WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.000 Chesterfield brings you Dragnet. 00:05.000 --> 00:07.000 Put a smile in your smoking. 00:07.000 --> 00:09.000 By Chesterfield. 00:09.000 --> 00:10.000 Smoother. 00:11.000 --> 00:12.000 Cooler. 00:12.000 --> 00:14.000 Best for you. 00:21.000 --> 00:24.000 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:24.000 --> 00:29.000 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:35.000 --> 00:39.000 You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a narcotics detail. 00:39.000 --> 00:42.000 You get a report that a supply of heroin has reached your city. 00:42.000 --> 00:45.000 You don't know who's got it or where it is. 00:45.000 --> 00:54.000 Your job, find out. 00:54.000 --> 00:55.000 Stop. 00:56.000 --> 00:58.000 Start smoking with a smile. 00:58.000 --> 01:00.000 With Chesterfield. 01:00.000 --> 01:02.000 Smoother, cooler, milder. 01:02.000 --> 01:04.000 Chesterfield. 01:04.000 --> 01:06.000 Put a smile in your smoking. 01:06.000 --> 01:08.000 Just give them a try. 01:08.000 --> 01:10.000 Chesterfield's best for you. 01:11.000 --> 01:13.000 They satisfy. 01:14.000 --> 01:20.000 If you want tomorrow's better cigarette today, next time you buy cigarettes, stop. 01:20.000 --> 01:25.000 Remember, only Chesterfield is made the modern way with Accu-Ray. 01:25.000 --> 01:30.000 You'll notice how fresh and good Chesterfield's made with Accu-Ray taste. 01:30.000 --> 01:32.000 How smooth they are. 01:32.000 --> 01:34.000 And how they satisfy. 01:34.000 --> 01:36.000 So buy Chesterfield today. 01:36.000 --> 01:38.000 Best for you. 01:44.000 --> 01:47.000 Dragnet. The documentary drama of an actual crime. 01:47.000 --> 01:51.000 For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 01:51.000 --> 01:58.000 you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. 01:58.000 --> 02:04.000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. 02:08.000 --> 02:11.000 It was Monday, May 23rd. It was cool in Los Angeles. 02:11.000 --> 02:13.000 We were working the night watch out on narcotics detail. 02:13.000 --> 02:16.000 My partner's Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Waller. 02:16.000 --> 02:17.000 My name's Friday. 02:17.000 --> 02:19.000 We're on our way back from questioning and informant. 02:19.000 --> 02:22.000 It was 10.46 p.m. when we got to the first street station. 02:22.000 --> 02:24.000 Narcotics squad room. 02:25.000 --> 02:27.000 You think Bronco's holding out on us? 02:27.000 --> 02:28.000 I don't know. 02:28.000 --> 02:31.000 Well, if we don't turn something pretty soon, the stuff will be all over town. 02:31.000 --> 02:32.000 Yeah. 02:32.000 --> 02:34.000 How about a cup of coffee, Joe? 02:34.000 --> 02:35.000 Huh? 02:35.000 --> 02:36.000 Coffee. You want a cup? 02:36.000 --> 02:37.000 Sure, if you got some. 02:37.000 --> 02:39.000 Yeah, I brought a thermos from home. 02:40.000 --> 02:42.000 Made it myself the way I like it. You know, strong. 02:42.000 --> 02:44.000 I got some cups. 02:44.000 --> 02:45.000 Wait a minute. You don't need them, Joe. 02:45.000 --> 02:46.000 What? 02:46.000 --> 02:47.000 You don't need them. 02:47.000 --> 02:49.000 I got cups right here on the top of the thermos. Four of them. 02:49.000 --> 02:51.000 Some gadget, huh? Look at that. 02:51.000 --> 02:53.000 Kids gave it to me for Christmas. 02:53.000 --> 02:55.000 Of course, they probably picked it out. 02:55.000 --> 02:56.000 Mm-hmm. 02:56.000 --> 02:58.000 Oh, and look at her steam. Really keeps the heat in. 02:58.000 --> 02:59.000 Yeah. 03:00.000 --> 03:01.000 Well, go ahead. Drink up. 03:01.000 --> 03:02.000 Thanks. 03:03.000 --> 03:05.000 What's the matter? Something the matter? 03:05.000 --> 03:07.000 No, no. You were right. That's all. 03:07.000 --> 03:08.000 What do you mean? 03:08.000 --> 03:09.000 About it being strong. 03:09.000 --> 03:10.000 Oh, yeah. Yeah. 03:10.000 --> 03:13.000 Well, when I want coffee, I want boiled water, buddy. 03:13.000 --> 03:14.000 Mm-hmm. 03:14.000 --> 03:16.000 This stuff's got some taste to it. 03:16.000 --> 03:17.000 It sure has. 03:18.000 --> 03:19.000 Well, aren't you gonna finish yours? 03:19.000 --> 03:21.000 Well, I'm not thirsty right now. 03:21.000 --> 03:22.000 Oh. 03:23.000 --> 03:24.000 Hey, you know, Joe, I just realized something. 03:24.000 --> 03:25.000 Hmm? 03:25.000 --> 03:27.000 All these years I've been working with you and never had dawned on me before. 03:27.000 --> 03:28.000 What's that? 03:28.000 --> 03:29.000 You don't like coffee. 03:29.000 --> 03:30.000 Oh, yes, I do. 03:30.000 --> 03:31.000 No, you don't, Joe. 03:31.000 --> 03:34.000 Not the real genuine articles, stuff they serve in restaurants, drugstores. 03:34.000 --> 03:35.000 Heck, that's not coffee. 03:35.000 --> 03:36.000 It's not, huh? 03:36.000 --> 03:37.000 No, this is coffee. 03:37.000 --> 03:38.000 Yeah. 03:38.000 --> 03:40.000 A little bite to it, a little zing. 03:40.000 --> 03:41.000 Yeah. 03:41.000 --> 03:42.000 You don't like it. 03:42.000 --> 03:43.000 Well... 03:43.000 --> 03:46.000 All these years I've been working with a partner who doesn't appreciate good coffee. 03:46.000 --> 03:48.000 I guess you learn something all the time. 03:48.000 --> 03:49.000 Mm-hmm. 03:49.000 --> 03:50.000 I get it. 03:50.000 --> 03:52.000 Don't finish it if you don't want to. 03:54.000 --> 03:55.000 Narcotics Friday. 03:55.000 --> 03:56.000 Who? 03:56.000 --> 03:58.000 Oh, yeah. Yeah, Candy. 03:58.000 --> 03:59.000 Mm-hmm. 03:59.000 --> 04:00.000 That's right. 04:02.000 --> 04:04.000 Are you still at the same place? 04:04.000 --> 04:06.000 Sure, I know where it is. 04:06.000 --> 04:08.000 What's that room number? 04:09.000 --> 04:10.000 Okay. 04:10.000 --> 04:11.000 Goodbye. 04:11.000 --> 04:12.000 It's Candy Dellman. 04:12.000 --> 04:13.000 Yeah? 04:13.000 --> 04:15.000 You heard we were talking to Bronco tonight. 04:15.000 --> 04:16.000 Did Bronco tell him what it was about? 04:16.000 --> 04:17.000 He must have. 04:17.000 --> 04:19.000 At least Candy knows we didn't get anywhere. 04:19.000 --> 04:21.000 Says it's our own fault for not going to the right guy. 04:21.000 --> 04:22.000 Who's that? 04:22.000 --> 04:23.000 Him. 04:30.000 --> 04:33.000 Candy Dellman was an informant who had served three sentences for violation of the State 04:33.000 --> 04:34.000 Narcotics Act. 04:34.000 --> 04:37.000 Since his release from prison, he had given police officers several leads to burglary 04:37.000 --> 04:38.000 and robbery suspects. 04:38.000 --> 04:40.000 Most of his leads had panned out. 04:40.000 --> 04:45.000 As far as we knew, Dellman was no longer a narcotics user or a pusher himself, but in 04:45.000 --> 04:48.000 the past, he had always refused to give any information on the dope racket. 04:48.000 --> 04:52.000 Over the phone, he said he was living at the Hatrick Hotel on South Spring Street, room 04:52.000 --> 04:53.000 217. 04:53.000 --> 04:56.000 Frank and I left the office and drove out to talk to him. 04:56.000 --> 05:00.000 It was 1122 p.m. when we got to the hotel, a dark, two-story building badly in need of 05:00.000 --> 05:01.000 repair. 05:01.000 --> 05:04.000 We went inside and started up the stairs to the second floor. 05:06.000 --> 05:08.000 Get back down here, both of you. 05:08.000 --> 05:10.000 Come on, start moving. 05:10.000 --> 05:12.000 What's the trouble, lady? 05:12.000 --> 05:14.000 Something the matter with your eyesight? 05:14.000 --> 05:15.000 No, I don't think so. 05:15.000 --> 05:16.000 Why don't you use it? 05:16.000 --> 05:17.000 Sign right here on the desk. 05:17.000 --> 05:18.000 Ring for the manager. 05:18.000 --> 05:20.000 Didn't hear no ring, did it? 05:20.000 --> 05:21.000 We didn't see any reason to bother you. 05:21.000 --> 05:22.000 It's my worry, ain't it? 05:22.000 --> 05:23.000 Sure. 05:23.000 --> 05:24.000 Bells ought to be rung. 05:24.000 --> 05:25.000 And hearing it ain't what bothers me. 05:25.000 --> 05:28.000 Guys like you sneaking in trying to get a free pad for the night. 05:28.000 --> 05:29.000 Take it easy, lady. 05:29.000 --> 05:31.000 We don't want to stay here any longer than we have to. 05:31.000 --> 05:32.000 Then what do you want? 05:32.000 --> 05:34.000 We just dropped by to see Candy. 05:34.000 --> 05:35.000 Who? 05:35.000 --> 05:36.000 Candy Delman. 05:36.000 --> 05:37.000 He lives here, doesn't he? 05:37.000 --> 05:38.000 He might. 05:38.000 --> 05:39.000 Well? 05:39.000 --> 05:40.000 Your friend of yours? 05:40.000 --> 05:41.000 He's expecting us. 05:41.000 --> 05:42.000 How do I know? 05:42.000 --> 05:43.000 Well, why don't you ask him? 05:43.000 --> 05:44.000 Oh, sure. 05:44.000 --> 05:45.000 That's all I got to do. 05:45.000 --> 05:47.000 Tramp up and down them stairs from morning till night. 05:47.000 --> 05:49.000 Call him to the phone, give him messages, don him for back rent. 05:49.000 --> 05:51.000 Well, I ain't making no extra trip on account of you. 05:51.000 --> 05:52.000 Why don't you suit yourself? 05:52.000 --> 05:53.000 Just you, wait a minute. 05:53.000 --> 05:55.000 I ain't said you could go upstairs. 05:55.000 --> 05:57.000 You claim to know Candy. 05:57.000 --> 05:58.000 What's his room number? 05:58.000 --> 05:59.000 217. 05:59.000 --> 06:00.000 That's right, isn't it? 06:00.000 --> 06:01.000 Yeah, I guess so. 06:01.000 --> 06:02.000 Well, you be sure you let me know when you leave. 06:02.000 --> 06:03.000 And you better be out of here by midnight or I'm collecting a buck from each of you. 06:03.000 --> 06:04.000 Friends are no friends. 06:04.000 --> 06:05.000 You're not bunking with Candy unless they get paid. 06:05.000 --> 06:06.000 In advance! 06:06.000 --> 06:07.000 Oh, she's a bother, you know. 06:07.000 --> 06:08.000 You know something, John? 06:08.000 --> 06:09.000 Hmm? 06:09.000 --> 06:10.000 Bay was after me just the other day about getting a new suit. 06:10.000 --> 06:11.000 Oh? 06:11.000 --> 06:12.000 I guess she was right. 06:12.000 --> 06:13.000 Yeah. 06:13.000 --> 06:14.000 It must be down this way. 06:14.000 --> 06:15.000 Yeah. 06:15.000 --> 06:16.000 Maybe you ought to go with me. 06:16.000 --> 06:17.000 Buy some clothes. 06:17.000 --> 06:18.000 I'll be right back. 06:18.000 --> 06:19.000 I'll be right back. 06:19.000 --> 06:20.000 I'll be right back. 06:20.000 --> 06:21.000 I'll be right back. 06:21.000 --> 06:22.000 I'll be right back. 06:22.000 --> 06:23.000 I'll be right back. 06:23.000 --> 06:28.000 I'll be right back. 06:28.000 --> 06:31.000 I'll be right back. 06:31.000 --> 06:38.000 I'll be right back. 06:38.000 --> 06:39.000 Joe? 06:39.000 --> 06:40.000 Just a minute. 06:44.000 --> 06:45.000 Come on in. 06:45.000 --> 06:46.000 Thank you. 06:47.000 --> 06:48.000 You know Frank Smith, don't you Candy? 06:48.000 --> 06:49.000 Sure. 06:49.000 --> 06:50.000 Hi Candy. 06:50.000 --> 06:51.000 Want a drink? 06:51.000 --> 06:52.000 No thanks. 06:52.000 --> 06:53.000 Smith? 06:53.000 --> 06:54.000 No thanks. 06:54.000 --> 06:55.000 Don't mind if I take a blast. 06:55.000 --> 06:56.000 That's up to you. 06:58.000 --> 07:01.000 As long as I'm drinking alone there's no point in dirtying the glass. 07:01.000 --> 07:09.000 I guess maybe I'm turning into a lush, huh? 07:09.000 --> 07:10.000 Alright. 07:10.000 --> 07:14.000 Been hitting the bottle pretty hard lately since it went off the stuff. 07:14.000 --> 07:15.000 Is that so? 07:15.000 --> 07:16.000 Yeah. 07:16.000 --> 07:17.000 You guys knew I was off it didn't you? 07:17.000 --> 07:18.000 I ain't even chipping no more. 07:18.000 --> 07:19.000 Well you don't have to sell us Candy. 07:19.000 --> 07:20.000 Well I ain't selling nobody. 07:20.000 --> 07:21.000 I'm just telling you. 07:21.000 --> 07:24.000 What do you want to see us about? 07:24.000 --> 07:25.000 Anybody know you're here? 07:25.000 --> 07:26.000 The lady downstairs. 07:26.000 --> 07:29.000 You mean the manager of this flea bag? 07:29.000 --> 07:31.000 Yeah I guess that's what she is. 07:31.000 --> 07:32.000 Lady. 07:32.000 --> 07:35.000 You asked me to fly in saucers must be real. 07:35.000 --> 07:36.000 Well. 07:36.000 --> 07:38.000 How else would a dame like that get here? 07:38.000 --> 07:41.000 Hey, she knew you were cops? 07:41.000 --> 07:42.000 We didn't tell her. 07:42.000 --> 07:45.000 You telling anybody else that you were coming to see me? 07:45.000 --> 07:46.000 No. 07:46.000 --> 07:48.000 Come on Candy, what's it all about? 07:48.000 --> 07:49.000 Well take it easy. 07:49.000 --> 07:51.000 Don't push me. 07:57.000 --> 07:58.000 Why don't you sit down? 07:58.000 --> 07:59.000 We're alright. 07:59.000 --> 08:03.000 You was talking to Bronco tonight. 08:03.000 --> 08:04.000 Well. 08:04.000 --> 08:06.000 I bumped into him right after you shoved off. 08:06.000 --> 08:07.000 That's so. 08:07.000 --> 08:12.000 Yeah, asking a mule like him about H. Boy he's lucky if he can turn a couple sticks of tea. 08:12.000 --> 08:13.000 We're asking everybody. 08:13.000 --> 08:14.000 You didn't ask me. 08:14.000 --> 08:17.000 I figured it would be a waste of time. 08:17.000 --> 08:18.000 I've helped you guys before. 08:18.000 --> 08:21.000 No, not when it came to the stuff you didn't. 08:21.000 --> 08:23.000 Maybe this is different. 08:23.000 --> 08:24.000 Yeah. 08:24.000 --> 08:26.000 I always figured a guy gets hooked. 08:26.000 --> 08:27.000 That's his own business. 08:27.000 --> 08:28.000 He's done it himself. 08:28.000 --> 08:31.000 That's his getting hurt too, here's truly. 08:31.000 --> 08:33.000 I've been hooked three times, I don't know. 08:33.000 --> 08:34.000 Yeah, you should. 08:34.000 --> 08:37.000 Guy wants to kick it, it's up to him too. 08:37.000 --> 08:40.000 You can stick him in a joint, send him to the hospital, maybe he'll get rid of the habit for a while. 08:40.000 --> 08:45.000 But if he wants to kick it for good, he's got to do it. 08:45.000 --> 08:48.000 Nobody else, it ain't easy either. 08:51.000 --> 08:54.000 Guy's own business is what happens. 08:54.000 --> 08:56.000 Whether he goes for a ride or gets off. 08:56.000 --> 08:58.000 All right, come on Candy, what are you getting at here? 08:58.000 --> 09:01.000 Of course you're looking for it, ain't just going to Guy's, boy. 09:01.000 --> 09:02.000 You mean Kid's? 09:02.000 --> 09:03.000 Yeah. 09:03.000 --> 09:04.000 How do you know that? 09:04.000 --> 09:07.000 Father asked me if I wanted to make a buy, thought I was still shooting caps. 09:07.000 --> 09:08.000 What fellow? 09:08.000 --> 09:09.000 Mm-mm. 09:09.000 --> 09:11.000 Come on, we'll stand in front of you, Candy. 09:11.000 --> 09:13.000 Well, you take it my way or you don't get it. 09:13.000 --> 09:15.000 That means no names. 09:15.000 --> 09:17.000 All right, give us the rest of it. 09:17.000 --> 09:22.000 Well, like I said, he asked me if I was interested in a buy and I told him I wasn't. 09:22.000 --> 09:24.000 He said that was okay with him. 09:24.000 --> 09:26.000 He had plenty of other customers. 09:26.000 --> 09:27.000 He cut a lot thinner for some of them. 09:27.000 --> 09:29.000 A pro like me, I might know the difference. 09:29.000 --> 09:31.000 Kids just off of the weed, they wouldn't care. 09:31.000 --> 09:34.000 He said he was only making me an offer as a favor, you know. 09:34.000 --> 09:36.000 Mm-hmm, did you ever buy from him before? 09:36.000 --> 09:39.000 Well, look, Joe, just let me tell it, huh? 09:39.000 --> 09:40.000 Go ahead. 09:40.000 --> 09:44.000 Well, the way he talked kind of rubbed me the wrong way. 09:44.000 --> 09:47.000 Even when I was pushing, I never sold the kids, you know that. 09:47.000 --> 09:49.000 I ain't no saint, I never pushed no kids. 09:49.000 --> 09:51.000 It just didn't seem right. 09:51.000 --> 09:52.000 Yeah. 09:52.000 --> 09:57.000 You know, I remember when I bumped into Bronco tonight and he told me that you guys were looking for H. 09:57.000 --> 09:59.000 Well, I figured maybe I would hold you a hand. 09:59.000 --> 10:00.000 Go ahead. 10:00.000 --> 10:02.000 Make you feel kind of funny. 10:02.000 --> 10:03.000 What? 10:03.000 --> 10:06.000 I ain't never thinked on a guy in a trade before, you know that. 10:06.000 --> 10:08.000 Well, you're out of it now, aren't you? 10:08.000 --> 10:11.000 Yeah, for now. 10:11.000 --> 10:13.000 You never know, Joe. 10:13.000 --> 10:15.000 Three times, you know, I've been down. 10:15.000 --> 10:17.000 You never know when it's gonna happen again. 10:17.000 --> 10:19.000 I ain't making no promises, even to myself. 10:19.000 --> 10:25.000 I've never cut down on anything like this before, sort of like turning myself in. 10:25.000 --> 10:27.000 It's good H, too. It's Eastern. 10:27.000 --> 10:29.000 It's been cut, but it's not too thin. 10:29.000 --> 10:32.000 The way he talked must have been, you know, six, eight ounces left. 10:32.000 --> 10:33.000 The rest of it's been sold. 10:33.000 --> 10:35.000 He can cut a lot thinner if he wants to. 10:35.000 --> 10:36.000 It's dealing with kids. 10:36.000 --> 10:38.000 It don't matter, you know. 10:38.000 --> 10:41.000 Where do we find him, can't he? 10:41.000 --> 10:44.000 You ever hear of Walker Drive, Hollywood Hills? 10:44.000 --> 10:45.000 Where you can find it? 10:45.000 --> 10:49.000 Well, it's not much of a street, it's just four or five blocks dead end. 10:49.000 --> 10:52.000 Cuts off a lot before you get to Mulholland. 10:52.000 --> 10:54.000 Well, go ahead. 10:54.000 --> 10:55.000 That's it. 10:55.000 --> 10:57.000 Well, which house? 10:57.000 --> 11:00.000 I ain't seen nothing about no house. 11:00.000 --> 11:03.000 Maybe he lives there, or maybe he's just going up to make a sale. I don't know. 11:03.000 --> 11:05.000 You think he's there now? 11:05.000 --> 11:08.000 I didn't ask him for no time schedule. 11:08.000 --> 11:11.000 Now go on, beat it, will you? I want to get drunk. 11:11.000 --> 11:21.000 Oh, hey, look, there is something about you guys that keeps me sober. 11:21.000 --> 11:23.000 If you don't shove off, I'm going to run out of booze. 11:23.000 --> 11:25.000 You want to tell us what he looks like, can't he? 11:25.000 --> 11:27.000 You've had it, Joe. 11:27.000 --> 11:30.000 Now I'm going to tell you something. You haven't given us very much. 11:30.000 --> 11:33.000 Is that so? Well, you know something? 11:33.000 --> 11:38.000 It's lucky for you I got principles about pushing the kids. 11:38.000 --> 11:39.000 Yeah. 11:39.000 --> 11:41.000 You'd have got nothing. 11:48.000 --> 11:52.000 We continued to question Delman, but he refused to give us any further information. 11:52.000 --> 11:57.000 11.46 p.m. Frank and I left the Hattrick Hotel and we drove up into the Hollywood Hills. 11:57.000 --> 12:00.000 We turned off Laurel Canyon onto Walker Drive. 12:00.000 --> 12:04.000 The street was only five blocks long and there were approximately 20 houses on it. 12:04.000 --> 12:10.000 12.22 a.m. We pulled up at the corner of Walker and Laurel where we'd be able to notice anybody who turned into or out of the drive. 12:10.000 --> 12:15.000 1.06 a.m. A man approached a Chevy convertible parked across the street from us. 12:15.000 --> 12:19.000 We knew he'd walked down from one of the houses on Walker, but we hadn't been able to determine which one. 12:19.000 --> 12:26.000 He passed under a street lamp and we recognized him as Sam Free, a known narcotics user and suspected peddler. 12:26.000 --> 12:28.000 Hold it, Sam. Huh? 12:28.000 --> 12:30.000 Right where you are. Hold it up. 12:30.000 --> 12:31.000 Sure. Sure. 12:31.000 --> 12:34.000 Turn around, Sam. Put your hands against the side of the car. Yeah. 12:38.000 --> 12:41.000 You guys know me. I don't carry nothing. 12:41.000 --> 12:46.000 Hey, what you doing in my pockets? I ain't got no gun. You said so yourself. 12:48.000 --> 12:52.000 Now, where the heck did that come from? Why don't you tell us? 12:54.000 --> 12:56.000 That's the stuff jar. 12:56.000 --> 12:58.000 Is this all you got, Sam? 12:58.000 --> 13:00.000 Well, is it? Yeah. 13:00.000 --> 13:03.000 You're coming up in the world, aren't you? What do you mean? 13:03.000 --> 13:06.000 A couple of months ago, all we had you paid for was a user and a small-time pusher. 13:06.000 --> 13:09.000 That's a lot of H. Where'd you get it? 13:09.000 --> 13:12.000 Well, now, you know better than that. You're in trouble, Sam. 13:12.000 --> 13:15.000 Okay, you found the stuff for me. That means I'm gonna do some time. 13:15.000 --> 13:19.000 A lot of time. Well, whatever it is, I'd just as soon be in one piece when I come out. 13:19.000 --> 13:21.000 It was a car I belonged to, Sam. 13:21.000 --> 13:23.000 What car? This one right here. 13:23.000 --> 13:26.000 Huh? You were getting into it, Sam. 13:26.000 --> 13:30.000 Was I? I'll give it a check. 13:30.000 --> 13:33.000 All right. All right. It's my car, so what? 13:33.000 --> 13:35.000 I'll still check it. 13:39.000 --> 13:40.000 Who fed you? What? 13:40.000 --> 13:43.000 To where I was. You're not hard to find, Sam. 13:43.000 --> 13:46.000 Yeah? You've been looking for me over three weeks now. 13:46.000 --> 13:49.000 And so? Only you didn't know I was the guy you were after. 13:49.000 --> 13:52.000 Thank you. For what? For telling us when the H got into town. 13:52.000 --> 13:54.000 A lot of good it'll do. Mm-hmm. 13:54.000 --> 13:57.000 Another day I'd have been clean, you wouldn't have found none of it. 13:57.000 --> 14:00.000 My own fault trying to get a good price. 14:00.000 --> 14:02.000 I should have taken what was offered. 14:02.000 --> 14:05.000 It's the real stuff, though. A man don't like to give it away. 14:05.000 --> 14:07.000 Got something? Yeah. 14:09.000 --> 14:13.000 Take a look in the backseat. Bunch of sweaters. Look like cash mirrors. 14:13.000 --> 14:15.000 I bought them for my girl. It's her birthday. 14:15.000 --> 14:17.000 Must be some girl. Yeah. 14:17.000 --> 14:24.000 At least 40 sweaters there, Joe. Yeah, they're all different sizes. 14:38.000 --> 14:43.000 Listen. Listen to an electronic miracle. 14:43.000 --> 14:48.000 This electronic miracle, Accuray, means that everything from auto tires to apple pie, 14:48.000 --> 14:54.000 battleship steel to baby food, butter to cigarettes, can be made better and safer for you. 14:54.000 --> 14:58.000 Now meet Mr. Bert Chope, brilliant young president of industrial nucleonics. 14:58.000 --> 15:01.000 Oh, Bert, exactly what is Accuray? 15:01.000 --> 15:05.000 Well, George, it is a device by which a stream of electrons passes through 15:05.000 --> 15:08.000 and analyzes a product while it is actually being made. 15:08.000 --> 15:12.000 They transmit what they see to this electronic brain, 15:12.000 --> 15:16.000 which adjusts the production machinery for errors down to millionths of an inch. 15:16.000 --> 15:19.000 Well, can you give us an example of what it does? 15:19.000 --> 15:22.000 Sure. Take this piece of steel. How thick would you say it is? 15:22.000 --> 15:26.000 Oh, not as thick as the cellophane from a pack of Chesterfields? 15:26.000 --> 15:31.000 Accuray has made it possible to roll that steel accurately one ten thousandth of an inch thick. 15:31.000 --> 15:35.000 It takes ten of these to equal the thickness of a sheet of cellophane. 15:35.000 --> 15:39.000 That's amazing. Now let's get back to the pie and the baby food. 15:39.000 --> 15:42.000 Will Accuray bake a pie and tend the baby? 15:42.000 --> 15:46.000 Well, not quite yet, George. But because this electronic control can improve 15:46.000 --> 15:50.000 charting texture, for instance, your wife can bake a more delicious pie. 15:50.000 --> 15:53.000 And because Accuray can make baby food more uniform, 15:53.000 --> 15:56.000 that food will be more digestible for your baby. 15:56.000 --> 15:59.000 One more question, one that so many people ask me. 15:59.000 --> 16:04.000 How does Accuray make Chesterfield a better cigarette than was ever possible before? 16:04.000 --> 16:08.000 Every cigarette made with Accuray control contains a more precise measure 16:08.000 --> 16:12.000 of perfectly packed tobacco. So Chesterfield smokes smoother 16:12.000 --> 16:15.000 without hot spots or a hard draw. 16:15.000 --> 16:17.000 And that's why Chesterfield tastes so much better. 16:17.000 --> 16:20.000 I guess that's why you smoke them yourself, Bert. 16:20.000 --> 16:23.000 You see, I know what Accuray can do. 16:23.000 --> 16:27.000 Well, there's your answer. If you want tomorrow's better cigarette today, 16:27.000 --> 16:30.000 next time stop. Remember. 16:33.000 --> 16:37.000 Only Chesterfield is made the modern way with Accuray. 16:37.000 --> 16:40.000 Best for you. 16:52.000 --> 16:54.000 We took the suspect Sam Free down to the main jail, 16:54.000 --> 16:57.000 and we had him booked on possession of narcotics and suspicion of burglary. 16:57.000 --> 17:00.000 An examination of the labels and the sweaters indicated that they were all 17:00.000 --> 17:03.000 from the same white side lady's sports shop in North Hollywood. 17:03.000 --> 17:08.000 1.58 a.m. We contacted the owner of the store, Mr. T.P. Whiteside. 17:08.000 --> 17:13.000 Yes, sir, that's right. If you would, we'd appreciate it. 17:13.000 --> 17:17.000 About 30 minutes. All right, sir, fine. Thank you. 17:17.000 --> 17:19.000 Goodbye. 17:19.000 --> 17:21.000 He says they're stolen, all right. 17:21.000 --> 17:22.000 Why didn't he report it? 17:22.000 --> 17:24.000 He didn't know anything about it until now. 17:24.000 --> 17:33.000 It just must have happened tonight. 17:33.000 --> 17:38.000 2.22 a.m. Frank and I met Mr. Whiteside at his sportswear shop on Lankersham Boulevard. 17:38.000 --> 17:42.000 At the rear of the building, we found a cut screen and a window that had been forced open. 17:42.000 --> 17:46.000 We called the crime lab and asked them to check the premises for any physical evidence. 17:46.000 --> 17:49.000 Mr. Whiteside made a quick survey of his stock, and as far as he could tell, 17:49.000 --> 17:52.000 the only missing item was a supply of cashmere sweaters. 17:52.000 --> 17:56.000 I just can't get over it. 17:56.000 --> 17:57.000 How's that, Mr. Whiteside? 17:57.000 --> 18:01.000 You fellas finding out about all this even before I did. 18:01.000 --> 18:06.000 Well, I've done my share of complaining about policemen in the past, that is. 18:06.000 --> 18:07.000 Yes, sir. 18:07.000 --> 18:10.000 Whenever I got a ticket, I used to say to myself, 18:10.000 --> 18:15.000 ain't he got enough more important to do than pull me over for going a couple of miles too fast? 18:15.000 --> 18:17.000 That's what I said. 18:17.000 --> 18:18.000 Yes, sir. 18:18.000 --> 18:23.000 I figured that's all you policefellas cared about, you know, giving folks tickets. 18:23.000 --> 18:27.000 Never seemed like you was paying no attention to the real crooks around town. 18:27.000 --> 18:28.000 Guess I owe you the apology. 18:28.000 --> 18:29.000 Sorry, I'd forget it. 18:29.000 --> 18:33.000 No, no, no. Oh, no, I ain't gonna forget it. 18:33.000 --> 18:39.000 I've been wrong about cops all these years, and you sure showed me the night. 18:39.000 --> 18:41.000 Apology, that's what I owe you. You gonna accept it? 18:41.000 --> 18:42.000 Yes, sir. 18:42.000 --> 18:43.000 Shake? 18:43.000 --> 18:45.000 You bet. 18:45.000 --> 18:46.000 You too, mister? 18:46.000 --> 18:47.000 Huh? 18:47.000 --> 18:48.000 You willing to shake with me? 18:48.000 --> 18:50.000 Oh, sure, you bet. 18:50.000 --> 18:54.000 Say, about them sweaters you found. 18:54.000 --> 18:55.000 Yes, sir. 18:55.000 --> 18:59.000 I'd like you to keep a couple of them for your wives or girlfriends. 18:59.000 --> 19:01.000 No, sir, that's all right. Thanks anyway, Mr. Whiteside. 19:01.000 --> 19:05.000 You're entitled. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be getting them back. 19:05.000 --> 19:06.000 It's our job. 19:06.000 --> 19:09.000 Oh, go on. Keep a couple anyway, won't you? 19:09.000 --> 19:10.000 No, sir, I'm sorry. We can't do that. 19:10.000 --> 19:13.000 Well, I would offer the reward if I'd known about the burglary. 19:13.000 --> 19:14.000 Yes, sir, we understand. 19:14.000 --> 19:17.000 Well, it's your own fault. Nobody else is. You ought to blame for it. 19:17.000 --> 19:18.000 How's that? 19:18.000 --> 19:19.000 No reward. 19:19.000 --> 19:20.000 Huh? 19:20.000 --> 19:21.000 Didn't give me time enough. 19:21.000 --> 19:36.000 4.05 a.m. The crew from the crime lab reported that there was no physical evidence at the store. 19:36.000 --> 19:38.000 Frank and I went off duty. 19:38.000 --> 19:46.000 The next afternoon, May 24th, at 4.16 p.m., we checked our weapons at the booking counter of the city jail and we asked to interview the prisoner, Sam Free. 19:46.000 --> 19:53.000 The booking sergeant told us he was in cell 104. 19:53.000 --> 19:54.000 Yeah? 19:54.000 --> 19:55.000 Free in 104. 19:55.000 --> 19:56.000 Okay. 19:56.000 --> 20:00.000 Free in 104 for interview. 20:00.000 --> 20:20.000 Free for interview. 20:20.000 --> 20:21.000 Sit down, Sam. 20:21.000 --> 20:26.000 Sure. 20:26.000 --> 20:28.000 You ready to do some talking? 20:28.000 --> 20:29.000 About what? 20:29.000 --> 20:32.000 The stuff. Where'd you get it? 20:32.000 --> 20:34.000 Look, we had it checked by the lab, Sam. 20:34.000 --> 20:35.000 Yeah? 20:35.000 --> 20:37.000 It isn't Mexican. It's from back East someplace. 20:37.000 --> 20:41.000 No kidding. 20:41.000 --> 20:44.000 Okay, I got it from back East. 20:44.000 --> 20:48.000 I sure don't want to louse up your scientific cats by saying different. 20:48.000 --> 20:50.000 Is that the way you want it on your report? 20:50.000 --> 20:51.000 Huh? 20:51.000 --> 20:54.000 Uncooperative? 20:54.000 --> 20:56.000 Ain't gonna make no difference what you guys put down. 20:56.000 --> 20:57.000 It might, Sam. 20:57.000 --> 21:03.000 Oh, look, you want a deal, I'll talk. Otherwise, forget it. 21:03.000 --> 21:05.000 We don't make deals, you know that. 21:05.000 --> 21:06.000 It's up to you. 21:06.000 --> 21:09.000 Now, look, this isn't your first fall, Sam. It's gonna go hard with you. 21:09.000 --> 21:10.000 Maybe. 21:10.000 --> 21:11.000 No maybes. 21:11.000 --> 21:13.000 Oh, you never know. I'm chilling with some of the boys back there. 21:13.000 --> 21:15.000 They tell me things have changed around here. 21:15.000 --> 21:16.000 Yeah. 21:16.000 --> 21:18.000 Case against me might not stand up. 21:18.000 --> 21:21.000 You wouldn't want to bet on that, would you, Sam? 21:21.000 --> 21:23.000 Just telling you what I heard. 21:23.000 --> 21:24.000 Don't you count on it. 21:24.000 --> 21:25.000 Yeah? 21:25.000 --> 21:27.000 Things haven't changed that much. 21:27.000 --> 21:35.000 MUSIC 21:35.000 --> 21:36.000 4.31 p.m. 21:36.000 --> 21:39.000 Frank and I went over to the Hall of Justice to file a complaint against Free. 21:39.000 --> 21:42.000 We talked to Deputy District Attorney Don Avery in the Complaint Department 21:42.000 --> 21:45.000 and gave him a complete statement of facts concerning Free's arrest. 21:45.000 --> 21:46.000 Is that it? 21:46.000 --> 21:47.000 Yeah, that's it. 21:47.000 --> 21:48.000 Everything can happen? 21:48.000 --> 21:50.000 Yeah. 21:50.000 --> 21:52.000 Why, what's the matter, Don? 21:52.000 --> 21:53.000 Hmm? 21:53.000 --> 21:55.000 Something wrong with this case? 21:55.000 --> 21:57.000 I don't know yet. 21:57.000 --> 22:00.000 Well, Free himself said it might not stand up. We figured he was just talking. 22:00.000 --> 22:01.000 Yeah. 22:01.000 --> 22:04.000 We got the H, the stolen sweaters. What more do you need? 22:04.000 --> 22:06.000 Let me ask you a couple of questions. 22:06.000 --> 22:07.000 Sure. 22:07.000 --> 22:11.000 Now, give me the same answers you'd give in court if you were under oath. 22:11.000 --> 22:12.000 All right. 22:12.000 --> 22:16.000 Free was beside this car when you stopped him, is that right? 22:16.000 --> 22:17.000 That's right. 22:17.000 --> 22:20.000 Did you place him under arrest before you searched him? 22:20.000 --> 22:22.000 Well, did you? 22:22.000 --> 22:24.000 Well, not in so many words. 22:24.000 --> 22:25.000 What do you mean? 22:25.000 --> 22:28.000 Well, we knew he was a hype. He knew we were cops. 22:28.000 --> 22:30.000 He could have figured that out. 22:30.000 --> 22:33.000 But you didn't say you're under arrest, in those words. 22:33.000 --> 22:35.000 No, I don't think I did. 22:35.000 --> 22:36.000 Smith? 22:36.000 --> 22:38.000 Well, Don, we didn't have anything to arrest him for, 22:38.000 --> 22:40.000 not until after we found the H. 22:40.000 --> 22:43.000 Did you have any reason to suspect he was carrying dope? 22:43.000 --> 22:44.000 Well, like I said, he's a user. 22:44.000 --> 22:46.000 Yeah. 22:46.000 --> 22:49.000 And he was in the neighborhood. We knew somebody around there was carrying it. 22:49.000 --> 22:52.000 Well, then you weren't looking for free in particular. 22:52.000 --> 22:54.000 Well, no. 22:54.000 --> 22:58.000 The way I get it, the burglary hadn't been reported yet, is that right? 22:58.000 --> 22:59.000 That's right. 22:59.000 --> 23:01.000 So finding the sweaters was a surprise. 23:01.000 --> 23:03.000 Yeah, it sure was. 23:03.000 --> 23:07.000 Well, we'll file on him, but it may not stick. 23:07.000 --> 23:08.000 What are you talking about, Don? 23:08.000 --> 23:09.000 The evidence. 23:09.000 --> 23:10.000 Well, what's wrong with it? 23:10.000 --> 23:11.000 The way you got it. 23:11.000 --> 23:12.000 What? 23:12.000 --> 23:14.000 You heard about the exclusionary ruling, didn't you? 23:14.000 --> 23:15.000 Yeah. 23:15.000 --> 23:16.000 Skipper had an assembly on it. 23:16.000 --> 23:17.000 Well? 23:17.000 --> 23:19.000 Look, Don, we're not lawyers, we're cops. 23:19.000 --> 23:22.000 Sure. Well, here's the way it operates. 23:22.000 --> 23:26.000 Evidence obtained by illegal search or seizure can be thrown out of court. 23:26.000 --> 23:27.000 Simple as that. 23:27.000 --> 23:28.000 Yeah? 23:28.000 --> 23:30.000 Federal government has the same ruling. 23:30.000 --> 23:34.000 Most of the states don't. We never have until now. 23:34.000 --> 23:37.000 Before, if a policeman committed an illegal search or seizure, 23:37.000 --> 23:39.000 he could be prosecuted. Lots of times he was. 23:39.000 --> 23:40.000 Uh-huh. 23:40.000 --> 23:42.000 But the evidence could still be used at the suspect's trial. 23:42.000 --> 23:44.000 Yeah. 23:44.000 --> 23:45.000 It doesn't work that way anymore. 23:45.000 --> 23:46.000 No? 23:46.000 --> 23:48.000 Well, look, maybe I'm just thick, Don, 23:48.000 --> 23:50.000 but it seems to me the only guy who's better off's the criminal. 23:50.000 --> 23:51.000 That's how I see it, too. 23:51.000 --> 23:52.000 Mm-hmm. 23:52.000 --> 23:55.000 Well, all right, now, look, suppose we do pick up a guy. 23:55.000 --> 23:57.000 Maybe we aren't right, but we think we're on to something. 23:57.000 --> 24:00.000 If he's clean, he's not out of anything except a little time and trouble. 24:00.000 --> 24:01.000 Yeah. 24:01.000 --> 24:02.000 And if he isn't, we got some evidence. 24:02.000 --> 24:05.000 Not anymore you have. 24:05.000 --> 24:08.000 Yeah, well, this just don't make sense to me. 24:08.000 --> 24:10.000 Well, what are we supposed to do from here on in? 24:10.000 --> 24:13.000 You want to make a search, you got to get the guy's permission 24:13.000 --> 24:16.000 or put him under arrest first or have a valid search warrant. 24:16.000 --> 24:18.000 Otherwise, it's illegal. 24:18.000 --> 24:20.000 Your evidence may not hold. 24:20.000 --> 24:22.000 Let me have that again. 24:22.000 --> 24:25.000 If you want to make a search, you got to get the guy's permission 24:25.000 --> 24:28.000 or put him under arrest first or have a valid search warrant. 24:28.000 --> 24:32.000 Otherwise, it's illegal. 24:32.000 --> 24:34.000 Well, now, let's take free, for instance. 24:34.000 --> 24:35.000 Yeah. 24:35.000 --> 24:37.000 We didn't have anything to arrest him on. 24:37.000 --> 24:40.000 As for getting his permission to search, well, I got a big picture of that. 24:40.000 --> 24:41.000 Mm-hmm. 24:41.000 --> 24:42.000 There was no way of getting a search warrant drawn, Don. 24:42.000 --> 24:44.000 We didn't even know what we were looking for. 24:44.000 --> 24:46.000 Well, that's the way it's got to be from here on in. 24:46.000 --> 24:47.000 Every time? 24:47.000 --> 24:49.000 There might be some exceptions, I don't know. 24:49.000 --> 24:51.000 It's up to the courts to decide. 24:51.000 --> 24:52.000 Well, what if we're after somebody, a guy who's heavy? 24:52.000 --> 24:53.000 Yeah. 24:53.000 --> 24:55.000 Let's take a killer, maybe, so we want to break in. 24:55.000 --> 24:57.000 We supposed to ask him if it's all right if we break in? 24:57.000 --> 24:58.000 You can get a warrant. 24:58.000 --> 24:59.000 Yeah, well, maybe we don't know who he is. 24:59.000 --> 25:00.000 Maybe it's 4 o'clock in the morning. 25:00.000 --> 25:01.000 What do you think? 25:01.000 --> 25:02.000 When it comes up, you'll get an answer. 25:02.000 --> 25:03.000 Well, let's come up right now. 25:03.000 --> 25:04.000 Why? 25:04.000 --> 25:05.000 We got a dope pusher here. 25:05.000 --> 25:06.000 He's been selling H to kids. 25:06.000 --> 25:12.000 We got him made, dead to rights, burglary too. 25:12.000 --> 25:13.000 Now, you say he's going to get off. 25:13.000 --> 25:14.000 I didn't say for sure. 25:14.000 --> 25:15.000 Well, I don't even like to hear a maybe, not in a case like this. 25:15.000 --> 25:16.000 It's the best I can do, Joe. 25:16.000 --> 25:17.000 I didn't hand down the ruling. 25:17.000 --> 25:18.000 If you'd arrested him first, that'd be different. 25:18.000 --> 25:21.000 Yeah, and if he hadn't been carrying, he could have slapped a suit on us for false arrest. 25:21.000 --> 25:25.000 Only thing I can tell you, get a warrant, get permission, or arrest him first. 25:25.000 --> 25:26.000 Yeah, well, there's only one thing I'm going to tell you. 25:26.000 --> 25:27.000 It's not going to work. 25:27.000 --> 25:28.000 Maybe not. 25:28.000 --> 25:29.000 Well, just what do we do? 25:29.000 --> 25:30.000 Go back to Pound Beats? 25:30.000 --> 25:31.000 Is that it? 25:31.000 --> 25:36.000 Look, I said we might not be able to make it hold up in Free's case. 25:36.000 --> 25:38.000 If we can't, you'll get him sooner or later. 25:38.000 --> 25:39.000 You've got him pegged. 25:39.000 --> 25:41.000 Next time, get to him so it'll stick. 25:41.000 --> 25:42.000 Well, don't worry about it. 25:42.000 --> 25:43.000 We will. 25:43.000 --> 25:44.000 Well? 25:44.000 --> 25:46.000 Tell me one thing, Don, before we do. 25:46.000 --> 25:47.000 Yeah? 25:47.000 --> 25:56.000 How much more stuff is this guy going to peddle? 25:56.000 --> 25:58.000 The story you've just heard is true. 25:58.000 --> 26:00.000 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 26:00.000 --> 26:06.000 On May 30th, the preliminary hearing was held in Division IV, Municipal Court, in and for the County of Los Angeles. 26:06.000 --> 26:09.000 In a moment, the results of that hearing. 26:09.000 --> 26:11.000 Now, here is our star, Jack Webb. 26:11.000 --> 26:13.000 Thank you, George Fenomen. 26:13.000 --> 26:15.000 Chesterfield made the modern way with accu-ray. 26:15.000 --> 26:17.000 I wonder if you realize what that means to you. 26:17.000 --> 26:20.000 For the first time, you get a perfect smoke column in your cigarette. 26:20.000 --> 26:21.000 A smoother smoke. 26:21.000 --> 26:23.000 A cooler smoke than you've ever had before. 26:23.000 --> 26:26.000 To put a smile on your smoking, try them. 26:26.000 --> 26:27.000 Chesterfield. 26:27.000 --> 26:41.000 In the case of Sam Arthur Free, the court ruled that the evidence against him had been obtained by illegal search and seizure. 26:41.000 --> 27:01.000 The charges against the suspect were dismissed. 27:01.000 --> 27:06.000 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 27:06.000 --> 27:11.000 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 27:11.000 --> 27:16.000 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. 27:16.000 --> 27:22.000 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Virginia Gregg, Jack Crouchon, Herb Ellis, Vic Rodman. 27:22.000 --> 27:28.000 Script by Frank Burt. Music by Walter Schuman. Hal Gibney speaking. 27:28.000 --> 27:34.000 Watch an entirely different Dragnet case history each week on your local NBC television station. 27:34.000 --> 27:37.000 Please check your newspapers for the day and time. 27:37.000 --> 27:42.000 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles. 27:42.000 --> 27:49.000 This is it, L&M filters. It stands out from all the rest. 27:49.000 --> 27:57.000 Miracle tip, much more flavor. L&M's got everything. It's the best. 27:57.000 --> 28:02.000 No other cigarette gives you L&M's assurance. Assurance that it is best. 28:02.000 --> 28:09.000 L&M's got everything. Superior taste, superior tobacco, superior filter. 28:09.000 --> 28:11.000 Buy L&M today. 28:11.000 --> 28:14.000 Most of you are Gunsmoke radio fans. 28:14.000 --> 28:21.000 And many of you have written to the makers of Chesterfield and L&M filters, asking them to put Gunsmoke on television too. 28:21.000 --> 28:28.000 Here's the good news. Gunsmoke is going on TV starting Saturday night, September 10th. 28:28.000 --> 28:33.000 If you enjoy Gunsmoke on radio, we're sure you'll go for Gunsmoke on TV. 28:33.000 --> 28:39.000 Now television will have an authentic adult Western, the Gunsmoke you know on radio. 28:39.000 --> 28:45.000 Remember, Saturday night, September 10th, Gunsmoke on TV. 28:45.000 --> 28:48.000 Check your local listings for time and station. 28:48.000 --> 29:02.000 This is the NBC Radio Network.