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It was overcast in Los Angeles. 02:20.000 --> 02:22.000 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 02:22.000 --> 02:25.000 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss of Chief of Detectives Thad Brown. 02:25.000 --> 02:26.000 My name is Friday. 02:26.000 --> 02:28.000 I was on my way back from communications. 02:28.000 --> 02:31.000 It was 3.48 p.m. when I got to room 27A. 02:31.000 --> 02:34.000 Robbery. 02:34.000 --> 02:37.000 I got it. 02:37.000 --> 02:40.000 Robert Friday. 02:40.000 --> 02:41.000 Yeah, just a second. 02:41.000 --> 02:42.000 Give me that pen. 02:42.000 --> 02:44.000 Yeah. 02:44.000 --> 02:47.000 All right, go ahead, please. 02:47.000 --> 02:50.000 All right, I have it. What happened? 02:50.000 --> 02:53.000 How long ago? 02:53.000 --> 02:54.000 All right. 02:54.000 --> 02:55.000 Right away. 02:55.000 --> 02:57.000 Thank you. 02:57.000 --> 03:00.000 Guy came into a delicatessen over on Sunset. 03:00.000 --> 03:01.000 Took out a pretty big order. 03:01.000 --> 03:02.000 Yeah? 03:02.000 --> 03:07.000 Sack full of money. 03:07.000 --> 03:08.000 4.15 p.m. 03:08.000 --> 03:12.000 Frank and I drove out to a small combination delicatessen and grocery on the corner of Sunset and 3rd. 03:12.000 --> 03:17.000 The owner of the store, Mr. Paul Claypool, told us that the robbery had taken place approximately 20 minutes earlier. 03:17.000 --> 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. 03:22.000 --> 03:23.000 Gave a real good description, I did. 03:23.000 --> 03:24.000 Yes, sir, you said that. 03:24.000 --> 03:25.000 Kept my wits about me. 03:25.000 --> 03:28.000 All the time that young hoodlum was in the store, I was studying him. 03:28.000 --> 03:31.000 Didn't let him catch on, of course, but I was making mental notes. 03:31.000 --> 03:33.000 I wonder if you'd tell us just what happened, Mr. Claypool. 03:33.000 --> 03:34.000 How's that? 03:34.000 --> 03:36.000 We'd like to hear about the robbery right from the beginning. 03:36.000 --> 03:38.000 Oh, checking up on me, huh? 03:38.000 --> 03:39.000 Sir? 03:39.000 --> 03:41.000 Making sure I give you the same story I gave that other cop. 03:41.000 --> 03:43.000 Oh, no, sir, that's not the idea. 03:43.000 --> 03:45.000 I told him everything there was to tell. 03:45.000 --> 03:47.000 Oh, we'd like to hear it, too, that's all. 03:47.000 --> 03:49.000 You ain't gonna hear nothing different than what he did. 03:49.000 --> 03:50.000 What would you tell us, anyway? 03:50.000 --> 03:52.000 Well, if that's how you want it. 03:52.000 --> 03:56.000 This here crook fella came walking into my store, big as life. That's how it begun. 03:56.000 --> 03:58.000 That was about 20 minutes ago, was it? 03:58.000 --> 04:02.000 Oh, it might be 21 or 22, but now it depends on how long you've been talking to me. 04:02.000 --> 04:03.000 Yes, sir. 04:03.000 --> 04:04.000 What'd he say when he came in? 04:04.000 --> 04:05.000 Bandit fella? 04:05.000 --> 04:06.000 That's right. 04:06.000 --> 04:07.000 Nothing. 04:07.000 --> 04:08.000 What? 04:08.000 --> 04:10.000 Nothing. That's what he said. Not a single solitary word. 04:10.000 --> 04:11.000 I see. 04:11.000 --> 04:13.000 He didn't even open his mouth, just handed me an envelope. 04:13.000 --> 04:14.000 Yeah. 04:14.000 --> 04:16.000 Sealed it was. Sealed up shut. 04:16.000 --> 04:17.000 Go ahead. 04:17.000 --> 04:19.000 Stuck me as being kind of peculiar. 04:19.000 --> 04:20.000 What do you mean? 04:20.000 --> 04:24.000 Well, lots of my customers bring in lists of things they're supposed to buy. 04:24.000 --> 04:26.000 They don't seal them in no envelope, though. 04:26.000 --> 04:27.000 I see. 04:27.000 --> 04:31.000 My instinct sure was right. It wasn't no grocery list. It was far from it. 04:31.000 --> 04:32.000 Is that so? 04:32.000 --> 04:34.000 Note inside. Hand printed it was. 04:34.000 --> 04:35.000 I see. 04:35.000 --> 04:36.000 Wonder what it said? 04:36.000 --> 04:38.000 Well, that would be nice. Yes, sir. 04:38.000 --> 04:43.000 Take all of the money out of the cash register, put it in the paper bag and hand it over. 04:43.000 --> 04:44.000 Uh-huh. 04:44.000 --> 04:46.000 That wasn't all. You want to hear the rest? 04:46.000 --> 04:47.000 If you would, please. 04:47.000 --> 04:51.000 Don't do any talking. Don't try to stop me. If you do, I'll kill you. 04:51.000 --> 04:52.000 That was the end of it. 04:52.000 --> 04:54.000 Do you still have this note, Mr. Claypool? 04:54.000 --> 04:56.000 Right over there, it's laying on the register. 04:56.000 --> 04:57.000 What if we could see it, please? 04:57.000 --> 04:59.000 Well, that's up to you, I guess. 04:59.000 --> 05:02.000 Other cops said I wasn't a hand lit on account of fingerprints. 05:02.000 --> 05:03.000 We'll try to be careful with it. 05:03.000 --> 05:08.000 Help yourself. Ain't my place to take no chances on destroying valuable evidence. 05:08.000 --> 05:09.000 Yes, sir. 05:13.000 --> 05:16.000 Well, had it right, didn't it? Word for word. 05:16.000 --> 05:17.000 Yes, sir, you sure did. 05:17.000 --> 05:19.000 After you read this note, what did you do, Mr. Claypool? 05:19.000 --> 05:21.000 I done just what it said. 05:21.000 --> 05:22.000 You gave him the money from the register. 05:22.000 --> 05:25.000 That's right. Put it in the paper bag at number eight. 05:25.000 --> 05:26.000 What's that, sir? 05:26.000 --> 05:28.000 Eight, that was the size of the bag. 05:28.000 --> 05:30.000 Oh, how much money did you give him? 05:30.000 --> 05:32.000 All there was, a neighborhood of $50. 05:32.000 --> 05:33.000 Most of it in bills? 05:33.000 --> 05:39.000 Most, I'd say, a couple of tens, three or four or five, some ones, rest was changed. 05:39.000 --> 05:40.000 All right, what happened next? 05:40.000 --> 05:43.000 The fella took the bag, kind of grinned, and walked out. 05:43.000 --> 05:45.000 Looked real pleased with himself. 05:45.000 --> 05:46.000 Did you see where he went? 05:46.000 --> 05:47.000 Left the store. 05:47.000 --> 05:49.000 Yes, sir, I mean after that. 05:49.000 --> 05:50.000 Turned down the street. 05:50.000 --> 05:51.000 Did he get into a car? 05:51.000 --> 05:52.000 I didn't see none. 05:52.000 --> 05:53.000 You didn't try to follow him? 05:53.000 --> 05:55.000 Nope, I didn't aim to stick out my neck none. 05:55.000 --> 05:56.000 Figured that was up to you, fella. 05:56.000 --> 05:57.000 That's right. 05:57.000 --> 05:59.000 Mr. Claypool, do you know if the robber had a gun? 05:59.000 --> 06:00.000 Must have. 06:00.000 --> 06:01.000 Did you see it? 06:01.000 --> 06:05.000 Nope, but that there note said he'd kill me if I gave him any trouble. 06:05.000 --> 06:06.000 Yeah, sir. 06:06.000 --> 06:07.000 Must have had a gun if he aimed to kill me. 06:07.000 --> 06:08.000 Well, it stands to reason. 06:08.000 --> 06:09.000 Yes, sir. 06:09.000 --> 06:11.000 Was there anybody else in here when he came in? 06:11.000 --> 06:12.000 Just me. 06:12.000 --> 06:15.000 I don't do much business this time of afternoon, and not on Sunday. 06:15.000 --> 06:17.000 Have you ever seen this man before? 06:17.000 --> 06:18.000 No, not that I recollect. 06:18.000 --> 06:20.000 I wonder if you could describe him for us. 06:20.000 --> 06:22.000 Oh, sure, I told you I gave him a real good once-over. 06:22.000 --> 06:23.000 Yes, sir. 06:23.000 --> 06:27.000 First off, he was a young fella, right around the old 20, I'd say. 06:27.000 --> 06:31.000 Husky, about 5'10", maybe weighs 170. 06:31.000 --> 06:32.000 Not that, you understand. 06:32.000 --> 06:33.000 He was just husky. 06:33.000 --> 06:34.000 What about his coloring? 06:34.000 --> 06:35.000 Well, I'm coming to that. 06:35.000 --> 06:36.000 Yes, sir. 06:36.000 --> 06:40.000 Brown hair, medium brown, kind of gray eyes, medium complexion. 06:40.000 --> 06:41.000 Any marks or scars? 06:41.000 --> 06:42.000 No. 06:42.000 --> 06:43.000 How was he dressed? 06:43.000 --> 06:47.000 Pants, dark colored, surged more than likely. 06:47.000 --> 06:50.000 Blue surged, looked like it was part of a suit. 06:50.000 --> 06:53.000 Couldn't see his shirt, he had on a sweater. 06:53.000 --> 06:56.000 Yellish, with one of them collars that choke you. 06:56.000 --> 06:57.000 What, sir? 06:57.000 --> 06:59.000 Fits all around your neck, like so. 06:59.000 --> 07:00.000 Turtle neck sweater? 07:00.000 --> 07:02.000 Oh, is that what you call it? 07:02.000 --> 07:03.000 Yes, sir. 07:03.000 --> 07:04.000 Turtle neck, huh? 07:04.000 --> 07:05.000 Well, that's the right good name. 07:05.000 --> 07:06.000 That's just what it looks like. 07:06.000 --> 07:08.000 Turtle poking out his neck. 07:08.000 --> 07:09.000 Yes, sir. 07:09.000 --> 07:11.000 Is there anything else you can tell us about this man? 07:11.000 --> 07:13.000 What have you got in mind? 07:13.000 --> 07:16.000 Well, Mr. Claypool, anything that would help us identify him. 07:16.000 --> 07:19.000 Well, sir, he acted real funny, almost like he didn't know what he was doing. 07:19.000 --> 07:20.000 Oh. 07:20.000 --> 07:23.000 Kind of looked at me funny, too. 07:23.000 --> 07:26.000 Don't know how to put it into words, exactly. 07:26.000 --> 07:27.000 Yes, sir. 07:27.000 --> 07:29.000 Why don't you come down to City Hall for a few minutes, Mr. Claypool? 07:29.000 --> 07:30.000 City Hall? 07:30.000 --> 07:33.000 Yes, sir, we'd like to show you some mug shots, see if you can make an identification for us. 07:33.000 --> 07:35.000 Well, that'd mean closing up the store. 07:35.000 --> 07:36.000 Well, it won't take very long. 07:36.000 --> 07:39.000 Well, I guess it'll help catch this fellow. 07:39.000 --> 07:40.000 We'd appreciate it. 07:40.000 --> 07:42.000 Oh, excuse me. 07:42.000 --> 07:43.000 Yes, sir. 07:43.000 --> 07:46.000 Claypool's delicatessen. 07:46.000 --> 07:48.000 How's that? 07:48.000 --> 07:49.000 Who? 07:49.000 --> 07:50.000 Friday? 07:50.000 --> 07:51.000 That's for us, sir. 07:51.000 --> 07:54.000 Oh, oh, oh. 07:54.000 --> 07:56.000 Here you are. 07:56.000 --> 07:57.000 Thank you. 07:57.000 --> 07:58.000 This Friday. 07:58.000 --> 08:00.000 Yeah, that's right. 08:00.000 --> 08:02.000 How long ago? 08:02.000 --> 08:03.000 Fountain? 08:03.000 --> 08:05.000 Yeah, I got it. 08:05.000 --> 08:06.000 Thank you. 08:06.000 --> 08:09.000 Well, we won't need you downtown just yet, Mr. Claypool. 08:09.000 --> 08:10.000 Change of mind, huh? 08:10.000 --> 08:11.000 Yes, sir. 08:11.000 --> 08:12.000 What's that? 08:12.000 --> 08:13.000 Flower shop over on Fountain. 08:13.000 --> 08:14.000 Yeah. 08:14.000 --> 08:15.000 Sounds like the same guy. 08:15.000 --> 08:23.000 Frank and I told Mr. Claypool we'd check with him later. 08:23.000 --> 08:27.000 We left the delicatessen, drove out to the Pringer Flora shop on Fountain and Selma. 08:27.000 --> 08:28.000 4.42 p.m. 08:28.000 --> 08:30.000 We talked to the victim, Ms. Norma Devereaux. 08:30.000 --> 08:32.000 She seemed to be extremely agitated. 08:32.000 --> 08:35.000 She told us that a man had walked into the store about 4.30 and gave her a sealed envelope. 08:35.000 --> 08:37.000 She showed us the note the envelope had contained, 08:37.000 --> 08:40.000 and it appeared to be a duplicate of the note Mr. Claypool had been given. 08:40.000 --> 08:42.000 Did this man say anything to you, Mr. Devereaux? 08:42.000 --> 08:45.000 I don't remember. I don't think so. 08:45.000 --> 08:46.000 Did you say anything to him? 08:46.000 --> 08:48.000 Oh, I was too scared. 08:48.000 --> 08:49.000 How much money did he take? 08:49.000 --> 08:52.000 I gave him all there was, everything in the register. 08:52.000 --> 08:54.000 I see, but about how much would you say? 08:54.000 --> 08:57.000 I'm not sure. You see, I don't work here. I was just helping out. 08:57.000 --> 08:59.000 The store belongs to my sister and brother-in-law. 08:59.000 --> 09:00.000 I see. 09:00.000 --> 09:02.000 They wanted to take their children for a ride this afternoon, 09:02.000 --> 09:04.000 so I said I'd look after the shop. 09:04.000 --> 09:05.000 Yes, ma'am. 09:05.000 --> 09:06.000 Oh, I never should have offered. 09:06.000 --> 09:08.000 I might have known something like this would happen. 09:08.000 --> 09:10.000 I've had a funny feeling all day long. 09:10.000 --> 09:11.000 Is that right? 09:11.000 --> 09:13.000 It's been a bad week for me anyway, this whole week, 09:13.000 --> 09:15.000 according to my horoscope. 09:15.000 --> 09:18.000 And you don't have any idea how much money was stolen, Mr. Devereaux? 09:18.000 --> 09:21.000 I don't think it was very much, a few bills and some coins. 09:21.000 --> 09:24.000 Do you happen to know what day this is, the date, I mean? 09:24.000 --> 09:25.000 Yes, ma'am. This is the ninth. 09:25.000 --> 09:27.000 The ninth. Oh, I might have known. 09:27.000 --> 09:30.000 She said to be especially careful on the ninth and the eleventh. 09:30.000 --> 09:32.000 Why didn't I pay more attention to that last reading? 09:32.000 --> 09:34.000 It certainly cost me enough. 09:34.000 --> 09:37.000 Now, Mr. Devereaux, you noticed where this man went when he left the shop? 09:37.000 --> 09:38.000 What? 09:38.000 --> 09:39.000 Did you notice where he went? 09:39.000 --> 09:42.000 No, I didn't pay any attention. I was just so relieved that he was gone. 09:42.000 --> 09:44.000 What if you describe him for us, please? 09:44.000 --> 09:46.000 Well... 09:46.000 --> 09:47.000 Mr. Devereaux? 09:47.000 --> 09:48.000 I'm trying to think. 09:48.000 --> 09:50.000 Yes, ma'am? 09:50.000 --> 09:54.000 It just comes up a blank, his face, everything about him. 09:54.000 --> 09:56.000 Well, how was he dressed? 09:56.000 --> 09:59.000 I'm terribly sorry. I just can't remember. 09:59.000 --> 10:01.000 Well, maybe we can help you. 10:01.000 --> 10:03.000 Was he wearing a coat or a sweater? 10:03.000 --> 10:06.000 That's right. A sweater. I remember the sweater. 10:06.000 --> 10:08.000 What color was it? 10:08.000 --> 10:11.000 A lightish, I think. I'm not sure. 10:11.000 --> 10:14.000 What kind of a sweater would you recall that? 10:14.000 --> 10:16.000 Just a sweater, I guess. 10:16.000 --> 10:18.000 How about his hair? 10:18.000 --> 10:20.000 Eyes? 10:20.000 --> 10:22.000 Anything at all, Mr. Devereaux? 10:22.000 --> 10:24.000 Well, there's one thing. 10:24.000 --> 10:26.000 I don't know whether it would do any good or not. 10:26.000 --> 10:27.000 Yes, ma'am? 10:27.000 --> 10:31.000 I feel like such a fool not being able to remember where it was or when, 10:31.000 --> 10:32.000 but I'm almost certain about it. 10:32.000 --> 10:33.000 What's that? 10:33.000 --> 10:38.000 That I've seen him before. 10:38.000 --> 10:40.000 Frank and I continued to question the victim. 10:40.000 --> 10:43.000 She insisted that she had met or seen the suspect some time before the crime, 10:43.000 --> 10:45.000 but she was unable to recall the circumstances. 10:45.000 --> 10:48.000 5.38 p.m. We drove both victims down to the city hall 10:48.000 --> 10:54.000 and asked them to go through the mug books for the purpose of identifying the suspect. 10:54.000 --> 10:56.000 We finished another book, Sergeant. 10:56.000 --> 10:58.000 Yes, ma'am. 10:58.000 --> 11:00.000 Seems like you sure have enough of them. 11:00.000 --> 11:02.000 Yes, sir. 11:02.000 --> 11:06.000 I can only think where it was that I saw him before. 11:06.000 --> 11:07.000 Yes. 11:07.000 --> 11:09.000 Did I get you folks some coffee? 11:09.000 --> 11:11.000 That sounds like a right good idea. 11:11.000 --> 11:12.000 How about you, miss? 11:12.000 --> 11:13.000 What? 11:13.000 --> 11:15.000 Would you like some coffee, too? 11:15.000 --> 11:16.000 Where's Devereaux? 11:16.000 --> 11:18.000 That's it. That's it. 11:18.000 --> 11:20.000 I remember now. His face, everything about him. 11:20.000 --> 11:22.000 It's the same man. I'm positive it is. 11:22.000 --> 11:25.000 It was when you mentioned coffee. That's what brought it back to me. 11:25.000 --> 11:27.000 Yes, ma'am. Now, just when was it you saw this man? 11:27.000 --> 11:29.000 Oh, let's see. 11:29.000 --> 11:33.000 Last week when I went shopping for a new coat, Tuesday. 11:33.000 --> 11:35.000 Yes, that's when it was, Tuesday. 11:35.000 --> 11:37.000 I was having lunch. The Fairway Cafeteria in Hollywood. 11:37.000 --> 11:38.000 Yes, ma'am. 11:38.000 --> 11:40.000 Well, it was crowded and I was sitting alone. 11:40.000 --> 11:42.000 He came by and asked if he could use the same table. 11:42.000 --> 11:43.000 All right, go ahead. 11:43.000 --> 11:45.000 I nodded and he sat down. I didn't pay any attention to him. 11:45.000 --> 11:48.000 Not really. I just went on and finished my lunch. 11:48.000 --> 11:50.000 He was still eating when I left. 11:50.000 --> 11:52.000 Anything else you can tell us about him? 11:52.000 --> 11:56.000 I think he had on the same clothes he was wearing today, the sweater anyway. 11:56.000 --> 11:59.000 I remember the sweater. Real plain now. 11:59.000 --> 12:01.000 I see. Now, you're sure this was the same man who robbed you? 12:01.000 --> 12:03.000 Oh, yes. I know it was. 12:03.000 --> 12:06.000 That'll help, won't it? My remembering where I saw him? 12:06.000 --> 12:07.000 Well, it might. 12:07.000 --> 12:10.000 I'll bet he eats there all the time at that same cafeteria. 12:10.000 --> 12:11.000 Yes, ma'am. We'll check on that. 12:11.000 --> 12:13.000 Oh, he does. I just feel certain of it. 12:13.000 --> 12:15.000 You'll see, Sergeant. 12:15.000 --> 12:17.000 It was fate that made me go into that restaurant 12:17.000 --> 12:19.000 and it was fate that made him sit at my table. 12:19.000 --> 12:20.000 Yes, ma'am. 12:20.000 --> 12:22.000 It was all part of a big plan. 12:22.000 --> 12:24.000 I'm eating like that and then him robbing me today. 12:24.000 --> 12:27.000 It was all part of a big plan so that you could catch him. 12:27.000 --> 12:28.000 Yes, that's right. 12:28.000 --> 12:30.000 And you will catch him. Don't you worry about that. 12:30.000 --> 12:32.000 You'll catch him. Fate's against him. 12:32.000 --> 12:34.000 Well, that makes us even then, doesn't it? 12:34.000 --> 12:35.000 What? 12:34.000 --> 12:35.000 So are we. 12:39.000 --> 12:41.000 Now that she remembered seeing the suspect before, 12:41.000 --> 12:44.000 Miss Devereaux confirmed Paul Claypool's description. 12:44.000 --> 12:46.000 We asked the victims to continue going through the mug books. 12:46.000 --> 12:48.000 They were unable to come up with an identification. 12:48.000 --> 12:51.000 6.31 p.m. Frank and I drove them home and we went off duty. 12:51.000 --> 12:54.000 The next day, October 10th, 10.05 a.m., 12:54.000 --> 12:57.000 we interviewed the day cashiers at the Fairway cafeteria. 12:57.000 --> 12:59.000 They couldn't recall any specific customer 12:59.000 --> 13:01.000 who answered the suspect's description. 13:01.000 --> 13:04.000 11.46 a.m. We went back to the office. 13:07.000 --> 13:08.000 Robbery Friday. 13:08.000 --> 13:09.000 Yeah, Larry. 13:09.000 --> 13:10.000 Mm-hmm. 13:12.000 --> 13:14.000 Well, thanks anyway. 13:14.000 --> 13:16.000 All right. Sloan. 13:16.000 --> 13:17.000 Yeah? 13:17.000 --> 13:19.000 Says he can't give us a lead from the way those notes were printed. 13:19.000 --> 13:20.000 Oh? 13:20.000 --> 13:21.000 Well, how about an early lunch today, huh? 13:21.000 --> 13:22.000 That's all right with me. 13:22.000 --> 13:23.000 Where do you want to go? 13:23.000 --> 13:24.000 I don't care. How about you? 13:24.000 --> 13:26.000 Doesn't make any difference to me. 13:26.000 --> 13:27.000 Well, suggest something. 13:27.000 --> 13:28.000 No, I told you it doesn't make any difference. 13:28.000 --> 13:31.000 Well, I don't know why it always has to be up to me, Joe. 13:31.000 --> 13:32.000 Hmm? 13:32.000 --> 13:33.000 Where we eat. 13:33.000 --> 13:34.000 Why don't you decide once in a while? 13:34.000 --> 13:35.000 All right, fine. 13:35.000 --> 13:37.000 Let's go over to that new Chinese place on Broadway. 13:37.000 --> 13:38.000 For lunch? 13:38.000 --> 13:39.000 Well, why not? 13:39.000 --> 13:41.000 Well, you don't want Chinese food for lunch, Joe. 13:41.000 --> 13:42.000 I don't. 13:42.000 --> 13:43.000 Of course not. 13:43.000 --> 13:44.000 Well, what do you got in mind? 13:44.000 --> 13:45.000 I don't know. 13:45.000 --> 13:46.000 Hmm? 13:46.000 --> 13:47.000 I'd end up making the choice. 13:47.000 --> 13:49.000 Sure is a problem, isn't it? 13:49.000 --> 13:51.000 Well, it gets kind of monotonous, that's all, buddy. 13:51.000 --> 13:52.000 Yeah, it's tough. 13:52.000 --> 13:55.000 Say, well... 13:55.000 --> 13:57.000 Yeah, something we can do for you? 13:57.000 --> 14:01.000 Is this here where you the guys that handle robberies? 14:01.000 --> 14:02.000 Yeah, that's right. 14:02.000 --> 14:04.000 Like them two yesterday? 14:04.000 --> 14:05.000 Which two? 14:05.000 --> 14:07.000 Grocery store and flower shop. 14:07.000 --> 14:09.000 You know something about them, do you? 14:09.000 --> 14:11.000 Yeah, I know something. 14:11.000 --> 14:13.000 Well, just what is it? 14:13.000 --> 14:15.000 Who robbed them. 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16:11.000 --> 16:15.000 Of course not, I hadn't had a drink, not even a beer. 16:15.000 --> 16:16.000 Well? 16:16.000 --> 16:19.000 Well, he told me it was money they owed that I was collecting it for him. 16:19.000 --> 16:21.000 Who told you that? 16:21.000 --> 16:22.000 Stoney. 16:22.000 --> 16:23.000 Who's Stoney? 16:23.000 --> 16:25.000 Well, that's all I know him by, Stoney. 16:25.000 --> 16:27.000 Then you were collecting money for him, is that it? 16:27.000 --> 16:28.000 Uh-huh. 16:28.000 --> 16:30.000 Then you expect us to buy that too, don't you? 16:30.000 --> 16:32.000 No, I guess not. 16:32.000 --> 16:34.000 Well then why don't you try giving us the truth? 16:34.000 --> 16:38.000 May I not be the brightest guy in the world, if I was I wouldn't be in this mess. 16:38.000 --> 16:39.000 Yeah. 16:39.000 --> 16:41.000 I come to you in my own accord, didn't I? 16:41.000 --> 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? 16:45.000 --> 16:48.000 Yeah, I guess I can't blame you for thinking that. 16:48.000 --> 16:50.000 Sure was a dumb trick. 16:50.000 --> 16:51.000 Well, why'd you do it then? 16:51.000 --> 16:55.000 Because I didn't know, because he told me it was just a job I was doing. 16:55.000 --> 16:56.000 Stoney told you. 16:56.000 --> 16:58.000 Yeah, yeah, that's right. 16:58.000 --> 16:59.000 All right, now let's hear it your way. 16:59.000 --> 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? 17:06.000 --> 17:07.000 Yeah. 17:07.000 --> 17:11.000 Well, he said he had to have somebody to help him only part-time, but the pay would be good. 17:11.000 --> 17:12.000 Yeah. 17:12.000 --> 17:13.000 Offered me the work. 17:13.000 --> 17:14.000 Uh-huh. 17:14.000 --> 17:18.000 I ain't had a steady job lately, sound kind of good to me. 17:18.000 --> 17:19.000 Yeah, go ahead. 17:19.000 --> 17:22.000 Yeah, well, I was supposed to meet him yesterday afternoon, 3 o'clock. 17:22.000 --> 17:24.000 He picked me up in front of the place where I live. 17:24.000 --> 17:25.000 Yeah. 17:25.000 --> 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. 17:34.000 --> 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? 17:41.000 --> 17:42.000 Yeah. 17:42.000 --> 17:44.000 So I'd done what he told me. 17:44.000 --> 17:49.000 I'd give the old guy the note, he'd give me the money, and I took it back to Stoney. 17:49.000 --> 17:52.000 Well, where was he while you were in the store? 17:52.000 --> 17:55.000 Around the corner, like I said. 17:55.000 --> 17:56.000 Why didn't he go in with you? 17:56.000 --> 18:00.000 He wanted to see if I could handle it myself, on my own, you know? 18:00.000 --> 18:01.000 That's what he told me. 18:01.000 --> 18:02.000 Uh-huh. 18:02.000 --> 18:07.000 Well, then we drove over to that there flower place. 18:07.000 --> 18:08.000 Same routine. 18:08.000 --> 18:11.000 Yeah, only this time I got kind of suspicious, you know? 18:11.000 --> 18:12.000 Yeah. 18:12.000 --> 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. 18:17.000 --> 18:22.000 I told Stoney afterwards, he said it was just an act that they all put on like that. 18:22.000 --> 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. 18:29.000 --> 18:30.000 Yeah, well. 18:30.000 --> 18:32.000 Well, I didn't know what to do. 18:32.000 --> 18:37.000 Finally, I went back to the car, and I really told him off, Stoney. 18:37.000 --> 18:39.000 I told him I was an old thief. 18:39.000 --> 18:42.000 I told him he had to return all that money. 18:42.000 --> 18:43.000 What did he say? 18:43.000 --> 18:44.000 He just laughed at me. 18:44.000 --> 18:47.000 He said I was the biggest pigeon he ever met. 18:47.000 --> 18:50.000 I said if he didn't take back the dough, I'd go to the cops. 18:50.000 --> 18:54.000 He told me you'd throw me in jail, that you'd never believe a word I told you. 18:54.000 --> 18:56.000 What happened then? 18:56.000 --> 18:57.000 I got out of the car. 18:57.000 --> 19:01.000 I said I wasn't no crook and nobody was going to make me be one. 19:01.000 --> 19:05.000 I was heading right for the police station, then I, well, I got to thinking. 19:05.000 --> 19:10.000 It seemed like maybe he was right that nobody would believe a story like this. 19:10.000 --> 19:11.000 Yeah. 19:11.000 --> 19:12.000 So I went home. 19:12.000 --> 19:14.000 All right, why'd you come in today? 19:14.000 --> 19:17.000 Well, I didn't sleep none too good last night. 19:17.000 --> 19:19.000 It was kind of worrying me what I'd done. 19:19.000 --> 19:25.000 I figured maybe he'd find some other sucker like me and pull that same stunt over again. 19:25.000 --> 19:30.000 I didn't want him to get away with it, so I decided to take my chances on you guys. 19:30.000 --> 19:32.000 I ain't going to get a short count now, am I? 19:32.000 --> 19:34.000 Do you know where this Stoney lives? 19:34.000 --> 19:36.000 No, he never said, not to me. 19:36.000 --> 19:38.000 And you don't know his last name either? 19:38.000 --> 19:39.000 Uh-uh. 19:39.000 --> 19:40.000 Where'd you meet him? 19:40.000 --> 19:42.000 Hentley's Gym. 19:42.000 --> 19:45.000 Or on Olympic, I hang out there sometimes. 19:45.000 --> 19:47.000 You a fighter? 19:47.000 --> 19:49.000 Well, I had some bouts, yeah. 19:49.000 --> 19:51.000 How'd you and Stoney get acquainted? 19:51.000 --> 19:52.000 Well, I don't know. 19:52.000 --> 19:54.000 We just started talking one day last week. 19:54.000 --> 19:58.000 He'd come in for a steam bath and afterwards we was both watching some of the guys work out. 19:58.000 --> 19:59.000 I see. 19:59.000 --> 20:01.000 Here's there again on Saturday. 20:01.000 --> 20:03.000 That's when he offered me this job. 20:03.000 --> 20:05.000 What kind of a car does he drive? 20:05.000 --> 20:06.000 Chevy. 20:06.000 --> 20:07.000 Sedan? 20:07.000 --> 20:10.000 No, coupe, hardtop, last year's model. 20:10.000 --> 20:11.000 You know the license? 20:11.000 --> 20:14.000 No, I don't pay no attention. 20:14.000 --> 20:15.000 It wouldn't matter if it did. 20:15.000 --> 20:17.000 I ain't much of a remember in things. 20:17.000 --> 20:19.000 Can you tell us what Stoney looks like? 20:19.000 --> 20:24.000 Yeah, well, he's a big fella, a sharp dresser. 20:24.000 --> 20:25.000 How old is he? 20:25.000 --> 20:27.000 35, maybe 40. 20:27.000 --> 20:28.000 What color is his hair? 20:28.000 --> 20:30.000 Sort of red. 20:30.000 --> 20:32.000 Anything else? Scars, anything like that? 20:32.000 --> 20:34.000 No. 20:34.000 --> 20:36.000 That's the whole story, huh? 20:36.000 --> 20:37.000 Yeah. 20:37.000 --> 20:40.000 You didn't know you were robbing those stores? You didn't have any idea? 20:40.000 --> 20:43.000 Honest I didn't. Sounds crazy, don't it? 20:43.000 --> 20:44.000 Yeah, it does. 20:44.000 --> 20:46.000 John, I'll talk to you for a minute. 20:46.000 --> 20:47.000 You wait right there, Tilden. 20:47.000 --> 20:51.000 Okay, okay. 20:51.000 --> 20:55.000 He must think we're pretty dumb, expecting us to fall for a line like that. 20:55.000 --> 20:56.000 What'd she take us for? 20:56.000 --> 20:57.000 I don't know. 20:57.000 --> 21:00.000 Couldn't be true, not a word of it. 21:00.000 --> 21:02.000 Heck of a desk. 21:02.000 --> 21:04.000 Such a darn full story, John. I just can't help believing it. 21:04.000 --> 21:10.000 Well, we'll work. So do I. 21:10.000 --> 21:12.000 Frank and I continued to interrogate the suspect. 21:12.000 --> 21:15.000 He maintained his innocence and we were unable to shake him. 21:15.000 --> 21:18.000 We ran the name Harvey Tilden through R&I. They had nothing on him. 21:18.000 --> 21:22.000 We also ran the name Stoney through the moniker file and we came up with two possibles. 21:22.000 --> 21:24.000 We pulled the mug shots and showed them to Tilden. 21:24.000 --> 21:28.000 He tentatively identified one of the photos, James Brightstone, but he wasn't positive. 21:28.000 --> 21:32.000 We telephoned Brightstone's last known address, a small downtown hotel. 21:32.000 --> 21:36.000 They told us he'd moved during the summer and they had no idea of his present whereabouts. 21:36.000 --> 21:38.000 We checked DMV and our own vehicle records. 21:38.000 --> 21:42.000 They reported that a late model Chevrolet was registered in Brightstone's name. 21:42.000 --> 21:45.000 Harvey Tilden was held in custody for further questioning. 21:45.000 --> 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. 21:52.000 --> 21:54.000 What's your name? 21:54.000 --> 21:55.000 Stoney, huh? 21:55.000 --> 21:59.000 Yeah, that's right. Full name maybe. James Brightstone, we're not sure. 21:59.000 --> 22:01.000 Don't ring a bell. Are they in a fight game? 22:01.000 --> 22:03.000 Well, we aren't sure. How about a Harvey Tilden? You know him? 22:03.000 --> 22:05.000 That jerk, sure I know. 22:05.000 --> 22:06.000 He come here pretty often? 22:06.000 --> 22:08.000 Often, huh? He used to do a little boxing. 22:08.000 --> 22:12.000 Had a perfect record. Six fights, six KOs. He was a punchie before he ever got in a ring. 22:12.000 --> 22:14.000 Tilden says this is where he met this Stoney. 22:14.000 --> 22:15.000 That could be. 22:15.000 --> 22:18.000 Take a look at this picture, will you? Never seen this guy before. 22:18.000 --> 22:19.000 Hey, you got a lot of time. Use it. 22:19.000 --> 22:20.000 Well? 22:20.000 --> 22:23.000 I wouldn't swear to a guy who looks something like this. 22:23.000 --> 22:25.000 Been coming in lately, works out, takes a steam bath. 22:25.000 --> 22:26.000 You know his name? 22:26.000 --> 22:27.000 I never asked. 22:27.000 --> 22:28.000 You been around today? 22:28.000 --> 22:29.000 No, not so far. 22:29.000 --> 22:30.000 When was the last time, do you remember? 22:30.000 --> 22:33.000 Uh, in the last week, Friday, Saturday. 22:33.000 --> 22:34.000 Is he talking to Tilden? 22:34.000 --> 22:38.000 Oh, I don't know, maybe. Guys come in here, friendly type guys. They all talk to each other. 22:38.000 --> 22:39.000 All right, here's our card. 22:39.000 --> 22:40.000 So? 22:40.000 --> 22:41.000 If this fella comes back, give us a call, will you? 22:41.000 --> 22:42.000 You want him for something? 22:42.000 --> 22:43.000 I want to talk to him. 22:43.000 --> 22:44.000 Okay, if he comes in, I'll call you. 22:44.000 --> 22:45.000 Thanks. 22:45.000 --> 22:48.000 Sure, I'm a real obliging type fella. I got no beef with you cops. 22:48.000 --> 22:49.000 Uh-huh. 22:49.000 --> 22:50.000 It'll be a waste of time, though. 22:50.000 --> 22:51.000 Huh? 22:51.000 --> 22:53.000 Calling you. If you want to see this guy, all you gotta do is turn around. 22:53.000 --> 22:54.000 What's that? 22:54.000 --> 22:55.000 He just walked in the door. 22:55.000 --> 23:02.000 Frank and I talked to the man George Hintley had pointed out. He readily admitted that he 23:02.000 --> 23:06.000 was James Brightstone. He also admitted knowing Harvey Tilden. He said he had spent the previous 23:06.000 --> 23:10.000 afternoon in his room at the Jackman Hotel. We telephoned the hotel, but the clerk was 23:10.000 --> 23:12.000 unable to confirm Brightstone's alibi. 23:12.000 --> 23:16.000 Five thirty-one p.m. We drove the suspect down to the city hall and continued our interrogation. 23:16.000 --> 23:19.000 Uh, look, why don't you guys just tell me what it is you want to know, spell it out in 23:19.000 --> 23:21.000 real big letters, and I'll give you the answer, same size. 23:21.000 --> 23:23.000 Where were you yesterday afternoon? 23:23.000 --> 23:24.000 Thought we already covered that. 23:24.000 --> 23:25.000 Let's go over it again. 23:25.000 --> 23:27.000 Okay, boys, how was it in my hotel room? 23:27.000 --> 23:29.000 Well, the clerk doesn't back you up. 23:29.000 --> 23:30.000 Well, does he say I wasn't there? 23:30.000 --> 23:32.000 When was the last time you saw Harvey Tilden? 23:32.000 --> 23:33.000 Saturday, over at the gym. 23:33.000 --> 23:34.000 Not yesterday, huh? 23:34.000 --> 23:35.000 Gym isn't open on Sundays. 23:35.000 --> 23:36.000 You know where Tilden lives? 23:36.000 --> 23:37.000 Nope. 23:37.000 --> 23:39.000 You picked him up at his rooming house yesterday, didn't you? 23:39.000 --> 23:41.000 Why would I be picking a crumb up like that? 23:41.000 --> 23:43.000 Did you offer Tilden a job? 23:43.000 --> 23:44.000 Oh, that's pretty funny. 23:44.000 --> 23:45.000 What's the joke? 23:45.000 --> 23:46.000 I ain't got a job myself. 23:46.000 --> 23:48.000 Did you ever take Tilden for a drive? 23:48.000 --> 23:51.000 Boys, I'm telling you, the only place I ever seen the guy is Hintley's gym. 23:51.000 --> 23:53.000 Yeah. He knows what kind of a car you got. 23:53.000 --> 23:54.000 Oh? 23:54.000 --> 23:55.000 Making model. 23:55.000 --> 23:57.000 Well, maybe he's seen me and I didn't see him. 23:57.000 --> 23:59.000 Now, look, this Tilden fella, he's a screwball. 23:59.000 --> 24:01.000 He don't even know what time it is. 24:01.000 --> 24:03.000 Whatever he told you, you could forget him. 24:03.000 --> 24:05.000 Well, there are a couple of things we can't forget. 24:05.000 --> 24:07.000 Tilden says you put him up to robbing two stores yesterday. 24:07.000 --> 24:08.000 Are you kidding? 24:08.000 --> 24:11.000 He says you hired him to work for you, to collect some past due bills. 24:11.000 --> 24:13.000 Boy, this kid is really off his rocker, isn't he? 24:13.000 --> 24:14.000 Maybe. 24:14.000 --> 24:17.000 Where was I supposed to be while he was doing me these favors? 24:17.000 --> 24:19.000 Outside in your car, waiting for him? 24:19.000 --> 24:20.000 Go on, boys, you interest me. 24:20.000 --> 24:21.000 Well, that's about it. 24:21.000 --> 24:25.000 And you'd pick up a guy on a phony story like that? 24:25.000 --> 24:28.000 Hey, look, I'm getting out of here. Tilden ain't the only guy who's got... 24:28.000 --> 24:30.000 Sit down, Brightstone. 24:30.000 --> 24:32.000 All right, you jokers, prove any part of it. 24:32.000 --> 24:33.000 We're gonna try to. 24:33.000 --> 24:34.000 I'd like to know how. 24:34.000 --> 24:37.000 We got a team out right now checking the neighborhood of both robberies. 24:37.000 --> 24:40.000 If anybody saw your car around those stores yesterday afternoon, you got trouble. 24:40.000 --> 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. 24:44.000 --> 24:45.000 We'll see. 24:45.000 --> 24:47.000 Matter of fact, I'll give you a hand. 24:47.000 --> 24:49.000 I might have been driving around those stores yesterday. 24:49.000 --> 24:50.000 Is that right? 24:50.000 --> 24:53.000 Yeah, come to think of it, I went for a ride along about two o'clock, slipped my mind before. 24:53.000 --> 24:54.000 Sure. 24:54.000 --> 24:55.000 Not that I know where Tilden pulled his heist. 24:55.000 --> 24:56.000 You don't, huh? 24:56.000 --> 24:57.000 Sure, of course not. 24:57.000 --> 24:58.000 Then what makes you think you were in the vicinity? 24:58.000 --> 25:01.000 Well, I'm not saying I was, I'm saying I might have been. 25:01.000 --> 25:02.000 Yeah. 25:02.000 --> 25:03.000 Just where were you? 25:03.000 --> 25:05.000 Who knows, it took me a real long drive. 25:05.000 --> 25:06.000 What time did you leave your hotel? 25:06.000 --> 25:07.000 Two o'clock, maybe. 25:07.000 --> 25:08.000 What time did you get back? 25:08.000 --> 25:09.000 Later. 25:09.000 --> 25:10.000 How much later? 25:10.000 --> 25:14.000 All right, I tell you what, I'm gonna give you guys a break. 25:14.000 --> 25:15.000 Good. 25:15.000 --> 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? 25:19.000 --> 25:20.000 It's entirely up to you. 25:20.000 --> 25:21.000 Okay, okay. 25:21.000 --> 25:24.000 Tilden was giving it to you square, he was just a pigeon. 25:24.000 --> 25:26.000 Dumbest pigeon I ever ran into. 25:26.000 --> 25:27.000 Yeah, go ahead. 25:27.000 --> 25:28.000 Well, that's it. 25:28.000 --> 25:30.000 You got it now, what are you gonna do about it? 25:30.000 --> 25:31.000 What do you think? 25:31.000 --> 25:33.000 If you're smart, you're gonna turn me loose. 25:33.000 --> 25:34.000 Mm-hmm. 25:34.000 --> 25:37.000 Yeah, look, let me give you a little advice, free. 25:37.000 --> 25:40.000 So Tilden was a fall guy, all right, I admit it, to you guys. 25:40.000 --> 25:41.000 Yeah. 25:41.000 --> 25:42.000 But to nobody else. 25:42.000 --> 25:45.000 Anybody else ask me, I deny it, the whole thing. 25:45.000 --> 25:46.000 So you might as well play smart. 25:46.000 --> 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. 25:51.000 --> 25:52.000 Well, now maybe we won't need it. 25:52.000 --> 25:54.000 Boy, you got the biggest rocks in your head. 25:54.000 --> 25:57.000 Tilden was in those stores, I watched, and he took the money, I didn't. 25:57.000 --> 26:00.000 You go into court, you come out looking dumber, and he does. 26:00.000 --> 26:01.000 Mm-hmm. 26:01.000 --> 26:02.000 That's my word against his. 26:02.000 --> 26:04.000 You think anybody in their right mind's gonna believe this boy? 26:04.000 --> 26:07.000 You think he'd stand a chance at convincing the jury? 26:07.000 --> 26:08.000 Well, he might. 26:08.000 --> 26:09.000 Fat chance. 26:09.000 --> 26:17.000 He convinced us. 26:17.000 --> 26:19.000 The story you have just heard is true. 26:19.000 --> 26:22.000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:22.000 --> 26:27.000 On January 8th, trial was held in Department 98, Superior Court of the State of California, 26:27.000 --> 26:29.000 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 26:29.000 --> 26:31.000 In a moment, the results of that trial. 26:31.000 --> 26:34.000 Now here is our star, Jack Webb. 26:34.000 --> 26:36.000 The date, June 19th. 26:36.000 --> 26:38.000 The man in question, father. 26:38.000 --> 26:40.000 The gift for Father's Day, Chesterfield. 26:40.000 --> 26:43.000 Make it a point to pick up a couple of cartons, first chance you get. 26:43.000 --> 26:46.000 It's the easiest way I know to put a smile in dad's smoking, 26:46.000 --> 26:49.000 and a nice way to remember a great guy. 26:49.000 --> 27:01.000 The district attorney failed to issue a complaint against Harvey Tilden. 27:01.000 --> 27:06.000 James Hill Brightstone was tried and convicted of robbery in the second degree, two counts. 27:06.000 --> 27:21.000 Robbery in the second degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one year. 27:21.000 --> 27:25.000 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 27:25.000 --> 27:31.000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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