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Dragnet - "Big Threat" (Old Time Radio, 1951) · Dragnet | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: On April 12th, 1951, NBC broadcast episode 96 of Dragnet,
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  Speaker 1: Big Threat, sponsored by Fatima Cigarettes. In Los Angeles, a
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  Speaker 1: businessman named Louis Butler has been beaten and robbed, yet
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  Speaker 1: declines to make a police report after criminals threaten his family.
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  Speaker 1: Sergeant Joe Friday and his robbery detail partner, Ben Romero,
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  Speaker 1: are assigned to the investigation on day watch, while the
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  Speaker 1: victim's fear leaves essential details unspoken. Jack Webb is heard
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  Speaker 1: as Friday, with Barton Yarbrough as Romero. We now take
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  Speaker 1: you back to the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: The story you are.
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  Speaker 3: About to hear is true.
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  Speaker 4: Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
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  Speaker 5: Fatima Cigarettes. Best of all long cigarettes. Brings you Dragnet.
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  Speaker 6: Dragnet.
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  Speaker 4: You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to robbery detail. A
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  Speaker 4: middle-aged businessman in your city is robbed and beaten senseless.
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  Speaker 4: The holdup men escape. The victim refuses to report the crime.
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  Speaker 4: Your job?
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  Speaker 7: Investigate.
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  Speaker 4: You'll be amazed when you compare Fatima with other long cigarettes.
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  Speaker 5: You'll find they now cost the same. But in Fatima,
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  Speaker 5: the difference is quality.
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  Speaker 4: You see, Fatima is the quality king-size cigarette... because it
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  Speaker 4: contains the finest domestic and Turkish tobaccos... superbly blended. And
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  Speaker 4: Fatima is extra mild... with a much different, much better
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  Speaker 4: flavor and aroma... than any other long cigarette.
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  Speaker 5: So compare Fatima yourself. Fatima's now cost the same as
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  Speaker 5: other long cigarettes... but your first puff will tell you.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, that's different.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, in Fatima... The difference is quality. Ask your dealer
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  Speaker 5: for Fatima, the quality king-size cigarette. Best of all long cigarettes.
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  Speaker 5: Start enjoying Fatima tomorrow. Dragnet, the documented drama of an
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  Speaker 5: actual crime. For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with
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  Speaker 5: the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by
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  Speaker 5: step on the side of the law through an actual
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  Speaker 5: case transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end,
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  Speaker 5: from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your
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  Speaker 5: police force in action.
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  Speaker 7: It was Tuesday, October 8th. It was overcast in Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 7: We were working the day watch out of robbery detail.
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  Speaker 7: My partner's Ben Romero.
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  Speaker 3: The boss is Captain Didion.
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  Speaker 7: My name's Friday. It was 11.23 a.m. when we got
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  Speaker 7: to 700 South Hill Boulevard. The Butler Accordion Studios.
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  Speaker 3: What do you think?
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  Speaker 7: Oh, I don't know. It must be upstairs, I guess. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there it is. Main office, second floor. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Who is that, Joe?
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  Speaker 7: What?
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  Speaker 2: That portrait up there on the wall.
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  Speaker 7: Wait a minute. Some printing underneath here.
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  Speaker 3: Nice painting.
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  Speaker 2: It says, Damien, the father of the accordion, Vienna, 1829.
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  Speaker 8: What do you know about that?
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  Speaker 2: Must be it down there, huh?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Want to try?
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  Speaker 9: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, sir?
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  Speaker 2: Are you Louis Butler?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right.
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  Speaker 2: And can I help you?
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  Speaker 7: Police officers, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Butler.
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  Speaker 7: I'd like to talk to you for a minute.
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  Speaker 3: Is your name Friday? Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 7: That's right. This is my partner, Sergeant Romero.
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  Speaker 3: How do you do? I'm sorry, Sergeant. I told you
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  Speaker 3: on the phone. I just don't want to talk about it.
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  Speaker 7: We'd appreciate it if we could have your cooperation. It's
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  Speaker 7: a pretty important matter.
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  Speaker 10: Well, I'm the only one concerned in it as far
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  Speaker 10: as I can see. I just assume forget the whole thing. Besides,
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  Speaker 10: I got a pretty busy day ahead of me. Well,
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  Speaker 10: we'd like to straighten you out, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Butler.
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  Speaker 7: It concerns a lot more people than just yourself. Now,
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  Speaker 7: we're not going to take much of your time. Just
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  Speaker 7: a few questions, that's all.
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  Speaker 3: I told you on the phone, Sergeant. I don't want
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  Speaker 3: to talk about it. Can't you just forget about the
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  Speaker 3: whole thing?
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  Speaker 7: It's only going to take a few minutes, sir.
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  Speaker 3: All right. Come in if you want. Thank you.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: The place is in kind of a mess. Wife's away
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  Speaker 3: to mother's. You can sit down if you want.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, thank you.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Pepper.
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  Speaker 7: I'll feed you.
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  Speaker 3: Just a minute.
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  Speaker 2: It's a nice cat you got there.
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  Speaker 3: Siamese?
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  Speaker 2: A little bit, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: It's my wife's. Don't care too much for cats myself.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Pepper.
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  Speaker 7: Now, wait a minute.
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  Speaker 2: Did you notice that? Here you go, Pepper. That ought
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  Speaker 2: to hold you for a.
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  Speaker 3: While.
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  Speaker 2: Look at that, Jill. Sure goes for that milk, huh? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: sure does.
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  Speaker 3: You're going to have to make it fast, Sergeant. I've
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  Speaker 3: got an appointment for lunch downtown.
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  Speaker 7: All right, sir. I'd just like to have you elaborate
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  Speaker 7: on what Dr. Hart told us. Is he your family doctor,
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  Speaker 7: by the way?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right. He had no business calling you in
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  Speaker 3: the first place. I told him I didn't want it
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  Speaker 3: to get out. What did he tell you?
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  Speaker 8: He said you came to him for treatment the night
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  Speaker 8: before last. He told him you'd been beaten up and robbed.
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  Speaker 8: He treated you for cuts and bruises about the face
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  Speaker 8: and head.
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  Speaker 3: No, it was nothing. Didn't amount to anything.
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  Speaker 7: Well, was there actually a robbery, Mr. Butler?
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  Speaker 3: Believe me, Sergeant, it didn't amount to anything. I don't
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  Speaker 3: even want to go into it.
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  Speaker 7: How much did the robbery involve money, I mean?
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  Speaker 10: I'd rather not say. I don't want any fuss made
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  Speaker 10: about it. That's why I didn't report it. It just
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  Speaker 10: isn't worth it to me.
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  Speaker 8: Well, I understand the holdup men took more than $ 800
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  Speaker 8: from you.
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  Speaker 2: Wouldn't you like to get that money back?
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  Speaker 10: I don't want to be nasty about this thing, but
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  Speaker 10: I was the one who was held up. Now, if
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  Speaker 10: I don't want to press the case, I don't see
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  Speaker 10: why anyone else.
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  Speaker 7: Should worry about it.
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  Speaker 3: It was my money.
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  Speaker 7: How about the beating that thieves gave you?
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  Speaker 10: It's nothing serious. It's like I told you on the phone.
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  Speaker 10: I want to forget about the whole thing.
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  Speaker 7: Well, it must have involved more than just a few
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  Speaker 7: scratches from the looks of you and the doctor had
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  Speaker 7: to treat you.
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  Speaker 3: Take my word for it, please. I'm all right.
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  Speaker 7: I don't want to press charges.
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  Speaker 8: I'd appreciate it if you'd give us some kind of
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  Speaker 8: an explanation, Mr.
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  Speaker 7: Butler.
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  Speaker 3: Why, I don't want to bother, that's all.
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  Speaker 2: There's nothing to explain.
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  Speaker 7: Well, you have to admit that this is a little unusual.
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  Speaker 7: Somebody beats you up, slugs you, takes $ 800 from you,
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  Speaker 7: and you don't want to do anything about it?
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  Speaker 3: You're going to have to excuse me a minute.
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  Speaker 10: I have one of my accordion students down the hall
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  Speaker 10: in the practice room.
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  Speaker 3: Almost time for him to go. I have to give
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  Speaker 3: him his lesson for next week.
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  Speaker 7: All right, you go right ahead.
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  Speaker 3: It'll only be a minute.
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  Speaker 2: How about that?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Acts like he's scared to death.
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  Speaker 7: Well, whoever it was, they gave him a going over.
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  Speaker 7: Half of his head in bandages, face all swollen.
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  Speaker 3: Sure something, Foley.
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  Speaker 7: Well, he's not going to be much help unless we
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  Speaker 7: can talk him into.
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  Speaker 3: A crime report. Somebody's got to him. I'll bet on it. Oh,
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  Speaker 3: hi there, kiddie.
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  Speaker 7: Hi, kiddie.
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  Speaker 2: I've been thinking it over, officers.
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  Speaker 10: Sorry I had to come out here and go to
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  Speaker 10: all this trouble, but I just assume forget the whole thing.
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  Speaker 3: I'd only want to talk about it if you don't mind.
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  Speaker 7: We don't mean to high pressure you, Butler, but we'd
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  Speaker 7: like some kind of an explanation.
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  Speaker 3: Can't you understand?
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  Speaker 10: I just don't want to make a big fuss about it.
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  Speaker 10: I'd like to have you go along with my feelings
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  Speaker 10: in the matter. It's my affair, isn't it?
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  Speaker 7: No, sir.
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  Speaker 3: It's ours, too.
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  Speaker 7: Half a dozen people like yourself have been beaten up
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  Speaker 7: and robbed in this neighborhood all in the last five weeks. Now,
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  Speaker 7: if we can find the thieves, we can put a
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  Speaker 7: stop to it. We can make sure the same thing
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  Speaker 7: doesn't happen to your neighbors.
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  Speaker 10: Well, they're going to have to look out for themselves.
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  Speaker 10: I'm not getting tied up in a big investigation. The
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  Speaker 10: neighbors don't worry about me.
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  Speaker 2: Pretty good a little further than that.
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  Speaker 10: Huh?
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  Speaker 2: You've been beaten up and robbed once.
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  Speaker 3: How do you know it isn't going to happen again?
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  Speaker 7: Well, it's not, that's all.
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  Speaker 3: I'll make sure it doesn't. How?
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  Speaker 7: What's going to stop the same thieves from knocking you
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  Speaker 7: over again?
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  Speaker 10: Look, if it's all the same to you, I want
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  Speaker 10: to forget about this.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to have to be running along. It's getting late.
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  Speaker 7: Now, just one more thing, Butler. When the doctor was
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  Speaker 7: treating you the other night, this Dr. Hart, he says
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  Speaker 7: you told him that you knew who the holdup men
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  Speaker 7: were now. Is that right?
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  Speaker 3: No, he got it all mixed up. I didn't mean
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  Speaker 3: it that way. How did you mean it?
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  Speaker 10: I'm in a funny position. I just can't explain that, Saul.
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  Speaker 10: I can't take the chance.
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  Speaker 2: Did the holdup men threaten?
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  Speaker 3: I can't talk about it. Give me a break, please.
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  Speaker 7: You're making a mistake, mister. Play ball with those thieves
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  Speaker 7: and they'll ruin you.
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  Speaker 3: It's not only me. It's my family, too. I'm not
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  Speaker 3: going to take the chance.
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  Speaker 7: If they threatened you and your family, you're taking more
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  Speaker 7: of a chance keeping quiet about it. They'll bleed you white. Blackmail, robbery,
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  Speaker 7: anything you can think of. Now, this has happened before.
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  Speaker 3: Can't you see the spot I'm in? I know who
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  Speaker 3: they are. I know what they can do. I got
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  Speaker 3: a wife to think about.
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  Speaker 8: Would you put your family in that position? You're buying
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  Speaker 8: protection from a couple of hoods.
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  Speaker 2: Now, figure it out. How much is it worth? How
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  Speaker 2: far can you trust them?
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  Speaker 3: If you pick them up, they'll know I told you.
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  Speaker 3: I don't want anything to happen. Can't you see that
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  Speaker 3: I haven't any choice? What else can I do?
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  Speaker 7: Help us put the thieves where they belong. You'll have
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  Speaker 7: all the protection you need until they're locked up.
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  Speaker 2: It's a big order.
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  Speaker 7: I don't know. You and your wife will be under
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  Speaker 7: 24-hour guard. Now, that's a promise.
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  Speaker 3: How long would that have to go on?
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  Speaker 8: Long enough to bring them to trial and convict them.
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  Speaker 3: Now, how about it? They warned me about telling the police.
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  Speaker 3: They said they'd get both of us if I did,
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  Speaker 3: me and my wife. Now, they meant it, too. They'd
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  Speaker 3: get us.
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  Speaker 7: What can you do about it? Get them first. After
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  Speaker 7: another hour of talking, we finally persuaded the robbery victim,
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  Speaker 7: Louis Butler, to come downtown with us. He dictated a
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  Speaker 7: full statement about the holdup and filed a crime report.
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  Speaker 7: He told us he'd been robbed and slugged late at
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  Speaker 7: night a few blocks from his music studio. $ 820 had
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  Speaker 7: been taken from him by two bandits, both of whom
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  Speaker 7: were armed, both of whom he recognized. He said one
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  Speaker 7: of the men was a Marvin Carter, a former bartender
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  Speaker 7: at a neighborhood tavern. The other was Ralph Quincy, a
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  Speaker 7: merchant seaman. We went across the street and met with
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  Speaker 7: Deputy District Attorney Fred Henderson. The next day, the case
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  Speaker 7: was presented to the grand jury and a true bill
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  Speaker 7: was returned. The two suspects, Marvin Carter and Ralph Quincy,
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  Speaker 7: were indicted on one count of armed robbery. That afternoon,
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  Speaker 7: both of them were booked at the main jail and
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  Speaker 7: then released after posting a required bail of $ 10, 000. 4.30 p.m.,
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  Speaker 7: Ben and I went back to the office and met
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  Speaker 7: with Captain Didion.
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  Speaker 2: How are you making out on it? Pretty fair shape, Skipper.
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  Speaker 8: The arraignment's set for two weeks from Thursday.
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  Speaker 2: How about protection for the victim? Well, it's all set up.
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  Speaker 7: Butler and his wife are under 24-hour guard, three teams
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  Speaker 7: of men on it.
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  Speaker 8: It means two thieves getting out on bail, it's not
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  Speaker 8: going to make it any easier. Who are you working
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  Speaker 8: with from the DA's office?
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  Speaker 3: Henderson.
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  Speaker 2: Seems to think we've got enough to convict both men.
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  Speaker 3: What makes them so sure?
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  Speaker 7: Well, for one thing, we've got a line on a
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  Speaker 7: couple of good witnesses to the holdup.
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  Speaker 3: Excuse me.
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  Speaker 7: Robbery did end.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Mike.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'll check it before I leave.
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  Speaker 7: Right.
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  Speaker 3: What was that about witnesses?
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  Speaker 7: A man by the name of Bartlett runs a drugstore.
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  Speaker 7: He and his son were in the neighborhood when Louis
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  Speaker 7: Butler was held up. They're supposed to have spotted the
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  Speaker 7: two thieves running from the scene.
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  Speaker 3: Have you talked to him yet?
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  Speaker 8: Just over the phone. We've got an appointment with him
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  Speaker 8: at 6 o'clock tonight. Take your statement. I guess I
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  Speaker 8: don't have to tell you. Stay as close to the
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  Speaker 8: thing as you can. If we miss this time, we
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  Speaker 8: may not get another chance. You know as well as
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  Speaker 8: anyone how tough it's been reaching these things.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah? Well, we wouldn't be this far along if Butler
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  Speaker 7: didn't decide to cooperate and file charges.
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  Speaker 8: I wish I knew how many victims there are in
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  Speaker 8: this thing just like Butler. People we don't even know about,
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  Speaker 8: so scared they don't dare file charges.
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  Speaker 2: Guess there's a dozen of them anyway. I can't figure it.
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  Speaker 8: People hire a police force on salary to protect them
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  Speaker 8: and their property, then they turn around and try to
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  Speaker 8: make a deal with a bunch of hoods, buy them off.
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  Speaker 2: How far have you gotten on the holdup gang?
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  Speaker 7: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 3: The two men you've got, Tad, Carter, and Quincy.
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  Speaker 7: Anyone else working with them? Possible. Not sure yet. Both
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  Speaker 7: Carter and Quincy have juvenile records. That's about it. We're
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  Speaker 7: still checking on them.
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  Speaker 2: Robbery, did he?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Tom. Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 7: That's right.
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  Speaker 3: No, I'll tell him.
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  Speaker 2: They're here with me now.
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  Speaker 7: Right.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you. It started already. How's that?
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  Speaker 2: The victim, Louis Butler. He got a phone call at
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  Speaker 2: his house a few minutes ago.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah. Figured it was one of the holdup gang.
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  Speaker 3: They gave Butler a choice.
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  Speaker 7: What'd he say? Either he drops the charges or they'll
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  Speaker 7: kill him.
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  Speaker 2: 5.30 p.m.
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  Speaker 7: Captain Didion issued orders that the two suspects in the case,
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  Speaker 7: Marvin Carter and Ralph Quincy, be placed under 24-hour surveillance.
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  Speaker 7: An additional team of men was assigned to guard Louis Butler.
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  Speaker 7: Each officer was carefully instructed to take all possible precautions
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  Speaker 7: to prevent the robbery victim and his wife from being
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  Speaker 7: harmed in any way. 6 p.m. Ben and I met
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  Speaker 7: with the two witnesses to the holdup, a drugstore proprietor,
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  Speaker 7: Sam Bartlett, and his teenage son, Harold. They told us
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  Speaker 7: that they'd been in the immediate vicinity the night Butler
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  Speaker 7: was robbed and that they'd gotten a good look at
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  Speaker 7: the two gunmen as they ran from the scene of
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  Speaker 7: the holdup. Bartlett and his son, Harold, identified the suspects
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  Speaker 7: as Marvin Carter and Ralph Quincy. Statements were taken and
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  Speaker 7: both witnesses were warned to maintain absolute secrecy about their
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  Speaker 7: part in the case. Next day, we made arrangements to
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  Speaker 7: have the druggist and his son subpoenaed for the Superior
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  Speaker 7: Court arraignment. Six days went by. Thursday, October 17th, 8 a.m.
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  Speaker 7: We checked in the office and found the message waiting
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  Speaker 7: for us.
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  Speaker 3: What is it, Joe?
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  Speaker 7: The druggist's son, Harold Bartlett.
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  Speaker 3: What about him?
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  Speaker 7: Found him in an alley at 3 o'clock this morning.
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  Speaker 3: What?
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  Speaker 7: Slugged and beaten. Late that afternoon, Ben and I received
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  Speaker 7: permission from the doctors to visit briefly with our witness,
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  Speaker 7: 17-year-old Harold Bartlett. His injuries were painful, but not critical.
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  Speaker 7: The beating he'd received was nothing less than brutal. His
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  Speaker 7: left forearm had been broken, and he'd been beaten viciously
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  Speaker 7: about the face and chest. He told us that he
• 13:34
  Speaker 7: was on his way home from a neighborhood movie just
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  Speaker 7: before midnight, when two men jumped him from behind on
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  Speaker 7: a deserted street.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I drove around some, maybe five or ten minutes.
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  Speaker 2: I lost about at least three men.
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  Speaker 7: In the car. Why do you say that?
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  Speaker 2: There were two in the backseat with me Somebody else
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  Speaker 2: had to be doing the driving.
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  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
• 13:55
  Speaker 2: And it had to be a sedan or a club coupe.
• 13:58
  Speaker 7: I guess so, yeah.
• 14:00
  Speaker 2: After he drove around a while, he stopped the car
• 14:01
  Speaker 2: and then he began slugging me. Didn't say a word
• 14:04
  Speaker 2: the whole time. Just started slugging me. I asked him why.
• 14:09
  Speaker 2: He just kept slugging me.
• 14:11
  Speaker 3: I see.
• 14:13
  Speaker 2: At first, I think they were hitting me with their fist.
• 14:15
  Speaker 2: And it felt like something a lot harder. A piece
• 14:19
  Speaker 2: of iron or metal or something. That's when I grabbed
• 14:22
  Speaker 2: the cloth off of my face and I started to holler.
• 14:24
  Speaker 7: Mm-hmm. What happened then?
• 14:27
  Speaker 2: Oh, I guess nobody heard me.
• 14:29
  Speaker 3: Nobody came anyway.
• 14:30
  Speaker 2: One of the men swore at me and grabbed my arm.
• 14:34
  Speaker 3: It was something.
• 14:37
  Speaker 2: Sure sore. They didn't say anything to you all this time?
• 14:41
  Speaker 7: No.
• 14:41
  Speaker 2: I told them just before they pushed me out of
• 14:43
  Speaker 2: the car. It seemed like I was in that car
• 14:48
  Speaker 2: for hours. When they started to talk to you, Harry,
• 14:50
  Speaker 2: what did they say? It was about that robbery my
• 14:53
  Speaker 2: father and me saw. The one you talked to us
• 14:55
  Speaker 2: about last week?
• 14:55
  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
• 14:56
  Speaker 7: What'd they say about it?
• 14:57
  Speaker 2: They said, maybe this will help you keep your mouth shut,
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: stay out of other people's business. They said that a
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: couple of times. They said a lot more had happened
• 15:06
  Speaker 2: to Dad and me if we went to the police,
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: if we were witnesses at that trial. Do you remember
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: if the men called each other by name?
• 15:14
  Speaker 3: No, I don't.
• 15:16
  Speaker 7: I don't remember anyway. Well, son, you remember when we
• 15:20
  Speaker 7: talked to you and your father last week, we told
• 15:22
  Speaker 7: you to say nothing about the case to anyone.
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: I remember, Sergeant.
• 15:25
  Speaker 7: I guess it's my fault. Well, did you tell other
• 15:28
  Speaker 7: people that you were a witness in the case? Did
• 15:30
  Speaker 7: you mention it in public?
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: I guess I did, yeah. I didn't think it was
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: that important.
• 15:36
  Speaker 3: I guess I.
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: Talked about it quite a bit. I'm sorry.
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: It's my fault. That's all right, Harry. If you remember
• 15:43
  Speaker 3: it from now on, it'll save a lot more trouble.
• 15:45
  Speaker 7: I remember, Sergeant.
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: Those two men last night scared me for a while.
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: I guess most of it was talking, huh?
• 15:52
  Speaker 3: How do you mean, son?
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: They were warning me about staying away from the cops.
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: They said they'd kill me and my dad if we
• 15:57
  Speaker 2: were witnesses.
• 15:58
  Speaker 7: Mm-hmm.
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: They were probably just trying to scare us, huh? They
• 16:01
  Speaker 3: were fooling?
• 16:01
  Speaker 7: Well, you had a sample last night, son.
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 16:04
  Speaker 7: Were they fooling? After we left Harry Bartlett, we went
• 16:12
  Speaker 7: back to the office and arranged for a 24-hour guard
• 16:14
  Speaker 7: to be assigned to the teenage boy and his father...
• 16:17
  Speaker 7: A thorough investigation of the attack on the boy failed
• 16:19
  Speaker 7: to turn up any leads. On the surface, the two
• 16:22
  Speaker 7: robbery suspects, Carter and Quincy, were not involved. During the
• 16:26
  Speaker 7: week that followed, we heard of no further threats or attacks,
• 16:29
  Speaker 7: either on the victim, Louis Butler, or the witnesses involved
• 16:32
  Speaker 7: in the case. Ben and I worked with Deputy District
• 16:35
  Speaker 7: Attorney Henderson, preparing the case against the two suspects. Two
• 16:39
  Speaker 7: days before the trial opened in Superior Court, we got
• 16:41
  Speaker 7: an urgent call.
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, but how'd it happen?
• 16:45
  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm. Yeah.
• 16:46
  Speaker 9: Yeah.
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: You're all right, Tom. Thanks. What's the trouble?
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: Couldn't be worse.
• 16:52
  Speaker 3: No victim. What do you mean? Mr. and Mrs. Butler
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: have disappeared.
• 16:55
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• 17:10
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• 17:14
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• 17:16
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• 17:29
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• 17:36
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• 18:33
  Speaker 7: Fatima. Tuesday, November 5th, 9 a.m. The trial of robbery
• 18:45
  Speaker 7: suspects Marvin Carter and Ralph Quincy opened in Superior Court,
• 18:48
  Speaker 7: Department 88. The complaining witness, Louis Butler, failed to appear.
• 18:52
  Speaker 7: For two solid days, we'd been busy checking all of
• 18:55
  Speaker 7: the butlers' friends and relatives in the city. They couldn't help.
• 18:58
  Speaker 7: Each time the butlers had left their residence, they'd been
• 19:01
  Speaker 7: under surveillance. We'd had an understanding with them that in
• 19:04
  Speaker 7: the event that they were in their automobile and for
• 19:06
  Speaker 7: some reason the officers assigned to them lost them in traffic,
• 19:09
  Speaker 7: the butlers would immediately return to their home. On the
• 19:12
  Speaker 7: night of November 3rd, under the pretext of going to
• 19:15
  Speaker 7: a neighborhood theater, the butlers made a right-hand turn from
• 19:18
  Speaker 7: a left-hand lane of traffic, so it became obvious that
• 19:20
  Speaker 7: they were trying to elude the officers following them. A
• 19:23
  Speaker 7: check was made at their home as prearranged, and they
• 19:26
  Speaker 7: failed to return. When they failed to appear for the trial,
• 19:29
  Speaker 7: a bench warrant was issued by Superior Court for the
• 19:31
  Speaker 7: missing couple. Deputy District Attorney Henderson asked the court to
• 19:35
  Speaker 7: grant a delay in order to find the butlers. It
• 19:38
  Speaker 7: was granted. In the meantime, we'd gotten out a broadcast
• 19:41
  Speaker 7: and an APB. Missing persons detail helped out in the search.
• 19:45
  Speaker 7: Still no sign. Tuesday, November 12th, 11 a.m. Deputy D.A.
• 19:49
  Speaker 7: Henderson phoned us from the Hall of Justice.
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: When was that, Fred? Is that right?
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: Hey, well, thanks a lot.
• 19:59
  Speaker 7: What did he have to say?
• 20:00
  Speaker 8: The attorney for Carter and Quincy asked the court for dismissal.
• 20:04
  Speaker 8: No complaining witness.
• 20:05
  Speaker 7: Well, did the judge rule on it yet?
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Case dismissed.
• 20:13
  Speaker 7: No matter how guilty the two men might have seemed,
• 20:16
  Speaker 7: there was nothing further anyone could do. Without a complaining witness,
• 20:19
  Speaker 7: our case was finished. The two suspects, Carter and Quincy,
• 20:22
  Speaker 7: were released from custody. In a few days, Quincy left
• 20:26
  Speaker 7: town for the east. Carter remained in the city. The
• 20:29
  Speaker 7: search for Mr.
• 20:29
  Speaker 3: And Mrs.
• 20:30
  Speaker 7: Butler went on. No sign of either one of them.
• 20:33
  Speaker 7: December came, and then the Christmas holidays, New Year's. On
• 20:37
  Speaker 7: January 16th, Louis Butler suddenly reappeared back in town and
• 20:40
  Speaker 7: surrendered on the bench warrant. They explained to the judge
• 20:43
  Speaker 7: that because of the numerous threats on their lives just
• 20:45
  Speaker 7: before the trial, they were afraid to appear and that
• 20:49
  Speaker 7: they left the state without telling anyone. The judge gave
• 20:52
  Speaker 7: them a lecture and a warning and dismissed charges. Another
• 20:55
  Speaker 7: month passed, February and then March. On April 2nd, we
• 20:59
  Speaker 7: got word from Denver, Colorado, that one of our former
• 21:02
  Speaker 7: robbery suspects, Ralph Quincy, had shot and killed a 24-year-old
• 21:05
  Speaker 7: policeman while attempting a robbery in that city. Quincy was
• 21:09
  Speaker 7: tried and convicted of murder and received a life term.
• 21:13
  Speaker 7: In the meantime, we'd heard little or nothing about the
• 21:15
  Speaker 7: other former robbery suspect, Marvin Carter. Another two months passed.
• 21:19
  Speaker 7: Spring months wore on into summer. Monday, July 8th, 8 a.m.
• 21:25
  Speaker 3: Friday, Romero, see you in a minute.
• 21:27
  Speaker 6: Yes, Kipper.
• 21:30
  Speaker 7: You want to sit down? I've got something for you.
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: Here.
• 21:33
  Speaker 8: A holdup victim, a man by the name of Sheridan,
• 21:35
  Speaker 8: came in late last night, filed this crime report here.
• 21:38
  Speaker 7: Have a look. Thank you.
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: Have a seat, Joe.
• 21:42
  Speaker 8: You can notice there it happened in the same area
• 21:44
  Speaker 8: where we had that rash of holdups last fall.
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I see.
• 21:47
  Speaker 7: Victim robbed and beaten.
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: Suspects used the same approach, same M.O., followed it right
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: down the line.
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 21:53
  Speaker 8: Victim warned not to contact police. Bodily harm threatened if
• 21:57
  Speaker 8: victim did so.
• 21:58
  Speaker 7: How about the descriptions of the holdup men here? The
• 21:59
  Speaker 7: victim pretty sure about them?
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: Gaffney handled the report. The victim said he got a
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: good look at.
• 22:03
  Speaker 3: One of the thieves.
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: Gaffney gave him a bunch of mug shots to look at.
• 22:06
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: Here's the one he picked out of the lot.
• 22:09
  Speaker 5: Thanks.
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: Thanks.
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: Have a look, Joe.
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: Marvin Carter.
• 22:18
  Speaker 7: As soon as the robbery report had come in, an
• 22:20
  Speaker 7: immediate check had been made of Marvin Carter's last known address,
• 22:23
  Speaker 7: an apartment in the West Pico district. The landlord revealed
• 22:26
  Speaker 7: that the suspect had moved at least two months before.
• 22:28
  Speaker 7: We got out a broadcast and an APB on him.
• 22:32
  Speaker 7: Together with Sergeants Gonzalez and Henry, Ben and I started
• 22:35
  Speaker 7: on the systematic check of all of Carter's known friends, relatives,
• 22:38
  Speaker 7: and associates. After that, we started on the places he
• 22:40
  Speaker 7: was known to frequent. Hotels, bars, restaurants. No luck. Two
• 22:45
  Speaker 7: weeks went by. There were no further reports of robberies
• 22:48
  Speaker 7: where the M.O. of the criminal matched that of Carter's. Tuesday,
• 22:52
  Speaker 7: July 26th, 2 p.m. We got a call from one
• 22:55
  Speaker 7: of our informants, Bertie Simmons, who told us that he
• 22:59
  Speaker 7: might have some information for us. He said it concerned
• 23:02
  Speaker 7: Marvin Carter. He told us he'd meet us at MacArthur
• 23:05
  Speaker 7: Park on the 6th Street side at 2.30 p.m. 2.50 p.m.
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: You'll have to excuse me, Sergeant. Sorry I'm late.
• 23:15
  Speaker 9: I have to move from that other place. Things haven't
• 23:18
  Speaker 9: been going too good for me.
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: That's all right, Bertie.
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: What's the matter?
• 23:20
  Speaker 3: No luck with the horses?
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of luck.
• 23:22
  Speaker 3: It's all bad.
• 23:24
  Speaker 9: If there's a pig in the race, I have to
• 23:26
  Speaker 9: bet on him every time. Getting so I can't even
• 23:28
  Speaker 9: pick him.
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: To show anymore. I don't know.
• 23:30
  Speaker 7: What else is new with you, Bertie? No job yet?
• 23:32
  Speaker 9: No, I'm still looking down around some of the joints,
• 23:35
  Speaker 9: South Main, Alameda, keeping it near the ground.
• 23:37
  Speaker 7: Mm-hmm.
• 23:38
  Speaker 3: Want a smoke?
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks. Don't mind if I do.
• 23:40
  Speaker 7: Here you.
• 23:43
  Speaker 3: Go.
• 23:43
  Speaker 7: Light for.
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: You.
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: What have you heard, Bertie?
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: Anything that'll help?
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: That Marvin Carter you're still looking for him, aren't you?
• 23:52
  Speaker 3: That's right. Any rumble?
• 23:53
  Speaker 9: I heard it last night, having a beer downtown. I
• 23:56
  Speaker 9: knew you fellas were in a little bind on the thing.
• 23:58
  Speaker 9: I always like to help you when you're in a bind.
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: Well, what'd you hear, Bert?
• 24:02
  Speaker 9: Carter's still in town, hiding out. Like I say, I
• 24:05
  Speaker 9: always like to help you out when you need it.
• 24:07
  Speaker 8: Mm-hmm.
• 24:08
  Speaker 9: I know what it is to be in a bind.
• 24:10
  Speaker 9: That's when you appreciate help most. I'm kind of in
• 24:13
  Speaker 9: a bind right now.
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: A little short, you know?
• 24:16
  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
• 24:18
  Speaker 7: A couple of dollars, Bert. That's all I have on me.
• 24:20
  Speaker 7: Will that help you out any?
• 24:21
  Speaker 9: You saved my life, Sergeant. Tell you the truth, I
• 24:24
  Speaker 9: didn't know where dinner was coming from tonight. No need
• 24:27
  Speaker 9: telling you. I appreciate it.
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: What was this you heard about, Carter? Still in town.
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: It's a place down by Venice, near the beach. Mm-hmm.
• 24:34
  Speaker 9: Carter's been seen there once, twice lately. It's a little
• 24:38
  Speaker 9: seafood joint. Beer and clams.
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: Down by the beach.
• 24:42
  Speaker 7: Well, now, is that somebody's story, or is it the
• 24:43
  Speaker 7: real thing?
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: It's the real thing, Sergeant.
• 24:45
  Speaker 8: You know me better than that. No phony leads from me.
• 24:48
  Speaker 8: Where's Carter supposed to be staying down there, do you know?
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: Well, I do and I don't, I guess.
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: What do you mean?
• 24:53
  Speaker 9: This mooch who told me about Carter last night, he
• 24:56
  Speaker 9: didn't know the address, but he described the place Carter's
• 24:58
  Speaker 9: supposed to be hiding out in.
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: I know the joint he means.
• 25:02
  Speaker 7: But you don't know the address.
• 25:03
  Speaker 9: No, but I can point out the place he means.
• 25:05
  Speaker 9: It's a shack right along the speedway down there, down
• 25:09
  Speaker 9: by the beach.
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: You want to run down there with us now? Sure,
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: I'll find it out for you. I'm not going near it, though.
• 25:14
  Speaker 7: Why do you say that?
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: I don't want to mix with it, that's all. I
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: got the word.
• 25:17
  Speaker 7: What do you mean?
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: Carter. Won't be an easy one to take.
• 25:21
  Speaker 7: How do you know?
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: He's got a gun.
• 25:26
  Speaker 7: 2.55 p.m. Along with our informant, Bertie Simmons, Ben and
• 25:29
  Speaker 7: I drove down to the beach town of Venice. Bertie
• 25:32
  Speaker 7: pointed out a brown wooden frame cottage where Carter was
• 25:35
  Speaker 7: supposed to be hiding out. While Bertie waited in the car,
• 25:39
  Speaker 7: Ben and I checked it out. There was nobody at home,
• 25:41
  Speaker 7: but there was plenty of evidence inside the cottage that
• 25:44
  Speaker 7: Carter was living there. I went back down the street
• 25:47
  Speaker 7: to where we parked our car. I kept an eye
• 25:49
  Speaker 7: on the cottage while Ben got to a phone to
• 25:51
  Speaker 7: call the office.
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: Pretty down here, huh, Sergeant?
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a nice day.
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: I don't get out in the air enough. I think
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: that's my trouble. Some of this good ocean air makes
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: you feel like a million.
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: Did you notice the place where your partner went to
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: phone down the street there?
• 26:12
  Speaker 7: Yeah, what about it?
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: You see the sign, Beer and Clan? Right over the door.
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: Beer and Clan?
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: Yeah, mm-hmm.
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: Best in the city, I know. I've been there. Only great.
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: Good beer for a dine, fresh clams. Nothing better. You
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: like clams?
• 26:30
  Speaker 7: Yeah, they're all right once in a while.
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: What am I going to do if you two have
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: to wait here all night?
• 26:35
  Speaker 7: Well, we'll get you back to town, Berton. We'll figure
• 26:38
  Speaker 7: out something for you.
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: All right, Ben.
• 26:40
  Speaker 7: Did you get a hold of the captain? Yeah.
• 26:44
  Speaker 8: Marvin Carter was picked up downtown 20 minutes ago.
• 26:47
  Speaker 3: What? Yeah, he was driving a rented car. A traffic
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: unit picked him up.
• 26:51
  Speaker 7: Well, they tabbed him on his description?
• 26:52
  Speaker 3: Not at first.
• 26:53
  Speaker 8: The reason they noticed him was because he was double
• 26:55
  Speaker 8: parked on a busy street and they pulled him over
• 26:57
  Speaker 8: and got a better look at him.
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: I did.
• 26:59
  Speaker 7: Any trouble with him?
• 27:00
  Speaker 3: None at all.
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: Got him booked at Maine Jail. See, that's sure too bad,
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: isn't it?
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: What do you mean, Burke? It's your case, isn't it?
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: How long you fellas been working on it? Just about
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: a year, huh, Joe?
• 27:11
  Speaker 7: Yeah, just about.
• 27:12
  Speaker 9: Coming all this way for nothing. You're ready to make
• 27:15
  Speaker 9: the pension and somebody else does it for you. Must
• 27:18
  Speaker 9: be kind of disappointing, huh? All that time, all that work.
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: Well, Carter's in jail.
• 27:22
  Speaker 7: That's the main thing. I guess we better drive back in, huh, Bill?
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 27:26
  Speaker 9: Say, just a minute, Sergeant. No use coming all this
• 27:30
  Speaker 9: way for nothing. What if you do me a favor?
• 27:32
  Speaker 3: What's that, Burke?
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: That sign down the street.
• 27:35
  Speaker 3: What?
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: The blue and white sign.
• 27:37
  Speaker 4: Bear and Clam.
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: I wonder if you could drop me off right in front.
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: Bear and Clam? Oh, yeah, Bird, all right. Sure nice
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: of you. Just like I was saying.
• 27:47
  Speaker 7: What's that?
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: No use coming all this way for nothing.
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: The End.
• 27:58
  Speaker 4: The story you have just heard was true. Only the
• 28:01
  Speaker 4: names were changed to protect the innocent.
• 28:03
  Speaker 5: On October 29th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 86,
• 28:07
  Speaker 5: City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. In
• 28:10
  Speaker 5: a moment, the.
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: Results of that trial.
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: And now, here is our star, Jack Webb.
• 28:14
  Speaker 3: Thank you.
• 28:15
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• 28:19
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• 28:22
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• 28:25
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• 28:28
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• 28:29
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• 28:33
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• 28:37
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• 28:41
  Speaker 7: if you haven't tried.
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  Speaker 3: Fatima yet, take my advice.
• 28:44
  Speaker 7: Buy a pack, smoke Fatimas, and you'll discover what I know.
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  Speaker 7: In Fatima, the difference is quality.
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  Speaker 5: Marvin Lawrence Carter was tried and convicted on several counts
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  Speaker 5: of first-degree robbery and was sentenced to the state penitentiary
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  Speaker 5: where he is now.
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  Speaker 3: Serving his term.
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  Speaker 5: First-degree robbery is punishable by imprisonment from five years to life.
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  Speaker 4: Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Lyle Rooks, editor of Radio Television Mirror.
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  Speaker 6: The readers of Radio Television Mirror... have chosen Dragnet, the
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  Speaker 6: favorite program of its type, for 1950. I am privileged
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  Speaker 6: to present the citation to you on behalf of the
• 29:29
  Speaker 6: editors and readers of Radio Television Mirror throughout the nation.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, Miss Rooks.
• 29:41
  Speaker 5: You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases
• 29:43
  Speaker 5: from official files. Technical advice comes from the office of
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  Speaker 5: Chief of Police W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department.
• 29:53
  Speaker 4: Fatima Cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, is brought to Dragnet,
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  Speaker 4: portions transcribed from Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 8: Stay tuned for Counterspy next over many NBC stations.
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  Speaker 1: That was Dragnet, episode 96, Big Threat. Good night, and
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  Speaker 1: thank you for keeping Classic Radio in the listening room.