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The Big Signet
Originally Aired: July 31, 1952 Dragnet #162, "The Big Signet," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith investigate a vicious robbery at a South Hill cafe where 68-year-old owner William Reiner was brutally pistol-whipped during a holdup. Two armed bandits made off with over $800 in cash and a valuable $1,500 diamond signet ring. When responding radio car officers surprised the criminals, they managed to shoot one of them—identified as career criminal Benny Ashford—but his accomplice escaped into the night. Ashford refuses to cooperate from his hospital bed, leaving the detectives to…
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