WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:10.960 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:10.960 --> 00:22.440 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:22.440 --> 00:23.440 You're a detective sergeant. 00:23.440 --> 00:25.840 You're assigned the bunko fugitive detail. 00:25.840 --> 00:29.800 A man tells you he's been taken for a large sum of money. 00:29.800 --> 00:31.200 He thinks it was a swindle. 00:31.200 --> 00:35.600 Your job, run it down. 00:35.600 --> 00:40.460 The documentary drama of an actual crime. 00:40.460 --> 00:45.600 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will 00:45.600 --> 00:50.160 travel step by step on the side of the law to an actual case transcribed from official 00:50.160 --> 00:51.160 police files. 00:51.160 --> 00:52.160 From beginning to end. 00:52.160 --> 00:53.160 From crime to punishment. 00:53.160 --> 01:02.880 Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 01:02.880 --> 01:03.880 It was Monday, September 12th. 01:03.880 --> 01:04.880 It was hot in Los Angeles. 01:04.880 --> 01:07.520 We were working the day watch out of bunko fugitive detail. 01:07.520 --> 01:10.800 My partner, Frank Smith, the boss's captain, my name is Friday. 01:10.800 --> 01:12.800 I was on my way back from communications. 01:12.800 --> 01:16.000 It was 2 17 p.m. when I got to room 38. 01:16.000 --> 01:17.000 Bunko fugitive. 01:17.000 --> 01:18.000 Oh, hi, Joe. 01:18.000 --> 01:19.000 Oh, hi. 01:19.000 --> 01:20.000 I get it. 01:20.000 --> 01:21.000 Bunko fugitive. 01:21.000 --> 01:23.400 Bunko fugitive, Friday. 01:23.400 --> 01:25.680 Yes, that's right. 01:25.680 --> 01:29.840 Well, when did you see him last? 01:29.840 --> 01:31.840 Well, how much was it? 01:31.840 --> 01:32.840 How much? 01:32.840 --> 01:33.840 All right, sir. 01:33.840 --> 01:34.840 We'll be here. 01:34.840 --> 01:35.840 Well, right away if I were you. 01:35.840 --> 01:36.840 All right, fine. 01:36.840 --> 01:37.840 A fellow's coming in to talk to us. 01:37.840 --> 01:38.840 Yeah? 01:38.840 --> 01:39.840 Says he gave a friend I guess $40,000. 01:39.840 --> 01:40.840 Oh. 01:40.840 --> 01:41.840 Kind of broke up their friendship. 01:41.840 --> 01:42.840 What do you mean? 01:42.840 --> 01:43.840 The guy skipped out. 01:43.840 --> 01:44.840 Oh, yeah. 01:44.840 --> 01:45.840 He's a good friend. 01:45.840 --> 01:46.840 He's a good friend. 01:46.840 --> 01:47.840 He's a good friend. 01:47.840 --> 01:48.840 He's a good friend. 01:48.840 --> 01:49.840 He's a good friend. 01:49.840 --> 01:50.840 He's a good friend. 01:50.840 --> 01:51.840 He's a good friend. 01:51.840 --> 01:52.840 He's a good friend. 01:52.840 --> 01:53.840 He's a good friend. 01:53.840 --> 01:54.840 He's a good friend. 01:54.840 --> 01:55.840 He's a good friend. 01:55.840 --> 01:56.840 He's a good friend. 01:56.840 --> 01:57.840 The fare is, he's a good friend. 01:57.840 --> 01:58.840 The fare is $40,000. 01:58.840 --> 01:59.840 Oh. 01:59.840 --> 02:00.840 That's $50,000. 02:00.840 --> 02:01.840 OK. 02:01.840 --> 02:02.840 Anyone else have any questions? 02:02.840 --> 02:03.840 No, sir. 02:03.840 --> 02:04.840 All right, then. 02:04.840 --> 02:05.840 I have questions. 02:05.840 --> 02:06.840 OK. 02:06.840 --> 02:07.840 OK. 02:07.840 --> 02:08.840 Do we have a problem? 02:08.840 --> 02:09.840 I'm going to have a problem. 02:09.840 --> 02:10.840 OK. 02:10.840 --> 02:11.840 Well, we're going to see you at six. 02:11.840 --> 02:12.840 OK. 02:12.840 --> 02:13.840 See you at 6. 02:13.840 --> 02:14.840 All right, well, thanks, Joe. 02:14.840 --> 02:15.840 See you at five. 02:15.840 --> 02:16.840 OK, thank you. 02:16.840 --> 02:17.840 We'll see you at seven. 02:17.840 --> 02:18.840 OK. 02:18.840 --> 02:19.840 We'll see you at six. 02:19.840 --> 02:23.840 wood, real fancy beams, shavings, lots of glass, swimming pool, the whole works. 02:23.840 --> 02:25.840 He's not there anymore, huh? 02:25.840 --> 02:27.840 The manager of the building says he moved last Tuesday. 02:27.840 --> 02:29.840 The day I gave Phil the money. 02:29.840 --> 02:30.840 Who's they? 02:30.840 --> 02:33.840 Phil and his brother had the place together. 02:33.840 --> 02:34.840 What's the brother's name? 02:34.840 --> 02:35.840 Steve. 02:35.840 --> 02:37.840 Does the manager have any idea where they went? 02:37.840 --> 02:41.840 Well, claims they didn't leave any forwarding address, just shoved off. 02:41.840 --> 02:43.840 How long have you known the bottom of Mr. Craner? 02:43.840 --> 02:44.840 Six or eight weeks. 02:44.840 --> 02:46.840 How'd you happen to meet up? 02:46.840 --> 02:48.840 A full friend, a mutual friend. 02:48.840 --> 02:52.840 What would you tell us about it? 02:52.840 --> 02:55.840 Well, it's not going to come out, is it? 02:55.840 --> 02:57.840 Newspapers, anything like that? 02:57.840 --> 02:59.840 What do you mean? 02:59.840 --> 03:01.840 Well, you see, I'm married. 03:01.840 --> 03:02.840 Yeah. 03:02.840 --> 03:08.840 Now, we haven't been getting along so well for the last year or so, but I'm still married. 03:08.840 --> 03:13.840 The way I met up with the Bonhams, you see, was through a girl. 03:13.840 --> 03:14.840 What was her name? 03:14.840 --> 03:16.840 Barbara, Barbara Whist. 03:16.840 --> 03:17.840 Who's she? 03:17.840 --> 03:19.840 Oh, just a girl, that's all. 03:19.840 --> 03:21.840 Maybe she was in on a tour. 03:21.840 --> 03:22.840 I don't know. 03:22.840 --> 03:24.840 Anyway, she introduced me to them. 03:24.840 --> 03:25.840 About how long have you known her? 03:25.840 --> 03:26.840 Over. 03:26.840 --> 03:29.840 About three months, maybe, a few weeks before I met them. 03:29.840 --> 03:30.840 Oh, I see. 03:30.840 --> 03:32.840 We got acquainted at an auction. 03:32.840 --> 03:37.840 One of those houses out on Beverly Boulevard where they sell off furniture and things from 03:37.840 --> 03:38.840 movie star's houses. 03:38.840 --> 03:41.840 I used to spend a lot of my free evenings at those auctions. 03:41.840 --> 03:46.840 It wasn't any point in staying home, not my wife feeling towards me the way she does. 03:46.840 --> 03:49.840 I didn't buy much, just a piece every once in a while. 03:49.840 --> 03:50.840 It looked like a bargain. 03:50.840 --> 03:52.840 And that's where you met this woman, huh? 03:52.840 --> 03:53.840 Yes, yes. 03:53.840 --> 03:54.840 Where was she living, do you know? 03:54.840 --> 03:57.840 Had a room at a hotel in Hollywood, at Count George. 03:57.840 --> 04:00.840 So go ahead, Mr. Craner, what happened next? 04:00.840 --> 04:03.840 Well, we got to be pretty good friends. 04:03.840 --> 04:07.840 One night she offered to put me in touch with a couple of guys she knew. 04:07.840 --> 04:11.840 She said they were interested in buying some real estate and that I might as well handle the deal. 04:11.840 --> 04:13.840 Well, that's how I met up with the Bonhams. 04:13.840 --> 04:14.840 Yes, sir. 04:14.840 --> 04:17.840 We went out to their apartment there having a little party. 04:17.840 --> 04:19.840 A couple more girls were there. 04:19.840 --> 04:23.840 On a Friday night, I guess we all got kind of loaded. 04:23.840 --> 04:27.840 Next thing I knew, we were all flying down to Vegas for the weekend. 04:27.840 --> 04:30.840 Well, we sure had quite a time for ourselves. 04:30.840 --> 04:33.840 Stopped at one of the best hotels, Chateau Lafayette. 04:33.840 --> 04:37.840 Everybody making a big fuss, like the Bonhams were VIPs. 04:37.840 --> 04:38.840 Yeah. 04:38.840 --> 04:40.840 After that, we had some deals together. 04:40.840 --> 04:41.840 Most of them worked out. 04:41.840 --> 04:44.840 Whenever they didn't, the Bonhams took care of me anyhow. 04:44.840 --> 04:46.840 What kind of deals? 04:46.840 --> 04:48.840 Mr. Craner? 04:48.840 --> 04:54.840 I guess maybe they weren't, well, strictly ethical, but there wasn't anything illegal about it. 04:54.840 --> 04:57.840 You've got to cut a couple of corners if you're going to get ahead in this world. 04:57.840 --> 04:58.840 Is that right? 04:58.840 --> 05:00.840 I'm getting a little tired of this, Sergeant. 05:00.840 --> 05:01.840 Sir? 05:01.840 --> 05:03.840 You act like I'm at fault, like I'm the one who's in the wrong. 05:03.840 --> 05:08.840 Now, you remember it was me that got swindled and forty thousand dollars worth. 05:08.840 --> 05:10.840 I'm not the criminal, you know. They are. 05:10.840 --> 05:11.840 Sure. 05:11.840 --> 05:13.840 You want to tell us about the forty thousand, Mr. Craner? 05:13.840 --> 05:16.840 If you're all through with these accusations... 05:16.840 --> 05:18.840 Go ahead, Mr. Craner. 05:18.840 --> 05:20.840 All right. 05:20.840 --> 05:24.840 It was last Tuesday, so Bonham called me at my office. 05:24.840 --> 05:27.840 Said he had to see me right away about a proposition, a really big one. 05:27.840 --> 05:28.840 We met for lunch. 05:28.840 --> 05:32.840 Bonham said they'd just had word from one of their contacts in Las Vegas. 05:32.840 --> 05:37.840 Couple of Eastern gamblers had tapped the casino of the Chateau Lafayette for a quarter of a million dollars. 05:37.840 --> 05:40.840 Now, the Chateau needed some money and they needed it fast. 05:40.840 --> 05:45.840 So the owners were willing to sell a five percent interest in the hotel for a hundred thousand. 05:45.840 --> 05:52.840 Now, Phil said it was a sin to get our investment back inside of six months and from then on it was just crazy. 05:52.840 --> 05:55.840 Everybody knows how much those hotels in Las Vegas make. 05:55.840 --> 05:57.840 So you gave him the money. 05:57.840 --> 06:02.840 Yes, I drew it out of the bank that afternoon. It had to be in cash. 06:02.840 --> 06:05.840 Did you know the denominations of the bill? 06:05.840 --> 06:07.840 They're all hundreds. 06:07.840 --> 06:09.840 What happened then? 06:09.840 --> 06:12.840 I went back to the office and the Bonhams took off for Las Vegas. 06:12.840 --> 06:16.840 At least that's what they were supposed to do. They said they'd call me from there. 06:16.840 --> 06:21.840 But when I still hadn't heard from them by Friday, I went over to their apartment and talked to the manager. 06:21.840 --> 06:24.840 He said they'd moved out Tuesday at 5 p.m. 06:24.840 --> 06:26.840 Why didn't you get in touch with us then? 06:26.840 --> 06:28.840 They didn't seem like crooks, not a bit. 06:28.840 --> 06:30.840 What were they like? 06:30.840 --> 06:31.840 What? 06:31.840 --> 06:32.840 Would you describe them for us? 06:32.840 --> 06:35.840 Well, Phillip's the oldest. He's about 45. 06:35.840 --> 06:38.840 Light hair, complexion. 06:38.840 --> 06:39.840 How big is he? 06:39.840 --> 06:43.840 Tall, about six foot man. Thin, sort of rangey. 06:43.840 --> 06:45.840 What about his brother? 06:45.840 --> 06:49.840 Steve's maybe three or four years younger. A little shorter, not much though. A little heavy. 06:49.840 --> 06:51.840 What color is his hair? 06:51.840 --> 06:52.840 Reddish. 06:52.840 --> 06:55.840 The girl I introduced you to, you said her name was Barbara Wist? 06:55.840 --> 06:58.840 Yes, that's right. 06:58.840 --> 06:59.840 How do you spell that? 06:59.840 --> 07:02.840 W-I-S-T. 07:02.840 --> 07:03.840 Want to describe her too? 07:03.840 --> 07:06.840 It's pretty hard to say how old she is. 07:06.840 --> 07:09.840 I'm not very good at judging a woman's age. 07:09.840 --> 07:11.840 Well, approximately then. 07:11.840 --> 07:17.840 Oh, 28, 29, 30. Could even be 35. 07:17.840 --> 07:22.840 Blonde, real white streak cross-a-front. Very attractive. 07:22.840 --> 07:25.840 Good company, nice build. 07:25.840 --> 07:28.840 You know what I mean. 07:28.840 --> 07:31.840 Have you tried to get in touch with her since you saw the Bonhams last? 07:31.840 --> 07:33.840 I guess I called the hotel. 07:33.840 --> 07:35.840 Well? 07:35.840 --> 07:39.840 She moved out last Thursday morning. 07:39.840 --> 07:41.840 Well, how are you supposed to know? 07:41.840 --> 07:42.840 What? 07:42.840 --> 07:45.840 Well, who to trust? They were so darn nice to me, the Bonhams and Barbara. 07:45.840 --> 07:49.840 There wasn't any way of figuring what they were after. 07:49.840 --> 07:53.840 Like you say, they were just kind of setting me up. 07:53.840 --> 07:54.840 Well, you had a tip, huh? 07:54.840 --> 07:56.840 Yes, well, when? 07:56.840 --> 08:03.840 When you thought you were getting something for nothing. 08:03.840 --> 08:07.840 3.08 p.m. We ran the names Phillip and Steve Bonham and Barbara Whisk through our nine. 08:07.840 --> 08:08.840 They had nothing on them. 08:08.840 --> 08:12.840 We went back to the office and showed the victim mug shots of known confidence men. 08:12.840 --> 08:14.840 He was unable to identify any of the photographs. 08:14.840 --> 08:17.840 3.32 p.m. We showed him mugs of confidence women. 08:17.840 --> 08:23.840 No? Not on that page, son. 08:23.840 --> 08:28.840 Well, you know what, Judge? My wife won't find out about all this, will she? 08:28.840 --> 08:30.840 Not from us. 08:30.840 --> 08:35.840 We hadn't been getting along for quite a while, but you know, she just wouldn't understand. 08:35.840 --> 08:37.840 Funny, aren't they? 08:37.840 --> 08:38.840 How's that? 08:38.840 --> 08:44.840 Women, even if they won't have anything to do with you themselves, they just don't want another day moving in. 08:44.840 --> 08:46.840 Want to go on to the next page? 08:46.840 --> 08:52.840 Oh, sure. 08:52.840 --> 08:53.840 Hey, see now. 08:53.840 --> 08:55.840 Yeah? 08:55.840 --> 08:56.840 That looks like her. 08:56.840 --> 08:58.840 Well, is it? 08:58.840 --> 08:59.840 No. 08:59.840 --> 09:02.840 Well, guess not. 09:02.840 --> 09:08.840 Something different there. Sure is resemblance, though. 09:08.840 --> 09:10.840 Nobody on this page. 09:10.840 --> 09:12.840 Now, wait a minute. 09:12.840 --> 09:13.840 That was her. 09:13.840 --> 09:14.840 Where? 09:14.840 --> 09:16.840 Here, right here, the one I pointed out before. 09:16.840 --> 09:17.840 Oh, let's see. 09:17.840 --> 09:19.840 That's Barbara, all right, right there. 09:19.840 --> 09:21.840 You said there was something different about this woman. 09:21.840 --> 09:25.840 Well, there is, but now that I think about it, any gal's got to do that. 09:25.840 --> 09:26.840 Do what? 09:26.840 --> 09:35.840 Dye her hair. 09:35.840 --> 09:38.840 The victim was positive in his identification of the photograph. 09:38.840 --> 09:40.840 Frank and I pulled the woman's package. 09:40.840 --> 09:47.840 Her true name was Mabel Salton, WFA, 36 years old, 5 feet 4, weighed 117 pounds, blue eyes, blue neck hair. 09:47.840 --> 09:52.840 Her record showed two convictions for grand theft and an arrest for suspicion of theft the previous June. 09:52.840 --> 09:56.840 4.15 p.m. We talked to Johnny DeBetta, the officer who had made the June arrest. 09:56.840 --> 09:57.840 Yeah, that's right, Joe. 09:57.840 --> 09:58.840 Frank and I pulled her in. 09:58.840 --> 09:59.840 We couldn't make it signal. 09:59.840 --> 10:00.840 Why not? 10:00.840 --> 10:01.840 Well, the victim gave us an identity. 10:01.840 --> 10:03.840 We didn't have enough to hold her on. 10:03.840 --> 10:05.840 All she did was introduce the march to a couple of con men. 10:05.840 --> 10:06.840 They did the taking. 10:06.840 --> 10:08.840 We couldn't prove that she was in on it. 10:08.840 --> 10:10.840 The sucker hadn't given her the money. 10:10.840 --> 10:11.840 Yeah. 10:11.840 --> 10:12.840 Wouldn't cop out of here. 10:12.840 --> 10:13.840 She's a looker, not a talker. 10:13.840 --> 10:16.840 I'd rather tackle a guy any time than a dame like that. 10:16.840 --> 10:20.840 Once he decided to keep her mouth shut, he can't get it open with a pair of pliers. 10:20.840 --> 10:22.840 What about the guy she was working with? 10:22.840 --> 10:23.840 A couple of brothers. 10:23.840 --> 10:24.840 Don't remember the names they used offhand. 10:24.840 --> 10:25.840 It's in the file zone. 10:25.840 --> 10:27.840 Any leads to them? 10:27.840 --> 10:28.840 Description, MO. 10:28.840 --> 10:29.840 We put out a local in APB. 10:29.840 --> 10:30.840 We couldn't turn them up, though. 10:30.840 --> 10:31.840 They must have skipped turn. 10:31.840 --> 10:32.840 I see. 10:32.840 --> 10:33.840 They had a tail for a while. 10:33.840 --> 10:34.840 See if she'd lead us to them. 10:34.840 --> 10:35.840 Yeah. 10:35.840 --> 10:36.840 Nowhere. 10:36.840 --> 10:37.840 That's where we ended up. 10:37.840 --> 10:38.840 They back in LA? 10:38.840 --> 10:39.840 They were last week. 10:39.840 --> 10:40.840 Make another pigeon? 10:40.840 --> 10:41.840 Yeah. 10:41.840 --> 10:42.840 And I hope you have better luck than we did. 10:42.840 --> 10:43.840 Yeah, we're gonna need it. 10:43.840 --> 10:45.840 So, if we've moved on, it won't be very easy to catch up with. 10:45.840 --> 10:46.840 No? 10:46.840 --> 10:47.840 They got a lot of traveling money. 10:47.840 --> 10:48.840 Oh, yeah? 10:48.840 --> 10:49.840 Forty thousand. 10:49.840 --> 10:59.840 Faggot and I put out a local in APB on the two male suspects. 10:59.840 --> 11:02.840 We also put out a bulletin on the female suspect, Mabel Salton. 11:02.840 --> 11:05.840 But we requested that in her case, no arrests be made. 11:05.840 --> 11:08.840 We asked to be contacted in the event that she was located. 11:08.840 --> 11:13.840 From Johnny to better, we learned that the Salton woman had also met the previous victim at an auction. 11:13.840 --> 11:18.840 Auctioneers and owners of auction houses were told to notify us if they saw the suspect. 11:18.840 --> 11:23.840 We talked to the manager of the apartment where the male suspects had lived and to check the clerk at the Count George Hotel. 11:23.840 --> 11:25.840 They were unable to help us. 11:25.840 --> 11:30.840 We contacted Las Vegas and learned that the Chateau Lafayette was in excellent financial condition. 11:30.840 --> 11:35.840 We also contacted CII up in Sacramento to see if they could give us an identification of the male suspects. 11:35.840 --> 11:37.840 We received a negative response. 11:37.840 --> 11:39.840 No new leads developed. 11:39.840 --> 11:40.840 Five weeks passed. 11:40.840 --> 11:43.840 Wednesday October 19th, 946 A.M. 11:43.840 --> 11:48.840 Bunko appears here to Friday. 11:48.840 --> 11:50.840 Yes sir, that's right. 11:50.840 --> 11:52.840 When? 11:52.840 --> 11:55.840 I see. Thank you very much. 11:55.840 --> 11:57.840 Goodbye. 11:57.840 --> 12:00.840 Tent your auction house out on 3rd Street. 12:00.840 --> 12:03.840 Auctioneer says he sold a couple of lamps to an old customer last night. 12:03.840 --> 12:25.840 Who? Mabel Salton. 12:25.840 --> 12:26.840 10.07 A.M. 12:26.840 --> 12:29.840 Frank and I drove out to the Tenture Auction Gallery on West 3rd. 12:29.840 --> 12:35.840 We showed the auctioneer a mug shot of Mabel Salton and he said he was positive she was the woman he had seen the previous night. 12:35.840 --> 12:37.840 We went back to the office and had a conference with the skipper. 12:37.840 --> 12:39.840 You're sure picking her up won't do any good? 12:39.840 --> 12:40.840 Well it didn't before, Captain. 12:40.840 --> 12:41.840 Yeah? 12:41.840 --> 12:42.840 Of course this might not work either. 12:42.840 --> 12:44.840 We don't even know if her pals are back in town. 12:44.840 --> 12:45.840 How do you plan to make the contact? 12:45.840 --> 12:49.840 Hang out at auction? Do a lot of bidding. Let her think I'm loaded. 12:49.840 --> 12:54.840 I don't know. Maybe it'd be better if Smith went undercover this time. He looks more like a mark to me. 12:54.840 --> 12:55.840 Well wait a minute, Skipper. 12:55.840 --> 12:56.840 Oh, you know what I mean. 12:56.840 --> 12:57.840 Well, I know. 12:57.840 --> 12:59.840 I'm afraid using Smith would give us a problem, Captain. 12:59.840 --> 13:00.840 Yeah? 13:00.840 --> 13:02.840 Take another look at her picture. 13:02.840 --> 13:04.840 Hmm. Not bad, is she? 13:04.840 --> 13:07.840 No, that's the trouble. Smith's got a wife. 13:17.840 --> 13:20.840 Arrangements were made for me to assume the name of Joe Fawcett. 13:20.840 --> 13:24.840 I took a room at a hotel in Hollywood and established myself as a businessman recently arrived from Chicago. 13:24.840 --> 13:33.840 Auction houses were told that I would be bidding on various items, and if my bid was accepted, the item was to be re-auctioned at some future date, and any loss incurred would be made good. 13:33.840 --> 13:39.840 During the next week, I attended four auctions. The woman suspect Mabel Salton was present at two of them. 13:39.840 --> 13:47.840 Thursday, October 27th, 942 p.m. I attended the fifth auction. It was at the Pinscher Gallery. I managed to get a seat next to the suspect. 13:47.840 --> 13:52.840 I asked $45. I asked $25. Who'll make a $30? Who'll make a $30? 13:52.840 --> 13:57.840 Very well, ladies and gentlemen. A mirror like this costs over $100 in any retail store. 13:57.840 --> 13:59.840 25. Who'll give 30? 13:59.840 --> 14:00.840 30. 14:00.840 --> 14:05.840 Don't forget, ladies and gentlemen, this mirror belonged to one of America's most collaborative actors, Mrs. Nora Westlap. 14:05.840 --> 14:10.840 You've all seen her come to the times on the screen. Here's your chance to buy one of her personal possessions. 14:10.840 --> 14:14.840 And don't forget where this mirror was, not in Nora's bedroom. 14:14.840 --> 14:18.840 All right. Now, who'll make a $30? At that point, I'll give 30. 14:18.840 --> 14:19.840 30 here. 14:19.840 --> 14:24.840 Thank you, sir. Ladies and gentlemen, I appreciate the opportunity. I have 30. I have 30. Going once, that's 30. 14:24.840 --> 14:25.840 35. 14:25.840 --> 14:30.840 35. Who'll give 40? 35. Who'll give 40? How about it, sir? Does one little lady take away from you? 14:30.840 --> 14:32.840 If you really want it, it doesn't matter that much to me. 14:32.840 --> 14:33.840 Well, that's very kind of you. 14:33.840 --> 14:36.840 Are you all done? 35 once, 35 twice. 14:36.840 --> 14:37.840 Who'll give? 14:37.840 --> 14:44.840 So, who'll give 35? And now, ladies and gentlemen, our next item is a very unusual piece. It was designed to save you. 14:44.840 --> 14:45.840 Thanks for letting my good stand. 14:45.840 --> 14:46.840 That's all right. Forget it. 14:46.840 --> 14:51.840 Is there any way I can pay you back? Maybe you'd let me buy you a drink after the auction. 14:51.840 --> 14:54.840 No, that isn't necessary. I didn't even want that mirror anyway. 14:54.840 --> 14:56.840 I'd like to. Unless you're busy. 14:56.840 --> 14:58.840 Well, not a bit. You've got a customer. 14:58.840 --> 15:02.840 Now, you see how hard it is to remember, look at it? It shows you the quality of the model. 15:02.840 --> 15:04.840 All right, boys, better put it down now again before you string yourself. 15:04.840 --> 15:06.840 Haven't you been to the letter sale? 15:06.840 --> 15:07.840 A couple of them, yeah. 15:07.840 --> 15:12.840 I thought you looked familiar. Come with me, but I remember the things you got. 15:12.840 --> 15:13.840 Is that all right? 15:13.840 --> 15:14.840 Yeah, very good taste. 15:14.840 --> 15:15.840 Thank you. 15:15.840 --> 15:16.840 Now, this is your table. 15:16.840 --> 15:17.840 Thank you. 15:17.840 --> 15:18.840 I like it. 15:18.840 --> 15:23.840 I just love these options. Of course, I always end up buying a lot of things I don't need. 15:23.840 --> 15:24.840 Well, that happens to me, too. 15:24.840 --> 15:30.840 And afterwards, you feel so darn foolish, but there's nothing you can do. By then, it's too late. 15:30.840 --> 15:31.840 Same here. 15:31.840 --> 15:38.840 Well, that's true. There is a property treated first. But this table will never show a stain, no matter what you buy. 15:38.840 --> 15:40.840 Yes, we have something in common. Don't be too scared. 15:40.840 --> 15:42.840 Go faucet. Go faucet. 15:42.840 --> 15:43.840 I'm Mona Eastman. 15:43.840 --> 15:45.840 How do you do? 15:45.840 --> 15:47.840 Very nice to meet you, Mr. Barks. 15:47.840 --> 15:49.840 No, the pleasure is all mine. 15:53.840 --> 15:57.840 11 16 p.m. We left the auction and drove over to the suspect's apartment. 15:57.840 --> 16:01.840 He was on the second floor of a two-story building just off Olympic Boulevard. 16:02.840 --> 16:06.840 The bar is right over there, Joe. You'll take charge when I get out of my boat. 16:06.840 --> 16:08.840 You bet. 16:09.840 --> 16:10.840 Dr. Berman. 16:10.840 --> 16:13.840 It doesn't matter. Whatever you're having. 16:13.840 --> 16:14.840 Hey. 16:14.840 --> 16:16.840 Is the ice all melted? 16:16.840 --> 16:17.840 No, there's a little left here. 16:17.840 --> 16:19.840 That's good. 16:19.840 --> 16:22.840 I'm really awfully glad you could drop by. 16:22.840 --> 16:24.840 So am I. 16:27.840 --> 16:28.840 May I have your drink? 16:28.840 --> 16:30.840 Okay. 16:30.840 --> 16:31.840 Well, cheers. 16:31.840 --> 16:33.840 Cheers. 16:35.840 --> 16:36.840 Is it strong enough for you? 16:36.840 --> 16:38.840 It's just the way I like it. 16:38.840 --> 16:39.840 Why don't you sit down? 16:39.840 --> 16:41.840 Sure. 16:45.840 --> 16:47.840 Where's your home, Joe? 16:47.840 --> 16:49.840 Well, I really don't have one yet. 16:49.840 --> 16:50.840 Home? 16:50.840 --> 16:53.840 I got a hotel room over in Hollywood. I've been staying there for the last few days. 16:53.840 --> 16:55.840 What about all these things you've been buying? The auction? 16:55.840 --> 16:58.840 Oh, they're all from my new place. It hasn't come out of escrow yet. 16:58.840 --> 16:59.840 I see. 16:59.840 --> 17:00.840 It's out in Bel-Air. 17:00.840 --> 17:04.840 I wish they'd hurry up and let me move in for all I know. I may be getting too much stuff. 17:04.840 --> 17:06.840 I don't know what you need to furnish your house. 17:06.840 --> 17:08.840 Well, isn't your wife? I mean... 17:08.840 --> 17:10.840 Oh, I'm not married, Mona. Not anymore. 17:10.840 --> 17:11.840 I see. 17:11.840 --> 17:13.840 We broke up about a year ago. 17:13.840 --> 17:14.840 Funny. 17:14.840 --> 17:15.840 What's that? 17:15.840 --> 17:18.840 That's what happened to me just a year ago. 17:18.840 --> 17:19.840 Is that so? 17:19.840 --> 17:22.840 Maybe we have a little too much in common. 17:22.840 --> 17:23.840 Yeah. 17:23.840 --> 17:25.840 She hurt you, didn't she, Joe? 17:25.840 --> 17:26.840 Well... 17:26.840 --> 17:28.840 I can see it in your eyes. 17:29.840 --> 17:31.840 You have very sad eyes. 17:31.840 --> 17:33.840 And soft and thoughtful. 17:33.840 --> 17:35.840 Oh, I don't know. 17:35.840 --> 17:38.840 I think you can tell a lot about a person from their eyes. 17:38.840 --> 17:39.840 You do, huh? 17:39.840 --> 17:42.840 That's the first thing I notice about somebody. 17:42.840 --> 17:44.840 What did you notice, Joe? 17:44.840 --> 17:47.840 Well, I guess I never thought too much about telling the truth. 17:47.840 --> 17:50.840 What did you notice based with me? 17:51.840 --> 17:52.840 Well... 17:54.840 --> 17:56.840 Well, I guess it was your voice. 17:56.840 --> 17:57.840 Oh? 17:57.840 --> 18:00.840 You know, when you were bidding, I think that's what I noticed first. 18:00.840 --> 18:02.840 I don't know whether that's a compliment or not. 18:02.840 --> 18:04.840 Well, you have a very pleasant voice, Mona. 18:04.840 --> 18:05.840 Very pleasant. 18:05.840 --> 18:07.840 George didn't think so. 18:07.840 --> 18:08.840 Who? 18:08.840 --> 18:09.840 My husband. 18:09.840 --> 18:13.840 He said I whined and nagged and made life miserable for him. 18:13.840 --> 18:15.840 Why'd you split up? 18:15.840 --> 18:16.840 This didn't work out. 18:16.840 --> 18:18.840 You think you'll ever try it again? 18:18.840 --> 18:20.840 Oh, I don't know. It's pretty hard to say. 18:20.840 --> 18:22.840 Yeah, I feel the same way. 18:22.840 --> 18:24.840 I guess lots of people make mistakes. 18:24.840 --> 18:26.840 Yeah, sure. 18:27.840 --> 18:28.840 Any refreshments? 18:28.840 --> 18:29.840 No, I have plenty here. 18:29.840 --> 18:30.840 It takes you up? 18:30.840 --> 18:32.840 Yes, please. 18:32.840 --> 18:34.840 You don't drink very much, do you? 18:34.840 --> 18:36.840 No, I just don't feel like it tonight. 18:36.840 --> 18:37.840 Oh. 18:38.840 --> 18:40.840 Is it the company? 18:40.840 --> 18:42.840 No, of course not. 18:42.840 --> 18:46.840 I'm sorry if I sort of forced you into taking me home. 18:46.840 --> 18:47.840 Why, don't be silly. 18:47.840 --> 18:49.840 I just felt it. 18:49.840 --> 18:54.840 You didn't look very happy, and I thought maybe we both needed to be with someone else for a change. 18:54.840 --> 18:55.840 Sure. 18:56.840 --> 18:57.840 Here you are. 18:57.840 --> 18:58.840 Thanks. 18:58.840 --> 19:00.840 What line are you into? 19:00.840 --> 19:01.840 What's in? 19:01.840 --> 19:02.840 What's your business? 19:02.840 --> 19:05.840 Well, nothing right now. I guess you might say I'm unemployed. 19:05.840 --> 19:06.840 Huh? 19:06.840 --> 19:09.840 I had a company of my own back in Chicago, Textile Manufacturing. 19:09.840 --> 19:10.840 I sold it when we split up. 19:10.840 --> 19:12.840 What are you going to do now? 19:12.840 --> 19:15.840 Oh, I'm sort of looking around. I got a little cash and I'll step by on it. 19:15.840 --> 19:16.840 Oh? 19:16.840 --> 19:18.840 If the right thing turns up, I guess I might go into it. 19:18.840 --> 19:22.840 I suppose it's hard to tell what to put your money into nowadays. 19:22.840 --> 19:24.840 Yeah, well, there's no other. 19:25.840 --> 19:27.840 You know, that reminds me. 19:27.840 --> 19:30.840 If you really do want to get into something good... 19:30.840 --> 19:31.840 Yeah? 19:31.840 --> 19:32.840 I know a couple of businessmen. 19:32.840 --> 19:36.840 Oh, they're not close friends or anything like that, but they have some excellent contacts. 19:36.840 --> 19:37.840 Yes, they do. 19:37.840 --> 19:41.840 I'm sure they could put you into something that would give you a nice return on your investment. 19:42.840 --> 19:45.840 Well, I wouldn't do any harm to talk to them, would I? 19:45.840 --> 19:46.840 I'm afraid you can't right now. 19:46.840 --> 19:47.840 Why not? 19:47.840 --> 19:49.840 They're out of town. Too bad, isn't it? 19:49.840 --> 19:51.840 Yeah, sure is. 19:51.840 --> 19:55.840 The Salton woman told me she'd let me know as soon as her friends returned to Los Angeles. 19:55.840 --> 19:58.840 During the next ten days, I saw her on several occasions. 19:58.840 --> 20:01.840 As far as I could tell, the so-called Bonham brothers were still out of town. 20:01.840 --> 20:04.840 Tuesday, November 8th, 840 p.m. I was in my hotel room. 20:08.840 --> 20:09.840 Hello? 20:10.840 --> 20:11.840 Yes, Maura? 20:13.840 --> 20:14.840 Well, I'm sorry. 20:14.840 --> 20:15.840 I'm sorry. 20:15.840 --> 20:16.840 I'm sorry. 20:16.840 --> 20:17.840 I'm sorry. 20:17.840 --> 20:18.840 I'm sorry. 20:18.840 --> 20:19.840 I'm sorry. 20:19.840 --> 20:21.840 Well, how about tonight? 20:23.840 --> 20:24.840 Sure, I'll pick you up. 20:24.840 --> 20:25.840 By 930? 20:26.840 --> 20:27.840 Fine. 20:27.840 --> 20:28.840 Bye. 20:32.840 --> 20:35.840 You want to get me Michigan 5211, please? 20:35.840 --> 20:36.840 That's right. 20:37.840 --> 20:39.840 Extension 2572. 20:39.840 --> 20:42.840 2572. 20:47.840 --> 20:48.840 That's right. 20:51.840 --> 20:53.840 Extension 2572. 20:53.840 --> 20:55.840 Smith there? 20:56.840 --> 20:57.840 This is Joe. 20:57.840 --> 20:59.840 Yeah, I just heard from her. 20:59.840 --> 21:01.840 Better get over to bed and have him stand by. 21:01.840 --> 21:04.840 Tonight, says he just blew into town. 21:04.840 --> 21:09.840 Over the phone, the Salton woman had told me her two business acquaintances had returned to Los Angeles. 21:09.840 --> 21:11.840 I was to meet them that night. 21:11.840 --> 21:14.840 Frank and Johnny had made arrangements to tail my car. 21:14.840 --> 21:15.840 928 p.m. 21:15.840 --> 21:17.840 I picked up the female suspect. 21:17.840 --> 21:21.840 She told me her friends had rooms in the St. Clair Hotel over on Figueroa. 21:21.840 --> 21:22.840 We drove over there. 21:22.840 --> 21:24.840 It was 942 when we arrived. 21:24.840 --> 21:26.840 We went up to room 417. 21:26.840 --> 21:30.840 She introduced me to two men who matched the description of the male suspects we were looking for. 21:30.840 --> 21:32.840 I said, then, what's the matter? 21:32.840 --> 21:34.840 They said their names were Tom and Fred Porst. 21:34.840 --> 21:36.840 Sure is nice to meet you, Mr. Posit. 21:36.840 --> 21:38.840 Mona's been telling us about you. 21:38.840 --> 21:40.840 It seems you've made quite a hit with her. 21:40.840 --> 21:41.840 Is that so? 21:41.840 --> 21:43.840 She told me about you fellas, too. 21:43.840 --> 21:45.840 Now you've got to understand one thing. 21:45.840 --> 21:46.840 What's that? 21:46.840 --> 21:50.840 Anything we discuss in the business line, that is, well, it's got to be confidential. 21:50.840 --> 21:51.840 Well, sure. 21:51.840 --> 21:55.840 You see, my brother and I, we don't make the practice of taking outside investments, right, Fred? 21:55.840 --> 21:56.840 Right. 21:56.840 --> 21:59.840 Matter of fact, we don't even need any outside capital at the moment. 21:59.840 --> 22:01.840 We've sort of got a surplus. 22:01.840 --> 22:02.840 Oh, I see. 22:02.840 --> 22:04.840 Well, maybe some other time, then, huh? 22:04.840 --> 22:05.840 Nice to have met you. 22:05.840 --> 22:07.840 Well, what's your hurry, Posit? 22:07.840 --> 22:08.840 Well, you said that... 22:08.840 --> 22:11.840 I said we don't need any capital. 22:11.840 --> 22:12.840 You know... 22:12.840 --> 22:14.840 Well, we might make an exception in your case, though. 22:14.840 --> 22:15.840 Oh? 22:15.840 --> 22:16.840 Anaconda Mona. 22:16.840 --> 22:17.840 Well, I want you to put yourselves out. 22:17.840 --> 22:18.840 Something else will turn up. 22:18.840 --> 22:20.840 Now, wait a minute. 22:20.840 --> 22:21.840 I was just thinking. 22:21.840 --> 22:22.840 What's that? 22:22.840 --> 22:25.840 Well, it never hurts to spread a good thing around. 22:25.840 --> 22:27.840 You got any plans for this Saturday? 22:27.840 --> 22:29.840 Well, I don't know. What do you have in mind? 22:29.840 --> 22:31.840 Well, I thought I might fly down to Vegas. 22:31.840 --> 22:33.840 Get us a couple of girls. You can bring along Mona. 22:33.840 --> 22:34.840 Why Vegas? 22:34.840 --> 22:35.840 Oh, we got a friend down there. 22:35.840 --> 22:37.840 He made a killing at the crap tables a couple of years ago. 22:37.840 --> 22:39.840 Stuck it in a thousand dollar bill. 22:39.840 --> 22:40.840 Oh. 22:40.840 --> 22:41.840 He sort of forgot to mention it on his income tax. 22:41.840 --> 22:44.840 And now he could use the loot, but he's afraid to cash in the bills himself. 22:44.840 --> 22:45.840 Yeah, I see. 22:45.840 --> 22:48.840 He might be willing to sell them to us at a discount. 22:48.840 --> 22:49.840 Are you interested? 22:49.840 --> 22:50.840 No, not very. 22:50.840 --> 22:51.840 Why not? 22:51.840 --> 22:53.840 No kind of game like that. 22:53.840 --> 22:54.840 Why? 22:54.840 --> 22:55.840 Well, this is the best you can do. 22:55.840 --> 22:57.840 The thousand dollar bill routine's got whiskers on it. 22:57.840 --> 22:58.840 I should have known. 22:58.840 --> 23:00.840 What are you talking about? 23:00.840 --> 23:01.840 How would you know? 23:03.840 --> 23:04.840 Listen, Fawcett. 23:04.840 --> 23:06.840 What are you doing here anyway? Why'd you want to meet us? 23:06.840 --> 23:08.840 I was kind of curious about how you boys work. 23:08.840 --> 23:09.840 I heard a lot about you. 23:09.840 --> 23:10.840 Huh? 23:10.840 --> 23:12.840 Thought maybe I could pick up a new angle or two. 23:12.840 --> 23:13.840 Looks like I was wrong. 23:18.840 --> 23:19.840 Well, what's the joke? 23:19.840 --> 23:21.840 Oh, don't you see? 23:21.840 --> 23:23.840 He was just checking up on our bitch. 23:23.840 --> 23:24.840 Yeah? 23:24.840 --> 23:25.840 Well, he's a con man too. 23:25.840 --> 23:27.840 Oh, you really pulled one this time, Monum. 23:27.840 --> 23:29.840 Think of the pro for a mark. 23:29.840 --> 23:30.840 How was I supposed to know? 23:30.840 --> 23:31.840 Well, just one look. 23:31.840 --> 23:33.840 You should have been able to tell 23:33.840 --> 23:34.840 by the way the nose on your face. 23:35.840 --> 23:36.840 It is, huh? 23:36.840 --> 23:37.840 Sure. 23:37.840 --> 23:38.840 Don't take it to heart, buddy. 23:38.840 --> 23:41.840 You might fool the suckers, but I'm in the same racket. 23:41.840 --> 23:43.840 Well, I should have guessed it when you walked in the door. 23:43.840 --> 23:44.840 It's written all over you. 23:44.840 --> 23:45.840 Yeah. 23:45.840 --> 23:46.840 Where you been pitching lately? 23:46.840 --> 23:47.840 City Hall. 23:47.840 --> 23:48.840 Huh? 23:48.840 --> 23:49.840 I'm a police officer. 23:49.840 --> 23:57.840 You're under arrest. 23:57.840 --> 23:59.840 The story you've just heard is true. 23:59.840 --> 24:01.840 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 24:01.840 --> 24:05.840 On February 2nd, trial was held in Department 98, 24:05.840 --> 24:07.840 Superior Court of the State of California, 24:07.840 --> 24:09.840 in and for the county of Los Angeles. 24:09.840 --> 24:19.840 In a moment, the results of that trial. 24:19.840 --> 24:22.840 Mabel Harris Salton was tried and convicted of grand theft 24:22.840 --> 24:25.840 one count and received sentence as prescribed by law. 24:25.840 --> 24:29.840 Thomas Herbert Porst and Fred James Porst, alias Phillip and Steve Bonham, 24:29.840 --> 24:32.840 were tried and convicted of grand theft two counts 24:32.840 --> 24:34.840 and received sentence as prescribed by law. 24:34.840 --> 24:38.840 Grand theft is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail 24:38.840 --> 24:40.840 for not more than one year, 24:40.840 --> 25:09.840 or in the state prison for not less than one, nor more than 10 years.