WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.440 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:11.440 --> 00:14.200 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:14.200 --> 00:15.200 Drag men. 00:15.200 --> 00:21.400 You're a detective sergeant. 00:21.400 --> 00:26.880 You're assigned to the business office. 00:26.880 --> 00:31.040 And past records show that you can expect 170 crimes to occur in the city during the 00:31.040 --> 00:32.040 next 24 hours. 00:32.040 --> 00:33.040 You don't know where. 00:33.040 --> 00:35.480 You don't know when. 00:35.480 --> 00:36.480 Your job. 00:36.480 --> 00:37.480 Handle them. 00:37.480 --> 00:38.480 Drag men. 00:38.480 --> 00:51.480 The documented drama of an actual crime. 00:51.480 --> 00:55.840 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 00:55.840 --> 01:00.520 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 01:00.520 --> 01:01.520 police files. 01:01.520 --> 01:07.520 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 01:07.520 --> 01:08.520 in action. 01:08.520 --> 01:09.520 It was Saturday, July 10th. 01:09.520 --> 01:10.520 It was hot in Los Angeles. 01:10.520 --> 01:11.520 We'd been assigned to the business office morning watch. 01:11.520 --> 01:12.520 My partner's Frank Smith. 01:12.520 --> 01:13.520 The boss is Captain Gilbert. 01:13.520 --> 01:14.520 My name's Friday. 01:14.520 --> 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 01:15.520 --> 01:16.520 room 21, I was told that I was going to be late for the morning watch. 01:16.520 --> 01:17.520 I was told that I was going to be late for the morning watch. 01:17.520 --> 01:18.520 I was told that I was going to be late for the morning watch. 01:18.520 --> 01:19.520 I was told that I was going to be late for the morning watch. 01:19.520 --> 01:20.520 I was told that I was going to be late for the morning watch. 01:20.520 --> 01:26.080 I was told that I was going to be late for the morning watch. 01:26.080 --> 01:37.300 I was told that I was going to be late for the morning watch. 01:37.300 --> 01:38.500 Who are you talking to, buddy? 01:38.500 --> 01:39.500 Oh, hi, Joe. 01:39.500 --> 01:40.500 Hey, try to stay around, will you? 01:40.500 --> 01:41.500 I've been here 20 minutes. 01:41.500 --> 01:45.720 I've had 29 phone calls and written three reports. 01:45.720 --> 01:47.900 Okay, I brought you some coffee, man. 01:47.900 --> 01:48.900 Oh, thanks. 01:48.900 --> 01:49.900 Hey, how you feeling? 01:49.900 --> 01:50.900 Better? 01:50.900 --> 01:51.900 Oh, a little bit. 01:51.900 --> 01:52.900 I don't know what it is. 01:52.900 --> 01:53.900 I ache all over. 01:53.900 --> 01:54.900 I think I'm coming down with a cold. 01:54.900 --> 01:55.900 That's too bad. 01:55.900 --> 01:56.900 A lot of that going around. 01:56.900 --> 01:57.900 Yeah. 01:57.900 --> 01:58.900 Where's Skipper? 01:58.900 --> 01:59.900 He ran over to the crime lab. 01:59.900 --> 02:00.900 Wanted to talk to Pinker. 02:00.900 --> 02:01.900 How about the pool cards? 02:01.900 --> 02:02.900 You check them? 02:02.900 --> 02:03.900 Yeah, the books are in some place. 02:03.900 --> 02:04.900 There it is, right on that paper there. 02:04.900 --> 02:05.900 No, over there. 02:05.900 --> 02:06.900 There. 02:06.900 --> 02:07.900 Oh. 02:07.900 --> 02:08.900 Yeah, file them out. 02:08.900 --> 02:09.900 Check for the books. 02:09.900 --> 02:10.900 Mm-hmm. 02:10.900 --> 02:11.900 Yes, ma'am. 02:11.900 --> 02:12.900 Something we can do for you? 02:12.900 --> 02:13.900 You a detective? 02:13.900 --> 02:14.900 Yes, ma'am. 02:14.900 --> 02:15.900 That's right. 02:15.900 --> 02:16.900 All right. 02:16.900 --> 02:19.900 Young man, my car's been stolen. 02:19.900 --> 02:22.900 All right. 02:22.900 --> 02:26.260 I told one of the officers on the corner about it, but he said it might work faster if I 02:26.260 --> 02:27.260 came up here. 02:27.260 --> 02:28.260 Yes, ma'am. 02:28.260 --> 02:29.260 That's right. 02:29.260 --> 02:30.260 The car's stolen. 02:30.260 --> 02:31.260 All you've got to do is go out and find it. 02:31.260 --> 02:32.260 Just find my car. 02:32.260 --> 02:33.260 What kind of a car is it? 02:33.260 --> 02:35.260 Well, it was a brand new Chevrolet. 02:35.260 --> 02:36.260 That's 1954. 02:36.260 --> 02:37.260 That's right. 02:37.260 --> 02:39.260 Bel Air with the windows that fold down. 02:39.260 --> 02:40.260 All right. 02:40.260 --> 02:43.460 Now, we'll need to know some more things here before we can start looking for it. 02:43.460 --> 02:44.460 Yes, what's that? 02:44.460 --> 02:45.460 Your name? 02:45.460 --> 02:46.460 Avis Bowen. 02:46.460 --> 02:47.460 That's A-V-I-S. 02:47.460 --> 02:48.460 Well, that's right. 02:48.460 --> 02:49.460 There's no other way to spell it. 02:49.460 --> 02:50.460 Avis Bowen. 02:50.460 --> 02:51.460 Yes, ma'am. 02:51.460 --> 02:52.460 Do you have a middle initial? 02:52.460 --> 02:53.460 R. Hope you're not going to ask me what it stands for. 02:53.460 --> 02:54.460 No, that won't be necessary. 02:54.460 --> 02:55.460 There isn't anybody that knows what my middle name is. 02:55.460 --> 02:56.460 Yes, ma'am. 02:56.460 --> 02:57.460 All we want is the initial. 02:57.460 --> 02:58.460 Well, that's all you're going to get. 02:58.460 --> 02:59.460 All right, Mrs. Bowen. 02:59.460 --> 03:00.460 It's miss. 03:00.460 --> 03:01.460 All right. 03:01.460 --> 03:02.460 What's the license number? 03:02.460 --> 03:03.460 Oh. 03:03.460 --> 03:04.460 Well, now, I think it's 1U44441. 03:04.460 --> 03:05.460 All right. 03:05.460 --> 03:06.460 Wait just a moment, please. 03:06.460 --> 03:07.460 All right. 03:07.460 --> 03:08.460 I'll go get it. 03:08.460 --> 03:09.460 All right. 03:09.460 --> 03:10.460 I'll go get it. 03:10.460 --> 03:11.460 All right. 03:11.460 --> 03:16.460 I'll go get it. 03:16.460 --> 03:19.460 All right. 03:19.460 --> 03:24.460 Just a moment, please. 03:24.460 --> 03:25.460 Who are you calling now? 03:25.460 --> 03:26.460 DMV. 03:26.460 --> 03:27.460 Who's that? 03:27.460 --> 03:28.460 Department of Motor Vehicles. 03:28.460 --> 03:29.460 Oh, my. 03:29.460 --> 03:30.460 All this going on. 03:30.460 --> 03:31.460 It's a wonder you ever catch anybody. 03:31.460 --> 03:32.460 Hi, Harry. 03:32.460 --> 03:33.460 This is Friday over at the business office. 03:33.460 --> 03:34.460 California license, 1 Union, 44441. 03:34.460 --> 03:35.460 That's right. 03:35.460 --> 03:40.460 I'm telling you, it's a Bel Air with the windows that fold down by themselves. 03:40.460 --> 03:41.460 Yes, ma'am. 03:41.460 --> 03:42.460 I'll do it. 03:42.460 --> 03:43.460 Doesn't it? 03:43.460 --> 03:44.460 Well, hold on here. 03:44.460 --> 03:45.460 Are you sure about that license number? 03:45.460 --> 03:46.460 What do you mean? 03:46.460 --> 03:47.460 Well, it kind of looks like you made a little mistake, Mrs. Bowen. 03:47.460 --> 03:48.460 I did not. 03:48.460 --> 03:49.460 The car is stolen. 03:49.460 --> 03:52.460 Yes, we understand that, but you gave us the wrong license number. 03:52.460 --> 03:53.460 1U44441. 03:53.460 --> 03:54.460 I remember it because of all the fours. 03:54.460 --> 03:55.460 Harry, I'll call you back. 03:55.460 --> 03:56.460 Mrs. Bowen, that number is registered to a 1940 Studebaker. 03:56.460 --> 03:57.460 My license number? 03:57.460 --> 03:58.460 Well, I don't know, but the license number is registered to a 1940 Studebaker. 03:58.460 --> 03:59.460 Oh, I see. 03:59.460 --> 04:00.460 Well, I don't know, but the license number is registered to a 1940 Studebaker. 04:00.460 --> 04:01.460 Oh, I see. 04:01.460 --> 04:10.460 Well, I don't know, but the license number is registered to a 1940 Studebaker. 04:10.460 --> 04:11.460 Yes, ma'am. 04:11.460 --> 04:12.460 11954 Chevrolet Bel Air. 04:12.460 --> 04:13.460 Windows that fold down by themselves. 04:13.460 --> 04:14.460 Yes, ma'am. 04:14.460 --> 04:15.460 I understand. 04:15.460 --> 04:16.460 There must be several hundred cars that look like that. 04:16.460 --> 04:17.460 You've seen them before. 04:17.460 --> 04:18.460 Well, you act like you've never seen a car like that. 04:18.460 --> 04:19.460 There are lots of them around. 04:19.460 --> 04:20.460 Mine's light blue with a gold on top. 04:20.460 --> 04:21.460 We still need the license number. 04:21.460 --> 04:22.460 Do you think you have it in your car? 04:22.460 --> 04:23.460 Yes, ma'am. 04:23.460 --> 04:24.460 I'll get it. 04:24.460 --> 04:25.460 I'll get it. 04:25.460 --> 04:26.460 I'll get it. 04:26.460 --> 04:27.460 I'll get it. 04:27.460 --> 04:28.460 I'll get it. 04:28.460 --> 04:29.460 I'll get it. 04:29.460 --> 04:30.460 I'll get it. 04:30.460 --> 04:31.460 I'll get it. 04:31.460 --> 04:32.460 I'll get it. 04:32.460 --> 04:33.460 I'll get it. 04:33.460 --> 04:34.460 I'll get it. 04:34.460 --> 04:35.460 I'll get it. 04:35.460 --> 04:36.460 I'll get it. 04:36.460 --> 04:37.460 I'll get it. 04:37.460 --> 04:38.460 You've got a license number. 04:38.460 --> 04:39.460 Do you think you have it at home? 04:39.460 --> 04:40.460 Yes, I guess so. 04:40.460 --> 04:41.460 All right, fine. 04:41.460 --> 04:42.460 If you'll phone it in to us, we can start looking for it. 04:42.460 --> 04:43.460 Well, how do you expect me to get there? 04:43.460 --> 04:44.460 Ma'am. 04:44.460 --> 04:45.460 Home. 04:45.460 --> 04:46.460 How do you expect me to get there? 04:46.460 --> 04:47.460 We'll have a car drop you off. 04:47.460 --> 04:48.460 Well, it's about time I was getting some kind of service around here. 04:48.460 --> 04:49.460 Yes, ma'am. 04:49.460 --> 04:50.460 I think I'll write a letter to the papers about this. 04:50.460 --> 04:51.460 All right, ma'am. 04:51.460 --> 04:53.260 The whole thing, right down to that TMV or whatever it is, expose the whole mess. 04:53.260 --> 04:56.760 Oh, you're going to be mighty sorry you ever opened this can of beans. 04:56.760 --> 04:58.260 We're doing the best we can, ma'am. 04:58.260 --> 05:03.260 Well, that's not very much standing around here making phone calls isn't finding my car. 05:03.260 --> 05:04.760 Well, you said it yourself, didn't you? 05:04.760 --> 05:05.760 What's that? 05:05.760 --> 05:08.260 There must be several hundred cars like yours here in the city. 05:08.260 --> 05:09.260 Yes. 05:09.260 --> 05:12.260 Well, without the right license number, how are we going to find it? 05:12.260 --> 05:14.260 You ought to be ashamed of yourself. 05:14.260 --> 05:15.260 Ma'am. 05:15.260 --> 05:16.260 You're nothing but a fake. 05:16.260 --> 05:17.260 I beg your pardon? 05:17.260 --> 05:23.260 You ain't no detective. 05:23.260 --> 05:26.260 The business office, room 21. 05:26.260 --> 05:31.260 It's open 24 hours a day, but it's after the detective division closes that it begins to work. 05:31.260 --> 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. 05:39.260 --> 05:42.260 They issue pool cars and riot guns. 05:42.260 --> 05:47.260 In the event of an emergency, they act as advisors in an overall plan for the dispersal of policemen. 05:47.260 --> 05:51.260 The captain on duty is, in effect, the acting chief of police. 05:51.260 --> 05:54.260 On the average weeknight, the activities are slow and routine. 05:54.260 --> 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. 06:01.260 --> 06:04.260 These calls deal with every crime in the municipal and penal code. 06:04.260 --> 06:08.260 In addition to this, they handle the citizen traffic through the city hall. 06:08.260 --> 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. 06:14.260 --> 06:19.260 Frank and I checked in at 12 midnight, and for the following half hour we did business as usual. 06:19.260 --> 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. 06:25.260 --> 06:30.260 At 12.43, the call was changed to a shooting and ambulance follow-up. 06:30.260 --> 06:33.260 At 12.45, the hot shot phone rang again. 06:33.260 --> 06:34.260 That's shooting? 06:34.260 --> 06:36.260 Yeah, it's a homicide now. 06:36.260 --> 06:37.260 Gonna call a unit? 06:37.260 --> 06:39.260 Better have them check it, yeah. 06:39.260 --> 06:40.260 Same address as the shots? 06:40.260 --> 06:42.260 Couple of houses down. 06:47.260 --> 06:50.260 This Friday, business office, will you put out a call to 1K5? 06:50.260 --> 06:55.260 Have them cover the shooting and ambulance follow-up at 4289. That's 4289 Albany. 06:55.260 --> 06:58.260 He's got it. Nice. Thank you. 06:58.260 --> 06:59.260 Looks like a good one, huh? 06:59.260 --> 07:02.260 Yeah. Turns out we'll get Geezy out of bed. 07:02.260 --> 07:05.260 That'll make him happy. It'll end up in their laps. 07:05.260 --> 07:06.260 All right, Joe? 07:06.260 --> 07:07.260 Bob, what do you got? 07:07.260 --> 07:09.260 You want to sit down there, Pop? 07:09.260 --> 07:11.260 Let me see. 07:11.260 --> 07:14.260 I don't know. We found him in front of one of the burlesque houses on Main. 07:14.260 --> 07:17.260 The place was closed. He was just standing out there looking at the pictures. 07:17.260 --> 07:18.260 You got a name on him? 07:18.260 --> 07:22.260 Mm-mm. Haven't ever get him to say anything. You want to give it a try? 07:22.260 --> 07:24.260 All right. 07:24.260 --> 07:28.260 You want to tell us who you are, old fella? 07:28.260 --> 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. 07:31.260 --> 07:34.260 Doing about as good as we did. That guy looked pretty wobbly when we stopped. 07:34.260 --> 07:36.260 Oh, yeah? 07:36.260 --> 07:37.260 What do you want to do? 07:37.260 --> 07:40.260 I'm going to take him over to Georgia State. Wait a minute. 07:40.260 --> 07:43.260 You got a wallet? 07:43.260 --> 07:47.260 All right, let me look at it, will you? 07:47.260 --> 07:49.260 Maybe there's something in here that'll help us. 07:49.260 --> 07:51.260 Yeah. 07:51.260 --> 07:53.260 Any money? 07:53.260 --> 07:56.260 No. A few cards here. 07:56.260 --> 07:59.260 Nothing with a name on it. 07:59.260 --> 08:03.260 What's that one there? Something written on the back. Looks like a phone number. 08:03.260 --> 08:05.260 Yeah, that's what it is. 08:05.260 --> 08:07.260 You want to call and see if they know who he is? 08:07.260 --> 08:09.260 Yeah, I'll give it a try. 08:09.260 --> 08:11.260 Okay. 08:14.260 --> 08:17.260 He just sits still right there. 08:24.260 --> 08:28.260 Hello, this is Officer Frank Smith, Los Angeles Police Department. 08:28.260 --> 08:30.260 No, there's nothing wrong. 08:30.260 --> 08:34.260 We have a man here in the office who's carrying a card with his phone on it. 08:34.260 --> 08:37.260 I wonder if you can tell us who he is. 08:37.260 --> 08:39.260 Huh. 08:39.260 --> 08:42.260 Yes, man, well, he looks to be in his late 70s. 08:42.260 --> 08:44.260 He's got white hair. 08:44.260 --> 08:46.260 That's right. 08:46.260 --> 08:50.260 Always wearing a brown wool sweater, black pants, and a black felt hat. 08:50.260 --> 08:52.260 That's right. 08:52.260 --> 08:54.260 You want to give me that again? 08:54.260 --> 08:55.260 Mm-hmm. 08:55.260 --> 08:57.260 No, he's all right. 08:57.260 --> 08:59.260 Yeah. 08:59.260 --> 09:01.260 He's in trouble. I haven't brought him home. 09:01.260 --> 09:02.260 Right away. 09:02.260 --> 09:04.260 Yes, man, thank you. 09:04.260 --> 09:07.260 Now we got it. His name's McKinley Dunn. 09:07.260 --> 09:10.260 He lives out on Vincent Avenue in Highland Park. Talked to his daughter. 09:10.260 --> 09:11.260 Yeah. 09:11.260 --> 09:13.260 She says they got into an argument after breakfast. 09:13.260 --> 09:15.260 McKinley here just got up and walked out of the house. 09:15.260 --> 09:17.260 She hasn't seen him since. Pretty worried about him. 09:17.260 --> 09:18.260 Figures. 09:18.260 --> 09:20.260 Says he's always kind of independent. 09:20.260 --> 09:21.260 Well, we better run him home. 09:21.260 --> 09:22.260 Hey, you want us to take her out? 09:22.260 --> 09:24.260 No, we can't have you out of service that long. 09:24.260 --> 09:26.260 I'll call Highland Park, have them pick him up. 09:26.260 --> 09:28.260 You want to take him over to York Boulevard and make the transfer there about it? 09:28.260 --> 09:29.260 Yeah. 09:29.260 --> 09:30.260 All right, Mr. Dunn. 09:30.260 --> 09:33.260 Here you are. I'll put this back in your pocket. 09:33.260 --> 09:35.260 Come on, sir. We'll take you home. 09:37.260 --> 09:38.260 Thanks, Joe. 09:38.260 --> 09:39.260 There's no trouble, Bob. 09:39.260 --> 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. 09:42.260 --> 09:43.260 When you make it easier next time. 09:43.260 --> 09:45.260 Sure. 09:45.260 --> 09:47.260 That card's not going to do any good, Joe. 09:47.260 --> 09:49.260 The card's not going to help. 09:49.260 --> 09:51.260 Daughter says she always puts one in. 09:51.260 --> 09:53.260 As soon as the old man gets out of the house, he tears it up. 09:53.260 --> 09:55.260 I got it. 09:55.260 --> 09:58.260 Bring this over this Friday. 09:58.260 --> 10:00.260 Uh-huh. 10:00.260 --> 10:01.260 Photographer, get there. 10:01.260 --> 10:03.260 How many? 10:03.260 --> 10:06.260 You get the story? 10:06.260 --> 10:07.260 Yeah, we'll bring them in. 10:07.260 --> 10:08.260 Do what you can. 10:08.260 --> 10:11.260 All right, we'll see you then. 10:11.260 --> 10:13.260 That's Sam and 1K5 on the shooting. 10:13.260 --> 10:16.260 They got two suspects in custody. They're bringing them both in. 10:16.260 --> 10:18.260 Third man left the scene. 10:18.260 --> 10:20.260 Sam says the accidental death possibility is out now. 10:20.260 --> 10:25.260 Yeah. It's a clean case of murder. 10:25.260 --> 10:29.260 Ten minutes later, the officers in Unit 1K5 arrived with the two suspects. 10:29.260 --> 10:32.260 They were identified as Fred and Harriet Purcell. 10:32.260 --> 10:35.260 The names were run through R&I, but no record was found on either one of them. 10:35.260 --> 10:38.260 It was obvious that the two people had been drinking heavily. 10:38.260 --> 10:41.260 The husband was taken to the report room while Frank and I questioned the woman. 10:41.260 --> 10:43.260 I don't remember too good. 10:43.260 --> 10:45.260 Everything seemed to happen so fast. 10:45.260 --> 10:49.260 Just all of a sudden there was this kind of noise and Norman was dead. 10:49.260 --> 10:51.260 Norman, is that the victim? 10:51.260 --> 10:53.260 Yeah. Norman Mancreep. 10:53.260 --> 10:55.260 You must know who had the gun. 10:55.260 --> 10:59.260 I've been saying that to myself, but it doesn't do anything. 10:59.260 --> 11:01.260 I guess I had too much to drink. 11:01.260 --> 11:02.260 Who else is in the apartment with you? 11:02.260 --> 11:04.260 You mean besides Fred and me? 11:04.260 --> 11:05.260 That's right. 11:05.260 --> 11:06.260 Just the three of us, that's all. 11:06.260 --> 11:08.260 We got a report there was another man present. 11:08.260 --> 11:10.260 Well, then you know more than me. 11:10.260 --> 11:12.260 All right, you want to give us the whole story? 11:12.260 --> 11:13.260 The beginning when? 11:13.260 --> 11:14.260 From the start. 11:14.260 --> 11:16.260 Okay. 11:16.260 --> 11:19.260 I had a tooth pull this morning. 11:19.260 --> 11:21.260 I guess that's what caused all the trouble. 11:21.260 --> 11:22.260 How's that? 11:22.260 --> 11:25.260 My tooth was impacted and I had it pulled in a dentists game. 11:25.260 --> 11:27.260 You shot an over cane and you pulled it to a can, you see that? 11:27.260 --> 11:29.260 I can't. 11:29.260 --> 11:32.260 I got home and the over cane started to wear off. 11:32.260 --> 11:35.260 The whole side of my face started to hurt, terrible. 11:35.260 --> 11:37.260 Well, I told Fred about it. 11:37.260 --> 11:39.260 It was a terrible thing. 11:39.260 --> 11:41.260 I tried to tell him how much it hurt. 11:41.260 --> 11:43.260 He's a quad. 11:43.260 --> 11:45.260 Told me to have a drink and forget it. 11:45.260 --> 11:48.260 It was long before we were having a beef. 11:48.260 --> 11:51.260 Old Fred, he wasn't very bright at times, you know. 11:51.260 --> 11:55.260 I think I saw him have a little sympathy for his wife at a time like that. 11:55.260 --> 11:57.260 Not old Fred. 11:57.260 --> 11:59.260 He's a quad. 11:59.260 --> 12:01.260 Told me to pour myself a little drink and shut up. 12:01.260 --> 12:03.260 Was man free at the time? 12:03.260 --> 12:04.260 Yeah. 12:04.260 --> 12:07.260 Him and Fred had been playing pinochle when I came home. 12:07.260 --> 12:10.260 I guess they'd been at it all afternoon. 12:10.260 --> 12:12.260 Norman was on my side. 12:12.260 --> 12:13.260 Made Fred mad. 12:13.260 --> 12:15.260 We got to fighting pretty good. 12:15.260 --> 12:17.260 Norman was right with me. 12:17.260 --> 12:19.260 Told him, Fred, you ought to be quiet. 12:19.260 --> 12:22.260 I think Fred was sore about being beat at pinochle. 12:22.260 --> 12:24.260 He thinks he's pretty good at wire. 12:24.260 --> 12:28.260 Not long after that there was this shot and Norman was dead. 12:28.260 --> 12:30.260 Were you in the room at the time? 12:30.260 --> 12:31.260 No. 12:31.260 --> 12:32.260 Where were you? 12:32.260 --> 12:33.260 Out in the kitchen. 12:33.260 --> 12:35.260 I went out to get some more ice. 12:35.260 --> 12:37.260 Who was in the room when you left? 12:37.260 --> 12:38.260 Just Fred Norman. 12:38.260 --> 12:39.260 No one else? 12:39.260 --> 12:41.260 If there was, I'd have told you. 12:41.260 --> 12:43.260 No, no, no. 12:43.260 --> 12:46.260 It was all this Friday. 12:46.260 --> 12:48.260 No, ma'am. 12:48.260 --> 12:50.260 No, ma'am, you'll have to call in tomorrow. 12:50.260 --> 12:52.260 Yes, ma'am. 12:52.260 --> 12:55.260 That's right. 12:55.260 --> 12:56.260 Let's go on here. 12:56.260 --> 12:57.260 You know Mrs. Regman? 12:57.260 --> 12:58.260 No. 12:58.260 --> 13:00.260 This is Leo Regman. 13:00.260 --> 13:01.260 Yeah, what about her? 13:01.260 --> 13:04.260 She told the investigating officers there was another man in the apartment. 13:04.260 --> 13:07.260 Said that he left right after she heard the shots. 13:07.260 --> 13:08.260 He would. 13:08.260 --> 13:11.260 I already got a note where he doesn't belong. 13:11.260 --> 13:13.260 Well, she was pretty certain about what she saw. 13:13.260 --> 13:15.260 Then ask her if she saw the man. 13:15.260 --> 13:16.260 Let her tell you who he was. 13:16.260 --> 13:18.260 Well, it may be better if you did. 13:18.260 --> 13:20.260 Then it ain't going to be good because I don't know. 13:20.260 --> 13:22.260 Did you hear anybody come into the place when you were in the kitchen? 13:22.260 --> 13:23.260 Nope. 13:23.260 --> 13:24.260 You're pretty sure of that, huh? 13:24.260 --> 13:27.260 Now look, I got enough trouble. 13:27.260 --> 13:29.260 Me and my old man's in jail. 13:29.260 --> 13:31.260 My face feels like it's coming off. 13:31.260 --> 13:33.260 I want to get home and get some sleep. 13:33.260 --> 13:35.260 If I knew anything I'd have told you a long time ago. 13:35.260 --> 13:37.260 Now leave me alone. 13:37.260 --> 13:39.260 What did you do after you heard the shot? 13:39.260 --> 13:41.260 Went in to see what it was. 13:41.260 --> 13:42.260 That's all. 13:42.260 --> 13:44.260 Just opened the door and looked. 13:44.260 --> 13:46.260 Norman was lying there on the floor. 13:46.260 --> 13:47.260 Where's your husband? 13:47.260 --> 13:49.260 Just standing there looking at Norman. 13:49.260 --> 13:50.260 What was the gun? 13:50.260 --> 13:51.260 Fat hat. 13:51.260 --> 13:52.260 Whose gun is it? 13:52.260 --> 13:53.260 I don't know. 13:53.260 --> 13:54.260 You never saw it before? 13:54.260 --> 13:55.260 I don't like guns. 13:55.260 --> 13:56.260 I don't like to have them around. 13:56.260 --> 13:57.260 I don't look at them when they are. 13:57.260 --> 13:58.260 I never saw it before. 13:58.260 --> 13:59.260 You talk to Fred yet? 13:59.260 --> 14:01.260 No, not yet. 14:01.260 --> 14:04.260 Well, he looks at it the same story, the same way I told him. 14:04.260 --> 14:05.260 You say. 14:05.260 --> 14:06.260 There's no need to even talk to him. 14:06.260 --> 14:07.260 Is that right? 14:07.260 --> 14:08.260 Sure. 14:08.260 --> 14:09.260 You already got it the way I told you. 14:09.260 --> 14:10.260 What more do you want? 14:10.260 --> 14:12.260 There's just one thing I can think of. 14:12.260 --> 14:13.260 Yeah? 14:13.260 --> 14:14.260 The truth. 14:14.260 --> 14:27.260 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 14:27.260 --> 14:43.260 Frank and I attempted to talk to the husband, Fred Purcell. 14:43.260 --> 14:45.260 He was too drunk to be coherent. 14:45.260 --> 14:48.260 We made arrangements for some hot coffee to be brought in. 14:48.260 --> 14:52.260 His wife was taken to the interrogation room to wait until we could fill out the reports. 14:52.260 --> 14:56.260 At 4.20 a.m., we got another hotshot call regarding a cutting on South Fifth Street. 14:56.260 --> 15:01.260 The investigating officers found the knifing had resulted from a quarrel between a man and his common-law wife. 15:01.260 --> 15:03.260 The woman was in critical condition. 15:03.260 --> 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. 15:09.260 --> 15:13.260 We notified Chief of Detective Thad Brown and Captain Lorman of the shooting and the cutting. 15:13.260 --> 15:18.260 During the next hour, there were two armed robbery reports, several burglaries, and numerous fights. 15:18.260 --> 15:24.260 5.31 a.m., Frank went down the hall and brought back two beef and cheese sandwiches and some coffee. 15:24.260 --> 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. 15:32.260 --> 15:36.260 Ten minutes later, two uniformed officers brought in a pair of possible car thieves. 15:36.260 --> 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. 15:42.260 --> 15:43.260 Where'd you get the car? 15:43.260 --> 15:44.260 I bought it. 15:44.260 --> 15:45.260 Where? 15:45.260 --> 15:46.260 Well, from a lady. 15:46.260 --> 15:47.260 She put it in the paper. 15:47.260 --> 15:50.260 Said she had this year a sharp.52 Ford for sale. 15:50.260 --> 15:51.260 Remember what paper? 15:51.260 --> 15:54.260 Oh, no, sir. I think it was one of their morning ones. 15:54.260 --> 15:55.260 When'd you buy the car? 15:55.260 --> 15:56.260 I don't know. 15:56.260 --> 15:58.260 Well, you must have some idea. 15:58.260 --> 16:03.260 I reckon maybe it was in January. Yeah, around there in January. 16:03.260 --> 16:06.260 Let me take a look at your driver's license, will you? 16:06.260 --> 16:07.260 Yes, sir. 16:07.260 --> 16:08.260 Here you are. 16:08.260 --> 16:10.260 Take it out of the wallet, will you? 16:10.260 --> 16:13.260 Oh, yes, sir. Here it is. 16:13.260 --> 16:14.260 Is this your present address? 16:14.260 --> 16:15.260 Sir? 16:15.260 --> 16:17.260 You still live here on Echo Park Boulevard? 16:17.260 --> 16:20.260 No, sir, I moved. I got me placed over on Olympic. 16:20.260 --> 16:21.260 How long you lived there? 16:21.260 --> 16:23.260 You mean on Olympic, sir? 16:23.260 --> 16:24.260 That's right. 16:24.260 --> 16:26.260 I don't know. I reckon maybe a couple months. 16:26.260 --> 16:28.260 Don't you know for sure? 16:28.260 --> 16:31.260 Well, see, I got this year a bad memory. 16:31.260 --> 16:33.260 I think it's been a couple months. 16:33.260 --> 16:34.260 You live with your family? 16:34.260 --> 16:36.260 No, sir. They down south. 16:36.260 --> 16:37.260 Where's that? 16:37.260 --> 16:38.260 New Orleans. 16:38.260 --> 16:39.260 Do they know you're out here? 16:39.260 --> 16:40.260 Yes, sir. 16:40.260 --> 16:42.260 When did you come to California? 16:42.260 --> 16:43.260 August. 16:43.260 --> 16:44.260 Last year? 16:44.260 --> 16:45.260 Uh-huh, yeah, last year. 16:45.260 --> 16:46.260 You got a job? 16:46.260 --> 16:48.260 Aircraft factory out in the valley. 16:48.260 --> 16:50.260 That's a kind of long drive to work for you, isn't it? 16:50.260 --> 16:53.260 Yes, sir, but I got a good deal on the place I live at, see. 16:53.260 --> 16:55.260 How come you haven't reported a change of address 16:55.260 --> 16:57.260 to the Department of Motor Vehicles? 16:57.260 --> 16:59.260 I reckon I just forgot. 16:59.260 --> 17:01.260 I got this year a bad memory, you know. 17:01.260 --> 17:03.260 When you bought the car, did you finance it? 17:03.260 --> 17:04.260 Sir? 17:04.260 --> 17:06.260 You buy it on time, you pay cash for it. 17:06.260 --> 17:08.260 The cash? 17:08.260 --> 17:10.260 You got the pink slip down, haven't you? 17:10.260 --> 17:12.260 The lady sold it to me, signed it. 17:12.260 --> 17:13.260 Where is it? 17:13.260 --> 17:14.260 I don't know, sir. 17:14.260 --> 17:15.260 Didn't she give it to you? 17:15.260 --> 17:18.260 No, sir, she just told me she wants to go 17:18.260 --> 17:20.260 and send it to Sacramento someplace. 17:20.260 --> 17:22.260 Did you get any kind of a receipt for your money? 17:22.260 --> 17:23.260 Yes, sir. 17:23.260 --> 17:24.260 Well, where is it? 17:24.260 --> 17:25.260 In my wallet. 17:25.260 --> 17:26.260 Let's see it. 17:26.260 --> 17:27.260 Yes, sir. 17:27.260 --> 17:30.260 I got it right here someplace. 17:30.260 --> 17:31.260 Pretty funny about this. 17:31.260 --> 17:32.260 What's that? 17:32.260 --> 17:33.260 I wouldn't steal no car. 17:33.260 --> 17:35.260 It's pretty funny you think I did. 17:35.260 --> 17:37.260 All right, now how about that receipt? 17:37.260 --> 17:38.260 Have you found it yet? 17:38.260 --> 17:39.260 Yes, sir. 17:39.260 --> 17:43.260 Now, here it is. 17:43.260 --> 17:44.260 Who wrote this? 17:44.260 --> 17:45.260 The lady sold me the car. 17:45.260 --> 17:46.260 What's her name here? 17:46.260 --> 17:47.260 Oh, yeah, I guess so. 17:47.260 --> 17:48.260 She wrote it. 17:48.260 --> 17:50.260 When did you say you bought the car? 17:50.260 --> 17:52.260 Well, January, I guess. 17:52.260 --> 17:53.260 This year, huh? 17:52.260 --> 17:53.260 Yes, sir. 17:53.260 --> 17:55.260 Are you sure you couldn't be wrong about the date? 17:55.260 --> 17:56.260 Oh, now I don't know. 17:56.260 --> 17:57.260 Maybe. 17:57.260 --> 17:59.260 Where did you meet the woman who wrote this receipt? 17:59.260 --> 18:00.260 At her place? 17:59.260 --> 18:00.260 Where is that? 18:00.260 --> 18:01.260 Out in Westwood. 18:01.260 --> 18:04.260 I think that's what you call it, the apartment out there. 18:04.260 --> 18:05.260 You remember the address? 18:05.260 --> 18:06.260 No, sir. 18:06.260 --> 18:07.260 You haven't got any idea at all where it is, huh? 18:07.260 --> 18:08.260 Well, it was up on Wiltshire. 18:08.260 --> 18:09.260 I know that. 18:09.260 --> 18:11.260 The apartment on the second floor. 18:11.260 --> 18:12.260 Mm-hmm. 18:12.260 --> 18:15.260 I think it was number B or something like that. 18:15.260 --> 18:16.260 Right. 18:16.260 --> 18:17.260 Yeah, I'll check. 18:17.260 --> 18:21.260 Now, what'd you make all that big deal about when I bought the car? 18:21.260 --> 18:23.260 It was on the bill of sale a year ago. 18:23.260 --> 18:25.260 Well, somebody must have made a mistake. 18:25.260 --> 18:28.260 Now, we knew that when you walked in, we were trying to find out who. 18:28.260 --> 18:30.260 What do you got, anything? 18:30.260 --> 18:32.260 Yeah, it checks out names in the book. 18:32.260 --> 18:33.260 West Department B. 18:33.260 --> 18:34.260 Yeah, now, that could be it. 18:34.260 --> 18:36.260 I know that it was on the second floor. 18:36.260 --> 18:38.260 It looks right out on Wiltshire Boulevard. 18:38.260 --> 18:39.260 All right, Mel. 18:39.260 --> 18:40.260 You go over there and sit down. 18:40.260 --> 18:41.260 We'll be right with you. 18:41.260 --> 18:42.260 Is this going to be okay? 18:42.260 --> 18:43.260 We'll see. 18:43.260 --> 18:45.260 Now, look, I didn't steal that car, mister. 18:45.260 --> 18:48.260 I should have told him about how I moved, but I did not steal the car. 18:48.260 --> 18:50.260 All right, you go ahead and sit down, will you? 18:50.260 --> 18:54.260 Yes, sir. 18:54.260 --> 18:55.260 What do you think? 18:55.260 --> 18:56.260 I don't know, seems to check out. 18:56.260 --> 18:59.260 Date on the bill of sale could be a mistake. 18:59.260 --> 19:01.260 The woman might have just written the wrong year. 19:01.260 --> 19:04.260 Yeah, it's pretty close to the first if it happened. 19:04.260 --> 19:06.260 I'd like to give the kid his first felony booking, don't you? 19:06.260 --> 19:09.260 Yeah, what do you want to do? 19:09.260 --> 19:11.260 Let's hold him over till we can check with the woman, huh? 19:11.260 --> 19:12.260 Yeah. 19:12.260 --> 19:13.260 Officers? 19:13.260 --> 19:14.260 Hmm? 19:14.260 --> 19:15.260 It's going to be all right? 19:15.260 --> 19:16.260 We'll see. 19:16.260 --> 19:17.260 You ain't going to send me to jail. 19:17.260 --> 19:18.260 No, not yet. 19:18.260 --> 19:19.260 You can wait down the hall, will you? 19:19.260 --> 19:21.260 Now, long as you know I did not steal the car. 19:21.260 --> 19:23.260 We'll check with the woman first thing in the morning. 19:23.260 --> 19:24.260 I want to tell you one thing, though. 19:24.260 --> 19:25.260 Yes, sir? 19:25.260 --> 19:27.260 We're going to give you a break by not booking you right now. 19:27.260 --> 19:29.260 Don't make us sorry about it. 19:29.260 --> 19:30.260 Oh, no, sir. 19:30.260 --> 19:31.260 Thank you. 19:31.260 --> 19:32.260 All right, go on. 19:32.260 --> 19:33.260 Get out of here. 19:33.260 --> 19:34.260 Where's Jimmy? 19:34.260 --> 19:35.260 He's down the hall. 19:35.260 --> 19:36.260 The officer there will take you. 19:36.260 --> 19:37.260 Yes, sir. 19:37.260 --> 19:38.260 Officers? 19:38.260 --> 19:39.260 Thank you again, you hear? 19:39.260 --> 19:41.260 Yeah, you take care of that bad memory, will you? 19:41.260 --> 19:43.260 I got it. 19:43.260 --> 19:45.260 Headquarters, Smith. 19:45.260 --> 19:47.260 Oh, yeah? 19:47.260 --> 19:48.260 Yeah? 19:48.260 --> 19:49.260 What's the address? 19:49.260 --> 19:51.260 No. 19:51.260 --> 19:52.260 No, he's not here. 19:52.260 --> 19:54.260 Just a second, I'll check. 19:54.260 --> 19:57.260 The policeman out in Hollywood wants permission to kill a skunk. 19:57.260 --> 19:58.260 What? 19:58.260 --> 20:00.260 Wants to kill a skunk caught in a trap. 20:00.260 --> 20:02.260 I guess it's all right if it's the only way they can get rid of it. 20:02.260 --> 20:04.260 I don't know the way he puts it, it is. 20:04.260 --> 20:06.260 All right. 20:06.260 --> 20:07.260 Go ahead. 20:07.260 --> 20:08.260 Yeah. 20:08.260 --> 20:09.260 What was that? 20:09.260 --> 20:12.260 I don't know, you better check with the watch commander. 20:12.260 --> 20:13.260 Yes. 20:13.260 --> 20:14.260 Okay, good night. 20:14.260 --> 20:16.260 We got an injured animal report. 20:16.260 --> 20:18.260 Turns out the people out there had trouble with skunks, 20:18.260 --> 20:21.260 got a permit for the traps and caught one tonight. 20:21.260 --> 20:23.260 Once they had it, they didn't know how to get rid of it. 20:23.260 --> 20:25.260 I better make a report on it. 20:25.260 --> 20:26.260 Must have been pretty funny. 20:26.260 --> 20:27.260 Who? 20:27.260 --> 20:30.260 Officer said we could use the skunk in the department. 20:30.260 --> 20:31.260 What was that? 20:31.260 --> 20:34.260 Officer said we could use the skunk in the department. 20:34.260 --> 20:38.260 Says he'd qualify on the target range any day. 20:38.260 --> 20:40.260 I don't get it. 20:40.260 --> 20:43.260 Headquarters Friday. 20:43.260 --> 20:45.260 No, no, we got the word. 20:45.260 --> 20:47.260 Where you been? 20:47.260 --> 20:50.260 Check out with the lab? 20:50.260 --> 20:53.260 No, no, we'll wait. 20:53.260 --> 20:54.260 1K5. 20:54.260 --> 20:55.260 Yeah. 20:55.260 --> 20:57.260 They just picked up a third person in the shooting. 20:57.260 --> 21:03.260 Three minutes later, the officers in unit 1K5 21:03.260 --> 21:05.260 brought in a tired-looking man in his late 20s. 21:05.260 --> 21:07.260 His name was Harry Carnell. 21:07.260 --> 21:10.260 He'd been drinking, but he seemed to be in complete control of his faculties. 21:10.260 --> 21:13.260 We ran his name through R&I, but we found no record on him. 21:13.260 --> 21:17.260 The officers also brought in the murder weapon, a.32 caliber automatic. 21:17.260 --> 21:19.260 A check of gun records gave us the name of the store 21:19.260 --> 21:21.260 where it had been bought and the name of the owner. 21:21.260 --> 21:24.260 According to the registration, it belonged to Fred Purcell. 21:24.260 --> 21:28.260 The crime lab reported there were no fingerprints on the weapon. 21:28.260 --> 21:32.260 We tried once more to talk to Purcell, but again, we were unable to. 21:32.260 --> 21:36.260 We asked Harry Carnell, the latest suspect, to tell us the story of the shooting. 21:36.260 --> 21:39.260 I went up to the place to collect some money Mancreaf owed me. 21:39.260 --> 21:41.260 What happened when you got to the apartment? 21:41.260 --> 21:43.260 Knocked on the door and Purcell let me in. 21:43.260 --> 21:44.260 Who was in the room? 21:44.260 --> 21:45.260 Just him and Mancreaf. 21:45.260 --> 21:46.260 That's all? 21:46.260 --> 21:47.260 Yeah. 21:47.260 --> 21:48.260 All right, go ahead. 21:48.260 --> 21:51.260 I came in and said I had to have the loot, and Mancreaf told me he was stoning. 21:51.260 --> 21:53.260 He said to check him tomorrow. 21:53.260 --> 21:56.260 Purcell got on his back, said he was always welching, and the beef started. 21:56.260 --> 21:57.260 You mean between them? 21:57.260 --> 21:59.260 Yeah, they were both pretty gassed when I got there. 21:59.260 --> 22:01.260 You have any drink with them? 22:01.260 --> 22:02.260 No, no, I had a date, sir. 22:02.260 --> 22:03.260 That's what I needed the money for. 22:03.260 --> 22:04.260 I got a girl with a pretty big appetite. 22:04.260 --> 22:07.260 I was broke, and I figured I'd tap Mancreaf for what he owed me. 22:07.260 --> 22:08.260 For what? 22:08.260 --> 22:10.260 Anyway, these two got in a big beef. 22:10.260 --> 22:11.260 Purcell told Mancreaf to get out. 22:11.260 --> 22:15.260 He wouldn't go, so Purcell ran over to a desk there in the room and hauled out this big gun, 22:15.260 --> 22:16.260 started to blaze away. 22:16.260 --> 22:17.260 How many shots did he fire? 22:17.260 --> 22:18.260 Well, one's all I remember. 22:18.260 --> 22:21.260 Might have been more, but I didn't spend a lot of time counting. 22:21.260 --> 22:22.260 Just one, huh? 22:22.260 --> 22:23.260 Yeah. 22:23.260 --> 22:24.260 Well, a guy sets a clay pigeon on your head. 22:24.260 --> 22:25.260 You ain't gonna stand there. 22:25.260 --> 22:26.260 What happened then? 22:26.260 --> 22:27.260 Purcell pointed the gun at me. 22:27.260 --> 22:28.260 He said I should get out, too. 22:28.260 --> 22:31.260 I didn't feel like telling him he was wrong. 22:31.260 --> 22:33.260 During the time you were there, did you see anybody else at all? 22:33.260 --> 22:34.260 No. 22:34.260 --> 22:36.260 Fred's wife was around someplace, I guess. 22:36.260 --> 22:37.260 Why do you say that? 22:37.260 --> 22:38.260 Well, they started yelling at each other. 22:38.260 --> 22:40.260 I heard Mancreaf say they bothered Harriet. 22:40.260 --> 22:41.260 That's Fred's wife, Harriet. 22:41.260 --> 22:42.260 Uh-huh. 22:42.260 --> 22:44.260 I took off like a big bird. 22:44.260 --> 22:45.260 Where'd you go? 22:45.260 --> 22:46.260 My place. 22:46.260 --> 22:48.260 I had a couple of belts, and then walked by the apartment to see what was going on. 22:48.260 --> 22:52.260 An old broad there started yelling about how I was the guy who ran out of the place after the shooting. 22:52.260 --> 22:54.260 Next thing I know, I got the collar on, and here I am. 22:54.260 --> 22:55.260 Uh-huh. 22:55.260 --> 22:57.260 What was Purcell doing when you last saw him? 22:57.260 --> 23:01.260 I was standing over Mancreaf holding the gun, looking like a cover on a pulp magazine. 23:01.260 --> 23:03.260 You willing to sign a statement on what you just told us? 23:03.260 --> 23:04.260 Well, sure. 23:04.260 --> 23:05.260 I got no part in this action. 23:05.260 --> 23:07.260 Just went to collect a bet at the wrong time, that's all. 23:07.260 --> 23:08.260 Uh-huh. 23:08.260 --> 23:09.260 Pretty lousy night. 23:09.260 --> 23:11.260 Missed my date, didn't collect the money, and up in the can. 23:11.260 --> 23:12.260 It's pretty lousy. 23:12.260 --> 23:13.260 But I'm not the only one, though. 23:13.260 --> 23:16.260 Old Purcell always thought he was such a great card player. 23:16.260 --> 23:17.260 He's a real fish. 23:17.260 --> 23:18.260 You lost six bucks tonight. 23:18.260 --> 23:19.260 Well, you're part right. 23:19.260 --> 23:20.260 Huh? 23:20.260 --> 23:22.260 You lost more than that, didn't you? 23:22.260 --> 23:28.260 Harry Carnell was taken to the report room where he made a full statement. 23:28.260 --> 23:33.260 At 7.03 a.m., Lieutenant Ray Geesey from Homicide Division came in and took over the investigation. 23:33.260 --> 23:38.260 Fred Purcell was questioned, and he made a voluntary statement that he'd shot and killed Norman Mancreaf. 23:38.260 --> 23:40.260 He couldn't remember why he'd done it. 23:40.260 --> 23:45.260 He was removed to the main jail and booked in on a charge of violation of Section 192 P.C. manslaughter. 23:45.260 --> 23:48.260 His wife and Carnell were released from custody. 23:48.260 --> 23:52.260 They made out reports to all divisions for the follow-ups on crimes committed during the night. 23:52.260 --> 23:56.260 At 8.02 a.m., the men on the day watch came in and relieved us. 23:56.260 --> 23:57.260 It's gonna be a nice day. 23:57.260 --> 23:58.260 Yeah. 23:58.260 --> 23:59.260 A few clouds up there. 23:59.260 --> 24:00.260 Might keep the heat down. 24:00.260 --> 24:02.260 Yeah, let's go. 24:02.260 --> 24:04.260 You want to stop for breakfast? 24:04.260 --> 24:06.260 Well, I guess we might as well, yeah. 24:06.260 --> 24:08.260 What do you think, Joe? 24:08.260 --> 24:09.260 Hmm? 24:09.260 --> 24:11.260 You'd like to draw the business office for permanent duty? 24:11.260 --> 24:12.260 No, sir, not me. 24:12.260 --> 24:14.260 I guess okay once in a while. 24:14.260 --> 24:16.260 I don't think I'd like it steady, though. 24:16.260 --> 24:17.260 Huh? 24:17.260 --> 24:19.260 Not busy enough. 24:19.260 --> 24:29.260 The story you have just heard is true. 24:29.260 --> 24:31.260 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 24:31.260 --> 24:37.260 On November 18th, trial was held in Department 98, Superior Court of the State of California, 24:37.260 --> 24:39.260 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 24:39.260 --> 24:50.260 In a moment, the results of that trial. 24:50.260 --> 24:55.260 Further investigation proved that the purchase of the automobile by Melville Hulbert was legal 24:55.260 --> 24:57.260 and no further charges were made. 24:57.260 --> 25:00.260 Frederick Neal Purcell was tried and found guilty of manslaughter 25:00.260 --> 25:03.260 and received punishment as prescribed by law. 25:03.260 --> 25:06.260 Manslaughter is punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary 25:06.260 --> 25:18.260 for a period not to exceed ten years. 25:18.260 --> 25:23.260 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 25:23.260 --> 25:37.260 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department.