1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,920 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,440 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,680 Dragnet brought to you by Chesterfield. 4 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:18,920 This is the best. 5 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:30,600 Chesterfield and the time to change today. 6 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:32,360 You're a detective sergeant. 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,840 You're assigned a missing person's detail. 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,280 You get a call that a man has failed to return to his home. 9 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:40,840 There's reason to suspect foul play. 10 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:46,920 Your job, investigate. 11 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:48,560 This is the best. 12 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:53,080 Chesterfield and the time to change today. 13 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,840 In choosing your cigarette, be sure to remember this. 14 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:02,280 You will like Chesterfield best because only Chesterfield has the right combination of 15 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,240 the world's best tobaccos. 16 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:09,280 Tobaccos that are highest in quality, low in nicotine. 17 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:10,820 Best for you. 18 00:01:10,820 --> 00:01:15,880 All of us smoke for relaxation, for comfort, for satisfaction. 19 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:21,440 And in the whole wide world, no cigarette satisfies like a Chesterfield. 20 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,040 Get a carton of Chesterfields today. 21 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:25,800 Chesterfield Regular. 22 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:27,880 Chesterfield King Size. 23 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,920 Both at the same price in most places. 24 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:32,680 This is the best. 25 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:37,040 Chesterfield and the time to change today. 26 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,800 In regular or king size, you can get them either way. 27 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,560 The best smoke ever made's the Chesterfield you buy today. 28 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,400 Smokers coast to coast are changing, it's a cinch to do. 29 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,880 Here's all you have to say to get the one that's best for you. 30 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:53,800 Chesterfield's for me. 31 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,080 Chesterfield's for me. 32 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:05,960 You just say it's Chesterfield's for me. 33 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:06,960 Dragnet. 34 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,760 The document a drama of an actual crime. 35 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:14,040 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 36 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:18,640 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 37 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:20,320 police files. 38 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:25,480 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 39 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:31,000 in action. 40 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,640 Was Friday January 2nd. 41 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:34,120 Was overcast in Los Angeles. 42 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,220 We were working the night watch out of Homicide Division, missing persons detail. 43 00:02:37,220 --> 00:02:39,760 My partner's Frank Smith, the boss is Captain Norman. 44 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:40,760 My name's Friday. 45 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:45,440 I was on my way back from communications and it was 8 12 a.m. when I got to room 24, squad 46 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:46,440 room. 47 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:51,280 Well, it's hard to believe, isn't it? 48 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,800 January 2nd, another year gone by. 49 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:54,800 Yeah. 50 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,560 You see this evening's sports page? 51 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:57,560 No, I didn't. 52 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:58,560 Why? 53 00:02:58,560 --> 00:02:59,560 Still talking about that Rose Bowl game. 54 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:00,560 Was that so? 55 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:04,280 You know, Joe looks to me like that last play of the game's gonna end up like the Dempsey 56 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:05,280 Tunney thing. 57 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:06,280 The what? 58 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:07,280 The Dempsey Tunney fight. 59 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,120 Oh, no, I don't think it will. 60 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:10,120 Oh, yeah? 61 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:11,920 What's the controversy over that last play? 62 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:12,920 Well, since when? 63 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:14,280 All the sports writers agree. 64 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,280 Well, that's where you're wrong, Joe. 65 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:17,400 Why do you figure that? 66 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:18,400 I read them all. 67 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,040 Examiner, Times, Herald News, The Mirror. 68 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,200 They all agree the officials called it right. 69 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:24,480 All the sports writers? 70 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:27,040 Every one of them. 71 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:31,880 Apparently, you haven't seen this. 72 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,880 I've never seen that paper before in my life. 73 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:36,920 No, that's where you're wrong, Joe. 74 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,720 All the writers don't agree on that last play, see? 75 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,880 Finchley Crockett right there, you can see for yourself. 76 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:44,040 Who? 77 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,040 Finchley Crockett. 78 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:46,720 Who's he? 79 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:48,600 Only the sports editor, that's all. 80 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:49,600 The editor of what? 81 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:50,600 What paper is this? 82 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:51,600 Jesse County Realist. 83 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:52,840 Picked it up tonight on my way in. 84 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,280 Yeah, well, the game's over, so let's just forget about it. 85 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:57,280 What do you say? 86 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:58,280 Oh, sure. 87 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,360 Just overlook the only right call on the game, huh? 88 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:01,960 Just pass it right by. 89 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,160 Joe, Finchley Crockett's never been wrong. 90 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:09,080 Called the World Series, the all-star game, picked the heavyweight champ before the fight. 91 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:10,720 He's accurate, Joe. 92 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:11,720 Well, good for him. 93 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,920 But it's over and the score still stands. 94 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:14,920 Next year's another game, okay? 95 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:16,880 Listen to this. 96 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,160 I'm going to read this column to you. 97 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,200 The Bird says, by Finchley Crockett. 98 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:22,680 What's the name of the column? 99 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,240 The Bird, Bird Crockett. 100 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:25,240 Who? 101 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,080 Well, oh, I forgot to tell you. 102 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,680 When Crockett played for the Trojans, his nickname was The Bird. 103 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,000 I don't remember anybody by that name playing for USC. 104 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,000 No, Joe. 105 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,200 JCU, Jesse County Trojans. 106 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,000 Oh, yeah, sure. 107 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,040 Now listen to what he says. 108 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,840 It is a rare treat when the editor of a small town paper gets to see one of the nation's 109 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:48,180 bowl games. 110 00:04:48,180 --> 00:04:52,080 But your editor was so treated this week at the county seat. 111 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:57,760 As you all know, the new television transmitter is now operating and it is a rare treat. 112 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:02,360 As you know, there's nothing like being at the game, but it is a rare treat when the 113 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:06,400 editor of a small town paper gets to see one of the nation's bowl games. 114 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,920 He's a real great guy, Joe. 115 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:14,360 And in closing, yours truly would like to go on record and say that the last play of 116 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,720 the game was a complete mystery to me. 117 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,520 Go ahead. 118 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,080 Go ahead. 119 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:24,080 That's it, Joe. 120 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:25,360 He made his point. 121 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,120 That's all there is to the entire column? 122 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,400 Well, that's it. 123 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,560 It proves that all the sports writers didn't agree on the last play of the game. 124 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:36,680 I get it. 125 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,640 Missing persons, Friday. 126 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:40,640 Yes ma'am. 127 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:41,640 That's right. 128 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,840 All right, we'll be right out. 129 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:45,640 No ma'am, right away. 130 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:46,640 Bye. 131 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:47,960 What do you got? 132 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:48,960 Missing husband. 133 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:50,600 Wife says he and another man went out this afternoon. 134 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,040 He's over three hours late getting home. 135 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,040 It's kind of early to start worrying, huh? 136 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:55,200 No, not the way she puts it. 137 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:56,200 What do you mean? 138 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:57,200 Well, the fellow with him. 139 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,200 Her husband was going to have him put in jail. 140 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:04,200 8.32 p.m. 141 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,040 Frank and I left the office and drove out to the address. 142 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:07,920 It was located on Agatha Street. 143 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,960 The lettering on the window read, Helmers Mannequin Rental and Sales. 144 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:15,120 The store was dark except for a single light at the rear of the place. 145 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,840 We knocked and a small woman in her 50s answered the door. 146 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:19,400 We identified ourselves and she asked us in. 147 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,120 You want to come back to the office? 148 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:24,120 Thank you. 149 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:25,440 Watch your step there. 150 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:26,720 It's kind of dark. 151 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:27,720 Thank you. 152 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,040 These dummies sure look like real people. 153 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,920 Yes, we specialize in life-like models. 154 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:38,760 I've been working on the books, trying to keep my mind off of what's happened. 155 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:39,760 You want to sit down. 156 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:40,760 That's all right, Miss Helmer. 157 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:41,760 You go ahead. 158 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,800 You want to tell us what this is all about now? 159 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:45,800 Jason's gone. 160 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,000 That's your husband's name, Jason Helmer? 161 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 That's right. 162 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,000 How old is he? 163 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 Fifty-three. 164 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,000 He had a birthday last October. 165 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,040 Why do you think something's happened to him? 166 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,640 Because it's not like him to do a thing like this without telling me. 167 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,520 You told me on the phone that you'd heard from him. 168 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:00,520 Is that right? 169 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:01,520 Not from him. 170 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:02,520 Fred Madison called me. 171 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:03,520 When was that? 172 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:04,520 I guess it was about 5.45. 173 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:05,520 It might have been 6, no later. 174 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:06,520 Well, what did this fellow Madison say to you? 175 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:07,520 He told me that Jason was coming right home. 176 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:08,520 Were they together when he called, you know? 177 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:09,520 Fred said they were. 178 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:10,520 Did you talk to your husband? 179 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:11,520 No. 180 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:12,520 At the time, I didn't think it'd be necessary. 181 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:13,520 Do you know where they called from? 182 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:14,520 Fred said some bar. 183 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:15,520 Did he mention a name? 184 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:16,520 No, and I didn't ask. 185 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:17,520 I guess I was afraid to. 186 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:18,520 What do you mean? 187 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:19,520 Well, Jason used to drink quite a bit. 188 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:20,520 We had a lot of trouble over it. 189 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:21,520 Seemed like every day he'd come home and drink. 190 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:22,520 He was a little drunk. 191 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:23,520 He was a little drunk. 192 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:24,520 He was a little drunk. 193 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:25,520 He was a little drunk. 194 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:44,520 He was a little drunk. 195 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:45,520 Did he say your husband had been drinking? 196 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:46,520 No. 197 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:48,520 No, he just told me that Jason was leaving the bar and would be right home. 198 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:49,520 Was he driving? 199 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:50,520 Well, I don't know. 200 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:51,520 No. 201 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,520 My husband hurt his shoulder a couple of days ago. 202 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:54,520 He wrenched it. 203 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,520 I don't think he's able to drive very well. 204 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,520 Well, he might try to make it. 205 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,520 With one hand, our car has that automatic drive thing, you know. 206 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:02,520 You don't have to shift gears. 207 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:03,520 Yes, ma'am. 208 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:05,520 But I don't think he'd have driven. 209 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:06,520 Did he leave in your car? 210 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:07,520 Yes. 211 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:08,520 Fred told him he'd drive. 212 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:09,520 Where'd they go? 213 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,520 Well, like I told you on the phone, to the races. 214 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:14,520 Your husband usually go there? 215 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:15,520 No. 216 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,520 The only reason he went today was to collect some money. 217 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:18,520 From who? 218 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:19,520 Fred. 219 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,520 He's the man your husband was going to put in jail, is that right? 220 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:22,520 Yes, that's right. 221 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:23,520 Why? 222 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,520 Well, he's owed us some money for quite a while. 223 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,520 About four months ago, Jason asked him for it. 224 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:30,520 Fred wrote a check. 225 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:31,520 I see. 226 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:32,520 And it wasn't any good. 227 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:33,520 Why don't you want to go ahead? 228 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:38,520 Well, Jason tried to get in touch with Fred and wanted to give him the chance to make good on the check. 229 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:40,520 He was never able to catch him at home. 230 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:44,520 I talked to him on the phone, but Fred was never there when my husband went over to see him. 231 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:45,520 Yeah. 232 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:49,520 Jason told him to have the money this morning or the bad check would be turned over to the police. 233 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,520 Well, Fred showed up here this morning. 234 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,520 We thought he'd come to pay the money, but he told us he didn't have it. 235 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:59,520 And Jason said there wasn't any reason to spend more time on it, said they might as well go to the police. 236 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:03,520 That's when Fred told us that he could get the money out at the racetrack. 237 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,520 He wanted Jason to drive him out there. 238 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:06,520 Is that what happened? 239 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:07,520 Yeah. 240 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,520 But first Jason didn't want to, you know, with his sore shoulders. 241 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:11,520 Yes, ma'am. 242 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:13,520 He told Fred to take a bus. 243 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:16,520 Fred said he didn't have any money and begged my husband to drive him. 244 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,520 Told him how he'd pay the money he owed and have enough to get home. 245 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:20,520 Yeah. 246 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,520 Well, they left here about 11. 247 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,520 Did this Fred Madison say who he was going to get the money from? 248 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:26,520 No. 249 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,520 Just that it was some friend. 250 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,520 Can you give us a description of your husband's car? 251 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:31,520 Yes. 252 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,520 I've got the license number two if you want it. 253 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:34,520 How about a description of both men? 254 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:35,520 Well, I can give you that. 255 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:37,520 All right, Ms. Helmer. 256 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:38,520 Sergeant. 257 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:39,520 Yes, ma'am. 258 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,520 You've been through this kind of thing before. 259 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:42,520 You ought to know. 260 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:43,520 What's that? 261 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:44,520 About Jason. 262 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,520 Do you think he's all right? 263 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:47,520 Well, I wouldn't know, Ms. Helmer. 264 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:48,520 We'll try to find out. 265 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:52,520 We've been so close the last 10 years ever since he stopped drinking. 266 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:56,520 I guess that's what I'm afraid of more than anything else. 267 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:57,520 Him starting up again. 268 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:58,520 Yes, ma'am. 269 00:09:58,520 --> 00:09:59,520 I can understand. 270 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,520 Do you think he might have started up again? 271 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,520 Well, I wouldn't know that either, but I'd say things might be in your favor. 272 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:06,520 Well, how's that? 273 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,520 Well, 10 years is a long time. 274 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:09,520 Yeah? 275 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:11,520 Good habits are hard to break, too. 276 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:19,520 Before we left the store, we got a complete description of Jason Helmer and Fred Madison. 277 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,520 We also got Madison's address and the license number of the car they were driving. 278 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:27,520 Mrs. Helmer gave us a recent photograph of her husband, and we checked with R&I on both men. 279 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,520 We found a record on each one of them. 280 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:32,520 Helmer had been booked 12 times for drunk. 281 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,520 The last one was over 10 years ago. 282 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:39,520 Madison had been picked up for drunk, suspicion of burglary, and writing checks without sufficient funds. 283 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:44,520 We checked the jails and the hospitals, and we found that neither man had been booked in the last five hours. 284 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,520 We went back to the office and got a local on an APB on both men and the car. 285 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,520 It's 9.46 p.m. We drove out to talk to Fred Madison. 286 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:56,520 There was no one at home, but we got the information that his wife was employed at a restaurant on Clay Street. 287 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,520 We went over to see her. 288 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:01,520 Can I help you? 289 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:03,520 Yeah, I'd like to see Mrs. Madison, please. 290 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:06,520 Who are you? 291 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,520 Police officers. This is my partner, Frank Smith. My name is Friday. 292 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:10,520 Here's our identification. 293 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,520 Well, I'm Lorna Madison. What do you want? 294 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:14,520 A few questions we'd like to ask. 295 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:18,520 You mind going in the back to talk? I don't want everybody in the place to know my business. 296 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:19,520 All right. 297 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:20,520 Booth back here. 298 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,520 And hard enough to keep the job. 299 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:25,520 Go ahead. Sit down. 300 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:26,520 Thank you. 301 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:27,520 Can I get you some coffee? 302 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:28,520 No, thank you. 303 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:29,520 No, ma'am. 304 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,520 I don't have to ask you what this is all about. I guess... 305 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:35,520 Big bite? 306 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:36,520 Something about Fred. 307 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:37,520 Yes, ma'am. 308 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:38,520 What'd he do? 309 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,520 Well, we're not sure that he's done anything yet, Miss Madison. 310 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:42,520 And why are you here? 311 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:43,520 We're trying to find him. 312 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:44,520 He is in trouble. 313 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:45,520 We just want to talk to him. 314 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,520 Could you tell us where he might be? 315 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:49,520 He should be home. Have you tied there? 316 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:50,520 Yes, we have. 317 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,520 Well, I don't know then. He left this morning. Said he'd be home early. 318 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:54,520 Have you heard from him? 319 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:55,520 No. 320 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:56,520 Did he say where he was going when he left? 321 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:57,520 The racetrack. 322 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,520 Was he going with anybody, would you know? 323 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:00,520 He didn't say. 324 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:02,520 What kind of work does your husband do, Miss Madison? 325 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:03,520 He's a collector. 326 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:04,520 What's that? 327 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,520 He collects corks and bottles. 328 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:07,520 Ma'am? 329 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,520 I'm trying to tell you it doesn't work. He just drinks. 330 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,520 And how could he afford to go to the races? 331 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:15,520 He can't. The only money he's got is what he can borrow from other people to steal from my purse. 332 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,520 Did he say why he was going to the races? 333 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,520 No, I don't care what he does anymore. 334 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,520 I tried to help him, but he doesn't make any effort to change. 335 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,520 He just goes on drinking and feeling sorry for himself. 336 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,520 Any idea where he'd go if he was drinking? 337 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,520 Anyplace where he can mooch a drink. He's even tried it here. 338 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,520 Can you give us the name of any of the places? 339 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:37,520 Yeah, I can tell you, but will you tell me what he's done? 340 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,520 Well, it's just like we said, Miss Madison. We're not sure that he's done anything yet. 341 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:41,520 That's the truth? 342 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,520 Yes, ma'am. We'd just like to talk to him. 343 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:47,520 All right. I think I can help you find him. 344 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:49,520 I got a phone call earlier this evening. 345 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:50,520 From your husband? 346 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,520 No, from a friend of ours in the valley, David Neeson. 347 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,520 Fred had called him. 348 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:56,520 Fred wanted to use his place tonight. Davis said he could. 349 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,520 I asked him if Fred had been drinking. 350 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,520 He said he couldn't tell, but I know he has. 351 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:01,520 It follows a pattern. 352 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:02,520 How's that, Miss Madison? 353 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:03,520 He's done it before. 354 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,520 Go out to David's place, drink himself into a stupor. 355 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,520 David always calls me, so I won't worry. 356 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,520 Could I ask something of you officers? 357 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:13,520 All right. 358 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,520 If you find him there, will you do what you can for him? 359 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,520 What do you think it's going to do any good? 360 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:19,520 Why do you mean, Mr. Friday? 361 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:21,520 I don't think he'd take our help, would he? 362 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:22,520 Why? 363 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:24,520 He didn't want yours. 364 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,520 Miss Madison gave us the address of the place where her husband was supposed to be. 365 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,520 We also got the address and phone number of David Neeson. 366 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,520 We put in a call to him, but he hadn't heard from Madison. 367 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,520 Frank and I left the restaurant and drove out to the San Fernando Valley. 368 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,520 On the way out, it started to rain. 369 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:44,520 3113 Nordhoff Street was a small redwood house. 370 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:46,520 We parked the car and walked up onto the porch. 371 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:48,520 Frank tried the door. 372 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:52,520 I'd better try it again. 373 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:53,520 Yeah. 374 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,520 Yeah, who's there? 375 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:00,520 Madison, open the door. 376 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:02,520 Sorry, I didn't order anything. 377 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,520 Come on, Madison, open up. 378 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:09,520 Doesn't sound like he's doing too good. 379 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:15,520 What do you want? 380 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:16,520 Let's talk inside. 381 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:18,520 Sure. 382 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,520 Wouldn't keep anybody out in the night like this. 383 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:21,520 Come on in. 384 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:22,520 Police officers. 385 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:23,520 Yeah. 386 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:24,520 Let's go by the fire. 387 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:26,520 It's cold out here in the middle of the room. 388 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:28,520 You Fred Madison? 389 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,520 Well, that's what you call me when you're potted on the door. 390 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:31,520 That's right. 391 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:32,520 You friends of Dave's? 392 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:33,520 We've talked to him. 393 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,520 He's a nice fellow, old Dave. 394 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:36,520 This is his house, you know. 395 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:37,520 Yeah, we know. 396 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:38,520 Nice place. 397 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:39,520 Roof's tight. 398 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:40,520 Good bar. 399 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:42,520 He's a great friend, old Dave. 400 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:43,520 Mm-mm. 401 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:45,520 Come on, get out. 402 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:46,520 Yeah. 403 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:49,520 How you fellas like a drink? 404 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,520 You know, something to keep the chill on? 405 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:53,520 No, we don't want one and we think you've had enough too. 406 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:55,520 Well, how about you, mister? 407 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:56,520 No, no thanks. 408 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,520 Okay, but don't say I didn't try to... 409 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:01,520 Put the glass down, Madison. 410 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:04,520 We're gonna have enough trouble answering our questions as it is. 411 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:05,520 Well, that's just where you're wrong. 412 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:06,520 Is that right? 413 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:07,520 Yeah. 414 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,520 One thing everybody says about old Fred, he can handle his booze. 415 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:11,520 You've never seen old Fred swinging. 416 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:13,520 Put that glass down. 417 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,520 Okay, I'd like to cooperate. 418 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:19,520 Mind if I sit down? 419 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:20,520 Here, I'll help you. 420 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:21,520 Sit right here. 421 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:22,520 All right. 422 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:27,520 Oh, Dave, I ought to get some cushions for these benches. 423 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:29,520 Yeah, you want to start talking now? 424 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:30,520 Whenever you're ready. 425 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:32,520 What'd you do today? 426 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:33,520 All day? 427 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:34,520 That's right. 428 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:35,520 Nothing, absolutely nothing. 429 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:36,520 Where'd you go? 430 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,520 Took a little ride out to the track. 431 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:39,520 Races? 432 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:41,520 Yeah, took a little ride. 433 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:42,520 Did you go by yourself? 434 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:43,520 Mm-hmm. 435 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:44,520 I said, did you go to the races by yourself? 436 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:46,520 As a matter of fact, I didn't. 437 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:47,520 Who'd you go with? 438 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:48,520 A friend of mine. 439 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:49,520 What's his name? 440 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:50,520 Well, you don't know him. 441 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,520 Give us his name. 442 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:53,520 Jason Homer. 443 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:54,520 Tell us what happened. 444 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:55,520 Well, nothing. 445 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,520 We drove out there and saw the horses. 446 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:58,520 Did you make any bets? 447 00:15:58,520 --> 00:15:59,520 No. 448 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:00,520 Then why'd you go? 449 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:01,520 I like horses. 450 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:02,520 You know that's not the reason. 451 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:03,520 Now, come on. 452 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,520 Okay, I went out to collect some money. 453 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:06,520 From who? 454 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,520 Why are you asking all these questions? 455 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:09,520 Did you get the money? 456 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:10,520 Yeah. 457 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:11,520 What'd you do with it? 458 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:12,520 I don't think that's any of your business. 459 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:13,520 You do anything wrong with it? 460 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:14,520 No. 461 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:16,520 Well, then you don't mind telling us, do you? 462 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:17,520 Pay the bill. 463 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:18,520 To who? 464 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:19,520 Jason. 465 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:20,520 How much you owe him? 466 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:21,520 A hundred bucks. 467 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:23,520 Listen, I don't like all these questions. 468 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,520 The way you guys came in here, I don't like it at all. 469 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,520 I don't think I'm gonna answer anything more for you. 470 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:29,520 I think you are. 471 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:32,520 Now, where'd you go after you left the track? 472 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:34,520 Come on, Madison. 473 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,520 I told you I drove out to the valley. 474 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:37,520 Homer go with you? 475 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:38,520 Yes, he did. 476 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:39,520 Who drove? 477 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:40,520 Me. 478 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:41,520 Jason has a sore shoulder. 479 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:42,520 All right. 480 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:46,520 We stopped at a bar, had a couple of drinks. 481 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:48,520 Homer was feeling pretty good that he got paid. 482 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:49,520 How about Homer? 483 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,520 Did he have anything to drink? 484 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:52,520 Who? 485 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:53,520 Homer. 486 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:54,520 Yeah, yeah, a couple. 487 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:55,520 What was the name of the bar? 488 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:56,520 What? 489 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:57,520 The bar. 490 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:58,520 What's the name of it? 491 00:16:58,520 --> 00:16:59,520 Well, I don't know. 492 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:00,520 You stopped at a place and you don't know the name of it? 493 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:01,520 That's the way it is. 494 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:05,020 It doesn't matter what name's on the outside anyway, just what's on the bottles. 495 00:17:05,020 --> 00:17:06,020 That's what's important. 496 00:17:06,020 --> 00:17:07,020 All right. 497 00:17:07,020 --> 00:17:08,520 What happened then? 498 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:10,520 Jason said he had to go home. 499 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:12,520 He wanted me to call his wife and tell her he was on the way. 500 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:13,520 Did you? 501 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:14,520 Yeah. 502 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:15,520 What time was that? 503 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:17,520 I guess about 5.30, someplace in there. 504 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:18,520 Yeah. 505 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,520 Oh, we sat around and had a couple more and then he left. 506 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,520 You stayed on after Hallamur left, huh? 507 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:24,520 Yeah. 508 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:25,520 Who paid for the drinks? 509 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:26,520 Well, who do you think? 510 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:27,520 Me. 511 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:28,520 How much money did you collect out of the trunk? 512 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:29,520 A hundred bucks. 513 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:30,520 Collected it and then paid Jason. 514 00:17:30,520 --> 00:17:31,520 All right. 515 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:32,520 Let's see your wallet. 516 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:33,520 Why? 517 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:34,520 Come on, get it up. 518 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,520 How much money have you got? 519 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:38,520 I don't know, not much. 520 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:39,520 Well, take a guess, will you? 521 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,520 Twenty, thirty dollars. 522 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:42,520 All right, open your wallet and count it. 523 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:44,520 Well, it might be better if you did. 524 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:45,520 I said you count it. 525 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,520 Okay, but don't get mad at me if I do it wrong. 526 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:49,520 We'll try not to. 527 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:50,520 All right. 528 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,520 Let's see here. 529 00:17:52,520 --> 00:18:01,520 Ten, twenty, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven. 530 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:05,520 Twenty-seven dollars, that and the change I still got in my pocket. 531 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:07,520 You want me to count that too? 532 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:08,520 Never mind. 533 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:09,520 I'll be glad to do it for you. 534 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:10,520 Let me see your wallet. 535 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:11,520 Certainly, here you are. 536 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:12,520 You keep the money. 537 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:13,520 All right. 538 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:14,520 Now give me the wallet. 539 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:17,520 That wallet's a present from my wife. 540 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:19,520 Real nice, a cordovan leather. 541 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,520 Not a stitch in it, you know, all folded. 542 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:23,520 Okay, here, put it back in your pocket. 543 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,520 Yeah, thank you. 544 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:27,520 Where'd you get the money, Madison? 545 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:28,520 From in my wallet. 546 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:29,520 Before that. 547 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:30,520 I had it. 548 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:31,520 Since when? 549 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:32,520 This morning. 550 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:33,520 I won't hold. 551 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:34,520 Why? 552 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:35,520 We got it that you were broke this morning. 553 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,520 Oh, I got it now. 554 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:38,520 Now I have got it. 555 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:39,520 You have, huh? 556 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:42,520 You think I'm a thief, isn't that it? 557 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:43,520 We'll let you tell us. 558 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:44,520 No deal. 559 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:45,520 I didn't steal it. 560 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:46,520 All right, then where'd you get it? 561 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:47,520 From my bank. 562 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:48,520 When'd you get it? 563 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:49,520 Tonight. 564 00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:50,520 Well, you're gonna have to do a little better than that, Madison. 565 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:51,520 Well, I don't know why. 566 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,520 I'd be perfectly happy to prove it to you. 567 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:55,520 When you're ready, huh? 568 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:56,520 All right, I'll show you. 569 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:57,520 Take your right out there. 570 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,520 You think all the banks close at the same time, don't you? 571 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:01,520 Go ahead. 572 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:02,520 Well, you're wrong. 573 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,520 Mine's always open. 574 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,520 Of course, it don't pay any interest, but it's there and it's always open. 575 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:08,520 All right, let's go. 576 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:09,520 Sure. 577 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:10,520 Take your right out there. 578 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:11,520 It's out in Canoga Park. 579 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:12,520 You got a coat? 580 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:13,520 No, sir. 581 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:15,520 Hey, how about a little drink before we go, huh? 582 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:16,520 Kind of warm... 583 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:17,520 Put that down. 584 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:18,520 I told you once. 585 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,520 You've had enough of that. 586 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,520 There ain't that much. 587 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:24,520 Hate to figure what would happen if I ever ran out. 588 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,520 I hate to think about it. 589 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:27,520 Be terrible to have to go without it. 590 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:28,520 Well, I'll tell you something. 591 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:29,520 What's that? 592 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,520 If that bank of yours isn't there, you're gonna get the chance. 593 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:45,520 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 594 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:50,520 All of us smoke for relaxation, for comfort, for satisfaction. 595 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:56,520 And in the whole wide world, no cigarette satisfies like a Chesterfield. 596 00:19:56,520 --> 00:20:01,520 You smoke with the greatest possible pleasure when your cigarette is Chesterfield. 597 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:06,520 Only Chesterfield gives you the right combination of the world's best tobaccos. 598 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,520 Tobaccos that are highest in quality, low in nicotine. 599 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,520 Best for you. 600 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,520 Get a carton of Chesterfields. 601 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:15,520 Chesterfield Regular. 602 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:17,520 Chesterfield King Size. 603 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,520 Both at the same price in most places. 604 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,520 It's America's most popular two-way cigarette. 605 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,520 This is the best. 606 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,520 Chesterfield. 607 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,520 And the time to change today. 608 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:41,520 Because of Fred Madison's condition, it was difficult to know how much of the truth he was telling us. 609 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,520 We went back to the car and started to drive toward Canova Park. 610 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,520 On the way, we stopped and put in a call to Mrs. Hellman. 611 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:48,520 Her husband still hadn't returned. 612 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:52,520 Madison directed us to drive to a ranch type house on Kelvin Avenue. 613 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:54,520 By the time we got there, it had stopped raining. 614 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,520 We parked the car and walked up to the house. 615 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,520 There were no lights on and no answer when we rang the bell. 616 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:00,520 All right, Madison, you through playing games now? 617 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,520 Banks out in the backyard. 618 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:02,520 What? 619 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:03,520 Backyard. 620 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,520 There's a barbecue out there. 621 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:06,520 Banks at Tin Can near there. 622 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:07,520 All right, show us. 623 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:09,520 Sure. 624 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:10,520 I used to live in this house. 625 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:11,520 You met so? 626 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:12,520 Yeah. 627 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,520 I always figured that someday I was going to need some money. 628 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,520 One time I just went out and buried some. 629 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,520 Figured there'd be a time when I was going to need it. 630 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:19,520 Yeah. 631 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,520 It's at Tin Can near the barbecue. 632 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:22,520 What time are you here today? 633 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:23,520 I don't know. 634 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:24,520 I don't have a watch. 635 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:25,520 You haven't got any idea, huh? 636 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,520 Sorry. 637 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,520 That catch is kind of tricky. 638 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:31,520 You got to pull it towards you. 639 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,520 I always meant to fix that when we lived here. 640 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,520 All right, now where's the barbecue? 641 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:36,520 One of you got a flashlight? 642 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:37,520 Now let me have it. 643 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,520 You tell us where you want it pointed. 644 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:41,520 Gee, you don't trust anybody. 645 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:42,520 Where's the barbecue? 646 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,520 It's over in the corner of the yard right near the fence. 647 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,520 Where? Over here? 648 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,520 Now swing the light over to the left. 649 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:51,520 All right. 650 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:53,520 There's nothing there. 651 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,520 Maybe I made a mistake. 652 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,520 It's been a while since I've been here. 653 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:59,520 It must be in the other corner of the yard. 654 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:00,520 Over here, huh? 655 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:01,520 Yeah. 656 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,520 All right. 657 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,520 Take a good look. 658 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,520 You're not doing so good tonight, are you, Madison? 659 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:09,520 I don't understand it. 660 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,520 I saw it today. 661 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,520 Probably the owner of the house. 662 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,520 We'll check with him. 663 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:17,520 Sure don't understand it. 664 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:19,520 Right in the corner of the yard near the fence. 665 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,520 Some of you fellas are looking for? 666 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:22,520 Police officers, sir. 667 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:23,520 We tried the door. 668 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:24,520 There wasn't anybody home. 669 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:25,520 You know what this is all about? 670 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:26,520 You live here, do you? 671 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,520 That's right. What are you looking for? 672 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,520 You know anything about a barbecue pit in the backyard here? 673 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:31,520 Yeah, why? 674 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,520 Want to tell us where it is? 675 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,520 I tore it down three months ago. 676 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:41,520 We returned Fred Madison to the office for further interrogation. 677 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,520 Frank and I attempted to talk to him without result. 678 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,520 He said he couldn't remember where he'd gotten the money. 679 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,520 He couldn't tell us where Jason Helmer was. 680 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:51,520 We put in a call to the missing man's home, but he still hadn't returned. 681 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,520 We rechecked the hospitals and the jails without result. 682 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,520 1.14 a.m. We were ready to give it up for the night. 683 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,520 Frank went over to the office and I got Madison ready to leave. 684 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,520 You're going to take me to jail now? 685 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,520 You call it. 686 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,520 Come on. 687 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:07,520 Go. 688 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,520 Hold it up, Madison. 689 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:10,520 What do you got? 690 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,520 A call just came in about Helmer's car. 691 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,520 They just found it. 692 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:18,520 While men from the business office took Madison over to the main jail for booking, 693 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:20,520 Frank and I drove out to the valley again. 694 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:25,520 Helmer's car had been found about a mile off Topanga Canyon Boulevard on Farview Road. 695 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,520 It was back off the road and partially hidden by the trees. 696 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:30,520 When we got there, a radio car was standing by. 697 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,520 We talked to the officer. 698 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:34,520 Take a look at the back. 699 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,520 Stuff on the ground there. 700 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:38,520 I covered it with the boxes in case it started to rain again. 701 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,520 That's good. 702 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,520 And stains. 703 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:46,520 These stains here on the ground, I don't know if they're going to mean anything. 704 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,520 You got anything we can use to open this trunk? 705 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:50,520 I'll check our car. 706 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,520 All right. 707 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,520 What do you think? 708 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,520 I don't know. 709 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,520 Better get in touch with the crime lab, have them come out and go over to the place. 710 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,520 Yeah. 711 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,520 I got something. 712 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,520 Try this. 713 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,520 Thanks. 714 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,520 Can you get it? 715 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,520 Put that light over here, will you? 716 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:12,520 How's that? 717 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,520 That's better. 718 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,520 Need some help? 719 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:18,520 No. 720 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,520 Once more ought to do it now. 721 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,520 Yeah, there we are. 722 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,520 Let's get it open now. 723 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,520 Thought maybe we'd be wrong. 724 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,520 Yeah. 725 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:34,520 It's Hallmer. 726 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,520 We put in a call to the crime lab and they came out and made an investigation of the scene. 727 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:42,520 From what we could tell, Hallmer had been killed by some sort of blunt instrument. 728 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,520 His empty wallet was in the trunk beside the body. 729 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,520 6.48 a.m. 730 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,520 We had Fred Madison brought from his cell. 731 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,520 I feel lousy. My head feels like it don't belong to me. 732 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,520 Why don't you tell us the truth? 733 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,520 You haven't told me what this is about. 734 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,520 There's no reason why I should answer your questions if I don't know what you're trying to get at. 735 00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:58,520 We told you, we want the truth. 736 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,520 All these questions over and over, the same things. 737 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,520 You can make it easy on yourself. 738 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:04,520 Well, how? 739 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,520 Come up with the right answers. 740 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,520 I'll call the I don't know. 741 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:10,520 I'd tell you the name if I knew. I've been drinking pretty good. 742 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,520 I'll get it. 743 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:14,520 Yeah. 744 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:16,520 I'll come to the crime lab for you. 745 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,520 Here, Joe. 746 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:24,520 Madison? 747 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:26,520 Yeah? 748 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,520 This is about your bank. 749 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,520 What do you mean? 750 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:32,520 This explains where you got the money. 751 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,520 When you took the currency from Hallmer's wallet, you left three perfect prints on one of the celluloid envelopes. 752 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,520 You mean something has happened to Hallmer? 753 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,520 You tell us. 754 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,520 Come on, you can drop the bluff. These prints are enough to indict you. 755 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:42,520 You want to tell us? 756 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,520 He was going to send me to jail. 757 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:46,520 I didn't get the money at the track. 758 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,520 I tried to get him to give me some more time. 759 00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:50,520 Yeah. 760 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,520 I was so righteous about it, said I had enough time. 761 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,520 He was going to go to the police. 762 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,520 I pleaded with him, but he wouldn't listen. 763 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,520 It happened real quick. 764 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:00,520 Maybe if I hadn't been drinking, 765 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,520 it might not have been this way. I don't know. 766 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,520 Yeah. 767 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,520 I started to think about the big trouble I was in. 768 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,520 I figured it was all in the account of money. 769 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,520 Is that right? 770 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,520 There really was a guy at the track, you know. He was going to lend me the money to pay Hallmer. 771 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:14,520 If he'd have loaned me the money, 772 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,520 it would have solved everything. 773 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,520 There was another way. 774 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:20,520 What do you mean? 775 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,520 That money owed Hallmer. 776 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,520 Yeah. 777 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:26,520 He could have worked for it. 778 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,520 The story you have just heard is true. 779 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:30,520 The names were changed. 780 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,520 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 781 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,520 On May 14th, trial was held in Department 92's 782 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:36,520 Superior Court of the State of California 783 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,520 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 784 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,520 In a moment, the results of that trial. 785 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:42,520 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 786 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,520 Thank you, George Fenomen. 787 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,520 You notice how many Kings Eye smokers are changing to Chesterfield? 788 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,520 Everywhere, Kings Eye smokers are finding it out. 789 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,520 No other Kings Eye cigarette has Chesterfield quality, 790 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,520 tastes so good, 791 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,520 or gives you such a refreshing smoke. 792 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,520 What a pair. 793 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:58,520 Chesterfield Kings Eyes and Chesterfield Chesterfield. 794 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:00,520 They satisfy. 795 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,520 The 796 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,520 The 797 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,520 The 798 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,520 The 799 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,520 The 800 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,520 Frederick Carson Madison was tried 801 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,520 and convicted of murder in the first degree 802 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,520 and received sentence as prescribed by law. 803 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,520 On recommendation of the jury, 804 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,520 he was sentenced to life imprisonment 805 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,520 in the State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California. 806 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,520 The 807 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:26,520 The 808 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,520 The 809 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,520 The 810 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,520 The 811 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,520 You have just heard Dragnet, 812 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:36,520 a series of authentic cases from official files. 813 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,520 Technical advice comes from the 814 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:40,520 Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, 815 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,520 Los Angeles Police Department. 816 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,520 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, 817 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,520 Sergeant Marty Winn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 818 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,520 Heard tonight were 819 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,520 Ben Alexander, Virginia Gregg, 820 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,520 Herb Ellis. 821 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:54,520 Script by John Robinson, Earl Schley. 822 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,520 Music by Walter Schuman. 823 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,520 Hal Gibney speaking. 824 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:06,520 Watch an entirely different Dragnet case history each week on your local NBC television station. 825 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,520 Please check your newspapers for the day and time. 826 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:16,520 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet transcribed from Los Angeles. 827 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,520 Hello, I'm Stu Irwin. 828 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,520 And I'm June Irwin. 829 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,520 Our cigarette is L&M filters. 830 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:26,520 They have the first filter we've tried that really does the job. 831 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,520 It certainly is the miracle tip. 832 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,520 Notice how easy it draws. 833 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,520 And notice how good L&M's taste. 834 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,520 You get much more flavor, much less nicotine. 835 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:38,520 We'll be telling you more about L&M's come October 20th. 836 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,520 We have a new TV show going on then. 837 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,520 Every Wednesday night. 838 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,520 It's the Stu Irwin Show. 839 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,520 Check your paper for the time and station. 840 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,520 Be sure to join us. 841 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,520 And meanwhile, try L&M's. 842 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:52,520 King size or regular. 843 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,520 Both at the same low price. 844 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:04,520 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 845 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,520 Lux Radio Theater presents David and Bathsheba. 846 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:20,520 Tonight on the NBC Radio Network.