1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Dragnet. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 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 --> 00:00:25,000 You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to robbery detail. 5 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,000 You get a call that a well-dressed man has held up a diamond merchant. 6 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,000 He's escaped into the crowded streets of your city. 7 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Your job? Get him. 8 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,000 Dragnet. The documented drama of an actual crime. 9 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,000 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 10 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:53,000 you will travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. 11 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, 12 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 13 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,000 It was Tuesday, February 8th. It was cold in Los Angeles. 14 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,000 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 15 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,000 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss of Chief Detective Stad Brown. 16 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,000 My name is Frank. 17 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,000 I was on my way back from communications and it was 12, 10 p.m. when I got to room 27A. 18 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 Robbery. 19 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,000 Did you get the wire off the A-hire? 20 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,000 Yeah, I should have an answer this afternoon. 21 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,000 If he doesn't come in, we better call him. 22 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,000 Yeah. Want to get something to eat? 23 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,000 Yeah, it's about that time. Where do you want to go? 24 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,000 No, how about the steakhouse? 25 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Good. I could use a couple of enchiladas. 26 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Get your hat. 27 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 You want to tag the skipper before we leave? 28 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 No, he's not in. I saw him go out with Chief Brown. We can talk to him when we get back, huh? 29 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Right. 30 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:41,000 Let's go. That's a hot one. I'll get it. 31 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,000 Sauce? 32 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,000 Yeah. Diamond merchant. Just hit for a load of unset diamonds. 33 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:45,000 Big score? 34 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,000 He'll buy a group of enchiladas. 35 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,000 Huh? 36 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Eighty thousand dollars worth. 37 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Frank and I left the city hall and drove over to the address we'd gotten on the hotshot phone. 38 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,000 It was a large office building on Hope Street. 39 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:04,000 From the lobby register, we found that the victim of Mr. George Mars occupied Suite 318. 40 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:09,000 We checked with the uniformed officers who answered the call, and then we went upstairs to talk with Mars. 41 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Well, I tell you, Officer, there wasn't anything about him that would make a person think he was a hold-up man. 42 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Nothing. 43 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,000 You want to tell us exactly what happened? 44 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,000 Well, sure. There's not much to talk about. I was sitting here looking at the papers, checking sales. 45 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,000 What's that? 46 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,000 Dollar Day. I figured maybe I could get a good buy on some suits. I've been needing them. 47 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 Figured maybe I could pick up a couple unsaved. 48 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 Not for a dollar, you know, but unsaved. 49 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,000 Yeah, sure. Go ahead. 50 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Well, just sitting here reading the paper, and all of a sudden the door opens and in comes this fella. 51 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Nice looking. Sure no reason to think there was anything wrong. 52 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Yeah. 53 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Told me he wanted to see some diamonds unset. 54 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,000 You say why he wanted to see them? 55 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Yeah, something about opening a store up in the valley someplace around Sacramento. 56 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Oh, yeah. 57 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,000 It felt kind of good. You know, to think a man had come all the way down here to look at stones I've got. 58 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,000 Did you say why he did that? 59 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:55,000 No, I didn't ask. Lots of times that happens. Been in business quite a while. Word gets around. 60 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Anyway, the man said he wanted to see some stones. I went back to the safe to get them. 61 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Yeah. 62 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:04,000 Picked up several trays and brought them out here. When I took another look, he was sitting right there. 63 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,000 There? 64 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Holding a gun. Just as calm as can be. Pointing the old gun right at me. 65 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Did he say anything to you? 66 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Told me to put the diamonds on the collar. Not to make any noise. 67 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Said if I played it smart, I wouldn't get hurt. 68 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000 Yeah. 69 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:21,000 I mean, this fellow, just as calm as could be, reached in his pocket, took out a pair of gloves, put them on, 70 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,000 then he scooped all the diamonds into a little bag he was carrying and told me to get in the back room. 71 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Yeah. 72 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Made me lay down on the floor and then he locked the door. 73 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Told me not to make any noise. Said to count to a hundred by once before I tried to yell. 74 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Mm-hmm. 75 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,000 After he locked the door, I heard him leave the office. I started counting. 76 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,000 All right, Mr. Morris, can you give us a description of the man? 77 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Outside of the fact he had the gun, I can't tell you anything about him. 78 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,000 I'm trying to pull a picture out of my head, but there just isn't anything. 79 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Well, maybe we can help you. 80 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Go ahead. I don't think it'll do any good. 81 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,000 All right, let's start with his age. How old was he? 82 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,000 I don't know. Medium, I guess. 83 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 30, 35? Older, younger? 84 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,000 I don't know. 85 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,000 How tall was he? 86 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Oh, I guess he'd say he was... 87 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 I don't know. 88 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Well, when you looked at him, did he seem to be larger or smaller than yourself? 89 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,000 About the same. 90 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Well, then he'd be about, what, 5'10", 11"? 91 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,000 I guess so. I don't remember. 92 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,000 What about his face? Can you tell us anything about that? 93 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Nope. 94 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,000 Do you have a mustache? 95 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Might have. 96 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,000 But you aren't sure? 97 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,000 No. 98 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Wear glasses? 99 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,000 I don't remember. 100 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Well, now think real carefully. Is there anything at all that you can remember about him? 101 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 Yeah, but it's kind of silly. 102 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Well, what is it? 103 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,000 When I came back with the diamonds and he was holding the gun, I noticed his hands. 104 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Yeah? 105 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,000 His fingernails were manicured. 106 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Yeah? 107 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Yeah, real clean and with some kind of polish on them. You know what I mean? 108 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Yeah, I think so. 109 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Like that? 110 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,000 I'll check with the fellas outside, Joe. Maybe they came up with something. 111 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,000 Okay. 112 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,000 Mr. Smith? 113 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,000 Yes, sir? 114 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,000 I'm sure sorry about this not being able to help more. 115 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Well, don't worry about it, Mr. Marsh. 116 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,000 I'm sure sorry. 117 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,000 I'll be right back, Joe. 118 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,000 All right. 119 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,000 You have a cigarette, Mr. Frider? 120 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Yeah. Here you go. 121 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,000 Thanks. 122 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Here's the light. 123 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 I got it. 124 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,000 This kind of thing happen to you often? 125 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,000 How do you mean? 126 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Well, where somebody's robbed and can't remember what the holed up man looked like. 127 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,000 What's in a while? 128 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Well, what do you do by it? 129 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,000 Try to find another way. 130 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,000 You usually find one? 131 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Most of the time. 132 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Joe? 133 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Yeah? 134 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,000 See you, man. 135 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,000 Yeah. 136 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,000 What do you got? 137 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Well, I checked with the men in the radio unit. 138 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Who? 139 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,000 They got a guy downstairs. We better talk to him. 140 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Suspect? 141 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,000 No, eyewitness. 142 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Frank and I went down to the lobby of the building and we met with the uniformed officers who'd answered the call. 143 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,000 They introduced us to Stanley Markin. 144 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Markin said he'd seen the holed up man. 145 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 And I did. 146 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Saw him plain as anything. 147 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,000 When was that, sir? 148 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Yeah. 149 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,000 Must have been right after he held up old Mars. 150 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,000 Where'd you see him? 151 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Hall, right outside the office, right in front of the door, practically. 152 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Mm-hmm. 153 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,000 On the way to my place, and this man come out of Mars. 154 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Lawry. 155 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Mm-hmm. 156 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Yeah. 157 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 He'll open the door and we'll go to the lobby. 158 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 And he'll be there. 159 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,000 And he'll be there. 160 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,000 And he'll be there. 161 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Yeah, he'll open the door and bam, right into me. 162 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Like to knock me down. 163 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Really worried. 164 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Mm-hmm. 165 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 Had this little black leash, you know, about this big. 166 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Mm-hmm. 167 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,000 Yeah, oh yeah. 168 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Had a death grip on him. 169 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Well, did you get a good look at the man? 170 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Close enough to you, right into me. 171 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Thought sure I was going to end up on the floor. 172 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Yeah. 173 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Can you give us a description? 174 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,000 Sure. What do you want to know? 175 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 What do you look like? 176 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Nothing special. Just a run of the mill crook. 177 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,000 Seen one, seen them all. 178 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Okay. How old was he? 179 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Oh, guess about 28, maybe 30. 180 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Round in there. 181 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,000 How tall? 182 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,000 About you. 183 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000 About six feet. 184 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Well, that's what you are? 185 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Yes, we're pretty close. 186 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Yeah. 187 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000 How was he built? 188 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Medium. Didn't seem to have a lot of beef, just average. 189 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Mm-hmm. 190 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,000 How was he dressed? 191 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Had a gray suit on, dark gray. 192 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Little red pattern going through it. 193 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 Single or double breasted? 194 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Single. 195 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,000 What color shirt? 196 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,000 White, blue tie. 197 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,000 One of them new ones, you know, little thin kind, you know. 198 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Little bitty knot. 199 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Had one of them bar things to the collar. 200 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Holes in, you know. 201 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Mm-hmm. 202 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Square ends. 203 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 What's that? 204 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,000 On the bar. 205 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 It was a square, you know, round like most of them, squares. 206 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 I see. 207 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Was he wearing a hat? 208 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Yeah. 209 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 New Humber, dark, had it kind down over one eye. 210 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Looked real rakish, like a spy. 211 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,000 Mm-hmm. 212 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Was he clean shaven? 213 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Yeah. 214 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,000 How do you mean? 215 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,000 Did he have a mustache? 216 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,000 No, he didn't. 217 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Was he wearing glasses? 218 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Not that I saw. 219 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Might have had them, but he wasn't wearing them. 220 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Did he say anything to you? 221 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Oh, the peepee, just wham, and then he took off. 222 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,000 Made me real mad. 223 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Guy almost knocked you down, and then doesn't even say you're sorry. 224 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Uh-huh. 225 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,000 He took off, and when I thought about it, I went after him. 226 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,000 Did you see if he was carrying a gun? 227 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,000 I just told you I went after him. 228 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Yes, sir. 229 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 I'm not a coward, but I ain't no fool either. 230 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000 I'd have seen a gun, and I would have gone near it. 231 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Yes, sir. 232 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,000 Guy didn't even wait for the elevator. 233 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 He just ran off the stairs. 234 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Fire exit, you know? 235 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,000 Yeah. 236 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Down three stories. 237 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,000 All the way by the stairs. 238 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Tell you, it almost got me, but I was so sore about being run into, and then no apology, 239 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 just nothing. 240 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,000 I went after him. 241 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,000 Yes, sir. 242 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 He got to the lobby, and he went out on the street. 243 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Thought I had him sure there. 244 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Place was all crowded. 245 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,000 The dollar day, you know? 246 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,000 Yeah, we know. 247 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Didn't think he'd be able to run far with all them people. 248 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,000 He didn't. 249 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,000 What's that? 250 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,000 He didn't run very far. 251 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Only to the curb, and he jumped in a taxi. 252 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,000 Yeah. 253 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Cab took off. 254 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 I tried to get there before it left, but didn't make it. 255 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,000 Too many crowds. 256 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,000 I got the number of the cab he took, got it written down in my office. 257 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,000 Can we go up and get it? 258 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Sure. 259 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Scientifics come out yet? 260 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,000 What's that? 261 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Scientifics, you know, the fingerprints and all. 262 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,000 They come yet? 263 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,000 No, not yet. 264 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Well, they get here, and it'll be toot-a-loo to him, them guys and their machines, just 265 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:25,000 a matter of dropping a few cards in some gadget and ping, there's the name. 266 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Yes, sir. 267 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Well, it'll be a little more in there. 268 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,000 Yeah, that's what you think. 269 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,000 Soon as the scientifics get here, have them come and see me, first thing. 270 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,000 You bet. 271 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,000 Give him something to really work on. 272 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,000 What do you mean? 273 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Yeah. 274 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,000 Good start on who the fellow is. 275 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,000 What's that? 276 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:43,000 When he bumped into me upstairs, he dropped his hat, blew right off his head. 277 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Guy didn't stop to pick it up. 278 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,000 I got it. 279 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,000 It's a good one. 280 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,000 Huh? 281 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Got his name in it. 282 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,000 1232 p.m. 283 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,000 The crew from the crime lab arrived and started their investigation of the office where the 284 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:58,000 robbery had taken place. 285 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Frank and I got the description of the thief out, and then we started to check on the cab 286 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,000 number. 287 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000 The suspect's hat was turned over to the crime lab. 288 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:10,000 When Frank and I looked at it, we found the initials TR on the inner band and the name 289 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,000 of a men's store in Las Vegas, Nevada. 290 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Lieutenant Lee Jones said they'd run a check on it for us. 291 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,000 The stats office started a run on the MO and the description. 292 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Both the victim and Stanley Markham were taken to the city hall to look through the mug books 293 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,000 for a possible identification. 294 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:29,000 At 1.26 p.m., we obtained the name of the cab driver who'd picked up the suspect. 295 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,000 The company told us that his regular stand was at the corner of 6th and Broadway. 296 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,000 When we got there, the driver was out on a call. 297 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,000 We waited until 2.14 p.m. when he returned. 298 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,000 Yeah, I remember him. 299 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,000 Picked him up in front of Jerry's building. 300 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,000 That's right. 301 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,000 Can you tell us where you took him? 302 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Not right off. 303 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,000 It should be on the way, Bill, though. 304 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,000 Would you check for us? 305 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Sure, just a minute. I'll get it. 306 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Nice break if he's got it. 307 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Yeah. 308 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,000 Yeah, here it is. 309 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:56,000 I picked him up at 1206 and dropped him at the Totalin bar over on Fig. 310 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Did he go in the place? 311 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,000 Yeah, I was making out the log. I saw him. 312 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Did he say anything to you on the way over? 313 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,000 No, nothing special. Seemed kind of nervous. Kept looking back. 314 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,000 I figured there was something wrong, but you get so many crackpots in this business, 315 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 you can't take time to worry about all of them. 316 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,000 So what'd he do? 317 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,000 Feel a little better if we talk to him about that. 318 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,000 Yeah, sure. Oh, one thing he said might help you out. 319 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,000 What's that? 320 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Well, he wanted to know where he could get an airline schedule. 321 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Yeah. 322 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Said he was anxious to get out of town. 323 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 The cab driver verified the description of the suspect. 324 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,000 We put in a call to the airport detail and gave them the suspect's description. 325 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,000 The bus depots and railroad terminals were also alerted. 326 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,000 2.47 p.m. We drove over to the Totalin bar. 327 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,000 Hi, what'll it be? 328 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Police officers. Want to ask you a couple questions? 329 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,000 Nothing wrong, is there? 330 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:40,000 I'd like you to tell us. 331 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Look around, you won't find nothing out of line. It's a clean place. 332 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,000 Who's been in here this morning? 333 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,000 Huh? How many people have been here? 334 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,000 Just a couple. It's kind of slow. Why? 335 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,000 We're looking for a man about 28 or 30, six feet tall, medium build, 336 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,000 wearing a dark gray suit. 337 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,000 The only way we got it, he was in here about 12, 15, 12, 30. 338 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Today? 339 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,000 That's right. 340 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,000 What's he done? 341 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Was he here? 342 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,000 I don't want any trouble. 343 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,000 You're saying it the wrong way. Now, was the man in here? 344 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Yeah. 345 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Who is he? 346 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,000 I don't know. 347 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,000 You want us to buy that? 348 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,000 That's the way it is. If you don't like the color, shove off. 349 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,000 No, you don't mean that, do you? 350 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:14,000 Look, cop, the door was open when you came in. No lock. Same way when he was here. 351 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Came in, had a drink, that's it. You try to build any more, 352 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,000 you're going to find out you lost the paddle. 353 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Get your coat. 354 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,000 Huh? 355 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,000 You heard me. Move. 356 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,000 What are you going to do, take me downtown? 357 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,000 That's it. 358 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,000 I've got to get somebody to watch the place. 359 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,000 We'll wait. 360 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,000 Look, it doesn't seem very fair. 361 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,000 How do you mean that? 362 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,000 I didn't have part of the action. 363 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,000 Well, why don't you tell us? 364 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,000 The guy came in, he ordered bourbon and milk. He sat there and drank it. 365 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Had a couple more and left. Doesn't mean anything to me. 366 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,000 And why are you standing in front of him? 367 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,000 I don't know. The place is clean, I like to keep it that way. 368 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,000 Who is he? 369 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,000 Look, I tell you true, I can't pull up a name. 370 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Well, I suppose you try. 371 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Tom something. 372 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,000 See him here often? 373 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,000 A couple times a week. What's the attraction? 374 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,000 Look, why don't you tell me what it's all about? Maybe we can make a deal. 375 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,000 We don't need you on our side. 376 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Why does he come in? 377 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,000 To see Alex. 378 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Who's she? 379 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,000 Waitress. 380 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:05,000 What's her last name? 381 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Coldbar. 382 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,000 She go with this fella? 383 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,000 I don't know if it's serious, they've been out a couple of times. 384 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,000 Dinner and a show. Where do we find her? 385 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,000 I guess she's home. She don't come to work till 4.30. 386 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,000 You got her address? 387 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,000 It's in the book. 388 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,000 Get it. 389 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,000 No other way? 390 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,000 Get it. 391 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,000 Okay. 392 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,000 Does Tom make a phone call while he was here? 393 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,000 No. 394 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,000 What did he have to say to you? 395 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,000 He told me he just wound up a deal. He did pretty good on it. 396 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,000 He said he was going home. 397 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,000 You live in town? 398 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,000 Not regular. He's from, I don't know, Nevada I think. 399 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,000 You say where? 400 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Well, he mentioned some small town, a boulder city I think. 401 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,000 There's not a street or anything there. 402 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,000 You want to get the girl's address? 403 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,000 Yeah. 404 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,000 I hope you understand about the four. 405 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,000 What do you mean? 406 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Why I wouldn't go with you from the front. 407 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,000 Tell us. 408 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Well, it's Alice. 409 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Yeah. 410 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,000 She'd be in real trouble if it got out she was seeing Tom. 411 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,000 Why? 412 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,000 I don't think her husband would go for it. 413 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,000 We called the name and description of the waitress into R&I, 414 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,000 but we found there was no record on her. 415 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:03,000 Frank and I left the bar and went over to her home. 416 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,000 It was a run down apartment building on Court Street. 417 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,000 We checked with the manager and she told us that the girl's husband left about 9.30 that morning. 418 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:14,000 She went on to say that Alice Colbar seldom left the place before 3.30 419 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,000 and that as far as she knew she was still at home. 420 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,000 Frank and I went up to talk to her. 421 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,000 Probably asleep, huh? 422 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,000 Mm-hmm. 423 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:29,000 Miss Colbar. 424 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,000 The door open? 425 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,000 Yeah. 426 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,000 I got your flashlight. 427 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,000 Yeah, here. 428 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,000 Miss Colbar? 429 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 Throw the light over there, Frank, in the corner near the bed. 430 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000 I'll call an ambulance. 431 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Yeah, tell them to step on it. 432 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,000 How's she look? 433 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,000 Like she's dead. 434 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,000 From the appearance of the room there had been a fight. 435 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Furniture was overturned, lamps were lit. 436 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Furniture was overturned, lamps were broken. 437 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Several bottles had apparently been smashed against the walls. 438 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,000 The body of Alice Colbar was lying on the floor near the bed. 439 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Her face was buried in the pillows if she'd used it to ward off additional blows from her attacker. 440 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:13,000 An ambulance crew arrived and she was removed to George Street Receiving Hospital for treatment. 441 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:18,000 A thorough search of the room failed to turn up anything to lead to the identity of the person who'd beaten her. 442 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:22,000 We talked to the landlady again and we found that Irvin Colbar, the victim's husband, 443 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,000 was employed at a golf driving range out in the valley. 444 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,000 We checked the name and description through the record section 445 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,000 and we found that he had one arrest for drunk driving. 446 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 He'd been fined and placed on probation. 447 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,000 4.26 p.m. Frank and I drove out to talk to him. 448 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,000 I knew you'd be here. 449 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,000 Is that right? 450 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,000 How's Alice? 451 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Pretty rough. 452 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,000 I don't know, just all of a sudden it was a beef and I hit her. 453 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,000 With what? 454 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,000 My hands. 455 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,000 What started the argument? 456 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,000 Tom. 457 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Who's he? 458 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,000 A friend of Alice's. 459 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,000 You know his last name? 460 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,000 No, I never even met him. 461 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000 All right, tell us about it, will you? 462 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,000 What do you don't know already? Everybody else does. 463 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,000 Go ahead. 464 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,000 We've been going together for a couple of months. 465 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,000 Alice works at a bar. 466 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,000 Tom came in all the time. I guess it got pretty serious. 467 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,000 Yeah. 468 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,000 I went by the place last night, going to pick her up after work. 469 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,000 She was gone. 470 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,000 The bartender there told me she'd left with this fellow Tom. 471 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:12,000 I got pretty sore. You can figure what it's like 472 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,000 finding your wife running around with another man. 473 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:15,000 Yeah. 474 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000 I had a couple of drinks. 475 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,000 I was trying to think what to do. 476 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,000 Right then I wanted to kill both of them. 477 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,000 A couple of guys in the bar tried to calm me down. 478 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000 I guess I got pretty loaded. 479 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,000 One of them took me to his place. I spent the night there. 480 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,000 Mm-hmm. 481 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,000 Woke up this morning, went home. 482 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,000 You got to believe me, I wasn't real sore anymore. 483 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,000 Mad, yeah, but not so as I was going to do anything. 484 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,000 Mm-hmm. 485 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 Alice was asleep when I got there. 486 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,000 I woke her up, told her I knew all about her and Tom. 487 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Yeah. 488 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 Kind of thought she'd be sorry, you know, 489 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 say she was wrong, something like that. 490 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,000 Uh-huh. 491 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,000 She wasn't. 492 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,000 Told me how her and Tom were in love 493 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,000 and that she wanted a divorce so they could get married. 494 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Tried to talk to her, tell her how I loved her. 495 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,000 Didn't do any good. 496 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,000 She said we were all through for me to pack my things and get out. 497 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,000 I guess that's when I hit her, I don't know. 498 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,000 All of a sudden I wanted to smash her. That's all there is. 499 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,000 You ever met this Tom? 500 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,000 No. 501 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000 How about the other guys in the bar? They know him? 502 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,000 I talked to them. I think that's about it. 503 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,000 Any idea where he lives? 504 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,000 No. 505 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,000 Tried to find out last night. 506 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,000 None of the people around the place know him. 507 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,000 I found out I'd killed him. 508 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,000 You better get your coat. 509 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,000 Yeah. 510 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,000 What are you going to do to me? 511 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,000 That's not up to us. 512 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,000 I didn't kill her though, huh? 513 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,000 She's still in critical condition. 514 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,000 Guess it doesn't make a difference anyway. 515 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,000 We only been married a couple of years. 516 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Won't be much without her. 517 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,000 Never figured it'd end up like this. 518 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,000 I really loved her. 519 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,000 Done anything in the world to make her happy. 520 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,000 How do you answer it? 521 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,000 What's that? 522 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,000 Why she did it. 523 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,000 I wouldn't know. 524 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,000 I asked her, she wouldn't tell me. Just said it was over. 525 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,000 She wouldn't give me one reason. 526 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,000 All right, come on, let's go. 527 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,000 Can I see her? 528 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Go check on her. 529 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,000 I want to ask her, find out why. Maybe she'll tell me now. 530 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,000 Yeah, she can hear you. 531 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:12,000 Ervin Colbar was taken to the main jail and booked in on charges of suspicion of violation of Section 245 PC, assault with a deadly weapon. 532 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:17,000 We put in the call to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital and we found that the Colbar woman had been removed to the county hospital. 533 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,000 She was still unconscious. 534 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,000 We made arrangements to be called in the event she was able to be questioned. 535 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,000 6.45 p.m. 536 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,000 We talked to Lieutenant Lee Jones. 537 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:31,000 He told us that the lab had been unable to come up with any useful information at the scene of the crime. 538 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:37,000 He said that they'd identified the manufacturer of the hat that the suspect had worn and they gave us their local address. 539 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:44,000 He went on to say, however, that hairs found in the lining of the hat would act as corroborative evidence if the suspect were apprehended. 540 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:48,000 We put in a call to the hat company, but we found that their officers were closed. 541 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:53,000 We contacted the Las Vegas Police Department and asked them to check on the store who'd sold the garment. 542 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:58,000 We gave them a complete description of the suspect and the initials TR with the possible first name of Tom. 543 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:02,000 They said they'd call back the next morning with whatever information they could obtain. 544 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:09,000 Wednesday, February 9th, we got word from County Hospital that Mrs. Alice Colbar had died in her sleep without regaining consciousness. 545 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,000 The case was turned over to homicide officers for completion. 546 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Additional teams of men were sent out to the bar where she was employed in an effort to find some trace of the missing suspect. 547 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 11.15 a.m. 548 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:43,000 I'm going to talk to you. What'd they say? Yeah. How many? Looks pretty good, huh? What about a record? Yeah. Okay. 549 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:52,000 18.64. 54. Right. Now I got it. Yeah. We'll let you know. Thanks for the help. Bye. 550 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:58,000 Las Vegas. What do you got? Well, they checked with the clothing store where the hat was bought. It's a new model. Only been out a couple of months. 551 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:02,000 Remember the guy who bought it? Yeah. Description didn't mean anything, but the initials did. 552 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:09,000 The clerk said the hat was bought by Thomas Roark. Vegas got anything on him? Yeah. A couple of arrests for robbery. Do any big time? No. The cases wouldn't hold. 553 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:16,000 They know where he is? They got an idea. Yeah. He's supposed to live out in Covina. 554 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:21,000 Frank and I checked the name Thomas Roark through RNI and we found one assault arrest on a man answering his description. 555 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:27,000 The mug shots were pulled and shown to the robbery victim and the witness. Both of them gave us positive identifications. 556 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:32,000 We contacted the Covina Police Department and told them what had happened. They assured us a complete cooperation. 557 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:37,000 Along with officers JJ O'Donnell and Sergeant Jim Austin, Frank and I left the office to take the suspect into custody. 558 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:44,000 We met with officers from the Covina PD and we drove to 1854 Eldred Avenue. It was a small redwood house set well back on the lot. 559 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:49,000 In the driveway was a late model Plymouth Coupe. From the street there was no sign of life. 560 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:52,000 The shades were drawn and the front porch was covered with advertising newspapers. 561 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:56,000 While O'Donnell and Austin covered the rear of the house, Frank and I went up the front door. 562 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,000 You all set? Yeah. 563 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,000 No one here? I'll take that side. 564 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Right. 565 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,000 Nothing out back. How you doing? 566 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,000 Wait a minute. Closet. 567 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 I give up, don't you? 568 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Go on out there. Yes. 569 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 I'll do like you say. No troubles, sir. Please, no trouble. 570 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,000 Keep those hands where I can see them. Yes, sir. Just like you say. 571 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,000 Now turn around. Hands on the wall. Quick. Yes, sir. 572 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,000 Come on, move. 573 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,000 We won't find anything. 574 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:31,000 Haven't done anything wrong. You got the wrong man. Yeah, sure. 575 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,000 I'm telling you the truth, sir. I wouldn't lie. 576 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,000 All right. Come on. Let's go. Yes, sir. 577 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,000 I got a coat. Point it out. 578 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,000 In the closet. Great. I'll get it. 579 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000 What's this all about, sir? You don't need a picture. 580 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,000 I'm afraid I do. I don't know why you're doing this. 581 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,000 Is that your car in the driveway? Yes, sir. 582 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000 You live here alone? No, sir. This is my sister's house. 583 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Where is she? Working, sir. 584 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Here. Stick it on. Let's go. 585 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Can I get a hat? Don't bother. 586 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,000 We got one that'll fit you. 587 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:04,000 The suspect was taken to the city hall in question. 588 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,000 For an hour, he maintained that he didn't know anything about the diamond robbery. 589 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:14,000 While Frank and I were talking to him, the other officers were making a thorough search of his sister's house and her grounds. 590 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:19,000 3.15 p.m. We got word that the diamonds had been found in the backyard of the place. 591 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:23,000 When he was confronted with this information, the suspect made a full confession. 592 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:27,000 6.08 p.m. He'd just finished giving us a statement. 593 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,000 All right. This is a true statement, is it? 594 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,000 Yes, sir. You make it without promises of reward or immunity. 595 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:38,000 There's been no force exerted on you. You give this statement of your own free will, right? 596 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Yep. All right. 597 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,000 Here. Here's a pen. Sign all copies. 598 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,000 Too bad about Alice. Yep. 599 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Nice kitten. 600 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:54,000 Got too serious, though. Is that so? Yep. 601 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,000 Yeah, I talked all the time about how she was gonna leave her husband, how we were gonna get married. 602 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,000 Sign all copies, fellow. Yep. 603 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000 We missed one here. Get this one here. 604 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,000 All right. 605 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,000 She knew I was going back to Nevada, wanted me to take her. 606 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,000 Silly. Yeah. 607 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:16,000 Nothing between us. A little flirtation. You know, something to kill time. 608 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 She didn't mean anything to me, nothing at all. 609 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 You want to give me that pen? Yeah. 610 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,000 I wouldn't have married her on a bet. I'll tell you that for true. 611 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,000 Mm-hmm. 612 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,000 She didn't mean a thing to me. You ought to believe it. 613 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,000 Look, fellow, you don't have to convince us. Huh? 614 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 We'll let you talk to her husband. 615 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you have just heard is true. 616 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 617 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:53,000 On June 9th, trial was held in Department 98, Superior Court of the State of California, 618 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 619 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,000 Thomas Emery Roark was tried and convicted of robbery in the first degree 620 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,000 and received sentence as prescribed by law. 621 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Robbery in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a period of not less than five years. 622 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Irvin Franklin Colbar was tried and convicted of murder in the second degree 623 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:43,000 and was sentenced to the State Penitentiary for a period of from five years to life. 624 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:47,000 You have just heard Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action 625 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:52,000 and starring Jack Webb, a presentation of United States Armed Forces radio service.