WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:12.200 The story you are about to hear is true. 00:12.200 --> 00:22.880 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:22.880 --> 00:23.880 You're a detective sergeant. 00:23.880 --> 00:26.200 You're assigned the forgery detail. 00:26.200 --> 00:30.600 For the past six weeks, a man has been passing phony payroll checks in your city. 00:30.600 --> 00:34.120 You've got a description but no positive identification. 00:34.120 --> 00:36.120 The check forgeries continue. 00:36.120 --> 00:39.320 Your job, stop him. 00:39.320 --> 00:43.680 It was Tuesday, May 17th. 00:43.680 --> 00:44.680 Was windy in Los Angeles. 00:44.680 --> 00:46.880 We were working the day watch out of forgery detail. 00:46.880 --> 00:47.880 My partner's Frank Smith. 00:47.880 --> 00:48.880 The boss is Captain Welsh. 00:48.880 --> 00:49.880 My name's Friday. 00:49.880 --> 00:53.760 We're on our way back from lunch and it was 1.13 p.m. when we got to room 29. 00:53.760 --> 00:54.760 Forgery. 00:54.760 --> 00:56.560 Yes, ma'am, that's right. 00:56.560 --> 00:57.560 I see. 00:57.560 --> 00:58.560 Hold on a minute, will you please? 00:58.560 --> 00:59.560 Hey Joe. 00:59.560 --> 01:00.560 Yeah? 01:00.560 --> 01:01.560 Skipper wants to talk to you and Smith. 01:01.560 --> 01:02.560 Right, thanks. 01:02.560 --> 01:03.560 Well, just one thing, ma'am. 01:03.560 --> 01:04.560 Could you tell me what kind of a town it is? 01:04.560 --> 01:05.560 Yes, ma'am, I understand that. 01:05.560 --> 01:06.560 Come in. 01:06.560 --> 01:09.560 Well, in that case, your husband's got a perfect place. 01:09.560 --> 01:10.560 Hi, Skipper. 01:10.560 --> 01:11.560 You want to see us? 01:11.560 --> 01:12.560 Yeah, sit down. 01:12.560 --> 01:13.560 I guess you know what's on my mind. 01:13.560 --> 01:14.560 Oh, we got a pretty good idea, yeah. 01:14.560 --> 01:21.560 Corner Pocket had me in this morning and gotten beef from all over town. 01:21.560 --> 01:25.880 Factors raising can because their employees can't cash legitimate payroll checks. 01:25.880 --> 01:27.840 Merchants scared to death of being stuck with a phony. 01:27.840 --> 01:29.920 You making any headway on this guy? 01:29.920 --> 01:30.920 Not much. 01:30.920 --> 01:32.760 Well, just where do we stand, laid out? 01:32.760 --> 01:35.920 Well, he passed another one last Tuesday, a tailor shop on South Jefferson. 01:35.920 --> 01:37.400 How many does that make? 01:37.400 --> 01:39.280 Well, 24 that we know of. 01:39.280 --> 01:40.280 All in the last six weeks? 01:40.280 --> 01:41.640 Give or take a couple of days. 01:41.640 --> 01:43.640 You sure they're from the same guy? 01:43.640 --> 01:44.640 Same M.O., same description. 01:44.640 --> 01:46.440 A couple of times he had a woman with him. 01:46.440 --> 01:47.440 Said she was his wife. 01:47.440 --> 01:48.680 We sent out circulars on them both. 01:48.680 --> 01:49.680 Any results? 01:49.680 --> 01:50.680 One or two leads. 01:50.680 --> 01:51.680 Didn't pan out. 01:51.680 --> 01:52.680 What about your informants? 01:52.680 --> 01:53.680 Nothing. 01:53.680 --> 01:54.680 They're holding out? 01:54.680 --> 01:55.680 I don't think so. 01:55.680 --> 01:56.680 I don't think they know. 01:56.680 --> 01:57.680 Captain Wells. 01:57.680 --> 01:58.680 Yeah. 01:58.680 --> 01:59.680 Yeah, they're here. 01:59.680 --> 02:00.680 I see. 02:00.680 --> 02:01.680 Okay, give me the address. 02:01.680 --> 02:02.680 Yeah. 02:02.680 --> 02:03.680 Yeah, I got it. 02:03.680 --> 02:04.680 Don't worry. 02:04.680 --> 02:05.680 I'll tell them. 02:05.680 --> 02:06.680 24 bum checks, huh? 02:06.680 --> 02:07.680 That's right, Skipper. 02:07.680 --> 02:08.680 That's wrong. 02:08.680 --> 02:09.680 Huh? 02:09.680 --> 02:10.680 25 now. 02:10.680 --> 02:25.480 On April 6th, we'd received the first report on this series of check forgeries. 02:25.480 --> 02:28.920 A grocery store on the corner of Oakwood and 3rd had cashed what appeared to be a payroll 02:28.920 --> 02:31.800 check from the Jeffers-Karner Aircraft Company. 02:31.800 --> 02:34.280 Was Mark payable to Russell J. Foreman? 02:34.280 --> 02:37.160 In our investigation, Frank and I had learned that the check was fictitious and that the 02:37.160 --> 02:40.160 company had never employed anybody by that name. 02:40.160 --> 02:43.800 We had also learned that bona fide Jeffers-Karner checks were printed in a different manner and 02:43.800 --> 02:45.840 in a different color. 02:45.840 --> 02:49.440 During the next five weeks, we'd received additional reports of forged payroll checks supposedly 02:49.440 --> 02:52.120 issued by various Los Angeles manufacturers. 02:52.120 --> 02:55.720 In each case, the suspect had had what seemed to be good identification, either a driver's 02:55.720 --> 02:59.440 license or an employment ID card from the company named on the check. 02:59.440 --> 03:03.120 The suspect had never used the same name or the same plant twice, but descriptions given 03:03.120 --> 03:07.360 by victims had indicated that the forgeries were all the work of one man. 03:07.360 --> 03:10.240 On three occasions, he'd been accompanied by a woman who had been introduced as his 03:10.240 --> 03:11.420 wife. 03:11.420 --> 03:14.200 Victims had been unable to make an identification from our mug books. 03:14.200 --> 03:16.960 Descriptions of both suspects and their MO had been checked for the stats office and had 03:16.960 --> 03:18.960 been sent to the C.I.I. up in Sacramento. 03:18.960 --> 03:21.840 A local and an A.P.B. had been gotten out. 03:21.840 --> 03:26.200 The 25th victim was Alvin Driscoll, owner of a men's clothing store on South Maryland Avenue. 03:26.200 --> 03:27.520 Frank and I interviewed him at his shop. 03:27.520 --> 03:30.480 He told us that the forged check which he had cashed appeared to be from the Elderdale 03:30.480 --> 03:31.480 Oil Refinery. 03:31.480 --> 03:36.080 I come into the store, bought a couple items, give me his payroll check to pay for. 03:36.080 --> 03:38.400 That's all there was to it. 03:38.400 --> 03:39.400 That was last Friday. 03:39.400 --> 03:42.360 Friday morning, long about 9.30 a.m. 03:42.360 --> 03:44.440 What was it he bought, Mr. Driscoll? 03:44.440 --> 03:49.520 Sport shirts, MacCount over there, marked down to $298. 03:49.520 --> 03:51.920 Some of them was as high as $5 last year. 03:51.920 --> 03:54.120 They're real good buys, believe me. 03:54.120 --> 03:55.120 They're medium. 03:55.120 --> 03:57.160 That was his size. 03:57.160 --> 03:58.800 What else can you tell us about this man? 03:58.800 --> 03:59.800 How's that? 03:59.800 --> 04:01.200 What do he look like? 04:01.200 --> 04:03.600 Well, like I said, he takes a medium shirt. 04:03.600 --> 04:05.600 That'd make him, well, pretty average. 04:05.600 --> 04:07.920 About 1.70, I'd judge. 04:07.920 --> 04:10.040 Black hair, a little bit of gray in it. 04:10.040 --> 04:11.040 Pleasant face. 04:11.040 --> 04:12.040 Ordinary fellow. 04:12.040 --> 04:13.040 How was he dressed? 04:13.040 --> 04:14.040 Soup, shirt, button down collar. 04:14.040 --> 04:15.040 The charcoal brown, about the shade of the... 04:15.040 --> 04:16.040 That went on the rack over there, down at the end. 04:16.040 --> 04:17.040 See it? 04:17.040 --> 04:18.040 When he gave you the check, did you ask for any identification? 04:18.040 --> 04:19.040 Well, I didn't have to ask. 04:19.040 --> 04:20.040 He just handed over. 04:20.040 --> 04:21.040 He had a whole wallet full. 04:21.040 --> 04:22.040 Driver's license, union card, whole wallet full. 04:22.040 --> 04:23.040 Well, that may have been for a few days. 04:23.040 --> 04:24.040 He was a good guy. 04:24.040 --> 04:25.040 He was a good guy. 04:25.040 --> 04:26.040 He was a good guy. 04:26.040 --> 04:27.040 He was a good guy. 04:27.040 --> 04:28.040 He was a good guy. 04:28.040 --> 04:29.040 He was a good guy. 04:29.040 --> 04:30.040 He was a good guy. 04:30.040 --> 04:31.040 He was a good guy. 04:31.040 --> 04:36.420 Driver's license, union card, whole wallet full. 04:36.420 --> 04:41.420 Well, that may have been forged, too. 04:41.420 --> 04:44.400 Well, it looked genuine to me. 04:44.400 --> 04:45.400 Yes, sir. 04:45.400 --> 04:46.400 Wasn't any way of my knowing, it was phony. 04:46.400 --> 04:47.400 I'd done just what I was supposed to. 04:47.400 --> 04:48.400 Everything. 04:48.400 --> 04:49.400 Make sure you get identification of your cash check. 04:49.400 --> 04:50.400 This is what the bank says. 04:50.400 --> 04:52.640 It's what you police fellows say, too, isn't it? 04:52.640 --> 04:53.640 Yes, sir. 04:53.640 --> 04:54.640 Uh-huh. 04:54.640 --> 04:57.640 Well, I'm still out of $100, ain't I? 04:57.640 --> 04:59.200 Looks that way, doesn't it? 04:59.200 --> 05:00.200 Mr. Driscoll, is there anything you can tell us about this? 05:00.200 --> 05:06.200 tell us about this man. Well, no, no, nothing that comes to mind. 05:06.200 --> 05:09.200 Did he have a car? Do you know that? Yeah, I know. 05:09.200 --> 05:13.200 Well, did he? Brand new Ford Convertible. You know, one of them two-tone models. 05:13.200 --> 05:17.200 Probably wasn't even broke in yet, but I sure don't keep him from gunning it when he went 05:17.200 --> 05:20.200 barreling out of here. Are you certain about this? 05:20.200 --> 05:23.200 About what? Well, that he was driving a new Ford Convertible. 05:23.200 --> 05:30.200 Well, I guess I know one when I see one. I'm considering buying a new Ford myself. 05:30.200 --> 05:34.200 Not like that snazzy roadster he had, or the C-Dan, maybe. 05:34.200 --> 05:37.200 Had me a demonstration drive a couple weeks ago. I see. 05:37.200 --> 05:43.200 Oh, my, now I'll probably have to make out with my old clunker another year. 05:43.200 --> 05:47.200 Thanks to his bum check. Oh, sir, did you happen to notice the license number? 05:47.200 --> 05:50.200 On the convertible? Yes. Yes, I noticed it. 05:50.200 --> 05:53.200 Well, do you happen to know if it was a California plate or an out-of-state? 05:53.200 --> 05:56.200 It was California. Do you remember the number? 05:56.200 --> 06:00.200 Now, what do you fellas think I am, anyway? You expect me to memorize a whole 06:00.200 --> 06:04.200 string of figures like that when I only seen them once? 06:04.200 --> 06:07.200 Ha! Ain't no quiz, kid. Yes, sir. 06:07.200 --> 06:11.200 When you're my age, you can't keep every little thing in your head, you know? 06:11.200 --> 06:14.200 Yes, sir. Would it really make any difference if you 06:14.200 --> 06:18.200 lost that license number? Well, yes, sir, it might. 06:18.200 --> 06:22.200 Did I? I guess it's a good thing I jotted it down. 06:22.200 --> 06:29.200 The victim, Alvin Driscoll, checked his files and showed us a carbon copy of the 06:29.200 --> 06:32.200 sales slip for the items with the suspected purchase. 06:32.200 --> 06:37.200 On it, he had noted the license number, R1V1-5347. 06:37.200 --> 06:41.200 3.38 p.m. Frank and I went back to the office and asked E.M.B. to run down the 06:41.200 --> 06:42.200 number for us. 06:42.200 --> 06:48.200 That's right. 5347. Will he call us back? OK, thanks. 06:48.200 --> 06:52.200 It'll be a minute or two, Joe. Looks like we might be getting our first break. 06:52.200 --> 06:53.200 Yeah. 06:53.200 --> 06:57.200 Well, you got a cigarette? Yeah. You're all out? 06:57.200 --> 06:59.200 Well, I wouldn't be asking if I wasn't. 06:59.200 --> 07:02.200 Oh, OK. I didn't mean anything, Joe. There you go. 07:02.200 --> 07:06.200 OK. Hang on. No, go ahead and keep them. I got another pack. 07:06.200 --> 07:07.200 That's all right. I'll get some more. 07:07.200 --> 07:10.200 I told you to keep them, Joe. There's only a couple left. 07:10.200 --> 07:15.200 Matter of fact, there's only one. Thanks anyway. 07:15.200 --> 07:16.200 Sorry. 07:20.200 --> 07:24.200 Audrey Smith. Wait a minute. OK, go ahead. 07:24.200 --> 07:30.200 Is it Meissen? M-Y-S-O-N? Yeah, I got it. 07:30.200 --> 07:37.200 Uh-huh. 117. Huh? You sure? 07:37.200 --> 07:39.200 Yeah, I see. 07:39.200 --> 07:42.200 OK, thanks. 07:42.200 --> 07:46.200 Well, DMV came up with a car to match that plate, huh? 07:46.200 --> 07:48.200 There's one thing wrong. It isn't a brand new Ford. 07:48.200 --> 07:51.200 Oh, it's a six-year-old Buick. 07:55.200 --> 08:00.200 The Department of Motor Vehicles has reported that the car bearing license number R1V15347 08:00.200 --> 08:04.200 was registered in the name of Philip B. Meissen at 117 South Helen Avenue. 08:04.200 --> 08:06.200 Records showed that the car in question was a Buick sedan, 08:06.200 --> 08:09.200 which had been manufactured six years earlier. 08:09.200 --> 08:12.200 We ran Meissen's name through R&I. They had nothing on him. 08:12.200 --> 08:14.200 We also ran the license number through our auto records 08:14.200 --> 08:17.200 to check to see if it was a stolen plate or a hot car. 08:17.200 --> 08:19.200 The report was negative. 08:19.200 --> 08:21.200 4.09 p.m. Frank and I drove out to the Helen Avenue address. 08:21.200 --> 08:25.200 It was a small one-story bungalow with rain-streaked stucco walls. 08:30.200 --> 08:32.200 Let me try it again. 08:32.200 --> 08:34.200 Come in. 08:36.200 --> 08:37.200 Yeah, who is it? 08:37.200 --> 08:39.200 Police officer. 08:41.200 --> 08:42.200 Well? 08:42.200 --> 08:44.200 You're Miss Philip Meissen? 08:44.200 --> 08:45.200 Yeah. 08:45.200 --> 08:47.200 Miss Frank Smith, my name's Friday. 08:47.200 --> 08:50.200 All right, your name's Friday, his name's Smith, my name's Meissen. 08:50.200 --> 08:52.200 Where's that go? 08:52.200 --> 08:54.200 We'd like to talk to you for a minute, Miss Meissen. 08:54.200 --> 08:56.200 You mean you want to come inside? 08:56.200 --> 08:59.200 Well, it might be a little easier to talk there. 08:59.200 --> 09:00.200 Nobody's stopping me. 09:00.200 --> 09:02.200 Yes, ma'am. 09:03.200 --> 09:05.200 You want to sit down, you have to clear off a space 09:05.200 --> 09:07.200 no more much of a housekeeper. 09:07.200 --> 09:08.200 Sorry, we'll stand. 09:08.200 --> 09:09.200 Suit yourself. 09:09.200 --> 09:11.200 Is Miss Meissen, is your husband home? 09:11.200 --> 09:12.200 Phil? 09:12.200 --> 09:13.200 Yes, ma'am. 09:13.200 --> 09:15.200 Mm-mm. 09:15.200 --> 09:17.200 Do you know where we might get in touch with him? 09:17.200 --> 09:18.200 No. 09:18.200 --> 09:19.200 You must have some idea. 09:19.200 --> 09:21.200 I haven't seen him since last March. 09:21.200 --> 09:23.200 What kind of a car is he driving? 09:23.200 --> 09:24.200 Ask him. 09:24.200 --> 09:25.200 Do you ever own a Buick sedan? 09:25.200 --> 09:28.200 License number R1V15347. 09:28.200 --> 09:29.200 Why? 09:29.200 --> 09:31.200 We'd like to know where the car is now. 09:31.200 --> 09:33.200 It's out in the garage and that's where it's staying. 09:33.200 --> 09:36.200 You can tell that lousy crumb if he thinks he's going to take the car away from me. 09:36.200 --> 09:37.200 He's got another thing coming. 09:37.200 --> 09:39.200 Your husband isn't trying to take your car. 09:39.200 --> 09:40.200 Yeah? 09:40.200 --> 09:41.200 What are you doing here? 09:41.200 --> 09:43.200 We'd like to check the license plate, that's all. 09:43.200 --> 09:45.200 You sure that's all you want, just to check the license? 09:45.200 --> 09:46.200 That's all. 09:46.200 --> 09:48.200 Oh, wait a minute, I'll get you the garage key. 09:48.200 --> 09:49.200 Thank you. 09:49.200 --> 09:52.200 Sorry if I gave you a rough time, but you can't blame me. 09:52.200 --> 09:55.200 A character like my husband, he'd have to try anything. 09:55.200 --> 09:56.200 Yes, ma'am. 09:56.200 --> 09:57.200 Well, here you are. 09:57.200 --> 09:59.200 You sure you lock it up when you're done? 09:59.200 --> 10:00.200 Yes, ma'am. 10:00.200 --> 10:01.200 I'll take a look at it, John. 10:01.200 --> 10:02.200 All right. 10:02.200 --> 10:04.200 I might have known it was too good to last. 10:04.200 --> 10:05.200 Ma'am? 10:05.200 --> 10:06.200 Not hearing from Phil for over two months. 10:06.200 --> 10:08.200 Is he still in Los Angeles, would you know? 10:08.200 --> 10:09.200 Not if he's got good sense. 10:09.200 --> 10:10.200 What do you mean? 10:10.200 --> 10:13.200 If he's smart, he'll stay as far away from me as he can. 10:13.200 --> 10:14.200 Yeah. 10:14.200 --> 10:16.200 He's just plain lucky I didn't kill him. 10:16.200 --> 10:18.200 Giving me a shirt with some other dame's lipstick on the collar, 10:18.200 --> 10:20.200 expecting me to wash it out. 10:20.200 --> 10:21.200 I should have throttled him with it. 10:21.200 --> 10:22.200 Yes, ma'am. 10:22.200 --> 10:24.200 Do you have a picture of your husband, Miss Mason? 10:24.200 --> 10:25.200 Why? 10:24.200 --> 10:25.200 We'd like to know what he looks like. 10:25.200 --> 10:27.200 Like a bum, that's what. 10:27.200 --> 10:28.200 Do you have a picture? 10:28.200 --> 10:29.200 Snapshot, maybe. 10:29.200 --> 10:31.200 Would you see if you can find one for us? 10:31.200 --> 10:32.200 All right. 10:32.200 --> 10:35.200 Just looking at him will probably spoil my supper. 10:38.200 --> 10:40.200 Now, here's something. 10:41.200 --> 10:43.200 I'm married to a face like that, 10:43.200 --> 10:45.200 and I have to worry about other women. 10:45.200 --> 10:47.200 All right, if we borrow this for a couple of days. 10:47.200 --> 10:48.200 Do me a favor. 10:48.200 --> 10:49.200 Keep it. 10:49.200 --> 10:50.200 Joe. 10:50.200 --> 10:52.200 Excuse me, Miss Mason. 10:52.200 --> 10:53.200 Yeah. 10:53.200 --> 10:55.200 That's the right license plate for the wrong car. 10:55.200 --> 10:56.200 Buick sedan? 10:56.200 --> 10:58.200 Just like BMV had at six years old. 10:58.200 --> 11:00.200 Okay. 11:01.200 --> 11:02.200 Here's your key, ma'am. 11:02.200 --> 11:03.200 You locked up tight? 11:03.200 --> 11:04.200 Yes, ma'am. 11:04.200 --> 11:05.200 Sorry if we bothered you. 11:05.200 --> 11:06.200 Forget it. 11:08.200 --> 11:10.200 Hey, wait a minute. 11:10.200 --> 11:11.200 Yes? 11:11.200 --> 11:12.200 Not that I'd give a darn, 11:12.200 --> 11:14.200 but how about telling me why you're so interested in Phil? 11:14.200 --> 11:16.200 It was just a police matter. 11:16.200 --> 11:18.200 You don't think he pulled a job or something? 11:18.200 --> 11:19.200 Why should we think that? 11:19.200 --> 11:20.200 You shouldn't, Phil. 11:20.200 --> 11:22.200 You do. You're way off base. 11:22.200 --> 11:23.200 You really picked the wrong guy. 11:23.200 --> 11:24.200 Yes, ma'am. 11:24.200 --> 11:25.200 Take it from me. 11:25.200 --> 11:27.200 If a jerk like Phil ever got out of line once, 11:27.200 --> 11:29.200 just once, you boys wouldn't have to go looking for him. 11:29.200 --> 11:30.200 Oh. 11:30.200 --> 11:31.200 No. 11:31.200 --> 11:33.200 You'd catch him red-handed. 11:38.200 --> 11:39.200 Frank and I left the Myson home 11:39.200 --> 11:41.200 and contacted Alvin Driscoll. 11:41.200 --> 11:43.200 He confirmed his description of the suspect's car, 11:43.200 --> 11:44.200 but he admitted he might have been mistaken 11:44.200 --> 11:45.200 about the license number. 11:45.200 --> 11:46.200 We showed him Myson's photograph, 11:46.200 --> 11:48.200 and he was certain that Myson was not the suspect. 11:48.200 --> 11:50.200 He would pass the Ford's check. 11:50.200 --> 11:51.200 The next day, May 18th, 11:51.200 --> 11:53.200 we showed the Myson photo to several of the other victims. 11:53.200 --> 11:55.200 They all agreed that he was not the forger. 11:55.200 --> 11:56.200 1117 A.M. 11:56.200 --> 11:57.200 We went over to DMV 11:57.200 --> 11:59.200 and began to try variations of the license number 11:59.200 --> 12:00.200 Mr. Driscoll had given us 12:00.200 --> 12:03.200 to see if we could come up with a late model Ford convertible. 12:03.200 --> 12:05.200 1232 P.M. 12:05.200 --> 12:06.200 How you doing? 12:06.200 --> 12:09.200 Well, I turned up a couple of Fords, no convertible. 12:09.200 --> 12:12.200 I've switched the last two numbers every way I can think of. 12:12.200 --> 12:14.200 What are you working on now? 12:14.200 --> 12:16.200 V-15. 12:16.200 --> 12:18.200 V-15. 12:18.200 --> 12:20.200 Okay, I'll try the 535. 12:23.200 --> 12:24.200 Clarence. 12:24.200 --> 12:25.200 Huh? 12:25.200 --> 12:26.200 New Ford, only one digit off. 12:26.200 --> 12:27.200 Convertible? 12:27.200 --> 12:28.200 Yeah. 12:28.200 --> 12:30.200 Sounds like it might be it. 12:30.200 --> 12:31.200 It's pretty hard to tell, yeah. 12:31.200 --> 12:32.200 What do you mean? 12:32.200 --> 12:34.200 Belongs to a car rental agency. 12:37.200 --> 12:38.200 DMV records showed that a vehicle 12:38.200 --> 12:40.200 similar to the one we were looking for 12:40.200 --> 12:42.200 was registered to the C.P. Adams Auto Rental Agency 12:42.200 --> 12:43.200 on South 6th Street. 12:43.200 --> 12:44.200 2.17 P.M. 12:44.200 --> 12:47.200 Frank and I went over there and talked to the owner, Clifford P. Adams. 12:47.200 --> 12:49.200 Would you give me that number again, please? 12:49.200 --> 12:52.200 It's R-1 V-35347. 12:52.200 --> 12:53.200 All right, I got it. 12:53.200 --> 12:55.200 Now, does this give me a moment to check our records? 12:55.200 --> 12:56.200 Yes, sir. 12:56.200 --> 12:58.200 Now, we have a stock of over 50 cars. 12:58.200 --> 13:00.200 It's a little difficult to remember all the last numbers. 13:00.200 --> 13:01.200 Yes, sir, it would be. 13:02.200 --> 13:04.200 Here we are. 13:04.200 --> 13:05.200 It seems you're quite correct. 13:05.200 --> 13:07.200 That's one of our automobiles, a new Ford. 13:07.200 --> 13:08.200 Can you tell us what model it is? 13:08.200 --> 13:10.200 It's a convertible, yellow and black. 13:10.200 --> 13:11.200 Most of our cars are convertibles 13:11.200 --> 13:13.200 when people come to Southern California. 13:13.200 --> 13:14.200 That's what they all want. 13:14.200 --> 13:15.200 Yes, sir. 13:15.200 --> 13:16.200 Anything else I can do for you? 13:16.200 --> 13:18.200 Yeah, is that car rented right now? 13:18.200 --> 13:20.200 Well, I couldn't say offhand. 13:20.200 --> 13:21.200 Would you like me to find out? 13:21.200 --> 13:22.200 If you will, please. 13:22.200 --> 13:23.200 Be glad to. Be glad to. 13:23.200 --> 13:24.200 It's a different pile, that's all. 13:24.200 --> 13:25.200 I see. 13:26.200 --> 13:27.200 Let's see. 13:28.200 --> 13:29.200 All right, this is it. 13:30.200 --> 13:32.200 No, no, that car's in the shop today. 13:32.200 --> 13:34.200 Grease job, oil change, regular check-out. 13:34.200 --> 13:36.200 Do you have the names of the people who've rented it lately? 13:36.200 --> 13:37.200 They're right here on the card. 13:37.200 --> 13:38.200 Any particular date? 13:38.200 --> 13:40.200 How about last week, Thursday? 13:40.200 --> 13:43.200 Thursday, that would be Mr. Waters, Mr. Gerald Waters. 13:43.200 --> 13:45.200 He used the car all last week, just turned it back yesterday. 13:45.200 --> 13:46.200 Your regular customer? 13:46.200 --> 13:48.200 He's rented from us several times, as I recall, 13:48.200 --> 13:50.200 on and off during last month or so. 13:50.200 --> 13:51.200 Can you tell us what he looks like? 13:51.200 --> 13:53.200 Actually, I've only seen him once or twice. 13:53.200 --> 13:56.200 He's a youngish man, about 40, tall, 13:56.200 --> 13:57.200 black hair, a little gray at the temples. 13:57.200 --> 13:59.200 How about his wife? Did you ever meet her? 13:59.200 --> 14:00.200 Yes, she picked up a car for him once. 14:00.200 --> 14:02.200 Would you describe her, please? 14:02.200 --> 14:04.200 I think she was blonde. 14:04.200 --> 14:05.200 Nice-looking, probably in her 30s. 14:05.200 --> 14:07.200 That's about all I can remember. 14:07.200 --> 14:08.200 Do you have their address, Mr. Adams? 14:08.200 --> 14:10.200 Oh, yes, yes. We try to get all the information we can 14:10.200 --> 14:13.200 about our clients, but I'm afraid it's in the different files. 14:13.200 --> 14:15.200 All right, take your time. 14:15.200 --> 14:17.200 Someday we'll have to work out a more efficient system 14:17.200 --> 14:19.200 for all these records. 14:19.200 --> 14:23.200 Thompson, Tucker, Berger, Waters. 14:23.200 --> 14:25.200 Well, yes, this is it. 14:25.200 --> 14:28.200 Home address, Springfield, Illinois. 14:28.200 --> 14:30.200 What about here in Tenerife? 14:30.200 --> 14:31.200 Oh, we have that, too. 14:31.200 --> 14:33.200 The Haven House Motel on Sunset Boulevard. 14:33.200 --> 14:34.200 I see. 14:34.200 --> 14:35.200 But I'm afraid you won't be able to reach them there. 14:35.200 --> 14:36.200 Oh. 14:36.200 --> 14:38.200 When Mr. Waters turned in the car yesterday, 14:38.200 --> 14:40.200 he asked us to drive him and his wife to Union Station. 14:40.200 --> 14:41.200 Yeah. 14:41.200 --> 14:42.200 Yeah, he said that we're leaving town. 14:47.200 --> 14:48.200 We got a sample of the suspect's handwriting, 14:48.200 --> 14:50.200 and we asked Mr. Adams to get in touch with us 14:50.200 --> 14:52.200 if he heard from Gerald Waters again. 14:52.200 --> 14:54.200 We sent a teletype to Springfield, Illinois, 14:54.200 --> 14:55.200 requesting any information they might have 14:55.200 --> 14:57.200 about Gerald Waters. 14:57.200 --> 14:59.200 The next day, May 19th, the Springfield PD 14:59.200 --> 15:01.200 replied that a man answering Waters' description 15:01.200 --> 15:03.200 was wanted for a series of Illinois check forgeries. 15:03.200 --> 15:05.200 They also said his true name was Fred H. Joyce. 15:05.200 --> 15:07.200 They said that they were forwarding a mug shot 15:07.200 --> 15:09.200 air mail special delivery. 15:09.200 --> 15:11.200 The mug arrived on Friday, May 20th. 15:11.200 --> 15:13.200 We showed it to four of the checked victims, 15:13.200 --> 15:15.200 and they all positively identified the photograph. 15:15.200 --> 15:17.200 3.36 p.m., Frank and I drove over to the Adams Car 15:17.200 --> 15:19.200 Rental Agency to confirm the identification. 15:21.200 --> 15:22.200 Hi, Mr. Adams. 15:22.200 --> 15:24.200 Well, well, well, this is quite a coincidence. 15:24.200 --> 15:25.200 Sir? 15:25.200 --> 15:26.200 You're coming here today. 15:26.200 --> 15:27.200 I just called you a little while ago. 15:27.200 --> 15:28.200 We didn't get any message. 15:28.200 --> 15:29.200 Well, I didn't leave any message. 15:29.200 --> 15:30.200 I wasn't sure it was important. 15:30.200 --> 15:31.200 Well, what was it you wanted? 15:31.200 --> 15:32.200 About Mr. Waters. 15:32.200 --> 15:33.200 You told me to let you know if I heard from him again. 15:33.200 --> 15:34.200 That's right. 15:34.200 --> 15:35.200 Well, I did. 15:35.200 --> 15:36.200 What's that? 15:36.200 --> 15:37.200 He wants to rent another car. 15:44.200 --> 15:46.200 We showed Mr. Adams the mug shot of Fred Joyce, 15:46.200 --> 15:48.200 and he stated positively that Joyce and Gerald Waters 15:48.200 --> 15:49.200 were the same man. 15:49.200 --> 15:51.200 He also told us that Waters had called the car rental agency 15:51.200 --> 15:53.200 about 11 o'clock that morning to make arrangements 15:53.200 --> 15:55.200 for renting a new convertible. 15:55.200 --> 15:57.200 Joyce had asked them to have the car ready at 5.30. 15:57.200 --> 15:59.200 He said he would pick it up. 15:59.200 --> 16:04.200 Frank and I waited in Adams' office, 5.28 p.m. 16:04.200 --> 16:06.200 Want to go ahead and answer? 16:06.200 --> 16:08.200 CP Adams' car rentals. 16:08.200 --> 16:09.200 Who? 16:09.200 --> 16:11.200 Oh, yes, just a minute. 16:11.200 --> 16:13.200 It's him, Mr. Waters, or whatever his real name is. 16:13.200 --> 16:15.200 Spend it when he wants. 16:15.200 --> 16:16.200 Yes, Mr. Waters. 16:16.200 --> 16:17.200 Oh, yes, it's all ready. 16:17.200 --> 16:19.200 I thought you were going to pick it up. 16:19.200 --> 16:20.200 Oh. 16:20.200 --> 16:22.200 Well, I, uh, I don't know. 16:22.200 --> 16:23.200 Hold on a second. 16:23.200 --> 16:25.200 He says he's tied up that he can't get away. 16:25.200 --> 16:26.200 He wants us to deliver the car. 16:26.200 --> 16:28.200 Ask him where he's calling from, will you? 16:28.200 --> 16:30.200 Where are you, Mr. Waters? 16:30.200 --> 16:32.200 I say. 16:32.200 --> 16:33.200 Well, I don't know. 16:33.200 --> 16:34.200 I'm a little short-handed today. 16:34.200 --> 16:36.200 I'll have to check. 16:36.200 --> 16:38.200 I think the phone booth is somewhere in Wilshire. 16:38.200 --> 16:40.200 What does he want you to send the car? 16:40.200 --> 16:42.200 Where do you want the car delivered, Mr. Waters? 16:42.200 --> 16:43.200 Mm-hmm. 16:43.200 --> 16:45.200 The Crest Plaza. 16:45.200 --> 16:46.200 How soon? 16:46.200 --> 16:48.200 I guess we could make it by then. 16:48.200 --> 16:49.200 Tell him you need to. 16:49.200 --> 16:51.200 All right, Mr. Waters, we'll do our best. 16:51.200 --> 16:52.200 Thank you very much. 16:52.200 --> 16:54.200 You'll be in the bar at the Crest Plaza Hotel at 6.30, 16:54.200 --> 16:55.200 just off the lot. 16:55.200 --> 16:56.200 Right, thanks a lot. 16:56.200 --> 16:58.200 Oh, about the car, I wouldn't want to damage it. 16:58.200 --> 16:59.200 Don't worry, Mr. Adams. 16:59.200 --> 17:00.200 You don't need to send it. 17:00.200 --> 17:01.200 Why? 17:01.200 --> 17:02.200 We'll take care of his transportation. 17:10.200 --> 17:12.200 We went over to the Crest Plaza Hotel. 17:12.200 --> 17:13.200 It was 6.28 p.m. when we arrived. 17:13.200 --> 17:15.200 There were two entrances to the bar. 17:15.200 --> 17:18.200 Frank went in through the lobby, and I used the street door. 17:18.200 --> 17:20.200 Yes, sir, what can I do for you? 17:20.200 --> 17:21.200 Got any hot coffee? 17:21.200 --> 17:22.200 Yeah. 17:22.200 --> 17:23.200 Black, please. 17:23.200 --> 17:24.200 Is that all you want? 17:24.200 --> 17:25.200 Yeah, that's all. 17:25.200 --> 17:30.200 Not very busy tonight, are you? 17:30.200 --> 17:32.200 That place livens up later on. 17:32.200 --> 17:33.200 All right. 17:33.200 --> 17:34.200 Good evening. 17:34.200 --> 17:36.200 Hi, you two guys together? 17:36.200 --> 17:37.200 That's right. 17:37.200 --> 17:38.200 He wants coffee, too, huh? 17:38.200 --> 17:39.200 Yeah, black. 17:39.200 --> 17:40.200 Thank you. 17:40.200 --> 17:41.200 Okay, sports, I'll get it. 17:41.200 --> 17:42.200 You see him? 17:42.200 --> 17:43.200 No, he's probably not here yet. 17:43.200 --> 17:44.200 Here you are. 17:44.200 --> 17:45.200 Thank you. 17:45.200 --> 17:46.200 Hey. 17:46.200 --> 17:47.200 Don't mention it. 17:47.200 --> 17:48.200 That'll be 20 cents. 17:48.200 --> 17:49.200 All right. 17:49.200 --> 17:50.200 I'll be right there. 17:50.200 --> 17:51.200 I'll be right there. 17:51.200 --> 17:52.200 Thank you. 17:52.200 --> 17:55.200 You sure you don't want anything to drink? 17:55.200 --> 17:56.200 No. 17:56.200 --> 17:59.200 Well, would you mind finishing the coffee over in the booth? 17:59.200 --> 18:00.200 What do you mean? 18:00.200 --> 18:01.200 Well, it's not good for business. 18:01.200 --> 18:02.200 Why? 18:02.200 --> 18:03.200 We sell booze, not coffee. 18:03.200 --> 18:06.200 Other customers come see you sitting here swilling coffee, so I'll be giving them ideas. 18:06.200 --> 18:08.200 A thing like that catches on, the place will go broke. 18:08.200 --> 18:09.200 We're police officers. 18:09.200 --> 18:10.200 What? 18:10.200 --> 18:11.200 Police officers. 18:11.200 --> 18:12.200 Well, what are you doing here? 18:12.200 --> 18:13.200 Is something wrong? 18:13.200 --> 18:14.200 A couple of questions we want to ask. 18:14.200 --> 18:15.200 Yeah, about what? 18:15.200 --> 18:16.200 Take a look at this picture. 18:16.200 --> 18:24.200 I'm going to tell us if you know him. 18:24.200 --> 18:27.200 Wait a minute, let me get some light. 18:27.200 --> 18:28.200 Yeah. 18:28.200 --> 18:30.200 Yeah, I've seen this guy around. 18:30.200 --> 18:31.200 He live here in the hotel? 18:31.200 --> 18:32.200 I don't think so. 18:32.200 --> 18:34.200 He comes in once in a while, though. 18:34.200 --> 18:36.200 He usually drags a blonde around with him. 18:36.200 --> 18:37.200 Mm-hmm. 18:37.200 --> 18:38.200 You guys been looking for him long? 18:38.200 --> 18:39.200 Quite a while, yeah. 18:39.200 --> 18:40.200 You must have been looking the wrong places. 18:40.200 --> 18:41.200 What do you mean? 18:41.200 --> 18:42.200 He just walked through the door. 18:42.200 --> 18:43.200 That's him. 18:43.200 --> 18:44.200 Let's go. 18:44.200 --> 18:47.200 How about a guy on my team here, eh? 18:47.200 --> 18:50.200 A couple of them will set pretty good for dinner. 18:50.200 --> 18:52.200 Eh, something you want? 18:52.200 --> 18:53.200 You, Gerald Waters. 18:53.200 --> 18:54.200 What? 18:54.200 --> 18:55.200 Gerald Waters, is that you? 18:55.200 --> 18:56.200 You from the car lot? 18:56.200 --> 18:57.200 You come up with the first answer, mister. 18:57.200 --> 18:58.200 How about the name? 18:58.200 --> 18:59.200 Yeah, I'm Waters. 18:59.200 --> 19:00.200 Where's the car? 19:00.200 --> 19:01.200 You won't need it. 19:01.200 --> 19:02.200 Police officers, you're under arrest. 19:02.200 --> 19:03.200 What are you talking about? 19:03.200 --> 19:04.200 You keep out of this, honey. 19:04.200 --> 19:05.200 All right, come on, Waters. 19:05.200 --> 19:06.200 I'll give you a treat. 19:06.200 --> 19:07.200 You better take it easy. 19:07.200 --> 19:08.200 You're liable to find out you're rousing the wrong guy. 19:08.200 --> 19:09.200 Well, I'll tell you, I'm going to run that risk. 19:09.200 --> 19:10.200 Get up. 19:10.200 --> 19:11.200 Okay, okay. 19:11.200 --> 19:12.200 Keep your hands off him. 19:12.200 --> 19:14.200 I'll stay. 19:14.200 --> 19:20.200 I don't know what this is all about, but I know you haven't done anything wrong, Joe. 19:20.200 --> 19:21.200 Whatever happens, I'll stick by you. 19:21.200 --> 19:22.200 I'll get a lawyer, I'll raise the money somehow. 19:22.200 --> 19:23.200 Whatever happens, I'm never going to leave you, Joe. 19:23.200 --> 19:24.200 Don't worry about it, lady. 19:24.200 --> 19:25.200 What? 19:25.200 --> 19:26.200 You're coming along. 19:26.200 --> 19:33.200 We took the two suspects into custody and drove them down to the city hall. 19:33.200 --> 19:34.200 7, 08 p.m. 19:34.200 --> 19:37.200 We turned the female suspect over to a policewoman and we searched, and we brought Joyce into 19:37.200 --> 19:38.200 the squad room for interrogation. 19:38.200 --> 19:39.200 I'm going to go get Joyce. 19:39.200 --> 19:42.200 You brought Joyce into the squad room for interrogation. 19:42.200 --> 19:44.200 All right, Joyce, take everything out of your pockets. 19:44.200 --> 19:45.200 My name is Waters, you know that. 19:45.200 --> 19:46.200 We know it's Joyce, too. 19:46.200 --> 19:47.200 Go on, empty. 19:47.200 --> 19:48.200 Lay the stuff on the table. 19:48.200 --> 19:49.200 What are these keys for? 19:49.200 --> 19:50.200 Lockers. 19:50.200 --> 19:51.200 Where? 19:51.200 --> 19:52.200 I forget. 19:52.200 --> 19:53.200 Sure. 19:53.200 --> 19:54.200 Listen, why are you holding my wife? 19:54.200 --> 19:55.200 She hasn't done anything. 19:55.200 --> 19:56.200 If you think you can frame me, go ahead and try it, but turn her loose. 19:56.200 --> 19:57.200 That's not up to us. 19:57.200 --> 19:58.200 Why not? 19:58.200 --> 19:59.200 She's been with you too often. 19:59.200 --> 20:00.200 What do you mean? 20:00.200 --> 20:01.200 When you were passing those phony checks. 20:01.200 --> 20:02.200 Phony checks? 20:02.200 --> 20:03.200 Is that what you think I've done? 20:03.200 --> 20:04.200 There are about 25 people who say it was you. 20:04.200 --> 20:09.200 They're wrong, that's all. 20:09.200 --> 20:10.200 They're wrong. 20:10.200 --> 20:11.200 I don't think so. 20:11.200 --> 20:12.200 Are you willing to go to court? 20:12.200 --> 20:13.200 I better shut up. 20:13.200 --> 20:14.200 Ever been in Illinois, Joyce? 20:14.200 --> 20:15.200 What? 20:15.200 --> 20:16.200 Springfield. 20:16.200 --> 20:17.200 What do you know about that? 20:17.200 --> 20:18.200 You're in the upper brackets, Joyce. 20:18.200 --> 20:19.200 We got the whole story. 20:19.200 --> 20:20.200 Come on, Joyce, it'll make it easier all around. 20:20.200 --> 20:21.200 How about it? 20:21.200 --> 20:22.200 Where's Myra? 20:22.200 --> 20:23.200 She's all right. 20:23.200 --> 20:24.200 Where is she? 20:24.200 --> 20:25.200 Right down the hall. 20:25.200 --> 20:26.200 I'll tell you what. 20:26.200 --> 20:27.200 You know, we can get together on this thing. 20:27.200 --> 20:28.200 We can come to an agreement. 20:28.200 --> 20:29.200 Go ahead. 20:29.200 --> 20:30.200 I'll tell you what. 20:30.200 --> 20:31.200 I'll tell you what. 20:31.200 --> 20:32.200 I'll tell you what. 20:32.200 --> 20:37.200 What about Myra? 20:37.200 --> 20:38.200 Will you let her go? 20:38.200 --> 20:39.200 That depends. 20:39.200 --> 20:40.200 On what? 20:40.200 --> 20:41.200 How clean she is. 20:41.200 --> 20:42.200 She'll stand any kind of a look. 20:42.200 --> 20:43.200 She's never been in any trouble. 20:43.200 --> 20:44.200 And she hasn't got anything to worry about. 20:44.200 --> 20:45.200 Go ahead with the story. 20:45.200 --> 20:46.200 Okay, I'll get on your side. 20:46.200 --> 20:47.200 I'm the guy you're looking for. 20:47.200 --> 20:48.200 We knew that going in. 20:48.200 --> 20:49.200 Old things started right after Myra and I were married. 20:49.200 --> 20:50.200 Yeah. 20:50.200 --> 20:51.200 I was making pretty good money, enough to give her the things she wanted. 20:51.200 --> 20:52.200 You know, she's a pretty girl, a woman like that. 20:52.200 --> 20:53.200 She's got to have nice things. 20:53.200 --> 20:54.200 I don't know how it happened, just all of a sudden the bottom of her head went up. 20:54.200 --> 20:55.200 I don't know how it happened, just all of a sudden the bottom of her head went up. 20:55.200 --> 21:02.200 I mean, your business? 21:02.200 --> 21:03.200 Yeah. 21:03.200 --> 21:04.200 The whole thing just seemed to explode. 21:04.200 --> 21:05.200 No matter what I did, it was wrong. 21:05.200 --> 21:06.200 Nothing worked. 21:06.200 --> 21:07.200 I couldn't let Myra know about it. 21:07.200 --> 21:08.200 They just couldn't. 21:08.200 --> 21:09.200 I tried to borrow the money, talk to all my friends, try to get them to stake me again. 21:09.200 --> 21:10.200 All I could see of them was their backs. 21:10.200 --> 21:11.200 I had to do something. 21:11.200 --> 21:12.200 So they started hanging paper. 21:12.200 --> 21:13.200 It was the only way, the only one. 21:13.200 --> 21:14.200 Do you have any more checks? 21:14.200 --> 21:15.200 Yeah. 21:15.200 --> 21:16.200 The key's there. 21:16.200 --> 21:17.200 They're for locker downtown. 21:17.200 --> 21:18.200 I'll give you the keys. 21:18.200 --> 21:19.200 I'll give you the keys. 21:19.200 --> 21:20.200 I'll give you the keys. 21:20.200 --> 21:21.200 I'll give you the keys. 21:21.200 --> 21:22.200 I'll give you the keys. 21:22.200 --> 21:23.200 I'll give you the keys. 21:23.200 --> 21:24.200 I'll give you the keys. 21:24.200 --> 21:25.200 I'll give you the keys. 21:25.200 --> 21:26.200 I'll give you the keys. 21:26.200 --> 21:27.200 And send them out to a locker... 21:27.200 --> 21:28.200 and have safe drawer answers a million times. 21:28.200 --> 21:28.260 And there's two cities named Halifax and 21:28.200 --> 21:29.260 One-Hambpur to choose from 3, we getFlant and 21:29.260 --> 21:29.580 而已Com believer We'll bury these dumb多少... 21:29.300 --> 21:29.860 Those who單 mad I'll ask this old man for the Chocolate 21:29.800 --> 21:30.780 levels forounldiest 21:30.780 --> 21:50.020 But the 21:50.020 --> 21:50.600 I'll tell him everything about food. 21:50.560 --> 21:53.160 Is a 21:53.160 --> 21:54.160 RED 21:53.160 --> 21:53.140 A 21:53.140 --> 21:54.140 A couple of other states do. 21:54.140 --> 21:55.140 What? 21:55.140 --> 21:57.700 You aren't the only husband she's had, and you aren't the first forger she's worked with 21:57.700 --> 21:58.700 either. 21:58.700 --> 21:59.700 What kind of a double cross is this? 21:59.700 --> 22:00.700 No double cross. 22:00.700 --> 22:01.700 She's got a record of all your arms. 22:01.700 --> 22:02.700 That's a lie. 22:02.700 --> 22:03.700 A dirty, lousy lie. 22:03.700 --> 22:04.700 Take it easy. 22:04.700 --> 22:05.700 Come, guys. 22:05.700 --> 22:06.700 Still a lie. 22:06.700 --> 22:07.700 Figure it out for yourself. 22:07.700 --> 22:08.700 Take a good look. 22:08.700 --> 22:09.700 What do you mean? 22:09.700 --> 22:11.500 Does your wife know anything about the checks? 22:11.500 --> 22:12.500 Sure. 22:12.500 --> 22:14.980 After we got going, wasn't any way to keep it away from her. 22:14.980 --> 22:15.980 How about when you started? 22:15.980 --> 22:16.980 Did she know then? 22:16.980 --> 22:17.980 No. 22:17.980 --> 22:18.980 You sound pretty sure. 22:18.980 --> 22:19.980 Maybe you talked it over with her. 22:19.980 --> 22:20.980 I don't know. 22:20.980 --> 22:21.980 Maybe she... 22:21.980 --> 22:22.980 She might have helped you out a little then, huh? 22:22.980 --> 22:23.980 I think the operation was her idea. 22:23.980 --> 22:24.980 How about it, Joyce? 22:24.980 --> 22:25.980 I don't know. 22:25.980 --> 22:28.980 I don't much care anymore. 22:28.980 --> 22:29.980 Maybe it was her idea. 22:29.980 --> 22:30.980 Maybe she did play me for a sucker. 22:30.980 --> 22:31.980 Sure sounds that way to us. 22:31.980 --> 22:33.820 It doesn't really make any difference. 22:33.820 --> 22:34.820 She did. 22:34.820 --> 22:35.820 Take a look around you, cop. 22:35.820 --> 22:37.420 Everybody's a sucker. 22:37.420 --> 22:39.980 Everybody in the world is gonna fall for a con game sooner or later. 22:39.980 --> 22:40.980 Everybody. 22:40.980 --> 22:42.340 Those guys that cash the checks for me. 22:42.340 --> 22:43.340 Suckers. 22:43.340 --> 22:44.340 Every one of them. 22:44.340 --> 22:45.340 Just like me. 22:45.340 --> 22:46.340 Look at all the money they're out. 22:46.340 --> 22:47.340 Well, there's a big difference. 22:47.340 --> 22:48.340 Huh? 22:48.340 --> 22:49.340 That's all they're out. 22:49.340 --> 22:57.820 The story you have just heard is true. 22:57.820 --> 23:00.620 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 23:00.620 --> 23:05.580 On August 17th, trial was held in Department 98, Superior Court of the State of California, 23:05.580 --> 23:15.140 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 23:15.140 --> 23:20.620 Frederick R. Joyce, alias Gerald Waters, was tried and convicted of forgery five counts. 23:20.620 --> 23:24.660 Forgery is punishable by imprisonment for a period of not less than one, nor more than 23:24.660 --> 23:28.660 14 years on each count. 23:28.660 --> 23:47.340 You have just heard Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action, and 23:47.340 --> 24:10.960 the story of Jack Webb, a presentation of the United States Armed Forces radio service. 24:10.960 --> 24:39.460 This