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Made the modern way with 01:26.880 --> 01:31.880 Accu-Ray. Take along a couple of cartons and put a smile in your smoking. 01:31.880 --> 01:40.280 Chesterfield. Smoother. Cooler. Best for you. Remember in the whole wide world, no 01:40.280 --> 01:47.240 cigarette satisfies like Chesterfield. Put a smile in your smoking. Just give them a 01:47.240 --> 01:54.160 try. Chesterfield's best for you. They satisfy. 01:59.360 --> 02:04.920 Dragnet. The documentary drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes in 02:04.920 --> 02:08.920 cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step 02:08.920 --> 02:12.880 on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police 02:12.880 --> 02:18.400 files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of 02:18.400 --> 02:21.880 your police force in action. 02:24.080 --> 02:28.120 It was Monday, April 18th. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch 02:28.120 --> 02:30.920 out of Internal Affairs Division. My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is 02:30.920 --> 02:35.040 Captain Fulton. My name is Friday. I was on my way into the office. It was 7 58 a.m. 02:35.040 --> 02:41.840 when I got to room 36. Squad room. Morning. Hi. 02:42.760 --> 02:48.200 We keeping you up? There's a couch down the hall. Maybe you can use that. Yeah. 02:48.200 --> 02:53.040 Remember a couple of months ago, Fay was on that quiz show? Yeah. Yeah, seems I 02:53.040 --> 02:56.400 heard something about that. Well, one of the prizes was a dog. You know, they were 02:56.400 --> 02:59.400 gonna give us a little pup. Mm-hmm. Turned out they were giving away 02:59.400 --> 03:02.520 cockers. Very nice dogs and thoroughbreds. Mm-hmm. 03:02.520 --> 03:06.680 Fay and me talked it over and decided we'd rather have one of those, those 03:06.680 --> 03:11.000 basset hounds. What are they? One of those dogs with a little short hind legs and 03:11.000 --> 03:15.960 long ears. You know, long face. Basset hounds. Yeah. Mm-hmm. 03:15.960 --> 03:19.960 I've seen them in the magazines. You know, they got sad eyes. Always look so sad. Yeah. 03:19.960 --> 03:25.960 Well, they're hard to get. We had to wait a while. I got the call Saturday. Pup was 03:25.960 --> 03:28.320 there. Mm-hmm. I went out and picked him up. 03:28.320 --> 03:36.360 Named him Hector. Yeah. That's it. Hector. Why? Why? Because the old expression kind 03:36.360 --> 03:42.640 of fit. Mm-hmm. Since Hector was a pup, get it, Joe? Hector, see, he's still a pup. 03:42.640 --> 03:52.000 Old Hector the pup. I was up with him all night. He couldn't sleep, kept whining. You 03:52.000 --> 03:55.760 still work here, don't you? I just stayed up and kind of hummed to him to 03:55.760 --> 04:00.480 comfort him. You're still working here? Oh. He didn't come in this morning? Yeah. 04:00.480 --> 04:04.880 There's a couple of mugshots over there from Sacramento. Thank you. 04:04.880 --> 04:11.440 You'll be glad to get to bed tonight. Excuse me. Yes, ma'am. Something we can do for you? 04:11.440 --> 04:16.840 The man down room 38, Bunko, told me to come here. Yes, ma'am. DeBetta, that's his 04:16.840 --> 04:20.480 name, said see you. Mm-hmm. Want to report something? All right. Would you like to 04:20.480 --> 04:28.560 sit down? Thank you. Now, what can we do for you? I think it's been too long. What's that? 04:28.560 --> 04:32.120 Well, I paid for it over a month ago. I'm tired of waiting. You want to tell us about 04:32.120 --> 04:36.240 what you mean? Well, Henry should be home by now. It's been over a month. Who's Henry? 04:36.240 --> 04:40.720 My husband, Henry Fowell. When I gave the man the money, said he'd get Henry out of 04:40.720 --> 04:45.000 jail right away. That's what he told me. What man? The man who came to see me. Oh, 04:45.000 --> 04:54.760 yes, ma'am. But who was he? A policeman. 812 a.m. We continued to talk to the woman. She 04:54.760 --> 04:59.360 identified herself as Mrs. Henry Fowell, and she gave us the full story. When did this 04:59.360 --> 05:03.880 man approach you, ma'am? Just a minute, Mr. Smith. I got it all written down. Ma'am? 05:03.880 --> 05:12.160 Got it right here in my bag. Yep, here it is. March 6th. That's when I met him. Where 05:12.160 --> 05:16.720 was that? What? Where'd you meet him? He came to the house, my house. Told me he wanted to 05:16.720 --> 05:21.160 talk to me about something. Said it was important. Mm-hmm. I didn't know him. There wasn't any 05:21.160 --> 05:25.840 reason he'd have anything important to talk to me about. But he said he knew the mister. 05:25.840 --> 05:31.120 You mean your husband? That's right. Henry Fowell. Is he in prison? Yes. Been there for 05:31.120 --> 05:37.880 three and a half years. We don't like to ask this, Miss Fowell, but it's necessary. Burglary. 05:37.880 --> 05:43.200 That's what he was convicted for. Judge told him he'd go to jail for five years to life. 05:43.200 --> 05:47.920 Mm-hmm. Was this the first time he's been in jail? I thought so. At first I thought 05:47.920 --> 05:52.760 it was all a mistake. They was wrong about the mister. Yes, ma'am. They weren't. Came 05:52.760 --> 05:58.280 out in the trial. Seems he'd done the same thing before, twice before. I see. I didn't 05:58.280 --> 06:03.480 know about it when we got married. Didn't have any idea. Mm-hmm. The mister's my second 06:03.480 --> 06:10.200 husband. Mm-hmm. First one died ten years ago. Woman my age gets lonely, so when Mr. 06:10.200 --> 06:15.360 Fowell asked me to marry him, I said yes. Then I found out about the stealing. Mm-hmm. 06:15.360 --> 06:19.120 Miss Mann said he knew your husband, is that right? That's right. Told me they met several 06:19.120 --> 06:25.440 years ago. Uh-huh. Then he went on to tell me how the mister could get out. What do you 06:25.440 --> 06:30.400 mean? The way he told it. If you had friends who knew the right people, you could get out 06:30.400 --> 06:35.280 of jail. What's that? If the right people were paid, a man could get out of prison. 06:35.280 --> 06:40.280 Uh-huh. And he wanted you to give him some money? Not at first. When he came to the house 06:40.280 --> 06:45.040 at the beginning, he didn't even mention it. Not at all. When did he bring it up? Oh, 06:45.040 --> 06:50.920 about a week later. Came over in the afternoon. I was out in the yard and he said he'd met 06:50.920 --> 06:55.640 the people who were important. The ones who could get the mister out of prison. Did he 06:55.640 --> 07:00.720 say who these people were? No. Just told me he'd met them. Mm-hmm. Now what happened 07:00.720 --> 07:06.960 then? Well, on March 14th, he told me that it could be arranged for the mister to get 07:06.960 --> 07:14.120 out of jail. Tell me, did he tell you how this could be done? Well, from what he told 07:14.120 --> 07:19.600 me, he'd talk to the right people. That's the way he said it. The right people. I see. 07:19.600 --> 07:25.840 If he gave him $5,000, the mister could be turned out. $5,000, huh? Yes. I told him I 07:25.840 --> 07:30.120 couldn't give him that much, that I just didn't have it. What did the man say when you told 07:30.120 --> 07:36.520 him that? Asked me how much I could give him. Mm-hmm. I said if I sold a few things, did 07:36.520 --> 07:43.360 what I could to get more money, I might be able to pay $3,500. Well, what'd he say about 07:43.360 --> 07:47.680 that? Say, would he be all right? No, no. No. He told me he'd have to go back and talk 07:47.680 --> 07:53.400 to the people, ask them if it'd be enough. When'd you see him again? Two days. He came 07:53.400 --> 07:59.560 back. What'd he say then? Told me it'd be okay, the money'd be enough. Mm-hmm. I got 07:59.560 --> 08:05.200 it together and gave it to him. That same day? No. No, it was two days later, on March 08:05.200 --> 08:10.480 16th. That's when I gave him the money. I see. It's been over a month now and the mister 08:10.480 --> 08:15.200 still hasn't been turned out. I wrote to him, but he doesn't say anything about coming home. 08:15.200 --> 08:20.120 I don't think he knows anything about it. Yes, ma'am. Now, I don't want to cause any trouble. 08:20.120 --> 08:23.920 Just want the mister out of prison or else I want my money back. You told us this man 08:23.920 --> 08:28.600 was a policeman? That's right. In what city? I don't understand. Well, what city did he 08:28.600 --> 08:33.340 work in or what city did he say he worked in? Here, in Los Angeles, right here. Did he show 08:33.340 --> 08:38.560 you some identification? Oh, yes. I wouldn't just hand over the money without that. I saw 08:38.560 --> 08:47.960 his badge. Mm-hmm. Did it look like this one? Let me see. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Just like that one. 08:47.960 --> 08:54.380 Same thing. Mm-hmm. Did he give you a name? Yes. He said he was Jim Sorvell. Sergeant 08:54.380 --> 09:01.320 Jim Sorvell. That's S-O-R-V-E-L-L. That's right. I'll check it. Did you see anything 09:01.320 --> 09:05.080 else to identify him? What do you mean? Well, did he show you any other cards, anything 09:05.080 --> 09:11.840 else? You mean it might be a wrong name? That's right. Oh, no, I'm sure about that. I wouldn't 09:11.840 --> 09:16.480 just hand my money over to anybody. I was sure. Well, how do you mean? I saw his driver's 09:16.480 --> 09:21.320 license. Did he tell you where he worked? You mean in what department? That's right. 09:21.320 --> 09:25.400 Yes. It's one of the reasons I believed him because of where he worked. Yeah. Right here 09:25.400 --> 09:35.000 in the city hall. While I continued to talk to Mrs. Firewell, Frank put in a call to personnel. 09:35.000 --> 09:42.000 Three minutes later, he called me out into the hall. Let me close the door. What do you 09:42.000 --> 09:46.440 got? Well, I checked the personnel records. Yeah. What'd you find out? Looks like she 09:46.440 --> 09:51.920 was telling the truth. What? There is a Jim Sorvell. City hall? Well, closer than that. 09:51.920 --> 10:01.520 Auto theft detail. We put in a call to auto theft detail and asked that Sergeant James 10:01.520 --> 10:05.520 Sorvell see us right away. While the victim waited in the squad room, Frank and I took 10:05.520 --> 10:14.840 the officer down to the interrogation room. Go ahead, sit down, Jim. Yeah. Thanks. Well, 10:14.840 --> 10:18.720 what's this all about? Well, it's a rough one, Jim. We hope you got the answers. Now, 10:18.720 --> 10:25.000 give me a try. How long you been a policeman? Twelve years. How long you been working in 10:25.000 --> 10:31.240 auto theft, Jim? Two years this time. I worked there before about five years ago. Uh-huh. 10:31.240 --> 10:37.560 Well, what's this all about anyway? You know a woman named Farwell? Farwell? Uh-huh. No, 10:37.560 --> 10:43.560 I don't think I do. How about a man, Henry Farwell? No, I don't think so. No, wait a 10:43.560 --> 10:49.720 minute. Huh? A few years ago when I was working burglary, seems we had a suspect with that 10:49.720 --> 10:55.960 name. Yeah. Big guy. Fallen twice before the way I remember. Bad name around town. Might 10:55.960 --> 11:01.160 be the same one. What about him? I heard he went to the joint a couple of years ago. 11:01.160 --> 11:05.880 Well, his wife came in here this morning. Yeah. Says she gave a man $3,500 to get Farwell 11:05.880 --> 11:12.080 out of jail. Lawyer? No. Some kind of a deal. This fella said he knew the right people. 11:12.080 --> 11:18.520 Told her a little juice had opened the doors for her old man. How do I fit into this? Well, 11:18.520 --> 11:29.840 this guy told her he was a policeman. Showed her I.D. to prove it. What name? Yours. You 11:29.840 --> 11:34.160 believe her? Well, no, we don't want to. We figured we'd get your side of the story first. 11:34.160 --> 11:37.360 Well, there's nothing to tell you, Freddie. I had no part in the action. That's the truth. 11:37.360 --> 11:41.560 I hope it stands out. It's got to. I don't know anything about the deal. Nothing at all. 11:41.560 --> 11:43.960 I wouldn't know the woman if she walked in here right now. Well, then you don't mind 11:43.960 --> 11:54.440 letting her take a look at you then. No, no. Bring her in. Right? Yeah. How'd she happen 11:54.440 --> 12:03.200 to pick me? Told us the fella that took her gave your name. Must be a goof up someplace. 12:03.200 --> 12:13.200 You got your driver's license? Yeah. Want to show it to me? Sure. Next line is take it 12:13.200 --> 12:19.760 out of your wallet, isn't it? I don't like this any better than you do, Jim. Yeah. You 12:19.760 --> 12:29.400 got your badge on you? Yeah. You want that, too? Well, I want to see it. All right. Miss 12:29.400 --> 12:33.080 Farwell says the suspect showed her a badge. Says it looked good. I don't think it was 12:33.080 --> 12:45.800 mine. Here. I want to step inside, Miss Farwell. Yes. Thank you. All right, Miss Farwell. You 12:45.800 --> 12:54.000 know this man? Yeah. Seems I've seen him someplace before. Yes. Now be careful and look carefully. 12:54.000 --> 13:01.480 Do you know where you've seen him? I'm trying to think. Take your time. Be sure. Yes, ma'am. 13:01.480 --> 13:09.240 Please be sure. Yeah. Hair's a little shorter. He had a mustache before. But I can tell. 13:09.240 --> 13:19.200 I can tell for sure. What's that? He's the one that took my money. Mrs. Farwell was taken 13:19.200 --> 13:23.000 down the hall where she made a complete report. We continued to interrogate Sergeant James 13:23.000 --> 13:26.960 Sorvell, but he maintained his innocence. He was suspended from the police department 13:26.960 --> 13:31.600 pending an investigation by our detail and the district attorney's office. The week went 13:31.600 --> 13:35.920 by. During that time, we talked to Sorvell's friends and the men he worked with. His financial 13:35.920 --> 13:40.680 condition was investigated. He owed some money, but he was not behind in his payments. His 13:40.680 --> 13:44.040 bank account didn't show any large deposits, and from what we could find out, he was not 13:44.040 --> 13:49.200 living beyond his means. If he was guilty, he hadn't spent any of the money that he'd 13:49.200 --> 13:54.240 taken. We asked the stats office to make a run on con men who had used a similar approach. 13:54.240 --> 13:57.400 They came back with a list of 18 possible suspects. We pulled the mug shots from the 13:57.400 --> 14:01.140 packages on the men and we drove out to see Mrs. Farwell. She showed us into the living 14:01.140 --> 14:09.360 room of a very small house. Now then, what is it this time? You come to bring my money 14:09.360 --> 14:14.000 back? No, ma'am. Well, when am I going to get it? Seems like a long time. The mister's 14:14.000 --> 14:17.040 still in prison and I haven't got my money. Yes, ma'am. We'd like you to look at some 14:17.040 --> 14:21.880 pictures if you would. What for? We'd like to see if you recognize any of the men. Sure, 14:21.880 --> 14:33.320 I've got nothing else to do. Let's see them. There you are, ma'am. Yes, sir. All right. 14:33.320 --> 14:39.160 Now, looked at the pictures. Now I get the money. No, ma'am. When do I get it? Well, 14:39.160 --> 14:42.760 we haven't been able to recover it yet. What? We haven't found it yet. What about that man 14:42.760 --> 14:47.480 you got, Sorville? What about him? Ma'am. Make him tell you where the money is. He took 14:47.480 --> 14:53.200 it. Make him tell. From what we've been able to find out, he hasn't got it. Now we get 14:53.200 --> 14:58.600 down to cases, huh? What's that? Let's lay the cards on the table. I'm getting pretty 14:58.600 --> 15:03.120 mad about it. When I first came to see you, I wanted the money back. Either that or to 15:03.120 --> 15:06.520 have the mister out of prison. Either one. It didn't much matter which, but I did want 15:06.520 --> 15:12.240 one of them. Yes, ma'am. I understand. Now, you've got the man who took the $3,500, got 15:12.240 --> 15:17.240 him in jail, and you tell me you can't find the money. Is that right? Yes, ma'am. That's 15:17.240 --> 15:20.520 right. You want to know what I think? You want to know? What's that? I think you're 15:20.520 --> 15:24.040 all in it together. That's what I think. The whole bunch of you. All in the thing together. 15:24.040 --> 15:30.640 That's not true. You say so, but I think different. Now, I'm going to tell you something, Mr. Friday. 15:30.640 --> 15:34.800 I'm not going to wait any more. I want the money back or I'm going to the newspapers 15:34.800 --> 15:38.480 again. I'll tell them what's happened. They'll get me some action. Not just a minute, Miss 15:38.480 --> 15:44.320 Firewell. No, I won't. I've done all my waiting already. You think that just because I'm an 15:44.320 --> 15:48.800 old woman, you can push me around. Well, you just got another thing coming. I want that 15:48.800 --> 15:52.200 money and I want it right now. And if I don't get it, you're going to be in a lot of trouble. 15:52.200 --> 15:54.680 We're doing everything we can to get your money back. Well, then you better start doing 15:54.680 --> 15:59.680 more because I'm not happy at all. All you cops, you stick together. Well, this time 15:59.680 --> 16:03.920 it's not going to do you any good. You don't understand, Miss Firewell. I think I do. Maybe 16:03.920 --> 16:09.200 too much. I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I'll give you just three days to get that 16:09.200 --> 16:14.560 money back or I'll scream my head off to the newspapers. You've got the man in jail. Next 16:14.560 --> 16:19.120 thing you'll be telling me he didn't do it. We're not sure he did. Uh-huh. Well, he did. 16:19.120 --> 16:23.360 I guess I know. I'm the one he stole from. He's the man and I want to see him in prison 16:23.360 --> 16:26.480 too. Well, if he's guilty, that's where he'll go. I'm telling you he is. What more do you 16:26.480 --> 16:37.400 need? Just one more thing. What's that? Proof. Frank and I went back to the office and met 16:37.400 --> 16:41.400 with Captain Fulton. We laid out the results of our investigation. According to what the 16:41.400 --> 16:44.960 victim had told us, we had the right man in custody. But according to the evidence we'd 16:44.960 --> 16:50.080 found, it was a case of mistaken identity. Two days later on Thursday, April 28th, we 16:50.080 --> 16:54.360 got a call from a bartender out on Vermont Avenue. Frank and I drove out to see him. 16:54.360 --> 17:00.720 Hi. I'd like to see Vince Elkhart. I'm him. What do you want? Police officers. It's Frank 17:00.720 --> 17:10.160 Smith. My name's Friday. Oh, yeah? Want to come back here? We can talk. Yeah, fine. All 17:10.160 --> 17:15.240 right. What do you want to see us about? I know I'm letting myself in for a lot of trouble. 17:15.240 --> 17:18.720 Anything you guys can do to help me out, I'd appreciate it. But I ain't asking for no special 17:18.720 --> 17:22.640 treatment. Well, I suppose you tell us what it is. Well, night before last, a couple of 17:22.640 --> 17:27.080 kids came in. They sat at the bar, ordered a drink. Mm-hmm. Well, they look kind of young, 17:27.080 --> 17:31.000 so I asked to see their I.D. Plane it safe, you know. Go ahead. Well, they showed me their 17:31.000 --> 17:35.440 driver's licenses. I checked them. Looked all right to me. So I served them. Yeah. Guess 17:35.440 --> 17:39.440 I made them kind of embarrassed. They only had one and then shoved off. Mm-hmm. There 17:39.440 --> 17:44.520 was no sooner out of the place when this guy came up. Told me he wanted to talk. What about? 17:44.520 --> 17:49.200 Said the two kids were underage, minors, that I'd served them and the beef was on. Who was 17:49.200 --> 17:54.200 he? That's why I called you. Maybe I was wrong serving the kids. Maybe I did make a mistake, 17:54.200 --> 17:58.600 but I sure ain't gonna stand for no shakedown. Not a penny's worth. This man tried it, did 17:58.600 --> 18:16.120 he? Sure. Told me if I paid off, he'd forget what he saw. Who is he? Cop. 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From the first puff to the last puff, Chesterfield is best for you. Next time you 19:10.720 --> 19:19.160 buy cigarettes, stop. Remember, Chesterfield is made the modern way with Accuray. Put a 19:19.160 --> 19:34.560 smile in your smoking. Just give them a try. Light up a Chesterfield. They satisfy. 19:34.560 --> 19:38.520 We got a description of the man who tried to blackmail Vince Elkhart. It matched Sergeant 19:38.520 --> 19:43.320 Jim Survell. While I continued to talk to Elkhart, Frank put in a call to the policeman 19:43.320 --> 19:46.920 and asked him to come over to the bar. It took him 12 minutes to get there. He was brought 19:46.920 --> 19:53.920 into the place and confronted by the bartender. Would you turn around? Sure. How's that? 19:53.920 --> 20:01.160 Uh-huh. Yeah. How about it? He hasn't any doubts as far as I'm concerned. No. He's 20:01.160 --> 20:10.520 the wrong man. We made arrangements for Vince Elkhart, the bartender, to come down to the 20:10.520 --> 20:15.300 city hall and go through the mug books. He was unable to find a picture of the suspect. 20:15.300 --> 20:20.320 We contacted C.I.I. up in Sacramento and asked them to check their files. Thursday, 5.30 p.m., 20:20.320 --> 20:25.800 we returned to the bar. No. Come right down to it. I guess I should have known he wasn't 20:25.800 --> 20:29.760 a cop. Should have known it all along. Have you seen this fellow before? I'm not sure 20:29.760 --> 20:33.760 about that. Seems like I might have, but I can't be sure. We do a pretty good business 20:33.760 --> 20:38.380 in here. A lot of people. He might have been around, but I can't name a date or time. Was 20:38.380 --> 20:42.360 he with anybody the night he was in here? Do you remember? I don't remember. Matter 20:42.360 --> 20:46.200 of fact, I don't even remember him coming in. Just all of a sudden after the kids left, 20:46.200 --> 20:50.760 he was at the bar, tossing me the pitch. Really sanded me to think a cop would pull a stunt 20:50.760 --> 20:54.120 like that. What did you tell him when he asked you for the payoff? I said for him to get 20:54.120 --> 20:57.360 out of the place. That if he was going to make a pinch, to go ahead and do it or else 20:57.360 --> 21:04.960 clear out. Did he leave? Yeah. Said I didn't give him any choice. Walked out. Hello. Yeah, 21:04.960 --> 21:11.720 that's right. Just a minute. Hey, Vince. Yeah? Catch the phone, will you? Yeah. Excuse me. 21:11.720 --> 21:24.360 Yeah, go right ahead. Hello. Yeah, that's right. Who? Oh, yeah. Mm hmm. I don't know. 21:24.360 --> 21:33.760 Yeah. No, I understand. Uh huh. Well, it's nice of you. Sure. I thought about it. Okay. 21:33.760 --> 21:49.400 Goodbye. You guys must live right. That was him. The phony cop? Yeah. He'll be right over. 21:49.400 --> 21:53.280 Frank and I took up positions in the back of the bar. 20 minutes later, the suspect 21:53.280 --> 22:02.320 walked in. Hi, Elkhart. Hello. Want to give me a coke high? Sure. Looks like him. Well, 22:02.320 --> 22:15.080 he's shirving coal lately, huh? Yeah. Not doing much business. Slow night. Here's your 22:15.080 --> 22:25.680 drink. Thanks. Where can we talk? It's all right here. Yeah, what about the two guys in 22:25.680 --> 22:33.400 the back? They won't bother anybody. Both gassed. All right, Elkhart, what about it? You mean 22:33.400 --> 22:36.480 the payoff? That's right. I talked to boys downtown. They say they'll let you off the 22:36.480 --> 22:40.840 hook for $750. That's a lot of money. Your license is worth more, isn't it? I suppose 22:40.840 --> 22:45.040 so. But I got to know what I'm buying. Who are these guys downtown? Well, that doesn't 22:45.040 --> 22:49.560 come in. But all you got to do is dig up the money. How high does the juice go? What do 22:49.560 --> 22:55.360 you mean? Just that. How far up does the payoff go? All the way to the top. We got enough. 22:55.360 --> 23:02.360 All right. Yes, sir. You play along with us and you'll do all right. This is him. All 23:02.360 --> 23:06.200 right, mister. Let's go. What are you talking about? What is this? Police officers. You're 23:06.200 --> 23:09.560 under arrest. For what? Suspicion grand theft, impersonating an officer. And we ought to 23:09.560 --> 23:12.720 be able to figure up a couple more on the way downtown. You guys are wrong. You made 23:12.720 --> 23:18.600 a mistake. Sure we have. Stand still. You're going to be awful sorry about this. Is that 23:18.600 --> 23:22.320 right? Sure. I got a lot of friends in town, some of them pretty high. You mind giving 23:22.320 --> 23:25.520 me your names and numbers? I want to be sure I got the right dope on you guys. By the time 23:25.520 --> 23:28.760 I get through, you'll both be working so far out, you'll need a passport to get home. 23:28.760 --> 23:33.760 You got it all figured, haven't you? Front, back and in the middle. Like reading a story. 23:33.760 --> 23:44.560 Well, I don't know about the first part. Yeah. But I can tell you how it's going to end. 23:44.560 --> 23:48.080 The suspect was taken down to the city hall. He refused to give us his name and a thorough 23:48.080 --> 23:52.360 search of his person failed to turn up anything to aid in identifying him. His fingerprints 23:52.360 --> 23:56.000 were rolled and while we waited for the results of the check, Frank and I talked to the suspect 23:56.000 --> 23:59.800 in the squad room. How long you figure you're going to be able to keep this thing up? I 23:59.800 --> 24:02.320 don't know what you're talking about. No, come off it. We've got you dead to rights 24:02.320 --> 24:07.920 and you know it. News to me. Why don't you tell us who you are? I forgot. You know a 24:07.920 --> 24:11.880 man named Jim Sorvell? I don't think so. Well, according to that bartender, you said you 24:11.880 --> 24:16.360 were Sorvell. Well, he's got a big mouth. Look, have you ever been arrested? I forgot. 24:16.360 --> 24:28.160 You better get your memory back. Why? I'll get it. ID. Smith. Yeah. Wait a minute. Toss 24:28.160 --> 24:45.720 me that pad. Here you are. Thanks. All right. 46. Yeah. Yeah. All right. 52, huh? Okay. 24:45.720 --> 24:52.600 All right. Thanks a lot. You better get in touch with those big friends of yours. I will 24:52.600 --> 24:57.360 when it's necessary. Well, time just came up. We got your record. Full name, Charles Bobo 24:57.360 --> 25:03.080 Kiernan Offner. You've fallen twice in California. Once for GTA, once for attempted robbery. 25:03.080 --> 25:06.960 There's an outstanding one from Eureka and two from out of state. All three are on charges 25:06.960 --> 25:12.880 of extortion. Want to read the rest of it? How about it? You don't have to. I'm in the 25:12.880 --> 25:16.880 box. Where's the badge and the driver's license? My place. Where's that? Hotel over on Grand. 25:16.880 --> 25:21.120 Where'd you get the badge? Bought it, guy I know. It's one of the old ones. Mark doesn't 25:21.120 --> 25:26.600 know the difference. Yeah. How about the license? Made that up myself. Why'd you pick Sorvell? 25:26.600 --> 25:30.600 Looked like a good dodge. A cop who's going to cause trouble. Why him? Tagged a cleaning 25:30.600 --> 25:34.200 store out in Highland Park one night. Must be the place where the Sorvell does business. 25:34.200 --> 25:37.680 Clerk thought I was him. We got to talking. Things just worked out. What about the prison 25:37.680 --> 25:41.320 deal? How'd you build that for yourself? Well, I know a guy up at Q. He buddies up with a 25:41.320 --> 25:44.840 prisoner, gets all the information, cuts a letter out to me and I pull the swindle. How 25:44.840 --> 25:48.480 many times you worked the deal? Collected three. The last one was an old woman. What'd you 25:48.480 --> 25:53.080 take? Thirty-five hundred. Just you and the guy up in the joint cellar is? Yeah. You willing 25:53.080 --> 25:57.360 to make a statement? Sure. All right, we'll call a stenographer. Look, can you tell me 25:57.360 --> 26:01.160 something? What's that? The two out of state beasts. You think they'll extradite me? We 26:01.160 --> 26:06.080 don't call it. Why? I'd rather do my time here in California. It's nicer here. Yeah. 26:06.080 --> 26:10.120 Prettier. Lots of nice scenery in California. It's different. Well, I wouldn't worry. You 26:10.120 --> 26:22.160 won't see much of it. The story you've just heard is true. The names were changed to protect 26:22.160 --> 26:27.480 the innocent. On July 28th, trial was held in Department 96 Superior Court of the State 26:27.480 --> 26:31.560 of California in and for the County of Los Angeles. In a moment, the results of that 26:31.560 --> 26:36.880 trial. Now here is our star, Jack Webb. Thank you, George Fenomen. Chesterfield made the 26:36.880 --> 26:40.800 modern way with Accu-Ray. I wonder if you realize what that means to you. For the first 26:40.800 --> 26:44.680 time, you get a perfect smoke column in your cigarette. A smoother smoke. A cooler smoke 26:44.680 --> 26:58.600 than you've ever had before. To put a smile on your smoking, try them. Chesterfield. Charles 26:58.600 --> 27:02.880 Kiernan Offner was tried and convicted on grand theft money three counts and received 27:02.880 --> 27:07.560 a sentence as prescribed by law. Grand theft money is punishable by imprisonment for a 27:07.560 --> 27:12.920 period of not less than one nor more than 10 years in the state penitentiary. 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