1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,240 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 2 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:22,400 DRAGNETS You're a detective sergeant. 3 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,920 You're assigned to burglary division. 4 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,520 You get a call that an important piece of religious art has been stolen from the oldest 5 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,480 church in Los Angeles. 6 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,000 There's no lead to its whereabouts. 7 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:34,280 Your job? 8 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,240 Find it. 9 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:48,600 DRAGNETS The documented drama of an actual crime. 10 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,440 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 11 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:56,400 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police 12 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:57,400 files. 13 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:02,640 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, DRAGNET is the story of your police force 14 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:03,640 in action. 15 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,520 It was Wednesday, December 24th. 16 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,360 It was cold in Los Angeles. 17 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,320 We were working the day watch out of burglary division. 18 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:12,480 My partner's Frank Smith. 19 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:13,900 The boss is Captain Bernard. 20 00:01:13,900 --> 00:01:14,900 My name's Friday. 21 00:01:14,900 --> 00:01:18,720 I'd gone across the street to buy stamps for some Christmas cards I was sending out. 22 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,280 It was 9.15 a.m. when I got back to room 45. 23 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:23,280 Burglary. 24 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:28,280 I sat out at a table in the squad room and I started to address the cards when Frank 25 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,880 walked in carrying a stack of Christmas boxes. 26 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,880 Hi, Joe. 27 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:33,880 Hi. 28 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:35,880 Christmas cards, huh? 29 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,880 A little late, aren't you? 30 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,360 Well, I was going to send them out Monday, but we had that stake out. 31 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:43,840 You ought to get married, Joe. 32 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:44,840 Yeah? 33 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:45,840 It's the only system. 34 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,040 It does all that stuff for me. 35 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:49,760 Laundry, mails, cards. 36 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:50,760 Only system. 37 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:51,760 Might help. 38 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:53,760 I brought in your present. 39 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:54,760 Want to open it now? 40 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:55,760 No, I'll wait. 41 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,760 I always open a couple a day before. 42 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:58,760 Why? 43 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,160 Well, it puts you in the spirit ahead of time. 44 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:02,560 I opened Phil's this morning. 45 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:03,560 Who's he? 46 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:04,560 Ray's brother in Denver. 47 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:05,560 He gave me a magazine. 48 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:06,560 One of those funny ones. 49 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:07,560 What do you mean, a comic book? 50 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:08,560 No. 51 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:09,560 One of those funny ones, you know. 52 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:10,560 No, I don't, Frank. 53 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:11,560 Well, some of the pages have holes in them. 54 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:12,560 You look through and there's a picture on the next page. 55 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:13,560 Oh, yeah, I've seen those on the newsstand. 56 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:14,560 They have cloth pasted in. 57 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:15,560 Cloth pasted in? 58 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:16,560 Yeah. 59 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:17,560 You know, I've seen those on the newsstand. 60 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:18,560 They have cloth pasted in. 61 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,400 Cloth? 62 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:23,400 In the ads. 63 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,120 If you want to buy a suit, they have a sample right there. 64 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:26,560 You mean you can feel it? 65 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:27,560 Reach right out and feel it. 66 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:28,560 It was one for $200. 67 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:29,560 A suit? 68 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:30,560 Sure. 69 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:31,560 The cloth comes from Scotland. 70 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:32,560 And what's it made out of? 71 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:33,560 Solid gold? 72 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,560 No, they've got a special kind of gold over there. 73 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:36,560 It's real smooth. 74 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:37,560 Not a goat, Frank. 75 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:38,560 A sheep. 76 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,560 Well, it's a special kind of sheep then, because a suit costs $200. 77 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:42,560 You going to get one? 78 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:43,560 I told Fay. 79 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:44,560 She said, wear the sample. 80 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:45,560 Anything doing? 81 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,560 Hanning and Pryor were in on that market holdup. 82 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:50,560 They come up with anything? 83 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:51,560 Pound of air. 84 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:52,560 Nothing else. 85 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:53,560 I hope it stays quiet. 86 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:54,560 I've got more shopping to do. 87 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:55,560 I finished. 88 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:56,560 What did you get Ann? 89 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,560 Stationary set, some paper and envelopes, leather binding. 90 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,560 Joe, you'll never learn. 91 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:03,560 What's the matter? 92 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,560 No woman wants a stationary set. 93 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:06,560 Get her something personal. 94 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,560 Well, it's got her initials on it. 95 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:09,560 No, no. 96 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,560 You want something more sentimental, romantic. 97 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:13,560 What did you get Fay? 98 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,560 It's different in her case. 99 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,560 What did you get Fay? 100 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:19,560 Sewing machine. 101 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:20,560 That's romantic. 102 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:21,560 Well, there's no way. 103 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:23,560 Why don't you buy her a catcher's mitt? 104 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:28,560 Burger refridgerator. 105 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:29,560 Yes, that's right. 106 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,560 You have the right department. 107 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,560 All right, Father, we'll be right down. 108 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,560 No, you can tell us about it there. 109 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:38,560 Goodbye. 110 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:40,560 The old mission church, they've had a theft. 111 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:41,560 Collection money? 112 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:42,560 Statue of the Child Jesus. 113 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:47,560 Frank and I checked out of the office and rode over to the church 114 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,560 at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Main. 115 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:57,560 The old Mission Plaza church, founded 1781, 116 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,560 the year Los Angeles became a Pueblo. 117 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,560 The outside was typical early Spanish design, 118 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,560 complete with mission arches. 119 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:06,560 It was made of adobe and painted white. 120 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:08,560 They called it the Queen of the Angels. 121 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,560 The padres from down in Mexico built it. 122 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,560 The devout Mexicans in town still attended services there. 123 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:16,560 10.05 a.m. 124 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,560 Frank and I crossed through the courtyard. 125 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:19,560 It used to be the old stable, 126 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,560 but the Spanish priest changed all that when it became a mission. 127 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,560 Stone masons paved the stable floor and made it a courtyard. 128 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,560 They planted grape vines, trees, and flowers. 129 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,560 A young priest crossed the courtyard to meet us. 130 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,560 He'd been sitting on a stone bench reading his morning prayers 131 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,560 as priests had done here for 172 years. 132 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,560 We asked for Father Xavier Rojas, who communicated with us. 133 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:40,560 We were told he was inside. 134 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,560 We entered a side door. 135 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,560 The church seemed to glow with hundreds of votive candles 136 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:48,560 flickering on both sides of the altar 137 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,560 and at the shrines throughout the church. 138 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,560 It was empty except for a few people praying. 139 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:57,560 Surrounding the main altar were several old oil paintings and gold frames. 140 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:00,560 The air was heavy with a scent of advent flowers. 141 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,560 We found Father Rojas up near the sanctuary, 142 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,560 looking at the nativity scene. 143 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:07,560 He told us about the crib. 144 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,560 It was a $70 duplication of the scene at Bethlehem. 145 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,560 The parishioners had taken up a collection for it 31 years ago. 146 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,560 It was put up every year on December 22nd 147 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,560 and taken down after the holy season. 148 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:21,560 It was beautiful, except that one of the shepherds had lost an arm, 149 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:25,560 the sheep was old and cracked, and the infant Jesus was missing. 150 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,560 Father Rojas led us back into the sacristy. 151 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:33,560 I'm sorry to bother you, man. 152 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,560 All right, Father, especially now, the holiday season. 153 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,560 We cash our checks, Father. You want to tell us what happened? 154 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:40,560 Or what you think happened? 155 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,560 I discovered the statue was missing right after the 6 o'clock mass. 156 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,560 You say the 6? Yes. 157 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,560 I started over to the rectory and stopped by the crib. 158 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,560 Was the statue there before mass? 159 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,560 I don't know, but it was there last night. 160 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,560 How late is the church open? All night. 161 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:55,560 You leave it wide open so any thief can walk in? 162 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,560 Particularly thieves, Sergeant. 163 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,560 You say it was there last night, Father, how late? 164 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,560 Ten or 11 o'clock. We had confessions. 165 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:03,560 No one saw it after that? 166 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:05,560 One of the altar boys, he says it may have been there. 167 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,560 He thinks it was. Did he see it? 168 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:08,560 He's not sure. 169 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:10,560 What's his name? Pardon me. 170 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,560 Here's the schedule. You'll find the names for every mass there. 171 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,560 Was there a big crowd at the 6 o'clock mass, Father? 172 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,560 Not too many. Seven's the big one. 173 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,560 People on their way to work. 174 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:26,560 Did anyone stay after mass, did you notice? 175 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:28,560 Not especially. I came back here, took off the vestments. 176 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,560 I suppose it was ten or 15 minutes before I went back in the church. 177 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:32,560 It was empty then? 178 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,560 No, people were coming in for the 7 o'clock. 179 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,560 Are these the altar boys, James Quinine and Joseph Heffernan? 180 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,560 That's right. Joe's the one who mentioned it might have been there. 181 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,560 Did you check with the other priests, Father? 182 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,560 Before I called you. None of them knows anything about it. 183 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,560 Just for a check on the pawn shops, how much the statue worth? 184 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:49,560 In money? 185 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,560 What's the point in pawn shops, Father? 186 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:53,560 Only a few dollars. 187 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,560 We could get a new one, but it wouldn't be the same. 188 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,560 We've had children in the parish. They've grown up and married. 189 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:01,560 It's the only Jesus they know. 190 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:02,560 We understand. 191 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:06,560 And we've had children who died. It was the only Jesus they knew. 192 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,560 So many other people who come here are simple people. 193 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,560 They wouldn't understand, Sergeant. 194 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:13,560 It would be like changing the evening star. 195 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,560 We'll do our best, Father. 196 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:19,560 That's why it would mean so much to have it back for the first mass on Christmas. 197 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,560 It's not very long, Father. 198 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:22,560 Less than 24 hours. 199 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,560 If anything turns up here, you know where to get in touch with us. 200 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:26,560 Yes. 201 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,560 Sad, isn't it? 202 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:29,560 How's that? 203 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,560 In so short a time, men learn to steal. 204 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:33,560 Yes, but consider us, Father. 205 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:34,560 Us? 206 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,560 If some of them didn't, you and I'd be out of work. 207 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,560 Ten-fifty a.m. We notified pawn shop detail. 208 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,560 Frank and I checked out the two alder boys. 209 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,560 The first one, James Corneen, said he knew nothing about the missing statue. 210 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,560 The second one, Joseph Heffernan, was not at home. 211 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:55,560 His father said he had a part-time job, but he'd have him get in touch with us right after lunch. 212 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:00,560 By eleven-thirty a.m., we'd run out of book procedure. 213 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:01,560 We had a man to find. 214 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:02,560 Our only clue? 215 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:03,560 He'd been to church. 216 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,560 Eleven-thirty-three a.m. 217 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,560 We checked the phone books for the names of religious stores in the area. 218 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,560 Two of them were closed. 219 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:14,560 We tried the third. 220 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:18,560 When we got there, the only person in the store was an elderly man sitting by a table. 221 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,560 In front of him was a large, beautifully carved chess set. 222 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,560 We're police officers. 223 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,560 My name's Friday. This is my partner, Frank Smith. 224 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:30,560 Great to see you. 225 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:31,560 Caught me in the middle of a big chess match. 226 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:32,560 Where's your partner? 227 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:34,560 Up in San Jose. We've been playing for years. 228 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:35,560 Same match? 229 00:08:35,560 --> 00:08:37,560 No, just two or three months on this one. 230 00:08:37,560 --> 00:08:39,560 What I meant was we've been playing different matches for years. 231 00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:40,560 I see. 232 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:42,560 You know, we do it through the mail. 233 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:44,560 I send him a move, he sends me one. 234 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:45,560 Must keep you on your toes. 235 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:46,560 Except for the first one. 236 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:48,560 I'm not going to let you get away with this. 237 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:51,560 I'll send him a move, he sends me one. 238 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:52,560 Must keep you on your toes. 239 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:54,560 Except during the holidays, the mail gets all fiddled up. 240 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:55,560 That's no good. 241 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:56,560 Guess not. 242 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:58,560 Slower things down, that's no good. 243 00:08:58,560 --> 00:08:59,560 I like to catch him off guard. 244 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:00,560 You Mr. Flavin? 245 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:01,560 How do you know? We never met. 246 00:09:01,560 --> 00:09:03,560 Your name's on the window out front. 247 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:06,560 Mr. Flavin, we checked the other two religious stores in this neighborhood. 248 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:07,560 They're closed. 249 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:08,560 This is the best one anyway. 250 00:09:08,560 --> 00:09:09,560 50% European items. 251 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:11,560 We're checking the stores around the mission church. 252 00:09:11,560 --> 00:09:12,560 For what? 253 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:14,560 Statue of the Child Jesus. 254 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:15,560 Do you have one we could look at? 255 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:26,560 Sure. 256 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:27,560 No sir, a larger one. 257 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:28,560 You don't want a larger one. 258 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:29,560 Unless it's for a church. 259 00:09:29,560 --> 00:09:31,560 That's why you want a larger one. 260 00:09:31,560 --> 00:09:39,560 Could we see it please? 261 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:40,560 It's not my duty to butt in. 262 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:44,560 But unless you live in a big place, this will make your living room all the kilter. 263 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:45,560 Yes sir. 264 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:47,560 Do most of the people who go to the mission church trade here? 265 00:09:47,560 --> 00:09:49,560 Good many of them, especially the kids. 266 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:50,560 Why kids? 267 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:51,560 More religious. 268 00:09:51,560 --> 00:09:53,560 Check on yourself, see if kids aren't more religious than you. 269 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:54,560 Might be so. 270 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:55,560 That's what's wrong with the world. 271 00:09:55,560 --> 00:09:57,560 Oh, I don't mean you're wrong with it, everybody. 272 00:09:57,560 --> 00:09:58,560 Yes sir. 273 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:00,560 What if we could stick to the point Mr. Flavin? 274 00:10:00,560 --> 00:10:02,560 Sure, a lot of people from the mission church come in here. 275 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:04,560 Do people ever come in and sell back a religious article? 276 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:06,560 Like a prayer book or rosaries? 277 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:07,560 Yes sir. 278 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:08,560 Second hand you mean? 279 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:09,560 Yes sir. 280 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:10,560 Not since I've ever been around. 281 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:11,560 It's silly. 282 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:12,560 Why? 283 00:10:12,560 --> 00:10:14,560 Because people don't have religious articles so they can get rid of them. 284 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:15,560 They happen so they can happen. 285 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:19,560 But if a man had a statue and wanted to sell it, he'd come to a place like this. 286 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:20,560 Sure, but he wouldn't want to sell it. 287 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:21,560 He would if it was stolen. 288 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:22,560 No sir. 289 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:25,560 If a man was to steal a statue, he'd be crazy or something like that. 290 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:28,560 The only place he'd want to go is where crazy people are. 291 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:29,560 You may be right Mr. Flavin. 292 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:32,560 I don't know what you fellas are looking for, but if it's somebody who stole a statue, 293 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:34,560 he's crazy and you won't find him. 294 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:37,560 You won't find him as long as you live, or in a million years. 295 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:39,560 That should cover it. 296 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:44,560 We checked religious stores out as far as Van Ness. 297 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:45,560 We asked the same questions. 298 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:51,560 The owners gave us the same answers, but none of them were as encouraging as Mr. Flavin. 299 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:53,560 Frank and I had lunch and reported back to the office. 300 00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:56,560 It was 1.30 p.m. when we started into the squad room. 301 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:58,560 The captain was just coming out. 302 00:10:58,560 --> 00:10:59,560 I just checked Frank, a lunch room. 303 00:10:59,560 --> 00:11:01,560 We've been out on that theft at the mission. 304 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:02,560 We may get some action on the Patterson case. 305 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:03,560 Did they locate him? 306 00:11:03,560 --> 00:11:05,560 I think he's on the bus from Sacramento. 307 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:06,560 Well that means the Bakersfield police. 308 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:09,560 We'll wait and see. 309 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:19,560 Are one of your fellas Sergeant Freddie? 310 00:11:19,560 --> 00:11:20,560 He is. 311 00:11:20,560 --> 00:11:21,560 I'm Joe Hefner. 312 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:23,560 My father said you wanted to see me. 313 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:24,560 Sit down son. 314 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:25,560 You didn't have to come in. 315 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:26,560 A phone call would have worked. 316 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:28,560 My father said to get on over. 317 00:11:28,560 --> 00:11:31,560 He says that any kid that uses phones is lazy. 318 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:32,560 We want to ask you about this morning. 319 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:34,560 You serve six o'clock mass? 320 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:35,560 Yes sir. 321 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:37,560 Anyway, until I get to six. 322 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:39,560 You're senior and you take the early trick? 323 00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:40,560 Yes sir. 324 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:43,560 That way if you receive communion you get to have breakfast sooner. 325 00:11:43,560 --> 00:11:46,560 Father Rojas says you think the statue was there before mass. 326 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:49,560 I didn't look but I have a feeling it was there. 327 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:50,560 A feeling? 328 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:54,560 You know, how you have a feeling about something but you're not sure. 329 00:11:54,560 --> 00:11:56,560 Did you stay around long after mass? 330 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:58,560 I put out the candles and hung up my surplus. 331 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:00,560 How long would that take? 332 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:01,560 About five minutes maybe. 333 00:12:01,560 --> 00:12:03,560 Did any of the people at mass stay on? 334 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:06,560 Some moms do, especially ladies. 335 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:07,560 Oh? 336 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:09,560 Maybe they don't finish in time. 337 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:10,560 Where else they start new prayers? 338 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:11,560 I don't know. 339 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:13,560 So when you left there were still some women there? 340 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:15,560 No sir, that was at first. 341 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:19,560 After I went back to the sacristy there was only this one man. 342 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:20,560 What man? 343 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:22,560 He comes at six o'clock all the time. 344 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:23,560 Do you know his name? 345 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:25,560 No sir, but he works down in Olive. 346 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:28,560 You know, paint shop, where the paint signs. 347 00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:29,560 Could you describe him? 348 00:12:29,560 --> 00:12:30,560 Sort of medium. 349 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:32,560 Wearing a suit that didn't match. 350 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:33,560 Didn't match? 351 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:35,560 You know, different pants than coat. 352 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:36,560 How about his age? 353 00:12:36,560 --> 00:12:37,560 Always pretty old. 354 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:38,560 Take a guess. 355 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:40,560 About forty maybe. 356 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:42,560 There's nothing particular about him. 357 00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:43,560 Then why did you notice him? 358 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:44,560 I've seen him before. 359 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:46,560 And the bundle I guess. 360 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:47,560 The bundle? 361 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:48,560 Out in front. 362 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:49,560 I saw him when he was coming out. 363 00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:52,560 He had this bundle and he almost dropped it. 364 00:12:52,560 --> 00:12:53,560 How large a bundle? 365 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:54,560 Hard to say. 366 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:57,560 Come on son, was it large or small, the size of the statue? 367 00:12:57,560 --> 00:12:58,560 Not that big. 368 00:12:58,560 --> 00:13:02,560 Yes sir. 369 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:13,560 We located the sign shop. 370 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:16,560 The suspect didn't work there anymore, but we discovered his name was Claude Stroop. 371 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:20,560 We found out where he lived. 372 00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:21,560 Two twenty five p.m. 373 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:22,560 We arrived there. 374 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:26,560 It was a hotel for men, mostly old men, mostly down in outers. 375 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:31,560 It was called the Golden Dream. 376 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:34,560 Police officers, we're looking for Claude Stroop. 377 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:35,560 Hope Claude didn't get in any trouble. 378 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:36,560 So do we, is he in? 379 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:37,560 No. 380 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:39,560 He's got room 307, you can check if you like. 381 00:13:39,560 --> 00:13:40,560 He'll take your word. 382 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:41,560 Were you on this morning? 383 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:42,560 Hm? 384 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:43,560 You had the early shift. 385 00:13:43,560 --> 00:13:44,560 Well we don't have shifts. 386 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:45,560 My uncle owns the place. 387 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:46,560 I'm the shift. 388 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:48,560 Did Stroop spend last night here? 389 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:49,560 Came in about eleven. 390 00:13:49,560 --> 00:13:50,560 When did he leave this morning? 391 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:51,560 Around six, maybe before. 392 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:52,560 Did he come back after? 393 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:53,560 Eight o'clock or so. 394 00:13:53,560 --> 00:13:54,560 Then left. 395 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:56,560 Supposed to be back at ten. 396 00:13:56,560 --> 00:13:57,560 Then pulls this trick. 397 00:13:57,560 --> 00:13:58,560 What trick? 398 00:13:58,560 --> 00:13:59,560 Our program. 399 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:00,560 He knows the other fellas need him. 400 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:01,560 Program? 401 00:14:01,560 --> 00:14:02,560 You hear it at the hotel. 402 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:04,560 Every Christmas we have a program. 403 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:05,560 Put up a tree and sing. 404 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:07,560 They're mostly old fellas. 405 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:10,560 Singing like that makes them remember back when they were kids. 406 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:11,560 Then Jimmy Finn comes on. 407 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:12,560 Jimmy Finn? 408 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:14,560 He shares number 409. 409 00:14:14,560 --> 00:14:17,560 His family once had a lot of money so he tells the fellas about it. 410 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:19,560 Stories about Christmas. 411 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:23,560 How they had this big log and his grandfather used to start it up. 412 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:27,560 After dinner everybody turned over his plate and there underneath was a twenty dollar gold 413 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:28,560 piece. 414 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:29,560 Brand new one. 415 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,560 When Stroop came in this morning did he have a bundle? 416 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:32,560 I didn't see him come in. 417 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:33,560 You said you saw him. 418 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:35,560 I saw him go out after but not come in. 419 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:36,560 When was that? 420 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:37,560 Eight. 421 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:38,560 If you want to look for a bundle I could give you his key. 422 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:39,560 We don't have a warrant. 423 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:40,560 It's all right. 424 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:41,560 I know about police. 425 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:42,560 It's all right with me. 426 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:43,560 It's not with us. 427 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:44,560 I didn't mean that. 428 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:45,560 I just meant it was all right with me. 429 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:53,560 Good King Wesson's lost look down on the feast of Stephen. 430 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,560 When the storm ran down the beach. 431 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:56,560 They were three old men. 432 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:00,560 You couldn't tell how much better they would have been with Stroop singing the fourth part 433 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:01,560 but somehow you didn't care. 434 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:04,560 This was Christmas at the Golden Dream and it sounded fine. 435 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,560 When the storm ran down the beach. 436 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:09,560 No the frost was cruel. 437 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:13,560 When the poor man came in sight. 438 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:18,560 Gathering winter fuel. 439 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,560 This is the last rehearsal. 440 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:22,560 I got most of the songs down pat. 441 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:23,560 Sounds pretty good. 442 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,560 That's why it's a shame Claude isn't here. 443 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:28,560 He's tenor and they need him to make it sound just right. 444 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:29,560 Does Stroop have a job? 445 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:31,560 No sir he used to have jobs. 446 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:32,560 Not much lately though. 447 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:33,560 Did he say where he was going? 448 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:34,560 No he should have. 449 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:35,560 The fellas need him. 450 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:36,560 When he comes then will you call us? 451 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:38,560 Sure and not say anything to him. 452 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:39,560 That's right. 453 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:41,560 I hope it's nothing serious for Claude. 454 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,560 Tell us Trouble's ought to be over. 455 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:44,560 Trouble's? 456 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:45,560 Way back it wouldn't count. 457 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:46,560 Tell us anyway. 458 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:48,560 I don't know much about it. 459 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:49,560 As much as you know now come on. 460 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:51,560 It was something back where he used to live. 461 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:53,560 He robbed somebody or something. 462 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:54,560 What else? 463 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:55,560 That's all. 464 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,560 It was a long time ago way far back. 465 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,560 But he forgot it all the robbing and everything. 466 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:01,560 No not quite. 467 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:03,560 He remembered it this morning. 468 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:11,560 God rest ye merry gentlemen let nothing you dismay. 469 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:19,560 For Jesus Christ our Savior was born upon this day. 470 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:30,560 To save the world. 471 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,560 We went back to the office and ran Stroop's name through R&I. 472 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,560 If he'd been booked anywhere we had no record of it. 473 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,560 At least not under that name. 474 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,560 4.15 p.m. Pawn shop detail reported back. 475 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:43,560 No object resembling the statue of the child Jesus had been turned in. 476 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,560 4.18 p.m. I hung up the phone. 477 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:48,560 Patterson's on that Sacramento bus. 478 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:49,560 I thought Bakersfield had it. 479 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:50,560 They were supposed to confirm. 480 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:51,560 They did. 481 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:52,560 Hop work station. 482 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:53,560 What about Panning and Pryor? 483 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:54,560 They're still out. 484 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:55,560 Well they'll be back soon. 485 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:56,560 When's the bus arrive? 486 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:57,560 Six o'clock. 487 00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:58,560 Plenty of time for them to make it. 488 00:16:58,560 --> 00:16:59,560 There's more time for you. 489 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:00,560 We're still in that theft. 490 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:01,560 Can it wait? 491 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:02,560 No. 492 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:03,560 What is it? 493 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:04,560 Ten, fifteen dollar statue? 494 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:05,560 When's the price determine a case? 495 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,560 I realize it's a church statue but that doesn't give it priority. 496 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:09,560 It's important to them Captain. 497 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:10,560 Joe and I promised to get it back. 498 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:11,560 What do you got on him? 499 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:12,560 Nothing much. 500 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,560 Then why are you so big hearted? 501 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,560 Burglary Friday. 502 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:18,560 When? 503 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:19,560 No. 504 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:20,560 Don't say anything. 505 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:21,560 No. 506 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:22,560 Right. 507 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:23,560 It's Claude Stroop. 508 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:24,560 He just walked into the hotel. 509 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:25,560 He's our suspect. 510 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:26,560 Nobody's leaked to him? 511 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:27,560 No. 512 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:28,560 You'll keep. 513 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:29,560 You can run him down tomorrow. 514 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:30,560 It'll be too late then. 515 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,560 I need it for the first mass in the morning Skipper. 516 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,560 It's kind of a big thing for them. 517 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:35,560 I'm sorry. 518 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,560 I can't juggle details around so you can get a statue back. 519 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,560 If there's time later on we'll do our best. 520 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:40,560 Yes sir. 521 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:41,560 You better get over to the station. 522 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:42,560 Yes sir. 523 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,560 Will you call Father Rojas over at the mission? 524 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:45,560 Why? 525 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:46,560 Tell him we're too busy to work on that statue. 526 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:47,560 But we'll do it later. 527 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:48,560 Tomorrow? 528 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:49,560 Or when we get a chance? 529 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:50,560 Why can't you call him? 530 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:51,560 Well we better get over to the station. 531 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:52,560 If Patterson's on that bus we don't want to miss him. 532 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:53,560 All right. 533 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:54,560 I'll call him. 534 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:55,560 Ready? 535 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:56,560 Yeah. 536 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:57,560 I can send Fending and Pryor. 537 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:58,560 We might as well stay on that other thing. 538 00:17:58,560 --> 00:17:59,560 Whenever you say Captain. 539 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:00,560 You are listening to Dragnet. 540 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:01,560 The authentic story of your police force in action. 541 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:24,680 I'm going to get you a new 542 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:26,680 police officer. 543 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:31,680 We'll see you later. 544 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:33,920 443 PM. 545 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:36,160 We arrived at the Golden Dream Hotel. 546 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,320 The desk clerk was right. 547 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,200 Claude Stroop looked like a man who had had his troubles at bargain rates. 548 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,000 Your name Claude Stroop? 549 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,000 Yes sir. 550 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,000 Police officers. 551 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,120 We'd like to talk to you. 552 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:46,480 I didn't do anything against the law. 553 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:47,480 Honest. 554 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:48,480 I didn't do anything against it. 555 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:49,480 You haven't been accused. 556 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:50,480 Want to take you downtown. 557 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:51,480 We'd like to talk to you. 558 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:52,480 No sir. 559 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:53,480 I'm not going. 560 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:54,480 I'm not going anywhere. 561 00:18:54,480 --> 00:19:01,480 You're half wrong already. 562 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:08,280 515 PM. 563 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:09,720 We returned Stroop for interrogation. 564 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:11,240 He kept his word. 565 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,440 He refused to talk. 566 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,120 605 PM. 567 00:19:16,120 --> 00:19:17,120 Frank called Fay. 568 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:18,600 Told her he'd be a little late. 569 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:19,920 Stroop didn't move for a whole hour. 570 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,920 He sat and stared but he didn't talk. 571 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,080 640 PM. 572 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,320 We got a final report from pawn shop detail. 573 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:29,320 The shops were closed. 574 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,320 There was no statue. 575 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:32,320 Stroop still hadn't talked. 576 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,520 Don't you ever want to go home Stroop? 577 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,560 If I was to talk you wouldn't let me go. 578 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,680 Depends on what you'd say. 579 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,480 I'd say it wrong and I wouldn't get home. 580 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:41,480 You won't this way either. 581 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:42,480 I'd like to go. 582 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:43,480 You can bet on that. 583 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,320 This is the seventh year we had the program and I never missed a one. 584 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:48,920 And a single one. 585 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:50,840 Why don't you tell us what happened Stroop? 586 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:52,280 How would I know you'd let me go? 587 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:53,280 You wouldn't. 588 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:54,280 I might as well anyway. 589 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,480 All right what happened from Mass on? 590 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:57,480 Well there was Mass. 591 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:00,000 I came out and started down toward the hotel. 592 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Back up. 593 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,160 I left my stuff at the hotel and then I picked up George's car. 594 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:05,160 I didn't steal it. 595 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,480 He said I could have it any time I wanted. 596 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,720 Only this time I didn't ask him. 597 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:11,880 I took it and started off. 598 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:12,880 Well. 599 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,120 I should have asked but I just didn't. 600 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:20,440 I went over to Grand Avenue for the Christmas bulbs for this fellow sells in second hand. 601 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,400 It was coming out of the lot but I did it. 602 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:23,400 Yeah. 603 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,280 The bumper must have caught the other car. 604 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,560 Didn't leak too big a dent but there was this long scratch. 605 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,200 I got out and tried to wipe it off with my handkerchief. 606 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:32,600 You know spit on it like. 607 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,720 It only didn't do no good. 608 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,120 I didn't think anybody saw. 609 00:20:38,120 --> 00:20:40,560 I don't know how you fellas found out about it. 610 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,560 I'll check out the records. 611 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:43,560 Right. 612 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,600 Stroop we didn't bring you down here to talk about that. 613 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:47,600 We didn't? 614 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:48,600 No. 615 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:49,600 There's a statue missing from the church. 616 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:51,760 The statue of the child Jesus. 617 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:52,760 You mean I took it? 618 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,040 You took a bundle out of church. 619 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:55,040 Yes sir. 620 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,600 That was my other pants for the program tonight. 621 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,280 I had a place sold up and there was a button on it. 622 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:02,560 You can check. 623 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:06,080 I wouldn't take a statue. 624 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,240 I don't think you would either. 625 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,360 He's cleared out of records. 626 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:11,360 One hole. 627 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:12,360 For the program? 628 00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:13,360 You mean it's all right? 629 00:21:13,360 --> 00:21:14,360 Good night Stroop. 630 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:15,360 Good night. 631 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:20,120 Merry Christmas. 632 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:25,320 Why too? 633 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:29,560 I don't know. 634 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:39,920 We could stay and work on it tonight. 635 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:40,920 Wouldn't do any good. 636 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:41,920 We won't find it. 637 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:42,920 I don't think so. 638 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,840 Tell you kid and the priest. 639 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:46,840 Build his hope set. 640 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:57,600 Might as well go tell them now. 641 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:05,360 Merry Christmas. 642 00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:06,920 Seven twenty seven p.m. 643 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,920 We found Father Rojas. 644 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,320 Fright told him how it was, that we couldn't get the statue back by morning but that we'd 645 00:22:12,320 --> 00:22:13,840 keep trying during the week. 646 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:15,400 He said he understood. 647 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,560 We told him we had to get on. 648 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:23,840 As Frank and I started to leave, the doors at the main entrance to the church opened. 649 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:30,280 It was a good two hundred feet away. 650 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:34,800 It was hard to be sure but it looked like a small boy drawing a bright red wagon behind 651 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:39,920 him. 652 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,360 When he got closer you could see he was no bigger than a pint of milk. 653 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:51,240 It was a luminous eyed little Mexican boy with a face as young as yesterday. 654 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:56,480 The priest seemed to know him. 655 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:57,480 Paquito? 656 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:01,640 In the back of the wagon was the missing statue of the child Jesus. 657 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,360 He picked it up gently and walked up to the priest. 658 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:05,600 Father Rojas? 659 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:10,920 He just stood there looking up at Father Rojas. 660 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,400 Paco Mendoza, a boy from the parish. 661 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:14,400 Ask him where he found it. 662 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:15,400 Donde lo encontraste? 663 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:16,400 No lo encontré, lo cogí esta mañana. 664 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:17,400 He didn't find it, he took it. 665 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:18,400 Why? 666 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:19,400 Porque? 667 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:20,400 Todos los años Paquito rezo por un camisito rojo. 668 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:21,400 Este año Paquito rezo al niño Jesus. 669 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:22,400 Yo voy a buscarlo. 670 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:45,680 He says all through the years he's prayed for a red wagon. 671 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,160 This year he prayed to the child Jesus. 672 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:59,440 He promised that if he got the wagon the child Jesus would have the first ride in it. 673 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:03,080 He wants to know if the devil will come and take him to hell. 674 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,640 That's your department, Father. 675 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,760 No el diablo. 676 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:13,400 Eses amas a Paquito mucho. 677 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:14,960 We crossed over to the sanctuary. 678 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:19,560 With the help of Father Rojas the young boy replaced the infant Jesus in its rightful 679 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,760 place, the crib in the nativity scene. 680 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:28,480 Frank and I could have been wrong, but the small plaster statues seem to approve. 681 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:39,280 Mary, Joseph, the wise men, Gaspar, Melchior, Daldazar, the old shepherd, the young shepherd, 682 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:40,280 the peasant. 683 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,280 They all seem to approve. 684 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:51,960 Vuelve a tu casa, Paquito. 685 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:53,960 Priest told the boy to go home. 686 00:24:53,960 --> 00:25:07,160 He took hold of his wagon and started the long walk out of the church. 687 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:13,320 There wasn't much we could say. 688 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:14,920 There wasn't much to say. 689 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,160 We just stood there and watched him go. 690 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:33,000 Halfway up he turned to look back and he went on out. 691 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,080 I don't understand how he got that wagon today. 692 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,520 Don't kids wait for Santa Claus anymore? 693 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:39,560 It isn't from Santa Claus. 694 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,840 The firemen fix old toys and give them to new children. 695 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:44,840 Paquito's family, they're poor. 696 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:45,840 Are they, Father? 697 00:25:45,840 --> 00:26:08,740 They're really hungry, Fa quan. 698 00:26:38,740 --> 00:26:48,780 The story you have just heard is true. 699 00:26:48,780 --> 00:26:56,420 The names and locations were changed. 700 00:26:56,420 --> 00:27:01,700 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 701 00:27:01,700 --> 00:27:08,700 All advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department.