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Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true.

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The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

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You're a detective sergeant.

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You're assigned a robbery detail.

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A watch salesman tells you his sample case has been stolen.

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He says he knows the man who did it.

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If you're going to do your job, find him.

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Dragnet.

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The document a drama of an actual crime.

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For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles police department, you will

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travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official

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police files.

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From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force

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in action.

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It was Tuesday, October 4th.

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Was cool in Los Angeles.

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We were working the day watch out a robbery detail.

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My partner is Frank Smith, the boss of Chief of Detectives Thad Brown.

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My name is Friday.

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We're on our way into the office and it was 746 A.M. when we got to room 27A.

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Robbery.

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I'll check the book.

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All right.

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Anything for us?

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No.

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Say, I took Fay the movies last night.

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Well.

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Yeah, darn good double bill.

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Mystery and a comedy.

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Sure had me fooled.

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What?

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The mystery had me fooled.

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I never can figure out who done it.

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It was this rich society girl.

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She lived in the penthouse, top floor, real modern kind of glass.

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Well, they found her lying outside on the roof garden part and the doors were all locked

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and the police had to break them down to get in.

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As soon as they got in.

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Yes, sir.

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I'd like to report a robbery at this right place.

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Yes, sir.

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You want to sit down?

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Oh, thanks.

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My name is Liggins.

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Russell Liggins.

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Can you spell it, please?

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Yeah, it's L-I-G-G-I-N-S.

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Liggins.

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This is Frank Smith.

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My name is Friday.

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I'm pleased to meet you.

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How you doing?

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I suppose you tell us what happened, Mr. Liggins.

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Be okay to smoke?

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Sure, go ahead.

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You fellas care for a cigarette?

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Yeah, thank you.

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Here, I have a light.

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Frank, thanks.

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Thank you.

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Well, it was my own fault to begin with.

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It just wasn't using my head.

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Uh-huh.

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The company ought to fire me.

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I wouldn't blame them if they did.

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What company is that?

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Sentinel Watch Company up in Seattle.

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I see.

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It's a new outfit.

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They import movements from Japan and put them in cases over here and wholesale them, you

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know?

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Uh-huh.

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I'm one of their head salesmen.

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I came down for the Jeweler's Convention.

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I see.

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I was supposed to leave for home this morning, 9 o'clock plane.

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I guess I have to take a later flight now.

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Boy, I have all the dumb stunts practically handed in my sample case on a silver platter.

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That's all?

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A hundred watches.

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Our best stuff.

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A lot of them in jeweled cases.

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Company want to make a good impression, you know?

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Uh-huh.

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Where did the robbery take place, Mr. Liggins?

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Front of the hotel.

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For all intents and purposes, that is.

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Which hotel is that?

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Greystone.

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That's where I've been stopped.

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I see.

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Do you have any idea who robbed you?

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The best idea in the world.

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Yeah.

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Spent a couple of hours with them last night.

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You see, what happened is this.

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Like I said, the convention was over yesterday and wound up about 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

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And well, I had the whole evening ahead of me, nothing to do.

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Go ahead.

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I had dinner there at the hotel, a couple drinks.

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Yeah.

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Stole too early to go to bed, so I thought I'd look the town over, you know?

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Mm-hmm.

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Stopped by Pershing Square and listened to those characters spouting off, and along about

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10 o'clock, I headed back toward the Greystone.

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Passed the bar and decided to go in for a nightcap.

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Do you remember the name of the bar?

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No, I'm afraid not.

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It's just a couple blocks from the hotel though.

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Had a nice little combo in there, played pretty good music.

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So I sat down for a while.

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I guess I had a little too much to drink.

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Oh, I wasn't drunk or anything like that, but had my share.

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Mm-hmm.

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It must have been a little higher.

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I wouldn't have got started talking to a couple of strangers the way I did.

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They were sitting next to me, these two fellows.

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We got to chatting, you know?

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Mm-hmm.

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It was about music at first.

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They seemed to be enjoying it.

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One thing led to another, and they bought me a drink, and I had to pay them back, of course.

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Yes, sir.

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Asked me what line I was in, I told them I sold watches.

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Said I was in town for the jewelry convention.

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They took a real big, said that's why they were here too.

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Claimed they had a jewelry store in Salt Lake City.

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They mentioned their names?

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Oh, sure.

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They introduced themselves, but it didn't sink in.

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Not their last names anyhow.

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George and Paul.

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Yeah, that's all I can remember.

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Mm-hmm.

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What happened then?

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Well, they started complaining about the quality of the watches they'd been showing.

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Said they hadn't seen anything worth buying.

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Well, so I asked them if they'd looked at my samples, and they said they didn't think so.

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Mm-hmm.

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I offered to make an appointment to show them my stuff.

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I figured I could stay over an extra day on the chance of making a good sale.

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And they said that wouldn't be necessary for me, you know, to stay over.

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Said they could meet me this morning before I left for the airport.

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Did you set up an appointment?

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Yes, sir.

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I told them I'd have to be early if I was still gonna catch my plane, and that was fine with them.

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The earlier the better.

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Agreed to meet me at 7 a.m.

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They even offered to drive me to the airport.

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Couldn't ask for anything more than that, could I?

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No, sir.

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Well, anyway, I come downstairs about a quarter to 7 and checked out,

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and they were supposed to pick me up from the hotel.

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Well, about 5 or 7 they come by.

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I hopped in the car, and we drove off.

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We hadn't gone more than a mile or so, and they pulled over and parked

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on a quiet street, not much traffic.

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Mm-hmm.

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I asked them why they were stopping there,

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figuring I'd show them my watches out at the airport.

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They said they wanted to look at them now.

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What was that again?

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They said that they wanted to look at them right now, you know, in the car.

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The watches?

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Mm-hmm. Go ahead.

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And it struck me as kind of funny.

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I didn't see where it would make any difference.

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And I opened up the case, and they just sort of glanced inside,

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and then one of the fellows, the one named George,

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he took out a gun, started shoving me through the door,

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and I tried to argue with him.

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I wasn't getting anywhere, though.

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Pulled a gun, huh?

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And he, you know, kind of pushed me with it.

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Mm-hmm.

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And finally I asked him to please at least give me my suitcase.

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I said it wouldn't be worth anything to them, but I needed it,

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and they tossed it out on the street beside me and drove off.

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I see.

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What about your wallet?

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Hmm?

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Did they take your wallet, too?

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Oh, no, no, just a sample case.

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I guess they were in a hurry, didn't want to spend a lot of time

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there on the street in broad daylight or something.

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I see.

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As soon as they left, they started looking around for a cab

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and had to walk a couple of blocks before I found one,

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and then I got him to bring me right here.

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Mm-hmm.

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What kind of a car did they drive, do you know?

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The fellows that robbed me?

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That's right.

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Um, sedan.

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I think it was black, a Ford.

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Did you get the license?

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No, I didn't even think of trying that

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until after they were out of sight.

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Well, now can you describe these men for us, please?

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Well, sure.

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Uh, well, they were about 40, medium-sized.

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Uh, George had black hair,

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and the other fellow, he had sort of sandy hair,

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you know?

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I see.

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Any marks or scars?

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I don't think so.

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How were they dressed?

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Uh, suits.

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Uh, conservative.

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Blue or kind of gray, maybe.

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I'm not sure.

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Mm-hmm.

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Were they wearing the same clothes this morning?

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Well, no, I don't know.

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They had on top coats today.

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I see.

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Now, you said their names were George and Paul.

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Yeah, that's right.

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Anything else that might help us identify them?

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Gosh, I'm afraid not.

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Do you have a list of serial numbers from your watches?

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Well, yes.

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May we see it?

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Yeah, it's in my wallet.

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Here, just a minute.

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There you go.

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Oh, thanks very much.

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I'll get out of Circular, Joe.

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Is there anything else you want from me?

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Yes, sir.

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We'd like to have you show us the bar

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where you met these men.

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Well, no, sir, I'm not sure I can.

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A lot of bars in the neighborhood,

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and I didn't pay too much attention.

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You said they had a combo there?

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Yeah.

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Well, I don't know.

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Make it easier.

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Well, I'll sure do my best.

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Yes, sir.

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I have to get my airline ticket changed, too.

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We'd appreciate it if you could stay over a couple of days.

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Oh?

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In any case, we turn them up,

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we'll need you to identify them.

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Well, there isn't much chance of that, is there?

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What do you mean?

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Well, the descriptions I gave you

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could be anybody.

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Yeah.

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Besides, the company will want me back on the job.

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That is, if they don't fire me for this.

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Well, you know, you aren't the only thing they'll want back.

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Huh?

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They'll want those watches, too.

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Frank and I checked the M.O.

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and the descriptions Russell Liggins had given us

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with the stats office.

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They came up with 11 possibles.

270
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We took the names to R&I and pulled the packages.

271
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Liggins was unable to identify any of the mugshots.

272
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10.13 a.m.

273
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We cruised the vicinity of the Greystone Hotel

274
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looking for the bar where Liggins had first met the suspects.

275
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He told us the Green Hat Cafe on 6th Street

276
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seemed familiar, but he wasn't certain.

277
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We left him in the car and we went inside

278
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to interview the bartender.

279
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Look, you boys know me.

280
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I run a nice, clean place.

281
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Don't even cut the liquor.

282
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Yeah, sure.

283
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I ain't caused you no trouble.

284
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Why don't you lay off?

285
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Just a couple of questions for you, Sam.

286
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Sure.

287
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Couple of questions.

288
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Next thing I know, I'm testifying in court.

289
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You got something you ought to testify about?

290
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No.

291
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No, of course not.

292
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Just talk to me.

293
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Well, then talk to us, huh?

294
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Okay.

295
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What do you want?

296
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You were on the job here last night?

297
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Yeah.

298
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All evening.

299
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All evening.

300
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I got a little combo working in the joint now.

301
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They cost money.

302
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There's nothing left over for extra bartenders.

303
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You see that fella out in the car?

304
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Where?

305
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Over here, Sam.

306
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Lean over.

307
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See, out there.

308
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Yeah, yeah, I see him.

309
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Take a good look at him.

310
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All right, I look good.

311
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He ever been in your place?

312
00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,000
Like when?

313
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Last night.

314
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The bar was real crowded last night.

315
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Music helps the business.

316
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He might have been here.

317
00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000
Well, yes or no, Sam?

318
00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,000
Yeah, yeah, he was here.

319
00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,000
Alone?

320
00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:07,000
Yeah, he came in alone.

321
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He took that stool over there, had a few drinks and left.

322
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Did he talk to anybody?

323
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He talked to me.

324
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What did he say?

325
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He liked the music.

326
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That's about all.

327
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Who else did he talk to?

328
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A girl sitting next to him.

329
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Who was she?

330
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Well, I don't know her name.

331
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She comes in once in a while.

332
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Kind of nice looking.

333
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There were a couple of men in here too, weren't there, Sam?

334
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Well, there were a lot of guys.

335
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Why?

336
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Well-dressed, middle-aged.

337
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Could be.

338
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They talked to him too, did they?

339
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The fella in your car?

340
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Same guy, yeah.

341
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Well, if they did, I didn't see him.

342
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Had quite a conversation.

343
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I didn't hear it.

344
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Music's pretty loud.

345
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Who were they, Sam?

346
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Look, I don't ask for a driver's license unless the guy looks like he's under-

347
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Come on, Sam.

348
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Who are they?

349
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He's Conn and you.

350
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That friend of yours out there.

351
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Yeah.

352
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And stool.

353
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That's where he sat.

354
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The girl was next to him the whole evening.

355
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Well?

356
00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,000
He couldn't have talked to nobody else.

357
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We took Liggins into the Green Hat Cafe and he said he was certain that that was where

358
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they had met the two men known as George and Paul.

359
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Sam Hupple, the owner of the bar, was equally certain that Liggins was mistaken.

360
00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,000
1048 A.M.

361
00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,000
Frank and I drove Liggins over to the Greystone Hotel.

362
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While he went inside to re-register, we talked with the cab drivers who were stationed at

363
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the stand next to the main hotel entrance.

364
00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:18,000
One of them told us he had been parked there from about 630 until 715 A.M. that morning.

365
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Thought I was never gonna give me a fare.

366
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When it starts like that the whole day, he shouts, look at me now, been sitting here

367
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for the last 25 minutes.

368
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Did you see a man come out of the hotel about five minutes to seven?

369
00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,000
I was watching those doors real anxious.

370
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If he came out, I saw him.

371
00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,000
Same fellow we just let off.

372
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Oh.

373
00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,000
You remember him?

374
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Sure.

375
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Did you notice the car he drove off in?

376
00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:36,000
You kidding?

377
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What do you mean?

378
00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,000
This hack of mine.

379
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Huh?

380
00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:40,000
He was my first fare this A.M.

381
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You picked him up here?

382
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That's right.

383
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It wasn't five to seven though.

384
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Closer to 730.

385
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Where'd you take him?

386
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City Hall.

387
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We went into the hotel and talked to the desk clerk.

388
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He told us that Liggins had been assigned the same room he had previously occupied, 417.

389
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He also told us that he was almost positive Liggins had not carried a sample case when

390
00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000
he checked out that morning.

391
00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,000
We talked to the bellhop who had brought down Liggins' baggage.

392
00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,000
He said Liggins had only one suitcase.

393
00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,000
1113 A.M.

394
00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,000
Frank and I went up to room 417.

395
00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,000
Come in.

396
00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,000
Yes, sir.

397
00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,000
Yes, sir.

398
00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,000
It's very kind of you.

399
00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:18,000
I'll be with you as soon as I get off the phone.

400
00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,000
It's okay.

401
00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,000
Yes, sir.

402
00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:25,000
Well, a day or two I guess if that's all right.

403
00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:29,000
No, no, no, they didn't take my money.

404
00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,000
Thanks, I can manage.

405
00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,000
Just one thing.

406
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Would you ask one of the girls to call my wife and explain the delay?

407
00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000
Thank you very much, sir.

408
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Bye.

409
00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,000
Well, I was just talking to the boss of Seattle.

410
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He said it's all right for me to stick around a few days.

411
00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:46,000
Good.

412
00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,000
Now, you really think you can find those guys that fast, huh?

413
00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,000
Well, we may not have to look for them.

414
00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,000
What do you mean?

415
00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,000
We were checking your story, Liggins.

416
00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,000
Yeah?

417
00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,000
Bleak as a sieve.

418
00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,000
Well, that lousy bartender, huh?

419
00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,000
You're taking his word against mine.

420
00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000
No, we got more than the bartender.

421
00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,000
Oh?

422
00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,000
The cab driver says he picked you up here at 720 and drove you down to City Hall.

423
00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,000
Well, he's crazy.

424
00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,000
You can have it in person.

425
00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,000
He must have picked up somebody who looks like me, that's all.

426
00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,000
We talked to the bellhop who brought down your luggies.

427
00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,000
There wasn't any sample case.

428
00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,000
I carried it myself.

429
00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,000
I wasn't going to let a bellhop handle something as valuable as that.

430
00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,000
He just didn't notice it, that's all.

431
00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,000
The desk clerk didn't notice it either.

432
00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,000
Well, I stood in front of his desk when I paid up.

433
00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,000
That's why.

434
00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,000
Mm-hmm.

435
00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,000
What do you guys want from me?

436
00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,000
Just tell us what happened to the sample case.

437
00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,000
I've told you the whole story.

438
00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,000
There was one thing you left out.

439
00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,000
What's that?

440
00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:53,000
We continued to question Russell Liggins in his hotel room.

441
00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000
He insisted that he'd been telling us the truth.

442
00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,000
We confronted him with the cab driver, the desk clerk, the bellhop.

443
00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,000
He refused to change his story.

444
00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,000
1 0 5 p.m. We drove Liggins down to the city hall for further interrogation.

445
00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,000
How much are the watches worth?

446
00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,000
A wholesale or retail?

447
00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,000
Both ways.

448
00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:11,000
About 4,000 wholesale, maybe 10 retail.

449
00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,000
That's a lot of money.

450
00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,000
Well, sure.

451
00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:14,000
Your boss upset?

452
00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,000
Well, he wasn't very happy about it.

453
00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:19,000
He's insured, isn't he?

454
00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,000
Well, come on.

455
00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,000
Yeah, I guess so.

456
00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,000
Don't you know?

457
00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,000
Yeah, he's insured.

458
00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:26,000
He said so over the phone.

459
00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,000
He told me not to worry.

460
00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,000
Mm-hmm.

461
00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,000
You didn't know about the insurance before.

462
00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,000
Well, what if I did?

463
00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,000
Maybe we'd better talk to your boss.

464
00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,000
What's his number?

465
00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,000
Come on, fella.

466
00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,000
What's his number?

467
00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000
Well, what are you going to tell him?

468
00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000
That you've been handing us a line about being robbed?

469
00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,000
Well, you think I robbed myself?

470
00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,000
Is that what you're getting at?

471
00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000
What else can we think?

472
00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000
Oh, you're crazy.

473
00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000
Where are the watches?

474
00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,000
Somebody stole them.

475
00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,000
Yeah, George and Paul.

476
00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000
Look, okay.

477
00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:53,000
It wasn't George and Paul.

478
00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,000
Go ahead.

479
00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,000
I made it up.

480
00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,000
The whole thing about them, you know, the fellas.

481
00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,000
I had to tell you something.

482
00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000
Sure you did.

483
00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,000
Well, you want the truth, don't you?

484
00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,000
Well, you're getting it.

485
00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,000
The least you can do is try to believe it.

486
00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,000
You make it kind of hard to buy.

487
00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,000
Look, I went into that bar last night just like I told you.

488
00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,000
Mm-hmm.

489
00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,000
And the bartender was right.

490
00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,000
I didn't talk to anybody except the girl sitting beside me.

491
00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,000
Yeah.

492
00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,000
Well, she said she came in because she liked the music.

493
00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000
And I was feeling kind of lonesome.

494
00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,000
I don't know anybody in L.A., so we started to talk.

495
00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:21,000
Mm-hmm.

496
00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,000
Said her name was Barbara.

497
00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,000
Didn't give me her last name because she was married

498
00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,000
and she wanted to keep things on a first-name basis.

499
00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,000
And that was all right with me.

500
00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,000
I told her to call me Russ.

501
00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,000
Yeah.

502
00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,000
She said her husband worked nights,

503
00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,000
one of the aircraft plants.

504
00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,000
Mm-hmm.

505
00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,000
And I told her about my job, that I sold watches.

506
00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,000
She kind of laughed when I told her.

507
00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,000
What about?

508
00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,000
Well, it was a big coincidence.

509
00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,000
Me being a watch salesman, she was planning to buy a watch.

510
00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,000
Told me the one she had was ready to give up the ghost.

511
00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,000
I see.

512
00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,000
Then she showed it to me on her wrist.

513
00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,000
A real cheap kind and just a piece of junk.

514
00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,000
Yeah.

515
00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:55,000
Well, she asked me if maybe I could get her a new one wholesale.

516
00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:57,000
And I said I might be able to arrange it.

517
00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,000
Then I suggested she come up to my room

518
00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,000
and look at the samples I had there.

519
00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,000
Yeah.

520
00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,000
Now, I wasn't up to anything.

521
00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,000
I figured we'd have a couple of drinks, but that was all.

522
00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,000
Sure.

523
00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,000
And then she kind of hesitated.

524
00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,000
Said it wouldn't look very good.

525
00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,000
And finally she agreed we went over to the hotel

526
00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,000
and I had a bottle in my room and I fixed us a drink.

527
00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,000
And then I showed her the watches.

528
00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,000
And she picked out the one she liked,

529
00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,000
but she didn't have any money with her,

530
00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,000
not enough to pay for it anyway.

531
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,000
Yeah.

532
00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,000
Then I told her she could have it for free.

533
00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,000
You know, as a present.

534
00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,000
Mm-hmm.

535
00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,000
It wasn't an expensive model

536
00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000
and I was gonna pay the company back out of my own pocket.

537
00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,000
So she took off her old watch and she put it in her purse.

538
00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,000
And she put the new one on.

539
00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:30,000
All right, go ahead.

540
00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,000
And then she said we ought to have a couple more drinks,

541
00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,000
you know, to kind of celebrate the present.

542
00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,000
But she offered to fix them.

543
00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000
Well, maybe she put something in mine

544
00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:39,000
or maybe they were just strong.

545
00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,000
I don't know.

546
00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,000
Anyway, I don't remember much after that.

547
00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,000
Would you do a pass out?

548
00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,000
Yeah, I guess so.

549
00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,000
Next thing I knew it was morning, about 6.30,

550
00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,000
and I'd fallen asleep on the bed with all my clothes on.

551
00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:50,000
Yeah.

552
00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,000
That must be why she didn't take my wallet.

553
00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,000
All right, what happened then?

554
00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,000
Well, I didn't think anything was wrong.

555
00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,000
I couldn't remember when Barbara left,

556
00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:59,000
but I've lacked out before when I've had a little too much.

557
00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:00,000
Yeah.

558
00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,000
So I took a shower and I got dressed.

559
00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,000
And it was while I was dressing

560
00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,000
I noticed the sample case was gone.

561
00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,000
I looked everywhere for it.

562
00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,000
And you figure she took it, huh?

563
00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,000
Now, who else could have?

564
00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,000
Oh, maybe.

565
00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,000
Boy, you guys are pretty hard to convince, aren't you?

566
00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,000
Well, why didn't you tell us about Barbara

567
00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,000
when you first came in here?

568
00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,000
Well, I was thinking of my job.

569
00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,000
Yeah.

570
00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,000
Boss just promoted me a couple of months ago.

571
00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:19,000
I'm doing pretty good.

572
00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,000
I'm making fair money.

573
00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,000
Is that so?

574
00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,000
Yeah, if he ever found out

575
00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,000
I'd let some dame roll me in a hotel room,

576
00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,000
well, I'd be out of my ear.

577
00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:27,000
All right.

578
00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,000
And that's not all.

579
00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,000
I got a wife.

580
00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,000
Helen.

581
00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,000
That's her name.

582
00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,000
You guys married?

583
00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,000
He is.

584
00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,000
Well, then maybe he'll understand.

585
00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,000
We've only been married a couple of years

586
00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,000
and Helen doesn't like the idea

587
00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,000
of me being on the road half the time.

588
00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,000
She's suspicious enough as it is.

589
00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,000
Yeah.

590
00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,000
So I did some quick thinking,

591
00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,000
come up with a story I gave you this morning,

592
00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:49,000
you know, about George and Paul.

593
00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,000
Well, it really wasn't my own idea exactly.

594
00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,000
What I mean is that I was talking to a salesman

595
00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,000
at the convention the other day.

596
00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,000
You know, one of the real old timers.

597
00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,000
He told me how some guys had robbed him once

598
00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,000
when he was just starting out

599
00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,000
and that's where I got the idea.

600
00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000
Sort of switched it around to fit what happened to me.

601
00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,000
Well, I didn't see where I was doing any harm.

602
00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,000
I never thought you'd be able to get the watches back anyhow.

603
00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,000
Well, you didn't make it any easier for us.

604
00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,000
Well, maybe not.

605
00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,000
But you don't know Helen.

606
00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,000
She'd leave me sure as fate if this ever gets out.

607
00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,000
Yeah.

608
00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,000
I didn't mean to cause you any trouble.

609
00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000
You see, it'll make any difference what I told you

610
00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,000
as long as the watches were gone.

611
00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,000
No, it makes a difference.

612
00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,000
Yeah?

613
00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,000
If we want to find out who took them.

614
00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:27,000
3.15 p.m.

615
00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000
We went back to the Greystone Hotel

616
00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,000
and talked to the manager.

617
00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,000
He gave us the home telephone number of the elevator boy

618
00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,000
who had been on duty the previous night.

619
00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,000
We called the boy and he told us he remembered

620
00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,000
taking a passenger who resembled Russell Liggins

621
00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,000
up to the third floor sometime after 2 a.m. in the morning.

622
00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,000
He also remembered that Liggins had been accompanied

623
00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,000
by a young lady.

624
00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,000
He did not remember bringing the lady down,

625
00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,000
but he suggested that she might have used the stairs.

626
00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,000
We called the crime lab and they went over Liggins' room.

627
00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,000
They found no useful fingerprints or other physical evidence.

628
00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,000
5.15 p.m.

629
00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,000
We went back to the office.

630
00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,000
Liggins gave us a description of the girl known to him as Barbara.

631
00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,000
We showed him some mug shots,

632
00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,000
but he was unable to identify any of the women.

633
00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,000
7.18 p.m.

634
00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,000
Frank and I again interviewed the bartender

635
00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,000
at the Green Hat Cafe.

636
00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,000
Well, what did I tell you?

637
00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000
Just a couple of questions, that's all.

638
00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000
Next thing I know, you guys have moved in for the winter.

639
00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,000
All right, Sam, now take it easy.

640
00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,000
Have I got any choice?

641
00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,000
You remember the girl Liggins was talking to in here last night?

642
00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,000
So it's a girl now? I thought it was two guys.

643
00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,000
Oh, come on, Sam, you mentioned her yourself.

644
00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,000
I never figured you fellas believed anything I told you.

645
00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,000
We want to know who she is.

646
00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,000
Just a girl, that's all. She comes in once in a while.

647
00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:31,000
She got a name?

648
00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,000
Never introduced herself.

649
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,000
Does she live in the neighborhood?

650
00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,000
I don't know.

651
00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,000
Well, who does?

652
00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000
Look, this Liggins is a character.

653
00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,000
He's already taken you for one ride today,

654
00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,000
now why don't you get off?

655
00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,000
We'd like to get in touch with her, Sam.

656
00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,000
Get in touch?

657
00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,000
Are you going to help?

658
00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,000
Well, how can I help you? I don't know her name.

659
00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,000
I don't know her address.

660
00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:50,000
Well, maybe you can find out.

661
00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,000
I busted my crystal ball just the other day.

662
00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:53,000
All right.

663
00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,000
We'll send in a couple of uniforms to watch your joint for a few days.

664
00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,000
Hmm?

665
00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,000
You got any objections?

666
00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000
Well, sure. Cops make me nervous.

667
00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,000
Like the customers nervous, too.

668
00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000
Maybe you got the wrong kind of customers.

669
00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,000
Well, what are you going to do?

670
00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,000
All right, talk to Jeanette.

671
00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,000
Jeanette?

672
00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,000
Yeah, the waitress.

673
00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000
She's in the back room eating her chow.

674
00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,000
She knows the girl we're looking for?

675
00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:15,000
Yeah, they're real buddy-buddy, spent half their time chitting together.

676
00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,000
Never get any work out of Jeanette once the other one comes in.

677
00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000
All right, Sam, thank you.

678
00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,000
You know, there's something been worrying me.

679
00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,000
What's that?

680
00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,000
Whenever you guys show up, I make up my mind you're not going to get any answers from me.

681
00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,000
I'm not even going to give you the time of day.

682
00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,000
And then what happens?

683
00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,000
I end up telling you everything you want to know.

684
00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,000
Maybe you just like her, Sam.

685
00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,000
Yeah, that's what's been worrying me.

686
00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:38,000
Frank and I walked back into the kitchen of the Green Hat Cafe,

687
00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,000
and we interviewed the waitress, Jeanette Grover.

688
00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000
She told us that her friend's name was Barbara Hooper.

689
00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,000
She also told us that she had no idea where Barbara lived.

690
00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:48,000
She used to have a room over on Western, but she moved when she got married.

691
00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,000
How long ago was that?

692
00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:50,000
Three weeks.

693
00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000
Oh, no, let's see. It's longer.

694
00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,000
Oh, they went to Vegas on a Sunday.

695
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,000
It'd be four weeks next Sunday.

696
00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,000
You're sure you don't have her address?

697
00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,000
No, I don't.

698
00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:04,000
She gave it to me once, but I didn't take it down.

699
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,000
I wouldn't have no use for it.

700
00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,000
How's that?

701
00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000
I don't get along with Tom.

702
00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,000
Tom?

703
00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,000
Yeah, that's Barbara's husband, Tom Kernan.

704
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,000
Oh, say, that's right. I guess I made a mistake.

705
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,000
Ma'am?

706
00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,000
When you asked me what her last name was, I said it was Hooper.

707
00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,000
I should have said Kernan now.

708
00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,000
Yes, ma'am.

709
00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,000
I don't know why she ever married him.

710
00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,000
A good-looking girl like Barbara, she sure could have done better.

711
00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,000
Mm-hmm.

712
00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,000
Clamp, that's all he is.

713
00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000
Well, I told her what she was letting herself in for.

714
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,000
Mm-hmm.

715
00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,000
But he's got a record as long as my right arm.

716
00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,000
I've seen him come and go.

717
00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,000
When you work in a place like this,

718
00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000
you can spot a rotten apple a mile off.

719
00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:42,000
Mm-hmm.

720
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:46,000
I never figured he'd get into trouble this fast, though.

721
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,000
What do you want with her?

722
00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,000
Just like to get in touch with her, that's all.

723
00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,000
Oh, now, I know better than that about cops.

724
00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,000
They want to get in touch. They mean business.

725
00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000
You mind me giving you a piece of advice?

726
00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,000
Not at all.

727
00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,000
I don't blame her, whatever it is.

728
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,000
Mm-hmm.

729
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000
He's to blame, whatever she's done.

730
00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000
You check into it, and you'll see.

731
00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,000
Mm-hmm.

732
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,000
A gal gets married to a wrong guy,

733
00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,000
and that's his up her whole life.

734
00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,000
Not her fault.

735
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,000
Except for one thing.

736
00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,000
Yeah?

737
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:14,000
She married him.

738
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:18,000
We went back to the office and ran the name Thomas Kernan

739
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,000
through the record bureau.

740
00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,000
They came up with a new name for him.

741
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:25,000
We went back to the office and ran the name Thomas Kernan

742
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,000
through the record bureau.

743
00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,000
They came up with a package.

744
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,000
Kernan had served time for burglary

745
00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000
and was now on active parole.

746
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000
We checked with Fred Galloway at adult parole.

747
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000
He told us that Kernan's last known address

748
00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000
was an apartment on Western Avenue.

749
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,000
We drove out there.

750
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,000
It's down here.

751
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,000
Yeah.

752
00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,000
Here it is.

753
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,000
All set.

754
00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,000
Wait a minute.

755
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,000
All right.

756
00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,000
Al, what do you want?

757
00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,000
Come on, open up.

758
00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:03,000
OK, OK, keep your hat on.

759
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,000
Police officer, stand still.

760
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000
Who's moving?

761
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000
He's clean, Joe.

762
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,000
Where's your wife?

763
00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:10,000
Out.

764
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,000
Out where?

765
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:12,000
I don't know.

766
00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,000
She wasn't here when I came home.

767
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,000
We'll look around.

768
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000
Be my guest.

769
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000
Always knew you guys rode us ex-cons.

770
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,000
I didn't know you started picking on our wives, too.

771
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,000
She's a nice kid.

772
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,000
Let's start in on her.

773
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,000
You stay on my back.

774
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,000
I'm used to it, but let her alone.

775
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,000
Joe.

776
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,000
Yeah.

777
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000
I found this case in the closet.

778
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,000
The watch is still inside?

779
00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,000
Most of them, anyway.

780
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,000
All right.

781
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,000
What the heck's that?

782
00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,000
You didn't know about this?

783
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,000
Of course not.

784
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,000
Yeah, sure.

785
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,000
I never saw him before.

786
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,000
Your wife did?

787
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,000
How soon will she be back?

788
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,000
I don't know.

789
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,000
We'll wait.

790
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,000
Up to you.

791
00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000
Never saw those watches before in my life.

792
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,000
I'm telling you the truth.

793
00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,000
You bet you are.

794
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,000
Even if Barbara did take them, that don't make me

795
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,000
guilty of anything.

796
00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,000
No.

797
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,000
Stupid broad.

798
00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,000
When she start making with the questions,

799
00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,000
she'll spill a whole deal.

800
00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,000
Thought you didn't know anything about it.

801
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000
Maybe I knew she was looking for a setup.

802
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,000
What does that prove?

803
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,000
Some setup.

804
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000
A guy with a suitcase full of watches.

805
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,000
Dizzy Dame didn't even know they had serial numbers on him.

806
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,000
What a brain.

807
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,000
First job she ever pulls, she gets picked up.

808
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000
By the time I was her age, I pulled half a dozen.

809
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,000
The cops hadn't even tumbled once.

810
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You're real bright.

811
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I didn't see you, say won't learn.

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Tried to teach her the ropes.

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Gets picked up on her first job.

814
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Yeah, you should have expected that.

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Why? What do you mean?

816
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Look who taught her.

817
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The story you have just heard is true.

818
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The names were changed to protect the innocent.

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On February 2nd, trial was held in

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Department 97 Superior Court of the State of California

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in and for the County of Los Angeles.

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In a moment, the results of that trial.

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Thomas Carew Kernan was returned to the adult authority

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for violation of parole.

825
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Violation of parole is punishable by the term not served.

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Barbara Jane Kernan was found guilty of grand theft one count.

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Grand theft is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail

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for not more than one year.

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Or in the state prison for not less than one,

830
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nor more than ten years.

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You have just heard Dragnet,

832
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a series of authentic cases from official files.

833
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Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police,

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W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department.

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