WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:12.080 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:12.080 --> 00:14.640 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:14.640 --> 00:15.640 Dragmits. 00:15.640 --> 00:26.440 You're a detective sergeant. 00:26.440 --> 00:28.640 You're assigned a robbery detail. 00:28.640 --> 00:33.160 In the past five weeks, an unidentified holdup man has robbed 12 drug stores. 00:33.160 --> 00:35.160 He's taken money and narcotics. 00:35.160 --> 00:38.200 There's no lead to who he is or where he is. 00:38.200 --> 00:44.960 Your job, find him. 00:44.960 --> 00:45.960 It was Tuesday, March 16th. 00:45.960 --> 00:47.520 It was warm in Los Angeles. 00:47.520 --> 00:49.320 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 00:49.320 --> 00:50.320 My partner is Frank Smith. 00:50.320 --> 00:52.320 The boss is Chief Detective Stad Brown. 00:52.320 --> 00:53.320 My name is Friday. 00:53.320 --> 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 00:57.000 --> 01:00.760 of Hobart Boulevard in Westmoreland, the Tischner drug store. 01:00.760 --> 01:02.760 In the back. 01:02.760 --> 01:03.760 Yeah. 01:03.760 --> 01:04.760 Something you want? 01:04.760 --> 01:05.760 Yes, sir. 01:05.760 --> 01:07.760 We'd like to see Harry Tischner. 01:07.760 --> 01:09.240 Hey, I'm him. 01:09.240 --> 01:10.240 Police officers. 01:10.240 --> 01:11.240 This is Frank Smith. 01:11.240 --> 01:12.240 My name is Friday. 01:12.240 --> 01:13.240 How are you doing, sir? 01:13.240 --> 01:14.240 About the robbery, huh? 01:14.240 --> 01:16.240 Would you like to tell us what happened? 01:16.240 --> 01:17.240 I was robbed. 01:17.240 --> 01:19.160 We'd just like you to tell us how. 01:19.160 --> 01:21.280 Oh, now I'm with you. 01:21.280 --> 01:23.800 Yeah, I'm right with you. 01:23.800 --> 01:24.800 Let's go back and sit down. 01:24.800 --> 01:27.840 You have to tell him the story and time just melts away. 01:27.840 --> 01:28.840 Yes, sir. 01:28.840 --> 01:31.880 Might as well be comfortable while we all fall out. 01:31.880 --> 01:32.880 Yes, sir. 01:32.880 --> 01:35.880 Is this all right here? 01:35.880 --> 01:36.880 Yeah. 01:36.880 --> 01:38.880 Like a phosphate or something? 01:38.880 --> 01:39.880 No, sir. 01:39.880 --> 01:40.880 No, thank you. 01:40.880 --> 01:41.880 Okay. 01:41.880 --> 01:43.880 And let's quit all this fooling around and get down to business. 01:43.880 --> 01:45.880 Want me to tell you about the holdup? 01:45.880 --> 01:46.880 Yes, sir. 01:46.880 --> 01:47.880 We'd like that. 01:47.880 --> 01:48.880 Good, good. 01:48.880 --> 01:49.880 That's just what I'm going to do. 01:49.880 --> 01:50.880 Go ahead. 01:50.880 --> 01:53.880 Aren't you going to take anything down right now? 01:53.880 --> 01:54.880 Anything down right? 01:54.880 --> 01:57.240 Well, yes, sir, as soon as you tell us the story now. 01:57.240 --> 01:58.840 If you'd like to start it. 01:58.840 --> 02:00.640 Well, came in about eight. 02:00.640 --> 02:02.000 That was this morning? 02:02.000 --> 02:03.000 Yes. 02:03.000 --> 02:09.000 Just walked right in the door, came back to the prescription counter, and stood there. 02:09.000 --> 02:10.600 Had this little piece of paper in his hand. 02:10.600 --> 02:14.240 I figured it was from a doctor, you know, to prescribe medicine. 02:14.240 --> 02:15.240 Yes, sir. 02:15.240 --> 02:16.240 Wasn't. 02:16.240 --> 02:17.240 Well, go ahead. 02:17.240 --> 02:18.240 What was it? 02:18.240 --> 02:19.240 No. 02:19.240 --> 02:20.240 Written on there like this. 02:20.240 --> 02:21.240 This is a story about a man who was a doctor. 02:21.240 --> 02:22.240 He was a doctor. 02:22.240 --> 02:24.460 This was a piece of paper, and it was all like this. 02:24.460 --> 02:25.820 This is a stick-up, don't make it a noise. 02:25.820 --> 02:26.820 It was a note, huh? 02:26.820 --> 02:31.780 Just pushed the note across the counter, I didn't have to have anybody push me off a 02:31.780 --> 02:34.020 cliff to know what was going on. 02:34.020 --> 02:35.240 No, sir. 02:35.240 --> 02:36.820 I was being robbed. 02:36.820 --> 02:41.340 Yes, sir, do you want to go ahead? 02:41.340 --> 02:45.320 Well, after he showed me the note he kind of pushed me back into the little room at 02:45.320 --> 02:46.320 the rear of the store. 02:46.320 --> 02:47.320 You know, kind of store place. 02:47.320 --> 02:50.100 Not if he's saying anything to you at all. 02:50.100 --> 02:51.100 Not a word. 02:51.100 --> 02:53.900 with that gun for me to get into the back room, I went. 02:53.900 --> 02:55.220 I see, what happened then? 02:55.220 --> 02:58.340 He pushed me down to the floor and then tied my hands and feet. 02:58.340 --> 02:59.700 What do you use? 02:59.700 --> 03:00.660 You mean to tie me up? 03:00.660 --> 03:01.380 Yes. 03:01.380 --> 03:02.180 Rope? 03:02.180 --> 03:02.900 Oh. 03:02.900 --> 03:04.340 Well, did he bring it into the store with him? 03:04.340 --> 03:08.420 No, sir, he picked it up in household on his way back to the prescription counter. 03:08.420 --> 03:08.940 I see. 03:08.940 --> 03:09.660 Go ahead, please. 03:09.660 --> 03:12.940 Soon as we got the store room, he took off the label and then undid the rope. 03:12.940 --> 03:15.660 He made a loop and put it around my feet. 03:15.660 --> 03:19.980 Next thing I knew, I was all crushed up like a rolled roast ready for the oven. 03:19.980 --> 03:20.820 I see. 03:20.820 --> 03:23.220 I'll say one thing for the guy, though. 03:23.220 --> 03:24.020 What's that? 03:24.020 --> 03:25.380 He's very neat. 03:25.380 --> 03:26.620 I could not. 03:26.620 --> 03:28.060 Yes, sir. 03:28.060 --> 03:30.740 Other officers, the ones in the black and white car, you know. 03:30.740 --> 03:31.820 Yes, sir. 03:31.820 --> 03:34.260 Them. 03:34.260 --> 03:35.220 Yeah, what about them? 03:35.220 --> 03:37.740 Oh, yeah, well, they took the ropes with them. 03:37.740 --> 03:40.380 They said something about taking them to a laboratory. 03:40.380 --> 03:41.780 Mm-hmm. 03:41.780 --> 03:44.260 Well, you can see if you want to, they're very neat. 03:44.260 --> 03:44.900 Yes, sir. 03:44.900 --> 03:46.580 What happened after the bandit tied you up? 03:46.580 --> 03:47.460 Robbed me. 03:47.460 --> 03:48.260 You personally? 03:48.260 --> 03:50.740 Yes, personally and otherwise. 03:50.740 --> 03:52.380 Well, sir, would you please tell us? 03:52.380 --> 03:55.700 Well, first off, he went to the safe and took the tin box out, 03:55.700 --> 03:57.580 opened it right up, and took the money. 03:57.580 --> 03:59.300 Is that all he stole from the cash box? 03:59.300 --> 04:00.020 Yeah. 04:00.020 --> 04:02.780 I had some government bonds in there, but he didn't take those. 04:02.780 --> 04:04.180 Uh-huh. 04:04.180 --> 04:07.500 Guess he knew they wouldn't do him any good. 04:07.500 --> 04:08.580 All right, sir. 04:08.580 --> 04:09.580 He didn't take them. 04:09.580 --> 04:12.140 Took the money, but didn't take the government bonds. 04:12.140 --> 04:13.940 According to what you told the officers this morning, 04:13.940 --> 04:15.620 the thief took a supply of narcotics, too. 04:15.620 --> 04:16.180 Is that correct? 04:16.180 --> 04:18.660 Yes, he got them from the safe, too. 04:18.660 --> 04:21.100 Well, now, after he finished with the safe, what happened? 04:21.100 --> 04:21.780 He left. 04:21.780 --> 04:22.980 He walked out of the place. 04:22.980 --> 04:24.620 He just ambled right out. 04:24.620 --> 04:26.180 During the time he was in the store, 04:26.180 --> 04:27.180 he didn't say anything at all. 04:27.180 --> 04:27.900 Is that right? 04:27.900 --> 04:29.700 Did anybody else come in while he was here? 04:29.700 --> 04:30.780 You mean like a customer? 04:30.780 --> 04:31.580 Yes. 04:31.580 --> 04:33.460 No. 04:33.460 --> 04:35.620 Oh, excuse me. 04:35.620 --> 04:37.100 That might be our office, Mr. Tischner. 04:37.100 --> 04:39.060 We left this number. 04:39.060 --> 04:40.140 OK. 04:40.140 --> 04:41.380 If it is, I'll tell you. 04:41.380 --> 04:42.140 Thank you. 04:42.140 --> 04:44.020 Tischner drugs. 04:44.020 --> 04:45.340 Uh-huh. 04:45.340 --> 04:47.900 Oh, yeah, Mrs. Kent-Wetherly. 04:47.900 --> 04:48.900 Uh-huh. 04:48.900 --> 04:50.980 No, shouldn't be. 04:50.980 --> 04:51.980 Uh-huh. 04:51.980 --> 04:53.940 No, I can't do that. 04:53.940 --> 04:55.420 If you'll have your doctor call me, 04:55.420 --> 04:57.700 I'll make it up and send it over. 04:57.700 --> 04:58.580 Yeah. 04:58.580 --> 04:59.220 No. 04:59.220 --> 05:01.540 No, not without a prescription. 05:01.540 --> 05:02.820 Uh-huh. 05:02.820 --> 05:03.860 OK. 05:03.860 --> 05:05.460 Well, I'll call you when it's ready, then, 05:05.460 --> 05:07.700 and you can send Lanny over. 05:07.700 --> 05:08.620 Right. 05:08.620 --> 05:10.700 Bye, Mrs. Kent-Wetherly. 05:10.700 --> 05:11.620 Huh? 05:11.620 --> 05:14.460 Oh, well, if that's the way you feel, I won't. 05:14.460 --> 05:15.340 Oh, sure. 05:15.340 --> 05:16.380 OK. 05:16.380 --> 05:17.820 Goodbye. 05:17.820 --> 05:20.100 Yeah, I can't imagine why she'd say a thing like that. 05:20.100 --> 05:21.700 Just no reason at all. 05:21.700 --> 05:22.580 Sir? 05:22.580 --> 05:23.820 This is Kent-Wetherly. 05:23.820 --> 05:26.500 Told me when the sun comes over to get the prescription, 05:26.500 --> 05:28.180 not to give him any candy. 05:28.180 --> 05:29.260 Oh, I see. 05:29.260 --> 05:31.100 I usually throw in a liquor shrift, you know. 05:31.100 --> 05:32.340 Uh-huh. 05:32.340 --> 05:33.140 Don't want me to do it. 05:33.140 --> 05:34.060 That's too bad. 05:34.060 --> 05:34.740 Yes, sir. 05:34.740 --> 05:36.420 I wonder if we could go ahead with the description. 05:36.420 --> 05:36.900 Sure. 05:36.900 --> 05:37.860 I guess so. 05:37.860 --> 05:39.900 Well, now, from what you told the investigating officers, 05:39.900 --> 05:41.780 the man's about 35 to 38. 05:41.780 --> 05:42.740 Is that right? 05:42.740 --> 05:46.260 Light in color, 5 feet 10, 175 pounds, 05:46.260 --> 05:48.180 no visible marks or scars. Is that right? 05:48.180 --> 05:50.060 Well, I guess that's pretty close. 05:50.060 --> 05:50.860 Well, if it was anything different, 05:50.860 --> 05:52.980 we'd appreciate you telling us now. 05:52.980 --> 05:54.900 No, not with you. 05:54.900 --> 05:56.780 Because I can't understand why Mrs. Kent-Wetherly 05:56.780 --> 05:58.700 would say a thing like that. 05:58.700 --> 06:01.460 Just a penny liquor shrift. 06:01.460 --> 06:02.540 Little bitty thing. 06:02.540 --> 06:03.740 Yes, sir, we understand. 06:03.740 --> 06:05.140 Like that. 06:05.140 --> 06:06.220 Couldn't hurt anybody. 06:06.220 --> 06:06.500 Yes, sir. 06:06.500 --> 06:08.260 Would you be able to identify the hold-up man 06:08.260 --> 06:09.140 if you saw him again? 06:09.140 --> 06:10.300 Oh, yeah, no trouble. 06:10.300 --> 06:11.100 I'd know him. 06:11.100 --> 06:12.140 Uh-huh. 06:12.140 --> 06:13.780 He'd never say a thing like that. 06:13.780 --> 06:14.540 Sir? 06:14.540 --> 06:15.820 The fellow who robbed me. 06:15.820 --> 06:16.980 What do you mean? 06:16.980 --> 06:18.860 Oh, on the way out, the way I was laying, 06:18.860 --> 06:21.940 I saw him stop right up there with a can in magazines. 06:21.940 --> 06:23.220 Stopped dead in his tracks. 06:23.220 --> 06:24.580 He went over to help himself. 06:24.580 --> 06:25.660 Uh-huh. 06:25.660 --> 06:28.900 Took the top off and helped himself a handful. 06:28.900 --> 06:30.020 Sure must like him. 06:30.020 --> 06:30.780 What was that, sir? 06:30.780 --> 06:32.100 Liquor strips. 06:32.100 --> 06:34.260 Just reached into the jar and took a handful. 06:34.260 --> 06:35.020 After that, he left. 06:35.020 --> 06:35.420 Is that right? 06:35.420 --> 06:36.180 Yeah. 06:36.180 --> 06:37.740 Soon as he put his gloves back on. 06:37.740 --> 06:38.820 What was that? 06:38.820 --> 06:40.740 Couldn't work the top of the jar with the gloves, 06:40.740 --> 06:42.100 so he took them off. 06:42.100 --> 06:42.820 No. 06:42.820 --> 06:44.740 Used his bare hands. 06:44.740 --> 06:51.340 Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. 06:51.340 --> 06:52.220 10.02 AM. 06:52.220 --> 06:54.700 Frank put in a call to Harland Stahl and Layton Fingerprints. 06:54.700 --> 06:57.260 We asked him to come out and go over the glass candy jar. 06:57.260 --> 06:58.700 While we waited for him, Frank and I 06:58.700 --> 07:00.140 checked the list of stolen narcotics 07:00.140 --> 07:01.980 with the drugist Harry Tischner. 07:01.980 --> 07:04.020 We also made arrangements for him to come downtown 07:04.020 --> 07:05.980 and look through the mug books. 07:05.980 --> 07:07.980 When the glass candy jar was checked, 07:07.980 --> 07:10.740 Harland Stahl was able to come up with two partial prints. 07:10.740 --> 07:13.980 They were enough for comparison, but not for identification. 07:13.980 --> 07:15.020 11.15 AM. 07:15.020 --> 07:17.300 Frank and I left the store and spent the rest of the afternoon 07:17.300 --> 07:19.300 checking out the list of names we'd gotten from the stats 07:19.300 --> 07:20.300 office. 07:20.300 --> 07:21.700 Several of the possibles looked good, 07:21.700 --> 07:23.500 but after each one of them was investigated, 07:23.500 --> 07:26.020 we still didn't have a suspect in custody. 07:26.020 --> 07:28.340 Wednesday morning, March 17th, at 8.06 AM, 07:28.340 --> 07:30.580 Frank and I met in the squad room. 07:30.580 --> 07:31.500 Morning, Joe. 07:31.500 --> 07:32.000 Hi. 07:32.000 --> 07:33.180 Tried to call you this morning. 07:33.180 --> 07:34.740 Thought maybe you'd want to stop and have some breakfast. 07:34.740 --> 07:35.700 No, I left the house early. 07:35.700 --> 07:36.200 Uh-huh. 07:36.200 --> 07:37.180 Did you check the book? 07:37.180 --> 07:37.500 Yeah. 07:37.500 --> 07:38.020 Anything? 07:38.020 --> 07:39.140 I'm skipping once doctors. 07:39.140 --> 07:40.500 Well, I figured that'd happen. 07:40.500 --> 07:41.260 Is he in now? 07:41.260 --> 07:42.260 Yeah. 07:42.260 --> 07:42.860 Well, come on. 07:42.860 --> 07:44.100 Let's get it over with. 07:47.100 --> 07:50.100 Come in. 07:50.100 --> 07:51.580 Yeah, that's right. 07:51.580 --> 07:52.080 No, not yet. 07:52.080 --> 07:54.580 I'm going to try and line it up this afternoon. 07:54.580 --> 07:56.060 Yeah, I'll call you back. 07:56.060 --> 07:57.060 Mm-hmm. 07:57.060 --> 07:59.060 Yeah, they're here right now. 07:59.060 --> 08:01.060 Bye. 08:01.060 --> 08:02.060 Do you want to see us, Captain? 08:02.060 --> 08:03.060 Yeah, come in. 08:03.060 --> 08:04.060 Sit down. 08:08.060 --> 08:10.660 Going in, I won't tell you who's on my back about this thing, 08:10.660 --> 08:12.060 and you don't give me any excuses, right? 08:12.060 --> 08:13.060 Sure. 08:13.060 --> 08:14.060 Where are you? 08:14.060 --> 08:16.060 Still in front of the first store. 08:16.060 --> 08:17.060 That's how long ago? 08:17.060 --> 08:18.060 Yeah, it's been five weeks. 08:18.060 --> 08:19.060 What do you know about him? 08:19.060 --> 08:21.060 WMA, description, closed. 08:21.060 --> 08:22.060 Match on all the jobs? 08:22.060 --> 08:25.060 Close enough so we know it's the same guy. 08:25.060 --> 08:26.060 OK, what else? 08:26.060 --> 08:28.060 He uses a stolen car to get to the store. 08:28.060 --> 08:29.060 He drives it away. 08:29.060 --> 08:31.060 He isn't too careful to hide the license plate. 08:31.060 --> 08:33.060 We've been able to come up with three out of the five. 08:33.060 --> 08:34.060 Checked the cars out? 08:34.060 --> 08:35.060 Yeah, clean. 08:35.060 --> 08:36.060 Not a print on them. 08:36.060 --> 08:37.060 Nothing else. 08:37.060 --> 08:38.060 Picked up something yesterday. 08:38.060 --> 08:39.060 Should help when we nail them. 08:39.060 --> 08:40.060 What's that? 08:40.060 --> 08:42.060 Most all, listed a couple of partials from a candy jar. 08:42.060 --> 08:44.060 That'll be enough for comparison. 08:44.060 --> 08:46.060 Can't make the suspect on the line. 08:46.060 --> 08:48.060 No, not enough to classify. 08:48.060 --> 08:49.060 What about the narcotics he's taking? 08:49.060 --> 08:50.060 You show up any place? 08:50.060 --> 08:52.060 No, not that we can find. 08:52.060 --> 08:53.060 We've been down all the alleys. 08:53.060 --> 08:54.060 There's nothing there. 08:54.060 --> 08:55.060 Talked to Luca Relli. 08:55.060 --> 08:56.060 Hop squad's got nothing on it. 08:56.060 --> 08:59.060 If none of it's showing up, then it could mean he's using the stuff himself. 08:59.060 --> 09:01.060 That's what we got figured. 09:01.060 --> 09:02.060 How about the stats office? 09:02.060 --> 09:03.060 They spend much more time down there. 09:03.060 --> 09:05.060 They're going to put us to work with the machines. 09:05.060 --> 09:06.060 Performance? 09:06.060 --> 09:08.060 They've given us smiles. 09:08.060 --> 09:09.060 That's about all. 09:09.060 --> 09:10.060 You think they're holding? 09:10.060 --> 09:11.060 No. 09:11.060 --> 09:12.060 Come over here. 09:12.060 --> 09:13.060 Take a look at the map. 09:13.060 --> 09:19.060 The way he's picking the places, he's set up a pretty definite operating schedule. 09:19.060 --> 09:23.060 Here, Dennis Boulevard, Kingsley Drive, Western Adams, Washington, the rest of them. 09:23.060 --> 09:24.060 They're all grouped in this area. 09:24.060 --> 09:25.060 Yeah. 09:25.060 --> 09:28.060 You got to figure he's going to keep working in vicinity until he hits them all. 09:28.060 --> 09:30.060 Then maybe he'll move on to something else. 09:30.060 --> 09:33.060 Might help if we could come up with a reason that he's working there. 09:33.060 --> 09:35.060 Anything he can come up with has got to help. 09:35.060 --> 09:36.060 Yeah, we know. 09:36.060 --> 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. 09:41.060 --> 09:43.060 He's going to walk into the store, somebody's going to get in trouble. 09:43.060 --> 09:45.060 If he's on an needle, he isn't going to take it. 09:45.060 --> 09:47.060 So it adds up to a big stop. 09:47.060 --> 09:48.060 The past. 09:48.060 --> 09:50.060 Well, if we work the area, it's going to take a lot of men, you know. 09:50.060 --> 09:51.060 We'll get him. 09:51.060 --> 09:52.060 I've talked to Stoner. 09:52.060 --> 09:54.060 He's taking care of all the help you need from here. 09:54.060 --> 09:56.060 There'll be four teams available. 09:56.060 --> 09:58.060 You can call Metro Division for whatever else you need. 09:58.060 --> 09:59.060 All right. 09:59.060 --> 10:00.060 We'll set it up for the night, then. 10:00.060 --> 10:01.060 Check with communications. 10:01.060 --> 10:02.060 Make sure you get to Threeways Working. 10:02.060 --> 10:03.060 Right. 10:03.060 --> 10:05.060 This guy's been pressing his luck for a long time. 10:05.060 --> 10:07.060 I'm bound to run short on it sometime. 10:10.060 --> 10:11.060 Robbery done. 10:12.060 --> 10:13.060 Yeah. 10:13.060 --> 10:14.060 When? 10:16.060 --> 10:17.060 Okay, we'll take care of him. 10:18.060 --> 10:19.060 Looks like you just got partners. 10:19.060 --> 10:20.060 What do you mean? 10:20.060 --> 10:22.060 Your boy just made it 13, drugs are out on Pico. 10:22.060 --> 10:23.060 Yeah. 10:23.060 --> 10:24.060 They don't expect the victim to live. 10:31.060 --> 10:34.060 Frank and I left the office and drove over to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 10:34.060 --> 10:36.060 We talked with the officer on duty. 10:36.060 --> 10:38.060 He told us that the victim's name was George Raylor. 10:38.060 --> 10:42.060 He owned a small neighborhood drug store at the corner of Pico Boulevard and Vineyard Avenue. 10:42.060 --> 10:44.060 He went on to say that he didn't have all of the particulars of the beating, 10:44.060 --> 10:47.060 but that it had occurred during the commission of a robbery. 10:47.060 --> 10:49.060 We talked to Dr. Sebastian. 10:49.060 --> 10:54.060 He told us that the elderly man was suffering from a fractured skull, broken ribs, and possible internal injuries. 10:54.060 --> 10:58.060 He added that from Raylor's appearance, it looked as if he'd been beaten about the head and shoulders 10:58.060 --> 11:00.060 with a heavy instrument and then kicked in the chest. 11:00.060 --> 11:04.060 We left word to call as soon as he could be questioned, then we drove over to the store on Pico. 11:07.060 --> 11:08.060 Yes, there's something I can do for you. 11:08.060 --> 11:09.060 Police officers. 11:09.060 --> 11:11.060 Oh, how's Mr. Raylor? Have you seen him? 11:11.060 --> 11:12.060 No, we haven't yet. 11:12.060 --> 11:13.060 You heard any things? You gonna be all right? 11:13.060 --> 11:14.060 Well, we don't know that yet. 11:14.060 --> 11:15.060 I sure hope so. 11:15.060 --> 11:17.060 The guy who hit him sure did a job. 11:17.060 --> 11:19.060 Just beat him something awful. 11:19.060 --> 11:20.060 Yeah, we know. 11:20.060 --> 11:23.060 Not enough just hitting him, but then he knocked him down and stomped him. 11:23.060 --> 11:24.060 Awful. 11:24.060 --> 11:25.060 You hear when it happened? 11:25.060 --> 11:26.060 Yeah, I saw the whole thing. 11:26.060 --> 11:28.060 You want to tell us what happened? 11:28.060 --> 11:29.060 You mean for the investigation? 11:29.060 --> 11:30.060 That's right. 11:30.060 --> 11:31.060 Okay. 11:31.060 --> 11:32.060 You want to give us your name first? 11:32.060 --> 11:33.060 Calvin Webster. 11:33.060 --> 11:35.060 You work here in the store, do you, son? 11:35.060 --> 11:36.060 Yeah, that's right. 11:36.060 --> 11:38.060 Sort of a general left hand. 11:38.060 --> 11:39.060 What was that? 11:39.060 --> 11:41.060 Well, you see Mrs. Raylor's his right hand. 11:41.060 --> 11:42.060 I'm the left. 11:42.060 --> 11:43.060 Yeah. 11:43.060 --> 11:45.060 She wasn't here today and not having her hair fixed. 11:45.060 --> 11:46.060 Probably just as good. 11:46.060 --> 11:47.060 All right, Webster. 11:47.060 --> 11:48.060 You want to tell us? 11:48.060 --> 11:51.060 Well, Faw came in about 8.30, right after we opened. 11:51.060 --> 11:54.060 Came in and went back to the prescription counter. 11:54.060 --> 11:57.060 I was going back to tell him that Mr. Raylor would be right out and then he was. 11:57.060 --> 11:58.060 Raylor? 11:58.060 --> 12:01.060 Yeah, he was back checking the stock on vitamin pills. 12:01.060 --> 12:02.060 We do a big business in them. 12:02.060 --> 12:04.060 I have to have a pretty careful watch on the supply. 12:04.060 --> 12:06.060 I wouldn't want to get caught short. 12:06.060 --> 12:07.060 All right, go ahead. 12:07.060 --> 12:09.060 Well, the fellow, the holdup man, you know. 12:09.060 --> 12:10.060 Yeah, go ahead. 12:10.060 --> 12:12.060 Well, he took this little piece of paper out of his coat. 12:12.060 --> 12:14.060 I figured it was a prescription. 12:14.060 --> 12:15.060 It looked like it. 12:15.060 --> 12:16.060 Well, it wasn't. 12:16.060 --> 12:18.060 It turned out to be the note where he said he wanted the money. 12:18.060 --> 12:19.060 Did you see the note? 12:19.060 --> 12:20.060 Well, not so as I can read it. 12:20.060 --> 12:23.060 First I knew there was something wrong when Mr. Raylor started to yell at the guy. 12:23.060 --> 12:24.060 Told him to get out of the store. 12:24.060 --> 12:26.060 Ran around the counter and tried to grab him. 12:26.060 --> 12:29.060 He was yelling all the time for me to call the police. 12:29.060 --> 12:30.060 Call the cops. Call the cops. 12:30.060 --> 12:31.060 Like that he yelled at me. 12:31.060 --> 12:32.060 What did you do? 12:32.060 --> 12:33.060 I looked to see if I had a dime. 12:33.060 --> 12:34.060 What? 12:34.060 --> 12:39.060 Well, you see, in the past, Mr. Raylor's had trouble with people making phone calls on a private phone. 12:39.060 --> 12:41.060 So he had one of those little lock things put on it. 12:41.060 --> 12:44.060 You can answer incoming calls, but you can't phone out. 12:44.060 --> 12:45.060 I see. 12:45.060 --> 12:47.060 So I needed a dime to call the cops. 12:47.060 --> 12:48.060 Yeah. 12:48.060 --> 12:49.060 Well, I didn't have one. 12:49.060 --> 12:51.060 Only 75 cents for my lunch, a half and a quarter. 12:51.060 --> 12:52.060 I see. 12:52.060 --> 12:54.060 Well, all this time Mr. Raylor was yelling. 12:54.060 --> 12:55.060 He's yelling and the robbers hitting him. 12:55.060 --> 12:56.060 I didn't know what to do. 12:56.060 --> 12:57.060 Uh-huh. 12:57.060 --> 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. 13:03.060 --> 13:04.060 Yeah. 13:04.060 --> 13:05.060 He told me to phone. 13:05.060 --> 13:06.060 Yeah, sure. 13:06.060 --> 13:07.060 Well, then all of a sudden, bang! 13:07.060 --> 13:09.060 A fella hit Mr. Raylor with a gun. 13:09.060 --> 13:11.060 Took it right out of his pocket and hit him on the head. 13:11.060 --> 13:15.060 Next thing Mr. Raylor's on the floor, this fella's stomping him. 13:15.060 --> 13:18.060 Well, I couldn't just stand by no more, so I went back to help. 13:18.060 --> 13:19.060 Too late. 13:19.060 --> 13:20.060 What was that? 13:20.060 --> 13:21.060 It was too late. 13:21.060 --> 13:24.060 Mr. Raylor was on the floor and this guy was pointing a gun at me and was leaving the store. 13:24.060 --> 13:27.060 I didn't see how it would help any to try and stop him. 13:27.060 --> 13:29.060 Was there anybody else in the store at the time? 13:29.060 --> 13:30.060 No, just Mr. Raylor and me. 13:30.060 --> 13:31.060 We just opened up. 13:31.060 --> 13:33.060 Still kind of getting ready for the day. 13:33.060 --> 13:34.060 Did you get a good look at this guy? 13:34.060 --> 13:35.060 Oh, yeah. 13:35.060 --> 13:36.060 I saw him good. 13:36.060 --> 13:38.060 All right, then you'll be able to give us a description. 13:38.060 --> 13:40.060 Yeah, I'll tell you how he looked. 13:40.060 --> 13:41.060 Did you see if he drove a car? 13:41.060 --> 13:42.060 I guess so. 13:42.060 --> 13:44.060 Don't you know for sure? 13:44.060 --> 13:46.060 Well, no, I didn't go out after him. 13:46.060 --> 13:49.060 I figured that it'd take somebody a lot bigger than me to stop him. 13:49.060 --> 13:51.060 Besides, I had to take care of Mr. Raylor. 13:51.060 --> 13:52.060 I see. 13:52.060 --> 13:53.060 Did you see the gun he was using? 13:53.060 --> 13:56.060 Yeah, I got a real good look at it when he was hitting the boss. 13:56.060 --> 13:57.060 That's fine. 13:57.060 --> 13:58.060 What kind of a gun was it? 13:58.060 --> 14:00.060 A pistol, you know, like you see in the movies. 14:00.060 --> 14:02.060 Now, look, son, was it a revolver or an automatic? 14:02.060 --> 14:04.060 I think it was a revolver. 14:04.060 --> 14:06.060 It had a barrel on it. 14:06.060 --> 14:08.060 Short, about that long. 14:08.060 --> 14:09.060 Uh-huh. 14:09.060 --> 14:11.060 We'd like you to come downtown and look at some pictures, if you would. 14:11.060 --> 14:12.060 At the city hall? 14:12.060 --> 14:13.060 That's right. 14:13.060 --> 14:14.060 I'll be glad to help out. 14:14.060 --> 14:16.060 As soon as Mrs. Raylor comes back, I'll go with you. 14:16.060 --> 14:17.060 All right, fine. 14:17.060 --> 14:19.060 I can't leave the store alone, you know. 14:19.060 --> 14:20.060 Uh-huh. 14:20.060 --> 14:21.060 You want to give us the description of the man now? 14:21.060 --> 14:22.060 You bet. 14:22.060 --> 14:23.060 I'm sure if you catch the fella... 14:23.060 --> 14:24.060 So do we. 14:24.060 --> 14:26.060 Is this the same guy I've been reading about in the papers? 14:26.060 --> 14:27.060 That's right. 14:27.060 --> 14:31.060 He's mean, real mean, doing a thing like that to Mr. Raylor. 14:31.060 --> 14:32.060 Yeah, we know. 14:32.060 --> 14:35.060 He's been getting away with it for a long time, hasn't he? 14:35.060 --> 14:37.060 Just like a guy running up a big bill. 14:37.060 --> 14:39.060 That's right, and he'll pay it. 14:39.060 --> 14:46.060 As soon as someone arrived to take care of the drug store, 14:46.060 --> 14:48.060 we took Calvin Webster down to the city hall. 14:48.060 --> 14:51.060 He was shown all of the mug books and pictures of recent parolees. 14:51.060 --> 14:53.060 He was unable to make an identification. 14:53.060 --> 14:55.060 We had him return to his home, 14:55.060 --> 14:57.060 and then Frank and I checked with Dr. Sebastian 14:57.060 --> 14:59.060 over at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. 14:59.060 --> 15:01.060 He told us that the latest victim had been transferred 15:01.060 --> 15:04.060 to the county hospital and was out of the critical stage. 15:04.060 --> 15:06.060 He went on to say, however, that it would be several hours 15:06.060 --> 15:08.060 before we'd be able to talk to him. 15:08.060 --> 15:11.060 We checked with Captain Donahoe and Lieutenant Stoner. 15:11.060 --> 15:13.060 We also contacted officers from Metropolitan Division 15:13.060 --> 15:15.060 and made arrangements for the additional cars that we'd need 15:15.060 --> 15:17.060 in setting up the rolling stakeout. 15:17.060 --> 15:21.060 That night at 7.30 p.m., the plan was put into operation. 15:21.060 --> 15:25.060 Ten undercover cars maintained a watch on the drug stores in the area. 15:25.060 --> 15:27.060 All suspicious vehicles were checked on. 15:27.060 --> 15:30.060 All pedestrians loitering in the vicinity were interrogated. 15:30.060 --> 15:32.060 Our suspect remained free. 15:32.060 --> 15:34.060 Three days went by without result. 15:34.060 --> 15:36.060 The bandit had stopped his operations. 15:36.060 --> 15:40.060 On Sunday, March 21st, Frank and I were driving up Western Avenue 15:40.060 --> 15:41.060 just north of Pico. 15:41.060 --> 15:42.060 What do you think? 15:42.060 --> 15:43.060 I don't know. 15:43.060 --> 15:45.060 Maybe after he had that trouble with the railer, 15:45.060 --> 15:47.060 he might have to call it quits. 15:47.060 --> 15:48.060 It doesn't figure. 15:48.060 --> 15:49.060 Huh? 15:49.060 --> 15:50.060 Guy that's had the brakes he has 15:50.060 --> 15:52.060 is not going to let something like a beating stop him. 15:52.060 --> 15:54.060 Well, I hope you're right. 15:54.060 --> 15:57.060 All units on frequency one, stand by. 15:57.060 --> 15:59.060 All units on frequency one, stand by. 15:59.060 --> 16:00.060 Might be a good one. 16:00.060 --> 16:01.060 Yeah. 16:01.060 --> 16:03.060 Stand by 1J-14. 16:03.060 --> 16:07.060 All units in the vicinity of 1947 Wilton Place, 16:07.060 --> 16:10.060 1-9-4-7 Wilton Place. 16:10.060 --> 16:13.060 An officer needs help, coast three. 16:13.060 --> 16:15.060 You got the lens? 16:15.060 --> 16:17.060 Yeah, here you are. 16:17.060 --> 16:19.060 I think it might be our boy. 16:19.060 --> 16:21.060 We'll know in a minute. 16:21.060 --> 16:26.060 An officer needs help. 16:26.060 --> 16:27.060 Of all the calls in the book, 16:27.060 --> 16:29.060 this is the one that no officer wants to get. 16:29.060 --> 16:32.060 Not because of an outdone sense of loyalty to a fellow police officer, 16:32.060 --> 16:34.060 but because it means that somebody has decided 16:34.060 --> 16:37.060 that the police officer is not going to be able to help. 16:37.060 --> 16:39.060 I think that's the problem. 16:39.060 --> 16:43.060 An outdone sense of loyalty to a fellow police officer, 16:43.060 --> 16:45.060 but because it means that somebody has decided 16:45.060 --> 16:47.060 that lawful authority has no meaning for them. 16:47.060 --> 16:50.060 Such a person is an extreme menace to every citizen in the city. 16:50.060 --> 16:53.060 By showing that they have no respect for the competence 16:53.060 --> 16:55.060 of an armed professional officer, 16:55.060 --> 16:57.060 they have also shown that they will not consider 16:57.060 --> 16:59.060 for an instant the life of an unarmed citizen. 16:59.060 --> 17:01.060 By the time we arrived at the scene, 17:01.060 --> 17:03.060 there were 14 police units in attendance. 17:03.060 --> 17:05.060 From one of the officers, we got the story. 17:05.060 --> 17:07.060 You know, I was working the streets, 17:07.060 --> 17:09.060 I got to the liquor store, stopped to see what was going on. 17:09.060 --> 17:10.060 Yeah. 17:10.060 --> 17:11.060 Told the fellow to stop. 17:11.060 --> 17:12.060 Didn't make any difference. 17:12.060 --> 17:13.060 Kept going, huh? 17:12.060 --> 17:13.060 Yeah. 17:13.060 --> 17:15.060 Officer in the car told him to stop, reach out, 17:15.060 --> 17:17.060 and the suspect turned around and fired at the policeman. 17:17.060 --> 17:18.060 How is he? 17:17.060 --> 17:18.060 Flesh wound. 17:18.060 --> 17:19.060 What about the suspect? 17:19.060 --> 17:21.060 Well, he didn't get the chance to fire more than twice. 17:21.060 --> 17:22.060 Got him over there? 17:22.060 --> 17:23.060 Yeah. 17:23.060 --> 17:25.060 Anything from the owner of the liquor store? 17:25.060 --> 17:27.060 Well, just that the suspect tried to hold him up. 17:27.060 --> 17:29.060 He walked in, showed him an oak, the owner went along with it. 17:29.060 --> 17:31.060 Handed over the money, and then the suspect left. 17:31.060 --> 17:32.060 That's it. 17:32.060 --> 17:33.060 Better take a look. 17:33.060 --> 17:34.060 Yeah. 17:34.060 --> 17:36.060 Well, it might be a break. 17:36.060 --> 17:38.060 It's a hard way to get it, isn't it? 17:38.060 --> 17:39.060 Yeah. 17:39.060 --> 17:40.060 I'll take a look. 17:42.060 --> 17:43.060 How about it? 17:43.060 --> 17:45.060 I can't tell for sure. 17:45.060 --> 17:46.060 Huh? 17:46.060 --> 17:48.060 Description doesn't match too good. 17:48.060 --> 17:49.060 Yeah? 17:49.060 --> 17:50.060 No. 17:50.060 --> 17:52.060 I don't think it's our suspect. 18:01.060 --> 18:03.060 You are listening to Dragnet, 18:03.060 --> 18:06.060 the authentic story of your police force in action. 18:13.060 --> 18:16.060 The wounded police officer was taken to Judge Street 18:16.060 --> 18:18.060 Receiving Hospital for treatment. 18:18.060 --> 18:20.060 The suspect was removed to the county morgue. 18:20.060 --> 18:22.060 Pictures were taken, and when they were shown to the victims 18:22.060 --> 18:25.060 of the drug store bandit, they all said he was not the man we were after. 18:25.060 --> 18:28.060 The rolling stakeout continued without result. 18:28.060 --> 18:32.060 During the next week, we answered several 211 calls in drug stores, 18:32.060 --> 18:35.060 and the ammo the thief used eliminated him as our suspect. 18:35.060 --> 18:38.060 Thursday, March 25th, Frank and I checked into the squad room. 18:38.060 --> 18:39.060 How's it going, John? 18:39.060 --> 18:40.060 We're kind of tired. 18:40.060 --> 18:41.060 Yeah. 18:41.060 --> 18:44.060 I'm gonna get this one wrapped up, and I'm gonna try to take a few days off. 18:44.060 --> 18:45.060 Okay. 18:47.060 --> 18:49.060 Robbery Friday. 18:49.060 --> 18:50.060 Yes, that's right. 18:50.060 --> 18:52.060 No, we're handling it. 18:52.060 --> 18:54.060 Who was that? 18:54.060 --> 18:57.060 All right, would you like to give me that address? 18:59.060 --> 19:01.060 All right, yes, I have it. 19:01.060 --> 19:02.060 We'll check it out. 19:02.060 --> 19:04.060 Might be something, yeah. 19:04.060 --> 19:06.060 Thanks for letting us know. 19:06.060 --> 19:07.060 Right. 19:07.060 --> 19:09.060 What was that? 19:09.060 --> 19:11.060 No, if it turns out, we'll let you know. 19:11.060 --> 19:12.060 Right. 19:12.060 --> 19:13.060 Thanks again. 19:13.060 --> 19:14.060 Bye. 19:14.060 --> 19:15.060 What do you got? 19:15.060 --> 19:17.060 A call from a radio unit out in Hollywood. 19:17.060 --> 19:18.060 Yeah. 19:18.060 --> 19:20.060 The answer to 415 this morning. 19:20.060 --> 19:21.060 The woman and her husband were having a brawl. 19:21.060 --> 19:22.060 Uh-huh. 19:22.060 --> 19:23.060 The man had left when the officers got there. 19:23.060 --> 19:25.060 The woman refused to make a complaint. 19:25.060 --> 19:26.060 She placed the original call? 19:26.060 --> 19:27.060 No, it came from one of the neighbors. 19:27.060 --> 19:28.060 Uh-huh. 19:28.060 --> 19:29.060 When the officers were leaving, 19:29.060 --> 19:31.060 the woman said she'd handle the beef herself. 19:31.060 --> 19:32.060 Said she'd take care of her husband, 19:32.060 --> 19:33.060 call him a lousy hold-up man. 19:33.060 --> 19:34.060 Yeah. 19:34.060 --> 19:36.060 She made the statement she could put him in San Quentin 19:36.060 --> 19:37.060 inside of five minutes. 19:37.060 --> 19:38.060 Well, if he's the guy we're looking for, 19:38.060 --> 19:40.060 I don't think we can do it that fast. 19:40.060 --> 19:41.060 No, we sure tried. 19:47.060 --> 19:49.060 We left the office and drove out to the address 19:49.060 --> 19:50.060 I'd gotten on the phone. 19:50.060 --> 19:53.060 It was a small one-story house set well back on the lot. 19:53.060 --> 19:55.060 When we got there, the lights were on. 19:55.060 --> 19:58.060 Frank and I went up the front door and rang the bell. 19:58.060 --> 19:59.060 Yeah. 19:59.060 --> 20:00.060 Miss Kearney? 20:00.060 --> 20:01.060 That's right. 20:01.060 --> 20:02.060 Police officers like to talk to you. 20:02.060 --> 20:03.060 What about? 20:03.060 --> 20:04.060 Might be better if we talk inside. 20:04.060 --> 20:05.060 All right. 20:08.060 --> 20:09.060 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 20:09.060 --> 20:10.060 My name's Friday. 20:10.060 --> 20:11.060 How you do? 20:11.060 --> 20:12.060 Fine. 20:12.060 --> 20:13.060 You alone here in the house? 20:13.060 --> 20:14.060 It's the baby and me. 20:14.060 --> 20:15.060 I see. 20:15.060 --> 20:16.060 Where's your husband? 20:16.060 --> 20:17.060 Look, before I start telling you a lot, 20:17.060 --> 20:19.060 why don't you let me know what this is all about? 20:19.060 --> 20:20.060 We got a report from a radio car 20:20.060 --> 20:21.060 that there was a disturbance here this morning. 20:21.060 --> 20:22.060 Is that right? 20:22.060 --> 20:23.060 Wasn't anything. 20:23.060 --> 20:24.060 Me and Keith had a beef. 20:24.060 --> 20:26.060 Not even worth calling the cops about. 20:26.060 --> 20:29.060 The officer said you made the remark that your husband was a holdup man, 20:29.060 --> 20:30.060 that you could send him to prison. 20:30.060 --> 20:31.060 Is that right? 20:31.060 --> 20:32.060 They talk a lot, don't they? 20:32.060 --> 20:33.060 They listen more, lady. 20:33.060 --> 20:35.060 You want to tell us what you missed? 20:35.060 --> 20:36.060 Yeah. 20:36.060 --> 20:37.060 Well, go ahead. 20:37.060 --> 20:39.060 You go back and tell the little boys in the play suits 20:39.060 --> 20:40.060 they're wrong on this one. 20:40.060 --> 20:41.060 Is that so? 20:41.060 --> 20:42.060 Yeah, because I meant nothing. 20:42.060 --> 20:43.060 Nothing at all. 20:43.060 --> 20:45.060 Pretty serious thing to say without a reason, though, isn't it? 20:45.060 --> 20:46.060 This morning I had a reason. 20:46.060 --> 20:48.060 Why, don't you want to tell us what it was? 20:48.060 --> 20:49.060 I don't see why not. 20:49.060 --> 20:50.060 You cops start nosing around. 20:50.060 --> 20:51.060 You'll find out anyway. 20:51.060 --> 20:53.060 I got trouble with my old man. 20:53.060 --> 20:54.060 What kind of trouble? 20:54.060 --> 20:55.060 He's out with other women. 20:55.060 --> 20:56.060 Didn't come home last night. 20:56.060 --> 20:58.060 We had a beef about it. 20:58.060 --> 21:00.060 The cops were called and they used their big ears. 21:00.060 --> 21:02.060 You guys made the trip out here for nothing. 21:02.060 --> 21:04.060 Now beat it. 21:04.060 --> 21:05.060 Now look what you've done. 21:05.060 --> 21:06.060 He's playing fine. 21:06.060 --> 21:07.060 And you come in, you know he's a big stink. 21:07.060 --> 21:08.060 You got him all upset. 21:08.060 --> 21:09.060 I'll get him. 21:13.060 --> 21:14.060 Hey, here we are, fella. 21:14.060 --> 21:15.060 Hey. 21:15.060 --> 21:17.060 No reason to cry. 21:17.060 --> 21:19.060 What's your husband's full name? 21:19.060 --> 21:20.060 Keith J. Kearney. 21:20.060 --> 21:21.060 How long have you lived in Los Angeles? 21:21.060 --> 21:22.060 A little over six weeks. 21:22.060 --> 21:23.060 Where are you from? 21:23.060 --> 21:24.060 Idaho. 21:24.060 --> 21:26.060 Your husband ever been in trouble with the police before? 21:26.060 --> 21:29.060 Keith's got a hard time not being in trouble with anybody. 21:29.060 --> 21:30.060 Has he ever been arrested? 21:30.060 --> 21:31.060 I don't know. 21:31.060 --> 21:32.060 How long have you been married? 21:32.060 --> 21:33.060 Seven years. 21:33.060 --> 21:34.060 And you don't know if he's ever been arrested? 21:34.060 --> 21:35.060 No, I don't. 21:35.060 --> 21:36.060 You got a picture of your husband? 21:36.060 --> 21:37.060 You mean that you can have? 21:37.060 --> 21:39.060 We'd like to take a look at it, yeah. 21:39.060 --> 21:40.060 Not a luck. 21:40.060 --> 21:41.060 I haven't got one. 21:41.060 --> 21:42.060 Does he work? 21:42.060 --> 21:43.060 Nothing can help it. 21:43.060 --> 21:44.060 Doesn't hold a job of any kind, huh? 21:44.060 --> 21:45.060 No. 21:45.060 --> 21:46.060 Keith's a professional avoider. 21:46.060 --> 21:47.060 He doesn't like anything steady. 21:47.060 --> 21:49.060 Beginning to look like he means me, too. 21:49.060 --> 21:50.060 What's he do with his time? 21:50.060 --> 21:51.060 Nothing. 21:51.060 --> 21:52.060 Just lives it. 21:52.060 --> 21:53.060 Is he here in the evening? 21:53.060 --> 21:56.060 If he was, it wouldn't have been the beef this morning, and you wouldn't be asking a 21:56.060 --> 21:57.060 lot of questions. 21:57.060 --> 22:00.060 I don't know what you're trying to get me to say, but I can't go along with you. 22:00.060 --> 22:02.060 If you've got a problem with Keith, then talk to him. 22:02.060 --> 22:03.060 Leave me out of it. 22:03.060 --> 22:04.060 I'll get it. 22:04.060 --> 22:06.060 You know where your husband is now? 22:06.060 --> 22:07.060 No. 22:07.060 --> 22:08.060 You don't have any idea, huh? 22:08.060 --> 22:09.060 Not the least. 22:09.060 --> 22:10.060 There you are, little fella. 22:10.060 --> 22:11.060 Here is your keys. 22:11.060 --> 22:12.060 Does your husband drive a car? 22:12.060 --> 22:13.060 Yeah. 22:13.060 --> 22:14.060 What kind is it? 22:14.060 --> 22:15.060 41 Plymouth. 22:15.060 --> 22:16.060 When do you expect your husband back? 22:16.060 --> 22:17.060 When he walks in the door. 22:17.060 --> 22:18.060 All right, Mrs. Kearney, I think that'll do it. 22:18.060 --> 22:19.060 Sorry about that. 22:19.060 --> 22:20.060 I'm going to go. 22:20.060 --> 22:21.060 I'm going to go. 22:21.060 --> 22:23.060 Mrs. Kearney, I think that'll do it. 22:23.060 --> 22:24.060 Sorry if we've caused you any trouble. 22:24.060 --> 22:25.060 You haven't, you nut. 22:25.060 --> 22:26.060 All right, let's go, Frank. 22:26.060 --> 22:27.060 Okay. 22:27.060 --> 22:28.060 Good night. 22:28.060 --> 22:29.060 Good night. 22:29.060 --> 22:30.060 Good night. 22:30.060 --> 22:33.060 Better check on the husband, huh? 22:33.060 --> 22:34.060 Yeah. 22:34.060 --> 22:35.060 Wait a minute. 22:35.060 --> 22:41.060 Get a good look at those keys that the baby was playing with. 22:41.060 --> 22:42.060 Oh, why? 22:42.060 --> 22:44.060 Plastic tag on them had a license number. 22:44.060 --> 22:45.060 Yeah. 22:45.060 --> 22:52.060 And it was a car that was used in the drug store. 22:52.060 --> 22:56.560 Frank and I went back to the car and drove around the block, parking up the street from 22:56.560 --> 22:57.560 the Kearney residence. 22:57.560 --> 23:01.060 We called the name of the man and his wife into R&I, but there was no record on either 23:01.060 --> 23:02.060 one of them. 23:02.060 --> 23:06.060 Because of the remark made by his wife and the finding of the car keys, it was decided 23:06.060 --> 23:09.060 to stake out on the house and wait for the husband to return. 23:09.060 --> 23:11.060 7.30 p.m., 8.30, 9.00 p.m. 23:11.060 --> 23:16.060 The lights in the house went out, but there was still no sign of Keith Kearney. 23:16.060 --> 23:17.060 10, 10.30. 23:17.060 --> 23:21.060 We called the office and told them we'd wait it out. 23:21.060 --> 23:22.060 10.45 p.m. 23:22.060 --> 23:23.060 Joe. 23:23.060 --> 23:24.060 Yeah. 23:24.060 --> 23:26.060 Let's see what kind it is. 23:26.060 --> 23:30.060 Looks like a Plymouth. 23:30.060 --> 23:32.060 No. 23:32.060 --> 23:35.060 Checks out, huh? 23:35.060 --> 23:36.060 Yeah. 23:36.060 --> 23:37.060 Let's take him. 23:37.060 --> 23:40.060 All right, Kearney, hold it up. 23:40.060 --> 23:41.060 Watch it, Joe. 23:41.060 --> 23:42.060 Give it up, Kearney. 23:42.060 --> 23:43.060 Keep away from me, cop! 23:43.060 --> 23:44.060 He's trying to make his house. 23:44.060 --> 23:45.060 Yeah. 23:45.060 --> 23:48.060 Kearney, you're not going to make the front porch. 23:48.060 --> 23:50.060 Don't give your family any more trouble than they got. 23:50.060 --> 23:52.060 Now throw down that gun. 23:52.060 --> 23:55.060 All right, let's give it back to him. 23:55.060 --> 23:57.060 He's down, Joe. 23:57.060 --> 23:59.060 Come on. 23:59.060 --> 24:00.060 Kearney. 24:00.060 --> 24:01.060 Kearney. 24:01.060 --> 24:02.060 Careful. 24:02.060 --> 24:05.060 Come on, Kearney, throw that gun away. 24:05.060 --> 24:07.060 You hear me? 24:07.060 --> 24:08.060 Looks like he's hurt bad. 24:08.060 --> 24:09.060 Yeah. 24:09.060 --> 24:10.060 How about it? 24:10.060 --> 24:11.060 He'll live. 24:11.060 --> 24:12.060 Call an ambulance. 24:12.060 --> 24:13.060 Right. 24:13.060 --> 24:14.060 Did you kill him? 24:14.060 --> 24:15.060 Did you kill him? 24:15.060 --> 24:16.060 No, ma'am. 24:16.060 --> 24:17.060 He's dead. 24:17.060 --> 24:18.060 You killed him. 24:18.060 --> 24:19.060 He'll be all right. 24:19.060 --> 24:20.060 Don't lie to me. 24:20.060 --> 24:21.060 Poor Kate, you didn't give him a chance. 24:21.060 --> 24:22.060 Not fair. 24:22.060 --> 24:23.060 He didn't even have a chance. 24:23.060 --> 24:24.060 You saw it all, lady. 24:24.060 --> 24:25.060 Yeah, and it wasn't even a fair fight. 24:25.060 --> 24:26.060 Never is when you pull a gun. 24:26.060 --> 24:44.060 Keith Jaris Kearney was tried and convicted on nine counts of robbery in the first degree 24:44.060 --> 24:47.260 and received sentence as prescribed by law. 24:47.260 --> 24:51.060 Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than 24:51.060 --> 24:52.060 five years. 24:52.060 --> 24:59.060 The Dragnet is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service.