WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:13.520 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:13.520 --> 00:16.320 The names have been changed to protect the innocents. 00:16.320 --> 00:17.320 Dragnet. 00:17.320 --> 00:30.160 Your detective sergeant, you're assigned a robbery detail. 00:30.160 --> 00:34.920 For the past ten days, a gunman has been terrorizing the downtown area of your city. 00:34.920 --> 00:37.000 You know he's armed and dangerous. 00:37.000 --> 00:40.800 Your job, stop him. 00:40.800 --> 00:48.000 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 00:48.000 --> 00:52.720 For the next thirty minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you 00:52.720 --> 00:57.040 will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from 00:57.040 --> 00:59.120 official police violence. 00:59.120 --> 01:04.320 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 01:04.320 --> 01:05.320 in action. 01:05.320 --> 01:11.120 It was Tuesday, October 5th. 01:11.120 --> 01:12.120 It was raining in Los Angeles. 01:12.120 --> 01:13.920 We were working the night watch out of robbery detail. 01:13.920 --> 01:15.200 My partner is Frank Smith. 01:15.200 --> 01:17.160 The boss is TV detective, Stad Brown. 01:17.160 --> 01:18.160 My name's Bridie. 01:18.160 --> 01:19.640 I got on my way back from Metropolitan Division. 01:19.640 --> 01:22.840 It was 7.56 p.m. when I got to the city hall. 01:22.840 --> 01:23.840 Robbery squad room. 01:23.840 --> 01:27.080 Hey buddy, you didn't have to make a special trip in to bring the size. 01:27.080 --> 01:29.520 Well, I might have forgot it tomorrow and left it in the car again. 01:29.520 --> 01:30.520 Here you are. 01:30.520 --> 01:31.520 Oh, thanks. 01:31.520 --> 01:37.080 Hey, the card's still in the box, you want it? 01:37.080 --> 01:38.080 No. 01:38.080 --> 01:39.080 Hey, look at this. 01:39.080 --> 01:40.080 Real pretty. 01:40.080 --> 01:41.080 Go good with my brown suit. 01:41.080 --> 01:42.080 Real silk too, huh? 01:42.080 --> 01:47.080 That's a pretty clever idea, putting a name on a tie like that. 01:47.080 --> 01:48.080 Don't you think? 01:48.080 --> 01:49.080 Yeah. 01:49.080 --> 01:51.080 I used to do the same thing with ink and paper when I was a kid. 01:51.080 --> 01:54.080 You know, put a gob of ink on the paper and then fold it over. 01:54.080 --> 01:57.360 I got some pretty weird looking pictures. 01:57.360 --> 02:00.240 This name business makes a nice neat tie pattern, don't you think, Joe? 02:00.240 --> 02:01.760 Yeah, if you don't mind the switch. 02:01.760 --> 02:02.760 On the name you mean? 02:02.760 --> 02:03.760 Yeah. 02:03.760 --> 02:04.760 No. 02:04.760 --> 02:05.760 Unless you're looking for it, you wouldn't know it said Joe Friday. 02:05.760 --> 02:06.760 Here, take a look. 02:06.760 --> 02:07.760 See? 02:07.760 --> 02:08.760 This is gonna happen to me when I'm wearing it. 02:08.760 --> 02:09.760 Kinda hard to see. 02:09.760 --> 02:10.760 Yeah, well, as long as you're satisfied, you're the one that's gonna wear it. 02:10.760 --> 02:11.760 Well, sure. 02:11.760 --> 02:12.760 Looks great to me. 02:12.760 --> 02:17.760 Of course, if you're gonna turn your head sideways and read it, then you can see it says Joe Friday, 02:17.760 --> 02:20.760 but I don't think people are gonna go to all that trouble. 02:20.760 --> 02:21.760 You think so? 02:21.760 --> 02:22.760 No, I don't think so. 02:22.760 --> 02:23.760 You talk stoner? 02:23.760 --> 02:24.760 Yeah, so it's gonna mean it's later. 02:24.760 --> 02:25.760 All right, better get going, huh? 02:25.760 --> 02:26.760 Yeah. 02:26.760 --> 02:30.400 I think your coat is coming down pretty hard out there. 02:30.400 --> 02:31.400 All right. 02:31.400 --> 02:33.400 You think it'll keep the suspect in, Glenn? 02:33.400 --> 02:34.400 I don't know. 02:34.400 --> 02:35.400 It isn't gonna work for us. 02:35.400 --> 02:36.400 Hot shot, I got it. 02:36.400 --> 02:37.400 Let's go. 02:37.400 --> 02:38.400 2-11 at Flower and 14. 02:38.400 --> 02:39.400 Frank and I left the office and drove out to the address. 02:39.400 --> 02:40.400 It was a small neighborhood liquor store. 02:40.400 --> 02:53.360 In spite of the heavy rain, a large part of the 02:53.360 --> 02:59.080 crowd had already gathered in front of the place. 02:59.080 --> 03:02.080 We parked our car and tried to get into the store. 03:02.080 --> 03:04.080 Let us through here, folks, please. 03:04.080 --> 03:05.080 Now, stop pushing. 03:05.080 --> 03:06.080 There's no reason to give you a special pass. 03:06.080 --> 03:07.080 Police officer, let us through. 03:07.080 --> 03:08.080 I didn't know. 03:08.080 --> 03:09.080 It's all right. 03:09.080 --> 03:10.080 Let us through here. 03:10.080 --> 03:17.520 I've been around, seen a lot of tough guys, but there was something wrong with this fellow. 03:17.520 --> 03:18.520 Back there, Joe. 03:18.520 --> 03:19.520 No. 03:19.520 --> 03:20.520 You called the ambulance yet. 03:20.520 --> 03:22.160 Can't we do something for poor Claude? 03:22.160 --> 03:23.760 Don't just let him lay there. 03:23.760 --> 03:24.760 You from downtown? 03:24.760 --> 03:25.760 That's right. 03:25.760 --> 03:26.760 Friday and Smith Central Robberies. 03:26.760 --> 03:27.760 You answered the call? 03:27.760 --> 03:28.760 Me and my partner. 03:28.760 --> 03:29.760 That him outside? 03:29.760 --> 03:30.760 That's right. 03:30.760 --> 03:31.760 You get a description? 03:31.760 --> 03:32.760 It's out. 03:32.760 --> 03:33.760 Okay. 03:33.760 --> 03:34.760 Ain't anybody gonna ask me what happened? 03:34.760 --> 03:35.760 Yes, sir. 03:35.760 --> 03:36.760 Just a minute, please. 03:36.760 --> 03:37.760 Seems all you fellas are interested in is what the guy looked like. 03:37.760 --> 03:38.760 Don't nobody want to know what happened? 03:38.760 --> 03:39.760 Yes, sir. 03:39.760 --> 03:40.760 We do. 03:40.760 --> 03:41.760 If you'll wait just a minute, please. 03:41.760 --> 03:42.760 No choice. 03:42.760 --> 03:43.760 Anything more I can do here? 03:43.760 --> 03:44.760 No, not right now. 03:44.760 --> 03:45.760 Okay. 03:45.760 --> 03:46.760 I'll be outside if you need anything. 03:46.760 --> 03:47.760 Right. 03:47.760 --> 03:48.760 Thanks. 03:48.760 --> 03:49.760 All right, sir. 03:49.760 --> 03:50.760 You want to tell us? 03:50.760 --> 03:51.760 About time. 03:51.760 --> 03:54.120 I wonder you fellas don't catch anybody. 03:54.120 --> 03:56.120 Don't slow down long enough for me to tell you what happened. 03:56.120 --> 03:57.120 Uh-huh. 03:57.120 --> 03:58.120 You want to go ahead? 03:58.120 --> 04:00.120 Worst thing I ever saw in my whole life. 04:00.120 --> 04:01.120 Most terrible. 04:01.120 --> 04:02.120 Yes, sir. 04:02.120 --> 04:03.120 Were you alone in the store when the shooting occurred? 04:03.120 --> 04:04.120 No. 04:04.120 --> 04:05.120 Who else was there? 04:05.120 --> 04:06.120 Claude, Anita, and me. 04:06.120 --> 04:07.120 Claude Victor, that's right. 04:07.120 --> 04:08.120 Yeah. 04:08.120 --> 04:09.120 Yeah. 04:09.120 --> 04:10.120 That's him there. 04:10.120 --> 04:11.120 Yes, sir. 04:11.120 --> 04:12.400 Don't you think somebody ought to do something for him? 04:12.400 --> 04:13.960 Seems like the ambulance ought to be here. 04:13.960 --> 04:15.960 Well, he's dead, sir. 04:15.960 --> 04:16.960 Claude? 04:16.960 --> 04:17.960 That's right. 04:17.960 --> 04:18.960 You've got to catch the fellow who had done this. 04:18.960 --> 04:20.320 Most brutal thing I ever saw. 04:20.320 --> 04:21.400 No reason for any of it. 04:21.400 --> 04:22.640 That guy was off his rocker. 04:22.640 --> 04:23.640 You mentioned somebody named Anita. 04:23.640 --> 04:24.640 Is she still here? 04:24.640 --> 04:25.640 Yeah. 04:25.640 --> 04:26.640 In the back room. 04:26.640 --> 04:27.960 She wasn't feeling too good. 04:27.960 --> 04:29.680 Almost scared her half to death. 04:29.680 --> 04:31.760 Went back there to take an aspirin and lay down. 04:31.760 --> 04:32.760 Scared. 04:32.760 --> 04:34.000 I wonder if we could talk to her. 04:34.000 --> 04:35.000 You have to? 04:35.000 --> 04:36.000 Yes, sir. 04:36.000 --> 04:37.000 Okay. 04:37.000 --> 04:38.000 I'll go get her. 04:38.000 --> 04:39.000 You just wait here. 04:39.000 --> 04:40.000 Anita? 04:40.000 --> 04:41.000 Anita? 04:41.000 --> 04:42.000 It's me, Henry. 04:42.000 --> 04:43.000 Can you come out? 04:43.000 --> 04:44.000 Please. 04:44.000 --> 04:45.000 They want to talk to you. 04:45.000 --> 04:46.000 I'm sorry. 04:46.000 --> 04:47.000 I'm sorry. 04:47.000 --> 04:48.000 I'm sorry. 04:48.000 --> 04:49.000 I'm sorry. 04:49.000 --> 04:50.000 I'm sorry. 04:50.000 --> 04:53.800 They want to talk to you. 04:53.800 --> 04:54.800 We don't like to bother you, lady. 04:54.800 --> 04:55.800 We'll try to be as brief as possible. 04:55.800 --> 04:56.800 It's all right. 04:56.800 --> 04:58.440 Would you give us your name? 04:58.440 --> 04:59.840 This is Miss Anita Blaine. 04:59.840 --> 05:01.380 I'm Hamley Dawson. 05:01.380 --> 05:02.880 I don't think you told us your name. 05:02.880 --> 05:03.880 Miss Frank Smith. 05:03.880 --> 05:04.880 My name's Friday. 05:04.880 --> 05:05.880 Hello. 05:05.880 --> 05:06.880 How are you doing? 05:06.880 --> 05:07.880 Is there anything we can get for you, Miss Blaine? 05:07.880 --> 05:08.880 No, I'm all right now. 05:08.880 --> 05:09.880 All right. 05:09.880 --> 05:10.880 Would you tell us what happened? 05:10.880 --> 05:13.320 We was back at the counter playing a game of cribbage. 05:13.320 --> 05:14.320 You and the victim? 05:14.320 --> 05:15.320 Yeah. 05:15.320 --> 05:16.320 Me and Claude. 05:16.320 --> 05:17.320 His full name's Claude Langford. 05:17.320 --> 05:18.320 We was there playing the game. 05:18.320 --> 05:20.360 Were you in the store at the time? 05:20.360 --> 05:21.360 No. 05:21.360 --> 05:22.360 I came in later. 05:22.360 --> 05:24.480 I'm trying to tell you in the right order. 05:24.480 --> 05:25.480 Can't do it if you're going to keep interrupting. 05:25.480 --> 05:26.480 All right. 05:26.480 --> 05:27.480 You go right ahead. 05:27.480 --> 05:28.480 Oh, we were having a good game. 05:28.480 --> 05:29.480 Claude was ahead. 05:29.480 --> 05:30.480 Already made the first turn. 05:30.480 --> 05:32.840 Oh, my crib and I really had a good hand. 05:32.840 --> 05:33.840 Might have caught him. 05:33.840 --> 05:34.840 Yes, sir. 05:34.840 --> 05:36.640 We were just about to play the hand when the door opened. 05:36.640 --> 05:37.640 Kind of surprising. 05:37.640 --> 05:38.640 Why is that? 05:38.640 --> 05:40.680 Didn't figure anybody would be out on a night like this. 05:40.680 --> 05:41.680 I see. 05:41.680 --> 05:42.680 It was this young kid. 05:42.680 --> 05:43.680 All right. 05:43.680 --> 05:44.680 Go ahead. 05:44.680 --> 05:45.960 Come in and ask me where we kept the canned nuts. 05:45.960 --> 05:47.960 You know, cashews and almonds? 05:47.960 --> 05:48.960 Yes, sir. 05:48.960 --> 05:50.400 Pointed it out for him. 05:50.400 --> 05:51.400 He went over to have a look. 05:51.400 --> 05:52.400 Mm-hmm. 05:52.400 --> 05:55.880 Claude and me started back to the game, but the kid found what he wanted and he came up 05:55.880 --> 05:56.880 to the counter. 05:56.880 --> 05:57.880 All right. 05:57.880 --> 05:58.880 I got up to wait on him. 05:58.880 --> 06:01.360 Handed me a $5 bill for two cans of peanuts. 06:01.360 --> 06:02.360 Yeah. 06:02.360 --> 06:03.360 Opened the register to get change. 06:03.360 --> 06:04.800 That's when he pulled the gun. 06:04.800 --> 06:05.800 Where'd he have the gun? 06:05.800 --> 06:07.160 In his overcoat pocket. 06:07.160 --> 06:08.160 It was funny, though. 06:08.160 --> 06:10.160 And not funny, ha-ha, but funny. 06:10.160 --> 06:11.160 Odd. 06:11.160 --> 06:12.160 You know? 06:12.160 --> 06:13.160 How do you mean that? 06:13.160 --> 06:15.240 Well, you know how most raincoats have a little slit in the pocket so you can reach into your 06:15.240 --> 06:17.240 pants pockets without unbuttoning your raincoat? 06:17.240 --> 06:18.240 Yeah, I know what you mean. 06:18.240 --> 06:20.960 Well, the kid unbuttoned his coat and reached right through the slit with the gun. 06:20.960 --> 06:21.960 Kind of like this. 06:21.960 --> 06:22.960 See? 06:22.960 --> 06:23.960 See? 06:23.960 --> 06:24.960 Yes. 06:24.960 --> 06:25.960 Mm-hmm. 06:25.960 --> 06:26.960 Now, what did he say when he showed you the gun? 06:26.960 --> 06:27.960 Like this. 06:27.960 --> 06:28.960 This is a stick-up. 06:28.960 --> 06:29.960 Keep your mouth shut and you might not get hurt. 06:29.960 --> 06:30.960 Might. 06:30.960 --> 06:31.960 That's what he said. 06:31.960 --> 06:32.960 Mm-hmm. 06:32.960 --> 06:33.960 What happened then? 06:33.960 --> 06:34.960 Told both Claude and me to come out from behind the counter. 06:34.960 --> 06:35.960 Said for us to lay down on the floor. 06:35.960 --> 06:36.960 Yeah. 06:36.960 --> 06:37.960 We did like he said, you know. 06:37.960 --> 06:41.960 There was just something about that kid so you had to go his way. 06:41.960 --> 06:42.960 Mm-hmm. 06:42.960 --> 06:45.560 He made us lay down right there where Claude is now on our stomachs. 06:45.560 --> 06:46.560 Yeah. 06:46.560 --> 06:49.640 He went over and took the money out of the cash register. 06:49.640 --> 06:50.840 Then he really got sore. 06:50.840 --> 06:52.520 I thought he was gonna explode. 06:52.520 --> 06:54.320 Why, you know? 06:54.320 --> 06:55.320 Wasn't much for him to take. 06:55.320 --> 06:56.920 Only about 20, 25 dollars. 06:56.920 --> 06:57.920 Guess he expected more. 06:57.920 --> 06:58.920 I see. 06:58.920 --> 07:00.920 He come over to where me and Claude were on the floor. 07:00.920 --> 07:02.960 Told us to take the money out of our pocket. 07:02.960 --> 07:05.080 Stood there with a gun pointed right at us. 07:05.080 --> 07:06.080 He was mad. 07:06.080 --> 07:07.080 Mm-hmm. 07:07.080 --> 07:08.080 He did what he said. 07:08.080 --> 07:09.080 You just bet we did. 07:09.080 --> 07:10.840 I only had about six bucks on me. 07:10.840 --> 07:11.840 Gave it right to him, though. 07:11.840 --> 07:12.840 Yeah. 07:12.840 --> 07:15.200 That's when Anita here come into the store. 07:15.200 --> 07:18.440 Just walked in like a rabbit into a fox's trap. 07:18.440 --> 07:21.640 Jack, I didn't have any idea what was going on. 07:21.640 --> 07:22.640 Couldn't you see through the door? 07:22.640 --> 07:26.120 I guess I should have, but it was raining so hard I didn't take the time. 07:26.120 --> 07:27.800 Glass was kind of steamed up, too. 07:27.800 --> 07:28.800 Made it tough to look in. 07:28.800 --> 07:29.800 I see. 07:29.800 --> 07:31.200 What happened when the holdup man saw you? 07:31.200 --> 07:34.760 He told me to keep my mouth shut, not to make a sound and get down on the floor. 07:34.760 --> 07:35.760 Just like us? 07:35.760 --> 07:36.760 Mm-hmm. 07:36.760 --> 07:39.600 He grabbed my purse and took the wallet out, went through it and took the money. 07:39.600 --> 07:40.600 How much was it? 07:40.600 --> 07:41.600 Just a couple of dollars. 07:41.600 --> 07:43.920 I came over to get a bottle of wine and I only took what I needed. 07:43.920 --> 07:45.760 All right, you want to go on? 07:45.760 --> 07:48.640 He started on Claude, told him to empty his pockets. 07:48.640 --> 07:49.640 Yeah. 07:49.640 --> 07:51.760 Claude didn't take too kindly to the way this fellow was acting. 07:51.760 --> 07:55.000 If he'd just come in and taken the money, it might have been different, but Claude 07:55.000 --> 07:56.480 don't like to be shoved around. 07:56.480 --> 07:57.480 Yeah. 07:57.480 --> 07:59.720 He did like the kid told him, though, emptied his pockets right out. 07:59.720 --> 08:00.720 I see, sir. 08:00.720 --> 08:04.760 Well, you'd just figure the man was real sore when he saw how much money he was going to 08:04.760 --> 08:05.760 get. 08:05.760 --> 08:06.760 Yeah. 08:06.760 --> 08:07.760 You see, Claude don't work. 08:07.760 --> 08:09.760 He's got some kind of pension. 08:09.760 --> 08:12.880 All alone in the world, he usually don't have much money. 08:12.880 --> 08:14.160 Same reason he comes over to play cards. 08:14.160 --> 08:16.800 He ain't got nothing else to do and it's free. 08:16.800 --> 08:19.120 How much do you have on him tonight? 08:19.120 --> 08:21.080 Thirty-seven cents. 08:21.080 --> 08:22.080 Kid saw that. 08:22.080 --> 08:23.520 I thought, sure, he's going to kill us all. 08:23.520 --> 08:25.000 He sure acted like it. 08:25.000 --> 08:28.200 Then he figured maybe Claude was holding out on him, told him to turn his pockets inside 08:28.200 --> 08:29.200 out. 08:29.200 --> 08:30.200 He did like he was told. 08:30.200 --> 08:31.200 Yeah. 08:31.200 --> 08:32.200 When he did, something fell out of his pocket. 08:32.200 --> 08:35.360 A coin hit the floor and rolled around, disappeared under the counter over there. 08:35.360 --> 08:39.000 The man with the gun saw it and got real mad and said Claude tried to get away with something, 08:39.000 --> 08:41.360 suckling to go pick up the coin. 08:41.360 --> 08:43.960 Claude told him if he wanted it that bad, he could get it himself. 08:43.960 --> 08:44.960 Yeah. 08:44.960 --> 08:49.040 The fella just looked at Claude for a minute and then put the gun right against his head, 08:49.040 --> 08:50.040 right here, see? 08:50.040 --> 08:52.160 Didn't say a word. 08:52.160 --> 08:53.160 Just pulled the trigger. 08:53.160 --> 08:54.160 You're crazy. 08:54.160 --> 08:56.320 No reason for it. 08:56.320 --> 08:58.040 Claude must have been dead when he hit the floor. 08:58.040 --> 08:59.040 Just brutal. 08:59.040 --> 09:01.080 What did he do then? 09:01.080 --> 09:02.080 Ran outside. 09:02.080 --> 09:03.080 Did you try and follow him? 09:03.080 --> 09:04.080 No, sir. 09:04.080 --> 09:06.760 Me and Anita were trying to see if there was anything we could do for Claude. 09:06.760 --> 09:08.880 Did the man get into a car, do you know? 09:08.880 --> 09:09.880 I didn't see. 09:09.880 --> 09:11.760 Might have, but I didn't see it. 09:11.760 --> 09:12.760 Did you hear a car? 09:12.760 --> 09:13.760 No. 09:13.760 --> 09:16.560 Have you ever seen the man around here before? 09:16.560 --> 09:17.560 Not that I remember. 09:17.560 --> 09:19.560 A lot of people go by the door. 09:19.560 --> 09:21.920 Hard to pick one, make it stand out. 09:21.920 --> 09:23.840 You'd know him again if you saw him, though, would you? 09:23.840 --> 09:24.840 I think so. 09:24.840 --> 09:25.840 I would. 09:25.840 --> 09:26.840 Ma'am. 09:26.840 --> 09:28.560 Never forget the way he looked at me, like some kind of animal. 09:28.560 --> 09:29.560 I see. 09:29.560 --> 09:30.560 Something about his eyes. 09:30.560 --> 09:31.560 He looked crazy, real wild. 09:31.560 --> 09:32.560 Well, how do you mean that? 09:32.560 --> 09:34.560 Well, he wasn't looking right at us, like there was somebody standing behind me. 09:34.560 --> 09:35.560 He was looking at them. 09:35.560 --> 09:40.120 He couldn't focus, you know. 09:40.120 --> 09:42.120 I know what you mean. 09:42.120 --> 09:44.600 Hey, did you see the coin that Langford dropped? 09:44.600 --> 09:46.600 No, just heard it hit the floor. 09:46.600 --> 09:47.600 Uh-huh. 09:47.600 --> 09:48.600 Find it? 09:48.600 --> 09:49.600 I think so. 09:49.600 --> 09:52.600 Look, it doesn't make much sense. 09:52.600 --> 09:55.600 Take a look at it. 09:55.600 --> 09:57.200 What is it? 09:57.200 --> 10:00.200 Street car token. 10:00.200 --> 10:07.320 The men from the crime lab arrived and photographed the store. 10:07.320 --> 10:11.080 Diagrams were made showing the position of the body and the premises were checked thoroughly. 10:11.080 --> 10:13.080 The victims were taken to the city hall to check the mugbook. 10:13.080 --> 10:15.080 They were unable to make an identification. 10:15.080 --> 10:18.320 The canvas was started in the immediate area in the hope that we might be able to turn up 10:18.320 --> 10:19.320 a witness to the shooting. 10:19.320 --> 10:23.440 One of the uniformed officers talked to a newsboy who had seen a man run from the liquor store. 10:23.440 --> 10:25.400 Frank and I went down to talk to him. 10:25.400 --> 10:26.400 Yeah, I saw him. 10:26.400 --> 10:29.200 I heard this noise like a backfire, and then this fellow came out of the store and started 10:29.200 --> 10:30.200 to run down the street. 10:30.200 --> 10:31.200 You got a good look at him? 10:31.200 --> 10:33.200 No, he went down that way, away from me. 10:33.200 --> 10:34.200 You see if he got into a car? 10:34.200 --> 10:35.200 No, he ran around the corner. 10:35.200 --> 10:38.560 I didn't think a lot about it until after the whole thing was over. 10:38.560 --> 10:39.920 Could you describe him for us? 10:39.920 --> 10:41.640 No, I just got a look at his back. 10:41.640 --> 10:43.320 Nothing about that that'd stand out. 10:43.320 --> 10:44.320 Uh-huh. 10:44.320 --> 10:45.320 You might talk to that girl, though. 10:45.320 --> 10:46.320 What girl? 10:46.320 --> 10:47.320 The one that fellow ran out of the store. 10:47.320 --> 10:48.320 He almost knocked her down. 10:48.320 --> 10:49.320 Ran right by her. 10:49.320 --> 10:50.320 You know who she is? 10:50.320 --> 10:51.320 What? 10:51.320 --> 10:52.320 Not right out. 10:52.320 --> 10:53.320 Sure feel like I do. 10:53.320 --> 10:54.320 What do you mean? 10:54.320 --> 10:55.320 I see her every week. 10:55.320 --> 10:56.320 Where's that? 10:56.320 --> 10:57.320 Home, every Saturday night. 10:57.320 --> 10:58.320 What's that? 10:58.320 --> 10:59.320 It's a television. 10:59.320 --> 11:08.280 From the witness, we got the time of day of the television show. 11:08.280 --> 11:11.560 We contacted the network and obtained the information that the girl's name was Betty 11:11.560 --> 11:12.560 Martin. 11:12.560 --> 11:15.040 They went on to tell us that she was working in a nightclub in Beverly Hills. 11:15.040 --> 11:16.920 Frank and I drove out to see her. 11:16.920 --> 11:19.840 She was sitting at a table talking to some people and we asked the waiter to tell her 11:19.840 --> 11:20.840 we'd like to see her. 11:20.840 --> 11:21.840 Hello, you want to see me? 11:21.840 --> 11:22.840 Yes, ma'am, would you sit down, please? 11:22.840 --> 11:23.840 Thank you. 11:23.840 --> 11:24.840 Here, I'll get that chair for you. 11:24.840 --> 11:29.120 What can I do for you? 11:29.120 --> 11:31.520 We're police officers, Miss Martin. 11:31.520 --> 11:32.520 This is Frank Smith. 11:32.520 --> 11:33.520 My name's Friday. 11:33.520 --> 11:34.520 How do you do? 11:34.520 --> 11:35.520 Hello. 11:35.520 --> 11:38.480 We understand that you're in the area of Fourteenth and Flower tonight, is that right? 11:38.480 --> 11:39.480 That's right. 11:39.480 --> 11:40.480 Why? 11:40.480 --> 11:42.080 Well, there was a holdup and shooting down there. 11:42.080 --> 11:44.080 It's possible that you might have seen the man who did it. 11:44.080 --> 11:45.080 Well, I don't think so. 11:45.080 --> 11:48.480 My manager and I went down there to listen to a group that's playing, but as far as I 11:48.480 --> 11:49.480 know, I didn't see anybody else. 11:49.480 --> 11:50.480 Oh, excuse me. 11:50.480 --> 11:51.480 I'll be right back. 11:51.480 --> 11:55.700 If you wait until I'm finished, I'll tell you what I can. 11:55.700 --> 11:57.540 What's rather important, Miss Martin, we'll wait. 11:57.540 --> 11:58.900 Well, that's my job. 11:58.900 --> 12:00.720 I'll do one song and then I'll be back. 12:00.720 --> 12:01.720 Right, thank you. 12:01.720 --> 12:02.720 Excuse me. 12:02.720 --> 12:07.720 Ooh, ooh, ooh. 12:08.720 --> 12:13.720 Ooh, ooh, ooh. 12:14.720 --> 12:21.720 I love you. 12:24.720 --> 12:26.720 Love you. 12:26.720 --> 12:31.720 Love you. 12:31.720 --> 12:37.720 I love you. 12:42.720 --> 12:45.720 Any questions? 12:45.720 --> 12:54.720 I need you. 12:55.720 --> 12:59.720 Need you. 13:00.720 --> 13:02.720 Need you. 13:02.720 --> 13:09.720 I need you. 13:09.720 --> 13:14.720 Any questions? 13:16.720 --> 13:23.720 I want you. 13:24.720 --> 13:27.720 Want you. 13:28.720 --> 13:31.720 Want you. 13:32.720 --> 13:36.720 Why? 13:36.720 --> 13:41.720 Yes, it's true. 13:42.720 --> 13:51.720 And now I'm asking you to please love me. 13:54.720 --> 13:56.720 Please. 13:56.720 --> 14:19.720 Want me that should answer any questions for you? 14:19.720 --> 14:29.720 Ooh, ooh, ooh. 14:49.720 --> 14:54.720 I love you. 14:55.720 --> 15:00.720 I love you. 15:01.720 --> 15:06.720 I love you. 15:07.720 --> 15:12.720 I love you. 15:12.720 --> 15:19.720 I love you. 15:20.720 --> 15:27.720 I love you. 15:28.720 --> 15:35.720 I love you. 15:35.720 --> 15:42.720 I love you. 15:43.720 --> 15:50.720 I love you. 15:51.720 --> 15:58.720 I love you. 15:58.720 --> 16:05.720 I love you. 16:06.720 --> 16:13.720 I love you. 16:14.720 --> 16:19.720 I love you. 16:20.720 --> 16:25.720 I love you. 16:25.720 --> 16:31.720 I love you. 16:32.720 --> 16:38.720 I love you. 16:39.720 --> 16:44.720 I love you. 16:45.720 --> 16:52.720 I love you. 16:52.720 --> 16:55.240 The man's robbed his own store and nobody's gonna take the time to protect him. 16:55.240 --> 16:56.240 You were held up tonight? 16:56.240 --> 16:57.680 Yes, sir, not more than three minutes ago. 16:57.680 --> 16:59.800 Guy left, he told me to stay where I was for five minutes. 16:59.800 --> 17:00.800 What did he look like? 17:00.800 --> 17:02.640 The man who held you up, can you describe him for us? 17:02.640 --> 17:06.000 Yeah, a young kid, just out of his teens, roaming around the streets threatening citizens. 17:06.000 --> 17:07.400 You cops ought to do something about it. 17:07.400 --> 17:08.400 What did he look like? 17:08.400 --> 17:11.480 Well, he was dark, black hair, black eyes, wildest looking eyes he ever saw. 17:11.480 --> 17:13.000 One look at him and you know he meant what he said. 17:13.000 --> 17:14.000 Stay put and I did. 17:14.000 --> 17:15.000 I'll call him. 17:15.000 --> 17:16.000 All right. 17:16.000 --> 17:17.000 What's he gonna do? 17:17.000 --> 17:18.000 Put out a broadcast. 17:18.000 --> 17:19.000 For the holdup man? 17:19.000 --> 17:20.000 That's it. 17:20.000 --> 17:23.040 I don't want to tell you your business, but it sure seems like a waste of time. 17:23.040 --> 17:24.040 What's that? 17:24.040 --> 17:33.400 Well, if he hears it, he ain't gonna give himself up. 17:33.400 --> 17:35.160 The broadcast was put out to all units. 17:35.160 --> 17:38.600 From the description given by the victim, we were sure it was the suspect. 17:38.600 --> 17:41.860 All of the cars on the perimeter of the search area were drawn in and the entire vicinity 17:41.860 --> 17:42.860 was surrounded. 17:42.860 --> 17:46.480 It took a little over 20 minutes to get the cars into position. 17:46.480 --> 17:49.800 Frank talked with Captain Donahoe at the corner of Vermont Avenue and Beverly Boulevard. 17:49.800 --> 17:53.440 After the meeting, he came back to the car. 17:53.440 --> 17:57.320 Well, that does it. 17:57.320 --> 17:58.320 Yeah. 17:58.320 --> 17:59.320 Area's secure. 17:59.320 --> 18:00.320 Are they trying to nail him down? 18:00.320 --> 18:01.320 No. 18:01.320 --> 18:03.280 They figure to keep the area surrounded, wait for morning and then move in. 18:03.280 --> 18:06.280 You think he's still here? 18:06.280 --> 18:09.280 We'll know in three hours. 18:09.280 --> 18:20.040 The preliminary search of the neighborhood netted nothing and the area was secured for 18:20.040 --> 18:21.040 the night. 18:21.040 --> 18:22.040 The rain kept up. 18:22.040 --> 18:24.720 All officers involved in the operation were kept on duty. 18:24.720 --> 18:27.840 At 6.20 a.m., the circle began to tighten. 18:27.840 --> 18:31.360 House by house, the space where the killer could be hiding was eliminated. 18:31.360 --> 18:34.480 All cars into and out of the area were stopped and searched. 18:34.480 --> 18:37.200 7.15 a.m., the perimeter began to narrow. 18:37.200 --> 18:40.240 At 8.46 a.m., a call went out to all units. 18:40.240 --> 18:46.280 All units on special detail in the vicinity of Vermont Avenue and Beverly Boulevard. 18:46.280 --> 18:51.120 Regarding the suspect wanted for murder, possible suspect believed to be in the vicinity 18:51.120 --> 18:53.320 of Vermont and Catalina Street. 18:53.320 --> 18:55.760 Attention all units. 18:55.760 --> 18:56.760 Special detail. 18:56.760 --> 19:01.880 Regarding the suspect wanted for murder, possible suspect believed to be in the vicinity of 19:01.880 --> 19:03.880 Catalina Street and Vermont Avenue. 19:03.880 --> 19:04.880 That's us. 19:04.880 --> 19:05.880 Yeah. 19:05.880 --> 19:07.480 That's him. 19:07.480 --> 19:08.480 Right. 19:08.480 --> 19:12.640 All units on special detail in the vicinity of Vermont Avenue and Beverly Boulevard. 19:12.640 --> 19:17.840 Regarding the suspect wanted for murder, possible suspect believed to be in the vicinity of 19:17.840 --> 19:19.840 Vermont and Catalina Street. 19:19.840 --> 19:22.040 Attention all units. 19:22.040 --> 19:23.040 Special detail. 19:23.040 --> 19:28.200 Regarding the suspect wanted for murder, possible suspect believed to be in the vicinity of 19:28.200 --> 19:29.200 Catalina Street and Vermont Avenue. 19:29.200 --> 19:30.200 Sure doesn't make sense. 19:30.200 --> 19:33.200 Why do you kill a man for a streetcar token? 19:33.200 --> 19:43.720 According to the report received by the complaint board, a woman in the vicinity had seen someone 19:43.720 --> 19:44.720 run through her backyard. 19:44.720 --> 19:49.160 When she shouted at the person, he continued running and disappeared into the alley. 19:49.160 --> 19:52.360 All cars in the area converged and a complete search was started. 19:52.360 --> 19:56.160 As time went on, the possible hiding places narrowed and finally the suspect was left 19:56.160 --> 19:59.280 with less than a block in which to conceal himself. 19:59.280 --> 20:00.880 Frank and I joined the officers on foot. 20:00.880 --> 20:04.800 After 20 minutes we found ourselves in the backyard of one of the houses on the street. 20:04.800 --> 20:10.160 Looks like a chicken house back there. 20:10.160 --> 20:13.160 Better check it, huh? 20:13.160 --> 20:14.160 Yeah. 20:14.160 --> 20:15.160 All right. 20:15.160 --> 20:18.160 You got it covered? 20:18.160 --> 20:19.160 Yeah. 20:19.160 --> 20:20.160 Joe. 20:20.160 --> 20:21.160 Yeah. 20:21.160 --> 20:22.160 All right, come on out. 20:22.160 --> 20:23.160 Keep your hands away from Sam. 20:23.160 --> 20:24.160 Don't shoot, huh? 20:24.160 --> 20:25.160 Please don't shoot. 20:25.160 --> 20:26.160 I get up. 20:26.160 --> 20:27.160 Stand still. 20:27.160 --> 20:28.160 Right where you are. 20:28.160 --> 20:30.160 I'm doing like you say. 20:30.160 --> 20:31.160 Don't shoot. 20:31.160 --> 20:32.160 All right, get up against that wall. 20:32.160 --> 20:33.160 Come on. 20:33.160 --> 20:34.160 Put your hands up there. 20:34.160 --> 20:35.160 On the wall. 20:35.160 --> 20:36.160 38 revolver. 20:36.160 --> 20:37.160 Had to give it to you. 20:37.160 --> 20:38.160 I don't want any trouble. 20:38.160 --> 20:39.160 Always works out that way, doesn't it? 20:39.160 --> 20:40.160 What do you mean? 20:40.160 --> 20:41.160 You guys are big as long as you're holding the gun. 20:41.160 --> 20:42.160 Soon as somebody else has got it, you fall apart, don't you? 20:42.160 --> 20:43.160 I don't want no lectures, cop. 20:43.160 --> 20:44.160 Just take me in. 20:44.160 --> 20:45.160 That's all you got to do. 20:45.160 --> 20:46.160 Take me in and make a book. 20:46.160 --> 20:47.160 We'll do that. 20:47.160 --> 20:48.160 We'll end up on the limb anyway. 20:48.160 --> 20:49.160 You got nothing to hold me on. 20:49.160 --> 20:50.160 That's all? 20:50.160 --> 20:51.160 Yeah, I've been around cops a long time. 20:51.160 --> 20:52.160 I learned it the hard way. 20:52.160 --> 20:53.160 Don't tell them nothing. 20:53.160 --> 21:00.160 That's the way to make it. 21:00.160 --> 21:01.160 Don't tell them nothing. 21:01.160 --> 21:02.160 Well, you missed one of the big points. 21:02.160 --> 21:03.160 Huh? 21:03.160 --> 21:04.160 This gun you were carrying. 21:04.160 --> 21:05.160 Yeah. 21:05.160 --> 21:06.160 Maybe that'll tell us. 21:06.160 --> 21:07.160 The suspect was taken to the city hall. 21:07.160 --> 21:08.160 He was mugged and fingerprinted. 21:08.160 --> 21:09.160 From his prints, we identified him as Max Hanford. 21:09.160 --> 21:10.160 He had a record listing several arrests for violations of the state narcotic act and two 21:10.160 --> 21:11.160 counts robbery. 21:11.160 --> 21:12.160 However, he'd never served time on any of the charges. 21:12.160 --> 21:13.160 We talked to him for an hour without result. 21:13.160 --> 21:14.160 10-48. 21:14.160 --> 21:15.160 He was in the hospital. 21:15.160 --> 21:16.160 He was in the hospital. 21:16.160 --> 21:17.160 He was in the hospital. 21:17.160 --> 21:18.160 He was in the hospital. 21:18.160 --> 21:19.160 He was in the hospital. 21:19.160 --> 21:20.160 He was in the hospital. 21:20.160 --> 21:21.160 He was in the hospital. 21:21.160 --> 21:22.160 He was in the hospital. 21:22.160 --> 21:23.160 He was in the hospital. 21:23.160 --> 21:24.160 10-48 AM. 21:24.160 --> 21:25.160 Why don't you leave me alone? 21:25.160 --> 21:26.160 I've got nothing for you guys. 21:26.160 --> 21:27.160 Well, you keep believing that. 21:27.160 --> 21:28.780 We've got people coming in who are going to lay it on you. 21:28.780 --> 21:29.780 For what? 21:29.780 --> 21:30.780 2-11 and murder. 21:30.780 --> 21:31.780 You're out of your mind. 21:31.780 --> 21:33.940 We got you made on all counts, any way you slice it. 21:33.940 --> 21:34.940 You're on the needle, cop. 21:34.940 --> 21:35.940 Yes. 21:35.940 --> 21:36.940 Is that so? 21:36.940 --> 21:37.940 Yeah. 21:37.940 --> 21:38.940 You got one beep on me. 21:38.940 --> 21:39.940 Most of you can tag me for stealing chickens. 21:39.940 --> 21:40.940 You sit down and try to think what a judge is going to say when you read that off,zeugt. 21:40.940 --> 21:41.940 All right, Hanford. 21:41.940 --> 21:45.140 You keep that smile on your face, you go around believing we can't press a charge that'll 21:45.140 --> 21:46.140 stick. 21:46.140 --> 21:48.060 Now, we got a half a dozen people on the way in here. 21:48.060 --> 21:49.820 They'll point you out in a crowd. 21:49.820 --> 21:51.460 As soon as they do, we'll drop you in a cell 21:51.460 --> 21:52.560 and hold your eye cell. 21:52.560 --> 21:54.060 Won't be long till that yen gets so big, 21:54.060 --> 21:55.540 you'll be yelling for us to turn you loose. 21:55.540 --> 21:56.660 You got it all figured, haven't you? 21:56.660 --> 21:58.100 That's right, right down the line. 21:58.100 --> 21:59.000 You're a hype. 21:59.000 --> 22:00.740 You're hooked and you're hooked bad. 22:00.740 --> 22:02.540 Everything's working for us. 22:02.540 --> 22:03.840 You go through the cure and you'll tell us 22:03.840 --> 22:04.940 what we want to know and you'll be glad 22:04.940 --> 22:05.880 you got the chance to talk. 22:05.880 --> 22:07.540 We don't need your help. 22:07.540 --> 22:09.480 We're home free without you. 22:09.480 --> 22:12.220 You keep up the way you act and see how far it gets you. 22:12.220 --> 22:14.080 You really figure you can box me in? 22:14.080 --> 22:14.980 Without a door. 22:16.280 --> 22:17.120 When'd you call the people? 22:17.120 --> 22:18.280 What's that? 22:18.280 --> 22:19.120 To point me out. 22:19.120 --> 22:20.420 A little while ago. 22:20.420 --> 22:21.760 Well, can you get them before they leave home? 22:21.760 --> 22:23.100 Why? 22:23.100 --> 22:24.260 No reason for them to make a trip. 22:24.260 --> 22:25.760 I'll give it to you. 22:25.760 --> 22:26.900 You want a sonographer? 22:26.900 --> 22:27.740 Might as well. 22:27.740 --> 22:28.560 I got nothing to lose. 22:28.560 --> 22:30.140 I'll give you the story. 22:30.140 --> 22:30.960 I'll get them. 22:30.960 --> 22:31.800 Good. 22:34.100 --> 22:35.100 Lousy deal. 22:35.100 --> 22:36.140 Is that right? 22:36.140 --> 22:37.940 Yeah, I didn't want to kill that fella, you know? 22:37.940 --> 22:39.180 Well, why'd you do it? 22:39.180 --> 22:40.000 I was high. 22:40.000 --> 22:40.840 I just had a pop. 22:40.840 --> 22:42.340 I felt like I owned the world. 22:42.340 --> 22:45.480 And he pretty sorta think the guy was holding out on me. 22:45.480 --> 22:46.880 Guess you think that's a pretty bad reason. 22:46.880 --> 22:48.180 That's right. 22:48.180 --> 22:49.420 People don't understand. 22:49.420 --> 22:50.520 You got a bad habit working on you, 22:50.520 --> 22:51.560 you'd do anything to feed it. 22:51.560 --> 22:52.660 Is that right? 22:52.660 --> 22:53.760 Sure, you let me talk to anybody. 22:53.760 --> 22:56.060 Let me tell them what it means to have a supply shut off. 22:56.060 --> 22:57.420 I'll tell them what it's like. 22:57.420 --> 22:58.260 I don't care who it is. 22:58.260 --> 22:59.600 You put me in front of a jury, I'll tell them. 22:59.600 --> 23:01.260 Yeah, well, you'll get the chance. 23:01.260 --> 23:03.340 Tell them it wasn't my fault I got hooked on this stuff. 23:03.340 --> 23:05.340 That's why I did it, I'll tell them. 23:05.340 --> 23:06.940 Well, while you're at it, you can tell them something else. 23:06.940 --> 23:08.000 What? 23:08.000 --> 23:09.340 Why you started taking narcotics. 23:09.340 --> 23:18.780 The story you have just heard is true. 23:18.780 --> 23:21.280 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 23:21.280 --> 23:24.760 On February 16th, trial was held in Department 97, 23:24.760 --> 23:26.760 Superior Court of the State of California, 23:26.760 --> 23:28.760 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 23:37.040 --> 23:39.240 Max Gifford Hanford was tried and convicted 23:39.240 --> 23:41.800 of murder in the first degree, and received sentence 23:41.800 --> 23:43.680 as prescribed by law. 23:43.680 --> 23:45.820 Because the jury failed to return a recommendation 23:45.820 --> 23:48.740 for clemency, he received the maximum sentence, 23:48.740 --> 23:50.620 and was put to death in the lethal gas chamber 23:50.620 --> 23:53.020 at the State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California. 24:05.200 --> 24:08.100 You have just heard Dragnet, the authentic story 24:08.100 --> 24:11.540 of your police force in action, and starring Jack Webb, 24:11.540 --> 24:14.340 a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio 24:14.340 --> 24:38.860 Service.