WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.000 Dragnet. 00:07.000 --> 00:11.000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:11.000 --> 00:14.000 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:22.000 --> 00:26.000 You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a burglary detail. 00:26.000 --> 00:29.000 You get a call that someone has broken into a necktie manufacturer's. 00:29.000 --> 00:32.000 A large supply of hand-painted ties have been stolen. 00:32.000 --> 00:35.000 Your job, check it out. 00:39.000 --> 00:42.000 It was Saturday, September 10th. It was hot in Los Angeles. 00:42.000 --> 00:44.000 We were working a day watch out of burglary detail. 00:44.000 --> 00:46.000 My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Bernard. 00:46.000 --> 00:51.000 My name is Friday. I was on my way into the office and it was 8.31 a.m. when I got to room 45. 00:51.000 --> 00:52.000 Burglary. 00:52.000 --> 00:53.000 Hi, John. 00:53.000 --> 00:55.000 Why? Anything for us? 00:55.000 --> 00:58.000 Ah, patrol car. I picked up a couple of high school kids about 3 a.m. 00:58.000 --> 01:01.000 Found them hanging around a filling station over on Jefferson. 01:01.000 --> 01:05.000 Juvenile's checking them against those other filling station jobs last week. 01:05.000 --> 01:06.000 Said to let us know. 01:06.000 --> 01:07.000 Okay. 01:07.000 --> 01:09.000 Oh, that's going to be a scorcher. 01:09.000 --> 01:10.000 Yeah. 01:10.000 --> 01:11.000 You noticed it last night? 01:11.000 --> 01:12.000 Hmm? 01:12.000 --> 01:13.000 The heat. 01:13.000 --> 01:14.000 Oh, yeah. Sure I did. 01:14.000 --> 01:16.000 I don't think I slept more than 30 minutes. 01:16.000 --> 01:18.000 I wonder about air conditioning in the house. 01:18.000 --> 01:19.000 What? 01:19.000 --> 01:20.000 It's pretty expensive, isn't it? 01:20.000 --> 01:22.000 Well, I guess it depends, doesn't it? 01:22.000 --> 01:25.000 Yeah. Be worth it, though, weather like this. 01:25.000 --> 01:27.000 Well, we don't get these spells too often. 01:27.000 --> 01:28.000 I don't know, Joe. 01:28.000 --> 01:30.000 Lots of the new houses have air conditioning. 01:30.000 --> 01:31.000 Yeah. 01:31.000 --> 01:33.000 Just the bedroom might not cost too much. 01:33.000 --> 01:34.000 You know, one of those portable units. 01:34.000 --> 01:36.000 Mm-hmm. I get it. 01:38.000 --> 01:39.000 Burgery Friday. 01:39.000 --> 01:40.000 Yes, sir. 01:40.000 --> 01:42.000 Just a second. 01:43.000 --> 01:45.000 By what key address? 01:47.000 --> 01:48.000 All right. 01:48.000 --> 01:49.000 Mm-hmm. 01:50.000 --> 01:52.000 Yes, sir, I see. 01:52.000 --> 01:53.000 Right away. 01:53.000 --> 01:54.000 Bye. 01:54.000 --> 01:56.000 Tire manufacturing company out on Western. 01:56.000 --> 01:58.000 Somebody cleaned them out last night, over a hundred dozen neckties. 01:58.000 --> 01:59.000 Yeah. 01:59.000 --> 02:01.000 Owner says he knows who did it. 02:05.000 --> 02:09.000 Frank and I drove out to a small manufacturing shop on Southwestern Avenue. 02:09.000 --> 02:10.000 9.03 a.m. 02:10.000 --> 02:12.000 We interviewed the owner, George Prosper. 02:12.000 --> 02:15.000 He told us the back door had been forced open during the night 02:15.000 --> 02:17.000 and that a large supply of hand-painted neckties had been stolen. 02:17.000 --> 02:19.000 You see right here? The lock's broken. 02:19.000 --> 02:20.000 Yes, sir. 02:20.000 --> 02:21.000 That's how he got in. No mistake about it. 02:21.000 --> 02:22.000 Uh-huh. 02:22.000 --> 02:24.000 He take anything else besides the ties? 02:24.000 --> 02:27.000 A little cash, 80, 90 dollars, but the ties are the important thing. 02:27.000 --> 02:28.000 Oh? 02:28.000 --> 02:31.000 Yeah, they're worth at least five dollars a piece retail, all hand-painted, you know. 02:31.000 --> 02:32.000 Yes, sir. 02:32.000 --> 02:34.000 Some of them are worth more in special designs. 02:34.000 --> 02:35.000 Why is that? 02:35.000 --> 02:37.000 Well, they're made up for the individual, one of a kind. 02:37.000 --> 02:38.000 Oh, I see. 02:38.000 --> 02:40.000 Of course, most of the ties he stole weren't specials. 02:40.000 --> 02:42.000 They were from a wholesale stock, Christmas orders. 02:42.000 --> 02:43.000 Mm-hmm. 02:43.000 --> 02:45.000 I'll admit it doesn't feel very much like Christmas today, 02:45.000 --> 02:47.000 but we have to get our orders filled before the end of October. 02:47.000 --> 02:48.000 Mm-hmm. 02:48.000 --> 02:51.000 I certainly hope you'll be able to get the ties back for us in time. 02:51.000 --> 02:52.000 Yes, sir. 02:52.000 --> 02:54.000 You said you had an idea who the thief might be. 02:54.000 --> 02:56.000 Yeah, that's right. Morgan Gilroy. 02:56.000 --> 02:57.000 Who's he? 02:57.000 --> 02:58.000 Young fellow. He used to work for me. 02:58.000 --> 02:59.000 I let him go first last week. 02:59.000 --> 03:00.000 Ah. 03:00.000 --> 03:01.000 Just wasn't dependable. 03:01.000 --> 03:03.000 Always late in the morning. 03:03.000 --> 03:04.000 Careless worker, too. 03:04.000 --> 03:06.000 Yeah, well, why do you blame him for the burglary? 03:06.000 --> 03:08.000 Well, he was very upset when I fired him. 03:08.000 --> 03:09.000 Said his wife was having a baby. 03:09.000 --> 03:11.000 Said I didn't have any right to let him go without notice. 03:11.000 --> 03:12.000 I see. 03:12.000 --> 03:13.000 Told him I'd warn him off enough. 03:13.000 --> 03:16.000 Gave him a whole week's pay, and that seemed more than fair to me. 03:16.000 --> 03:18.000 Did he say anything else? 03:18.000 --> 03:19.000 Well, yeah, he threatened me. 03:19.000 --> 03:20.000 Oh. 03:20.000 --> 03:21.000 Said I'd be sorry I fired him. 03:21.000 --> 03:22.000 Said I'd live to regret it. 03:22.000 --> 03:23.000 Ah. 03:23.000 --> 03:24.000 Made quite a scene. 03:24.000 --> 03:26.000 Told him if he didn't get out, I'd call the police. 03:26.000 --> 03:27.000 Did he leave then? 03:27.000 --> 03:28.000 Well, not right away. 03:28.000 --> 03:29.000 He quieted down. 03:29.000 --> 03:30.000 Said I'm asking him to change my mind and keep him on. 03:30.000 --> 03:33.000 Said he couldn't be out of work now that he had to have a job on kind of the baby. 03:33.000 --> 03:34.000 Mm-hmm. 03:34.000 --> 03:36.000 I told him there are plenty of jobs to be had. 03:36.000 --> 03:38.000 If a man really wants work, he can find it. 03:38.000 --> 03:39.000 Yeah. 03:39.000 --> 03:40.000 Different when I was his age. 03:40.000 --> 03:41.000 Had to earn your wages. 03:41.000 --> 03:42.000 Mm-hmm. 03:42.000 --> 03:44.000 And you take young fellows like Gilroy, careless, irresponsible. 03:44.000 --> 03:45.000 Always looking for shortcuts. 03:45.000 --> 03:47.000 Always looking for an easy dollar. 03:47.000 --> 03:48.000 Never give value in return. 03:48.000 --> 03:49.000 Yeah. 03:49.000 --> 03:50.000 That's why I'm sure it was him. 03:50.000 --> 03:51.000 Just the sort of stunt he'd pull. 03:51.000 --> 03:52.000 Easy way to earn a dollar. 03:52.000 --> 03:54.000 Well, then he's got something to learn, Ernie. 03:54.000 --> 03:55.000 Hmm? 03:55.000 --> 03:56.000 This was the hard way. 03:56.000 --> 04:01.000 Frank and I called the crime lab. 04:01.000 --> 04:05.000 While they checked the premises, we continued to interview the victim, George Prosper. 04:05.000 --> 04:09.000 He gave us a description of the suspect, Morgan Gilroy, and Gilroy's home address. 04:09.000 --> 04:12.000 They also gave us a detailed description of the stolen property. 04:12.000 --> 04:14.000 10, 17 a.m. 04:14.000 --> 04:18.000 The lab reported that they were unable to find any useful fingerprints on the Jimmy door. 04:18.000 --> 04:20.000 Pictures of the Jimmy marks were taken. 04:20.000 --> 04:22.000 There was no other physical evidence. 04:22.000 --> 04:23.000 10, 57 a.m. 04:23.000 --> 04:25.000 Frank and I drove out to the address Prosper giving us. 04:25.000 --> 04:28.000 It was a small apartment house on Fountain Avenue in Hollywood. 04:28.000 --> 04:30.000 The Gilroy apartment was number seven. 04:30.000 --> 04:32.000 Knock, knock, knock. 04:32.000 --> 04:34.000 Knock, knock, knock. 04:34.000 --> 04:35.000 Knock, knock, knock. 04:35.000 --> 04:36.000 Yes? 04:36.000 --> 04:37.000 Morgan Gilroy in? 04:37.000 --> 04:38.000 No, he isn't. 04:38.000 --> 04:39.000 You Mrs. Gilroy? 04:39.000 --> 04:40.000 Yes, sir. 04:40.000 --> 04:41.000 We're police officers, ma'am. 04:41.000 --> 04:42.000 It's Frank Smith. 04:42.000 --> 04:43.000 My name's Friday. 04:43.000 --> 04:44.000 Pleased to meet you. 04:44.000 --> 04:45.000 Be right if we come in for a minute. 04:45.000 --> 04:46.000 Well, I guess it'll be all right. 04:46.000 --> 04:47.000 Thank you. 04:47.000 --> 04:48.000 I'm sorry I'm not fixed up. 04:48.000 --> 04:50.000 I kind of overslept this morning. 04:50.000 --> 04:51.000 Yes, ma'am. 04:51.000 --> 04:52.000 Were you out late last night, Mrs. Gilroy? 04:52.000 --> 04:53.000 No. 04:53.000 --> 04:54.000 How about your husband? 04:54.000 --> 04:55.000 What about him? 04:55.000 --> 04:56.000 Was he out late? 04:56.000 --> 04:57.000 Well. 04:57.000 --> 05:01.000 Don't you think you ought to tell me why you want to know? 05:01.000 --> 05:02.000 Police matter. 05:02.000 --> 05:03.000 Then maybe you'd better talk to Morgan. 05:03.000 --> 05:04.000 Yes, ma'am. 05:04.000 --> 05:05.000 Do you know where he is? 05:05.000 --> 05:06.000 At work. 05:06.000 --> 05:07.000 Now, where does he work, Mrs. Gilroy? 05:07.000 --> 05:08.000 For a time manufacturer. 05:08.000 --> 05:09.000 Which one do you know? 05:09.000 --> 05:10.000 Prosper's, George Prosper. 05:10.000 --> 05:11.000 That's the owner's name. 05:11.000 --> 05:13.000 How long has your husband worked for him? 05:13.000 --> 05:14.000 Six or seven months. 05:14.000 --> 05:16.000 And that's where he went this morning, did he? 05:16.000 --> 05:17.000 That's where he goes every morning. 05:17.000 --> 05:18.000 Mm-hmm. 05:18.000 --> 05:19.000 Something happened to Morgan? 05:19.000 --> 05:21.000 We'd like to talk to him, that's all. 05:21.000 --> 05:22.000 Then why don't you? 05:22.000 --> 05:24.000 I told you where you could find him. 05:24.000 --> 05:25.000 Yes, ma'am. 05:25.000 --> 05:26.000 The Prosper Tie Company. 05:26.000 --> 05:29.000 I don't know what the address is, but it's in the phone book. 05:29.000 --> 05:31.000 Oh, we just came from there, Mrs. Gilroy. 05:31.000 --> 05:32.000 Well, I don't understand. 05:32.000 --> 05:33.000 Didn't you see Morgan? 05:33.000 --> 05:35.000 Your husband doesn't work for him anymore. 05:35.000 --> 05:36.000 What? 05:36.000 --> 05:37.000 He was let out last week. 05:37.000 --> 05:38.000 What? 05:38.000 --> 05:39.000 I don't believe you. 05:39.000 --> 05:40.000 That's what his boss told us. 05:40.000 --> 05:42.000 Well, Morgan would have said something about it. 05:42.000 --> 05:43.000 No. 05:43.000 --> 05:44.000 Oh, you've made a mistake. 05:44.000 --> 05:46.000 I must be talking about a different person. 05:46.000 --> 05:47.000 No, ma'am. 05:47.000 --> 05:48.000 Well, it's got to be a mistake. 05:48.000 --> 05:51.000 Well, sure, Morgan gave me his paycheck last night. 05:51.000 --> 05:53.000 Every Friday night he gives me his paycheck. 05:53.000 --> 05:54.000 He got paid yesterday. 05:54.000 --> 05:56.000 The same as every week. 05:56.000 --> 05:57.000 Do you still have the check? 05:57.000 --> 05:58.000 No, not exactly. 05:58.000 --> 05:59.000 What do you mean? 05:59.000 --> 06:02.000 Well, it wasn't the check he gave me, not really. 06:02.000 --> 06:03.000 Oh. 06:03.000 --> 06:04.000 You see, he'd cashed it on his way home from work. 06:04.000 --> 06:05.000 I see. 06:05.000 --> 06:07.000 But it was the usual amount, $80. 06:07.000 --> 06:09.000 Mr. Prosper must have paid him. 06:09.000 --> 06:10.000 What time did your husband get home? 06:10.000 --> 06:11.000 Is he all right? 06:11.000 --> 06:12.000 Last night? 06:12.000 --> 06:13.000 That's right. 06:13.000 --> 06:15.000 Well, he was later than usual. 06:15.000 --> 06:16.000 How late? 06:16.000 --> 06:19.000 If Morgan's in some kind of trouble, I've got a right to know. 06:19.000 --> 06:21.000 I've got a right, haven't I? 06:21.000 --> 06:23.000 Suppose you'd just answer our questions, would you? 06:23.000 --> 06:25.000 He wouldn't have done anything wrong. 06:25.000 --> 06:27.000 Not at a time like this. 06:27.000 --> 06:30.000 You see, we're... we're going to have a baby. 06:30.000 --> 06:31.000 I see. 06:31.000 --> 06:32.000 Morgan doesn't even think about anything else. 06:32.000 --> 06:35.000 He wants everything to be just perfect when the baby comes. 06:35.000 --> 06:37.000 That's why he couldn't have done anything wrong. 06:37.000 --> 06:39.000 Do you understand what I'm getting at? 06:39.000 --> 06:40.000 Yes, ma'am. 06:40.000 --> 06:42.000 That's why, whatever it is, 06:42.000 --> 06:44.000 it just has to be a mistake. 06:44.000 --> 06:46.000 Well, you can help us clear it up. 06:46.000 --> 06:47.000 All right. 06:47.000 --> 06:49.000 What time did he come home? 06:49.000 --> 06:51.000 About... about 2.15. 06:51.000 --> 06:52.000 A.M. 06:52.000 --> 06:53.000 Yes, sir. 06:53.000 --> 06:55.000 Did he say where he'd been? 06:55.000 --> 06:58.000 He called from the shop about 5.30 yesterday afternoon. 06:58.000 --> 07:00.000 Said they had a rush shipment to get out, 07:00.000 --> 07:01.000 that he'd be working late. 07:01.000 --> 07:03.000 Told me not to wait up for him. 07:03.000 --> 07:04.000 Had he ever worked this late before? 07:04.000 --> 07:06.000 Once or twice. 07:06.000 --> 07:09.000 Not till 2.15, maybe, but till nearly midnight. 07:09.000 --> 07:10.000 Were you awake when he got home? 07:10.000 --> 07:11.000 Yes, sir. 07:11.000 --> 07:13.000 Then you're sure of the time, 2.15. 07:13.000 --> 07:14.000 Yes, sir, I'm sure. 07:14.000 --> 07:16.000 You see, I couldn't get to sleep. 07:16.000 --> 07:18.000 I was kind of worried about him. 07:18.000 --> 07:20.000 I guess I kept watching the clock. 07:20.000 --> 07:22.000 It was 2.15 when he came in. 07:22.000 --> 07:24.000 What did he say? 07:24.000 --> 07:26.000 He was kind of put out, 07:26.000 --> 07:28.000 provoked about my still being awake. 07:28.000 --> 07:31.000 Said I ought to get my rest, on account of the baby. 07:31.000 --> 07:33.000 I guess I sort of flared back. 07:33.000 --> 07:35.000 I said it was his fault, on account of him being out so late. 07:35.000 --> 07:37.000 Oh, it wasn't a real fight or anything like that. 07:37.000 --> 07:38.000 No. 07:38.000 --> 07:42.000 He said I oughtn't to blame him that we'd need all the extra money he could make. 07:42.000 --> 07:45.000 He took out his wallet and gave me this week's pay, like I told you. 07:45.000 --> 07:48.000 Did he bring anything else home with him, Mr. Gilroy? 07:48.000 --> 07:49.000 With him? 07:49.000 --> 07:51.000 Extra clothes, ties, anything like that? 07:51.000 --> 07:52.000 No. 07:52.000 --> 07:53.000 You mind if I look around the apartment? 07:53.000 --> 07:54.000 Why, I know where everything is. 07:54.000 --> 07:56.000 If you'll tell me what you're looking for, maybe I can help you. 07:56.000 --> 07:57.000 That's all right, I can make out. 07:57.000 --> 07:58.000 Is this the bedroom? 07:58.000 --> 08:00.000 Yes, the bed isn't made. 08:00.000 --> 08:01.000 Don't worry about it. 08:01.000 --> 08:03.000 I wasn't feeling very good this morning. 08:03.000 --> 08:04.000 Yes, ma'am. 08:04.000 --> 08:05.000 Would you like some coffee? 08:05.000 --> 08:06.000 No, ma'am, thank you. 08:06.000 --> 08:07.000 What about your friend? 08:07.000 --> 08:08.000 No, I don't think so. 08:08.000 --> 08:12.000 Did Mr. Prosper really say he fired Morgan? 08:12.000 --> 08:13.000 Yes, ma'am. 08:13.000 --> 08:15.000 Or did he say why? 08:15.000 --> 08:17.000 Well, you'd better ask your husband about that. 08:17.000 --> 08:21.000 Justice isn't fair in a time like this. 08:21.000 --> 08:23.000 You don't appreciate Morgan. 08:23.000 --> 08:25.000 None of the people he's worked for. 08:25.000 --> 08:27.000 A man does his best. 08:27.000 --> 08:28.000 This is a thanks he gets. 08:28.000 --> 08:31.000 Mr. Gilroy, these ties belong to your husband? 08:31.000 --> 08:32.000 Well, yes. 08:32.000 --> 08:33.000 You know where he got them? 08:33.000 --> 08:35.000 Sure, there's some he made at the shop, samples. 08:35.000 --> 08:36.000 I see. 08:36.000 --> 08:37.000 Does he have any more of the same kind? 08:37.000 --> 08:39.000 I don't think so. 08:39.000 --> 08:42.000 Don't tell me all this fuss is about a couple of ties. 08:42.000 --> 08:44.000 Well, it's a few more than that, ma'am. 08:44.000 --> 08:45.000 Oh? 08:45.000 --> 08:46.000 A hundred dozen. 08:46.000 --> 08:53.000 Except for the three ties which Frank had found in the bedroom, 08:53.000 --> 08:57.000 we were unable to turn up anything else that seemed to answer the description of the stolen property. 08:57.000 --> 08:58.000 12.15 p.m. 08:58.000 --> 09:03.000 Frank stayed at the Gilroy apartment to wait for the suspect while I drove back to the tie factory. 09:03.000 --> 09:06.000 George Prosper identified the ties taken from Gilroy's closet. 09:06.000 --> 09:09.000 He said that they were samples manufactured in his plant. 09:09.000 --> 09:13.000 He also said that they had been given to the suspect and had not been stolen. 09:13.000 --> 09:14.000 1.36 p.m. 09:14.000 --> 09:16.000 I checked Gilroy's name through R&I. 09:16.000 --> 09:17.000 They had nothing on him. 09:17.000 --> 09:18.000 2.17 p.m. 09:18.000 --> 09:20.000 I returned to the suspect's apartment. 09:22.000 --> 09:23.000 Hi, John. 09:23.000 --> 09:24.000 Hi. 09:25.000 --> 09:26.000 Can he sign them? 09:26.000 --> 09:27.000 No, not so far. 09:27.000 --> 09:28.000 Where's Miss Gilroy? 09:28.000 --> 09:29.000 She's lying down. 09:29.000 --> 09:30.000 Oh. 09:30.000 --> 09:32.000 She's taking this pretty hard on all the pieces after you left. 09:32.000 --> 09:33.000 That's a shame. 09:33.000 --> 09:34.000 I guess you can't blame her much. 09:34.000 --> 09:35.000 No. 09:35.000 --> 09:36.000 And the heat and all. 09:36.000 --> 09:37.000 She's bound to be upset. 09:37.000 --> 09:38.000 Find out anything? 09:39.000 --> 09:40.000 Well, these are Gilroy's ties. 09:40.000 --> 09:41.000 Yeah. 09:41.000 --> 09:42.000 Prosper gave them to him. 09:42.000 --> 09:44.000 Says they're somewhat similar to the ones that were stolen, but they're not the same. 09:44.000 --> 09:45.000 Uh-huh. 09:45.000 --> 09:46.000 Now, you want to go out for a sandwich? 09:46.000 --> 09:47.000 Yeah, I guess so. 09:47.000 --> 09:48.000 You eat already? 09:48.000 --> 09:49.000 No, I wasn't hungry. 09:49.000 --> 09:50.000 Can I bring you back something? 09:50.000 --> 09:51.000 Oh, milkshake maybe. 09:51.000 --> 09:52.000 That'll do it. 09:52.000 --> 09:53.000 Okay. 09:53.000 --> 09:54.000 Top it? 09:54.000 --> 09:55.000 Yeah, fine. 09:55.000 --> 09:56.000 I won't be long. 09:56.000 --> 09:57.000 Frank? 09:57.000 --> 09:58.000 Yeah? 09:58.000 --> 09:59.000 Miss Gilroy's all right, isn't she? 09:59.000 --> 10:00.000 Well, I guess so. 10:00.000 --> 10:02.000 Well, I don't know, Joe. 10:02.000 --> 10:03.000 Well, you'd know more about it than I do. 10:03.000 --> 10:06.000 Well, I suppose if she needs a doctor, she'd call one. 10:06.000 --> 10:07.000 Yeah. 10:07.000 --> 10:08.000 Well, hurry it up anyway, will you? 10:08.000 --> 10:09.000 Sure. 10:09.000 --> 10:10.000 I thought I... 10:10.000 --> 10:11.000 Oh. 10:11.000 --> 10:12.000 You. 10:12.000 --> 10:13.000 Yes, ma'am. 10:13.000 --> 10:14.000 What happened to the other officer? 10:14.000 --> 10:15.000 Went out to get some lunch. 10:15.000 --> 10:16.000 Oh. 10:16.000 --> 10:17.000 You feeling better? 10:17.000 --> 10:18.000 Yes, thank you. 10:18.000 --> 10:19.000 The apartment's so stuffy today. 10:19.000 --> 10:20.000 That's what it was. 10:20.000 --> 10:21.000 Yes, ma'am. 10:21.000 --> 10:22.000 No, that isn't what it was at all. 10:22.000 --> 10:23.000 Ma'am. 10:23.000 --> 10:24.000 You and that other police officer. 10:24.000 --> 10:25.000 Oh, I'm sorry. 10:25.000 --> 10:26.000 I'm sorry. 10:26.000 --> 10:27.000 I'm sorry. 10:27.000 --> 10:28.000 I'm sorry. 10:28.000 --> 10:29.000 I'm sorry. 10:29.000 --> 10:30.000 You and that other policeman. 10:30.000 --> 10:31.000 You've got me so nervous. 10:31.000 --> 10:32.000 I don't know whether I'm coming or going. 10:32.000 --> 10:34.000 Well, I'm sorry we had to bother you. 10:34.000 --> 10:36.000 You're just wasting your time. 10:36.000 --> 10:38.000 Morgan won't be home before six o'clock. 10:38.000 --> 10:41.000 He never gets off work and... 10:41.000 --> 10:43.000 I can't seem to get it through my head that he's not at the shop. 10:43.000 --> 10:44.000 Yes, ma'am. 10:44.000 --> 10:47.000 The minute he comes in, I'll telephone you. 10:47.000 --> 10:50.000 Or if I hear from him, I promise the minute he comes in. 10:50.000 --> 10:52.000 Well, it might be better if we wait. 10:52.000 --> 10:54.000 Won't you try to believe me? 10:54.000 --> 10:56.000 Morgan's honest, completely honest. 10:56.000 --> 10:57.000 Yes, ma'am. 10:57.000 --> 10:58.000 He hasn't done anything wrong. 10:58.000 --> 10:59.000 If he had, I'd know it. 10:59.000 --> 11:01.000 He'd have told me. 11:01.000 --> 11:03.000 There's one thing you didn't tell him, Miss Gilroy. 11:03.000 --> 11:04.000 Oh? 11:04.000 --> 11:05.000 That money he brought home last night. 11:05.000 --> 11:06.000 Well? 11:06.000 --> 11:07.000 Where it came from. 11:11.000 --> 11:15.000 Frank and I waited in the apartment until the suspect, Morgan Gilroy, came home. 11:15.000 --> 11:16.000 Six, 17 p.m. 11:16.000 --> 11:20.000 We took him into custody and drove him down to the city hall for questioning. 11:20.000 --> 11:25.000 He was very uncooperative and for nearly an hour refused to discuss his whereabouts the previous night. 11:25.000 --> 11:28.000 7, 08 p.m. We continued the interrogation. 11:28.000 --> 11:30.000 How'd you have to lose your job last week, Gilroy? 11:30.000 --> 11:31.000 Answer the boss. 11:31.000 --> 11:33.000 He says you weren't dependable. 11:33.000 --> 11:34.000 That's his opinion. 11:34.000 --> 11:36.000 You afraid to tell your wife he fired you? 11:36.000 --> 11:37.000 Who says I didn't tell her? 11:37.000 --> 11:38.000 Did you? 11:40.000 --> 11:42.000 Well, maybe you'll feel more like talking in the morning. 11:42.000 --> 11:43.000 Morning? 11:42.000 --> 11:43.000 That's right. 11:43.000 --> 11:45.000 You can't keep me down here tonight. 11:45.000 --> 11:46.000 Is that right? 11:46.000 --> 11:47.000 You want to drive Judy out of her mind? 11:47.000 --> 11:49.000 You saw how she acted when you guys took me in. 11:49.000 --> 11:50.000 What are you trying to do to her? 11:50.000 --> 11:52.000 We're not doing anything to her, Gilroy. 11:52.000 --> 11:53.000 All we wanted is some straight answers from you. 11:53.000 --> 11:55.000 Wasn't enough losing my job, this one. 11:55.000 --> 11:56.000 I needed it the most. 11:56.000 --> 11:58.000 Now you guys got a crawl on my back, too. 11:58.000 --> 11:59.000 When'd you get your last paycheck? 11:59.000 --> 12:00.000 From Prosper? 12:00.000 --> 12:01.000 Yeah. 12:01.000 --> 12:02.000 The day he fired me? 12:02.000 --> 12:03.000 That was last week sometime. 12:03.000 --> 12:04.000 I guess so. 12:04.000 --> 12:05.000 You gave your wife some money just last night. 12:05.000 --> 12:06.000 So? 12:06.000 --> 12:07.000 You told her it was this week's pay. 12:07.000 --> 12:08.000 Well, I had to tell her something, didn't I? 12:08.000 --> 12:09.000 Yeah. 12:09.000 --> 12:11.000 I didn't want her worrying about me being out of work. 12:11.000 --> 12:12.000 I had to tell her something. 12:12.000 --> 12:13.000 Where'd you get the money? 12:14.000 --> 12:15.000 Father. 12:15.000 --> 12:16.000 Yeah. 12:16.000 --> 12:18.000 Maybe it looked like I was stealing, but I wasn't. 12:18.000 --> 12:19.000 I was going to tell him I was taking it. 12:19.000 --> 12:20.000 It was just a loan. 12:20.000 --> 12:22.000 Until I started drawing unemployment. 12:22.000 --> 12:24.000 I thought we was buddies, Steve and me. 12:24.000 --> 12:27.000 Somebody turned you over to cops for a lousy 80 bucks. 12:27.000 --> 12:28.000 Who's Steve? 12:28.000 --> 12:29.000 Steve McGill. 12:29.000 --> 12:31.000 Isn't that why you picked me up? 12:31.000 --> 12:33.000 When were you with us, McGill? 12:33.000 --> 12:34.000 Last night. 12:34.000 --> 12:35.000 What time? 12:35.000 --> 12:36.000 Five o'clock, huh? 12:36.000 --> 12:37.000 Till when? 12:37.000 --> 12:38.000 Must have been early, too. 12:38.000 --> 12:39.000 It was a little after when I got home. 12:39.000 --> 12:40.000 Where were you? 12:40.000 --> 12:42.000 I met Steve at a bar over in Vermont. 12:42.000 --> 12:43.000 What's the name of it? 12:43.000 --> 12:44.000 Black Pony. 12:44.000 --> 12:45.000 What'd you do then? 12:45.000 --> 12:48.000 I had a couple of drinks, a bite to eat. 12:48.000 --> 12:49.000 All right, go ahead. 12:49.000 --> 12:52.000 Some other guys came in, friends of Steve's. 12:52.000 --> 12:54.000 I met them once or twice, too. 12:54.000 --> 12:56.000 Somebody said, let's get up a poker game. 12:56.000 --> 12:57.000 I told them I couldn't afford it. 12:57.000 --> 12:59.000 I didn't have any cash to spare. 12:59.000 --> 13:02.000 Steve said for me not to worry that if I ran short, he'd stake me. 13:02.000 --> 13:03.000 Yeah. 13:03.000 --> 13:05.000 We all went over to his place. 13:05.000 --> 13:06.000 I did real good for the first couple of hours. 13:06.000 --> 13:09.000 I only had five bucks to start with and ran it up to over 100. 13:09.000 --> 13:10.000 I never had. 13:10.000 --> 13:11.000 They were all ridden to me. 13:11.000 --> 13:13.000 About how I was the one that didn't want to play. 13:13.000 --> 13:14.000 Yeah. 13:14.000 --> 13:17.000 Long about midnight, my luck started turning. 13:17.000 --> 13:19.000 By 1.30, I was cleaned up. 13:19.000 --> 13:21.000 Always seemed to be second high. 13:21.000 --> 13:24.000 Get a straight, sure as fate somebody else would have a flush second high. 13:24.000 --> 13:26.000 The game break up at 1.30? 13:26.000 --> 13:29.000 Well, I played on a little longer without me, 15, 20 minutes. 13:29.000 --> 13:33.000 I stayed on because I wanted to make a touch from Steve after the other guys went home. 13:33.000 --> 13:35.000 All right, go ahead. 13:35.000 --> 13:37.000 I didn't know how to bring up the subject. 13:37.000 --> 13:38.000 Not that Steve can't afford it. 13:38.000 --> 13:42.000 He's got plenty of dough and he won over a couple of hundred in the game. 13:42.000 --> 13:45.000 I was kind of beating around the bush. 13:45.000 --> 13:47.000 All of a sudden I noticed how drunk he was. 13:47.000 --> 13:48.000 Couldn't get his pants off. 13:48.000 --> 13:51.000 Just toppled over on the bed and went to sleep. 13:51.000 --> 13:54.000 At least he sure looked like he was asleep. 13:54.000 --> 13:56.000 Money was still laying there on the table. 13:56.000 --> 13:58.000 Well, we'd been playing over 200 bucks. 13:58.000 --> 14:01.000 If it only took 80, that ought to prove I ain't a thief. 14:01.000 --> 14:03.000 If I was, I'd have taken it all. 14:03.000 --> 14:04.000 What'd you do then? 14:04.000 --> 14:05.000 I went home. 14:05.000 --> 14:06.000 Just stopped off on the way. 14:06.000 --> 14:07.000 Why couldn't I have asked Judy? 14:07.000 --> 14:09.000 She'll tell you I was there by a little after two. 14:09.000 --> 14:12.000 Were you in the neighborhood of the tie factory last night? 14:12.000 --> 14:14.000 Not within a half a mile. 14:14.000 --> 14:16.000 What does that have to do with it, anyway? 14:16.000 --> 14:17.000 Where does a friend of yours live? 14:17.000 --> 14:18.000 Steve? 14:17.000 --> 14:18.000 That's right. 14:18.000 --> 14:20.000 A little street just off Western, Gramercy Place. 14:20.000 --> 14:21.000 You got a telephone? 14:21.000 --> 14:22.000 I guess so. 14:22.000 --> 14:23.000 You know the number? 14:23.000 --> 14:24.000 Not offhand. It must be in a book. 14:24.000 --> 14:25.000 I'll check it, Joe. 14:25.000 --> 14:26.000 Last name's McGill, huh? 14:26.000 --> 14:27.000 That's right. 14:27.000 --> 14:30.000 What the heck's going on here? 14:30.000 --> 14:31.000 You guys didn't even know about Steve. 14:31.000 --> 14:32.000 He didn't turn me in. 14:32.000 --> 14:33.000 Well, who did? 14:33.000 --> 14:35.000 A lot of ties were stolen last night. 14:35.000 --> 14:36.000 The factory you used to work for. 14:36.000 --> 14:37.000 Ties? 14:37.000 --> 14:38.000 That's right. 14:38.000 --> 14:40.000 You think I had something to do with it? 14:40.000 --> 14:41.000 Your ex-boss does. 14:41.000 --> 14:43.000 Well, he hasn't got any right to accuse me. 14:43.000 --> 14:44.000 He's got nothing to make trouble. 14:44.000 --> 14:47.000 Why may have sounded off when he fired me, but it was just talk. 14:47.000 --> 14:48.000 How could I make trouble for him? 14:48.000 --> 14:49.000 Somebody did. 14:49.000 --> 15:00.000 We were unable to contact the suspect's friend, Steve McGill, until the following morning. 15:00.000 --> 15:05.000 He confirmed the story Gilroy had told us and refused to press any charges against him. 15:05.000 --> 15:10.000 From McGill, we got the names of the other three men who had played cards the night the tie factory was broken into. 15:10.000 --> 15:13.000 They also confirmed Gilroy's alibi. 15:13.000 --> 15:17.000 Sunday, September 11th, 1046 A.M. Morgan Gilroy was released. 15:17.000 --> 15:19.000 Frank and I went back to the office. 15:19.000 --> 15:20.000 Now we got nothing. 15:20.000 --> 15:21.000 That's right. 15:21.000 --> 15:22.000 You think his wife was telling the truth? 15:22.000 --> 15:23.000 Hmm? 15:23.000 --> 15:24.000 About him getting home at 2.15. 15:24.000 --> 15:25.000 We can't prove he didn't. 15:25.000 --> 15:27.000 No, I guess not. 15:27.000 --> 15:29.000 Well, it seems to be cooling off a little, doesn't it? 15:29.000 --> 15:30.000 Yeah. 15:30.000 --> 15:32.000 Probably would have been able to sleep last night, too. 15:32.000 --> 15:33.000 Yeah. 15:33.000 --> 15:34.000 That's my luck. 15:34.000 --> 15:36.000 Well, maybe you can grab a nap this afternoon. 15:36.000 --> 15:39.000 No, I don't feel right when I sleep in the daytime, Joe. 15:39.000 --> 15:41.000 It isn't good for a person, you know. 15:41.000 --> 15:43.000 It throws your system right out of whack, fool. 15:43.000 --> 15:45.000 Except for my brother-in-law, Armand. 15:45.000 --> 15:47.000 He can sleep anytime, anyplace. 15:47.000 --> 15:48.000 No strain at all. 15:48.000 --> 15:50.000 Okay. 15:50.000 --> 15:52.000 Burglary Friday. 15:52.000 --> 15:54.000 Yes, sir. 15:54.000 --> 15:56.000 Uh-huh. 15:56.000 --> 15:58.000 Yeah, I've got it. 15:58.000 --> 16:00.000 When did it happen? 16:00.000 --> 16:01.000 I see. 16:01.000 --> 16:02.000 Right. 16:02.000 --> 16:04.000 Goodbye. 16:04.000 --> 16:06.000 Men's clothing store out in Crenshaw. 16:06.000 --> 16:08.000 Owner came in this morning to do some work on the books. 16:08.000 --> 16:09.000 Uh-huh. 16:09.000 --> 16:11.000 Somebody had jimmied the back door during the night. 16:11.000 --> 16:13.000 Stole a supply of suits, slacks, sport coats. 16:13.000 --> 16:14.000 Yeah. 16:14.000 --> 16:16.000 And a batch of hand-painted ties. 16:16.000 --> 16:23.000 Frank and I drove out to Nimbo's men's store on Crenshaw Boulevard. 16:23.000 --> 16:25.000 We talked to the owner, Carl Nimbo. 16:25.000 --> 16:27.000 He showed us how the store had been entered 16:27.000 --> 16:29.000 and gave us a description of the stolen merchandise. 16:29.000 --> 16:31.000 The thief had apparently followed the same M.O. 16:31.000 --> 16:33.000 that had been used in the Prosper Tie Company. 16:33.000 --> 16:36.000 We were unable to learn anything more about the suspect's identity. 16:36.000 --> 16:38.000 Several days later, a tie shop in Hollywood 16:38.000 --> 16:41.000 reported the loss of over 200 knit ties. 16:41.000 --> 16:43.000 The following night, a men's clothing store 16:43.000 --> 16:45.000 on Wilshire Boulevard was burglarized. 16:45.000 --> 16:47.000 Investigation indicated that all these crimes 16:47.000 --> 16:49.000 were the work of the same man or men. 16:49.000 --> 16:52.000 Burglars who were known to have used similar M.O.s were interrogated. 16:52.000 --> 16:54.000 No leads were developed. 16:54.000 --> 16:56.000 Monday, September 19th, 8.06 p.m. 16:56.000 --> 16:58.000 Frank and I were getting ready to go off duty. 16:58.000 --> 17:01.000 You want to stop by the house on your way home? 17:01.000 --> 17:03.000 No, I'm pretty tired. I think I'll hit the sack early. 17:03.000 --> 17:06.000 We could watch a little TV. It's supposed to be a good fight tonight. 17:06.000 --> 17:08.000 It's too late for that now, isn't it? 17:08.000 --> 17:09.000 Oh, yeah, I guess so. 17:09.000 --> 17:11.000 We could watch something else. 17:11.000 --> 17:13.000 You're not going to go to sleep at 8 o'clock, are you? 17:13.000 --> 17:14.000 No. 17:14.000 --> 17:16.000 Well, come on then. I'll get it. 17:16.000 --> 17:17.000 All right. 17:17.000 --> 17:19.000 Gregory Smith. 17:19.000 --> 17:20.000 Who? 17:20.000 --> 17:22.000 Oh, yes, sir. Sure, I remember. 17:22.000 --> 17:24.000 Yes, sir. 17:24.000 --> 17:26.000 I see. What's that address? 17:26.000 --> 17:28.000 We'll meet you out in front. 17:28.000 --> 17:30.000 Right away, yes, sir. 17:30.000 --> 17:32.000 Guy who owns that tie factory, George Prosper. 17:32.000 --> 17:34.000 He's from a bar over on Normandy. 17:34.000 --> 17:36.000 One of his stolen ties just walked in. 17:41.000 --> 17:45.000 We drove out to a small bar and grill on the corner of Normandy and Kingsley Drive. 17:45.000 --> 17:47.000 George Prosper was standing in front of the place when we pulled up. 17:47.000 --> 17:49.000 He walked over to us. 17:51.000 --> 17:52.000 Evening, Mr. Prosper. 17:52.000 --> 17:53.000 Good evening. How are you? 17:53.000 --> 17:54.000 Pretty fair. 17:54.000 --> 17:55.000 You sure this is one of your ties now? 17:55.000 --> 17:57.000 Positive, positive. It was a special. 17:57.000 --> 17:58.000 Worked out the design myself. 17:58.000 --> 17:59.000 I see. 17:59.000 --> 18:00.000 There's another one like it anywhere. 18:00.000 --> 18:01.000 I see. 18:01.000 --> 18:02.000 You've got a lot to us. 18:02.000 --> 18:03.000 Mm-hmm. 18:05.000 --> 18:08.000 Now, you see, through the window there, that corner booth. 18:08.000 --> 18:09.000 That one there, huh? 18:09.000 --> 18:10.000 Yeah, tall fella sitting alone. 18:10.000 --> 18:11.000 Okay, thanks. 18:11.000 --> 18:12.000 Hey, you want me to come in with you? 18:12.000 --> 18:13.000 No, sir, we'll take care of it. 18:13.000 --> 18:14.000 We might need you later on, though. 18:14.000 --> 18:15.000 Whatever you say. 18:15.000 --> 18:16.000 You know how to get in touch with me. 18:16.000 --> 18:17.000 Yes, sir. Good night. 18:17.000 --> 18:18.000 Good night. 18:18.000 --> 18:19.000 Good night, sir. 18:28.000 --> 18:29.000 Well, I'd like to talk to you for a minute. 18:29.000 --> 18:30.000 Okay, sir. 18:30.000 --> 18:31.000 Well? 18:31.000 --> 18:32.000 Workplace officers. 18:32.000 --> 18:33.000 Okay. 18:33.000 --> 18:34.000 What's your name? 18:34.000 --> 18:35.000 Crandall. Dick Crandall. 18:35.000 --> 18:36.000 You got a job? 18:36.000 --> 18:37.000 Sure. 18:37.000 --> 18:38.000 Doing what? 18:38.000 --> 18:39.000 CPA. 18:39.000 --> 18:40.000 Public accountant. 18:40.000 --> 18:41.000 That's right. 18:41.000 --> 18:42.000 Must make pretty good money, huh? 18:42.000 --> 18:43.000 What makes you think so? 18:43.000 --> 18:44.000 The way you're dressed. 18:44.000 --> 18:45.000 I'm single. I don't have a lot of expenses. 18:45.000 --> 18:46.000 It's a nice suit. 18:46.000 --> 18:47.000 Thanks. 18:47.000 --> 18:48.000 Remember where you bought it? 18:48.000 --> 18:49.000 Sure, at San Francisco. 18:49.000 --> 18:50.000 Mm-hmm. 18:50.000 --> 18:52.000 Went up there on my vacation a week ago. 18:52.000 --> 18:53.000 Can we see the label? 18:53.000 --> 18:54.000 Okay. 18:54.000 --> 18:55.000 Okay? 18:55.000 --> 18:56.000 Yeah. 18:56.000 --> 18:57.000 One drink? 18:57.000 --> 18:58.000 Yeah. 18:58.000 --> 19:00.000 One drink? 19:00.000 --> 19:01.000 No, thanks. 19:01.000 --> 19:02.000 My pleasure. 19:02.000 --> 19:03.000 Nope. 19:03.000 --> 19:04.000 Ever been arrested, Crandall? 19:04.000 --> 19:05.000 Sure. 19:05.000 --> 19:06.000 Tell us about it. 19:06.000 --> 19:07.000 Speeding? 19:07.000 --> 19:08.000 Nothing else. 19:08.000 --> 19:09.000 No. 19:09.000 --> 19:10.000 You get that tie up north, too? 19:10.000 --> 19:11.000 No. 19:11.000 --> 19:12.000 Where'd you get it? 19:12.000 --> 19:13.000 A fellow I met a couple nights ago. 19:13.000 --> 19:14.000 I got to talking to him in a bar. 19:14.000 --> 19:15.000 What bar? 19:15.000 --> 19:16.000 One, Olympic, down toward town. 19:16.000 --> 19:17.000 Don't remember the name of it. 19:17.000 --> 19:18.000 What about this fellow? 19:18.000 --> 19:19.000 We were talking. 19:19.000 --> 19:20.000 Said he was in the clothing business. 19:20.000 --> 19:22.000 Happened to mention my hobby was stamp collecting. 19:22.000 --> 19:23.000 Yeah. 19:23.000 --> 19:24.000 Said it sure was a coincidence. 19:24.000 --> 19:25.000 What do you mean by that? 19:25.000 --> 19:27.000 One of his customers was a stamp collector, too. 19:27.000 --> 19:29.000 Had the factory make up a special tie for him, 19:29.000 --> 19:31.000 designed it like rare postage stamps. 19:31.000 --> 19:33.000 This one right here, the one I'm wearing. 19:33.000 --> 19:35.000 Offered to sell it to me. 19:35.000 --> 19:37.000 Because a customer it was made for had left L.A. 19:37.000 --> 19:38.000 He have the tie with him? 19:38.000 --> 19:39.000 In his hotel. 19:39.000 --> 19:40.000 Took me over there to show me. 19:40.000 --> 19:41.000 What hotel was it? 19:41.000 --> 19:42.000 I don't know. 19:42.000 --> 19:43.000 An old little place a couple of blocks away from the bar. 19:43.000 --> 19:44.000 You think he could find it again? 19:44.000 --> 19:45.000 I guess so. 19:45.000 --> 19:46.000 Did you go up to his room? 19:46.000 --> 19:47.000 Yeah, he showed me the tie. 19:47.000 --> 19:49.000 Showed me a lot of other clothes, too. 19:49.000 --> 19:50.000 Did you buy anything else? 19:50.000 --> 19:51.000 Nothing else I needed. 19:51.000 --> 19:53.000 I stocked up when I was in San Francisco. 19:53.000 --> 19:56.000 Didn't need the tie either, but it was a real bargain. 19:56.000 --> 19:57.000 Yeah. 19:57.000 --> 19:59.000 $3.50, that's all he asked for it. 19:59.000 --> 20:01.000 I thought this was worth at least seven or eight bucks. 20:01.000 --> 20:04.000 You couldn't see how he was making any profits selling it at a price like that. 20:04.000 --> 20:05.000 You mean a profit. 20:05.000 --> 20:06.000 Well, it doesn't seem possible. 20:06.000 --> 20:08.000 It must have cost him more than $3.50. 20:08.000 --> 20:09.000 No, it didn't. 20:09.000 --> 20:10.000 Huh? 20:10.000 --> 20:11.000 But it will. 20:14.000 --> 20:17.000 Dick Trundle gave us a description of the man who had sold him the tie. 20:17.000 --> 20:20.000 He agreed to accompany us to the bar where they'd met. 20:20.000 --> 20:21.000 10, 17 p.m. 20:21.000 --> 20:25.000 Frank and I interviewed the bartender at the BTJ Cafe on Olympic Boulevard. 20:25.000 --> 20:29.000 He remembered the suspect and said he had been in several times during the past week. 20:29.000 --> 20:31.000 He couldn't tell us his name or address. 20:31.000 --> 20:35.000 We left the bar and canvassed the vicinity for the hotel where the suspect had taken Trundle. 20:35.000 --> 20:37.000 10, 58 p.m. 20:37.000 --> 20:40.000 Trundle identified the Mortenson Hotel as the suspect's residence. 20:40.000 --> 20:42.000 Frank and I went inside and talked to the clerk on duty. 20:42.000 --> 20:46.000 To the best of my knowledge, there's only one person staying here who fits that description. 20:46.000 --> 20:47.000 That's Mr. Lafferty. 20:47.000 --> 20:49.000 He's one of the nicest gentlemen you ever meet. 20:49.000 --> 20:50.000 He's in the clothing business. 20:50.000 --> 20:51.000 Is he around now? 20:51.000 --> 20:53.000 Let me check his box. 20:53.000 --> 20:55.000 Yes, yes, he must be in his room. The key's not here. 20:55.000 --> 20:56.000 What room is that? 20:56.000 --> 20:58.000 That's 212. He's very careful, Mr. Lafferty. 20:58.000 --> 21:00.000 He always leaves his key at the desk whenever he goes out. 21:00.000 --> 21:01.000 All right, thanks. 21:01.000 --> 21:03.000 He's generous, too. Generous to a fault. 21:03.000 --> 21:04.000 You don't say? 21:04.000 --> 21:05.000 Sure. See, this tie, he gave it to me. 21:05.000 --> 21:06.000 Is that right? 21:06.000 --> 21:07.000 Yeah, it's one of my favorites. 21:07.000 --> 21:08.000 That's too bad. 21:08.000 --> 21:09.000 Hmm? 21:09.000 --> 21:10.000 You may have to give it back. 21:14.000 --> 21:16.000 Frank and I walked up to the second floor. 21:16.000 --> 21:19.000 Room 212 was at the end of the hall near the fire escape. 21:19.000 --> 21:23.000 The transom was open and we could see a light inside the room. 21:23.000 --> 21:24.000 Who is it? 21:24.000 --> 21:25.000 Come on, open up. 21:25.000 --> 21:27.000 Yes, sir. Just a minute. 21:29.000 --> 21:30.000 What can I do for you, General? 21:30.000 --> 21:31.000 Police officer, stand still. 21:31.000 --> 21:33.000 Oh, police. 21:33.000 --> 21:36.000 You're wasting your time. I don't believe in firearms. 21:36.000 --> 21:37.000 Please, light, Jim. 21:37.000 --> 21:38.000 What did I tell you? 21:38.000 --> 21:39.000 All right, where's the stuff? 21:39.000 --> 21:40.000 I suppose you mean the items I stole? 21:40.000 --> 21:41.000 That's what we mean. 21:41.000 --> 21:44.000 I've already managed to dispose of a good deal of it. 21:44.000 --> 21:45.000 What's left is in the closet. 21:45.000 --> 21:46.000 Now, check. 21:46.000 --> 21:49.000 By the way, the burglar kit's under the bed. 21:49.000 --> 21:50.000 Thanks. 21:50.000 --> 21:52.000 I always believe in cooperating with the police. 21:52.000 --> 21:54.000 Things seem to work out better that way. 21:54.000 --> 21:55.000 Yeah. 21:55.000 --> 21:57.000 Although frankly, I'm surprised you weren't here sooner. 21:57.000 --> 21:58.000 Is that so? 21:58.000 --> 22:00.000 Last week. That's when I was expecting you. 22:00.000 --> 22:02.000 I'm sorry we were late. 22:02.000 --> 22:04.000 It looks like we've got everything we need, Joe. 22:04.000 --> 22:05.000 All right, let's go. 22:05.000 --> 22:06.000 You didn't overlook the tools. 22:06.000 --> 22:07.000 Don't worry. 22:07.000 --> 22:10.000 Last week, I was certain you'd be here then. 22:10.000 --> 22:12.000 Right after my second job. 22:12.000 --> 22:14.000 I've never been able to pull more than two before. 22:14.000 --> 22:16.000 Without being arrested, I mean. 22:16.000 --> 22:17.000 You don't say? 22:17.000 --> 22:19.000 It was four this time, you know. 22:19.000 --> 22:20.000 Yeah, we know. 22:20.000 --> 22:21.000 Four jobs. 22:21.000 --> 22:22.000 Well, that's a new record for me. 22:22.000 --> 22:24.000 Well, let's don't let it go to your head, huh? 22:24.000 --> 22:26.000 Oh, I don't take all the credit. 22:26.000 --> 22:30.000 If I'd ever worked Los Angeles before, you probably would have found me sooner. 22:30.000 --> 22:33.000 I have to go somewhere else when I get out. 22:33.000 --> 22:34.000 Yeah. 22:34.000 --> 22:35.000 Maybe up north to Seattle. 22:35.000 --> 22:37.000 I never worked there. 22:37.000 --> 22:40.000 Might be able to pull five jobs before they catch me. 22:40.000 --> 22:42.000 Set myself a new record. 22:42.000 --> 22:43.000 Yeah, well, that's not likely. 22:43.000 --> 22:44.000 You'll see. 22:44.000 --> 22:46.000 Just wait till I get out. 22:46.000 --> 22:48.000 We won't be around that long. 22:55.000 --> 22:57.000 The story you've just heard is true. 22:57.000 --> 23:00.000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 23:00.000 --> 23:03.000 On January 7th, trial was held in Department 98, 23:03.000 --> 23:05.000 Superior Court of the State of California, 23:05.000 --> 23:15.000 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 23:15.000 --> 23:18.000 Russell Herbert Lafferty was tried and convicted of burglary 23:18.000 --> 23:20.000 on the first degree, four counts. 23:20.000 --> 23:24.000 Because of his previous record, he was a judge to be an habitual criminal 23:24.000 --> 23:26.000 and was sentenced to life imprisonment 23:26.000 --> 23:30.000 in the state penitentiary, San Quentin, California. 23:30.000 --> 23:35.000 DRAGNET, the story of your police force in action is a presentation 23:35.000 --> 24:02.000 of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 24:05.000 --> 24:10.000 The story of your police force in action is a presentation 24:10.000 --> 24:15.000 of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 24:15.000 --> 24:20.000 The story of your police force in action is a presentation 24:20.000 --> 24:26.000 of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service. 24:26.000 --> 24:36.000 The story of your police force in action is a presentation 24:36.000 --> 25:00.000 of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service.