WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:08.680 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:08.680 --> 00:19.400 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:19.400 --> 00:21.320 You're a detective sergeant. 00:21.320 --> 00:23.000 You're assigned a robbery detail. 00:23.000 --> 00:27.040 A watch salesman tells you his sample case has been stolen. 00:27.040 --> 00:29.000 He says he knows the man who did it. 00:29.000 --> 00:32.000 If you're going to do your job, find him. 00:32.000 --> 00:35.000 Dragnet. 00:35.000 --> 00:44.000 The document a drama of an actual crime. 00:44.000 --> 00:48.000 For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles police department, you will 00:48.000 --> 00:53.000 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 00:53.000 --> 00:54.000 police files. 00:54.000 --> 00:59.320 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 00:59.320 --> 01:00.320 in action. 01:00.320 --> 01:05.880 It was Tuesday, October 4th. 01:05.880 --> 01:06.880 Was cool in Los Angeles. 01:06.880 --> 01:08.960 We were working the day watch out a robbery detail. 01:08.960 --> 01:12.000 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss of Chief of Detectives Thad Brown. 01:12.000 --> 01:13.000 My name is Friday. 01:13.000 --> 01:17.000 We're on our way into the office and it was 746 A.M. when we got to room 27A. 01:17.000 --> 01:18.000 Robbery. 01:18.000 --> 01:21.000 I'll check the book. 01:21.000 --> 01:23.000 All right. 01:23.000 --> 01:25.000 Anything for us? 01:25.000 --> 01:26.000 No. 01:26.000 --> 01:28.000 Say, I took Fay the movies last night. 01:28.000 --> 01:29.000 Well. 01:29.000 --> 01:30.000 Yeah, darn good double bill. 01:30.000 --> 01:31.000 Mystery and a comedy. 01:31.000 --> 01:32.000 Sure had me fooled. 01:32.000 --> 01:33.000 What? 01:33.000 --> 01:34.000 The mystery had me fooled. 01:34.000 --> 01:36.000 I never can figure out who done it. 01:36.000 --> 01:38.000 It was this rich society girl. 01:38.000 --> 01:42.000 She lived in the penthouse, top floor, real modern kind of glass. 01:42.000 --> 01:46.000 Well, they found her lying outside on the roof garden part and the doors were all locked 01:46.000 --> 01:48.000 and the police had to break them down to get in. 01:48.000 --> 01:50.000 As soon as they got in. 01:50.000 --> 01:51.000 Yes, sir. 01:51.000 --> 01:54.000 I'd like to report a robbery at this right place. 01:54.000 --> 01:55.000 Yes, sir. 01:55.000 --> 01:56.000 You want to sit down? 01:56.000 --> 01:57.000 Oh, thanks. 01:57.000 --> 02:00.000 My name is Liggins. 02:00.000 --> 02:01.000 Russell Liggins. 02:01.000 --> 02:03.000 Can you spell it, please? 02:03.000 --> 02:05.000 Yeah, it's L-I-G-G-I-N-S. 02:05.000 --> 02:06.000 Liggins. 02:06.000 --> 02:07.000 This is Frank Smith. 02:07.000 --> 02:08.000 My name is Friday. 02:08.000 --> 02:09.000 I'm pleased to meet you. 02:09.000 --> 02:10.000 How you doing? 02:10.000 --> 02:11.000 I suppose you tell us what happened, Mr. Liggins. 02:11.000 --> 02:12.000 Be okay to smoke? 02:12.000 --> 02:13.000 Sure, go ahead. 02:13.000 --> 02:15.000 You fellas care for a cigarette? 02:15.000 --> 02:16.000 Yeah, thank you. 02:16.000 --> 02:18.000 Here, I have a light. 02:18.000 --> 02:23.000 Frank, thanks. 02:23.000 --> 02:26.000 Thank you. 02:26.000 --> 02:30.000 Well, it was my own fault to begin with. 02:30.000 --> 02:31.000 It just wasn't using my head. 02:31.000 --> 02:32.000 Uh-huh. 02:32.000 --> 02:33.000 The company ought to fire me. 02:33.000 --> 02:34.000 I wouldn't blame them if they did. 02:34.000 --> 02:35.000 What company is that? 02:35.000 --> 02:36.000 Sentinel Watch Company up in Seattle. 02:36.000 --> 02:37.000 I see. 02:37.000 --> 02:38.000 It's a new outfit. 02:38.000 --> 02:42.000 They import movements from Japan and put them in cases over here and wholesale them, you 02:42.000 --> 02:43.000 know? 02:43.000 --> 02:44.000 Uh-huh. 02:44.000 --> 02:45.000 I'm one of their head salesmen. 02:45.000 --> 02:46.000 I came down for the Jeweler's Convention. 02:46.000 --> 02:47.000 I see. 02:47.000 --> 02:50.000 I was supposed to leave for home this morning, 9 o'clock plane. 02:50.000 --> 02:52.000 I guess I have to take a later flight now. 02:52.000 --> 02:53.000 Yes. 02:53.000 --> 02:57.000 Boy, I have all the dumb stunts practically handed in my sample case on a silver platter. 02:57.000 --> 02:58.000 That's all? 02:58.000 --> 02:59.000 A hundred watches. 02:59.000 --> 03:00.000 Our best stuff. 03:00.000 --> 03:01.000 A lot of them in jeweled cases. 03:01.000 --> 03:02.000 Company want to make a good impression, you know? 03:02.000 --> 03:03.000 Uh-huh. 03:03.000 --> 03:05.000 Where did the robbery take place, Mr. Liggins? 03:05.000 --> 03:06.000 Front of the hotel. 03:06.000 --> 03:07.000 For all intents and purposes, that is. 03:07.000 --> 03:08.000 Which hotel is that? 03:08.000 --> 03:09.000 Greystone. 03:09.000 --> 03:10.000 That's where I've been stopped. 03:10.000 --> 03:11.000 I see. 03:11.000 --> 03:12.000 Do you have any idea who robbed you? 03:12.000 --> 03:13.000 The best idea in the world. 03:13.000 --> 03:14.000 Yeah. 03:14.000 --> 03:15.000 Spent a couple of hours with them last night. 03:15.000 --> 03:16.000 Yeah. 03:16.000 --> 03:17.000 You see, what happened is this. 03:17.000 --> 03:22.000 Like I said, the convention was over yesterday and wound up about 5 o'clock in the afternoon. 03:22.000 --> 03:25.000 And well, I had the whole evening ahead of me, nothing to do. 03:25.000 --> 03:26.000 Go ahead. 03:26.000 --> 03:27.000 I had dinner there at the hotel, a couple drinks. 03:27.000 --> 03:28.000 Yeah. 03:28.000 --> 03:31.000 Stole too early to go to bed, so I thought I'd look the town over, you know? 03:31.000 --> 03:32.000 Mm-hmm. 03:32.000 --> 03:35.000 Stopped by Pershing Square and listened to those characters spouting off, and along about 03:35.000 --> 03:37.000 10 o'clock, I headed back toward the Greystone. 03:37.000 --> 03:40.000 Passed the bar and decided to go in for a nightcap. 03:40.000 --> 03:41.000 Do you remember the name of the bar? 03:41.000 --> 03:42.000 No, I'm afraid not. 03:42.000 --> 03:44.000 It's just a couple blocks from the hotel though. 03:44.000 --> 03:47.000 Had a nice little combo in there, played pretty good music. 03:47.000 --> 03:48.000 So I sat down for a while. 03:48.000 --> 03:49.000 Yeah. 03:49.000 --> 03:51.000 I guess I had a little too much to drink. 03:51.000 --> 03:54.000 Oh, I wasn't drunk or anything like that, but had my share. 03:54.000 --> 03:55.000 Mm-hmm. 03:55.000 --> 03:56.000 It must have been a little higher. 03:56.000 --> 03:59.000 I wouldn't have got started talking to a couple of strangers the way I did. 03:59.000 --> 04:00.000 Yeah. 04:00.000 --> 04:01.000 They were sitting next to me, these two fellows. 04:01.000 --> 04:02.000 We got to chatting, you know? 04:02.000 --> 04:03.000 Mm-hmm. 04:03.000 --> 04:04.000 It was about music at first. 04:04.000 --> 04:06.000 They seemed to be enjoying it. 04:06.000 --> 04:10.000 One thing led to another, and they bought me a drink, and I had to pay them back, of course. 04:10.000 --> 04:11.000 Yes, sir. 04:11.000 --> 04:13.000 Asked me what line I was in, I told them I sold watches. 04:13.000 --> 04:15.000 Said I was in town for the jewelry convention. 04:15.000 --> 04:17.000 They took a real big, said that's why they were here too. 04:17.000 --> 04:19.000 Claimed they had a jewelry store in Salt Lake City. 04:19.000 --> 04:20.000 They mentioned their names? 04:20.000 --> 04:21.000 Oh, sure. 04:21.000 --> 04:23.000 They introduced themselves, but it didn't sink in. 04:23.000 --> 04:25.000 Not their last names anyhow. 04:25.000 --> 04:27.000 George and Paul. 04:27.000 --> 04:28.000 Yeah, that's all I can remember. 04:28.000 --> 04:29.000 Mm-hmm. 04:29.000 --> 04:30.000 What happened then? 04:30.000 --> 04:33.000 Well, they started complaining about the quality of the watches they'd been showing. 04:33.000 --> 04:35.000 Said they hadn't seen anything worth buying. 04:35.000 --> 04:38.000 Well, so I asked them if they'd looked at my samples, and they said they didn't think so. 04:38.000 --> 04:39.000 Mm-hmm. 04:39.000 --> 04:41.000 I offered to make an appointment to show them my stuff. 04:41.000 --> 04:44.000 I figured I could stay over an extra day on the chance of making a good sale. 04:44.000 --> 04:47.000 And they said that wouldn't be necessary for me, you know, to stay over. 04:47.000 --> 04:50.000 Said they could meet me this morning before I left for the airport. 04:50.000 --> 04:51.000 Did you set up an appointment? 04:51.000 --> 04:52.000 Yes, sir. 04:52.000 --> 04:55.000 I told them I'd have to be early if I was still gonna catch my plane, and that was fine with them. 04:55.000 --> 04:57.000 The earlier the better. 04:57.000 --> 04:58.000 Agreed to meet me at 7 a.m. 04:58.000 --> 05:01.000 They even offered to drive me to the airport. 05:01.000 --> 05:03.000 Couldn't ask for anything more than that, could I? 05:03.000 --> 05:04.000 No, sir. 05:04.000 --> 05:07.000 Well, anyway, I come downstairs about a quarter to 7 and checked out, 05:07.000 --> 05:09.000 and they were supposed to pick me up from the hotel. 05:09.000 --> 05:10.000 Yeah. 05:10.000 --> 05:12.000 Well, about 5 or 7 they come by. 05:12.000 --> 05:13.000 I hopped in the car, and we drove off. 05:13.000 --> 05:16.000 We hadn't gone more than a mile or so, and they pulled over and parked 05:16.000 --> 05:18.000 on a quiet street, not much traffic. 05:18.000 --> 05:19.000 Mm-hmm. 05:19.000 --> 05:20.000 I asked them why they were stopping there, 05:20.000 --> 05:22.000 figuring I'd show them my watches out at the airport. 05:22.000 --> 05:23.000 They said they wanted to look at them now. 05:23.000 --> 05:24.000 What was that again? 05:24.000 --> 05:27.000 They said that they wanted to look at them right now, you know, in the car. 05:27.000 --> 05:28.000 The watches? 05:28.000 --> 05:29.000 Yeah. 05:29.000 --> 05:30.000 Mm-hmm. Go ahead. 05:30.000 --> 05:31.000 And it struck me as kind of funny. 05:31.000 --> 05:33.000 I didn't see where it would make any difference. 05:33.000 --> 05:36.000 And I opened up the case, and they just sort of glanced inside, 05:36.000 --> 05:38.000 and then one of the fellows, the one named George, 05:38.000 --> 05:40.000 he took out a gun, started shoving me through the door, 05:40.000 --> 05:41.000 and I tried to argue with him. 05:41.000 --> 05:42.000 I wasn't getting anywhere, though. 05:42.000 --> 05:43.000 Pulled a gun, huh? 05:43.000 --> 05:44.000 Yeah. 05:44.000 --> 05:46.000 And he, you know, kind of pushed me with it. 05:46.000 --> 05:47.000 Mm-hmm. 05:47.000 --> 05:49.000 And finally I asked him to please at least give me my suitcase. 05:49.000 --> 05:51.000 I said it wouldn't be worth anything to them, but I needed it, 05:51.000 --> 05:54.000 and they tossed it out on the street beside me and drove off. 05:54.000 --> 05:55.000 I see. 05:55.000 --> 05:56.000 What about your wallet? 05:56.000 --> 05:57.000 Hmm? 05:57.000 --> 05:58.000 Did they take your wallet, too? 05:58.000 --> 06:00.000 Oh, no, no, just a sample case. 06:00.000 --> 06:02.000 I guess they were in a hurry, didn't want to spend a lot of time 06:02.000 --> 06:04.000 there on the street in broad daylight or something. 06:04.000 --> 06:05.000 I see. 06:05.000 --> 06:07.000 As soon as they left, they started looking around for a cab 06:07.000 --> 06:09.000 and had to walk a couple of blocks before I found one, 06:09.000 --> 06:11.000 and then I got him to bring me right here. 06:11.000 --> 06:12.000 Mm-hmm. 06:12.000 --> 06:14.000 What kind of a car did they drive, do you know? 06:14.000 --> 06:15.000 The fellows that robbed me? 06:15.000 --> 06:16.000 That's right. 06:16.000 --> 06:18.000 Um, sedan. 06:18.000 --> 06:20.000 I think it was black, a Ford. 06:20.000 --> 06:21.000 Did you get the license? 06:21.000 --> 06:23.000 No, I didn't even think of trying that 06:23.000 --> 06:25.000 until after they were out of sight. 06:25.000 --> 06:27.000 Well, now can you describe these men for us, please? 06:27.000 --> 06:28.000 Well, sure. 06:28.000 --> 06:32.000 Uh, well, they were about 40, medium-sized. 06:32.000 --> 06:34.000 Uh, George had black hair, 06:34.000 --> 06:36.000 and the other fellow, he had sort of sandy hair, 06:36.000 --> 06:37.000 you know? 06:37.000 --> 06:38.000 I see. 06:38.000 --> 06:39.000 Any marks or scars? 06:39.000 --> 06:40.000 I don't think so. 06:40.000 --> 06:41.000 How were they dressed? 06:41.000 --> 06:42.000 Uh, suits. 06:42.000 --> 06:44.000 Uh, conservative. 06:44.000 --> 06:46.000 Blue or kind of gray, maybe. 06:46.000 --> 06:47.000 I'm not sure. 06:47.000 --> 06:48.000 Mm-hmm. 06:48.000 --> 06:50.000 Were they wearing the same clothes this morning? 06:50.000 --> 06:51.000 Well, no, I don't know. 06:51.000 --> 06:52.000 They had on top coats today. 06:52.000 --> 06:53.000 I see. 06:53.000 --> 06:54.000 Now, you said their names were George and Paul. 06:54.000 --> 06:55.000 Yeah, that's right. 06:55.000 --> 06:57.000 Anything else that might help us identify them? 06:57.000 --> 06:59.000 Gosh, I'm afraid not. 06:59.000 --> 07:02.000 Do you have a list of serial numbers from your watches? 07:02.000 --> 07:03.000 Well, yes. 07:03.000 --> 07:04.000 May we see it? 07:04.000 --> 07:05.000 Yeah, it's in my wallet. 07:05.000 --> 07:06.000 Here, just a minute. 07:10.000 --> 07:11.000 There you go. 07:11.000 --> 07:12.000 Oh, thanks very much. 07:12.000 --> 07:13.000 I'll get out of Circular, Joe. 07:13.000 --> 07:14.000 Okay. 07:14.000 --> 07:16.000 Is there anything else you want from me? 07:16.000 --> 07:17.000 Yes, sir. 07:17.000 --> 07:18.000 We'd like to have you show us the bar 07:18.000 --> 07:19.000 where you met these men. 07:19.000 --> 07:20.000 Well, no, sir, I'm not sure I can. 07:20.000 --> 07:21.000 A lot of bars in the neighborhood, 07:21.000 --> 07:23.000 and I didn't pay too much attention. 07:23.000 --> 07:25.000 You said they had a combo there? 07:25.000 --> 07:26.000 Yeah. 07:26.000 --> 07:27.000 Well, I don't know. 07:27.000 --> 07:28.000 Make it easier. 07:28.000 --> 07:29.000 Well, I'll sure do my best. 07:29.000 --> 07:30.000 Yes, sir. 07:30.000 --> 07:31.000 I have to get my airline ticket changed, too. 07:31.000 --> 07:33.000 We'd appreciate it if you could stay over a couple of days. 07:33.000 --> 07:34.000 Oh? 07:34.000 --> 07:35.000 In any case, we turn them up, 07:35.000 --> 07:36.000 we'll need you to identify them. 07:36.000 --> 07:37.000 Well, there isn't much chance of that, is there? 07:37.000 --> 07:38.000 What do you mean? 07:38.000 --> 07:39.000 Well, the descriptions I gave you 07:39.000 --> 07:40.000 could be anybody. 07:40.000 --> 07:41.000 Yeah. 07:41.000 --> 07:43.000 Besides, the company will want me back on the job. 07:43.000 --> 07:45.000 That is, if they don't fire me for this. 07:45.000 --> 07:47.000 Well, you know, you aren't the only thing they'll want back. 07:47.000 --> 07:48.000 Huh? 07:48.000 --> 07:50.000 They'll want those watches, too. 07:53.000 --> 07:54.000 Frank and I checked the M.O. 07:54.000 --> 07:56.000 and the descriptions Russell Liggins had given us 07:56.000 --> 07:57.000 with the stats office. 07:57.000 --> 07:59.000 They came up with 11 possibles. 07:59.000 --> 08:02.000 We took the names to R&I and pulled the packages. 08:02.000 --> 08:05.000 Liggins was unable to identify any of the mugshots. 08:05.000 --> 08:06.000 10.13 a.m. 08:06.000 --> 08:08.000 We cruised the vicinity of the Greystone Hotel 08:08.000 --> 08:11.000 looking for the bar where Liggins had first met the suspects. 08:11.000 --> 08:13.000 He told us the Green Hat Cafe on 6th Street 08:13.000 --> 08:15.000 seemed familiar, but he wasn't certain. 08:15.000 --> 08:17.000 We left him in the car and we went inside 08:17.000 --> 08:18.000 to interview the bartender. 08:18.000 --> 08:19.000 Look, you boys know me. 08:19.000 --> 08:20.000 I run a nice, clean place. 08:20.000 --> 08:21.000 Don't even cut the liquor. 08:21.000 --> 08:22.000 Yeah, sure. 08:22.000 --> 08:23.000 I ain't caused you no trouble. 08:23.000 --> 08:24.000 Why don't you lay off? 08:24.000 --> 08:25.000 Just a couple of questions for you, Sam. 08:25.000 --> 08:26.000 Sure. 08:26.000 --> 08:27.000 Couple of questions. 08:27.000 --> 08:28.000 Next thing I know, I'm testifying in court. 08:28.000 --> 08:29.000 You got something you ought to testify about? 08:29.000 --> 08:30.000 No. 08:30.000 --> 08:31.000 No, of course not. 08:31.000 --> 08:32.000 Just talk to me. 08:32.000 --> 08:33.000 Well, then talk to us, huh? 08:33.000 --> 08:34.000 Okay. 08:34.000 --> 08:35.000 What do you want? 08:35.000 --> 08:36.000 You were on the job here last night? 08:36.000 --> 08:37.000 Yeah. 08:37.000 --> 08:38.000 All evening. 08:38.000 --> 08:39.000 All evening. 08:39.000 --> 08:40.000 I got a little combo working in the joint now. 08:40.000 --> 08:41.000 They cost money. 08:41.000 --> 08:42.000 There's nothing left over for extra bartenders. 08:42.000 --> 08:44.000 You see that fella out in the car? 08:44.000 --> 08:45.000 Where? 08:45.000 --> 08:46.000 Over here, Sam. 08:46.000 --> 08:47.000 Lean over. 08:47.000 --> 08:48.000 See, out there. 08:48.000 --> 08:50.000 Yeah, yeah, I see him. 08:50.000 --> 08:51.000 Take a good look at him. 08:51.000 --> 08:53.000 All right, I look good. 08:53.000 --> 08:55.000 He ever been in your place? 08:55.000 --> 08:56.000 Like when? 08:56.000 --> 08:57.000 Last night. 08:57.000 --> 08:59.000 The bar was real crowded last night. 08:59.000 --> 09:00.000 Music helps the business. 09:00.000 --> 09:01.000 He might have been here. 09:01.000 --> 09:03.000 Well, yes or no, Sam? 09:03.000 --> 09:05.000 Yeah, yeah, he was here. 09:05.000 --> 09:06.000 Alone? 09:06.000 --> 09:07.000 Yeah, he came in alone. 09:07.000 --> 09:10.000 He took that stool over there, had a few drinks and left. 09:10.000 --> 09:11.000 Did he talk to anybody? 09:11.000 --> 09:12.000 He talked to me. 09:12.000 --> 09:13.000 What did he say? 09:13.000 --> 09:14.000 He liked the music. 09:14.000 --> 09:15.000 That's about all. 09:15.000 --> 09:16.000 Who else did he talk to? 09:16.000 --> 09:17.000 A girl sitting next to him. 09:17.000 --> 09:18.000 Who was she? 09:18.000 --> 09:19.000 Well, I don't know her name. 09:19.000 --> 09:20.000 She comes in once in a while. 09:20.000 --> 09:21.000 Kind of nice looking. 09:21.000 --> 09:23.000 There were a couple of men in here too, weren't there, Sam? 09:23.000 --> 09:24.000 Well, there were a lot of guys. 09:24.000 --> 09:25.000 Why? 09:25.000 --> 09:26.000 Well-dressed, middle-aged. 09:26.000 --> 09:27.000 Could be. 09:27.000 --> 09:28.000 They talked to him too, did they? 09:28.000 --> 09:29.000 The fella in your car? 09:29.000 --> 09:30.000 Same guy, yeah. 09:30.000 --> 09:32.000 Well, if they did, I didn't see him. 09:32.000 --> 09:33.000 Had quite a conversation. 09:33.000 --> 09:34.000 I didn't hear it. 09:34.000 --> 09:35.000 Music's pretty loud. 09:35.000 --> 09:36.000 Who were they, Sam? 09:36.000 --> 09:39.000 Look, I don't ask for a driver's license unless the guy looks like he's under- 09:39.000 --> 09:40.000 Come on, Sam. 09:40.000 --> 09:41.000 Who are they? 09:41.000 --> 09:42.000 He's Conn and you. 09:42.000 --> 09:43.000 That friend of yours out there. 09:43.000 --> 09:44.000 Yeah. 09:44.000 --> 09:45.000 And stool. 09:45.000 --> 09:46.000 That's where he sat. 09:46.000 --> 09:47.000 The girl was next to him the whole evening. 09:47.000 --> 09:48.000 Well? 09:48.000 --> 09:49.000 He couldn't have talked to nobody else. 09:49.000 --> 09:57.000 We took Liggins into the Green Hat Cafe and he said he was certain that that was where 09:57.000 --> 09:59.000 they had met the two men known as George and Paul. 09:59.000 --> 10:03.000 Sam Hupple, the owner of the bar, was equally certain that Liggins was mistaken. 10:03.000 --> 10:04.000 1048 A.M. 10:04.000 --> 10:07.000 Frank and I drove Liggins over to the Greystone Hotel. 10:07.000 --> 10:11.000 While he went inside to re-register, we talked with the cab drivers who were stationed at 10:11.000 --> 10:13.000 the stand next to the main hotel entrance. 10:13.000 --> 10:18.000 One of them told us he had been parked there from about 630 until 715 A.M. that morning. 10:18.000 --> 10:20.000 Thought I was never gonna give me a fare. 10:20.000 --> 10:23.000 When it starts like that the whole day, he shouts, look at me now, been sitting here 10:23.000 --> 10:24.000 for the last 25 minutes. 10:24.000 --> 10:27.000 Did you see a man come out of the hotel about five minutes to seven? 10:27.000 --> 10:29.000 I was watching those doors real anxious. 10:29.000 --> 10:30.000 If he came out, I saw him. 10:30.000 --> 10:31.000 Same fellow we just let off. 10:31.000 --> 10:32.000 Oh. 10:32.000 --> 10:33.000 You remember him? 10:33.000 --> 10:34.000 Sure. 10:34.000 --> 10:35.000 Did you notice the car he drove off in? 10:35.000 --> 10:36.000 You kidding? 10:36.000 --> 10:37.000 What do you mean? 10:37.000 --> 10:38.000 This hack of mine. 10:38.000 --> 10:39.000 Huh? 10:39.000 --> 10:40.000 He was my first fare this A.M. 10:40.000 --> 10:41.000 You picked him up here? 10:41.000 --> 10:42.000 That's right. 10:42.000 --> 10:43.000 It wasn't five to seven though. 10:43.000 --> 10:44.000 Closer to 730. 10:44.000 --> 10:45.000 Where'd you take him? 10:45.000 --> 10:46.000 City Hall. 10:46.000 --> 10:52.000 We went into the hotel and talked to the desk clerk. 10:52.000 --> 10:56.000 He told us that Liggins had been assigned the same room he had previously occupied, 417. 10:56.000 --> 11:00.000 He also told us that he was almost positive Liggins had not carried a sample case when 11:00.000 --> 11:02.000 he checked out that morning. 11:02.000 --> 11:04.000 We talked to the bellhop who had brought down Liggins' baggage. 11:04.000 --> 11:06.000 He said Liggins had only one suitcase. 11:06.000 --> 11:07.000 1113 A.M. 11:07.000 --> 11:09.000 Frank and I went up to room 417. 11:09.000 --> 11:10.000 Come in. 11:10.000 --> 11:11.000 Yes, sir. 11:11.000 --> 11:12.000 Yes, sir. 11:12.000 --> 11:13.000 It's very kind of you. 11:13.000 --> 11:18.000 I'll be with you as soon as I get off the phone. 11:18.000 --> 11:19.000 It's okay. 11:19.000 --> 11:20.000 Yes, sir. 11:20.000 --> 11:25.000 Well, a day or two I guess if that's all right. 11:25.000 --> 11:29.000 No, no, no, they didn't take my money. 11:29.000 --> 11:31.000 Thanks, I can manage. 11:31.000 --> 11:33.000 Just one thing. 11:33.000 --> 11:37.000 Would you ask one of the girls to call my wife and explain the delay? 11:37.000 --> 11:39.000 Thank you very much, sir. 11:39.000 --> 11:40.000 Bye. 11:40.000 --> 11:43.000 Well, I was just talking to the boss of Seattle. 11:43.000 --> 11:45.000 He said it's all right for me to stick around a few days. 11:45.000 --> 11:46.000 Good. 11:46.000 --> 11:49.000 Now, you really think you can find those guys that fast, huh? 11:49.000 --> 11:51.000 Well, we may not have to look for them. 11:51.000 --> 11:52.000 What do you mean? 11:52.000 --> 11:53.000 We were checking your story, Liggins. 11:53.000 --> 11:54.000 Yeah? 11:54.000 --> 11:55.000 Bleak as a sieve. 11:55.000 --> 11:57.000 Well, that lousy bartender, huh? 11:57.000 --> 11:58.000 You're taking his word against mine. 11:58.000 --> 12:00.000 No, we got more than the bartender. 12:00.000 --> 12:01.000 Oh? 12:01.000 --> 12:05.000 The cab driver says he picked you up here at 720 and drove you down to City Hall. 12:05.000 --> 12:06.000 Well, he's crazy. 12:06.000 --> 12:07.000 You can have it in person. 12:07.000 --> 12:09.000 He must have picked up somebody who looks like me, that's all. 12:09.000 --> 12:11.000 We talked to the bellhop who brought down your luggies. 12:11.000 --> 12:12.000 There wasn't any sample case. 12:12.000 --> 12:13.000 I carried it myself. 12:13.000 --> 12:16.000 I wasn't going to let a bellhop handle something as valuable as that. 12:16.000 --> 12:18.000 He just didn't notice it, that's all. 12:18.000 --> 12:20.000 The desk clerk didn't notice it either. 12:20.000 --> 12:22.000 Well, I stood in front of his desk when I paid up. 12:22.000 --> 12:23.000 That's why. 12:23.000 --> 12:24.000 Mm-hmm. 12:24.000 --> 12:26.000 What do you guys want from me? 12:26.000 --> 12:28.000 Just tell us what happened to the sample case. 12:28.000 --> 12:30.000 I've told you the whole story. 12:30.000 --> 12:31.000 There was one thing you left out. 12:31.000 --> 12:32.000 What's that? 12:32.000 --> 12:53.000 We continued to question Russell Liggins in his hotel room. 12:53.000 --> 12:55.000 He insisted that he'd been telling us the truth. 12:55.000 --> 12:58.000 We confronted him with the cab driver, the desk clerk, the bellhop. 12:58.000 --> 13:00.000 He refused to change his story. 13:00.000 --> 13:03.000 1 0 5 p.m. We drove Liggins down to the city hall for further interrogation. 13:03.000 --> 13:05.000 How much are the watches worth? 13:05.000 --> 13:06.000 A wholesale or retail? 13:06.000 --> 13:07.000 Both ways. 13:07.000 --> 13:11.000 About 4,000 wholesale, maybe 10 retail. 13:11.000 --> 13:12.000 That's a lot of money. 13:12.000 --> 13:13.000 Well, sure. 13:13.000 --> 13:14.000 Your boss upset? 13:14.000 --> 13:15.000 Well, he wasn't very happy about it. 13:15.000 --> 13:19.000 He's insured, isn't he? 13:19.000 --> 13:20.000 Well, come on. 13:20.000 --> 13:21.000 Yeah, I guess so. 13:21.000 --> 13:23.000 Don't you know? 13:23.000 --> 13:25.000 Yeah, he's insured. 13:25.000 --> 13:26.000 He said so over the phone. 13:26.000 --> 13:27.000 He told me not to worry. 13:27.000 --> 13:28.000 Mm-hmm. 13:28.000 --> 13:30.000 You didn't know about the insurance before. 13:30.000 --> 13:31.000 Well, what if I did? 13:31.000 --> 13:32.000 Maybe we'd better talk to your boss. 13:32.000 --> 13:33.000 What's his number? 13:33.000 --> 13:35.000 Come on, fella. 13:35.000 --> 13:36.000 What's his number? 13:36.000 --> 13:38.000 Well, what are you going to tell him? 13:38.000 --> 13:40.000 That you've been handing us a line about being robbed? 13:40.000 --> 13:41.000 Well, you think I robbed myself? 13:41.000 --> 13:42.000 Is that what you're getting at? 13:42.000 --> 13:43.000 What else can we think? 13:43.000 --> 13:44.000 Oh, you're crazy. 13:44.000 --> 13:45.000 Where are the watches? 13:45.000 --> 13:46.000 Somebody stole them. 13:46.000 --> 13:49.000 Yeah, George and Paul. 13:49.000 --> 13:51.000 Look, okay. 13:51.000 --> 13:53.000 It wasn't George and Paul. 13:53.000 --> 13:54.000 Go ahead. 13:54.000 --> 13:55.000 I made it up. 13:55.000 --> 13:57.000 The whole thing about them, you know, the fellas. 13:57.000 --> 13:58.000 I had to tell you something. 13:58.000 --> 14:00.000 Sure you did. 14:00.000 --> 14:01.000 Well, you want the truth, don't you? 14:01.000 --> 14:02.000 Well, you're getting it. 14:02.000 --> 14:03.000 The least you can do is try to believe it. 14:03.000 --> 14:05.000 You make it kind of hard to buy. 14:05.000 --> 14:07.000 Look, I went into that bar last night just like I told you. 14:07.000 --> 14:08.000 Mm-hmm. 14:08.000 --> 14:10.000 And the bartender was right. 14:10.000 --> 14:12.000 I didn't talk to anybody except the girl sitting beside me. 14:12.000 --> 14:13.000 Yeah. 14:13.000 --> 14:16.000 Well, she said she came in because she liked the music. 14:16.000 --> 14:18.000 And I was feeling kind of lonesome. 14:18.000 --> 14:20.000 I don't know anybody in L.A., so we started to talk. 14:20.000 --> 14:21.000 Mm-hmm. 14:21.000 --> 14:23.000 Said her name was Barbara. 14:23.000 --> 14:25.000 Didn't give me her last name because she was married 14:25.000 --> 14:26.000 and she wanted to keep things on a first-name basis. 14:26.000 --> 14:28.000 And that was all right with me. 14:28.000 --> 14:29.000 I told her to call me Russ. 14:29.000 --> 14:30.000 Yeah. 14:30.000 --> 14:32.000 She said her husband worked nights, 14:32.000 --> 14:33.000 one of the aircraft plants. 14:33.000 --> 14:34.000 Mm-hmm. 14:34.000 --> 14:37.000 And I told her about my job, that I sold watches. 14:37.000 --> 14:38.000 She kind of laughed when I told her. 14:38.000 --> 14:39.000 What about? 14:39.000 --> 14:40.000 Well, it was a big coincidence. 14:40.000 --> 14:43.000 Me being a watch salesman, she was planning to buy a watch. 14:43.000 --> 14:45.000 Told me the one she had was ready to give up the ghost. 14:45.000 --> 14:46.000 I see. 14:46.000 --> 14:48.000 Then she showed it to me on her wrist. 14:48.000 --> 14:51.000 A real cheap kind and just a piece of junk. 14:51.000 --> 14:52.000 Yeah. 14:52.000 --> 14:55.000 Well, she asked me if maybe I could get her a new one wholesale. 14:55.000 --> 14:57.000 And I said I might be able to arrange it. 14:57.000 --> 14:58.000 Then I suggested she come up to my room 14:58.000 --> 15:00.000 and look at the samples I had there. 15:00.000 --> 15:01.000 Yeah. 15:01.000 --> 15:02.000 Now, I wasn't up to anything. 15:02.000 --> 15:05.000 I figured we'd have a couple of drinks, but that was all. 15:05.000 --> 15:06.000 Sure. 15:06.000 --> 15:07.000 And then she kind of hesitated. 15:07.000 --> 15:09.000 Said it wouldn't look very good. 15:09.000 --> 15:11.000 And finally she agreed we went over to the hotel 15:11.000 --> 15:13.000 and I had a bottle in my room and I fixed us a drink. 15:13.000 --> 15:14.000 And then I showed her the watches. 15:14.000 --> 15:16.000 And she picked out the one she liked, 15:16.000 --> 15:17.000 but she didn't have any money with her, 15:17.000 --> 15:18.000 not enough to pay for it anyway. 15:18.000 --> 15:19.000 Yeah. 15:19.000 --> 15:20.000 Then I told her she could have it for free. 15:20.000 --> 15:21.000 You know, as a present. 15:21.000 --> 15:22.000 Mm-hmm. 15:22.000 --> 15:23.000 It wasn't an expensive model 15:23.000 --> 15:25.000 and I was gonna pay the company back out of my own pocket. 15:25.000 --> 15:28.000 So she took off her old watch and she put it in her purse. 15:28.000 --> 15:29.000 And she put the new one on. 15:29.000 --> 15:30.000 All right, go ahead. 15:30.000 --> 15:32.000 And then she said we ought to have a couple more drinks, 15:32.000 --> 15:34.000 you know, to kind of celebrate the present. 15:34.000 --> 15:36.000 But she offered to fix them. 15:36.000 --> 15:38.000 Well, maybe she put something in mine 15:38.000 --> 15:39.000 or maybe they were just strong. 15:39.000 --> 15:40.000 I don't know. 15:40.000 --> 15:42.000 Anyway, I don't remember much after that. 15:42.000 --> 15:43.000 Would you do a pass out? 15:43.000 --> 15:45.000 Yeah, I guess so. 15:45.000 --> 15:47.000 Next thing I knew it was morning, about 6.30, 15:47.000 --> 15:49.000 and I'd fallen asleep on the bed with all my clothes on. 15:49.000 --> 15:50.000 Yeah. 15:50.000 --> 15:52.000 That must be why she didn't take my wallet. 15:52.000 --> 15:54.000 All right, what happened then? 15:54.000 --> 15:56.000 Well, I didn't think anything was wrong. 15:56.000 --> 15:57.000 I couldn't remember when Barbara left, 15:57.000 --> 15:59.000 but I've lacked out before when I've had a little too much. 15:59.000 --> 16:00.000 Yeah. 16:00.000 --> 16:01.000 So I took a shower and I got dressed. 16:01.000 --> 16:02.000 And it was while I was dressing 16:02.000 --> 16:04.000 I noticed the sample case was gone. 16:04.000 --> 16:05.000 I looked everywhere for it. 16:05.000 --> 16:07.000 And you figure she took it, huh? 16:07.000 --> 16:08.000 Now, who else could have? 16:08.000 --> 16:10.000 Oh, maybe. 16:10.000 --> 16:12.000 Boy, you guys are pretty hard to convince, aren't you? 16:12.000 --> 16:13.000 Well, why didn't you tell us about Barbara 16:13.000 --> 16:14.000 when you first came in here? 16:14.000 --> 16:16.000 Well, I was thinking of my job. 16:16.000 --> 16:17.000 Yeah. 16:17.000 --> 16:18.000 Boss just promoted me a couple of months ago. 16:18.000 --> 16:19.000 I'm doing pretty good. 16:19.000 --> 16:20.000 I'm making fair money. 16:20.000 --> 16:21.000 Is that so? 16:21.000 --> 16:22.000 Yeah, if he ever found out 16:22.000 --> 16:24.000 I'd let some dame roll me in a hotel room, 16:24.000 --> 16:26.000 well, I'd be out of my ear. 16:26.000 --> 16:27.000 All right. 16:27.000 --> 16:29.000 And that's not all. 16:29.000 --> 16:31.000 I got a wife. 16:31.000 --> 16:32.000 Helen. 16:32.000 --> 16:33.000 That's her name. 16:33.000 --> 16:34.000 You guys married? 16:34.000 --> 16:35.000 He is. 16:35.000 --> 16:37.000 Well, then maybe he'll understand. 16:37.000 --> 16:39.000 We've only been married a couple of years 16:39.000 --> 16:40.000 and Helen doesn't like the idea 16:40.000 --> 16:42.000 of me being on the road half the time. 16:42.000 --> 16:43.000 She's suspicious enough as it is. 16:43.000 --> 16:44.000 Yeah. 16:44.000 --> 16:45.000 So I did some quick thinking, 16:45.000 --> 16:47.000 come up with a story I gave you this morning, 16:47.000 --> 16:49.000 you know, about George and Paul. 16:49.000 --> 16:50.000 Well, it really wasn't my own idea exactly. 16:50.000 --> 16:52.000 What I mean is that I was talking to a salesman 16:52.000 --> 16:53.000 at the convention the other day. 16:53.000 --> 16:55.000 You know, one of the real old timers. 16:55.000 --> 16:57.000 He told me how some guys had robbed him once 16:57.000 --> 16:58.000 when he was just starting out 16:58.000 --> 16:59.000 and that's where I got the idea. 16:59.000 --> 17:01.000 Sort of switched it around to fit what happened to me. 17:01.000 --> 17:04.000 Well, I didn't see where I was doing any harm. 17:04.000 --> 17:06.000 I never thought you'd be able to get the watches back anyhow. 17:06.000 --> 17:08.000 Well, you didn't make it any easier for us. 17:08.000 --> 17:09.000 Well, maybe not. 17:09.000 --> 17:11.000 But you don't know Helen. 17:11.000 --> 17:13.000 She'd leave me sure as fate if this ever gets out. 17:13.000 --> 17:14.000 Yeah. 17:14.000 --> 17:16.000 I didn't mean to cause you any trouble. 17:16.000 --> 17:18.000 You see, it'll make any difference what I told you 17:18.000 --> 17:19.000 as long as the watches were gone. 17:19.000 --> 17:20.000 No, it makes a difference. 17:20.000 --> 17:21.000 Yeah? 17:21.000 --> 17:22.000 If we want to find out who took them. 17:22.000 --> 17:27.000 3.15 p.m. 17:27.000 --> 17:29.000 We went back to the Greystone Hotel 17:29.000 --> 17:30.000 and talked to the manager. 17:30.000 --> 17:32.000 He gave us the home telephone number of the elevator boy 17:32.000 --> 17:34.000 who had been on duty the previous night. 17:34.000 --> 17:36.000 We called the boy and he told us he remembered 17:36.000 --> 17:38.000 taking a passenger who resembled Russell Liggins 17:38.000 --> 17:41.000 up to the third floor sometime after 2 a.m. in the morning. 17:41.000 --> 17:44.000 He also remembered that Liggins had been accompanied 17:44.000 --> 17:45.000 by a young lady. 17:45.000 --> 17:47.000 He did not remember bringing the lady down, 17:47.000 --> 17:49.000 but he suggested that she might have used the stairs. 17:49.000 --> 17:52.000 We called the crime lab and they went over Liggins' room. 17:52.000 --> 17:55.000 They found no useful fingerprints or other physical evidence. 17:55.000 --> 17:56.000 5.15 p.m. 17:56.000 --> 17:58.000 We went back to the office. 17:58.000 --> 18:01.000 Liggins gave us a description of the girl known to him as Barbara. 18:01.000 --> 18:03.000 We showed him some mug shots, 18:03.000 --> 18:05.000 but he was unable to identify any of the women. 18:05.000 --> 18:06.000 7.18 p.m. 18:06.000 --> 18:08.000 Frank and I again interviewed the bartender 18:08.000 --> 18:09.000 at the Green Hat Cafe. 18:09.000 --> 18:10.000 Well, what did I tell you? 18:10.000 --> 18:12.000 Just a couple of questions, that's all. 18:12.000 --> 18:14.000 Next thing I know, you guys have moved in for the winter. 18:14.000 --> 18:16.000 All right, Sam, now take it easy. 18:16.000 --> 18:17.000 Have I got any choice? 18:17.000 --> 18:20.000 You remember the girl Liggins was talking to in here last night? 18:20.000 --> 18:22.000 So it's a girl now? I thought it was two guys. 18:22.000 --> 18:24.000 Oh, come on, Sam, you mentioned her yourself. 18:24.000 --> 18:27.000 I never figured you fellas believed anything I told you. 18:27.000 --> 18:28.000 We want to know who she is. 18:28.000 --> 18:30.000 Just a girl, that's all. She comes in once in a while. 18:30.000 --> 18:31.000 She got a name? 18:31.000 --> 18:33.000 Never introduced herself. 18:33.000 --> 18:34.000 Does she live in the neighborhood? 18:34.000 --> 18:35.000 I don't know. 18:35.000 --> 18:36.000 Well, who does? 18:36.000 --> 18:38.000 Look, this Liggins is a character. 18:38.000 --> 18:40.000 He's already taken you for one ride today, 18:40.000 --> 18:41.000 now why don't you get off? 18:41.000 --> 18:43.000 We'd like to get in touch with her, Sam. 18:43.000 --> 18:44.000 Get in touch? 18:44.000 --> 18:46.000 Are you going to help? 18:46.000 --> 18:48.000 Well, how can I help you? I don't know her name. 18:48.000 --> 18:49.000 I don't know her address. 18:49.000 --> 18:50.000 Well, maybe you can find out. 18:50.000 --> 18:52.000 I busted my crystal ball just the other day. 18:52.000 --> 18:53.000 All right. 18:53.000 --> 18:55.000 We'll send in a couple of uniforms to watch your joint for a few days. 18:55.000 --> 18:56.000 Hmm? 18:56.000 --> 18:57.000 You got any objections? 18:57.000 --> 18:59.000 Well, sure. Cops make me nervous. 18:59.000 --> 19:01.000 Like the customers nervous, too. 19:01.000 --> 19:03.000 Maybe you got the wrong kind of customers. 19:04.000 --> 19:06.000 Well, what are you going to do? 19:06.000 --> 19:07.000 All right, talk to Jeanette. 19:07.000 --> 19:08.000 Jeanette? 19:08.000 --> 19:09.000 Yeah, the waitress. 19:09.000 --> 19:11.000 She's in the back room eating her chow. 19:11.000 --> 19:12.000 She knows the girl we're looking for? 19:12.000 --> 19:15.000 Yeah, they're real buddy-buddy, spent half their time chitting together. 19:15.000 --> 19:17.000 Never get any work out of Jeanette once the other one comes in. 19:17.000 --> 19:19.000 All right, Sam, thank you. 19:19.000 --> 19:20.000 You know, there's something been worrying me. 19:20.000 --> 19:21.000 What's that? 19:21.000 --> 19:25.000 Whenever you guys show up, I make up my mind you're not going to get any answers from me. 19:25.000 --> 19:27.000 I'm not even going to give you the time of day. 19:27.000 --> 19:28.000 And then what happens? 19:28.000 --> 19:30.000 I end up telling you everything you want to know. 19:30.000 --> 19:32.000 Maybe you just like her, Sam. 19:32.000 --> 19:34.000 Yeah, that's what's been worrying me. 19:34.000 --> 19:38.000 Frank and I walked back into the kitchen of the Green Hat Cafe, 19:38.000 --> 19:40.000 and we interviewed the waitress, Jeanette Grover. 19:40.000 --> 19:42.000 She told us that her friend's name was Barbara Hooper. 19:42.000 --> 19:44.000 She also told us that she had no idea where Barbara lived. 19:44.000 --> 19:48.000 She used to have a room over on Western, but she moved when she got married. 19:48.000 --> 19:49.000 How long ago was that? 19:49.000 --> 19:50.000 Three weeks. 19:50.000 --> 19:52.000 Oh, no, let's see. It's longer. 19:52.000 --> 19:55.000 Oh, they went to Vegas on a Sunday. 19:55.000 --> 19:57.000 It'd be four weeks next Sunday. 19:57.000 --> 19:59.000 You're sure you don't have her address? 19:59.000 --> 20:00.000 No, I don't. 20:00.000 --> 20:04.000 She gave it to me once, but I didn't take it down. 20:04.000 --> 20:05.000 I wouldn't have no use for it. 20:05.000 --> 20:06.000 How's that? 20:06.000 --> 20:07.000 I don't get along with Tom. 20:07.000 --> 20:08.000 Tom? 20:08.000 --> 20:11.000 Yeah, that's Barbara's husband, Tom Kernan. 20:11.000 --> 20:14.000 Oh, say, that's right. I guess I made a mistake. 20:14.000 --> 20:15.000 Ma'am? 20:15.000 --> 20:18.000 When you asked me what her last name was, I said it was Hooper. 20:18.000 --> 20:20.000 I should have said Kernan now. 20:20.000 --> 20:21.000 Yes, ma'am. 20:21.000 --> 20:23.000 I don't know why she ever married him. 20:23.000 --> 20:26.000 A good-looking girl like Barbara, she sure could have done better. 20:26.000 --> 20:27.000 Mm-hmm. 20:27.000 --> 20:30.000 Clamp, that's all he is. 20:30.000 --> 20:32.000 Well, I told her what she was letting herself in for. 20:32.000 --> 20:33.000 Mm-hmm. 20:33.000 --> 20:36.000 But he's got a record as long as my right arm. 20:36.000 --> 20:38.000 I've seen him come and go. 20:38.000 --> 20:39.000 When you work in a place like this, 20:39.000 --> 20:41.000 you can spot a rotten apple a mile off. 20:41.000 --> 20:42.000 Mm-hmm. 20:42.000 --> 20:46.000 I never figured he'd get into trouble this fast, though. 20:46.000 --> 20:47.000 What do you want with her? 20:47.000 --> 20:49.000 Just like to get in touch with her, that's all. 20:49.000 --> 20:52.000 Oh, now, I know better than that about cops. 20:52.000 --> 20:55.000 They want to get in touch. They mean business. 20:55.000 --> 20:57.000 You mind me giving you a piece of advice? 20:57.000 --> 20:58.000 Not at all. 20:58.000 --> 21:00.000 I don't blame her, whatever it is. 21:00.000 --> 21:01.000 Mm-hmm. 21:01.000 --> 21:03.000 He's to blame, whatever she's done. 21:03.000 --> 21:05.000 You check into it, and you'll see. 21:05.000 --> 21:06.000 Mm-hmm. 21:06.000 --> 21:08.000 A gal gets married to a wrong guy, 21:08.000 --> 21:10.000 and that's his up her whole life. 21:10.000 --> 21:11.000 Not her fault. 21:11.000 --> 21:12.000 Except for one thing. 21:12.000 --> 21:13.000 Yeah? 21:13.000 --> 21:14.000 She married him. 21:14.000 --> 21:18.000 We went back to the office and ran the name Thomas Kernan 21:18.000 --> 21:19.000 through the record bureau. 21:19.000 --> 21:21.000 They came up with a new name for him. 21:21.000 --> 21:25.000 We went back to the office and ran the name Thomas Kernan 21:25.000 --> 21:26.000 through the record bureau. 21:26.000 --> 21:27.000 They came up with a package. 21:27.000 --> 21:28.000 Kernan had served time for burglary 21:28.000 --> 21:30.000 and was now on active parole. 21:30.000 --> 21:32.000 We checked with Fred Galloway at adult parole. 21:32.000 --> 21:34.000 He told us that Kernan's last known address 21:34.000 --> 21:36.000 was an apartment on Western Avenue. 21:36.000 --> 21:38.000 We drove out there. 21:40.000 --> 21:41.000 It's down here. 21:41.000 --> 21:43.000 Yeah. 21:43.000 --> 21:44.000 Here it is. 21:44.000 --> 21:46.000 All set. 21:46.000 --> 21:49.000 Wait a minute. 21:49.000 --> 21:51.000 All right. 21:57.000 --> 21:58.000 Al, what do you want? 21:58.000 --> 22:00.000 Come on, open up. 22:00.000 --> 22:03.000 OK, OK, keep your hat on. 22:03.000 --> 22:04.000 Police officer, stand still. 22:04.000 --> 22:06.000 Who's moving? 22:06.000 --> 22:08.000 He's clean, Joe. 22:08.000 --> 22:09.000 Where's your wife? 22:09.000 --> 22:10.000 Out. 22:10.000 --> 22:11.000 Out where? 22:11.000 --> 22:12.000 I don't know. 22:12.000 --> 22:13.000 She wasn't here when I came home. 22:13.000 --> 22:14.000 We'll look around. 22:14.000 --> 22:16.000 Be my guest. 22:16.000 --> 22:18.000 Always knew you guys rode us ex-cons. 22:18.000 --> 22:21.000 I didn't know you started picking on our wives, too. 22:21.000 --> 22:23.000 She's a nice kid. 22:23.000 --> 22:24.000 Let's start in on her. 22:24.000 --> 22:25.000 You stay on my back. 22:25.000 --> 22:27.000 I'm used to it, but let her alone. 22:27.000 --> 22:28.000 Joe. 22:28.000 --> 22:29.000 Yeah. 22:29.000 --> 22:31.000 I found this case in the closet. 22:31.000 --> 22:32.000 The watch is still inside? 22:32.000 --> 22:33.000 Most of them, anyway. 22:33.000 --> 22:34.000 All right. 22:34.000 --> 22:35.000 What the heck's that? 22:35.000 --> 22:36.000 You didn't know about this? 22:36.000 --> 22:37.000 Of course not. 22:37.000 --> 22:38.000 Yeah, sure. 22:38.000 --> 22:39.000 I never saw him before. 22:39.000 --> 22:40.000 Your wife did? 22:40.000 --> 22:41.000 How soon will she be back? 22:41.000 --> 22:42.000 I don't know. 22:42.000 --> 22:43.000 We'll wait. 22:43.000 --> 22:46.000 Up to you. 22:46.000 --> 22:48.000 Never saw those watches before in my life. 22:48.000 --> 22:49.000 I'm telling you the truth. 22:49.000 --> 22:51.000 You bet you are. 22:51.000 --> 22:53.000 Even if Barbara did take them, that don't make me 22:53.000 --> 22:54.000 guilty of anything. 22:54.000 --> 22:55.000 No. 22:55.000 --> 22:56.000 Stupid broad. 22:56.000 --> 22:57.000 When she start making with the questions, 22:57.000 --> 22:58.000 she'll spill a whole deal. 22:58.000 --> 22:59.000 Thought you didn't know anything about it. 22:59.000 --> 23:01.000 Maybe I knew she was looking for a setup. 23:01.000 --> 23:02.000 What does that prove? 23:02.000 --> 23:03.000 Some setup. 23:03.000 --> 23:05.000 A guy with a suitcase full of watches. 23:05.000 --> 23:07.000 Dizzy Dame didn't even know they had serial numbers on him. 23:07.000 --> 23:08.000 What a brain. 23:08.000 --> 23:11.000 First job she ever pulls, she gets picked up. 23:11.000 --> 23:13.000 By the time I was her age, I pulled half a dozen. 23:13.000 --> 23:14.000 The cops hadn't even tumbled once. 23:14.000 --> 23:16.000 You're real bright. 23:16.000 --> 23:17.000 I didn't see you, say won't learn. 23:17.000 --> 23:19.000 Tried to teach her the ropes. 23:19.000 --> 23:22.000 Gets picked up on her first job. 23:22.000 --> 23:24.000 Yeah, you should have expected that. 23:24.000 --> 23:25.000 Why? What do you mean? 23:25.000 --> 23:26.000 Look who taught her. 23:26.000 --> 23:35.000 The story you have just heard is true. 23:35.000 --> 23:38.000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 23:38.000 --> 23:40.000 On February 2nd, trial was held in 23:40.000 --> 23:43.000 Department 97 Superior Court of the State of California 23:43.000 --> 23:45.000 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 23:45.000 --> 23:56.000 In a moment, the results of that trial. 23:56.000 --> 23:58.000 Thomas Carew Kernan was returned to the adult authority 23:58.000 --> 24:00.000 for violation of parole. 24:00.000 --> 24:03.000 Violation of parole is punishable by the term not served. 24:03.000 --> 24:07.000 Barbara Jane Kernan was found guilty of grand theft one count. 24:07.000 --> 24:10.000 Grand theft is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail 24:10.000 --> 24:12.000 for not more than one year. 24:12.000 --> 24:15.000 Or in the state prison for not less than one, 24:15.000 --> 24:25.000 nor more than ten years. 24:25.000 --> 24:27.000 You have just heard Dragnet, 24:27.000 --> 24:30.000 a series of authentic cases from official files. 24:30.000 --> 24:33.000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, 24:33.000 --> 24:35.000 W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 24:35.000 --> 24:45.000 Music