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You're assigned a robbery detail. 10 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,000 The owner of a small delicatessen reports that he's been robbed. 11 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,000 He says the thief casually walked out of his store and disappeared. 12 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:55,000 Your job, find him. 13 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,000 Put a smile in your smoking. 14 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Next time you buy cigarettes, stop. 15 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Remember this. In the whole wide world, no cigarette satisfies like Chesterfield. 16 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,000 Put a smile in your smoking. 17 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:14,000 Instantly, you'll smile your approval of Chesterfield's smoothness. 18 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,000 So smooth, so satisfying. 19 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,000 You want them mild. 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It was overcast in Los Angeles. 39 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,000 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 40 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,000 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss of Chief of Detectives Thad Brown. 41 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,000 My name is Friday. 42 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 I was on my way back from communications. 43 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,000 It was 3.48 p.m. when I got to room 27A. 44 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Robbery. 45 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,000 I got it. 46 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Robert Friday. 47 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Yeah, just a second. 48 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Give me that pen. 49 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Yeah. 50 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,000 All right, go ahead, please. 51 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,000 All right, I have it. What happened? 52 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,000 How long ago? 53 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,000 All right. 54 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Right away. 55 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Thank you. 56 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,000 Guy came into a delicatessen over on Sunset. 57 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Took out a pretty big order. 58 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Yeah? 59 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Sack full of money. 60 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 4.15 p.m. 61 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,000 Frank and I drove out to a small combination delicatessen and grocery on the corner of Sunset and 3rd. 62 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:17,000 The owner of the store, Mr. Paul Claypool, told us that the robbery had taken place approximately 20 minutes earlier. 63 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:22,000 He said that the patrol car officer who had answered his call had left to make an immediate search for the suspect. 64 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Gave a real good description, I did. 65 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Yes, sir, you said that. 66 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,000 Kept my wits about me. 67 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 All the time that young hoodlum was in the store, I was studying him. 68 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,000 Didn't let him catch on, of course, but I was making mental notes. 69 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 I wonder if you'd tell us just what happened, Mr. Claypool. 70 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,000 How's that? 71 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 We'd like to hear about the robbery right from the beginning. 72 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Oh, checking up on me, huh? 73 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Sir? 74 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Making sure I give you the same story I gave that other cop. 75 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Oh, no, sir, that's not the idea. 76 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,000 I told him everything there was to tell. 77 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Oh, we'd like to hear it, too, that's all. 78 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 You ain't gonna hear nothing different than what he did. 79 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 What would you tell us, anyway? 80 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Well, if that's how you want it. 81 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,000 This here crook fella came walking into my store, big as life. That's how it begun. 82 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,000 That was about 20 minutes ago, was it? 83 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Oh, it might be 21 or 22, but now it depends on how long you've been talking to me. 84 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Yes, sir. 85 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,000 What'd he say when he came in? 86 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Bandit fella? 87 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,000 That's right. 88 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Nothing. 89 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,000 What? 90 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Nothing. That's what he said. Not a single solitary word. 91 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,000 I see. 92 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,000 He didn't even open his mouth, just handed me an envelope. 93 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Yeah. 94 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Sealed it was. Sealed up shut. 95 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Go ahead. 96 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Stuck me as being kind of peculiar. 97 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,000 What do you mean? 98 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Well, lots of my customers bring in lists of things they're supposed to buy. 99 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 They don't seal them in no envelope, though. 100 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:27,000 I see. 101 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,000 My instinct sure was right. It wasn't no grocery list. It was far from it. 102 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Is that so? 103 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Note inside. Hand printed it was. 104 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,000 I see. 105 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Wonder what it said? 106 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Well, that would be nice. Yes, sir. 107 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:43,000 Take all of the money out of the cash register, put it in the paper bag and hand it over. 108 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,000 Uh-huh. 109 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 That wasn't all. You want to hear the rest? 110 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,000 If you would, please. 111 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Don't do any talking. Don't try to stop me. If you do, I'll kill you. 112 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,000 That was the end of it. 113 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 Do you still have this note, Mr. Claypool? 114 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,000 Right over there, it's laying on the register. 115 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,000 What if we could see it, please? 116 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Well, that's up to you, I guess. 117 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Other cops said I wasn't a hand lit on account of fingerprints. 118 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 We'll try to be careful with it. 119 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Help yourself. Ain't my place to take no chances on destroying valuable evidence. 120 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,000 Yes, sir. 121 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Well, had it right, didn't it? Word for word. 122 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,000 Yes, sir, you sure did. 123 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,000 After you read this note, what did you do, Mr. Claypool? 124 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,000 I done just what it said. 125 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:22,000 You gave him the money from the register. 126 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,000 That's right. Put it in the paper bag at number eight. 127 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,000 What's that, sir? 128 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Eight, that was the size of the bag. 129 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Oh, how much money did you give him? 130 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 All there was, a neighborhood of $50. 131 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Most of it in bills? 132 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Most, I'd say, a couple of tens, three or four or five, some ones, rest was changed. 133 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,000 All right, what happened next? 134 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,000 The fella took the bag, kind of grinned, and walked out. 135 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Looked real pleased with himself. 136 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Did you see where he went? 137 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,000 Left the store. 138 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,000 Yes, sir, I mean after that. 139 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Turned down the street. 140 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Did he get into a car? 141 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,000 I didn't see none. 142 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 You didn't try to follow him? 143 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Nope, I didn't aim to stick out my neck none. 144 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,000 Figured that was up to you, fella. 145 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,000 That's right. 146 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Mr. Claypool, do you know if the robber had a gun? 147 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 Must have. 148 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Did you see it? 149 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:05,000 Nope, but that there note said he'd kill me if I gave him any trouble. 150 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Yeah, sir. 151 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,000 Must have had a gun if he aimed to kill me. 152 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,000 Well, it stands to reason. 153 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Yes, sir. 154 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Was there anybody else in here when he came in? 155 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Just me. 156 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,000 I don't do much business this time of afternoon, and not on Sunday. 157 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Have you ever seen this man before? 158 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,000 No, not that I recollect. 159 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 I wonder if you could describe him for us. 160 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Oh, sure, I told you I gave him a real good once-over. 161 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Yes, sir. 162 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,000 First off, he was a young fella, right around the old 20, I'd say. 163 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Husky, about 5'10", maybe weighs 170. 164 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,000 Not that, you understand. 165 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,000 He was just husky. 166 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,000 What about his coloring? 167 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Well, I'm coming to that. 168 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Yes, sir. 169 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Brown hair, medium brown, kind of gray eyes, medium complexion. 170 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Any marks or scars? 171 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 No. 172 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,000 How was he dressed? 173 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Pants, dark colored, surged more than likely. 174 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,000 Blue surged, looked like it was part of a suit. 175 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Couldn't see his shirt, he had on a sweater. 176 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Yellish, with one of them collars that choke you. 177 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,000 What, sir? 178 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Fits all around your neck, like so. 179 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Turtle neck sweater? 180 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 Oh, is that what you call it? 181 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Yes, sir. 182 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Turtle neck, huh? 183 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Well, that's the right good name. 184 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,000 That's just what it looks like. 185 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Turtle poking out his neck. 186 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,000 Yes, sir. 187 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Is there anything else you can tell us about this man? 188 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 What have you got in mind? 189 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Well, Mr. Claypool, anything that would help us identify him. 190 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,000 Well, sir, he acted real funny, almost like he didn't know what he was doing. 191 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Oh. 192 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Kind of looked at me funny, too. 193 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,000 Don't know how to put it into words, exactly. 194 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Yes, sir. 195 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,000 Why don't you come down to City Hall for a few minutes, Mr. Claypool? 196 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,000 City Hall? 197 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Yes, sir, we'd like to show you some mug shots, see if you can make an identification for us. 198 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,000 Well, that'd mean closing up the store. 199 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,000 Well, it won't take very long. 200 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Well, I guess it'll help catch this fellow. 201 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,000 We'd appreciate it. 202 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Oh, excuse me. 203 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Yes, sir. 204 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Claypool's delicatessen. 205 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 How's that? 206 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Who? 207 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Friday? 208 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,000 That's for us, sir. 209 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Oh, oh, oh. 210 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Here you are. 211 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,000 Thank you. 212 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,000 This Friday. 213 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Yeah, that's right. 214 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,000 How long ago? 215 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,000 Fountain? 216 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,000 Yeah, I got it. 217 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Thank you. 218 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,000 Well, we won't need you downtown just yet, Mr. Claypool. 219 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Change of mind, huh? 220 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,000 Yes, sir. 221 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,000 What's that? 222 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,000 Flower shop over on Fountain. 223 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,000 Yeah. 224 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Sounds like the same guy. 225 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Frank and I told Mr. Claypool we'd check with him later. 226 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:27,000 We left the delicatessen, drove out to the Pringer Flora shop on Fountain and Selma. 227 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,000 4.42 p.m. 228 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,000 We talked to the victim, Ms. Norma Devereaux. 229 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,000 She seemed to be extremely agitated. 230 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,000 She told us that a man had walked into the store about 4.30 and gave her a sealed envelope. 231 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,000 She showed us the note the envelope had contained, 232 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:40,000 and it appeared to be a duplicate of the note Mr. Claypool had been given. 233 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 Did this man say anything to you, Mr. Devereaux? 234 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:45,000 I don't remember. I don't think so. 235 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,000 Did you say anything to him? 236 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Oh, I was too scared. 237 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,000 How much money did he take? 238 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,000 I gave him all there was, everything in the register. 239 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,000 I see, but about how much would you say? 240 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,000 I'm not sure. You see, I don't work here. I was just helping out. 241 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 The store belongs to my sister and brother-in-law. 242 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,000 I see. 243 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,000 They wanted to take their children for a ride this afternoon, 244 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 so I said I'd look after the shop. 245 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:05,000 Yes, ma'am. 246 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Oh, I never should have offered. 247 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 I might have known something like this would happen. 248 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,000 I've had a funny feeling all day long. 249 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,000 Is that right? 250 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,000 It's been a bad week for me anyway, this whole week, 251 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,000 according to my horoscope. 252 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,000 And you don't have any idea how much money was stolen, Mr. Devereaux? 253 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,000 I don't think it was very much, a few bills and some coins. 254 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Do you happen to know what day this is, the date, I mean? 255 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,000 Yes, ma'am. This is the ninth. 256 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,000 The ninth. Oh, I might have known. 257 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,000 She said to be especially careful on the ninth and the eleventh. 258 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,000 Why didn't I pay more attention to that last reading? 259 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 It certainly cost me enough. 260 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,000 Now, Mr. Devereaux, you noticed where this man went when he left the shop? 261 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,000 What? 262 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,000 Did you notice where he went? 263 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,000 No, I didn't pay any attention. I was just so relieved that he was gone. 264 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,000 What if you describe him for us, please? 265 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Well... 266 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Mr. Devereaux? 267 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,000 I'm trying to think. 268 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 Yes, ma'am? 269 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,000 It just comes up a blank, his face, everything about him. 270 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 Well, how was he dressed? 271 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,000 I'm terribly sorry. I just can't remember. 272 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Well, maybe we can help you. 273 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,000 Was he wearing a coat or a sweater? 274 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,000 That's right. A sweater. I remember the sweater. 275 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 What color was it? 276 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,000 A lightish, I think. I'm not sure. 277 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,000 What kind of a sweater would you recall that? 278 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,000 Just a sweater, I guess. 279 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000 How about his hair? 280 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,000 Eyes? 281 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Anything at all, Mr. Devereaux? 282 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 Well, there's one thing. 283 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,000 I don't know whether it would do any good or not. 284 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,000 Yes, ma'am? 285 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,000 I feel like such a fool not being able to remember where it was or when, 286 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,000 but I'm almost certain about it. 287 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,000 What's that? 288 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:38,000 That I've seen him before. 289 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,000 Frank and I continued to question the victim. 290 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,000 She insisted that she had met or seen the suspect some time before the crime, 291 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,000 but she was unable to recall the circumstances. 292 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,000 5.38 p.m. We drove both victims down to the city hall 293 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:54,000 and asked them to go through the mug books for the purpose of identifying the suspect. 294 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,000 We finished another book, Sergeant. 295 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,000 Yes, ma'am. 296 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Seems like you sure have enough of them. 297 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,000 Yes, sir. 298 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:06,000 I can only think where it was that I saw him before. 299 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,000 Yes. 300 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,000 Did I get you folks some coffee? 301 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 That sounds like a right good idea. 302 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,000 How about you, miss? 303 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,000 What? 304 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,000 Would you like some coffee, too? 305 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,000 Where's Devereaux? 306 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,000 That's it. That's it. 307 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,000 I remember now. His face, everything about him. 308 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,000 It's the same man. I'm positive it is. 309 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,000 It was when you mentioned coffee. That's what brought it back to me. 310 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Yes, ma'am. Now, just when was it you saw this man? 311 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 Oh, let's see. 312 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:33,000 Last week when I went shopping for a new coat, Tuesday. 313 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,000 Yes, that's when it was, Tuesday. 314 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,000 I was having lunch. The Fairway Cafeteria in Hollywood. 315 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,000 Yes, ma'am. 316 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,000 Well, it was crowded and I was sitting alone. 317 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,000 He came by and asked if he could use the same table. 318 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,000 All right, go ahead. 319 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,000 I nodded and he sat down. I didn't pay any attention to him. 320 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,000 Not really. I just went on and finished my lunch. 321 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,000 He was still eating when I left. 322 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,000 Anything else you can tell us about him? 323 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:56,000 I think he had on the same clothes he was wearing today, the sweater anyway. 324 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,000 I remember the sweater. Real plain now. 325 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,000 I see. Now, you're sure this was the same man who robbed you? 326 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,000 Oh, yes. I know it was. 327 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,000 That'll help, won't it? My remembering where I saw him? 328 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Well, it might. 329 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 I'll bet he eats there all the time at that same cafeteria. 330 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,000 Yes, ma'am. We'll check on that. 331 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,000 Oh, he does. I just feel certain of it. 332 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 You'll see, Sergeant. 333 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,000 It was fate that made me go into that restaurant 334 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,000 and it was fate that made him sit at my table. 335 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,000 Yes, ma'am. 336 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,000 It was all part of a big plan. 337 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:24,000 I'm eating like that and then him robbing me today. 338 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,000 It was all part of a big plan so that you could catch him. 339 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Yes, that's right. 340 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,000 And you will catch him. Don't you worry about that. 341 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,000 You'll catch him. Fate's against him. 342 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 Well, that makes us even then, doesn't it? 343 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,000 What? 344 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,000 So are we. 345 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Now that she remembered seeing the suspect before, 346 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Miss Devereaux confirmed Paul Claypool's description. 347 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,000 We asked the victims to continue going through the mug books. 348 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,000 They were unable to come up with an identification. 349 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,000 6.31 p.m. Frank and I drove them home and we went off duty. 350 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,000 The next day, October 10th, 10.05 a.m., 351 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,000 we interviewed the day cashiers at the Fairway cafeteria. 352 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,000 They couldn't recall any specific customer 353 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,000 who answered the suspect's description. 354 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,000 11.46 a.m. We went back to the office. 355 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Robbery Friday. 356 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Yeah, Larry. 357 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,000 Mm-hmm. 358 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,000 Well, thanks anyway. 359 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,000 All right. Sloan. 360 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,000 Yeah? 361 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Says he can't give us a lead from the way those notes were printed. 362 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,000 Oh? 363 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,000 Well, how about an early lunch today, huh? 364 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,000 That's all right with me. 365 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Where do you want to go? 366 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,000 I don't care. How about you? 367 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,000 Doesn't make any difference to me. 368 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,000 Well, suggest something. 369 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,000 No, I told you it doesn't make any difference. 370 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,000 Well, I don't know why it always has to be up to me, Joe. 371 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,000 Hmm? 372 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,000 Where we eat. 373 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,000 Why don't you decide once in a while? 374 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,000 All right, fine. 375 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,000 Let's go over to that new Chinese place on Broadway. 376 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,000 For lunch? 377 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Well, why not? 378 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,000 Well, you don't want Chinese food for lunch, Joe. 379 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,000 I don't. 380 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000 Of course not. 381 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 Well, what do you got in mind? 382 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,000 I don't know. 383 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Hmm? 384 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,000 I'd end up making the choice. 385 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,000 Sure is a problem, isn't it? 386 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 Well, it gets kind of monotonous, that's all, buddy. 387 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,000 Yeah, it's tough. 388 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,000 Say, well... 389 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Yeah, something we can do for you? 390 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:01,000 Is this here where you the guys that handle robberies? 391 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Yeah, that's right. 392 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,000 Like them two yesterday? 393 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,000 Which two? 394 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Grocery store and flower shop. 395 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 You know something about them, do you? 396 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Yeah, I know something. 397 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,000 Well, just what is it? 398 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,000 Who robbed them. I know who it was. 399 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,000 Yeah. 400 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,000 Well, I guess it wasn't me. 401 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:29,000 MUSIC 402 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 Put a smile in your smoking. 403 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,000 Next time you buy cigarettes, stop. 404 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,000 Remember this. 405 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,000 It's today's biggest cigarette news. 406 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:42,000 Chesterfield is made the modern way, with Accu-Ray. 407 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:47,000 The Accu-Ray controller is the greatest improvement in cigarette making in years. 408 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,000 And it's a Chesterfield exclusive. 409 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:56,000 This amazing quality detective electronically checks and controls the making of your Chesterfield, 410 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:00,000 giving a uniformity in smoking quality never possible before. 411 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,000 So buy Chesterfield today. 412 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:06,000 For the first time, you get a perfect smoke column from end to end. 413 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,000 A perfect smoke column from end to end. 414 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:14,000 From the first puff to the last puff, your Chesterfield smokes smoother. 415 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:18,000 From the first puff to the last puff, your Chesterfield smokes cooler. 416 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:24,000 From the first puff to the last puff, Chesterfield is best for you. 417 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,000 Next time you buy cigarettes, stop. 418 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:33,000 Remember, Chesterfield is made the modern way, with Accu-Ray. 419 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,000 Put a smile in your smoking. 420 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,000 Just give them a try. 421 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,000 Light up a Chesterfield. 422 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,000 They satisfy. 423 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,000 The man who had come into the office answered the description we'd received from the victims. 424 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,000 He was in his early 20s, stocky build, about 5'10", brown hair and grey eyes. 425 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,000 He was wearing dark blue trousers and a yellow turtleneck sweater. 426 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:02,000 He told us that his name was Harvey Tilden, and that he lived in a rooming house on West Ivar. 427 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:06,000 He readily admitted the two robberies, but he insisted that he had not meant to commit the crimes. 428 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,000 I didn't know what I was doing, that's all I just didn't know. 429 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,000 What are you trying to sell us, were you drunk? 430 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Of course not, I hadn't had a drink, not even a beer. 431 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:16,000 Well? 432 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Well, he told me it was money they owed that I was collecting it for him. 433 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Who told you that? 434 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,000 Stoney. 435 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,000 Who's Stoney? 436 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,000 Well, that's all I know him by, Stoney. 437 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,000 Then you were collecting money for him, is that it? 438 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,000 Uh-huh. 439 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Then you expect us to buy that too, don't you? 440 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000 No, I guess not. 441 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Well then why don't you try giving us the truth? 442 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,000 May I not be the brightest guy in the world, if I was I wouldn't be in this mess. 443 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,000 Yeah. 444 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 I come to you in my own accord, didn't I? 445 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,000 Well, maybe you got scared, maybe you figured it would go easier with you if you gave yourself up, isn't that it? 446 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,000 Yeah, I guess I can't blame you for thinking that. 447 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Sure was a dumb trick. 448 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:51,000 Well, why'd you do it then? 449 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:55,000 Because I didn't know, because he told me it was just a job I was doing. 450 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Stoney told you. 451 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,000 Yeah, yeah, that's right. 452 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,000 All right, now let's hear it your way. 453 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Yeah, well, he said he worked for a kind of collection agency, you know where they go after them deadbeats, you know? 454 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,000 Yeah. 455 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Well, he said he had to have somebody to help him only part-time, but the pay would be good. 456 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,000 Yeah. 457 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,000 Offered me the work. 458 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,000 Uh-huh. 459 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:18,000 I ain't had a steady job lately, sound kind of good to me. 460 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,000 Yeah, go ahead. 461 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,000 Yeah, well, I was supposed to meet him yesterday afternoon, 3 o'clock. 462 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,000 He picked me up in front of the place where I live. 463 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:25,000 Yeah. 464 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:34,000 Drove me past that grocery store and parked around the corner, gave me an envelope, and he told me to take it inside, hand it to a fellow who worked there. 465 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:41,000 He said I was to make sure nobody else was in the store on account that he didn't want to make the old guy feel bad by collecting the debt in front of somebody else, you know? 466 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:42,000 Yeah. 467 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 So I'd done what he told me. 468 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:49,000 I'd give the old guy the note, he'd give me the money, and I took it back to Stoney. 469 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,000 Well, where was he while you were in the store? 470 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,000 Around the corner, like I said. 471 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,000 Why didn't he go in with you? 472 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:00,000 He wanted to see if I could handle it myself, on my own, you know? 473 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,000 That's what he told me. 474 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,000 Uh-huh. 475 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:07,000 Well, then we drove over to that there flower place. 476 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Same routine. 477 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,000 Yeah, only this time I got kind of suspicious, you know? 478 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:12,000 Yeah. 479 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:17,000 She acted so scared, the lady there, didn't seem to me to having to pay up a debt and make somebody so scared. 480 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:22,000 I told Stoney afterwards, he said it was just an act that they all put on like that. 481 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:29,000 You know, well, I didn't exactly believe him, so next place we stopped, I opened up the envelope before I went inside, and I read that there note. 482 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Yeah, well. 483 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,000 Well, I didn't know what to do. 484 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Finally, I went back to the car, and I really told him off, Stoney. 485 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,000 I told him I was an old thief. 486 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,000 I told him he had to return all that money. 487 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,000 What did he say? 488 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,000 He just laughed at me. 489 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,000 He said I was the biggest pigeon he ever met. 490 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,000 I said if he didn't take back the dough, I'd go to the cops. 491 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:54,000 He told me you'd throw me in jail, that you'd never believe a word I told you. 492 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 What happened then? 493 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,000 I got out of the car. 494 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,000 I said I wasn't no crook and nobody was going to make me be one. 495 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:05,000 I was heading right for the police station, then I, well, I got to thinking. 496 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:10,000 It seemed like maybe he was right that nobody would believe a story like this. 497 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:11,000 Yeah. 498 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,000 So I went home. 499 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 All right, why'd you come in today? 500 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Well, I didn't sleep none too good last night. 501 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000 It was kind of worrying me what I'd done. 502 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:25,000 I figured maybe he'd find some other sucker like me and pull that same stunt over again. 503 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:30,000 I didn't want him to get away with it, so I decided to take my chances on you guys. 504 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,000 I ain't going to get a short count now, am I? 505 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,000 Do you know where this Stoney lives? 506 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 No, he never said, not to me. 507 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,000 And you don't know his last name either? 508 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,000 Uh-uh. 509 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,000 Where'd you meet him? 510 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,000 Hentley's Gym. 511 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Or on Olympic, I hang out there sometimes. 512 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000 You a fighter? 513 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,000 Well, I had some bouts, yeah. 514 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,000 How'd you and Stoney get acquainted? 515 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:52,000 Well, I don't know. 516 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 We just started talking one day last week. 517 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:58,000 He'd come in for a steam bath and afterwards we was both watching some of the guys work out. 518 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,000 I see. 519 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Here's there again on Saturday. 520 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,000 That's when he offered me this job. 521 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,000 What kind of a car does he drive? 522 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Chevy. 523 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000 Sedan? 524 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:10,000 No, coupe, hardtop, last year's model. 525 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,000 You know the license? 526 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,000 No, I don't pay no attention. 527 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,000 It wouldn't matter if it did. 528 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,000 I ain't much of a remember in things. 529 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Can you tell us what Stoney looks like? 530 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Yeah, well, he's a big fella, a sharp dresser. 531 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,000 How old is he? 532 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000 35, maybe 40. 533 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,000 What color is his hair? 534 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,000 Sort of red. 535 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000 Anything else? Scars, anything like that? 536 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,000 No. 537 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,000 That's the whole story, huh? 538 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,000 Yeah. 539 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,000 You didn't know you were robbing those stores? You didn't have any idea? 540 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,000 Honest I didn't. Sounds crazy, don't it? 541 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,000 Yeah, it does. 542 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,000 John, I'll talk to you for a minute. 543 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,000 You wait right there, Tilden. 544 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Okay, okay. 545 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:55,000 He must think we're pretty dumb, expecting us to fall for a line like that. 546 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,000 What'd she take us for? 547 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,000 I don't know. 548 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,000 Couldn't be true, not a word of it. 549 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Heck of a desk. 550 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 Such a darn full story, John. I just can't help believing it. 551 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:10,000 Well, we'll work. So do I. 552 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,000 Frank and I continued to interrogate the suspect. 553 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,000 He maintained his innocence and we were unable to shake him. 554 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,000 We ran the name Harvey Tilden through R&I. They had nothing on him. 555 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:22,000 We also ran the name Stoney through the moniker file and we came up with two possibles. 556 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 We pulled the mug shots and showed them to Tilden. 557 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:28,000 He tentatively identified one of the photos, James Brightstone, but he wasn't positive. 558 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:32,000 We telephoned Brightstone's last known address, a small downtown hotel. 559 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:36,000 They told us he'd moved during the summer and they had no idea of his present whereabouts. 560 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,000 We checked DMV and our own vehicle records. 561 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:42,000 They reported that a late model Chevrolet was registered in Brightstone's name. 562 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,000 Harvey Tilden was held in custody for further questioning. 563 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:52,000 4.08 p.m. Frank and I drove over to Hentley's gym on South Olympic and talked to the owner, George Hentley. 564 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,000 What's your name? 565 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,000 Stoney, huh? 566 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,000 Yeah, that's right. Full name maybe. James Brightstone, we're not sure. 567 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,000 Don't ring a bell. Are they in a fight game? 568 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000 Well, we aren't sure. How about a Harvey Tilden? You know him? 569 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,000 That jerk, sure I know. 570 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:06,000 He come here pretty often? 571 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000 Often, huh? He used to do a little boxing. 572 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:12,000 Had a perfect record. Six fights, six KOs. He was a punchie before he ever got in a ring. 573 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Tilden says this is where he met this Stoney. 574 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,000 That could be. 575 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,000 Take a look at this picture, will you? Never seen this guy before. 576 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,000 Hey, you got a lot of time. Use it. 577 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,000 Well? 578 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,000 I wouldn't swear to a guy who looks something like this. 579 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,000 Been coming in lately, works out, takes a steam bath. 580 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,000 You know his name? 581 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,000 I never asked. 582 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,000 You been around today? 583 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,000 No, not so far. 584 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,000 When was the last time, do you remember? 585 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,000 Uh, in the last week, Friday, Saturday. 586 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,000 Is he talking to Tilden? 587 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:38,000 Oh, I don't know, maybe. Guys come in here, friendly type guys. They all talk to each other. 588 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,000 All right, here's our card. 589 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,000 So? 590 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,000 If this fella comes back, give us a call, will you? 591 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,000 You want him for something? 592 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,000 I want to talk to him. 593 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,000 Okay, if he comes in, I'll call you. 594 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,000 Thanks. 595 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,000 Sure, I'm a real obliging type fella. I got no beef with you cops. 596 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,000 Uh-huh. 597 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,000 It'll be a waste of time, though. 598 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:51,000 Huh? 599 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,000 Calling you. If you want to see this guy, all you gotta do is turn around. 600 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,000 What's that? 601 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,000 He just walked in the door. 602 00:22:55,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Frank and I talked to the man George Hintley had pointed out. He readily admitted that he 603 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,000 was James Brightstone. He also admitted knowing Harvey Tilden. He said he had spent the previous 604 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:10,000 afternoon in his room at the Jackman Hotel. We telephoned the hotel, but the clerk was 605 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,000 unable to confirm Brightstone's alibi. 606 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:16,000 Five thirty-one p.m. We drove the suspect down to the city hall and continued our interrogation. 607 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,000 Uh, look, why don't you guys just tell me what it is you want to know, spell it out in 608 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 real big letters, and I'll give you the answer, same size. 609 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000 Where were you yesterday afternoon? 610 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Thought we already covered that. 611 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Let's go over it again. 612 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Okay, boys, how was it in my hotel room? 613 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,000 Well, the clerk doesn't back you up. 614 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,000 Well, does he say I wasn't there? 615 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000 When was the last time you saw Harvey Tilden? 616 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,000 Saturday, over at the gym. 617 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Not yesterday, huh? 618 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Gym isn't open on Sundays. 619 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,000 You know where Tilden lives? 620 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Nope. 621 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 You picked him up at his rooming house yesterday, didn't you? 622 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 Why would I be picking a crumb up like that? 623 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 Did you offer Tilden a job? 624 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000 Oh, that's pretty funny. 625 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,000 What's the joke? 626 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:46,000 I ain't got a job myself. 627 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,000 Did you ever take Tilden for a drive? 628 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,000 Boys, I'm telling you, the only place I ever seen the guy is Hintley's gym. 629 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000 Yeah. He knows what kind of a car you got. 630 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,000 Oh? 631 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,000 Making model. 632 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,000 Well, maybe he's seen me and I didn't see him. 633 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,000 Now, look, this Tilden fella, he's a screwball. 634 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,000 He don't even know what time it is. 635 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 Whatever he told you, you could forget him. 636 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,000 Well, there are a couple of things we can't forget. 637 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,000 Tilden says you put him up to robbing two stores yesterday. 638 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,000 Are you kidding? 639 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,000 He says you hired him to work for you, to collect some past due bills. 640 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000 Boy, this kid is really off his rocker, isn't he? 641 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,000 Maybe. 642 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,000 Where was I supposed to be while he was doing me these favors? 643 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,000 Outside in your car, waiting for him? 644 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,000 Go on, boys, you interest me. 645 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,000 Well, that's about it. 646 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:25,000 And you'd pick up a guy on a phony story like that? 647 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,000 Hey, look, I'm getting out of here. Tilden ain't the only guy who's got... 648 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000 Sit down, Brightstone. 649 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 All right, you jokers, prove any part of it. 650 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,000 We're gonna try to. 651 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:34,000 I'd like to know how. 652 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,000 We got a team out right now checking the neighborhood of both robberies. 653 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,000 If anybody saw your car around those stores yesterday afternoon, you got trouble. 654 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,000 I got news for you guys. It don't matter where I was yesterday, you can't tie me into these jobs. 655 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:45,000 We'll see. 656 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000 Matter of fact, I'll give you a hand. 657 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,000 I might have been driving around those stores yesterday. 658 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,000 Is that right? 659 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Yeah, come to think of it, I went for a ride along about two o'clock, slipped my mind before. 660 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:54,000 Sure. 661 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Not that I know where Tilden pulled his heist. 662 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,000 You don't, huh? 663 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,000 Sure, of course not. 664 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Then what makes you think you were in the vicinity? 665 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,000 Well, I'm not saying I was, I'm saying I might have been. 666 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,000 Yeah. 667 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,000 Just where were you? 668 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,000 Who knows, it took me a real long drive. 669 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,000 What time did you leave your hotel? 670 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,000 Two o'clock, maybe. 671 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,000 What time did you get back? 672 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,000 Later. 673 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,000 How much later? 674 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:14,000 All right, I tell you what, I'm gonna give you guys a break. 675 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Good. 676 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,000 Now, I know you can keep this up for 72 hours, and I got more important things to do, so let's get it over with, okay? 677 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,000 It's entirely up to you. 678 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:21,000 Okay, okay. 679 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,000 Tilden was giving it to you square, he was just a pigeon. 680 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,000 Dumbest pigeon I ever ran into. 681 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Yeah, go ahead. 682 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:28,000 Well, that's it. 683 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,000 You got it now, what are you gonna do about it? 684 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,000 What do you think? 685 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000 If you're smart, you're gonna turn me loose. 686 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,000 Mm-hmm. 687 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,000 Yeah, look, let me give you a little advice, free. 688 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,000 So Tilden was a fall guy, all right, I admit it, to you guys. 689 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Yeah. 690 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,000 But to nobody else. 691 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,000 Anybody else ask me, I deny it, the whole thing. 692 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,000 So you might as well play smart. 693 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:51,000 You figure on sticking me with this rap, you gotta have a signed confession, I ain't gonna give it to you. 694 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,000 Well, now maybe we won't need it. 695 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000 Boy, you got the biggest rocks in your head. 696 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,000 Tilden was in those stores, I watched, and he took the money, I didn't. 697 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,000 You go into court, you come out looking dumber, and he does. 698 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,000 Mm-hmm. 699 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,000 That's my word against his. 700 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 You think anybody in their right mind's gonna believe this boy? 701 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:07,000 You think he'd stand a chance at convincing the jury? 702 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,000 Well, he might. 703 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,000 Fat chance. 704 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:17,000 He convinced us. 705 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 The story you have just heard is true. 706 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 707 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:27,000 On January 8th, trial was held in Department 98, Superior Court of the State of California, 708 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,000 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 709 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,000 In a moment, the results of that trial. 710 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,000 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 711 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,000 The date, June 19th. 712 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,000 The man in question, father. 713 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,000 The gift for Father's Day, Chesterfield. 714 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,000 Make it a point to pick up a couple of cartons, first chance you get. 715 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,000 It's the easiest way I know to put a smile in dad's smoking, 716 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,000 and a nice way to remember a great guy. 717 00:26:49,000 --> 00:27:01,000 The district attorney failed to issue a complaint against Harvey Tilden. 718 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:06,000 James Hill Brightstone was tried and convicted of robbery in the second degree, two counts. 719 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:21,000 Robbery in the second degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one year. 720 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:25,000 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 721 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:31,000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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