WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.060 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:11.060 --> 00:21.700 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:21.700 --> 00:23.380 You're a detective sergeant. 00:23.380 --> 00:25.500 You're assigned a burglary detail. 00:25.500 --> 00:29.780 A woman posing as a housemaid has been stealing cash and other valuables from homes in your 00:29.780 --> 00:30.780 city. 00:30.780 --> 00:36.780 Your job, stop her. 00:36.780 --> 00:45.780 Cragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 00:45.780 --> 00:50.660 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 00:50.660 --> 00:55.140 travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official 00:55.140 --> 00:56.140 police files. 00:56.140 --> 01:01.900 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Cragnet is the story of your police force 01:01.900 --> 01:07.340 in action. 01:07.340 --> 01:08.340 It was Tuesday, October 11th. 01:08.340 --> 01:09.340 It was cloudy in Los Angeles. 01:09.340 --> 01:11.660 We were working the day watch out a burglary detail. 01:11.660 --> 01:12.660 My partner is Frank Smith. 01:12.660 --> 01:13.660 The boss is Captain Bernard. 01:13.660 --> 01:14.660 My name is Frank. 01:14.660 --> 01:19.220 We're on our way back from lunch and it was 1 17 p.m. when we got to room 45. 01:19.220 --> 01:20.220 Burglary. 01:20.220 --> 01:21.220 Hey, Smith. 01:21.220 --> 01:22.220 Huh? 01:22.220 --> 01:23.220 Your wife called while you're out. 01:23.220 --> 01:24.220 I want you to call her back. 01:24.220 --> 01:25.220 Oh, thanks. 01:25.220 --> 01:26.220 That's funny. 01:26.220 --> 01:27.220 It's not like Fay to call in the middle of the day. 01:27.220 --> 01:28.220 Well, the kids were all right when I left this morning. 01:28.220 --> 01:29.220 I wonder what she wants. 01:29.220 --> 01:30.220 Why don't you call her and find out? 01:30.220 --> 01:31.220 You're not married, Joe. 01:31.220 --> 01:32.220 You don't understand. 01:32.220 --> 01:33.220 Sometimes a guy wants a minute to think things over. 01:33.220 --> 01:34.220 Sort of prepare himself if he's done something he shouldn't. 01:34.220 --> 01:35.220 Well, have you? 01:35.220 --> 01:36.220 Have I what? 01:36.220 --> 01:37.220 Done something you shouldn't? 01:37.220 --> 01:38.220 Of course not. 01:38.220 --> 01:39.220 Then be my guest. 01:39.220 --> 01:40.220 Okay, thanks. 01:40.220 --> 01:41.220 Well, I'm going to go. 01:41.220 --> 01:42.220 I'll see you later. 01:42.220 --> 01:43.220 Bye. 01:43.220 --> 01:44.220 Bye. 01:44.220 --> 01:45.220 Bye. 01:45.220 --> 01:46.220 Bye. 01:46.220 --> 01:47.220 Bye. 01:47.220 --> 01:48.220 Bye. 01:48.220 --> 01:49.220 Bye. 01:49.220 --> 01:50.220 Bye. 01:50.220 --> 01:51.220 Bye. 01:51.220 --> 01:52.220 Bye. 01:52.220 --> 01:53.220 Bye. 01:53.220 --> 01:54.220 Bye. 01:54.220 --> 01:55.220 Bye. 01:55.220 --> 01:56.220 Bye. 01:56.220 --> 01:57.220 Bye. 01:57.220 --> 01:58.220 Bye. 01:58.220 --> 01:59.220 Bye. 01:59.220 --> 02:00.220 Bye. 02:00.220 --> 02:01.220 Bye. 02:01.220 --> 02:02.220 Bye. 02:02.220 --> 02:03.220 Bye. 02:03.220 --> 02:04.220 Bye. 02:04.220 --> 02:05.220 Bye. 02:05.220 --> 02:06.220 Bye. 02:06.220 --> 02:07.220 Bye. 02:07.220 --> 02:08.220 Bye. 02:08.220 --> 02:09.220 Bye. 02:09.220 --> 02:10.220 Bye. 02:10.220 --> 02:11.220 Bye. 02:11.220 --> 02:12.220 Bye. 02:12.220 --> 02:13.220 Bye. 02:13.220 --> 02:14.220 Hi, honey. 02:14.220 --> 02:15.220 Yeah. 02:15.220 --> 02:16.220 Well, we're out to lunch. 02:16.220 --> 02:17.220 Why? 02:17.220 --> 02:18.220 Is something wrong? 02:18.220 --> 02:19.220 Oh. 02:19.220 --> 02:20.220 What happened? 02:20.220 --> 02:21.220 Nothing. 02:21.220 --> 02:22.220 Where's she now? 02:22.220 --> 02:23.220 Oh, she's gone. 02:23.220 --> 02:25.220 Does she know who? 02:25.220 --> 02:27.220 She reported? 02:27.220 --> 02:29.220 Why not? 02:29.220 --> 02:31.220 Oh yeah. 02:31.220 --> 02:33.220 Well, why don't you tell her? 02:33.220 --> 02:35.220 I guess we could. 02:35.220 --> 02:37.220 Yeah. 02:37.220 --> 02:39.220 Sure. 02:39.220 --> 02:41.220 What's the afternoon again? 02:41.220 --> 02:43.220 Yeah, Joseph. 02:43.220 --> 02:45.220 It'll be about 7.30 I guess. 02:45.220 --> 02:47.220 Alright honey, thanks for telling me if anything comes up I'll call you. 02:47.220 --> 02:49.220 Yeah, bye. 02:49.220 --> 02:51.220 Yeah, bye. 02:53.220 --> 02:55.220 Nice old lady like that. 02:55.220 --> 02:57.220 I don't think you ever met her, Joan. Her name is Mrs. Vesper. 02:57.220 --> 02:59.220 No, it doesn't sound familiar. 02:59.220 --> 03:01.220 She used to live next door to us when I was a kid. 03:01.220 --> 03:03.220 Known me since... 03:03.220 --> 03:05.220 ...since I can remember. 03:05.220 --> 03:07.220 She's alone now. 03:07.220 --> 03:09.220 Faith calls her up every once in a while to see if she's alright. 03:09.220 --> 03:11.220 She called her this morning. 03:11.220 --> 03:13.220 Mrs. Vesper says she had some money stolen, some jewelry. 03:13.220 --> 03:15.220 It happened yesterday. 03:15.220 --> 03:17.220 Didn't she report it? 03:17.220 --> 03:19.220 I don't think so. Wants me to talk to her. 03:19.220 --> 03:21.220 Alright, let's go. 03:21.220 --> 03:23.220 Well? 03:23.220 --> 03:25.220 Joan, you gotta promise me something. 03:25.220 --> 03:27.220 You gotta give me your word right here. 03:27.220 --> 03:29.220 I don't want you to kid me afterwards about the way she treats me. 03:29.220 --> 03:31.220 Mrs. Vesper? 03:31.220 --> 03:33.220 Yeah. I told you she's known me all my life. 03:33.220 --> 03:35.220 Well, sometimes she acts like I'm still a little boy. 03:35.220 --> 03:37.220 You know how it is. 03:37.220 --> 03:39.220 So you won't rip me, huh? 03:39.220 --> 03:41.220 About anything, anything at all? 03:41.220 --> 03:43.220 What do you get me? 03:43.220 --> 03:45.220 Well, she doesn't think I ought to be on the force for one thing. 03:45.220 --> 03:47.220 I might as well tell you about it. 03:47.220 --> 03:49.220 If I don't, she will. 03:49.220 --> 03:51.220 She always claims I should have taken up something else. 03:51.220 --> 03:53.220 Like what? 03:53.220 --> 03:55.220 Oh, you know the crazy ideas people get, especially about kids. 03:55.220 --> 03:57.220 Well, Mrs. Vesper thinks I... 03:57.220 --> 03:59.220 Well, see, when I was 03:59.220 --> 04:01.220 a lot younger, really young, about ten or twelve, 04:01.220 --> 04:03.220 I used to sort of memorize 04:03.220 --> 04:05.220 things, little pieces and poems. 04:05.220 --> 04:07.220 Memorize what? 04:07.220 --> 04:09.220 Memorize things, poems and little pieces, and I'd go next door 04:09.220 --> 04:11.220 and recite them for her. 04:11.220 --> 04:13.220 You say she's known you all her life? 04:13.220 --> 04:15.220 Yeah, practically. 04:15.220 --> 04:17.220 Well, it'll be true if we don't get out there. 04:17.220 --> 04:19.220 Well, she got a real kick out of them poems. 04:19.220 --> 04:21.220 I wasn't much good, but she was prejudiced 04:21.220 --> 04:23.220 because she liked me, you know. 04:23.220 --> 04:25.220 Want to go? 04:25.220 --> 04:27.220 Yeah, but I just want to explain this. 04:27.220 --> 04:29.220 She thinks I should have kept at it. 04:29.220 --> 04:31.220 Made it my career. 04:31.220 --> 04:33.220 Reciting poems? 04:33.220 --> 04:35.220 No, not exactly reciting, Joe. 04:35.220 --> 04:37.220 I didn't just recite them. 04:37.220 --> 04:39.220 You wrote them, too? 04:39.220 --> 04:41.220 Yeah. 04:41.220 --> 04:43.220 Frank and I left the office 04:43.220 --> 04:45.220 and drove out to the home of Mrs. Sarah Vesper. 04:45.220 --> 04:47.220 She lived in a small bungalow on Las Palmas Street 04:47.220 --> 04:49.220 in the Miracle Mile district. 04:49.220 --> 04:51.220 It was 2.07 p.m. when we got there. 04:51.220 --> 04:53.220 Why, for goodness sake, 04:53.220 --> 04:55.220 Frank Smith, where on earth 04:55.220 --> 04:57.220 did you come from? 04:57.220 --> 04:59.220 Afternoon, Mrs. Vesper. 04:59.220 --> 05:01.220 Mrs. Vesper? What's gotten into you, 05:01.220 --> 05:03.220 Frank? You've never called me that before 05:03.220 --> 05:05.220 in your whole life. 05:05.220 --> 05:07.220 Oh, I meant Aunt Sarah. 05:07.220 --> 05:09.220 Well, now that's more like it. 05:09.220 --> 05:11.220 What brings you here? 05:11.220 --> 05:13.220 Aunt Sarah, this is my partner, Sergeant Friday. 05:13.220 --> 05:15.220 Oh, pleased to meet you. 05:15.220 --> 05:17.220 You work for Frank, do you, young man? 05:17.220 --> 05:19.220 Aunt Sarah, we work together. 05:19.220 --> 05:21.220 Oh, you don't say. 05:21.220 --> 05:23.220 Well, I expect that keeps you from 05:23.220 --> 05:25.220 getting lonesome, don't it? 05:25.220 --> 05:27.220 Yes, ma'am. 05:27.220 --> 05:29.220 My goodness, now don't just stand there. 05:29.220 --> 05:31.220 Come on inside, both of you. 05:31.220 --> 05:33.220 Thank you very much. 05:33.220 --> 05:35.220 Well, sir, this isn't the dondest coincidence. 05:35.220 --> 05:37.220 Ma'am? 05:37.220 --> 05:39.220 Oh, sit right down. 05:39.220 --> 05:41.220 After you, boss. 05:41.220 --> 05:43.220 Thanks. 05:43.220 --> 05:45.220 Believe it or not, I was talking to your wife 05:45.220 --> 05:47.220 only this morning. 05:47.220 --> 05:49.220 Then the next thing I know, here you are. 05:49.220 --> 05:51.220 Yes, ma'am, Faye told me. 05:51.220 --> 05:53.220 Oh, my stars. 05:53.220 --> 05:55.220 What's the matter, Aunt Sarah? 05:55.220 --> 05:57.220 Oh, I just remembered, that's why you're here, 05:57.220 --> 05:59.220 ain't it, on account of what I said to Faye? 05:59.220 --> 06:01.220 Yes, ma'am. 06:01.220 --> 06:03.220 I should never have mentioned it to her. 06:03.220 --> 06:05.220 I don't know what's the matter with me. 06:05.220 --> 06:07.220 I don't know what happened or something. 06:07.220 --> 06:09.220 I just keep forgetting that you're a policeman. 06:09.220 --> 06:11.220 Oh. 06:11.220 --> 06:13.220 Well, you oughtn't to have been one in the first place. 06:13.220 --> 06:15.220 Now, if you'd just taken my advice... 06:15.220 --> 06:17.220 Aunt Sarah. 06:17.220 --> 06:19.220 Oh, now don't misunderstand me, please. 06:19.220 --> 06:21.220 I'm not criticizing the police. 06:21.220 --> 06:23.220 We certainly couldn't get along without them, 06:23.220 --> 06:25.220 and I'd be the first to say so, but 06:25.220 --> 06:27.220 some people have a talent for one thing, 06:27.220 --> 06:29.220 and some people are talented 06:29.220 --> 06:31.220 in a different direction. 06:31.220 --> 06:33.220 Isn't that right, Mr. Friday? 06:33.220 --> 06:35.220 Yes, ma'am. 06:35.220 --> 06:37.220 You take Frank here. He had a real talent 06:37.220 --> 06:39.220 for making up verses, even when he was 06:39.220 --> 06:41.220 just a little tight. 06:41.220 --> 06:43.220 I bet you didn't know that, did you? 06:43.220 --> 06:45.220 Well, I heard a little something about it. 06:45.220 --> 06:47.220 A real talent, that's what it was. 06:47.220 --> 06:49.220 Mm-hmm. 06:49.220 --> 06:51.220 Why, I remember some of his poems 06:51.220 --> 06:53.220 to my dying day, 06:53.220 --> 06:55.220 the rind and everything. 06:55.220 --> 06:57.220 Is that right? 06:57.220 --> 06:59.220 Aunt Sarah, would you tell us about... 06:59.220 --> 07:01.220 That one about the rainbow. 07:01.220 --> 07:03.220 Yes. Did he ever do it for you, Mr. Friday? 07:03.220 --> 07:05.220 No, no, I don't think he did. 07:05.220 --> 07:09.220 Oh, it gave you such a beautiful picture. 07:09.220 --> 07:11.220 Just like an artist had painted it, 07:11.220 --> 07:13.220 only with words. 07:13.220 --> 07:15.220 You know what I mean? 07:15.220 --> 07:17.220 Well, I'm not sure I do. 07:17.220 --> 07:19.220 Go ahead, Frank, say it for Mr. Friday. 07:19.220 --> 07:21.220 Oh, please, Aunt Sarah. 07:21.220 --> 07:23.220 Now I know he'd like to hear it, 07:23.220 --> 07:25.220 wouldn't you, Mr. Friday? 07:25.220 --> 07:27.220 I sure would. 07:27.220 --> 07:29.220 All right, Frank, the one about the rainbow. 07:29.220 --> 07:31.220 I don't remember it, Aunt Sarah. 07:31.220 --> 07:33.220 Oh, now you're just being modest. 07:33.220 --> 07:35.220 Yes, yes, you are, Frank. 07:35.220 --> 07:37.220 Joe. 07:37.220 --> 07:39.220 Oh, really, I don't, Aunt Sarah. 07:39.220 --> 07:41.220 I don't remember, not a word, honest. 07:41.220 --> 07:43.220 Seems funny you'd forget a thing like that. 07:43.220 --> 07:45.220 I mean, when you made it up yourself. 07:45.220 --> 07:47.220 Well, it's been a long time. 07:47.220 --> 07:49.220 Hasn't been any longer for you than it has for me, 07:49.220 --> 07:51.220 and I can still remember it. 07:51.220 --> 07:53.220 Just as clear as the first time I heard it. 07:53.220 --> 07:55.220 What? 07:55.220 --> 07:59.220 Rainbow, rainbow, up so high. 07:59.220 --> 08:01.220 That's how it begun, Mr. Friday. 08:01.220 --> 08:03.220 Love to hear it, Frank. 08:03.220 --> 08:06.220 Rainbow, rainbow, up so high. 08:06.220 --> 08:09.220 Blue and red and yellow and brown. 08:09.220 --> 08:13.220 Like an arch across the sky. 08:13.220 --> 08:17.220 Won't you ever tumble down? 08:17.220 --> 08:23.220 Where did it go from there, Frank? 08:23.220 --> 08:26.220 The next verse, what was it? 08:26.220 --> 08:29.220 I'm sorry, Aunt Sarah, but we haven't got much time. 08:29.220 --> 08:33.220 Oh, well, anyway, that gives you an idea, Frank's talent. 08:33.220 --> 08:35.220 Yes, ma'am, it sure does. 08:35.220 --> 08:36.220 Oh, come on. 08:36.220 --> 08:40.220 Aunt Sarah, would you just tell us about the things that were stolen from you? 08:40.220 --> 08:41.220 Mrs. Vesper. 08:41.220 --> 08:45.220 Oh, well, I suppose I should have gotten in touch with the police. 08:45.220 --> 08:46.220 Yes, ma'am, you should have. 08:46.220 --> 08:49.220 Well, I didn't see where that would help matters none. 08:49.220 --> 08:54.220 Just like closing the barn door after the horse had been stolen and besides, 08:54.220 --> 08:56.220 I didn't want to hurt Barbara's feelings. 08:56.220 --> 08:57.220 Barbara? 08:57.220 --> 08:58.220 My niece. 08:58.220 --> 08:59.220 Oh, I see. 08:59.220 --> 09:00.220 You remember Barbara, Frank? 09:00.220 --> 09:05.220 Oh, sure, you played out in the backyard with her the whole summer she was visiting me. 09:05.220 --> 09:07.220 Kind of a scrawny girl. 09:07.220 --> 09:09.220 Of course, she's filled out now. 09:09.220 --> 09:10.220 You just wouldn't recognize her. 09:10.220 --> 09:12.220 Has two children of her own. 09:12.220 --> 09:14.220 Nice home out in Westwood. 09:14.220 --> 09:16.220 Yes, ma'am. 09:16.220 --> 09:19.220 What's your niece got to do with all this, Mrs. Vesper? 09:19.220 --> 09:20.220 Oh, she's the one who sent her. 09:20.220 --> 09:21.220 Ma'am. 09:21.220 --> 09:22.220 The Kenan woman. 09:22.220 --> 09:25.220 Well, did you know your niece was sending this woman over? 09:25.220 --> 09:29.220 No, no, I guess it was supposed to be kind of a surprise. 09:29.220 --> 09:30.220 Oh. 09:30.220 --> 09:35.220 Anyway, she just come up to the door yesterday morning, oh, long about 9.30, 09:35.220 --> 09:37.220 and now said she was ready to go to work. 09:37.220 --> 09:38.220 I see. 09:38.220 --> 09:41.220 First, I didn't know what she was getting at. 09:41.220 --> 09:45.220 Then she explained about Barbara hiring her to give me a hand. 09:45.220 --> 09:50.220 Of course, I don't need nobody, a little place like this, no trouble at all. 09:50.220 --> 09:51.220 Yes, ma'am. 09:51.220 --> 09:55.220 But it didn't want to hurt Barbara's feelings, so I told her to come on in. 09:55.220 --> 09:59.220 Figured maybe she could help out some of the heavy work, you know, 09:59.220 --> 10:01.220 turning the mattresses and moving furniture. 10:01.220 --> 10:02.220 Sure. 10:02.220 --> 10:04.220 What was the woman's name, Aunt Sarah? 10:04.220 --> 10:05.220 Margaret. 10:05.220 --> 10:06.220 That's what she told me, Margaret. 10:06.220 --> 10:07.220 Do you know her last name? 10:07.220 --> 10:10.220 No, no, don't think she even mentioned it. 10:10.220 --> 10:11.220 All right, what happened next? 10:11.220 --> 10:15.220 Well, we did the cleaning, not that she was much of a housekeeper, 10:15.220 --> 10:18.220 practically had to go over the whole place after she left. 10:18.220 --> 10:19.220 About how long did she stay, do you remember? 10:19.220 --> 10:22.220 Half day, that's what she said Barbara hired her for. 10:22.220 --> 10:27.220 Must have been about, oh, 10 after 1 when she went. 10:27.220 --> 10:30.220 Didn't even give me a full four hours. 10:30.220 --> 10:33.220 Insisted on my fixing her some lunch, too. 10:33.220 --> 10:36.220 I tell you, that woman sure had her share of gall, 10:36.220 --> 10:39.220 eating my sandwiches at the same time she was robbing me. 10:39.220 --> 10:42.220 Wonder she didn't ask for a car fare. 10:42.220 --> 10:44.220 Well, just what was it she stole? 10:44.220 --> 10:47.220 My cash money, cleaned out every pocketbook in the dresser, 10:47.220 --> 10:51.220 found the bills I had hid under the dresser scarf, too. 10:51.220 --> 10:52.220 Yes, ma'am. 10:52.220 --> 10:54.220 How soon did you find out that these things were gone? 10:54.220 --> 10:58.220 A little while after she left when I went to straighten up the mess she'd made. 10:58.220 --> 11:00.220 You still haven't talked to your niece about all this? 11:00.220 --> 11:03.220 I told you I didn't want to get her all upset. 11:03.220 --> 11:06.220 I suppose she will think it's funny I haven't called to thank her. 11:06.220 --> 11:09.220 I wonder if you'd mind calling her now. 11:09.220 --> 11:10.220 You mean right now? 11:10.220 --> 11:11.220 Yes, ma'am. 11:11.220 --> 11:13.220 And do I have to? 11:13.220 --> 11:15.220 Well, we'd like to get this cleaning woman's name and address. 11:15.220 --> 11:17.220 You don't have to say why you're calling Aunt Sarah. 11:17.220 --> 11:20.220 She's bound to know something's wrong. 11:20.220 --> 11:22.220 Barbara's no fool. 11:22.220 --> 11:24.220 Well, if you won't talk to her, we will. 11:24.220 --> 11:26.220 We can find out where she lives. 11:26.220 --> 11:28.220 Guess I was wrong about you, Frank Smith. 11:28.220 --> 11:29.220 Ma'am? 11:29.220 --> 11:33.220 Guess you're turning into a policeman after all. 11:33.220 --> 11:37.220 Like looking a gift tossed in the teeth, that's what it is. 11:37.220 --> 11:40.220 Barbara's going to think you don't appreciate all she's done for me. 11:40.220 --> 11:42.220 You wait there. I'll be right back. 11:42.220 --> 11:44.220 Yes, ma'am. 11:44.220 --> 11:46.220 All right, go ahead and say it. 11:46.220 --> 11:47.220 Hmm? 11:47.220 --> 11:48.220 Go on, get it over with. 11:48.220 --> 11:50.220 Write me about the poem. 11:50.220 --> 11:51.220 I saw you smirking. 11:51.220 --> 11:55.220 I'd rather you did that than just sit there with that silly smirk on your face. 11:55.220 --> 11:58.220 I suppose you never made up any poems when you were a kid, huh? 11:58.220 --> 12:00.220 Well, I might have. 12:00.220 --> 12:02.220 I'll bet. 12:02.220 --> 12:06.220 Blue and red and brown, like an arch up in the sky. 12:06.220 --> 12:08.220 When will you tumble down? Is that it? 12:08.220 --> 12:10.220 Oh, Joe. 12:10.220 --> 12:12.220 Of course, I wasn't a real talented poet. 12:12.220 --> 12:14.220 Yeah. 12:14.220 --> 12:15.220 What are you staring at, then? 12:15.220 --> 12:17.220 Oh, nothing, nothing, you know. 12:17.220 --> 12:18.220 Well, then stop it, will you? 12:18.220 --> 12:20.220 No, I was just noticing you need a haircut, don't you? 12:20.220 --> 12:22.220 Well, I'm going to get one this week. 12:22.220 --> 12:24.220 You're not letting it grow long, then. 12:24.220 --> 12:26.220 Why would I let... 12:26.220 --> 12:28.220 Joe, so help me if we ever get out of here. 12:28.220 --> 12:31.220 Hmm. Just slipped out. I won't say another word, I promise. 12:31.220 --> 12:33.220 Or look, either, huh? 12:33.220 --> 12:35.220 I don't want to even look. 12:35.220 --> 12:38.220 Well, now that isn't the strangest thing. 12:38.220 --> 12:40.220 Did you get a hold of your niece, Miss Vesper? 12:40.220 --> 12:44.220 Oh, yes. Yes, I talked to her, but I don't understand it. 12:44.220 --> 12:46.220 Simply don't understand it. 12:46.220 --> 12:47.220 What's that? 12:47.220 --> 12:48.220 A cleaning woman. 12:48.220 --> 12:49.220 What about her? 12:49.220 --> 12:51.220 Barbara didn't have anything to do with it. 12:51.220 --> 12:52.220 Oh? 12:52.220 --> 12:54.220 She's never even heard of her. 12:54.220 --> 12:56.220 Frank and I continued to talk to the victim. 12:56.220 --> 13:00.220 Mrs. Vesper told us that the suspect was WFA, about 40 years old, 13:00.220 --> 13:03.220 5'3 or 4', weighing approximately 140 pounds. 13:03.220 --> 13:06.220 Said she was wearing a house dress and a white gray coat. 13:06.220 --> 13:09.220 She also gave us a detailed description of the jewelry that had been stolen. 13:09.220 --> 13:12.220 Frank telephoned Mrs. Vesper's niece, and she said she was not acquainted 13:12.220 --> 13:14.220 with anyone who answered the suspect's description. 13:14.220 --> 13:16.220 5.17 p.m. 13:16.220 --> 13:18.220 The crime lab reported they had found no physical evidence 13:18.220 --> 13:20.220 at the Vesper residence. 13:20.220 --> 13:24.220 Three days later, October 14th, we received a theft report from a woman 13:24.220 --> 13:25.220 living near Wilshire and Western. 13:25.220 --> 13:28.220 The suspect had gained entrance by saying that a neighbor had sent her to clean. 13:28.220 --> 13:31.220 The description tallied with what we already had. 13:31.220 --> 13:34.220 During the next two weeks, nine more thefts were reported. 13:34.220 --> 13:36.220 In each case, the suspect had used the same M.O. 13:36.220 --> 13:38.220 and the description indicated that the crimes had all been the work 13:38.220 --> 13:40.220 of the same woman. 13:40.220 --> 13:43.220 Eight of the thefts took place within a few blocks of Wilshire Boulevard 13:43.220 --> 13:46.220 in the area between Vermont and Fairfax. 13:46.220 --> 13:50.220 In one instance, the suspect had been seen departing on the Wilshire bus. 13:50.220 --> 13:53.220 Police officers staked out buses and bus stops. 13:53.220 --> 13:56.220 Lists of the stolen property were sent to all pawn shops in the city. 13:56.220 --> 13:58.220 Two women were brought in for questioning that the victims were unable 13:58.220 --> 14:00.220 to give positive identification. 14:00.220 --> 14:03.220 Employment agencies for domestic workers were contacted. 14:03.220 --> 14:05.220 Newspaper want ads were checked. 14:05.220 --> 14:06.220 No leads developed. 14:06.220 --> 14:10.220 Saturday, October 29th, 2.17 p.m. 14:10.220 --> 14:12.220 I got it. 14:12.220 --> 14:16.220 Burgory Friday. 14:16.220 --> 14:17.220 Who? 14:17.220 --> 14:19.220 Oh, yeah. Yeah, Corky. 14:19.220 --> 14:21.220 What's that? 14:21.220 --> 14:23.220 Yeah, thanks. 14:23.220 --> 14:24.220 If you can? 14:24.220 --> 14:26.220 Okay. 14:26.220 --> 14:27.220 Corky Levitt. 14:27.220 --> 14:28.220 Yeah? 14:28.220 --> 14:30.220 Woman's in his pawn shop trying to unload a diamond clip. 14:30.220 --> 14:32.220 Corky says it's on our list. 14:32.220 --> 14:54.220 We left the office and drove down to Corky Levitt's pawn shop on South Main. 14:54.220 --> 14:57.220 Over the phone, Corky had said he would stall the woman as long as he could. 14:57.220 --> 14:59.220 It was 2.28 p.m. when we got to his place. 14:59.220 --> 15:01.220 The woman was still there. 15:01.220 --> 15:06.220 You make up your mind, Buster, give me some dough on the thing and hand it back. 15:06.220 --> 15:07.220 I'll take it someplace else. 15:07.220 --> 15:08.220 Let's have a look at it, Corky. 15:08.220 --> 15:09.220 Sure. 15:09.220 --> 15:10.220 Hey, what is this? 15:10.220 --> 15:11.220 Police officers. 15:11.220 --> 15:12.220 Huh? 15:12.220 --> 15:13.220 Fine, let's go. 15:13.220 --> 15:14.220 Take your hands off me or I'll cut. 15:14.220 --> 15:15.220 I said let's go. 15:15.220 --> 15:16.220 Thanks, Corky. 15:16.220 --> 15:17.220 Sure, you bet. 15:17.220 --> 15:18.220 Yeah, thanks a lot. 15:18.220 --> 15:19.220 I suppose you let me in on it. 15:19.220 --> 15:20.220 What's the beef? 15:20.220 --> 15:21.220 We're talking over at the office, huh? 15:21.220 --> 15:22.220 About what? 15:22.220 --> 15:23.220 This clip. 15:23.220 --> 15:24.220 You mean it's hard? 15:24.220 --> 15:25.220 Is that what you're getting at? 15:25.220 --> 15:26.220 Why don't you tell us? 15:26.220 --> 15:27.220 Well, wouldn't you know it. 15:27.220 --> 15:28.220 Lucky Rita. 15:28.220 --> 15:29.220 Sure walked into it this time. 15:29.220 --> 15:31.220 Didn't I? 15:31.220 --> 15:32.220 Looks like it. 15:32.220 --> 15:33.220 Newcoms got your minds all made up. 15:33.220 --> 15:36.220 You think I stole that thing, don't you? 15:36.220 --> 15:39.220 Somebody did. 15:39.220 --> 15:42.220 2.42 p.m. 15:42.220 --> 15:45.220 We contacted Control One and notified them we were bringing in a female suspect. 15:45.220 --> 15:48.220 They took down our mileage and location and made a note of the time. 15:48.220 --> 15:52.220 Eight minutes later we pulled into the city hall and we again checked with Control One. 15:52.220 --> 15:56.220 While the suspect was being searched by a policewoman, we talked to one of the victims. 15:56.220 --> 15:59.220 The victim positively identified the diamond clip as belonging to her. 15:59.220 --> 16:00.220 3.41 p.m. 16:00.220 --> 16:03.220 We interrogated the suspect in the squad room. 16:03.220 --> 16:07.220 All right, sit down over there. 16:07.220 --> 16:08.220 You want a cigarette? 16:08.220 --> 16:13.220 Yeah. 16:13.220 --> 16:17.220 All right, now suppose you tell us about it. 16:17.220 --> 16:19.220 Come on, Rita, let's get it over with. 16:19.220 --> 16:20.220 What's there to tell? 16:20.220 --> 16:21.220 You guys know all the answers. 16:21.220 --> 16:22.220 We know some of them. 16:22.220 --> 16:23.220 Your name's Rita Baines. 16:23.220 --> 16:26.220 You've fallen three times, forgery, grand theft, burglary. 16:26.220 --> 16:28.220 You made two trips to the hatchet being one to Corona. 16:28.220 --> 16:30.220 Say, I've got my record, big deal. 16:30.220 --> 16:32.220 Let's talk about this diamond clip, huh? 16:32.220 --> 16:33.220 Okay. 16:33.220 --> 16:34.220 Pretty, ain't it? 16:34.220 --> 16:35.220 Where'd you get it, Rita? 16:35.220 --> 16:36.220 Didn't I steal it? 16:36.220 --> 16:39.220 Isn't that why you brought me up here? 16:39.220 --> 16:40.220 It's a difference. 16:40.220 --> 16:42.220 You wouldn't believe me no matter what I told you. 16:42.220 --> 16:44.220 Why don't you try the truth? 16:44.220 --> 16:45.220 Okay. 16:45.220 --> 16:46.220 It was a gift. 16:46.220 --> 16:47.220 Yeah. 16:47.220 --> 16:48.220 Yeah. 16:48.220 --> 16:49.220 Lady gave it to me. 16:49.220 --> 16:50.220 Who was she? 16:50.220 --> 16:51.220 I don't know. 16:51.220 --> 16:52.220 I've never saw her before in my life. 16:52.220 --> 16:53.220 I was riding the bus yesterday afternoon. 16:53.220 --> 16:54.220 She was sitting next to me. 16:54.220 --> 16:55.220 Mm-hmm. 16:55.220 --> 16:56.220 Had that pin on. 16:56.220 --> 16:57.220 Asked me if I liked it. 16:57.220 --> 16:58.220 You bet. 16:58.220 --> 16:59.220 I said, sure. 16:59.220 --> 17:00.220 She took it off. 17:00.220 --> 17:01.220 Said I could have it. 17:01.220 --> 17:02.220 Just handed it right over, just like that. 17:02.220 --> 17:03.220 Yeah. 17:03.220 --> 17:04.220 What'd she look like, Rita? 17:04.220 --> 17:05.220 I don't know. 17:05.220 --> 17:06.220 Forty, maybe 45. 17:06.220 --> 17:07.220 A little on the heavy side. 17:07.220 --> 17:08.220 And you've never seen her before? 17:08.220 --> 17:09.220 First time. 17:09.220 --> 17:10.220 Mm-hmm. 17:10.220 --> 17:14.220 You know, when I was a little girl, my folks always told me not to take things from strange. 17:14.220 --> 17:15.220 Sure they did. 17:15.220 --> 17:16.220 Yeah. 17:16.220 --> 17:17.220 Guess they were right. 17:17.220 --> 17:18.220 All right, Rita. 17:18.220 --> 17:19.220 What do you do for a living? 17:19.220 --> 17:20.220 Weight table. 17:20.220 --> 17:22.220 Where? 17:22.220 --> 17:23.220 Borrowed from Pico. 17:23.220 --> 17:24.220 You work days or nights? 17:24.220 --> 17:25.220 Nights mostly. 17:25.220 --> 17:26.220 Don't open till four o'clock. 17:26.220 --> 17:27.220 Every morning's free then, huh? 17:27.220 --> 17:28.220 Law against it? 17:28.220 --> 17:29.220 Ever do any housework? 17:29.220 --> 17:30.220 Straighten up my room once in a while. 17:30.220 --> 17:31.220 Ever do housework for somebody else? 17:31.220 --> 17:32.220 What do you mean? 17:32.220 --> 17:33.220 Like a cleaning woman. 17:33.220 --> 17:36.220 I ain't that hard up for a job, even with a record. 17:36.220 --> 17:37.220 All right. 17:37.220 --> 17:38.220 Let's talk about this pin some more. 17:38.220 --> 17:39.220 You didn't believe me, did you? 17:39.220 --> 17:40.220 Pretty hard to swallow, isn't it? 17:40.220 --> 17:41.220 Yeah. 17:41.220 --> 17:42.220 Lady at Balance who says worth over $100. 17:42.220 --> 17:43.220 Palmbroker didn't think so. 17:43.220 --> 17:44.220 People don't go around giving away $100. 17:44.220 --> 17:45.220 They don't give away money. 17:45.220 --> 17:46.220 They don't give away money. 17:46.220 --> 17:50.220 Palmbroker didn't think so. 17:50.220 --> 17:51.220 People don't go around giving away $100 clips now, do they? 17:51.220 --> 17:52.220 Where'd you get it? 17:52.220 --> 17:53.220 Same on the bus asked me if I liked it. 17:53.220 --> 17:54.220 I said yes, she gave it to me. 17:54.220 --> 17:55.220 Yeah. 17:55.220 --> 17:56.220 You guys don't mind if I stick to that story, do you? 17:56.220 --> 17:57.220 Seeing is out the truth. 17:57.220 --> 17:58.220 Which bus were you riding? 17:58.220 --> 17:59.220 Wilshire. 17:59.220 --> 18:00.220 Where'd your friend get off? 18:00.220 --> 18:01.220 She wasn't my friend. 18:01.220 --> 18:02.220 Where'd she get off? 18:02.220 --> 18:03.220 I don't know. 18:03.220 --> 18:04.220 I got off first. 18:04.220 --> 18:05.220 You know, if it was somebody else telling you this, you might go along with it. 18:05.220 --> 18:06.220 Yeah, sure we would. 18:06.220 --> 18:07.220 But not me. 18:07.220 --> 18:08.220 Not Rita Bane. 18:08.220 --> 18:09.220 You cops give us the money. 18:09.220 --> 18:10.220 You give us the money. 18:10.220 --> 18:11.220 You give us the money. 18:11.220 --> 18:12.220 You give us the money. 18:12.220 --> 18:16.380 You give us the money, you give us the money, you give us the money. 18:16.380 --> 18:17.380 Sure we would. 18:17.380 --> 18:18.380 But not me. 18:18.380 --> 18:19.380 Not Rita Bane. 18:19.380 --> 18:20.380 You cops give a gal a record from then on, she might as well be dead. 18:20.380 --> 18:21.380 Sure. 18:21.380 --> 18:22.380 Anytime there's trouble, pick her up. 18:22.380 --> 18:23.380 She probably did it. 18:23.380 --> 18:24.380 If she tells you different, she's probably lying. 18:24.380 --> 18:25.380 You know, you got one thing wrong, Rita. 18:25.380 --> 18:26.380 I ought to know. 18:26.380 --> 18:27.380 It's happened to me often enough. 18:27.380 --> 18:28.380 I'm the gal with the record. 18:28.380 --> 18:34.380 Yeah, but we didn't give it to you. 18:34.380 --> 18:37.700 Frank and I continued to question the suspect, but she refused to change her story. 18:37.700 --> 18:38.700 842 p.m. 18:38.700 --> 18:41.880 A special show-up was held for several of the burglary victims. 18:41.880 --> 18:43.920 None of them identified Rita Baines. 18:43.920 --> 18:44.920 9.06 PM. 18:44.920 --> 18:47.160 She was released from custody and we went back to the office. 18:47.160 --> 18:50.840 Well, if she didn't take that clip, she knows who did. 18:50.840 --> 18:51.840 Maybe. 18:51.840 --> 18:52.840 That's the reason, Joe. 18:52.840 --> 18:59.040 Nobody's going to go to all the trouble stealing this stuff and then give it away. 18:59.040 --> 19:00.040 Burgery Friday. 19:00.040 --> 19:01.040 Yes, ma'am. 19:01.040 --> 19:02.040 What's that? 19:02.040 --> 19:03.040 I see. 19:03.040 --> 19:04.040 Yes, we would. 19:04.040 --> 19:05.040 What's your address? 19:05.040 --> 19:14.880 All right, thank you very much. 19:14.880 --> 19:15.880 Just a few minutes. 19:15.880 --> 19:16.880 Goodbye. 19:16.880 --> 19:19.880 Well, here we go again. 19:19.880 --> 19:20.880 Another burglary? 19:20.880 --> 19:28.120 Another piece of free jewelry. 19:28.120 --> 19:30.560 Frank and I drove out to an address on South Ridgely Drive. 19:30.560 --> 19:31.680 9.32 PM. 19:31.680 --> 19:33.440 We talked to Mrs. Lucy Heflin. 19:33.440 --> 19:36.600 She showed us a pearl choker that had been given to her by a woman she met at a bus stop 19:36.600 --> 19:37.600 earlier in the evening. 19:37.600 --> 19:38.600 I didn't want to take it. 19:38.600 --> 19:40.640 I told her so, but she wouldn't listen. 19:40.640 --> 19:41.640 That's fast. 19:41.640 --> 19:44.200 And then afterwards when I got home and thought about it, well, I started wondering if maybe 19:44.200 --> 19:46.880 there was some reason why she was so anxious to get rid of those pearls. 19:46.880 --> 19:47.880 So I called you. 19:47.880 --> 19:49.240 Just where was it you saw this woman, Mrs. Heflin? 19:49.240 --> 19:50.840 Corner of Wilshire and Barstow. 19:50.840 --> 19:52.080 That's where I was waiting for my bus. 19:52.080 --> 19:54.120 I take the Wilshire Express home. 19:54.120 --> 19:55.120 She was on a long call. 19:55.120 --> 19:56.120 I see. 19:56.120 --> 19:57.120 And when it pulled up, she got out. 19:57.120 --> 19:59.120 I guess she must have turned her ankle or something. 19:59.120 --> 20:00.600 Anyway, she dropped her pocketbook. 20:00.600 --> 20:03.200 Well, I helped her pick up her things. 20:03.200 --> 20:04.200 That's when she gave me this choker. 20:04.200 --> 20:05.200 I see. 20:05.200 --> 20:07.600 Said she didn't have any use for it herself and for me to keep it. 20:07.600 --> 20:09.920 Tried to give it back, but she wouldn't wait. 20:09.920 --> 20:13.040 I tried to follow her, but just then my bus came along and I knew there wouldn't be another 20:13.040 --> 20:14.040 one for maybe an hour. 20:14.040 --> 20:15.040 Yes, ma'am. 20:15.040 --> 20:16.720 They don't run very regular after eight o'clock. 20:16.720 --> 20:17.720 Yes. 20:17.720 --> 20:20.760 Anyway, I figured I could always return the choker if that seemed like the best thing. 20:20.760 --> 20:22.680 How were you going to do that, Mrs. Heflin? 20:22.680 --> 20:23.680 Do you know the woman? 20:23.680 --> 20:25.680 Oh, no, no, but I watched her from the bus. 20:25.680 --> 20:26.680 We had to wait for the light to change. 20:26.680 --> 20:27.680 Yeah. 20:27.680 --> 20:28.680 So I was going to a building, an apartment house. 20:28.680 --> 20:29.680 Oh. 20:29.680 --> 20:30.680 I suppose that's where she lives. 20:30.680 --> 20:39.520 Mrs. Heflin told us that the woman had entered an apartment house on Barstow Street, two 20:39.520 --> 20:42.040 doors from the Wilshire corner. 20:42.040 --> 20:45.680 We asked her to describe the suspect and her description tallied with what we already had. 20:45.680 --> 20:46.680 Ten fifteen p.m. 20:46.680 --> 20:50.280 We drove over to the Barstow Avenue address and talked to the manager of the apartment. 20:50.280 --> 20:53.600 He told us that a woman answering the suspect's description lived on the second floor, apartment 20:53.600 --> 20:54.600 seven. 20:54.600 --> 20:56.800 He said that her name was Edna Landy. 20:56.800 --> 21:00.960 Frank and I went upstairs to talk to her. 21:00.960 --> 21:05.960 Well, this must be it. 21:05.960 --> 21:09.920 Somebody's coming. 21:09.920 --> 21:11.920 Here. 21:11.920 --> 21:13.920 Miss Landy? 21:13.920 --> 21:15.240 Yes, sir? 21:15.240 --> 21:16.240 Police officers. 21:16.240 --> 21:17.240 Oh. 21:17.240 --> 21:19.240 I'd like you to come downtown with us, Miss Landy. 21:19.240 --> 21:21.240 All right, I'll get my coat. 21:21.240 --> 21:22.240 Never mind, I'll get it for you. 21:22.240 --> 21:24.240 It's in the closet over there. 21:24.240 --> 21:25.240 OK. 21:25.240 --> 21:26.240 I'll look around while I'm at it, Joe. 21:26.240 --> 21:27.240 Yeah. 21:27.240 --> 21:28.240 You won't find anything. 21:28.240 --> 21:29.240 Yes, sir. 21:29.240 --> 21:32.240 I gave the last of it away just this evening. 21:32.240 --> 21:34.240 Lady, I met at the bus stop. 21:34.240 --> 21:36.240 I gave the last piece to her. 21:36.240 --> 21:37.240 I see. 21:37.240 --> 21:38.240 She was very kind to me. 21:38.240 --> 21:41.240 Helped me when I dropped my purse. 21:41.240 --> 21:44.240 I'm glad I had something nice for her. 21:44.240 --> 21:46.240 Girl choker, that's what it was. 21:46.240 --> 21:47.240 Yeah. 21:47.240 --> 21:48.240 It was clean, Joe. 21:48.240 --> 21:49.240 Nice. 21:49.240 --> 21:51.240 I said you wouldn't find anything. 21:51.240 --> 21:54.240 Why'd you do it, Miss Landy? 21:54.240 --> 21:56.240 Why'd you steal those things? 21:56.240 --> 21:58.240 Oh, I wasn't stealing. 21:58.240 --> 21:59.240 Oh, you weren't, huh? 21:59.240 --> 22:00.240 Of course not. 22:00.240 --> 22:02.240 I'm just teaching them a lesson. 22:02.240 --> 22:03.240 Yeah. 22:03.240 --> 22:04.240 They needed it. 22:04.240 --> 22:05.240 They needed it bad. 22:05.240 --> 22:07.240 You never trust anybody. 22:07.240 --> 22:08.240 You always say you're stealing from them. 22:08.240 --> 22:10.240 Who are you talking about, Miss Landy? 22:10.240 --> 22:12.240 People that hired me to work for them. 22:12.240 --> 22:14.240 Do their cleaning. 22:14.240 --> 22:15.240 These people didn't hire you? 22:15.240 --> 22:16.240 They're all the same. 22:16.240 --> 22:19.240 Folks out here are back east, all the same. 22:19.240 --> 22:20.240 Where's back east? 22:20.240 --> 22:21.240 Chicago. 22:21.240 --> 22:22.240 Chicago, Illinois. 22:22.240 --> 22:23.240 Mm-hmm. 22:23.240 --> 22:26.240 Doesn't matter how much you do, how hard you try. 22:26.240 --> 22:27.240 Ma'am? 22:27.240 --> 22:28.240 Sooner or later, something's missing. 22:28.240 --> 22:29.240 They say you took it. 22:29.240 --> 22:30.240 Mm-hmm. 22:30.240 --> 22:31.240 I've worked for them 10 years. 22:31.240 --> 22:32.240 Doesn't matter. 22:32.240 --> 22:33.240 At least a little thing gets lost. 22:33.240 --> 22:34.240 They say you're a thief. 22:34.240 --> 22:35.240 I see. 22:35.240 --> 22:36.240 I made up my mind to show them. 22:36.240 --> 22:40.240 As long as they're going to blame me anyway, might as well do something to deserve it. 22:40.240 --> 22:41.240 Mm-hmm. 22:41.240 --> 22:42.240 Good lesson. 22:42.240 --> 22:43.240 That's what they need. 22:43.240 --> 22:44.240 All right. 22:44.240 --> 22:45.240 Let's go. 22:45.240 --> 22:46.240 I'm an honest woman. 22:46.240 --> 22:47.240 I've always been honest. 22:47.240 --> 22:48.240 Sure. 22:48.240 --> 22:49.240 I never took that money from Mrs. Dresser. 22:49.240 --> 22:50.240 She was wrong to say I did. 22:50.240 --> 22:51.240 Never took my money. 22:51.240 --> 22:53.240 She was wrong to say I did. 22:53.240 --> 22:55.240 Never took nothing that didn't belong to me. 22:55.240 --> 22:57.240 Until you came out here. 22:57.240 --> 22:58.240 That's different. 22:58.240 --> 23:00.240 Even then, I wasn't taken for myself. 23:00.240 --> 23:01.240 I gave all the jewelry away. 23:01.240 --> 23:02.240 It wasn't for me. 23:02.240 --> 23:04.240 It was more than jewelry, Miss Landy. 23:04.240 --> 23:05.240 A lot of money missing, too. 23:05.240 --> 23:06.240 Well, I didn't keep it. 23:06.240 --> 23:07.240 Oh? 23:07.240 --> 23:08.240 I sent it off, every penny. 23:08.240 --> 23:11.240 Sent it to charity, different charities all over. 23:11.240 --> 23:13.240 I wouldn't keep something that wasn't mine. 23:13.240 --> 23:14.240 I see. 23:14.240 --> 23:17.240 Maybe next time, they'll be a little more careful who they say is a thief. 23:17.240 --> 23:18.240 Yes, ma'am. 23:18.240 --> 23:21.240 It isn't right to accuse somebody when she hasn't done it just because you're the cleaning 23:21.240 --> 23:22.240 woman. 23:22.240 --> 23:23.240 That doesn't mean you're not honest. 23:23.240 --> 23:24.240 Mm-hmm. 23:24.240 --> 23:25.240 Now, I showed them. 23:25.240 --> 23:28.240 I showed them if I really wanted to be a crook how easy it was. 23:28.240 --> 23:29.240 Mm-hmm. 23:29.240 --> 23:32.240 They mustn't think I was doing anything wrong. 23:32.240 --> 23:33.240 No. 23:33.240 --> 23:34.240 Just trying to make them understand. 23:34.240 --> 23:35.240 That's all. 23:35.240 --> 23:36.240 Cleaning woman's like everybody else. 23:36.240 --> 23:39.240 She's got feelings, too, and pride like everybody else. 23:39.240 --> 23:40.240 Mm-hmm. 23:40.240 --> 23:42.240 Maybe now they'll see where they made their mistake. 23:42.240 --> 23:43.240 Yeah. 23:43.240 --> 23:44.240 Now they better. 23:44.240 --> 23:48.240 I won't stand for being called a liar and a thief, not anymore. 23:48.240 --> 23:52.240 Folks better treat me a whole lot different from here on in. 23:52.240 --> 23:54.240 Well, that's right, Miss Landy. 23:54.240 --> 23:55.240 What? 23:55.240 --> 23:56.240 They will. 23:56.240 --> 24:04.240 The story you've just heard is true. 24:04.240 --> 24:07.240 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 24:07.240 --> 24:12.240 On December 14th, a hearing was held in Department 96, Superior Court of the State of California 24:12.240 --> 24:14.240 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 24:14.240 --> 24:16.240 In a moment, the results of that hearing... 24:16.240 --> 24:29.240 Edna Foster Landy was examined by three psychiatrists appointed by the court 24:29.240 --> 24:31.240 and was found to be mentally incompetent. 24:31.240 --> 24:35.240 She was committed to a state medical hospital for an indefinite period of treatment. 24:35.240 --> 24:49.240 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 24:49.240 --> 24:54.240 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 24:54.240 --> 25:06.240 Music