1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,440 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,200 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:15,200 Drag men. 4 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:21,400 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:26,880 You're assigned to the business office. 6 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:31,040 And past records show that you can expect 170 crimes to occur in the city during the 7 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:32,040 next 24 hours. 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:33,040 You don't know where. 9 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,480 You don't know when. 10 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:36,480 Your job. 11 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:37,480 Handle them. 12 00:00:37,480 --> 00:00:38,480 Drag men. 13 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:51,480 The documented drama of an actual crime. 14 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:55,840 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 15 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:00,520 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 16 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:01,520 police files. 17 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:07,520 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 18 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:08,520 in action. 19 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:09,520 It was Saturday, July 10th. 20 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:10,520 It was hot in Los Angeles. 21 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:11,520 We'd been assigned to the business office morning watch. 22 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:12,520 My partner's Frank Smith. 23 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:13,520 The boss is Captain Gilbert. 24 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:14,520 My name's Friday. 25 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:15,520 As I'm on my way back to the coffee room, and it was 12, 10 a.m. when I got back to 26 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:16,520 room 21, I was told that I was going to be late for the morning watch. 27 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:17,520 I was told that I was going to be late for the morning watch. 28 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:18,520 I was told that I was going to be late for the morning watch. 29 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:19,520 I was told that I was going to be late for the morning watch. 30 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:20,520 I was told that I was going to be late for the morning watch. 31 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:26,080 I was told that I was going to be late for the morning watch. 32 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:37,300 I was told that I was going to be late for the morning watch. 33 00:01:37,300 --> 00:01:38,500 Who are you talking to, buddy? 34 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:39,500 Oh, hi, Joe. 35 00:01:39,500 --> 00:01:40,500 Hey, try to stay around, will you? 36 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:41,500 I've been here 20 minutes. 37 00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:45,720 I've had 29 phone calls and written three reports. 38 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:47,900 Okay, I brought you some coffee, man. 39 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:48,900 Oh, thanks. 40 00:01:48,900 --> 00:01:49,900 Hey, how you feeling? 41 00:01:49,900 --> 00:01:50,900 Better? 42 00:01:50,900 --> 00:01:51,900 Oh, a little bit. 43 00:01:51,900 --> 00:01:52,900 I don't know what it is. 44 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:53,900 I ache all over. 45 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:54,900 I think I'm coming down with a cold. 46 00:01:54,900 --> 00:01:55,900 That's too bad. 47 00:01:55,900 --> 00:01:56,900 A lot of that going around. 48 00:01:56,900 --> 00:01:57,900 Yeah. 49 00:01:57,900 --> 00:01:58,900 Where's Skipper? 50 00:01:58,900 --> 00:01:59,900 He ran over to the crime lab. 51 00:01:59,900 --> 00:02:00,900 Wanted to talk to Pinker. 52 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:01,900 How about the pool cards? 53 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:02,900 You check them? 54 00:02:02,900 --> 00:02:03,900 Yeah, the books are in some place. 55 00:02:03,900 --> 00:02:04,900 There it is, right on that paper there. 56 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:05,900 No, over there. 57 00:02:05,900 --> 00:02:06,900 There. 58 00:02:06,900 --> 00:02:07,900 Oh. 59 00:02:07,900 --> 00:02:08,900 Yeah, file them out. 60 00:02:08,900 --> 00:02:09,900 Check for the books. 61 00:02:09,900 --> 00:02:10,900 Mm-hmm. 62 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:11,900 Yes, ma'am. 63 00:02:11,900 --> 00:02:12,900 Something we can do for you? 64 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:13,900 You a detective? 65 00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:14,900 Yes, ma'am. 66 00:02:14,900 --> 00:02:15,900 That's right. 67 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:16,900 All right. 68 00:02:16,900 --> 00:02:19,900 Young man, my car's been stolen. 69 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:22,900 All right. 70 00:02:22,900 --> 00:02:26,260 I told one of the officers on the corner about it, but he said it might work faster if I 71 00:02:26,260 --> 00:02:27,260 came up here. 72 00:02:27,260 --> 00:02:28,260 Yes, ma'am. 73 00:02:28,260 --> 00:02:29,260 That's right. 74 00:02:29,260 --> 00:02:30,260 The car's stolen. 75 00:02:30,260 --> 00:02:31,260 All you've got to do is go out and find it. 76 00:02:31,260 --> 00:02:32,260 Just find my car. 77 00:02:32,260 --> 00:02:33,260 What kind of a car is it? 78 00:02:33,260 --> 00:02:35,260 Well, it was a brand new Chevrolet. 79 00:02:35,260 --> 00:02:36,260 That's 1954. 80 00:02:36,260 --> 00:02:37,260 That's right. 81 00:02:37,260 --> 00:02:39,260 Bel Air with the windows that fold down. 82 00:02:39,260 --> 00:02:40,260 All right. 83 00:02:40,260 --> 00:02:43,460 Now, we'll need to know some more things here before we can start looking for it. 84 00:02:43,460 --> 00:02:44,460 Yes, what's that? 85 00:02:44,460 --> 00:02:45,460 Your name? 86 00:02:45,460 --> 00:02:46,460 Avis Bowen. 87 00:02:46,460 --> 00:02:47,460 That's A-V-I-S. 88 00:02:47,460 --> 00:02:48,460 Well, that's right. 89 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:49,460 There's no other way to spell it. 90 00:02:49,460 --> 00:02:50,460 Avis Bowen. 91 00:02:50,460 --> 00:02:51,460 Yes, ma'am. 92 00:02:51,460 --> 00:02:52,460 Do you have a middle initial? 93 00:02:52,460 --> 00:02:53,460 R. Hope you're not going to ask me what it stands for. 94 00:02:53,460 --> 00:02:54,460 No, that won't be necessary. 95 00:02:54,460 --> 00:02:55,460 There isn't anybody that knows what my middle name is. 96 00:02:55,460 --> 00:02:56,460 Yes, ma'am. 97 00:02:56,460 --> 00:02:57,460 All we want is the initial. 98 00:02:57,460 --> 00:02:58,460 Well, that's all you're going to get. 99 00:02:58,460 --> 00:02:59,460 All right, Mrs. Bowen. 100 00:02:59,460 --> 00:03:00,460 It's miss. 101 00:03:00,460 --> 00:03:01,460 All right. 102 00:03:01,460 --> 00:03:02,460 What's the license number? 103 00:03:02,460 --> 00:03:03,460 Oh. 104 00:03:03,460 --> 00:03:04,460 Well, now, I think it's 1U44441. 105 00:03:04,460 --> 00:03:05,460 All right. 106 00:03:05,460 --> 00:03:06,460 Wait just a moment, please. 107 00:03:06,460 --> 00:03:07,460 All right. 108 00:03:07,460 --> 00:03:08,460 I'll go get it. 109 00:03:08,460 --> 00:03:09,460 All right. 110 00:03:09,460 --> 00:03:10,460 I'll go get it. 111 00:03:10,460 --> 00:03:11,460 All right. 112 00:03:11,460 --> 00:03:16,460 I'll go get it. 113 00:03:16,460 --> 00:03:19,460 All right. 114 00:03:19,460 --> 00:03:24,460 Just a moment, please. 115 00:03:24,460 --> 00:03:25,460 Who are you calling now? 116 00:03:25,460 --> 00:03:26,460 DMV. 117 00:03:26,460 --> 00:03:27,460 Who's that? 118 00:03:27,460 --> 00:03:28,460 Department of Motor Vehicles. 119 00:03:28,460 --> 00:03:29,460 Oh, my. 120 00:03:29,460 --> 00:03:30,460 All this going on. 121 00:03:30,460 --> 00:03:31,460 It's a wonder you ever catch anybody. 122 00:03:31,460 --> 00:03:32,460 Hi, Harry. 123 00:03:32,460 --> 00:03:33,460 This is Friday over at the business office. 124 00:03:33,460 --> 00:03:34,460 California license, 1 Union, 44441. 125 00:03:34,460 --> 00:03:35,460 That's right. 126 00:03:35,460 --> 00:03:40,460 I'm telling you, it's a Bel Air with the windows that fold down by themselves. 127 00:03:40,460 --> 00:03:41,460 Yes, ma'am. 128 00:03:41,460 --> 00:03:42,460 I'll do it. 129 00:03:42,460 --> 00:03:43,460 Doesn't it? 130 00:03:43,460 --> 00:03:44,460 Well, hold on here. 131 00:03:44,460 --> 00:03:45,460 Are you sure about that license number? 132 00:03:45,460 --> 00:03:46,460 What do you mean? 133 00:03:46,460 --> 00:03:47,460 Well, it kind of looks like you made a little mistake, Mrs. Bowen. 134 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:48,460 I did not. 135 00:03:48,460 --> 00:03:49,460 The car is stolen. 136 00:03:49,460 --> 00:03:52,460 Yes, we understand that, but you gave us the wrong license number. 137 00:03:52,460 --> 00:03:53,460 1U44441. 138 00:03:53,460 --> 00:03:54,460 I remember it because of all the fours. 139 00:03:54,460 --> 00:03:55,460 Harry, I'll call you back. 140 00:03:55,460 --> 00:03:56,460 Mrs. Bowen, that number is registered to a 1940 Studebaker. 141 00:03:56,460 --> 00:03:57,460 My license number? 142 00:03:57,460 --> 00:03:58,460 Well, I don't know, but the license number is registered to a 1940 Studebaker. 143 00:03:58,460 --> 00:03:59,460 Oh, I see. 144 00:03:59,460 --> 00:04:00,460 Well, I don't know, but the license number is registered to a 1940 Studebaker. 145 00:04:00,460 --> 00:04:01,460 Oh, I see. 146 00:04:01,460 --> 00:04:10,460 Well, I don't know, but the license number is registered to a 1940 Studebaker. 147 00:04:10,460 --> 00:04:11,460 Yes, ma'am. 148 00:04:11,460 --> 00:04:12,460 11954 Chevrolet Bel Air. 149 00:04:12,460 --> 00:04:13,460 Windows that fold down by themselves. 150 00:04:13,460 --> 00:04:14,460 Yes, ma'am. 151 00:04:14,460 --> 00:04:15,460 I understand. 152 00:04:15,460 --> 00:04:16,460 There must be several hundred cars that look like that. 153 00:04:16,460 --> 00:04:17,460 You've seen them before. 154 00:04:17,460 --> 00:04:18,460 Well, you act like you've never seen a car like that. 155 00:04:18,460 --> 00:04:19,460 There are lots of them around. 156 00:04:19,460 --> 00:04:20,460 Mine's light blue with a gold on top. 157 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:21,460 We still need the license number. 158 00:04:21,460 --> 00:04:22,460 Do you think you have it in your car? 159 00:04:22,460 --> 00:04:23,460 Yes, ma'am. 160 00:04:23,460 --> 00:04:24,460 I'll get it. 161 00:04:24,460 --> 00:04:25,460 I'll get it. 162 00:04:25,460 --> 00:04:26,460 I'll get it. 163 00:04:26,460 --> 00:04:27,460 I'll get it. 164 00:04:27,460 --> 00:04:28,460 I'll get it. 165 00:04:28,460 --> 00:04:29,460 I'll get it. 166 00:04:29,460 --> 00:04:30,460 I'll get it. 167 00:04:30,460 --> 00:04:31,460 I'll get it. 168 00:04:31,460 --> 00:04:32,460 I'll get it. 169 00:04:32,460 --> 00:04:33,460 I'll get it. 170 00:04:33,460 --> 00:04:34,460 I'll get it. 171 00:04:34,460 --> 00:04:35,460 I'll get it. 172 00:04:35,460 --> 00:04:36,460 I'll get it. 173 00:04:36,460 --> 00:04:37,460 I'll get it. 174 00:04:37,460 --> 00:04:38,460 You've got a license number. 175 00:04:38,460 --> 00:04:39,460 Do you think you have it at home? 176 00:04:39,460 --> 00:04:40,460 Yes, I guess so. 177 00:04:40,460 --> 00:04:41,460 All right, fine. 178 00:04:41,460 --> 00:04:42,460 If you'll phone it in to us, we can start looking for it. 179 00:04:42,460 --> 00:04:43,460 Well, how do you expect me to get there? 180 00:04:43,460 --> 00:04:44,460 Ma'am. 181 00:04:44,460 --> 00:04:45,460 Home. 182 00:04:45,460 --> 00:04:46,460 How do you expect me to get there? 183 00:04:46,460 --> 00:04:47,460 We'll have a car drop you off. 184 00:04:47,460 --> 00:04:48,460 Well, it's about time I was getting some kind of service around here. 185 00:04:48,460 --> 00:04:49,460 Yes, ma'am. 186 00:04:49,460 --> 00:04:50,460 I think I'll write a letter to the papers about this. 187 00:04:50,460 --> 00:04:51,460 All right, ma'am. 188 00:04:51,460 --> 00:04:53,260 The whole thing, right down to that TMV or whatever it is, expose the whole mess. 189 00:04:53,260 --> 00:04:56,760 Oh, you're going to be mighty sorry you ever opened this can of beans. 190 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:58,260 We're doing the best we can, ma'am. 191 00:04:58,260 --> 00:05:03,260 Well, that's not very much standing around here making phone calls isn't finding my car. 192 00:05:03,260 --> 00:05:04,760 Well, you said it yourself, didn't you? 193 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:05,760 What's that? 194 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,260 There must be several hundred cars like yours here in the city. 195 00:05:08,260 --> 00:05:09,260 Yes. 196 00:05:09,260 --> 00:05:12,260 Well, without the right license number, how are we going to find it? 197 00:05:12,260 --> 00:05:14,260 You ought to be ashamed of yourself. 198 00:05:14,260 --> 00:05:15,260 Ma'am. 199 00:05:15,260 --> 00:05:16,260 You're nothing but a fake. 200 00:05:16,260 --> 00:05:17,260 I beg your pardon? 201 00:05:17,260 --> 00:05:23,260 You ain't no detective. 202 00:05:23,260 --> 00:05:26,260 The business office, room 21. 203 00:05:26,260 --> 00:05:31,260 It's open 24 hours a day, but it's after the detective division closes that it begins to work. 204 00:05:31,260 --> 00:05:39,260 While patrol units in the city function normally, the men in the business office give advice on booking procedure, policy matters, and other police business. 205 00:05:39,260 --> 00:05:42,260 They issue pool cars and riot guns. 206 00:05:42,260 --> 00:05:47,260 In the event of an emergency, they act as advisors in an overall plan for the dispersal of policemen. 207 00:05:47,260 --> 00:05:51,260 The captain on duty is, in effect, the acting chief of police. 208 00:05:51,260 --> 00:05:54,260 On the average weeknight, the activities are slow and routine. 209 00:05:54,260 --> 00:06:01,260 But over the weekend, the men involved can expect to handle several hundred phone calls from the thousands put through the complaint board. 210 00:06:01,260 --> 00:06:04,260 These calls deal with every crime in the municipal and penal code. 211 00:06:04,260 --> 00:06:08,260 In addition to this, they handle the citizen traffic through the city hall. 212 00:06:08,260 --> 00:06:14,260 Next door is a report room where statements are taken and forwarded to the captains of the detective divisions for appropriate action. 213 00:06:14,260 --> 00:06:19,260 Frank and I checked in at 12 midnight, and for the following half hour we did business as usual. 214 00:06:19,260 --> 00:06:25,260 At 12.41 a.m., we got a hot shot call reporting a sound of shots in the 4200 block on Albany Street. 215 00:06:25,260 --> 00:06:30,260 At 12.43, the call was changed to a shooting and ambulance follow-up. 216 00:06:30,260 --> 00:06:33,260 At 12.45, the hot shot phone rang again. 217 00:06:33,260 --> 00:06:34,260 That's shooting? 218 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:36,260 Yeah, it's a homicide now. 219 00:06:36,260 --> 00:06:37,260 Gonna call a unit? 220 00:06:37,260 --> 00:06:39,260 Better have them check it, yeah. 221 00:06:39,260 --> 00:06:40,260 Same address as the shots? 222 00:06:40,260 --> 00:06:42,260 Couple of houses down. 223 00:06:47,260 --> 00:06:50,260 This Friday, business office, will you put out a call to 1K5? 224 00:06:50,260 --> 00:06:55,260 Have them cover the shooting and ambulance follow-up at 4289. That's 4289 Albany. 225 00:06:55,260 --> 00:06:58,260 He's got it. Nice. Thank you. 226 00:06:58,260 --> 00:06:59,260 Looks like a good one, huh? 227 00:06:59,260 --> 00:07:02,260 Yeah. Turns out we'll get Geezy out of bed. 228 00:07:02,260 --> 00:07:05,260 That'll make him happy. It'll end up in their laps. 229 00:07:05,260 --> 00:07:06,260 All right, Joe? 230 00:07:06,260 --> 00:07:07,260 Bob, what do you got? 231 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:09,260 You want to sit down there, Pop? 232 00:07:09,260 --> 00:07:11,260 Let me see. 233 00:07:11,260 --> 00:07:14,260 I don't know. We found him in front of one of the burlesque houses on Main. 234 00:07:14,260 --> 00:07:17,260 The place was closed. He was just standing out there looking at the pictures. 235 00:07:17,260 --> 00:07:18,260 You got a name on him? 236 00:07:18,260 --> 00:07:22,260 Mm-mm. Haven't ever get him to say anything. You want to give it a try? 237 00:07:22,260 --> 00:07:24,260 All right. 238 00:07:24,260 --> 00:07:28,260 You want to tell us who you are, old fella? 239 00:07:28,260 --> 00:07:31,260 Come on, we want to help you, but there's not much we can do if you won't tell us your name. 240 00:07:31,260 --> 00:07:34,260 Doing about as good as we did. That guy looked pretty wobbly when we stopped. 241 00:07:34,260 --> 00:07:36,260 Oh, yeah? 242 00:07:36,260 --> 00:07:37,260 What do you want to do? 243 00:07:37,260 --> 00:07:40,260 I'm going to take him over to Georgia State. Wait a minute. 244 00:07:40,260 --> 00:07:43,260 You got a wallet? 245 00:07:43,260 --> 00:07:47,260 All right, let me look at it, will you? 246 00:07:47,260 --> 00:07:49,260 Maybe there's something in here that'll help us. 247 00:07:49,260 --> 00:07:51,260 Yeah. 248 00:07:51,260 --> 00:07:53,260 Any money? 249 00:07:53,260 --> 00:07:56,260 No. A few cards here. 250 00:07:56,260 --> 00:07:59,260 Nothing with a name on it. 251 00:07:59,260 --> 00:08:03,260 What's that one there? Something written on the back. Looks like a phone number. 252 00:08:03,260 --> 00:08:05,260 Yeah, that's what it is. 253 00:08:05,260 --> 00:08:07,260 You want to call and see if they know who he is? 254 00:08:07,260 --> 00:08:09,260 Yeah, I'll give it a try. 255 00:08:09,260 --> 00:08:11,260 Okay. 256 00:08:14,260 --> 00:08:17,260 He just sits still right there. 257 00:08:24,260 --> 00:08:28,260 Hello, this is Officer Frank Smith, Los Angeles Police Department. 258 00:08:28,260 --> 00:08:30,260 No, there's nothing wrong. 259 00:08:30,260 --> 00:08:34,260 We have a man here in the office who's carrying a card with his phone on it. 260 00:08:34,260 --> 00:08:37,260 I wonder if you can tell us who he is. 261 00:08:37,260 --> 00:08:39,260 Huh. 262 00:08:39,260 --> 00:08:42,260 Yes, man, well, he looks to be in his late 70s. 263 00:08:42,260 --> 00:08:44,260 He's got white hair. 264 00:08:44,260 --> 00:08:46,260 That's right. 265 00:08:46,260 --> 00:08:50,260 Always wearing a brown wool sweater, black pants, and a black felt hat. 266 00:08:50,260 --> 00:08:52,260 That's right. 267 00:08:52,260 --> 00:08:54,260 You want to give me that again? 268 00:08:54,260 --> 00:08:55,260 Mm-hmm. 269 00:08:55,260 --> 00:08:57,260 No, he's all right. 270 00:08:57,260 --> 00:08:59,260 Yeah. 271 00:08:59,260 --> 00:09:01,260 He's in trouble. I haven't brought him home. 272 00:09:01,260 --> 00:09:02,260 Right away. 273 00:09:02,260 --> 00:09:04,260 Yes, man, thank you. 274 00:09:04,260 --> 00:09:07,260 Now we got it. His name's McKinley Dunn. 275 00:09:07,260 --> 00:09:10,260 He lives out on Vincent Avenue in Highland Park. Talked to his daughter. 276 00:09:10,260 --> 00:09:11,260 Yeah. 277 00:09:11,260 --> 00:09:13,260 She says they got into an argument after breakfast. 278 00:09:13,260 --> 00:09:15,260 McKinley here just got up and walked out of the house. 279 00:09:15,260 --> 00:09:17,260 She hasn't seen him since. Pretty worried about him. 280 00:09:17,260 --> 00:09:18,260 Figures. 281 00:09:18,260 --> 00:09:20,260 Says he's always kind of independent. 282 00:09:20,260 --> 00:09:21,260 Well, we better run him home. 283 00:09:21,260 --> 00:09:22,260 Hey, you want us to take her out? 284 00:09:22,260 --> 00:09:24,260 No, we can't have you out of service that long. 285 00:09:24,260 --> 00:09:26,260 I'll call Highland Park, have them pick him up. 286 00:09:26,260 --> 00:09:28,260 You want to take him over to York Boulevard and make the transfer there about it? 287 00:09:28,260 --> 00:09:29,260 Yeah. 288 00:09:29,260 --> 00:09:30,260 All right, Mr. Dunn. 289 00:09:30,260 --> 00:09:33,260 Here you are. I'll put this back in your pocket. 290 00:09:33,260 --> 00:09:35,260 Come on, sir. We'll take you home. 291 00:09:37,260 --> 00:09:38,260 Thanks, Joe. 292 00:09:38,260 --> 00:09:39,260 There's no trouble, Bob. 293 00:09:39,260 --> 00:09:42,260 Tell the boys from Highland Park to have his daughter put a card in the wallet with all the information on it. 294 00:09:42,260 --> 00:09:43,260 When you make it easier next time. 295 00:09:43,260 --> 00:09:45,260 Sure. 296 00:09:45,260 --> 00:09:47,260 That card's not going to do any good, Joe. 297 00:09:47,260 --> 00:09:49,260 The card's not going to help. 298 00:09:49,260 --> 00:09:51,260 Daughter says she always puts one in. 299 00:09:51,260 --> 00:09:53,260 As soon as the old man gets out of the house, he tears it up. 300 00:09:53,260 --> 00:09:55,260 I got it. 301 00:09:55,260 --> 00:09:58,260 Bring this over this Friday. 302 00:09:58,260 --> 00:10:00,260 Uh-huh. 303 00:10:00,260 --> 00:10:01,260 Photographer, get there. 304 00:10:01,260 --> 00:10:03,260 How many? 305 00:10:03,260 --> 00:10:06,260 You get the story? 306 00:10:06,260 --> 00:10:07,260 Yeah, we'll bring them in. 307 00:10:07,260 --> 00:10:08,260 Do what you can. 308 00:10:08,260 --> 00:10:11,260 All right, we'll see you then. 309 00:10:11,260 --> 00:10:13,260 That's Sam and 1K5 on the shooting. 310 00:10:13,260 --> 00:10:16,260 They got two suspects in custody. They're bringing them both in. 311 00:10:16,260 --> 00:10:18,260 Third man left the scene. 312 00:10:18,260 --> 00:10:20,260 Sam says the accidental death possibility is out now. 313 00:10:20,260 --> 00:10:25,260 Yeah. It's a clean case of murder. 314 00:10:25,260 --> 00:10:29,260 Ten minutes later, the officers in Unit 1K5 arrived with the two suspects. 315 00:10:29,260 --> 00:10:32,260 They were identified as Fred and Harriet Purcell. 316 00:10:32,260 --> 00:10:35,260 The names were run through R&I, but no record was found on either one of them. 317 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:38,260 It was obvious that the two people had been drinking heavily. 318 00:10:38,260 --> 00:10:41,260 The husband was taken to the report room while Frank and I questioned the woman. 319 00:10:41,260 --> 00:10:43,260 I don't remember too good. 320 00:10:43,260 --> 00:10:45,260 Everything seemed to happen so fast. 321 00:10:45,260 --> 00:10:49,260 Just all of a sudden there was this kind of noise and Norman was dead. 322 00:10:49,260 --> 00:10:51,260 Norman, is that the victim? 323 00:10:51,260 --> 00:10:53,260 Yeah. Norman Mancreep. 324 00:10:53,260 --> 00:10:55,260 You must know who had the gun. 325 00:10:55,260 --> 00:10:59,260 I've been saying that to myself, but it doesn't do anything. 326 00:10:59,260 --> 00:11:01,260 I guess I had too much to drink. 327 00:11:01,260 --> 00:11:02,260 Who else is in the apartment with you? 328 00:11:02,260 --> 00:11:04,260 You mean besides Fred and me? 329 00:11:04,260 --> 00:11:05,260 That's right. 330 00:11:05,260 --> 00:11:06,260 Just the three of us, that's all. 331 00:11:06,260 --> 00:11:08,260 We got a report there was another man present. 332 00:11:08,260 --> 00:11:10,260 Well, then you know more than me. 333 00:11:10,260 --> 00:11:12,260 All right, you want to give us the whole story? 334 00:11:12,260 --> 00:11:13,260 The beginning when? 335 00:11:13,260 --> 00:11:14,260 From the start. 336 00:11:14,260 --> 00:11:16,260 Okay. 337 00:11:16,260 --> 00:11:19,260 I had a tooth pull this morning. 338 00:11:19,260 --> 00:11:21,260 I guess that's what caused all the trouble. 339 00:11:21,260 --> 00:11:22,260 How's that? 340 00:11:22,260 --> 00:11:25,260 My tooth was impacted and I had it pulled in a dentists game. 341 00:11:25,260 --> 00:11:27,260 You shot an over cane and you pulled it to a can, you see that? 342 00:11:27,260 --> 00:11:29,260 I can't. 343 00:11:29,260 --> 00:11:32,260 I got home and the over cane started to wear off. 344 00:11:32,260 --> 00:11:35,260 The whole side of my face started to hurt, terrible. 345 00:11:35,260 --> 00:11:37,260 Well, I told Fred about it. 346 00:11:37,260 --> 00:11:39,260 It was a terrible thing. 347 00:11:39,260 --> 00:11:41,260 I tried to tell him how much it hurt. 348 00:11:41,260 --> 00:11:43,260 He's a quad. 349 00:11:43,260 --> 00:11:45,260 Told me to have a drink and forget it. 350 00:11:45,260 --> 00:11:48,260 It was long before we were having a beef. 351 00:11:48,260 --> 00:11:51,260 Old Fred, he wasn't very bright at times, you know. 352 00:11:51,260 --> 00:11:55,260 I think I saw him have a little sympathy for his wife at a time like that. 353 00:11:55,260 --> 00:11:57,260 Not old Fred. 354 00:11:57,260 --> 00:11:59,260 He's a quad. 355 00:11:59,260 --> 00:12:01,260 Told me to pour myself a little drink and shut up. 356 00:12:01,260 --> 00:12:03,260 Was man free at the time? 357 00:12:03,260 --> 00:12:04,260 Yeah. 358 00:12:04,260 --> 00:12:07,260 Him and Fred had been playing pinochle when I came home. 359 00:12:07,260 --> 00:12:10,260 I guess they'd been at it all afternoon. 360 00:12:10,260 --> 00:12:12,260 Norman was on my side. 361 00:12:12,260 --> 00:12:13,260 Made Fred mad. 362 00:12:13,260 --> 00:12:15,260 We got to fighting pretty good. 363 00:12:15,260 --> 00:12:17,260 Norman was right with me. 364 00:12:17,260 --> 00:12:19,260 Told him, Fred, you ought to be quiet. 365 00:12:19,260 --> 00:12:22,260 I think Fred was sore about being beat at pinochle. 366 00:12:22,260 --> 00:12:24,260 He thinks he's pretty good at wire. 367 00:12:24,260 --> 00:12:28,260 Not long after that there was this shot and Norman was dead. 368 00:12:28,260 --> 00:12:30,260 Were you in the room at the time? 369 00:12:30,260 --> 00:12:31,260 No. 370 00:12:31,260 --> 00:12:32,260 Where were you? 371 00:12:32,260 --> 00:12:33,260 Out in the kitchen. 372 00:12:33,260 --> 00:12:35,260 I went out to get some more ice. 373 00:12:35,260 --> 00:12:37,260 Who was in the room when you left? 374 00:12:37,260 --> 00:12:38,260 Just Fred Norman. 375 00:12:38,260 --> 00:12:39,260 No one else? 376 00:12:39,260 --> 00:12:41,260 If there was, I'd have told you. 377 00:12:41,260 --> 00:12:43,260 No, no, no. 378 00:12:43,260 --> 00:12:46,260 It was all this Friday. 379 00:12:46,260 --> 00:12:48,260 No, ma'am. 380 00:12:48,260 --> 00:12:50,260 No, ma'am, you'll have to call in tomorrow. 381 00:12:50,260 --> 00:12:52,260 Yes, ma'am. 382 00:12:52,260 --> 00:12:55,260 That's right. 383 00:12:55,260 --> 00:12:56,260 Let's go on here. 384 00:12:56,260 --> 00:12:57,260 You know Mrs. Regman? 385 00:12:57,260 --> 00:12:58,260 No. 386 00:12:58,260 --> 00:13:00,260 This is Leo Regman. 387 00:13:00,260 --> 00:13:01,260 Yeah, what about her? 388 00:13:01,260 --> 00:13:04,260 She told the investigating officers there was another man in the apartment. 389 00:13:04,260 --> 00:13:07,260 Said that he left right after she heard the shots. 390 00:13:07,260 --> 00:13:08,260 He would. 391 00:13:08,260 --> 00:13:11,260 I already got a note where he doesn't belong. 392 00:13:11,260 --> 00:13:13,260 Well, she was pretty certain about what she saw. 393 00:13:13,260 --> 00:13:15,260 Then ask her if she saw the man. 394 00:13:15,260 --> 00:13:16,260 Let her tell you who he was. 395 00:13:16,260 --> 00:13:18,260 Well, it may be better if you did. 396 00:13:18,260 --> 00:13:20,260 Then it ain't going to be good because I don't know. 397 00:13:20,260 --> 00:13:22,260 Did you hear anybody come into the place when you were in the kitchen? 398 00:13:22,260 --> 00:13:23,260 Nope. 399 00:13:23,260 --> 00:13:24,260 You're pretty sure of that, huh? 400 00:13:24,260 --> 00:13:27,260 Now look, I got enough trouble. 401 00:13:27,260 --> 00:13:29,260 Me and my old man's in jail. 402 00:13:29,260 --> 00:13:31,260 My face feels like it's coming off. 403 00:13:31,260 --> 00:13:33,260 I want to get home and get some sleep. 404 00:13:33,260 --> 00:13:35,260 If I knew anything I'd have told you a long time ago. 405 00:13:35,260 --> 00:13:37,260 Now leave me alone. 406 00:13:37,260 --> 00:13:39,260 What did you do after you heard the shot? 407 00:13:39,260 --> 00:13:41,260 Went in to see what it was. 408 00:13:41,260 --> 00:13:42,260 That's all. 409 00:13:42,260 --> 00:13:44,260 Just opened the door and looked. 410 00:13:44,260 --> 00:13:46,260 Norman was lying there on the floor. 411 00:13:46,260 --> 00:13:47,260 Where's your husband? 412 00:13:47,260 --> 00:13:49,260 Just standing there looking at Norman. 413 00:13:49,260 --> 00:13:50,260 What was the gun? 414 00:13:50,260 --> 00:13:51,260 Fat hat. 415 00:13:51,260 --> 00:13:52,260 Whose gun is it? 416 00:13:52,260 --> 00:13:53,260 I don't know. 417 00:13:53,260 --> 00:13:54,260 You never saw it before? 418 00:13:54,260 --> 00:13:55,260 I don't like guns. 419 00:13:55,260 --> 00:13:56,260 I don't like to have them around. 420 00:13:56,260 --> 00:13:57,260 I don't look at them when they are. 421 00:13:57,260 --> 00:13:58,260 I never saw it before. 422 00:13:58,260 --> 00:13:59,260 You talk to Fred yet? 423 00:13:59,260 --> 00:14:01,260 No, not yet. 424 00:14:01,260 --> 00:14:04,260 Well, he looks at it the same story, the same way I told him. 425 00:14:04,260 --> 00:14:05,260 You say. 426 00:14:05,260 --> 00:14:06,260 There's no need to even talk to him. 427 00:14:06,260 --> 00:14:07,260 Is that right? 428 00:14:07,260 --> 00:14:08,260 Sure. 429 00:14:08,260 --> 00:14:09,260 You already got it the way I told you. 430 00:14:09,260 --> 00:14:10,260 What more do you want? 431 00:14:10,260 --> 00:14:12,260 There's just one thing I can think of. 432 00:14:12,260 --> 00:14:13,260 Yeah? 433 00:14:13,260 --> 00:14:14,260 The truth. 434 00:14:14,260 --> 00:14:27,260 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 435 00:14:27,260 --> 00:14:43,260 Frank and I attempted to talk to the husband, Fred Purcell. 436 00:14:43,260 --> 00:14:45,260 He was too drunk to be coherent. 437 00:14:45,260 --> 00:14:48,260 We made arrangements for some hot coffee to be brought in. 438 00:14:48,260 --> 00:14:52,260 His wife was taken to the interrogation room to wait until we could fill out the reports. 439 00:14:52,260 --> 00:14:56,260 At 4.20 a.m., we got another hotshot call regarding a cutting on South Fifth Street. 440 00:14:56,260 --> 00:15:01,260 The investigating officers found the knifing had resulted from a quarrel between a man and his common-law wife. 441 00:15:01,260 --> 00:15:03,260 The woman was in critical condition. 442 00:15:03,260 --> 00:15:09,260 She was removed to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, and the husband was booked in at the main jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. 443 00:15:09,260 --> 00:15:13,260 We notified Chief of Detective Thad Brown and Captain Lorman of the shooting and the cutting. 444 00:15:13,260 --> 00:15:18,260 During the next hour, there were two armed robbery reports, several burglaries, and numerous fights. 445 00:15:18,260 --> 00:15:24,260 5.31 a.m., Frank went down the hall and brought back two beef and cheese sandwiches and some coffee. 446 00:15:24,260 --> 00:15:32,260 At 5.46, we got a call from the men in Unit 1K-5 telling us that they were on the way into the office with a gun that had been used in the killing of Norman Mancreaf. 447 00:15:32,260 --> 00:15:36,260 Ten minutes later, two uniformed officers brought in a pair of possible car thieves. 448 00:15:36,260 --> 00:15:42,260 One of them was held in the hall while Frank and I talked to the driver of the car, Amelville Hulbert, age 19. 449 00:15:42,260 --> 00:15:43,260 Where'd you get the car? 450 00:15:43,260 --> 00:15:44,260 I bought it. 451 00:15:44,260 --> 00:15:45,260 Where? 452 00:15:45,260 --> 00:15:46,260 Well, from a lady. 453 00:15:46,260 --> 00:15:47,260 She put it in the paper. 454 00:15:47,260 --> 00:15:50,260 Said she had this year a sharp.52 Ford for sale. 455 00:15:50,260 --> 00:15:51,260 Remember what paper? 456 00:15:51,260 --> 00:15:54,260 Oh, no, sir. I think it was one of their morning ones. 457 00:15:54,260 --> 00:15:55,260 When'd you buy the car? 458 00:15:55,260 --> 00:15:56,260 I don't know. 459 00:15:56,260 --> 00:15:58,260 Well, you must have some idea. 460 00:15:58,260 --> 00:16:03,260 I reckon maybe it was in January. Yeah, around there in January. 461 00:16:03,260 --> 00:16:06,260 Let me take a look at your driver's license, will you? 462 00:16:06,260 --> 00:16:07,260 Yes, sir. 463 00:16:07,260 --> 00:16:08,260 Here you are. 464 00:16:08,260 --> 00:16:10,260 Take it out of the wallet, will you? 465 00:16:10,260 --> 00:16:13,260 Oh, yes, sir. Here it is. 466 00:16:13,260 --> 00:16:14,260 Is this your present address? 467 00:16:14,260 --> 00:16:15,260 Sir? 468 00:16:15,260 --> 00:16:17,260 You still live here on Echo Park Boulevard? 469 00:16:17,260 --> 00:16:20,260 No, sir, I moved. I got me placed over on Olympic. 470 00:16:20,260 --> 00:16:21,260 How long you lived there? 471 00:16:21,260 --> 00:16:23,260 You mean on Olympic, sir? 472 00:16:23,260 --> 00:16:24,260 That's right. 473 00:16:24,260 --> 00:16:26,260 I don't know. I reckon maybe a couple months. 474 00:16:26,260 --> 00:16:28,260 Don't you know for sure? 475 00:16:28,260 --> 00:16:31,260 Well, see, I got this year a bad memory. 476 00:16:31,260 --> 00:16:33,260 I think it's been a couple months. 477 00:16:33,260 --> 00:16:34,260 You live with your family? 478 00:16:34,260 --> 00:16:36,260 No, sir. They down south. 479 00:16:36,260 --> 00:16:37,260 Where's that? 480 00:16:37,260 --> 00:16:38,260 New Orleans. 481 00:16:38,260 --> 00:16:39,260 Do they know you're out here? 482 00:16:39,260 --> 00:16:40,260 Yes, sir. 483 00:16:40,260 --> 00:16:42,260 When did you come to California? 484 00:16:42,260 --> 00:16:43,260 August. 485 00:16:43,260 --> 00:16:44,260 Last year? 486 00:16:44,260 --> 00:16:45,260 Uh-huh, yeah, last year. 487 00:16:45,260 --> 00:16:46,260 You got a job? 488 00:16:46,260 --> 00:16:48,260 Aircraft factory out in the valley. 489 00:16:48,260 --> 00:16:50,260 That's a kind of long drive to work for you, isn't it? 490 00:16:50,260 --> 00:16:53,260 Yes, sir, but I got a good deal on the place I live at, see. 491 00:16:53,260 --> 00:16:55,260 How come you haven't reported a change of address 492 00:16:55,260 --> 00:16:57,260 to the Department of Motor Vehicles? 493 00:16:57,260 --> 00:16:59,260 I reckon I just forgot. 494 00:16:59,260 --> 00:17:01,260 I got this year a bad memory, you know. 495 00:17:01,260 --> 00:17:03,260 When you bought the car, did you finance it? 496 00:17:03,260 --> 00:17:04,260 Sir? 497 00:17:04,260 --> 00:17:06,260 You buy it on time, you pay cash for it. 498 00:17:06,260 --> 00:17:08,260 The cash? 499 00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:10,260 You got the pink slip down, haven't you? 500 00:17:10,260 --> 00:17:12,260 The lady sold it to me, signed it. 501 00:17:12,260 --> 00:17:13,260 Where is it? 502 00:17:13,260 --> 00:17:14,260 I don't know, sir. 503 00:17:14,260 --> 00:17:15,260 Didn't she give it to you? 504 00:17:15,260 --> 00:17:18,260 No, sir, she just told me she wants to go 505 00:17:18,260 --> 00:17:20,260 and send it to Sacramento someplace. 506 00:17:20,260 --> 00:17:22,260 Did you get any kind of a receipt for your money? 507 00:17:22,260 --> 00:17:23,260 Yes, sir. 508 00:17:23,260 --> 00:17:24,260 Well, where is it? 509 00:17:24,260 --> 00:17:25,260 In my wallet. 510 00:17:25,260 --> 00:17:26,260 Let's see it. 511 00:17:26,260 --> 00:17:27,260 Yes, sir. 512 00:17:27,260 --> 00:17:30,260 I got it right here someplace. 513 00:17:30,260 --> 00:17:31,260 Pretty funny about this. 514 00:17:31,260 --> 00:17:32,260 What's that? 515 00:17:32,260 --> 00:17:33,260 I wouldn't steal no car. 516 00:17:33,260 --> 00:17:35,260 It's pretty funny you think I did. 517 00:17:35,260 --> 00:17:37,260 All right, now how about that receipt? 518 00:17:37,260 --> 00:17:38,260 Have you found it yet? 519 00:17:38,260 --> 00:17:39,260 Yes, sir. 520 00:17:39,260 --> 00:17:43,260 Now, here it is. 521 00:17:43,260 --> 00:17:44,260 Who wrote this? 522 00:17:44,260 --> 00:17:45,260 The lady sold me the car. 523 00:17:45,260 --> 00:17:46,260 What's her name here? 524 00:17:46,260 --> 00:17:47,260 Oh, yeah, I guess so. 525 00:17:47,260 --> 00:17:48,260 She wrote it. 526 00:17:48,260 --> 00:17:50,260 When did you say you bought the car? 527 00:17:50,260 --> 00:17:52,260 Well, January, I guess. 528 00:17:52,260 --> 00:17:53,260 This year, huh? 529 00:17:52,260 --> 00:17:53,260 Yes, sir. 530 00:17:53,260 --> 00:17:55,260 Are you sure you couldn't be wrong about the date? 531 00:17:55,260 --> 00:17:56,260 Oh, now I don't know. 532 00:17:56,260 --> 00:17:57,260 Maybe. 533 00:17:57,260 --> 00:17:59,260 Where did you meet the woman who wrote this receipt? 534 00:17:59,260 --> 00:18:00,260 At her place? 535 00:17:59,260 --> 00:18:00,260 Where is that? 536 00:18:00,260 --> 00:18:01,260 Out in Westwood. 537 00:18:01,260 --> 00:18:04,260 I think that's what you call it, the apartment out there. 538 00:18:04,260 --> 00:18:05,260 You remember the address? 539 00:18:05,260 --> 00:18:06,260 No, sir. 540 00:18:06,260 --> 00:18:07,260 You haven't got any idea at all where it is, huh? 541 00:18:07,260 --> 00:18:08,260 Well, it was up on Wiltshire. 542 00:18:08,260 --> 00:18:09,260 I know that. 543 00:18:09,260 --> 00:18:11,260 The apartment on the second floor. 544 00:18:11,260 --> 00:18:12,260 Mm-hmm. 545 00:18:12,260 --> 00:18:15,260 I think it was number B or something like that. 546 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:16,260 Right. 547 00:18:16,260 --> 00:18:17,260 Yeah, I'll check. 548 00:18:17,260 --> 00:18:21,260 Now, what'd you make all that big deal about when I bought the car? 549 00:18:21,260 --> 00:18:23,260 It was on the bill of sale a year ago. 550 00:18:23,260 --> 00:18:25,260 Well, somebody must have made a mistake. 551 00:18:25,260 --> 00:18:28,260 Now, we knew that when you walked in, we were trying to find out who. 552 00:18:28,260 --> 00:18:30,260 What do you got, anything? 553 00:18:30,260 --> 00:18:32,260 Yeah, it checks out names in the book. 554 00:18:32,260 --> 00:18:33,260 West Department B. 555 00:18:33,260 --> 00:18:34,260 Yeah, now, that could be it. 556 00:18:34,260 --> 00:18:36,260 I know that it was on the second floor. 557 00:18:36,260 --> 00:18:38,260 It looks right out on Wiltshire Boulevard. 558 00:18:38,260 --> 00:18:39,260 All right, Mel. 559 00:18:39,260 --> 00:18:40,260 You go over there and sit down. 560 00:18:40,260 --> 00:18:41,260 We'll be right with you. 561 00:18:41,260 --> 00:18:42,260 Is this going to be okay? 562 00:18:42,260 --> 00:18:43,260 We'll see. 563 00:18:43,260 --> 00:18:45,260 Now, look, I didn't steal that car, mister. 564 00:18:45,260 --> 00:18:48,260 I should have told him about how I moved, but I did not steal the car. 565 00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:50,260 All right, you go ahead and sit down, will you? 566 00:18:50,260 --> 00:18:54,260 Yes, sir. 567 00:18:54,260 --> 00:18:55,260 What do you think? 568 00:18:55,260 --> 00:18:56,260 I don't know, seems to check out. 569 00:18:56,260 --> 00:18:59,260 Date on the bill of sale could be a mistake. 570 00:18:59,260 --> 00:19:01,260 The woman might have just written the wrong year. 571 00:19:01,260 --> 00:19:04,260 Yeah, it's pretty close to the first if it happened. 572 00:19:04,260 --> 00:19:06,260 I'd like to give the kid his first felony booking, don't you? 573 00:19:06,260 --> 00:19:09,260 Yeah, what do you want to do? 574 00:19:09,260 --> 00:19:11,260 Let's hold him over till we can check with the woman, huh? 575 00:19:11,260 --> 00:19:12,260 Yeah. 576 00:19:12,260 --> 00:19:13,260 Officers? 577 00:19:13,260 --> 00:19:14,260 Hmm? 578 00:19:14,260 --> 00:19:15,260 It's going to be all right? 579 00:19:15,260 --> 00:19:16,260 We'll see. 580 00:19:16,260 --> 00:19:17,260 You ain't going to send me to jail. 581 00:19:17,260 --> 00:19:18,260 No, not yet. 582 00:19:18,260 --> 00:19:19,260 You can wait down the hall, will you? 583 00:19:19,260 --> 00:19:21,260 Now, long as you know I did not steal the car. 584 00:19:21,260 --> 00:19:23,260 We'll check with the woman first thing in the morning. 585 00:19:23,260 --> 00:19:24,260 I want to tell you one thing, though. 586 00:19:24,260 --> 00:19:25,260 Yes, sir? 587 00:19:25,260 --> 00:19:27,260 We're going to give you a break by not booking you right now. 588 00:19:27,260 --> 00:19:29,260 Don't make us sorry about it. 589 00:19:29,260 --> 00:19:30,260 Oh, no, sir. 590 00:19:30,260 --> 00:19:31,260 Thank you. 591 00:19:31,260 --> 00:19:32,260 All right, go on. 592 00:19:32,260 --> 00:19:33,260 Get out of here. 593 00:19:33,260 --> 00:19:34,260 Where's Jimmy? 594 00:19:34,260 --> 00:19:35,260 He's down the hall. 595 00:19:35,260 --> 00:19:36,260 The officer there will take you. 596 00:19:36,260 --> 00:19:37,260 Yes, sir. 597 00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:38,260 Officers? 598 00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:39,260 Thank you again, you hear? 599 00:19:39,260 --> 00:19:41,260 Yeah, you take care of that bad memory, will you? 600 00:19:41,260 --> 00:19:43,260 I got it. 601 00:19:43,260 --> 00:19:45,260 Headquarters, Smith. 602 00:19:45,260 --> 00:19:47,260 Oh, yeah? 603 00:19:47,260 --> 00:19:48,260 Yeah? 604 00:19:48,260 --> 00:19:49,260 What's the address? 605 00:19:49,260 --> 00:19:51,260 No. 606 00:19:51,260 --> 00:19:52,260 No, he's not here. 607 00:19:52,260 --> 00:19:54,260 Just a second, I'll check. 608 00:19:54,260 --> 00:19:57,260 The policeman out in Hollywood wants permission to kill a skunk. 609 00:19:57,260 --> 00:19:58,260 What? 610 00:19:58,260 --> 00:20:00,260 Wants to kill a skunk caught in a trap. 611 00:20:00,260 --> 00:20:02,260 I guess it's all right if it's the only way they can get rid of it. 612 00:20:02,260 --> 00:20:04,260 I don't know the way he puts it, it is. 613 00:20:04,260 --> 00:20:06,260 All right. 614 00:20:06,260 --> 00:20:07,260 Go ahead. 615 00:20:07,260 --> 00:20:08,260 Yeah. 616 00:20:08,260 --> 00:20:09,260 What was that? 617 00:20:09,260 --> 00:20:12,260 I don't know, you better check with the watch commander. 618 00:20:12,260 --> 00:20:13,260 Yes. 619 00:20:13,260 --> 00:20:14,260 Okay, good night. 620 00:20:14,260 --> 00:20:16,260 We got an injured animal report. 621 00:20:16,260 --> 00:20:18,260 Turns out the people out there had trouble with skunks, 622 00:20:18,260 --> 00:20:21,260 got a permit for the traps and caught one tonight. 623 00:20:21,260 --> 00:20:23,260 Once they had it, they didn't know how to get rid of it. 624 00:20:23,260 --> 00:20:25,260 I better make a report on it. 625 00:20:25,260 --> 00:20:26,260 Must have been pretty funny. 626 00:20:26,260 --> 00:20:27,260 Who? 627 00:20:27,260 --> 00:20:30,260 Officer said we could use the skunk in the department. 628 00:20:30,260 --> 00:20:31,260 What was that? 629 00:20:31,260 --> 00:20:34,260 Officer said we could use the skunk in the department. 630 00:20:34,260 --> 00:20:38,260 Says he'd qualify on the target range any day. 631 00:20:38,260 --> 00:20:40,260 I don't get it. 632 00:20:40,260 --> 00:20:43,260 Headquarters Friday. 633 00:20:43,260 --> 00:20:45,260 No, no, we got the word. 634 00:20:45,260 --> 00:20:47,260 Where you been? 635 00:20:47,260 --> 00:20:50,260 Check out with the lab? 636 00:20:50,260 --> 00:20:53,260 No, no, we'll wait. 637 00:20:53,260 --> 00:20:54,260 1K5. 638 00:20:54,260 --> 00:20:55,260 Yeah. 639 00:20:55,260 --> 00:20:57,260 They just picked up a third person in the shooting. 640 00:20:57,260 --> 00:21:03,260 Three minutes later, the officers in unit 1K5 641 00:21:03,260 --> 00:21:05,260 brought in a tired-looking man in his late 20s. 642 00:21:05,260 --> 00:21:07,260 His name was Harry Carnell. 643 00:21:07,260 --> 00:21:10,260 He'd been drinking, but he seemed to be in complete control of his faculties. 644 00:21:10,260 --> 00:21:13,260 We ran his name through R&I, but we found no record on him. 645 00:21:13,260 --> 00:21:17,260 The officers also brought in the murder weapon, a.32 caliber automatic. 646 00:21:17,260 --> 00:21:19,260 A check of gun records gave us the name of the store 647 00:21:19,260 --> 00:21:21,260 where it had been bought and the name of the owner. 648 00:21:21,260 --> 00:21:24,260 According to the registration, it belonged to Fred Purcell. 649 00:21:24,260 --> 00:21:28,260 The crime lab reported there were no fingerprints on the weapon. 650 00:21:28,260 --> 00:21:32,260 We tried once more to talk to Purcell, but again, we were unable to. 651 00:21:32,260 --> 00:21:36,260 We asked Harry Carnell, the latest suspect, to tell us the story of the shooting. 652 00:21:36,260 --> 00:21:39,260 I went up to the place to collect some money Mancreaf owed me. 653 00:21:39,260 --> 00:21:41,260 What happened when you got to the apartment? 654 00:21:41,260 --> 00:21:43,260 Knocked on the door and Purcell let me in. 655 00:21:43,260 --> 00:21:44,260 Who was in the room? 656 00:21:44,260 --> 00:21:45,260 Just him and Mancreaf. 657 00:21:45,260 --> 00:21:46,260 That's all? 658 00:21:46,260 --> 00:21:47,260 Yeah. 659 00:21:47,260 --> 00:21:48,260 All right, go ahead. 660 00:21:48,260 --> 00:21:51,260 I came in and said I had to have the loot, and Mancreaf told me he was stoning. 661 00:21:51,260 --> 00:21:53,260 He said to check him tomorrow. 662 00:21:53,260 --> 00:21:56,260 Purcell got on his back, said he was always welching, and the beef started. 663 00:21:56,260 --> 00:21:57,260 You mean between them? 664 00:21:57,260 --> 00:21:59,260 Yeah, they were both pretty gassed when I got there. 665 00:21:59,260 --> 00:22:01,260 You have any drink with them? 666 00:22:01,260 --> 00:22:02,260 No, no, I had a date, sir. 667 00:22:02,260 --> 00:22:03,260 That's what I needed the money for. 668 00:22:03,260 --> 00:22:04,260 I got a girl with a pretty big appetite. 669 00:22:04,260 --> 00:22:07,260 I was broke, and I figured I'd tap Mancreaf for what he owed me. 670 00:22:07,260 --> 00:22:08,260 For what? 671 00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:10,260 Anyway, these two got in a big beef. 672 00:22:10,260 --> 00:22:11,260 Purcell told Mancreaf to get out. 673 00:22:11,260 --> 00:22:15,260 He wouldn't go, so Purcell ran over to a desk there in the room and hauled out this big gun, 674 00:22:15,260 --> 00:22:16,260 started to blaze away. 675 00:22:16,260 --> 00:22:17,260 How many shots did he fire? 676 00:22:17,260 --> 00:22:18,260 Well, one's all I remember. 677 00:22:18,260 --> 00:22:21,260 Might have been more, but I didn't spend a lot of time counting. 678 00:22:21,260 --> 00:22:22,260 Just one, huh? 679 00:22:22,260 --> 00:22:23,260 Yeah. 680 00:22:23,260 --> 00:22:24,260 Well, a guy sets a clay pigeon on your head. 681 00:22:24,260 --> 00:22:25,260 You ain't gonna stand there. 682 00:22:25,260 --> 00:22:26,260 What happened then? 683 00:22:26,260 --> 00:22:27,260 Purcell pointed the gun at me. 684 00:22:27,260 --> 00:22:28,260 He said I should get out, too. 685 00:22:28,260 --> 00:22:31,260 I didn't feel like telling him he was wrong. 686 00:22:31,260 --> 00:22:33,260 During the time you were there, did you see anybody else at all? 687 00:22:33,260 --> 00:22:34,260 No. 688 00:22:34,260 --> 00:22:36,260 Fred's wife was around someplace, I guess. 689 00:22:36,260 --> 00:22:37,260 Why do you say that? 690 00:22:37,260 --> 00:22:38,260 Well, they started yelling at each other. 691 00:22:38,260 --> 00:22:40,260 I heard Mancreaf say they bothered Harriet. 692 00:22:40,260 --> 00:22:41,260 That's Fred's wife, Harriet. 693 00:22:41,260 --> 00:22:42,260 Uh-huh. 694 00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:44,260 I took off like a big bird. 695 00:22:44,260 --> 00:22:45,260 Where'd you go? 696 00:22:45,260 --> 00:22:46,260 My place. 697 00:22:46,260 --> 00:22:48,260 I had a couple of belts, and then walked by the apartment to see what was going on. 698 00:22:48,260 --> 00:22:52,260 An old broad there started yelling about how I was the guy who ran out of the place after the shooting. 699 00:22:52,260 --> 00:22:54,260 Next thing I know, I got the collar on, and here I am. 700 00:22:54,260 --> 00:22:55,260 Uh-huh. 701 00:22:55,260 --> 00:22:57,260 What was Purcell doing when you last saw him? 702 00:22:57,260 --> 00:23:01,260 I was standing over Mancreaf holding the gun, looking like a cover on a pulp magazine. 703 00:23:01,260 --> 00:23:03,260 You willing to sign a statement on what you just told us? 704 00:23:03,260 --> 00:23:04,260 Well, sure. 705 00:23:04,260 --> 00:23:05,260 I got no part in this action. 706 00:23:05,260 --> 00:23:07,260 Just went to collect a bet at the wrong time, that's all. 707 00:23:07,260 --> 00:23:08,260 Uh-huh. 708 00:23:08,260 --> 00:23:09,260 Pretty lousy night. 709 00:23:09,260 --> 00:23:11,260 Missed my date, didn't collect the money, and up in the can. 710 00:23:11,260 --> 00:23:12,260 It's pretty lousy. 711 00:23:12,260 --> 00:23:13,260 But I'm not the only one, though. 712 00:23:13,260 --> 00:23:16,260 Old Purcell always thought he was such a great card player. 713 00:23:16,260 --> 00:23:17,260 He's a real fish. 714 00:23:17,260 --> 00:23:18,260 You lost six bucks tonight. 715 00:23:18,260 --> 00:23:19,260 Well, you're part right. 716 00:23:19,260 --> 00:23:20,260 Huh? 717 00:23:20,260 --> 00:23:22,260 You lost more than that, didn't you? 718 00:23:22,260 --> 00:23:28,260 Harry Carnell was taken to the report room where he made a full statement. 719 00:23:28,260 --> 00:23:33,260 At 7.03 a.m., Lieutenant Ray Geesey from Homicide Division came in and took over the investigation. 720 00:23:33,260 --> 00:23:38,260 Fred Purcell was questioned, and he made a voluntary statement that he'd shot and killed Norman Mancreaf. 721 00:23:38,260 --> 00:23:40,260 He couldn't remember why he'd done it. 722 00:23:40,260 --> 00:23:45,260 He was removed to the main jail and booked in on a charge of violation of Section 192 P.C. manslaughter. 723 00:23:45,260 --> 00:23:48,260 His wife and Carnell were released from custody. 724 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:52,260 They made out reports to all divisions for the follow-ups on crimes committed during the night. 725 00:23:52,260 --> 00:23:56,260 At 8.02 a.m., the men on the day watch came in and relieved us. 726 00:23:56,260 --> 00:23:57,260 It's gonna be a nice day. 727 00:23:57,260 --> 00:23:58,260 Yeah. 728 00:23:58,260 --> 00:23:59,260 A few clouds up there. 729 00:23:59,260 --> 00:24:00,260 Might keep the heat down. 730 00:24:00,260 --> 00:24:02,260 Yeah, let's go. 731 00:24:02,260 --> 00:24:04,260 You want to stop for breakfast? 732 00:24:04,260 --> 00:24:06,260 Well, I guess we might as well, yeah. 733 00:24:06,260 --> 00:24:08,260 What do you think, Joe? 734 00:24:08,260 --> 00:24:09,260 Hmm? 735 00:24:09,260 --> 00:24:11,260 You'd like to draw the business office for permanent duty? 736 00:24:11,260 --> 00:24:12,260 No, sir, not me. 737 00:24:12,260 --> 00:24:14,260 I guess okay once in a while. 738 00:24:14,260 --> 00:24:16,260 I don't think I'd like it steady, though. 739 00:24:16,260 --> 00:24:17,260 Huh? 740 00:24:17,260 --> 00:24:19,260 Not busy enough. 741 00:24:19,260 --> 00:24:29,260 The story you have just heard is true. 742 00:24:29,260 --> 00:24:31,260 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 743 00:24:31,260 --> 00:24:37,260 On November 18th, trial was held in Department 98, Superior Court of the State of California, 744 00:24:37,260 --> 00:24:39,260 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 745 00:24:39,260 --> 00:24:50,260 In a moment, the results of that trial. 746 00:24:50,260 --> 00:24:55,260 Further investigation proved that the purchase of the automobile by Melville Hulbert was legal 747 00:24:55,260 --> 00:24:57,260 and no further charges were made. 748 00:24:57,260 --> 00:25:00,260 Frederick Neal Purcell was tried and found guilty of manslaughter 749 00:25:00,260 --> 00:25:03,260 and received punishment as prescribed by law. 750 00:25:03,260 --> 00:25:06,260 Manslaughter is punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary 751 00:25:06,260 --> 00:25:18,260 for a period not to exceed ten years. 752 00:25:18,260 --> 00:25:23,260 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 753 00:25:23,260 --> 00:25:37,260 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department.