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They're best for you. 18 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:45,600 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 19 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:50,000 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 20 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,000 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case 21 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:59,680 transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, 22 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:07,200 Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 23 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,680 It was Tuesday, May 8th. It was cool in Los Angeles. 24 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:11,840 We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. 25 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:15,440 My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Warman. My name is Friday. 26 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,920 I was on my way over from the office and it was 10, 13 p.m. 27 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:20,960 when I got to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. The waiting room. 28 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,760 Hi Frank. Joe. 29 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:26,080 How's he doing? I don't know. I'll talk to Dr. Sebastian. 30 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,080 How's it look? Well, not too good. 31 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,680 Slugs embedded in his lung caused a hemorrhage. He's getting a transfusion. 32 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,800 What do you got on him? I just talked to the guys who came in with him for a minute. 33 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:35,840 They didn't have a lot. No. 34 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,920 Call came in from a man who owns a newsstand at the corner of Normandy and Willowbrook. 35 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:40,960 See the witness? Yeah. 36 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,120 Anything there? I don't know. We'll have to talk to him. 37 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:44,720 What do you got on the victim? Wait a minute. 38 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,560 I got it here. Name's Matthew Denton. 39 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,080 Address given is 18970 Taft Street in Hollywood. 40 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,280 Did you get in touch with anybody? No. Tried the house but nobody was there. 41 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,320 Anything else? Yeah. I went over the personal property. 42 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,720 Usual stuff. Cigarettes, lighter, comb. 43 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,200 A lot of diamond ring on the small finger left hand. 44 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,280 Looks expensive. Gold wristwatch. 45 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:09,600 $140 in cash. $1,300 in American Express checks. 46 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,520 Doesn't spell robbery, does it? No. 47 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,960 Some of the stuff was disturbed. Well, maybe you can tell us something, huh? 48 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,360 Yeah. Joe, Frank. 49 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,920 Hi, Doc. How are you? How's it look? 50 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:22,320 What time you got? 10-16. 51 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,960 Make it 10-13. Close enough for the report. 52 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:26,560 What? Time of death. 53 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:37,040 Matthew Trevor Denton, WMA. 31 years, 5'9", 164 pounds. 54 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,680 Had stopped living at 10-13 p.m. on May 8th. 55 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,080 We didn't know who he was or why he died. 56 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:46,480 Before we left the hospital, we put in a call to Denton's address, but we got no answer. 57 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,560 We checked the name and description through our eye. 58 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:50,560 There was no record on the dead man. 59 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,000 At 10-48 p.m., we left Georgia Street and drove over to the scene of the shooting, 60 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,800 where we talked to the witness, Andrew Cates. 61 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:00,320 Right over there is where it happened. The bus stop. 62 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,520 Uh-huh. I was standing right here. 63 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,480 Right here. Mm-hmm. I saw the whole thing happen. 64 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,920 I saw the whole thing happen. Yes, sir. By what time was that, Mr. Cates? 65 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,640 Oh, I guess it was 9-30 or so. I see. 66 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,840 I was just standing here and bang, bang, two shots. 67 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:19,040 Did you see what led up to the shooting? What do you mean, led up? 68 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,840 Well, I mean, did you see what happened before? Oh, yeah. Whole thing. 69 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:24,720 Uh-huh. Would you tell us about it? Sure. 70 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:30,240 All right. Go ahead. Well, one of those nights where just nothing went right, 71 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:31,760 you know what I mean. Uh-huh. 72 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:33,920 I started off with my wife, burning the coffee. 73 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,160 I wouldn't think a person could do that, would you? 74 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,560 Burning the coffee. Would you like to go ahead? 75 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,920 I had a big argument before I left home. I just started off that way. 76 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,800 Yes, sir. Got out here and took over. 77 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,640 About what time did you open the stand, sir? Oh, it was 7-30 in the morning. 78 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,400 Uh, try to get breakfast business, you know. People on the way to eat. 79 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,720 Stop off for early paper. I see. 80 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:56,880 I try to get them. All right. 81 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,720 I open up in the morning and then there's a school kid takes over for me 82 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,720 about 3 in the afternoon. He's here around 6-30 when I come back from supper. 83 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,360 I see. That's when she burned the coffee. 84 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:08,720 Night supper. All right. 85 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:10,480 You want to tell us about the shooting? Oh, sure. 86 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:14,160 They're kind of hard, you know. This is the first time for me. 87 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,480 How's that? Well, it's the first time I've ever been a witness. 88 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:18,560 First. I see. 89 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,600 What time did you first see the victim? The man who was shot? 90 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,840 Yes, sir. Well, I told you. 91 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:27,280 About 9-30. The car pulled up to the curb and this fellow got out. 92 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:30,560 He kind of stood there for a minute and he talked to the other fellow in the car. 93 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,520 He just stood there a minute and talked. Kind of leaning the window. 94 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,560 Mm-hmm. The car pulled away and the one man, 95 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,160 one who got out. Yeah. 96 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,280 He walked over and sat down on the bench like he was waiting for the bus. 97 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,400 Mr. Cates, you got a good look at the car you got out of? 98 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,680 Well, I saw it, if that's what you mean. What did you describe it for us? 99 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,520 It was a black Chevy. I'd say maybe a 52 or 53. 100 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,240 sedan or coupe? No, it was a sedan, four door. 101 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,600 Nothing special about it. Did you get a look at the man that was driving? 102 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,760 No, no. The light's kind of bad over there. 103 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,440 You can see for yourself, the one fellow leaned in the car. 104 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,120 I couldn't get a good look. Oh. 105 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,160 I didn't pay a lot of attention to it anyway. 106 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,480 It didn't seem anything to get all concerned about. 107 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:12,080 All right, sir. You want to go ahead? 108 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,080 Well, the fellow sat there for a minute, not doing nothing, just waiting. 109 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:18,880 Then this other car pulled up right up the curb. 110 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:24,000 One guy got out of the car, got right out and walked over the fellow sitting on the bench. 111 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,880 All right, sir. Oh, excuse me a minute, the customer. 112 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:30,400 All right, sir. What do you think? 113 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:30,880 I don't know. 114 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,440 Oh, Bert always stops by the same time. 115 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:41,200 He gets one of each, you know, same time every night with old Bert. 116 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,840 You see, I want to go ahead with your story. 117 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:47,520 Oh, oh, yeah. Well, this car pulled up and the fellow got out. 118 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,440 He walked over the bench, started talking to the first man and got in an argument. 119 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:52,800 How do you know that? What? 120 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:54,160 Well, how do you know they were arguing? 121 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,200 Well, I could see standing over there waving their arms around. 122 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,280 I could even hear some of the yelling. 123 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:02,000 Wasn't no trick at all to see that they were having some kind of trouble. 124 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,760 Mm hmm. Could you hear what the trouble was about? 125 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:08,240 No, just a lot of yelling and waving. He had no outright words. 126 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:10,560 You want to go ahead, please? 127 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,440 Well, next thing I knew was when the fellow got out of the car, 128 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:14,880 started swinging at the other one. 129 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:16,160 That was the victim? 130 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:17,440 Yeah, one who was shot. 131 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:18,320 All right. 132 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,120 Well, you just bet the guy tackled more than he could handle. 133 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:24,080 The victim fellow started to clean up on himself. 134 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,080 He just started to mop the street with it. 135 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:27,040 I see. 136 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,920 That's when the guy who was waiting in the car got out 137 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:31,520 and ran over to help his friends, you see. 138 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:31,920 Mm hmm. 139 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,040 Three of them kind of struggled around for a while. 140 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:39,440 Then the one from the car pulled the gun. Bang, bang. Two shots. 141 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,840 First guy dropped right down on the sidewalk. 142 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,920 The other two got in the car and took off. 143 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:45,360 Went roaring down Normandy. 144 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:47,280 That way. 145 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:48,720 Can you describe the second car? 146 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,080 Well, not too good. I just got a glance at it. 147 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,080 I wasn't paying a lot of attention at first. 148 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:58,320 The time I figured I should take a good look at it, it was gone. 149 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,320 I see. Now, how about the men driving? 150 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:02,800 What do you want to know? 151 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:03,920 Can you describe them? 152 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:04,960 Not good. 153 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,360 Well, if you tell us just what you can, Mr. Cates, it'll help. 154 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,400 Sure. First one was a tall lanky fellow. 155 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,200 He didn't weigh much. Sort of string bean. 156 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:14,720 Mm hmm. How tall would you say? 157 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:15,520 Well, I don't know. 158 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,520 Close to 6'3", maybe 6'2". 159 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,080 Round in there, he's a tall one. 160 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:20,720 About how old? 161 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,640 23, 25. I couldn't tell that too good. 162 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:26,560 I see. What about his coloring? Was he light or dark? 163 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,000 He was light. He was blonde. 164 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,200 How about his clothes? 165 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:30,400 He had on a pair of jeans. 166 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,040 One of them jackets, you know, made out of the same kind of material. 167 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:34,160 Rivets like on them. 168 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:34,660 Mm hmm. 169 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,480 Were real tight jeans. Both of them were wearing them. 170 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:40,240 And anything else you can tell us about the tall man? 171 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:40,880 No. 172 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:42,320 Was he the driver of the car? 173 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,200 Oh, yeah. He was the one who did the shooting, the tall fellow. 174 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:46,000 Could you see the gun? 175 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,560 Yeah, but not good. 176 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:50,720 Do you remember whether it was a revolver or an automatic? 177 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:52,320 Well, it looked like a revolver to me. 178 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:54,320 All right. Now, what about the other man? 179 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,640 He was shorter than the first one. No runt, but, you know, shorter. 180 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,600 Guess anybody that looks small next to him. 181 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:02,720 About how tall was he? 182 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,880 Always about 5'9", 5'10". Give a couple, take a couple. 183 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,880 All right. How was he built? 184 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:11,440 Sort of light, maybe 140. 185 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:15,280 Anything else about the two men? Did either of them wear glasses, do you remember? 186 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,440 No. No, not so as I could see. 187 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,320 He might have taken them off, you know, before they got out of the car. 188 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,680 Might have, but I didn't see them when the fight started. 189 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:25,680 Did either of them use a name that you could hear? 190 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:27,920 I told you before, I couldn't hear anything they said. 191 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,400 There was just a lot of yelling when the fight started. 192 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:30,900 All right. 193 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,520 Wasn't anything special about the two fellows. 194 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,080 They make them stand out, one tall, the other short. 195 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:37,840 No big reason to remember them. 196 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:39,120 I'm afraid you got it wrong, mister. 197 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:39,620 Huh? 198 00:09:39,620 --> 00:09:40,640 We got a reason. 199 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,640 We got a reason. 200 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:51,520 We made arrangements for Andrew Cates to come down to the office and look through the mudbooks. 201 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:55,680 The rest of the neighborhood was checked again, but we were unable to find anyone else who'd witnessed the shooting. 202 00:09:56,560 --> 00:10:00,960 While we'd been talking to Cates, a team of detectives from homicide detail had gone out to the victim's house. 203 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:07,680 They didn't find anyone at home, but when they spoke to the neighbors, they were told that Matthew Denton's wife was in a hospital. 204 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:10,720 Frank and I checked with her doctor and found out that she was in the maternity ward. 205 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:14,800 He recommended that we delay talking to the woman as long as possible since she was in a weakened condition. 206 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:19,200 From the hospital records, we found that Denton was employed by an advertising agency. 207 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:23,680 We checked with the nurses on duty and found that he left the hospital with another man. 208 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:27,200 They gave us a description of him, but they were unable to identify him for us. 209 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,880 We asked that they call the office in the event the man returned to the hospital. 210 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,600 Frank and I went back to the office and checked out. 211 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:38,000 The next morning, Wednesday at 8 40 a.m., we were back in the squad room. 212 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,000 Yes sir, you're looking for somebody? 213 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,320 I'd like to see somebody about this story in the paper. 214 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:43,360 Which one is that, sir? 215 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,840 About the shooting last night, corner Normandy in Willowbrook. 216 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:47,520 All right, what is it you want to talk about? 217 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,120 Are you the officer who's handling the case? 218 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:49,840 Yes sir. 219 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,800 My name is Sterling Hall. I think maybe I can help you out. 220 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:54,400 All right, want to have a seat, Mr. Hall? 221 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:55,040 Sure, thank you. 222 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:56,240 Sit right here. Sit right here. 223 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:56,800 Thank you. 224 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:58,720 This is my partner, Frank Smith. My name is Friday. 225 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:00,240 How do you do, Mr. Smith? 226 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:01,680 All right. What do you got? 227 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:04,480 Well, it says here in the paper where Denton left the hospital with the man. 228 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:05,520 It says you're looking for him. 229 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:06,240 That's right. 230 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,240 Well, you don't have to look no further. I'm him. 231 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:09,840 You were with Denton last night, were you? 232 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:10,640 Just said that. 233 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,160 All right. How long were you together? 234 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:13,680 Till about 9 30. 235 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:15,920 They dropped him off at the bus stand right where he was shot. 236 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,880 Well, I don't want if you could start at the beginning and tell us the whole story, would you? 237 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:19,840 Sure thing. 238 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,360 Well, you see, I got a lady friend. Same hospital as Denton's wife. 239 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,520 I was over there last night to say hello. 240 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,840 I brought her a box of caramels and said hello. 241 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:32,240 Uh-huh. But I was on my way out the place and I stopped off for a cup of coffee in that little 242 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:36,400 old shop they got there. You know, whether it has the gifts, books, and what the name of the baby. 243 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:37,280 Yeah, I know what it is. 244 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:40,160 Well, I was having a cup of coffee when this here Denton come in. 245 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:44,000 He wanted to buy a little plant for his wife. They just had a baby. 246 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,120 Wanted to send her something. 247 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:45,760 I see. 248 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:50,320 Now, we got to talk and I had a cup of coffee. It turned out he didn't have his car, 249 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,400 so I asked him if I could give him a ride home. He was kind of nervous and all. New father. 250 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:55,120 Yes, sir. 251 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:59,040 We left the hospital and he said it wasn't necessary for me to take him all the way home. 252 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:00,880 Said for me to just drop him off at the bus stand. 253 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:02,640 Told me there was one way right near his house. 254 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:03,440 All right. 255 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,880 But on the way, we was following this car and all of a sudden it stops. 256 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,520 No signal, nothing. Just lands on the brakes and we rammed into it. 257 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,920 Well, didn't hardly do no damage to the other car. 258 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,640 Broke one of my headlights is all, but didn't hurt the other car at all. 259 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:15,040 I see. 260 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,640 Now, two fellas got out and they walked back and they started a little ruckus. 261 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:22,080 Said we was speeding and driving reckless, all that kind of stuff. Real loud. 262 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,400 And this Denton, he'd tell them to shove off. 263 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,000 Said their car wasn't hurt at all and said not to make a big thing out of it. 264 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,920 He told them it was their fault anyway. 265 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:31,200 Were you still in the car? 266 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,520 No, we got out to see what damage had occurred. 267 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:33,920 I see. 268 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:36,800 These two guys started to get rugged now. 269 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,400 Like they wanted to start some real trouble and Denton said if they wanted to make a problem out 270 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,040 of it, the thing to do was to call the cops and make a complaint. 271 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:44,160 What'd they say to that? 272 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,960 Nothing. Just said to forget it and then they got in the car and shoved off. 273 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:51,840 Now, I didn't see him again, but I got to thinking about it this morning when I saw the story in paper. 274 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,240 You think it might have been one of them two who shot Denton? 275 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:56,480 Well, we don't know, sir. Can you give us a description of the man? 276 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,280 Sure thing. Now, one of them was real tall. 277 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:00,800 The other one was about my height. 278 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:01,840 He'd be about 5'8". 279 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,360 5'8 and 3 quarters. 280 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,200 All right. Can you give us a description of the car? 281 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,360 Yes, sir. It was a light blue Ford. 282 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,760 One of them new ones, you know, with the plastic on top. 283 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:10,400 Yes, sir. 284 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:14,640 I took a good look at it. Matter of fact, I kind of thought there might be some trouble about the accident. 285 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,920 I didn't want to be out on a limb with my insurance company, so I made sure. 286 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:18,480 Yeah. 287 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,080 I got the license number. 288 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:33,280 Well, I got a complete description of the two men. Frank checked DMV on the license number. 289 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:35,040 Five minutes later, he came back to the office. 290 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:36,640 Joe? 291 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:37,360 Yeah, you got it? 292 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,800 If you find out who the car belongs to, it shouldn't be anything to pick up them two fellas. 293 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:41,760 It's not going to be that easy. 294 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:42,400 Hmm? 295 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:51,120 The car was stolen. 296 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,320 Before Frank and I left the office, we made arrangements for Sterling Hall to check the 297 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,280 mud books in the hope that he might be able to identify the suspects. 298 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,880 At 11.20 a.m., we drove over to talk to the registered owner of the stolen car. 299 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,880 He told us that the vehicle had been taken from a parking lot the day before 300 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,040 and that he'd made an immediate report on it to the police. 301 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,880 Additional broadcasts were gotten out on the automobile and on the suspects. 302 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:13,520 That afternoon, we drove over and talked to the victim's wife. 303 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,960 She told us that the money and the express checks Denton had been carrying were for the 304 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:18,800 payment of the hospital and the doctor bills. 305 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,440 We questioned her about her husband's friends and associates. 306 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:25,840 Although we had the story given us by Sterling Hall, it seemed unlikely that the man was killed 307 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,160 as the result of an argument over a minor traffic accident. 308 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,760 We spent the rest of the day interviewing people who knew the victim. 309 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:34,880 From them, we learned that Denton was well-liked and was respected. 310 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,680 He took an active interest in neighborhood clubs and events. 311 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:42,480 The more we went into his background, the more convinced we became that he'd been killed by the men in the stolen Ford. 312 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:44,480 Two days passed. 313 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,760 On Saturday, May 12th, the vehicle was found abandoned. 314 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,920 A stakeout was placed on it and when no one approached it, the crew from Leighton Prince went over the car. 315 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,760 We found several partial fingerprints but not enough for classification. 316 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,760 The prints were photographed and held for evidence. 317 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:00,400 Frank and I continued to work on the killing. 318 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,960 A month went by without additional information turning up. 319 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,400 On Tuesday, June 19th, we got a call from Burgery Detail. 320 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,200 Yeah, mm-hmm. No, nothing. 321 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,200 Where'd he come from? 322 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,200 That one might check out. 323 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,200 No, we'll pick him up. 324 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,200 Yeah. Okay, right, thanks. 325 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,200 Mack over in Burgery. 326 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,200 He says they just picked up a guy for receiving. 327 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:25,200 Tried to make a deal. 328 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,200 Said if he got a break, he might be able to help us clean up something. 329 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,200 Say what it was? 330 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:37,200 They did. The Denton killing. 331 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:41,200 We left the office. We went over to room 45. 332 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,200 We talked with the officers who'd picked up the suspect. 333 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:47,200 They told us that they found a large quantity of stolen automobile supplies in his possession. 334 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,200 We took him to the interrogation room for questioning. 335 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,200 For almost an hour, he remained silent. 336 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:53,200 How about it, Caneeley? 337 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,200 Gonna give us a hand? 338 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,200 Caneeley? 339 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,200 Caneeley? 340 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,200 All right, come on, stand up. 341 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,200 Let's go. 342 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,200 Giving up, huh? 343 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,200 No, we'll be back. 344 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,200 Where are you taking me? 345 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,200 Back to Burgery. They can book you. 346 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,200 Main jail? Yep. 347 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:15,200 But you guys are all through with me, huh? 348 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:17,200 Yeah, for now. We'll talk to you again. 349 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,200 Well, you won't get any more. 350 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:21,200 Tell me something, will you? 351 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,200 What? 352 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,200 A little while ago, you said you knew something about a killing. 353 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,200 I can't figure that. You said you knew something about Matthew Denton's murder, isn't that right? 354 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,200 I don't remember that far back. 355 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,200 We do, and we can prove you did. 356 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,200 You're up on a receiving lap now. That's bad enough. 357 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,200 But if we can tag you with holding information, we'll make you as an accessory after the fact. 358 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:37,200 You mean you'll try? I think we'll make it. 359 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,200 Well, from here, it's got another color. 360 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,200 Well, let's see how it comes out, huh? Come on, let's go. 361 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,200 Down this way. I know. 362 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,200 What's a tab for being an accessory? 363 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,200 Five years. 364 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,200 Okay, let's go back. Huh? 365 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:55,200 I'll tell you all about it. 366 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:05,200 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 367 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:09,200 In regular or king size, you can get them either way. 368 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:13,200 The best smoke ever made's the Chester field you buy today. 369 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:17,200 Smokers coast to coast are changing, it's a cinch to do. 370 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:21,200 Here's all you have to say to get the one that's best for you. 371 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:25,200 Chester field's for me, Chester field's for me. 372 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:29,200 You just say it's Chester field's for me. 373 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:33,200 Friends, for your vacation, take along plenty of Chester fields. 374 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:37,200 Buy them by the carton. Chester field king size, at the new low price. 375 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:41,200 Chester field regular. What a pair. 376 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,200 They're the quality twins. 377 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:47,200 The same highest quality, the same low nicotine. 378 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:51,200 Either way you like them, they're best for you. 379 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:55,200 Smoke Chester field. It's America's most popular two-way cigarette. 380 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,200 We returned Harold Keneally to the interrogation room. 381 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,200 We put out a call to Gene Bechtel to come and take a statement. 382 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,200 Keneally asked that we send out for some coffee for him. 383 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:13,200 Frank went down the hall and brought back three cups. 384 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,200 After he'd finished his, Keneally leaned back. 385 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,200 It's good coffee, strong, I like it that way. 386 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,200 Now that you've had the clatch, let's start the story. 387 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,200 Sure, what do you want to know? 388 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,200 Who are the two men? I don't know. 389 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,200 You're going to start this all over again, are you? 390 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,200 I'm giving it to you on the line, I don't know who they are. 391 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,200 What do you know about them? 392 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,200 Not much, a couple of guys, they're doing pretty good with radios. 393 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,200 You one of their customers? Yeah, me and a half a dozen others. 394 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,200 You know who they are? You're not going to get the names. 395 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,200 Let's get back to the two men. 396 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,200 Why do you think they had something to do with Denton? 397 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,200 About three weeks ago, they were in my place, had five new radios. 398 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,200 The kind with the bar to pick the stations, like the Nucads. 399 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,200 I had five of them, want to turn them over. 400 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,200 The price they were asking was way out, I told them so. 401 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,200 Said they'd have to find some place else to drop them. 402 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,200 Told me there was a beef, they had to get out of town. 403 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,200 Said they needed the money to swing it. 404 00:18:57,200 --> 00:18:59,200 Still doesn't add up to Denton's killers, does it? 405 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,200 Well, it will. Come on, tell us. 406 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,200 I went out of the office for a couple of minutes, told them I had to make a phone call. 407 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,200 I got a mic hidden in the room, found out it helps in business once in a while. 408 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,200 I turned it on and listened to the guy's talk. 409 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:09,200 Go ahead. 410 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:11,200 They were yacking about some guy that got shot. 411 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,200 The big fellow was saying there was no other way to handle it. 412 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,200 Said that he didn't like it either, but there just wasn't any other way. 413 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,200 The big thing then was to get some money and just beat town. 414 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:19,200 Mm-hmm. 415 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,200 I waited outside for a couple more minutes, but they didn't say anything, so I went back in. 416 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,200 Told them I couldn't swing the radio deal. 417 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:25,200 What'd they do then? 418 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,200 Well, they said they had to dump them someplace. 419 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,200 If I couldn't take them, they'd find somebody who would. 420 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:30,200 Told them to go ahead. 421 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:31,200 What do these guys look like? 422 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,200 Couple of bums, one tall, the other short, 423 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,200 wearing those jeans with the coats made out of the same cloth, you know. 424 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:37,200 You had dealings with them before? 425 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,200 Yeah, a couple of times. 426 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:39,200 You know their names? 427 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,200 No. All I know is the big one's called Dusty. 428 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:42,200 I don't know the last part. 429 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:43,200 How about the other one? 430 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:44,200 Nothing there. 431 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,200 Anything else about them? 432 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:46,200 They're both luscious. 433 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:47,200 Yeah? 434 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,200 Big one, this Dusty, always got a flask on his hip. 435 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:50,200 You mean a bottle, huh? 436 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:51,200 No, a metal flask. 437 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:52,200 Look, they used them prohibition. 438 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,200 This one's all beat up, dented. It's all dirty. 439 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:55,200 But I never seen Dusty without it. 440 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,200 Both of them all the time nipping at it. 441 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:58,200 All right. 442 00:19:58,200 --> 00:19:59,200 You know where these guys live? 443 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:00,200 No, someplace downtown. 444 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,200 They got a pad there. I don't know where it is, though. 445 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:04,200 How do you know it's downtown, man? 446 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,200 Well, I don't know for sure. It's just a guess. 447 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,200 Did you ever hear either one of them say anything about a job? 448 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,200 Not those two. They never done a day's work in their lives. 449 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,200 The only thing they're good at is lifting radios. 450 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,200 They wouldn't work steady if stealing was legal. 451 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:15,200 Got all they take, radios? 452 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,200 All I've ever seen. 453 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:17,200 Guess they got a gimmick. 454 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,200 Figured they can make a living with them. Why change? 455 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,200 I guess they do pretty good. I don't know. I've paid them enough times. 456 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:23,200 All right. Anything else you can tell us? 457 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:24,200 No. 458 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,200 They work with anybody else, do you know? 459 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:27,200 Not that I've ever heard. 460 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:28,200 How about close friends? 461 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:29,200 No. 462 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:30,200 They don't have a regular route. 463 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,200 When they pick up some things, they come in. 464 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:34,200 If they got nothing to sell, I don't see them. 465 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:35,200 When did you see them last? 466 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:36,200 The time I told you about. 467 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,200 They still around? 468 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:38,200 Well, I don't know. 469 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,200 Rumble says they are. I haven't seen them myself. 470 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:41,200 You know where we can reach them? 471 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:43,200 No. You don't make an appointment with them? 472 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,200 You know if these guys have ever been arrested? 473 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:46,200 We never talked about it. 474 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:49,200 Where they seem to feel about cops, though, you sure figure they feel. 475 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:50,200 They from L.A., do you know? 476 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:51,200 I don't think so. 477 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:52,200 Never heard them say. 478 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:53,200 Only done business with them a couple of times. 479 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,200 We never got real buddy-buddy. 480 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,200 They don't quote that chummy set much. 481 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:58,200 All right, Keneally. 482 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,200 Anything more you want to tell us? 483 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:01,200 I guess that's it. 484 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:02,200 All right, come on. 485 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:03,200 I want you to check the box. 486 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:04,200 Yeah. 487 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:06,200 Hey, can you spring out a cup of that coffee? 488 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,200 It's sure good, about the best they ever tasted. 489 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,200 Hey, wait a minute. 490 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:11,200 Yeah? 491 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:12,200 There's one more thing about the guys you're after. 492 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:13,200 All right. 493 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:14,200 Take it easy with them. 494 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:15,200 Like I told you, they're both lusher. 495 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:16,200 I think they're off their rockers. 496 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:17,200 Yeah, we'll watch it. 497 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:18,200 You're better. They're packing heavy. 498 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:19,200 Yeah. 499 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:29,200 Anyway, you slice it, they're loaded. 500 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,200 Harold Keneally went through the mug books, but he was unable to find a picture of the 501 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:33,200 two suspects. 502 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,200 The name Dusty was checked through the moniker file without result. 503 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:41,200 Information was forwarded to George Brereton up at CII Sacramento, and a supplemental APB 504 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:42,200 was gotten out. 505 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:46,200 We spent the rest of the day with officers from burglary detail going over reports. 506 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:50,200 We found that they'd been working on a string of car radio thefts for the past several weeks. 507 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:54,200 When we compared notes with them, it seemed more than possible that their two suspects 508 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,200 were the same men we wanted for the killing of Matthew Denton. 509 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,200 However, they were no closer to the men than we were. 510 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,200 From the reports, we were able to figure that the pair was still in Los Angeles. 511 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,200 That evening, we met with Captain Lorman, Captain Bernard, and Chief of Detectives Thad 512 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,200 Brown. 513 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,200 We worked out a system of rolling stakeouts that would cover most of the territory where 514 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,200 the thieves had been working. 515 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:17,200 Three additional teams of men from burglary were assigned to help us, and on Wednesday, 516 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,200 June 20th, the operation was started. 517 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,200 For three days, there was no action. 518 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:26,200 Thefts from autos continued, but when they were checked out, the method of operation used 519 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,200 eliminated any suspects that we were looking for. 520 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:33,200 On Sunday, June 24th, we got a call that a man answering the descriptions of one of the 521 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,200 thieves had been seen in the vicinity of Beverly Boulevard and Elmwood Avenue. 522 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:40,200 Frank and I left our position in the stakeout, and we drove out to the area. 523 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,200 It should be a couple more blocks. 524 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:44,200 Yeah, we just passed Ridgewood Place. 525 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:45,200 You better take it easy. 526 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,200 Next block, we can start cruising. 527 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:47,200 Yeah. 528 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,200 See anything? 529 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:50,200 No. 530 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,200 Want to take a left here? 531 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:54,200 All right. 532 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,200 It doesn't look like it. 533 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,200 Let's go up a couple more blocks. 534 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:00,200 All right. 535 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,200 It should be a break if we nail them tonight. 536 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:04,200 Yeah. 537 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,200 A little rough on the study time. 538 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:07,200 How's it going? 539 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:08,200 Oh, I don't know, Joe. 540 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,200 At times, I don't think I'm ever going to make sergeant. 541 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:11,200 What are you doing now? 542 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:12,200 You mean studying? 543 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:13,200 Yeah. 544 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:14,200 Legal procedure. 545 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:15,200 You should know that. 546 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:16,200 More practical stuff, yeah. 547 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,200 Putting it into legal language, it makes it rough on me. 548 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:20,200 Yeah, I had the same trouble. 549 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,200 I haven't been able to hit the books for the past week. 550 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:23,200 Wait a minute. 551 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:24,200 Yeah. 552 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:25,200 No, nothing. 553 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:26,200 Keep going. 554 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:27,200 What did you say? 555 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:28,200 I said I hadn't hit the books. 556 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:29,200 I missed a couple of lectures, too. 557 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,200 You're never going to make it that way. 558 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:31,200 That's what Fay says. 559 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:32,200 Wait a minute. 560 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:33,200 Huh? 561 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:34,200 Slow down. 562 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:35,200 What do you got? 563 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:36,200 Up there. 564 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:37,200 See? 565 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:38,200 I don't see anything. 566 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:39,200 About 50 feet on the other side of the street line. 567 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:40,200 I don't see anything. 568 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,200 Look to me like somebody trying to get into a car. 569 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:44,200 I'm not sure. 570 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:45,200 Well, let's check it. 571 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:46,200 All right. 572 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,200 Just up ahead there. 573 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:49,200 Yeah. 574 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:50,200 See anything? 575 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:54,200 No, it looked like somebody on the other side. 576 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,200 Better pull up. 577 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:56,200 We'll take a look. 578 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:57,200 OK. 579 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,200 All right, let's go. 580 00:23:58,200 --> 00:23:59,200 All right. 581 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:00,200 I'll come to the other side. 582 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:01,200 Take it easy. 583 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:02,200 If it's the one we want, they're heavy. 584 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:03,200 All right. 585 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:08,200 All right, mister, let's hold it right there. 586 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:09,200 What? 587 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,200 Stand where you are. 588 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,200 You talking to me? 589 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:12,200 That's right. 590 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:13,200 What are you causing me trouble for? 591 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:14,200 I didn't do nothing. 592 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:15,200 We didn't say you didn't. 593 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:16,200 How about it, mister? 594 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:17,200 Is this your car? 595 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:18,200 Certainly it's my car. 596 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:19,200 Who do you think you belong to? 597 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:20,200 You got the white slip? 598 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:21,200 It's in the machine. 599 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:22,200 It's right out in plain sight. 600 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:23,200 Where is it supposed to be? 601 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:24,200 You've been drinking, haven't you? 602 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,200 Small wonder you officers don't do better at solving crimes. 603 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:28,200 I had a couple, yeah. 604 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,200 What's your name? 605 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:30,200 I'm Frank. 606 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:31,200 Frank? 607 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,200 Frank? 608 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:33,200 Yeah. 609 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:34,200 What's your name? 610 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:35,200 I don't see that's any business of yours. 611 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,200 All I'm trying to do is get into my car. 612 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,200 I'm not causing any trouble. 613 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:39,200 What's your name? 614 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,200 It's Kyle, Peter Kyle. 615 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:43,200 You got the keys to this car? 616 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:44,200 As a matter of fact, I haven't. 617 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,200 That's why I'm having so much trouble getting in. 618 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,200 If I had the keys, I could just flip the door open and drive off. 619 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:50,200 Frank? 620 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,200 Yeah. 621 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,200 Yeah, what are you doing? 622 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,200 Just want to see what you're carrying. 623 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:55,200 Watch it, Joe. 624 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,200 All right, mister, come on. 625 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:58,200 Get up. 626 00:24:58,200 --> 00:24:59,200 What? 627 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,200 I'm doing like a man. 628 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:02,200 I'm doing like a man. 629 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,200 Try it again, Frank. 630 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:05,200 Yeah. 631 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:06,200 Come on. 632 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:07,200 Put your hands back. 633 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:08,200 He's a clean job. 634 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:09,200 All right. 635 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:10,200 Turn around. 636 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:11,200 I didn't mean it. 637 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:12,200 I didn't mean to shoot. 638 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:13,200 Yeah, sure. 639 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:14,200 Oh, she got to believe it. 640 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:15,200 I didn't mean it. 641 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:16,200 Come on down here under the light. 642 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,200 All right, now stand still. 643 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:18,200 Yeah, matches the description pretty good. 644 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:19,200 Where's your partner? 645 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:20,200 I didn't mean it. 646 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:21,200 It was an accident. 647 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:22,200 I just hit the guy. 648 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,200 I just got my hand on the door. 649 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:24,200 I didn't mean it. 650 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:25,200 I didn't mean it. 651 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:26,200 I didn't mean it. 652 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:27,200 I didn't mean it. 653 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:28,200 I didn't mean it. 654 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:29,200 I didn't mean it. 655 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:30,200 I didn't mean it. 656 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:31,200 I just hit the guy. 657 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:32,200 I just got in a fight with him. 658 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:33,200 Dusty did the shooting. 659 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,200 He did it. 660 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:35,200 I didn't. 661 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,200 I just got in a fight. 662 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:37,200 All right, now calm down. 663 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:38,200 Where is he? 664 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:39,200 I knew you'd catch us. 665 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:40,200 I knew it all the time. 666 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:41,560 I kept telling Dusty we had to get out of town. 667 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:42,560 We got to go. 668 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:43,560 I kept telling him all the time. 669 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:44,560 I was telling him. 670 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:45,560 Where is he? 671 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:46,560 Oh, where's that? 672 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,560 He's the one who did it. 673 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:49,560 I just got in a fight. 674 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:50,560 Dusty's the one who shot. 675 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:51,560 Not me. 676 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:52,560 Where do you live, mister? 677 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:53,560 Down on 4th. 678 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:54,560 That's where old Dusty is. 679 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:55,560 Old safe Dusty. 680 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,560 He said we didn't have to leave. 681 00:25:58,560 --> 00:25:59,560 Said you'd never catch us. 682 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:00,560 All right, let's go. 683 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,160 Old Dusty is always right. 684 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,000 Always knows what he's doing all the time. 685 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,000 Never makes a mistake. 686 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,000 Not old Dusty. 687 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:16,640 Yeah, well he made one this time, didn't he? 688 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,040 The story you have just heard is true. 689 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,840 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 690 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:26,720 On November 6th, trial was held in Department 95, Superior Court of the State of California 691 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,920 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 692 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,360 In a moment, the results of that trial. 693 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:33,760 L and M goes king size. 694 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,040 Yes, L and M goes king size. 695 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:41,560 Now, L and M is king size as well as regular. 696 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:43,960 Both have the same low price. 697 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,240 Both have the miracle tip for the effective filtration you need. 698 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,920 Yes, it's the filter that counts. 699 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:51,760 And L and M has the best. 700 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:57,080 You get much more flavor, much less nicotine, a light and mild smoke. 701 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:01,160 Yes, this is it, L and M filters. 702 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:02,640 Just what the doctor ordered. 703 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:06,120 Buy a cotton, king size or regular. 704 00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:08,800 Both at the same low price. 705 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:22,880 L and M filters, America's highest quality and best filter tip cigarette. 706 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,800 Peter Gregory Kyle and Jesse Haywood Poole were tried and convicted of murder in the 707 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,880 second degree and petty theft, 18 counts. 708 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,440 They received punishment as prescribed by law. 709 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:36,080 Petty theft is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not more than one year in 710 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:37,640 the county jail. 711 00:27:37,640 --> 00:28:00,880 Second degree murder is punishable by imprisonment for a period of from five years to life. 712 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:05,640 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 713 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:09,680 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police 714 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:10,680 Department. 715 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:15,880 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wins, Sergeant Vance Frasier. 716 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,960 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Vic Rodman, Jack Prusian. 717 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,840 Script by John Robinson. 718 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,240 Music by Walter Schuman. 719 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,760 Hal Gibney speaking. 720 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:32,200 Watch an entirely different Dragnet case history each week on your local NBC television station. 721 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:36,000 Just check your newspapers for the day and time. 722 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:55,720 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 723 00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:04,040 Dane Clark stars in crime and Peter Chambers tonight on the NBC Radio Network.