WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.600 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:11.600 --> 00:14.200 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:14.200 --> 00:16.720 Drag men. 00:16.720 --> 00:24.080 You're a detective sergeant. 00:24.080 --> 00:27.480 You're assigned a robbery detail. 00:27.480 --> 00:30.080 You get a call from the Georgia Street Hospital. 00:30.080 --> 00:32.600 A woman has been brought in to receive emergency treatment. 00:32.600 --> 00:35.440 She says she was kidnapped and robbed. 00:35.440 --> 00:38.440 Your job, investigate. 00:38.440 --> 00:44.360 Drag men. 00:44.360 --> 00:46.440 The documented drama of an actual crime. 00:46.440 --> 00:51.800 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 00:51.800 --> 00:56.440 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 00:56.440 --> 00:57.440 police violence. 00:57.440 --> 01:03.520 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 01:03.520 --> 01:04.520 in action. 01:04.520 --> 01:07.520 It was Wednesday, February 4th. 01:07.520 --> 01:12.960 It's cool in Los Angeles. 01:12.960 --> 01:14.800 We're working tonight, watch out for robbery detail. 01:14.800 --> 01:17.400 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss of Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 01:17.400 --> 01:18.400 My name is Friday. 01:18.400 --> 01:22.680 We're on our way out from the office and it was 832 when we got to Georgia Street Hospital. 01:22.680 --> 01:23.680 A treatment room. 01:23.680 --> 01:24.680 Dr. Hall? 01:24.680 --> 01:25.680 Hi. 01:25.680 --> 01:26.680 Frank, be right with him. 01:26.680 --> 01:27.680 Just kidding. 01:27.680 --> 01:28.680 Certainly, doctor. 01:28.680 --> 01:29.680 All right. 01:29.680 --> 01:30.680 Hi, doctor. 01:30.680 --> 01:31.680 That the Alston woman? 01:31.680 --> 01:32.680 Yeah. 01:32.680 --> 01:33.680 How is she? 01:33.680 --> 01:34.680 Bruised about the face, not too serious. 01:34.680 --> 01:35.680 She can leave when you finish with her. 01:35.680 --> 01:36.680 Good. 01:36.680 --> 01:37.680 Can we go in now? 01:37.680 --> 01:38.680 Sure. 01:38.680 --> 01:39.680 Let me know when you're through with her. 01:39.680 --> 01:40.680 All right. 01:40.680 --> 01:41.680 Thanks, doc. 01:41.680 --> 01:42.680 Miss Alston? 01:42.680 --> 01:43.680 Yes? 01:43.680 --> 01:44.680 We're police officers. 01:44.680 --> 01:45.680 This is Frank Smith. 01:45.680 --> 01:46.680 My name is Friday. 01:46.680 --> 01:47.680 How do you do? 01:47.680 --> 01:48.680 I do, man. 01:48.680 --> 01:49.680 Doctor just told us that you could return to Georgia Street. 01:49.680 --> 01:50.680 I'm sorry. 01:50.680 --> 01:51.680 I'm sorry. 01:51.680 --> 01:52.680 I'm sorry. 01:52.680 --> 01:53.680 I'm sorry. 01:53.680 --> 01:54.680 I'm sorry. 01:54.680 --> 01:57.440 Doctor just told us that you could return home when we finish questioning you, so we'll 01:57.440 --> 01:58.440 try not to keep you too long. 01:58.440 --> 01:59.440 Thank you. 01:59.440 --> 02:00.440 I'm not really hurt much. 02:00.440 --> 02:01.440 I was more frightened than anything else. 02:01.440 --> 02:02.440 Yes, ma'am. 02:02.440 --> 02:05.440 Would you like to tell us what happened now? 02:05.440 --> 02:10.240 I stopped at a signal at Washington Boulevard in Normandy and suddenly the car door opened 02:10.240 --> 02:12.560 and a man jumped in the car. 02:12.560 --> 02:15.460 I was scared and I let out a yell. 02:15.460 --> 02:16.680 Which door did he open? 02:16.680 --> 02:17.920 Well, on the passenger side. 02:17.920 --> 02:20.120 He got right in the front seat beside me. 02:20.120 --> 02:21.120 All right. 02:21.120 --> 02:22.560 He had a knife in his hand. 02:22.560 --> 02:24.880 He said not to scream or he'd stab me. 02:24.880 --> 02:26.880 Put the knife right against my ribs. 02:26.880 --> 02:27.880 Right here. 02:27.880 --> 02:31.040 Then he said to drive straight ahead. 02:31.040 --> 02:32.040 I did. 02:32.040 --> 02:34.720 We went a couple of blocks, I guess it wasn't. 02:34.720 --> 02:37.080 Then he said to stop the car. 02:37.080 --> 02:39.560 When I pulled over the curb, another man got in the car. 02:39.560 --> 02:40.560 In the back seat. 02:40.560 --> 02:44.800 The woman with the knife told me to get in the back seat. 02:44.800 --> 02:47.840 When I did, he gave the knife to the other man. 02:47.840 --> 02:48.840 Then he started to drive. 02:48.840 --> 02:54.320 And the man in the back took my purse from the front seat and started going through it. 02:54.320 --> 02:57.200 I don't know why I did, but I grabbed for it. 02:57.200 --> 02:59.000 It was a mistake. 02:59.000 --> 03:01.000 He slapped me real hard. 03:01.000 --> 03:03.080 He said that was just a sample. 03:03.080 --> 03:06.120 I'd get some more if I didn't just sit quiet. 03:06.120 --> 03:12.440 He took the money I had my bill filled and he grabbed my arm and twisted it so I had 03:12.440 --> 03:13.440 a watch on. 03:13.440 --> 03:18.320 And I hesitated when he told me to take it off and then he hit me again. 03:18.320 --> 03:19.920 He took your watch too, did he? 03:19.920 --> 03:22.360 Yeah, and my ring too. 03:22.360 --> 03:24.360 Can you give us a serial number on the watch? 03:24.360 --> 03:26.760 Yes, I have it written down at home. 03:26.760 --> 03:28.480 Well, and a description of the ring too. 03:28.480 --> 03:29.480 All right. 03:29.480 --> 03:30.480 Would you go on, please? 03:30.480 --> 03:35.280 Sure, I'd wind up with a picture and a headline in tomorrow's paper one way or the other. 03:35.280 --> 03:36.520 How do you mean that? 03:36.520 --> 03:38.280 Well, he was driving like a maniac. 03:38.280 --> 03:40.280 He's breaking all kinds of laws. 03:40.280 --> 03:41.280 Yes, ma'am. 03:41.280 --> 03:44.160 Then I thought, well, maybe this might be a good thing. 03:44.160 --> 03:45.160 He's driving like that. 03:45.160 --> 03:48.320 I mean, because a police car started chasing us. 03:48.320 --> 03:51.720 I could hear the siren and I thought I saw the red lights flashing. 03:51.720 --> 03:56.760 I was hoping they'd catch us, but well, somehow we got away from them. 03:56.760 --> 03:59.000 This man took so many chances, you know. 03:59.000 --> 04:01.000 I wonder if we didn't smash up sooner. 04:01.000 --> 04:03.480 You mean that you did have an accident later on? 04:03.480 --> 04:05.480 You don't know about that? 04:05.480 --> 04:06.480 No. 04:06.480 --> 04:13.480 Well, after he got away from the police car, this man kept driving real crazy and dangerous. 04:13.480 --> 04:15.400 We went down a dead end street. 04:15.400 --> 04:20.160 He put on the brakes, but it was too late and we smashed into a wall of some kind. 04:20.160 --> 04:21.160 Yeah. 04:21.160 --> 04:23.880 And they got out of the car and they started running. 04:23.880 --> 04:25.920 I started screaming. 04:25.920 --> 04:26.920 Mm-hmm. 04:26.920 --> 04:30.000 Well, anyhow, some man came out of a building. 04:30.000 --> 04:34.520 I told him what had happened and he called the police and the ambulance. 04:34.520 --> 04:36.520 Here I am. 04:36.520 --> 04:42.040 I feel some shaky, but thankfully it wasn't any worse. 04:42.040 --> 04:44.480 Can you give us a description of these two men? 04:44.480 --> 04:47.240 Well, not much, I'm afraid. 04:47.240 --> 04:49.440 That makes me feel pretty stupid, too. 04:49.440 --> 04:50.720 What do you mean, ma'am? 04:50.720 --> 04:54.320 Well, I'm always doing those observation tests in magazines. 04:54.320 --> 05:01.240 I could get real high ratings and when I'm up against the real thing, I fail miserably. 05:01.240 --> 05:04.480 Can you give us a general idea of their age, their coloring, their height, the way they 05:04.480 --> 05:05.480 were dressed? 05:05.480 --> 05:08.480 I don't think they were too old. 05:08.480 --> 05:10.480 Maybe around 20 or so. 05:10.480 --> 05:12.720 They had dark hair. 05:12.720 --> 05:14.120 I can't tell you how tall they were. 05:14.120 --> 05:19.320 The only time I saw them standing up was when they ran away from the car. 05:19.320 --> 05:24.320 As I remember, the one that drove had on a sport coat, tan color, and the one in the 05:24.320 --> 05:29.160 back had on a brown suede jacket, you know, the kind with the knit cuffs and the collar 05:29.160 --> 05:30.160 and the waist. 05:30.160 --> 05:31.160 That's about all I can remember. 05:31.160 --> 05:32.160 I'm sorry. 05:32.160 --> 05:33.160 That's all right, Miss Alston. 05:33.160 --> 05:34.160 We appreciate the fact you're under a pretty bad strain. 05:34.160 --> 05:35.160 I really thought they'd kill me. 05:35.160 --> 05:36.160 Yes, ma'am. 05:36.160 --> 05:37.160 You remember if they were in the car, they'd kill you. 05:37.160 --> 05:41.120 You mean that they have mustaches? 05:41.120 --> 05:42.120 That's right. 05:42.120 --> 05:43.120 No, they didn't. 05:43.120 --> 05:49.920 Well, you remember if either of them had any scars or marks on their faces, anything distinguishing 05:49.920 --> 05:51.640 that might help us identify them later? 05:51.640 --> 05:54.200 Well, if they did, I didn't see any. 05:54.200 --> 05:56.200 Well, there was one thing. 05:56.200 --> 05:59.200 I don't know if it means anything. 05:59.200 --> 06:00.200 Yeah. 06:00.200 --> 06:02.520 The one that was driving had a bandage on his thumb. 06:02.520 --> 06:06.560 I could see that because he held the steering wheel up near the top. 06:06.560 --> 06:07.560 With which hand? 06:07.560 --> 06:09.440 The right one. 06:09.440 --> 06:13.640 It was all wrapped up, you know, all around, not just adhesive kind. 06:13.640 --> 06:18.040 I'm sorry I can't give you more information. 06:18.040 --> 06:24.320 That didn't make me happier than for you to catch them, especially the one that kept hitting 06:24.320 --> 06:26.320 me, the one in the back seat. 06:26.320 --> 06:28.320 Yes, ma'am, I understand. 06:28.320 --> 06:30.880 I think he enjoyed it. 06:30.880 --> 06:35.920 He'd grin when he did it after I made the mistake of grabbing from my purse. 06:35.920 --> 06:39.080 I tried not to give him a reason to hit me again. 06:39.080 --> 06:40.080 It didn't help. 06:40.080 --> 06:42.440 He just hit me when he felt like it. 06:42.440 --> 06:43.440 No reason at all. 06:43.440 --> 06:45.840 It really wouldn't have made any difference what you did, ma'am. 06:45.840 --> 06:47.800 How do you mean, Mr. Frady? 06:47.800 --> 06:48.800 Men like that. 06:48.800 --> 06:49.800 Yeah? 06:49.800 --> 06:55.760 They don't need a reason. 06:55.760 --> 06:58.480 We continued to question Gwen Alston, but she could add nothing further than what ate 06:58.480 --> 07:00.800 us in identifying the suspects. 07:00.800 --> 07:02.160 She did give us a description of the ring. 07:02.160 --> 07:05.360 She said she would call and give us the serial number of her watch. 07:05.360 --> 07:08.080 She couldn't tell us anything about the knife used to intimidate her other than the fact 07:08.080 --> 07:10.880 that it had a blade about six inches long. 07:10.880 --> 07:13.240 We asked her to come down to the city hall and check the mug books. 07:13.240 --> 07:16.560 Dr. Hall released the victim and she returned home in the company of her brother. 07:16.560 --> 07:19.800 The radio unit that had answered the call had gotten out a local broadcast on the two 07:19.800 --> 07:20.800 suspects. 07:20.800 --> 07:24.640 They impounded the victim's car and had been moved to the official police garage. 07:24.640 --> 07:25.640 9.37 p.m. 07:25.640 --> 07:28.000 Frank and I drove over to Wall Street. 07:28.000 --> 07:30.640 The crew from Leighton Prince had just finished going over the car. 07:30.640 --> 07:32.640 Hi, Joe, Frank. 07:32.640 --> 07:33.640 Hi, Harlow. 07:33.640 --> 07:35.120 How long now are you? 07:35.120 --> 07:36.120 You fellas draw this one? 07:36.120 --> 07:37.120 Yeah. 07:37.120 --> 07:38.120 You want to give us some help this time? 07:38.120 --> 07:39.120 Yeah, just finishing. 07:39.120 --> 07:40.120 It doesn't look too good. 07:40.120 --> 07:41.120 Yeah? 07:41.120 --> 07:42.120 Got a couple of partials, nothing real clean. 07:42.120 --> 07:45.160 Well, with what we got from the victim, it looks like we got our work cut out for us 07:45.160 --> 07:46.160 on this. 07:46.160 --> 07:47.160 What do you mean, Joe? 07:47.160 --> 07:49.480 Well, all she could give us in the way of a description would fit any number of guys. 07:49.480 --> 07:50.480 I see. 07:50.480 --> 07:52.920 Well, we got something out of the back seat that might be of some use to you. 07:52.920 --> 07:53.920 What's that, Harlow? 07:53.920 --> 07:56.920 I got it right here in an envelope. 07:56.920 --> 07:59.120 There you are, Joe. 07:59.120 --> 08:00.120 What's this? 08:00.120 --> 08:02.320 That aluminum container has some corneal lenses in it. 08:02.320 --> 08:03.320 What do you mean? 08:03.320 --> 08:04.320 Eyeglasses. 08:04.320 --> 08:05.320 They're kind of fit right in the eye. 08:05.320 --> 08:06.320 Oh. 08:06.320 --> 08:07.320 Where'd you find them? 08:07.320 --> 08:08.320 In the back seat right on top of the cushion. 08:08.320 --> 08:11.760 Well, it might be something we'll have to check with the Alston woman, see if they belong 08:11.760 --> 08:13.760 to her or anybody in her family. 08:13.760 --> 08:14.760 Yeah. 08:14.760 --> 08:15.760 What is this case, Joe? 08:15.760 --> 08:16.760 Kidnapping robbery. 08:16.760 --> 08:17.760 How many suspects? 08:17.760 --> 08:18.760 Two. 08:18.760 --> 08:19.760 One woman in the car? 08:19.760 --> 08:20.760 Yeah. 08:20.760 --> 08:21.760 Hurt her at all? 08:21.760 --> 08:22.760 Yeah, beat her up a little. 08:22.760 --> 08:23.760 Huh. 08:23.760 --> 08:24.760 Real he-man, huh? 08:24.760 --> 08:25.760 I sure wish I had more for you fellas to go on. 08:25.760 --> 08:28.640 Yeah, Harlow, we don't have much, but at least we know something. 08:28.640 --> 08:29.640 What's that, Joe? 08:29.640 --> 08:30.640 When we reach these two. 08:30.640 --> 08:31.640 Yeah. 08:31.640 --> 08:32.640 They won't give us any fight. 08:32.640 --> 08:34.620 This is a big. 08:34.620 --> 08:36.000 The big. 08:36.000 --> 08:37.360 Big good. 08:37.360 --> 08:38.900 That's the story. 08:38.900 --> 08:40.040 Generally less real. 08:40.040 --> 08:42.680 That's a liquor store. 08:42.680 --> 08:45.400 That's a veryíssome wine. 08:45.400 --> 08:46.380 No, I'm just talking about that stall. 08:46.380 --> 08:47.720 We barely dived into any events. 08:47.720 --> 08:48.720 All right. 08:48.720 --> 08:49.720 This is Joe Rubyís server. 08:49.720 --> 08:53.480 We've had enough and the duty to get rid of one suspect. 08:53.480 --> 08:54.480 Yeah. 08:54.480 --> 08:56.900 We've had enough and this is Ray Pinker. 08:56.900 --> 08:57.900 Ray? 08:57.900 --> 08:58.900 Yes. 08:58.900 --> 09:00.900 Andy prior, what did you do? 09:00.900 --> 09:01.900 Us. 09:01.900 --> 09:03.100 See those little facets? 09:03.200 --> 09:03.700 Mm-hmm. 09:03.800 --> 09:04.300 Where is it? 09:04.400 --> 09:05.200 Oh, yeah. 09:05.300 --> 09:06.900 Could you tell us who these were made for, Dudley? 09:07.000 --> 09:08.700 I can give you the name of the optician. 09:08.800 --> 09:09.800 Appreciate it if you could. 09:09.900 --> 09:11.000 I'll have to check our files. 09:11.100 --> 09:12.000 It shouldn't take too long. 09:12.100 --> 09:13.000 All right, sir. 09:13.100 --> 09:15.000 Ordinarily, we'd have to check lens power, diameter, 09:15.100 --> 09:15.900 radius curvature. 09:16.000 --> 09:16.600 Yes, sir. 09:16.700 --> 09:17.700 This is special type lens. 09:17.800 --> 09:18.800 Is that so? 09:18.900 --> 09:20.100 It's used to correct the condition of the eye 09:20.200 --> 09:21.600 known as keratoconus. 09:21.700 --> 09:22.700 What's that, sir? 09:22.800 --> 09:24.000 The conical cornea. 09:24.100 --> 09:24.800 Oh. 09:24.900 --> 09:26.100 We don't make too many of them. 09:26.200 --> 09:27.100 Excuse me. 09:27.200 --> 09:28.100 I'll get the name of the optician for you. 09:28.200 --> 09:30.700 All right, fine. 09:30.800 --> 09:31.700 Pretty good deal, huh? 09:31.700 --> 09:32.500 Yeah. 09:32.600 --> 09:33.900 I know a fellow who wears them. 09:34.000 --> 09:36.000 Says he used to hate to get a haircut, but not anymore. 09:36.100 --> 09:36.900 All right. 09:37.000 --> 09:38.000 Yeah, with these glasses on his eyes, 09:38.100 --> 09:40.000 now he can get his hair cut and still read the magazines. 09:40.100 --> 09:40.800 Oh. 09:40.900 --> 09:41.600 I found it for you. 09:41.700 --> 09:42.600 That's good. 09:42.700 --> 09:45.200 These were made for John L. Roberts. 09:45.300 --> 09:46.100 Just a minute, sir. 09:46.200 --> 09:48.900 I'd like to write that down. 09:49.000 --> 09:50.000 OK, go ahead, please. 09:50.100 --> 09:50.900 John L. Roberts. 09:51.000 --> 09:52.200 Mm-hmm. 09:52.300 --> 09:56.000 439 Camden Drive, Beverly Hills. 09:56.100 --> 09:56.800 Thank you. 09:56.900 --> 09:57.700 Got it? 09:57.800 --> 09:58.800 Yes, sir. 09:58.900 --> 10:00.600 This is the optician that sent in the prescription, huh? 10:00.600 --> 10:01.700 That's right. 10:01.800 --> 10:02.700 All right, fine. 10:02.800 --> 10:03.700 Thanks for your cooperation, Dudley. 10:03.800 --> 10:04.700 Not at all. 10:04.800 --> 10:06.100 I always get a kick out of helping you, fella. 10:06.200 --> 10:07.100 Yes, sir. 10:07.200 --> 10:08.700 A lot of steps to solve a crime, aren't they? 10:08.800 --> 10:09.900 Quite a few, yeah. 10:10.000 --> 10:11.500 Sure hope I've given you a little something. 10:11.600 --> 10:12.300 You have? 10:12.400 --> 10:13.500 A lot of steps. 10:13.600 --> 10:14.500 Yes, sir. 10:14.600 --> 10:15.500 You helped us make the first one. 10:15.600 --> 10:23.500 We drove out to Beverly Hills and we talked to John L. Roberts. 10:23.600 --> 10:25.500 He checked the prescription number against his files 10:25.600 --> 10:27.700 and gave us the name and address of a Robert Briarkin 10:27.800 --> 10:30.100 as the man he had fitted with the corneal lenses. 10:30.100 --> 10:32.000 Frank and I went over to the house on Bedford Street, 10:32.100 --> 10:33.400 but there was nobody home. 10:33.500 --> 10:35.400 We found out from a neighbor that Briarkin 10:35.500 --> 10:38.600 worked for a coin machine repair company on Pico Boulevard. 10:38.700 --> 10:40.200 We located the concern and the manager 10:40.300 --> 10:42.100 showed us where we could find the suspect. 10:42.200 --> 10:46.400 1013 AM. 10:46.500 --> 10:47.400 Robert Briarkin? 10:47.500 --> 10:48.200 Hmm? 10:48.300 --> 10:49.700 Is your name Robert Briarkin? 10:49.800 --> 10:50.400 Yeah. 10:50.500 --> 10:51.200 Police officers. 10:51.300 --> 10:52.800 Sorry to have the occasion. 10:52.900 --> 10:53.600 Joe Friday? 10:53.700 --> 10:54.400 That's right. 10:54.500 --> 10:55.200 Frank Smith. 10:55.300 --> 10:55.800 Mm-hmm. 10:55.900 --> 10:56.700 Hi, Howard. 10:56.800 --> 10:58.300 I'd like to ask you some questions. 10:58.400 --> 10:59.700 What about? 10:59.700 --> 11:01.800 Do you wear those glasses all the time? 11:01.900 --> 11:02.600 Do I what? 11:02.700 --> 11:03.500 The glasses you got on. 11:03.600 --> 11:04.800 Do you wear them for work? 11:04.900 --> 11:06.400 Yeah, most of the time. 11:06.500 --> 11:07.600 What's this about glasses? 11:07.700 --> 11:09.800 You ever wear any other kind? 11:09.900 --> 11:10.700 Yeah, why? 11:10.800 --> 11:11.800 What kind? 11:11.900 --> 11:12.800 How many kinds are there? 11:12.900 --> 11:14.400 Why don't you tell us? 11:14.500 --> 11:15.200 I don't get this. 11:15.300 --> 11:17.100 What am I supposed to have done? 11:17.200 --> 11:18.400 You wear another kind of glasses? 11:18.500 --> 11:19.200 Is that what you said? 11:19.300 --> 11:20.100 Yeah. 11:20.200 --> 11:21.200 What kind? 11:21.300 --> 11:22.400 The corneal lens type. 11:22.500 --> 11:23.800 Where are they? 11:23.900 --> 11:24.200 I don't know. 11:24.300 --> 11:25.200 Home, I guess. 11:25.300 --> 11:26.600 You're not sure? 11:26.700 --> 11:28.100 Look, officers, I don't know what you're after, 11:28.100 --> 11:30.000 but if it's something that happened in the last 20 years, 11:30.100 --> 11:31.000 you've got the wrong guy. 11:31.100 --> 11:32.600 Well, if we have, then you've got nothing to worry about, 11:32.700 --> 11:33.600 have you? 11:33.700 --> 11:36.300 That's right, but a mistaken identity can be embarrassing. 11:36.400 --> 11:38.800 I'd just like to know what I'm supposed to have done. 11:38.900 --> 11:40.800 Suppose you tell us about the other glasses, huh? 11:40.900 --> 11:41.800 The corneal lens? 11:41.900 --> 11:42.800 Yeah. 11:42.900 --> 11:44.900 What do you want to know about them? 11:45.000 --> 11:46.900 Like we said before, we want to know where they are. 11:47.000 --> 11:48.300 Like I said, home. 11:48.400 --> 11:49.400 You sure? 11:49.500 --> 11:50.300 Yeah. 11:50.400 --> 11:52.000 How many pair do you have? 11:52.100 --> 11:53.300 One. 11:53.400 --> 11:54.600 You wear glasses all the time? 11:54.700 --> 11:55.200 Yeah. 11:55.300 --> 11:56.400 Can you see without them? 11:56.400 --> 11:58.100 Yeah, but not too good. 11:58.200 --> 12:00.100 Where were you the night before last? 12:00.200 --> 12:01.100 At home. 12:01.200 --> 12:02.300 How about last night? 12:02.400 --> 12:03.100 Same. 12:03.200 --> 12:03.700 All night. 12:03.800 --> 12:04.300 Right. 12:04.400 --> 12:05.100 Can you prove it? 12:05.200 --> 12:06.300 Yeah, my wife will tell you that. 12:06.400 --> 12:07.300 You can call her on the phone. 12:07.400 --> 12:08.500 She'll tell you everything with the house. 12:08.600 --> 12:09.600 All right. 12:09.700 --> 12:10.800 We'll go out there. 12:10.900 --> 12:12.600 You can call her just as well. 12:12.700 --> 12:15.100 We'd like to see your other glasses, too. 12:15.200 --> 12:16.100 All right. 12:16.200 --> 12:17.800 You mind telling me what this is all about? 12:17.900 --> 12:20.100 Investigating kidnapping and robbery. 12:20.200 --> 12:22.100 You think I had something to do with it? 12:22.200 --> 12:23.700 We're investigating. 12:23.700 --> 12:26.400 OK, if that's how it is, I've got nothing to hide. 12:26.500 --> 12:27.400 You want to go right now? 12:27.500 --> 12:28.400 That's right. 12:28.500 --> 12:29.600 My jacket's right here in the locker. 12:29.700 --> 12:30.400 Wait a minute. 12:30.500 --> 12:31.400 I'll get it for you. 12:34.100 --> 12:35.100 This there? 12:35.200 --> 12:36.600 Yeah, the bounce way with the net trim. 12:41.700 --> 12:44.200 We took Robert Brierton with us, and we drove out to his home. 12:44.300 --> 12:47.200 On the way, he continued to deny any knowledge of the crime. 12:47.300 --> 12:49.600 Because the victim, Gwen Alston, had been unable to furnish us 12:49.700 --> 12:51.200 with much of a description of the suspect, 12:51.300 --> 12:52.800 it was difficult to determine whether or not 12:52.800 --> 12:54.700 Brierton was one of the men. 12:54.800 --> 12:55.700 He had dark hair. 12:55.800 --> 12:57.500 He was in his early 20s. 12:57.600 --> 12:59.800 The suede jacket he wore checked out. 12:59.900 --> 13:02.700 1107 AM. 13:02.800 --> 13:04.700 Anna? 13:04.800 --> 13:06.200 Anna? 13:06.300 --> 13:07.200 I guess you didn't hear. 13:07.300 --> 13:07.800 It's all right. 13:07.900 --> 13:08.900 We'll wait for her. 13:09.000 --> 13:10.200 Now, I've been trying to make up my mind 13:10.300 --> 13:11.700 whether I should be mad or not. 13:11.800 --> 13:13.200 I know you're only doing what you have to, 13:13.300 --> 13:14.700 so I guess there's no need to get overheated. 13:14.800 --> 13:17.700 But I'll say it again, you got the wrong guy. 13:17.800 --> 13:19.200 Well, if we're wrong, we'll admit it. 13:19.300 --> 13:21.300 Let's hope this doesn't put me in bad down at work. 13:21.300 --> 13:23.200 No need for it, too, if you're innocent. 13:23.300 --> 13:24.700 I suppose so. 13:24.800 --> 13:25.700 You want to sit down? 13:25.800 --> 13:27.200 I don't know just when my wife will get back. 13:27.300 --> 13:29.700 If you don't mind, we'd like to see your other glasses now. 13:29.800 --> 13:30.700 Oh, sure, I'll get them for you. 13:30.800 --> 13:31.700 Where are they? 13:31.800 --> 13:33.200 Well, I usually keep them on the bedroom dresser 13:33.300 --> 13:34.200 when I'm not using them. 13:34.300 --> 13:35.700 All right, we'll go with you, all right? 13:35.800 --> 13:37.700 Sure. 13:37.800 --> 13:39.200 Hope she made the bed. 13:39.300 --> 13:40.700 She's a pretty good housekeeper, but sometimes 13:40.800 --> 13:42.200 she gets a little sloppy about it. 13:42.300 --> 13:43.000 Yeah. 13:45.800 --> 13:47.200 I swear they were right here on the dresser. 13:47.300 --> 13:48.200 Yeah. 13:48.300 --> 13:49.200 I haven't had them too long. 13:49.200 --> 13:51.100 I switch off with these that I'm wearing. 13:51.200 --> 13:52.600 Did you wear them yesterday? 13:52.700 --> 13:54.600 Yeah, but then they should still be on the dresser. 13:54.700 --> 13:56.100 I don't know where they could be. 13:56.200 --> 13:57.600 Well, we can help you. 13:57.700 --> 13:58.600 What do you mean? 13:58.700 --> 13:59.600 Who's back there? 13:59.700 --> 14:00.600 Anna? 14:00.700 --> 14:01.600 What are you doing home? 14:01.700 --> 14:03.600 Oh, honey, these are police officers. 14:03.700 --> 14:04.600 This is my wife. 14:04.700 --> 14:05.100 I do. 14:05.200 --> 14:06.100 How you doing, ma'am? 14:06.200 --> 14:07.100 What are they doing here? 14:07.200 --> 14:08.100 We'd like to talk to you, Miss Bryden. 14:08.200 --> 14:09.100 About what? 14:09.200 --> 14:11.100 Now, don't worry, dear. 14:11.200 --> 14:12.100 What's it all about? 14:12.200 --> 14:14.100 Would you like to step out in the other room, please? 14:14.200 --> 14:17.100 It's all right, dear. 14:17.200 --> 14:18.600 You don't understand it. 14:18.600 --> 14:22.300 Listen, dear, can you tell us where your husband was Tuesday night? 14:22.400 --> 14:24.100 He was home with me. 14:24.200 --> 14:25.100 How about last night? 14:25.200 --> 14:26.300 He was here all evening. 14:26.400 --> 14:27.400 You sure? 14:27.500 --> 14:29.600 Yes, he came home from work and stayed in all evening. 14:29.700 --> 14:31.000 Oh, I see. 14:31.100 --> 14:31.800 What is it? 14:31.900 --> 14:33.100 Police business. 14:33.200 --> 14:34.900 You think Robert had something to do with it? 14:35.000 --> 14:36.300 Yes, we do. 14:36.400 --> 14:37.300 When did this happen? 14:37.400 --> 14:38.300 Last night. 14:38.400 --> 14:41.000 I told you he was home all evening. 14:41.100 --> 14:43.000 That may be true, but these cornea lenses 14:43.100 --> 14:45.100 were found in the victim's car. 14:45.200 --> 14:46.200 They belonged to Robert? 14:46.300 --> 14:47.600 That's what his optician told us, yeah. 14:47.600 --> 14:48.800 What's all wrong? 14:48.900 --> 14:51.100 The victim was beaten by a man who wore a jacket, 14:51.200 --> 14:53.100 brown suede with knit trim. 14:53.200 --> 14:54.500 That's the kind your husband owns, you know. 14:54.600 --> 14:56.500 But he wasn't out of the house, I tell you. 14:56.600 --> 14:57.800 I'm very glad to take him downtown. 14:57.900 --> 14:58.600 No, he didn't do it. 14:58.700 --> 14:59.500 I know it. 14:59.600 --> 15:00.600 I'm sorry, Miss Bryden. 15:00.700 --> 15:01.600 These are your husband's lenses. 15:01.700 --> 15:02.900 They were found in the victim's car. 15:03.000 --> 15:05.100 But he was with me all evening. 15:05.200 --> 15:06.600 Well, it may be, but we're going to have to hold him. 15:06.700 --> 15:09.600 No, he didn't do it. 15:09.700 --> 15:11.000 It was Gordon. 15:11.100 --> 15:12.600 Gordon who? 15:12.700 --> 15:15.100 I let him wear Robert's jacket last night. 15:15.100 --> 15:17.500 Who's Gordon? 15:17.600 --> 15:18.500 My brother. 15:18.600 --> 15:31.400 You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story 15:31.500 --> 15:32.800 of your police force in action. 15:32.800 --> 15:34.800 Mrs. Bryden went on to explain that she let her younger 15:34.900 --> 15:36.800 brother take the suede jacket the previous night. 15:36.900 --> 15:38.800 She also told us that the boy was living with them 15:38.900 --> 15:40.800 while he attended school. 15:40.900 --> 15:42.800 After questioning her further, we learned that Gordon 15:42.900 --> 15:44.800 Hedig had been in trouble with the police before. 15:44.900 --> 15:47.800 We called the office and asked Jack Crowley to check the name 15:47.900 --> 15:49.800 and description through R&I. 15:49.900 --> 15:51.800 We also asked that if he came up with a record, 15:51.900 --> 15:53.800 he would be able to get the record back. 15:53.900 --> 15:54.800 And we did. 15:54.900 --> 15:56.800 We asked him to give us the record. 15:56.900 --> 15:57.800 And he did. 15:57.900 --> 15:58.800 And he did. 15:58.900 --> 15:59.800 And he did. 15:59.900 --> 16:00.800 And he did. 16:00.900 --> 16:01.800 And he did. 16:01.800 --> 16:03.700 But if he came up with a record, he'd have Harland Stahl 16:03.800 --> 16:05.700 compare Hedig's fingerprints with the partials found 16:05.800 --> 16:07.700 in the victim's car. 16:07.800 --> 16:09.700 Frank and I got the address of the school that the boy was 16:09.800 --> 16:11.200 attending, and we drove over to see him. 16:11.300 --> 16:13.300 We waited in a small office while the school authorities 16:13.400 --> 16:14.700 located him. 16:14.800 --> 16:16.200 Well, Miss Austin was right about what she told us. 16:16.300 --> 16:17.500 What do you mean? 16:17.600 --> 16:18.700 Well, she said she couldn't give us a very accurate 16:18.800 --> 16:19.500 description. 16:19.600 --> 16:20.700 Yeah. 16:20.800 --> 16:21.700 She said the ages might be around 20 or so. 16:21.800 --> 16:23.000 Mm-hmm. 16:23.100 --> 16:24.700 Not many high school students look 20, not even seniors. 16:24.800 --> 16:26.200 Yeah, that's true. 16:26.300 --> 16:27.200 But according to what the Bryertons told us, 16:27.300 --> 16:28.200 this could be the boy. 16:28.300 --> 16:29.700 Yeah, that's right. 16:29.700 --> 16:33.600 Come in. 16:33.700 --> 16:34.600 Come on in, son. 16:37.600 --> 16:38.600 Close the door. 16:41.600 --> 16:42.600 You Gordon Heddy? 16:42.700 --> 16:43.600 Yeah. 16:43.700 --> 16:45.600 Police officers, Heddy. 16:45.700 --> 16:47.600 What do you want me to do, standard attention? 16:47.700 --> 16:48.600 I told you once to come on in. 16:48.700 --> 16:50.600 Now come on over here. 16:50.700 --> 16:51.600 Sure, but remember where you are. 16:51.700 --> 16:53.600 These ain't soundproof walls. 16:53.700 --> 16:54.600 I don't play tough with us, son. 16:54.700 --> 16:56.600 Sit down. 16:56.700 --> 16:58.600 You see, orders always tell you guys what to do. 16:58.600 --> 16:59.500 Sit down, stand up. 16:59.600 --> 17:00.500 You're all the same. 17:00.600 --> 17:01.500 It'll get off a guy in the back. 17:01.600 --> 17:03.500 All right, just keep still. 17:03.600 --> 17:05.500 I'm sitting in school trying to learn something. 17:05.600 --> 17:07.500 You got to come around and jerk me out of class. 17:07.600 --> 17:09.500 Why don't you wait until General Assembly 17:09.600 --> 17:11.500 to get the whole school in on it? 17:11.600 --> 17:12.500 You don't care what you do to a guy's reputation. 17:12.600 --> 17:14.500 That's what you think, is it? 17:14.600 --> 17:15.500 Yeah. 17:15.600 --> 17:17.500 Now listen, son, we never heard of you before today, 17:17.600 --> 17:18.500 but we're finding out fast. 17:18.600 --> 17:20.500 The way we got it, you've gone way out of your way 17:20.600 --> 17:23.500 to make your own record, and you didn't do it in the classroom. 17:23.600 --> 17:25.500 We've got a good reason to be here. 17:25.600 --> 17:27.500 If you're innocent, you won't have to worry about 17:27.500 --> 17:29.400 what anyone in this school thinks. 17:29.500 --> 17:30.400 You don't sell me, mister. 17:30.500 --> 17:31.400 We don't have to, son. 17:31.500 --> 17:33.400 If you're clean, it's like we never met you. 17:33.500 --> 17:34.400 But I'm going to put it right on the line for you. 17:34.500 --> 17:36.400 The way this thing shapes up right now, 17:36.500 --> 17:38.400 we think you already bought yourself another hunk of trouble. 17:38.500 --> 17:39.400 Figures. 17:39.500 --> 17:40.400 I made before I go in. 17:40.500 --> 17:41.400 That's where you're wrong, kid. 17:41.500 --> 17:43.400 Nobody's going to tag you with a bum beef. 17:43.500 --> 17:45.400 You give us the right answers, and like my partner said, 17:45.500 --> 17:46.400 we never met you. 17:46.500 --> 17:47.400 All right. 17:47.500 --> 17:48.400 What do you want from me? 17:48.500 --> 17:50.400 You can start by telling us what you did last night. 17:50.500 --> 17:51.400 I went to a show. 17:51.500 --> 17:52.400 Where? 17:52.500 --> 17:53.400 Downtown. 17:53.500 --> 17:54.400 What time? 17:54.500 --> 17:55.400 Around seven, I guess. 17:55.500 --> 17:56.400 Who was with you? 17:56.400 --> 17:57.300 Me. 17:57.400 --> 17:58.300 What was the name of the theater? 17:58.400 --> 17:59.300 The Dawn. 17:59.400 --> 18:00.300 What'd you see? 18:00.400 --> 18:01.300 What pictures? 18:01.400 --> 18:02.300 Yeah. 18:02.400 --> 18:03.300 I don't remember right off. 18:03.400 --> 18:05.300 One was Western, and it was about spies. 18:05.400 --> 18:07.300 You're all by yourself. 18:07.400 --> 18:09.300 I said so, didn't I? 18:09.400 --> 18:10.300 What time did you get out of the show? 18:10.400 --> 18:11.300 Around 10, I guess. 18:11.400 --> 18:12.300 What did you do then? 18:12.400 --> 18:13.300 Went home. 18:13.400 --> 18:15.300 What kind of clothes you have on last night? 18:15.400 --> 18:16.300 What do you mean? 18:16.400 --> 18:17.300 What were you wearing? 18:17.400 --> 18:18.300 I don't know. 18:18.400 --> 18:21.300 Jacket, sports shirt, usual stuff. 18:21.400 --> 18:22.300 What kind of jacket? 18:22.400 --> 18:23.300 Suede. 18:23.400 --> 18:24.300 Belong to you? 18:24.400 --> 18:25.300 No. 18:25.300 --> 18:27.500 No, my brother. 18:27.500 --> 18:29.500 How'd you get out to Washington and Normandy? 18:29.500 --> 18:30.500 To where? 18:30.500 --> 18:31.500 Washington and Normandy. 18:31.500 --> 18:33.500 I told you I was downtown. 18:33.500 --> 18:34.500 Say, what is this? 18:34.500 --> 18:35.500 You tell us. 18:35.500 --> 18:36.500 You were in that car, weren't you? 18:36.500 --> 18:37.500 What car? 18:37.500 --> 18:38.500 The one you beat the woman in. 18:38.500 --> 18:39.500 You're crazy. 18:39.500 --> 18:40.500 Who was with you? 18:40.500 --> 18:41.500 I told you I was alone. 18:41.500 --> 18:42.500 What more do you want? 18:42.500 --> 18:43.500 The name of the person that was with you. 18:43.500 --> 18:47.500 I don't know what you're trying to tag me with, but you're not going to make it this time. 18:47.500 --> 18:50.500 I told you I was at a show by myself. 18:50.500 --> 18:52.500 How do you think you can prove I wasn't? 18:52.500 --> 18:55.500 We found the lenses you lost from the jacket pocket. 18:55.500 --> 18:58.500 Boy, this gets wilder all the time. 18:58.500 --> 18:59.500 I was sitting in the show last night. 18:59.500 --> 19:00.500 That's it. 19:00.500 --> 19:01.500 In other words, you don't want to tell us about it. 19:01.500 --> 19:02.500 Is that it? 19:02.500 --> 19:03.500 About the show. 19:03.500 --> 19:04.500 All right, Hedwig, you play it your way. 19:04.500 --> 19:05.500 It's going to take us a little longer. 19:05.500 --> 19:06.500 That's all. 19:06.500 --> 19:07.500 Same old story. 19:07.500 --> 19:09.500 Don't make any difference what I say. 19:09.500 --> 19:11.500 You know I got a record, so I'm guilty. 19:11.500 --> 19:12.500 Don't make any difference. 19:12.500 --> 19:13.500 Either way, I'm the pigeon. 19:13.500 --> 19:14.500 No, you're wrong. 19:14.500 --> 19:15.500 Not with us, Hedwig. 19:15.500 --> 19:16.500 Oh, come on. 19:16.500 --> 19:18.500 I just didn't fall off the Christmas tree. 19:18.500 --> 19:20.500 There's only one way we want you. 19:20.500 --> 19:21.500 Yeah? 19:21.500 --> 19:22.500 If you're wrong. 19:22.500 --> 19:30.500 We took Gordon heading to the city hall for further questioning. 19:30.500 --> 19:34.500 We called Gwen Alston, asked her to come down and see if she could identify the suspect. 19:34.500 --> 19:37.500 Arlen Stahl said the suspect's fingerprints matched the partials found in the car, but 19:37.500 --> 19:40.500 there weren't enough points to build a case on. 19:40.500 --> 19:41.500 2.47 p.m. 19:41.500 --> 19:43.500 Frank and I had the suspect brought to the squad room. 19:43.500 --> 19:45.500 Why don't you give up? 19:45.500 --> 19:47.500 I ain't going to cop out to something I didn't do. 19:47.500 --> 19:50.500 We don't expect you to, but we still want to know how a container with your brother-in-law's 19:50.500 --> 19:53.500 lenses could be found in the backseat of a victim's car. 19:53.500 --> 19:55.500 Now, they were in his jacket and you wore that jacket. 19:55.500 --> 19:56.500 Isn't that right? 19:56.500 --> 19:57.500 Don't ask me. 19:57.500 --> 19:58.500 I was at the show. 19:58.500 --> 19:59.500 Yeah, so you said. 19:59.500 --> 20:02.500 Another thing, you guys better treat me pretty good while I'm in here. 20:02.500 --> 20:03.500 Yeah? 20:03.500 --> 20:04.500 Sure. 20:04.500 --> 20:05.500 I'm a kid. 20:05.500 --> 20:06.500 Don't forget. 20:06.500 --> 20:07.500 Yeah, that's the way it reads in the books. 20:07.500 --> 20:09.500 For my money, that's as far as it goes. 20:09.500 --> 20:12.500 I told you once we can put you in the backseat of that car. 20:12.500 --> 20:16.500 I get it. 20:16.500 --> 20:19.500 Robbery Friday? 20:19.500 --> 20:20.500 Right. 20:20.500 --> 20:21.500 Send her down, will you? 20:21.500 --> 20:22.500 Right away. 20:22.500 --> 20:23.500 Thank you. 20:23.500 --> 20:25.500 I'm going to tag the business officer. 20:25.500 --> 20:26.500 I'll be right back. 20:26.500 --> 20:27.500 Okay, John. 20:27.500 --> 20:28.500 Miss Austin? 20:28.500 --> 20:29.500 Hello, Sergeant Friday. 20:29.500 --> 20:30.500 I got down as soon as I could. 20:30.500 --> 20:31.500 All right, fine. 20:31.500 --> 20:32.500 And have you got the man here? 20:32.500 --> 20:33.500 Well, we'd like you to tell us. 20:33.500 --> 20:34.500 We'll go down the hall here. 20:34.500 --> 20:35.500 What do I have to do? 20:35.500 --> 20:36.500 Just look into this room. 20:36.500 --> 20:37.500 Tell me if you see the man that beat you up. 20:37.500 --> 20:38.500 Do I have to face him? 20:38.500 --> 20:39.500 No. 20:39.500 --> 20:40.500 You can go around here. 20:40.500 --> 20:41.500 You can look around. 20:41.500 --> 20:49.500 All right. 20:49.500 --> 20:50.500 All right, here. 20:50.500 --> 20:51.500 How do you see him? 20:51.500 --> 20:52.500 Well, what about him? 20:52.500 --> 20:53.500 Yes. 20:53.500 --> 20:54.500 That's him there. 20:54.500 --> 21:15.820 We confronted Gordon Heddy with the fact that he'd been positively identified by the person 21:15.820 --> 21:17.260 he had beaten and robbed. 21:17.260 --> 21:19.980 He still refused to admit any knowledge of the crime. 21:19.980 --> 21:22.500 We booked him on section 700-sub-M robbery. 21:22.500 --> 21:26.900 A check was made of the F.I. cards in an attempt to identify the person who'd been with Heddy 21:26.900 --> 21:27.900 the night before. 21:27.900 --> 21:32.180 We called Newton University and 77th Street divisions. 21:32.180 --> 21:35.460 When we checked the central, a clerk went through the files and found that the suspect had been 21:35.460 --> 21:38.780 stopped at 9th and Main Streets at 10 p.m. the previous night. 21:38.780 --> 21:43.340 Frank and I went over to the 1st Street station. 21:43.340 --> 21:44.340 The F.I. card you wanted, Sergeant. 21:44.340 --> 21:45.340 Thank you. 21:45.340 --> 21:46.340 Well, here's what we're looking for. 21:46.340 --> 21:47.340 Yeah? 21:47.340 --> 21:48.340 Wasn't alone. 21:48.340 --> 21:53.780 A person by the name of John Berko was with him. 21:53.780 --> 21:54.780 Officer make a card on him, too? 21:54.780 --> 21:57.780 Yeah, I got it here. 21:57.780 --> 22:00.780 What about the other guy? 22:00.780 --> 22:02.780 Thank you. 22:02.780 --> 22:05.780 John Berko, B-E-R-K-O, age 19, 506 Hold Avenue. 22:05.780 --> 22:06.780 Yeah. 22:06.780 --> 22:09.780 Something else in the back here that checks out. 22:09.780 --> 22:10.780 What's that? 22:10.780 --> 22:11.780 Notation the officer made. 22:11.780 --> 22:12.780 Yeah. 22:12.780 --> 22:13.780 Berko's right thumb was bandaged. 22:13.780 --> 22:26.020 We went back to the office and ran the name John Berko through R&I. 22:26.020 --> 22:29.500 We found a package for him that showed several arrests as a juvenile and one as an adult 22:29.500 --> 22:31.700 for suspicion of ADW. 22:31.700 --> 22:35.820 Gwen Alston was shown his mug shot and she identified him as the other suspect. 22:35.820 --> 22:37.460 We drove out to his address on Whole Street. 22:37.460 --> 22:38.460 It was a boarding house. 22:38.460 --> 22:40.860 The owner admitted us to his room. 22:40.860 --> 22:41.860 We waited. 22:41.860 --> 22:42.860 Four hours went by. 22:42.860 --> 22:43.860 Eight, 19 p.m. 22:43.860 --> 22:51.860 All right, Berko, hold it right there. 22:51.860 --> 22:52.860 Police officers, get your hands over your head. 22:52.860 --> 22:53.860 Come on, move. 22:53.860 --> 22:54.860 Sure. 22:54.860 --> 22:55.860 Over the door. 22:55.860 --> 22:56.860 Come on. 22:56.860 --> 22:57.860 Hands up on the door. 22:57.860 --> 22:58.860 Trying to hold it right there. 22:58.860 --> 22:59.860 All right. 22:59.860 --> 23:00.860 Okay. 23:00.860 --> 23:01.860 He's clean, John. 23:01.860 --> 23:02.860 What's the pitch? 23:02.860 --> 23:03.860 Come on, turn around. 23:03.860 --> 23:04.860 Put your hands behind your back. 23:04.860 --> 23:05.860 All right. 23:05.860 --> 23:06.860 Take it easy with my thumb. 23:06.860 --> 23:07.860 I think I got blood poisoning. 23:07.860 --> 23:08.860 Yeah. 23:08.860 --> 23:09.860 Now you want to tell me what this is about? 23:09.860 --> 23:10.860 Friend of yours sent it to me. 23:10.860 --> 23:12.860 Said you always work together on everything. 23:12.860 --> 23:13.860 It's kind of lonesome without you. 23:13.860 --> 23:14.860 Who are you talking about? 23:14.860 --> 23:15.860 Heddy. 23:15.860 --> 23:16.860 He sent you here. 23:16.860 --> 23:17.860 He copped up to you? 23:17.860 --> 23:18.860 All right, let's go. 23:18.860 --> 23:19.860 What did he say? 23:19.860 --> 23:20.860 You figured. 23:20.860 --> 23:21.860 We're here. 23:21.860 --> 23:22.860 That Fink. 23:22.860 --> 23:23.860 Big talk about how you never cop out to anything. 23:23.860 --> 23:24.860 Never admit nothing. 23:24.860 --> 23:25.860 That's the way it is when you get mixed up with young squirts. 23:25.860 --> 23:26.860 All right, let's go. 23:26.860 --> 23:27.860 Lousy punk. 23:27.860 --> 23:28.860 Suppose you know how he beat up that woman. 23:28.860 --> 23:29.860 Yeah. 23:29.860 --> 23:30.860 Should have heard him after. 23:30.860 --> 23:31.860 I don't know. 23:31.860 --> 23:32.860 I don't know. 23:32.860 --> 23:33.860 I don't know. 23:33.860 --> 23:34.860 I don't know. 23:34.860 --> 23:35.860 I don't know. 23:35.860 --> 23:36.860 I don't know. 23:36.860 --> 23:37.860 I don't know. 23:37.860 --> 23:38.860 I don't know. 23:38.860 --> 23:41.860 Should have heard him after, laughing about how he hit her. 23:41.860 --> 23:44.500 Should have figured he'd cop out if he got nails. 23:44.500 --> 23:45.500 No guts. 23:45.500 --> 23:46.500 Got to beat up on women. 23:46.500 --> 23:47.500 No guts at all. 23:47.500 --> 23:48.500 Well, that's real funny, isn't it? 23:48.500 --> 23:49.500 What's that? 23:49.500 --> 23:50.500 We just talked to him. 23:50.500 --> 23:51.500 Yeah? 23:51.500 --> 23:58.500 He said the same things about you. 23:58.500 --> 24:02.620 The story you have just heard is true. 24:02.620 --> 24:05.420 The names were changed to protect the innocents. 24:05.420 --> 24:10.640 On June 9th, trial was held in Department 97, Superior Court of the State of California, 24:10.640 --> 24:12.640 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 24:12.640 --> 24:26.220 A petition was filed on Gordon Hedig alleging one count of robbery and kidnapping. 24:26.220 --> 24:30.980 He was declared unfit as a juvenile and ordered to be tried in Superior Court. 24:30.980 --> 24:35.540 Gordon Jerome Hedig and John Carlton Burkle were tried and convicted of robbery in the 24:35.540 --> 24:40.300 first degree one count and kidnapping for the purpose of robbery. 24:40.300 --> 24:43.660 Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less 24:43.660 --> 24:45.880 than five years. 24:45.880 --> 24:50.020 Kidnapping for the purpose of robbery with bodily harm is punishable by imprisonment 24:50.020 --> 24:54.460 in the state penitentiary for life without possibility of parole. 24:54.460 --> 25:00.540 Dragnet, the story of your police force in action is a presentation of the United States 25:00.540 --> 25:28.180 Armed Forces radio service.