WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.000 Dragnet. 00:03.000 --> 00:10.000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:10.000 --> 00:13.000 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:13.000 --> 00:24.000 You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned the burglary detail. 00:24.000 --> 00:29.000 For the past month, a hot-prowl artist has been working the Silver Lake district in your city. 00:29.000 --> 00:32.000 Your job? Stop him. 00:32.000 --> 00:41.000 Dragnet. The documentary drama of an actual crime. 00:41.000 --> 00:45.000 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 00:45.000 --> 00:51.000 you will travel step-by-step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. 00:51.000 --> 00:58.000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 00:58.000 --> 01:04.000 It was Tuesday, April 12th. It was sunny in Los Angeles. 01:04.000 --> 01:06.000 We were working the day watch out of burglary detail. 01:06.000 --> 01:09.000 My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Bernard. My name is Friday. 01:09.000 --> 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. 01:15.000 --> 01:18.000 I've been reading about it in the papers. You know, a little item here and there. 01:18.000 --> 01:21.000 Not front-page stuff, but it started me thinking. 01:21.000 --> 01:22.000 Oh, hi, Joe. Hi. 01:22.000 --> 01:24.000 Mr. Bercher is my partner, Sergeant Friday. 01:24.000 --> 01:26.000 How do. How are you, Mr. Bercher? 01:26.000 --> 01:29.000 Pretty good, pretty good. Except for my feet. They're killing me. 01:29.000 --> 01:32.000 Oh. That's just a little joke amongst us mailmen, Sergeant. 01:32.000 --> 01:35.000 Somebody ask us how we feel. We say our dogs are killing us. 01:35.000 --> 01:39.000 It ain't necessarily the truth, but it's what folks expect to hear so we don't disappoint them. 01:39.000 --> 01:43.000 Yes, sir. What was it you wanted to see us about, Mr. Bercher? 01:43.000 --> 01:45.000 I was just telling your partner here, Smith, is it? 01:45.000 --> 01:46.000 That's right, sir. 01:46.000 --> 01:50.000 Well, I was just telling Mr. Smith my mail route's out in Silver Lake District. 01:50.000 --> 01:51.000 Uh-huh. 01:51.000 --> 01:52.000 You know, where they've been having them burglaries lately. 01:52.000 --> 01:53.000 Yes, sir. 01:53.000 --> 01:58.000 Sure is a shame. Nice part of town, quiet, residential. Nice people, too. 01:58.000 --> 02:00.000 Been delivering their mail for the past 12 years. 02:00.000 --> 02:01.000 Is that right? 02:01.000 --> 02:03.000 Gettin' to know folks pretty well in that length of time. 02:03.000 --> 02:07.000 Now, you take Mrs. Davenport. Lives in the 700 block on St. George's Place. 02:07.000 --> 02:08.000 Yes, sir. 02:08.000 --> 02:11.000 The minute I gave her her mail last Friday, I could tell something was wrong. 02:11.000 --> 02:14.000 She didn't even glance at her postcards. That was a tip-off. 02:14.000 --> 02:15.000 Yes, sir. 02:15.000 --> 02:17.000 Told me somebody had sneaked into her house that morning, 02:17.000 --> 02:20.000 stole $20 in cash in her diamond engagement ring, 02:20.000 --> 02:23.000 said she'd left it on the sink when she started doing the breakfast dishes, 02:23.000 --> 02:25.000 went in the other room to answer the phone. 02:25.000 --> 02:27.000 That must have been when she had robbed. 02:27.000 --> 02:28.000 Uh-huh. 02:28.000 --> 02:30.000 You already heard about Mrs. Davenport being robbed, have you? 02:30.000 --> 02:32.000 Yes, sir. We talked to her last week. 02:32.000 --> 02:34.000 Oh, you're the fellow that's come to see her about it? 02:34.000 --> 02:35.000 That's right. 02:35.000 --> 02:36.000 You had any luck yet? 02:36.000 --> 02:37.000 How's that? 02:37.000 --> 02:38.000 Catching a fellow that robbed her. 02:38.000 --> 02:40.000 No, sir, not so far. 02:40.000 --> 02:42.000 Well, I don't know whether this will help you out or not, 02:42.000 --> 02:44.000 but I thought I ought to tell you about it anyway. 02:44.000 --> 02:46.000 About what, Mr. Burchard? 02:46.000 --> 02:47.000 Well, it happened twice, to my knowledge. 02:47.000 --> 02:49.000 Twice in the last two weeks. 02:49.000 --> 02:51.000 Once, just this morning. 02:51.000 --> 02:53.000 That's why I come down here as soon as I got off work. 02:53.000 --> 02:54.000 Mm-hmm. 02:54.000 --> 02:57.000 It was Mrs. Perkins on South Malkman had happened to today. 02:57.000 --> 03:00.000 Said she walked down to her kitchen, and there he was, biggest life. 03:00.000 --> 03:01.000 Yes, sir. 03:01.000 --> 03:03.000 Stranger, complete stranger. 03:03.000 --> 03:05.000 She asked him what he was doing there. 03:05.000 --> 03:08.000 He said he was from the light company, come to repair her electric stove. 03:08.000 --> 03:09.000 Mm-hmm. 03:09.000 --> 03:11.000 Thing is, Mrs. Perkins don't have an electric stove. 03:11.000 --> 03:12.000 Mm-hmm. 03:12.000 --> 03:15.000 The fellow apologized, said he got into the wrong house by mistake. 03:15.000 --> 03:17.000 Mrs. Perkins didn't think nothing about it 03:17.000 --> 03:20.000 and just happened to mention it when I come by with a mail. 03:20.000 --> 03:22.000 I didn't think nothing about it either, not at first. 03:22.000 --> 03:23.000 Yes, sir. 03:23.000 --> 03:26.000 Then I remembered the same thing happened to Mrs. Johnstone 03:26.000 --> 03:29.000 over on Scott Street, week 10 days ago. 03:29.000 --> 03:32.000 Found a man from the light company standing in her kitchen. 03:32.000 --> 03:34.000 She hadn't sent for him either. 03:34.000 --> 03:36.000 He said they'd give him the wrong address. 03:36.000 --> 03:38.000 Now, it just don't stand to reason the light company 03:38.000 --> 03:40.000 be sending people to the wrong addresses all the time. 03:40.000 --> 03:41.000 No, sir, it doesn't. 03:41.000 --> 03:43.000 Got to thinking about them burglaries, 03:43.000 --> 03:46.000 Mrs. Davenport and the ones I read about in the papers. 03:46.000 --> 03:48.000 Wondered if there wasn't some connection. 03:48.000 --> 03:49.000 Well, there might be. 03:49.000 --> 03:51.000 That's the way a hot-prowl artist works. 03:51.000 --> 03:52.000 Hot-prowl? 03:52.000 --> 03:53.000 Daytime burglar. 03:53.000 --> 03:55.000 Operates when the victim is apt to be in the house. 03:55.000 --> 03:56.000 Oh. 03:56.000 --> 03:58.000 Would you give us her addresses, Mr. Bercher? 03:58.000 --> 04:00.000 The two ladies you were telling us about? 04:00.000 --> 04:03.000 You mean the found the fellow from the light company in their kitchen? 04:03.000 --> 04:04.000 Yes. 04:04.000 --> 04:07.000 Mrs. Perkins, she lives on South Maltman, number 201. 04:07.000 --> 04:10.000 Mrs. Waldo Perkins, that's her full name. 04:10.000 --> 04:11.000 Mm-hmm, 201. 04:11.000 --> 04:12.000 And the other lady? 04:12.000 --> 04:13.000 Johnstone. 04:13.000 --> 04:15.000 Mrs. Nellie Johnstone, she's a widow lady. 04:15.000 --> 04:17.000 Her address is 1247 Scott Street, 04:17.000 --> 04:19.000 corner of Scott and Brandon. 04:19.000 --> 04:20.000 Thank you. 04:20.000 --> 04:23.000 Would you mind showing us just what your mail route covers, Mr. Bercher? 04:23.000 --> 04:24.000 Huh? 04:24.000 --> 04:26.000 On the map over here, would you come over here? 04:26.000 --> 04:28.000 Oh, sure, sure. 04:28.000 --> 04:30.000 Here we are. 04:30.000 --> 04:31.000 Starts here. 04:31.000 --> 04:32.000 Mm-hmm. 04:32.000 --> 04:35.000 Down this street like so, then over here. 04:35.000 --> 04:37.000 This whole section. 04:37.000 --> 04:39.000 These streets here, down here. 04:39.000 --> 04:40.000 Mm-hmm. 04:40.000 --> 04:41.000 This is where I end up. 04:41.000 --> 04:42.000 I see. 04:42.000 --> 04:44.000 That's the right area, all right. 04:44.000 --> 04:45.000 Yeah. 04:45.000 --> 04:46.000 Anything else I can do for you? 04:46.000 --> 04:48.000 No, sir, I don't believe so. 04:48.000 --> 04:49.000 We appreciate your coming in. 04:49.000 --> 04:51.000 Figured out how to help you if I could. 04:51.000 --> 04:53.000 Seeing as how we both work for the same boss. 04:53.000 --> 04:54.000 How's that? 04:54.000 --> 04:55.000 The taxpayer. 04:55.000 --> 05:02.000 We checked with the utility companies, 05:02.000 --> 05:04.000 and they told us that they had made no recent repair calls 05:04.000 --> 05:07.000 in the vicinity of the addresses that Mr. Bercher had given us. 05:07.000 --> 05:09.000 5.46 p.m. 05:09.000 --> 05:11.000 Frank and I drove out to 201 South Maltman. 05:11.000 --> 05:15.000 It was a one-story stucco bungalow set behind a white picket fence. 05:15.000 --> 05:18.000 Well, it's about time you... 05:18.000 --> 05:19.000 Where are the flowers? 05:19.000 --> 05:20.000 Ma'am. 05:20.000 --> 05:21.000 Aren't you from McAdams Flower Shop? 05:21.000 --> 05:22.000 No, ma'am, we're from the... 05:22.000 --> 05:24.000 Oh, they promised me they'd have them here by five. 05:24.000 --> 05:25.000 Promised faithfully. 05:25.000 --> 05:27.000 Oh, you just can't depend on anybody. 05:27.000 --> 05:28.000 Well, what is it? 05:28.000 --> 05:29.000 We're police officers, ma'am. 05:29.000 --> 05:30.000 Police? 05:30.000 --> 05:31.000 Miss Frank Smith, my name's Friday. 05:31.000 --> 05:32.000 Oh, for heaven's sake. 05:32.000 --> 05:33.000 You Miss Perkins? 05:33.000 --> 05:34.000 Oh, yes, of course. 05:34.000 --> 05:35.000 Who'd you think I was? 05:35.000 --> 05:36.000 We'd like to talk to you for a minute. 05:36.000 --> 05:38.000 Oh, what on earth about please? 05:38.000 --> 05:39.000 I'm in an awful hurry. 05:39.000 --> 05:41.000 I've got 16 people coming for dinner. 05:41.000 --> 05:42.000 Just a couple of questions, please. 05:42.000 --> 05:43.000 It won't take us long. 05:43.000 --> 05:44.000 Oh, all right, all right. 05:44.000 --> 05:45.000 I suppose you might as well come in. 05:45.000 --> 05:48.000 Thank you. 05:48.000 --> 05:49.000 It isn't about Waldo. 05:49.000 --> 05:50.000 Ma'am. 05:50.000 --> 05:51.000 My husband. 05:51.000 --> 05:52.000 It isn't about him, is it? 05:52.000 --> 05:54.000 Not on top of everything else. 05:54.000 --> 05:55.000 No, ma'am. 05:55.000 --> 05:57.000 I don't know whether I'm coming or going. 05:57.000 --> 05:59.000 I'm just not up to a big dinner party anymore. 05:59.000 --> 06:00.000 I shouldn't have tried. 06:00.000 --> 06:01.000 Yes, ma'am. 06:01.000 --> 06:03.000 We understand you had a visitor this morning, Miss Perkins. 06:03.000 --> 06:04.000 Visitor? 06:04.000 --> 06:05.000 A man who said he'd come to fix your stove. 06:05.000 --> 06:06.000 Oh, yes. 06:06.000 --> 06:07.000 Now, how on earth did... 06:07.000 --> 06:10.000 Oh, that mailman. 06:10.000 --> 06:12.000 I ought to know better than to tell him anything. 06:12.000 --> 06:13.000 He spreads it all over town. 06:13.000 --> 06:14.000 Yes, ma'am. 06:14.000 --> 06:15.000 You hadn't sent for an electrician, had you? 06:15.000 --> 06:16.000 Oh, certainly not. 06:16.000 --> 06:18.000 If anything was wrong with my stove, I'd send to the gas company. 06:18.000 --> 06:20.000 It's a gas range. 06:20.000 --> 06:22.000 Could you describe him for us, please? 06:22.000 --> 06:23.000 Describe him? 06:23.000 --> 06:24.000 That's right. 06:24.000 --> 06:25.000 I don't know what you mean. 06:25.000 --> 06:26.000 Well, what did he look like? 06:26.000 --> 06:27.000 Was he tall or short? 06:27.000 --> 06:28.000 I hardly even looked at him. 06:28.000 --> 06:29.000 He's just an ordinary man. 06:29.000 --> 06:30.000 I see. 06:30.000 --> 06:31.000 How old would you say he was? 06:31.000 --> 06:33.000 Isn't this kind of foolish? 06:33.000 --> 06:34.000 We aren't sure yet, ma'am. 06:34.000 --> 06:36.000 Do you have any idea of his age? 06:36.000 --> 06:37.000 Youngish, I guess. 06:37.000 --> 06:38.000 About 30. 06:38.000 --> 06:39.000 How was he dressed? 06:39.000 --> 06:41.000 I'm afraid I don't remember. 06:41.000 --> 06:43.000 Did he have any uniform of any kind? 06:43.000 --> 06:44.000 No, no uniform. 06:44.000 --> 06:45.000 Suit, I think. 06:45.000 --> 06:46.000 I didn't pay much attention. 06:46.000 --> 06:47.000 No scars, anything like that? 06:47.000 --> 06:48.000 Not that I noticed. 06:48.000 --> 06:49.000 Might have. 06:49.000 --> 06:50.000 Well, just what did he say to you? 06:50.000 --> 06:52.000 Just that he'd made a mistake, that he was in the wrong house. 06:52.000 --> 06:53.000 That's all. 06:53.000 --> 06:55.000 Do you have any kind of an accent? 06:55.000 --> 06:56.000 No. 06:56.000 --> 06:58.000 He sounded like a plain, everyday American to me. 06:58.000 --> 06:59.000 I see. 06:59.000 --> 07:00.000 Do you think you'd recognize him if you saw him again? 07:00.000 --> 07:01.000 Oh, I don't think so. 07:01.000 --> 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... 07:05.000 --> 07:06.000 Yes, ma'am. 07:06.000 --> 07:08.000 Did you notice where he went when he left here? 07:08.000 --> 07:09.000 Out the back door. 07:09.000 --> 07:10.000 Did he drive away? 07:10.000 --> 07:12.000 I really haven't any idea. 07:12.000 --> 07:15.000 If you're so interested in the poor man, you'd better talk to Margo. 07:15.000 --> 07:16.000 Margo? 07:16.000 --> 07:17.000 Mrs. Summersby, my next door neighbor. 07:17.000 --> 07:19.000 She was doing some gardening this morning. 07:19.000 --> 07:20.000 I see. 07:20.000 --> 07:21.000 I suppose she saw him, too. 07:21.000 --> 07:23.000 There's much that gets by Margo. 07:23.000 --> 07:25.000 She's a little on the nosy side, if you know what I mean. 07:25.000 --> 07:26.000 Yes, ma'am. 07:26.000 --> 07:27.000 Which house is hers? 07:27.000 --> 07:28.000 Up in there. 07:28.000 --> 07:29.000 I see. 07:29.000 --> 07:30.000 Now, I've just got to get back to my dinner. 07:30.000 --> 07:32.000 I haven't even started the salad yet. 07:32.000 --> 07:33.000 Just one more thing, Miss Perkins. 07:33.000 --> 07:34.000 Well, what is it now? 07:34.000 --> 07:35.000 Is anything missing from around the house? 07:35.000 --> 07:36.000 Missing? 07:36.000 --> 07:37.000 Yes, ma'am. 07:37.000 --> 07:38.000 Money or anything of value? 07:38.000 --> 07:39.000 Why, no. 07:39.000 --> 07:40.000 No, of course not. 07:40.000 --> 07:41.000 You sure, are you? 07:41.000 --> 07:42.000 What on earth are you driving at? 07:42.000 --> 07:43.000 A man makes a perfectly honest mistake. 07:43.000 --> 07:44.000 Next thing I know, the police are bothering me. 07:44.000 --> 07:45.000 You think he was a criminal or something? 07:45.000 --> 07:46.000 I'm sorry we troubled you, Miss Perkins. 07:46.000 --> 07:47.000 I just don't understand. 07:47.000 --> 07:48.000 If people come here all the time, day in and day out, some of them have the right address, 07:48.000 --> 07:49.000 some of them have the wrong ones. 07:49.000 --> 07:50.000 Spend half my life answering the doorbell. 07:50.000 --> 07:51.000 Yes, ma'am. 07:51.000 --> 07:52.000 What's so special about this fellow? 07:52.000 --> 07:53.000 He didn't ring your doorbell. 07:53.000 --> 08:07.240 We left Miss Perkins and went over to talk to her next door neighbor, Mrs. Summersbee. 08:07.240 --> 08:14.000 Mrs. Summersbee told us that she'd spent most of the morning in her garden transplanting 08:14.000 --> 08:15.000 begonias. 08:15.000 --> 08:17.880 She also said that she remembered seeing a stranger enter Mrs. Perkins' house about 08:17.880 --> 08:18.880 10.30 a.m. 08:18.880 --> 08:20.280 I don't think you noticed me. 08:20.280 --> 08:22.800 I was down on my hands and knees behind the hedge. 08:22.800 --> 08:26.120 I remember thinking it was kind of odd the way he just walked in. 08:26.120 --> 08:29.840 Then I decided it was probably somebody about the party she's given tonight. 08:29.840 --> 08:31.160 Delivery man, somebody like that. 08:31.160 --> 08:32.160 Yes, ma'am. 08:32.160 --> 08:33.160 Did you see him leave? 08:33.160 --> 08:37.400 A couple of minutes later, he came back and out, headed out toward the front of the house. 08:37.400 --> 08:38.400 Do you have a car? 08:38.400 --> 08:39.400 I suppose so. 08:39.400 --> 08:40.400 You aren't sure? 08:40.400 --> 08:41.400 No. 08:41.400 --> 08:46.160 I just assumed he did if he was a delivery man. 08:46.160 --> 08:49.120 Could you describe him for us, Mrs. Summersbee? 08:49.120 --> 08:50.800 Doesn't Mrs. Perkins know who he was? 08:50.800 --> 08:51.800 Well, she isn't sure. 08:51.800 --> 08:55.080 Well, she must know what he looked like. 08:55.080 --> 08:57.920 We'd like to check your description against hers if it's all right. 08:57.920 --> 08:59.840 I suppose she was a bit vague. 08:59.840 --> 09:02.400 I'm not surprised. 09:02.400 --> 09:03.680 She doesn't have a very sharp eye. 09:03.680 --> 09:05.440 She can't see her nose in front of her face. 09:05.440 --> 09:06.440 Is that so? 09:06.440 --> 09:09.400 And the way she's been carrying on about this dinner party, well, it's a wonder to me she 09:09.400 --> 09:10.400 even remembered the man. 09:10.400 --> 09:11.400 Yes, ma'am. 09:11.400 --> 09:15.720 You think if she could entertain 16 people, two more wouldn't be any extra trouble. 09:15.720 --> 09:16.720 How's that? 09:16.720 --> 09:20.040 All her talk about just having friends of her sisters. 09:20.040 --> 09:21.560 That's who the party's for. 09:21.560 --> 09:22.560 Her sister from Cleveland. 09:22.560 --> 09:24.600 They're out here on a visit. 09:24.600 --> 09:27.240 Excuse, that's what it is. 09:27.240 --> 09:28.880 Get out of invite and wreck some me. 09:28.880 --> 09:30.760 Well, she won't need excuses in the future. 09:30.760 --> 09:32.840 Our relationship will be on a somewhat different basis. 09:32.840 --> 09:33.840 Yes, ma'am. 09:33.840 --> 09:36.360 Now, if you'll just tell us about the man you saw this morning. 09:36.360 --> 09:38.360 Oh, him? 09:38.360 --> 09:39.720 Yes, ma'am. 09:39.720 --> 09:43.320 Well, he was good size, tall as you are maybe. 09:43.320 --> 09:44.320 Little heavier. 09:44.320 --> 09:47.800 Late 20s or early 30s, I'd put him. 09:47.800 --> 09:49.280 Dark hair, needed a haircut. 09:49.280 --> 09:51.120 Nice looking. 09:51.120 --> 09:53.800 Not really handsome or anything like that, but good looking. 09:53.800 --> 09:56.080 Do you remember how he was dressed? 09:56.080 --> 09:57.800 Coat and pants. 09:57.800 --> 09:58.800 Don't think they matched. 09:58.800 --> 09:59.800 Not too sporty, though. 09:59.800 --> 10:00.800 I see. 10:00.800 --> 10:03.440 Walked real fast, brisk, like he was in a big hurry. 10:03.440 --> 10:04.440 Yes, ma'am. 10:04.440 --> 10:05.440 Anything else? 10:05.440 --> 10:06.440 No. 10:06.440 --> 10:08.440 No, I can't think of anything. 10:08.440 --> 10:10.240 Has he been around this neighborhood before? 10:10.240 --> 10:12.720 No, stranger to me. 10:12.720 --> 10:15.080 Would you recognize him if you saw him again? 10:15.080 --> 10:16.080 Don't see why not. 10:16.080 --> 10:17.080 Excuse me. 10:17.080 --> 10:18.080 Surely. 10:18.080 --> 10:21.080 Hello? 10:21.080 --> 10:24.080 Yes? 10:24.080 --> 10:27.080 Oh. 10:27.080 --> 10:30.080 That's too bad. 10:30.080 --> 10:33.080 Um. 10:33.080 --> 10:36.080 Well, I don't know. 10:36.080 --> 10:39.080 Oh. 10:39.080 --> 10:43.080 Well, I suppose you do, but. 10:43.080 --> 10:45.080 Oh. 10:45.080 --> 10:46.080 I see. 10:46.080 --> 10:49.080 All right. 10:49.080 --> 10:52.080 Bye. 10:52.080 --> 10:55.080 Hm. 10:55.080 --> 10:56.080 Mrs. Perkins. 10:56.080 --> 10:58.080 Is that right? 10:58.080 --> 11:01.080 Says the Barrington's can't come. 11:01.080 --> 11:03.080 Mr. Barrington's got virus. 11:03.080 --> 11:07.080 Wants me and Rex to fill in it for the last minute. 11:07.080 --> 11:09.080 Well, if you're all through, Sergeant. 11:09.080 --> 11:10.080 Yes, ma'am. 11:10.080 --> 11:11.080 Thank you. 11:11.080 --> 11:14.080 I'd better start getting ready. 11:14.080 --> 11:24.080 We told Mrs. Summersby to get in touch with us if she saw the suspect in the neighborhood 11:24.080 --> 11:25.080 again. 11:25.080 --> 11:29.080 We also told her that we might need her assistance in making an identification for mugshots. 11:29.080 --> 11:32.080 She offered to do all she could to help us. 11:32.080 --> 11:33.080 6.48 p.m. 11:33.080 --> 11:36.080 Frank and I canvassed the vicinity for anyone else who might have seen the suspect. 11:36.080 --> 11:39.080 We were unable to turn up another witness. 11:39.080 --> 11:40.080 8.06 p.m. 11:40.080 --> 11:43.080 We drove over to Scott Avenue and interviewed Mrs. Nellie Johnstone. 11:43.080 --> 11:47.080 Mrs. Johnstone stated that on Monday of the previous week, a strange man had entered her 11:47.080 --> 11:48.080 kitchen. 11:48.080 --> 11:50.080 He claimed to be from the electric company. 11:50.080 --> 11:53.080 He apologized for coming to the wrong address and left immediately. 11:53.080 --> 11:57.080 Her description of the suspect tallied with what we already had. 11:57.080 --> 12:01.080 The next day, April 13th, we checked the description and the MO with the stats office. 12:01.080 --> 12:03.080 They came up with three possibles. 12:03.080 --> 12:06.080 We took the names to R&I and pulled their packages. 12:06.080 --> 12:07.080 12.08 p.m. 12:07.080 --> 12:08.080 We went back to the office. 12:08.080 --> 12:10.080 What do you think, Joe? 12:10.080 --> 12:13.080 Well, from these mug shots, it could be any one of them. 12:13.080 --> 12:14.080 Yeah. 12:14.080 --> 12:16.080 I better try for an identification. 12:16.080 --> 12:17.080 Who do you want to start with? 12:17.080 --> 12:18.080 Doesn't matter. 12:18.080 --> 12:19.080 Miss Perkins again. 12:19.080 --> 12:20.080 Okay. 12:20.080 --> 12:22.080 I wonder how our party went last night. 12:22.080 --> 12:24.080 I got it. 12:24.080 --> 12:27.080 Burglary Friday. 12:27.080 --> 12:30.080 Where did it happen? 12:30.080 --> 12:32.080 Yeah, that's the neighborhood. 12:32.080 --> 12:34.080 How long ago? 12:34.080 --> 12:35.080 I see. 12:35.080 --> 12:36.080 Right? 12:36.080 --> 12:37.080 Thank you. 12:37.080 --> 12:39.080 Looks like we won't need Miss Perkins. 12:39.080 --> 12:42.080 I just brought a lady into Georgia Street who lives out in the Silver Lake District. 12:42.080 --> 12:43.080 Yeah. 12:43.080 --> 12:46.080 Found a man going through a purse in the bedroom, tried to stop him from getting away. 12:46.080 --> 12:47.080 He slugged her. 12:47.080 --> 12:58.080 We drove over to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital and talked to Dr. Sebastian. 12:58.080 --> 13:02.080 He told us that a Mrs. Viola at the castle had been brought in for treatment. 13:02.080 --> 13:05.080 He said she had a bad bruise on her face and a slight concussion. 13:05.080 --> 13:09.080 He also said she hadn't lost consciousness and was able to talk to us. 13:09.080 --> 13:10.080 Mrs. Castle? 13:10.080 --> 13:11.080 Yes? 13:11.080 --> 13:12.080 Police officers, ma'am. 13:12.080 --> 13:13.080 Okay. 13:13.080 --> 13:15.080 We'd like you to tell us what happened, if you would. 13:15.080 --> 13:16.080 I told the others. 13:16.080 --> 13:17.080 Wouldn't they come to get me? 13:17.080 --> 13:18.080 Yes, ma'am. 13:18.080 --> 13:19.080 We'd like to hear from you. 13:19.080 --> 13:22.080 Well, he was just standing there by the dresser. 13:22.080 --> 13:24.080 I couldn't imagine where he'd come from. 13:24.080 --> 13:25.080 Uh-huh. 13:25.080 --> 13:26.080 I didn't say anything for a minute. 13:26.080 --> 13:27.080 I was too surprised. 13:27.080 --> 13:29.080 He didn't seem to know I was in the room. 13:29.080 --> 13:30.080 His back was towards me. 13:30.080 --> 13:31.080 What was he doing? 13:31.080 --> 13:32.080 Well, I couldn't tell. 13:32.080 --> 13:33.080 I'm not the first. 13:33.080 --> 13:36.080 And then I heard a little snap, you know, just a click. 13:36.080 --> 13:37.080 Uh-huh. 13:37.080 --> 13:38.080 I realized he was opening my purse. 13:38.080 --> 13:39.080 Yes, ma'am. 13:39.080 --> 13:41.080 He started fumbling at the things inside. 13:41.080 --> 13:43.080 I must have moved or something. 13:43.080 --> 13:46.080 Anyway, he looked up and saw me in the mirror. 13:46.080 --> 13:50.080 His eyes opened up real wide like he was scared. 13:50.080 --> 13:52.080 I remember thinking he's more scared than I am. 13:52.080 --> 13:53.080 Did he say anything? 13:53.080 --> 13:54.080 No, sir, not a word. 13:54.080 --> 13:55.080 I did all the talking. 13:55.080 --> 13:57.080 Told him to put down my purse. 13:57.080 --> 13:59.080 Put it down, I said. 13:59.080 --> 14:01.080 Tried to sound real sure of myself. 14:01.080 --> 14:03.080 What happened then? 14:03.080 --> 14:05.080 Dropped the pocketbook, turned around toward me. 14:05.080 --> 14:08.080 I don't think he had a gun or anything. 14:08.080 --> 14:10.080 If he did, I didn't see it. 14:10.080 --> 14:11.080 Yes, ma'am. 14:11.080 --> 14:13.080 He just started running toward the door. 14:13.080 --> 14:15.080 I moved over, so as I'd been in his way. 14:15.080 --> 14:17.080 Where do you think you're going, I said. 14:17.080 --> 14:19.080 He didn't answer and just pushed past me. 14:19.080 --> 14:21.080 I grabbed at his arm, and that's when he hit me. 14:21.080 --> 14:23.080 Here, where the bandage is. 14:23.080 --> 14:24.080 I see. 14:24.080 --> 14:26.080 Must have stuck the chair when I fell. 14:26.080 --> 14:29.080 The doctor tells me I'm going to have a real bump. 14:29.080 --> 14:33.080 I guess everybody will be saying Violet Castle sure got the swell, Ed, huh? 14:33.080 --> 14:34.080 Yes, ma'am. 14:34.080 --> 14:36.080 I didn't think so. 14:36.080 --> 14:39.080 I thought for a minute I was going to, but I didn't. 14:39.080 --> 14:43.080 I heard him run out of the house like I heard a wild horse's way pounded out there. 14:43.080 --> 14:47.080 Managed to get to my feet, made it to the telephone in the hall, called the police. 14:47.080 --> 14:49.080 They sent an ambulance for me. 14:49.080 --> 14:51.080 Got there real quick. 14:51.080 --> 14:53.080 First time I ever rode in an ambulance. 14:53.080 --> 14:55.080 Oh, I've had my share of sickness. 14:55.080 --> 14:58.080 I've been in hospitals and all that, but I never had an ambulance ride. 14:58.080 --> 14:59.080 Yes, ma'am. 14:59.080 --> 15:00.080 Siren, too. 15:00.080 --> 15:02.080 Siren going all the way down here. 15:02.080 --> 15:04.080 I thought I must be pretty bad off. 15:04.080 --> 15:07.080 They had to use a siren like that, but the doctor says it's usual. 15:07.080 --> 15:08.080 Mm-hmm. 15:08.080 --> 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. 15:12.080 --> 15:15.080 It'd be a while before a lump like that goes away. 15:15.080 --> 15:18.080 Do you think you could identify the man who hit you, Miss Castle? 15:18.080 --> 15:19.080 Identify him? 15:19.080 --> 15:22.080 Well, yes, if we showed you some pictures, could you pick him out? 15:22.080 --> 15:23.080 Right now? 15:22.080 --> 15:23.080 Yes, ma'am. 15:23.080 --> 15:24.080 Well, I'm afraid not. 15:24.080 --> 15:25.080 Oh. 15:25.080 --> 15:28.080 But it isn't that I wouldn't know him, you understand, him or his picture. 15:28.080 --> 15:30.080 I'm not likely to forget that face. 15:30.080 --> 15:31.080 Well... 15:31.080 --> 15:33.080 Too dark in here for me to look at any pictures. 15:33.080 --> 15:34.080 Way too dark. 15:34.080 --> 15:37.080 The doctor said they had to leave the blinds down for the time being. 15:37.080 --> 15:39.080 He told me not to turn the light on. 15:37.080 --> 15:39.080 I understand. 15:39.080 --> 15:42.080 I'm sorry. I can't be more help, but the doctor left strict orders. 15:42.080 --> 15:43.080 Yes, ma'am. 15:43.080 --> 15:44.080 I'll check on her, Joe. 15:44.080 --> 15:45.080 Thank you. 15:45.080 --> 15:47.080 Always leave and follow in doctor's orders. 15:47.080 --> 15:48.080 Yes, ma'am. 15:48.080 --> 15:51.080 No use paying the doctor unless you do what he tells you. 15:51.080 --> 15:53.080 Some husband always used to put it. 15:51.080 --> 15:53.080 Mm-hmm. 15:53.080 --> 15:55.080 Of course, I'm not paying anything here, Emma. 15:55.080 --> 15:57.080 That's what they told me. 15:57.080 --> 15:58.080 Yes, ma'am. 15:58.080 --> 16:00.080 I explained I wasn't a charity case. 16:00.080 --> 16:02.080 I got some health and accident insurance. 16:02.080 --> 16:05.080 I guess you'd call this an accident, wouldn't you? 16:05.080 --> 16:07.080 Well, I'm not sure. I imagine so. 16:07.080 --> 16:09.080 Dr. Sebastian says it'll be all right 16:09.080 --> 16:11.080 to turn the lights on for a few minutes, Joe. 16:11.080 --> 16:12.080 Okay. 16:12.080 --> 16:13.080 Are you sure it's all right? 16:13.080 --> 16:15.080 Yes, ma'am, he said so. 16:15.080 --> 16:18.080 He was so positive before about keeping it dark in here. 16:18.080 --> 16:21.080 Well, a couple of minutes probably won't make any difference in this castle. 16:21.080 --> 16:24.080 Well, if the doctor says so... 16:24.080 --> 16:26.080 Yes, ma'am. 16:26.080 --> 16:29.080 Ooh, sure seems bright, don't it? 16:29.080 --> 16:31.080 Yes, ma'am, now if you just look through these photos... 16:31.080 --> 16:33.080 I'll do my best. 16:33.080 --> 16:35.080 It sure is funny. 16:35.080 --> 16:36.080 How's that? 16:36.080 --> 16:39.080 You getting here so quick and having pictures all ready to show me. 16:39.080 --> 16:41.080 Well, we don't know that we've got his picture here. 16:41.080 --> 16:43.080 Well, that's what's so funny. 16:43.080 --> 16:44.080 Ma'am. 16:44.080 --> 16:45.080 This is him right here. 16:45.080 --> 16:51.080 Mrs. Castle positively identified one of the mugshots we'd shown her, 16:51.080 --> 16:53.080 Ralph Foster Maple. 16:53.080 --> 16:55.080 Maple had done time for burglary. 16:55.080 --> 16:59.080 The three ladies we had previously interviewed also identified the suspect's picture. 16:59.080 --> 17:02.080 3.16 p.m. We went back to the office. 17:02.080 --> 17:04.080 The crime lab reported that there were no fingerprints 17:04.080 --> 17:07.080 or other physical evidence at Mrs. Castle's home. 17:07.080 --> 17:10.080 Frank and I checked the phone books and city directories for Maple's address. 17:10.080 --> 17:12.080 There was no listing. 17:12.080 --> 17:15.080 We ran DMV for a car registration. 17:15.080 --> 17:18.080 They had nothing under his name, but they told us that a Mrs. Ralph F. Maple 17:18.080 --> 17:23.080 at 317 Himber Street was the registered owner of a late model matched sedan. 17:23.080 --> 17:27.080 4.48 p.m. We drove out to interview Mrs. Maple. 17:27.080 --> 17:28.080 Yes? 17:28.080 --> 17:29.080 Mrs. Maple? 17:29.080 --> 17:30.080 Yes? 17:30.080 --> 17:31.080 Your husband in? 17:31.080 --> 17:32.080 My husband? 17:32.080 --> 17:33.080 Yes, ma'am. 17:33.080 --> 17:34.080 I'm afraid you've made a mistake. 17:34.080 --> 17:35.080 Huh? 17:35.080 --> 17:36.080 I'm not married. Not anymore. 17:36.080 --> 17:37.080 Oh, I see. 17:37.080 --> 17:39.080 You were married to Ralph Maple? 17:39.080 --> 17:40.080 Yes. 17:40.080 --> 17:41.080 They're police officers. 17:41.080 --> 17:42.080 Oh. 17:42.080 --> 17:44.080 This is Frank Smith. My name's Bridey. 17:44.080 --> 17:45.080 What's he done now? 17:45.080 --> 17:46.080 We'd like to get in touch with him, that's all. 17:46.080 --> 17:47.080 Do you mind if we come in? 17:47.080 --> 17:50.080 Give me a minute to send my daughter over to the neighbors. 17:50.080 --> 17:51.080 I'd rather she didn't hear this. 17:51.080 --> 17:53.080 We'll have to come in. 17:53.080 --> 17:55.080 Oh, all right. 17:58.080 --> 17:59.080 Over here. 17:59.080 --> 18:01.080 Yes, ma'am. 18:01.080 --> 18:03.080 Go out and play, will you, honey? 18:06.080 --> 18:08.080 What is it this time? Burglary again? 18:08.080 --> 18:10.080 We're just trying to reach him, Mrs. Maple. 18:10.080 --> 18:11.080 Does he know where he lives? 18:11.080 --> 18:12.080 No. 18:12.080 --> 18:13.080 Is he still in Los Angeles? 18:13.080 --> 18:14.080 I suppose so. 18:14.080 --> 18:17.080 He was here a couple of weeks ago, came by to see Joanne. 18:17.080 --> 18:18.080 She's our daughter. 18:18.080 --> 18:19.080 Mm-hmm. 18:19.080 --> 18:21.080 I should have known he was up to something. 18:21.080 --> 18:22.080 Ma'am. 18:22.080 --> 18:24.080 Brought his presents, expensive presents. 18:24.080 --> 18:26.080 Said he had a new job. 18:26.080 --> 18:29.080 I didn't really believe him, but I tried to for Joanne's sake. 18:29.080 --> 18:31.080 Did he say what this job was? 18:31.080 --> 18:33.080 Selling. Didn't mention the firm. 18:33.080 --> 18:36.080 I suppose he could be a good salesman if he'd try. 18:36.080 --> 18:37.080 Did he have a car? 18:37.080 --> 18:39.080 He told me it was in the shop being repaired. 18:39.080 --> 18:40.080 Came up in a taxi cab. 18:40.080 --> 18:41.080 I see. 18:41.080 --> 18:43.080 A great one for taxis, Ralph, is. 18:43.080 --> 18:44.080 Big tip or two. 18:44.080 --> 18:47.080 It's somebody else's money. 18:47.080 --> 18:48.080 I'm sorry. 18:48.080 --> 18:50.080 I guess I sound a little bitter, don't I? 18:50.080 --> 18:51.080 Mm. 18:51.080 --> 18:52.080 It was my own doing. 18:52.080 --> 18:54.080 I knew he was wild when I married him. 18:54.080 --> 18:55.080 I thought he'd change. 18:55.080 --> 18:57.080 He did. He got worse. 18:57.080 --> 18:59.080 How long have you been divorced? 18:59.080 --> 19:01.080 A little over two years now. 19:01.080 --> 19:03.080 Oh, I waited till he got out of prison. 19:03.080 --> 19:06.080 I thought that was my duty, have a home ready for him to come back to. 19:06.080 --> 19:07.080 Yes, ma'am. 19:07.080 --> 19:10.080 Wouldn't hold down a job, didn't even try. 19:10.080 --> 19:13.080 Well, we'd managed without him while he was in San Quentin. 19:13.080 --> 19:15.080 I knew we could do it again. 19:15.080 --> 19:17.080 He's supposed to support Joanne. 19:17.080 --> 19:19.080 I haven't seen a penny in six months. 19:19.080 --> 19:22.080 Always brings her a present, though. 19:22.080 --> 19:25.080 It's his way of trying to get on the good side. 19:25.080 --> 19:27.080 You know any of his friends who might help us locate him? 19:27.080 --> 19:29.080 His friends aren't my friends, Sergeant. 19:29.080 --> 19:30.080 Yes, ma'am. 19:30.080 --> 19:32.080 But you won't have any trouble finding him. 19:32.080 --> 19:33.080 Ma'am? 19:33.080 --> 19:34.080 He'll be here tomorrow. 19:34.080 --> 19:35.080 Oh. 19:35.080 --> 19:36.080 It's Joanne's birthday. 19:36.080 --> 19:38.080 He'll bring her something. 19:38.080 --> 19:39.080 He'll be here. 19:39.080 --> 19:40.080 Mm-hmm. 19:40.080 --> 19:42.080 I suppose he does love her. 19:42.080 --> 19:44.080 In his way. 19:44.080 --> 19:46.080 Maybe he loves me, too. 19:46.080 --> 19:47.080 Mm-hmm. 19:47.080 --> 19:49.080 Maybe I love him. 19:49.080 --> 19:52.080 I was even thinking about us getting back together. 19:52.080 --> 19:55.080 If it was true about his new selling job. 19:55.080 --> 19:58.080 I guess you never learn, do you? 19:58.080 --> 20:00.080 You're sure he'll be here tomorrow? 20:00.080 --> 20:03.080 He won't miss Joanne's birthday. 20:03.080 --> 20:05.080 Ralph's a very thoughtful father. 20:05.080 --> 20:08.080 Not the kind of man who forgets birthdays and anniversaries. 20:08.080 --> 20:09.080 I see. 20:09.080 --> 20:11.080 Might forget to pay his bills, but that's different. 20:11.080 --> 20:13.080 Yes, ma'am. 20:13.080 --> 20:15.080 It'll be quite a birthday present for Joanne, won't it? 20:15.080 --> 20:17.080 What's that? 20:17.080 --> 20:19.080 Her father getting arrested again. 20:19.080 --> 20:26.080 The next day, Thursday, April 14th, 20:26.080 --> 20:28.080 we staked out Mrs. Maple's house. 20:28.080 --> 20:29.080 3.35 p.m. 20:29.080 --> 20:31.080 A taxi cab pulled up and Ralph Maple got out. 20:31.080 --> 20:33.080 He was carrying a large package. 20:33.080 --> 20:35.080 Keep the change. 20:35.080 --> 20:37.080 Thanks, Rector. 20:37.080 --> 20:39.080 Ralph Maple? 20:39.080 --> 20:40.080 Mm-hmm? 20:40.080 --> 20:42.080 Police officers, just stand still. 20:42.080 --> 20:44.080 What's going on? 20:44.080 --> 20:45.080 He's light, Joe. 20:45.080 --> 20:46.080 All right, let's go. 20:46.080 --> 20:47.080 Wait a minute. 20:47.080 --> 20:49.080 Can't you tell me what this is all about? 20:49.080 --> 20:50.080 We'll let you tell us downtown. 20:50.080 --> 20:52.080 You can't arrest a man without some reason. 20:52.080 --> 20:53.080 Where were you yesterday? 20:53.080 --> 20:54.080 What time? 20:54.080 --> 20:55.080 Let's start with the morning. 20:55.080 --> 20:57.080 Got up, had breakfast, went shopping. 20:57.080 --> 20:58.080 Where? 20:58.080 --> 20:59.080 Department stores. 20:59.080 --> 21:00.080 Had to buy a present for my daughter. 21:00.080 --> 21:01.080 This is it right here. 21:01.080 --> 21:03.080 I take you all morning, did it? 21:03.080 --> 21:04.080 Yeah, most of it. 21:04.080 --> 21:05.080 All right, come on, get in the car. 21:05.080 --> 21:07.080 Look, just tell me what it is you want to know. 21:07.080 --> 21:09.080 We want to know about a lady who was in the hospital. 21:09.080 --> 21:10.080 Lady? 21:10.080 --> 21:11.080 Yeah, somebody slugged her yesterday. 21:11.080 --> 21:12.080 You think it was me? 21:12.080 --> 21:13.080 She does. 21:13.080 --> 21:15.080 Let's find out if she's right. 21:15.080 --> 21:17.080 Come on, then. 21:17.080 --> 21:18.080 Okay, she's right. 21:18.080 --> 21:23.080 All right, let's go. 21:23.080 --> 21:25.080 I didn't mean to hit her very hard. 21:25.080 --> 21:26.080 It was hard enough. 21:26.080 --> 21:27.080 Just wanted to get her out of my way. 21:27.080 --> 21:29.080 All right, get in. 21:29.080 --> 21:31.080 Yeah. 21:31.080 --> 21:32.080 Hey, wait a minute, huh? 21:32.080 --> 21:33.080 What about this? 21:33.080 --> 21:34.080 What about what? 21:34.080 --> 21:35.080 My little girl's present. 21:35.080 --> 21:36.080 It's her birthday. 21:36.080 --> 21:37.080 Well? 21:37.080 --> 21:38.080 Well, can I give it to her? 21:38.080 --> 21:40.080 You can stay where you are. 21:40.080 --> 21:41.080 What about one of you guys? 21:41.080 --> 21:43.080 You could take it up to the door. 21:43.080 --> 21:44.080 It's not hot. 21:44.080 --> 21:45.080 You can see for yourself. 21:45.080 --> 21:46.080 The store is wrapped and see. 21:46.080 --> 21:47.080 Yeah. 21:47.080 --> 21:48.080 I paid for it myself. 21:48.080 --> 21:50.080 With whose money? 21:50.080 --> 21:54.080 At least she can do it, see that she gets it. 21:54.080 --> 21:55.080 Joe? 21:55.080 --> 21:56.080 All right, go ahead. 21:56.080 --> 21:57.080 Here you are. 21:57.080 --> 22:00.080 I'll be right back. 22:00.080 --> 22:01.080 Sure appreciate it. 22:01.080 --> 22:04.080 She's just a little girl, six today. 22:04.080 --> 22:06.080 Wouldn't understand if there wasn't a present from daddy. 22:06.080 --> 22:07.080 Yeah. 22:07.080 --> 22:08.080 I never missed a birthday. 22:08.080 --> 22:10.080 Even when I was in the joint, I saw to it that she got something. 22:10.080 --> 22:11.080 Yeah. 22:11.080 --> 22:13.080 Wife divorced me a couple years back. 22:13.080 --> 22:14.080 I guess I can't blame her. 22:14.080 --> 22:15.080 Not for divorcing me. 22:15.080 --> 22:16.080 Had it coming. 22:16.080 --> 22:17.080 She shouldn't have got so custody, though. 22:17.080 --> 22:18.080 A girl needs a father. 22:18.080 --> 22:20.080 Everybody talks about how boys need their old man. 22:20.080 --> 22:22.080 The way I see it, a girl needs a more. 22:22.080 --> 22:23.080 That's so true. 22:23.080 --> 22:24.080 You know, this will kind of help us. 22:24.080 --> 22:25.080 Yeah. 22:25.080 --> 22:27.080 I was on a con of her, Joanne. 22:27.080 --> 22:29.080 That's the only reason I'd done it. 22:29.080 --> 22:30.080 Little girls entitled to pretty things. 22:30.080 --> 22:32.080 I couldn't afford them, not with the kind of dough that I made. 22:32.080 --> 22:33.080 Yeah. 22:33.080 --> 22:35.080 I had to get the money somewhere. 22:35.080 --> 22:38.080 I never stole much, just enough to buy her a few presents. 22:38.080 --> 22:40.080 Figured if I didn't, she'd turn against me. 22:40.080 --> 22:43.080 Being divorced and all, I figured I had to do more than regular fathers. 22:43.080 --> 22:44.080 Yeah. 22:44.080 --> 22:46.080 I shouldn't have given Dora sole custody. 22:46.080 --> 22:47.080 It wasn't fair. 22:47.080 --> 22:49.080 She lets me come around and visit whenever I want, 22:49.080 --> 22:52.080 but it's sort of like saying Joanne doesn't belong to me anymore. 22:52.080 --> 22:54.080 Judge claimed I wasn't a fit father. 22:54.080 --> 22:55.080 How do you like that? 22:55.080 --> 22:58.080 Just because a man does a little time, everybody has it in for him afterward. 22:58.080 --> 22:59.080 Yeah. 22:59.080 --> 23:02.080 The idea is saying I'm not a fit father. 23:02.080 --> 23:03.080 You know something, April? 23:03.080 --> 23:04.080 Huh? 23:04.080 --> 23:05.080 You proved him right. 23:05.080 --> 23:15.080 The story you have just heard is true. 23:15.080 --> 23:18.080 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 23:18.080 --> 23:21.080 On August 6th, trial was held in Department 98, 23:21.080 --> 23:26.080 Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles. 23:26.080 --> 23:38.080 Ralph Foster Maple was tried and convicted of burglary in the first degree, 23:38.080 --> 23:43.080 assault with intent to do great bodily harm, and receive sentence as prescribed by law. 23:43.080 --> 23:49.080 Burglary in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than five years. 23:49.080 --> 23:53.080 Assault with intent to do great bodily harm is punishable by imprisonment 23:53.080 --> 24:14.080 for not more than five years in the state penitentiary. 24:14.080 --> 24:16.080 You have just heard Dragnet, 24:16.080 --> 24:19.080 the authentic story of your police force in action, 24:19.080 --> 24:25.080 and starring Jack Webb, a presentation of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 24:25.080 --> 24:50.080 The story of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service 24:50.080 --> 25:04.080 the story if the 25:04.080 --> 25:12.080 the