1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 Dragnet. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:11,000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:22,000 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 4 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,000 You're a detective sergeant. 5 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,000 You're assigned a bunko fugitive detail. 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,000 A pawnbroker tells you he suspects a swindle. 7 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,000 He isn't sure. 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:38,000 Your job? Check it out. 9 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Dragnet. The documented drama of an actual crime. 10 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,000 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 11 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:52,000 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. 12 00:00:52,000 --> 00:01:03,000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 13 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,000 It was Wednesday, May 18th. It was cool in Los Angeles. 14 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,000 We were working the day watch out of bunko fugitive detail. 15 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:12,000 My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Dinion. My name is Friday. 16 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,000 I was on my way into the office and it was 7.55 a.m. when I got to room 38. 17 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 Bunko fugitive. 18 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,000 Hi Joe. Morning. 19 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,000 You remember Fred Alpen? Oh sure, how are you Fred? 20 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,000 Hi. Hold my own Sergeant. 21 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Well what's new? 22 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,000 I'm not sure. Maybe just wasting my time. Yours too. 23 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Fred thinks he stumbled onto a con game, Joe. All right? 24 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 No, it looked that way to me anyhow. 25 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,000 Well what's the sting? 26 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Well I was just telling Smith here, 27 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,000 a fellow came in last night, a little guy, he was kind of timid. 28 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Probably never been to a pawn shop before. 29 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,000 At least he wasn't a steady. You know I can spot them straight off. 30 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:48,000 He went to pawn a ring. Got a big green stone. Fancy setting. All gimmicked up, you know. 31 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,000 Man's ring. Real fancy though. Ask me what it was worth. 32 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,000 What'd you tell him? 33 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 Worth 20 bucks, maybe 25. 34 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,000 Is that what you told him? 35 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,000 You know I can't loan full value, you know that. 36 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,000 I offered him five bucks. I would have gone up to ten if he had pressed me. 37 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,000 That's better than a lot of brokers would give. 38 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,000 Did he take the five? 39 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Are you kidding? He went all out of pieces. 40 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Thought he was going to have a hammer. He started calling me a crook. 41 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,000 Said the ring was an emerald. Shouted, screamed all over the place. 42 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,000 It's an emerald, he said. A $5,000 emerald. That hunk of glass. 43 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,000 Are you sure you didn't make a mistake, Fred? 44 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,000 No, I ask you, sir. Would anybody try to pawn a 5G emerald with me, I ask you. 45 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,000 Glass, that's what it was. Green glass. A nice setting, though. 46 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:23,000 What do you think, sir? 47 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 The old diamond switch, maybe. 48 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,000 Could be. 49 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 Sounds like the only difference is the color. 50 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,000 You get his name, Fred? 51 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Yeah, I asked him. He just shouted and carried on, though. He wasn't making any sense at all. 52 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Got his license, though. 53 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Yeah, he was parked right in front of the place. Got the number when he drove off. 54 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Thought you might want it. 55 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Mm-hmm. 56 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,000 I wrote it out. Put it in my pocket. 57 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,000 It should be right here. 58 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Now, wait a minute. 59 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Oh, yeah, here it is. The match folder on the inside. 60 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 You make it out all right? 61 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Yeah, I think so. We'll check it. 62 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Might be a good idea if you got right on it, huh? 63 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,000 What do you mean? 64 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Well, just before he left my place, he stopped all that carrying on. 65 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,000 I think it sunk in when I told him about the ring being no good. 66 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,000 Got real quiet, you know, kind of like he was making up his mind about something. 67 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Yeah. 68 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,000 Asked me to sell him a gun. 69 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Fred Alphen gave us a description of the man who had tried to pawn the ring. 70 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,000 We called our branch of DMV and asked them to check the license number. 71 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:26,000 They came up with the information that the automobile bearing that license was registered in the name of Garfield Hunt at 221 North Selma Avenue, Hollywood. 72 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,000 9.03 a.m. Frank and I go out to talk to him. 73 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Well, it sure is a clear day. Look at those hills, Joe. 74 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Well, I read in the paper you can see for 40 miles. 75 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Yeah, I bet. 76 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Morning. 77 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,000 Who are you? What do you want? 78 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Is Mr. Hunt here? 79 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,000 No. No, he's not here. 80 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Well, he lives here, doesn't he? 81 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Who are you? 82 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,000 I'm sorry, ma'am. We're police officers. 83 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Police? 84 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 That's right. This is my partner, Frank Smith. My name's Friday. 85 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Where is he? What's happened to him? 86 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Might as well come inside. It'd be a little easier to talk. 87 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Oh, yes, of course. 88 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Oh, I forgot. The sofa's still made up. He slept down here last night, so I'd been near the phone. 89 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,000 I thought he might call. I thought somebody'd call. 90 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 Your husband didn't come home. 91 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Never happened before. It's been 37 years. 92 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Yes, ma'am. 93 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Just let me fold up that blanket so you can sit down. 94 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 Here, I'll give you a hand, ma'am. 95 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Oh, thank you. 96 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 You got any idea where your husband might have gone, Miss Hunt? 97 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 No. No idea at all. 98 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,000 What time do you leave? 99 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,000 9.35. Looked at the clock as he went out the door. 100 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Couldn't believe it. Not like God to go out that late. 101 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 He was usually in bed by 10. 102 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Yes, ma'am. 103 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,000 He promised me he'd only be gone now. 104 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,000 He promised me he'd be back by 10.30 for sure. 105 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,000 I see. 106 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Never heard a word from him after that. Not a word. 107 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 What do you suppose happened to him? 108 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,000 Oh, we're sorry we don't know, Miss Hunt. 109 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Well, you must have some notion. 110 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Sorry we don't. 111 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,000 He said you wanted to talk to him. 112 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,000 Just a few questions, routine. 113 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,000 What about? 114 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,000 Oh, he'd rather talk to him. 115 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,000 You notified the police that he's missing? 116 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,000 No. I didn't know what to do. 117 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Figured you'd get in touch with me when you found him. 118 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Guess I wasn't thinking very good. 119 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Never happened before. 120 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,000 Yes, ma'am. 121 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Are there any friends he might be staying with, relatives? 122 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 We don't know anybody else from Los Angeles. 123 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,000 I see. 124 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Just moved out here last winter in Kansas. 125 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Children have grown up, settled. 126 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Gar sold the business. 127 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,000 We moved out here. 128 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Kansas winters can be pretty cold. 129 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Yes, ma'am. 130 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Your husband retired? 131 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,000 He should be. 132 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,000 He worked hard all his life. 133 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,000 He deserves the rest. 134 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Had a little trouble with his heart last year. 135 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 No, not a real attack. 136 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,000 The doctor told him to take it easy. 137 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Not Gar, though. 138 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Wasn't out here two months before he got all restless and fidgety. 139 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Couldn't take it sitting around the house. 140 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Started up again. 141 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 In business? 142 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Yes. 143 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,000 We had a tailor shop back in Kansas. 144 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Gar found a new business district opening up in San Fernando Valley 145 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,000 off of Magnolia Boulevard. 146 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,000 They were renting cheap, you know, right at the beginning. 147 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Wanted tenants. 148 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Didn't do much business at first, but things have been getting better. 149 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Gar's a good tailor. 150 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,000 A lot more careful than most, learning his trade young. 151 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,000 The days when there were tailors. 152 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Yes, ma'am. 153 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,000 You try to reach him there at the shop? 154 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,000 I called last night three, four times. 155 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 This morning, too. 156 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Nobody answered. 157 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 I see. 158 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,000 You think you can find him? 159 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,000 We'll do our best. 160 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,000 I guess maybe I should have notified you last night. 161 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Yes, ma'am. 162 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 I didn't know what to do. 163 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,000 Thought you'd get in touch with me if something happened. 164 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Better to call us first. 165 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,000 I guess so. 166 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Then it might not happen. 167 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Mrs. Hunt gave us a description of her husband. 168 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,000 We advised her to make a formal report at the Valley Division. 169 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 A local and an APB were sent out. 170 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,000 3.15 p.m. 171 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Patrol car unit 9L78 reported Hunt had been found sitting in his car. 172 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,000 The car was parked on Mulholland Drive. 173 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,000 Hunt had readily identified himself. 174 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,000 We asked the officers to bring him in for questioning. 175 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Hi, Joe. Frank. Pete. 176 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,000 Hi, Pete. Here he is. 177 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Thanks for spotting him for us. 178 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,000 Sure, anytime. 179 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,000 Want to sit down, Hunt? 180 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,000 Go ahead, sit down. 181 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 What do you want with me? 182 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Just like to talk to you, that's all. 183 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Miss Frank Smith, my name's Friday. 184 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,000 I've never been under arrest before. Not once. 185 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Well, now you're not under arrest now, Miss Hunt. 186 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,000 What am I doing here? 187 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Why did those officers make me come with them? 188 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Well, you didn't go home last night. 189 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Your wife's been worried about you. 190 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 I was going home when they found me. 191 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Wasn't any place else to go. 192 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,000 Sarah Arden did call. 193 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,000 She didn't call, sir. 194 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Well, how'd you find out? 195 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,000 He tried to buy a gun. 196 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,000 Paw and Chop over on Main Street. 197 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Oh. 198 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,000 What did you want the gun for? 199 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,000 I wouldn't have hurt him. I just wanted my money back. 200 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,000 I thought I could scare him. 201 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,000 That's all. I don't know nothing about firearms. 202 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,000 Thought maybe I could scare him. 203 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,000 Who did you want to scare? Now, who were they? 204 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,000 Well, they said they was renting a store next to mine. 205 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,000 Said they was jewelers that opened up a valley branch for Lassingwell. 206 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,000 You know the big jewelry store downtown here? 207 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Uh-huh. 208 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Crooks. 209 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,000 That's what they were. Out and out, crooks. 210 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,000 Went looking for them early this morning. 211 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,000 Back door to this store was open, you know, the one next to mine. 212 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,000 Yes, sir. Go ahead. 213 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:39,000 I couldn't find and hide the harem. The place was empty. 214 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,000 Just a couple of fakes. 215 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Had the windows soaked over so nobody could see what they were up to. 216 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Pound on some old boards, making me think that they were remodeling. 217 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,000 Uh-huh. How much money did they get from you? 218 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Not them exactly. A fellow working with them. 219 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:58,000 Must have been working with them. Only way it makes sense. 220 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 Well, now suppose you tell us about it, wouldn't you? 221 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,000 He'd come into my shop the day before yesterday, 222 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,000 I was long about one o'clock in the afternoon, 223 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,000 and called himself Norman Crist. He said he was from Greedley. 224 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Really? 225 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,000 That's the town in Colorado where my brother lives. 226 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Said he knew my brother Ed back there. 227 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,000 What did he want with you? 228 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:21,000 Well, he claimed that Ed asked him to look me up, see how I was doing. 229 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Probably didn't know Ed at all. 230 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,000 They must have told him, them juror fellows. 231 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 Ah, I got to thinking back. 232 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:33,000 Remembered I mentioned having a brother in Colorado one day when we was having lunch. 233 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,000 Told him the town, too. Greedley. 234 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,000 What happened then? Did he sell you the ring? 235 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,000 Oh, you know about that, too. 236 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Well, you tried to pawn it, didn't you? 237 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,000 No, sir, not really. 238 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:50,000 I just wanted to find out how much it was worth so I could tell Sarah, you know, 239 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:56,000 I was going to surprise her, figure that I'd give him another day before I tried to sell it. 240 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Well, how'd you happen to buy it? 241 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:02,000 Oh, I wasn't buying it outright. I was just loaning on it. 242 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:07,000 Told me he had a chance to option some property out near Encino, 243 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,000 real bargain, said he had to close the deal by 5 p.m. that same day. 244 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,000 He needed cash for a clincher. 245 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Had to get the money from Colorado. That's what he said. 246 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,000 He was afraid he wouldn't be here in time. 247 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,000 He couldn't go to the bank, didn't have any credit in L.A. 248 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Needed $3,000. He said if I'd loan him the three, he'd give me back $4,000 first thing the next morning. 249 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,000 Allowed me his ring for security. 250 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:36,000 He said it was worth $7,000 easy. Said it cost him more than that. 251 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 You hand the money over? 252 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:46,000 No, sir, not by a darn sight. Told him I didn't have $3,000. I told him straight out. 253 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Said all I had was $1,500 in my savings account. I guess I shouldn't have said that. 254 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Very nuts. 255 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,000 He told me he might be able to swing it for $1,500. 256 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,000 He'd have to go out there and see him in person. Said he'd come back. 257 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,000 Did he leave then? 258 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:07,000 No, not right away. I stopped him. I told him there was no point in coming back. 259 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:13,000 I'm no jewel, I said. How do I know that ring's worth $7,000? 260 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Told me to get it appraised while he was gone. 261 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Told me to take it to any jewel I wanted to. 262 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:24,000 Seemed like he sure trusted me. Leaving a valuable ring like that. 263 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Kinda sold me on him. 264 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:32,000 I went next door to ask those fellas who said they were jewelers. 265 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:37,000 Place was locked up, so I figured they was still out for lunch. 266 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,000 I figured maybe they was in the drug store down on the corner. 267 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Did you find them up there? 268 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,000 Yes, sir. 269 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,000 What'd they say about the ring? 270 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Perfect, Admiral. That's what they said. One of them put their gadget up his eye, looked through it. You know what I mean. 271 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,000 Yes, sir, I know. 272 00:11:55,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Perfect, Admiral, worth $10,000. Not stuff to fall in. 273 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Acted like they thought it was mine. Offered to buy it if I wanted to sell. 274 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:14,000 I told them about the other fellas. That he needed $3,000. I told them the whole story. I did. 275 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:21,000 They said they'd loan him five without batting an eye. Offered to make out a check, write, and then lay out. 276 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:25,000 That took my wit away. They were so anxious. 277 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:31,000 I said maybe we could go in 50-50. They put up $1,500. I'd put up $1,500. 278 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:36,000 That way the guy would have $3,000 if he still needed that much. 279 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:40,000 They could both make a little profit, you know. 280 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:46,000 One of them asked me how I wanted the check. Should make it out to me. I told him we'll make it out to cash. 281 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Do you remember how he signed it? 282 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Jones. Quincy Jones. That's the name I knew him by. 283 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Other one called himself Wyatt Truesdale. I don't think that's their real name. 284 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,000 You? Probably one of those, what did you call them? 285 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,000 Aliases. 286 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,000 Yes sir, yeah. Yeah, yeah. 287 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Well, anyway, I went over to my bank and drew out a $1,500. About $230, the fella came back. 288 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,000 The one who gave me the ring. 289 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,000 Yeah. 290 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:17,000 Said he'd tried to talk the real estate people into being satisfied with $1,500. Wouldn't come down. 291 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Insisted on the whole $3,000. I told him not to worry that I had it. 292 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:30,000 Give him my $1,500 and the check. He said the check would be okay, seeing as how it was on a local bank. 293 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,000 He promised that he'd pay me back the next morning. 294 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,000 That'd be yesterday. 295 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:40,000 Yes sir. And when he didn't show up, I wanted to make sure just how much it was worth, the ring. 296 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:48,000 In case something had happened to it. In case he didn't come back for it. That's why I went to the pawn shop. 297 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Offered me $5,000 for it. But I ended up in the pawn shop. Couldn't believe him at first. Said it was just glass, hunk of glass. 298 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:06,000 Then a great light broke on me. How I'd been tricked. All of a sudden it come to me. 299 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Well, why'd you stay out all night? Why didn't you go home? 300 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Well, you see, sir, I couldn't face her, Sarah. I knew I'd been swindled. 301 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:28,000 $1,500. Every cent that we'd saved. Been married 37 years. It was Sarah's money too. 302 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:33,000 Not just because she's my wife. They helped earn it. 303 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,000 Well, we'll try and get it back for you, Mr. Hunt. 304 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:45,000 Ah, I've watched the show for 37 years, is it? That's what I kept thinking while I was sitting in my car up there in the hills. 305 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:56,000 All day long I just kept thinking. 37 years. $1,500. I'll have to tell her, won't I? 306 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,000 Well, sir, I think that's up to you. 307 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:02,000 She'll know it anyway. She'll know something's wrong. 308 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000 Yes, sir. 309 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:11,000 Too late to start all over. We won't have them. There's not a chance. 310 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Have what, sir? 311 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Another 37 years. 312 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:26,000 We continued to interview the victim, Garfield Hunt, and he gave us descriptions of the three suspects. 313 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:30,000 The stats office came up with 24 possibilities. We showed the mug books to her. 314 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,000 He identified two of the photographs. Ernest Wilcoxon and Paul Cleaver. 315 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:40,000 Hunt was positive that Wilcoxon and Cleaver were the men who had rented the store next to his and had pretended to be jewelers. 316 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,000 He was unable to find a photograph of Norman Criss, the man who had sold him the ring. 317 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:48,000 We pulled the packages on Wilcoxon and Cleaver. They had both done time for burglary. 318 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 They had not previously worked with a third person. 319 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:55,000 We called the Lassingwell Jewelry Company. They informed us that they were not opening a branch out in the valley. 320 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,000 We checked with the owners of the building, which Hunt had his tailor shop. 321 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:04,000 They told us the adjacent store had been rented on a weekly basis and that the renters had said they intended to use the space for temporary storage. 322 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,000 A local and an APB were sent out on all three suspects. 323 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:16,000 5.13 p.m. Using the information from their mama sheets, Frank and I began checking various places where Cleaver and Wilcoxon had been known to hang out. 324 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:22,000 7.12 p.m. We went into the Black Parrot Bar on South Broadway and we talked to the bartender. 325 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,000 Uh-uh. Not by them names. I don't know them. 326 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Well, maybe these pictures will help. 327 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,000 How about it? 328 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,000 Yeah, they come in here once in a while. 329 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,000 Yeah, that's what we heard. 330 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,000 Always come in together? 331 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,000 As far as I know. 332 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Ever bring somebody with them? Talton, a fellow about 30, blonde hair? 333 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,000 No, just two of them. Never seen them with another guy. 334 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,000 I see. 335 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,000 What do you want for it? 336 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,000 You know how we can turn them up? 337 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,000 We ain't here now. 338 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,000 We can wait. 339 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,000 Won't be in tonight. 340 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,000 How do you know? 341 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,000 They got money. 342 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Well? 343 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,000 Big roll. The redheaded one was in yesterday. Quincy Jones. That's what he told me his name was. 344 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,000 Yeah. 345 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,000 He's been running a tab. He paid it up in full. I had plenty left over. 346 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,000 Is that right? 347 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,000 As long as they're carrying a roll, they don't come to my place. 348 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,000 And for them expensive joints like out on the strip, you know, places like that. 349 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,000 When they blow in their loot, they come back to me and start running up another tab. 350 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,000 I called them on it, but what can you do? 351 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,000 This way I get some of their bundles. 352 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,000 Uh-huh. You know where they live? 353 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:15,000 Around here somewhere. I couldn't pin it down for you. 354 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,000 Who could? 355 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,000 How bad do you want to find out? 356 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,000 What do you mean? 357 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,000 What costs you a drink? 358 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,000 You that thirsty? 359 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,000 Not for me. The girl over there in the corner booth, the blonde. 360 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,000 Oh, yeah. 361 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:29,000 She knows him. I've been out with him a couple of times. I've seen him leave together. 362 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,000 All right. 363 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:34,000 I'm just kidding about that drink. It's on the house. For you guys and her, too. 364 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,000 No, we don't want anything. 365 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,000 We'll pay for hers. 366 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,000 It's up to you. 367 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,000 Hi. 368 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,000 Good evening, miss. 369 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,000 You're new, aren't you? 370 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,000 Yes, ma'am. 371 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,000 Place could stand with new talent. 372 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:48,000 Here, I'll move over. 373 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,000 Thanks. Thank you. 374 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 What's the matter with this side? 375 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,000 We're police officers. 376 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,000 Why do you like that? 377 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Ma'am? 378 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,000 Oresco said I was going to meet somebody new today. 379 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,000 You know, in the morning paper? 380 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,000 Uh-huh. 381 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000 Didn't say there'd be cops. 382 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,000 Here you are, Peg. 383 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,000 Where'd that come from? 384 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,000 These guys. 385 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000 You shouldn't call them guys, Jake. 386 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000 Sell a bite of a lady a drink that makes him a gentleman. 387 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000 From these gentlemen, that's what you should say. 388 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,000 Oh, sure. 389 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:20,000 To your very good health, gentlemen. 390 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,000 Now then, what can I do for you? 391 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,000 I'm at your service. 392 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:29,000 The bartender says these guys are friends of yours. 393 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 I wouldn't say those pictures do him justice, 394 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,000 but there is a resemblance. 395 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,000 You know him, then? 396 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,000 We've met. 397 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,000 We weren't formally introduced, but we've met. 398 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,000 I mean, a lot of people in here. 399 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,000 Not the best people in town, maybe. 400 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,000 It's not the best bar in town, but it's convenient. 401 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,000 I work down the street. 402 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Uh-huh. 403 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,000 You know where these men live? 404 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,000 Oh, you mean these two so-called friends of mine? 405 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,000 Yeah. 406 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,000 Am I? 407 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,000 Well. 408 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 Have you ever hear of the North Cross Arms Hotel? 409 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,000 Yeah. 410 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000 Well, I haven't been there with them, of course. 411 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,000 I'm not sure if that's their residence, 412 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000 but Quincy was carrying a hotel key, 413 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,000 and one night it fell out of his pocket. 414 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,000 I think that was the name on the tag, North Cross Arms. 415 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 All right. Thank you. 416 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,000 Thank you. 417 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:11,000 For the brandy. 418 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:15,000 Don't mention it. 419 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,000 Am I? 420 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,000 What do we owe you? 421 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:18,000 Sixpits. 422 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,000 She drinks good stuff. 423 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,000 There you go. 424 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 Keep the change. 425 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,000 Looks like I got one decent break. 426 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,000 That so? 427 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,000 Them paying their tab today before we pick them up. 428 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,000 Well, they didn't pay it. 429 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,000 Huh? Who did? 430 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,000 A man named Hunt. 431 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,000 The clerk at the North Cross Arms Hotel told us 432 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000 that two men who resembled Wilcoxon and Cleaver 433 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 were after none of the names of Jones and Truesdale. 434 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,000 He said they'd gone out for the evening. 435 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,000 He showed us up to their room, 36A. 436 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,000 We asked him about the suspect known as Norman Christ. 437 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 He told us he'd never seen anybody with Wilcoxon and Cleaver 438 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 who answered Christ's description. 439 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,000 2.48 a.m. Wilcoxon and Cleaver returned to their room. 440 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,000 We took them into custody and drove them down to the city hall for questioning. 441 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,000 How many times you want to hear it? 442 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,000 Until we get the truth. 443 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,000 Does Hunt say he gave us any money? 444 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,000 He never gave us a cent, did he? 445 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,000 No, we even paid his lunch tab a couple of times. 446 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Right, always managed to out-fumble us. 447 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Owe us a couple of lunches. 448 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,000 He paid them back. 449 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,000 What? 450 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,000 He paid us a couple of bucks, buys a lot of lunches. 451 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,000 What? 452 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,000 1,500. 453 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,000 You got your share, you've been spending all over town. 454 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,000 Hunt say he gave it to us? 455 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,000 He still had over 600 bucks when he picked you up. 456 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,000 Now where'd it come from? 457 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Hollywood Park. 458 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,000 Picked three long shots yesterday. 459 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,000 You want the names of the horses? 460 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,000 Where's Christ? 461 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,000 Told you before, never heard of him. 462 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Who is he? 463 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,000 The guy you worked the game with. 464 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Never heard of him. 465 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,000 You want to take this rap yourself? 466 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,000 What rap? 467 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,000 Why'd you rent that store out in the valley? 468 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,000 Store? 469 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:29,000 We showed him your mug shots. 470 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:30,000 The man you rented it from, he made you. 471 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,000 You want it in person? 472 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,000 How about it? 473 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,000 Guess they got us there early. 474 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,000 Yeah. 475 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,000 We were going to open up a bookie joint. 476 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:40,000 Is that right? 477 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,000 Yeah, we changed our minds, looked the situation over, decided it might get a little warm out 478 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000 in the valley and cleared out. 479 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,000 Bookie joint, huh? 480 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,000 That's right. 481 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,000 Not a jewelry store. 482 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:46,000 What are you talking about? 483 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,000 Us jewelers, Ernie and me? 484 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,000 That's what you told Hunt. 485 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,600 Nothing of the kind, laid it on the line, told him we were bookies. 486 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:53,160 Just between us he was kind of pleased about it, likes to play the horses himself. 487 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,000 Like the idea of being able to lay a bet, so convenient. 488 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,000 You're a liar. 489 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,800 Now look, say maybe that's what happened to his money, maybe he lost it on a nag. 490 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:00,800 Come on, let's try it again. 491 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:01,800 Now why'd you rent the store? 492 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:05,200 We're going to get the same answers, same questions, same answers, it's a waste of time. 493 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,200 We got plenty. 494 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,200 Uh-uh. 495 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:08,200 Seventy-two hours, that's all you got. 496 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:11,400 You can hold us on suspicion for seventy-two, then you can turn us loose unless you prove 497 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:12,400 something. 498 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:13,400 We'll prove it. 499 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:14,400 How? 500 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:15,400 We didn't take any money from Hunt, nobody says we did, even him. 501 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,080 If he was a mark for this, what's his name, Chris? 502 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:19,080 That's right. 503 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:20,080 How do you wrap us into the package? 504 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:21,520 Hunt never saw us with him, nobody saw us with him. 505 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:22,520 We'll find somebody. 506 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,720 Seventy-two hours and you got to turn us loose, that's the law. 507 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:25,720 Is that right? 508 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:26,720 We know the law. 509 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:27,720 Why'd you break it? 510 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:36,880 We continued to question the suspects, but we were unable to break them down. 511 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,240 Thursday, May 19th, 745 A.M. 512 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,440 Another team of detectives took over the interrogation. 513 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:42,920 Frank and I went back to the office. 514 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:44,800 Think they'll pop out, Joe? 515 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,400 I don't know, it doesn't look like it, does it? 516 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:48,880 No, unless we turn up to Chris. 517 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:49,880 Did you call your wife? 518 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,200 Yeah, sure balled me out, kept dinner waiting until after ten. 519 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:54,200 You're lucky. 520 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:55,200 Well, maybe. 521 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:56,200 I wonder if I'll get home tonight. 522 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:57,200 I got it. 523 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,000 Funko Fugitive, Friday. 524 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:04,080 Yeah, that's right. 525 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:05,440 Sounds like them. 526 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,880 How long ago? 527 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:08,880 Uh-huh. 528 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:09,880 Yeah. 529 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:10,880 Chris? 530 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:12,880 It's a description. 531 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:14,400 Smashed up a car on the Hollywood freeway. 532 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:15,960 Georgia Street recognized him for my teletype. 533 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:17,320 He able to talk? 534 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:24,640 Died ten minutes after they brought him in. 535 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,880 At the morgue, the victim Garfield Hunt identified the body. 536 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,380 He was positive it was Norman Christ, 537 00:22:29,380 --> 00:22:31,220 the man who had sold him the ring. 538 00:22:31,220 --> 00:22:34,240 Wilcoxon and Cleaver were also shown the body. 539 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,980 They denied that they'd ever seen Christ before. 540 00:22:36,980 --> 00:22:38,440 The next day, Friday, May 20th, 541 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:40,100 the evidence against Wilcoxon and Cleaver 542 00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:41,760 was taken to the district attorney's office. 543 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,440 The complaint was refused. 544 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:44,800 The evidence was deemed insufficient 545 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,840 to bring the matter to trial at this time. 546 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,120 Wilcoxon and Cleaver were released. 547 00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:51,960 6.05 p.m., Frank and I got ready to sign out. 548 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,000 Well, that really tears it. It sure does. 549 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,600 The DA's office knows they're guilty. 550 00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,520 We know it and can't do a thing. 551 00:22:58,520 --> 00:22:59,560 Yeah. 552 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,000 I guess we've been wasting our time, Joe. 553 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,760 Just fanning the ball. 554 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:03,880 Well, I'll tell you, we've spotted them 555 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,040 and they're gonna stay spotted. 556 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:05,880 Yeah. 557 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,920 Next time they move in on a mark, we'll make it stick. 558 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:09,560 Wouldn't be very smart of them to try it twice. 559 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:10,520 They're not smart, huh? 560 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,120 They tried it once. 561 00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:15,620 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 562 00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:21,520 The story you've just heard is true. 563 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:24,000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 564 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,840 Two months later, on July 12th, 565 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,400 Wilcoxon and Cleaver were apprehended for a similar crime. 566 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:32,240 They were charged with one count grand theft. 567 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,200 On November 6th, trial was held in Department 98, 568 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,040 Superior Court, State of California, 569 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:38,840 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 570 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:42,340 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 571 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:48,920 Ernest P. Wilcoxon and Paul Cleaver 572 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:51,160 were found guilty of one count grand theft 573 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,960 and were sentenced to a term prescribed by law. 574 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,160 Grand theft is punishable by imprisonment 575 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,360 in the county jail for a period of not less than one year 576 00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:01,680 or for a period of from one to 10 years 577 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,000 in the state penitentiary. 578 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,500 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 579 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,880 You have just heard Dragnet, 580 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,600 the authentic story of your police force in action 581 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:14,280 and starring Jack Webb, 582 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,880 a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 583 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,380 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 584 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,380 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 585 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:21,460 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"]