WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:12.040 Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. 00:12.040 --> 00:23.280 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 00:23.280 --> 00:24.280 You're a detective sergeant. 00:24.280 --> 00:27.200 You're assigned a homicide detail. 00:27.200 --> 00:30.880 You get a call telling you that the body of a man has been found in the motel room. 00:30.880 --> 00:33.640 There's no lead to his true identity. 00:33.640 --> 00:34.640 Your job? 00:34.640 --> 00:37.640 Check it out. 00:37.640 --> 00:47.440 Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. 00:47.440 --> 00:52.320 For the next 30 minutes of in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you 00:52.320 --> 00:57.040 will travel step by step on the side of the law to an actual case transcribed from official 00:57.040 --> 00:58.040 police violence. 00:58.040 --> 01:04.000 From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force 01:04.000 --> 01:05.000 in action. 01:05.000 --> 01:06.000 It was Tuesday, July 19th. 01:06.000 --> 01:07.000 It was hot in Los Angeles. 01:07.000 --> 01:08.000 We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. 01:08.000 --> 01:09.000 My partner is Frank Smith. 01:09.000 --> 01:10.000 The boss is Captain Warman. 01:10.000 --> 01:11.000 My name is Friday. 01:11.000 --> 01:12.000 I was on my way back from the main jail and it was 5.27 p.m. when I got to room 42. 01:12.000 --> 01:13.000 Homicide. 01:13.000 --> 01:14.000 I ought to go. 01:14.000 --> 01:15.000 He's willing to make a statement. 01:15.000 --> 01:16.000 He copped the whole thing. 01:16.000 --> 01:17.000 I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 01:17.000 --> 01:18.000 I'm sorry. 01:18.000 --> 01:19.000 I'm sorry. 01:19.000 --> 01:20.000 I'm sorry. 01:20.000 --> 01:21.000 I'm sorry. 01:21.000 --> 01:22.000 I'm sorry. 01:22.000 --> 01:23.000 I'm sorry. 01:23.000 --> 01:24.000 I'm sorry. 01:24.000 --> 01:25.000 I'm sorry. 01:25.000 --> 01:26.000 I'm sorry. 01:26.000 --> 01:27.000 I'm sorry. 01:27.000 --> 01:28.000 I'm sorry. 01:28.000 --> 01:29.000 Cuz he couldn't take that baby. 01:29.000 --> 01:30.000 I don't know. 01:30.000 --> 01:35.380 I think, you know, he might be just prickly trying not to sex that bad. 01:35.380 --> 01:39.780 But he's just very darn handsome. 01:39.780 --> 01:41.060 Who doesn't? 01:41.060 --> 01:45.660 He done this to the kid this morning. 01:45.660 --> 01:48.800 Way really good at doing stuff, ain't he. 01:48.800 --> 01:54.040 Looks like a dope belly from awerk with her at home where she's been kept closer to car 01:54.040 --> 01:55.040 permanent shutDDLEat. 01:55.040 --> 01:57.540 No, she didn't think it was that bad. 01:57.540 --> 01:59.040 Not to call a doctor. 01:59.040 --> 02:01.540 Just enough to keep me awake worrying about it. 02:03.040 --> 02:04.540 This morning the whole thing's gone though. 02:04.540 --> 02:05.540 No trouble. 02:05.540 --> 02:07.540 Says it was probably a heartburn. 02:07.540 --> 02:09.540 Why don't you give her a couple of your Pepto pills? 02:09.540 --> 02:11.540 Oh Joe, that's very funny. 02:11.540 --> 02:13.540 Honey. 02:15.040 --> 02:16.540 Homicide Friday. 02:16.540 --> 02:18.540 Yeah, that's right. 02:19.540 --> 02:21.540 What's that? 02:21.540 --> 02:23.540 What's that address? 02:23.540 --> 02:25.540 No, I will be right out. 02:25.540 --> 02:27.540 No, no, not at any. 02:28.540 --> 02:30.540 Nice. Goodbye. 02:30.540 --> 02:31.540 Work? 02:31.540 --> 02:32.540 Work. 02:32.540 --> 02:35.040 We made it to the motel out on Sepulveda, found a body in one of the cabins. 02:35.040 --> 02:35.540 Yeah. 02:35.540 --> 02:37.540 Thinks it's a suicide. 02:45.540 --> 02:47.540 Frank and I left the office and drove out to the address. 02:47.540 --> 02:49.540 It was a modern motel set back from the highway. 02:49.540 --> 02:52.540 There were 14 cabins surrounding a swimming pool on the lot. 02:52.540 --> 02:55.540 We met with the woman who placed the call and the owner of the place. 02:56.540 --> 02:58.540 Right over there, number eight. 02:58.540 --> 02:59.540 Mm-hmm. 02:59.540 --> 03:00.540 Has anyone been touched in the room? 03:00.540 --> 03:01.540 No, sir. 03:01.540 --> 03:04.540 Since I saw him, I knew what had happened. 03:04.540 --> 03:06.540 I locked the door and called you. 03:06.540 --> 03:07.540 What's his name? 03:07.540 --> 03:09.540 Registered as Tom Rustad, Phoenix. 03:09.540 --> 03:11.540 How long has he been here? 03:11.540 --> 03:13.540 About 10 days. I'd have to take the card to be sure. 03:13.540 --> 03:14.540 Be alone? 03:14.540 --> 03:15.540 Mm-hmm. 03:15.540 --> 03:20.540 Here, I got the key. 03:20.540 --> 03:21.540 Go ahead. 03:21.540 --> 03:22.540 Thank you. 03:22.540 --> 03:23.540 Goodbye. 03:23.540 --> 03:25.540 Did you touch the body at all? 03:25.540 --> 03:27.540 No, I should say not. 03:27.540 --> 03:28.540 Mm-hmm. 03:28.540 --> 03:33.540 I've worked around motels for a long time, yet and so nothing bothers me. 03:33.540 --> 03:37.540 Tell you though, this almost, they'd like to scare me half to death. 03:37.540 --> 03:38.540 Yes, ma'am. 03:38.540 --> 03:40.540 Better call the lab after we come out, huh? 03:40.540 --> 03:41.540 Yeah. 03:41.540 --> 03:43.540 You all right if I use the phone in the office? 03:43.540 --> 03:46.540 Sure, you go right ahead. It's on the desk back in the county. 03:46.540 --> 03:47.540 All right. 03:49.540 --> 03:52.540 Thing like this, it isn't going to do the place any good. 03:52.540 --> 03:55.540 I hope it can be played down in the papers. 03:55.540 --> 03:58.540 This is the first kind of trouble we've had. 03:58.540 --> 04:00.540 Suicide sure isn't going to help. 04:00.540 --> 04:02.540 We'll have to find some way to change it. 04:02.540 --> 04:04.540 Well, there is, but that wouldn't help much either. 04:04.540 --> 04:06.540 What do you mean? He's dead, isn't he? 04:06.540 --> 04:17.540 Yeah, but he had help. 04:17.540 --> 04:21.540 6.03 p.m. The crew from the crime lab arrived and started their investigation. 04:21.540 --> 04:23.540 Apparently the victim had been killed with a small caliber gun. 04:23.540 --> 04:25.540 However, a search of the room failed to turn it up. 04:25.540 --> 04:27.540 The coroner's office was notified. 04:27.540 --> 04:29.540 They came out to check the body and go through his effects. 04:29.540 --> 04:33.540 6.18 p.m. Frank and I talked with the motel owner in his cabin. 04:33.540 --> 04:37.540 Here's the registration card you can see there where he signed it. 04:37.540 --> 04:39.540 Is he driving a car, do you know? 04:39.540 --> 04:40.540 Oh, I never saw one. 04:40.540 --> 04:41.540 How'd he get here? 04:41.540 --> 04:42.540 You mean when he checked in? 04:42.540 --> 04:43.540 Yeah. 04:43.540 --> 04:44.540 By cab. 04:44.540 --> 04:46.540 Did he tell you why he was in town? 04:46.540 --> 04:48.540 No, he never mentioned it. 04:48.540 --> 04:49.540 Did he work? 04:49.540 --> 04:50.540 I don't know. 04:50.540 --> 04:52.540 When he checked in, did he say how long he'd be staying? 04:52.540 --> 04:55.540 No, he said it might be a week, ten days. 04:55.540 --> 04:57.540 How about visitors? You haven't seen him? 04:57.540 --> 04:58.540 I haven't seen him. 04:58.540 --> 04:59.540 What about phone calls? 04:59.540 --> 05:00.540 Yeah, I've made some. 05:00.540 --> 05:01.540 Do you have a record of him? 05:01.540 --> 05:06.540 No, usually we do. All the calls go through the board, but he's the phone booth outside. 05:06.540 --> 05:07.540 Oh, cool. 05:07.540 --> 05:10.540 A couple times I was out by the pool at night, you know. 05:10.540 --> 05:13.540 I'd be out there and I'd see him in the booth. 05:13.540 --> 05:15.540 A couple times he talked for quite a while. 05:15.540 --> 05:17.540 But you haven't got any idea who he was calling? 05:17.540 --> 05:18.540 No. A dime call, though. 05:18.540 --> 05:19.540 What's that? 05:19.540 --> 05:21.540 Cost him a dime. I heard the bell ring when he dropped the money. 05:21.540 --> 05:22.540 Well, they all do. 05:22.540 --> 05:23.540 You get any mail? 05:23.540 --> 05:24.540 No. 05:24.540 --> 05:26.540 You pay for his room in advance? 05:26.540 --> 05:28.540 Yeah, the first time he gave me the money for a week. 05:28.540 --> 05:30.540 And just a few days ago he paid for another week. 05:30.540 --> 05:31.540 How'd he pay it? 05:31.540 --> 05:32.540 What do you mean? 05:32.540 --> 05:34.540 Well, by checks or cash. 05:34.540 --> 05:35.540 Oh, cash. 05:35.540 --> 05:37.540 What size bills do you remember? 05:37.540 --> 05:39.540 I never saw him use anything smaller than a 50. 05:39.540 --> 05:40.540 Oh, who? 05:40.540 --> 05:41.540 Sure seemed to have a lot of them. 05:41.540 --> 05:43.540 I guess maybe a couple thousand dollars. 05:43.540 --> 05:45.540 Does he always carry that kind of money with him? 05:45.540 --> 05:47.540 Well, I wouldn't know about that. 05:47.540 --> 05:48.540 Mm-hmm. 05:48.540 --> 05:50.540 I guess he must have kept something smaller, though. 05:50.540 --> 05:52.540 He's an everybody can change a 50. 05:52.540 --> 05:54.540 Not everybody. 05:54.540 --> 05:56.540 You gonna let his people know? 05:56.540 --> 05:57.540 What's that? 05:57.540 --> 06:01.540 Well, he must have some people over in Phoenix that should know about him being dead. 06:01.540 --> 06:02.540 Yeah. 06:02.540 --> 06:04.540 Sure don't feel it's my place to tell. 06:04.540 --> 06:06.540 No, sir, we'll take care of it. 06:06.540 --> 06:07.540 Okay. 06:07.540 --> 06:09.540 It's gonna be a shock to him, a guy his age. 06:09.540 --> 06:12.540 Probably got a wife and family, not gonna do him any good. 06:12.540 --> 06:14.540 Well, it works both ways, doesn't it? 06:14.540 --> 06:16.540 Didn't do much for him. 06:16.540 --> 06:18.540 The crime lab found the room had been ransacked. 06:18.540 --> 06:20.540 Although none of the possessions of the victim had been taken, 06:20.540 --> 06:23.540 there was no money in the room and no personal identification could be found. 06:23.540 --> 06:25.540 The place was gone over for fingerprints. 06:25.540 --> 06:28.540 Several clean steps were lifted, but they belonged to the dead man. 06:28.540 --> 06:31.540 No other usable physical evidence was recovered. 06:31.540 --> 06:33.540 The coroner's office checked through the victim's luggage. 06:33.540 --> 06:36.540 In one of the suitcases, they found an unscathed body. 06:36.540 --> 06:39.540 The body was found in the basement of the crime lab. 06:39.540 --> 06:41.540 The body was found in the basement of the crime lab. 06:41.540 --> 06:43.540 The body was found in the basement of the crime lab. 06:43.540 --> 06:46.540 The coroner's office checked through the victim's luggage. 06:46.540 --> 06:48.540 In one of the suitcases, they found an unstamped letter 06:48.540 --> 06:50.540 addressed to a June LaSalle in Reno, Nevada. 06:50.540 --> 06:54.540 Its contents explained that the victim expected to be in that city at the end of the month. 06:54.540 --> 06:57.540 There was no way of establishing a relationship between the two people. 06:57.540 --> 07:00.540 The coroner sealed the motel room and Frank and I returned to the office. 07:00.540 --> 07:02.540 We sent a radiogram to the authorities in Phoenix 07:02.540 --> 07:05.540 asking for all information on Tom Rue's death. 07:05.540 --> 07:08.540 The following morning, Wednesday, June 20th, we got their answer. 07:08.540 --> 07:10.540 There it is, Joe. 07:10.540 --> 07:13.540 Yeah, take a look. 07:13.540 --> 07:15.540 Yeah, boy, it's going to make it rougher. 07:15.540 --> 07:16.540 Yeah. 07:16.540 --> 07:17.540 I never heard of him. 07:17.540 --> 07:26.540 In the hope of getting an identification of the victim, 07:26.540 --> 07:29.540 his fingerprint classification and description was sent to George Breton 07:29.540 --> 07:32.540 up at C.I.I. Sacramento, FBI headquarters in Washington, 07:32.540 --> 07:35.540 and to the police departments in the seven western states. 07:35.540 --> 07:38.540 A close check of his clothing revealed that Tom Rue's dead suits were tailor-made 07:38.540 --> 07:40.540 and had been made in Reno. 07:40.540 --> 07:44.540 We contacted the authorities there and asked them to check on the tailor shops in the area. 07:44.540 --> 07:47.540 We also asked that they check out the woman Rue's dead had written to. 07:47.540 --> 07:51.540 While we waited for the answer, we contacted the cab company that had serviced the area around the motel. 07:51.540 --> 07:57.540 We asked them to go over their waybills and report all trips from the motel and all trips to the address. 07:57.540 --> 08:00.540 Two hours later, we got the list and started to check out the drivers. 08:00.540 --> 08:01.540 Sure, I remember that guy. 08:01.540 --> 08:03.540 A couple more like him, I could buy my own cab company. 08:03.540 --> 08:04.540 What do you mean? 08:04.540 --> 08:05.540 He's a big tipper. 08:05.540 --> 08:07.540 Never heard anything less than a half a sawbuck. 08:07.540 --> 08:09.540 Down at the stand, you got to be a real battle. 08:09.540 --> 08:11.540 I was going to pick him up, you know, at a loop. 08:11.540 --> 08:12.540 Where do you usually take him? 08:12.540 --> 08:15.540 Different places, restaurants, shows, different places. 08:15.540 --> 08:17.540 Did he ever tell you what he was doing in town? 08:17.540 --> 08:18.540 We'd talk. 08:18.540 --> 08:20.540 You know, long drive downtown, you'd find a doll. 08:20.540 --> 08:22.540 A couple of times he rode in the front seat with me. 08:22.540 --> 08:25.540 Guess maybe the company wouldn't like it, but that's the way he wanted it. 08:25.540 --> 08:26.540 What did you talk about? 08:26.540 --> 08:28.540 Weather, fishing, lots of things. 08:28.540 --> 08:30.540 Mostly about girls, though. 08:30.540 --> 08:32.540 He thought he was quite a ladies' man. 08:32.540 --> 08:34.540 The way he dressed, all that money, he should have been. 08:34.540 --> 08:36.540 Ever see any of his friends? 08:36.540 --> 08:38.540 Listen, how come you're asking all these questions? 08:38.540 --> 08:40.540 This place, matter. 08:40.540 --> 08:42.540 I knew that when I got the word from the front office. 08:42.540 --> 08:44.540 They told me to ride with you all the way. 08:44.540 --> 08:46.540 What's the beef? You have to roost that or something? 08:46.540 --> 08:47.540 Investigation. 08:47.540 --> 08:49.540 Now what about his friends? 08:49.540 --> 08:52.540 Well, she wouldn't want them to find out about the whole deal. 08:52.540 --> 08:53.540 Probably wouldn't call me anymore. 08:53.540 --> 08:54.540 What's that? 08:54.540 --> 08:55.540 Marcia. 08:55.540 --> 08:56.540 Who? 08:56.540 --> 08:57.540 I don't know her last name. 08:57.540 --> 08:58.540 Some bimbo roosted that in them. 08:58.540 --> 08:59.540 Ever meet her? 08:59.540 --> 09:00.540 Not twice. 09:00.540 --> 09:01.540 What's that mean? 09:01.540 --> 09:03.540 Well, she was in the cab. 09:03.540 --> 09:05.540 You know, I'd pick him up here, drive over to her place 09:05.540 --> 09:07.540 and take the two of them down to a restaurant. 09:07.540 --> 09:09.540 So, real beautiful. 09:09.540 --> 09:10.540 Tall, blonde, gorgeous. 09:10.540 --> 09:12.540 Bruce, that was pretty fiddly with her, wasn't he? 09:12.540 --> 09:13.540 Yeah, I guess so. 09:13.540 --> 09:14.540 The way he talked, he liked her a lot. 09:14.540 --> 09:16.540 You got her address? 09:16.540 --> 09:17.540 Yeah, I suppose. 09:17.540 --> 09:18.540 Huh? 09:18.540 --> 09:19.540 Why, you guys are out there. 09:19.540 --> 09:21.540 It's going to lead right back to me. 09:21.540 --> 09:22.540 He caused a lot of trouble. 09:22.540 --> 09:23.540 Tell you, he's a funny guy. 09:23.540 --> 09:24.540 He talks about a lot of things, 09:24.540 --> 09:26.540 but he don't like to have you ask questions. 09:26.540 --> 09:27.540 Especially about him. 09:27.540 --> 09:28.540 Yeah. 09:28.540 --> 09:29.540 Got real touchy when I talk about where he was from, 09:29.540 --> 09:30.540 what he did for a living. 09:30.540 --> 09:31.540 Yeah. 09:31.540 --> 09:32.540 That's why it's important 09:32.540 --> 09:33.540 you don't get in any trouble with him. 09:33.540 --> 09:34.540 I can use those tips. 09:34.540 --> 09:35.540 Well, don't count on them anymore. 09:35.540 --> 09:36.540 Huh? 09:36.540 --> 09:37.540 They won't be coming. 09:37.540 --> 09:49.540 We got the address of the woman the driver knew as Marcia. 09:49.540 --> 09:52.540 We called the office to check on the wires we'd sent. 09:52.540 --> 09:53.540 There's been no answer to any of them. 09:53.540 --> 09:55.540 1.30 p.m., we drove over to see the woman. 09:55.540 --> 09:57.540 The place was a new apartment building on Wilshire Boulevard. 09:57.540 --> 09:59.540 On the mailbox, we found the name Marcia Lovequist 09:59.540 --> 10:02.540 and the information that she occupied Apartment 14. 10:02.540 --> 10:04.540 We went up and rang the bell. 10:04.540 --> 10:05.540 I know. 10:05.540 --> 10:06.540 Doesn't look like she's home. 10:06.540 --> 10:07.540 We'll check with the man with you. 10:07.540 --> 10:08.540 All right. 10:08.540 --> 10:09.540 Sure is a pretty pool in there, Joe. 10:09.540 --> 10:10.540 Yeah. 10:10.540 --> 10:11.540 You know, you ought to get a place out here. 10:11.540 --> 10:12.540 It'd be great for you. 10:12.540 --> 10:13.540 It would, huh? 10:13.540 --> 10:14.540 Sure. 10:14.540 --> 10:15.540 Nice apartment, pool, get some sun. 10:15.540 --> 10:16.540 Yeah, we got a lot of time for that. 10:16.540 --> 10:17.540 Well, once in a while. 10:17.540 --> 10:18.540 It wouldn't cost so much. 10:18.540 --> 10:19.540 Mm-hmm. 10:19.540 --> 10:20.540 Be nice. 10:20.540 --> 10:21.540 Me and Faye, come over and see you 10:21.540 --> 10:22.540 and bring the kids. 10:22.540 --> 10:23.540 You bet. 10:23.540 --> 10:24.540 I'll see you later. 10:24.540 --> 10:25.540 Bye. 10:25.540 --> 10:26.540 Bye. 10:26.540 --> 10:27.540 Bye. 10:27.540 --> 10:28.540 Bye. 10:28.540 --> 10:29.540 Bye. 10:29.540 --> 10:30.540 Bye. 10:30.540 --> 10:31.540 Bye. 10:31.540 --> 10:32.540 All right, thanks. 10:32.540 --> 10:33.540 That's what I thought. 10:33.540 --> 10:34.540 You bet. 10:34.540 --> 10:35.540 Well, you wouldn't want to be a hog 10:35.540 --> 10:36.540 about the pool, would you? 10:36.540 --> 10:37.540 Not me, Frank. 10:37.540 --> 10:38.540 You feel that way, 10:38.540 --> 10:39.540 just forget the whole thing. 10:39.540 --> 10:40.540 That's what I was planning. 10:40.540 --> 10:41.540 You just forget it. 10:41.540 --> 10:42.540 Here's the manager. 10:42.540 --> 10:43.540 Can I help you? 10:43.540 --> 10:44.540 What if you could tell us 10:44.540 --> 10:45.540 where you can find Miss Lovequist? 10:45.540 --> 10:46.540 Martin? 10:46.540 --> 10:47.540 Yeah, that's right. 10:47.540 --> 10:48.540 Oh, just a few minutes ago. 10:48.540 --> 10:49.540 Oh, yes. 10:49.540 --> 10:50.540 There she is over at the pool. 10:50.540 --> 10:53.540 See, with the star hat. 10:53.540 --> 10:54.540 Oh, yeah. 10:54.540 --> 10:55.540 Thanks very much. 10:55.540 --> 10:56.540 Sure. 10:56.540 --> 10:58.540 Thank you, ma'am. 10:58.540 --> 10:59.540 Miss Lovequist? 10:59.540 --> 11:00.540 Yes? 11:00.540 --> 11:01.540 Yes? 11:01.540 --> 11:03.540 The police office, like to ask you a few questions. 11:03.540 --> 11:04.540 Policeman? 11:04.540 --> 11:06.540 I don't know what I could tell you, but go ahead. 11:06.540 --> 11:07.540 Sorry if we sit down? 11:07.540 --> 11:09.540 Sure, fill up a couple of shoes. 11:09.540 --> 11:10.540 Thank you. 11:10.540 --> 11:11.540 Thank you. 11:11.540 --> 11:12.540 I'll go. 11:13.540 --> 11:14.540 Thank you. 11:16.540 --> 11:18.540 This is Frank Smith, my name's Friday. 11:18.540 --> 11:19.540 How do you do? 11:19.540 --> 11:20.540 That's fine. 11:20.540 --> 11:21.540 Now, what do you want to see me about? 11:21.540 --> 11:23.540 You know a man named Ruth, Ted? 11:23.540 --> 11:24.540 Yeah, why? 11:24.540 --> 11:26.540 Look in, tell us about him. 11:26.540 --> 11:27.540 You in trouble? 11:27.540 --> 11:28.540 No, we're just checking. 11:28.540 --> 11:30.540 Oh, well, what do you want to know? 11:30.540 --> 11:31.540 You know where he's from? 11:31.540 --> 11:32.540 Me and Tom Town? 11:32.540 --> 11:33.540 What's that? 11:33.540 --> 11:35.540 Some place up north, I don't think you ever said. 11:35.540 --> 11:36.540 How'd you happen to meet him? 11:36.540 --> 11:38.540 Cocktail party, Hotel Downtown. 11:38.540 --> 11:41.540 It was a convention, my agent got me a job as a hostess. 11:41.540 --> 11:43.540 I'm a model, I do some work in TV. 11:43.540 --> 11:45.540 I can get a little luck, I'll take what she can get. 11:45.540 --> 11:46.540 Yeah. 11:46.540 --> 11:49.540 Tom was there, we got to talking, went out to dinner. 11:49.540 --> 11:50.540 Tom got a bit out of there. 11:50.540 --> 11:52.540 Did he tell you what he did for a living? 11:52.540 --> 11:53.540 No, I don't think so. 11:53.540 --> 11:54.540 Fair old man, I think. 11:54.540 --> 11:56.540 Talk like one. 11:56.540 --> 11:57.540 What about this convention? 11:57.540 --> 11:58.540 You know what it was for? 11:58.540 --> 12:00.540 Oh, Dennis. 12:00.540 --> 12:02.540 But he didn't have anything to do with that, he was just there. 12:02.540 --> 12:06.540 Tom, he was sitting at the bar and one of the guys asked him to come up and have a cup of drinks, that's all. 12:06.540 --> 12:07.540 He wasn't a Dennis, though. 12:07.540 --> 12:08.540 I see. 12:08.540 --> 12:10.540 Do you have any friends here in town, would you know? 12:10.540 --> 12:11.540 Yeah, I don't. 12:11.540 --> 12:14.540 Listen, why don't you ask him, he'd go along with you, nice guy. 12:14.540 --> 12:16.540 He'd be able to answer these questions a lot better than me. 12:16.540 --> 12:18.540 Well, we're checking everybody who knew him. 12:18.540 --> 12:19.540 Oh, I see. 12:19.540 --> 12:20.540 Oh, nice guy. 12:20.540 --> 12:21.540 He had a lot of fun. 12:21.540 --> 12:22.540 I wanted to see him last night. 12:22.540 --> 12:25.540 He stayed for yesterday, had dinner, took a dive. 12:25.540 --> 12:28.540 Came by for a nightcap and then he called a cab and went home. 12:28.540 --> 12:30.540 Did you hear from him yesterday? 12:30.540 --> 12:32.540 No, didn't really expect to. 12:32.540 --> 12:33.540 Why? 12:33.540 --> 12:36.540 Well, you see, we had kind of a fight. 12:36.540 --> 12:37.540 Nothing serious. 12:37.540 --> 12:40.540 I didn't figure I'd hear from him until maybe today, you know, until we both got over the mad. 12:40.540 --> 12:43.540 Can you tell us what the argument was about? 12:43.540 --> 12:45.540 Well, the same to you, I'd rather not. 12:45.540 --> 12:47.540 It was pretty important that we know. 12:47.540 --> 12:50.540 Well, guess we can't do any harm. 12:50.540 --> 12:52.540 He was just getting too serious, that's all. 12:52.540 --> 12:53.540 What? 12:53.540 --> 12:55.540 Too serious. 12:55.540 --> 12:57.540 Told him I had to go out of town on a modeling job. 12:57.540 --> 12:59.540 Santa Barbara had begun a couple days and he got real mad. 12:59.540 --> 13:01.540 Said he didn't want me running around like that anymore. 13:01.540 --> 13:03.540 Very progressive. 13:03.540 --> 13:06.540 I told him he didn't have any right to tell me what to do, that we weren't married, you know. 13:06.540 --> 13:08.540 Well, the mad got loud. 13:08.540 --> 13:12.540 Him telling me I wasn't going to Santa Barbara and me saying he couldn't stop me. 13:12.540 --> 13:14.540 He finally called and came and went home. 13:14.540 --> 13:15.540 What time was that? 13:15.540 --> 13:17.540 I guess about 3.30. 13:17.540 --> 13:19.540 Might have been 4, no later. 13:19.540 --> 13:20.540 All right, thank you very much. 13:20.540 --> 13:22.540 If you could think of anything else, we'd appreciate a call. 13:22.540 --> 13:23.540 Sure. 13:23.540 --> 13:24.540 Leave you one of our cards? 13:24.540 --> 13:25.540 Mm-hmm. 13:25.540 --> 13:26.540 Ask for either one of them? 13:26.540 --> 13:27.540 Yes, ma'am. 13:27.540 --> 13:29.540 Hey, I'll tell you who you ought to talk to. 13:29.540 --> 13:30.540 Who's that? 13:30.540 --> 13:31.540 Well, you ought to see him anyway. 13:31.540 --> 13:34.540 I haven't heard anything, but Tom might have gone over there. 13:34.540 --> 13:35.540 Who? 13:35.540 --> 13:37.540 This photographer I was going to Santa Barbara with. 13:37.540 --> 13:39.540 Tom might have gone over to see him. 13:39.540 --> 13:40.540 Can you give us his address? 13:40.540 --> 13:41.540 Yeah, I've got it upstairs. 13:41.540 --> 13:43.540 Did Roostad know this photographer? 13:43.540 --> 13:44.540 Well, he never met. 13:44.540 --> 13:45.540 He knew about him, though. 13:45.540 --> 13:46.540 Yeah. 13:46.540 --> 13:47.540 That's why he might be able to tell you something. 13:47.540 --> 13:48.540 Well? 13:48.540 --> 13:50.540 Well, Tom thought there was something between us. 13:50.540 --> 13:51.540 He's rather fell on me. 13:51.540 --> 13:52.540 Of course, I told him it was silly. 13:52.540 --> 13:53.540 It didn't make any difference, though. 13:53.540 --> 13:54.540 Real jealous possessive. 13:54.540 --> 13:55.540 Mm-hmm. 13:55.540 --> 13:57.540 Said him and the other fellow were going to tangle someday. 13:57.540 --> 13:58.540 I hope not. 13:58.540 --> 13:59.540 Why? 13:59.540 --> 14:00.540 I know the other guy. 14:00.540 --> 14:01.540 Yeah. 14:01.540 --> 14:02.540 He killed Tom. 14:02.540 --> 14:12.540 We got the name and address of the photographer, 14:12.540 --> 14:14.540 and then we drove back to City Hall. 14:14.540 --> 14:17.540 We made a check through RNI, but we found no record on him. 14:17.540 --> 14:18.540 3 or 6 p.m. 14:18.540 --> 14:21.540 Well, looks like we might have a lead. 14:21.540 --> 14:23.540 Yeah, well, it turns out, don't you? 14:23.540 --> 14:24.540 Mm-hmm. 14:24.540 --> 14:25.540 Homicide Friday. 14:25.540 --> 14:26.540 Yeah. 14:26.540 --> 14:27.540 Yeah, Jack. 14:27.540 --> 14:28.540 No, we've been waiting for it. 14:28.540 --> 14:29.540 Can you give it to me over the phone? 14:29.540 --> 14:30.540 We'll pick up the copy later. 14:30.540 --> 14:31.540 Okay, go ahead. 14:31.540 --> 14:32.540 Mm-hmm. 14:32.540 --> 14:33.540 What? 14:33.540 --> 14:34.540 How do you spell that? 14:34.540 --> 14:48.540 R-O-S-S-E-L-L-E. 14:48.540 --> 14:49.540 Yeah. 14:49.540 --> 14:50.540 All right. 14:50.540 --> 14:51.540 Soon as it comes in. 14:51.540 --> 14:53.540 Yeah, we'd appreciate a call on it. 14:53.540 --> 14:54.540 Right. 14:54.540 --> 14:55.540 Okay. 14:55.540 --> 14:56.540 Jack Ricketts down in communication. 14:56.540 --> 14:57.540 Yeah? 14:57.540 --> 14:58.540 Got a teletype from Reno. 14:58.540 --> 14:59.540 About Ruth, then? 14:59.540 --> 15:00.540 Yeah, they got a record on him. 15:00.540 --> 15:01.540 Real name is Thomas Rosell. 15:01.540 --> 15:04.540 That's the name on the letter? 15:04.540 --> 15:05.540 Yeah, they ran it down. 15:05.540 --> 15:06.540 What'd they got on him? 15:06.540 --> 15:09.540 Been arrested for bunkos, grand theft, money, forgery. 15:09.540 --> 15:11.540 Haven't been able to make any of them sticks. 15:11.540 --> 15:12.540 Mm-hmm. 15:12.540 --> 15:13.540 And what they say, a couple of months ago, 15:13.540 --> 15:14.540 he went into a new line. 15:14.540 --> 15:15.540 They figure that's what he's pitching now. 15:15.540 --> 15:16.540 What's that? 15:16.540 --> 15:17.540 Nautotics. 15:17.540 --> 15:18.540 Mm-hmm. 15:18.540 --> 15:19.540 What about this Rosell woman? 15:19.540 --> 15:20.540 She assisted? 15:20.540 --> 15:21.540 No, his wife. 15:21.540 --> 15:22.540 Huh? 15:22.540 --> 15:23.540 Married, got three kids. 15:23.540 --> 15:24.540 Her up there and a smarty woman here 15:24.540 --> 15:25.540 and he's flung a real line. 15:25.540 --> 15:27.540 Well, did they come up with anything more? 15:27.540 --> 15:28.540 Possible motive, maybe. 15:28.540 --> 15:29.540 Yeah. 15:29.540 --> 15:30.540 When Rosell left town, 15:30.540 --> 15:31.540 they got a rumble he was coming down here on business. 15:31.540 --> 15:32.540 Uh-huh. 15:32.540 --> 15:34.540 Had 12 ounces of heroin to peddle. 15:47.540 --> 15:48.540 We put on a call to Narcotics Division 15:48.540 --> 15:50.540 and talked to Captain Walters. 15:50.540 --> 15:52.540 He told us they didn't have anything on Rosell, 15:52.540 --> 15:53.540 but they'd heard about a new supply 15:53.540 --> 15:55.540 of high-grade heroin being moved into town. 15:55.540 --> 15:56.540 We told him what we'd found, 15:56.540 --> 15:58.540 and then we drove out to talk to the photographers 15:58.540 --> 16:00.540 the victim's girlfriend had mentioned. 16:00.540 --> 16:01.540 Well, I'm sorry, fellas. 16:01.540 --> 16:03.540 I haven't got any idea what you're talking about. 16:03.540 --> 16:05.540 Have you seen Tom Roostad or Rosell? 16:05.540 --> 16:06.540 Sure, I didn't say I hadn't, 16:06.540 --> 16:08.540 but I didn't have anything to do with killing him. 16:08.540 --> 16:10.540 How'd you know he was dead? 16:10.540 --> 16:11.540 It's all over the afternoon papers, 16:11.540 --> 16:13.540 don't you boys read your own publicity? 16:13.540 --> 16:14.540 When did you see him? 16:14.540 --> 16:15.540 Roostad? 16:15.540 --> 16:16.540 Yeah. 16:16.540 --> 16:17.540 Night before last. 16:17.540 --> 16:18.540 Monday? 16:18.540 --> 16:19.540 Yeah, I guess already Tuesday morning. 16:19.540 --> 16:20.540 What time? 16:20.540 --> 16:22.540 Oh, about 4.15. 16:22.540 --> 16:23.540 Yeah, that's it. 16:23.540 --> 16:24.540 It was 4.15, I remember, 16:24.540 --> 16:25.540 because he woke me up. 16:25.540 --> 16:26.540 I looked at the clock. 16:26.540 --> 16:27.540 What do you want? 16:27.540 --> 16:28.540 Oh, he had some wild idea 16:28.540 --> 16:30.540 there was something going between me and Marsha. 16:30.540 --> 16:32.540 Was he? 16:32.540 --> 16:34.540 Well, I don't see if there's any of your business, 16:34.540 --> 16:35.540 but it doesn't matter to me, 16:35.540 --> 16:36.540 so I'll tell you, no, there wasn't. 16:36.540 --> 16:37.540 Mm-hmm. 16:37.540 --> 16:39.540 He's a model, I'm a photographer. 16:39.540 --> 16:40.540 She worked for him there. 16:40.540 --> 16:41.540 They had her 25 bucks an hour. 16:41.540 --> 16:42.540 That's all there was. 16:42.540 --> 16:43.540 Yeah. 16:43.540 --> 16:44.540 I ain't gonna tell you it wouldn't have been nice, 16:44.540 --> 16:46.540 but this didn't happen. 16:46.540 --> 16:48.540 I don't believe in romance around the office. 16:48.540 --> 16:49.540 Doesn't do anything that would cause trouble. 16:49.540 --> 16:50.540 Yeah. 16:50.540 --> 16:51.540 What happened when Roostad came in? 16:51.540 --> 16:53.540 Oh, made a lot of accusations. 16:53.540 --> 16:54.540 I told him they weren't true. 16:54.540 --> 16:55.540 Said he had a filthy mind. 16:55.540 --> 16:56.540 Told him to get out. 16:56.540 --> 16:57.540 Did he go? 16:57.540 --> 16:58.540 No, I tried a little muscle. 16:58.540 --> 17:00.540 I bellied him a couple of times, and then ended it. 17:00.540 --> 17:01.540 Mm-hmm. 17:01.540 --> 17:02.540 Bought him a drink to show him 17:02.540 --> 17:03.540 there weren't any hard feelings, 17:03.540 --> 17:04.540 and a couple more. 17:04.540 --> 17:05.540 Yeah. 17:05.540 --> 17:07.540 Picked it around a while, and then he left. 17:07.540 --> 17:08.540 What'd he talk about? 17:08.540 --> 17:11.540 Looked at my suspect, that wheel on my back. 17:11.540 --> 17:13.540 We're talking to everybody who knew him. 17:13.540 --> 17:14.540 We didn't cross my name off the list. 17:14.540 --> 17:15.540 I bellied him, that's all. 17:15.540 --> 17:16.540 I didn't shoot him. 17:16.540 --> 17:17.540 Right. 17:17.540 --> 17:19.540 Did he call a cab from here when he left? 17:19.540 --> 17:22.540 No, I was going to, and he decided to walk. 17:22.540 --> 17:23.540 Did you see him leave? 17:23.540 --> 17:24.540 Certainly. 17:24.540 --> 17:25.540 I locked the door after. 17:25.540 --> 17:26.540 Mm. 17:26.540 --> 17:28.540 Watched him walk outside from the window there. 17:28.540 --> 17:30.540 Must have changed his mind about the cab, though. 17:30.540 --> 17:31.540 What? 17:31.540 --> 17:32.540 Cab. 17:32.540 --> 17:33.540 Must have changed his mind. 17:33.540 --> 17:34.540 I thought you said he didn't take one. 17:34.540 --> 17:35.540 I said he didn't call. 17:35.540 --> 17:37.540 When the cruiser picked him up, they drove off. 17:37.540 --> 17:39.540 You didn't get the number of the cab, did you? 17:39.540 --> 17:41.540 Look, a guy woke me up at four o'clock in the morning, 17:41.540 --> 17:43.540 came in here, wanted to start a beef. 17:43.540 --> 17:44.540 I finally got rid of him. 17:44.540 --> 17:46.540 I'm a nine to six boy. 17:46.540 --> 17:47.540 I haven't got time to stand around windows 17:47.540 --> 17:50.540 and get cab numbers for you cops. 17:50.540 --> 17:52.540 I went back to sleep. 17:52.540 --> 17:53.540 Fine, that's when anything comes up, 17:53.540 --> 17:54.540 give us a call, will you? 17:54.540 --> 17:55.540 Yeah, sure. 17:55.540 --> 17:56.540 Take this guy away. 17:56.540 --> 17:57.540 Mm-hmm. 17:57.540 --> 18:00.540 Oh, look, I'm sorry if I sounded off, 18:00.540 --> 18:02.540 just that I don't want to get mixed up in it. 18:02.540 --> 18:03.540 You can understand that, can't you? 18:03.540 --> 18:04.540 Sure. 18:04.540 --> 18:05.540 No hard feelings, eh? 18:05.540 --> 18:06.540 No. 18:06.540 --> 18:07.540 I'll be honest with you. 18:07.540 --> 18:08.540 I didn't like Rustad. 18:08.540 --> 18:10.540 I didn't like him an inch, but I didn't hate him. 18:10.540 --> 18:11.540 Not enough to kill him. 18:11.540 --> 18:12.540 Somebody did. 18:12.540 --> 18:25.540 We contacted the cab company again 18:25.540 --> 18:26.540 and asked them to check the way bills 18:26.540 --> 18:27.540 from Nestler's address. 18:27.540 --> 18:30.540 They came up with one trip on Tuesday morning. 18:30.540 --> 18:32.540 The dispatcher gave us the driver's name 18:32.540 --> 18:33.540 and told us where we could find him. 18:33.540 --> 18:34.540 Yeah, I remember the guy. 18:34.540 --> 18:35.540 Looked like he had a beef with somebody, 18:35.540 --> 18:36.540 you know, a real cut up. 18:36.540 --> 18:37.540 Mm-hmm. 18:37.540 --> 18:38.540 Where'd you take him? 18:38.540 --> 18:39.540 Let me think. 18:39.540 --> 18:40.540 It was a hotel downtown. 18:40.540 --> 18:41.540 Remember the name? 18:41.540 --> 18:42.540 I dropped him off at the corner of Margo. 18:42.540 --> 18:43.540 He went into a hotel there. 18:43.540 --> 18:44.540 See now. 18:44.540 --> 18:45.540 The Royal Arms, I think it was. 18:45.540 --> 18:46.540 Yeah, yeah, that's the place. 18:46.540 --> 18:47.540 All right, thanks a lot. 18:47.540 --> 18:48.540 I'm glad to help out. 18:48.540 --> 18:49.540 Say, this fella, 18:49.540 --> 18:50.540 he the same one who was killed yesterday? 18:50.540 --> 18:51.540 That's right. 18:51.540 --> 18:52.540 I wish I'd seen a lot of him. 18:52.540 --> 18:53.540 Newspapers, television, a lot of him. 18:53.540 --> 18:54.540 Always works that way, don't it? 18:54.540 --> 18:55.540 What do you mean? 18:55.540 --> 18:56.540 After you're dead, you're famous. 18:56.540 --> 18:57.540 Mm-hmm. 18:57.540 --> 18:58.540 When it's too late to enjoy it. 18:58.540 --> 19:14.540 Frank and I drove down to the Royal Arms Hotel. 19:14.540 --> 19:16.540 We talked with a clerk who had been on duty Tuesday morning. 19:16.540 --> 19:18.540 He remembered a man answering the victim's description 19:18.540 --> 19:21.540 and told us he'd inquired about a guest named Wallace Alney. 19:21.540 --> 19:22.540 Because of Ruth's dad's insistence, 19:22.540 --> 19:24.540 the clerk had put through a call to Alney, 19:24.540 --> 19:26.540 and the guest said to let the victim come upstairs. 19:26.540 --> 19:28.540 He went on to say that about 30 minutes later, 19:28.540 --> 19:30.540 both men had left the hotel together. 19:30.540 --> 19:31.540 9.40 p.m. 19:31.540 --> 19:33.540 We went up to Wallace Alney's room. 19:33.540 --> 19:34.540 Here it is, John. 19:34.540 --> 19:35.540 Come on. 19:35.540 --> 19:37.540 Yeah, it's me. 19:37.540 --> 19:42.540 Yeah? 19:42.540 --> 19:43.540 Wallace Alney? 19:43.540 --> 19:44.540 Yes, sir? 19:44.540 --> 19:45.540 Please talk to me. 19:45.540 --> 19:46.540 I'd like to talk to you. 19:46.540 --> 19:47.540 Sure, come on in. 19:47.540 --> 19:48.540 This is Frank Smith. 19:48.540 --> 19:49.540 My name's Friday. 19:49.540 --> 19:50.540 Hi. 19:50.540 --> 19:51.540 Hi, sir. 19:51.540 --> 19:52.540 That's all right. 19:52.540 --> 19:53.540 Like a drink? 19:53.540 --> 19:54.540 I'm just going to fix myself one. 19:54.540 --> 19:55.540 No, thanks. 19:55.540 --> 19:56.540 I'd like a drink before dinner. 19:56.540 --> 19:57.540 Sharpens up the old appetite. 19:57.540 --> 19:58.540 Yeah. 19:58.540 --> 20:01.540 Mind if we look around? 20:01.540 --> 20:02.540 No, go ahead. 20:02.540 --> 20:03.540 Do you look for anything special? 20:03.540 --> 20:04.540 I might be able to help. 20:04.540 --> 20:05.540 No, it's all right. 20:05.540 --> 20:06.540 All right, text me a plaza. 20:06.540 --> 20:08.540 Well, maybe you'd better have some of this 20:08.540 --> 20:09.540 if this is all about, huh? 20:09.540 --> 20:11.540 You know a man named Tom Roostad? 20:11.540 --> 20:12.540 A little zeal. 20:12.540 --> 20:13.540 Why? 20:13.540 --> 20:14.540 You know him? 20:14.540 --> 20:15.540 Yeah, I met him. 20:15.540 --> 20:16.540 I'm just playing a joke. 20:16.540 --> 20:17.540 I don't know much about him. 20:17.540 --> 20:18.540 Now, what about Roostad? 20:18.540 --> 20:19.540 When did you see him last? 20:19.540 --> 20:20.540 I don't know. 20:20.540 --> 20:21.540 A few days ago. 20:21.540 --> 20:26.540 Want to pin it down for us? 20:26.540 --> 20:27.540 Monday. 20:27.540 --> 20:28.540 Yeah, Monday. 20:28.540 --> 20:29.540 That's the last time you saw him? 20:29.540 --> 20:30.540 Yeah, we had a couple of drinks in the bar at the corner. 20:30.540 --> 20:31.540 I haven't seen him since. 20:31.540 --> 20:32.540 We got two people who say you did. 20:32.540 --> 20:33.540 All right. 20:33.540 --> 20:34.540 Yeah. 20:34.540 --> 20:35.540 Well, then go talk to them. 20:35.540 --> 20:36.540 Leave me alone. 20:36.540 --> 20:37.540 You ever been arrested? 20:37.540 --> 20:38.540 Why? 20:38.540 --> 20:39.540 Have you? 20:39.540 --> 20:40.540 Yeah. 20:40.540 --> 20:41.540 What be? 20:41.540 --> 20:42.540 I don't think I'm going to answer that. 20:42.540 --> 20:43.540 You don't have to. 20:43.540 --> 20:44.540 We'll find out. 20:44.540 --> 20:45.540 Well, I'm going to go. 20:45.540 --> 20:46.540 I'll see you later. 20:46.540 --> 20:47.540 Bye. 20:47.540 --> 20:48.540 Bye. 20:48.540 --> 20:49.540 Bye. 20:49.540 --> 20:50.540 Bye. 20:50.540 --> 20:51.540 B-bye. 20:51.540 --> 20:52.540 Bye. 20:52.540 --> 20:53.540 Michael. 20:53.540 --> 20:55.400 Where are you from? 20:55.400 --> 20:56.400 All around. 20:56.400 --> 20:57.400 Name a city? 20:57.400 --> 20:58.980 Francois Vegas, KC, all around. 20:58.980 --> 20:59.980 How about Reno? 20:59.980 --> 21:00.980 Yeah, I've been through. 21:00.980 --> 21:02.080 Oh, you meant Roostad? 21:02.080 --> 21:04.080 Look, uh. 21:04.080 --> 21:05.980 What do you guys ask? 21:05.980 --> 21:09.860 You got the answer to that one I've saved some time. 21:09.860 --> 21:11.020 I've got a lot of time. 21:11.020 --> 21:12.020 Go away. 21:12.020 --> 21:13.080 Let's be honest with each other, huh? 21:13.080 --> 21:14.080 Go ahead. 21:14.080 --> 21:20.320 Why don't you guys lay out what you got and I'll tell you how close you are. 21:20.320 --> 21:22.320 Can they count as silly women? 21:22.320 --> 21:23.320 Why? 21:23.320 --> 21:25.320 Like playing checkers with yourself. 21:25.320 --> 21:27.320 Nothing I can do then. 21:27.320 --> 21:28.320 How about the closet? 21:28.320 --> 21:30.320 Look, you make a pinch, I got no choice. 21:30.320 --> 21:31.320 If you're wrong, I'll own City Hall. 21:31.320 --> 21:32.320 I don't think we are. 21:32.320 --> 21:34.320 Then be my guest. 21:34.320 --> 21:35.320 All right, you're under arrest. 21:35.320 --> 21:36.320 Charge? 21:36.320 --> 21:38.320 For suspicion of murder. 21:38.320 --> 21:39.320 I'll take the closet. 21:39.320 --> 21:41.320 Save it in trouble. 21:41.320 --> 21:51.320 I killed him. 21:51.320 --> 21:55.320 A search of the closet turned up a driver's license and other identification for Thomas Rosell. 21:55.320 --> 22:00.320 They also found a.25 caliber gun, $2,700 in cash, and a quantity of heroin. 22:00.320 --> 22:02.320 The suspect was taking to City Hall for questioning. 22:02.320 --> 22:08.320 They ran his name through R&I and found that he had several arrests in the state of California for violation of the state narcotics act. 22:08.320 --> 22:11.320 12, 16 a.m. We got the full story. 22:11.320 --> 22:12.320 We were in business up north. 22:12.320 --> 22:13.320 Reno? 22:13.320 --> 22:14.320 Yeah, we made a lucky buy. 22:14.320 --> 22:15.320 He came down here to sell it. 22:15.320 --> 22:17.320 I gave him some connections where he could dump it. 22:17.320 --> 22:18.320 Go ahead. 22:18.320 --> 22:19.320 He's been down here a couple days. 22:19.320 --> 22:21.320 He sent a wire telling me the merchandise wasn't moving. 22:21.320 --> 22:22.320 I knew it was a lie. 22:22.320 --> 22:23.320 Right away I knew it. 22:23.320 --> 22:25.320 Good stuff like that would have to be a market. 22:25.320 --> 22:26.320 And I got the word. 22:26.320 --> 22:27.320 What do you mean? 22:27.320 --> 22:31.320 A friend of mine, he called, told me about Tom and his Marsha doll, how they were running around. 22:31.320 --> 22:34.320 This guy told me Tom was going great with the 8. 22:34.320 --> 22:36.320 Said he dropped about seven grand of it already. 22:36.320 --> 22:38.320 Sure, as soon as I heard that I got on my horse and made it down here. 22:38.320 --> 22:39.320 What happened? 22:39.320 --> 22:40.320 Couldn't find out where he was staying. 22:40.320 --> 22:41.320 Didn't have a trace. 22:41.320 --> 22:42.320 What about the motel? 22:42.320 --> 22:43.320 Well, I didn't know about that. 22:43.320 --> 22:45.320 As far as I knew, he was supposed to be here. 22:45.320 --> 22:46.320 That's the way we arranged it. 22:46.320 --> 22:47.320 Yeah. 22:47.320 --> 22:50.320 I sent out word I wanted to see him for him to get in touch right away. 22:50.320 --> 22:51.320 He did. 22:51.320 --> 22:53.320 Tried to give me the same line about how he couldn't sell it. 22:53.320 --> 22:54.320 What's the market for it? 22:54.320 --> 22:56.320 I told him we better call the whole deal off. 22:56.320 --> 22:58.320 He gave me the stuff back, we called the whole deal off. 22:58.320 --> 22:59.320 Yeah. 22:59.320 --> 23:01.320 Took some talk and then we headed for his place. 23:01.320 --> 23:02.320 That's the motel? 23:01.320 --> 23:02.320 Yeah. 23:02.320 --> 23:03.320 How'd you get there? 23:03.320 --> 23:04.320 My car. 23:04.320 --> 23:07.320 What happened there? 23:07.320 --> 23:08.320 When I saw how much he had left, I told him he was lying. 23:08.320 --> 23:09.320 I called him a dirty thief and we had a fight. 23:09.320 --> 23:10.320 Nice shot. 23:10.320 --> 23:11.320 All right. 23:11.320 --> 23:12.320 You're willing to give us a statement? 23:12.320 --> 23:13.320 Sure. 23:13.320 --> 23:14.320 Why not? 23:14.320 --> 23:15.320 I'll get the snide. 23:15.320 --> 23:18.320 This wife know you? 23:18.320 --> 23:19.320 I guess so. 23:19.320 --> 23:20.320 That's too bad. 23:20.320 --> 23:21.320 I know her. 23:21.320 --> 23:22.320 She's a real nice kid. 23:22.320 --> 23:23.320 She's really in love with that town. 23:23.320 --> 23:24.320 I guess she did it pretty hard. 23:24.320 --> 23:25.320 I wouldn't know. 23:25.320 --> 23:26.320 I don't know on her she would. 23:26.320 --> 23:27.320 Nice kid like that and he's running around with another broad. 23:27.320 --> 23:28.320 Boy, he was a real nice kid. 23:28.320 --> 23:29.320 He was a real nice kid. 23:29.320 --> 23:30.320 He was a real nice kid. 23:30.320 --> 23:31.320 He was a real nice kid. 23:31.320 --> 23:32.320 He was a real nice kid. 23:32.320 --> 23:34.320 He was a real nice kid. 23:34.320 --> 23:36.320 The way she loved him and doing a thing like that there. 23:36.320 --> 23:37.320 Why don't you take another look? 23:37.320 --> 23:38.320 What? 23:38.320 --> 23:39.320 What did you do to her? 23:39.320 --> 23:40.320 The story you've just heard is true. 23:40.320 --> 23:41.320 The names were changed to protect the innocent. 23:41.320 --> 23:48.320 On November 19th, trial was held in Department 99, Superior Court of the State of California 23:48.320 --> 23:53.320 in and for the County of Los Angeles. 23:53.320 --> 23:56.320 In a moment, the results of that trial. 23:56.320 --> 24:03.320 Wallace Hamilton, old name, was tried and convicted of murder in the second degree and 24:03.320 --> 24:05.320 received sentence as prescribed by law. 24:05.320 --> 24:09.320 Murder in the second degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of from five 24:09.320 --> 24:10.320 years to life in the state penitentiary. 24:10.320 --> 24:33.320 You have just heard the story of the man who was killed in the state penitentiary. 24:33.320 --> 24:44.320 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. 24:44.320 --> 24:47.320 Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. 24:47.320 --> 24:49.320 Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 24:49.320 --> 24:54.320 Technical advisors, Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Frasier. 24:54.320 --> 25:01.320 Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Dick Perrin, Helen Cleaves, Lillian Bios, Stacey Harris. 25:01.320 --> 25:04.320 Scripts by John Robinson, music by Walter Schuman. 25:04.320 --> 25:07.320 Hell, give me speaking. 25:07.320 --> 25:12.320 Watch an entirely different Dragnet case this week on your local NBC television station. 25:12.320 --> 25:15.320 Please check your newspapers for the day and time. 25:15.320 --> 25:34.320 Chesterfield has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from Los Angeles.