1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,320 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,960 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:14,960 Dragnet. 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:24,840 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:26,400 You're assigned the homicide detail. 6 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:30,880 A young man walks into your office and tells you he wants to give himself up. 7 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,160 You don't know if you can believe his story. 8 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:39,880 Your job, check it out. 9 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:40,880 It was Monday, December 10th. 10 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:41,880 It was cold in Los Angeles. 11 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,080 We were working the day watch out of homicide detail. 12 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:46,360 My partner is Frank Smith. 13 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:47,360 The boss is Captain Warman. 14 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:48,360 My name is Frydy. 15 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,360 We're on our way back from records and identification. 16 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,920 It was 1115 a.m. when we got to room 42. 17 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:54,920 The squad room. 18 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:55,920 Joe? 19 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:56,920 Yeah Danny. 20 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:57,920 Kid waiting to see you. 21 00:00:57,920 --> 00:00:58,920 Did he say what he wanted? 22 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,920 No, he said he wanted to talk to you and nobody else. 23 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:02,920 Did he give a name? 24 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:03,920 No, nice looking kid. 25 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:04,920 All right, we'll talk to him. 26 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,920 Be right with it Joe, I'll check the books. 27 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:08,920 All right. 28 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,240 All right, do you want to see me? 29 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:12,240 You Sergeant Frydy? 30 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:13,240 That's right. 31 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:14,240 What can I do for you? 32 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,240 I want to talk to you. 33 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:16,600 Nothing on the book, Joe. 34 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:17,600 What's your name, son? 35 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:18,600 Amos Salder. 36 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,680 Amos is my partner, Frank Smith. 37 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:21,680 Hello Mr. Smith. 38 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:22,680 Hi son. 39 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:23,680 Why'd you ask for me? 40 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:24,680 Well they told me to. 41 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:25,680 Who's that? 42 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,840 The men in that room across the hall, the business office. 43 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:28,840 I see. 44 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,320 I sure hope you can help me Sergeant Frydy, I'm in trouble. 45 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:33,320 Real bad. 46 00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:36,880 All right, so I'll sit down here and you can tell us about it. 47 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:38,880 Go ahead. 48 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:43,720 Well, one thing you should know, I came in to give myself up. 49 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:44,720 You all right? 50 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:46,080 I didn't mean to do wrong. 51 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,400 Why, what'd you do? 52 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:52,920 Killed a man. 53 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:58,640 Amos Charles Salder was 18 years old, 5 feet 7 and a half, 137 pounds. 54 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,280 He had light blonde hair and blue eyes. 55 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,480 He was wearing a tan windbreaker and tan pants. 56 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,160 He looked tired and he told us that he hadn't eaten in several hours. 57 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,120 We sent out for some hot coffee and sandwiches. 58 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,240 Frank checked his name and description through R&I, but he found that he had no record in 59 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:13,440 our files. 60 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:14,920 We asked him to tell us the story. 61 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:16,600 Do you know the man you killed? 62 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,200 No, I never saw him before. 63 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:19,920 Well how'd you kill him? 64 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:20,920 Ran him down. 65 00:02:20,920 --> 00:02:21,920 In a car? 66 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:22,920 No, in a truck. 67 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:23,920 Where'd this happen? 68 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:27,440 A coast highway near Malibu, just this side. 69 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:28,440 When? 70 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:29,440 Last night. 71 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,200 I guess it must have been around 10. 72 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,080 It should have been around then because I left town at 8.30. 73 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,720 It took about an hour and a half to drive up there. 74 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,880 Now you sure the man was dead? 75 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:40,560 Yeah, I looked at him. 76 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,440 It wasn't hard to tell. 77 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:43,920 Did you try to help him at all? 78 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:44,920 No. 79 00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:47,960 As soon as I looked at him I knew there wasn't anything I could do. 80 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,040 Just got back in the truck and took off. 81 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:51,640 Where's the truck now? 82 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:53,840 I left it just the other side of Malibu. 83 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,480 It broke down so I left it. 84 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,120 When it stopped I sat there for a while. 85 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,080 Tried to think why I was hung up in something like this. 86 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,240 Tried to figure why. 87 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:08,240 Didn't come so I got out and started to walk. 88 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,200 All the time I was thinking about the man, I could almost see him. 89 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:17,960 I guess it got to me so I came back, caught a ride and came back. 90 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,240 Hey Joe, here's the food. 91 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:21,840 Thanks Danny. 92 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:22,840 Where are we going? 93 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:24,440 Coming to a buck sixty. 94 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,840 Wait a minute. 95 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,640 You got fifteen cents Frank? 96 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:32,040 Yeah I guess so. 97 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:33,640 Here Danny. 98 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:35,040 Thanks. 99 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:36,640 A couple cartons in there black. 100 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,040 Right, thank you. 101 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,040 Right here Amo, help yourself. 102 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:42,840 Thank you. 103 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:43,840 Sure hungry. 104 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:49,440 Haven't had anything to eat since last night. 105 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,840 You want to tell us about the truck? 106 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:52,440 Yeah. 107 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,240 Where'd you get it? 108 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:55,840 I stole it. 109 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,040 That's wrong too I know. 110 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:59,840 Everything I do seems to be wrong. 111 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:01,440 Where'd you take it from son? 112 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,240 Parking lot near where I used to live. 113 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:04,440 Where's that? 114 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,040 A roaming house on 9th Street near Figueroa. 115 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:09,040 Can you show us where the truck is now? 116 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:10,040 I guess so. 117 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:11,840 I don't think anybody could move it. 118 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,040 It broke down like I said. 119 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:15,440 Where you from Amo? 120 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,040 Waukesha, Wisconsin. 121 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,840 It's a small city near Milwaukee. 122 00:04:18,840 --> 00:04:20,240 Maybe you've heard of it. 123 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,040 No I can't say I have. 124 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,040 Got good water, springs and wells. 125 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:26,440 Real fine. 126 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,040 Manufactured things too. 127 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,840 Motors, jacks, lots of things. 128 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:32,440 Sure is a nice little place. 129 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,640 How come you left there? 130 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,040 Lots of reasons. 131 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:37,440 In trouble? 132 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:38,640 Yeah. 133 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,440 In a way, nothing serious. 134 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,040 It was lots of things. 135 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:46,040 You know, at home. 136 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:47,840 I don't know just how to say it. 137 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:49,240 You ever been arrested? 138 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:50,040 No. 139 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,040 Well, not booked or anything. 140 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:53,840 Cops took me in a couple of times. 141 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:54,640 What for? 142 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:55,640 Little things. 143 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,440 Like one night we broke in a church. 144 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,240 Didn't go in to steal anything. 145 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,040 One of the guys just wanted to play the organ. 146 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:03,440 Your parents alive? 147 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:04,440 Yeah. 148 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:05,640 When did you leave home? 149 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:07,240 Last July. 150 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,640 I thought about it for a long time. 151 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,840 Figured I might have a better chance where nobody knew me. 152 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:14,440 Looks like it didn't make any difference. 153 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:15,840 When did you get here? 154 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:17,440 Last part of July. 155 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,440 Sure was different than Walker Show. 156 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:20,640 What do you mean by that? 157 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,040 It's so big. 158 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:23,840 When I didn't know anyone. 159 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:25,640 Pretty lonesome at first. 160 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:26,640 Then I got lucky. 161 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:27,240 Yeah? 162 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:28,240 I got this job. 163 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:29,240 Nothing important. 164 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,440 Just washing dishes at this cafe. 165 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,040 I get $25 a week in food. 166 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:35,240 Got a little money ahead. 167 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:36,640 Bought some clothes. 168 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,240 Not real fancy, but they were new and they gave me a lift. 169 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:39,840 You know. 170 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:40,840 Sure. 171 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:42,240 Had a nice room too. 172 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,240 Clean, handy to work. 173 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,440 Thought I had it made. 174 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:47,640 Then the axe fell. 175 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:48,640 What do you mean? 176 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,040 I got sick. 177 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:51,440 Couldn't get out of bed one morning. 178 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,440 The landlord called the doctor. 179 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,040 He said I had rheumatic fever. 180 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:56,040 Yeah? 181 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,040 The doctor called for an ambulance and they took me to General Hospital. 182 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:00,240 Huh? 183 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,440 Things are bad enough when you feel good. 184 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,440 I was in the hospital and I didn't feel like nothing. 185 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,040 Remember the doctor's name? 186 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:08,040 No sir, I don't. 187 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:09,840 How long were you in the hospital? 188 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:10,840 Three days. 189 00:06:10,840 --> 00:06:13,040 They discharged you in three days, did they? 190 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:14,440 No sir, I ran away. 191 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:15,440 Why? 192 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,240 Well, Travelers Aid Society said that they were going to send me back home. 193 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,040 I didn't want that, so I ducked out. 194 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:23,040 I went back to my room. 195 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,040 I got a couple of bucks I had hidden left. 196 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:30,440 Didn't have any idea what I was going to do, but I didn't want to be sent back to Wisconsin. 197 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:31,840 That's when you stole the truck, huh? 198 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:35,440 Yeah, looked like a way out of town. 199 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,840 The whole thing doesn't seem like it really happened. 200 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:40,640 You know how when you're half asleep and the radio's on, 201 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:42,840 things come through but they're not real clear? 202 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:43,840 Yeah. 203 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:47,640 I don't like that, I remember riding in the truck after I hit the man, 204 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:51,840 trying to think what I was going to do, how I was alone. 205 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:54,840 Story of my life, seems like I was always alone. 206 00:06:54,840 --> 00:06:56,840 Sure was last night. 207 00:06:56,840 --> 00:07:00,840 I don't know, I guess I never do anything right, do I? 208 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:02,840 I guess I just don't have the nerve. 209 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:03,840 You did this time. 210 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:04,840 Hm? 211 00:07:04,840 --> 00:07:06,840 You came here, didn't you? 212 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:14,840 We put in a call to accident records and verified Amal Salter's story. 213 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,840 The body of a man identified as Lloyd Holtman, a trenchant, 214 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:19,840 had been found by officers of the Highway Patrol. 215 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:24,840 Holtman had apparently been struck by a vehicle traveling at high speed as he walked along the road. 216 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:29,840 We checked with Lieutenant Lee Jones at the crime lab and we found that his division had made an investigation. 217 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,840 Frank and I left the office and went over to see him. 218 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:34,840 He showed us pictures taken at the scene. 219 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:38,840 On the victim's coat, the lab crew had been able to find traces of blue paint. 220 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,840 Jones was not able to tell us what type of vehicle had hit the victim, 221 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,840 but he did say that from the high rate of speed at the time of impact, 222 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,840 there would be extensive damage to the front end of the vehicle. 223 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,840 Amal Salter was booked on charges of violation of Section 480 V.C., a felony. 224 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,840 Frank and I checked him out of the main jail and drove out to where he'd left the truck. 225 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,840 He told us to drive up Highway 101. 226 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:02,840 When we got past the Malibu Colony, he directed us to turn off onto a dirt road. 227 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,840 We drove about 200 yards and then he asked us to stop. 228 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:09,840 You sure this is where you left the truck? 229 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,840 Yeah, just over there, behind those trees. 230 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:14,840 When the engine started acting up, I looked for a place to park. 231 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,840 I figured it'd be better if I got off the road. 232 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:20,840 There it is. You can see it now. 233 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:22,840 Uh-huh. 234 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:24,840 This is the same one you stole last night, is it? 235 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,840 Yes, sir. It's the one I was driving. I'll check the front end. 236 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,840 Hmm. 237 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:31,840 Did you have anything to drink last night? 238 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:33,840 No, I had enough of that at home. 239 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,840 Mm-hmm. You're sure this is the truck you had when you hit that fellow, huh? 240 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:39,840 Yeah, I'm sure. 241 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:43,840 I don't know what all the questions are about. I said I did it. I'm not trying to hide anything. 242 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,840 There's nothing up there, Joe. Front end's clean. 243 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:47,840 Well, it doesn't make a lot of sense, does it? 244 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:48,840 No. 245 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,840 I don't understand what the problem is. 246 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,840 What you tell us doesn't add up with the evidence here. 247 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:55,840 What do you mean? 248 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,840 Well, the report we got says that the man was killed by a blue vehicle. 249 00:08:58,840 --> 00:08:59,840 Uh-huh. 250 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,840 Now take a look at that truck, will you? 251 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:03,840 Yeah? 252 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:04,840 Black. 253 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:12,840 We put in a call to the office and we asked them to send the tow truck out and impound the vehicle. 254 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,840 We stood by until they arrived. 255 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,840 Frank and I drove Amel Salter to the scene of the accident. He pointed it out for us. 256 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:24,840 According to the information we'd gotten, the location he gave us was the place where Lloyd Holtman had been found. 257 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:27,840 We checked the area, but we failed to come up with anything new. 258 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:32,840 5.20 p.m. We returned the suspect to the main jail and we went back to the office. 259 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:37,840 We sent a radiogram to the authorities in Walkie Shaw asking for all available information on Salter. 260 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,840 At 6.47 p.m. we checked out of the office. 261 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,840 The next morning, December 11th, Frank and I met in the squad room. 262 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:45,840 Hi, Joe. 263 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:46,840 Morning. 264 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:47,840 Seen the morning papers? 265 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:49,840 Yeah. I guess there isn't much news, huh? 266 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:51,840 I'm sure he gave Salter a lot of space. 267 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:52,840 Yeah. I guess we could find the answers. 268 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:57,840 I called Lee when I got in. They went over the truck, found a lot of the kid's prints, but they didn't turn anything. 269 00:09:57,840 --> 00:09:59,840 They were to point to an accident. 270 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:03,840 The way the body looked, there should be something on the car that ran him down, shouldn't there? 271 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:04,840 Excuse me? 272 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:05,840 Yes, sir? 273 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:06,840 I wonder if you all could help me out? 274 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,840 Well, we'll try, sir. Come on in. What is it you want? 275 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:10,840 Well, out there, a kid in the paper? 276 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:11,840 Sir? 277 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:15,840 You know, a young kid that ran down the old bum, uh, emo something? 278 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:16,840 Salter. 279 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:17,840 Yeah, yeah, that's it. 280 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:19,840 Well, what do you know about it? 281 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,840 Well, just take it easy now. A couple things I gotta be sure of before I tell you anything. 282 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:24,840 All right. What's that? 283 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:26,840 Well, I ain't gonna get mixed up in nothing. 284 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,840 Well, we can't promise you that till we've heard what you got to tell. 285 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:30,840 Yeah, I'm wasting my time. Bye. 286 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:31,840 All right. Just a minute. 287 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:32,840 Huh? 288 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,840 Maybe I better straighten you out, Mr. 289 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:35,840 On what? 290 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,840 Well, this kid's sitting in jail right now. He's got a pretty serious charge against him. 291 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:40,840 I didn't make it. 292 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:42,840 Yeah, sir, that might be true, but I better tell you this. 293 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:48,840 If you know anything about a felony that's been committed and you withhold that information, you're liable for prosecution as an accessory. Do you know that? 294 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:49,840 That's the law? 295 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:51,840 Those are the words. 296 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:56,840 Now, the only thing we're interested in is getting the case off the books. We're not gonna give your name to the papers. 297 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:57,840 That's a promise? 298 00:10:57,840 --> 00:10:58,840 That's a promise. 299 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:04,840 Okay. I told you it'd be pretty bad for me if any of what I tell you gets back to my family. 300 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:05,840 All right. Now, what's your name? 301 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:06,840 Lone States. 302 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:07,840 That's L-O-R-E-M? 303 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:09,840 Yeah. You want to sit down? 304 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:11,840 Oh, yeah, thank you. 305 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,840 Now, what do you know about this? 306 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:16,840 That emo kid ain't guilty. 307 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:18,840 How's that? 308 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:19,840 He didn't do it. 309 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:20,840 How do you know? 310 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:22,840 Well, I seen the accident. I seen the whole thing. 311 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:23,840 Well, it started at the beginning. 312 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:25,840 Now, you're sure none of this is gonna get out? 313 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:27,840 We told you, not from us. 314 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:31,840 Okay. Well, I took a drive Saturday night up the coast. I had dinner. 315 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,840 Now, on the way back, I stopped and parked awhile. You know, kind of looked out at the ocean. 316 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:36,840 Yeah. 317 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:44,840 Well, I was just leaving, and I saw this old guy walk along the road, bent all stiff, you know. Had a blanket roll on his back, just walking along. You know how to do. 318 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:45,840 Yes, sir. 319 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:49,840 And all of a sudden, his car come rolling down the road. I think he must have been doing at least 90. 320 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:51,840 Come rolling around and turned right at this old guy. 321 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:52,840 Mm-hmm. 322 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:58,840 Well, sir, the old guy saw the car coming right at him, kind of turned and started to run. Wasn't any place for him to go. 323 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:00,840 It's where the road's cut right out of the mountain, you know. 324 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:02,840 Yeah. We were there. We know. 325 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:07,840 Well, I guess he figured the driver swing around him or something, so he run over the side of the pavement, trying to get out the way. 326 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:08,840 Mm-hmm. 327 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,840 Didn't do no good. That car plowed right into him. Must have knocked him 150 feet. 328 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:13,840 122. 329 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:15,840 Well, it seemed like further than that. 330 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,840 Did the driver make any attempt to stop after he hit the old man? 331 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:20,840 Yeah. Pulled over the side of the road. Didn't get out of the car, though. 332 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:21,840 Uh-huh. 333 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:23,840 Just stayed there a minute, then he drove off. 334 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:24,840 Yes, sir. 335 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,840 Well, sir, I was going to go over and see what I could do for the old fellow. I really was. And then this truck drove up. 336 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:33,840 Guy stopped and got out, walked over to the fellow. I figured he'd be able to take care of it, so I left. 337 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:34,840 Did you see the driver of the truck? 338 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:40,840 Yes, sir. So I'm good when he walk in front of the headlights. The same fellow in the paper, that, you know, what's his name? 339 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:41,840 Soller. 340 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:42,840 Yeah, Soller. 341 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:43,840 You're pretty sure it's the same man? 342 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,840 Yes, sir. Now, like I told you, I got a good look at him. 343 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,840 How about the other man? What can you tell us about him? 344 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:50,840 Not much, except he was driving too fast. 345 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:52,840 Well, how about the car? You know what kind it was? 346 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:54,840 I didn't get a good look at that. 347 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:55,840 How about the color? You notice that? 348 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:58,840 Yeah. It was a blue, kind of light color. 349 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:00,840 Can you give us any description of the driver? 350 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:01,840 No, sir. 351 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,840 Could you tell us if it was a man or a woman? 352 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:09,840 Oh, it was a man. I noticed that when he slowed down. He kind of leaned out the window and looked back down the road. It was a man, all right. 353 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,840 Could you see the color of his hair? Anything at all about him? 354 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,840 No, sir. There wasn't any lights up there. You know, it was dark. 355 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:22,840 I couldn't see very good. The main reason I know the driver was a man was the lights in the truck kind of picked him up, and that's when he left. 356 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,840 Well, all right, Mr. States. We appreciate what you've told us. 357 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,840 Glad to help, as long as nobody's going to know. It'd be pretty embarrassing. 358 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:31,840 Well, how's that? 359 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:37,840 Well, you see, me and the wife, we ain't been getting along too good. Nothing worth talking about. 360 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,840 But a fella don't like to be nagged at, you know. 361 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:47,840 Well, there's just a little secretary in our office, and she and I talk once in a while. A couple times we got out for morning coffee together. 362 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:52,840 This last beef with my wife, I figured I'd fix it good. So I asked the secretary for a date. 363 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:59,840 She gave it to me. We got together Saturday night, had dinner at a place up near Malibu. On the way back, we just talked and talked. 364 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,840 Nothing wrong, mind you, but I don't guess my wife would understand if she found out. 365 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:04,840 I see. 366 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,840 So you see why I don't want nobody to know about Saturday? It'd be kind of tough to explain. 367 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:09,840 Yes, sir. 368 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,840 Got to thinking about it, though, and what that kid, Emo... 369 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:14,840 Solder. 370 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:18,840 Yeah. Got to thinking what he must be going through and decided maybe I'd better tell about it. 371 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:20,840 I'll say it's going to help him a lot. 372 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,840 Yep, I guess so. Oh, something else you might be able to use. 373 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:25,840 What's that? 374 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:27,840 Might not be worth anything, out of state and all. 375 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:28,840 What's that? 376 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:29,840 The hit-and-run car? 377 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:30,840 Yeah. 378 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:34,840 I've got license number. 379 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:54,840 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 380 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:59,840 We got the license number of the hit-and-run car. Also the fact that it carried an Illinois plate. 381 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:01,840 We put out a local and an APB on it. 382 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,840 We got in touch with the Department of Motor Vehicles back east and we obtained the owner's name. 383 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:09,840 According to their records, he had notified them that he was moving to California. 384 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,840 They were able to supply us with a North Hollywood address for him. 385 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,840 We checked the name through our records section, but we found nothing. 386 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,840 At 5.20 p.m., Frank and I drove out to see him. 387 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:20,840 Here, Charles Bookman. 388 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:21,840 That's right. 389 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:23,840 Police officers, we'd like to talk to you. 390 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:24,840 Come on in. 391 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:26,840 Thank you. 392 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:28,840 My partner, Frank Smith. My name's Frank. 393 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:29,840 Hello. 394 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:30,840 Hi there, sir. 395 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:32,840 I was just having dinner. You mind if I tell my wife to go ahead? 396 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:33,840 We can wait if you like. 397 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:34,840 No, I'll be right back. 398 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:35,840 All right. 399 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,840 You want to wait just a minute? 400 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:38,840 Mind if we go with you? 401 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:40,840 I'm just going into the dining room. 402 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,840 Yes, sir, but we'll still have to be with you. 403 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:44,840 What's this about? 404 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:46,840 The old 1954 Pontiac. 405 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:47,840 Yeah. Light blue. 406 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:49,840 That's right. Nothing happened to the car? 407 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:51,840 Well, I want you to tell us, if you will. 408 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,840 I don't know what this is all about. Seems you ought to be able to tell me. 409 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:55,840 Where is the car? 410 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:56,840 Well, I don't know. 411 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,840 You own a car and you don't know where it is? 412 00:15:58,840 --> 00:15:59,840 That's right. 413 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:00,840 Has it been stolen? 414 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:02,840 Well, I don't know. For all I know, it could have been. 415 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:04,840 I haven't seen it for a couple of days. 416 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:05,840 Well, who has it, do you know? 417 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:07,840 My brother-in-law. I let him drive it. 418 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:08,840 You don't know where he is? 419 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:10,840 No. If he smashed up the car, he's going to pay for it, though. 420 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:12,840 I'm not going to be responsible. 421 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:14,840 I'm afraid he's done more than that. 422 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:16,840 I don't know. He's a real bum. 423 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,840 My wife's kid brother can't hold a job for more than five minutes. 424 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:21,840 All the time sponging off me. 425 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:23,840 When did you let him take the car? 426 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:25,840 Ah, let's see. It was Saturday morning. 427 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:27,840 I told him I wouldn't be using it for a couple of days, 428 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:28,840 so he could have it. 429 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:30,840 Look, it's my car you're asking about. 430 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:31,840 I got a right to know. 431 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,840 If something's wrong, I ought to notify the insurance company. 432 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:34,840 Yes, sir, we understand. 433 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,840 But it'd be better if we talked to your brother-in-law about it first. 434 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:38,840 You want to give us his full name? 435 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:39,840 Casey Steadman. 436 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:41,840 S-T-E-A-D-M-A-N, is that right? 437 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:43,840 That's right. How about a description? 438 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,840 No problem. I think I've got a picture around if you want that. 439 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:47,840 Yes, sir, that'd help. 440 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,840 I'll get it for you. 441 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:51,840 What were you doing over the weekend? 442 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:52,840 I was home. 443 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,840 I'm branch manager for the company I work for. 444 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,840 I got an annual report I have to get out. 445 00:16:57,840 --> 00:16:58,840 I worked on that. 446 00:16:58,840 --> 00:16:59,840 Every night? 447 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:00,840 Yep. 448 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,840 Started it Friday night, finished it up Monday afternoon. 449 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:05,840 That's one reason I let Casey take the car. 450 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:06,840 What? 451 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,840 To get him out of the house so I could get some work done. 452 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:09,840 Oh, I see. 453 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:11,840 But all he does is sit around and look at the TV. 454 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,840 Starts right with the programs for kids and goes straight through the day. 455 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:16,840 I think there's something wrong with his ears, too. 456 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:18,840 Always got set turned up real loud. 457 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:20,840 And anybody can think when he's watching a show. 458 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:21,840 Yes, sir. 459 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:23,840 I had to get him out of the house. 460 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:25,840 Wife won't even let me say anything to her. 461 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:27,840 She knows how important that work is, too. 462 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:28,840 Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it. 463 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:30,840 Well, I wouldn't know about that, sir. 464 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:31,840 Just once. 465 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,840 Just once, I'd like to be able to prove to my wife what a mummy is. 466 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:36,840 Just once so she really believes it. 467 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:38,840 Well, if he was driving your car Saturday night, we'll let you know. 468 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:39,840 What'll that prove? 469 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:41,840 She'll believe it then. 470 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:47,840 We got a complete description of Casey Stedman along with a picture of the suspect. 471 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:51,840 We went back to the office and got out a supplemental broadcast and an APB on him. 472 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,840 A check on R&I failed to turn up any information. 473 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,840 We talked with his friends and his known associates. 474 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:58,840 None of them could tell us where he was. 475 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:00,840 None of them had seen him since the accident. 476 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:02,840 Wednesday, December 12th. 477 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:04,840 We got a call from one of the larger garages in the city. 478 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,840 Yes, sir, that's right. 479 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:08,840 Wendy called you. 480 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:10,840 I see. 481 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:12,840 All right, we'll be right over. 482 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,840 No, no, if he does, will you try to stall him till we get there? 483 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,840 Right. Thank you. Bye. 484 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,840 Garage over on sixth. 485 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:21,840 Guy hauled a car in this morning. 486 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:23,840 The front end all smashed up. 487 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:25,840 Started to work on it and he thought he better call us. 488 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:26,840 Blue Pontiac? 489 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:27,840 That's right, stains on the fender. 490 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:28,840 Yeah. 491 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:30,840 The mechanic thinks they're blood. 492 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:34,840 Frank and I left the office and we drove over to the garage. 493 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:36,840 We talked to the owner. 494 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:40,840 He told us that he'd gotten a call to bring a tow truck to the corner of Main and Crocker streets. 495 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,840 When he got there, he met a man who asked him to tow a car to the garage 496 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:45,840 and do some repair work on the right front fender. 497 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:47,840 We showed him Stedman's picture. 498 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:49,840 He gave us a positive identification. 499 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:51,840 We checked the car over. 500 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:53,840 It was a 1954 blue Pontiac sedan. 501 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:56,840 The license number was the same one that we'd gotten previously. 502 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,840 The garage owner went on to tell us that the suspect wanted the car on Thursday night 503 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,840 and that it was important that the repairs be made by that time. 504 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,840 We asked that we be notified in the event the suspect made an appearance before then. 505 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:11,840 We called the crime lab and we asked them to come down and go over the car. 506 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,840 Frank and I went back to the office and we met with Captain Lorman. 507 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:16,840 We told him what we'd found. 508 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:18,840 He told us to be at the garage the first thing Thursday morning 509 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:20,840 in the event Stedman made an early appearance. 510 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,840 Frank and I got there at 7.30 a.m. 511 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,840 At 4.30 in the afternoon, the suspect still hadn't shown. 512 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:28,840 4.45. 513 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:29,840 4.50 p.m. 514 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,840 Maybe he figured something's wrong. 515 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,840 Doesn't seem likely. No way for him to find out. 516 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:35,840 Think his sister tipped him? 517 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:37,840 No. Bookman said he wouldn't say anything to her about it. 518 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:38,840 Oh. 519 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:41,840 Madam Frank. Yeah. We got a live one. 520 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:43,840 Let's take him. 521 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:45,840 Stedman? Yeah? 522 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:47,840 I'd like to talk to you. Why? Do I know you? 523 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:49,840 Police officers. You on that blue Pontiac over there? 524 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,840 Mr. Stedman! All right, take it easy. 525 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,840 I know nothing about it, nothing. I never saw the car before. 526 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:57,840 The fellow that towed it in says you're the one who called him. 527 00:19:57,840 --> 00:19:59,840 He made a mistake. Must be a lot of men who look like me. 528 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:00,840 Nothing special about me. 529 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:01,840 Our crime lab's gone over the car. 530 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,840 As soon as we roll your fingerprints, we'll be able to tell for sure. 531 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:05,840 What's that gonna prove? Maybe I did drive the car. 532 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:06,840 Nothing wrong with that. 533 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:08,840 No law that says a man can't drive a car. 534 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,840 We got one that says you can't use it to kill somebody. 535 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:11,840 I didn't do that. Yeah, sure. 536 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,840 Oh, you don't believe me, do you? Nope. 537 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:15,840 That's kind of lousy, isn't it? How do you mean that? 538 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:17,840 You walk in here, you already made up your mind I'm guilty. 539 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:19,840 You call that fair? We just gotta go with the evidence, mister. 540 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:21,840 Well, you got nothing to prove I was in that car. 541 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,840 Not to show that I killed anybody. 542 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:25,840 Just trying to make me say I did something I don't know nothing about. 543 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:26,840 All right, come on, let's go. 544 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:29,840 You just swear you take me to court, I'll tell the whole world about this lousy deal. 545 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:31,840 Yeah, well, I don't know about the world. Yeah? 546 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:33,840 But we'll be there to listen. 547 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:35,840 We took the suspect back down to the city hall. 548 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:39,840 As soon as we had his fingerprints taken and compared with the ones found in the car, 549 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:41,840 we showed him the physical evidence that we had. 550 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,840 When it was presented, he confessed to killing Lloyd Holman. 551 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:46,840 He made a statement and we took him over to the main jail 552 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,840 where he was booked in on a charge of violation of Section 480 B.C. of felony. 553 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:55,840 Before we left the jail, we had Amel Salter brought from his cell to one of the interview rooms. 554 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:57,840 He looked like he hadn't slept for several days. 555 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,840 Sit down, Ian. Thanks. 556 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:02,840 How do you feel? 557 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:04,840 Not too good, Mr. Friday. 558 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:06,840 Oh, we got some news for you. Yeah? 559 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:07,840 You didn't kill that man. 560 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,840 You're not lying to me. No, we've got the guy that did it. 561 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:12,840 Oh, that's good. 562 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:16,840 Since that night, all I've thought about was that man lying there. 563 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,840 I'm glad it wasn't me. Yeah? 564 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,840 You know, you still have to answer for AutoPep. 565 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:22,840 Sure, I know. 566 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,840 I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 567 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,840 You know, you still have to answer for AutoPep. Sure, I know. 568 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:28,840 Funny. 569 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,840 The reason I left home was to build something new. 570 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:33,840 Here I am in jail. 571 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:35,840 Just me, I guess. 572 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:38,840 I blame my parents, my brothers, everybody. 573 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,840 All the time it's me. 574 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:42,840 There's been nobody else to blame, really. 575 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:44,840 Well, you can try it again, Amel. 576 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:45,840 Yeah. 577 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:47,840 But it'll probably be the same. 578 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,840 Always on the outside looking in. 579 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:51,840 What do you mean by that? 580 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:52,840 Like back in high school. 581 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,840 Maybe you'll think it's funny, but... 582 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,840 Like one time I wanted to go to the junior prom. 583 00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:58,840 Real bad. 584 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:00,840 Didn't have the right clothes. 585 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:01,840 Didn't have a date. 586 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:03,840 Who'd want to go out with a shrimp like me? 587 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,840 Well, did you ask anybody to go with you? 588 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:07,840 No, I knew better. 589 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:08,840 But I went to the prom anyway. 590 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:10,840 All by myself. 591 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:12,840 No date, no nice clothes. 592 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:14,840 Just old cords and a beat-up jacket. 593 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:16,840 One and a half hours I went. 594 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:18,840 I sat on the fire escape. 595 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,840 Yeah, I watched the whole thing through the gym window, 596 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:23,840 sitting on a fire escape. 597 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:25,840 They had lanterns and stuff. 598 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:27,840 Kids all dressed up real pretty. 599 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,840 It was nice to watch. 600 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:31,840 Saw the grand march, everything. 601 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:33,840 Only one trouble. 602 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:34,840 Yeah. 603 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,840 Like I said, I was all alone, 604 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:39,840 looking in from the outside. 605 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:41,840 Well, we gotta shove off, Amel. 606 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:43,840 Thanks for coming over. 607 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:45,840 It's all right. See you, son. 608 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:46,840 Sure. 609 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:47,840 You want to wait here? 610 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:49,840 We'll send an officer in for you. 611 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,840 I'll be right back. 612 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:58,840 Kind of nice kid, don't you think? 613 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:00,840 Yeah, I guess he is. 614 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:02,840 I guess a lot of things caught up with him. 615 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:04,840 Kind of gives you a funny feeling talking to him. 616 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:05,840 How do you mean that? 617 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,840 Well, you know how when he worked all night 618 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,840 and you get home early in the morning? 619 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:11,840 You get too tired to sleep and you hear a train whistle 620 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:13,840 from the other side of town. 621 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,840 Listening to that kid, I got the same sort of feeling. 622 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:18,840 I don't think he's a bad kid, not really. 623 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:20,840 You think I'm wrong, Joe? 624 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:22,840 Well, I guess if you are, it makes two of us. 625 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:23,840 Yeah. 626 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:25,840 That whistle you're talking about? 627 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:26,840 Uh-huh. 628 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:28,840 I hear it every once in a while myself. 629 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,840 The story you have just heard is true. 630 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:40,840 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 631 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:44,840 On April 16th, trial was held in Department 97, 632 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:46,840 Superior Court of the State of California 633 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:48,840 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 634 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:50,840 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 635 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:58,840 Casey Harrison Steadman was tried and convicted 636 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,840 of violation of Section 480 of the Vehicle Code. 637 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:05,840 Or, violation of Section 480 B.C. is punishable by imprisonment 638 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,840 on the state penitentiary for a period of from one to five years. 639 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,840 Amel Donald Salter pled guilty to one count of grand theft auto. 640 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,840 In the interests of justice, he was placed on probation 641 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:18,840 for a period of three years. 642 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,840 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 643 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:38,840 You have just heard Drag Note, 644 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:41,840 the authentic story of your police force in action 645 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:43,840 and starring Jack Webb, 646 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:47,840 a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 647 00:24:47,840 --> 00:25:11,840 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 648 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:44,840 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 649 00:25:44,840 --> 00:26:05,840 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"]