the entry was made through a rear window. 174 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:55,240 In those cases where the window was locked, the thief broke the glass and undid the latch. 175 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:59,240 On each occasion, he left at least one footprint in the dirt around the house. 176 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:03,240 The heel impression was of a type that we hadn't been able to identify. 177 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,240 We'd gotten pictures of it out to all major shoe manufacturers, but they were unable to 178 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,240 tell us where the shoes had been made. 179 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,240 We'd canvassed the area where the thefts were taking place without results. 180 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:16,240 Rolling stakeouts were set up on Friday nights, and they'd netted us nothing. 181 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,240 The thief approached the home, broke into them, stole what he wanted, and then he left 182 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,240 without being apprehended or seen. 183 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:25,240 Throughout the investigation, Frank and I had been working closely with Burglary Division, 184 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,240 but their men hadn't been able to come up with any more than we had. 185 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:32,240 At 1.15 p.m., Frank and I left the office, we got something to eat, and then we started 186 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,240 to check the playgrounds again. 187 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,240 At each one, we'd contact a member of the park department and ask them if they'd seen 188 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,240 anyone wearing a pair of shoes similar to the pictures that we had. 189 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,240 Every place, we got the same answer. None of them had. 190 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,240 We stopped groups of boys on the street and asked to see their shoes. 191 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:50,240 We checked mall shops, drugstores, pool halls, and bowling alleys without any results. 192 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:54,240 The same operation had been going on for the past two weeks without bettering our chances 193 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,240 of apprehending the suspect. 194 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:00,240 At 3.30 p.m., Frank and I left one of the larger bowling alleys in town and headed back 195 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:01,240 to the office. 196 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,240 Boy, I'll sure be glad to get home tonight. 197 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,240 Yeah. Hot. 198 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:06,240 Sure was. 199 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,240 Yeah, must have gone over 90. 200 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:09,240 Yeah. 201 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:10,240 Must have. 202 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,240 The paper said 90, but it was hotter, I can always tell. 203 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:14,240 How can you always tell? 204 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,240 My feet, Joe. Always tell with them feet. 205 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,240 Cold day, I can walk for a couple of miles, not have any trouble. 206 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,240 Come the hot weather, and if I step off a curb, I got misery. 207 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:24,240 Yeah. 208 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,240 I think I'll get me another pair of shoes, kind with the holes in them. 209 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:28,240 What? 210 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:29,240 Kind with the holes in them. 211 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,240 You know what I mean, you see them all the time in the men's magazines, kind of cloth 212 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:33,240 on the top. 213 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:37,240 You know, real thin leather on the sole and cloth over the top, lot of little holes in 214 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:38,240 it. 215 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:39,240 They're cool. 216 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:41,240 You see them all the time in the magazines, don't you? 217 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:42,240 Oh yeah. 218 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:43,240 Yeah, I see them all the time. 219 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,240 You know, it's got a picture of a guy wearing them with a tan suit on. 220 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:50,240 All he's got on the same suit, and he's got a straw hat with one of those bands made out 221 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,240 of feathers, you know, like a kind of snake kind of. 222 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:54,240 Mm-hmm. 223 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,240 Guy's always in a tan suit and a hat. 224 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:01,240 Maybe you gotta have one of those before you can buy the shoes, you figure. 225 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:02,240 One of those suits? 226 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:03,240 Yeah. 227 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:04,240 I don't know. 228 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:05,240 Uh-huh. 229 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,240 You're not talking much today. 230 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,240 Haven't got room to get in. 231 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,240 You're doing it all, you know. 232 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,240 Oh, my, that's pretty funny. 233 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:16,240 It's hot. 234 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,240 Must have been over 90. 235 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:20,240 I was just about to say it. 236 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:21,240 It's one hour. 237 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:22,240 It's one hour. 238 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:23,240 Take it easy. 239 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:24,240 You see that kid up there? 240 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:25,240 No. 241 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:26,240 Up there. 242 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,240 Just coming out of the drug store in the corner, waiting for the light there. 243 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:29,240 Oh, yeah. 244 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:30,240 Tennis player, huh? 245 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,240 Well, he's wearing a pair of canvas shoes, looks like, from here. 246 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:33,240 Want to check him? 247 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:34,240 You might as well. 248 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:35,240 Looks good here. 249 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:36,240 All right. 250 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:37,240 You want to wait? 251 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:38,240 No, I'll come with you. 252 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:39,240 Hey, fella, hold it up. 253 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:40,240 What? 254 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:41,240 Wait a minute. 255 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:42,240 You mean me? 256 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:43,240 Yeah. 257 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:44,240 Yeah, what do you want? 258 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:45,240 Police officer, son. 259 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:46,240 We'd like to ask a couple questions. 260 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:47,240 What for? 261 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:48,240 I'm not sure. 262 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:49,240 I'm not sure. 263 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,240 We didn't say you did. 264 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:53,240 We just want to ask a couple questions. 265 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:54,240 I sat there for a minute. 266 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:55,240 You were after me. 267 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:56,240 My partner, Frank Smith. 268 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:57,240 My name's Friday. 269 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:58,240 Hi. 270 00:07:58,240 --> 00:07:59,240 Oh, I'm Alec McCarran. 271 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:00,240 What'd you want to ask? 272 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:01,240 You been playing tennis? 273 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:02,240 No, just practicing. 274 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:03,240 I go down to the handball court at school and practice. 275 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:04,240 Couldn't get a game this afternoon. 276 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:05,240 Why? 277 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:06,240 Let's take a look at your shoes, will you? 278 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:07,240 What? 279 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:08,240 Your shoes there that you're wearing. 280 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:09,240 I want to see them. 281 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:10,240 What is this, a joke? 282 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:11,240 No. 283 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:12,240 Well, sure sounds like a rib. 284 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:13,240 You guys sure you're really cops? 285 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:14,240 Well, here's the idea again. 286 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:15,240 You want to look? 287 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:16,240 You want to see them? 288 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,240 Now, let us look at your shoes, then. 289 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:20,240 Okay. 290 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:21,240 No reason not to. 291 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:22,240 They're... 292 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:23,240 The soles, we want to see. 293 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:24,240 You sure this isn't some kind of joke? 294 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:25,240 It looks like it's no joke. 295 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:26,240 Come on, Alec. 296 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:27,240 Let's see the soles. 297 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:28,240 Sure, then. 298 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:29,240 Well, you satisfied now? 299 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:30,240 Yeah. 300 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:31,240 Okay for me to go now? 301 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:32,240 Afraid not. 302 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:33,240 Why, say, what is this anyway? 303 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:34,240 Oh, it's stopping me in the shoe thing. 304 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:35,240 You looking for something special? 305 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:36,240 Not anymore. 306 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:37,240 We just found it. 307 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:49,240 Frank and I took the boy back to Georgia Street and checked his name through R&I. 308 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,240 We found that there was no previous arrest record for him. 309 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:53,240 7.15 p.m. 310 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,240 We took him into one of the interrogation rooms. 311 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,240 Your full name's Alec McCarran, is that right? 312 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:58,240 Yeah. 313 00:08:58,240 --> 00:08:59,240 How old are you? 314 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:00,240 Sixteen. 315 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:01,240 Where do you live? 316 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:02,240 4782 Fargo Street. 317 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:03,240 Where's that, son? 318 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:04,240 Up above Silver Lake. 319 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:05,240 You live with your family? 320 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:06,240 Yeah. 321 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:07,240 Your father and mother both live there? 322 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:08,240 Yeah. 323 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,240 When are you gonna tell me what this is all about? 324 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:11,240 Got a job, son? 325 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:12,240 Not now. 326 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:13,240 I got one coming up. 327 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:14,240 Doing what? 328 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:15,240 Box boy in a market. 329 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:16,240 Supposed to go to work next week. 330 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:17,240 Kid they got now is going in the Army. 331 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:18,240 They promised me his job. 332 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:19,240 You go to school? 333 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:20,240 Yeah, I'm a senior in high school. 334 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:21,240 Look, it's getting late. 335 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:22,240 My dad's gonna start to worry. 336 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:23,240 Is it okay if I call him? 337 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:24,240 We'll call him for you in a minute. 338 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:25,240 Thanks. 339 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:26,240 What do I tell him when he wants to know what's happening? 340 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:27,240 We'll talk to him. 341 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:28,240 Okay. 342 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:29,240 What do you usually do nights? 343 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:30,240 I don't know. 344 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:31,240 I'm a little busy. 345 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:32,240 I'm a little busy. 346 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:36,240 I'm a little busy, too, so I'll talk to him. 347 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:37,240 Okay. 348 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:38,240 What do you usually do nights? 349 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:39,240 I don't know what you mean. 350 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:40,240 Well, evening hours. 351 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:41,240 What do you do? 352 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:42,240 I stay home mostly. 353 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:43,240 I gotta get my grades up for college. 354 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:44,240 I usually study. 355 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:45,240 During summer vacation? 356 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:46,240 My dad helps me. 357 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:47,240 I gotta make up a couple of credits. 358 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:48,240 Thought you had to go to summer school for that. 359 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:49,240 I guess I'll get out of school late. 360 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:50,240 You study every night? 361 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:51,240 Just about, yeah. 362 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:52,240 But not everyone, huh? 363 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:53,240 No, I go out sometimes. 364 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:54,240 When? 365 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:55,240 Mostly the weekends. 366 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:56,240 Friday. 367 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:57,240 What do you do when you go out? 368 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:58,240 And where do you go? 369 00:09:58,240 --> 00:09:59,240 Show sometimes. 370 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:00,240 Anywhere else? 371 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:01,240 Bowling. 372 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:02,240 I go down to the library to get a book. 373 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:03,240 Mostly to the show. 374 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:04,240 Do you go with anybody? 375 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:05,240 No. 376 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:06,240 Where'd you get those tennis shoes? 377 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:07,240 My dad got them for me. 378 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:08,240 Where? 379 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:09,240 Place back east. 380 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:10,240 I had them a long time. 381 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:11,240 You know the name of the place? 382 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:12,240 Not right off. 383 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:13,240 Some place in Maine, I think. 384 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,240 Do you know anybody else who's got a pair like them? 385 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:17,240 I've never seen any others. 386 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:19,240 I told you, my father got them for me. 387 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:20,240 Used to wear them when he was a kid. 388 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,240 Sent back to Maine for them. 389 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,240 You guys won't tell me what this is all about, huh? 390 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:26,240 Yeah, we will. 391 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:27,240 There have been a string of burglaries in town. 392 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:28,240 Housebreaking. 393 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,240 Person that's been pulling them wears a pair of shoes just like yours. 394 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:31,240 Like mine? 395 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:32,240 That's right. 396 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:33,240 You think I'm the one? 397 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:34,240 Well, it looks like it, doesn't it? 398 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:35,240 I'd better call my father. 399 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:36,240 All right, we'll call him for you. 400 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:37,240 He's the only pair of shoes in the world, you know. 401 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:38,240 Only ones we've been able to find, son. 402 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:39,240 There must be a lot more. 403 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:40,240 We're willing to see them. 404 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,240 Hello, this is Sergeant Friday, Los Angeles Police Department. 405 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:42,240 Who am I speaking to, please? 406 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:43,240 Yes, sir. 407 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:44,240 Yes, sir. 408 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:45,240 Yes, sir. 409 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:46,240 Yes, sir. 410 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:47,240 Yes, sir. 411 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:48,240 Yes, sir. 412 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:49,240 Yes, sir. 413 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:50,240 Yes, sir. 414 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:51,240 Yes, sir. 415 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:52,240 Yes, sir. 416 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:53,240 Yes, sir. 417 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:54,240 Yes, sir. 418 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:55,240 Yes, sir. 419 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:56,240 Yes, sir. 420 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,240 Yes, sir. 421 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:58,240 Yes, sir. 422 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:03,240 Yes, sir, your son's here, especially the burglary. 423 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:04,240 That's right. 424 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,240 Well, that may be so, Mr. McCarran, but that's the charge. 425 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:08,240 Yes, sir. 426 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,240 No, no, we'll bring him to his home. 427 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,240 Sure you can, just a minute. 428 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:18,240 I want to talk to your son. 429 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:20,240 Hello, Dad? 430 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:21,240 Yeah. 431 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,240 Uh-huh. 432 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,240 At the police station? 433 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,240 No, it's no joke. 434 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:29,240 What? 435 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,240 Well, I'll tell you when I see you. 436 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:32,240 Yeah, bye. 437 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,240 All right, Alex, get your sweater. 438 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:36,240 You're taking me home now? 439 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:37,240 That's right. 440 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:38,240 Because Dad set you straight, huh? 441 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:39,240 Told you it was all a mistake? 442 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:40,240 No, I'm afraid he didn't. 443 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:41,240 What do you mean? 444 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,240 Didn't he tell you this whole thing is wrong? 445 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:46,240 Well, he tried to, yeah, that's right. 446 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,240 Well, then you're going to have to let me go. 447 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:49,240 No, I'm afraid not. 448 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,240 But you have to if it's a mistake. 449 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,240 Yeah, if it's a mistake. 450 00:11:53,240 --> 00:12:00,240 Frank and I left the office with the boy, and we drove out to his home. 451 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,240 It was a large two-story colonial house overlooking Silver Lake. 452 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,240 We were admitted to the place by a maid, and we were shown into the living room. 453 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,240 The boy's father, Henry McCarran, was waiting for us. 454 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:10,240 You're the officer? 455 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:11,240 Yes, sir, that's right. 456 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:12,240 My partner, Frank Smith. 457 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:13,240 My name's Friday. 458 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:14,240 How do you do? 459 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:15,240 You want to tell me what this is all about now? 460 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,240 Well, it looks like your son is mixed up in some burglaries, Mr. McCarran. 461 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,240 You're aware that's a pretty serious charge. 462 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:21,240 Yes, sir, that's right. 463 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,240 I suppose you have some kind of proof to make that statement. 464 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:24,240 We think so. 465 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,240 Am I telling you what it is? 466 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,240 Well, while we were talking, would it be all right to look at the boy's room? 467 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,240 Do you think that's quite fair? 468 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:32,240 Necessary, Mr. McCarran. 469 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:33,240 What if I say you can't? 470 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:35,240 Well, then we'll have to come back with a warrant. 471 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,240 All right, this way. 472 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:40,240 What do you got to say about this, Alex? 473 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:41,240 I didn't do it, Dan. 474 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:42,240 And that's the truth? 475 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:43,240 Yes, sir. 476 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:44,240 Good enough for me. 477 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:45,240 Through here. 478 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:46,240 This is it. 479 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:47,240 Go ahead. 480 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,240 Frank? 481 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:52,240 Yeah. 482 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,240 Now, I suppose you tell me what this is all about. 483 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:57,240 The shoes that your boy is wearing here. 484 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:58,240 You got them for him? 485 00:12:58,240 --> 00:12:59,240 That's right. 486 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:00,240 I had them made to order. 487 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:01,240 Where? 488 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:02,240 Place back east in Maine. 489 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,240 You know of anyone else who has a pair of them? 490 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,240 No, as far as I know, that's the only pair on the coast. 491 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:07,240 Good kind of shoes. 492 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,240 I used to wear them when I played. 493 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:10,240 Uh-huh. 494 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:11,240 What do they have to do with this? 495 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:15,240 On each one of the steps, we found a print from a shoe like that outside the window. 496 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,240 Well, that doesn't mean that Alec was in them at the time. 497 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:18,240 How about it, Alec? 498 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:19,240 You let anybody else use his shoes? 499 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:20,240 No. 500 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:21,240 Well, there's your answer. 501 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,240 Still doesn't come down to proof. 502 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:26,240 What night did your boy spend out of the house, Mr. McCarran? 503 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:27,240 I don't know. 504 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,240 I guess he's gone on Friday most of the time. 505 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:30,240 You know where he goes? 506 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:31,240 The show, library. 507 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:33,240 I don't keep a chain on him, Sergeant. 508 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:34,240 I have complete trust in Alec. 509 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:36,240 Burgers have been taking place on Friday nights. 510 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,240 Still entirely circumstantial. 511 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,240 Yes, sir, but it fits, doesn't it? 512 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:41,240 What's he supposed to have sewn on? 513 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:42,240 Costume jewelry. 514 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,240 You mean five and dime stuff? 515 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,240 Yes, sir. 516 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,240 All right, there you are. 517 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,240 You tell me why. 518 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:50,240 Sir? 519 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:51,240 Why had Alec steal that? 520 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:52,240 Now look around, Sergeant. 521 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,240 I just spent $1,500 on this room. 522 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:55,240 Had it all redone. 523 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,240 Alec's got just about everything he wants. 524 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:58,240 He gets a good allowance. 525 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:00,240 If he needs any more money, he only has to come to me. 526 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,240 There's no reason for him to steal. 527 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,240 I say this is a nice room and all. 528 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:07,240 What you say may be true, but the fact states that the steps are taking place. 529 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,240 All right, then I'll put it on the line. 530 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:11,240 I've got faith in my son. 531 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:16,240 He's had all the things a boy could want, a good family, good home, all the things that count. 532 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,240 Maybe there is a thief, but it isn't my son. 533 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:19,240 I know that. 534 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,240 You got an explanation for the shoes for the Friday nights? 535 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:23,240 No, I'll find one. 536 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:25,240 Maybe we can try it for this too, Mr. Caron. 537 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:26,240 What? 538 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:27,240 Found these in the boy's closet. 539 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:28,240 Hmm? 540 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:29,240 Box of cheap costume jewelry. 541 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:38,240 With the finding of the jewelry in Alec McCarran's room, the circumstantial case against him seemed to solidify. 542 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:42,240 Although he denied any knowledge of the pieces, he was taken down to Georgia Street Juvenile 543 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:46,240 and booked on suspicion of violation of Section 459 P.C., delinquent. 544 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,240 His father retained a lawyer immediately. 545 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,240 The next day, the jewelry found at his home was shown to the victims, 546 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,240 and they gave us a positive identification on each one of the pieces. 547 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:58,240 A petition was filed and the facts were presented to the juvenile court. 548 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,240 Detention was requested. 549 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:05,240 On Thursday, July 8th, Frank and I got back from the second floor after talking to the McCarran boy. 550 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:07,240 He still admitted nothing about the burglaries. 551 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:10,240 I don't know, maybe I'm starting to believe the kid. 552 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,240 It sure makes you wonder, doesn't it? 553 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:13,240 Sergeant Friday? 554 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:14,240 Yes, sir. 555 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:15,240 How are you, Mr. McCarran? 556 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:16,240 Fine, thank you. 557 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:17,240 I've got it, Sergeant. 558 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:18,240 I've got it right here. 559 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:19,240 Sir? 560 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:20,240 The way to show you that my son had no part in these burglaries. 561 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:21,240 All right, sir, go ahead. 562 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,240 Now, you say that all the thefts have taken place on Friday night, haven't you? 563 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:25,240 Yes, sir. 564 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,240 And your big piece of evidence is the heels on his shoes, right? 565 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:28,240 That's part of it, yes, sir. 566 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,240 All right, then you can just turn them loose. 567 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:31,240 The big part? 568 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:32,240 I remembered it last night. 569 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,240 I couldn't get to sleep and got to thinking. 570 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:35,240 I remembered. 571 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:36,240 All right, go ahead. 572 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:37,240 Alex's shoes get a lot of use. 573 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,240 He plays a lot of tennis, wears his shoes all the time. 574 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:41,240 Oh, sir? 575 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:42,240 The soles and heels wore out. 576 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,240 We had to send them back east and have them resold. 577 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:46,240 Sent them back on May 5th. 578 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,240 Didn't get them until May 19th. 579 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,240 Now, there's two Fridays in there, Sergeant. 580 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,240 If the shoes were gone, Alex couldn't have done the burglaries. 581 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:54,240 Right? 582 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:55,240 Yeah. 583 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,240 Well, I hope now that you will admit that you've made a mistake. 584 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:00,240 Well, if we have, Mr. McCarran, we'll sure tell you. 585 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:01,240 Well, you can take my word for it, Alex. 586 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,240 He had no part in any of this. 587 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,240 He's a good boy, he's honest, he's smart. 588 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,240 If he was going to steal anything, if it really came to that, 589 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,240 he wouldn't risk his neck for a few cheap beads. 590 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:11,240 Doesn't seem so, does it? 591 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,240 Here you are, John. 592 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:13,240 Well, what about it? 593 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:14,240 Why don't you find out? 594 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,240 Just a minute, sir. 595 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,240 Are you going to release my son now? 596 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:19,240 No, sir. 597 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:23,240 Well, if the shoes were out of state, then, he couldn't have committed the thefts. 598 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:24,240 Mm-hmm. 599 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,240 Month of May, two Fridays in that month. 600 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:27,240 That's right, that's right. 601 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:38,240 No burglaries on either one of them. 602 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:50,240 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 603 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,240 It seemed like every attempt the father made to prove the innocence of Alex McCarran 604 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,240 only turned up another piece of evidence against him. 605 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,240 The date for his hearing in juvenile court was set, 606 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,240 and Frank and I talked with Mr. Bowman at the probation department 607 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,240 on the preparation of the case. 608 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,240 From the evidence, it appeared that the boy would be found guilty. 609 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,240 We questioned and re-questioned him. 610 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,240 We went over every facet of his story, but he still stuck to it. 611 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:11,240 At no time did he change any part of it. 612 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,240 Saturday, July 10, Frank and I checked into the office. 613 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:17,240 Boy, it's going to be another scorching day. 614 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,240 Yeah, probably over 90 again. 615 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,240 Yeah, over 90. More than that, Joe. 616 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,240 I'm going over to Broadway at noon today, 617 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,240 pick up a pair of those shoes I was telling you about. 618 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,240 Mm-hmm, with the tan suit. 619 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:28,240 The ones with the holes in them. 620 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,240 Not the suit, the shoes, you know. 621 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,240 Finally decided last night I need them more in a new spinning reel. 622 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:33,240 I'm going to get them. 623 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:34,240 Well, that's good. 624 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:35,240 Anything for us? 625 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:36,240 Yeah. 626 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,240 Looks like we might be wrong about that McCarran boy. 627 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:39,240 What do you mean? 628 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:40,240 Another house breaking last night. 629 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:41,240 Footprints all over the place. 630 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:42,240 Yeah? 631 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:43,240 All of them with the same heel print. 632 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:49,240 We left the office. We went over to the crime lab. 633 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,240 Ray Pinker showed us photographs that had been made at the scene. 634 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,240 The marks were identical with those we'd found before. 635 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,240 The size of the shoe, the way they were worn, everything matched. 636 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,240 The information blew the case against Alec McCarran sky high, 637 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:02,240 and both Frank and I felt a little relieved. 638 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,240 The probation department was informed what had happened, 639 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,240 and the boy was released immediately. 640 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:09,240 Frank and I drove him to his home where he was reunited with his family. 641 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,240 We obtained the name and address of the shoe company who had made the tennis shoes, 642 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,240 and the radiogram was sent to the police department in that city 643 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:18,240 requesting all information on similar shipments to the Los Angeles area. 644 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,240 We got the answer the next morning. 645 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,240 Only one other pair had been sent to the Southland. 646 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:28,240 Those had been sent to a Mr. Homer Ellsworth, care of general delivery, Ventura, California. 647 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,240 We checked the name through records and identification, 648 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,240 but we were unable to come up with a record for him. 649 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,240 The name was sent to George Brereton, C.I.I., Sacramento. 650 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,240 At a quarter past eleven, Frank and I drove up to the Beach City. 651 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,240 We talked to the postmaster and several of the clerks. 652 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:44,240 They told us that several pieces of mail had been delivered to Ellsworth. 653 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:46,240 Although none of the people could tell us where the man lived, 654 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,240 they were able to give us a good description of him. 655 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:53,240 They went on to say that they had gathered from conversations that he resided someplace in Los Angeles. 656 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:57,240 We left word with them that the local police department be called in the event the man returned, 657 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:59,240 and then Frank and I drove back to the city. 658 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,240 We checked the name again, this time with a description, No May. 659 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,240 One of the outstanding things in the way the man was described 660 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,240 was that the little finger from his left hand was missing. 661 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,240 This was checked through the oddity file without result. 662 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,240 The additional information was forwarded to Brereton. 663 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:16,240 We checked with burglary detail, but they had nothing on the suspect. 664 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:20,240 Eight forty p.m. We drove out to the McCarran house and talked again to his family. 665 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:22,240 I knew it all the time. 666 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:26,240 Got a boy like Alec after sixteen years, you know, pretty much what he will, what he won't do. 667 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:28,240 A couple things we'd like to go over with you. 668 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,240 Sure, anything you want, just let me know. 669 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,240 Caught the person who was really responsible for this? 670 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,240 That's what we want to talk to you about. 671 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,240 Fine, throw it ahead. 672 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,240 Now the description we've got of the man is that he's about fifty, 673 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:42,240 around five foot eight, hundred and fifty pounds, dark hair, gray at the temples, 674 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,240 wears glasses, has a mustache, got a finger missing from the left hand. 675 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,240 What's his name? 676 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:49,240 Well, that we don't know, sir. That's why we're asking you. 677 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:50,240 No name at all. 678 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,240 Well, he's used Homer Ellsworth. We don't think that's his true name. 679 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:54,240 It isn't, sir. 680 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,240 His name's not Ellsworth, it's Fallon, Homer Fallon. 681 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:58,240 You know him? 682 00:19:58,240 --> 00:19:59,240 Sure, he worked for me for ten years. 683 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,240 Sort of a handy man, does our jobs around the house. 684 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:03,240 You know where we can reach him? 685 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:04,240 Not sure about that. 686 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:05,240 What do you mean? 687 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:06,240 He quit yesterday morning. 688 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:12,240 We got Fallon's address. We left for the place right away. 689 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,240 It was a small house in the South Hollywood area. 690 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,240 The front yard was overgrown and several of the pickets from the fence were missing. 691 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,240 It was a 1938 Chevrolet truck parked in the driveway. 692 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:25,240 Frank and I left our unit and walked up to the front door. 693 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,240 Watch your steps, Joe. 694 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:28,240 Front? 695 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:29,240 Ward looks there. 696 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:30,240 Oh, yeah, I see. 697 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,240 I think you'd have a light out here, wouldn't you? 698 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:34,240 I get it. 699 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:39,240 Don't hear anything. 700 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:40,240 Well, he must be here. 701 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,240 I'd be taking the truck, wouldn't you? 702 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:43,240 Yeah. 703 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:47,240 Yeah? 704 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:48,240 Homer Fallon? 705 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:49,240 Who are you? 706 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:50,240 Police officer. 707 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,240 I want to talk to you. 708 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,240 Come on in. 709 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:55,240 Sit down. 710 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,240 Just fixing a little dinner. 711 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:58,240 Yes, sir. 712 00:20:58,240 --> 00:20:59,240 Go right ahead. 713 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:00,240 Spaghetti. 714 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:01,240 Want some? 715 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:02,240 No, sir. 716 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:03,240 Pretty good. 717 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:04,240 That kind, it's all cooked. 718 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,240 Just drop it in the water and heat up the sauce. 719 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:07,240 Pretty good. 720 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:08,240 Sure you don't want none? 721 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:09,240 No, thanks. 722 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:10,240 How about you? 723 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:11,240 No, sir. 724 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:12,240 Well, wait a minute. 725 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,240 I'll turn down the fire and we can talk. 726 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,240 All right, sir. 727 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,240 You got to watch it pretty close. 728 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,240 It gets too cooked and you got to eat it with a spoon, not blood that way. 729 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:22,240 No, sir. 730 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,240 You've had it, have you? 731 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,240 You want to come in here, sir? 732 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:27,240 Yeah, I'd be right with you. 733 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,240 Open up the sauce and I'll be right there. 734 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:31,240 Maybe you better come in now. 735 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:32,240 Why? 736 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:33,240 Come on in. 737 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:34,240 Sit down. 738 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:37,240 Go ahead. 739 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:38,240 Sit down. 740 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,240 You haven't got no right to tell me what to do in my own house. 741 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:41,240 No right at all. 742 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,240 All right, better check the place, huh? 743 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:44,240 Yeah. 744 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,240 Harry, you've got no right to go through my things. 745 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:49,240 We can come back with a warrant if that'll be easier for you. 746 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:50,240 Then you go ahead and do it. 747 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:51,240 You've got no right. 748 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,240 Is there something you don't want me to find? 749 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:54,240 No. 750 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:55,240 I've got nothing to hide. 751 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:56,240 Then you won't mind, will you? 752 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:57,240 I will, too. 753 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,240 You guys come in here while I'm having dinner and causing a lot of trouble. 754 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,240 You've got no right to do this. 755 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:03,240 I'm an old man. 756 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,240 I can't take a lot of excitement. 757 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:06,240 Then why don't you save us all a lot of time? 758 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:07,240 What? 759 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:08,240 You know why we're here. 760 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:09,240 You know what we want. 761 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:10,240 I do? 762 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:11,240 Sure you do. 763 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:15,240 Why don't you tell us? 764 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:18,240 Big thing over nothing. 765 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:19,240 That's all it is. 766 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:21,240 Then you tell us about it, will you? 767 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,240 All this stuff put together wasn't worth a dollar and a half. 768 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:24,240 None of it. 769 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:25,240 Not even a dollar and a half. 770 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:26,240 Well, then why'd you do it? 771 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,240 I wanted to get the kid in trouble all his life. 772 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,240 He's had what he wanted all his life. 773 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,240 Different from me. 774 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:34,240 I never had nothing. 775 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,240 You put the things we found in his room, did you? 776 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:38,240 Yeah. 777 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:39,240 I knew you'd get to him. 778 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,240 Wanted to sew it up, make it look good. 779 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,240 I put him there. 780 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,240 Why'd you do the burglary last night? 781 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:51,240 Well, I got the feeling sorry for the kid sitting in jail. 782 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,240 You ever been arrested, fellow? 783 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,240 Well, a long time ago. 784 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:56,240 Where? 785 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:57,240 Back east. 786 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:58,240 Bag charge. 787 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:00,240 I was just a kid working my way out here. 788 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,240 Took me off a freight. 789 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,240 I sat in a can overnight, and then they let me go. 790 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,240 Gave me a floater out of town. 791 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,240 I got sorry for the kid. 792 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,240 Figured if there was another stealing while he was in jail, 793 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,240 you'd let him go. 794 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:15,240 All right. 795 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,240 Get your coat, will you? 796 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:18,240 Yeah. 797 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,240 Where is it? 798 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:21,240 Closet there. 799 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:22,240 Wait there. 800 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:24,240 I'll get it. 801 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,240 The only one in there. 802 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,240 I got it. 803 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,240 Here you go. 804 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,240 Thanks. 805 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,240 You know, I was sorry right after. 806 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,240 I didn't want to hurt the kid. 807 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,240 He's really not too bad. 808 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,240 Didn't want to cause him no trouble. 809 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,240 You did pretty good, didn't you? 810 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,240 I suppose so. 811 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:48,240 Well, I want to go. 812 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,240 Yeah. 813 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:52,240 Oh, I forgot the spaghetti. 814 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,240 Got to turn it off. 815 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,240 All right. 816 00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:00,240 I guess it doesn't make any difference anyway. 817 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:02,240 What was that, sir? 818 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,240 Don't make any difference about you taking me to jail. 819 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:06,240 Is that right? 820 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:07,240 Yeah. 821 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,240 I cooked the spaghetti too long. 822 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,240 HOMER LINDSAY FALLON 823 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,240 Homer Lindsay Fallon was tried and convicted of burglary 824 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,240 on the first degree, six counts, 825 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,240 and received punishment as prescribed by law. 826 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,240 Burglary on the first degree is punishable by imprisonment 827 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:31,240 for a period of not less than five years in the state penitentiary. 828 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:37,240 DRAGNET is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 829 00:24:37,240 --> 00:25:00,240 The United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 830 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:32,240 The United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 831 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:52,240 The United States Armed Forces Radio Service.