1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 Dragnet. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,000 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:24,000 You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned the burglary detail. 5 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:29,000 For the past month, a hot-prowl artist has been working the Silver Lake district in your city. 6 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,000 Your job? Stop him. 7 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:41,000 Dragnet. The documentary drama of an actual crime. 8 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,000 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 9 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:51,000 you will travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. 10 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:58,000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 11 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:04,000 It was Tuesday, April 12th. It was sunny in Los Angeles. 12 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,000 We were working the day watch out of burglary detail. 13 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,000 My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Bernard. My name is Friday. 14 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:15,000 I was on my way back from the business office and it was 4.31 p.m. when I got to room 45, burglary. 15 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,000 I've been reading about it in the papers. You know, a little item here and there. 16 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,000 Not front-page stuff, but it started me thinking. 17 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Oh, hi, Joe. Hi. 18 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,000 Mr. Bercher is my partner, Sergeant Friday. 19 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,000 How do. How are you, Mr. Bercher? 20 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Pretty good, pretty good. Except for my feet. They're killing me. 21 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Oh. That's just a little joke amongst us mailmen, Sergeant. 22 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Somebody ask us how we feel. We say our dogs are killing us. 23 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,000 It ain't necessarily the truth, but it's what folks expect to hear so we don't disappoint them. 24 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,000 Yes, sir. What was it you wanted to see us about, Mr. Bercher? 25 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,000 I was just telling your partner here, Smith, is it? 26 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,000 That's right, sir. 27 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Well, I was just telling Mr. Smith my mail route's out in Silver Lake District. 28 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,000 Uh-huh. 29 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,000 You know, where they've been having them burglaries lately. 30 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Yes, sir. 31 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Sure is a shame. Nice part of town, quiet, residential. Nice people, too. 32 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,000 Been delivering their mail for the past 12 years. 33 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,000 Is that right? 34 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:03,000 Gettin' to know folks pretty well in that length of time. 35 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Now, you take Mrs. Davenport. Lives in the 700 block on St. George's Place. 36 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Yes, sir. 37 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,000 The minute I gave her her mail last Friday, I could tell something was wrong. 38 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:14,000 She didn't even glance at her postcards. That was a tip-off. 39 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,000 Yes, sir. 40 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Told me somebody had sneaked into her house that morning, 41 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,000 stole $20 in cash in her diamond engagement ring, 42 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,000 said she'd left it on the sink when she started doing the breakfast dishes, 43 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 went in the other room to answer the phone. 44 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 That must have been when she had robbed. 45 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,000 Uh-huh. 46 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 You already heard about Mrs. Davenport being robbed, have you? 47 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Yes, sir. We talked to her last week. 48 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Oh, you're the fellow that's come to see her about it? 49 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 That's right. 50 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,000 You had any luck yet? 51 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 How's that? 52 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Catching a fellow that robbed her. 53 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 No, sir, not so far. 54 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Well, I don't know whether this will help you out or not, 55 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 but I thought I ought to tell you about it anyway. 56 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 About what, Mr. Burchard? 57 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Well, it happened twice, to my knowledge. 58 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Twice in the last two weeks. 59 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Once, just this morning. 60 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 That's why I come down here as soon as I got off work. 61 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Mm-hmm. 62 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,000 It was Mrs. Perkins on South Malkman had happened to today. 63 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Said she walked down to her kitchen, and there he was, biggest life. 64 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Yes, sir. 65 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,000 Stranger, complete stranger. 66 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,000 She asked him what he was doing there. 67 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,000 He said he was from the light company, come to repair her electric stove. 68 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Mm-hmm. 69 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Thing is, Mrs. Perkins don't have an electric stove. 70 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,000 Mm-hmm. 71 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,000 The fellow apologized, said he got into the wrong house by mistake. 72 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,000 Mrs. Perkins didn't think nothing about it 73 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,000 and just happened to mention it when I come by with a mail. 74 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 I didn't think nothing about it either, not at first. 75 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Yes, sir. 76 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,000 Then I remembered the same thing happened to Mrs. Johnstone 77 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,000 over on Scott Street, week 10 days ago. 78 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Found a man from the light company standing in her kitchen. 79 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 She hadn't sent for him either. 80 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 He said they'd give him the wrong address. 81 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Now, it just don't stand to reason the light company 82 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000 be sending people to the wrong addresses all the time. 83 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,000 No, sir, it doesn't. 84 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Got to thinking about them burglaries, 85 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Mrs. Davenport and the ones I read about in the papers. 86 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Wondered if there wasn't some connection. 87 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Well, there might be. 88 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:51,000 That's the way a hot-prowl artist works. 89 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Hot-prowl? 90 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:53,000 Daytime burglar. 91 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Operates when the victim is apt to be in the house. 92 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Oh. 93 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Would you give us her addresses, Mr. Bercher? 94 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 The two ladies you were telling us about? 95 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,000 You mean the found the fellow from the light company in their kitchen? 96 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,000 Yes. 97 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Mrs. Perkins, she lives on South Maltman, number 201. 98 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Mrs. Waldo Perkins, that's her full name. 99 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,000 Mm-hmm, 201. 100 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,000 And the other lady? 101 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Johnstone. 102 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 Mrs. Nellie Johnstone, she's a widow lady. 103 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Her address is 1247 Scott Street, 104 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 corner of Scott and Brandon. 105 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Thank you. 106 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,000 Would you mind showing us just what your mail route covers, Mr. Bercher? 107 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Huh? 108 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 On the map over here, would you come over here? 109 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Oh, sure, sure. 110 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Here we are. 111 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,000 Starts here. 112 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Mm-hmm. 113 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Down this street like so, then over here. 114 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,000 This whole section. 115 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 These streets here, down here. 116 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,000 Mm-hmm. 117 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,000 This is where I end up. 118 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,000 I see. 119 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,000 That's the right area, all right. 120 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,000 Yeah. 121 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Anything else I can do for you? 122 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 No, sir, I don't believe so. 123 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,000 We appreciate your coming in. 124 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Figured out how to help you if I could. 125 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Seeing as how we both work for the same boss. 126 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,000 How's that? 127 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,000 The taxpayer. 128 00:04:55,000 --> 00:05:02,000 We checked with the utility companies, 129 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 and they told us that they had made no recent repair calls 130 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,000 in the vicinity of the addresses that Mr. Bercher had given us. 131 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,000 5.46 p.m. 132 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 Frank and I drove out to 201 South Maltman. 133 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,000 It was a one-story stucco bungalow set behind a white picket fence. 134 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Well, it's about time you... 135 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,000 Where are the flowers? 136 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Ma'am. 137 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,000 Aren't you from McAdams Flower Shop? 138 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,000 No, ma'am, we're from the... 139 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 Oh, they promised me they'd have them here by five. 140 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Promised faithfully. 141 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,000 Oh, you just can't depend on anybody. 142 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Well, what is it? 143 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,000 We're police officers, ma'am. 144 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Police? 145 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,000 Miss Frank Smith, my name's Friday. 146 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Oh, for heaven's sake. 147 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,000 You Miss Perkins? 148 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Oh, yes, of course. 149 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Who'd you think I was? 150 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,000 We'd like to talk to you for a minute. 151 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Oh, what on earth about please? 152 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:39,000 I'm in an awful hurry. 153 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 I've got 16 people coming for dinner. 154 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,000 Just a couple of questions, please. 155 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,000 It won't take us long. 156 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Oh, all right, all right. 157 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,000 I suppose you might as well come in. 158 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,000 Thank you. 159 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 It isn't about Waldo. 160 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Ma'am. 161 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,000 My husband. 162 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,000 It isn't about him, is it? 163 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Not on top of everything else. 164 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,000 No, ma'am. 165 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,000 I don't know whether I'm coming or going. 166 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 I'm just not up to a big dinner party anymore. 167 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 I shouldn't have tried. 168 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Yes, ma'am. 169 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 We understand you had a visitor this morning, Miss Perkins. 170 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Visitor? 171 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,000 A man who said he'd come to fix your stove. 172 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Oh, yes. 173 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Now, how on earth did... 174 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Oh, that mailman. 175 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,000 I ought to know better than to tell him anything. 176 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,000 He spreads it all over town. 177 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Yes, ma'am. 178 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,000 You hadn't sent for an electrician, had you? 179 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Oh, certainly not. 180 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 If anything was wrong with my stove, I'd send to the gas company. 181 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 It's a gas range. 182 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Could you describe him for us, please? 183 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Describe him? 184 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,000 That's right. 185 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,000 I don't know what you mean. 186 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Well, what did he look like? 187 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Was he tall or short? 188 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,000 I hardly even looked at him. 189 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,000 He's just an ordinary man. 190 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,000 I see. 191 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 How old would you say he was? 192 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Isn't this kind of foolish? 193 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,000 We aren't sure yet, ma'am. 194 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Do you have any idea of his age? 195 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Youngish, I guess. 196 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,000 About 30. 197 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,000 How was he dressed? 198 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,000 I'm afraid I don't remember. 199 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,000 Did he have any uniform of any kind? 200 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,000 No, no uniform. 201 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Suit, I think. 202 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 I didn't pay much attention. 203 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 No scars, anything like that? 204 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Not that I noticed. 205 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Might have. 206 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Well, just what did he say to you? 207 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Just that he'd made a mistake, that he was in the wrong house. 208 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,000 That's all. 209 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Do you have any kind of an accent? 210 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:56,000 No. 211 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 He sounded like a plain, everyday American to me. 212 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,000 I see. 213 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Do you think you'd recognize him if you saw him again? 214 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Oh, I don't think so. 215 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,000 If it had been some other day when I wasn't so busy, when I didn't have so much on my mind... 216 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,000 Yes, ma'am. 217 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Did you notice where he went when he left here? 218 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Out the back door. 219 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,000 Did he drive away? 220 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,000 I really haven't any idea. 221 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,000 If you're so interested in the poor man, you'd better talk to Margo. 222 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Margo? 223 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Mrs. Summersby, my next door neighbor. 224 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,000 She was doing some gardening this morning. 225 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,000 I see. 226 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,000 I suppose she saw him, too. 227 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:23,000 There's much that gets by Margo. 228 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 She's a little on the nosy side, if you know what I mean. 229 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,000 Yes, ma'am. 230 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Which house is hers? 231 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Up in there. 232 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:29,000 I see. 233 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,000 Now, I've just got to get back to my dinner. 234 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 I haven't even started the salad yet. 235 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Just one more thing, Miss Perkins. 236 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,000 Well, what is it now? 237 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Is anything missing from around the house? 238 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,000 Missing? 239 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Yes, ma'am. 240 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Money or anything of value? 241 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Why, no. 242 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,000 No, of course not. 243 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,000 You sure, are you? 244 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 What on earth are you driving at? 245 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,000 A man makes a perfectly honest mistake. 246 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,000 Next thing I know, the police are bothering me. 247 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,000 You think he was a criminal or something? 248 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,000 I'm sorry we troubled you, Miss Perkins. 249 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,000 I just don't understand. 250 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,000 If people come here all the time, day in and day out, some of them have the right address, 251 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,000 some of them have the wrong ones. 252 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Spend half my life answering the doorbell. 253 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,000 Yes, ma'am. 254 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,000 What's so special about this fellow? 255 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,000 He didn't ring your doorbell. 256 00:07:53,000 --> 00:08:07,240 We left Miss Perkins and went over to talk to her next door neighbor, Mrs. Summersbee. 257 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:14,000 Mrs. Summersbee told us that she'd spent most of the morning in her garden transplanting 258 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,000 begonias. 259 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,880 She also said that she remembered seeing a stranger enter Mrs. Perkins' house about 260 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:18,880 10.30 a.m. 261 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:20,280 I don't think you noticed me. 262 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,800 I was down on my hands and knees behind the hedge. 263 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,120 I remember thinking it was kind of odd the way he just walked in. 264 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,840 Then I decided it was probably somebody about the party she's given tonight. 265 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:31,160 Delivery man, somebody like that. 266 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:32,160 Yes, ma'am. 267 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:33,160 Did you see him leave? 268 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:37,400 A couple of minutes later, he came back and out, headed out toward the front of the house. 269 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:38,400 Do you have a car? 270 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:39,400 I suppose so. 271 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:40,400 You aren't sure? 272 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:41,400 No. 273 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:46,160 I just assumed he did if he was a delivery man. 274 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,120 Could you describe him for us, Mrs. Summersbee? 275 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:50,800 Doesn't Mrs. Perkins know who he was? 276 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:51,800 Well, she isn't sure. 277 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,080 Well, she must know what he looked like. 278 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,920 We'd like to check your description against hers if it's all right. 279 00:08:57,920 --> 00:08:59,840 I suppose she was a bit vague. 280 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,400 I'm not surprised. 281 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:03,680 She doesn't have a very sharp eye. 282 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:05,440 She can't see her nose in front of her face. 283 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:06,440 Is that so? 284 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,400 And the way she's been carrying on about this dinner party, well, it's a wonder to me she 285 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:10,400 even remembered the man. 286 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:11,400 Yes, ma'am. 287 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:15,720 You think if she could entertain 16 people, two more wouldn't be any extra trouble. 288 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:16,720 How's that? 289 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,040 All her talk about just having friends of her sisters. 290 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:21,560 That's who the party's for. 291 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:22,560 Her sister from Cleveland. 292 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:24,600 They're out here on a visit. 293 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,240 Excuse, that's what it is. 294 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:28,880 Get out of invite and wreck some me. 295 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:30,760 Well, she won't need excuses in the future. 296 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:32,840 Our relationship will be on a somewhat different basis. 297 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:33,840 Yes, ma'am. 298 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,360 Now, if you'll just tell us about the man you saw this morning. 299 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,360 Oh, him? 300 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:39,720 Yes, ma'am. 301 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,320 Well, he was good size, tall as you are maybe. 302 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:44,320 Little heavier. 303 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:47,800 Late 20s or early 30s, I'd put him. 304 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:49,280 Dark hair, needed a haircut. 305 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,120 Nice looking. 306 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,800 Not really handsome or anything like that, but good looking. 307 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,080 Do you remember how he was dressed? 308 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:57,800 Coat and pants. 309 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:58,800 Don't think they matched. 310 00:09:58,800 --> 00:09:59,800 Not too sporty, though. 311 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:00,800 I see. 312 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,440 Walked real fast, brisk, like he was in a big hurry. 313 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:04,440 Yes, ma'am. 314 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:05,440 Anything else? 315 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:06,440 No. 316 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,440 No, I can't think of anything. 317 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:10,240 Has he been around this neighborhood before? 318 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,720 No, stranger to me. 319 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,080 Would you recognize him if you saw him again? 320 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:16,080 Don't see why not. 321 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:17,080 Excuse me. 322 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:18,080 Surely. 323 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,080 Hello? 324 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,080 Yes? 325 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:27,080 Oh. 326 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:30,080 That's too bad. 327 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,080 Um. 328 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:36,080 Well, I don't know. 329 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,080 Oh. 330 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:43,080 Well, I suppose you do, but. 331 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,080 Oh. 332 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:46,080 I see. 333 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,080 All right. 334 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,080 Bye. 335 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,080 Hm. 336 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:56,080 Mrs. Perkins. 337 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,080 Is that right? 338 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,080 Says the Barrington's can't come. 339 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,080 Mr. Barrington's got virus. 340 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:07,080 Wants me and Rex to fill in it for the last minute. 341 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:09,080 Well, if you're all through, Sergeant. 342 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:10,080 Yes, ma'am. 343 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:11,080 Thank you. 344 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,080 I'd better start getting ready. 345 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:24,080 We told Mrs. Summersby to get in touch with us if she saw the suspect in the neighborhood 346 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:25,080 again. 347 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:29,080 We also told her that we might need her assistance in making an identification for mugshots. 348 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,080 She offered to do all she could to help us. 349 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:33,080 6.48 p.m. 350 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,080 Frank and I canvassed the vicinity for anyone else who might have seen the suspect. 351 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,080 We were unable to turn up another witness. 352 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:40,080 8.06 p.m. 353 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,080 We drove over to Scott Avenue and interviewed Mrs. Nellie Johnstone. 354 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:47,080 Mrs. Johnstone stated that on Monday of the previous week, a strange man had entered her 355 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:48,080 kitchen. 356 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,080 He claimed to be from the electric company. 357 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,080 He apologized for coming to the wrong address and left immediately. 358 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:57,080 Her description of the suspect tallied with what we already had. 359 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:01,080 The next day, April 13th, we checked the description and the MO with the stats office. 360 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,080 They came up with three possibles. 361 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,080 We took the names to R&I and pulled their packages. 362 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:07,080 12.08 p.m. 363 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:08,080 We went back to the office. 364 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,080 What do you think, Joe? 365 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:13,080 Well, from these mug shots, it could be any one of them. 366 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:14,080 Yeah. 367 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,080 I better try for an identification. 368 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:17,080 Who do you want to start with? 369 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:18,080 Doesn't matter. 370 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:19,080 Miss Perkins again. 371 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:20,080 Okay. 372 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,080 I wonder how our party went last night. 373 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,080 I got it. 374 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:27,080 Burglary Friday. 375 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,080 Where did it happen? 376 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,080 Yeah, that's the neighborhood. 377 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,080 How long ago? 378 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:35,080 I see. 379 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:36,080 Right? 380 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:37,080 Thank you. 381 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,080 Looks like we won't need Miss Perkins. 382 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,080 I just brought a lady into Georgia Street who lives out in the Silver Lake District. 383 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:43,080 Yeah. 384 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,080 Found a man going through a purse in the bedroom, tried to stop him from getting away. 385 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:47,080 He slugged her. 386 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:58,080 We drove over to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital and talked to Dr. Sebastian. 387 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:02,080 He told us that a Mrs. Viola at the castle had been brought in for treatment. 388 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:05,080 He said she had a bad bruise on her face and a slight concussion. 389 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:09,080 He also said she hadn't lost consciousness and was able to talk to us. 390 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:10,080 Mrs. Castle? 391 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:11,080 Yes? 392 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:12,080 Police officers, ma'am. 393 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:13,080 Okay. 394 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:15,080 We'd like you to tell us what happened, if you would. 395 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:16,080 I told the others. 396 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:17,080 Wouldn't they come to get me? 397 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:18,080 Yes, ma'am. 398 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:19,080 We'd like to hear from you. 399 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,080 Well, he was just standing there by the dresser. 400 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,080 I couldn't imagine where he'd come from. 401 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,080 Uh-huh. 402 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:26,080 I didn't say anything for a minute. 403 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:27,080 I was too surprised. 404 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,080 He didn't seem to know I was in the room. 405 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:30,080 His back was towards me. 406 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:31,080 What was he doing? 407 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:32,080 Well, I couldn't tell. 408 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:33,080 I'm not the first. 409 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,080 And then I heard a little snap, you know, just a click. 410 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:37,080 Uh-huh. 411 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:38,080 I realized he was opening my purse. 412 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:39,080 Yes, ma'am. 413 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,080 He started fumbling at the things inside. 414 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,080 I must have moved or something. 415 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:46,080 Anyway, he looked up and saw me in the mirror. 416 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:50,080 His eyes opened up real wide like he was scared. 417 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,080 I remember thinking he's more scared than I am. 418 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:53,080 Did he say anything? 419 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:54,080 No, sir, not a word. 420 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:55,080 I did all the talking. 421 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,080 Told him to put down my purse. 422 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,080 Put it down, I said. 423 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,080 Tried to sound real sure of myself. 424 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,080 What happened then? 425 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,080 Dropped the pocketbook, turned around toward me. 426 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,080 I don't think he had a gun or anything. 427 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,080 If he did, I didn't see it. 428 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:11,080 Yes, ma'am. 429 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,080 He just started running toward the door. 430 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,080 I moved over, so as I'd been in his way. 431 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,080 Where do you think you're going, I said. 432 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:19,080 He didn't answer and just pushed past me. 433 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:21,080 I grabbed at his arm, and that's when he hit me. 434 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,080 Here, where the bandage is. 435 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:24,080 I see. 436 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:26,080 Must have stuck the chair when I fell. 437 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,080 The doctor tells me I'm going to have a real bump. 438 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:33,080 I guess everybody will be saying Violet Castle sure got the swell, Ed, huh? 439 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:34,080 Yes, ma'am. 440 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:36,080 I didn't think so. 441 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,080 I thought for a minute I was going to, but I didn't. 442 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:43,080 I heard him run out of the house like I heard a wild horse's way pounded out there. 443 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:47,080 Managed to get to my feet, made it to the telephone in the hall, called the police. 444 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,080 They sent an ambulance for me. 445 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,080 Got there real quick. 446 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,080 First time I ever rode in an ambulance. 447 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,080 Oh, I've had my share of sickness. 448 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,080 I've been in hospitals and all that, but I never had an ambulance ride. 449 00:14:58,080 --> 00:14:59,080 Yes, ma'am. 450 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:00,080 Siren, too. 451 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,080 Siren going all the way down here. 452 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,080 I thought I must be pretty bad off. 453 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,080 They had to use a siren like that, but the doctor says it's usual. 454 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:08,080 Mm-hmm. 455 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:12,080 He told me I'd be up and around again in a few days, be my old self, except for my lump. 456 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,080 It'd be a while before a lump like that goes away. 457 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,080 Do you think you could identify the man who hit you, Miss Castle? 458 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:19,080 Identify him? 459 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:22,080 Well, yes, if we showed you some pictures, could you pick him out? 460 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:23,080 Right now? 461 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:23,080 Yes, ma'am. 462 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:24,080 Well, I'm afraid not. 463 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:25,080 Oh. 464 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,080 But it isn't that I wouldn't know him, you understand, him or his picture. 465 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,080 I'm not likely to forget that face. 466 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:31,080 Well... 467 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,080 Too dark in here for me to look at any pictures. 468 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:34,080 Way too dark. 469 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:37,080 The doctor said they had to leave the blinds down for the time being. 470 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,080 He told me not to turn the light on. 471 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,080 I understand. 472 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,080 I'm sorry. I can't be more help, but the doctor left strict orders. 473 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:43,080 Yes, ma'am. 474 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:44,080 I'll check on her, Joe. 475 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:45,080 Thank you. 476 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,080 Always leave and follow in doctor's orders. 477 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:48,080 Yes, ma'am. 478 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,080 No use paying the doctor unless you do what he tells you. 479 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,080 Some husband always used to put it. 480 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,080 Mm-hmm. 481 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,080 Of course, I'm not paying anything here, Emma. 482 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,080 That's what they told me. 483 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:58,080 Yes, ma'am. 484 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,080 I explained I wasn't a charity case. 485 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,080 I got some health and accident insurance. 486 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,080 I guess you'd call this an accident, wouldn't you? 487 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,080 Well, I'm not sure. I imagine so. 488 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,080 Dr. Sebastian says it'll be all right 489 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,080 to turn the lights on for a few minutes, Joe. 490 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:12,080 Okay. 491 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:13,080 Are you sure it's all right? 492 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,080 Yes, ma'am, he said so. 493 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,080 He was so positive before about keeping it dark in here. 494 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,080 Well, a couple of minutes probably won't make any difference in this castle. 495 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,080 Well, if the doctor says so... 496 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,080 Yes, ma'am. 497 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,080 Ooh, sure seems bright, don't it? 498 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,080 Yes, ma'am, now if you just look through these photos... 499 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,080 I'll do my best. 500 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:35,080 It sure is funny. 501 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:36,080 How's that? 502 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,080 You getting here so quick and having pictures all ready to show me. 503 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,080 Well, we don't know that we've got his picture here. 504 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,080 Well, that's what's so funny. 505 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:44,080 Ma'am. 506 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:45,080 This is him right here. 507 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:51,080 Mrs. Castle positively identified one of the mugshots we'd shown her, 508 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,080 Ralph Foster Maple. 509 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,080 Maple had done time for burglary. 510 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:59,080 The three ladies we had previously interviewed also identified the suspect's picture. 511 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,080 3.16 p.m. We went back to the office. 512 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,080 The crime lab reported that there were no fingerprints 513 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:07,080 or other physical evidence at Mrs. Castle's home. 514 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,080 Frank and I checked the phone books and city directories for Maple's address. 515 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,080 There was no listing. 516 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:15,080 We ran DMV for a car registration. 517 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:18,080 They had nothing under his name, but they told us that a Mrs. Ralph F. Maple 518 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:23,080 at 317 Himber Street was the registered owner of a late model matched sedan. 519 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:27,080 4.48 p.m. We drove out to interview Mrs. Maple. 520 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:28,080 Yes? 521 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:29,080 Mrs. Maple? 522 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:30,080 Yes? 523 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:31,080 Your husband in? 524 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:32,080 My husband? 525 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:33,080 Yes, ma'am. 526 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:34,080 I'm afraid you've made a mistake. 527 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:35,080 Huh? 528 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:36,080 I'm not married. Not anymore. 529 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:37,080 Oh, I see. 530 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,080 You were married to Ralph Maple? 531 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:40,080 Yes. 532 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,080 They're police officers. 533 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:42,080 Oh. 534 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,080 This is Frank Smith. My name's Bridey. 535 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:45,080 What's he done now? 536 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:46,080 We'd like to get in touch with him, that's all. 537 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:47,080 Do you mind if we come in? 538 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,080 Give me a minute to send my daughter over to the neighbors. 539 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:51,080 I'd rather she didn't hear this. 540 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,080 We'll have to come in. 541 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,080 Oh, all right. 542 00:17:58,080 --> 00:17:59,080 Over here. 543 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,080 Yes, ma'am. 544 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,080 Go out and play, will you, honey? 545 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,080 What is it this time? Burglary again? 546 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,080 We're just trying to reach him, Mrs. Maple. 547 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:11,080 Does he know where he lives? 548 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:12,080 No. 549 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:13,080 Is he still in Los Angeles? 550 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:14,080 I suppose so. 551 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,080 He was here a couple of weeks ago, came by to see Joanne. 552 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:18,080 She's our daughter. 553 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:19,080 Mm-hmm. 554 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:21,080 I should have known he was up to something. 555 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:22,080 Ma'am. 556 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,080 Brought his presents, expensive presents. 557 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,080 Said he had a new job. 558 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:29,080 I didn't really believe him, but I tried to for Joanne's sake. 559 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,080 Did he say what this job was? 560 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,080 Selling. Didn't mention the firm. 561 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,080 I suppose he could be a good salesman if he'd try. 562 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:37,080 Did he have a car? 563 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,080 He told me it was in the shop being repaired. 564 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:40,080 Came up in a taxi cab. 565 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:41,080 I see. 566 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,080 A great one for taxis, Ralph, is. 567 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:44,080 Big tip or two. 568 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,080 It's somebody else's money. 569 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:48,080 I'm sorry. 570 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,080 I guess I sound a little bitter, don't I? 571 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:51,080 Mm. 572 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:52,080 It was my own doing. 573 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,080 I knew he was wild when I married him. 574 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:55,080 I thought he'd change. 575 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,080 He did. He got worse. 576 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,080 How long have you been divorced? 577 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,080 A little over two years now. 578 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,080 Oh, I waited till he got out of prison. 579 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,080 I thought that was my duty, have a home ready for him to come back to. 580 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:07,080 Yes, ma'am. 581 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:10,080 Wouldn't hold down a job, didn't even try. 582 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,080 Well, we'd managed without him while he was in San Quentin. 583 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,080 I knew we could do it again. 584 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:17,080 He's supposed to support Joanne. 585 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:19,080 I haven't seen a penny in six months. 586 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:22,080 Always brings her a present, though. 587 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,080 It's his way of trying to get on the good side. 588 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,080 You know any of his friends who might help us locate him? 589 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,080 His friends aren't my friends, Sergeant. 590 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:30,080 Yes, ma'am. 591 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,080 But you won't have any trouble finding him. 592 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:33,080 Ma'am? 593 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:34,080 He'll be here tomorrow. 594 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:35,080 Oh. 595 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:36,080 It's Joanne's birthday. 596 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,080 He'll bring her something. 597 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:39,080 He'll be here. 598 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:40,080 Mm-hmm. 599 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,080 I suppose he does love her. 600 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,080 In his way. 601 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:46,080 Maybe he loves me, too. 602 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:47,080 Mm-hmm. 603 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,080 Maybe I love him. 604 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,080 I was even thinking about us getting back together. 605 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,080 If it was true about his new selling job. 606 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,080 I guess you never learn, do you? 607 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:00,080 You're sure he'll be here tomorrow? 608 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,080 He won't miss Joanne's birthday. 609 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,080 Ralph's a very thoughtful father. 610 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,080 Not the kind of man who forgets birthdays and anniversaries. 611 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:09,080 I see. 612 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,080 Might forget to pay his bills, but that's different. 613 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,080 Yes, ma'am. 614 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,080 It'll be quite a birthday present for Joanne, won't it? 615 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,080 What's that? 616 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,080 Her father getting arrested again. 617 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:26,080 The next day, Thursday, April 14th, 618 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,080 we staked out Mrs. Maple's house. 619 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:29,080 3.35 p.m. 620 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,080 A taxi cab pulled up and Ralph Maple got out. 621 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,080 He was carrying a large package. 622 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:35,080 Keep the change. 623 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:37,080 Thanks, Rector. 624 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:39,080 Ralph Maple? 625 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:40,080 Mm-hmm? 626 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,080 Police officers, just stand still. 627 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,080 What's going on? 628 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:45,080 He's light, Joe. 629 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:46,080 All right, let's go. 630 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:47,080 Wait a minute. 631 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,080 Can't you tell me what this is all about? 632 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:50,080 We'll let you tell us downtown. 633 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:52,080 You can't arrest a man without some reason. 634 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:53,080 Where were you yesterday? 635 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:54,080 What time? 636 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:55,080 Let's start with the morning. 637 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,080 Got up, had breakfast, went shopping. 638 00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:58,080 Where? 639 00:20:58,080 --> 00:20:59,080 Department stores. 640 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:00,080 Had to buy a present for my daughter. 641 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:01,080 This is it right here. 642 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:03,080 I take you all morning, did it? 643 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:04,080 Yeah, most of it. 644 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:05,080 All right, come on, get in the car. 645 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:07,080 Look, just tell me what it is you want to know. 646 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,080 We want to know about a lady who was in the hospital. 647 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:10,080 Lady? 648 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:11,080 Yeah, somebody slugged her yesterday. 649 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:12,080 You think it was me? 650 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:13,080 She does. 651 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,080 Let's find out if she's right. 652 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,080 Come on, then. 653 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:18,080 Okay, she's right. 654 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:23,080 All right, let's go. 655 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,080 I didn't mean to hit her very hard. 656 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:26,080 It was hard enough. 657 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:27,080 Just wanted to get her out of my way. 658 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,080 All right, get in. 659 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:31,080 Yeah. 660 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:32,080 Hey, wait a minute, huh? 661 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:33,080 What about this? 662 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:34,080 What about what? 663 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:35,080 My little girl's present. 664 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:36,080 It's her birthday. 665 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:37,080 Well? 666 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:38,080 Well, can I give it to her? 667 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,080 You can stay where you are. 668 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:41,080 What about one of you guys? 669 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,080 You could take it up to the door. 670 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:44,080 It's not hot. 671 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:45,080 You can see for yourself. 672 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:46,080 The store is wrapped and see. 673 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:47,080 Yeah. 674 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,080 I paid for it myself. 675 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,080 With whose money? 676 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:54,080 At least she can do it, see that she gets it. 677 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:55,080 Joe? 678 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:56,080 All right, go ahead. 679 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:57,080 Here you are. 680 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,080 I'll be right back. 681 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:01,080 Sure appreciate it. 682 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,080 She's just a little girl, six today. 683 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:06,080 Wouldn't understand if there wasn't a present from daddy. 684 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:07,080 Yeah. 685 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:08,080 I never missed a birthday. 686 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,080 Even when I was in the joint, I saw to it that she got something. 687 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:11,080 Yeah. 688 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,080 Wife divorced me a couple years back. 689 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:14,080 I guess I can't blame her. 690 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:15,080 Not for divorcing me. 691 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:16,080 Had it coming. 692 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:17,080 She shouldn't have got so custody, though. 693 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:18,080 A girl needs a father. 694 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:20,080 Everybody talks about how boys need their old man. 695 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,080 The way I see it, a girl needs a more. 696 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:23,080 That's so true. 697 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,080 You know, this will kind of help us. 698 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:25,080 Yeah. 699 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:27,080 I was on a con of her, Joanne. 700 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,080 That's the only reason I'd done it. 701 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:30,080 Little girls entitled to pretty things. 702 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,080 I couldn't afford them, not with the kind of dough that I made. 703 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:33,080 Yeah. 704 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,080 I had to get the money somewhere. 705 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:38,080 I never stole much, just enough to buy her a few presents. 706 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,080 Figured if I didn't, she'd turn against me. 707 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,080 Being divorced and all, I figured I had to do more than regular fathers. 708 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:44,080 Yeah. 709 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:46,080 I shouldn't have given Dora sole custody. 710 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:47,080 It wasn't fair. 711 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,080 She lets me come around and visit whenever I want, 712 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,080 but it's sort of like saying Joanne doesn't belong to me anymore. 713 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,080 Judge claimed I wasn't a fit father. 714 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:55,080 How do you like that? 715 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,080 Just because a man does a little time, everybody has it in for him afterward. 716 00:22:58,080 --> 00:22:59,080 Yeah. 717 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,080 The idea is saying I'm not a fit father. 718 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,080 You know something, April? 719 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:04,080 Huh? 720 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:05,080 You proved him right. 721 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:15,080 The story you have just heard is true. 722 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,080 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 723 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:21,080 On August 6th, trial was held in Department 98, 724 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:26,080 Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles. 725 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:38,080 Ralph Foster Maple was tried and convicted of burglary in the first degree, 726 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:43,080 assault with intent to do great bodily harm, and receive sentence as prescribed by law. 727 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:49,080 Burglary in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than five years. 728 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:53,080 Assault with intent to do great bodily harm is punishable by imprisonment 729 00:23:53,080 --> 00:24:14,080 for not more than five years in the state penitentiary. 730 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:16,080 You have just heard Dragnet, 731 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:19,080 the authentic story of your police force in action, 732 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:25,080 and starring Jack Webb, a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 733 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:50,080 The story of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service 734 00:24:50,080 --> 00:25:04,080 the story if the 735 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:12,080 the