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02:45.000 --> 02:46.000 Yes, sir. 02:46.000 --> 02:47.000 That's right. 02:47.000 --> 02:48.000 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 02:48.000 --> 02:49.000 My name's Friday. 02:49.000 --> 02:50.000 I'm glad to meet you. 02:50.000 --> 02:51.000 How you do, sir? 02:51.000 --> 02:52.000 My name's Hampt. 02:52.000 --> 02:53.000 Ray Hampt. 02:53.000 --> 02:54.000 This is my store. 02:54.000 --> 02:55.000 Yes, sir. 02:55.000 --> 02:56.000 Sorry I kept you waiting. 02:56.000 --> 02:57.000 I was back in the kitchen making some tea. 02:57.000 --> 02:58.000 I was a little nervous, you know. 02:58.000 --> 02:59.000 Thought it might help. 02:59.000 --> 03:00.000 You gentlemen care for some? 03:00.000 --> 03:01.000 No, sir. 03:01.000 --> 03:02.000 No, thanks, sir. 03:02.000 --> 03:03.000 When did you discover the theft? 03:03.000 --> 03:09.440 Well, I got back to the store about 40 minutes ago, saw what had happened, and I called the 03:09.440 --> 03:10.440 police right away. 03:10.440 --> 03:12.280 Is everything like you found it? 03:12.280 --> 03:13.480 Yes, sir. 03:13.480 --> 03:14.480 These cases open? 03:14.480 --> 03:15.480 That's right. 03:15.480 --> 03:16.480 I haven't touched anything in here. 03:16.480 --> 03:18.160 Didn't want a chance messing anything up. 03:18.160 --> 03:19.160 Yes, sir. 03:19.160 --> 03:20.160 Didn't leave very much, huh? 03:20.160 --> 03:22.080 A couple of watch bands is about all. 03:22.080 --> 03:23.440 Really cleaned out the place. 03:23.440 --> 03:26.120 Now, about the watches, what kind were they? 03:26.120 --> 03:27.120 Mostly wrist models. 03:27.120 --> 03:29.640 A couple of pocket size. 03:29.640 --> 03:32.120 All different brands, but I just got a bunch of long jeans in. 03:32.120 --> 03:33.120 Took every one of them. 03:33.120 --> 03:34.120 Yes, sir. 03:34.120 --> 03:35.120 Cleaned me out. 03:35.120 --> 03:36.120 Can you tell us how they got into the store? 03:36.120 --> 03:37.120 Yes. 03:37.120 --> 03:38.920 I'll show you how they chopped a hole right through the wall. 03:38.920 --> 03:40.520 All right, sir. 03:40.520 --> 03:41.520 Right through the wall. 03:41.520 --> 03:42.520 In the back. 03:42.520 --> 03:43.520 Came right through. 03:43.520 --> 03:44.520 You can see there. 03:44.520 --> 03:46.920 Goes right into the store room of the barbershop next door. 03:46.920 --> 03:50.120 Sure made a mess of the place. 03:50.120 --> 03:51.520 Plaster all over the floor. 03:51.520 --> 03:52.520 Yes, sir. 03:52.520 --> 03:54.000 Pretty much ruined the wall, too. 03:54.000 --> 03:55.000 Yeah. 03:55.000 --> 03:56.320 Wanted to make sure they'd have enough room. 03:56.320 --> 04:00.160 See that the hole must be about three feet across, Joe. 04:00.160 --> 04:02.240 You can see there, right into the store room. 04:02.240 --> 04:03.240 Yes, sir. 04:03.240 --> 04:04.240 Better check over there. 04:04.240 --> 04:05.600 Oh, I forgot to tell you. 04:05.600 --> 04:08.080 The back door to the barbershop is open. 04:08.080 --> 04:11.760 Before you officers arrived, I checked out in the alley and I saw it wide open. 04:11.760 --> 04:13.520 I guess that's how they got in. 04:13.520 --> 04:15.320 Who owns the barbershop, Mr. Hemp? 04:15.320 --> 04:16.320 Ed Justin. 04:16.320 --> 04:17.800 Had the place over 15 years. 04:17.800 --> 04:18.800 You know where he lives? 04:18.800 --> 04:19.800 Yes. 04:19.800 --> 04:20.800 He isn't home, though. 04:20.800 --> 04:21.800 As soon as I saw that hole, I tried to call him. 04:21.800 --> 04:23.440 You can give us his address and phone number, can you? 04:23.440 --> 04:24.440 Yes. 04:24.440 --> 04:25.440 We'll want to talk to him. 04:25.440 --> 04:26.440 I've got one of his cars up front. 04:26.440 --> 04:27.440 All right, sir. 04:27.440 --> 04:28.440 We'll check next door. 04:28.440 --> 04:29.440 Look at that hole. 04:29.440 --> 04:32.120 Must be a good three feet across, wouldn't you say? 04:32.120 --> 04:33.120 Yes, sir. 04:33.120 --> 04:39.040 Here, let me get that door for you. 04:39.040 --> 04:40.040 Look at that. 04:40.040 --> 04:41.040 What's that? 04:41.040 --> 04:42.040 Size of that door. 04:42.040 --> 04:43.040 Heavy, double locked. 04:43.040 --> 04:44.760 Burglar alarm system out in front. 04:44.760 --> 04:45.760 On the skylight up there. 04:45.760 --> 04:46.760 Doesn't stop him. 04:46.760 --> 04:47.760 Yes, sir. 04:47.760 --> 04:48.760 Well, we'll check next door. 04:48.760 --> 04:54.960 He seems like kind of a nice little guy, huh? 04:54.960 --> 04:55.960 Yeah. 04:55.960 --> 04:58.360 I wonder why the thief didn't close the door when he finished. 04:58.360 --> 04:59.960 Probably nothing left to steal. 04:59.960 --> 05:02.680 Take a look at the door here. 05:02.680 --> 05:05.680 Doesn't look like it was forced. 05:05.680 --> 05:08.680 Justin might have left it unlocked. 05:08.680 --> 05:12.440 They sure made a mess in here, too. 05:12.440 --> 05:15.320 Looks like they had a head start. 05:15.320 --> 05:18.400 This place must use a lot of hair oil. 05:18.400 --> 05:20.640 Yeah, for me that's liquid soap there. 05:20.640 --> 05:21.640 Oh, yeah. 05:21.640 --> 05:25.160 Doesn't look like there's any tools around. 05:25.160 --> 05:26.160 No. 05:26.160 --> 05:29.480 How you doing? 05:29.480 --> 05:30.480 Take a look. 05:30.480 --> 05:31.480 Want me to find something? 05:31.480 --> 05:32.480 Come here. 05:32.480 --> 05:33.480 What? 05:33.480 --> 05:35.480 In the dust here, can you see it? 05:35.480 --> 05:36.480 Yeah. 05:36.480 --> 05:37.480 Any impressions? 05:37.480 --> 05:40.000 Looks like a stocking foot, huh? 05:40.000 --> 05:41.000 Yeah. 05:41.000 --> 05:43.120 The guy must have worked with his shoes off. 05:43.120 --> 05:44.640 That's the way I'd call it. 05:44.640 --> 05:47.560 You notice right here, in the middle of the print, the stains? 05:47.560 --> 05:50.280 Yeah, looks like it could be blood. 05:50.280 --> 05:52.280 Possibly might have cut his foot, would you? 05:52.280 --> 05:53.280 Uh-huh. 05:53.280 --> 05:55.920 Now let's call the crime lab, have them send the crew out to go over both places. 05:55.920 --> 05:56.920 Yeah. 05:56.920 --> 05:57.920 Joe? 05:57.920 --> 05:58.920 Yeah? 05:58.920 --> 06:01.920 Take a look at the skylight up there. 06:01.920 --> 06:02.920 It's broken. 06:02.920 --> 06:06.920 You better check the roof, huh? 06:06.920 --> 06:11.280 Sure looks like hair tonic. 06:11.280 --> 06:14.280 It's green. 06:14.280 --> 06:17.720 Yeah. 06:17.720 --> 06:18.720 There's the drain pipe there. 06:18.720 --> 06:20.720 Might have used that to get up. 06:20.720 --> 06:22.680 We'll have the crew check it. 06:22.680 --> 06:23.680 Let's go back in. 06:23.680 --> 06:24.680 Yeah. 06:24.680 --> 06:26.680 Mr. Hem? 06:26.680 --> 06:27.680 Yes? 06:27.680 --> 06:28.680 Find out anything? 06:28.680 --> 06:29.680 Well, we're not sure yet, sir. 06:29.680 --> 06:34.440 I wonder if you could tell us, is there some way to get to the roof of the building here? 06:34.440 --> 06:35.440 Oh, yes, yes. 06:35.440 --> 06:36.440 Come on, I'll show you. 06:36.440 --> 06:37.440 There, there. 06:37.440 --> 06:38.440 You see? 06:38.440 --> 06:39.440 Up in the corner. 06:39.440 --> 06:40.440 Trapped door. 06:40.440 --> 06:41.440 Hinged. 06:41.440 --> 06:42.440 Swings right up. 06:42.440 --> 06:43.440 Been a while since I've used it. 06:43.440 --> 06:44.440 You have something we can use to get up there? 06:44.440 --> 06:45.440 Mm-hmm. 06:45.440 --> 06:46.440 I've got a ladder. 06:46.440 --> 06:47.440 I'll get it. 06:47.440 --> 06:48.440 All right, sir. 06:48.440 --> 06:49.440 Want me to give you a hand with that? 06:49.440 --> 06:50.440 Oh, I can get it. 06:50.440 --> 06:51.440 All right. 06:51.440 --> 06:56.720 Here, you better let me help you with that. 06:56.720 --> 07:00.680 I'll swing my hand over and you can walk it right up under the trap door. 07:00.680 --> 07:02.680 All right, careful now. 07:02.680 --> 07:03.680 All right. 07:03.680 --> 07:04.680 How's that? 07:04.680 --> 07:05.680 That's fine. 07:05.680 --> 07:06.680 That'll get it. 07:06.680 --> 07:09.680 I'm gonna steady the ladder, Frank. 07:09.680 --> 07:10.680 Yeah. 07:10.680 --> 07:14.680 Can you get it? 07:14.680 --> 07:18.160 No, this bolt's stuck. 07:18.160 --> 07:19.160 Just a minute. 07:19.160 --> 07:20.160 It's probably rusty. 07:20.160 --> 07:21.760 I told you I didn't use it very often. 07:21.760 --> 07:22.760 Yes, sir. 07:22.760 --> 07:25.760 Okay, that's got it. 07:25.760 --> 07:26.760 Good. 07:26.760 --> 07:31.320 Okay, now hang on, will you, while I boost myself up? 07:31.320 --> 07:32.320 I got it. 07:32.320 --> 07:33.320 Okay. 07:33.320 --> 07:38.320 All right, you want to come up, Frank? 07:38.320 --> 07:39.320 Yeah. 07:39.320 --> 07:43.320 All right, let me give you a hand. 07:43.320 --> 07:44.320 Yeah. 07:44.320 --> 07:45.320 Wait till I get my foot on the ledge. 07:45.320 --> 07:46.320 All right, come on. 07:46.320 --> 07:47.320 Oh, okay. 07:47.320 --> 07:52.080 You gotta lose some weight. 07:52.080 --> 07:55.080 Let's take a look at that skyline, huh? 07:55.080 --> 07:56.080 Yeah. 07:56.080 --> 08:00.440 I'm glad we didn't hit this tar roof at noon. 08:00.440 --> 08:03.880 It's still plenty warm. 08:03.880 --> 08:06.760 You can see all the hemp's placed through this one. 08:06.760 --> 08:08.360 Good spot to case it from, isn't it? 08:08.360 --> 08:09.360 Yeah. 08:09.360 --> 08:10.360 Let's check that broken skyline. 08:10.360 --> 08:11.360 Yeah. 08:11.360 --> 08:12.360 Take a look. 08:12.360 --> 08:13.360 Yeah, more smears. 08:13.360 --> 08:19.600 There's not much doubt about these. 08:19.600 --> 08:20.600 Looks like blood all right, doesn't it? 08:20.600 --> 08:21.600 Yeah. 08:21.600 --> 08:24.480 Maybe they did case the stories from here. 08:24.480 --> 08:26.360 Could have cut his foot on a piece of glass, couldn't he? 08:26.360 --> 08:27.360 That's figures. 08:27.360 --> 08:28.360 Still not much to go on. 08:28.360 --> 08:29.360 Yeah. 08:29.360 --> 08:31.160 It'd take a pretty big cut to make these smears. 08:31.160 --> 08:33.160 Well, that'd be something in our favor. 08:33.160 --> 08:34.160 How do you mean? 08:34.160 --> 08:40.160 It won't heal overnight. 08:40.160 --> 08:43.280 The crime lab crew arrived and started their investigation. 08:43.280 --> 08:46.560 Fragments were taken of the interiors of both stores and samples of the plaster and lath 08:46.560 --> 08:48.920 materials were held as evidence. 08:48.920 --> 08:53.000 Latent fingerprints went over both the jewelry store and the barber shop. 08:53.000 --> 08:55.320 Frank and I checked with the people in the neighborhood, but none of them could recall 08:55.320 --> 08:59.160 seeing any automobiles or strangers loitering in the vicinity. 08:59.160 --> 09:02.120 At 7.20 p.m., the barber, Ed Justin, returned. 09:02.120 --> 09:03.120 We questioned him. 09:03.120 --> 09:06.120 He said he didn't recall locking the back door to the shop, and he said it was more 09:06.120 --> 09:08.320 than possible that he did leave it open. 09:08.320 --> 09:11.880 We got a complete list of the stolen merchandise from Ray Hemp, along with the case and movement 09:11.880 --> 09:13.560 numbers of the watches. 09:13.560 --> 09:16.440 These were distributed to pawn shops throughout the city. 09:16.440 --> 09:19.840 Frank and I went back to the city hall and had the stats office start a run on the M.O. 09:19.840 --> 09:20.840 used in the burglary. 09:20.840 --> 09:25.320 9.47 p.m., Lieutenant Lee Jones from the crime lab called to say that they'd finished their 09:25.320 --> 09:27.680 examination of the physical evidence. 09:27.680 --> 09:30.960 He told us that the stains we'd found were blood and that he'd have the grouping test 09:30.960 --> 09:32.520 finished for us in the morning. 09:32.520 --> 09:35.700 He went on to say that the suspect should have particles of plaster dust and other debris 09:35.700 --> 09:36.700 in his clothing. 09:36.700 --> 09:40.360 Also, if we were able to find the socks that the thief had worn, the pattern of the material 09:40.360 --> 09:41.920 would identify them. 09:41.920 --> 09:46.280 At 10.15 p.m., Frank and I finished the log and we checked out of the office. 09:46.280 --> 09:50.320 The next morning, we started to run down the list that the stats office had furnished us. 09:50.320 --> 09:53.420 It took two full days to question all of the men named. 09:53.420 --> 09:56.700 At the end of that time, we had what we'd started with, nothing. 09:56.700 --> 09:57.700 We talked to informants. 09:57.700 --> 09:59.400 None of them could tell us anything. 09:59.400 --> 10:02.240 Wednesday, 11.40 a.m., Frank and I checked into the office. 10:02.240 --> 10:06.840 Let's have her check the book, huh? 10:06.840 --> 10:07.840 Yeah. 10:07.840 --> 10:10.840 What do you got? 10:10.840 --> 10:13.880 A call from Luccarelli over at Narcotics. 10:13.880 --> 10:14.880 Yeah. 10:14.880 --> 10:16.680 Says they picked up a guy this morning. 10:16.680 --> 10:18.640 Luke talked to him and figured maybe we'd want to see him. 10:18.640 --> 10:19.640 You say why? 10:19.640 --> 10:20.640 Well, he didn't spell it out. 10:20.640 --> 10:22.440 He saw our teletype on the jewelry store thing. 10:22.440 --> 10:23.440 Yeah. 10:23.440 --> 10:28.360 It's about some watches. 10:28.360 --> 10:31.400 We put in a call to Sergeant Roxy Luccarelli at Narcotics Division. 10:31.400 --> 10:33.600 Five minutes later, the suspect was brought to our office. 10:33.600 --> 10:36.760 He was identified as Frederick Gabriel Garth. 10:36.760 --> 10:39.960 He had a record listing several arrests for burglary and narcotics. 10:39.960 --> 10:42.560 He'd served one term at the county jail on the narcotics charge. 10:42.560 --> 10:45.640 He was brought into the interrogation room where Frank and I questioned him. 10:45.640 --> 10:47.000 What are you giving me trouble for? 10:47.000 --> 10:48.000 I'm clean. 10:48.000 --> 10:49.000 They found nothing on me. 10:49.000 --> 10:50.000 Is that so? 10:50.000 --> 10:51.000 Sure. 10:51.000 --> 10:52.000 The marks are old. 10:52.000 --> 10:53.000 Been a long time since I had a fix. 10:53.000 --> 10:54.000 Uh-uh. 10:54.000 --> 10:55.000 Well, what do you want from me? 10:55.000 --> 10:56.000 Information. 10:56.000 --> 10:57.000 On what? 10:57.000 --> 10:58.000 You've been around a while, haven't you, Garth? 10:58.000 --> 10:59.000 Sure. 10:59.000 --> 11:00.000 I'm a native son. 11:00.000 --> 11:01.000 Then you must have a lot of friends. 11:01.000 --> 11:02.000 A couple? 11:02.000 --> 11:03.000 Any of them selling wristwatches? 11:03.000 --> 11:04.000 What do you mean? 11:04.000 --> 11:05.000 Well, you don't need a drawing for this now. 11:05.000 --> 11:06.600 Any of your friends selling watches cheap? 11:06.600 --> 11:07.600 No. 11:07.600 --> 11:09.320 You sure about that? 11:09.320 --> 11:10.320 What are you trying to build? 11:10.320 --> 11:12.600 Well, the way it came to us, you can steer us to a cheap watch. 11:12.600 --> 11:13.600 Well, you got it all wrong. 11:13.600 --> 11:14.680 I don't even own a watch. 11:14.680 --> 11:16.520 If I could buy one cheap, I'd have one. 11:16.520 --> 11:17.520 Is that right? 11:17.520 --> 11:18.520 Well, sure. 11:18.520 --> 11:19.520 I always wanted a good one. 11:19.520 --> 11:20.520 Mm-hmm. 11:20.520 --> 11:21.520 You know anybody who can lead us to a good buy? 11:21.520 --> 11:22.520 Well, what's in it for me? 11:22.520 --> 11:23.520 What do you got now? 11:23.520 --> 11:24.520 Nothing. 11:24.520 --> 11:25.520 Well, you're gonna leave the same way. 11:25.520 --> 11:26.520 Well, no reason for me to give you a hand then, is there? 11:26.520 --> 11:27.520 Then put it down that we're gonna have you in here again. 11:27.520 --> 11:29.520 The way you act now will go on the books. 11:29.520 --> 11:32.040 How about it, Garth? 11:32.040 --> 11:33.040 Who's gonna know? 11:33.040 --> 11:36.880 You, Smith, and me. 11:36.880 --> 11:37.880 For real? 11:37.880 --> 11:38.880 Won't do us any good to spread it around town, will it? 11:38.880 --> 11:39.880 Okay. 11:39.880 --> 11:41.880 I met a guy last night, showed him your watch he bought for $5. 11:41.880 --> 11:42.880 What did it look like? 11:42.880 --> 11:43.880 Gold. 11:43.880 --> 11:44.880 Pretty good watch. 11:44.880 --> 11:45.880 This fellow a friend of yours? 11:45.880 --> 11:46.880 I know him, that's all. 11:46.880 --> 11:47.880 He got a name? 11:47.880 --> 11:48.880 Yeah, Victor Gordon. 11:48.880 --> 11:49.880 Where'd you see him? 11:49.880 --> 11:50.880 Hot Dog Stand. 11:50.880 --> 11:51.880 Where's that? 11:51.880 --> 11:52.880 Out on Western. 11:52.880 --> 11:53.880 Western's a long street. 11:53.880 --> 11:54.880 Corner of St. Andrews. 11:54.880 --> 11:55.880 What does Gordon do for a living? 11:55.880 --> 11:56.880 I don't know. 11:56.880 --> 11:57.880 I just see him around the Hot Dog Stand once in a while. 11:57.880 --> 11:58.880 You live around there? 11:58.880 --> 12:00.880 Yeah, I got a room near 39th and Western. 12:00.880 --> 12:01.880 I don't know the number. 12:01.880 --> 12:02.880 It's a big green place. 12:02.880 --> 12:04.600 It's got all kinds of plastic shingles on the roof. 12:04.600 --> 12:05.600 Red ones. 12:05.600 --> 12:06.600 You show it to us? 12:06.600 --> 12:07.600 Yeah, a friend of mine has a car. 12:07.600 --> 12:08.600 We drove him home a couple of times. 12:08.600 --> 12:10.200 Did you get a good look at the watch last night? 12:10.200 --> 12:11.200 Yeah. 12:11.200 --> 12:12.200 What kind was it? 12:12.200 --> 12:13.200 Longi. 12:13.200 --> 12:14.200 You're pretty sure about that, are you? 12:14.200 --> 12:15.200 Sure. 12:15.200 --> 12:16.200 I looked at it pretty good. 12:16.200 --> 12:17.200 He took it off his wrist, asked me if I thought it was worth five bucks. 12:17.200 --> 12:18.200 I told him it was. 12:18.200 --> 12:19.200 At least I'd pay that for it. 12:19.200 --> 12:20.200 It was a real beauty. 12:20.200 --> 12:22.360 Can you give us the description of this Gordon fellow? 12:22.360 --> 12:23.360 Yeah. 12:23.360 --> 12:24.360 We want you to show us where he lives. 12:24.360 --> 12:25.640 Well, I've ridden this far. 12:25.640 --> 12:26.640 No reason to get off now. 12:26.640 --> 12:27.640 You got any more on him? 12:27.640 --> 12:29.200 You're gonna find out anyway. 12:29.200 --> 12:35.000 Yeah, this Gordon, he's an ex-convict. 12:35.000 --> 12:37.680 We checked the name and description of Victor Gordon through R&I. 12:37.680 --> 12:40.880 We found that he'd served one term for armed robbery in an Eastern penitentiary and was 12:40.880 --> 12:42.640 not on parole at the time. 12:42.640 --> 12:46.960 A check of the ex-convict registration gave us his present address. 12:46.960 --> 12:51.480 We also found that he was employed at the Belden Aircraft Corporation in San Fernando. 12:51.480 --> 12:55.320 We took Fred Garth out to the address on Western Avenue to verify it for us. 12:55.320 --> 12:59.240 We pointed out the house and asked that we drop him off near a street car line. 12:59.240 --> 13:02.200 After that, Frank and I returned to the rooming house and we went up to the third floor. 13:02.200 --> 13:04.760 We knocked on the door to Gordon's room and he asked us in. 13:04.760 --> 13:06.040 I know what you're climbing on me for. 13:06.040 --> 13:07.040 A while of questions. 13:07.040 --> 13:08.440 You ask him to get answers, don't you? 13:08.440 --> 13:09.440 We'd like a few. 13:09.440 --> 13:12.440 Look, you tell me what all this is about and maybe it'll shake up my memory. 13:12.440 --> 13:15.000 All right, the way we heard it, you were wearing a new watch last night. 13:15.000 --> 13:16.000 Well, you got it wrong. 13:16.000 --> 13:17.000 Is that so? 13:17.000 --> 13:18.000 Yeah, I haven't got a watch. 13:18.000 --> 13:19.000 We got it different. 13:19.000 --> 13:20.000 Look here, you see one? 13:20.000 --> 13:21.000 If I had a watch, I'd be wearing it, wouldn't I? 13:21.000 --> 13:22.000 You had one last night, mister. 13:22.000 --> 13:23.000 Oh, you're crazy. 13:23.000 --> 13:26.000 You got a watch. 13:26.000 --> 13:27.000 We heard different. 13:27.000 --> 13:28.000 Somebody lied to you. 13:28.000 --> 13:29.000 I showed you I'm not wearing one. 13:29.000 --> 13:30.000 You don't mind if we look around the place. 13:30.000 --> 13:31.000 Go ahead, you won't find anything. 13:31.000 --> 13:32.000 All right. 13:32.000 --> 13:33.000 I'll check the closets, you okay? 13:33.000 --> 13:34.000 You're wasting your time. 13:34.000 --> 13:35.000 You're not going to find anything. 13:35.000 --> 13:36.880 Well, then you haven't got anything to worry about, have you? 13:36.880 --> 13:38.360 Go ahead and mess up my room. 13:38.360 --> 13:39.360 Tear it apart. 13:39.360 --> 13:40.360 You're not going to find anything. 13:40.360 --> 13:41.480 Why don't you just simmer down there? 13:41.480 --> 13:43.880 I just don't want to have to put all that stuff back. 13:43.880 --> 13:44.880 Joe. 13:44.880 --> 13:45.880 Yeah. 13:45.880 --> 13:46.880 What do you got? 13:46.880 --> 13:47.880 Take a look. 13:47.880 --> 13:49.680 Found one of the shoes there. 13:49.680 --> 13:50.680 38 cold. 13:50.680 --> 13:51.680 Yeah. 13:51.680 --> 13:53.200 How about it? 13:53.200 --> 13:54.280 You satisfied now? 13:54.280 --> 13:55.280 This gun yours, Gordon? 13:55.280 --> 13:56.280 Never saw it before. 13:56.280 --> 13:57.280 Found it in your closet. 13:57.280 --> 13:58.280 It isn't mine. 13:58.280 --> 13:59.280 Won't hold. 13:59.280 --> 14:00.280 You want to tell us about it? 14:00.280 --> 14:01.720 All right, so you found a gun. 14:01.720 --> 14:02.720 Is something wrong? 14:02.720 --> 14:04.040 You got a short memory, haven't you? 14:04.040 --> 14:05.040 Maybe I got it wrong. 14:05.040 --> 14:06.280 I thought you guys were looking for a watch. 14:06.280 --> 14:08.320 There's a law that says an ex-con can't have a gun. 14:08.320 --> 14:09.320 You want to know that? 14:09.320 --> 14:12.320 How about it, Gordon? 14:12.320 --> 14:14.400 All right, get your coat. 14:14.400 --> 14:15.680 That take me downtown? 14:15.680 --> 14:16.680 You called it. 14:16.680 --> 14:17.680 What charge? 14:17.680 --> 14:18.680 We'll let you know when we write it up. 14:18.680 --> 14:19.680 It's a bad beef. 14:19.680 --> 14:20.680 Oh, yeah, sure. 14:20.680 --> 14:22.600 I don't know what you're after, but I had no piece of it. 14:22.600 --> 14:23.600 You want to get the watch? 14:23.600 --> 14:27.280 It's in the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. 14:27.280 --> 14:28.280 All right, you sit still. 14:28.280 --> 14:29.280 I'll get it. 14:29.280 --> 14:30.280 I bought it. 14:30.280 --> 14:31.920 I paid five bucks. 14:31.920 --> 14:32.920 We'll get to that. 14:32.920 --> 14:33.920 How about it, Joe? 14:33.920 --> 14:34.920 Yeah. 14:34.920 --> 14:35.920 You got a pen, eh? 14:35.920 --> 14:36.920 Yeah, give it here all over. 14:36.920 --> 14:37.920 All right, you want to give me the number? 14:37.920 --> 14:38.920 I'll check it against the list. 14:38.920 --> 14:39.920 Yeah. 14:39.920 --> 14:40.920 All right. 14:40.920 --> 14:41.920 Come here. 14:41.920 --> 14:50.920 It's kind of hard to see. 14:50.920 --> 14:59.560 One, six, seven, five, eight. 14:59.560 --> 15:00.560 The next one's a nine. 15:00.560 --> 15:01.560 Let me see it. 15:01.560 --> 15:02.560 Yeah, that's a nine. 15:02.560 --> 15:03.560 Is it on the list? 15:03.560 --> 15:04.560 Wait a minute. 15:04.560 --> 15:05.560 Look, I didn't steal it. 15:05.560 --> 15:08.560 I was wrong about the gun, but I didn't steal the watch. 15:08.560 --> 15:09.560 Look, just sit still. 15:09.560 --> 15:10.560 How about it? 15:10.560 --> 15:11.560 No, it's not. 15:11.560 --> 15:12.560 It's not here. 15:12.560 --> 15:13.560 Wait a minute. 15:13.560 --> 15:14.560 Try the other side. 15:14.560 --> 15:15.560 Gordon, you're in trouble. 15:15.560 --> 15:16.560 Yeah, I know. 15:16.560 --> 15:17.560 The gun. 15:17.560 --> 15:18.560 No, that's only half of it, this watch. 15:18.560 --> 15:19.560 Yeah. 15:19.560 --> 15:20.560 It's listed as stolen. 15:20.560 --> 15:36.680 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 15:36.680 --> 15:41.680 There are more than 60 million cigarette smokers in America who smoke many brands. 15:41.680 --> 15:45.520 In choosing your cigarette, be sure to remember this. 15:45.520 --> 15:51.080 You will like Chesterfield best because only Chesterfield has the right combination of 15:51.080 --> 15:54.040 the world's best tobaccos. 15:54.040 --> 15:59.560 Tobaccos that are highest in quality, low in nicotine, best for you. 15:59.560 --> 16:07.240 You and I smoke for relaxation, for comfort, for satisfaction, and in the whole wide world, 16:07.240 --> 16:11.040 no cigarette satisfies like a Chesterfield. 16:11.040 --> 16:15.920 You smoke with the greatest possible pleasure when your cigarette is Chesterfield, the right 16:15.920 --> 16:18.920 combination of the world's best tobaccos. 16:18.920 --> 16:26.920 Yes, these six words, highest in quality, low in nicotine, mean Chesterfield is best 16:26.920 --> 16:28.320 for you. 16:28.320 --> 16:29.920 Buy them king size. 16:29.920 --> 16:32.240 Get a carton of Chesterfield today. 16:32.240 --> 16:33.800 Chesterfield regular. 16:33.800 --> 16:36.160 Chesterfield king size. 16:36.160 --> 16:45.920 Both at the same price in most places. 16:45.920 --> 16:48.000 The suspect was taken downtown and questioned. 16:48.000 --> 16:50.000 He continued to deny any part in the thefts. 16:50.000 --> 16:52.840 We put in a call to the place where he worked and we verified that he'd been there on the 16:52.840 --> 16:54.440 night of the burglary. 16:54.440 --> 16:57.680 After a half hour of questioning, Victor Gordon told us about the man he'd bought the watch 16:57.680 --> 16:58.680 from. 16:58.680 --> 17:01.840 He said he didn't know his full name, that he knew him only as Kermit. 17:01.840 --> 17:04.960 He went on to say that his girlfriend had been with him when he bought the watch and 17:04.960 --> 17:06.840 could verify the story. 17:06.840 --> 17:09.680 We contacted the girl, Celia Kirk, and we talked to her. 17:09.680 --> 17:12.080 She told us the same story we'd gotten from Gordon. 17:12.080 --> 17:16.760 She volunteered the information that Kermit lived in the 3800 block on Gramercy Place. 17:16.760 --> 17:21.300 She also told us that his girlfriend lived in the 2900 block on Ninth Avenue. 17:21.300 --> 17:23.760 We got a complete description of the man and we checked it through R&I. 17:23.760 --> 17:27.360 We came up with a package for a Kermit J. Wayne. 17:27.360 --> 17:32.000 When the mugshot was shown to Gordon and Celia Kirk, we got a positive identification. 17:32.000 --> 17:34.760 Wayne's arrest record went back to the time he was 15. 17:34.760 --> 17:39.640 He was listed as an expert safe burger and had used a tunneling M.O. on several occasions. 17:39.640 --> 17:42.560 Gordon was booked in at the main jail on a charge of violation of the Dangerous Weapons 17:42.560 --> 17:45.720 Control Law of 1923, Section 2. 17:45.720 --> 17:47.440 5.40 p.m. 17:47.440 --> 17:50.880 Frank and I left the office and drove out to the address on Gramercy Place. 17:50.880 --> 17:52.280 Wayne lived on the second floor rear. 17:52.280 --> 17:53.280 He wasn't there. 17:53.280 --> 17:57.280 In the company of the landlord, we went through his room. 17:57.280 --> 17:58.280 Pretty dirty. 17:58.280 --> 18:01.960 You want to check the dresser, I'll get the trunk. 18:01.960 --> 18:02.960 Yeah. 18:02.960 --> 18:05.960 Hey, Joe, look. 18:05.960 --> 18:08.640 I guess everybody's got this calendar, huh? 18:08.640 --> 18:09.640 Yeah, it's real popular. 18:09.640 --> 18:10.640 Pretty good. 18:10.640 --> 18:13.640 Hey, look at this. 18:13.640 --> 18:15.640 Should turn something? 18:15.640 --> 18:17.920 Yeah, drawer full of dirty T-shirts. 18:17.920 --> 18:20.400 You got to put them someplace. 18:20.400 --> 18:23.120 Well, I have gloves for this job. 18:23.120 --> 18:24.760 How you doing with the trunk? 18:24.760 --> 18:26.760 There's nothing much in it. 18:26.760 --> 18:29.360 More of those calendars. 18:29.360 --> 18:34.720 Wayne must be a fine arts patron. 18:34.720 --> 18:35.720 Dirty shirts in this one. 18:35.720 --> 18:38.520 I don't know, maybe the guy hasn't heard of laundries. 18:38.520 --> 18:39.520 What do you think? 18:39.520 --> 18:41.920 Well, the trunk checks out. 18:41.920 --> 18:46.240 Well, how you like that, I should have known. 18:46.240 --> 18:47.960 Dirty socks, old drawer full of them. 18:47.960 --> 18:49.520 Well, he's neat anyhow. 18:49.520 --> 18:50.520 Huh? 18:50.520 --> 18:53.520 I'll check the closet. 18:53.520 --> 18:59.840 A lot of hangers, not many clothes. 18:59.840 --> 19:04.200 Maybe the guy's broke, but that's no reason to be so dirty. 19:04.200 --> 19:05.960 How about that bundle there? 19:05.960 --> 19:06.960 I haven't looked at it yet. 19:06.960 --> 19:07.960 Wait a minute. 19:07.960 --> 19:10.960 It might be his clean shirts. 19:10.960 --> 19:13.560 No, pair of pants. 19:13.560 --> 19:14.560 Figures. 19:14.560 --> 19:15.560 They're dirty too. 19:15.560 --> 19:16.560 Wait a minute. 19:16.560 --> 19:17.560 Something in the pocket here. 19:17.560 --> 19:20.560 A pair of socks. 19:20.560 --> 19:21.560 That makes you wrong. 19:21.560 --> 19:24.360 If he was so neat, they'd be with the others. 19:24.360 --> 19:25.840 Maybe he had a reason for keeping them here. 19:25.840 --> 19:26.840 Why? 19:26.840 --> 19:27.840 Take a look. 19:27.840 --> 19:29.200 He had a reason. 19:29.200 --> 19:35.360 Blood on this one. 19:35.360 --> 19:38.280 We checked out the rest of Wayne's room, but we turned up nothing to further tie him in 19:38.280 --> 19:39.280 with a burglary. 19:39.280 --> 19:43.120 We got a description of his car from the landlord, and before we left, we made arrangements for 19:43.120 --> 19:45.520 a stakeout to be set up on his room. 19:45.520 --> 19:49.360 We took the pair of pants and the blood stained socks down to the crime lab for examination. 19:49.360 --> 19:50.360 8.20 p.m. 19:50.360 --> 19:55.160 Frank and I drove over to 9th Street to try to find Kermit Wayne's girlfriend. 19:55.160 --> 19:58.560 We checked the 2900 block and we found a car that matched the description of the one owned 19:58.560 --> 19:59.560 by the suspect. 19:59.560 --> 20:03.080 We checked the white slip and found the car was registered to Wayne. 20:03.080 --> 20:05.880 Frank pulled two of the leads to the spark plugs and we went back to our car to wait 20:05.880 --> 20:07.480 for Wayne to show up. 20:07.480 --> 20:08.760 The night dragged on. 20:08.760 --> 20:09.760 4.29 a.m. 20:09.760 --> 20:11.560 It's been almost eight hours. 20:11.560 --> 20:12.560 Yeah. 20:12.560 --> 20:13.920 I wish something had happened, don't you? 20:13.920 --> 20:14.920 Put in with you. 20:14.920 --> 20:15.920 Joe? 20:15.920 --> 20:16.920 Yeah? 20:16.920 --> 20:20.560 Did you ever notice around the city all the clocks that are stopped? 20:20.560 --> 20:23.520 No, I can't say that I have. 20:23.520 --> 20:27.360 You know, on business places, storefronts, walls, all over. 20:27.360 --> 20:28.360 What brought that on? 20:28.360 --> 20:30.440 Oh, I was just thinking a little while ago. 20:30.440 --> 20:33.120 You know, some smart fella get a lot of work fixing them. 20:33.120 --> 20:35.120 All the clocks don't run. 20:35.120 --> 20:38.920 They're only right two times a day. 20:38.920 --> 20:39.920 What? 20:39.920 --> 20:40.920 Clocks that are broke. 20:40.920 --> 20:41.920 Twice a day they're right. 20:41.920 --> 20:45.800 How'd you like to be right only twice a day? 20:45.800 --> 20:47.680 Some fellas would be all right. 20:47.680 --> 20:48.680 Like who? 20:48.680 --> 20:49.680 Guys that bet on the horses. 20:49.680 --> 20:50.680 Oh, yeah, probably would. 20:50.680 --> 20:51.680 Never thought of that. 20:51.680 --> 20:56.240 Wouldn't be so good if you worked in a chicken hatchery though. 20:56.240 --> 20:57.240 Where? 20:57.240 --> 20:58.240 Chicken hatchery. 20:58.240 --> 20:59.240 What do you mean? 20:59.240 --> 21:04.000 Well, those guys up there, they look at baby chicks their day or so old and they tell what 21:04.000 --> 21:05.000 they're going to be. 21:05.000 --> 21:06.000 You know, men or women. 21:06.000 --> 21:07.000 What? 21:07.000 --> 21:10.240 Well, they're going to be roosters or hens. 21:10.240 --> 21:11.240 Oh, yeah. 21:11.240 --> 21:12.240 Pretty good money in it. 21:12.240 --> 21:14.240 Well, that's a new one on me. 21:14.240 --> 21:16.000 Yeah, but you got to be right. 21:16.000 --> 21:18.560 None of this twice a day stuff. 21:18.560 --> 21:23.720 You know, say a guy about a hundred little baby chicks expecting to get, you know, 98 21:23.720 --> 21:24.720 hens and two roosters. 21:24.720 --> 21:25.720 Uh-huh. 21:25.720 --> 21:29.680 And he finds out he got just the opposite, 98 roosters and two hens. 21:29.680 --> 21:31.640 How do you think he'd feel? 21:31.640 --> 21:32.640 Disappointed? 21:32.640 --> 21:33.640 You bet he would. 21:33.640 --> 21:36.120 That guy would be looking for a new job too. 21:36.120 --> 21:38.240 Well, maybe he could fix those clocks. 21:38.240 --> 21:40.920 Well, sure would be a lot of money in it for somebody. 21:40.920 --> 21:41.920 Hold it. 21:41.920 --> 21:42.920 Across the street. 21:42.920 --> 21:43.920 Yeah. 21:43.920 --> 21:44.920 I see him. 21:44.920 --> 21:46.640 I'm talking to somebody inside there. 21:46.640 --> 21:48.240 I can't see him too good. 21:48.240 --> 21:49.720 It's about the right height though. 21:49.720 --> 21:53.880 He's coming this way now. 21:53.880 --> 21:54.880 Notice the walk? 21:54.880 --> 21:56.920 It checks out all the way. 21:56.920 --> 21:57.920 Yeah. 21:57.920 --> 21:58.920 It's him. 21:58.920 --> 22:02.320 All right, wait till he gets in the car. 22:02.320 --> 22:03.320 Let's go. 22:03.320 --> 22:04.320 All right. 22:04.320 --> 22:05.320 Hey. 22:05.320 --> 22:06.320 Hey, fella. 22:06.320 --> 22:07.320 You Kermit Wayne? 22:07.320 --> 22:08.320 Hey, what is this? 22:08.320 --> 22:09.320 Police officers. 22:09.320 --> 22:10.320 Are you Kermit Wayne? 22:10.320 --> 22:11.320 Yeah, why? 22:11.320 --> 22:12.320 Get out of the car. 22:12.320 --> 22:14.320 Come on, keep those hands where you can see him. 22:14.320 --> 22:15.320 Why do you want to talk to me? 22:15.320 --> 22:16.320 Come on, get out. 22:16.320 --> 22:17.320 Just put it down the way you walk, huh? 22:17.320 --> 22:18.320 This don't make sense. 22:18.320 --> 22:19.320 It does to us. 22:19.320 --> 22:20.320 What do you mean? 22:20.320 --> 22:21.320 You're limp. 22:21.320 --> 22:24.320 The suspect was taken down to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 22:24.320 --> 22:28.320 An examination showed that he had a bad cut on his right foot. 22:28.320 --> 22:31.320 We contacted the office and another team of men were sent out to the apartment of Wayne's 22:31.320 --> 22:33.320 girlfriend to go over the place. 22:33.320 --> 22:35.320 Frank and I took the suspect back to the office. 22:35.320 --> 22:40.440 825, 22:40.440 --> 22:42.440 a.m. 22:42.440 --> 22:46.440 I guess we can expect much from Wayne's girlfriend if she's anything like him. 22:46.440 --> 22:48.440 No, he's a clam, that's for sure. 22:48.440 --> 22:50.440 We're going to need something strong to open him up. 22:50.440 --> 22:51.440 Righty? 22:51.440 --> 22:52.440 Yeah, Mac. 22:52.440 --> 22:54.440 What did you do out there? 22:54.440 --> 22:56.440 Maybe we got something for you. 22:56.440 --> 22:57.440 Where is the guy? 22:57.440 --> 22:58.440 The next office. 22:58.440 --> 22:59.440 Here. 22:59.440 --> 23:00.440 You taking a trip, Mac? 23:00.440 --> 23:05.440 No, suitcases for you. 23:05.440 --> 23:09.440 Watches, rings. 23:09.440 --> 23:13.440 Wayne's girlfriend didn't know it but she was in the jewelry business. 23:13.440 --> 23:14.440 Look at this. 23:14.440 --> 23:16.440 All on jeans. 23:16.440 --> 23:17.440 How about serial numbers? 23:17.440 --> 23:18.440 Haven't checked them yet. 23:18.440 --> 23:20.440 As soon as we found this we came right over. 23:20.440 --> 23:21.440 All right, we'll run them. 23:21.440 --> 23:22.440 Did you have any trouble? 23:22.440 --> 23:23.440 No, really. 23:23.440 --> 23:24.440 She was pretty cooperative. 23:24.440 --> 23:25.440 Didn't see what was going on. 23:25.440 --> 23:28.440 We told her Wayne was in custody, gave her a big story. 23:28.440 --> 23:30.440 Tells easier than it was. 23:30.440 --> 23:31.440 How'd you locate the stuff? 23:31.440 --> 23:35.440 When we told her about Wayne she remembered the suitcase he wanted her to keep for him. 23:35.440 --> 23:37.440 He told her it was some war souvenirs. 23:37.440 --> 23:39.440 Didn't like to leave them in his room. 23:39.440 --> 23:42.440 Real surprised when she saw the contents. 23:42.440 --> 23:43.440 Then she got mad. 23:43.440 --> 23:45.440 Said he'd always promised to buy her a good watch. 23:45.440 --> 23:46.440 Never had. 23:46.440 --> 23:48.440 She can start looking for a new Santa Claus, huh? 23:48.440 --> 23:49.440 Yeah. 23:49.440 --> 23:56.440 Wayne won't be shopping for some time. 23:56.440 --> 23:59.440 We checked the serial numbers on the watches and we found that they were the ones taken 23:59.440 --> 24:01.440 in the burglary of the jewelry store. 24:01.440 --> 24:04.440 All of the other merchandise matched the description that we'd gotten from Ray Hemp. 24:04.440 --> 24:06.440 9.18 a.m. 24:06.440 --> 24:08.440 All right, you want to tell us how you cut your foot? 24:08.440 --> 24:09.440 I'm giving you nothing. 24:09.440 --> 24:11.440 You did it on the skylight over the barbershop, didn't you? 24:11.440 --> 24:12.440 You tell me. 24:12.440 --> 24:13.440 I don't know. 24:13.440 --> 24:14.440 Maybe I cut it at the beach. 24:14.440 --> 24:15.440 We don't think so. 24:15.440 --> 24:16.440 I want to see a lawyer. 24:16.440 --> 24:17.440 I'll talk to him but I got nothing for you guys. 24:17.440 --> 24:20.440 All right, we got something here we want you to see, Wayne. 24:20.440 --> 24:23.440 How about it, Wayne? 24:23.440 --> 24:24.440 Look familiar? 24:24.440 --> 24:25.440 Oh, you kidding? 24:25.440 --> 24:26.440 Bunch of watches. 24:26.440 --> 24:27.440 I've seen watches before. 24:27.440 --> 24:28.440 Who hasn't? 24:28.440 --> 24:29.440 These are a little different. 24:29.440 --> 24:30.440 Look at the suitcase. 24:30.440 --> 24:31.440 Does that ring any bells? 24:31.440 --> 24:32.440 Don't mean nothing to me. 24:32.440 --> 24:33.440 You guys are trying to trap me. 24:33.440 --> 24:34.440 I know how you are. 24:34.440 --> 24:35.440 Won't work this time. 24:35.440 --> 24:36.440 I've been talking all about you cops a long time. 24:36.440 --> 24:37.440 I get it. 24:37.440 --> 24:38.440 Burgory Friday. 24:38.440 --> 24:39.440 Yeah, right. 24:39.440 --> 24:40.440 Both of them, huh? 24:40.440 --> 24:41.440 Oh, good. 24:41.440 --> 24:42.440 Okay, we'll check with you. 24:42.440 --> 24:43.440 Want to give us a story now, Wayne? 24:43.440 --> 24:44.440 I'll talk to a lawyer. 24:44.440 --> 24:45.440 That phone call there, it just called a third strike on you, mister. 24:45.440 --> 24:46.440 More blood. 24:46.440 --> 24:47.440 All right, I'll give it to you straight. 24:47.440 --> 24:48.440 When you went into that jewelry store, you cut your foot. 24:48.440 --> 24:49.440 You left blood smears all over the place. 24:49.440 --> 24:50.440 You got a stick in your hand. 24:50.440 --> 24:51.440 You got a stick in your hand. 24:51.440 --> 24:52.440 You got a stick in your hand. 24:52.440 --> 24:53.440 You got a stick in your hand. 24:53.440 --> 24:54.440 You got a stick in your hand. 24:54.440 --> 24:55.440 You got a stick in your hand. 24:55.440 --> 24:56.440 You got a stick in your hand. 24:56.440 --> 24:57.440 You got a stick in your hand. 24:57.440 --> 25:20.500 You got a stick in your hand. 25:20.500 --> 25:21.500 Tell us about it now. 25:23.160 --> 25:24.920 Don't think you're so smart, you ain't. 25:24.920 --> 25:26.720 You just got the brakes, that's all, just the brakes. 25:26.720 --> 25:27.720 That's all. 25:27.720 --> 25:29.100 Yeah, your cops ain't smart. 25:29.100 --> 25:30.100 I learned it real young. 25:30.100 --> 25:32.180 Once in a while, a brakes for one on your side. 25:32.180 --> 25:33.800 Something else you should have learned real young. 25:33.800 --> 25:35.380 You wouldn't be worrying about the brakes now. 25:35.380 --> 25:36.220 What, sir? 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