1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,080 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,640 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:15,640 Dragmits. 4 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:26,440 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:28,640 You're assigned a robbery detail. 6 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,160 In the past five weeks, an unidentified holdup man has robbed 12 drug stores. 7 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:35,160 He's taken money and narcotics. 8 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:38,200 There's no lead to who he is or where he is. 9 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:44,960 Your job, find him. 10 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:45,960 It was Tuesday, March 16th. 11 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:47,520 It was warm in Los Angeles. 12 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,320 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 13 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:50,320 My partner is Frank Smith. 14 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,320 The boss is Chief Detective Stad Brown. 15 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:53,320 My name is Friday. 16 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:57,000 We were on our way out from the office and it was 9.36 a.m. when we got to the corner 17 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,760 of Hobart Boulevard in Westmoreland, the Tischner drug store. 18 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:02,760 In the back. 19 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:03,760 Yeah. 20 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:04,760 Something you want? 21 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:05,760 Yes, sir. 22 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:07,760 We'd like to see Harry Tischner. 23 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:09,240 Hey, I'm him. 24 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:10,240 Police officers. 25 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:11,240 This is Frank Smith. 26 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:12,240 My name is Friday. 27 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:13,240 How are you doing, sir? 28 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:14,240 About the robbery, huh? 29 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,240 Would you like to tell us what happened? 30 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:17,240 I was robbed. 31 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,160 We'd just like you to tell us how. 32 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,280 Oh, now I'm with you. 33 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,800 Yeah, I'm right with you. 34 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:24,800 Let's go back and sit down. 35 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,840 You have to tell him the story and time just melts away. 36 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:28,840 Yes, sir. 37 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,880 Might as well be comfortable while we all fall out. 38 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:32,880 Yes, sir. 39 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,880 Is this all right here? 40 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:36,880 Yeah. 41 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:38,880 Like a phosphate or something? 42 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:39,880 No, sir. 43 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:40,880 No, thank you. 44 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:41,880 Okay. 45 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:43,880 And let's quit all this fooling around and get down to business. 46 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:45,880 Want me to tell you about the holdup? 47 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:46,880 Yes, sir. 48 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:47,880 We'd like that. 49 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:48,880 Good, good. 50 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:49,880 That's just what I'm going to do. 51 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:50,880 Go ahead. 52 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,880 Aren't you going to take anything down right now? 53 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:54,880 Anything down right? 54 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,240 Well, yes, sir, as soon as you tell us the story now. 55 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:58,840 If you'd like to start it. 56 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,640 Well, came in about eight. 57 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,000 That was this morning? 58 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Yes. 59 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:09,000 Just walked right in the door, came back to the prescription counter, and stood there. 60 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:10,600 Had this little piece of paper in his hand. 61 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,240 I figured it was from a doctor, you know, to prescribe medicine. 62 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:15,240 Yes, sir. 63 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:16,240 Wasn't. 64 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:17,240 Well, go ahead. 65 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:18,240 What was it? 66 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:19,240 No. 67 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:20,240 Written on there like this. 68 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:21,240 This is a story about a man who was a doctor. 69 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:22,240 He was a doctor. 70 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,460 This was a piece of paper, and it was all like this. 71 00:02:24,460 --> 00:02:25,820 This is a stick-up, don't make it a noise. 72 00:02:25,820 --> 00:02:26,820 It was a note, huh? 73 00:02:26,820 --> 00:02:31,780 Just pushed the note across the counter, I didn't have to have anybody push me off a 74 00:02:31,780 --> 00:02:34,020 cliff to know what was going on. 75 00:02:34,020 --> 00:02:35,240 No, sir. 76 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:36,820 I was being robbed. 77 00:02:36,820 --> 00:02:41,340 Yes, sir, do you want to go ahead? 78 00:02:41,340 --> 00:02:45,320 Well, after he showed me the note he kind of pushed me back into the little room at 79 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:46,320 the rear of the store. 80 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:47,320 You know, kind of store place. 81 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,100 Not if he's saying anything to you at all. 82 00:02:50,100 --> 00:02:51,100 Not a word. 83 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:53,900 with that gun for me to get into the back room, I went. 84 00:02:53,900 --> 00:02:55,220 I see, what happened then? 85 00:02:55,220 --> 00:02:58,340 He pushed me down to the floor and then tied my hands and feet. 86 00:02:58,340 --> 00:02:59,700 What do you use? 87 00:02:59,700 --> 00:03:00,660 You mean to tie me up? 88 00:03:00,660 --> 00:03:01,380 Yes. 89 00:03:01,380 --> 00:03:02,180 Rope? 90 00:03:02,180 --> 00:03:02,900 Oh. 91 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:04,340 Well, did he bring it into the store with him? 92 00:03:04,340 --> 00:03:08,420 No, sir, he picked it up in household on his way back to the prescription counter. 93 00:03:08,420 --> 00:03:08,940 I see. 94 00:03:08,940 --> 00:03:09,660 Go ahead, please. 95 00:03:09,660 --> 00:03:12,940 Soon as we got the store room, he took off the label and then undid the rope. 96 00:03:12,940 --> 00:03:15,660 He made a loop and put it around my feet. 97 00:03:15,660 --> 00:03:19,980 Next thing I knew, I was all crushed up like a rolled roast ready for the oven. 98 00:03:19,980 --> 00:03:20,820 I see. 99 00:03:20,820 --> 00:03:23,220 I'll say one thing for the guy, though. 100 00:03:23,220 --> 00:03:24,020 What's that? 101 00:03:24,020 --> 00:03:25,380 He's very neat. 102 00:03:25,380 --> 00:03:26,620 I could not. 103 00:03:26,620 --> 00:03:28,060 Yes, sir. 104 00:03:28,060 --> 00:03:30,740 Other officers, the ones in the black and white car, you know. 105 00:03:30,740 --> 00:03:31,820 Yes, sir. 106 00:03:31,820 --> 00:03:34,260 Them. 107 00:03:34,260 --> 00:03:35,220 Yeah, what about them? 108 00:03:35,220 --> 00:03:37,740 Oh, yeah, well, they took the ropes with them. 109 00:03:37,740 --> 00:03:40,380 They said something about taking them to a laboratory. 110 00:03:40,380 --> 00:03:41,780 Mm-hmm. 111 00:03:41,780 --> 00:03:44,260 Well, you can see if you want to, they're very neat. 112 00:03:44,260 --> 00:03:44,900 Yes, sir. 113 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:46,580 What happened after the bandit tied you up? 114 00:03:46,580 --> 00:03:47,460 Robbed me. 115 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:48,260 You personally? 116 00:03:48,260 --> 00:03:50,740 Yes, personally and otherwise. 117 00:03:50,740 --> 00:03:52,380 Well, sir, would you please tell us? 118 00:03:52,380 --> 00:03:55,700 Well, first off, he went to the safe and took the tin box out, 119 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:57,580 opened it right up, and took the money. 120 00:03:57,580 --> 00:03:59,300 Is that all he stole from the cash box? 121 00:03:59,300 --> 00:04:00,020 Yeah. 122 00:04:00,020 --> 00:04:02,780 I had some government bonds in there, but he didn't take those. 123 00:04:02,780 --> 00:04:04,180 Uh-huh. 124 00:04:04,180 --> 00:04:07,500 Guess he knew they wouldn't do him any good. 125 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:08,580 All right, sir. 126 00:04:08,580 --> 00:04:09,580 He didn't take them. 127 00:04:09,580 --> 00:04:12,140 Took the money, but didn't take the government bonds. 128 00:04:12,140 --> 00:04:13,940 According to what you told the officers this morning, 129 00:04:13,940 --> 00:04:15,620 the thief took a supply of narcotics, too. 130 00:04:15,620 --> 00:04:16,180 Is that correct? 131 00:04:16,180 --> 00:04:18,660 Yes, he got them from the safe, too. 132 00:04:18,660 --> 00:04:21,100 Well, now, after he finished with the safe, what happened? 133 00:04:21,100 --> 00:04:21,780 He left. 134 00:04:21,780 --> 00:04:22,980 He walked out of the place. 135 00:04:22,980 --> 00:04:24,620 He just ambled right out. 136 00:04:24,620 --> 00:04:26,180 During the time he was in the store, 137 00:04:26,180 --> 00:04:27,180 he didn't say anything at all. 138 00:04:27,180 --> 00:04:27,900 Is that right? 139 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:29,700 Did anybody else come in while he was here? 140 00:04:29,700 --> 00:04:30,780 You mean like a customer? 141 00:04:30,780 --> 00:04:31,580 Yes. 142 00:04:31,580 --> 00:04:33,460 No. 143 00:04:33,460 --> 00:04:35,620 Oh, excuse me. 144 00:04:35,620 --> 00:04:37,100 That might be our office, Mr. Tischner. 145 00:04:37,100 --> 00:04:39,060 We left this number. 146 00:04:39,060 --> 00:04:40,140 OK. 147 00:04:40,140 --> 00:04:41,380 If it is, I'll tell you. 148 00:04:41,380 --> 00:04:42,140 Thank you. 149 00:04:42,140 --> 00:04:44,020 Tischner drugs. 150 00:04:44,020 --> 00:04:45,340 Uh-huh. 151 00:04:45,340 --> 00:04:47,900 Oh, yeah, Mrs. Kent-Wetherly. 152 00:04:47,900 --> 00:04:48,900 Uh-huh. 153 00:04:48,900 --> 00:04:50,980 No, shouldn't be. 154 00:04:50,980 --> 00:04:51,980 Uh-huh. 155 00:04:51,980 --> 00:04:53,940 No, I can't do that. 156 00:04:53,940 --> 00:04:55,420 If you'll have your doctor call me, 157 00:04:55,420 --> 00:04:57,700 I'll make it up and send it over. 158 00:04:57,700 --> 00:04:58,580 Yeah. 159 00:04:58,580 --> 00:04:59,220 No. 160 00:04:59,220 --> 00:05:01,540 No, not without a prescription. 161 00:05:01,540 --> 00:05:02,820 Uh-huh. 162 00:05:02,820 --> 00:05:03,860 OK. 163 00:05:03,860 --> 00:05:05,460 Well, I'll call you when it's ready, then, 164 00:05:05,460 --> 00:05:07,700 and you can send Lanny over. 165 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:08,620 Right. 166 00:05:08,620 --> 00:05:10,700 Bye, Mrs. Kent-Wetherly. 167 00:05:10,700 --> 00:05:11,620 Huh? 168 00:05:11,620 --> 00:05:14,460 Oh, well, if that's the way you feel, I won't. 169 00:05:14,460 --> 00:05:15,340 Oh, sure. 170 00:05:15,340 --> 00:05:16,380 OK. 171 00:05:16,380 --> 00:05:17,820 Goodbye. 172 00:05:17,820 --> 00:05:20,100 Yeah, I can't imagine why she'd say a thing like that. 173 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:21,700 Just no reason at all. 174 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:22,580 Sir? 175 00:05:22,580 --> 00:05:23,820 This is Kent-Wetherly. 176 00:05:23,820 --> 00:05:26,500 Told me when the sun comes over to get the prescription, 177 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:28,180 not to give him any candy. 178 00:05:28,180 --> 00:05:29,260 Oh, I see. 179 00:05:29,260 --> 00:05:31,100 I usually throw in a liquor shrift, you know. 180 00:05:31,100 --> 00:05:32,340 Uh-huh. 181 00:05:32,340 --> 00:05:33,140 Don't want me to do it. 182 00:05:33,140 --> 00:05:34,060 That's too bad. 183 00:05:34,060 --> 00:05:34,740 Yes, sir. 184 00:05:34,740 --> 00:05:36,420 I wonder if we could go ahead with the description. 185 00:05:36,420 --> 00:05:36,900 Sure. 186 00:05:36,900 --> 00:05:37,860 I guess so. 187 00:05:37,860 --> 00:05:39,900 Well, now, from what you told the investigating officers, 188 00:05:39,900 --> 00:05:41,780 the man's about 35 to 38. 189 00:05:41,780 --> 00:05:42,740 Is that right? 190 00:05:42,740 --> 00:05:46,260 Light in color, 5 feet 10, 175 pounds, 191 00:05:46,260 --> 00:05:48,180 no visible marks or scars. Is that right? 192 00:05:48,180 --> 00:05:50,060 Well, I guess that's pretty close. 193 00:05:50,060 --> 00:05:50,860 Well, if it was anything different, 194 00:05:50,860 --> 00:05:52,980 we'd appreciate you telling us now. 195 00:05:52,980 --> 00:05:54,900 No, not with you. 196 00:05:54,900 --> 00:05:56,780 Because I can't understand why Mrs. Kent-Wetherly 197 00:05:56,780 --> 00:05:58,700 would say a thing like that. 198 00:05:58,700 --> 00:06:01,460 Just a penny liquor shrift. 199 00:06:01,460 --> 00:06:02,540 Little bitty thing. 200 00:06:02,540 --> 00:06:03,740 Yes, sir, we understand. 201 00:06:03,740 --> 00:06:05,140 Like that. 202 00:06:05,140 --> 00:06:06,220 Couldn't hurt anybody. 203 00:06:06,220 --> 00:06:06,500 Yes, sir. 204 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:08,260 Would you be able to identify the hold-up man 205 00:06:08,260 --> 00:06:09,140 if you saw him again? 206 00:06:09,140 --> 00:06:10,300 Oh, yeah, no trouble. 207 00:06:10,300 --> 00:06:11,100 I'd know him. 208 00:06:11,100 --> 00:06:12,140 Uh-huh. 209 00:06:12,140 --> 00:06:13,780 He'd never say a thing like that. 210 00:06:13,780 --> 00:06:14,540 Sir? 211 00:06:14,540 --> 00:06:15,820 The fellow who robbed me. 212 00:06:15,820 --> 00:06:16,980 What do you mean? 213 00:06:16,980 --> 00:06:18,860 Oh, on the way out, the way I was laying, 214 00:06:18,860 --> 00:06:21,940 I saw him stop right up there with a can in magazines. 215 00:06:21,940 --> 00:06:23,220 Stopped dead in his tracks. 216 00:06:23,220 --> 00:06:24,580 He went over to help himself. 217 00:06:24,580 --> 00:06:25,660 Uh-huh. 218 00:06:25,660 --> 00:06:28,900 Took the top off and helped himself a handful. 219 00:06:28,900 --> 00:06:30,020 Sure must like him. 220 00:06:30,020 --> 00:06:30,780 What was that, sir? 221 00:06:30,780 --> 00:06:32,100 Liquor strips. 222 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:34,260 Just reached into the jar and took a handful. 223 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:35,020 After that, he left. 224 00:06:35,020 --> 00:06:35,420 Is that right? 225 00:06:35,420 --> 00:06:36,180 Yeah. 226 00:06:36,180 --> 00:06:37,740 Soon as he put his gloves back on. 227 00:06:37,740 --> 00:06:38,820 What was that? 228 00:06:38,820 --> 00:06:40,740 Couldn't work the top of the jar with the gloves, 229 00:06:40,740 --> 00:06:42,100 so he took them off. 230 00:06:42,100 --> 00:06:42,820 No. 231 00:06:42,820 --> 00:06:44,740 Used his bare hands. 232 00:06:44,740 --> 00:06:51,340 Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. 233 00:06:51,340 --> 00:06:52,220 10.02 AM. 234 00:06:52,220 --> 00:06:54,700 Frank put in a call to Harland Stahl and Layton Fingerprints. 235 00:06:54,700 --> 00:06:57,260 We asked him to come out and go over the glass candy jar. 236 00:06:57,260 --> 00:06:58,700 While we waited for him, Frank and I 237 00:06:58,700 --> 00:07:00,140 checked the list of stolen narcotics 238 00:07:00,140 --> 00:07:01,980 with the drugist Harry Tischner. 239 00:07:01,980 --> 00:07:04,020 We also made arrangements for him to come downtown 240 00:07:04,020 --> 00:07:05,980 and look through the mug books. 241 00:07:05,980 --> 00:07:07,980 When the glass candy jar was checked, 242 00:07:07,980 --> 00:07:10,740 Harland Stahl was able to come up with two partial prints. 243 00:07:10,740 --> 00:07:13,980 They were enough for comparison, but not for identification. 244 00:07:13,980 --> 00:07:15,020 11.15 AM. 245 00:07:15,020 --> 00:07:17,300 Frank and I left the store and spent the rest of the afternoon 246 00:07:17,300 --> 00:07:19,300 checking out the list of names we'd gotten from the stats 247 00:07:19,300 --> 00:07:20,300 office. 248 00:07:20,300 --> 00:07:21,700 Several of the possibles looked good, 249 00:07:21,700 --> 00:07:23,500 but after each one of them was investigated, 250 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:26,020 we still didn't have a suspect in custody. 251 00:07:26,020 --> 00:07:28,340 Wednesday morning, March 17th, at 8.06 AM, 252 00:07:28,340 --> 00:07:30,580 Frank and I met in the squad room. 253 00:07:30,580 --> 00:07:31,500 Morning, Joe. 254 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:32,000 Hi. 255 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,180 Tried to call you this morning. 256 00:07:33,180 --> 00:07:34,740 Thought maybe you'd want to stop and have some breakfast. 257 00:07:34,740 --> 00:07:35,700 No, I left the house early. 258 00:07:35,700 --> 00:07:36,200 Uh-huh. 259 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:37,180 Did you check the book? 260 00:07:37,180 --> 00:07:37,500 Yeah. 261 00:07:37,500 --> 00:07:38,020 Anything? 262 00:07:38,020 --> 00:07:39,140 I'm skipping once doctors. 263 00:07:39,140 --> 00:07:40,500 Well, I figured that'd happen. 264 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:41,260 Is he in now? 265 00:07:41,260 --> 00:07:42,260 Yeah. 266 00:07:42,260 --> 00:07:42,860 Well, come on. 267 00:07:42,860 --> 00:07:44,100 Let's get it over with. 268 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:50,100 Come in. 269 00:07:50,100 --> 00:07:51,580 Yeah, that's right. 270 00:07:51,580 --> 00:07:52,080 No, not yet. 271 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,580 I'm going to try and line it up this afternoon. 272 00:07:54,580 --> 00:07:56,060 Yeah, I'll call you back. 273 00:07:56,060 --> 00:07:57,060 Mm-hmm. 274 00:07:57,060 --> 00:07:59,060 Yeah, they're here right now. 275 00:07:59,060 --> 00:08:01,060 Bye. 276 00:08:01,060 --> 00:08:02,060 Do you want to see us, Captain? 277 00:08:02,060 --> 00:08:03,060 Yeah, come in. 278 00:08:03,060 --> 00:08:04,060 Sit down. 279 00:08:08,060 --> 00:08:10,660 Going in, I won't tell you who's on my back about this thing, 280 00:08:10,660 --> 00:08:12,060 and you don't give me any excuses, right? 281 00:08:12,060 --> 00:08:13,060 Sure. 282 00:08:13,060 --> 00:08:14,060 Where are you? 283 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:16,060 Still in front of the first store. 284 00:08:16,060 --> 00:08:17,060 That's how long ago? 285 00:08:17,060 --> 00:08:18,060 Yeah, it's been five weeks. 286 00:08:18,060 --> 00:08:19,060 What do you know about him? 287 00:08:19,060 --> 00:08:21,060 WMA, description, closed. 288 00:08:21,060 --> 00:08:22,060 Match on all the jobs? 289 00:08:22,060 --> 00:08:25,060 Close enough so we know it's the same guy. 290 00:08:25,060 --> 00:08:26,060 OK, what else? 291 00:08:26,060 --> 00:08:28,060 He uses a stolen car to get to the store. 292 00:08:28,060 --> 00:08:29,060 He drives it away. 293 00:08:29,060 --> 00:08:31,060 He isn't too careful to hide the license plate. 294 00:08:31,060 --> 00:08:33,060 We've been able to come up with three out of the five. 295 00:08:33,060 --> 00:08:34,060 Checked the cars out? 296 00:08:34,060 --> 00:08:35,060 Yeah, clean. 297 00:08:35,060 --> 00:08:36,060 Not a print on them. 298 00:08:36,060 --> 00:08:37,060 Nothing else. 299 00:08:37,060 --> 00:08:38,060 Picked up something yesterday. 300 00:08:38,060 --> 00:08:39,060 Should help when we nail them. 301 00:08:39,060 --> 00:08:40,060 What's that? 302 00:08:40,060 --> 00:08:42,060 Most all, listed a couple of partials from a candy jar. 303 00:08:42,060 --> 00:08:44,060 That'll be enough for comparison. 304 00:08:44,060 --> 00:08:46,060 Can't make the suspect on the line. 305 00:08:46,060 --> 00:08:48,060 No, not enough to classify. 306 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:49,060 What about the narcotics he's taking? 307 00:08:49,060 --> 00:08:50,060 You show up any place? 308 00:08:50,060 --> 00:08:52,060 No, not that we can find. 309 00:08:52,060 --> 00:08:53,060 We've been down all the alleys. 310 00:08:53,060 --> 00:08:54,060 There's nothing there. 311 00:08:54,060 --> 00:08:55,060 Talked to Luca Relli. 312 00:08:55,060 --> 00:08:56,060 Hop squad's got nothing on it. 313 00:08:56,060 --> 00:08:59,060 If none of it's showing up, then it could mean he's using the stuff himself. 314 00:08:59,060 --> 00:09:01,060 That's what we got figured. 315 00:09:01,060 --> 00:09:02,060 How about the stats office? 316 00:09:02,060 --> 00:09:03,060 They spend much more time down there. 317 00:09:03,060 --> 00:09:05,060 They're going to put us to work with the machines. 318 00:09:05,060 --> 00:09:06,060 Performance? 319 00:09:06,060 --> 00:09:08,060 They've given us smiles. 320 00:09:08,060 --> 00:09:09,060 That's about all. 321 00:09:09,060 --> 00:09:10,060 You think they're holding? 322 00:09:10,060 --> 00:09:11,060 No. 323 00:09:11,060 --> 00:09:12,060 Come over here. 324 00:09:12,060 --> 00:09:13,060 Take a look at the map. 325 00:09:13,060 --> 00:09:19,060 The way he's picking the places, he's set up a pretty definite operating schedule. 326 00:09:19,060 --> 00:09:23,060 Here, Dennis Boulevard, Kingsley Drive, Western Adams, Washington, the rest of them. 327 00:09:23,060 --> 00:09:24,060 They're all grouped in this area. 328 00:09:24,060 --> 00:09:25,060 Yeah. 329 00:09:25,060 --> 00:09:28,060 You got to figure he's going to keep working in vicinity until he hits them all. 330 00:09:28,060 --> 00:09:30,060 Then maybe he'll move on to something else. 331 00:09:30,060 --> 00:09:33,060 Might help if we could come up with a reason that he's working there. 332 00:09:33,060 --> 00:09:35,060 Anything he can come up with has got to help. 333 00:09:35,060 --> 00:09:36,060 Yeah, we know. 334 00:09:36,060 --> 00:09:41,060 It's true that he's been using the narcotics himself, it's just a matter of time before we hand this one over to homicide. 335 00:09:41,060 --> 00:09:43,060 He's going to walk into the store, somebody's going to get in trouble. 336 00:09:43,060 --> 00:09:45,060 If he's on an needle, he isn't going to take it. 337 00:09:45,060 --> 00:09:47,060 So it adds up to a big stop. 338 00:09:47,060 --> 00:09:48,060 The past. 339 00:09:48,060 --> 00:09:50,060 Well, if we work the area, it's going to take a lot of men, you know. 340 00:09:50,060 --> 00:09:51,060 We'll get him. 341 00:09:51,060 --> 00:09:52,060 I've talked to Stoner. 342 00:09:52,060 --> 00:09:54,060 He's taking care of all the help you need from here. 343 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:56,060 There'll be four teams available. 344 00:09:56,060 --> 00:09:58,060 You can call Metro Division for whatever else you need. 345 00:09:58,060 --> 00:09:59,060 All right. 346 00:09:59,060 --> 00:10:00,060 We'll set it up for the night, then. 347 00:10:00,060 --> 00:10:01,060 Check with communications. 348 00:10:01,060 --> 00:10:02,060 Make sure you get to Threeways Working. 349 00:10:02,060 --> 00:10:03,060 Right. 350 00:10:03,060 --> 00:10:05,060 This guy's been pressing his luck for a long time. 351 00:10:05,060 --> 00:10:07,060 I'm bound to run short on it sometime. 352 00:10:10,060 --> 00:10:11,060 Robbery done. 353 00:10:12,060 --> 00:10:13,060 Yeah. 354 00:10:13,060 --> 00:10:14,060 When? 355 00:10:16,060 --> 00:10:17,060 Okay, we'll take care of him. 356 00:10:18,060 --> 00:10:19,060 Looks like you just got partners. 357 00:10:19,060 --> 00:10:20,060 What do you mean? 358 00:10:20,060 --> 00:10:22,060 Your boy just made it 13, drugs are out on Pico. 359 00:10:22,060 --> 00:10:23,060 Yeah. 360 00:10:23,060 --> 00:10:24,060 They don't expect the victim to live. 361 00:10:31,060 --> 00:10:34,060 Frank and I left the office and drove over to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 362 00:10:34,060 --> 00:10:36,060 We talked with the officer on duty. 363 00:10:36,060 --> 00:10:38,060 He told us that the victim's name was George Raylor. 364 00:10:38,060 --> 00:10:42,060 He owned a small neighborhood drug store at the corner of Pico Boulevard and Vineyard Avenue. 365 00:10:42,060 --> 00:10:44,060 He went on to say that he didn't have all of the particulars of the beating, 366 00:10:44,060 --> 00:10:47,060 but that it had occurred during the commission of a robbery. 367 00:10:47,060 --> 00:10:49,060 We talked to Dr. Sebastian. 368 00:10:49,060 --> 00:10:54,060 He told us that the elderly man was suffering from a fractured skull, broken ribs, and possible internal injuries. 369 00:10:54,060 --> 00:10:58,060 He added that from Raylor's appearance, it looked as if he'd been beaten about the head and shoulders 370 00:10:58,060 --> 00:11:00,060 with a heavy instrument and then kicked in the chest. 371 00:11:00,060 --> 00:11:04,060 We left word to call as soon as he could be questioned, then we drove over to the store on Pico. 372 00:11:07,060 --> 00:11:08,060 Yes, there's something I can do for you. 373 00:11:08,060 --> 00:11:09,060 Police officers. 374 00:11:09,060 --> 00:11:11,060 Oh, how's Mr. Raylor? Have you seen him? 375 00:11:11,060 --> 00:11:12,060 No, we haven't yet. 376 00:11:12,060 --> 00:11:13,060 You heard any things? You gonna be all right? 377 00:11:13,060 --> 00:11:14,060 Well, we don't know that yet. 378 00:11:14,060 --> 00:11:15,060 I sure hope so. 379 00:11:15,060 --> 00:11:17,060 The guy who hit him sure did a job. 380 00:11:17,060 --> 00:11:19,060 Just beat him something awful. 381 00:11:19,060 --> 00:11:20,060 Yeah, we know. 382 00:11:20,060 --> 00:11:23,060 Not enough just hitting him, but then he knocked him down and stomped him. 383 00:11:23,060 --> 00:11:24,060 Awful. 384 00:11:24,060 --> 00:11:25,060 You hear when it happened? 385 00:11:25,060 --> 00:11:26,060 Yeah, I saw the whole thing. 386 00:11:26,060 --> 00:11:28,060 You want to tell us what happened? 387 00:11:28,060 --> 00:11:29,060 You mean for the investigation? 388 00:11:29,060 --> 00:11:30,060 That's right. 389 00:11:30,060 --> 00:11:31,060 Okay. 390 00:11:31,060 --> 00:11:32,060 You want to give us your name first? 391 00:11:32,060 --> 00:11:33,060 Calvin Webster. 392 00:11:33,060 --> 00:11:35,060 You work here in the store, do you, son? 393 00:11:35,060 --> 00:11:36,060 Yeah, that's right. 394 00:11:36,060 --> 00:11:38,060 Sort of a general left hand. 395 00:11:38,060 --> 00:11:39,060 What was that? 396 00:11:39,060 --> 00:11:41,060 Well, you see Mrs. Raylor's his right hand. 397 00:11:41,060 --> 00:11:42,060 I'm the left. 398 00:11:42,060 --> 00:11:43,060 Yeah. 399 00:11:43,060 --> 00:11:45,060 She wasn't here today and not having her hair fixed. 400 00:11:45,060 --> 00:11:46,060 Probably just as good. 401 00:11:46,060 --> 00:11:47,060 All right, Webster. 402 00:11:47,060 --> 00:11:48,060 You want to tell us? 403 00:11:48,060 --> 00:11:51,060 Well, Faw came in about 8.30, right after we opened. 404 00:11:51,060 --> 00:11:54,060 Came in and went back to the prescription counter. 405 00:11:54,060 --> 00:11:57,060 I was going back to tell him that Mr. Raylor would be right out and then he was. 406 00:11:57,060 --> 00:11:58,060 Raylor? 407 00:11:58,060 --> 00:12:01,060 Yeah, he was back checking the stock on vitamin pills. 408 00:12:01,060 --> 00:12:02,060 We do a big business in them. 409 00:12:02,060 --> 00:12:04,060 I have to have a pretty careful watch on the supply. 410 00:12:04,060 --> 00:12:06,060 I wouldn't want to get caught short. 411 00:12:06,060 --> 00:12:07,060 All right, go ahead. 412 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:09,060 Well, the fellow, the holdup man, you know. 413 00:12:09,060 --> 00:12:10,060 Yeah, go ahead. 414 00:12:10,060 --> 00:12:12,060 Well, he took this little piece of paper out of his coat. 415 00:12:12,060 --> 00:12:14,060 I figured it was a prescription. 416 00:12:14,060 --> 00:12:15,060 It looked like it. 417 00:12:15,060 --> 00:12:16,060 Well, it wasn't. 418 00:12:16,060 --> 00:12:18,060 It turned out to be the note where he said he wanted the money. 419 00:12:18,060 --> 00:12:19,060 Did you see the note? 420 00:12:19,060 --> 00:12:20,060 Well, not so as I can read it. 421 00:12:20,060 --> 00:12:23,060 First I knew there was something wrong when Mr. Raylor started to yell at the guy. 422 00:12:23,060 --> 00:12:24,060 Told him to get out of the store. 423 00:12:24,060 --> 00:12:26,060 Ran around the counter and tried to grab him. 424 00:12:26,060 --> 00:12:29,060 He was yelling all the time for me to call the police. 425 00:12:29,060 --> 00:12:30,060 Call the cops. Call the cops. 426 00:12:30,060 --> 00:12:31,060 Like that he yelled at me. 427 00:12:31,060 --> 00:12:32,060 What did you do? 428 00:12:32,060 --> 00:12:33,060 I looked to see if I had a dime. 429 00:12:33,060 --> 00:12:34,060 What? 430 00:12:34,060 --> 00:12:39,060 Well, you see, in the past, Mr. Raylor's had trouble with people making phone calls on a private phone. 431 00:12:39,060 --> 00:12:41,060 So he had one of those little lock things put on it. 432 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:44,060 You can answer incoming calls, but you can't phone out. 433 00:12:44,060 --> 00:12:45,060 I see. 434 00:12:45,060 --> 00:12:47,060 So I needed a dime to call the cops. 435 00:12:47,060 --> 00:12:48,060 Yeah. 436 00:12:48,060 --> 00:12:49,060 Well, I didn't have one. 437 00:12:49,060 --> 00:12:51,060 Only 75 cents for my lunch, a half and a quarter. 438 00:12:51,060 --> 00:12:52,060 I see. 439 00:12:52,060 --> 00:12:54,060 Well, all this time Mr. Raylor was yelling. 440 00:12:54,060 --> 00:12:55,060 He's yelling and the robbers hitting him. 441 00:12:55,060 --> 00:12:56,060 I didn't know what to do. 442 00:12:56,060 --> 00:12:57,060 Uh-huh. 443 00:12:57,060 --> 00:13:03,060 I thought about running back and trying to help, but Mr. Raylor don't like for nobody to do something different than what he says. 444 00:13:03,060 --> 00:13:04,060 Yeah. 445 00:13:04,060 --> 00:13:05,060 He told me to phone. 446 00:13:05,060 --> 00:13:06,060 Yeah, sure. 447 00:13:06,060 --> 00:13:07,060 Well, then all of a sudden, bang! 448 00:13:07,060 --> 00:13:09,060 A fella hit Mr. Raylor with a gun. 449 00:13:09,060 --> 00:13:11,060 Took it right out of his pocket and hit him on the head. 450 00:13:11,060 --> 00:13:15,060 Next thing Mr. Raylor's on the floor, this fella's stomping him. 451 00:13:15,060 --> 00:13:18,060 Well, I couldn't just stand by no more, so I went back to help. 452 00:13:18,060 --> 00:13:19,060 Too late. 453 00:13:19,060 --> 00:13:20,060 What was that? 454 00:13:20,060 --> 00:13:21,060 It was too late. 455 00:13:21,060 --> 00:13:24,060 Mr. Raylor was on the floor and this guy was pointing a gun at me and was leaving the store. 456 00:13:24,060 --> 00:13:27,060 I didn't see how it would help any to try and stop him. 457 00:13:27,060 --> 00:13:29,060 Was there anybody else in the store at the time? 458 00:13:29,060 --> 00:13:30,060 No, just Mr. Raylor and me. 459 00:13:30,060 --> 00:13:31,060 We just opened up. 460 00:13:31,060 --> 00:13:33,060 Still kind of getting ready for the day. 461 00:13:33,060 --> 00:13:34,060 Did you get a good look at this guy? 462 00:13:34,060 --> 00:13:35,060 Oh, yeah. 463 00:13:35,060 --> 00:13:36,060 I saw him good. 464 00:13:36,060 --> 00:13:38,060 All right, then you'll be able to give us a description. 465 00:13:38,060 --> 00:13:40,060 Yeah, I'll tell you how he looked. 466 00:13:40,060 --> 00:13:41,060 Did you see if he drove a car? 467 00:13:41,060 --> 00:13:42,060 I guess so. 468 00:13:42,060 --> 00:13:44,060 Don't you know for sure? 469 00:13:44,060 --> 00:13:46,060 Well, no, I didn't go out after him. 470 00:13:46,060 --> 00:13:49,060 I figured that it'd take somebody a lot bigger than me to stop him. 471 00:13:49,060 --> 00:13:51,060 Besides, I had to take care of Mr. Raylor. 472 00:13:51,060 --> 00:13:52,060 I see. 473 00:13:52,060 --> 00:13:53,060 Did you see the gun he was using? 474 00:13:53,060 --> 00:13:56,060 Yeah, I got a real good look at it when he was hitting the boss. 475 00:13:56,060 --> 00:13:57,060 That's fine. 476 00:13:57,060 --> 00:13:58,060 What kind of a gun was it? 477 00:13:58,060 --> 00:14:00,060 A pistol, you know, like you see in the movies. 478 00:14:00,060 --> 00:14:02,060 Now, look, son, was it a revolver or an automatic? 479 00:14:02,060 --> 00:14:04,060 I think it was a revolver. 480 00:14:04,060 --> 00:14:06,060 It had a barrel on it. 481 00:14:06,060 --> 00:14:08,060 Short, about that long. 482 00:14:08,060 --> 00:14:09,060 Uh-huh. 483 00:14:09,060 --> 00:14:11,060 We'd like you to come downtown and look at some pictures, if you would. 484 00:14:11,060 --> 00:14:12,060 At the city hall? 485 00:14:12,060 --> 00:14:13,060 That's right. 486 00:14:13,060 --> 00:14:14,060 I'll be glad to help out. 487 00:14:14,060 --> 00:14:16,060 As soon as Mrs. Raylor comes back, I'll go with you. 488 00:14:16,060 --> 00:14:17,060 All right, fine. 489 00:14:17,060 --> 00:14:19,060 I can't leave the store alone, you know. 490 00:14:19,060 --> 00:14:20,060 Uh-huh. 491 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:21,060 You want to give us the description of the man now? 492 00:14:21,060 --> 00:14:22,060 You bet. 493 00:14:22,060 --> 00:14:23,060 I'm sure if you catch the fella... 494 00:14:23,060 --> 00:14:24,060 So do we. 495 00:14:24,060 --> 00:14:26,060 Is this the same guy I've been reading about in the papers? 496 00:14:26,060 --> 00:14:27,060 That's right. 497 00:14:27,060 --> 00:14:31,060 He's mean, real mean, doing a thing like that to Mr. Raylor. 498 00:14:31,060 --> 00:14:32,060 Yeah, we know. 499 00:14:32,060 --> 00:14:35,060 He's been getting away with it for a long time, hasn't he? 500 00:14:35,060 --> 00:14:37,060 Just like a guy running up a big bill. 501 00:14:37,060 --> 00:14:39,060 That's right, and he'll pay it. 502 00:14:39,060 --> 00:14:46,060 As soon as someone arrived to take care of the drug store, 503 00:14:46,060 --> 00:14:48,060 we took Calvin Webster down to the city hall. 504 00:14:48,060 --> 00:14:51,060 He was shown all of the mug books and pictures of recent parolees. 505 00:14:51,060 --> 00:14:53,060 He was unable to make an identification. 506 00:14:53,060 --> 00:14:55,060 We had him return to his home, 507 00:14:55,060 --> 00:14:57,060 and then Frank and I checked with Dr. Sebastian 508 00:14:57,060 --> 00:14:59,060 over at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 509 00:14:59,060 --> 00:15:01,060 He told us that the latest victim had been transferred 510 00:15:01,060 --> 00:15:04,060 to the county hospital and was out of the critical stage. 511 00:15:04,060 --> 00:15:06,060 He went on to say, however, that it would be several hours 512 00:15:06,060 --> 00:15:08,060 before we'd be able to talk to him. 513 00:15:08,060 --> 00:15:11,060 We checked with Captain Donahoe and Lieutenant Stoner. 514 00:15:11,060 --> 00:15:13,060 We also contacted officers from Metropolitan Division 515 00:15:13,060 --> 00:15:15,060 and made arrangements for the additional cars that we'd need 516 00:15:15,060 --> 00:15:17,060 in setting up the rolling stakeout. 517 00:15:17,060 --> 00:15:21,060 That night at 7.30 p.m., the plan was put into operation. 518 00:15:21,060 --> 00:15:25,060 Ten undercover cars maintained a watch on the drug stores in the area. 519 00:15:25,060 --> 00:15:27,060 All suspicious vehicles were checked on. 520 00:15:27,060 --> 00:15:30,060 All pedestrians loitering in the vicinity were interrogated. 521 00:15:30,060 --> 00:15:32,060 Our suspect remained free. 522 00:15:32,060 --> 00:15:34,060 Three days went by without result. 523 00:15:34,060 --> 00:15:36,060 The bandit had stopped his operations. 524 00:15:36,060 --> 00:15:40,060 On Sunday, March 21st, Frank and I were driving up Western Avenue 525 00:15:40,060 --> 00:15:41,060 just north of Pico. 526 00:15:41,060 --> 00:15:42,060 What do you think? 527 00:15:42,060 --> 00:15:43,060 I don't know. 528 00:15:43,060 --> 00:15:45,060 Maybe after he had that trouble with the railer, 529 00:15:45,060 --> 00:15:47,060 he might have to call it quits. 530 00:15:47,060 --> 00:15:48,060 It doesn't figure. 531 00:15:48,060 --> 00:15:49,060 Huh? 532 00:15:49,060 --> 00:15:50,060 Guy that's had the brakes he has 533 00:15:50,060 --> 00:15:52,060 is not going to let something like a beating stop him. 534 00:15:52,060 --> 00:15:54,060 Well, I hope you're right. 535 00:15:54,060 --> 00:15:57,060 All units on frequency one, stand by. 536 00:15:57,060 --> 00:15:59,060 All units on frequency one, stand by. 537 00:15:59,060 --> 00:16:00,060 Might be a good one. 538 00:16:00,060 --> 00:16:01,060 Yeah. 539 00:16:01,060 --> 00:16:03,060 Stand by 1J-14. 540 00:16:03,060 --> 00:16:07,060 All units in the vicinity of 1947 Wilton Place, 541 00:16:07,060 --> 00:16:10,060 1-9-4-7 Wilton Place. 542 00:16:10,060 --> 00:16:13,060 An officer needs help, coast three. 543 00:16:13,060 --> 00:16:15,060 You got the lens? 544 00:16:15,060 --> 00:16:17,060 Yeah, here you are. 545 00:16:17,060 --> 00:16:19,060 I think it might be our boy. 546 00:16:19,060 --> 00:16:21,060 We'll know in a minute. 547 00:16:21,060 --> 00:16:26,060 An officer needs help. 548 00:16:26,060 --> 00:16:27,060 Of all the calls in the book, 549 00:16:27,060 --> 00:16:29,060 this is the one that no officer wants to get. 550 00:16:29,060 --> 00:16:32,060 Not because of an outdone sense of loyalty to a fellow police officer, 551 00:16:32,060 --> 00:16:34,060 but because it means that somebody has decided 552 00:16:34,060 --> 00:16:37,060 that the police officer is not going to be able to help. 553 00:16:37,060 --> 00:16:39,060 I think that's the problem. 554 00:16:39,060 --> 00:16:43,060 An outdone sense of loyalty to a fellow police officer, 555 00:16:43,060 --> 00:16:45,060 but because it means that somebody has decided 556 00:16:45,060 --> 00:16:47,060 that lawful authority has no meaning for them. 557 00:16:47,060 --> 00:16:50,060 Such a person is an extreme menace to every citizen in the city. 558 00:16:50,060 --> 00:16:53,060 By showing that they have no respect for the competence 559 00:16:53,060 --> 00:16:55,060 of an armed professional officer, 560 00:16:55,060 --> 00:16:57,060 they have also shown that they will not consider 561 00:16:57,060 --> 00:16:59,060 for an instant the life of an unarmed citizen. 562 00:16:59,060 --> 00:17:01,060 By the time we arrived at the scene, 563 00:17:01,060 --> 00:17:03,060 there were 14 police units in attendance. 564 00:17:03,060 --> 00:17:05,060 From one of the officers, we got the story. 565 00:17:05,060 --> 00:17:07,060 You know, I was working the streets, 566 00:17:07,060 --> 00:17:09,060 I got to the liquor store, stopped to see what was going on. 567 00:17:09,060 --> 00:17:10,060 Yeah. 568 00:17:10,060 --> 00:17:11,060 Told the fellow to stop. 569 00:17:11,060 --> 00:17:12,060 Didn't make any difference. 570 00:17:12,060 --> 00:17:13,060 Kept going, huh? 571 00:17:12,060 --> 00:17:13,060 Yeah. 572 00:17:13,060 --> 00:17:15,060 Officer in the car told him to stop, reach out, 573 00:17:15,060 --> 00:17:17,060 and the suspect turned around and fired at the policeman. 574 00:17:17,060 --> 00:17:18,060 How is he? 575 00:17:17,060 --> 00:17:18,060 Flesh wound. 576 00:17:18,060 --> 00:17:19,060 What about the suspect? 577 00:17:19,060 --> 00:17:21,060 Well, he didn't get the chance to fire more than twice. 578 00:17:21,060 --> 00:17:22,060 Got him over there? 579 00:17:22,060 --> 00:17:23,060 Yeah. 580 00:17:23,060 --> 00:17:25,060 Anything from the owner of the liquor store? 581 00:17:25,060 --> 00:17:27,060 Well, just that the suspect tried to hold him up. 582 00:17:27,060 --> 00:17:29,060 He walked in, showed him an oak, the owner went along with it. 583 00:17:29,060 --> 00:17:31,060 Handed over the money, and then the suspect left. 584 00:17:31,060 --> 00:17:32,060 That's it. 585 00:17:32,060 --> 00:17:33,060 Better take a look. 586 00:17:33,060 --> 00:17:34,060 Yeah. 587 00:17:34,060 --> 00:17:36,060 Well, it might be a break. 588 00:17:36,060 --> 00:17:38,060 It's a hard way to get it, isn't it? 589 00:17:38,060 --> 00:17:39,060 Yeah. 590 00:17:39,060 --> 00:17:40,060 I'll take a look. 591 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:43,060 How about it? 592 00:17:43,060 --> 00:17:45,060 I can't tell for sure. 593 00:17:45,060 --> 00:17:46,060 Huh? 594 00:17:46,060 --> 00:17:48,060 Description doesn't match too good. 595 00:17:48,060 --> 00:17:49,060 Yeah? 596 00:17:49,060 --> 00:17:50,060 No. 597 00:17:50,060 --> 00:17:52,060 I don't think it's our suspect. 598 00:18:01,060 --> 00:18:03,060 You are listening to Dragnet, 599 00:18:03,060 --> 00:18:06,060 the authentic story of your police force in action. 600 00:18:13,060 --> 00:18:16,060 The wounded police officer was taken to Judge Street 601 00:18:16,060 --> 00:18:18,060 Receiving Hospital for treatment. 602 00:18:18,060 --> 00:18:20,060 The suspect was removed to the county morgue. 603 00:18:20,060 --> 00:18:22,060 Pictures were taken, and when they were shown to the victims 604 00:18:22,060 --> 00:18:25,060 of the drug store bandit, they all said he was not the man we were after. 605 00:18:25,060 --> 00:18:28,060 The rolling stakeout continued without result. 606 00:18:28,060 --> 00:18:32,060 During the next week, we answered several 211 calls in drug stores, 607 00:18:32,060 --> 00:18:35,060 and the ammo the thief used eliminated him as our suspect. 608 00:18:35,060 --> 00:18:38,060 Thursday, March 25th, Frank and I checked into the squad room. 609 00:18:38,060 --> 00:18:39,060 How's it going, John? 610 00:18:39,060 --> 00:18:40,060 We're kind of tired. 611 00:18:40,060 --> 00:18:41,060 Yeah. 612 00:18:41,060 --> 00:18:44,060 I'm gonna get this one wrapped up, and I'm gonna try to take a few days off. 613 00:18:44,060 --> 00:18:45,060 Okay. 614 00:18:47,060 --> 00:18:49,060 Robbery Friday. 615 00:18:49,060 --> 00:18:50,060 Yes, that's right. 616 00:18:50,060 --> 00:18:52,060 No, we're handling it. 617 00:18:52,060 --> 00:18:54,060 Who was that? 618 00:18:54,060 --> 00:18:57,060 All right, would you like to give me that address? 619 00:18:59,060 --> 00:19:01,060 All right, yes, I have it. 620 00:19:01,060 --> 00:19:02,060 We'll check it out. 621 00:19:02,060 --> 00:19:04,060 Might be something, yeah. 622 00:19:04,060 --> 00:19:06,060 Thanks for letting us know. 623 00:19:06,060 --> 00:19:07,060 Right. 624 00:19:07,060 --> 00:19:09,060 What was that? 625 00:19:09,060 --> 00:19:11,060 No, if it turns out, we'll let you know. 626 00:19:11,060 --> 00:19:12,060 Right. 627 00:19:12,060 --> 00:19:13,060 Thanks again. 628 00:19:13,060 --> 00:19:14,060 Bye. 629 00:19:14,060 --> 00:19:15,060 What do you got? 630 00:19:15,060 --> 00:19:17,060 A call from a radio unit out in Hollywood. 631 00:19:17,060 --> 00:19:18,060 Yeah. 632 00:19:18,060 --> 00:19:20,060 The answer to 415 this morning. 633 00:19:20,060 --> 00:19:21,060 The woman and her husband were having a brawl. 634 00:19:21,060 --> 00:19:22,060 Uh-huh. 635 00:19:22,060 --> 00:19:23,060 The man had left when the officers got there. 636 00:19:23,060 --> 00:19:25,060 The woman refused to make a complaint. 637 00:19:25,060 --> 00:19:26,060 She placed the original call? 638 00:19:26,060 --> 00:19:27,060 No, it came from one of the neighbors. 639 00:19:27,060 --> 00:19:28,060 Uh-huh. 640 00:19:28,060 --> 00:19:29,060 When the officers were leaving, 641 00:19:29,060 --> 00:19:31,060 the woman said she'd handle the beef herself. 642 00:19:31,060 --> 00:19:32,060 Said she'd take care of her husband, 643 00:19:32,060 --> 00:19:33,060 call him a lousy hold-up man. 644 00:19:33,060 --> 00:19:34,060 Yeah. 645 00:19:34,060 --> 00:19:36,060 She made the statement she could put him in San Quentin 646 00:19:36,060 --> 00:19:37,060 inside of five minutes. 647 00:19:37,060 --> 00:19:38,060 Well, if he's the guy we're looking for, 648 00:19:38,060 --> 00:19:40,060 I don't think we can do it that fast. 649 00:19:40,060 --> 00:19:41,060 No, we sure tried. 650 00:19:47,060 --> 00:19:49,060 We left the office and drove out to the address 651 00:19:49,060 --> 00:19:50,060 I'd gotten on the phone. 652 00:19:50,060 --> 00:19:53,060 It was a small one-story house set well back on the lot. 653 00:19:53,060 --> 00:19:55,060 When we got there, the lights were on. 654 00:19:55,060 --> 00:19:58,060 Frank and I went up the front door and rang the bell. 655 00:19:58,060 --> 00:19:59,060 Yeah. 656 00:19:59,060 --> 00:20:00,060 Miss Kearney? 657 00:20:00,060 --> 00:20:01,060 That's right. 658 00:20:01,060 --> 00:20:02,060 Police officers like to talk to you. 659 00:20:02,060 --> 00:20:03,060 What about? 660 00:20:03,060 --> 00:20:04,060 Might be better if we talk inside. 661 00:20:04,060 --> 00:20:05,060 All right. 662 00:20:08,060 --> 00:20:09,060 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 663 00:20:09,060 --> 00:20:10,060 My name's Friday. 664 00:20:10,060 --> 00:20:11,060 How you do? 665 00:20:11,060 --> 00:20:12,060 Fine. 666 00:20:12,060 --> 00:20:13,060 You alone here in the house? 667 00:20:13,060 --> 00:20:14,060 It's the baby and me. 668 00:20:14,060 --> 00:20:15,060 I see. 669 00:20:15,060 --> 00:20:16,060 Where's your husband? 670 00:20:16,060 --> 00:20:17,060 Look, before I start telling you a lot, 671 00:20:17,060 --> 00:20:19,060 why don't you let me know what this is all about? 672 00:20:19,060 --> 00:20:20,060 We got a report from a radio car 673 00:20:20,060 --> 00:20:21,060 that there was a disturbance here this morning. 674 00:20:21,060 --> 00:20:22,060 Is that right? 675 00:20:22,060 --> 00:20:23,060 Wasn't anything. 676 00:20:23,060 --> 00:20:24,060 Me and Keith had a beef. 677 00:20:24,060 --> 00:20:26,060 Not even worth calling the cops about. 678 00:20:26,060 --> 00:20:29,060 The officer said you made the remark that your husband was a holdup man, 679 00:20:29,060 --> 00:20:30,060 that you could send him to prison. 680 00:20:30,060 --> 00:20:31,060 Is that right? 681 00:20:31,060 --> 00:20:32,060 They talk a lot, don't they? 682 00:20:32,060 --> 00:20:33,060 They listen more, lady. 683 00:20:33,060 --> 00:20:35,060 You want to tell us what you missed? 684 00:20:35,060 --> 00:20:36,060 Yeah. 685 00:20:36,060 --> 00:20:37,060 Well, go ahead. 686 00:20:37,060 --> 00:20:39,060 You go back and tell the little boys in the play suits 687 00:20:39,060 --> 00:20:40,060 they're wrong on this one. 688 00:20:40,060 --> 00:20:41,060 Is that so? 689 00:20:41,060 --> 00:20:42,060 Yeah, because I meant nothing. 690 00:20:42,060 --> 00:20:43,060 Nothing at all. 691 00:20:43,060 --> 00:20:45,060 Pretty serious thing to say without a reason, though, isn't it? 692 00:20:45,060 --> 00:20:46,060 This morning I had a reason. 693 00:20:46,060 --> 00:20:48,060 Why, don't you want to tell us what it was? 694 00:20:48,060 --> 00:20:49,060 I don't see why not. 695 00:20:49,060 --> 00:20:50,060 You cops start nosing around. 696 00:20:50,060 --> 00:20:51,060 You'll find out anyway. 697 00:20:51,060 --> 00:20:53,060 I got trouble with my old man. 698 00:20:53,060 --> 00:20:54,060 What kind of trouble? 699 00:20:54,060 --> 00:20:55,060 He's out with other women. 700 00:20:55,060 --> 00:20:56,060 Didn't come home last night. 701 00:20:56,060 --> 00:20:58,060 We had a beef about it. 702 00:20:58,060 --> 00:21:00,060 The cops were called and they used their big ears. 703 00:21:00,060 --> 00:21:02,060 You guys made the trip out here for nothing. 704 00:21:02,060 --> 00:21:04,060 Now beat it. 705 00:21:04,060 --> 00:21:05,060 Now look what you've done. 706 00:21:05,060 --> 00:21:06,060 He's playing fine. 707 00:21:06,060 --> 00:21:07,060 And you come in, you know he's a big stink. 708 00:21:07,060 --> 00:21:08,060 You got him all upset. 709 00:21:08,060 --> 00:21:09,060 I'll get him. 710 00:21:13,060 --> 00:21:14,060 Hey, here we are, fella. 711 00:21:14,060 --> 00:21:15,060 Hey. 712 00:21:15,060 --> 00:21:17,060 No reason to cry. 713 00:21:17,060 --> 00:21:19,060 What's your husband's full name? 714 00:21:19,060 --> 00:21:20,060 Keith J. Kearney. 715 00:21:20,060 --> 00:21:21,060 How long have you lived in Los Angeles? 716 00:21:21,060 --> 00:21:22,060 A little over six weeks. 717 00:21:22,060 --> 00:21:23,060 Where are you from? 718 00:21:23,060 --> 00:21:24,060 Idaho. 719 00:21:24,060 --> 00:21:26,060 Your husband ever been in trouble with the police before? 720 00:21:26,060 --> 00:21:29,060 Keith's got a hard time not being in trouble with anybody. 721 00:21:29,060 --> 00:21:30,060 Has he ever been arrested? 722 00:21:30,060 --> 00:21:31,060 I don't know. 723 00:21:31,060 --> 00:21:32,060 How long have you been married? 724 00:21:32,060 --> 00:21:33,060 Seven years. 725 00:21:33,060 --> 00:21:34,060 And you don't know if he's ever been arrested? 726 00:21:34,060 --> 00:21:35,060 No, I don't. 727 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:36,060 You got a picture of your husband? 728 00:21:36,060 --> 00:21:37,060 You mean that you can have? 729 00:21:37,060 --> 00:21:39,060 We'd like to take a look at it, yeah. 730 00:21:39,060 --> 00:21:40,060 Not a luck. 731 00:21:40,060 --> 00:21:41,060 I haven't got one. 732 00:21:41,060 --> 00:21:42,060 Does he work? 733 00:21:42,060 --> 00:21:43,060 Nothing can help it. 734 00:21:43,060 --> 00:21:44,060 Doesn't hold a job of any kind, huh? 735 00:21:44,060 --> 00:21:45,060 No. 736 00:21:45,060 --> 00:21:46,060 Keith's a professional avoider. 737 00:21:46,060 --> 00:21:47,060 He doesn't like anything steady. 738 00:21:47,060 --> 00:21:49,060 Beginning to look like he means me, too. 739 00:21:49,060 --> 00:21:50,060 What's he do with his time? 740 00:21:50,060 --> 00:21:51,060 Nothing. 741 00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:52,060 Just lives it. 742 00:21:52,060 --> 00:21:53,060 Is he here in the evening? 743 00:21:53,060 --> 00:21:56,060 If he was, it wouldn't have been the beef this morning, and you wouldn't be asking a 744 00:21:56,060 --> 00:21:57,060 lot of questions. 745 00:21:57,060 --> 00:22:00,060 I don't know what you're trying to get me to say, but I can't go along with you. 746 00:22:00,060 --> 00:22:02,060 If you've got a problem with Keith, then talk to him. 747 00:22:02,060 --> 00:22:03,060 Leave me out of it. 748 00:22:03,060 --> 00:22:04,060 I'll get it. 749 00:22:04,060 --> 00:22:06,060 You know where your husband is now? 750 00:22:06,060 --> 00:22:07,060 No. 751 00:22:07,060 --> 00:22:08,060 You don't have any idea, huh? 752 00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:09,060 Not the least. 753 00:22:09,060 --> 00:22:10,060 There you are, little fella. 754 00:22:10,060 --> 00:22:11,060 Here is your keys. 755 00:22:11,060 --> 00:22:12,060 Does your husband drive a car? 756 00:22:12,060 --> 00:22:13,060 Yeah. 757 00:22:13,060 --> 00:22:14,060 What kind is it? 758 00:22:14,060 --> 00:22:15,060 41 Plymouth. 759 00:22:15,060 --> 00:22:16,060 When do you expect your husband back? 760 00:22:16,060 --> 00:22:17,060 When he walks in the door. 761 00:22:17,060 --> 00:22:18,060 All right, Mrs. Kearney, I think that'll do it. 762 00:22:18,060 --> 00:22:19,060 Sorry about that. 763 00:22:19,060 --> 00:22:20,060 I'm going to go. 764 00:22:20,060 --> 00:22:21,060 I'm going to go. 765 00:22:21,060 --> 00:22:23,060 Mrs. Kearney, I think that'll do it. 766 00:22:23,060 --> 00:22:24,060 Sorry if we've caused you any trouble. 767 00:22:24,060 --> 00:22:25,060 You haven't, you nut. 768 00:22:25,060 --> 00:22:26,060 All right, let's go, Frank. 769 00:22:26,060 --> 00:22:27,060 Okay. 770 00:22:27,060 --> 00:22:28,060 Good night. 771 00:22:28,060 --> 00:22:29,060 Good night. 772 00:22:29,060 --> 00:22:30,060 Good night. 773 00:22:30,060 --> 00:22:33,060 Better check on the husband, huh? 774 00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:34,060 Yeah. 775 00:22:34,060 --> 00:22:35,060 Wait a minute. 776 00:22:35,060 --> 00:22:41,060 Get a good look at those keys that the baby was playing with. 777 00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:42,060 Oh, why? 778 00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:44,060 Plastic tag on them had a license number. 779 00:22:44,060 --> 00:22:45,060 Yeah. 780 00:22:45,060 --> 00:22:52,060 And it was a car that was used in the drug store. 781 00:22:52,060 --> 00:22:56,560 Frank and I went back to the car and drove around the block, parking up the street from 782 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:57,560 the Kearney residence. 783 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,060 We called the name of the man and his wife into R&I, but there was no record on either 784 00:23:01,060 --> 00:23:02,060 one of them. 785 00:23:02,060 --> 00:23:06,060 Because of the remark made by his wife and the finding of the car keys, it was decided 786 00:23:06,060 --> 00:23:09,060 to stake out on the house and wait for the husband to return. 787 00:23:09,060 --> 00:23:11,060 7.30 p.m., 8.30, 9.00 p.m. 788 00:23:11,060 --> 00:23:16,060 The lights in the house went out, but there was still no sign of Keith Kearney. 789 00:23:16,060 --> 00:23:17,060 10, 10.30. 790 00:23:17,060 --> 00:23:21,060 We called the office and told them we'd wait it out. 791 00:23:21,060 --> 00:23:22,060 10.45 p.m. 792 00:23:22,060 --> 00:23:23,060 Joe. 793 00:23:23,060 --> 00:23:24,060 Yeah. 794 00:23:24,060 --> 00:23:26,060 Let's see what kind it is. 795 00:23:26,060 --> 00:23:30,060 Looks like a Plymouth. 796 00:23:30,060 --> 00:23:32,060 No. 797 00:23:32,060 --> 00:23:35,060 Checks out, huh? 798 00:23:35,060 --> 00:23:36,060 Yeah. 799 00:23:36,060 --> 00:23:37,060 Let's take him. 800 00:23:37,060 --> 00:23:40,060 All right, Kearney, hold it up. 801 00:23:40,060 --> 00:23:41,060 Watch it, Joe. 802 00:23:41,060 --> 00:23:42,060 Give it up, Kearney. 803 00:23:42,060 --> 00:23:43,060 Keep away from me, cop! 804 00:23:43,060 --> 00:23:44,060 He's trying to make his house. 805 00:23:44,060 --> 00:23:45,060 Yeah. 806 00:23:45,060 --> 00:23:48,060 Kearney, you're not going to make the front porch. 807 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:50,060 Don't give your family any more trouble than they got. 808 00:23:50,060 --> 00:23:52,060 Now throw down that gun. 809 00:23:52,060 --> 00:23:55,060 All right, let's give it back to him. 810 00:23:55,060 --> 00:23:57,060 He's down, Joe. 811 00:23:57,060 --> 00:23:59,060 Come on. 812 00:23:59,060 --> 00:24:00,060 Kearney. 813 00:24:00,060 --> 00:24:01,060 Kearney. 814 00:24:01,060 --> 00:24:02,060 Careful. 815 00:24:02,060 --> 00:24:05,060 Come on, Kearney, throw that gun away. 816 00:24:05,060 --> 00:24:07,060 You hear me? 817 00:24:07,060 --> 00:24:08,060 Looks like he's hurt bad. 818 00:24:08,060 --> 00:24:09,060 Yeah. 819 00:24:09,060 --> 00:24:10,060 How about it? 820 00:24:10,060 --> 00:24:11,060 He'll live. 821 00:24:11,060 --> 00:24:12,060 Call an ambulance. 822 00:24:12,060 --> 00:24:13,060 Right. 823 00:24:13,060 --> 00:24:14,060 Did you kill him? 824 00:24:14,060 --> 00:24:15,060 Did you kill him? 825 00:24:15,060 --> 00:24:16,060 No, ma'am. 826 00:24:16,060 --> 00:24:17,060 He's dead. 827 00:24:17,060 --> 00:24:18,060 You killed him. 828 00:24:18,060 --> 00:24:19,060 He'll be all right. 829 00:24:19,060 --> 00:24:20,060 Don't lie to me. 830 00:24:20,060 --> 00:24:21,060 Poor Kate, you didn't give him a chance. 831 00:24:21,060 --> 00:24:22,060 Not fair. 832 00:24:22,060 --> 00:24:23,060 He didn't even have a chance. 833 00:24:23,060 --> 00:24:24,060 You saw it all, lady. 834 00:24:24,060 --> 00:24:25,060 Yeah, and it wasn't even a fair fight. 835 00:24:25,060 --> 00:24:26,060 Never is when you pull a gun. 836 00:24:26,060 --> 00:24:44,060 Keith Jaris Kearney was tried and convicted on nine counts of robbery in the first degree 837 00:24:44,060 --> 00:24:47,260 and received sentence as prescribed by law. 838 00:24:47,260 --> 00:24:51,060 Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than 839 00:24:51,060 --> 00:24:52,060 five years. 840 00:24:52,060 --> 00:24:59,060 The Dragnet is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service.