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It was cool in Los Angeles. 42 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,800 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 43 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,800 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss is Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 44 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:55,800 My name is Friday. I was on my way into the office 45 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,800 and it was 7.49 a.m. when I got to room 27A. Robbery. 46 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:11,800 Morning, Joe. Hi, Bob. 47 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,800 Well? Well what? 48 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,800 Good morning, Frank. Oh, hi. 49 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:18,800 What's eating you? Nothing. 50 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,800 Are you mad about something? What would I be mad about? 51 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:23,800 I don't know, but you didn't say good morning. 52 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:25,800 I'm just not going over there anymore, that's all. 53 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:27,800 Over where? The Talbots. Who? 54 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,800 The Talbots, you know, live down the street, sells real estate. 55 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,800 We bought our house from it. I see. 56 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,800 We got to be friends. At least his wife and Fay are friends. 57 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,800 I never cared for him much myself. 58 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:42,800 What happened? Between you and him, do you have a fight? 59 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,800 I don't fight with people, Joe. You know that. 60 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,800 Oh, that's right. I just found him out, that's all. 61 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,800 Just found him out. The kind of a guy he really is. 62 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,800 Is that right? Yeah. They use signals. 63 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,800 What? Signals. Him and his wife. Can you imagine that? They use them. 64 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:55,800 What kind of signals? 65 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,800 Different ones for different words. 66 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,800 What do you mean? When they play charades. 67 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:01,800 Oh, I see. Well, that's too bad. 68 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:03,800 Had us over their place last night, some other couples too, 69 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:07,800 about eight or ten of us and all. Yeah, ten. Five on each side. 70 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:09,800 Each side? Yeah, for the charade games. 71 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,800 You played it, haven't you? Yeah, when I was about ten years old, 72 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,800 we used to play it. Well, now look, buddy, it's no kids' game. 73 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:16,800 Not the way they play. Is that right? 74 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,800 They give you stuff to act out. Titles and quotations, 75 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,800 you've never even heard a half of them. 76 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,800 On the top it off, they got signals. Yeah. 77 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,800 Noun, verb, little word, big word, person's name, letters, the alphabet. 78 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,800 They got signals for all of them. You can spell something out. 79 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:31,800 What's the point of the game? 80 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,800 Well, beat you pretty bad, didn't they? 81 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,800 Last night in the game, you lost. That hasn't got anything to do with it, Joe. 82 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:38,800 No, I don't mean... Doesn't matter who wins or loses, 83 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:40,800 it's the principle of the thing. That's all it is. 84 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,800 Signals. Yeah, I'll get it. And they use them. 85 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,800 Robbery Friday. Yes, ma'am. 86 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,800 Well, I don't know. What seems to be the trouble? 87 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:55,800 I see. Yes, I guess we could. 88 00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:00,800 Where is that? Are they open this early? 89 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,800 All right. Yes, ma'am, we'll be there. 90 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,800 Goodbye. 91 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,800 Lady wants to talk to us. Says she'll meet us at a bar out on Melrose. 92 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:10,800 What's it all about? Her husband. Yeah. 93 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,800 He bought a gun. 94 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:17,800 Frank and I drove over to a small bar on the corner of Melrose and 8th. 95 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,800 It was 8.23 a.m. when we got there. 96 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:22,800 Morning, gents. Morning. 97 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:23,800 Hello. 98 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:25,800 What'll it be? A little eye-opener? Just coffee. 99 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:27,800 How about you? I'll have a cup, too, please. 100 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:29,800 I'm afraid it isn't ready yet. I just finished putting it on. 101 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,800 That's all right. We're in no hurry. 102 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:33,800 There's a cafe right around the corner. They're open now. 103 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,800 Well, we'll wait. Suit yourself. 104 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,800 I guess you guys aren't like me. How's that? 105 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,800 When I want my morning to be, I'll be there. 106 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,800 I don't even know if I'm awake until after I've had a couple of cups. 107 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:44,800 Is it all right if we take a booth? Sure. 108 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,800 First one's all cleaned up. I haven't had time to get to the others yet. 109 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,800 All right. Thank you. 110 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,800 Looks like we got here first. Did she give you a name? 111 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,800 Did she tell you her name? No. 112 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,800 No, she said she didn't want to talk over the phone. 113 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,800 Joe. Yeah. 114 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,800 Hi, Sally. Hi. 115 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,800 Give me a shot, will you? Sure. Scotch? 116 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,800 Yeah. I'll be right back. Okay. 117 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:16,800 Go ahead, mister. Take a good look. 118 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,800 I was waiting for somebody. I guess I made a mistake. 119 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,800 Yeah, you sure did. I'm sorry. 120 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,800 A little later on, I might be interested, but not at 8.30 a.m. 121 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,800 Getting worse all the time, innit? 122 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,800 They all can't even have a morning pick-me-up. 123 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,800 Without some guy starting to move in on her. 124 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:37,800 Well, he's looking at your mic. 125 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,800 Don't a-hatch. 126 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,800 Put on a tab. Yeah, sure. 127 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:46,800 See you around. 128 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,800 Hey, your coffee's about ready. All right. Thank you. 129 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,800 Want cream and sugar? No, black. 130 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:54,800 How about you? Same. Coming up. 131 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:57,800 Don't pay no attention to Sally. 132 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,800 Yeah, I know. 133 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,800 You must have got out on the wrong side of the bed today. 134 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,800 Usually she's real friendly, you know what I mean? 135 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:06,800 Yeah. So just don't take it personal, huh? 136 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,800 That's all right. Forget it. 137 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:10,800 Too bad you guys came in so early. 138 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:12,800 Long toward evening, we got a lot of action here. 139 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,800 We're meeting somebody. Okay. 140 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,800 Just telling you, that's all. 141 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,800 Phew. Gosh. 142 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,800 Yeah, boy, that's hot all right. 143 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:24,800 I think I burnt my tongue. 144 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:29,800 That's too bad. Tomcat Bar, mic speaker. 145 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:32,800 Who? 146 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:34,800 Well, I don't know. 147 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,800 Yeah? Yeah? Okay, sure. 148 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,800 Hey, one of you guys got a name. Sounds something like Friday. 149 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,800 That's right. Why, you're being stood up. 150 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,800 Huh? She said to tell you not to wait. 151 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,800 Frank and I left the Tomcat Bar and we went back to the office. 152 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:53,800 1017 A.A. 153 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:55,800 An informant called with a tip about a grocery store holdup 154 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:57,800 that had taken place the previous Monday. 155 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,800 We interrogated a possible suspect, but his alibi checked out. 156 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,800 The next day, Thursday, May 18th, 943 A.M. 157 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:06,800 Now again. 158 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,800 Robert Smith. 159 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,800 Who? Oh, yeah, Smith. 160 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:12,800 John, it's for you. 161 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,800 Okay. 162 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:17,800 Friday. Yeah? 163 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,800 Yeah, I remember. 164 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,800 Well, we were there. 165 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:25,800 Well, why don't you give me your name this time? 166 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:28,800 No, I'm sorry. We'll have to have your name. 167 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:32,800 Flint, F-L-I-N-T. 168 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,800 All right, now look, Miss Flint, if this is some kind of a gag... 169 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:38,800 All right, if you're sure this time. 170 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:41,800 Right. All right. 171 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,800 Goodbye. 172 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:45,800 The woman again. 173 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:47,800 The woman who called yesterday morning? 174 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,800 Oh, yeah, what she want now? Same thing. Meet us at the bar. 175 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:51,800 You think she's on the level? 176 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,800 I don't know. It sounds like it this time. 177 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:55,800 Why didn't she show up yesterday, then? 178 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,800 Says she tried, but she just couldn't. 179 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,800 Why not? 180 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:01,800 Said something about loving her husband. 181 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,800 When the chips were down, she couldn't bring herself to turn him into us. 182 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:06,800 Yeah, but she will now. 183 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,800 Says she has to, that she can't wait any longer. 184 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:10,800 Why? Says it might be too late. 185 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:13,800 10.16 A.M. 186 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,800 Frank and I left the office and drove out to the bar. 187 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,800 When we got there, there was only one customer in the place. 188 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,800 A small, dark-haired woman sitting in the corner booth. 189 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:22,800 Hi. 190 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:23,800 How are you today? 191 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:24,800 Well, a beak. Coffee again? 192 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:25,800 Yeah. 193 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:26,800 Okay, what do you want? 194 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:27,800 Well, we'll let you know. 195 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:28,800 Hmm? 196 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:29,800 That woman over there in the corner? 197 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:30,800 Yeah. 198 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:31,800 Do you know who she is? 199 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,800 Uh-uh. I don't think she's been in before. 200 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:35,800 All right, thank you. 201 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:36,800 Say, that reminds me. 202 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:37,800 Yeah? 203 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:39,800 Sally was around last night, asked about you. 204 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:40,800 Yeah. 205 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,800 Guess she had a change of heart. She's a pretty good kid. 206 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:43,800 Yeah. 207 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:44,800 Miss Flint? 208 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:46,800 Are you Miss Flint? 209 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:47,800 Yes. 210 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:48,800 Well, my name's Friday. 211 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:50,800 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 212 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:52,800 Can we sit down, man? 213 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:53,800 I guess so. 214 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:54,800 You guys want your coffee over there? 215 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:55,800 Yeah, that'll be fine. 216 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:56,800 How about the lady? 217 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,800 Would you like something, ma'am? 218 00:09:58,800 --> 00:09:59,800 I'd like a drink. 219 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:00,800 All right. 220 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:01,800 I'm gonna need it. 221 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:02,800 What'll it be? 222 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:04,800 I don't care. Bourbon, I guess. 223 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:05,800 Bourbon and ginger ale. 224 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:07,800 Lady wants a bourbon and ginger ale. 225 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:08,800 All right. 226 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:10,800 I'll have a little bit of that. 227 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,800 Lady wants a bourbon and ginger ale. 228 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:14,800 Does he know? 229 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:15,800 Ma'am? 230 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,800 The bartender, does he know you're cops? 231 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:19,800 No, I don't think so. We haven't told him. 232 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,800 If anybody finds out, I talk to you. 233 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,800 If Rod ever finds out, I guess that just about washes us up. 234 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:26,800 Rod's your husband, is that right? 235 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:27,800 Yeah. 236 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:28,800 Rodney Flint. 237 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,800 Well, is that his name? 238 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,800 Not really, not his real name. 239 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:35,800 What is it, then? 240 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,800 I don't know if I'm doing the right thing. 241 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:38,800 I just don't know. 242 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:39,800 Mm-hmm. 243 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,800 He'd never understand. He'd say I was double-crossing him. 244 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,800 Maybe I am, maybe I... 245 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,800 Here you are. Two coffees and bourbon and ginger. 246 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:48,800 Where are we owe you? 247 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:50,800 That's a buck even. 248 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:51,800 There you go. 249 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:52,800 Okay, thank you. 250 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,800 Four years I've been thinking about it, living with it. 251 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:01,800 Four years I've been trying to make up my mind 252 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:03,800 whether I should go to the police or not. 253 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:04,800 Yes, ma'am. 254 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,800 But things seemed to be working out. 255 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,800 He was doing so well, making good money. 256 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:11,800 He's changed, too, honest he has. 257 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:14,800 Well, now, I suppose you give us the whole story. 258 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:15,800 You married, Sergeant? 259 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:16,800 No, ma'am. 260 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:17,800 What about you? 261 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:18,800 Yeah, I'm married. 262 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,800 Well, tell me something, mister, and you tell me the truth. 263 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:22,800 What's that? 264 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,800 Suppose your wife got you in trouble. 265 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,800 Suppose she squealed on you. 266 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,800 What would you think of her? 267 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,800 Well, I guess it would depend on why she did it. 268 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:31,800 Oh, I've got a reason. 269 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,800 Best reason in the world. 270 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,800 I'm in love with him. 271 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:36,800 Yes, ma'am. 272 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:38,800 If I wasn't, I'd just walk out. 273 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:40,800 If I didn't love him, I'd have walked out years ago. 274 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,800 Now, when you called us yesterday, 275 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,800 you said your husband had bought a gun. 276 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:45,800 Yeah, that's right. 277 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,800 Do you know what he wants with it? 278 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:48,800 No, not for sure. 279 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,800 You got a pretty good idea, though, haven't you? 280 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,800 Has your husband ever done any time, Miss Flynn? 281 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:55,800 Yes. 282 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:56,800 What for? 283 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:57,800 He stole a car. 284 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:58,800 Anything else? 285 00:11:58,800 --> 00:11:59,800 Robbery. 286 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:01,800 Supermarket back east. 287 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:02,800 Whereabouts? 288 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:03,800 Michigan. 289 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:04,800 He used to live in Detroit. 290 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:05,800 How much time did he do? 291 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:06,800 Seven years. 292 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:07,800 Did he come out free? 293 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:09,800 I don't know what you mean. 294 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:10,800 I'm sorry. 295 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:11,800 Afterwards, was he on parole? 296 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,800 Did he have to report to a parole officer? 297 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:14,800 Oh, yes. 298 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:15,800 For how long? 299 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,800 It was supposed to be ten years. 300 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:19,800 When did he get out of prison? 301 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:20,800 Five years ago. 302 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:22,800 When did you come to California? 303 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,800 About a year later. 304 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,800 Did he have permission to leave the state of Michigan? 305 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:29,800 No. 306 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:31,800 What made him leave, then? 307 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:32,800 He just came home one day 308 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:34,800 and said he couldn't take it any longer. 309 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:35,800 Said he was going to L.A. 310 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:37,800 and that it was up to me whether I came with him or not. 311 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,800 Do you know if he's wanted for anything else 312 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:41,800 besides violation of parole? 313 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:43,800 I don't think so. 314 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,800 You know, you still haven't told us his real name. 315 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,800 Frazee. 316 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:48,800 Ralph Frazee. 317 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:50,800 All right, then it's Mrs. Frazee, huh? 318 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:51,800 What about the gun? 319 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,800 Well, like I said, everything was going along pretty well. 320 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,800 He's got a good job and he's had three or four raises. 321 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:58,800 Where does he work? 322 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,800 Oil refinery. Pacific Crest Oil Company. 323 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:02,800 I see. 324 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:04,800 He likes the work and they like him, 325 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,800 but the longer we live out here, the better things are. 326 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,800 Well, that just makes him more scared. 327 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,800 What's he scared of? 328 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,800 Well, that somebody will find out who he really is 329 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:15,800 and then he'll have to go back to prison. 330 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:16,800 Hmm. 331 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,800 If he just sees a cop, he goes all to pieces, 332 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,800 he's sure they've finally caught up with him. 333 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:23,800 Just a traffic cop, even. 334 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,800 He gets worse all the time. 335 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,800 Jumpy and nervous and, well, scared. 336 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:31,800 That's the only word for it. 337 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,800 He's been drinking a lot more, too, nearly every night. 338 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:34,800 Mm-hmm. 339 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,800 Then just last week he ran into a guy 340 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,800 that used to be a friend of his. 341 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:39,800 Back in Detroit? 342 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:40,800 Yeah. 343 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:42,800 This fellow knows all about him, 344 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,800 that he's been in prison and Rod's afraid... 345 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:46,800 I mean, Ralph. 346 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:48,800 I've called him Rod so long, 347 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,800 I keep forgetting that it isn't his real name. 348 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:51,800 Sure. 349 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,800 Anyway, he's afraid this guy will say something to somebody 350 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:57,800 that'll all come out. 351 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:59,800 It's just driving him crazy. 352 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:00,800 So he bought a gun. 353 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,800 Do you say why? 354 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,800 He was pretty drunk the night before last. 355 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:06,800 That's when he brought it home. 356 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:07,800 He mumbled something. 357 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:09,800 If he was gonna go back to prison anyway, 358 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:11,800 he might as well make it worth their while. 359 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:12,800 Hmm. 360 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:16,800 Mm-hmm. 361 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:19,800 Maybe he's planning another robbery. I don't know. 362 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:21,800 I don't really think he would. 363 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:24,800 But with all this drinking and being so darned upset, 364 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,800 I don't know what he might do. 365 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,800 Where's the gun now, Miss Frazee? 366 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:30,800 At home. 367 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,800 He hid it in the stove in the pan under the broiler. 368 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:36,800 At least that's where he put it last night after... 369 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:37,800 After what? 370 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:41,800 Well, you see, he was carrying on doing a lot of talking, 371 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,800 and he was holding the gun at the same time, 372 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,800 waving it around, telling me how easy it'd be 373 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,800 to go out and rob somebody. 374 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:51,800 Said that way he could get enough money for us 375 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:53,800 to leave the country and go to Mexico, 376 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:55,800 where they'd never find us. 377 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,800 Right in the middle of everything, the pistol went off. 378 00:14:58,800 --> 00:14:59,800 I see. 379 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,800 It was just an accident. He wasn't pointing at anything. 380 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,800 The bullet only went into the ceiling. 381 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:06,800 I'm sure he didn't mean to pull the trigger. 382 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:07,800 Yes, ma'am. 383 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,800 But when he heard the shot, 384 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,800 he acted like he was going out of his mind. 385 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:13,800 He was sure the neighbors had heard it too 386 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,800 and that they'd report it to the police. 387 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:16,800 What'd he do then? 388 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,800 Well, he dug the bullet out of the ceiling, got rid of it. 389 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:20,800 Mm-hmm. 390 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,800 After that, he just waited. 391 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,800 Well, that proves he's changed, doesn't it? 392 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,800 That he really isn't a criminal anymore. 393 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:28,800 How do you mean that? 394 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:30,800 Well, he didn't run away. 395 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,800 He stayed there all night long, waiting. 396 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,800 And he didn't keep the gun. He put it in the oven. 397 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:37,800 He didn't have it on him. 398 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,800 So there wouldn't have been any trouble 399 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:41,800 even if the police did come. 400 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,800 Gee, I kept praying that they would. 401 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,800 Over and over, I prayed you'd come 402 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:49,800 and find out who he is. 403 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,800 He's got to go back to prison 404 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,800 and he's sentenced, I'm sure of that now. 405 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,800 If he doesn't, I just don't know what'll happen to him. 406 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,800 What about you, Miss Frazee? 407 00:15:58,800 --> 00:15:59,800 Me? 408 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:01,800 While he's in prison, what'll you do? 409 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:03,800 Oh, I can work. I did before. I'll manage. 410 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:04,800 Mm-hmm. 411 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,800 Miss Frazee, what time does your husband come home from work? 412 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,800 It's later and later since he started drinking. 413 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:12,800 Nine o'clock, maybe even ten. 414 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,800 He's never there for supper anymore. 415 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,800 Is there someplace else you can go this evening? 416 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:19,800 Over to a neighbor's, maybe? 417 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:21,800 I suppose so. Why? 418 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,800 Well, it might be better if you weren't there when we pick him up. 419 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,800 But you can't. I mean... 420 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:29,800 Well, not so soon, not tonight. 421 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:31,800 Does it have to be tonight? 422 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:33,800 Yes, ma'am, it does. 423 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,800 You'll know it was me that had something to do with it. 424 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:37,800 He's bound to know. 425 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,800 We'll keep you out of it if we can. 426 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,800 What are you gonna tell him? What kind of an excuse will you use? 427 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:49,800 Let's see what kind he has. 428 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:22,800 When you shop, stop, remember, vacation time is carton time. 429 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:28,800 The cigarette to take with you is Chesterfield, made the modern way, with Accuray. 430 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:32,800 Take along a couple of cartons and put a smile in your smoking. 431 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:37,800 Chesterfield, smoother, cooler, best for you. 432 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:44,800 Remember, in the whole wide world, no cigarette satisfies like Chesterfield. 433 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:49,800 Put a smile in your smoking, just give them a try. 434 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,800 Chesterfield's best for you. 435 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,800 They satisfy. 436 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:04,800 Frank and I continued to talk to Mrs. Frazee. 437 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,800 She agreed to be out of the house during the evening. 438 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:09,800 She also gave us a description of her husband. 439 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,800 She said he was WMA, 38 years old, 5'11". 440 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,800 He weighed about 170. 441 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,800 She told us he had black hair, brown eyes, and a dark complexion. 442 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,800 11.27 a.m., we went back to the office. 443 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,800 We ran the names Rodney Flint and Ralph Frazee through RNI. 444 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,800 They had nothing on Flint. 445 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,800 Under Frazee, we found a want from the state of Michigan for a violation of parole. 446 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,800 The dates given on the want checked with what Mrs. Frazee had told us. 447 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,800 We contacted the Pacific Crest Oil Refinery, 448 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:37,800 and without stating that we were from the police department, 449 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,800 we learned that a man named Rodney Flint had been employed there for the last three years. 450 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,800 They said he was a steady, dependable worker. 451 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,800 6.32 p.m., we drove out to the address Mrs. Frazee had given us. 452 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,800 It was a modest one-story home just off Santa Monica Boulevard. 453 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:55,800 We parked across the street and waited for Frazee to return from work. 454 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,800 7.05 p.m., we saw Mrs. Frazee go into a neighbor's home three doors west. 455 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,800 Frank and I continued to wait. 456 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:03,800 8.46 p.m. 457 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:05,800 Yeah, across the street. 458 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:07,800 Yeah, he's turned into the driveway. 459 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:09,800 Let's give him a minute, let him get inside. 460 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:11,800 All right. 461 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:15,800 The lights are on now, let's go. 462 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:17,800 All right. 463 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,800 I see the bell. 464 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:31,800 Over there. Oh, yeah. 465 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,800 He's coming. 466 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:39,800 Yeah? 467 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:41,800 We'd like to talk to you for a minute. 468 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,800 What about? We're police officers. 469 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,800 Police. This is Frank Smith, my name's Friday. 470 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,800 I didn't send for no cops. 471 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:50,800 Is it all right if we come in? What do you want? 472 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,800 Just want to talk to you, that's all. 473 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,800 You're talking out here. Be easier if we were inside. 474 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,800 I ain't got all night. Neither have we. 475 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,800 This won't take very long. 476 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:01,800 Okay, come on. 477 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:03,800 All right, stand right there. Hey, what... 478 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,800 Stand still. 479 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,800 What is all this? He's clean, Joe. 480 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:09,800 What's your name? 481 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,800 Come on, give us your name. Flint. 482 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:13,800 First name, too. Rod. Rodney. 483 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:15,800 You alone? Yeah. 484 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:17,800 You live alone? 485 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:21,800 Our wife, Saatchi, left me a note, said she was going over to the neighbor's babysit for him. 486 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:23,800 Were you home last night? Yeah, I was home. 487 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,800 All night? From about 10 o'clock on. 488 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:27,800 Did you hear a gun go off? 489 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,800 What? A gun. Did you hear one go off? 490 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:31,800 Of course not. Well, somebody did, and they reported it. 491 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,800 Said it sounded like it came from this house. 492 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,800 Last night, you said? That's right, Flint. 493 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,800 Boy, what a police force. 494 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:39,800 You cops ought to be real proud of yourself. 495 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:41,800 Yeah. Is this all you got to do? 496 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:43,800 Check up on some character who's been hearing things? 497 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:45,800 There wasn't any shot, huh? 498 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,800 I didn't hear. I see. 499 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,800 Kind of late to be asking, innit? 500 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:51,800 We just got around to it. Took a whole day, huh? 501 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:53,800 Or you need a cop. What are you supposed to do? 502 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:55,800 Make an appointment ahead of time? 503 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,800 Are you sure about this, huh, Flint? About what? 504 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,800 You didn't hear any gunfire. I didn't hear nothing. 505 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:01,800 There's a lot of traffic down the boulevard. 506 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:03,800 Maybe a car was backfiring. Maybe that's where it was. 507 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,800 Mm-hmm. Do you own a gun? 508 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:07,800 Uh-uh. Are you sure about that? 509 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,800 Well, I'd know if I had a gun, wouldn't I? 510 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,800 Zardy, would we look around? 511 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:13,800 What for? Want to give your place the once-over? 512 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,800 No, it's not okay. Oh? 513 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,800 I ain't gonna have you busting in here. 514 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,800 Now, come on, go on, beat it, huh? 515 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,800 I'll get you a search warrant and come back. 516 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,800 You listen to me and you listen good, huh? 517 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,800 This isn't Skid Row, mister. This is my home. I own it. 518 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:27,800 Now, you're not messing around a Main Street bum, either. 519 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:29,800 I got a good job for a big company. 520 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,800 They pay a lot of taxes in this town. 521 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,800 They pay a lot of your salary. Yeah. 522 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,800 My boss is a pretty important guy. He's got friends. 523 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:37,800 So now you just take your little badges and move on. 524 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,800 All right, Flint, if that's the way you want it. 525 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,800 That's the way I want it. 526 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,800 Just give us one more thing. What are you afraid of? 527 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,800 I'm not afraid of anything, you guys especially. 528 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:47,800 You're sure not very anxious for us to look around. 529 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:49,800 There must be a reason for that. 530 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,800 Well? 531 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,800 Okay, okay. Go ahead and search. 532 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:55,800 It's no skin off of my nose. All right, thanks. 533 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,800 Bad chance you'd ever find something even if it was here. 534 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,800 Dumb cops. 535 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:01,800 It took you a whole day to get here, 536 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:03,800 a whole day to answer one lousy crackpot call. 537 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:05,800 Well, don't forget. Yeah? It got answered. 538 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:09,800 Frank and I began a routine search of the house. 539 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:11,800 While Frank went through the two bedrooms, 540 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,800 I took the living room and dining area. 541 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,800 We found nothing suspicious. 542 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:17,800 9.42 p.m. 543 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:19,800 We'd finished with the front part of the home 544 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:21,800 and we went into the kitchen. 545 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,800 The suspect followed us. 546 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:25,800 Okay, if I fix myself a drink while you're messing the joint up? 547 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:27,800 It's up to you. 548 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,800 You guys want one? What? 549 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:31,800 A blast. You want one? No, thanks. 550 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,800 What about you? No, thanks. 551 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:35,800 You don't drink, huh? 552 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,800 Not hurting my feelings. 553 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:41,800 I'll check the service for you, Joe. 554 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:43,800 All right. 555 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,800 I'll be right back. 556 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,800 You know, my wife's gonna raise Kane 557 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,800 when she sees what you guys have done to the house. 558 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:53,800 Well, being as careful as we can, Flint. 559 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,800 Yeah, sure. Well, now, come on. How about winding it up, huh? 560 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,800 Just a couple of minutes. 561 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,800 Well, you boys really believe in wasting time, don't you? 562 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:01,800 What do they do, pay you by the hour? 563 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,800 There's nothing out there, Joe. 564 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:05,800 No. 565 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,800 I guess that takes care of it. Yeah. 566 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:11,800 All right, come on. I'll be glad to show you to the door. 567 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:13,800 We'll find our way. 568 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:15,800 Just a minute. 569 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,800 Did you check the stove? 570 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,800 Huh? The stove. 571 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,800 No, I thought you did. All right. 572 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,800 All right. Now what? We forgot something. 573 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:25,800 Yeah. 574 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,800 Well, it looks empty. 575 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:29,800 What's with you? You think I'm cooking a gun? 576 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,800 Yeah, it's okay, Joe. 577 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,800 All right. As soon as I get this pan back... 578 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:35,800 Hey, watch it there. 579 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,800 Grab him, Joe. Wait a minute, Flint. 580 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:39,800 You're not going anywhere. Look, I don't know 581 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,800 what this is all about. I never saw that gun before 582 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:43,800 in my whole life. Yeah. 583 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:45,800 I don't even know how it got. Well, let's talk about it downtown. 584 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:47,800 Huh? Come on. Look, wait a minute now. 585 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:49,800 You can't haul me in like this. What have I done? 586 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:51,800 You gotta have a charge. I know the law. 587 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:53,800 You gotta charge me with something. You won't find it. 588 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:55,800 We found a gun. 589 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:01,800 We drove this aspect down to the city hall, 590 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:03,800 rolled his prints, and booked him in on suspicion of robbery. 591 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:05,800 11.06 p.m. We brought him into the squad room 592 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,800 and he was questioning. 593 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,800 All right. Sit down over there. 594 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,800 What kind of a frame is this? 595 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,800 Come on, how about letting me in on it, huh? 596 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:19,800 Who'd I rob? 597 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,800 You forget about our robbery charge. I guess we made a mistake. 598 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,800 Well, that's what I've been telling you, ain't I? 599 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,800 If we had to check the gun, we had to be sure. 600 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:27,800 All right, so now you know. Yeah. 601 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,800 Okay, no hard feelings. Sit down, Frazee. 602 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,800 What? You heard me. Sit down. 603 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,800 Maybe we were wrong about the robbery charge, 604 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:35,800 but we came up with something else. 605 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,800 A warrant from Michigan, violation of parole. 606 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:41,800 What about it, Frazee? 607 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:43,800 Well? 608 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,800 Well, what do you want to know? You've got it, the whole story. 609 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:47,800 Why'd you leave Michigan? Why'd you jump parole? 610 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:49,800 Oh, what difference does it make? 611 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:51,800 Suppose you tell us about it. 612 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:53,800 I didn't have no choice. Yeah? 613 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:55,800 I used to play around with some pretty rough boys. 614 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:57,800 I got out of the joint there, still in Detroit. 615 00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:59,800 Looked me up. 616 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:01,800 Ah, you guys will think I'm conning you, but... 617 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,800 Well, look, I wanted to go straight. 618 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,800 They had different ideas. Yeah. 619 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,800 So we came out here, Dorothy and me. 620 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,800 She's my wife. I see. 621 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,800 You can check on me. I've been clean ever since. 622 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,800 Ask the company. Talk to anybody about me. 623 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,800 They'll tell you I'm clean. Yeah. 624 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:17,800 That gonna help back in Michigan? 625 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,800 No, that's not up to us. 626 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,800 Sure. 627 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,800 I thought that was why they sent you to jail, 628 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:25,800 so you'd learn something. 629 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:27,800 So when you come out, you won't do it again. 630 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,800 That's part of it. 631 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:31,800 Well, I learned. What good did it do me? 632 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,800 Maybe you didn't learn enough. Huh? 633 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,800 There's a law against an ex-convict having a gun. 634 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,800 Are you gonna stick me with that one, too? 635 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,800 That's not up to us, either. 636 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,800 If it hadn't been for that gun, you'd never have found me. 637 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,800 Might have taken a little longer, that's all. 638 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:45,800 Sure, that's what did it. 639 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,800 I don't know why it went off the other night. 640 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,800 I thought the safety was on. Just my luck. 641 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:51,800 I never had a decent break in my whole life. 642 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,800 Not one. Mm-hmm. 643 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:55,800 Why is there any more you guys want? 644 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:57,800 No, I guess not. Not now, anyway. 645 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,800 It's all right if I call my wife. 646 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:01,800 Yeah, we'll fix it for you. 647 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,800 Wonder how she's gonna take it. 648 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,800 I don't know. 649 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,800 I guess she'll stick by me. She always has. 650 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,800 Through all the rotten breaks, no matter what. 651 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,800 Yeah, she'll stick. 652 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:13,800 Well, you must have had one good break, then, huh? 653 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,800 Huh? 654 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:23,800 When you married her. 655 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:25,800 The story you've just heard is true. 656 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,800 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 657 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,800 On Thursday, May 25th, the meeting was held in the district attorney's office 658 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:35,800 in and for the county of Los Angeles, state of California. 659 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:37,800 In a moment, the results of that meeting. 660 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,800 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 661 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:41,800 Thank you, George Veneman. 662 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,800 Friends, discover for yourself what modern science can do to protect the innocent. 663 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,800 And what modern science can do to increase your cigarette enjoyment. 664 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,800 Remember, accu-ray puts a smile on your smoking. 665 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,800 Enjoy a smoothness and coolness never possible before. 666 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,800 Chesterfield, best for you. 667 00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:09,800 In the interest of justice, and because of the suspect's good behavior record in Los Angeles, 668 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,800 it was decided not to press charges against him for possessing a gun. 669 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,800 Ralph Putnam Frazee, alias Rodney Flint, was turned over to Michigan authorities 670 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:19,800 to serve out his previous sentence. 671 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:24,800 He has since been released and has returned to his former employment in Los Angeles. 672 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:38,800 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 673 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:43,800 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 674 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:48,800 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Frasier. 675 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:54,800 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Stacy Harris, Herb Ellis, Vivi Janis. 676 00:27:54,800 --> 00:28:00,800 Script by Frank Burt, music by Walter Schuman, Hal Gibney speaking. 677 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:05,800 Watch an entirely different Dragnet case history each week on your local NBC television station. 678 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,800 Please check your newspapers for the day and time. 679 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:13,800 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 680 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:20,800 This is it, L&M filters. It stands out from all the rest. 681 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:28,800 Miracle tip, much more flavor. L&M's got everything. It's the best. 682 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:36,800 Yes, L&M's got everything. 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