WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. The names have been changed 00:12.680 --> 00:19.680 to protect the innocent. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a narcotics detail. 00:19.680 --> 00:26.680 A steady flow of drugs is coming into your city. The prime buyers are juveniles. Wooks 00:31.280 --> 00:38.280 of effort fail to turn up any lead to the source. Your job, find it. 00:41.840 --> 00:47.520 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation 00:47.520 --> 00:51.880 with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the 00:51.880 --> 00:57.560 law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, 00:57.560 --> 01:04.560 from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 01:04.560 --> 01:10.840 It was Monday, January 10th. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch 01:10.840 --> 01:14.920 out on narcotics detail. My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Walters. My name 01:14.920 --> 01:19.080 is Frank. We're on our way back from the cell block and it was 9.47 a.m. when we got to 01:19.080 --> 01:26.080 the interview room. Felony section. Sit down there. All right, Marley, you want to tell 01:28.080 --> 01:31.960 us? About what? Why you're here. It's on the booking slip, you saw it. We'd like to hear 01:31.960 --> 01:36.960 it from you. No go. You won't tell us. I'd like to, but I can't. All right, let's go 01:36.960 --> 01:43.040 over it again. From where? The beginning. Where were you picked up? Corner 5th and Main. 01:43.040 --> 01:47.240 Corner what? The cop said I had a handful of pot. Did you? He found it, said it was mine. 01:47.240 --> 01:51.680 But it wasn't. No. Where did it come from? I don't know. How much you turned? A couple 01:51.680 --> 01:56.440 of joints. And you don't know where it came from? You heard it once. Marley, you think that 01:56.440 --> 02:00.960 story's going to hold in court? I got to tell the truth. Yeah, well, why don't you start? 02:00.960 --> 02:05.960 Okay, you win. Get your notebook out. Go ahead. I just got out of the movie, triple feature. 02:05.960 --> 02:09.520 I spent the whole afternoon in the place. The time I left, it was dark. I walked up to the 02:09.520 --> 02:13.160 corner trying to figure out what to do. All of a sudden this guy come down the street, 02:13.160 --> 02:16.560 running fast. He came right at me. I thought he was going to bang into me the way he was 02:16.560 --> 02:20.040 running, not looking where he was going. Now, I'll get the picture. I'm standing there, 02:20.040 --> 02:23.520 minding my own business, and here comes this fellow, perfect stranger. I never saw him 02:23.520 --> 02:26.680 before in my whole life. He runs right up to me and he gives me a package. He just hands 02:26.680 --> 02:31.520 it to me and says, hang on to this. I'll be right back. After that, he left. Next thing 02:31.520 --> 02:37.280 I know, a car pulls up, two cops get out, I got a chain on, I'm brought in here. That's 02:37.280 --> 02:40.920 the way it happened. That's right. You didn't know anything about what the guy was giving 02:40.920 --> 02:44.840 you? No. You like to tell us what this fellow looked like? You mean the one who gave me 02:44.840 --> 02:50.120 the package? That's it. He's a tall one. About 12 foot two. Pure green hair. He wore it in 02:50.120 --> 02:52.880 kind of a crew cut. You know short? Yeah. You shouldn't have any trouble picking up a 02:52.880 --> 02:55.520 guy like that. You think you're doing yourself any good with this kind of an attitude? I 02:55.520 --> 02:58.320 don't know what you're talking about. I'm trying to give you the story. All right, Morley, 02:58.320 --> 03:01.560 you just pulled the top in. We got you made and you know it. Officer shook down your house 03:01.560 --> 03:04.840 this morning. We found a couple of pounds of manicured Mary over 56. We don't need your 03:04.840 --> 03:08.080 word, Denalia. You already had it. Then why are you rousing me now? We want to know where 03:08.080 --> 03:12.400 it came from. I bought it from a fellow. The one 12 feet tall? That's right. Let me see 03:12.400 --> 03:18.200 your arms, Morley. Why? Come on. You've been this way. Roll up your sleeves. All right, 03:18.200 --> 03:24.160 now the other one. How long you been off? Boy, somebody tell me what's going on around 03:24.160 --> 03:27.040 here. This place is full of crackpots. You got a question hanging, Morley. Well, the 03:27.040 --> 03:30.960 answer ain't here. You know where to find it. All right, I'll lay it out. I bought the 03:30.960 --> 03:33.840 grass. I bought it from a couple of fellas I know. Who are they? You've had it. Only 03:33.840 --> 03:37.160 part way. Well, that's as far as I go. You afraid of them? I'm not afraid of anybody. 03:37.160 --> 03:41.080 Then why not give us the names? I wouldn't be able to find a place on the street. We'll 03:41.080 --> 03:44.000 build a wall around you. No, they get through. We'll be in front of you. Well, you'll get 03:44.000 --> 03:48.720 hurt. Why won't you tell us where your marijuana connection is? I won't be a finger. They're 03:48.720 --> 03:51.360 pretty good friends, aren't they? These men, you're protecting them. They think a lot of 03:51.360 --> 03:55.040 you, don't they? I guess so. So much that they'll let you sit here while they're on the outside. 03:55.040 --> 03:58.840 I'll get out. It'll be a while. Yeah, but when I do, I'll stay alive. I'll be able to walk 03:58.840 --> 04:01.600 around and look them in the face. Sure you will. They'll know what I did. I carried the 04:01.600 --> 04:08.600 beef. They'll know. Well, don't look too close. You'll see them laughing at you. Kenneth Harris 04:11.240 --> 04:15.120 Morley was returned to his cell and held to answer charges of violation of the state narcotic 04:15.120 --> 04:19.320 act of felony. Frank and I went back to the office, no closer to the source of marijuana 04:19.320 --> 04:24.960 that had been flooding the city. In the past three months, juvenile crime had risen sharply. 04:24.960 --> 04:29.600 Neighborhood merchants were reporting burglaries and acts of vandalism attributed to teenagers. 04:29.600 --> 04:32.560 When talking to some of the youngsters, we found that most of the crimes were the result 04:32.560 --> 04:36.680 of tea parties. We'd been working with a narcotic detail of juvenile division, but even by pooling 04:36.680 --> 04:40.440 our knowledge of the drug traffic in Los Angeles, we'd been unable to come up with a head person 04:40.440 --> 04:45.600 in the operation. Arrests had taken place, but none of the people apprehended could or 04:45.600 --> 04:50.520 would tell us who was running the campaign. Known peddlers were questioned. Informants 04:50.520 --> 04:54.280 were checked and rechecked. But when all of the work was evaluated, we were right back 04:54.280 --> 04:58.880 where we'd started. Monday, 12, 15 p.m., we met with Captain Walters and filled him in 04:58.880 --> 05:05.880 on the latest developments. 1.42 p.m. That's right, Mike. Yeah. Well, we talked to him. 05:06.280 --> 05:13.280 Uh-uh. No, he wouldn't give us time of day. Oh, sure he knows. Yeah. Well, at least a 05:13.560 --> 05:19.560 step up, but it'd be something. Uh-huh. Well, the only thing we can figure is the gun has 05:19.560 --> 05:25.280 got all the boys lined up and they're scared. Mm-hmm. Well, until we find a way to open 05:25.280 --> 05:32.280 them up, we're going to stay there. Yeah. Yeah. If we turn anything, we'll let you know. 05:32.280 --> 05:36.680 Right. Bye. McTeague, Georgia Street. Mm-hmm. Did they do any good? No, they knocked over 05:36.680 --> 05:41.300 another plant last night. Where? Out in the valley. Guy's selling drive-in style. Customers 05:41.300 --> 05:44.880 pull in the driveway, honk the horn. A couple of minutes later, the pusher comes out and 05:44.880 --> 05:49.600 makes a sale. You said Mealy? No. They talked to him for a couple hours. Won't even admit 05:49.600 --> 05:54.720 he's in California. How does he explain the plant? Doesn't try to. Says the weed's his, 05:54.720 --> 05:59.280 just won't tell where it comes from. Man, another dead end. Yeah. I'm getting to think 05:59.280 --> 06:06.280 we've seen everyone in town. Mm-hmm. I get it. Narcotics Friday. Yeah, that's right. Yes, 06:08.960 --> 06:15.960 I remember. Is that right? Mm-hmm. You name it. Now, it's 1.45 now. How's 15 minutes? 06:15.960 --> 06:22.960 All right, we'll see you there. What's that? Smith, my partner. You know him. All right, 06:22.960 --> 06:22.960 see you there. Right. What do you got? Remember Hugo Kenley? Kenley? The mule we talked to 06:31.520 --> 06:35.680 last year on the red fruit thing. Oh, yeah, little guy. Kind of nervous. That's right. 06:35.680 --> 06:39.200 What about him? Says he wants to see us. Yeah. He's got info on some heroin that's coming 06:39.200 --> 06:43.200 into the country. From where? European stuff. Uh-huh. Three kilos over six pounds. 06:43.200 --> 06:50.200 Frank and I left the office and drove out to see Hugo Kenley. A year prior, he'd been 06:53.640 --> 06:58.280 instrumental in aiding us with the apprehension of the gang bringing heroin in from Mexico. 06:58.280 --> 07:02.480 Because of his cooperation, he'd been placed on probation, and neither of us had seen him 07:02.480 --> 07:06.440 since. On the telephone, he said he'd meet us in a small restaurant down on Spring Street. 07:06.440 --> 07:11.440 When Frank and I entered the place, we saw Kenley in one of the rear boots. Right there. 07:11.440 --> 07:18.440 Hi, Mr. Franny. Hugo, you know Frank Smith. Sure. How are you, Mr. Smith? Hi, Kenley. 07:21.040 --> 07:26.480 All right, Hugo, what do you got for us? You got to promise one thing. What's that? I'm 07:26.480 --> 07:31.480 a mile away. All right, if that's the way you want it. The way it's got to be. All right, 07:31.480 --> 07:36.080 go ahead. The way it came to me was a rumble, nothing for sure. Yeah. About three weeks 07:36.080 --> 07:39.680 ago, I tagged the place out in the south end of town. Stopped in there once in a while for 07:39.680 --> 07:43.600 some fish and chips, you know, when I can eat. Yeah. Well, there was a couple of guys 07:43.600 --> 07:48.240 at the bar, and we got to talking. One thing led to another. All of a sudden, we're buddies. 07:48.240 --> 07:53.320 You say this was three weeks ago? Yeah. All right, go ahead. Got so high, dropped in every 07:53.320 --> 07:57.440 night, shoot the breeze with him. A couple of times, we went out together, had dinner, 07:57.440 --> 08:01.880 did a couple of strip joints on Western, you know, moved around. Yeah. A week ago, one 08:01.880 --> 08:06.320 of them took me home. I got sick, and he said he dropped me off, told me I wasn't out of 08:06.320 --> 08:10.800 town. So we stopped at a drug store, and I got some pills. When we were there, he had 08:10.800 --> 08:15.400 a cup of coffee we got for talking. Yeah. He wanted to know if I'd go to work with him. 08:15.400 --> 08:21.400 Doing what? Pushing. H? Yeah. Said they were expecting a shipment in, good stuff, European. 08:21.400 --> 08:26.240 Said as soon as he got here, they'd want to unload it fast. Said I could make myself 08:26.240 --> 08:30.280 a couple of bills. When's the stuff come in? I don't know for sure. Sometime next week, 08:30.280 --> 08:33.520 the way they talk. He said something on the phone about it being a good size shipment. 08:33.520 --> 08:38.200 Word I got was three kilos. Cut? No. No, they're going to do that here. You know who's shipping 08:38.200 --> 08:42.640 it? No, I figured it'd be better if I didn't show too much interest. Yeah. These guys are 08:42.640 --> 08:47.760 using agates. They don't want to lose. What can you tell us about them? Two of them. Made 08:47.760 --> 08:51.920 the guns? Why I don't think so. Somebody else has got the keys. They're just along for the 08:51.920 --> 08:58.920 ride. What about the names? Milo Goff and Drew Franzen. They stood before? Yeah. On what? 08:58.920 --> 09:05.040 Milo's fallen for 211. The Jews had a couple of 459s and 245s. Any big time? Milo's seen 09:05.040 --> 09:10.120 the joint. What about Franzen? Yeah. Q and Fultzen. They owe any time now? They didn't 09:10.120 --> 09:14.760 say. What about Jobs? Nothing. They wouldn't work if it was against the law. Who else is 09:14.760 --> 09:18.920 in with them? Well, they're it as far as I know. They've got a lot of mules pushing grass 09:18.920 --> 09:23.880 for them now, all waiting for the heavy stuff. Anybody know who the power is? No, even Milo 09:23.880 --> 09:28.560 and Drew don't talk about him. Just now and then they mention the man. That's all. The 09:28.560 --> 09:33.800 man. Anything about him? Nothing you can tie down. They talk to him? Not with me around. 09:33.800 --> 09:39.000 You know where they sleep? I'm not sure. Milo said once they had a pat over on Adams. How'd 09:39.000 --> 09:43.400 they pick you? Why'd they open the door for you? Well, you set them up. They're pretty 09:43.400 --> 09:48.000 hinky. Why ring you in? Well, I told you we got to talking when we met. I thought we had 09:48.000 --> 09:52.840 a couple of friends we both know. In the business? Yeah. How come they didn't call one of them? 09:52.840 --> 09:56.600 They want no part of the needle. They don't want anybody with them that might cop. Guess 09:56.600 --> 10:01.800 they figured I was safe. What do you want out of this, Hugo? What do you draw your play? 10:01.800 --> 10:06.120 You're not dealing for free. Well, this time I don't like what they got planned. What? 10:06.120 --> 10:09.960 They got the whole town sliced up. They're going to set up distributor ships. Get the 10:09.960 --> 10:13.840 route started and then bow out. Figure the shipment will get them going. You said something 10:13.840 --> 10:17.680 about grass too, didn't you? Yeah. There's a lot of them around town now. Did it come 10:17.680 --> 10:22.440 from the same two guys? Most of it. They really got it made. It's going to go big time. Make 10:22.440 --> 10:26.920 a killing and get out. Where's the weed coming from? I don't know for sure. Same gun behind 10:26.920 --> 10:32.800 it? The way they talk, yeah. You can't tell us anything about them? No. All right. You 10:32.800 --> 10:38.320 want to give us a description of this Milo and Drew Franzen? Sure. Everything. Where 10:38.320 --> 10:42.440 they live, what they eat, who their friends are. It's going to take some time. We got 10:42.440 --> 10:48.160 it. Yeah, I figured. Okay, if we go someplace else to talk. Sure. Where? It don't make any 10:48.160 --> 10:52.600 difference as long as it's out someplace. I don't want word to get back to them. All right, 10:52.600 --> 10:56.000 let's go. You know, there's only one way you're really going to nail these guys. Yeah. Join 10:56.000 --> 11:02.240 them. You want to set it up? You ask him? It's your idea. Yeah, but I don't want any part 11:02.240 --> 11:06.280 of their action. I told you they play too rough for me. Well, you know how we can set up a 11:06.280 --> 11:12.160 contact? Who? One of us. Who's going to know? Nobody else. For real? If you want it that 11:12.160 --> 11:19.520 way. How about it? Long way around. You said yourself it's the only way. What happens if 11:19.520 --> 11:30.480 they find out? We'll be there. I'm not worried about that. Well, what? Will I? We left the 11:30.480 --> 11:34.360 restaurant and drove over to MacArthur Park. Kenley gave us complete descriptions of the 11:34.360 --> 11:38.760 men he knew as Milo, Goff, and Drew Franzen. We made arrangements to meet with them again 11:38.760 --> 11:43.640 the following day, and then Frank and I went back to the office. We ran the names and descriptions 11:43.640 --> 11:47.520 through R&I, and we found that both men had records listing charges of robbery, burglary, 11:47.520 --> 11:51.800 and assault with a deadly weapon. A check through our file showed that neither of them 11:51.800 --> 11:56.520 had been involved in narcotics operation before. We checked their friends and the places they 11:56.520 --> 12:00.480 were known to frequent. Every place we went, we ran into the same wall. Nobody had talked 12:00.480 --> 12:04.760 to us. The following day, we met with Hugo Kenley again and outlined a plan to introduce 12:04.760 --> 12:08.720 me as a narcotic buyer from out of town. Kenley said that it takes some time to make the arranging 12:08.720 --> 12:13.240 arrangements, and we set up another meeting for Saturday, January 15th. Frank and I began 12:13.240 --> 12:16.480 to make plans for my going underground. I established residence at one of the better 12:16.480 --> 12:21.480 hotels in downtown Los Angeles. Through Captain Walters, I was able to obtain the money necessary 12:21.480 --> 12:26.080 up front. Friday night, Frank and I met at the hotel bar to go over the final details 12:26.080 --> 12:31.040 of the operation. Anything from Hugo yet? No. The way we left it, he's going to call 12:31.040 --> 12:36.080 him in the morning. I don't like it, Joe. You know, if there was another way, I'd take 12:36.080 --> 12:39.720 it. I still think we ought to keep a tail on him. No, the way Hugo's laid these fellas 12:39.720 --> 12:43.320 out, they'd spot it for sure. If anything goes wrong, they'd be gone before you could 12:43.320 --> 12:48.240 come in anyway. Well, Skipper doesn't think it's good either. Neither do I, Frank. If 12:48.240 --> 12:51.920 you've got an idea how we can pull it off without taking the chance, let me know, will 12:51.920 --> 12:57.560 you? Yeah. All right. Let's go over it again. Okay. We lay it out that I got to see the 12:57.560 --> 13:01.760 stuff before I buy the usual thing. Yeah. Once they show, I call you. Mm-hmm. I've 13:01.760 --> 13:06.040 got the money. That's right. You hustle over to where we make the meat. Mm-hmm. Now, if 13:06.040 --> 13:10.120 I get the chance to call before the buy, I will. Otherwise, you'll know I got hung up. 13:10.120 --> 13:14.240 Okay. I'll be home. You got the number? Yeah. As soon as I have any information, I'll try 13:14.240 --> 13:17.320 to get it to you. You can relay it to the Skipper, all right? How are we going to know 13:17.320 --> 13:21.320 if there's trouble? When I phone, if I use your first name, you'll know everything's 13:21.320 --> 13:25.160 all right. Yeah. If I call you Smith, don't waste any time. Get there. Get there as fast 13:25.160 --> 13:31.560 as you can. Okay. You got the ID for him? Yeah. What do you got? Well, here's the driver's 13:31.560 --> 13:36.440 license. A couple of hotel receipts from up north, all made out to Jerry Whitner. Jerry 13:36.440 --> 13:41.400 Whitner, yeah. Mm-hmm. Here's some letters, phone book. Where'd you get the numbers? 13:41.400 --> 13:46.240 Jules Zimmerlund dug them up. Bar, hotels, couple places that ran a book in the Bay Area. 13:46.240 --> 13:52.040 Yeah. Looks all right. Yeah. I don't hope it works. Anybody from the office in the hotel? 13:52.040 --> 13:56.440 Yeah. Luke's in the lobby. They took one of the rooms on your floor, couple them in there. 13:56.440 --> 14:00.280 We've got the place covered as much as we can. Mm-hmm. As long as you're inside, we 14:00.280 --> 14:04.240 can see you. As soon as you go through the door, you're by yourself. You continue to 14:04.240 --> 14:09.280 make it sound good, don't you? I'm not leaving anything out, Jules. Yeah. You gonna have 14:09.280 --> 14:14.000 dinner here at the hotel? I figure too. There's no reason to leave. Mm-hmm. Well, I'm going 14:14.000 --> 14:18.600 back to the office. All right. See you in the morning. I'll be here. Okay. As soon as 14:18.600 --> 14:22.480 I hear you left the hotel, I'll get home and wait to hear from you. Yeah. And try to keep 14:22.480 --> 14:26.040 as posted, huh? Yeah. Well, this isn't the first time, right? It looks like the roughest, 14:26.040 --> 14:32.680 though. Comes off, it'll be worth it. Three kilos. Pure heroin. You know what that's worth. 14:32.680 --> 14:43.480 I don't know what they think. Yeah. I know what it's gonna cost you. 14:43.480 --> 14:47.800 The next morning at 8.46 a.m., I got a call from Hugo Kinley. He said he'd set it up for 14:47.800 --> 14:52.120 me to meet the two men. I was to pick him up at the corner of 7th and Broadway, and then 14:52.120 --> 14:56.840 together we'd drive to Milo Golf's. I went down to the lobby of the hotel and made arrangements 14:56.840 --> 15:00.880 to rent a car. As soon as it was delivered, I put in a call to the office and told them 15:00.880 --> 15:05.360 what had happened. After that, I left and picked up Kinley. He directed me to drive 15:05.360 --> 15:11.040 down the Harbor Freeway and then turn off onto Figueroa and on down to Imperial Highway. 15:11.040 --> 15:14.360 On the way, he said that he told Golf and Franzen that I'd gotten into town from San 15:14.360 --> 15:19.440 Francisco and was in a position to take their entire supply of heroin. From what he said, 15:19.440 --> 15:24.520 the deal looked good. We cut off Imperial and turned left to Grand Avenue. Kinley told 15:24.520 --> 15:29.560 me to turn north and drive to the corner of Grand and 113th Street. We parked the car 15:29.560 --> 15:35.680 and walked the remaining half block. The house was well kept, white stucco. In the front 15:35.680 --> 15:42.440 yard, there was a child's tricycle and a playpen. We went up onto the porch and rang the bell. 15:42.440 --> 15:51.440 Come on in. My, this is Jerry Whitney, the fellow I told you about. Hey, Jerry, glad 15:51.440 --> 15:58.200 to know you. Yeah. Sit down. Thank you. Get you anything? Drink, cup of coffee? No, no, 15:58.200 --> 16:03.320 nothing for me. Where's Drew? Not to get something for breakfast. Is this your house? You don't 16:03.320 --> 16:08.040 even know that. Not important. Well, let's just keep it that way. Okay. Let's deal. You're 16:08.040 --> 16:12.440 in a hurry, aren't you? I don't have a lot of time. If you want to go too fast. If I 16:12.440 --> 16:17.640 buy, it's the way it's going to be. Not with us. Okay. See you later. How about the money? 16:17.640 --> 16:21.680 As soon as you show the H, I'll make a call. Scratch will be delivered. You won't have 16:21.680 --> 16:24.400 it with you? Oh, you're out of your head. You know me better than that. I'm not going 16:24.400 --> 16:28.880 to carry a pocket full of money around so somebody can walk off with it. What do we 16:28.880 --> 16:34.080 make the meat? You got a call. When? Day after tomorrow. Nothing you can do to speed it up. 16:34.080 --> 16:41.080 Okay. I'll hear from you. Yeah. This is going to be the place? I'll tell you that too. You 16:42.160 --> 16:45.440 play it pretty tight, don't you? You want to stay in the game. You want to go back with 16:45.440 --> 16:50.440 me, Hugo? Sure. No reason you have to leave, is it? Nothing to keep me. Okay. Yeah, but 16:50.440 --> 16:55.280 your way. I usually do. You talk big, Whitner. It's the way I work too. You got a big mouth. 16:55.280 --> 16:59.360 Now look, punk, I don't like this deal. None of it. You can't deliver. You don't know for 16:59.360 --> 17:02.640 sure when the stuff is going to be ready. You talk big, but it don't fit. I've seen cheap 17:02.640 --> 17:05.720 operators like you before. Don't make any difference to me how you talk, but you better 17:05.720 --> 17:08.520 be able to come through. Anything goes wrong with this deal, and I'm going to come looking 17:08.520 --> 17:12.440 for you, fella. You scare me. The only reason I even talk to you is I think maybe you got 17:12.440 --> 17:16.680 something to sell. If it's what you say, I want it. You got the money, we can make a 17:16.680 --> 17:22.680 deal. Let's leave it there. Come on, Hugo. Yeah. We'll give you a call. You do that. Don't 17:22.680 --> 17:25.840 make it later than you said. Keep the money handy. When we get through with this, I want 17:25.840 --> 17:30.840 to get out of town. I got a date Monday night. I want to keep it. You will. 17:30.840 --> 17:37.840 I went back to the hotel and waited. Monday morning, I got another call from Hugo to tell 17:38.400 --> 17:43.760 me that the meet was to take place in the hotel lobby at 10.45 a.m. From there, we'd 17:43.760 --> 17:48.400 go to where the buy would be made. I got in touch with Frank and told him what had happened. 17:48.400 --> 17:52.680 He said the hotel was covered, also the house on Grand Avenue. He went on to say that other 17:52.680 --> 17:56.880 officers would be standing by for my call to bring the money. As soon as the buy was 17:56.880 --> 17:59.760 made, all of the people in the place would be placed under surveillance in the hope that 17:59.760 --> 18:05.760 either Goff or Franzen would lead us to the head man in the operation. 10.36 a.m. I went 18:05.760 --> 18:10.480 downstairs and met Hugo Kenley and Milo Goff. We talked for a few minutes while we waited 18:10.480 --> 18:14.480 for Franzen to show up. Goff told me that the buy would be made in an apartment out 18:14.480 --> 18:19.280 in the Hollywood area. As soon as Franzen gets here, we'll shove up. I got time to make 18:19.280 --> 18:24.360 a call. To who? The man with the money. Tell him to stand by. You got to be told? You want 18:24.360 --> 18:29.360 the money, don't you? I want to make sure he's there. Go ahead. I'll be right back. 18:29.360 --> 18:50.360 All right, come on. Got a dime? Yeah, here. Thanks. Make it snappy, all right? Here comes 18:50.360 --> 18:57.360 Franzen. Just take a minute. Where you been? Had to see the man. Got the package. As soon 18:57.360 --> 19:02.360 as Jerry finishes here, we can move. This is the guy? Yeah, why? You bonehead, dumbest 19:02.360 --> 19:06.360 trick I ever heard of. What do you mean? All right, mister, put your hands down by your 19:06.360 --> 19:09.360 side. Make him move and I'll blow your spine out. What are you doing? What's wrong? This 19:09.360 --> 19:20.360 friend of yours. What about him? I know him. He's a cop. Drew Franzen told me to stand up 19:20.360 --> 19:23.360 slowly. When I did, he moved in and took my gun away from me and directed me to move 19:23.360 --> 19:28.360 out of the phone booth and across the lobby to the hotel. I did as I was told. Keep your 19:28.360 --> 19:32.360 head front, cop. Walk a line. You got it wrong. No, I haven't. You're made. I ran into you 19:32.360 --> 19:35.360 a couple of years ago. You hung a pinch on a friend of mine. Name's Friday, isn't it, 19:35.360 --> 19:39.360 Joe Friday? You're doing the talking. I didn't have any parking net friends and you got to 19:39.360 --> 19:44.360 believe that. You make it hard. Where are we going? Outside. After that, we'll tell you. 19:44.360 --> 19:48.360 You know you're not going to make it. I don't see anything to stop us. From here, I can 19:48.360 --> 19:54.360 see five guns. You've been using bad stuff. All right. Keep moving. Take him, Roxy. All 19:54.360 --> 19:58.360 the right there, Franzen. Get your hands off of me, cop. Come on. I'll take that gun, Franzen. 19:58.360 --> 20:02.360 You think you're pretty smart, don't you, Count? You figure. I'm not going to jail. 20:09.360 --> 20:13.360 Suspects were searched and then they were taken to the first street station. In Franzen's 20:13.360 --> 20:18.360 pocket, we found a check from a parking lot. Sergeant Roxy Luccarelli and his partner checked 20:18.360 --> 20:22.360 it out. And going over the car, they found the heroin. Frank came into the office and 20:22.360 --> 20:26.360 we talked to Drew Franzen for over an hour without getting anything out of him. He was 20:26.360 --> 20:32.360 booked in at the main jail. 12, 14 p.m. We had Milo Kenley brought to the interview room. 20:32.360 --> 20:35.360 It didn't going to do you any good, you know. Is that right? Sure. I'm not going to tell 20:35.360 --> 20:39.360 you anything. You don't have to. We know you plan to set up a distributing organization. 20:39.360 --> 20:43.360 Now, you ought to write this. We sent a couple of officers out to your place. They found a 20:43.360 --> 20:47.360 list of names. I got a lot of friends. Most of them have narco records. I like different 20:47.360 --> 20:52.360 people. We're going to talk to all of them. Call first. Some of them move around. 20:54.360 --> 20:57.360 You'll tell us nothing, huh? What I got to say you've had. 20:59.360 --> 21:03.360 OK, but I want to tell you something. I can't turn it off. Go ahead. You know, when I first 21:03.360 --> 21:07.360 met you, I thought you were pretty smart. Looks like I was all wrong. Yeah. You got to be 21:07.360 --> 21:10.360 in the head to take a beef by yourself. It won't be long. You better check the Narcotic 21:10.360 --> 21:14.360 Act again with the new laws. We got enough on you to lose the key and the cell number. 21:14.360 --> 21:18.360 Yeah, well, we'll see how it comes out in court. You're going to be there all by yourself. 21:18.360 --> 21:24.360 What about Franzen? He's out. What do you mean? Just what I said. He isn't here. 21:24.360 --> 21:31.360 Where is he? I wouldn't know. Is this true? Left here about 20 minutes ago. Bail, huh? 21:31.360 --> 21:38.360 Is that how he made it? Well, it won't hurt to tell me that. He isn't here. All we got is you. 21:39.360 --> 21:45.360 Well, what about me? Hmm? Nobody put up bail for me? I didn't see a line anywhere, did you? 21:46.360 --> 21:51.360 You're not lying. We don't even have to talk to you, fellow. I just figured that you 21:51.360 --> 21:57.360 wouldn't want to stand all by yourself. You sure got good friends, Goff. 21:57.360 --> 22:02.360 Who's sprung him? I don't know. Well, the guy had to leave a name. Maybe. We didn't check. 22:02.360 --> 22:06.360 It was Burt. All the odds in the world it was Burt. Maybe. I told you I don't know. 22:06.360 --> 22:11.360 It had to be. You only want to do it. You'd know that. Guy didn't say anything about getting me out, huh? 22:11.360 --> 22:19.360 Not to us. Call somebody with a book. You said you wanted a statement. I'll give it. I'll check. 22:19.360 --> 22:28.360 I'll check. I can't figure why he'd do it. What do you mean? Burt, he's the man, the guy who set the whole thing up. 22:28.360 --> 22:33.360 The only one who'd go bail for friends and the only one. He sat back and didn't want any part of it. 22:33.360 --> 22:37.360 Let us do the work, make the connections, plant the pushers and mules. We did it all. He just sat back. 22:38.360 --> 22:43.360 You got any idea where we can pick him up? Yeah. Still doesn't make sense. Why'd he leave me here? 22:43.360 --> 22:49.360 You keep asking the same question. I don't know. Lousy deal. 22:49.360 --> 22:56.360 Leading me to stand for it by myself. A real chintzy. Sure is. Big Burt. 22:56.360 --> 23:03.360 Sitting in his house while we do the work. Taking the biggest cut. Everything's the best with him. 23:03.360 --> 23:10.360 Best house. Best car. Best clothes. All his suits tailor-made. Is that so? Yeah. 23:10.360 --> 23:15.360 He won't put a suit on his back. It isn't special made. They'll find something that'll fit him. 23:22.360 --> 23:27.360 The story you have just heard is true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. 23:27.360 --> 23:43.360 On June 14th, trial was held in Department 97's Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Los Angeles. 23:43.360 --> 23:53.360 Milo Harold Gough, Drew Walter Franzen and Burt Michael Larimer were tried and convicted of violation of the State Narcotic Act of felony and received sentence as prescribed by law. 23:53.360 --> 24:01.360 Violation of the State Narcotic Act of felony is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than 10 years in the state penitentiary. 24:01.360 --> 24:29.360 You have just heard Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action and starring Jack Webb, a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 24:29.360 --> 24:31.360 Music 24:59.360 --> 25:02.360 Music