WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.800 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:11.800 --> 00:14.560 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:14.560 --> 00:15.560 Drag men. 00:15.560 --> 00:22.560 You're a detective sergeant. 00:22.560 --> 00:28.040 You're assigned a robbery detail. 00:28.040 --> 00:30.480 We got a call that a flower shop has been held up. 00:30.480 --> 00:32.360 Two men have been shot. 00:32.360 --> 00:34.000 One of them killed. 00:34.000 --> 00:38.400 Your job, check it out. 00:38.400 --> 00:41.400 It was Tuesday, June 8th. 00:41.400 --> 00:42.400 It was warm in Los Angeles. 00:42.400 --> 00:44.400 We were working the day watch on a robbery detail. 00:44.400 --> 00:45.400 My name is Frank Smith. 00:45.400 --> 00:46.400 The boss is Chief of Detective Staff Brown. 00:46.400 --> 00:47.400 My name is Friday. 00:47.400 --> 00:52.400 We were on our way out from the office and it was 10, 15 am and we got to the corner 00:52.400 --> 00:54.400 of 7th Street and Bunker Hill Avenue. 00:54.400 --> 00:57.400 The Stonem flower shop. 00:57.400 --> 00:58.400 It was right there. 00:58.400 --> 01:03.400 It wasn't any way for me to know what it was all about until it was too late. 01:03.400 --> 01:04.400 Yes sir. 01:04.400 --> 01:05.400 Just stood there. 01:05.400 --> 01:06.400 Didn't move around. 01:06.400 --> 01:07.400 Just stood. 01:07.400 --> 01:08.400 Oh, you fellas want to see me? 01:08.400 --> 01:09.400 Police officers. 01:09.400 --> 01:10.400 This is Frank Smith. 01:10.400 --> 01:11.400 My name is Friday. 01:11.400 --> 01:12.400 Central? 01:12.400 --> 01:13.400 That's right. 01:13.400 --> 01:14.400 Robert, 216. 01:14.400 --> 01:15.400 You answer the call? 01:15.400 --> 01:16.400 Yeah. 01:16.400 --> 01:17.400 I'm a fellow that shot the crook, you know. 01:17.400 --> 01:18.400 Yes sir. 01:18.400 --> 01:19.400 Did you get a description? 01:19.400 --> 01:20.400 Yeah, it's out in the metro. 01:20.400 --> 01:21.400 Send a couple of cars to help us look for the suspect. 01:21.400 --> 01:22.400 Very good. 01:22.400 --> 01:23.400 Anything else I can do for you? 01:23.400 --> 01:24.400 No, not right now. 01:24.400 --> 01:25.400 Okay, I'll get on outside then. 01:25.400 --> 01:26.400 Right, thank you. 01:26.400 --> 01:27.400 Good. 01:27.400 --> 01:28.400 Nice fella. 01:28.400 --> 01:29.400 Yes sir. 01:29.400 --> 01:31.400 Could have used him back to home. 01:31.400 --> 01:32.400 Sir? 01:32.400 --> 01:33.400 Good man like that. 01:33.400 --> 01:34.400 Could have used him. 01:34.400 --> 01:35.400 What do you mean? 01:35.400 --> 01:37.160 Rounded a detective agency back home. 01:37.160 --> 01:38.400 Had a couple of men sleuthing around. 01:38.400 --> 01:39.400 Made a good of them. 01:39.400 --> 01:41.400 Would you tell us what happened here? 01:41.400 --> 01:43.400 Ain't nobody done that yet? 01:43.400 --> 01:45.400 No sir, we just got a hot shot call. 01:45.400 --> 01:46.400 There's been a robbery and shooting. 01:46.400 --> 01:47.400 We came right out from the office. 01:47.400 --> 01:48.400 Hmm. 01:48.400 --> 01:49.400 You heard about it? 01:49.400 --> 01:50.400 No sir. 01:50.400 --> 01:51.400 Well, don't you worry. 01:51.400 --> 01:52.400 I'll tell you both and give you the whole story. 01:52.400 --> 01:53.400 Oh, that's if you would. 01:53.400 --> 01:54.400 Abner Stosser. 01:54.400 --> 01:55.400 What's that sir? 01:55.400 --> 01:56.400 Full name's Abner Davis Stosser. 01:56.400 --> 01:57.400 After Jeff. 01:57.400 --> 01:58.400 Who? 01:58.400 --> 01:59.400 Jefferson Davis, the president. 01:59.400 --> 02:00.400 Oh. 02:00.400 --> 02:01.400 Don't usually use the middle name. 02:01.400 --> 02:02.400 People out here don't seem to understand three just front and back. 02:02.400 --> 02:03.400 Abner Stosser. 02:03.400 --> 02:04.400 Yes sir, all right. 02:04.400 --> 02:05.400 Now if you tell us what happened. 02:05.400 --> 02:06.400 They shot Dan Vell. 02:06.400 --> 02:07.400 That's the victim. 02:07.400 --> 02:08.400 Yep. 02:08.400 --> 02:09.400 Shot him right here. 02:09.400 --> 02:10.400 Just above his fling. 02:10.400 --> 02:11.400 Here. 02:11.400 --> 02:12.400 How did it happen? 02:12.400 --> 02:13.400 It looked like 38 automatic. 02:13.400 --> 02:14.400 Oh yes sir, but what led up to the shooting? 02:14.400 --> 02:15.400 Two fellas they tried to rob. 02:15.400 --> 02:16.400 Mm hmm. 02:16.400 --> 02:17.400 Tried it with the wrong two men. 02:17.400 --> 02:18.400 Tell you what, they were all dead. 02:18.400 --> 02:19.400 They were all dead. 02:19.400 --> 02:20.400 They were all dead. 02:20.400 --> 02:21.400 They were all dead. 02:21.400 --> 02:22.400 They were all dead. 02:22.400 --> 02:27.400 They were all dead. 02:27.400 --> 02:30.360 Well, same thing every morning. 02:30.360 --> 02:31.360 Yes sir. 02:31.360 --> 02:37.480 We make up the deposits, take the money to the bank, you're the one who does it right 02:37.480 --> 02:38.840 and don't have to do the walking. 02:38.840 --> 02:41.320 This time Dan Vell wrote I was going to make a trip. 02:41.320 --> 02:42.320 Yes sir. 02:42.320 --> 02:44.520 I was about to leave, these two young guys come into place. 02:44.520 --> 02:48.120 First off I figured they want to buy some flowers, you know, something like that. 02:48.120 --> 02:49.120 Yes sir. 02:49.120 --> 02:50.120 Dan Vell was going to take care of them. 02:50.120 --> 02:51.120 Excuse me, I meant wait. 02:51.120 --> 02:52.120 Yes sir, go right ahead. 02:52.120 --> 02:59.240 a. Stone floor. Yes or. I know we can take care of 02:59.240 --> 03:05.160 a boy that's right where do you want to say. Just let me check the book here man. 03:07.800 --> 03:14.720 Walnut Creek yeah yeah we can do it for you know so we'll send them by wire. Well they'll be 03:14.720 --> 03:22.280 delivered about an hour. That's right you want the long stand. Yeah well that's seven fifty it does 03:22.280 --> 03:30.320 that's right. Yes you want to give me the charge information on that card. Yes. How do you spell 03:30.320 --> 03:40.680 that. Yes is the number. No no so the one on the lower right. Yeah seven to six. All right is 03:40.680 --> 03:49.480 their message. No not all I think it's real pretty yeah it's not they'll put the card and we just 03:49.480 --> 03:55.600 wire the order they'll be very nice. Yes thank you calls again that's right bye. 03:56.320 --> 03:56.840 That's it's 03:56.840 --> 04:01.520 a real well not great birthday for girl named Irma what if we get back to what happened here 04:02.080 --> 04:05.760 oh yeah well these two fellows came in and just did there with the feet kind of spread out like 04:05.760 --> 04:10.200 it just got off a boat you know that they just looked around was there anybody else in the story 04:10.200 --> 04:15.680 just Dan Bell and I said what the man said he only one of them talked dark when he asked me if there's 04:15.680 --> 04:21.040 anybody in the back at work. I told him I wasn't and that's when he showed me the pistol stood 04:21.040 --> 04:24.760 there and high cotton waving it around told me to hand over the bag of money were you carrying 04:24.760 --> 04:30.200 it time I told you that before I was on my way to the bank Danville wrote the slip I was going to 04:30.200 --> 04:34.160 the bank I understand now what do you say when he showed you the gun said it was a stick up 04:34.160 --> 04:40.640 remember his exact words kind of fast for me let me see I think it was don't try anything it's 04:40.640 --> 04:44.960 a stick up like that he said I think how the shooting start Danville said he wasn't going to 04:44.960 --> 04:49.880 have no kid talk to him like that he reached out took a swing at the kid a real roundhouse dark 04:49.880 --> 04:55.840 kid ducked back pull the trigger shot Danville right here spleen dropped like a rock I pulled 04:55.840 --> 05:00.360 out my gun started shooting you always carry a gun when I'm going to the bank you never know 05:00.360 --> 05:04.680 what's going to happen you have a permit it's against the law to carry a gun without permission 05:04.680 --> 05:10.520 ain't it yes well then I got it after you pulled your gun what happened I shot yeah I can understand 05:10.520 --> 05:19.400 that shot right at the dark you had it I don't often miss I hit him three times here in the chest 05:19.400 --> 05:24.320 what was the other man doing while this is happening he pulled out a gun to and the balloon went up 05:24.320 --> 05:28.720 bullets flying all over the place yeah then both of them took off run out of the place I followed 05:28.720 --> 05:34.720 them got the door the dark one turned around and shoot at me again didn't move fast enough I 05:34.720 --> 05:39.320 pulled the trigger hit him right in the middle of the chest went down like a drop duck yeah what 05:39.320 --> 05:42.840 about the other one he started running down the street I guess about the only thing he was want 05:42.840 --> 05:47.880 was to get away yeah took two shots at him while he was running I blazed away only had two more 05:47.880 --> 05:53.000 bullets in the gun I give them both of them you hit him yeah at least once because I saw him jerk 05:53.000 --> 05:57.560 it might have been both times he kept running though what you do then and come back in here see 05:57.560 --> 06:02.440 what I could do for Danville made him as comfortable as I could and then I call the police he came 06:02.440 --> 06:07.160 sliding up and took out after the fellow that got away the ambulance came picked up Danville and the 06:07.160 --> 06:13.400 other guy yes I wonder if he could give us the description of the man who got away yeah yes I'll 06:13.400 --> 06:18.520 call George Street and check on the other suspect I'm gonna do no good what you have to inquire 06:18.520 --> 06:25.480 about him he's dead you're sure about that son I know when somebody's dead yes sir I hit that 06:25.480 --> 06:31.160 fellow four times in the chest with a forty four I saw him drop about as much life as a sack of 06:31.160 --> 06:41.360 corn meal he was dead yeah sure sorry what are you sorry about I say it's a real sorry that you can't 06:41.360 --> 06:45.120 work with that other young fellow that was in here you know the one uniform he was a bright boy 06:45.120 --> 06:50.920 this fella he couldn't even fill out application by agency would you give us the description first 06:50.920 --> 06:55.840 line I'll make a pardon as they wouldn't even be able to fill out the first line didn't know who 06:55.840 --> 07:02.920 Jeff Davis was I'd believe yeah and how about that description well fellow is about your height 07:02.920 --> 07:08.360 weight in maybe a hundred and fifty round there had light hair lighter at the top and down by his 07:08.360 --> 07:12.880 head like he was bleats in the sun and he marks the scar no nothing to stand out had a kind of 07:12.880 --> 07:18.880 a flat face about his clothes white shirt kind of tan pants carrying a leather jacket with the fur 07:18.880 --> 07:23.800 around the collar yeah I know what you mean both of me had those was there anything in the way they 07:23.800 --> 07:29.160 talked an accent maybe no just North talk I can't tell the difference much of the time would you know 07:29.160 --> 07:32.800 the man if you saw him again but I would just stand him up in front of me and I'll lay it on 07:32.800 --> 07:38.680 point him right out when you find out I talked to hospital Joe yeah are you sure you hit one of the 07:38.680 --> 07:44.920 suspects Mr positive and he was on the sidewalk saw him hit and die what's the matter the ambulance 07:44.920 --> 07:58.320 only brought in one person dead man's gone. They put in a call to the hospital made arrangements 07:58.320 --> 08:02.400 to talk to the ambulance crew they told us that they'd only picked up one person at the scene they 08:02.400 --> 08:06.600 went on to say that there wasn't another injured party on the premises anywhere a check with the 08:06.600 --> 08:09.920 officer answered the original call brought out the information that there hadn't been anybody on the 08:09.920 --> 08:14.900 sidewalk when the radio card got me Frank put out a local broadcast all cars in the area and I went 08:14.900 --> 08:20.280 back to talk to have no Stoeser I told you before that boy ain't too bright now you're sure you shot 08:20.280 --> 08:25.760 that man look I'll go along with you and say maybe I did miss the first three times I didn't like 08:25.760 --> 08:31.400 me but just for the sake I'll admit all right sir but I know I hit him outside I was closer to him 08:31.400 --> 08:35.680 and I am to you ain't nobody could miss that close all right come on outside take a little 08:35.680 --> 08:43.000 sidewalk you tell me if it's my imagination right fine I got it out Joe all the cars in the area 08:43.000 --> 08:49.040 are looking for that one thing I'm always proud of is the way I can shoot I don't hardly ever 08:49.040 --> 08:55.800 miss I know I didn't this time I just look at that take a look you tell me that's buddy 08:55.800 --> 09:05.120 to yes sir it looks like it is I was standing right here right here he was there he turned around 09:05.120 --> 09:08.960 tried to shoot me I fired at him he went down right there you can see where the big stain is 09:08.960 --> 09:17.240 right there how did they get there what do you mean did you see a car yeah I told the other 09:17.240 --> 09:21.720 cops about it that's it right there drove up in it and got out did you see him get out of the car 09:21.720 --> 09:27.600 yeah I was just leaving the store and I saw him right after they come in the store yeah I don't 09:27.600 --> 09:32.000 go touching it the cops said not to was there anybody else who saw the man on the sidewalk 09:32.000 --> 09:36.760 you mean beside me that's right not that I know of soon as I entered my gun at the blonde fellow 09:36.760 --> 09:41.320 I went back in the store I stayed there till the police got full of not more than three maybe four 09:41.320 --> 09:48.360 minutes yes not more but I'm telling you he was right here lying there and he was dead crime labs 09:48.360 --> 09:54.400 on the way out to check the car well like the suspect might have gotten up and walked away 09:54.400 --> 10:01.640 doesn't it if he did then it's really one for the books trail of blood stains here never nothing 10:01.640 --> 10:05.440 like this happened back home back there when you shoot somebody he's got the courtesy to stay 10:05.440 --> 10:18.520 shot trail stops let's check over there and see if we can pick it up yeah how about nothing 10:18.520 --> 10:26.280 and just stops that's all maybe somebody picked him up in the car yeah must be was there anybody 10:26.280 --> 10:30.360 else parked in front of the store at the time not that I remember you can see yourself we got the 10:30.360 --> 10:35.400 sign where it says just for the customers you're absolutely sure there was nobody else if I wasn't 10:35.400 --> 10:40.740 out of toll this fellow yes you didn't see the man get up off the sidewalk no I wasn't no reason 10:40.740 --> 10:45.520 for me to look at him far as I was concerned he was dead still ain't sure he wasn't well the trail 10:45.520 --> 10:50.440 of bloodstains show that he did leave here still don't sell me better start checking the neighborhood 10:50.440 --> 10:56.960 right you want me to help you know sir that woman is sir mr. Friday yes sir could I talk to you for 10:56.960 --> 11:09.120 a minute all right alone excuse me Frank yeah. Mr. Friday I saw that man Paul I saw him hit 11:09.120 --> 11:14.000 the sidewalk I know he was hurt bad he wasn't going to get up I'm sure yes sir we understand 11:14.000 --> 11:16.920 I told him all that I just don't see how I could have made 11:16.920 --> 11:21.680 a mistake like that that fella couldn't have gotten up he's dead yes sir we believe you but 11:21.680 --> 11:34.240 he's not here that don't change a thing my boy how's that he's dead someplace else that's all. An 11:34.240 --> 11:38.160 immediate search was started of all buildings in the area if the suspect had walked away from the 11:38.160 --> 11:42.680 scene the amount of blood on the sidewalk indicated he couldn't have gotten far without help while 11:42.680 --> 11:46.400 Frank and I talked to the shopkeepers in the vicinity a check was made of the car the thieves 11:46.400 --> 11:51.640 had used was found to be stolen and arrangements were made to talk to the owner members of the 11:51.640 --> 11:55.560 crime lab crew came out and checked the vehicle they were unable to turn up anything we could use 11:55.560 --> 11:59.680 and identifying the hold up men eleven twenty eight a.m. Frank and I talked to the owner of 11:59.680 --> 12:04.200 a small tobacco shop saw the whole thing well where were you during the shooting Mr. Collard 12:04.200 --> 12:09.160 right out in front of look down the street and that was just like it was a cinema scope now sir 12:09.160 --> 12:13.360 did you see the actual shooting one after first no I was in here behind the counter fixing up a 12:13.360 --> 12:17.920 new bunch of pipes you just got it put them up on the board all of a sudden I heard this noise first 12:17.920 --> 12:24.280 up I thought it might be a backfire then I knew yes sir the boss it was shots so I went outside to 12:24.280 --> 12:29.680 see what was going on next thing I see these three guys come out on the sidewalk right in front of 12:29.680 --> 12:35.080 the flower shop three of them and a couple more one of them black hair the other was kind of 12:35.080 --> 12:40.320 blonde yeah well I'm trying to get at her I don't want to go off in this direction I see 12:40.320 --> 12:44.720 admiration that none of you didn't point at me and I ducked inside did one of the men go by here 12:44.720 --> 12:49.880 yes and I shot at him a couple of times must have hit him because I could see he was hurt when he 12:49.880 --> 12:54.600 run past did you see where he went no I told you when those shots started to go by I didn't want 12:54.600 --> 12:58.680 to wait around to see if one of them was monogrammed for me I'll laugh all right can you tell us what 12:58.680 --> 13:02.640 direction the man took not after you went for the door must have gone around the corner well why 13:02.640 --> 13:06.880 did you say that well because when I went back out I couldn't see him if he'd gone up the street I'd 13:06.880 --> 13:11.200 have been able to now did you see the man out in front of the store you mean that no sir the one 13:11.200 --> 13:15.600 he was shooting at so I got a pretty good look at him where was he you just lying there he wasn't 13:15.600 --> 13:21.160 moving around much did you see him get up no what's all this about the other guy for what do you mean 13:21.160 --> 13:27.600 the one and the kill why all the questions about him well sir he's gone you mean he got away yes 13:27.600 --> 13:33.080 it looks that way I don't see how that could be I went right by him couple of feet away there was 13:33.080 --> 13:39.640 no life in him then he left there and somebody had to carry yes sir that's the way it looks no 13:39.640 --> 13:44.400 reason for anybody to do it the man was dead there's no reason at all well it must have been 13:44.400 --> 13:55.720 one why not there like and I checked out the rest of the neighborhood but we failed to turn up any 13:55.720 --> 14:01.040 information none of the shopkeepers in the vicinity had seen where the blonde holdup man had gone all 14:01.040 --> 14:05.640 of them who had seen the man on the sidewalk were willing to testify that he was dead yet the physical 14:05.640 --> 14:09.600 evidence at the scene indicated that he'd gotten up under his own power and walked away carrying four 14:09.600 --> 14:15.600 bullets in his chest 240 p.m. Frank and I returned our crime began to cruise the streets in the area 14:15.600 --> 14:21.760 315 p.m. well doesn't look like we're gonna find him well Frank he's got to be here some place 14:21.760 --> 14:30.240 unless somebody picked him up yeah yeah fell on the bench over there you see him oh yeah waiting 14:30.240 --> 14:34.880 for the bus he was there when we went by before take it easy when you pass him this time all right 14:34.880 --> 14:48.960 better pull over yeah matches the description uh-huh looks like bloodstains on his shirt from here 14:48.960 --> 14:55.640 sure does fit in good all right cover him from that side I'll go this way right Joey got 14:55.640 --> 15:02.440 a gun Joe you all right yeah thanks to this mailbox I saw him pull a gun thought sure he got you we 15:02.440 --> 15:12.400 didn't miss by much well we better check him yeah I hit him twice Joe easy he's dead wasn't 15:12.400 --> 15:17.480 anything I could do it was you were him puts us in a corner yeah he was our lead to the other suspect 15:17.480 --> 15:41.320 you are listening to dragnet the authentic story of your police force in action the corner came 15:41.320 --> 15:46.200 out and removed the body the victim was identified as Jeffrey Burnham age 27 from his package we 15:46.200 --> 15:49.680 found that he'd been arrested several times on charges of armed robbery and that he'd served one 15:49.680 --> 15:55.680 term in San Quentin Abner Stossett identified him positively as one of the hold-up men Frank and I 15:55.680 --> 15:58.920 went back to the office to do a complete check on his friends and known acquaintances in the 15:58.920 --> 16:03.080 hope that we could turn up something to lead us to the other man the search for the dark suspect 16:03.080 --> 16:08.080 was continued during the night without result the next morning we met with lieutenant Stoner and we 16:08.080 --> 16:11.520 made arrangements for additional men to aid us in checking out the list that we made on Burnham's 16:11.520 --> 16:25.600 friend 8 47 a.m. you ready yeah let's go I get it probably Friday yes sir right away yes sir bye 16:25.600 --> 16:31.000 the victim Abner Stossett yeah says he came across something this morning what should tell us who the 16:31.000 --> 16:41.880 missing man is we left the office and drove out to the florist shop Abner Stossett met us at the 16:41.880 --> 16:47.080 door I don't know why I didn't think of it yesterday what's that sir remember how I told you there was 16:47.080 --> 16:51.760 both carrying leather jackets yeah after I shot the one fell on the sidewalk I came back in here 16:51.760 --> 16:56.680 to take care of Danville yes sir I looked around to find something to put under his head yeah wait 16:56.680 --> 17:02.240 here man I'll get it I guess I didn't think much about it you know kind of all upset for 17:02.240 --> 17:09.040 her to clean up this morning I found it it should give you something to work on there it is still 17:09.040 --> 17:13.680 see the stains on where the fellow dropped it are you sure that jacket belong to the missing suspect 17:13.680 --> 17:18.200 yeah you remember how I saw him drop it when he got shot I remember good all right sir thank 17:18.200 --> 17:22.440 you very much we'll check it out you shouldn't be too much trouble I guess here take a look I 17:22.440 --> 17:36.120 found this myself here laundry tag we took the jacket over to the crime lab lieutenant Lee Jones 17:36.120 --> 17:40.440 started to check through his records for the name of the cleaner that had serviced the garment Frank 17:40.440 --> 17:43.920 and I went back to the office and talked with officers O'Donnell and Gerber they told us that 17:43.920 --> 17:48.480 the list of the suspects friends had been checked without result the search for the missing man had 17:48.480 --> 17:52.920 been called off and the additional units had returned to Metro division at four thirty p.m. 17:52.920 --> 17:57.240 we got the call from Lee Jones he gave us the name and address of the cleaner Frank and I 17:57.240 --> 18:02.800 left the office and drove over to his shop yes sir somebody do for you softers Frank Smith my 18:02.800 --> 18:08.360 name's Friday how you doing hope there's nothing wrong no sir we just like some information I got 18:08.360 --> 18:16.120 it it's yours never see this before leather jacket a lot of them around about this tag here 18:16.120 --> 18:22.720 one of yours is. My can you tell us who brought this jacket in to be cleaned the 18:22.720 --> 18:26.600 artist say well the way we got it was to a fellow about twenty five dark hair about 18:26.600 --> 18:30.800 a hundred fifty pounds we do a good size business hard to remember all the people come in that's 18:30.800 --> 18:38.600 right sir but you have a many leather jacket wait a minute. I think. It might be outside but 18:38.600 --> 18:43.800 it could be what's that how like going how like it looks like how you said I've done some work for 18:43.800 --> 18:48.120 a minute family it might be can you tell us where we can find them I know that there's 18:48.120 --> 18:53.240 no book I can look it up for you if you would please. Be in trouble with 18:53.240 --> 18:59.120 a cop or did you know what for. The neighborhood got that I think I want to put my name on. 19:01.600 --> 19:05.960 It is Norman Halleck it's a like a one or two six seven 19:05.960 --> 19:10.240 factor ministry archer thank you very much when you tell me what it's done I think it'd be better 19:10.240 --> 19:15.120 if we talk him about that his business anyway that's a trouble with people nowadays are all 19:15.120 --> 19:18.760 the time pushing in on somebody else telling things they aren't sure about giving people 19:18.760 --> 19:22.560 bad names for nothing for this one small difference here this fellow made his own name. 19:28.560 --> 19:32.240 . We got how 19:32.240 --> 19:35.800 a sad rest we drove back to the office we checked in and saw our nine five and he had 19:35.800 --> 19:40.160 several arrests for robbery and one for assault with a deadly weapon pulled his mugshot drove 19:40.160 --> 19:45.080 out to see the victim Abner Stoesitz. No that ain't him. 19:48.360 --> 19:53.320 Women here is your sure I think so you see that again. 19:55.120 --> 20:00.800 I was at the same here's a little shorter no it doesn't make a difference sir that's the man. 20:00.800 --> 20:06.720 . Frank 20:06.720 --> 20:09.920 and I drove over the address of Sacramento Street we checked with a landlady and she told 20:09.920 --> 20:12.560 us that Norman Halleck was in his room we went upstairs. 20:22.680 --> 20:27.160 Also yeah. Great 20:27.160 --> 20:31.520 a like right there what you want. To put your hands up my wall. 20:33.440 --> 20:39.160 And so. I let go what's all about let's go well you got to make 20:39.160 --> 20:42.600 a chart right to speak to the robbery get out of your head you tell us about it with 20:42.600 --> 20:46.960 you sure it's a bad day it always is it doesn't make any difference you take me down book me 20:46.960 --> 20:57.560 I'll be out right away I need a little time. Just ran out of it. We 20:57.560 --> 21:00.400 searched the suspect's room but we failed to find anything to further time in with 21:00.400 --> 21:03.560 a robbery shooting was taken to the city hall where Frank and I talked to him in 21:03.560 --> 21:08.760 the interrogation room about it and jacket belong to you I don't know cleaner says it does 21:08.920 --> 21:12.400 a lot of leather jackets as you know this one's my all I know like you know come on we got 21:12.400 --> 21:15.960 your maiden you know it I told you before this is a bad thing going to save yourself a lot 21:15.960 --> 21:19.640 of time to cop out I'm glad to help but I can't give you anything where were you yesterday 21:19.720 --> 21:22.720 home anybody to back that up yeah well I need to come up with 21:22.720 --> 21:27.440 a name sure all you need you know what you have to be burned burn them you are in 21:27.440 --> 21:30.400 a jam I know a lot of people I might not I know there's 21:30.400 --> 21:34.240 a simple question just give us an answer with it but it like that I got to say no 21:34.600 --> 21:40.480 stand up nothing wrong with your ears stand up. I know what to go to 21:40.480 --> 21:48.560 a coat why I can't take it off. I see gone straight up. I 21:48.560 --> 21:53.440 know what to do sure it up huh come on it's simple take the shirt off with your fellow 21:54.600 --> 22:01.320 if what the third degree out you're going to freeze me to death come on move. All 22:01.320 --> 22:06.400 right now I turn around. When you turn on 22:06.400 --> 22:11.880 the blue light. Yeah all right you can put your clothes on and sit down like. 22:15.360 --> 22:21.200 You stay there how like. Well. 22:22.200 --> 22:25.440 Anything. Good for a while didn't 22:25.440 --> 22:30.920 a sure blows it up yeah supposed to be shot four times in the chest not 22:30.920 --> 22:40.680 a bullet wound on him anywhere. Special 22:40.680 --> 22:44.440 show up was arranged in the suspect was shown to the victim on seeing how I can 22:44.440 --> 22:48.320 personally was unable to give us a positive identification the suspect was detained at 22:48.320 --> 22:52.000 the main jail while we checked out his alibi for the day of the robbery it held 22:52.960 --> 22:56.120 several people swore that he was two miles from the scene when the shooting took place 22:56.920 --> 23:00.200 the question them about the leather jacket he was unable to come up with an explanation as 23:00.200 --> 23:03.800 to how it could have gotten to the scene we checked out all of the people in the building 23:03.800 --> 23:07.600 where he lived all of his friends and associates and on June 11th he was released from custody 23:08.200 --> 23:14.760 and sixteen am Frank and I got back to the office from the main jail. I guess better 23:14.760 --> 23:15.080 check with 23:15.080 --> 23:20.600 a skipper you know you've got a good excuse yeah we'll just tell him the way it happened 23:21.080 --> 23:25.520 he has to go along with it truth and Joe it isn't logical that a man could walk around 23:25.520 --> 23:29.680 with four bullets in his chest and we can't find him well and you tell me what we're 23:29.680 --> 23:32.960 looking for what do you think Halleke gave us all he had I don't know at least we know 23:32.960 --> 23:40.360 he's clean yeah where we go from here we'll go tell the skipper all right put it in 23:40.360 --> 23:45.280 the books and keep working on it we got one thing with it huh and guys around someplace 23:45.480 --> 23:48.280 sooner or later somebody's going to have too much to drink maybe get in a fight with 23:48.280 --> 23:51.720 a girlfriend trust somebody too much but they're going to say something when they do 23:52.240 --> 23:58.680 we'll hear about it we'll get to it just a matter of time one thing we got more than 23:58.680 --> 24:12.000 he has. The story you've just heard is true the names were changed to protect the innocent 24:12.520 --> 24:16.960 on June 11th the meeting was held in the captain's office robbery division Los Angeles 24:17.000 --> 24:28.400 police department. The case was completely reviewed and a report 24:28.400 --> 24:33.040 written on the results of the investigation as of this date that investigation is 24:33.040 --> 24:39.080 continuing. Dragnet the story of your police force in action is a presentation of the 24:39.080 --> 25:06.480 United States Armed Forces radio service.