WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.700 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:11.700 --> 00:14.500 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:14.500 --> 00:17.500 Great, Matt. 00:17.500 --> 00:24.500 You're a detective sergeant. 00:24.500 --> 00:26.900 You're assigned to robbery detail. 00:26.900 --> 00:30.900 For a week you've been on rolling stakeout looking for a gang of thieves. 00:30.900 --> 00:32.900 There's no sign of them. 00:32.900 --> 00:35.900 On the way back to the office you get a 2-11 call. 00:35.900 --> 00:43.900 Your job? Investigate. 00:43.900 --> 00:47.900 Dragnet. The documented drama of an actual crime. 00:47.900 --> 00:51.900 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 00:51.900 --> 00:55.900 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case 00:55.900 --> 00:58.900 transcribed from official police files. 00:58.900 --> 01:01.900 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, 01:01.900 --> 01:08.900 Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 01:08.900 --> 01:11.900 It was Thursday, October 9th. It was cool in Los Angeles. 01:11.900 --> 01:13.900 We were working the night watch out for robbery details. 01:13.900 --> 01:16.900 My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Chief of Detective Stad Brine. 01:16.900 --> 01:17.900 My name is Friday. 01:17.900 --> 01:20.900 We were on our way back to the office when a 2-11 robbery call came in 01:20.900 --> 01:24.900 and it was 12-18 a.m. when we got to the corner of Oxford and Barton Avenue. 01:24.900 --> 01:29.900 We were at the Royal Bar and Grill. 01:29.900 --> 01:32.900 The officer back there. 01:32.900 --> 01:33.900 Something I can do for you? 01:33.900 --> 01:35.900 Friday and Smith, Central Robbery. 01:35.900 --> 01:36.900 Sorenson, Unit 6L86. 01:36.900 --> 01:37.900 Do you answer the call here? 01:37.900 --> 01:39.900 Yeah, I'm a partner of me. He's on the other side of the place. 01:39.900 --> 01:40.900 What have you got? 01:40.900 --> 01:43.900 A couple of guys in the womb were shot. My partner's with them now. 01:43.900 --> 01:45.900 One of them is one of the hold-up men. 01:45.900 --> 01:46.900 Did you get a description? 01:46.900 --> 01:48.900 Yeah, just put it out. 01:48.900 --> 01:50.900 The guy that owns the place is back there if you want to talk to him. 01:50.900 --> 01:52.900 Yeah, we do. 01:52.900 --> 01:54.900 Did he witness the shooting? 01:54.900 --> 01:55.900 Yeah. 01:55.900 --> 01:56.900 Mr. Moyle? 01:56.900 --> 01:57.900 Yeah. 01:57.900 --> 01:59.900 These men would like to talk to you. 01:59.900 --> 02:01.900 This is Sergeant Friday, Officer Smith. 02:01.900 --> 02:02.900 How do you do, sir? 02:02.900 --> 02:03.900 How are you? 02:03.900 --> 02:04.900 How do you do? 02:04.900 --> 02:05.900 Anything more you need me for, Sergeant? 02:05.900 --> 02:06.900 No, that's all thanks. 02:06.900 --> 02:08.900 We'll check the vicinity, see if we can come up with anything for you. 02:08.900 --> 02:09.900 Good. You guys will handle the crime report, will you? 02:09.900 --> 02:10.900 Yeah. 02:10.900 --> 02:11.900 Right. 02:11.900 --> 02:13.900 Frank, you want to check with the ambulance crew while I talk to Moyles here? 02:13.900 --> 02:15.900 Yeah, sure. 02:15.900 --> 02:16.900 You want to tell me what happened? 02:16.900 --> 02:19.900 I just told the other officer about it. Isn't that enough? 02:19.900 --> 02:21.900 Well, we'd like to get the story from you. 02:21.900 --> 02:23.900 I'll go over and sit down. The whole thing's been a strain. 02:23.900 --> 02:25.900 Surely. 02:25.900 --> 02:26.900 Is this all right here? 02:26.900 --> 02:27.900 Mm-hmm. 02:27.900 --> 02:29.900 All right, sir. 02:29.900 --> 02:30.900 You want to start? 02:30.900 --> 02:32.900 First off, I'd like to ask you a question. 02:32.900 --> 02:33.900 What's that? 02:33.900 --> 02:35.900 Do I look like a weakling to you? 02:35.900 --> 02:37.900 Well, that's kind of hard to say, sir. 02:37.900 --> 02:41.900 Not at all. Simple arithmetic. I'm 5'10", 185, never run from a fight in my life. 02:41.900 --> 02:42.900 Uh-huh. 02:42.900 --> 02:45.900 Work in a bar, you handle some pretty tough ones. 02:45.900 --> 02:48.900 Loudmouths, guys that are trying to make time with some girl. 02:48.900 --> 02:49.900 You meet them all. 02:49.900 --> 02:50.900 Mm-hmm. 02:50.900 --> 02:52.900 You've had trouble with any of the rough times. 02:52.900 --> 02:53.900 Stood up and was counted. 02:53.900 --> 02:54.900 Yes, sir. 02:54.900 --> 02:55.900 You could just tell us about the shooting. 02:55.900 --> 02:57.900 That's what I'm getting to. 02:57.900 --> 03:00.900 First time in my life I wanted to dig a hole in the floor. 03:00.900 --> 03:01.900 Got to me. 03:01.900 --> 03:02.900 Mm-hmm. 03:02.900 --> 03:05.900 I told you I'm not a coward, but when them bullets started going around, I wanted out. 03:05.900 --> 03:06.900 Oh, you T. 03:06.900 --> 03:07.900 Yes, sir, I understand. 03:07.900 --> 03:09.900 Now, I suppose you tell me what happened here. 03:09.900 --> 03:12.900 Around 1130, there were only a couple of people in the place. 03:12.900 --> 03:14.900 Young couple over here having coffee. 03:14.900 --> 03:15.900 And Lane and George. 03:15.900 --> 03:16.900 Who are they? 03:16.900 --> 03:18.900 Two of the people who were shot. 03:18.900 --> 03:20.900 Traber and Lane Cronin, they're regulars. 03:20.900 --> 03:21.900 I see. 03:21.900 --> 03:23.900 They're sitting here having a beer. 03:23.900 --> 03:24.900 We're talking. 03:24.900 --> 03:25.900 Uh-huh. 03:25.900 --> 03:27.900 Almost every night, Lane comes in after work. 03:27.900 --> 03:29.900 She's a waitress, nice girl, real sensible. 03:29.900 --> 03:30.900 What about Traber? 03:30.900 --> 03:33.900 He's a security guard at some kind of plant out in the valley. 03:33.900 --> 03:34.900 Aircraft, I think. 03:34.900 --> 03:35.900 Not sure about it. 03:35.900 --> 03:36.900 All right, you want to go ahead? 03:36.900 --> 03:38.900 We're all three talking when these two guys come in. 03:38.900 --> 03:40.900 First I thought it was somebody for a belt. 03:40.900 --> 03:41.900 Mm-hmm. 03:41.900 --> 03:42.900 I know most of the people in the neighborhood. 03:42.900 --> 03:43.900 Never saw these two before. 03:43.900 --> 03:44.900 Yes, sir. 03:44.900 --> 03:45.900 Come in and order a drink. 03:45.900 --> 03:46.900 I gave it to them. 03:46.900 --> 03:47.900 And they paid. 03:47.900 --> 03:48.900 Yeah. 03:48.900 --> 03:49.900 Dirty trick. 03:49.900 --> 03:50.900 How do you mean that? 03:50.900 --> 03:51.900 Gave me a five. 03:51.900 --> 03:53.900 Drinks came to about 20. 03:53.900 --> 03:55.900 Big guy picked up his change, left 80 on the bar. 03:55.900 --> 03:56.900 Figured it was a tip. 03:56.900 --> 03:57.900 Picked it up. 03:57.900 --> 03:58.900 Gonna drop it in the glass. 03:58.900 --> 03:59.900 Yeah. 03:59.900 --> 04:02.900 No sooner turn around, the little guy pulls a gun, points it right at me. 04:02.900 --> 04:03.900 Yeah. 04:03.900 --> 04:05.900 Tells me it's a stickup. 04:05.900 --> 04:07.900 Guy with him runs over to the door to cover it. 04:07.900 --> 04:08.900 Mm-hmm. 04:08.900 --> 04:10.900 Little man moves down the bar and tells George and Lane to stay where they are, 04:10.900 --> 04:12.900 and they won't get hurt. 04:12.900 --> 04:14.900 Then he turns around to me and says for me to empty the register. 04:14.900 --> 04:15.900 I did what he said. 04:15.900 --> 04:16.900 Yes, sir. 04:16.900 --> 04:18.900 Now, the other man was by the door all this time, was he? 04:18.900 --> 04:19.900 Yeah. 04:19.900 --> 04:20.900 Just standing there. 04:20.900 --> 04:22.900 I guess he wanted to check the other side of the place. 04:22.900 --> 04:23.900 Two kids had left. 04:23.900 --> 04:24.900 Wasn't anybody there? 04:24.900 --> 04:25.900 Mm-hmm. 04:25.900 --> 04:29.900 All the time I was standing there hoping that nobody had started anything. 04:29.900 --> 04:30.900 Yeah. 04:30.900 --> 04:31.900 Joe. 04:31.900 --> 04:32.900 Yeah. 04:32.900 --> 04:33.900 What do you got? 04:33.900 --> 04:34.900 Analyst just left. 04:34.900 --> 04:35.900 Took all three of them in. 04:35.900 --> 04:36.900 Sorensen's with the suspect. 04:36.900 --> 04:37.900 How they doing? 04:37.900 --> 04:39.900 The other guy they found up front's not doing too good, hitting his stomach. 04:39.900 --> 04:40.900 Mm-hmm. 04:40.900 --> 04:42.900 Other fellow shot up pretty bad, but none of the wounds looked serious. 04:42.900 --> 04:44.900 Girl was hitting the right leg. 04:44.900 --> 04:45.900 Not too bad. 04:45.900 --> 04:46.900 Anything else? 04:46.900 --> 04:49.900 Well, near as I can figure, the guy who was shot in the stomach is one of the hold-up men. 04:49.900 --> 04:50.900 Checked out with what I got from the owner. 04:50.900 --> 04:51.900 Did he say anything? 04:51.900 --> 04:52.900 Uh-uh. 04:52.900 --> 04:54.900 The tenant said they'd call us from the hospital as soon as we could talk to him. 04:54.900 --> 04:55.900 Uh-huh. 04:55.900 --> 04:58.900 We better get in touch with the officer down there and make sure there's somebody with him all the time. 04:58.900 --> 04:59.900 Yeah. 04:59.900 --> 05:00.900 I got the two guns involved. 05:00.900 --> 05:01.900 32 automatic, 38 police special. 05:01.900 --> 05:02.900 Uh-huh. 05:02.900 --> 05:03.900 Found the 32 in the suspect's hand. 05:03.900 --> 05:04.900 Okay. 05:04.900 --> 05:05.900 You want to call the office, have somebody stay with the suspect. 05:05.900 --> 05:06.900 I'm going to get back to the owner. 05:06.900 --> 05:07.900 Right. 05:07.900 --> 05:08.900 That other cop tell you anything? 05:08.900 --> 05:09.900 No, sir, not much. 05:09.900 --> 05:10.900 Now, if you want to go ahead with your story. 05:10.900 --> 05:15.900 Well, maybe you had some kind of clue or something to tell you who the other two were. 05:15.900 --> 05:16.900 There were three of them? 05:16.900 --> 05:17.900 Yeah. 05:17.900 --> 05:18.900 Two in here. 05:18.900 --> 05:19.900 The other one was out in the car and didn't come in at all. 05:19.900 --> 05:20.900 Uh-huh. 05:20.900 --> 05:21.900 Did you see the person driving the car? 05:21.900 --> 05:22.900 Not good. 05:22.900 --> 05:23.900 I told the other cops about it. 05:23.900 --> 05:24.900 I couldn't even tell if it was a man or not. 05:24.900 --> 05:25.900 What do you mean? 05:25.900 --> 05:26.900 Might have been a girl with one of those new short haircuts. 05:26.900 --> 05:27.900 I just got a glance when they drove off. 05:27.900 --> 05:28.900 I see. 05:28.900 --> 05:29.900 You want to go on about what happened in the bar? 05:29.900 --> 05:30.900 Well, after this one guy told me it was a hold-up, I gave him the money. 05:30.900 --> 05:31.900 I didn't want any trouble. 05:31.900 --> 05:32.900 Uh-huh. 05:32.900 --> 05:33.900 How about this? 05:33.900 --> 05:39.320 I'll give you a little bit of a 05:39.320 --> 05:42.320 clue about what happened in the bar. 05:42.320 --> 05:43.320 I put the currency on the bar and the little fella stuffed in his pockets. 05:43.320 --> 05:46.320 I thought they'd leave after that. 05:46.320 --> 05:48.320 Might have, if I hadn't started to laugh. 05:48.320 --> 05:49.320 How's that? 05:49.320 --> 05:50.320 I started to laugh. 05:50.320 --> 05:53.320 I guess it was the tension and all, but when I opened the register, I looked right at the 05:53.320 --> 05:54.320 frame hanging over it. 05:54.320 --> 05:55.320 First dollar I took in. 05:55.320 --> 05:56.320 Yeah. 05:56.320 --> 05:57.320 This was my first hold-up. 05:57.320 --> 05:59.620 I got to thinking about what I could hang up the show for. 05:59.620 --> 06:02.320 Thought the only thing would be a frame full of nothing. 06:02.320 --> 06:03.320 It struck me real funny. 06:03.320 --> 06:06.320 Little fella got real sore, wanted to know what the big joke was. 06:06.320 --> 06:07.320 Well. 06:07.320 --> 06:08.320 I couldn't tell him. 06:08.320 --> 06:09.320 I asked, funny the whole thing got. 06:09.320 --> 06:13.320 That's when he started to look around to see if there was some kind of private joke. 06:13.320 --> 06:14.320 Uh-huh. 06:14.320 --> 06:16.320 George and Lane must have thought I was nuts. 06:16.320 --> 06:17.320 Yeah. 06:17.320 --> 06:19.320 Lane tried to wave through me and tell me to be quiet. 06:19.320 --> 06:21.320 That's when the guy saw the watch he was wearing. 06:21.320 --> 06:22.320 Well, what happened? 06:22.320 --> 06:23.320 Told her to take it off. 06:23.320 --> 06:24.320 Got real nasty about it. 06:24.320 --> 06:26.320 I guess he was sore about me laughing. 06:26.320 --> 06:27.320 Uh-huh. 06:27.320 --> 06:28.320 She did like he said. 06:28.320 --> 06:30.320 As soon as I saw that, I got mad. 06:30.320 --> 06:31.320 Real mad. 06:31.320 --> 06:32.320 Yeah. 06:32.320 --> 06:33.320 I thought about what I could do. 06:33.320 --> 06:35.320 I don't keep a gun in the place. 06:35.320 --> 06:37.320 All I could lay my hands on was a wet bar rag. 06:37.320 --> 06:38.320 What was that? 06:38.320 --> 06:39.320 A wet bar rag. 06:39.320 --> 06:40.320 Oh, I see. 06:40.320 --> 06:42.320 So I did what the guy told me. 06:42.320 --> 06:44.320 Put my hands on the bar right out in plain sight. 06:44.320 --> 06:45.320 Uh-huh. 06:45.320 --> 06:48.320 The little fella started to back out of the bar and that's when George went into action. 06:48.320 --> 06:49.320 How do you mean that? 06:49.320 --> 06:50.320 He's a security guard. 06:50.320 --> 06:51.320 You know, I told you that. 06:51.320 --> 06:52.320 Oh, yeah. 06:52.320 --> 06:53.320 Well, he carries this gun. 06:53.320 --> 06:57.320 He pulled it out and reached around the lane, blasted it to hold him, and hit him right 06:57.320 --> 06:58.320 in the stomach. 06:58.320 --> 07:00.320 Guy kind of turned like he was going to run and then fell right on his face. 07:00.320 --> 07:01.320 Uh-huh. 07:01.320 --> 07:04.320 Then the big guy, the one at the door, he aimed his gun and shot at George. 07:04.320 --> 07:05.320 Was the girl still in front of him? 07:05.320 --> 07:06.320 Not exactly. 07:06.320 --> 07:09.320 You see, when George shot at the one guy, he knocked the lane down. 07:09.320 --> 07:11.320 It wasn't fast enough, though. 07:11.320 --> 07:13.320 First shot from the big one caught a lane in the leg. 07:13.320 --> 07:14.320 Second one got George. 07:14.320 --> 07:16.320 Well, what were you doing all this time? 07:16.320 --> 07:18.320 I was still there with my hands on the bar. 07:18.320 --> 07:20.320 Whole thing happened so fast, there wasn't anything I could do. 07:20.320 --> 07:21.320 Just stood there. 07:21.320 --> 07:22.320 Uh-huh. 07:22.320 --> 07:24.320 Right after that, the big guy ran out of the place. 07:24.320 --> 07:26.320 I jumped over the bar and went after him. 07:26.320 --> 07:28.320 Guess I forgot there wasn't any way I could stop him. 07:28.320 --> 07:29.320 Didn't think of that. 07:29.320 --> 07:30.320 Good thing I didn't catch him. 07:30.320 --> 07:31.320 Yeah. 07:31.320 --> 07:32.320 You followed the man out on the street, did you? 07:32.320 --> 07:33.320 Yeah. 07:33.320 --> 07:34.320 Saw him jump into the car and take off. 07:34.320 --> 07:35.320 That's when I saw the other person. 07:35.320 --> 07:36.320 You know the one that was driving. 07:36.320 --> 07:37.320 Yes, sir. 07:37.320 --> 07:38.320 Did you get a good look at the car? 07:38.320 --> 07:39.320 Saw it drive off. 07:39.320 --> 07:40.320 I understand, but did you see the license plate? 07:40.320 --> 07:41.320 Yeah. 07:41.320 --> 07:43.320 But not so I could tell you the number. 07:43.320 --> 07:44.320 Was it a California plate? 07:44.320 --> 07:46.320 Yeah, I could see that. 07:46.320 --> 07:49.320 All right, now about the car itself, can you tell me what kind it was? 07:49.320 --> 07:50.320 Nash sedan. 07:50.320 --> 07:52.320 I think it might have been a 1953. 07:52.320 --> 07:54.320 Can't be sure about that, though. 07:54.320 --> 07:55.320 Might have been a new one. 07:55.320 --> 07:56.320 What color, do you remember? 07:56.320 --> 07:59.320 Near as I can remember, it was kind of like tan. 07:59.320 --> 08:00.320 All right, sir. 08:00.320 --> 08:03.320 Can you give me a description of the big man, the one who stood at the door? 08:03.320 --> 08:04.320 Oh, I gave it to that other cop. 08:04.320 --> 08:06.320 Well, yes, sir, but I'd like to go over it again with you, if it's all right. 08:06.320 --> 08:07.320 Sure. 08:07.320 --> 08:08.320 As long as it'll help you get to fellas. 08:08.320 --> 08:10.320 All right, how old was he? 08:10.320 --> 08:11.320 I'd say 20-something. 08:11.320 --> 08:13.320 Anywhere between 24 and 27. 08:13.320 --> 08:14.320 How about his height? 08:14.320 --> 08:15.320 Tall, over six feet. 08:15.320 --> 08:17.320 Didn't come real close, except when he was sitting. 08:17.320 --> 08:20.320 I couldn't pin it down for you, but I'd say over six feet for sure. 08:20.320 --> 08:21.320 All right, sir. 08:21.320 --> 08:22.320 How about his weight? 08:22.320 --> 08:23.320 180. 08:23.320 --> 08:24.320 Darker light? 08:24.320 --> 08:25.320 Light. 08:25.320 --> 08:26.320 Had light hair and blue eyes. 08:26.320 --> 08:27.320 Hair was wavy. 08:27.320 --> 08:31.320 You could almost say the guy was too pretty, like some kind of advertisement, you know, 08:31.320 --> 08:32.320 for hair oil or something. 08:32.320 --> 08:33.320 Mm-hmm. 08:33.320 --> 08:34.320 What was he wearing? 08:34.320 --> 08:35.320 Had on dark pants and coat. 08:35.320 --> 08:38.320 Weared a dark shirt and a white tie. 08:38.320 --> 08:41.320 Remember that, because you don't see that combination much nowadays. 08:41.320 --> 08:43.320 Back in the 30s, it was all the gold. 08:43.320 --> 08:44.320 You're sure about the shirt and tie? 08:44.320 --> 08:46.320 Positive, real contrast. 08:46.320 --> 08:47.320 Dark shirt and white tie. 08:47.320 --> 08:48.320 All right, was he clean shaven? 08:48.320 --> 08:49.320 Yeah. 08:49.320 --> 08:51.320 Talk to the business office, Joe. 08:51.320 --> 08:53.320 They're sending a team over to the hospital. 08:53.320 --> 08:54.320 That's good. 08:54.320 --> 08:55.320 Stop and talk to the men in 6L86. 08:55.320 --> 08:56.320 They checked the neighborhood. 08:56.320 --> 08:57.320 Didn't come up with anything. 08:57.320 --> 08:58.320 Mm-hmm. 08:58.320 --> 08:59.320 What about Elaine? 08:59.320 --> 09:00.320 Is she going to be all right? 09:00.320 --> 09:01.320 Yes, sir, she's not hurt, seriously. 09:01.320 --> 09:02.320 Sure glad of that. 09:02.320 --> 09:07.320 Felt bad about not doing anything to help her, but I'm the kind of guy, when I cut my finger, 09:07.320 --> 09:09.320 I can't even put a bandage on it myself. 09:09.320 --> 09:10.320 Mm-hmm. 09:10.320 --> 09:11.320 Always been like that. 09:11.320 --> 09:12.320 Yeah. 09:12.320 --> 09:14.320 What kind of gun did the man at the door have, do you remember? 09:14.320 --> 09:16.320 Looked like a.45 automatic. 09:16.320 --> 09:17.320 I see. 09:17.320 --> 09:18.320 Descriptions check out. 09:18.320 --> 09:19.320 Yeah, type of guns are the same, too. 09:19.320 --> 09:20.320 You know these men? 09:20.320 --> 09:22.320 Well, we've got an idea of who they are, yes, sir. 09:22.320 --> 09:24.320 We've been after them for some time now. 09:24.320 --> 09:25.320 Sure wish I could have given you more. 09:25.320 --> 09:27.320 This is all over in a few minutes. 09:27.320 --> 09:28.320 Well, you've helped us quite a bit already, Mr. Morrill. 09:28.320 --> 09:31.320 At the time, it seemed longer than a Monday when there's been too much Sunday. 09:31.320 --> 09:32.320 Yeah. 09:32.320 --> 09:34.320 These guys done this kind of thing before? 09:34.320 --> 09:35.320 Well, we think so. 09:35.320 --> 09:36.320 They've been hitting theaters. 09:36.320 --> 09:37.320 This is the first time they've hit a cafe. 09:37.320 --> 09:39.320 Hope it's going to be the last. 09:39.320 --> 09:42.320 The way they put the B on George and Elaine, like, see you get them. 09:42.320 --> 09:43.320 Well, we're going to try. 09:43.320 --> 09:44.320 If you do, could you do me a favor? 09:44.320 --> 09:45.320 What's that? 09:45.320 --> 09:48.320 Well, I kind of goofed it up when they were here before. 09:48.320 --> 09:51.320 I'd like another chance at the big guy when he hasn't got his gun. 09:51.320 --> 09:52.320 Well, I'm afraid we can't do that, Morrill. 09:52.320 --> 09:53.320 It's a police business. 09:53.320 --> 09:54.320 Why not? 09:54.320 --> 09:55.320 He's bigger than me. 09:55.320 --> 09:56.320 Yes, sir. 09:56.320 --> 10:01.320 It'd be a fair fight, wouldn't it? 10:01.320 --> 10:07.720 For the past six weeks, on Tuesday and Thursday nights, three people had been hitting theaters 10:07.720 --> 10:09.320 in the central Hollywood area. 10:09.320 --> 10:13.320 Descriptions obtained from the victims were the same in each case. 10:13.320 --> 10:15.320 Rolling stakeouts had been set up without result. 10:15.320 --> 10:20.320 Runs by the stats office had been checked out, and we were still no nearer to our suspects. 10:20.320 --> 10:23.320 In each case, the method of operation was the same. 10:23.320 --> 10:27.320 Two men would enter a theater box office and rob the cashier of all currency, and then 10:27.320 --> 10:29.320 leave in a car driven by a third person. 10:29.320 --> 10:33.320 We'd been unable to establish whether the person in the car was male or female. 10:33.320 --> 10:36.320 None of the victims had been able to give us a good description. 10:36.320 --> 10:39.320 However, in all of the holdups, the car the suspects used was the same. 10:39.320 --> 10:43.320 The robbery of the cafe and the shooting of the two witnesses gave us our first concrete 10:43.320 --> 10:45.320 lead to the identity of the suspects. 10:45.320 --> 10:49.320 The description of the smaller man matched the one we'd gotten in the theater jobs. 10:49.320 --> 10:52.320 From what the bar owner told us, it was more than possible that he was one of the bandits 10:52.320 --> 10:54.320 that we'd been looking for. 10:54.320 --> 10:57.320 We recovered the ejected shell casings and the spent bullets. 10:57.320 --> 10:58.320 They were booked as evidence. 10:58.320 --> 11:02.320 At 1 56 a.m., Frank and I left Moyle's Bar and Grill and drove over to George Street 11:02.320 --> 11:03.320 Receiving Hospital. 11:03.320 --> 11:05.320 We talked to Dr. Hall. 11:05.320 --> 11:08.320 He told us that the two victims were receiving treatment and would recover. 11:08.320 --> 11:12.320 From personal effects, the suspect was identified as Carl Layden. 11:12.320 --> 11:15.320 We called the business office and made arrangements for his home to be checked. 11:15.320 --> 11:19.320 Dr. Hall told us that the man was in serious condition but that we might be able to question him. 11:19.320 --> 11:21.320 We went into the treatment room. 11:21.320 --> 11:23.320 Layden was under heavy drugs. 11:25.320 --> 11:26.320 Layden? 11:27.320 --> 11:28.320 Layden? 11:30.320 --> 11:32.320 These men want to talk to you. 11:32.320 --> 11:33.320 Tell them to go away. 11:33.320 --> 11:35.320 I don't want to talk to anybody. 11:35.320 --> 11:36.320 Tell them. 11:37.320 --> 11:39.320 Layden, we want to ask you about tonight. 11:40.320 --> 11:41.320 You a cop? 11:41.320 --> 11:42.320 That's right. 11:43.320 --> 11:44.320 Tell me something. 11:44.320 --> 11:45.320 What's that? 11:47.320 --> 11:48.320 How bad is it? 11:48.320 --> 11:49.320 They're doing what they can. 11:49.320 --> 11:50.320 You lost a lot of blood. 11:50.320 --> 11:51.320 Am I going to make it? 11:51.320 --> 11:52.320 We don't know. 11:52.320 --> 11:53.320 Mm-hmm. 11:53.320 --> 11:55.320 Now who are the other two, Layden? 11:57.320 --> 11:58.320 I don't know. 11:58.320 --> 12:00.320 They left you alone. 12:00.320 --> 12:01.320 You don't owe them anything. 12:01.320 --> 12:02.320 Now who are they? 12:03.320 --> 12:04.320 Come on, Layden. 12:04.320 --> 12:05.320 How about the one in the car? 12:05.320 --> 12:06.320 What's the name? 12:07.320 --> 12:09.320 They walked down on me, didn't they? 12:09.320 --> 12:10.320 That's right. Now what are the names? 12:12.320 --> 12:13.320 How about it, Layden? 12:15.320 --> 12:17.320 Oh, Norberg. 12:17.320 --> 12:18.320 He's one of them. 12:18.320 --> 12:20.320 N-O-R-B-E-R-G? 12:20.320 --> 12:21.320 Yeah. 12:22.320 --> 12:23.320 Sam Norberg. 12:23.320 --> 12:25.320 Has he done any big time? 12:25.320 --> 12:27.320 I don't think so. 12:27.320 --> 12:28.320 Which one is he, Layden? 12:29.320 --> 12:30.320 The one in the bar? 12:32.320 --> 12:34.320 The driver. 12:34.320 --> 12:36.320 How about the blonde? What's his name? 12:38.320 --> 12:39.320 Layden? 12:40.320 --> 12:41.320 Wait a minute, Joe. 12:43.320 --> 12:44.320 You're going to have to stop. 12:44.320 --> 12:45.320 No more questions these two weeks. 12:45.320 --> 12:46.320 All right. 12:46.320 --> 12:48.320 We'll be outside, Doc. 12:48.320 --> 12:49.320 I'll be right with you. 12:55.320 --> 12:56.320 What do you think? 12:56.320 --> 12:57.320 I don't know. It's a good lead. 12:57.320 --> 12:58.320 Yeah? 12:58.320 --> 13:00.320 You've got a name. Let's find who works it. 13:00.320 --> 13:01.320 Better run through, I guess. 13:01.320 --> 13:03.320 Try to come up with an address. 13:03.320 --> 13:06.320 I hope he's not the kind of guy who changes it three or four times a year. 13:06.320 --> 13:07.320 Well, if he is, we can help him. 13:07.320 --> 13:08.320 Yeah. 13:08.320 --> 13:16.320 We'll find a new one. 13:16.320 --> 13:17.320 2.30 a.m. 13:17.320 --> 13:18.320 Frank and I went back to the office. 13:18.320 --> 13:21.320 We contacted the team who checked Carl Layden's apartment. 13:21.320 --> 13:25.320 They told us they'd found nothing to help us in apprehending the other two suspects. 13:25.320 --> 13:27.320 The stakeout was set up on the place. 13:27.320 --> 13:29.320 We ran the name Sam Norberg through R&I, 13:29.320 --> 13:32.320 but we failed to turn a record on anyone answering his description. 13:32.320 --> 13:35.320 Frank checked the phone book in the city directory. 13:35.320 --> 13:36.320 We came up with two possibles. 13:36.320 --> 13:40.320 We asked Sergeant Bud Young and Officer Cerrani from the business office to help us. 13:40.320 --> 13:41.320 2.47 a.m. 13:41.320 --> 13:44.320 We got to the first address, 713 Larchmont Boulevard. 13:44.320 --> 13:46.320 It was a small bungalow. 13:46.320 --> 13:49.320 A tan 1953 Nash was parked in the driveway. 13:49.320 --> 13:52.320 The doors were locked and the radiator was still warm. 13:52.320 --> 13:57.320 While Young and Cerriani covered the door. 13:57.320 --> 13:58.320 The car makes it look good. 13:58.320 --> 14:06.320 I think you want to get the door. 14:06.320 --> 14:07.320 Probably asleep. 14:07.320 --> 14:12.320 Hmm. 14:12.320 --> 14:13.320 Someone's coming now. 14:13.320 --> 14:18.320 Yeah. 14:18.320 --> 14:19.320 Who is it? 14:19.320 --> 14:20.320 Sam Norberg. 14:20.320 --> 14:21.320 What do you want? 14:21.320 --> 14:25.320 We want to talk to you. 14:25.320 --> 14:26.320 Police office. 14:26.320 --> 14:28.320 You guys know what time it is? 14:28.320 --> 14:29.320 All right, move over. 14:29.320 --> 14:31.320 Get this over fast. 14:31.320 --> 14:32.320 I got to get some sleep. 14:32.320 --> 14:34.320 I can't stay up half the night answering questions. 14:34.320 --> 14:36.320 Stand still. 14:36.320 --> 14:37.320 He's clean. 14:37.320 --> 14:38.320 Must be really important to come around this late. 14:38.320 --> 14:39.320 It is. 14:39.320 --> 14:40.320 Anybody else in the house? 14:40.320 --> 14:42.320 No, I got enough trouble trying to feed myself. 14:42.320 --> 14:43.320 Well, you won't mind if we look around. 14:43.320 --> 14:45.320 Make a difference if I did? 14:45.320 --> 14:46.320 No, nothing much. 14:46.320 --> 14:47.320 I figure that. 14:47.320 --> 14:48.320 Go ahead. 14:48.320 --> 14:49.320 Check our backs. 14:49.320 --> 14:50.320 I'm still okay. 14:50.320 --> 14:51.320 Yeah. 14:51.320 --> 14:53.320 Got the place surrounded? 14:53.320 --> 14:55.320 We expect to find the Purple Gang. 14:55.320 --> 14:57.320 I wonder if you're as good with the answers as you are at the question. 14:57.320 --> 15:00.320 Look, you might think I'm a foul ball, but I don't know what you're after. 15:00.320 --> 15:01.320 I'll have to hand you this. 15:01.320 --> 15:02.320 No. 15:02.320 --> 15:03.320 You guys must have been mixed up with somebody else. 15:03.320 --> 15:04.320 You're Sam Norberg, aren't you? 15:04.320 --> 15:05.320 Yeah. 15:05.320 --> 15:06.320 Well, we didn't knock on the wrong door. 15:06.320 --> 15:07.320 Okay, Joe. 15:07.320 --> 15:08.320 Please check our screens. 15:08.320 --> 15:09.320 You talking Young and Sirianni? 15:09.320 --> 15:10.320 Yeah. 15:10.320 --> 15:11.320 I'll wait for it. 15:11.320 --> 15:12.320 I told him that's more than just... 15:12.320 --> 15:16.320 I don't want to rush you, foes, but you want to come with us, old bar? 15:16.320 --> 15:17.320 That's your car out in the driveway? 15:17.320 --> 15:18.320 Yeah, I was. 15:18.320 --> 15:19.320 You got the keys down there? 15:19.320 --> 15:20.320 On the table there. 15:20.320 --> 15:21.320 All right. 15:21.320 --> 15:22.320 You want to get dressed? 15:22.320 --> 15:23.320 Of course. 15:23.320 --> 15:25.320 I mean, you keep believing that, but get your clothes on. 15:25.320 --> 15:26.320 I got a coat in the closet. 15:26.320 --> 15:27.320 Point it out. 15:27.320 --> 15:28.320 We'll get it. 15:28.320 --> 15:29.320 There's only one there. 15:29.320 --> 15:30.320 Right here. 15:30.320 --> 15:31.320 Now let's go. 15:31.320 --> 15:32.320 Here's the keys. 15:32.320 --> 15:33.320 You see any more? 15:33.320 --> 15:34.320 I don't know what this is all about. 15:34.320 --> 15:35.320 When you find out you made a mistake, don't apologize. 15:35.320 --> 15:36.320 Just go away till I get me some sleep. 15:36.320 --> 15:37.320 Yeah, sure. 15:37.320 --> 15:38.320 You stand right there. 15:38.320 --> 15:39.320 Badge makes you a big man, doesn't it? 15:39.320 --> 15:40.320 You better keep your eyes peeled. 15:40.320 --> 15:41.320 I'm not going to let you get away with this. 15:41.320 --> 15:42.320 I'm going to get away with this. 15:42.320 --> 15:43.320 I'm going to get away with this. 15:43.320 --> 15:44.320 I'm going to get away with this. 15:44.320 --> 15:45.320 I'm going to get away with this. 15:45.320 --> 15:46.320 I'm going to get away with this. 15:46.320 --> 15:53.320 I'm going to get away with this. 15:53.320 --> 15:58.320 I'm going to get away with this. 15:58.320 --> 16:05.320 I'm going to get away with this. 16:05.320 --> 16:16.320 I'm going to get away with this. 16:16.320 --> 16:25.320 I'm going to get away with this. 16:25.320 --> 16:36.320 I'm going to get away with this. 16:36.320 --> 16:45.320 I'm going to get away with this. 16:45.320 --> 17:01.320 I'm going to get away with this. 17:01.320 --> 17:04.480 first meet late I don't even know when you can tell us how his drivers like to 17:04.480 --> 17:08.400 turn up in your car can't you know I can't tell you he said it was your car was 17:08.400 --> 17:11.280 locked when we found it pretty smart figure well I hope you're going to do 17:11.280 --> 17:14.400 something else what's that supposed to mean I don't know how long you think you're 17:14.400 --> 17:17.120 going to be able to keep this up we got you nailed and you know it now why don't 17:17.120 --> 17:20.240 you tell us what we want to know me all go home and get some sleep I sure like to 17:20.240 --> 17:22.120 help you but I don't even know what you're talking about 17:22.120 --> 17:27.000 laden says he knows you when he say that tonight said you drove the car from the 17:27.000 --> 17:32.100 other guy where you see him late yeah so I just be proceeding hospital he's 17:32.100 --> 17:36.080 unhappy with you boys because you ran out on him willing to fill us in on the whole 17:36.080 --> 17:38.860 deal with him on our side and the witnesses to the robbery tonight you're in 17:38.860 --> 17:43.400 real trouble Norbert they send a letter right down the line I heard laden didn't 17:43.400 --> 17:48.320 make it you heard wrong wants to put in a call so you can talk to him how's he 17:48.320 --> 17:53.520 deal Clint told me he was dead when the blonde fella yeah Clint Purnell told me 17:53.520 --> 17:56.120 all about our laden didn't make it to the door the place that he went right out 17:56.120 --> 18:02.240 of that right I'll check on. The large you can you know where you know if I did I 18:02.240 --> 18:05.720 give it to you when you see him last tonight I dropped him off downtown where 18:05.920 --> 18:06.920 that in Springs that he had 18:06.920 --> 18:10.640 a big day. Should have known not to trust going. 18:14.080 --> 18:21.560 You got to go. Back yourself. How long you know for now I don't know a couple of 18:21.560 --> 18:28.520 months. Where you meet him about our first. 18:31.640 --> 18:34.280 I mean even good friends for a long time we never been in trouble for him at 18:34.280 --> 18:38.360 Clint for now set up the deal yeah start to talk to us about we could pick up some 18:38.360 --> 18:42.040 easy money he laid out the whole idea later me told we never been hung up in 18:42.040 --> 18:42.440 anything like 18:42.440 --> 18:47.000 a before he said he knew enough for all of us could be pretty good talker just 18:47.000 --> 18:49.640 don't make a lot of difference though we could have said no where's for now with 18:49.640 --> 18:53.240 a place on Venice Boulevard you got an address no but I can show you where it is 18:54.120 --> 19:02.280 I do. Take a look at these. For now you're talking about yeah that's him he's 19:02.280 --> 19:06.560 over that now. They're looking person and he is not particularly probably have an 19:06.560 --> 19:09.720 off day most clothes make them look different to the dark shirt you always wear 19:09.720 --> 19:13.160 a busy I never saw anything else he asked me one day why I always wear a white shirt 19:13.160 --> 19:16.680 said it was square asked me how long I could wear a white shirt I told him one 19:16.680 --> 19:20.880 day now says I'm crazy big deal about how you can wear a dark shirt three or four 19:20.880 --> 19:25.080 days in the dirt on the car people don't know the difference they can tell how 19:25.080 --> 19:29.200 many theater jobs you go on five how come you switched to that face was Clint's 19:29.200 --> 19:34.560 idea said you might have the show staked out everything we did he planned it we 19:34.560 --> 19:37.640 asked about something he said not to worry about it he had all figured out all 19:37.640 --> 19:40.960 we said he was as smart as any cop kept telling us you made mistakes we do that's 19:40.960 --> 19:43.880 what he said he should have told you the rest of it what you mean we can make him 19:43.880 --> 19:52.760 more than one. We took Sam Norberg down to the carpool and we drove him out on 19:52.760 --> 19:57.120 Dennis Boulevard pointed out the rooming house for personnel live while I waited 19:57.120 --> 19:58.600 with Norberg Frank went up to check with 19:58.600 --> 20:02.640 a manager in a couple of minutes he came back. I looked like the message when he 20:02.640 --> 20:14.720 moved manager says for now was here about two thirty yeah like bags and left. 20:14.720 --> 20:17.680 Frank and I along with the suspect went up and looked over the room apparently 20:17.680 --> 20:20.960 for now I've left in a hurry we talked to the manager but he was unable to tell us 20:20.960 --> 20:24.400 where the suspect had gone he did tell us that for now I've driven up to the place 20:24.400 --> 20:28.360 in the car and after packing his belongings had left the manager went on 20:28.360 --> 20:31.240 to say that he knew the suspect didn't own an automobile himself and that he'd 20:31.240 --> 20:34.040 gotten a license number of the car in the event that there might be any trouble. 20:35.040 --> 20:37.040 We called the Department of Motor Vehicles and we found that the car was 20:37.040 --> 20:41.840 registered to a Mrs Robert Sherburn two ninety seven Colorado Boulevard Frank and 20:41.840 --> 20:45.280 I went back to the main jail and booked Sam Norberg in on suspicion of robbery 20:45.280 --> 20:49.080 after that we drove out to talk to the Sherburn woman the address was a writing 20:49.080 --> 20:52.520 academy in Griffith Park we left the car down the street and walked onto the 20:52.520 --> 20:59.000 ground. I wonder what the pictures for now driving a car registered to a Mr 20:59.000 --> 21:06.800 Sherburn. The office. I'm having trouble seeing the building let alone. 21:08.800 --> 21:13.360 Early. Somebody around try to get. 21:17.800 --> 21:21.640 Yes Mr Sherby that's right police officers this my partner Frank Smith my name's 21:21.640 --> 21:25.040 Friday what's wrong I do man we'd like to ask a couple of questions about. 21:25.040 --> 21:29.880 Something's happened to Robert no man you don't have to lie to me I know that's 21:29.880 --> 21:33.680 it Robert smashed up the car and it's been hurt no man that's not it you know 21:33.680 --> 21:37.000 a man named Clint Burnell not about my husband no. 21:40.040 --> 21:43.600 He left the Bakersfield this morning I thought there'd been an accident I was 21:43.600 --> 21:47.040 scared like when you're baking a cake and somebody slams the door you have to 21:47.040 --> 21:49.840 check the oven but you're afraid to look and you're afraid not to. 21:49.840 --> 21:56.360 Say not to. You know how that is now about Clint Burnell do you know yes I do 21:56.360 --> 22:02.080 he's my step brother. That way you're here but that. In trouble again we like to 22:02.080 --> 22:07.160 talk to. I guess I should have known it but never comes around unless he's in 22:07.160 --> 22:12.280 trouble you see them then yes he came by last night he wanted to buy the station 22:12.280 --> 22:15.120 wagon to pick up his stuff he said he was going back east because he couldn't make 22:15.120 --> 22:20.560 a go over here on the coast you know where he is now yes back in the tap room he 22:20.560 --> 22:24.600 doesn't have any place to sleep and I let him use the cotton there. What kind of 22:24.600 --> 22:28.600 trouble do you miss time you better we talk to him but whatever it is I'm not 22:28.600 --> 22:33.600 going to stand behind and you promise me I promised Robert he's running again he 22:33.600 --> 22:38.040 isn't going to get any help from us where's this tack room back there the second 22:38.040 --> 22:41.800 door thank you I hope there's going to be any trouble there is you'll have to start 22:41.800 --> 22:48.480 it. One try to go yeah. 22:54.920 --> 22:59.320 Come on get up what are you doing in the eight when you got no right to come in 22:59.320 --> 23:07.320 here like this. I'll say. That's the clean job one check the bed yeah you guys got 23:07.320 --> 23:10.960 a lot of nerve busting in here like there's no reason for it yeah sure forty five 23:10.960 --> 23:14.560 automatic under the pillow big deal so you found a gun what's that prove you 23:14.560 --> 23:15.440 carry him to have 23:15.440 --> 23:17.920 a big difference Mr is there right yeah we get paid for. 23:26.160 --> 23:30.720 The story you just heard is true the names were changed to protect the innocent 23:31.200 --> 23:35.800 on January 20th trial was held in Department 97 Superior Court of the state 23:35.800 --> 23:47.880 of California in and for the county of Los Angeles. Samuel Garland Norberg 23:47.880 --> 23:51.840 Carl Franklin Layton and Clinton Ward per now were tried and convicted of 23:51.840 --> 23:55.880 robbery in the first degree five counts and assault with intent to commit murder 23:55.880 --> 24:00.640 one count they received sentence as prescribed by law robbery in the first 24:00.640 --> 24:04.160 degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of 24:04.160 --> 24:08.520 not less than five years assault with intent to commit murder is punishable by 24:08.520 --> 24:10.960 imprisonment for a period of from one to fourteen years. 24:28.480 --> 24:33.440 You have just heard the authentic story of your police force in action and 24:33.440 --> 24:38.240 starring Jack Webb presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service.