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It was cool in Los Angeles. 02:48.800 --> 02:50.800 We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. 02:50.800 --> 02:53.800 My partner is Frank Smith, the boss is Chief of Detective Stad Brown. 02:53.800 --> 02:55.800 My name is Friday. I was on my way into the office 02:55.800 --> 02:59.800 and it was 7.49 a.m. when I got to room 27A. Robbery. 02:59.800 --> 03:11.800 Morning, Joe. Hi, Bob. 03:11.800 --> 03:14.800 Well? Well what? 03:14.800 --> 03:16.800 Good morning, Frank. Oh, hi. 03:16.800 --> 03:18.800 What's eating you? Nothing. 03:18.800 --> 03:21.800 Are you mad about something? What would I be mad about? 03:21.800 --> 03:23.800 I don't know, but you didn't say good morning. 03:23.800 --> 03:25.800 I'm just not going over there anymore, that's all. 03:25.800 --> 03:27.800 Over where? The Talbots. Who? 03:27.800 --> 03:30.800 The Talbots, you know, live down the street, sells real estate. 03:30.800 --> 03:32.800 We bought our house from it. I see. 03:32.800 --> 03:35.800 We got to be friends. At least his wife and Fay are friends. 03:35.800 --> 03:37.800 I never cared for him much myself. 03:37.800 --> 03:42.800 What happened? Between you and him, do you have a fight? 03:42.800 --> 03:44.800 I don't fight with people, Joe. You know that. 03:44.800 --> 03:46.800 Oh, that's right. I just found him out, that's all. 03:46.800 --> 03:48.800 Just found him out. The kind of a guy he really is. 03:48.800 --> 03:51.800 Is that right? Yeah. They use signals. 03:51.800 --> 03:54.800 What? Signals. Him and his wife. Can you imagine that? They use them. 03:54.800 --> 03:55.800 What kind of signals? 03:55.800 --> 03:57.800 Different ones for different words. 03:57.800 --> 03:59.800 What do you mean? When they play charades. 03:59.800 --> 04:01.800 Oh, I see. Well, that's too bad. 04:01.800 --> 04:03.800 Had us over their place last night, some other couples too, 04:03.800 --> 04:07.800 about eight or ten of us and all. Yeah, ten. Five on each side. 04:07.800 --> 04:09.800 Each side? Yeah, for the charade games. 04:09.800 --> 04:12.800 You played it, haven't you? Yeah, when I was about ten years old, 04:12.800 --> 04:14.800 we used to play it. Well, now look, buddy, it's no kids' game. 04:14.800 --> 04:16.800 Not the way they play. Is that right? 04:16.800 --> 04:19.800 They give you stuff to act out. Titles and quotations, 04:19.800 --> 04:21.800 you've never even heard a half of them. 04:21.800 --> 04:24.800 On the top it off, they got signals. Yeah. 04:24.800 --> 04:27.800 Noun, verb, little word, big word, person's name, letters, the alphabet. 04:27.800 --> 04:30.800 They got signals for all of them. You can spell something out. 04:30.800 --> 04:31.800 What's the point of the game? 04:31.800 --> 04:33.800 Well, beat you pretty bad, didn't they? 04:33.800 --> 04:36.800 Last night in the game, you lost. That hasn't got anything to do with it, Joe. 04:36.800 --> 04:38.800 No, I don't mean... Doesn't matter who wins or loses, 04:38.800 --> 04:40.800 it's the principle of the thing. That's all it is. 04:40.800 --> 04:43.800 Signals. Yeah, I'll get it. And they use them. 04:43.800 --> 04:47.800 Robbery Friday. Yes, ma'am. 04:47.800 --> 04:50.800 Well, I don't know. What seems to be the trouble? 04:50.800 --> 04:55.800 I see. Yes, I guess we could. 04:55.800 --> 05:00.800 Where is that? Are they open this early? 05:00.800 --> 05:03.800 All right. Yes, ma'am, we'll be there. 05:03.800 --> 05:05.800 Goodbye. 05:05.800 --> 05:08.800 Lady wants to talk to us. Says she'll meet us at a bar out on Melrose. 05:08.800 --> 05:10.800 What's it all about? Her husband. Yeah. 05:10.800 --> 05:12.800 He bought a gun. 05:12.800 --> 05:17.800 Frank and I drove over to a small bar on the corner of Melrose and 8th. 05:17.800 --> 05:20.800 It was 8.23 a.m. when we got there. 05:20.800 --> 05:22.800 Morning, gents. Morning. 05:22.800 --> 05:23.800 Hello. 05:23.800 --> 05:25.800 What'll it be? A little eye-opener? Just coffee. 05:25.800 --> 05:27.800 How about you? I'll have a cup, too, please. 05:27.800 --> 05:29.800 I'm afraid it isn't ready yet. I just finished putting it on. 05:29.800 --> 05:31.800 That's all right. We're in no hurry. 05:31.800 --> 05:33.800 There's a cafe right around the corner. They're open now. 05:33.800 --> 05:35.800 Well, we'll wait. Suit yourself. 05:35.800 --> 05:37.800 I guess you guys aren't like me. How's that? 05:37.800 --> 05:39.800 When I want my morning to be, I'll be there. 05:39.800 --> 05:42.800 I don't even know if I'm awake until after I've had a couple of cups. 05:42.800 --> 05:44.800 Is it all right if we take a booth? Sure. 05:44.800 --> 05:47.800 First one's all cleaned up. I haven't had time to get to the others yet. 05:47.800 --> 05:49.800 All right. Thank you. 05:51.800 --> 05:54.800 Looks like we got here first. Did she give you a name? 05:54.800 --> 05:56.800 Did she tell you her name? No. 05:56.800 --> 05:59.800 No, she said she didn't want to talk over the phone. 05:59.800 --> 06:01.800 Joe. Yeah. 06:01.800 --> 06:03.800 Hi, Sally. Hi. 06:03.800 --> 06:05.800 Give me a shot, will you? Sure. Scotch? 06:05.800 --> 06:09.800 Yeah. I'll be right back. Okay. 06:14.800 --> 06:16.800 Go ahead, mister. Take a good look. 06:16.800 --> 06:19.800 I was waiting for somebody. I guess I made a mistake. 06:19.800 --> 06:21.800 Yeah, you sure did. I'm sorry. 06:21.800 --> 06:25.800 A little later on, I might be interested, but not at 8.30 a.m. 06:27.800 --> 06:29.800 Getting worse all the time, innit? 06:29.800 --> 06:31.800 They all can't even have a morning pick-me-up. 06:31.800 --> 06:35.800 Without some guy starting to move in on her. 06:35.800 --> 06:37.800 Well, he's looking at your mic. 06:37.800 --> 06:39.800 Don't a-hatch. 06:42.800 --> 06:44.800 Put on a tab. Yeah, sure. 06:44.800 --> 06:46.800 See you around. 06:46.800 --> 06:49.800 Hey, your coffee's about ready. All right. Thank you. 06:49.800 --> 06:51.800 Want cream and sugar? No, black. 06:51.800 --> 06:54.800 How about you? Same. Coming up. 06:55.800 --> 06:57.800 Don't pay no attention to Sally. 06:57.800 --> 06:59.800 Yeah, I know. 06:59.800 --> 07:02.800 You must have got out on the wrong side of the bed today. 07:02.800 --> 07:04.800 Usually she's real friendly, you know what I mean? 07:04.800 --> 07:06.800 Yeah. So just don't take it personal, huh? 07:06.800 --> 07:08.800 That's all right. Forget it. 07:08.800 --> 07:10.800 Too bad you guys came in so early. 07:10.800 --> 07:12.800 Long toward evening, we got a lot of action here. 07:12.800 --> 07:14.800 We're meeting somebody. Okay. 07:14.800 --> 07:16.800 Just telling you, that's all. 07:18.800 --> 07:20.800 Phew. Gosh. 07:20.800 --> 07:22.800 Yeah, boy, that's hot all right. 07:22.800 --> 07:24.800 I think I burnt my tongue. 07:24.800 --> 07:29.800 That's too bad. Tomcat Bar, mic speaker. 07:30.800 --> 07:32.800 Who? 07:32.800 --> 07:34.800 Well, I don't know. 07:34.800 --> 07:37.800 Yeah? Yeah? Okay, sure. 07:37.800 --> 07:39.800 Hey, one of you guys got a name. Sounds something like Friday. 07:39.800 --> 07:41.800 That's right. Why, you're being stood up. 07:41.800 --> 07:43.800 Huh? She said to tell you not to wait. 07:48.800 --> 07:51.800 Frank and I left the Tomcat Bar and we went back to the office. 07:51.800 --> 07:53.800 1017 A.A. 07:53.800 --> 07:55.800 An informant called with a tip about a grocery store holdup 07:55.800 --> 07:57.800 that had taken place the previous Monday. 07:57.800 --> 08:00.800 We interrogated a possible suspect, but his alibi checked out. 08:00.800 --> 08:04.800 The next day, Thursday, May 18th, 943 A.M. 08:04.800 --> 08:06.800 Now again. 08:06.800 --> 08:08.800 Robert Smith. 08:08.800 --> 08:10.800 Who? Oh, yeah, Smith. 08:10.800 --> 08:12.800 John, it's for you. 08:12.800 --> 08:14.800 Okay. 08:15.800 --> 08:17.800 Friday. Yeah? 08:18.800 --> 08:20.800 Yeah, I remember. 08:20.800 --> 08:22.800 Well, we were there. 08:23.800 --> 08:25.800 Well, why don't you give me your name this time? 08:26.800 --> 08:28.800 No, I'm sorry. We'll have to have your name. 08:30.800 --> 08:32.800 Flint, F-L-I-N-T. 08:32.800 --> 08:35.800 All right, now look, Miss Flint, if this is some kind of a gag... 08:36.800 --> 08:38.800 All right, if you're sure this time. 08:39.800 --> 08:41.800 Right. All right. 08:41.800 --> 08:43.800 Goodbye. 08:44.800 --> 08:45.800 The woman again. 08:45.800 --> 08:47.800 The woman who called yesterday morning? 08:47.800 --> 08:50.800 Oh, yeah, what she want now? Same thing. Meet us at the bar. 08:50.800 --> 08:51.800 You think she's on the level? 08:51.800 --> 08:53.800 I don't know. It sounds like it this time. 08:53.800 --> 08:55.800 Why didn't she show up yesterday, then? 08:55.800 --> 08:57.800 Says she tried, but she just couldn't. 08:57.800 --> 08:59.800 Why not? 08:59.800 --> 09:01.800 Said something about loving her husband. 09:01.800 --> 09:04.800 When the chips were down, she couldn't bring herself to turn him into us. 09:04.800 --> 09:06.800 Yeah, but she will now. 09:06.800 --> 09:08.800 Says she has to, that she can't wait any longer. 09:08.800 --> 09:10.800 Why? Says it might be too late. 09:11.800 --> 09:13.800 10.16 A.M. 09:13.800 --> 09:15.800 Frank and I left the office and drove out to the bar. 09:15.800 --> 09:17.800 When we got there, there was only one customer in the place. 09:17.800 --> 09:20.800 A small, dark-haired woman sitting in the corner booth. 09:21.800 --> 09:22.800 Hi. 09:22.800 --> 09:23.800 How are you today? 09:23.800 --> 09:24.800 Well, a beak. Coffee again? 09:24.800 --> 09:25.800 Yeah. 09:25.800 --> 09:26.800 Okay, what do you want? 09:26.800 --> 09:27.800 Well, we'll let you know. 09:27.800 --> 09:28.800 Hmm? 09:28.800 --> 09:29.800 That woman over there in the corner? 09:29.800 --> 09:30.800 Yeah. 09:30.800 --> 09:31.800 Do you know who she is? 09:31.800 --> 09:33.800 Uh-uh. I don't think she's been in before. 09:33.800 --> 09:35.800 All right, thank you. 09:35.800 --> 09:36.800 Say, that reminds me. 09:36.800 --> 09:37.800 Yeah? 09:37.800 --> 09:39.800 Sally was around last night, asked about you. 09:39.800 --> 09:40.800 Yeah. 09:40.800 --> 09:42.800 Guess she had a change of heart. She's a pretty good kid. 09:42.800 --> 09:43.800 Yeah. 09:43.800 --> 09:44.800 Miss Flint? 09:44.800 --> 09:46.800 Are you Miss Flint? 09:46.800 --> 09:47.800 Yes. 09:47.800 --> 09:48.800 Well, my name's Friday. 09:48.800 --> 09:50.800 This is my partner, Frank Smith. 09:50.800 --> 09:52.800 Can we sit down, man? 09:52.800 --> 09:53.800 I guess so. 09:53.800 --> 09:54.800 You guys want your coffee over there? 09:54.800 --> 09:55.800 Yeah, that'll be fine. 09:55.800 --> 09:56.800 How about the lady? 09:56.800 --> 09:58.800 Would you like something, ma'am? 09:58.800 --> 09:59.800 I'd like a drink. 09:59.800 --> 10:00.800 All right. 10:00.800 --> 10:01.800 I'm gonna need it. 10:01.800 --> 10:02.800 What'll it be? 10:02.800 --> 10:04.800 I don't care. Bourbon, I guess. 10:04.800 --> 10:05.800 Bourbon and ginger ale. 10:05.800 --> 10:07.800 Lady wants a bourbon and ginger ale. 10:07.800 --> 10:08.800 All right. 10:08.800 --> 10:10.800 I'll have a little bit of that. 10:10.800 --> 10:13.800 Lady wants a bourbon and ginger ale. 10:13.800 --> 10:14.800 Does he know? 10:14.800 --> 10:15.800 Ma'am? 10:15.800 --> 10:17.800 The bartender, does he know you're cops? 10:17.800 --> 10:19.800 No, I don't think so. We haven't told him. 10:19.800 --> 10:21.800 If anybody finds out, I talk to you. 10:21.800 --> 10:24.800 If Rod ever finds out, I guess that just about washes us up. 10:24.800 --> 10:26.800 Rod's your husband, is that right? 10:26.800 --> 10:27.800 Yeah. 10:27.800 --> 10:28.800 Rodney Flint. 10:30.800 --> 10:32.800 Well, is that his name? 10:32.800 --> 10:34.800 Not really, not his real name. 10:34.800 --> 10:35.800 What is it, then? 10:35.800 --> 10:37.800 I don't know if I'm doing the right thing. 10:37.800 --> 10:38.800 I just don't know. 10:38.800 --> 10:39.800 Mm-hmm. 10:39.800 --> 10:42.800 He'd never understand. He'd say I was double-crossing him. 10:42.800 --> 10:44.800 Maybe I am, maybe I... 10:44.800 --> 10:47.800 Here you are. Two coffees and bourbon and ginger. 10:47.800 --> 10:48.800 Where are we owe you? 10:48.800 --> 10:50.800 That's a buck even. 10:50.800 --> 10:51.800 There you go. 10:51.800 --> 10:52.800 Okay, thank you. 10:55.800 --> 10:59.800 Four years I've been thinking about it, living with it. 10:59.800 --> 11:01.800 Four years I've been trying to make up my mind 11:01.800 --> 11:03.800 whether I should go to the police or not. 11:03.800 --> 11:04.800 Yes, ma'am. 11:04.800 --> 11:06.800 But things seemed to be working out. 11:06.800 --> 11:09.800 He was doing so well, making good money. 11:09.800 --> 11:11.800 He's changed, too, honest he has. 11:11.800 --> 11:14.800 Well, now, I suppose you give us the whole story. 11:14.800 --> 11:15.800 You married, Sergeant? 11:15.800 --> 11:16.800 No, ma'am. 11:16.800 --> 11:17.800 What about you? 11:17.800 --> 11:18.800 Yeah, I'm married. 11:18.800 --> 11:21.800 Well, tell me something, mister, and you tell me the truth. 11:21.800 --> 11:22.800 What's that? 11:22.800 --> 11:24.800 Suppose your wife got you in trouble. 11:24.800 --> 11:26.800 Suppose she squealed on you. 11:26.800 --> 11:28.800 What would you think of her? 11:28.800 --> 11:30.800 Well, I guess it would depend on why she did it. 11:30.800 --> 11:31.800 Oh, I've got a reason. 11:31.800 --> 11:33.800 Best reason in the world. 11:33.800 --> 11:35.800 I'm in love with him. 11:35.800 --> 11:36.800 Yes, ma'am. 11:36.800 --> 11:38.800 If I wasn't, I'd just walk out. 11:38.800 --> 11:40.800 If I didn't love him, I'd have walked out years ago. 11:40.800 --> 11:42.800 Now, when you called us yesterday, 11:42.800 --> 11:44.800 you said your husband had bought a gun. 11:44.800 --> 11:45.800 Yeah, that's right. 11:45.800 --> 11:47.800 Do you know what he wants with it? 11:47.800 --> 11:48.800 No, not for sure. 11:48.800 --> 11:51.800 You got a pretty good idea, though, haven't you? 11:51.800 --> 11:54.800 Has your husband ever done any time, Miss Flynn? 11:54.800 --> 11:55.800 Yes. 11:55.800 --> 11:56.800 What for? 11:56.800 --> 11:57.800 He stole a car. 11:57.800 --> 11:58.800 Anything else? 11:58.800 --> 11:59.800 Robbery. 11:59.800 --> 12:01.800 Supermarket back east. 12:01.800 --> 12:02.800 Whereabouts? 12:02.800 --> 12:03.800 Michigan. 12:03.800 --> 12:04.800 He used to live in Detroit. 12:04.800 --> 12:05.800 How much time did he do? 12:05.800 --> 12:06.800 Seven years. 12:06.800 --> 12:07.800 Did he come out free? 12:07.800 --> 12:09.800 I don't know what you mean. 12:09.800 --> 12:10.800 I'm sorry. 12:10.800 --> 12:11.800 Afterwards, was he on parole? 12:11.800 --> 12:13.800 Did he have to report to a parole officer? 12:13.800 --> 12:14.800 Oh, yes. 12:14.800 --> 12:15.800 For how long? 12:15.800 --> 12:17.800 It was supposed to be ten years. 12:17.800 --> 12:19.800 When did he get out of prison? 12:19.800 --> 12:20.800 Five years ago. 12:20.800 --> 12:22.800 When did you come to California? 12:22.800 --> 12:24.800 About a year later. 12:24.800 --> 12:27.800 Did he have permission to leave the state of Michigan? 12:27.800 --> 12:29.800 No. 12:29.800 --> 12:31.800 What made him leave, then? 12:31.800 --> 12:32.800 He just came home one day 12:32.800 --> 12:34.800 and said he couldn't take it any longer. 12:34.800 --> 12:35.800 Said he was going to L.A. 12:35.800 --> 12:37.800 and that it was up to me whether I came with him or not. 12:37.800 --> 12:39.800 Do you know if he's wanted for anything else 12:39.800 --> 12:41.800 besides violation of parole? 12:41.800 --> 12:43.800 I don't think so. 12:43.800 --> 12:45.800 You know, you still haven't told us his real name. 12:45.800 --> 12:47.800 Frazee. 12:47.800 --> 12:48.800 Ralph Frazee. 12:48.800 --> 12:50.800 All right, then it's Mrs. Frazee, huh? 12:50.800 --> 12:51.800 What about the gun? 12:51.800 --> 12:54.800 Well, like I said, everything was going along pretty well. 12:54.800 --> 12:57.800 He's got a good job and he's had three or four raises. 12:57.800 --> 12:58.800 Where does he work? 12:58.800 --> 13:01.800 Oil refinery. Pacific Crest Oil Company. 13:01.800 --> 13:02.800 I see. 13:02.800 --> 13:04.800 He likes the work and they like him, 13:04.800 --> 13:07.800 but the longer we live out here, the better things are. 13:07.800 --> 13:09.800 Well, that just makes him more scared. 13:09.800 --> 13:11.800 What's he scared of? 13:11.800 --> 13:13.800 Well, that somebody will find out who he really is 13:13.800 --> 13:15.800 and then he'll have to go back to prison. 13:15.800 --> 13:16.800 Hmm. 13:16.800 --> 13:19.800 If he just sees a cop, he goes all to pieces, 13:19.800 --> 13:21.800 he's sure they've finally caught up with him. 13:21.800 --> 13:23.800 Just a traffic cop, even. 13:23.800 --> 13:25.800 He gets worse all the time. 13:25.800 --> 13:29.800 Jumpy and nervous and, well, scared. 13:29.800 --> 13:31.800 That's the only word for it. 13:31.800 --> 13:33.800 He's been drinking a lot more, too, nearly every night. 13:33.800 --> 13:34.800 Mm-hmm. 13:34.800 --> 13:36.800 Then just last week he ran into a guy 13:36.800 --> 13:38.800 that used to be a friend of his. 13:38.800 --> 13:39.800 Back in Detroit? 13:39.800 --> 13:40.800 Yeah. 13:40.800 --> 13:42.800 This fellow knows all about him, 13:42.800 --> 13:45.800 that he's been in prison and Rod's afraid... 13:45.800 --> 13:46.800 I mean, Ralph. 13:46.800 --> 13:48.800 I've called him Rod so long, 13:48.800 --> 13:50.800 I keep forgetting that it isn't his real name. 13:50.800 --> 13:51.800 Sure. 13:51.800 --> 13:55.800 Anyway, he's afraid this guy will say something to somebody 13:55.800 --> 13:57.800 that'll all come out. 13:57.800 --> 13:59.800 It's just driving him crazy. 13:59.800 --> 14:00.800 So he bought a gun. 14:00.800 --> 14:02.800 Do you say why? 14:02.800 --> 14:04.800 He was pretty drunk the night before last. 14:04.800 --> 14:06.800 That's when he brought it home. 14:06.800 --> 14:07.800 He mumbled something. 14:07.800 --> 14:09.800 If he was gonna go back to prison anyway, 14:09.800 --> 14:11.800 he might as well make it worth their while. 14:11.800 --> 14:12.800 Hmm. 14:14.800 --> 14:16.800 Mm-hmm. 14:16.800 --> 14:19.800 Maybe he's planning another robbery. I don't know. 14:19.800 --> 14:21.800 I don't really think he would. 14:21.800 --> 14:24.800 But with all this drinking and being so darned upset, 14:24.800 --> 14:27.800 I don't know what he might do. 14:27.800 --> 14:29.800 Where's the gun now, Miss Frazee? 14:29.800 --> 14:30.800 At home. 14:30.800 --> 14:33.800 He hid it in the stove in the pan under the broiler. 14:33.800 --> 14:36.800 At least that's where he put it last night after... 14:36.800 --> 14:37.800 After what? 14:37.800 --> 14:41.800 Well, you see, he was carrying on doing a lot of talking, 14:41.800 --> 14:44.800 and he was holding the gun at the same time, 14:44.800 --> 14:47.800 waving it around, telling me how easy it'd be 14:47.800 --> 14:49.800 to go out and rob somebody. 14:49.800 --> 14:51.800 Said that way he could get enough money for us 14:51.800 --> 14:53.800 to leave the country and go to Mexico, 14:53.800 --> 14:55.800 where they'd never find us. 14:55.800 --> 14:58.800 Right in the middle of everything, the pistol went off. 14:58.800 --> 14:59.800 I see. 14:59.800 --> 15:02.800 It was just an accident. He wasn't pointing at anything. 15:02.800 --> 15:04.800 The bullet only went into the ceiling. 15:04.800 --> 15:06.800 I'm sure he didn't mean to pull the trigger. 15:06.800 --> 15:07.800 Yes, ma'am. 15:07.800 --> 15:09.800 But when he heard the shot, 15:09.800 --> 15:11.800 he acted like he was going out of his mind. 15:11.800 --> 15:13.800 He was sure the neighbors had heard it too 15:13.800 --> 15:15.800 and that they'd report it to the police. 15:15.800 --> 15:16.800 What'd he do then? 15:16.800 --> 15:19.800 Well, he dug the bullet out of the ceiling, got rid of it. 15:19.800 --> 15:20.800 Mm-hmm. 15:20.800 --> 15:22.800 After that, he just waited. 15:22.800 --> 15:24.800 Well, that proves he's changed, doesn't it? 15:24.800 --> 15:26.800 That he really isn't a criminal anymore. 15:26.800 --> 15:28.800 How do you mean that? 15:28.800 --> 15:30.800 Well, he didn't run away. 15:30.800 --> 15:33.800 He stayed there all night long, waiting. 15:33.800 --> 15:35.800 And he didn't keep the gun. He put it in the oven. 15:35.800 --> 15:37.800 He didn't have it on him. 15:37.800 --> 15:39.800 So there wouldn't have been any trouble 15:39.800 --> 15:41.800 even if the police did come. 15:41.800 --> 15:44.800 Gee, I kept praying that they would. 15:44.800 --> 15:47.800 Over and over, I prayed you'd come 15:47.800 --> 15:49.800 and find out who he is. 15:49.800 --> 15:51.800 He's got to go back to prison 15:51.800 --> 15:53.800 and he's sentenced, I'm sure of that now. 15:53.800 --> 15:56.800 If he doesn't, I just don't know what'll happen to him. 15:56.800 --> 15:58.800 What about you, Miss Frazee? 15:58.800 --> 15:59.800 Me? 15:59.800 --> 16:01.800 While he's in prison, what'll you do? 16:01.800 --> 16:03.800 Oh, I can work. I did before. I'll manage. 16:03.800 --> 16:04.800 Mm-hmm. 16:04.800 --> 16:07.800 Miss Frazee, what time does your husband come home from work? 16:07.800 --> 16:10.800 It's later and later since he started drinking. 16:10.800 --> 16:12.800 Nine o'clock, maybe even ten. 16:12.800 --> 16:14.800 He's never there for supper anymore. 16:14.800 --> 16:17.800 Is there someplace else you can go this evening? 16:17.800 --> 16:19.800 Over to a neighbor's, maybe? 16:19.800 --> 16:21.800 I suppose so. Why? 16:21.800 --> 16:24.800 Well, it might be better if you weren't there when we pick him up. 16:24.800 --> 16:27.800 But you can't. I mean... 16:27.800 --> 16:29.800 Well, not so soon, not tonight. 16:29.800 --> 16:31.800 Does it have to be tonight? 16:31.800 --> 16:33.800 Yes, ma'am, it does. 16:33.800 --> 16:36.800 You'll know it was me that had something to do with it. 16:36.800 --> 16:37.800 He's bound to know. 16:37.800 --> 16:39.800 We'll keep you out of it if we can. 16:39.800 --> 16:42.800 What are you gonna tell him? What kind of an excuse will you use? 16:42.800 --> 16:49.800 Let's see what kind he has. 17:12.800 --> 17:22.800 When you shop, stop, remember, vacation time is carton time. 17:22.800 --> 17:28.800 The cigarette to take with you is Chesterfield, made the modern way, with Accuray. 17:28.800 --> 17:32.800 Take along a couple of cartons and put a smile in your smoking. 17:32.800 --> 17:37.800 Chesterfield, smoother, cooler, best for you. 17:37.800 --> 17:44.800 Remember, in the whole wide world, no cigarette satisfies like Chesterfield. 17:44.800 --> 17:49.800 Put a smile in your smoking, just give them a try. 17:49.800 --> 17:51.800 Chesterfield's best for you. 17:51.800 --> 17:54.800 They satisfy. 18:02.800 --> 18:04.800 Frank and I continued to talk to Mrs. Frazee. 18:04.800 --> 18:07.800 She agreed to be out of the house during the evening. 18:07.800 --> 18:09.800 She also gave us a description of her husband. 18:09.800 --> 18:12.800 She said he was WMA, 38 years old, 5'11". 18:12.800 --> 18:14.800 He weighed about 170. 18:14.800 --> 18:18.800 She told us he had black hair, brown eyes, and a dark complexion. 18:18.800 --> 18:20.800 11.27 a.m., we went back to the office. 18:20.800 --> 18:23.800 We ran the names Rodney Flint and Ralph Frazee through RNI. 18:23.800 --> 18:25.800 They had nothing on Flint. 18:25.800 --> 18:29.800 Under Frazee, we found a want from the state of Michigan for a violation of parole. 18:29.800 --> 18:33.800 The dates given on the want checked with what Mrs. Frazee had told us. 18:33.800 --> 18:35.800 We contacted the Pacific Crest Oil Refinery, 18:35.800 --> 18:37.800 and without stating that we were from the police department, 18:37.800 --> 18:41.800 we learned that a man named Rodney Flint had been employed there for the last three years. 18:41.800 --> 18:44.800 They said he was a steady, dependable worker. 18:44.800 --> 18:48.800 6.32 p.m., we drove out to the address Mrs. Frazee had given us. 18:48.800 --> 18:51.800 It was a modest one-story home just off Santa Monica Boulevard. 18:51.800 --> 18:55.800 We parked across the street and waited for Frazee to return from work. 18:55.800 --> 18:59.800 7.05 p.m., we saw Mrs. Frazee go into a neighbor's home three doors west. 18:59.800 --> 19:01.800 Frank and I continued to wait. 19:01.800 --> 19:03.800 8.46 p.m. 19:03.800 --> 19:05.800 Yeah, across the street. 19:05.800 --> 19:07.800 Yeah, he's turned into the driveway. 19:07.800 --> 19:09.800 Let's give him a minute, let him get inside. 19:09.800 --> 19:11.800 All right. 19:13.800 --> 19:15.800 The lights are on now, let's go. 19:15.800 --> 19:17.800 All right. 19:24.800 --> 19:26.800 I see the bell. 19:26.800 --> 19:31.800 Over there. Oh, yeah. 19:34.800 --> 19:36.800 He's coming. 19:38.800 --> 19:39.800 Yeah? 19:39.800 --> 19:41.800 We'd like to talk to you for a minute. 19:41.800 --> 19:43.800 What about? We're police officers. 19:43.800 --> 19:46.800 Police. This is Frank Smith, my name's Friday. 19:46.800 --> 19:48.800 I didn't send for no cops. 19:48.800 --> 19:50.800 Is it all right if we come in? What do you want? 19:50.800 --> 19:52.800 Just want to talk to you, that's all. 19:52.800 --> 19:55.800 You're talking out here. Be easier if we were inside. 19:55.800 --> 19:57.800 I ain't got all night. Neither have we. 19:57.800 --> 19:59.800 This won't take very long. 19:59.800 --> 20:01.800 Okay, come on. 20:01.800 --> 20:03.800 All right, stand right there. Hey, what... 20:03.800 --> 20:05.800 Stand still. 20:05.800 --> 20:07.800 What is all this? He's clean, Joe. 20:07.800 --> 20:09.800 What's your name? 20:09.800 --> 20:11.800 Come on, give us your name. Flint. 20:11.800 --> 20:13.800 First name, too. Rod. Rodney. 20:13.800 --> 20:15.800 You alone? Yeah. 20:15.800 --> 20:17.800 You live alone? 20:17.800 --> 20:21.800 Our wife, Saatchi, left me a note, said she was going over to the neighbor's babysit for him. 20:21.800 --> 20:23.800 Were you home last night? Yeah, I was home. 20:23.800 --> 20:25.800 All night? From about 10 o'clock on. 20:25.800 --> 20:27.800 Did you hear a gun go off? 20:27.800 --> 20:29.800 What? A gun. Did you hear one go off? 20:29.800 --> 20:31.800 Of course not. Well, somebody did, and they reported it. 20:31.800 --> 20:33.800 Said it sounded like it came from this house. 20:33.800 --> 20:35.800 Last night, you said? That's right, Flint. 20:35.800 --> 20:37.800 Boy, what a police force. 20:37.800 --> 20:39.800 You cops ought to be real proud of yourself. 20:39.800 --> 20:41.800 Yeah. Is this all you got to do? 20:41.800 --> 20:43.800 Check up on some character who's been hearing things? 20:43.800 --> 20:45.800 There wasn't any shot, huh? 20:45.800 --> 20:47.800 I didn't hear. I see. 20:47.800 --> 20:49.800 Kind of late to be asking, innit? 20:49.800 --> 20:51.800 We just got around to it. Took a whole day, huh? 20:51.800 --> 20:53.800 Or you need a cop. What are you supposed to do? 20:53.800 --> 20:55.800 Make an appointment ahead of time? 20:55.800 --> 20:57.800 Are you sure about this, huh, Flint? About what? 20:57.800 --> 20:59.800 You didn't hear any gunfire. I didn't hear nothing. 20:59.800 --> 21:01.800 There's a lot of traffic down the boulevard. 21:01.800 --> 21:03.800 Maybe a car was backfiring. Maybe that's where it was. 21:03.800 --> 21:05.800 Mm-hmm. Do you own a gun? 21:05.800 --> 21:07.800 Uh-uh. Are you sure about that? 21:07.800 --> 21:09.800 Well, I'd know if I had a gun, wouldn't I? 21:09.800 --> 21:11.800 Zardy, would we look around? 21:11.800 --> 21:13.800 What for? Want to give your place the once-over? 21:13.800 --> 21:15.800 No, it's not okay. Oh? 21:15.800 --> 21:17.800 I ain't gonna have you busting in here. 21:17.800 --> 21:19.800 Now, come on, go on, beat it, huh? 21:19.800 --> 21:21.800 I'll get you a search warrant and come back. 21:21.800 --> 21:23.800 You listen to me and you listen good, huh? 21:23.800 --> 21:25.800 This isn't Skid Row, mister. This is my home. I own it. 21:25.800 --> 21:27.800 Now, you're not messing around a Main Street bum, either. 21:27.800 --> 21:29.800 I got a good job for a big company. 21:29.800 --> 21:31.800 They pay a lot of taxes in this town. 21:31.800 --> 21:33.800 They pay a lot of your salary. Yeah. 21:33.800 --> 21:35.800 My boss is a pretty important guy. He's got friends. 21:35.800 --> 21:37.800 So now you just take your little badges and move on. 21:37.800 --> 21:39.800 All right, Flint, if that's the way you want it. 21:39.800 --> 21:41.800 That's the way I want it. 21:41.800 --> 21:43.800 Just give us one more thing. What are you afraid of? 21:43.800 --> 21:45.800 I'm not afraid of anything, you guys especially. 21:45.800 --> 21:47.800 You're sure not very anxious for us to look around. 21:47.800 --> 21:49.800 There must be a reason for that. 21:49.800 --> 21:51.800 Well? 21:51.800 --> 21:53.800 Okay, okay. Go ahead and search. 21:53.800 --> 21:55.800 It's no skin off of my nose. All right, thanks. 21:55.800 --> 21:57.800 Bad chance you'd ever find something even if it was here. 21:57.800 --> 21:59.800 Dumb cops. 21:59.800 --> 22:01.800 It took you a whole day to get here, 22:01.800 --> 22:03.800 a whole day to answer one lousy crackpot call. 22:03.800 --> 22:05.800 Well, don't forget. Yeah? It got answered. 22:05.800 --> 22:09.800 Frank and I began a routine search of the house. 22:09.800 --> 22:11.800 While Frank went through the two bedrooms, 22:11.800 --> 22:13.800 I took the living room and dining area. 22:13.800 --> 22:15.800 We found nothing suspicious. 22:15.800 --> 22:17.800 9.42 p.m. 22:17.800 --> 22:19.800 We'd finished with the front part of the home 22:19.800 --> 22:21.800 and we went into the kitchen. 22:21.800 --> 22:23.800 The suspect followed us. 22:23.800 --> 22:25.800 Okay, if I fix myself a drink while you're messing the joint up? 22:25.800 --> 22:27.800 It's up to you. 22:27.800 --> 22:29.800 You guys want one? What? 22:29.800 --> 22:31.800 A blast. You want one? No, thanks. 22:31.800 --> 22:33.800 What about you? No, thanks. 22:33.800 --> 22:35.800 You don't drink, huh? 22:37.800 --> 22:39.800 Not hurting my feelings. 22:39.800 --> 22:41.800 I'll check the service for you, Joe. 22:41.800 --> 22:43.800 All right. 22:43.800 --> 22:45.800 I'll be right back. 22:47.800 --> 22:49.800 You know, my wife's gonna raise Kane 22:49.800 --> 22:51.800 when she sees what you guys have done to the house. 22:51.800 --> 22:53.800 Well, being as careful as we can, Flint. 22:53.800 --> 22:55.800 Yeah, sure. Well, now, come on. How about winding it up, huh? 22:55.800 --> 22:57.800 Just a couple of minutes. 22:57.800 --> 22:59.800 Well, you boys really believe in wasting time, don't you? 22:59.800 --> 23:01.800 What do they do, pay you by the hour? 23:01.800 --> 23:03.800 There's nothing out there, Joe. 23:03.800 --> 23:05.800 No. 23:07.800 --> 23:09.800 I guess that takes care of it. Yeah. 23:09.800 --> 23:11.800 All right, come on. I'll be glad to show you to the door. 23:11.800 --> 23:13.800 We'll find our way. 23:13.800 --> 23:15.800 Just a minute. 23:15.800 --> 23:17.800 Did you check the stove? 23:17.800 --> 23:19.800 Huh? The stove. 23:19.800 --> 23:21.800 No, I thought you did. All right. 23:21.800 --> 23:23.800 All right. Now what? We forgot something. 23:23.800 --> 23:25.800 Yeah. 23:25.800 --> 23:27.800 Well, it looks empty. 23:27.800 --> 23:29.800 What's with you? You think I'm cooking a gun? 23:29.800 --> 23:31.800 Yeah, it's okay, Joe. 23:31.800 --> 23:33.800 All right. As soon as I get this pan back... 23:33.800 --> 23:35.800 Hey, watch it there. 23:35.800 --> 23:37.800 Grab him, Joe. Wait a minute, Flint. 23:37.800 --> 23:39.800 You're not going anywhere. Look, I don't know 23:39.800 --> 23:41.800 what this is all about. I never saw that gun before 23:41.800 --> 23:43.800 in my whole life. Yeah. 23:43.800 --> 23:45.800 I don't even know how it got. Well, let's talk about it downtown. 23:45.800 --> 23:47.800 Huh? Come on. Look, wait a minute now. 23:47.800 --> 23:49.800 You can't haul me in like this. What have I done? 23:49.800 --> 23:51.800 You gotta have a charge. I know the law. 23:51.800 --> 23:53.800 You gotta charge me with something. You won't find it. 23:53.800 --> 23:55.800 We found a gun. 23:59.800 --> 24:01.800 We drove this aspect down to the city hall, 24:01.800 --> 24:03.800 rolled his prints, and booked him in on suspicion of robbery. 24:03.800 --> 24:05.800 11.06 p.m. We brought him into the squad room 24:05.800 --> 24:09.800 and he was questioning. 24:09.800 --> 24:11.800 All right. Sit down over there. 24:13.800 --> 24:15.800 What kind of a frame is this? 24:15.800 --> 24:17.800 Come on, how about letting me in on it, huh? 24:17.800 --> 24:19.800 Who'd I rob? 24:19.800 --> 24:21.800 You forget about our robbery charge. I guess we made a mistake. 24:21.800 --> 24:23.800 Well, that's what I've been telling you, ain't I? 24:23.800 --> 24:25.800 If we had to check the gun, we had to be sure. 24:25.800 --> 24:27.800 All right, so now you know. Yeah. 24:27.800 --> 24:29.800 Okay, no hard feelings. Sit down, Frazee. 24:29.800 --> 24:31.800 What? You heard me. Sit down. 24:31.800 --> 24:33.800 Maybe we were wrong about the robbery charge, 24:33.800 --> 24:35.800 but we came up with something else. 24:35.800 --> 24:37.800 A warrant from Michigan, violation of parole. 24:39.800 --> 24:41.800 What about it, Frazee? 24:41.800 --> 24:43.800 Well? 24:43.800 --> 24:45.800 Well, what do you want to know? You've got it, the whole story. 24:45.800 --> 24:47.800 Why'd you leave Michigan? Why'd you jump parole? 24:47.800 --> 24:49.800 Oh, what difference does it make? 24:49.800 --> 24:51.800 Suppose you tell us about it. 24:51.800 --> 24:53.800 I didn't have no choice. Yeah? 24:53.800 --> 24:55.800 I used to play around with some pretty rough boys. 24:55.800 --> 24:57.800 I got out of the joint there, still in Detroit. 24:57.800 --> 24:59.800 Looked me up. 24:59.800 --> 25:01.800 Ah, you guys will think I'm conning you, but... 25:01.800 --> 25:03.800 Well, look, I wanted to go straight. 25:03.800 --> 25:05.800 They had different ideas. Yeah. 25:05.800 --> 25:07.800 So we came out here, Dorothy and me. 25:07.800 --> 25:09.800 She's my wife. I see. 25:09.800 --> 25:11.800 You can check on me. I've been clean ever since. 25:11.800 --> 25:13.800 Ask the company. Talk to anybody about me. 25:13.800 --> 25:15.800 They'll tell you I'm clean. Yeah. 25:15.800 --> 25:17.800 That gonna help back in Michigan? 25:17.800 --> 25:19.800 No, that's not up to us. 25:19.800 --> 25:21.800 Sure. 25:21.800 --> 25:23.800 I thought that was why they sent you to jail, 25:23.800 --> 25:25.800 so you'd learn something. 25:25.800 --> 25:27.800 So when you come out, you won't do it again. 25:27.800 --> 25:29.800 That's part of it. 25:29.800 --> 25:31.800 Well, I learned. What good did it do me? 25:31.800 --> 25:33.800 Maybe you didn't learn enough. Huh? 25:33.800 --> 25:35.800 There's a law against an ex-convict having a gun. 25:35.800 --> 25:37.800 Are you gonna stick me with that one, too? 25:37.800 --> 25:39.800 That's not up to us, either. 25:39.800 --> 25:41.800 If it hadn't been for that gun, you'd never have found me. 25:41.800 --> 25:43.800 Might have taken a little longer, that's all. 25:43.800 --> 25:45.800 Sure, that's what did it. 25:45.800 --> 25:47.800 I don't know why it went off the other night. 25:47.800 --> 25:49.800 I thought the safety was on. Just my luck. 25:49.800 --> 25:51.800 I never had a decent break in my whole life. 25:51.800 --> 25:53.800 Not one. Mm-hmm. 25:53.800 --> 25:55.800 Why is there any more you guys want? 25:55.800 --> 25:57.800 No, I guess not. Not now, anyway. 25:57.800 --> 25:59.800 It's all right if I call my wife. 25:59.800 --> 26:01.800 Yeah, we'll fix it for you. 26:01.800 --> 26:03.800 Wonder how she's gonna take it. 26:03.800 --> 26:05.800 I don't know. 26:05.800 --> 26:07.800 I guess she'll stick by me. She always has. 26:07.800 --> 26:09.800 Through all the rotten breaks, no matter what. 26:09.800 --> 26:11.800 Yeah, she'll stick. 26:11.800 --> 26:13.800 Well, you must have had one good break, then, huh? 26:13.800 --> 26:15.800 Huh? 26:15.800 --> 26:23.800 When you married her. 26:23.800 --> 26:25.800 The story you've just heard is true. 26:25.800 --> 26:27.800 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:27.800 --> 26:31.800 On Thursday, May 25th, the meeting was held in the district attorney's office 26:31.800 --> 26:35.800 in and for the county of Los Angeles, state of California. 26:35.800 --> 26:37.800 In a moment, the results of that meeting. 26:37.800 --> 26:39.800 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 26:39.800 --> 26:41.800 Thank you, George Veneman. 26:41.800 --> 26:44.800 Friends, discover for yourself what modern science can do to protect the innocent. 26:44.800 --> 26:47.800 And what modern science can do to increase your cigarette enjoyment. 26:47.800 --> 26:50.800 Remember, accu-ray puts a smile on your smoking. 26:50.800 --> 26:53.800 Enjoy a smoothness and coolness never possible before. 26:53.800 --> 26:56.800 Chesterfield, best for you. 26:56.800 --> 27:09.800 In the interest of justice, and because of the suspect's good behavior record in Los Angeles, 27:09.800 --> 27:13.800 it was decided not to press charges against him for possessing a gun. 27:13.800 --> 27:17.800 Ralph Putnam Frazee, alias Rodney Flint, was turned over to Michigan authorities 27:17.800 --> 27:19.800 to serve out his previous sentence. 27:19.800 --> 27:24.800 He has since been released and has returned to his former employment in Los Angeles. 27:24.800 --> 27:38.800 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 27:38.800 --> 27:43.800 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 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