WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:13.440 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:13.440 --> 00:16.240 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:16.240 --> 00:17.240 Dragnet. 00:17.240 --> 00:30.120 You're a detective sergeant. 00:30.120 --> 00:31.120 You're assigned a robbery detail. 00:31.120 --> 00:34.440 For the past three weeks, a strong arm holdup man has been terrorizing the downtown area. 00:34.440 --> 00:38.440 You've got a description of the thief and a method of operation for him. 00:38.440 --> 00:41.440 Your job, finding. 00:41.440 --> 00:46.800 Dragnet. 00:46.800 --> 00:49.160 The documented drama of an actual crime. 00:49.160 --> 00:54.120 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 00:54.120 --> 00:58.800 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 00:58.800 --> 00:59.800 police files. 00:59.800 --> 01:05.800 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 01:05.800 --> 01:06.800 in action. 01:06.800 --> 01:12.000 It was Monday, May 3rd. 01:12.000 --> 01:14.000 It was warm in Los Angeles. 01:14.000 --> 01:15.840 We were working the night watch out a robbery detail. 01:15.840 --> 01:17.160 My partner is Frank Smith. 01:17.160 --> 01:18.760 The boss is Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 01:18.760 --> 01:19.760 My name is Frank. 01:19.760 --> 01:21.400 I was on the way back to the office. 01:21.400 --> 01:24.120 It was 4.02 p.m. when I got to room 27. 01:24.120 --> 01:25.120 Robbery. 01:25.120 --> 01:26.120 Hi, Joe. 01:26.120 --> 01:27.120 Hi. 01:27.120 --> 01:28.120 Jim, how's it going? 01:28.120 --> 01:29.120 Good. 01:29.120 --> 01:30.120 What do you got here? 01:30.120 --> 01:31.120 That's a new gimmick they're trying. 01:31.120 --> 01:32.120 What's it do? 01:32.120 --> 01:35.240 Suppose let all of us in the room hear what comes over the hotshot phone. 01:35.240 --> 01:36.720 You mean without picking it up, huh? 01:36.720 --> 01:37.720 Yeah. 01:37.720 --> 01:38.720 How does it work? 01:38.720 --> 01:39.720 Well, look, I'll show you. 01:39.720 --> 01:42.720 This knob here is the volume control. 01:42.720 --> 01:47.240 You just turn it on, put the phone on it like this. 01:47.240 --> 01:50.560 You have to adjust it so it gives most of what fits the earpiece. 01:50.560 --> 01:52.560 That's all there is to it. 01:52.560 --> 01:53.560 Where do we hear it? 01:53.560 --> 01:54.560 Through that speaker over there. 01:54.560 --> 01:55.560 Uh-huh. 01:55.560 --> 01:57.560 We got another one hooked up in the squad room. 01:57.560 --> 01:59.560 Well, we ought to be able to hear it any place then, huh? 01:59.560 --> 02:00.560 Yeah. 02:00.560 --> 02:01.960 You don't have to get up and pick up the receiver. 02:01.960 --> 02:02.960 You can hear the whole call. 02:02.960 --> 02:03.960 It should make a lot easier. 02:03.960 --> 02:04.960 We're going to keep it? 02:04.960 --> 02:06.960 We're just trying it out the way it looks. 02:06.960 --> 02:07.960 We'll leave it in. 02:07.960 --> 02:08.960 It ought to save a lot of steps. 02:08.960 --> 02:09.960 Oh. 02:09.960 --> 02:12.960 It's called a phonodeck, huh? 02:12.960 --> 02:13.960 Yeah. 02:13.960 --> 02:14.960 Works good. 02:14.960 --> 02:17.960 A lot better than trying to juggle a phone on your shoulder and write at the same time. 02:17.960 --> 02:20.960 And the desk man doesn't have to repeat what's said to everybody in the room. 02:20.960 --> 02:21.960 All right. 02:21.960 --> 02:23.960 I only got one question. 02:23.960 --> 02:24.960 What's that? 02:24.960 --> 02:26.960 Wilson and Market Street, Southeast corner, 211 and slugging. 02:26.960 --> 02:27.960 Never mind. 02:27.960 --> 02:28.960 I just got the answer. 02:28.960 --> 02:29.960 Huh? 02:29.960 --> 02:30.960 It works. 02:30.960 --> 02:37.960 Wilson and Market Street, Southeast corner, 211 and slugging. 02:37.960 --> 02:43.960 Frank, Jim, Austin, and I left the city hall. 02:43.960 --> 02:47.160 There was no way of telling from the hotshot call if the suspect was the one we were looking 02:47.160 --> 02:49.800 for or not, but either way, we had to check it out. 02:49.800 --> 02:51.720 It took us three minutes to get to the scene. 02:51.720 --> 02:54.440 An ambulance was in the area and they'd answered the call. 02:54.440 --> 02:56.160 The attendant was giving the victim first aid. 02:56.160 --> 02:59.960 She was a woman in her late 50s or early 60s. 02:59.960 --> 03:00.960 The woman was crying. 03:00.960 --> 03:01.960 I got the first aid. 03:01.960 --> 03:02.960 She was crying very hard. 03:02.960 --> 03:03.960 I was talking to somebody. 03:03.960 --> 03:04.960 It was a woman. 03:04.960 --> 03:05.960 I was talking to a man. 03:05.960 --> 03:06.960 I was talking to a woman. 03:06.960 --> 03:07.960 I was talking to a woman. 03:07.960 --> 03:08.960 And there was this woman in her bed. 03:08.960 --> 03:09.960 So I was thinking, I'm going to call the police. 03:09.960 --> 03:10.960 I'm going to call the police. 03:10.960 --> 03:11.960 I'm going to call the police. 03:11.960 --> 03:12.960 All right. 03:12.960 --> 03:13.960 Please. 03:13.960 --> 03:14.960 Do something. 03:14.960 --> 03:15.960 I can't stand my throat. 03:15.960 --> 03:16.960 Please do something. 03:16.960 --> 03:17.960 All right. 03:17.960 --> 03:18.960 We'll talk to her? 03:18.960 --> 03:19.960 Yeah. 03:19.960 --> 03:20.960 Make a brief. 03:20.960 --> 03:21.960 We got to move her in as soon as we can. 03:21.960 --> 03:22.960 All right. 03:22.960 --> 03:23.960 Lady, I'm a police officer. 03:23.960 --> 03:24.960 I've got to talk to you. 03:24.960 --> 03:25.960 Oh. 03:25.960 --> 03:26.960 Go away. 03:26.960 --> 03:27.960 I can't talk to anybody. 03:27.960 --> 03:34.560 hadn't Doncs I would say this movie I use I think 03:34.560 --> 03:40.560 a good one man. They do see 03:40.560 --> 03:46.620 what it would like Panni I'd get done. Like 03:46.620 --> 03:54.060 though no. Have aakes good. But happened with me Spiritual I 03:54.060 --> 04:01.020 I didn't know. I think the way. I want to let him have it and then he kicked me in 04:01.020 --> 04:07.220 the back and I. Just 04:07.220 --> 04:13.500 a minute miss McFadden. Excuse me sorry no have to give 04:13.500 --> 04:26.900 a more. The man. Was 04:26.900 --> 04:35.780 he tall. About five foot eight five ten maybe. Or was he dark. Did he say anything 04:35.780 --> 04:44.700 to you at all no. Well you're wearing a coat. When you're wearing a coat. 04:47.420 --> 04:51.860 Yes ma'am. I don't know. Me and I. 04:51.860 --> 05:02.740 Know. My my. I mean I didn't feel it. Anymore. 05:10.820 --> 05:17.700 We'll take her in. What you find out Jim and he talked to 05:17.700 --> 05:21.660 a new boy on the corner did you see it at the beginning for the woman screen turned around so 05:21.660 --> 05:25.940 that I bring his knee up your back up on the sidewalk to the other look at it yeah 05:26.020 --> 05:30.340 so it's about down that way. But I ran after when he realized he couldn't tag him he came back call the 05:30.340 --> 05:35.220 ambulance how about a description gave that the other fellows they got it out. How's it 05:35.220 --> 05:40.740 going to you to all the way the guy will come for. Switches them always hit in the daytime now 05:40.740 --> 05:52.740 you know something else that old lady he's getting braver all the time. We 05:52.740 --> 05:56.420 talked to the witness of what he told us about the suspect it was the same person we were after 05:56.860 --> 06:00.860 was only one change in his method of operations that are waiting for darkness he was now hitting in 06:00.860 --> 06:06.020 the daylight hours during the time we spent on the case the staff office had made several runs trying 06:06.020 --> 06:10.540 to give us some kind of a lead everything about the suspect had been checked and rechecked special 06:10.540 --> 06:15.620 show up to arrange impossible suspect was shown to the victims in spite of our efforts the suspect 06:15.620 --> 06:20.380 continued to run free Wednesday May 5th Frank I stopped for dinner across the street from the city 06:20.380 --> 06:31.500 hall. The big thing now what's that mom both mom both and that they've been trying to get me 06:31.500 --> 06:37.660 to learn to see that on TV all of. They said the man looks sophisticated when he does it so she says 06:37.660 --> 06:44.660 that yeah I think it would. Would want to make me look to the kid you want me to be honest 06:45.140 --> 06:50.940 charge I don't think anything could do that for you. I'm glad to hear it all but I'm going to 06:50.940 --> 06:59.020 tell a thing keep her off my back about taking them lessons. I do I did because I don't 06:59.900 --> 07:05.300 pretty good at Donahoe said you're going to. My partner Frank Smith is Dick Blake writes for 07:05.300 --> 07:12.100 the L.A. Examiner. I haven't seen you for a while Frank. Want a cup of coffee No no thanks I just 07:12.100 --> 07:17.060 had dinner. You're looking for something special day like to get a story on the stronger man you 07:17.060 --> 07:21.700 fellas are after anything you can give me no you've got about all of it what about the McFadden 07:21.700 --> 07:25.620 woman she's going to be all right we haven't heard me I call the county hospital staff and then 07:25.620 --> 07:30.740 I said her legs been set to take some time to heal given her new kind of serum she's going to 07:30.740 --> 07:35.580 be all right though I'm not sure yet I don't know if there's any injury to her spine sure 07:35.580 --> 07:40.340 roughly the way this guy does business we've been getting calls for the last ten days letters the 07:40.340 --> 07:43.980 editor is everything you know you get in line they could be coming at us from all sides what 07:43.980 --> 07:49.980 he got on. Well we ought to put out a mini graph answer that. Take a lot of paper is there anything 07:49.980 --> 07:54.180 I can have no secret most of the victims are told the same story guy comes up to start the 07:54.180 --> 07:59.620 conversation about a ride some place a cup of coffee anything for the victim down. First chance 07:59.620 --> 08:03.660 it gets he slams victim into a wall and asked for the money before the McFadden when he worked at 08:03.660 --> 08:09.860 night didn't you know what about his choice of victims a possible tie in there. Not that we can 08:09.860 --> 08:15.260 find anybody on the street is right you got description on yeah white male American around 08:15.260 --> 08:20.380 thirty dark hair dark eyes hundred sixty five pounds five eight five ten that's a couple of 08:20.380 --> 08:24.860 thousand people yeah now what about the area he's working is there anything there to make most of his 08:24.860 --> 08:30.300 pickups down around the plaza and what about the victims himself winning well usually look like 08:30.300 --> 08:34.260 the care money no not all the time last week he beat up a service man it's a very close he took 08:34.260 --> 08:38.380 forty four dollars from him it didn't look like he had a dime in his pocket yeah nothing about 08:38.380 --> 08:42.420 this guy that's a pattern that there's only one thing we can drop in the pocket he's mean the way 08:42.420 --> 08:45.540 it works to kick it gets out of beating up a person's got to mean more than just money to him 08:45.540 --> 08:51.460 yeah well one more thing how close are you outside a country mile half the divisions been on his tail 08:51.460 --> 08:55.460 this keeps up Metro's gonna ask for an increase in budget to hire more men we got the area covered 08:55.460 --> 09:01.140 like rain and he don't get wet well I gotta get back to the office write something try to take it 09:01.140 --> 09:05.700 easy on us when look we're on your side now thanks for the help okay see you around right so I'm 09:05.700 --> 09:09.900 Frank thank cool yeah anything comes up let me know huh we get something you'll hear about it 09:09.900 --> 09:23.820 sure like to get a break on the story well we're both even there so would we. For the next week 09:23.820 --> 09:28.060 the patrol of the streets continued the strong arm bad it hit three more times each time the 09:28.060 --> 09:31.620 victim and the witnesses gave us the same description it matched the suspect we were 09:31.620 --> 09:38.020 looking for Thursday May 13th seven fifty two p.m. we go back to the squad room and then come in 09:38.020 --> 09:43.260 now take back on Hawaii how does it look no good what do you mean according to Brett and he's been 09:43.260 --> 09:47.340 in jail for the last two months yeah waiting for trial in Stockton what does it say what he fell 09:47.340 --> 09:59.460 for armed robbery graduated I got it robbery Friday hello yeah well could you speak up I can't 09:59.460 --> 10:11.020 hear you yeah that's better how's that. Well what was that name again yeah well now give me your 10:11.020 --> 10:20.140 name no we can't do much with that. What do you got all this is an even a strong arm bad it's 10:20.140 --> 10:25.620 Benny Jessup what about the person called I'm not an honor yeah what do you think was one way to 10:25.620 --> 10:36.420 find out yeah ask many just. After we checked the name through our night Frank and I went out to 10:36.420 --> 10:56.620 Benny Jessup's address. Benny just. How what do you want you Benny just yeah police officers want 10:56.620 --> 11:01.540 to talk to you. Looking for something special couple of questions I want to ask you sure I 11:01.540 --> 11:06.460 got no baby cops appreciate it you keep it short I got big trouble but this cells might help. 11:06.460 --> 11:17.460 Now you got to hold it in bad food really. You know what's it all about you've been arrested 11:17.460 --> 11:22.980 just. You know look to be a lot easier and faster if I start off telling you I've been around you 11:22.980 --> 11:26.340 guys check the record before you came up here you know I fell once for burglary you know I'm 11:26.340 --> 11:30.460 free now I don't know nobody nothing let's go from there all right you got a job yeah what do you do 11:30.460 --> 11:38.060 I'm a candy butcher but I still can where one of the theaters downtown when you work nights name 11:38.060 --> 11:44.380 them Monday through Saturday what our check in at four work till eleven eleven thirty how come you're 11:44.380 --> 11:49.820 not there tonight I told you I'm sick how long you had the job a couple of years anybody at the 11:49.820 --> 11:54.580 theater to back that up when you mean well anybody else so you're there you better tell me what this 11:54.580 --> 11:59.300 is about I'm not hung up on anything I got no part of any action you guys are in on it comes down 11:59.300 --> 12:04.500 to one thing you can prove you're working every night you're clean yeah I know that now how do you 12:04.500 --> 12:09.300 sell this candy hmm where are you in the theater when you work all over store room lobby all over 12:09.300 --> 12:14.420 you got a regular stand you work in the aisle stand in a lobby somebody there take tickets yeah well 12:14.420 --> 12:18.100 I ought to be able to tell them Jimmy tell you nothing I've been working since I got out of the 12:18.100 --> 12:22.100 joint you go down there and start asking a lot of questions you're going to cause a lot of trouble 12:22.100 --> 12:27.300 that right I will get me fired don't worry about it yeah easy to say you haven't got the job better 12:27.300 --> 12:32.460 call and check yeah you got a phone you see one around give me the number I don't know what you 12:32.460 --> 12:37.900 work there but you don't know the phone number I forgot where is the place current third and 12:37.900 --> 12:42.260 well or what's the manager's name you got to talk to him I look I can do it on the phone or we can 12:42.260 --> 12:48.740 go on down there how do you want it names Woodrum I'll take a joke if you tell me what this is about 12:48.740 --> 12:54.260 if it fits you'll know who turned you on me what look who tried the box job you got reason to come 12:54.260 --> 12:58.100 up here I don't know what you're digging for but I'm not around somebody gave you my name didn't 12:58.100 --> 13:02.260 they heard it who if we told you the truth you wouldn't believe it somebody I know it's hard to 13:02.260 --> 13:08.300 say you just need two words what's that first and last name we got a call we don't know who it was 13:08.300 --> 13:11.900 from person said we were looking for you and you battle up here and rousting you've got no 13:11.900 --> 13:17.540 rousting we had to check it out what is it burglary no well I'm home free only thing I ever fell for I 13:17.540 --> 13:24.300 learned about it you talk to Woodrum yeah what about my job you know my whole he's been there every 13:24.300 --> 13:28.380 work night for the last four months and I told you all right you're out but somebody's on your back 13:28.380 --> 13:33.100 nothing new I've been carrying a lot of people I guess if we'll leave it right there keep your 13:33.100 --> 13:39.300 nose clean thanks a lot not sure I want you on my team huh but what about my job what a woodroom 13:39.300 --> 13:43.780 say you got no trouble what do you mean he says take care of yourself yeah good work tomorrow night 13:43.780 --> 13:52.460 we'll see you're on just. I didn't tell him everything what I talked to manager on the phone 13:52.460 --> 13:56.820 he filmed me and you know you know the guy who called you know what about him he's an usher down 13:56.820 --> 14:09.300 there yeah he wants to be a candy but. Frank and I left just went downtown to talk to the theater 14:09.300 --> 14:13.380 manager in person he verified the fact that just a bit of work during the hours of the robberies 14:13.380 --> 14:18.420 other people who work in the theater with question their statements ruled out just as our suspect 14:18.420 --> 14:23.180 another day went by there were several strong robberies in the downtown area but none with the 14:23.180 --> 14:28.940 same viciousness used by our suspect Saturday May 15th Frank and I got back to the office I had 14:28.940 --> 14:34.260 your Frank Jim fine when you got there talk to skipper this afternoon had a meeting with 14:34.260 --> 14:38.500 Chief Brown you know they drew the line said we got to come up with something we got half a minute 14:38.500 --> 14:42.420 Metro working on it now all the streets are covered there's not much more we can do you guys got to 14:42.420 --> 14:48.100 make a mistake all we need is a little time skipper just cut off the supply any ideas yeah I've been 14:48.100 --> 14:53.820 going over take a look at this man. Most of the strong arms have been taking place in this area 14:53.820 --> 15:01.780 you know we've had cars here here along here and covering the alleys in here. But suppose we put 15:01.780 --> 15:07.580 our own men in that area on foot decoy system yeah I think we haven't tried my work some of the do 15:07.580 --> 15:13.740 how do we set it up guy makes most of his pickups around the plaza right and we start from there each 15:13.740 --> 15:18.180 night one of us walked around the streets try to pick the guy up other two following the car what's 15:18.180 --> 15:23.100 the captain think of the idea and talk to him yet he can't be the possibility when do we start how 15:23.100 --> 15:27.260 about tonight well let's go wait a minute who's going to do the walking doesn't make a lot of 15:27.260 --> 15:37.820 a difference how about flipping a coin I've been fine. When you didn't get 15:37.820 --> 15:48.940 a job I went I hope so. For the next two days the plan was carried out the thief didn't hit 15:48.940 --> 15:54.940 began to wonder if he quit his operation Monday May 17 while Frank and Jim Austin followed me in 15:54.940 --> 16:00.500 a unit one K.T.I. Actors decoy twelve forty seven AM it looked like another wasted night. 16:09.740 --> 16:14.220 You got a much yeah. I want to hear it. 16:17.620 --> 16:18.340 I don't like. 16:18.340 --> 16:20.220 The. 16:24.220 --> 16:25.700 Community I want to take. 16:30.300 --> 16:32.340 I thought I were you don't let me go. 16:36.500 --> 16:37.980 Get your hands against the wall come on. 16:37.980 --> 16:42.060 Move. Back. 16:46.100 --> 16:51.140 My door show cop. Jim yeah here you go. 16:52.220 --> 17:00.100 I like you and down. What's 17:00.100 --> 17:03.140 your name why don't you find out where well we want to save time. 17:03.140 --> 17:11.860 Joe Schaefer what's your name fellow. What's your name you're not going to do any good 17:11.860 --> 17:15.620 with him what do you mean he's deaf hearing aids broken you're not getting through it all 17:15.620 --> 17:21.140 that's all when you tell us his name. So the two of you in this scene but I ask you 17:21.140 --> 17:26.220 a question you got an answer what you're telling I can't hear what you said never mind. I told 17:26.220 --> 17:39.340 you you wouldn't get through you got it wrong I will get through. You 17:39.340 --> 17:43.500 are listening to drag me the authentic story of your police force in action. 17:43.500 --> 17:55.740 Frank you're not going to make it the suspects of the city hall for questioning you guys 17:55.740 --> 17:59.420 got nothing on us you're sitting on a place all right we got your made on tonight time 17:59.420 --> 18:02.260 we get through will take you for at least ten more times you're going to stick to coffee 18:02.260 --> 18:05.660 hasn't anybody going to let me know what's going on can't you fix it things we're going 18:05.660 --> 18:09.860 to take in here what do you guys live big cop that's what you're going to do it the hard 18:09.860 --> 18:13.900 way that's how you want it you get no help from me that works both ways you're whistling 18:13.900 --> 18:18.980 anyway you may be got us for tonight that's all what's going on oh shut up be careful 18:18.980 --> 18:22.580 what you tell them you guys work alone you got a reason I think there's anybody else 18:22.580 --> 18:26.340 we want you to tell us you're off your rocker cop better put a button on that mouse shaper 18:26.340 --> 18:29.620 where you've treated people doesn't give you a soft ticket make any difference how I got 18:29.620 --> 18:32.660 it I'm going to write it all the way when you stick with that and see where you land 18:32.660 --> 18:37.220 really off your rocker isn't anybody going to tell me what's going on I take everything 18:37.220 --> 18:41.460 out of your pocket paper fine come on put it right there on the table. 18:48.540 --> 18:53.140 A lot of paper there you always carry that much money yeah how much is there I don't 18:53.620 --> 18:58.580 know some idea I may be three four hundred dollars you work for a living no where'd you 18:58.580 --> 19:03.740 get the money from a bank what you used to take it out what a gun or a pen I didn't steal 19:03.740 --> 19:07.300 it if that's what you're trying to build a lot of money how'd you get it my old man left 19:07.300 --> 19:12.300 it so you don't work at all and I don't believe in it how about him no no he doesn't work 19:12.300 --> 19:18.900 either what do you say about me he wants to know if you work huh he wants to know if you 19:18.900 --> 19:25.700 work no none of us do Giles Dave and me have incomes none of us were shut up who's Dave 19:26.580 --> 19:29.740 I don't know now look we're about to play in games with you you come in here like you're 19:29.740 --> 19:32.380 twelve feet tall and try to throw your weight around what I'm going to work something you 19:32.380 --> 19:37.020 realize that the better is going to be for you now how about it who is he you know come 19:37.020 --> 19:40.820 up with it how much you think you'll do to get you out of here what he can not it's not 19:40.820 --> 19:44.140 going to hold your stuff you can call it two ways easy in your know what you're going to 19:44.140 --> 19:51.340 be. How about it. What do you want to know this day what's his full name 19:51.620 --> 19:57.500 Santa was he with you in all the robberies yeah but about tonight stay on why he set up 19:57.500 --> 20:01.140 all the others we figured we'd pull this from my cell where they now I don't know home I 20:01.140 --> 20:06.500 guess where's that apartment on from that's in Hollywood yeah what's the phone number 20:07.260 --> 20:12.220 what are you going to do just give me the phone number will you. Hollywood nine eight 20:12.220 --> 20:18.660 eight four four. I'll dial if you just talk. You're going to use 20:18.660 --> 20:34.300 a gadget to yell might as well know listen. When 20:34.300 --> 20:50.000 Hollywood nine eight eight four four. When he 20:50.000 --> 21:05.240 answers you just talk right into that thing. Hello. 21:06.680 --> 21:16.320 Dave yeah you just yeah yeah. Pretty good coming home right away yeah I'll go out get 21:16.320 --> 21:21.160 some beer I should be back by the time you guys get it OK Dave see you as soon as you 21:21.160 --> 21:25.240 get home we'll have a celebration yeah sure I'll tell you what I'll give the girls 21:25.240 --> 21:31.880 a call all right to you yes fine I want to thank. You know that I always got 21:31.880 --> 21:36.960 a couple of girlfriends you better stop on the way home. What for you can pick up 21:36.960 --> 21:49.640 a couple more guys. We ran David Santel's name and description through our and I 21:49.640 --> 21:52.440 and we found that he served a term at the county jail for violation of the state 21:52.440 --> 21:56.120 narcotics that there was no record on either Giles Schaeffer or Sydney Remmer 21:56.800 --> 21:59.880 Remmer was taken to the main jail and Frank and I along with Jim Austin and Joe 21:59.880 --> 22:03.360 Schaeffer drove out the sand tells apartment was a large place in the 22:03.360 --> 22:07.240 Hollywood area while Jim Austin stayed with the suspect Frank and I checked with 22:07.240 --> 22:11.000 a man he told us that Santella left a few minutes before we got to the point. 22:11.960 --> 22:17.840 Before this went inside. I know you want to sit down you guys sure throw muscle or 22:17.840 --> 22:24.240 I know we've got a long way to get you. What am I supposed to do when they come 22:24.240 --> 22:27.920 back to sit there and keep your mouth shut. You know it's going to be pretty 22:27.920 --> 22:31.360 interesting what's that expression on your face when the judge turns his loose 22:31.360 --> 22:37.080 will don't make book on it. When you guys never do one on a stage work and you 22:37.080 --> 22:42.480 always live high don't you say that. You're all set. 22:48.200 --> 22:51.320 Now there anything else you want to throw now cause me more trouble I'll make a 22:51.320 --> 22:54.360 hole in you big enough to walk through all right all right turn around. 22:57.280 --> 23:00.240 Clean but you have done you don't need those I'm not going to get any trouble 23:00.240 --> 23:04.320 let's make sure I told you not to put those on me try to muscle this cop I got 23:04.320 --> 23:06.840 a lawyer going to be on the carpet for this time we get through it you'll have 23:06.840 --> 23:09.360 your walk in a beat so far out you'll be lucky to get home on weekend you know 23:09.360 --> 23:12.280 you're going to make me sick to my stomach you lean on some old man or woman 23:12.280 --> 23:15.200 you're strong I'm a service man you got about as much guts as an underfed worm 23:15.200 --> 23:18.200 I just save it for the court on your mouth I'll let you know when I'm through 23:18.800 --> 23:21.080 I'm going to tell you something you remember what happened to you tonight you 23:21.080 --> 23:23.560 put it on the wire and get it around to the rest of the two bit bums that work 23:23.560 --> 23:26.800 the same filthy operation you tell them every time they put the arm on an old 23:26.800 --> 23:29.720 man every time they slug a service man they're never going to know it might be 23:29.720 --> 23:33.200 a cop and if it's not the before of us waiting in the next doorway so before you 23:33.200 --> 23:36.520 roll that next victim you think about that when you got it all off your chest 23:36.520 --> 23:39.200 now no I got one more thing for you you're going to jail and we're going to 23:39.200 --> 23:42.440 drop every book we got on you there's a mirror in the car on the way in you look 23:42.440 --> 23:45.200 at it and smile what for be happy you still got all those teeth. 23:53.680 --> 23:58.240 The story you just heard is true the names were changed to protect the innocent 23:58.240 --> 24:03.160 on September 14th trial was held in Department 98 Superior Court of the 24:03.160 --> 24:06.040 state of California in and for the county of Los Angeles 24:14.040 --> 24:19.960 Giles Herbert Schaefer David Arthur Santel and Sidney Thomas Remmler were 24:19.960 --> 24:24.480 tried and convicted of robbery on the first degree 14 counts and received 24:24.480 --> 24:29.160 sentence as prescribed by law robbery in the first degree is punishable by 24:29.160 --> 24:33.080 imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not less than five years on each 24:33.080 --> 24:38.280 count because of the viciousness shown by the suspects their sentences were 24:38.280 --> 24:39.920 set to run consecutively. 24:39.920 --> 24:54.280 DRAGNET is a presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service.