1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Dragnet, brought to you by Chesterfield. 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:15,000 This is the best, Chesterfield, and the time to change today. 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:27,000 You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to burglary detail. 5 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,000 You get a call to meet a fire inspector at a burned out home. 6 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,000 There's reason to believe the fire was started by a burglar. 7 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,000 Your job, investigate. 8 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:47,000 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 9 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:51,000 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 10 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:57,000 you will travel step by step on the side of the law to an actual case, friends tried from official police violence. 11 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:09,000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 12 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,000 It was Wednesday, November 4th. It was cool in Los Angeles. 13 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 We were working the night watch out of burglary detail. 14 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,000 My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Bernard. 15 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,000 My name is Friday. 16 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:22,000 We're on our way out from the office. It was 9, 12 p.m. when we got to 2607 West 50th Street. 17 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 The scene of the fire. 18 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,000 No signs here. It's been in the back of the house since. 19 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Yeah, that's the way it looks. 20 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Hiya, Joe. 21 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,000 Hi, Tom. You know my partner, Frank, Inspector Stratus from the fire department. 22 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Sure, hi. 23 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,000 Hello, Frank. It's been some time since we worked together, Joe. 24 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:38,000 Yeah, over a year, hasn't it? 25 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,000 Yeah, about that. 26 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,000 How many have you got for us this time, Inspector? 27 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,000 Easier to show you. 28 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,000 Come on back. 29 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:44,000 All right. 30 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,000 Most of the damage is in the bedrooms, starting the closet. 31 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,000 It burned through the next room, though. Little girl's bedroom. 32 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,000 Here we are. 33 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 Yeah, burned bad, huh? 34 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Could have been a lot worse. Neighbor saw the flames through the window. 35 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,000 Must have seen the right of way. She called us and the engine company got loud before the whole house was gutted. 36 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,000 The place locked when they got here? 37 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Yeah, had to break through the back door to gain entrance. 38 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:06,000 All right, now where do we fit in? 39 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 Well, we're pretty certain the fire was started deliberately. 40 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,000 I was checking. I noticed the window had been tampered with. 41 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Come here, I'll show you what I mean. 42 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,000 See the lock? 43 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Yeah. 44 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 Yeah, looks like it was forced, doesn't it? 45 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,000 See here? The screws are pulled right out of the frame. 46 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Yeah. 47 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Glass is cracked, too. 48 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Yeah. Any chance your boys might have done this? 49 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,000 No, I checked that angle. The only place they tried was the back door. 50 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Uh-huh. 51 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Was the window open when you first saw it, Tom? 52 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Yeah, looks like it is now. Raised about an inch. 53 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Right. 54 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Yeah. 55 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,000 See these marks here on the cell? 56 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Uh-huh. Probably made it in the window before, I guess. 57 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 Better get the lab out here, I guess. 58 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Yeah, I'll get it. 59 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,000 Form to the front room near the table. 60 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Thank you, sir. 61 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 You been able to contact the owner, Tom? 62 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Yeah, he was with his wife and little girl. 63 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 He was out here just about the time they had the fire out. 64 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Took away from kiddo, just at this place for the night. 65 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Well, did he know if anything had been stolen? 66 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Didn't ask before he left. He said he'd come back as soon as he could. 67 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 You got any ideas? 68 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,000 Well, I'm sure the fire was set. 69 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Maybe a pile of maniacs and thieves trying to cover something. 70 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 I'm at the past with my partner, Sergeant Slotty. 71 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 How do you do, Sergeant? 72 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,000 How are you, sir? You met Inspector Stratus? 73 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Yes, sir. How are you? 74 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,000 I'll be back as soon as I could. 75 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 The wife and daughter are pretty upset. 76 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 We understand this, sir. 77 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 She didn't think about it tonight, but she will tomorrow. 78 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,000 I'll be in for it. 79 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 How's that thing? 80 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,000 About the insurance. 81 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,000 What about the insurance? 82 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Well, I don't have any. 83 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,000 I can hear her now. 84 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,000 She'll be up one side and down the other. 85 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 You don't have any fire insurance on the house at all, huh? 86 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,000 That's right. 87 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,000 How about personal property? 88 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,000 No, my wife asked me to take some out. 89 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Maybe I would have, but she wanted me to get it from her brother-in-law. 90 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Maybe I would have, but you never saw such a one-way guy. 91 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Always looking to feather his own mess, you know the kind. 92 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Yeah. 93 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Like I was painting the kid's room, you know. 94 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Think he'd give me a hand or you bet he didn't. 95 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 So what happens? They got no insurance. 96 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,000 Now, Mr. Taft, we'd like you to do something for us, if you would. 97 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Sure thing. As long as it doesn't cost me. 98 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 It's going to put me in a hole, but good. 99 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Would you check around and see if any personal items are missing here? 100 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 You mean stolen? 101 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Yes, sir, that's right. 102 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Do you think someone broke in and stole something inside the fire? 103 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Oh, we're not sure yet. We want you to help us. 104 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Oh, boy, that's all I need. 105 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 A fire with no insurance and a rod with no insurance. 106 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,000 My wife's brother-in-law won't ever get off my back and my wife. 107 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 Mm-hmm. Would you check for us, then? 108 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Yeah, sure thing. 109 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Thank you. 110 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Now, Mark, in here, it takes up my wife's jewelry. 111 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 And what she had was in this here box. 112 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Well, you wouldn't touch it, though. 113 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,000 What's that? 114 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,000 I'll open it. 115 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Don't mind. 116 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Well, it's empty. Everything's gone. 117 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Was it pretty expensive? 118 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Well, it didn't cost much, if that's what you mean. 119 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Uh-huh. 120 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Mostly costumes jewelry. 121 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Her watch was in here, though. 122 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,000 She forgot it tonight. 123 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Went over to Cranstar District window shopping, 124 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,000 and I remember her mentioning she left it here. 125 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Do you think anything else is missing in here? 126 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,000 Uh, I don't think so, 127 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 unless maybe my wife's clothes from the closet. 128 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 And the way that looks, I don't get you to tell much. 129 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,000 What do you think, Tom? 130 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Well, I can give it a preliminary check 131 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,000 while you're going through the rest of the house, 132 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,000 and let you know. 133 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,000 All right, fine. 134 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,000 Well, I'll check the rest of the place for you, sir. 135 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Oh, yes, sir. 136 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,000 All right. 137 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Boy, what a night. 138 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Since I wanted to steal something, 139 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,000 you think a place with that stuff worth lifting. 140 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,000 Now, here's the kids' room. 141 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Oh, look at the mess in here. 142 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,000 I just finished painting last week. 143 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Look at it. 144 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,000 Dolls, books all burned. 145 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Little kid saw that tonight, just cried her eyes out. 146 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,000 I don't know. 147 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Dad, this must have had a head full of rocks. 148 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,000 Yeah. 149 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Christmas ain't far off. 150 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 I don't know how, but I'll see to it 151 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,000 she gets dolls and books. 152 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Nice one. 153 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Better than these were. 154 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Wasn't anything in there, you'd think. 155 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,000 All right, let's check the kitchen. 156 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Well, right off, I can see you made it for the radio. 157 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,000 I had a little portable on the shelf right over there. 158 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Wife likes to listen to those daytime programs 159 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,000 while she's working on them. 160 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,000 Something more to plan for Christmas. 161 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,000 What if you have the serial number on the radio by any chance? 162 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,000 Uh-uh. 163 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Never paying any attention to things like that. 164 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Anyway, I got a second hand. 165 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,000 It wasn't worth much. 166 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 It played good, though. 167 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Mm-hmm. 168 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 I think it's good luck. 169 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 You know if there's anything else going. 170 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Yeah, right off hand. 171 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Hey, St. Coles, how about a beer? 172 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Oh, that's stolen, too. 173 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Well, don't like it. 174 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Well, that really does it. 175 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,000 What's that? 176 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,000 That ties it off good. 177 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,000 He stole a ham. 178 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,000 What? 179 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,000 A ham weighed 12 pounds and saving it for Thanksgiving. 180 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:11,000 And I thought that'd go to some big dinner my wife planned. 181 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Oh, I guess it's all right if you laugh about it, huh? 182 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,000 I was just thinking, 183 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 maybe I'll have the last laugh at my wife's brother. 184 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,000 What's that? 185 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:26,000 He was coming to dinner. 186 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Further examination of the kitchen showed that about 20 cans of food had been taken. 187 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Angus Taft looked through the rest of the house, 188 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 but he said he didn't think anything else was missing. 189 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Inspector Tom Strader said he was fairly sure there were no clothes in the closet when it burned. 190 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,000 Men from the crime lab came out and took pictures of the window, 191 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 and also of the place of origin of the fire. 192 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,000 A detail from latent prints checked the house. 193 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Frank and I questioned people in the neighborhood, 194 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:53,000 but none of them had seen or heard anyone around the Taft house before the fire started. 195 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Inspector Strader said he would notify our office of all similar house fires. 196 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,000 The next night we got a report from latent prints. 197 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,000 They said the prints they'd lifted from the Taft home belonged to members of the family. 198 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Ray Pinker sent word over from the crime lab that the marks on the windowsill had been made by a half-inch pry bar. 199 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,000 On November 10th we got another call from Inspector Strader, 200 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,000 and we went out to 2725 West 49th Street. 201 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,000 By 1026 p.m. we had completed our inspection of the burned interior of the house, 202 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 and we talked to the owner. 203 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,000 That was pretty much like the last one. 204 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,000 Looks like more damage this time, huh? 205 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,000 Yeah, there's been a report of a fire started in this house. 206 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,000 Same entry, bedroom window. 207 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Still an article just about the same, huh? 208 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,000 I don't get that, Frank. 209 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,000 How's that, Frank? 210 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,000 It's not the stolen. 211 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Not much value to it. 212 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,000 Costume jewelry, clothes, food, portable radio. 213 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,000 You'd think anyone that goes out on a limb like this would try to make it worth his while. 214 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Nothing much we can set the usual sources for. 215 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 One thing that might help us we don't have. 216 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,000 What's that, Joe? 217 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Serial numbers. 218 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,000 You know, people could just give us the numbers on their radios. 219 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,000 Other stolen property we'd have something definite to look for. 220 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,000 I know it's a lot to ask, but if they could just do that. 221 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Inspector, what do you estimate the fire ought to be here? 222 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,000 A couple thousand dollars. 223 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Uh-huh. 224 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:06,000 I hope your crime lab, the latent trends, can come up with a lead to give you a foe of something concrete to work with. 225 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,000 We'll be there, Tom. 226 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,000 What do you think, Joe? 227 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,000 Same person? 228 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Well, it might be too early to say, 229 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,000 but the fires are in the same neighborhood. 230 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Similar MO. 231 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,000 Chances are there that it's the same one, yeah. 232 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,000 Uh-huh. 233 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,000 Keeps up. 234 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,000 Somebody's likely to get hurt. 235 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,000 We haven't got too much to go on. 236 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Well, we've got a place to start. 237 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Huh? 238 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,000 We know he's got some matches. 239 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,000 Frank and I questioned the neighbors, but we failed to get any useful information. 240 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,000 latent prints were unable to come up with anything. 241 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:39,000 The crime lab reported the window had been forced by a one-half inch pry bar. 242 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Within the next three weeks, despite our efforts, six more fires and burglaries occurred. 243 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,000 In each case, the same MO was used. 244 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:53,000 We had sent teletypes to CII and all points requesting information on any person who had used the same MO. 245 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,000 The staff office made a run. 246 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,000 No one arsonist was checked. 247 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Pawn shops and second-hand stores were notified, but we still had no definite lead as to the identity of the arsonist's burglar. 248 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:07,000 We started a PIN map to see if a directional trend would develop. 249 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,000 7 p.m. Wednesday, December 2nd. 250 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,000 We were checking the map with Sergeant Rex Olson. 251 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Anything new, Joe? 252 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,000 Well, we've got a few burglaries further west, up in here, but no fire. 253 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,000 How about the MO? 254 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Same. Bedroom window entry, same type articles stolen. 255 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 You know, this operator's really a wig. 256 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,000 Take a look at this list of items that have been taken. 257 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:32,000 Dog food, baby clothes, golf balls, tennis balls, camping equipment, and a phonograph. 258 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 That's quite an assortment. 259 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,000 Tennis balls were initialed, I think, by the owner. He said he could identify them. 260 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,000 Details have been set in playground form. 261 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,000 I guess you pretty well covered every angle then. 262 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Yeah, that's right. 263 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:48,000 The men from Metro and the fire department have been on stakeouts in areas where fires have occurred. 264 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,000 They've run down a lot of leads, but we haven't come up with anything to date. 265 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,000 How about Prince? 266 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Well, how many will give us any positives? 267 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 I guess they're switching MOs. I'm going to be thankful for them. 268 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,000 The guy's still out breathing the same air as we do. 269 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:03,000 Yeah. I know it bothers you, but you're doing your best. You can't ask for more. 270 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,000 If you talk to some of these families that have been burned out, you'll still wish you could. 271 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,000 Yeah, I know how you feel. 272 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,000 The guy isn't satisfied setting one fire in a house. He set as many as six in one place. 273 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 Look above red pins. 274 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 I'll do it. 275 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Burglary, Olson? 276 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Uh-huh. 277 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,000 What's that address? 278 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 1904? 279 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Wet 53. 280 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,000 All right. 281 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,000 Yeah, they're with me now. Yeah. 282 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,000 Burglary, here's the address. 283 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,000 All right. Anything else? 284 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,000 Yeah, another red pin. 285 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,000 We drove out to the address on 50th Street. 286 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:46,000 Like the other homes hit by the arsonist burglar, it was a small one-story house. 287 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,000 Inspector Strader showed us where five fires had been started. 288 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,000 The main damage was in the rear of the building. 289 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Entry had been made through a bedroom window. 290 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,000 We called the crime lab and laid in print. 291 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:00,000 The owner, a Mr. Clinton base, arrived and checked for missing property. 292 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 He said it was 1027 here. 293 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,000 We called to the living room. 294 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Well, right off hand, I'd say nothing was missing in here. 295 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,000 Well, if possible, he just didn't take a little initial. 296 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Why'd he say that, Sergeant? 297 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Well, no fire was started before. 298 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Now, we found in other homes the burglar usually starts a fire in a room where he takes something. 299 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,000 That's neat. 300 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:18,000 Elis the base. 301 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Yeah. 302 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,000 First unit missing, you said it was initial. 303 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,000 That's right. I gave it to my wife for her birthday. 304 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,000 It was monogrammed LCB in gold letters. 305 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Wasn't really expensive. 306 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:28,000 LCB. 307 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,000 And the money that was taken was of too much value. 308 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Why should a person go to the trouble of breaking a house to steal comic books? 309 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:34,000 It didn't make sense. 310 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,000 And then you said your daughter's name was written on the books. 311 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Yeah. My wife always writes her name, Carol, on them. 312 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,000 You know how kids trade them back and forth. 313 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,000 My daughter takes after her mother and never wants to throw anything away. 314 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 I've had over a hundred comic books. 315 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,000 I think there's a lot of junk at which he had taken. 316 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,000 And then just left the house the way it was without setting the fires. 317 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,000 Oh, I see. I understand. 318 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Now about the coins that were taken. 319 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,000 This is the first time that any money has been stolen. 320 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,000 What did he take? About two dollars worth of coins. 321 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Not much to help you there, is there? 322 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Yes, sir, there might be. 323 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,000 They're American coins that can be spent. 324 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,000 Now the fact that they're old may give us a lead if somebody tried to spend them. 325 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Hmm, hmm. 326 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,000 Kind of a long shot, isn't it? 327 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,000 Yes, sir, maybe. 328 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,000 But this person hasn't given us much choice. 329 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,000 Now do you hope he could give us the dates on the coins? 330 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Well, I can't, but my wife may be able to. 331 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,000 They belong to her. 332 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,000 Like I told you, she never gives her anything. 333 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Mm-hmm. 334 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,000 She got them from an aunt a couple, three weeks ago. 335 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,000 I told her that since they were old, they might be worth more than just the regular value. 336 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,000 Yes, sir. 337 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,000 She took them to some shop, you know, where they handle old money. 338 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Man, I told her they weren't in demand, only worth a nickel, dime, whatever it was. 339 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,000 I knew she'd change her cigarettes one day, but she wouldn't give them to me. 340 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Anything else hangs on her. 341 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,000 Well, you see the junk around here. 342 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,000 What did you get those dates for? 343 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Well, I tried, but like I said, if the person that did this had just forgot about the fire part 344 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,000 and carted off some of the other junk, he'd have been doing me a big favor. 345 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,000 Oh, sir, but they don't have that in mind. 346 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,000 What do you mean? 347 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,000 To help anybody. 348 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:55,000 We got the description and the dates of the coins from Mrs. Bates. 349 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 All officers were given the information. 350 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:02,000 From our pin map, we figured our suspect might live near Cimarron Street in Vernon Avenue. 351 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,000 We spent several days contacting all the businesses in that vicinity 352 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,000 and gave each owner a complete description of the coins. 353 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:12,000 We asked them to get the license number or address of any person that might pass them 354 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,000 and to call us right away. 355 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:18,000 In the meantime, Lacey French sent word from the window ledge at the home of the last burglary in fire 356 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,000 that they had lifted several clean prints. 357 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,000 Five days went by. 358 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,000 Monday, December 7th. 359 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,000 A store owner called us regarding the coins. 360 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,000 Frank and I drove out to the corner of Cimarron Street in 43rd Place, 361 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,000 a small neighborhood variety store. 362 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Good morning. Can I help you? 363 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,000 Please, doctor. 364 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Are you out? 365 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 Yes, ma'am. We went to see you the other day. 366 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,000 Oh, well, just a moment till I get my glasses on. 367 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,000 I'm trying on the new glasses on just before you put them on. 368 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,000 I don't see much without them anymore. 369 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Oh, here and I remember you. 370 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 You came in about the hour of morning. 371 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,000 Yes, ma'am. That's right. We got you called. 372 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Well, it's a good thing I had my glasses on about an hour ago. 373 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,000 What do you mean, ma'am? 374 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,000 When I got those coins. Otherwise, maybe I wouldn't have noticed. 375 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,000 Then you took in some money and opened the description we gave you, didn't you? 376 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:05,000 A face customer this morning, I guess maybe that's why I took the picture and noticed. 377 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,000 I'll call the number on the card you gave me right away. 378 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 That was very cooperative of you, ma'am. 379 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,000 I only do my duty as I see it. 380 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,000 You managed to uphold and arm as a citizen, I feel. 381 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,000 It's my job to help you. 382 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,000 Anyway, I can. 383 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000 Yes, ma'am. Now, what if we might see the coins? 384 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:19,000 Okay, Deski. I'll get them for you. 385 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Thank you. 386 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:25,000 When I saw the thing without all his money, like you told me about, I just hid them in the register. 387 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:29,000 Oh, no. I popped them into this jelly bag. I keep punies in it, too. 388 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,000 Maybe I'd better dump them out on the floor. 389 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,000 Oh, that's fine. 390 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,000 I wouldn't want you to slip your fingers. 391 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 It's easier to get blood poisoning. 392 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,000 You got that list, thanks. Yes, ma'am. 393 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,000 Thank you. 394 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,000 Here you go. 395 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 Are those the ones you're looking for? 396 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,000 Just a minute, ma'am. I'll get them. 397 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,000 Yes, ma'am. 398 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,000 Oh, how wonderful. 399 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,000 That gives me a real fine feeling. 400 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,000 Like I've been a good deed for the day. 401 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,000 Well, you have, ma'am. 402 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Now, maybe you can help us even more and tell us about the person that gave you these. 403 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,000 Deski, Deski, I can. 404 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,000 But there's something I don't quite understand. 405 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,000 What's that, ma'am? 406 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,000 I thought you could easily generally look for real bad men. 407 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,000 No, not always. 408 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,000 What? 409 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,000 That's what seems wrong. 410 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,000 The person I got these from couldn't be the one you want. 411 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Why do you say that? 412 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,000 It was a little girl about nine years old. 413 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,000 Evelyn Cooley, the owner, told us that when the little girl had left, 414 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,000 she'd followed her to a house about three blocks away. 415 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,000 We gave her a receipt for the coins and drove over to 2216 West 43rd Place, 416 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 the address he'd given us. 417 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:49,000 Frank drove past the house slowly and we saw a 1940 Plymouth sedan parked in the driveway. 418 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,000 On the second trip, I got the license number of the vehicle. 419 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,000 We called the office and they sent out another team to stake out the place. 420 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 We went back to the office and called DMV. 421 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,000 They gave us the name Lyndon Granger as the legal owner. 422 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:06,000 We checked the name through R&I and found that he had five arrests for burglary as a juvenile. 423 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:11,000 We called Laiton Prince and asked him to check the fingerprints found at the house on 50th Street. 424 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,000 1037 AM. 425 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,000 When are they going to call? 426 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,000 Soon as they have time to check them thoroughly, I guess. 427 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,000 I was just thinking, Joe, what happens if things are isn't our boy? 428 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Well, I think it's kind of easy to figure, don't you? 429 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,000 Huh? Sure. 430 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Find out where the girl got the coins. 431 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000 Yeah, I was thinking about that. You know what that should mean. 432 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Mm-hmm. More footwork. 433 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,000 I'm telling you, Joe, I haven't put on so many miles since I worked traffic. 434 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,000 You don't have to tell me. 435 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,000 What do you mean? 436 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,000 All these miles you're talking about. 437 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,000 Oh, yeah. I was with you, remember? 438 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Yeah. 439 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,000 I know, Joe, but after all, I'm carrying a few more pounds than you are. 440 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,000 That is correct. It makes a big difference. 441 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,000 You know how it is when you go deer hunting? 442 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,000 Don't you think? I don't. I never go. 443 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,000 Well, when you're carrying a rifle... 444 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Never carry one. 445 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:55,000 Well, when you go deer hunting and you do carry a rifle, you start out in the morning, the rifle doesn't weigh much at all. 446 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,000 It doesn't. 447 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,000 Well, at least it doesn't feel so heavy, but along the end of the day, to handle a few pounds feels like 20. 448 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,000 Mm-hmm. 449 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,000 That's the way it is with the extra pounds I carry around. 450 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:04,000 Mm-hmm. 451 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,000 Mm-hmm. 452 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,000 Burglary Friday. 453 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,000 Yeah. 454 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,000 Mm-hmm. 455 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,000 I see. 456 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,000 On to them. 457 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Mm. 458 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,000 Good. 459 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Right. Thank you. 460 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:18,000 Right, Mr. Prince? 461 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Yeah. 462 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,000 Granger's Prince. 463 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,000 Uh-huh. 464 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,000 They made him on the last job. 465 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:33,000 The fact that Granger's Prince tied him in with the last fire burglary was enough to get a complaint, but we wanted an airtight case. 466 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,000 We decided to follow the suspect that night. 467 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,000 Another team was set out to relieve the stake out of his home. 468 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:42,000 When Granger left the house at 8 or 9 p.m., Frank and I were behind him. 469 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,000 The other team remained at the house. 470 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,000 We followed them for about an hour. 471 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,000 9 or 13 p.m. 472 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,000 Oh, thanks, Joe. 473 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,000 Stick with him. 474 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,000 All right. 475 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,000 We better take him away from home before he ends up writing a flier on our story, huh? 476 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,000 Yeah. 477 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,000 He's going down. 478 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:58,000 I'll pull over. 479 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Jack, can you see him? 480 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Yeah. 481 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,000 He looks like another twitch in his operation. 482 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,000 Big one from that car. 483 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Yeah. 484 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000 Why'd he take it, could you see? 485 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000 Blanket or a robe at some point. 486 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,000 Come on, let's get him. 487 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:14,000 All right. 488 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,000 All right, Granger, don't put it in here. 489 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,000 Pull his off. 490 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,000 I'm gonna run for it. 491 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,000 All right. 492 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000 He's gonna hit that car. 493 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:27,000 Come on. 494 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,000 Get out of the car, Granger. 495 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,000 Come on, move. 496 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,000 What? 497 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Come on, get out. 498 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:32,000 Fast. 499 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,000 Hands over your head. 500 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,000 Right there. 501 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,000 Keep your hands up. 502 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,000 Did you say Bruce Austin? 503 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Yeah. 504 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,000 Get your hands behind your back now. 505 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,000 Oh, I didn't hear you too good. 506 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,000 I wouldn't have taken off if I'd known you were copped. 507 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,000 That's the truth. 508 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,000 If I was you, I'd believe that. 509 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,000 Is that so? 510 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,000 Well, I'm just gonna feel terrible if you guys don't believe me. 511 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Well, now, that's too bad. 512 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,000 Huh? 513 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,000 We don't. 514 00:18:47,000 --> 00:19:03,000 We questioned Granger, but he refused to admit any knowledge of the burglaries or the fires. 515 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:08,000 We met the other two months' stakeout, and they took him into custody while we went in to talk to his wife. 516 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,000 We identified our straws, and she told us to come in. 517 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:11,000 Shut up, Austin. 518 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,000 Be quiet. 519 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,000 Don't worry about him. 520 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,000 He won't bite. 521 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Dogs are no good for anything except for eating sleep. 522 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Oh, I didn't take him with him tonight. 523 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:19,000 What's that, ma'am? 524 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,000 No, I was gonna go out just about every night and take the dog with him. 525 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,000 Not tonight. 526 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:24,000 He's not on my feet every minute. 527 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,000 Is anybody else in this house beside you? 528 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,000 Huh? 529 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,000 Are you alone here? 530 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,000 Yeah, except for that man. 531 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,000 Why? 532 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,000 Well, you don't mind if we look around, do you? 533 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,000 Did you believe me? 534 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,000 Yeah, yeah. 535 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,000 Shoot, you have to. 536 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,000 I ain't hiding. 537 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,000 Nobody go ahead. 538 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,000 I'll take a look. 539 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:37,000 Come on. 540 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,000 You want to sit down with Granger? 541 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,000 Why? 542 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,000 You gonna be here first, girl? 543 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,000 There's a few things we have to ask you. 544 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,000 Oh, shut up watching. 545 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,000 What do you want to ask? 546 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,000 What kind of work does your husband do? 547 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:51,000 He's a window watcher. 548 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,000 Who is his employer? 549 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,000 Nobody. 550 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,000 But does he work for a business concern of any kind? 551 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,000 You mean like a store? 552 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,000 That's right. 553 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,000 Yeah, but he watches windows for people, too. 554 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,000 You know the house? 555 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,000 Mm-hmm. 556 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,000 So, ma'am, I found this on the dresser in the bedroom. 557 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Hey, what are you doing with my perfume? 558 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,000 It belonged to you. 559 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,000 Well, you took it out of my room, didn't you? 560 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,000 What did you do with it? 561 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,000 I found it in the bathroom. 562 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Oh, I see. 563 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:11,000 My husband. 564 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,000 Did he say where he got it? 565 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,000 Yeah, all night market. 566 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,000 How about these initials here? 567 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,000 LCB. 568 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,000 Oh, sure. 569 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,000 That's where I got the keys. 570 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,000 You said they were closing them up. 571 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Your husband goes out every night, doesn't he? 572 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,000 Yeah. 573 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,000 Has he brought everything home from this same market? 574 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Why do you ask? 575 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,000 Just tell us, has he? 576 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Yeah. 577 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,000 What? 578 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,000 Something wrong? 579 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Did we do something? 580 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,000 What other things? 581 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,000 Nothing. 582 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,420 What about the 583 00:20:32,420 --> 00:20:36,360 things your husband has brought home? 584 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:48,300 I thought there was something wrong, but he said he got them at the market. 585 00:20:48,300 --> 00:20:49,300 Did he steal them? 586 00:20:49,300 --> 00:20:50,300 We think he did, yeah. 587 00:20:50,300 --> 00:20:51,300 Makes sense. 588 00:20:51,300 --> 00:20:52,300 Seems to, don't it? 589 00:20:52,300 --> 00:20:53,300 I was thinking of the perfume. 590 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:54,300 I thought it was funny to spend money like that. 591 00:20:54,300 --> 00:20:55,300 He doesn't think that much, does he? 592 00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:56,300 What's that? 593 00:20:56,300 --> 00:20:57,300 He thinks more of that dog than he does of me. 594 00:20:57,300 --> 00:20:58,300 What? 595 00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:02,600 He gave me the perfume and the next day he put most of it on fortune. 596 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:03,600 How's that? 597 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:04,600 The dog. 598 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:05,600 He put most of the perfume on the dog. 599 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:06,600 He got fortunes to smell it. 600 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:07,600 Look at that car. 601 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:08,600 It's pretty, isn't it? 602 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:09,600 All jewels. 603 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:10,600 But he didn't steal lots, not for his dog. 604 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:11,600 What else did he bring home? 605 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:12,600 Food, clothes, magazines, all kinds of things. 606 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:13,600 What other things? 607 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:14,600 Food we ate. 608 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:15,600 Other stuff. 609 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:16,600 I don't know if it's here. 610 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:17,600 Some of it's in the garage. 611 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:18,600 Do you want to show us? 612 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:19,600 All right. 613 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:20,600 I'll show you. 614 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:21,600 I'll show you. 615 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:22,600 I'll show you. 616 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:23,600 I'll show you. 617 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:24,600 I'll show you. 618 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:25,600 I'll show you. 619 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:26,600 I'll show you. 620 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:27,600 I'll show you. 621 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:28,600 Thank you. 622 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:29,600 Come on. 623 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:30,600 Comey. 624 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:31,600 Comear. 625 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:32,600 Come on. 626 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:33,600 Is he soft or do we need help? 627 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:34,600 You do have to leave. 628 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:35,600 Come on. 629 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:36,600 We'll go and get him. 630 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:37,600 Come on. 631 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:38,600 Back the door. 632 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:39,600 Please come and get this guy! 633 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:40,600 One, two, three! 634 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:41,600 Go! 635 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:42,600 Okay. 636 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:43,600 Come on! 637 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:44,600 Quick! 638 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:45,600 Come on. 639 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:46,600 Come on! 640 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:47,600 Come on! 641 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:48,600 Take me to her! 642 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:49,600 Go! 643 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:50,600 Come on. 644 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:51,600 Come on! 645 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:52,600 Go! 646 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:53,600 We'll go and get her! 647 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:54,600 Come on! 648 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:55,600 Come on! 649 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:56,600 Come on! 650 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:57,600 I'll hang on a minute. 651 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:58,600 Yeah, I'll get it. 652 00:21:58,600 --> 00:21:59,600 You still have those coins? 653 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:02,600 No, I sent a neighbor girl to the store for me today. 654 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,600 That was the only money I had to spend them. 655 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:08,600 Right from left side. 656 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:09,600 Right. 657 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:15,600 Comic book. 658 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:17,600 What was that name, Joe? 659 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:18,600 Hell. 660 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,600 Yeah, it's right down the line. 661 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,600 This camping equipment, is there something you got at that market too? 662 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,600 Yeah, I guess so. You never bought anything I can remember. 663 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,600 Danny Reed, he never take me camping. 664 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:31,600 Do you know what's in this box? 665 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:32,600 No. 666 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,600 Do you know where the key is for the lock? 667 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,600 No, I guess it happened. 668 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:37,600 I'll give you that hammer. 669 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:38,600 Yeah. 670 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:39,600 You gonna break the lock? 671 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:40,600 Yeah. 672 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:49,600 There you are. 673 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,600 Clock, watches, costume, jewelry. 674 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,600 Yeah, tennis ball, couple of coins, half dollar. 675 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,600 You mean my husband stole all these things? 676 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,600 Yeah, I've seen some, Miss Danger, but that's not the worst of it. 677 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:01,600 Oh, no. 678 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,600 In several of the homes, we think he set fires. 679 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,600 That mean I'm guilty too? 680 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:08,600 No, ma'am, not necessarily. 681 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:09,600 Not if you didn't know about it. 682 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,600 I didn't know. He never told me. 683 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:12,600 Mm-hmm. 684 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,600 I'm not about him, and it's not to me. 685 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:15,600 Mm-hmm. 686 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,600 You come in here and say my husband's a thief. 687 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,600 You know, not like this. That's not easy to take. 688 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,600 Well, there's one other thing, Miss Danger. 689 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:22,600 What? 690 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:23,600 Not easy to say. 691 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,600 The story you've just heard is true. 692 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,600 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 693 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,600 On March 9th, trial was held in Department 98, 694 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,600 Superior Court of the State of California, 695 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,600 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 696 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:49,600 In a moment, the results of that trial. 697 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,600 Lyndon Frederick Granger was tried and convicted of burglary 698 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,600 on the first degree, five counts, and of arson, four counts. 699 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,600 He received sentence as prescribed by law. 700 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,600 Burglary on the first degree is punishable by imprisonment 701 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:04,600 for a period of not less than five years. 702 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,600 Arson is punishable by imprisonment for a period 703 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,600 of from two to 20 years in the state penitentiary. 704 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,600 You have dropped her dragnet, a series of authentic cases 705 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:14,600 from official files. 706 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,600 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police 707 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,600 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 708 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:23,600 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, 709 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:24,600 Sergeant Frans Brasher. 710 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,600 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Walter Sande, 711 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,600 Jack Kruse, and the Chief of Police, 712 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,600 and the Chief of Police, and the Chief of Police, 713 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,600 and the Chief of Police, and the Chief of Police, 714 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,600 and the Chief of Police, and the Chief of Police, 715 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,600 and the Chief of Police, and the Chief of Police, 716 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,600 Kid Lierman, Officer Ben Alexander, Walter Sande, 717 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,600 Jack Kruse, and Virginia Gregg. 718 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,600 Script by John Robinson, Earl Shlay. 719 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,600 Music by Walter Schuman. 720 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,600 Hal Gibney speaking. 721 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:53,600 Watch an entirely different dragnet case history 722 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,600 each week on your local NBC television station. 723 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,600 Please check your newspapers for the day and time.