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02:51.280 --> 02:53.800 January 2nd, another year gone by. 02:53.800 --> 02:54.800 Yeah. 02:54.800 --> 02:56.560 You see this evening's sports page? 02:56.560 --> 02:57.560 No, I didn't. 02:57.560 --> 02:58.560 Why? 02:58.560 --> 02:59.560 Still talking about that Rose Bowl game. 02:59.560 --> 03:00.560 Was that so? 03:00.560 --> 03:04.280 You know, Joe looks to me like that last play of the game's gonna end up like the Dempsey 03:04.280 --> 03:05.280 Tunney thing. 03:05.280 --> 03:06.280 The what? 03:06.280 --> 03:07.280 The Dempsey Tunney fight. 03:07.280 --> 03:09.120 Oh, no, I don't think it will. 03:09.120 --> 03:10.120 Oh, yeah? 03:10.120 --> 03:11.920 What's the controversy over that last play? 03:11.920 --> 03:12.920 Well, since when? 03:12.920 --> 03:14.280 All the sports writers agree. 03:14.280 --> 03:16.280 Well, that's where you're wrong, Joe. 03:16.280 --> 03:17.400 Why do you figure that? 03:17.400 --> 03:18.400 I read them all. 03:18.400 --> 03:20.040 Examiner, Times, Herald News, The Mirror. 03:20.040 --> 03:23.200 They all agree the officials called it right. 03:23.200 --> 03:24.480 All the sports writers? 03:24.480 --> 03:27.040 Every one of them. 03:27.040 --> 03:31.880 Apparently, you haven't seen this. 03:31.880 --> 03:34.880 I've never seen that paper before in my life. 03:34.880 --> 03:36.920 No, that's where you're wrong, Joe. 03:36.920 --> 03:39.720 All the writers don't agree on that last play, see? 03:39.720 --> 03:42.880 Finchley Crockett right there, you can see for yourself. 03:42.880 --> 03:44.040 Who? 03:44.040 --> 03:45.040 Finchley Crockett. 03:45.040 --> 03:46.720 Who's he? 03:46.720 --> 03:48.600 Only the sports editor, that's all. 03:48.600 --> 03:49.600 The editor of what? 03:49.600 --> 03:50.600 What paper is this? 03:50.600 --> 03:51.600 Jesse County Realist. 03:51.600 --> 03:52.840 Picked it up tonight on my way in. 03:52.840 --> 03:56.280 Yeah, well, the game's over, so let's just forget about it. 03:56.280 --> 03:57.280 What do you say? 03:57.280 --> 03:58.280 Oh, sure. 03:58.280 --> 04:00.360 Just overlook the only right call on the game, huh? 04:00.360 --> 04:01.960 Just pass it right by. 04:01.960 --> 04:05.160 Joe, Finchley Crockett's never been wrong. 04:05.160 --> 04:09.080 Called the World Series, the all-star game, picked the heavyweight champ before the fight. 04:09.080 --> 04:10.720 He's accurate, Joe. 04:10.720 --> 04:11.720 Well, good for him. 04:11.720 --> 04:13.920 But it's over and the score still stands. 04:13.920 --> 04:14.920 Next year's another game, okay? 04:14.920 --> 04:16.880 Listen to this. 04:16.880 --> 04:19.160 I'm going to read this column to you. 04:19.160 --> 04:21.200 The Bird says, by Finchley Crockett. 04:21.200 --> 04:22.680 What's the name of the column? 04:22.680 --> 04:24.240 The Bird, Bird Crockett. 04:24.240 --> 04:25.240 Who? 04:25.240 --> 04:28.080 Well, oh, I forgot to tell you. 04:28.080 --> 04:31.680 When Crockett played for the Trojans, his nickname was The Bird. 04:31.680 --> 04:34.000 I don't remember anybody by that name playing for USC. 04:34.000 --> 04:35.000 No, Joe. 04:35.000 --> 04:37.200 JCU, Jesse County Trojans. 04:37.200 --> 04:39.000 Oh, yeah, sure. 04:39.000 --> 04:42.040 Now listen to what he says. 04:42.040 --> 04:46.840 It is a rare treat when the editor of a small town paper gets to see one of the nation's 04:46.840 --> 04:48.180 bowl games. 04:48.180 --> 04:52.080 But your editor was so treated this week at the county seat. 04:52.080 --> 04:57.760 As you all know, the new television transmitter is now operating and it is a rare treat. 04:57.760 --> 05:02.360 As you know, there's nothing like being at the game, but it is a rare treat when the 05:02.360 --> 05:06.400 editor of a small town paper gets to see one of the nation's bowl games. 05:06.400 --> 05:08.920 He's a real great guy, Joe. 05:08.920 --> 05:14.360 And in closing, yours truly would like to go on record and say that the last play of 05:14.360 --> 05:17.720 the game was a complete mystery to me. 05:17.720 --> 05:20.520 Go ahead. 05:20.520 --> 05:23.080 Go ahead. 05:23.080 --> 05:24.080 That's it, Joe. 05:24.080 --> 05:25.360 He made his point. 05:25.360 --> 05:27.120 That's all there is to the entire column? 05:27.120 --> 05:28.400 Well, that's it. 05:28.400 --> 05:32.560 It proves that all the sports writers didn't agree on the last play of the game. 05:32.560 --> 05:36.680 I get it. 05:36.680 --> 05:39.640 Missing persons, Friday. 05:39.640 --> 05:40.640 Yes ma'am. 05:40.640 --> 05:41.640 That's right. 05:41.640 --> 05:43.840 All right, we'll be right out. 05:43.840 --> 05:45.640 No ma'am, right away. 05:45.640 --> 05:46.640 Bye. 05:46.640 --> 05:47.960 What do you got? 05:47.960 --> 05:48.960 Missing husband. 05:48.960 --> 05:50.600 Wife says he and another man went out this afternoon. 05:50.600 --> 05:52.040 He's over three hours late getting home. 05:52.040 --> 05:54.040 It's kind of early to start worrying, huh? 05:54.040 --> 05:55.200 No, not the way she puts it. 05:55.200 --> 05:56.200 What do you mean? 05:56.200 --> 05:57.200 Well, the fellow with him. 05:57.200 --> 06:00.200 Her husband was going to have him put in jail. 06:00.200 --> 06:04.200 8.32 p.m. 06:04.200 --> 06:06.040 Frank and I left the office and drove out to the address. 06:06.040 --> 06:07.920 It was located on Agatha Street. 06:07.920 --> 06:11.960 The lettering on the window read, Helmers Mannequin Rental and Sales. 06:11.960 --> 06:15.120 The store was dark except for a single light at the rear of the place. 06:15.120 --> 06:17.840 We knocked and a small woman in her 50s answered the door. 06:17.840 --> 06:19.400 We identified ourselves and she asked us in. 06:19.400 --> 06:23.120 You want to come back to the office? 06:23.120 --> 06:24.120 Thank you. 06:24.120 --> 06:25.440 Watch your step there. 06:25.440 --> 06:26.720 It's kind of dark. 06:26.720 --> 06:27.720 Thank you. 06:27.720 --> 06:30.040 These dummies sure look like real people. 06:30.040 --> 06:33.920 Yes, we specialize in life-like models. 06:33.920 --> 06:38.760 I've been working on the books, trying to keep my mind off of what's happened. 06:38.760 --> 06:39.760 You want to sit down. 06:39.760 --> 06:40.760 That's all right, Miss Helmer. 06:40.760 --> 06:41.760 You go ahead. 06:41.760 --> 06:44.800 You want to tell us what this is all about now? 06:44.800 --> 06:45.800 Jason's gone. 06:45.800 --> 06:48.000 That's your husband's name, Jason Helmer? 06:48.000 --> 06:49.000 That's right. 06:49.000 --> 06:50.000 How old is he? 06:50.000 --> 06:51.000 Fifty-three. 06:51.000 --> 06:52.000 He had a birthday last October. 06:52.000 --> 06:55.040 Why do you think something's happened to him? 06:55.040 --> 06:57.640 Because it's not like him to do a thing like this without telling me. 06:57.640 --> 06:59.520 You told me on the phone that you'd heard from him. 06:59.520 --> 07:00.520 Is that right? 07:00.520 --> 07:01.520 Not from him. 07:01.520 --> 07:02.520 Fred Madison called me. 07:02.520 --> 07:03.520 When was that? 07:03.520 --> 07:04.520 I guess it was about 5.45. 07:04.520 --> 07:05.520 It might have been 6, no later. 07:05.520 --> 07:06.520 Well, what did this fellow Madison say to you? 07:06.520 --> 07:07.520 He told me that Jason was coming right home. 07:07.520 --> 07:08.520 Were they together when he called, you know? 07:08.520 --> 07:09.520 Fred said they were. 07:09.520 --> 07:10.520 Did you talk to your husband? 07:10.520 --> 07:11.520 No. 07:11.520 --> 07:12.520 At the time, I didn't think it'd be necessary. 07:12.520 --> 07:13.520 Do you know where they called from? 07:13.520 --> 07:14.520 Fred said some bar. 07:14.520 --> 07:15.520 Did he mention a name? 07:15.520 --> 07:16.520 No, and I didn't ask. 07:16.520 --> 07:17.520 I guess I was afraid to. 07:17.520 --> 07:18.520 What do you mean? 07:18.520 --> 07:19.520 Well, Jason used to drink quite a bit. 07:19.520 --> 07:20.520 We had a lot of trouble over it. 07:20.520 --> 07:21.520 Seemed like every day he'd come home and drink. 07:21.520 --> 07:22.520 He was a little drunk. 07:22.520 --> 07:23.520 He was a little drunk. 07:23.520 --> 07:24.520 He was a little drunk. 07:24.520 --> 07:25.520 He was a little drunk. 07:25.520 --> 07:44.520 He was a little drunk. 07:44.520 --> 07:45.520 Did he say your husband had been drinking? 07:45.520 --> 07:46.520 No. 07:46.520 --> 07:48.520 No, he just told me that Jason was leaving the bar and would be right home. 07:48.520 --> 07:49.520 Was he driving? 07:49.520 --> 07:50.520 Well, I don't know. 07:50.520 --> 07:51.520 No. 07:51.520 --> 07:53.520 My husband hurt his shoulder a couple of days ago. 07:53.520 --> 07:54.520 He wrenched it. 07:54.520 --> 07:56.520 I don't think he's able to drive very well. 07:56.520 --> 07:58.520 Well, he might try to make it. 07:58.520 --> 08:01.520 With one hand, our car has that automatic drive thing, you know. 08:01.520 --> 08:02.520 You don't have to shift gears. 08:02.520 --> 08:03.520 Yes, ma'am. 08:03.520 --> 08:05.520 But I don't think he'd have driven. 08:05.520 --> 08:06.520 Did he leave in your car? 08:06.520 --> 08:07.520 Yes. 08:07.520 --> 08:08.520 Fred told him he'd drive. 08:08.520 --> 08:09.520 Where'd they go? 08:09.520 --> 08:12.520 Well, like I told you on the phone, to the races. 08:12.520 --> 08:14.520 Your husband usually go there? 08:14.520 --> 08:15.520 No. 08:15.520 --> 08:17.520 The only reason he went today was to collect some money. 08:17.520 --> 08:18.520 From who? 08:18.520 --> 08:19.520 Fred. 08:19.520 --> 08:21.520 He's the man your husband was going to put in jail, is that right? 08:21.520 --> 08:22.520 Yes, that's right. 08:22.520 --> 08:23.520 Why? 08:23.520 --> 08:26.520 Well, he's owed us some money for quite a while. 08:26.520 --> 08:29.520 About four months ago, Jason asked him for it. 08:29.520 --> 08:30.520 Fred wrote a check. 08:30.520 --> 08:31.520 I see. 08:31.520 --> 08:32.520 And it wasn't any good. 08:32.520 --> 08:33.520 Why don't you want to go ahead? 08:33.520 --> 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. 08:38.520 --> 08:40.520 He was never able to catch him at home. 08:40.520 --> 08:44.520 I talked to him on the phone, but Fred was never there when my husband went over to see him. 08:44.520 --> 08:45.520 Yeah. 08:45.520 --> 08:49.520 Jason told him to have the money this morning or the bad check would be turned over to the police. 08:49.520 --> 08:51.520 Well, Fred showed up here this morning. 08:51.520 --> 08:54.520 We thought he'd come to pay the money, but he told us he didn't have it. 08:54.520 --> 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. 08:59.520 --> 09:03.520 That's when Fred told us that he could get the money out at the racetrack. 09:03.520 --> 09:05.520 He wanted Jason to drive him out there. 09:05.520 --> 09:06.520 Is that what happened? 09:06.520 --> 09:07.520 Yeah. 09:07.520 --> 09:10.520 But first Jason didn't want to, you know, with his sore shoulders. 09:10.520 --> 09:11.520 Yes, ma'am. 09:11.520 --> 09:13.520 He told Fred to take a bus. 09:13.520 --> 09:16.520 Fred said he didn't have any money and begged my husband to drive him. 09:16.520 --> 09:19.520 Told him how he'd pay the money he owed and have enough to get home. 09:19.520 --> 09:20.520 Yeah. 09:20.520 --> 09:22.520 Well, they left here about 11. 09:22.520 --> 09:25.520 Did this Fred Madison say who he was going to get the money from? 09:25.520 --> 09:26.520 No. 09:26.520 --> 09:28.520 Just that it was some friend. 09:28.520 --> 09:30.520 Can you give us a description of your husband's car? 09:30.520 --> 09:31.520 Yes. 09:31.520 --> 09:33.520 I've got the license number two if you want it. 09:33.520 --> 09:34.520 How about a description of both men? 09:34.520 --> 09:35.520 Well, I can give you that. 09:35.520 --> 09:37.520 All right, Ms. Helmer. 09:37.520 --> 09:38.520 Sergeant. 09:38.520 --> 09:39.520 Yes, ma'am. 09:39.520 --> 09:41.520 You've been through this kind of thing before. 09:41.520 --> 09:42.520 You ought to know. 09:42.520 --> 09:43.520 What's that? 09:43.520 --> 09:44.520 About Jason. 09:44.520 --> 09:46.520 Do you think he's all right? 09:46.520 --> 09:47.520 Well, I wouldn't know, Ms. Helmer. 09:47.520 --> 09:48.520 We'll try to find out. 09:48.520 --> 09:52.520 We've been so close the last 10 years ever since he stopped drinking. 09:52.520 --> 09:56.520 I guess that's what I'm afraid of more than anything else. 09:56.520 --> 09:57.520 Him starting up again. 09:57.520 --> 09:58.520 Yes, ma'am. 09:58.520 --> 09:59.520 I can understand. 09:59.520 --> 10:02.520 Do you think he might have started up again? 10:02.520 --> 10:05.520 Well, I wouldn't know that either, but I'd say things might be in your favor. 10:05.520 --> 10:06.520 Well, how's that? 10:06.520 --> 10:08.520 Well, 10 years is a long time. 10:08.520 --> 10:09.520 Yeah? 10:09.520 --> 10:11.520 Good habits are hard to break, too. 10:11.520 --> 10:19.520 Before we left the store, we got a complete description of Jason Helmer and Fred Madison. 10:19.520 --> 10:23.520 We also got Madison's address and the license number of the car they were driving. 10:23.520 --> 10:27.520 Mrs. Helmer gave us a recent photograph of her husband, and we checked with R&I on both men. 10:27.520 --> 10:29.520 We found a record on each one of them. 10:29.520 --> 10:32.520 Helmer had been booked 12 times for drunk. 10:32.520 --> 10:34.520 The last one was over 10 years ago. 10:34.520 --> 10:39.520 Madison had been picked up for drunk, suspicion of burglary, and writing checks without sufficient funds. 10:39.520 --> 10:44.520 We checked the jails and the hospitals, and we found that neither man had been booked in the last five hours. 10:44.520 --> 10:48.520 We went back to the office and got a local on an APB on both men and the car. 10:48.520 --> 10:51.520 It's 9.46 p.m. We drove out to talk to Fred Madison. 10:51.520 --> 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. 10:56.520 --> 10:58.520 We went over to see her. 11:00.520 --> 11:01.520 Can I help you? 11:01.520 --> 11:03.520 Yeah, I'd like to see Mrs. Madison, please. 11:05.520 --> 11:06.520 Who are you? 11:06.520 --> 11:08.520 Police officers. This is my partner, Frank Smith. My name is Friday. 11:08.520 --> 11:10.520 Here's our identification. 11:10.520 --> 11:13.520 Well, I'm Lorna Madison. What do you want? 11:13.520 --> 11:14.520 A few questions we'd like to ask. 11:14.520 --> 11:18.520 You mind going in the back to talk? I don't want everybody in the place to know my business. 11:18.520 --> 11:19.520 All right. 11:19.520 --> 11:20.520 Booth back here. 11:21.520 --> 11:23.520 And hard enough to keep the job. 11:24.520 --> 11:25.520 Go ahead. Sit down. 11:25.520 --> 11:26.520 Thank you. 11:26.520 --> 11:27.520 Can I get you some coffee? 11:27.520 --> 11:28.520 No, thank you. 11:28.520 --> 11:29.520 No, ma'am. 11:31.520 --> 11:34.520 I don't have to ask you what this is all about. I guess... 11:34.520 --> 11:35.520 Big bite? 11:35.520 --> 11:36.520 Something about Fred. 11:36.520 --> 11:37.520 Yes, ma'am. 11:37.520 --> 11:38.520 What'd he do? 11:38.520 --> 11:41.520 Well, we're not sure that he's done anything yet, Miss Madison. 11:41.520 --> 11:42.520 And why are you here? 11:42.520 --> 11:43.520 We're trying to find him. 11:43.520 --> 11:44.520 He is in trouble. 11:44.520 --> 11:45.520 We just want to talk to him. 11:45.520 --> 11:47.520 Could you tell us where he might be? 11:48.520 --> 11:49.520 He should be home. Have you tied there? 11:49.520 --> 11:50.520 Yes, we have. 11:50.520 --> 11:53.520 Well, I don't know then. He left this morning. Said he'd be home early. 11:53.520 --> 11:54.520 Have you heard from him? 11:54.520 --> 11:55.520 No. 11:55.520 --> 11:56.520 Did he say where he was going when he left? 11:56.520 --> 11:57.520 The racetrack. 11:57.520 --> 11:59.520 Was he going with anybody, would you know? 11:59.520 --> 12:00.520 He didn't say. 12:00.520 --> 12:02.520 What kind of work does your husband do, Miss Madison? 12:02.520 --> 12:03.520 He's a collector. 12:03.520 --> 12:04.520 What's that? 12:04.520 --> 12:06.520 He collects corks and bottles. 12:06.520 --> 12:07.520 Ma'am? 12:07.520 --> 12:09.520 I'm trying to tell you it doesn't work. He just drinks. 12:09.520 --> 12:11.520 And how could he afford to go to the races? 12:11.520 --> 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. 12:15.520 --> 12:17.520 Did he say why he was going to the races? 12:17.520 --> 12:19.520 No, I don't care what he does anymore. 12:19.520 --> 12:22.520 I tried to help him, but he doesn't make any effort to change. 12:22.520 --> 12:24.520 He just goes on drinking and feeling sorry for himself. 12:24.520 --> 12:27.520 Any idea where he'd go if he was drinking? 12:27.520 --> 12:30.520 Anyplace where he can mooch a drink. He's even tried it here. 12:30.520 --> 12:33.520 Can you give us the name of any of the places? 12:33.520 --> 12:37.520 Yeah, I can tell you, but will you tell me what he's done? 12:37.520 --> 12:40.520 Well, it's just like we said, Miss Madison. We're not sure that he's done anything yet. 12:40.520 --> 12:41.520 That's the truth? 12:41.520 --> 12:44.520 Yes, ma'am. We'd just like to talk to him. 12:44.520 --> 12:47.520 All right. I think I can help you find him. 12:47.520 --> 12:49.520 I got a phone call earlier this evening. 12:49.520 --> 12:50.520 From your husband? 12:50.520 --> 12:52.520 No, from a friend of ours in the valley, David Neeson. 12:52.520 --> 12:54.520 Fred had called him. 12:54.520 --> 12:56.520 Fred wanted to use his place tonight. Davis said he could. 12:56.520 --> 12:58.520 I asked him if Fred had been drinking. 12:58.520 --> 13:00.520 He said he couldn't tell, but I know he has. 13:00.520 --> 13:01.520 It follows a pattern. 13:01.520 --> 13:02.520 How's that, Miss Madison? 13:02.520 --> 13:03.520 He's done it before. 13:03.520 --> 13:06.520 Go out to David's place, drink himself into a stupor. 13:06.520 --> 13:09.520 David always calls me, so I won't worry. 13:09.520 --> 13:12.520 Could I ask something of you officers? 13:12.520 --> 13:13.520 All right. 13:13.520 --> 13:16.520 If you find him there, will you do what you can for him? 13:16.520 --> 13:18.520 What do you think it's going to do any good? 13:18.520 --> 13:19.520 Why do you mean, Mr. Friday? 13:19.520 --> 13:21.520 I don't think he'd take our help, would he? 13:21.520 --> 13:22.520 Why? 13:22.520 --> 13:24.520 He didn't want yours. 13:28.520 --> 13:31.520 Miss Madison gave us the address of the place where her husband was supposed to be. 13:31.520 --> 13:34.520 We also got the address and phone number of David Neeson. 13:34.520 --> 13:37.520 We put in a call to him, but he hadn't heard from Madison. 13:37.520 --> 13:39.520 Frank and I left the restaurant and drove out to the San Fernando Valley. 13:39.520 --> 13:41.520 On the way out, it started to rain. 13:41.520 --> 13:44.520 3113 Nordhoff Street was a small redwood house. 13:44.520 --> 13:46.520 We parked the car and walked up onto the porch. 13:46.520 --> 13:48.520 Frank tried the door. 13:51.520 --> 13:52.520 I'd better try it again. 13:52.520 --> 13:53.520 Yeah. 13:56.520 --> 13:58.520 Yeah, who's there? 13:58.520 --> 14:00.520 Madison, open the door. 14:00.520 --> 14:02.520 Sorry, I didn't order anything. 14:02.520 --> 14:04.520 Come on, Madison, open up. 14:07.520 --> 14:09.520 Doesn't sound like he's doing too good. 14:14.520 --> 14:15.520 What do you want? 14:15.520 --> 14:16.520 Let's talk inside. 14:16.520 --> 14:18.520 Sure. 14:18.520 --> 14:20.520 Wouldn't keep anybody out in the night like this. 14:20.520 --> 14:21.520 Come on in. 14:21.520 --> 14:22.520 Police officers. 14:22.520 --> 14:23.520 Yeah. 14:23.520 --> 14:24.520 Let's go by the fire. 14:24.520 --> 14:26.520 It's cold out here in the middle of the room. 14:26.520 --> 14:28.520 You Fred Madison? 14:28.520 --> 14:30.520 Well, that's what you call me when you're potted on the door. 14:30.520 --> 14:31.520 That's right. 14:31.520 --> 14:32.520 You friends of Dave's? 14:32.520 --> 14:33.520 We've talked to him. 14:33.520 --> 14:35.520 He's a nice fellow, old Dave. 14:35.520 --> 14:36.520 This is his house, you know. 14:36.520 --> 14:37.520 Yeah, we know. 14:37.520 --> 14:38.520 Nice place. 14:38.520 --> 14:39.520 Roof's tight. 14:39.520 --> 14:40.520 Good bar. 14:40.520 --> 14:42.520 He's a great friend, old Dave. 14:42.520 --> 14:43.520 Mm-mm. 14:44.520 --> 14:45.520 Come on, get out. 14:45.520 --> 14:46.520 Yeah. 14:48.520 --> 14:49.520 How you fellas like a drink? 14:49.520 --> 14:51.520 You know, something to keep the chill on? 14:51.520 --> 14:53.520 No, we don't want one and we think you've had enough too. 14:53.520 --> 14:55.520 Well, how about you, mister? 14:55.520 --> 14:56.520 No, no thanks. 14:56.520 --> 14:59.520 Okay, but don't say I didn't try to... 14:59.520 --> 15:01.520 Put the glass down, Madison. 15:01.520 --> 15:04.520 We're gonna have enough trouble answering our questions as it is. 15:04.520 --> 15:05.520 Well, that's just where you're wrong. 15:05.520 --> 15:06.520 Is that right? 15:06.520 --> 15:07.520 Yeah. 15:07.520 --> 15:10.520 One thing everybody says about old Fred, he can handle his booze. 15:10.520 --> 15:11.520 You've never seen old Fred swinging. 15:11.520 --> 15:13.520 Put that glass down. 15:14.520 --> 15:17.520 Okay, I'd like to cooperate. 15:18.520 --> 15:19.520 Mind if I sit down? 15:19.520 --> 15:20.520 Here, I'll help you. 15:20.520 --> 15:21.520 Sit right here. 15:21.520 --> 15:22.520 All right. 15:22.520 --> 15:27.520 Oh, Dave, I ought to get some cushions for these benches. 15:27.520 --> 15:29.520 Yeah, you want to start talking now? 15:29.520 --> 15:30.520 Whenever you're ready. 15:30.520 --> 15:32.520 What'd you do today? 15:32.520 --> 15:33.520 All day? 15:33.520 --> 15:34.520 That's right. 15:34.520 --> 15:35.520 Nothing, absolutely nothing. 15:35.520 --> 15:36.520 Where'd you go? 15:36.520 --> 15:38.520 Took a little ride out to the track. 15:38.520 --> 15:39.520 Races? 15:39.520 --> 15:41.520 Yeah, took a little ride. 15:41.520 --> 15:42.520 Did you go by yourself? 15:42.520 --> 15:43.520 Mm-hmm. 15:43.520 --> 15:44.520 I said, did you go to the races by yourself? 15:44.520 --> 15:46.520 As a matter of fact, I didn't. 15:46.520 --> 15:47.520 Who'd you go with? 15:47.520 --> 15:48.520 A friend of mine. 15:48.520 --> 15:49.520 What's his name? 15:49.520 --> 15:50.520 Well, you don't know him. 15:50.520 --> 15:52.520 Give us his name. 15:52.520 --> 15:53.520 Jason Homer. 15:53.520 --> 15:54.520 Tell us what happened. 15:54.520 --> 15:55.520 Well, nothing. 15:55.520 --> 15:57.520 We drove out there and saw the horses. 15:57.520 --> 15:58.520 Did you make any bets? 15:58.520 --> 15:59.520 No. 15:59.520 --> 16:00.520 Then why'd you go? 16:00.520 --> 16:01.520 I like horses. 16:01.520 --> 16:02.520 You know that's not the reason. 16:02.520 --> 16:03.520 Now, come on. 16:03.520 --> 16:05.520 Okay, I went out to collect some money. 16:05.520 --> 16:06.520 From who? 16:06.520 --> 16:08.520 Why are you asking all these questions? 16:08.520 --> 16:09.520 Did you get the money? 16:09.520 --> 16:10.520 Yeah. 16:10.520 --> 16:11.520 What'd you do with it? 16:11.520 --> 16:12.520 I don't think that's any of your business. 16:12.520 --> 16:13.520 You do anything wrong with it? 16:13.520 --> 16:14.520 No. 16:14.520 --> 16:16.520 Well, then you don't mind telling us, do you? 16:16.520 --> 16:17.520 Pay the bill. 16:17.520 --> 16:18.520 To who? 16:18.520 --> 16:19.520 Jason. 16:19.520 --> 16:20.520 How much you owe him? 16:20.520 --> 16:21.520 A hundred bucks. 16:21.520 --> 16:23.520 Listen, I don't like all these questions. 16:23.520 --> 16:26.520 The way you guys came in here, I don't like it at all. 16:26.520 --> 16:28.520 I don't think I'm gonna answer anything more for you. 16:28.520 --> 16:29.520 I think you are. 16:29.520 --> 16:32.520 Now, where'd you go after you left the track? 16:32.520 --> 16:34.520 Come on, Madison. 16:34.520 --> 16:36.520 I told you I drove out to the valley. 16:36.520 --> 16:37.520 Homer go with you? 16:37.520 --> 16:38.520 Yes, he did. 16:38.520 --> 16:39.520 Who drove? 16:39.520 --> 16:40.520 Me. 16:40.520 --> 16:41.520 Jason has a sore shoulder. 16:41.520 --> 16:42.520 All right. 16:42.520 --> 16:46.520 We stopped at a bar, had a couple of drinks. 16:46.520 --> 16:48.520 Homer was feeling pretty good that he got paid. 16:48.520 --> 16:49.520 How about Homer? 16:49.520 --> 16:51.520 Did he have anything to drink? 16:51.520 --> 16:52.520 Who? 16:52.520 --> 16:53.520 Homer. 16:53.520 --> 16:54.520 Yeah, yeah, a couple. 16:54.520 --> 16:55.520 What was the name of the bar? 16:55.520 --> 16:56.520 What? 16:56.520 --> 16:57.520 The bar. 16:57.520 --> 16:58.520 What's the name of it? 16:58.520 --> 16:59.520 Well, I don't know. 16:59.520 --> 17:00.520 You stopped at a place and you don't know the name of it? 17:00.520 --> 17:01.520 That's the way it is. 17:01.520 --> 17:05.020 It doesn't matter what name's on the outside anyway, just what's on the bottles. 17:05.020 --> 17:06.020 That's what's important. 17:06.020 --> 17:07.020 All right. 17:07.020 --> 17:08.520 What happened then? 17:08.520 --> 17:10.520 Jason said he had to go home. 17:10.520 --> 17:12.520 He wanted me to call his wife and tell her he was on the way. 17:12.520 --> 17:13.520 Did you? 17:13.520 --> 17:14.520 Yeah. 17:14.520 --> 17:15.520 What time was that? 17:15.520 --> 17:17.520 I guess about 5.30, someplace in there. 17:17.520 --> 17:18.520 Yeah. 17:18.520 --> 17:21.520 Oh, we sat around and had a couple more and then he left. 17:21.520 --> 17:23.520 You stayed on after Hallamur left, huh? 17:23.520 --> 17:24.520 Yeah. 17:24.520 --> 17:25.520 Who paid for the drinks? 17:25.520 --> 17:26.520 Well, who do you think? 17:26.520 --> 17:27.520 Me. 17:27.520 --> 17:28.520 How much money did you collect out of the trunk? 17:28.520 --> 17:29.520 A hundred bucks. 17:29.520 --> 17:30.520 Collected it and then paid Jason. 17:30.520 --> 17:31.520 All right. 17:31.520 --> 17:32.520 Let's see your wallet. 17:32.520 --> 17:33.520 Why? 17:33.520 --> 17:34.520 Come on, get it up. 17:34.520 --> 17:36.520 How much money have you got? 17:36.520 --> 17:38.520 I don't know, not much. 17:38.520 --> 17:39.520 Well, take a guess, will you? 17:39.520 --> 17:41.520 Twenty, thirty dollars. 17:41.520 --> 17:42.520 All right, open your wallet and count it. 17:42.520 --> 17:44.520 Well, it might be better if you did. 17:44.520 --> 17:45.520 I said you count it. 17:45.520 --> 17:48.520 Okay, but don't get mad at me if I do it wrong. 17:48.520 --> 17:49.520 We'll try not to. 17:49.520 --> 17:50.520 All right. 17:50.520 --> 17:52.520 Let's see here. 17:52.520 --> 18:01.520 Ten, twenty, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven. 18:01.520 --> 18:05.520 Twenty-seven dollars, that and the change I still got in my pocket. 18:05.520 --> 18:07.520 You want me to count that too? 18:07.520 --> 18:08.520 Never mind. 18:08.520 --> 18:09.520 I'll be glad to do it for you. 18:09.520 --> 18:10.520 Let me see your wallet. 18:10.520 --> 18:11.520 Certainly, here you are. 18:11.520 --> 18:12.520 You keep the money. 18:12.520 --> 18:13.520 All right. 18:13.520 --> 18:14.520 Now give me the wallet. 18:14.520 --> 18:17.520 That wallet's a present from my wife. 18:17.520 --> 18:19.520 Real nice, a cordovan leather. 18:19.520 --> 18:21.520 Not a stitch in it, you know, all folded. 18:21.520 --> 18:23.520 Okay, here, put it back in your pocket. 18:23.520 --> 18:25.520 Yeah, thank you. 18:25.520 --> 18:27.520 Where'd you get the money, Madison? 18:27.520 --> 18:28.520 From in my wallet. 18:28.520 --> 18:29.520 Before that. 18:29.520 --> 18:30.520 I had it. 18:30.520 --> 18:31.520 Since when? 18:31.520 --> 18:32.520 This morning. 18:32.520 --> 18:33.520 I won't hold. 18:33.520 --> 18:34.520 Why? 18:34.520 --> 18:35.520 We got it that you were broke this morning. 18:35.520 --> 18:37.520 Oh, I got it now. 18:37.520 --> 18:38.520 Now I have got it. 18:38.520 --> 18:39.520 You have, huh? 18:39.520 --> 18:42.520 You think I'm a thief, isn't that it? 18:42.520 --> 18:43.520 We'll let you tell us. 18:43.520 --> 18:44.520 No deal. 18:44.520 --> 18:45.520 I didn't steal it. 18:45.520 --> 18:46.520 All right, then where'd you get it? 18:46.520 --> 18:47.520 From my bank. 18:47.520 --> 18:48.520 When'd you get it? 18:48.520 --> 18:49.520 Tonight. 18:49.520 --> 18:50.520 Well, you're gonna have to do a little better than that, Madison. 18:50.520 --> 18:51.520 Well, I don't know why. 18:51.520 --> 18:54.520 I'd be perfectly happy to prove it to you. 18:54.520 --> 18:55.520 When you're ready, huh? 18:55.520 --> 18:56.520 All right, I'll show you. 18:56.520 --> 18:57.520 Take your right out there. 18:57.520 --> 19:00.520 You think all the banks close at the same time, don't you? 19:00.520 --> 19:01.520 Go ahead. 19:01.520 --> 19:02.520 Well, you're wrong. 19:02.520 --> 19:04.520 Mine's always open. 19:04.520 --> 19:07.520 Of course, it don't pay any interest, but it's there and it's always open. 19:07.520 --> 19:08.520 All right, let's go. 19:08.520 --> 19:09.520 Sure. 19:09.520 --> 19:10.520 Take your right out there. 19:10.520 --> 19:11.520 It's out in Canoga Park. 19:11.520 --> 19:12.520 You got a coat? 19:12.520 --> 19:13.520 No, sir. 19:13.520 --> 19:15.520 Hey, how about a little drink before we go, huh? 19:15.520 --> 19:16.520 Kind of warm... 19:16.520 --> 19:17.520 Put that down. 19:17.520 --> 19:18.520 I told you once. 19:18.520 --> 19:20.520 You've had enough of that. 19:20.520 --> 19:22.520 There ain't that much. 19:22.520 --> 19:24.520 Hate to figure what would happen if I ever ran out. 19:24.520 --> 19:26.520 I hate to think about it. 19:26.520 --> 19:27.520 Be terrible to have to go without it. 19:27.520 --> 19:28.520 Well, I'll tell you something. 19:28.520 --> 19:29.520 What's that? 19:29.520 --> 19:32.520 If that bank of yours isn't there, you're gonna get the chance. 19:32.520 --> 19:45.520 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. 19:45.520 --> 19:50.520 All of us smoke for relaxation, for comfort, for satisfaction. 19:50.520 --> 19:56.520 And in the whole wide world, no cigarette satisfies like a Chesterfield. 19:56.520 --> 20:01.520 You smoke with the greatest possible pleasure when your cigarette is Chesterfield. 20:01.520 --> 20:06.520 Only Chesterfield gives you the right combination of the world's best tobaccos. 20:06.520 --> 20:10.520 Tobaccos that are highest in quality, low in nicotine. 20:10.520 --> 20:12.520 Best for you. 20:12.520 --> 20:14.520 Get a carton of Chesterfields. 20:14.520 --> 20:15.520 Chesterfield Regular. 20:15.520 --> 20:17.520 Chesterfield King Size. 20:17.520 --> 20:20.520 Both at the same price in most places. 20:20.520 --> 20:23.520 It's America's most popular two-way cigarette. 20:23.520 --> 20:25.520 This is the best. 20:25.520 --> 20:27.520 Chesterfield. 20:27.520 --> 20:30.520 And the time to change today. 20:30.520 --> 20:41.520 Because of Fred Madison's condition, it was difficult to know how much of the truth he was telling us. 20:41.520 --> 20:44.520 We went back to the car and started to drive toward Canova Park. 20:44.520 --> 20:46.520 On the way, we stopped and put in a call to Mrs. Hellman. 20:46.520 --> 20:48.520 Her husband still hadn't returned. 20:48.520 --> 20:52.520 Madison directed us to drive to a ranch type house on Kelvin Avenue. 20:52.520 --> 20:54.520 By the time we got there, it had stopped raining. 20:54.520 --> 20:56.520 We parked the car and walked up to the house. 20:56.520 --> 20:58.520 There were no lights on and no answer when we rang the bell. 20:58.520 --> 21:00.520 All right, Madison, you through playing games now? 21:00.520 --> 21:02.520 Banks out in the backyard. 21:02.520 --> 21:02.520 What? 21:02.520 --> 21:03.520 Backyard. 21:03.520 --> 21:05.520 There's a barbecue out there. 21:05.520 --> 21:06.520 Banks at Tin Can near there. 21:06.520 --> 21:07.520 All right, show us. 21:07.520 --> 21:09.520 Sure. 21:09.520 --> 21:10.520 I used to live in this house. 21:10.520 --> 21:11.520 You met so? 21:11.520 --> 21:12.520 Yeah. 21:12.520 --> 21:14.520 I always figured that someday I was going to need some money. 21:14.520 --> 21:16.520 One time I just went out and buried some. 21:16.520 --> 21:18.520 Figured there'd be a time when I was going to need it. 21:18.520 --> 21:19.520 Yeah. 21:19.520 --> 21:21.520 It's at Tin Can near the barbecue. 21:21.520 --> 21:22.520 What time are you here today? 21:22.520 --> 21:23.520 I don't know. 21:23.520 --> 21:24.520 I don't have a watch. 21:24.520 --> 21:25.520 You haven't got any idea, huh? 21:25.520 --> 21:27.520 Sorry. 21:27.520 --> 21:29.520 That catch is kind of tricky. 21:29.520 --> 21:31.520 You got to pull it towards you. 21:31.520 --> 21:33.520 I always meant to fix that when we lived here. 21:33.520 --> 21:35.520 All right, now where's the barbecue? 21:35.520 --> 21:36.520 One of you got a flashlight? 21:36.520 --> 21:37.520 Now let me have it. 21:37.520 --> 21:39.520 You tell us where you want it pointed. 21:39.520 --> 21:41.520 Gee, you don't trust anybody. 21:41.520 --> 21:42.520 Where's the barbecue? 21:42.520 --> 21:45.520 It's over in the corner of the yard right near the fence. 21:45.520 --> 21:47.520 Where? Over here? 21:47.520 --> 21:49.520 Now swing the light over to the left. 21:49.520 --> 21:51.520 All right. 21:51.520 --> 21:53.520 There's nothing there. 21:53.520 --> 21:55.520 Maybe I made a mistake. 21:55.520 --> 21:57.520 It's been a while since I've been here. 21:57.520 --> 21:59.520 It must be in the other corner of the yard. 21:59.520 --> 22:00.520 Over here, huh? 22:00.520 --> 22:01.520 Yeah. 22:01.520 --> 22:03.520 All right. 22:03.520 --> 22:05.520 Take a good look. 22:05.520 --> 22:07.520 You're not doing so good tonight, are you, Madison? 22:07.520 --> 22:09.520 I don't understand it. 22:09.520 --> 22:11.520 I saw it today. 22:11.520 --> 22:13.520 Probably the owner of the house. 22:13.520 --> 22:15.520 We'll check with him. 22:15.520 --> 22:17.520 Sure don't understand it. 22:17.520 --> 22:19.520 Right in the corner of the yard near the fence. 22:19.520 --> 22:21.520 Some of you fellas are looking for? 22:21.520 --> 22:22.520 Police officers, sir. 22:22.520 --> 22:23.520 We tried the door. 22:23.520 --> 22:24.520 There wasn't anybody home. 22:24.520 --> 22:25.520 You know what this is all about? 22:25.520 --> 22:26.520 You live here, do you? 22:26.520 --> 22:28.520 That's right. What are you looking for? 22:28.520 --> 22:30.520 You know anything about a barbecue pit in the backyard here? 22:30.520 --> 22:31.520 Yeah, why? 22:31.520 --> 22:33.520 Want to tell us where it is? 22:33.520 --> 22:35.520 I tore it down three months ago. 22:35.520 --> 22:41.520 We returned Fred Madison to the office for further interrogation. 22:41.520 --> 22:43.520 Frank and I attempted to talk to him without result. 22:43.520 --> 22:45.520 He said he couldn't remember where he'd gotten the money. 22:45.520 --> 22:47.520 He couldn't tell us where Jason Helmer was. 22:47.520 --> 22:51.520 We put in a call to the missing man's home, but he still hadn't returned. 22:51.520 --> 22:54.520 We rechecked the hospitals and the jails without result. 22:54.520 --> 22:57.520 1.14 a.m. We were ready to give it up for the night. 22:57.520 --> 23:00.520 Frank went over to the office and I got Madison ready to leave. 23:00.520 --> 23:02.520 You're going to take me to jail now? 23:02.520 --> 23:04.520 You call it. 23:04.520 --> 23:06.520 Come on. 23:06.520 --> 23:07.520 Go. 23:07.520 --> 23:09.520 Hold it up, Madison. 23:09.520 --> 23:10.520 What do you got? 23:10.520 --> 23:12.520 A call just came in about Helmer's car. 23:12.520 --> 23:14.520 They just found it. 23:14.520 --> 23:18.520 While men from the business office took Madison over to the main jail for booking, 23:18.520 --> 23:20.520 Frank and I drove out to the valley again. 23:20.520 --> 23:25.520 Helmer's car had been found about a mile off Topanga Canyon Boulevard on Farview Road. 23:25.520 --> 23:28.520 It was back off the road and partially hidden by the trees. 23:28.520 --> 23:30.520 When we got there, a radio car was standing by. 23:30.520 --> 23:32.520 We talked to the officer. 23:32.520 --> 23:34.520 Take a look at the back. 23:34.520 --> 23:36.520 Stuff on the ground there. 23:36.520 --> 23:38.520 I covered it with the boxes in case it started to rain again. 23:38.520 --> 23:40.520 That's good. 23:40.520 --> 23:42.520 And stains. 23:42.520 --> 23:46.520 These stains here on the ground, I don't know if they're going to mean anything. 23:46.520 --> 23:48.520 You got anything we can use to open this trunk? 23:48.520 --> 23:50.520 I'll check our car. 23:50.520 --> 23:52.520 All right. 23:52.520 --> 23:54.520 What do you think? 23:54.520 --> 23:56.520 I don't know. 23:56.520 --> 23:58.520 Better get in touch with the crime lab, have them come out and go over to the place. 23:58.520 --> 24:00.520 Yeah. 24:00.520 --> 24:02.520 I got something. 24:02.520 --> 24:04.520 Try this. 24:04.520 --> 24:06.520 Thanks. 24:06.520 --> 24:08.520 Can you get it? 24:08.520 --> 24:10.520 Put that light over here, will you? 24:10.520 --> 24:12.520 How's that? 24:12.520 --> 24:14.520 That's better. 24:14.520 --> 24:16.520 Need some help? 24:16.520 --> 24:18.520 No. 24:18.520 --> 24:20.520 Once more ought to do it now. 24:20.520 --> 24:22.520 Yeah, there we are. 24:22.520 --> 24:24.520 Let's get it open now. 24:28.520 --> 24:30.520 Thought maybe we'd be wrong. 24:30.520 --> 24:32.520 Yeah. 24:32.520 --> 24:34.520 It's Hallmer. 24:34.520 --> 24:38.520 We put in a call to the crime lab and they came out and made an investigation of the scene. 24:38.520 --> 24:42.520 From what we could tell, Hallmer had been killed by some sort of blunt instrument. 24:42.520 --> 24:44.520 His empty wallet was in the trunk beside the body. 24:44.520 --> 24:46.520 6.48 a.m. 24:46.520 --> 24:48.520 We had Fred Madison brought from his cell. 24:48.520 --> 24:50.520 I feel lousy. My head feels like it don't belong to me. 24:50.520 --> 24:52.520 Why don't you tell us the truth? 24:52.520 --> 24:54.520 You haven't told me what this is about. 24:54.520 --> 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. 24:56.520 --> 24:58.520 We told you, we want the truth. 24:58.520 --> 25:00.520 All these questions over and over, the same things. 25:00.520 --> 25:02.520 You can make it easy on yourself. 25:02.520 --> 25:04.520 Well, how? 25:04.520 --> 25:06.520 Come up with the right answers. 25:06.520 --> 25:08.520 I'll call the I don't know. 25:08.520 --> 25:10.520 I'd tell you the name if I knew. I've been drinking pretty good. 25:10.520 --> 25:12.520 I'll get it. 25:12.520 --> 25:14.520 Yeah. 25:14.520 --> 25:16.520 I'll come to the crime lab for you. 25:16.520 --> 25:18.520 Here, Joe. 25:22.520 --> 25:24.520 Madison? 25:24.520 --> 25:26.520 Yeah? 25:26.520 --> 25:28.520 This is about your bank. 25:28.520 --> 25:30.520 What do you mean? 25:30.520 --> 25:32.520 This explains where you got the money. 25:32.520 --> 25:34.520 When you took the currency from Hallmer's wallet, you left three perfect prints on one of the celluloid envelopes. 25:34.520 --> 25:36.520 You mean something has happened to Hallmer? 25:36.520 --> 25:38.520 You tell us. 25:38.520 --> 25:40.520 Come on, you can drop the bluff. These prints are enough to indict you. 25:40.520 --> 25:42.520 You want to tell us? 25:42.520 --> 25:44.520 He was going to send me to jail. 25:44.520 --> 25:46.520 I didn't get the money at the track. 25:46.520 --> 25:48.520 I tried to get him to give me some more time. 25:48.520 --> 25:50.520 Yeah. 25:50.520 --> 25:52.520 I was so righteous about it, said I had enough time. 25:52.520 --> 25:54.520 He was going to go to the police. 25:54.520 --> 25:56.520 I pleaded with him, but he wouldn't listen. 25:56.520 --> 25:58.520 It happened real quick. 25:58.520 --> 26:00.520 Maybe if I hadn't been drinking, 26:00.520 --> 26:02.520 it might not have been this way. I don't know. 26:02.520 --> 26:04.520 Yeah. 26:04.520 --> 26:06.520 I started to think about the big trouble I was in. 26:06.520 --> 26:08.520 I figured it was all in the account of money. 26:08.520 --> 26:10.520 Is that right? 26:10.520 --> 26:12.520 There really was a guy at the track, you know. He was going to lend me the money to pay Hallmer. 26:12.520 --> 26:14.520 If he'd have loaned me the money, 26:14.520 --> 26:16.520 it would have solved everything. 26:16.520 --> 26:18.520 There was another way. 26:18.520 --> 26:20.520 What do you mean? 26:20.520 --> 26:22.520 That money owed Hallmer. 26:22.520 --> 26:24.520 Yeah. 26:24.520 --> 26:26.520 He could have worked for it. 26:26.520 --> 26:28.520 The story you have just heard is true. 26:28.520 --> 26:30.520 The names were changed. 26:30.520 --> 26:32.520 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:32.520 --> 26:34.520 On May 14th, trial was held in Department 92's 26:34.520 --> 26:36.520 Superior Court of the State of California 26:36.520 --> 26:38.520 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 26:38.520 --> 26:40.520 In a moment, the results of that trial. 26:40.520 --> 26:42.520 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 26:42.520 --> 26:44.520 Thank you, George Fenomen. 26:44.520 --> 26:46.520 You notice how many Kings Eye smokers are changing to Chesterfield? 26:46.520 --> 26:48.520 Everywhere, Kings Eye smokers are finding it out. 26:48.520 --> 26:50.520 No other Kings Eye cigarette has Chesterfield quality, 26:50.520 --> 26:52.520 tastes so good, 26:52.520 --> 26:54.520 or gives you such a refreshing smoke. 26:54.520 --> 26:56.520 What a pair. 26:56.520 --> 26:58.520 Chesterfield Kings Eyes and Chesterfield Chesterfield. 26:58.520 --> 27:00.520 They satisfy. 27:00.520 --> 27:02.520 The 27:02.520 --> 27:04.520 The 27:04.520 --> 27:06.520 The 27:06.520 --> 27:08.520 The 27:08.520 --> 27:10.520 The 27:10.520 --> 27:12.520 Frederick Carson Madison was tried 27:12.520 --> 27:14.520 and convicted of murder in the first degree 27:14.520 --> 27:16.520 and received sentence as prescribed by law. 27:16.520 --> 27:18.520 On recommendation of the jury, 27:18.520 --> 27:20.520 he was sentenced to life imprisonment 27:20.520 --> 27:22.520 in the State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California. 27:22.520 --> 27:24.520 The 27:24.520 --> 27:26.520 The 27:26.520 --> 27:28.520 The 27:28.520 --> 27:30.520 The 27:30.520 --> 27:32.520 The 27:32.520 --> 27:34.520 You have just heard Dragnet, 27:34.520 --> 27:36.520 a series of authentic cases from official files. 27:36.520 --> 27:38.520 Technical advice comes from the 27:38.520 --> 27:40.520 Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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