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Dragnet - "Homicide" (Old Time Radio, 1949) · Dragnet | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: After a police stakeout at a Los Angeles bar ends
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: in a killing, Sergeant Joe Friday and Sergeant Ben Romero
• 0:07
  Speaker 1: begin an overnight search for three armed suspects. It is Dragnet, Homicide,
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  Speaker 1: Episode 4, first broadcast by NBC on June 24th, 1949.
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: It is also known as Quick Trigger Gunmen. Jack Webb
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: is heard as Friday, with Barton Yarborough as Romero, as
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: the LAPD homicide detail follows the trail from the bar
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: shooting through the city. An early NBC sustaining broadcast, this
• 0:38
  Speaker 1: installment comes from Dragnet's first weeks on the network schedule.
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  Speaker 1: And now, we return to the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: ¶ ¶.
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  Speaker 3: Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear
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  Speaker 3: is true. Only the names have been changed to protect
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  Speaker 3: the innocent.
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  Speaker 4: NBC brings you Dragnet.
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  Speaker 3: You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to homicide detail. A
• 1:21
  Speaker 3: gang of quick-trigger gunmen have moved.
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  Speaker 2: In on your city.
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  Speaker 3: They've given public notice that they'll kill the first cop
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  Speaker 3: who tries to take them.
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  Speaker 2: You know the risks. Your job, apprehend the suspects.
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  Speaker 5: Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime investigated and
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  Speaker 5: solved by the men who unrelentingly stand watch on the
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  Speaker 5: security of your home, your family, and your life. For
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  Speaker 5: the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles
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  Speaker 5: Police Department, you will travel step by step on the
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  Speaker 5: side of the law through an actual case, from beginning
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  Speaker 5: to end, from crime to punishment. Dragnet is the story
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  Speaker 5: of your police force in action.
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  Speaker 6: It was Wednesday, April 17th. It was warm in Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 6: We were working the night watch out of homicide details.
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  Speaker 6: The boss is Ed Backstrand, chief of detectives. My partner's
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  Speaker 6: Ben Romero. My name's Friday. I was on the way
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  Speaker 6: back from the record bureau. It was four minutes to
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  Speaker 6: six when I got to room 42. Homicide. Hey, Ben,
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  Speaker 6: I pulled the package on the Raymond killing.
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  Speaker 7: And that proves you can still read, Friday.
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  Speaker 2: He said it, Joe. Your pal, Fred Lindsey.
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  Speaker 8: Hiya, Fred.
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  Speaker 2: What's doing?
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  Speaker 7: Busier than you are. We know what we're looking for.
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  Speaker 7: Just having a little trouble finding him.
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  Speaker 2: That's the way it is with automobiles. They misplace so easy.
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  Speaker 7: Not normally, they don't. We got a small-size epidemic on
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  Speaker 7: our hands.
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  Speaker 6: Well, don't let us keep you, Fred.
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  Speaker 7: Just ducked in here for a breath of calm air
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  Speaker 7: and to invite you to dinner for the last time.
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  Speaker 2: The wife and I are still waiting for the first time.
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  Speaker 8: How about it, Joe?
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  Speaker 7: Ruth's got a new pressure cooker.
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  Speaker 6: Your sister-in-law visiting you again, huh? No, on the level.
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  Speaker 6: Not selling a thing. Come on. Who is it this time?
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  Speaker 7: My cousin. But she's awfully pretty, Joe.
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  Speaker 6: Why do you guys insist on trying to marry me off?
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  Speaker 3: Me and Fred went down fighting, but it kind of
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  Speaker 3: grows on you after a while.
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  Speaker 6: Now tell me, what is it about a married man?
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  Speaker 6: Just can't stand to see one single man left in
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  Speaker 6: the world.
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  Speaker 7: How about it, Joe? Tomorrow night at 7, okay?
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  Speaker 6: Okay. Tell Ruth I'll be there.
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  Speaker 2: It figures that he's got to run out of kinfolk
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  Speaker 2: pretty soon.
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  Speaker 7: Fine. We'll be expecting you. Got a stakeout tonight, but
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  Speaker 7: tomorrow I'll be clear.
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  Speaker 2: Anything big?
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  Speaker 7: Nothing definite, Ben. Just a follow-up on those stolen cars.
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  Speaker 7: See you, men.
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  Speaker 6: So long, Lindsey.
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  Speaker 7: Joe, you'll like my cousin.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, never say die. What a character.
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  Speaker 2: You just cap-nipped women, Joe. Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: Well, here's that Raymond package. Let's check those dates that
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  Speaker 6: Backstrand wanted, huh? Wednesday, April 17th was just routine. A
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  Speaker 6: dinner date I tried to get out of, some paperwork
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  Speaker 6: that the chief wanted done, and a hot, sticky day.
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  Speaker 6: Too hot to wear a suit of clothes. Sometimes it's
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  Speaker 6: like that. A day starts out being routine. By the
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  Speaker 6: time it comes of age, it's got a personality all
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  Speaker 6: its own. At 10.23 that night, Ben and I were
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  Speaker 6: just finishing up the paperwork... and Ed Backstrand opened his
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  Speaker 6: office door.
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  Speaker 3: Righty, Romero, just got a hot shot call. What did
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  Speaker 3: that give him?
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  Speaker 2: Hold up in shooting at Hooper and Esperanza, code three.
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  Speaker 6: Code three, that means red light and siren. It was 10.32
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  Speaker 6: when Ben and I pulled up at the corner of
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  Speaker 6: Hooper and Esperanza. It was a bar in the basement
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  Speaker 6: of a building on the south side of the street.
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  Speaker 6: A radio car was there and the two officers were
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  Speaker 6: holding the crowd back. A man was talking to one
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  Speaker 6: of the officers who turned and pointed to us. As
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  Speaker 6: Ben and I got out of our car, the man
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  Speaker 6: hurried over to us.
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  Speaker 8: You're the detectives?
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  Speaker 6: That's right, Sergeant Friday.
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  Speaker 8: My name's Cummings.
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  Speaker 2: R.L. Cummings.
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  Speaker 8: I own the bar.
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  Speaker 2: This is terrible.
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  Speaker 8: There was a gunfight downstairs. Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 6: Come on. Where's the ambulance?
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  Speaker 9: One of the officers in the radio car said we
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  Speaker 9: needed the coroner. Did you see the actual shooting?
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  Speaker 8: No, I didn't.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the fellow that was shot. Where's Joan from the
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  Speaker 2: crime lab?
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  Speaker 4: Hello, Friday.
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  Speaker 2: Romero.
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  Speaker 10: Hi, Lee.
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  Speaker 6: What do we got here?
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  Speaker 7: Pretty bad.
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  Speaker 8: Looks like a shotgun. Close range.
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  Speaker 2: Hmm. He really got in the way of it.
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  Speaker 6: Ben.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 8: It's Fred Lindsey.
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  Speaker 7: Model theft.
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  Speaker 6: He was on a stakeout, Lee.
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  Speaker 2: Tell us about it, Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Cummins.
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  Speaker 8: You know this fellow, Sergeant?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, we know him. What happened?
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  Speaker 8: We had a holdup tonight. Three men. Yes, go on. Well,
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  Speaker 8: business was good, real good.
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  Speaker 9: We had a large crowd, and I was happy about
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  Speaker 9: that because I've been trying to sell out for a
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  Speaker 9: long time now. I've been showing the place to different
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  Speaker 9: parties all week long. Had a fellow come over tonight
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  Speaker 9: to take a look at it. What time was that?
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  Speaker 9: A little less than an hour ago, about 9.30.
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  Speaker 2: I see.
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  Speaker 6: Go ahead.
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  Speaker 9: It was almost time for this man to show up,
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  Speaker 9: so I called Eddie. That's my bartender. And I told
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  Speaker 9: him to kind of keep a lookout for the man
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  Speaker 9: because I was going back to the office to get the.
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  Speaker 8: Books ready to show. You know how it is when
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  Speaker 8: you want to sell a business.
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  Speaker 2: You'll watch for him, Eddie.
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  Speaker 3: You bet I will.
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  Speaker 8: If you want me, I'll be back in the office.
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  Speaker 2: Keep your mouth shut and stand still.
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  Speaker 4: Huh?
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  Speaker 2: You own this bar, don't you?
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  Speaker 7: Well, yes.
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  Speaker 6: What is this?
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  Speaker 8: You're the boy we want to see. Which one are you?
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  Speaker 7: All three of us.
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  Speaker 2: What's going on? What's it look like, genius?
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  Speaker 8: Just a stick-up.
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  Speaker 4: I haven't any money.
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  Speaker 2: You go to the bank on Thursdays, don't you?
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  Speaker 8: Well, I made my deposit today instead.
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  Speaker 7: I've been watching you for a month now.
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  Speaker 2: Don't give us that. You go to the bank on Thursdays. Now,
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  Speaker 2: come on, hand it over.
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  Speaker 8: I'm telling you the truth. I usually go on Thursdays,
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  Speaker 8: but I went today instead.
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  Speaker 2: You're lying, Ace, and we ain't got much time. Look,
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  Speaker 2: you can have all the money I've.
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  Speaker 8: Got on me.
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  Speaker 9: I think it's about 200, but that's all I have.
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  Speaker 7: Here.
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  Speaker 6: Why argue with him?
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  Speaker 7: Take what he's got and we'll shake the customers down.
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  Speaker 4: No, no, please don't do that. You got my money.
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  Speaker 8: Isn't that enough?
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  Speaker 2: No, it ain't. Come on, let's go outside.
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  Speaker 9: That's about all I remember, Sergeant. When I come around,
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  Speaker 9: I was lying on the floor of my office.
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  Speaker 2: You better have somebody take a look at that cut
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  Speaker 2: on your face.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, I'm going to right away. There's my bartender. He
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  Speaker 8: saw the fight.
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  Speaker 2: What's his name, Eddie?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Eddie.
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  Speaker 11: Yes, sir?
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  Speaker 8: These men are detectives, Eddie. Will you tell them what
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  Speaker 8: you saw?
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  Speaker 12: No, it was pretty rough. Tell us what happened when
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  Speaker 12: they started to shoot. That fellow, the coroner, just took
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  Speaker 12: out of here. Sure was long on nerve. Took on
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  Speaker 12: all three of them, single-handed.
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  Speaker 2: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 6: Tell us what you saw.
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  Speaker 2: You ought to get that fellow's name. Sure had a
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  Speaker 2: lot of nerve.
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  Speaker 8: Took over just like he was a cop.
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  Speaker 6: He was a cop. Now, what did you see?
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  Speaker 12: I pegged him for a cop. Well, he was sitting
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  Speaker 12: up at the bar. Been nursing a bottle of beer
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  Speaker 12: for about an hour. I was keeping an eye on
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  Speaker 12: the front door, watching for this fellow the boss wanted
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  Speaker 12: to see. So I didn't see the three hold-up men
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  Speaker 12: come through from the back. But I heard them.
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  Speaker 11: All right, let's knock it off.
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  Speaker 2: You can all see this shotgun. Anybody make a move
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  Speaker 2: and I'll blow your head off.
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  Speaker 4: Beamers, cover the front door.
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  Speaker 8: Got it.
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  Speaker 3: Sickles, shake them down.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, gents. You guys in the band, keep that music going.
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  Speaker 7: The rest of you people.
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  Speaker 2: Turn around and face the bar.
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  Speaker 4: Put your hands on top of the bar and leave
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  Speaker 4: them there till we tell you to move. Come on,
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  Speaker 4: hurry up.
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  Speaker 2: Knock it off. Okay, Sickles. Go take your money, your watches,
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  Speaker 2: anything else you got. Now, don't try to be cute
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  Speaker 2: and hold out. All right, you, take off the watch.
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  Speaker 2: I'll get your bill for it. You, lady, let's have
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  Speaker 2: the ring.
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  Speaker 12: This man, they called Sickle, went right down the line.
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  Speaker 12: Took everything he could lay his hands on. This cop,
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  Speaker 12: your friend, was facing me at the far end of
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  Speaker 12: the bar.
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  Speaker 2: He was standing there just like the others. He kind
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  Speaker 2: of leaned toward me a little.
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  Speaker 7: Can you see the guy with the shotgun?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Where is he? Center of the room.
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  Speaker 7: The other guy still at the door? Yeah. Got his
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  Speaker 7: gun out?
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  Speaker 2: Holding it in his right hand.
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  Speaker 4: How far down the line is the other guy?
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  Speaker 2: About ten people away.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, you two down at the end there.
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  Speaker 2: Knock it off. Hurry up, sickle. Doing the best I can. Well,
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  Speaker 2: let's have the first lady.
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  Speaker 11: You, next to the lady here. Get the watch off.
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  Speaker 4: How far away now?
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  Speaker 2: Getting closer. We better set up like he says.
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  Speaker 7: I'm going to take the one with the shotgun first.
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  Speaker 8: I got a gun.
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  Speaker 7: How far away is that guy now?
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  Speaker 2: I thought Janz told you two to shut up.
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  Speaker 7: All right, Sickle, try to move and I'll break your back.
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  Speaker 3: Let me go. Go ahead and shoot, Janz.
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  Speaker 2: Let me go.
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  Speaker 7: All you people at the bar, down on the floor. Okay,
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  Speaker 7: you with that shotgun, drop it.
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  Speaker 2: Bemis, can you get a shot at him?
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  Speaker 7: Not without hitting Sickle. Come on, you, I'm waiting.
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  Speaker 8: You got us all wrong, boy.
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  Speaker 2: We like Sickle, but not that much.
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  Speaker 12: The cop was holding Sickle as a shield. When the
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  Speaker 12: big guy let go of the shotgun, both the cop
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  Speaker 12: and Sickle ducked. The cop didn't get hit. This man's
• 9:22
  Speaker 12: sickle fell over on his face and grabbed at his arm.
• 9:25
  Speaker 12: The man with the shotgun went down on one knee,
• 9:27
  Speaker 12: holding his stomach. The man at the door took a
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  Speaker 12: shot at the cop, but he missed. Then the cop
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  Speaker 12: fired three shots at the man by the door.
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  Speaker 2: Looked like the first two missed. But the last one
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  Speaker 2: caught the man in the leg and he went down.
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  Speaker 12: Well, by this time, the big guy with the shotgun
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  Speaker 12: had recovered enough to hold his weapon again.
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  Speaker 2: I tried to warn the cop. Look out!
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  Speaker 10: The guy with the shotgun!
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  Speaker 2: I see him!
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  Speaker 12: Cop pointed his gun and pulled the trigger, but he
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  Speaker 12: was out of shells. Boy, Sergeant, my stomach knotted up
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  Speaker 12: when I heard that hammer fall against those empty chambers.
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  Speaker 12: The cop threw his gun at the guy with the
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  Speaker 12: shotgun and then ran.
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  Speaker 2: Right at him. You know, it was just as if
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  Speaker 2: that cop was trying to run right down the barrel
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  Speaker 2: of that shotgun.
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  Speaker 12: I glanced at the cop on the floor, then I
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  Speaker 12: tried to follow the three of them as they made
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  Speaker 12: their way out of the bar. They jumped into a
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  Speaker 12: car out front and drove off. There's a Kid, I
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  Speaker 12: used to watch Bill Hart take on a whole gang
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  Speaker 12: in the movies. This way, right in front of my eyes. Sergeant,
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  Speaker 12: he was an awful brave guy.
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  Speaker 6: Did you get the license number of their car?
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  Speaker 4: No, I didn't.
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  Speaker 3: I couldn't see very well. You got a pretty good
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  Speaker 3: look at all three of the men, though, didn't you?
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  Speaker 2: I believe I'd recognize any of them.
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  Speaker 6: Thanks, Eddie. What's your last name?
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  Speaker 12: Bowers.
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  Speaker 2: Eddie Bowers.
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  Speaker 6: Got that, Ben?
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  Speaker 9: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: You'll be hearing from us, Eddie. We may want you
• 10:43
  Speaker 6: to look at some pictures for us.
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  Speaker 12: Glad to help any way I can, Sergeant. I hope
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  Speaker 12: you get the men that shot this cop. You're sure
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  Speaker 12: gonna try, aren't you?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Eddie.
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  Speaker 6: We're sure gonna try. The next step was for Ben
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  Speaker 6: and I to make a complete report to Chief Ed Backstrand.
• 10:59
  Speaker 2: They got Lindsey, huh? That Fred Lindsey an auto theft? Yeah,
• 11:02
  Speaker 2: it's right. Good cut.
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  Speaker 3: You say he wanted two out of the three in
• 11:06
  Speaker 3: that holdup?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: That means they'll have to have medical attention in a hurry.
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  Speaker 3: We'll check all the small hospitals, cover all the drugstores
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  Speaker 3: to get in line on anyone who's bought medical supplies
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  Speaker 3: in the last hour.
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  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 6: As soon as medical detail notifies Ms. Lindsay, I'd like
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  Speaker 6: to go over and see her.
• 11:18
  Speaker 3: Smith's in the medical details out there now. By the
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  Speaker 3: time you get back, we may have a flash in
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  Speaker 3: the drugstores or hospitals.
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  Speaker 2: We'll be back in 30 minutes. Call in when you
• 11:24
  Speaker 2: get out there.
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  Speaker 8: Right, Ed.
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  Speaker 2: You might carry this with you.
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  Speaker 13: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sick.
• 11:28
  Speaker 3: I'm sick to my stomach about this thing. I want
• 11:31
  Speaker 3: you to get those two bit punks. I don't want
• 11:33
  Speaker 3: them to see another sunrise.
• 11:36
  Speaker 2: Got that, haven't you?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, Ed.
• 11:38
  Speaker 6: Let's go, Ben.
• 11:39
  Speaker 2: Chandler?
• 11:39
  Speaker 5: Yes, sir?
• 11:40
  Speaker 2: Put out an APB.
• 11:41
  Speaker 3: Have communications broadcast the descriptions of these suspects every 30
• 11:44
  Speaker 3: minutes of the further notice.
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  Speaker 11: Hello, Joe.
• 11:57
  Speaker 13: Come in.
• 11:58
  Speaker 6: Thanks, Ruth.
• 11:58
  Speaker 13: Sit down.
• 12:02
  Speaker 6: Ruth, you know how we all feel.
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  Speaker 13: It's all right, Joe. You're married to a cop. I
• 12:08
  Speaker 13: guess you're meant to expect things like this.
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  Speaker 2: He'll like that.
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  Speaker 13: Fred and I used to discuss the possibility of this.
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  Speaker 13: I used to worry about him. I used to worry
• 12:18
  Speaker 13: a lot, Joe. All those nights when he was away
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  Speaker 13: and the days. I used to worry. Now I know
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  Speaker 13: he's safe.
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  Speaker 6: Anything you want or you need?
• 12:29
  Speaker 13: Thanks, Joe.
• 12:31
  Speaker 6: Anything at all that I can do?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, Joe.
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  Speaker 13: I think there's something you can do. You and Ben
• 12:37
  Speaker 13: are assigned to this case, aren't you?
• 12:39
  Speaker 6: That's right.
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  Speaker 13: Ben, be careful.
• 12:41
  Speaker 14: I'm thinking that you and Ben will have to face
• 12:44
  Speaker 14: those killers.
• 12:47
  Speaker 13: Ben's wife. Be careful, Joe.
• 12:50
  Speaker 6: Yeah, Ruth, we will.
• 12:51
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 13: I want to see you get the men that did
• 12:55
  Speaker 13: this to Fred. More than anything, I want that. No
• 12:59
  Speaker 13: more heartaches.
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  Speaker 6: Yep.
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  Speaker 13: Thanks for coming by, Joe.
• 13:14
  Speaker 2: How'd you take it, Joe?
• 13:15
  Speaker 6: Let's go. Joe.
• 13:21
  Speaker 2: Joe, how'd you take it?
• 13:23
  Speaker 6: You're married, Ben. You figure it. It was 11.30 when
• 13:29
  Speaker 6: we got back to Central Division. As we walked into
• 13:31
  Speaker 6: the squad room, Backstrand was waiting for us.
• 13:33
  Speaker 11: Ready?
• 13:34
  Speaker 2: We just got our first lead.
• 13:35
  Speaker 3: We've located a druggist who said he sold some medical
• 13:37
  Speaker 3: supplies to a man about 45 minutes ago.
• 13:39
  Speaker 2: There's the address. Pretty close to the scene of the shooting.
• 13:43
  Speaker 2: Hop out and see him right away.
• 13:44
  Speaker 6: The Rex Pharmacy was exactly 14 blocks from the Red
• 13:47
  Speaker 6: Feather Bar where the shooting took place. Rex Pharmacy was
• 13:50
  Speaker 6: like your corner drugstore, complete with apothecary jars and shower curtains.
• 13:55
  Speaker 6: The druggist was the same little man who's been prescribing
• 13:57
  Speaker 6: sulfur and molasses since you were a kid in school.
• 14:00
  Speaker 13: I'm just about ready to close.
• 14:03
  Speaker 2: What can I do for you, gentlemen? We're from the
• 14:04
  Speaker 2: police department. Oh, I've been halfway expecting you, fellows.
• 14:08
  Speaker 6: We got a report that you sold some medical supplies
• 14:09
  Speaker 6: to a man about an hour ago.
• 14:10
  Speaker 8: Yes, sir, that's right.
• 14:12
  Speaker 14: It's like I was telling those other officers that were
• 14:14
  Speaker 14: here a while ago. There was something funny about that
• 14:17
  Speaker 14: little fellow.
• 14:17
  Speaker 2: How do you mean?
• 14:18
  Speaker 14: Well, for one thing, he came in here sweating quite
• 14:21
  Speaker 14: a bit. Of course, it's a warm night, but he
• 14:23
  Speaker 14: seemed terribly nervous.
• 14:24
  Speaker 6: Anybody with him?
• 14:25
  Speaker 2: No, he was all by himself. What did he buy? Well,
• 14:28
  Speaker 2: it wasn't so much what he bought, but how much.
• 14:31
  Speaker 6: What do you mean?
• 14:32
  Speaker 14: You know how most people buy iodine. A little ten-cent bottle.
• 14:36
  Speaker 14: He bought a couple of pints. Then there was all
• 14:38
  Speaker 14: that gauze and adhesive tape. Bought enough to repair a
• 14:41
  Speaker 14: small army. Cotton, box of swabs. Then he asked me
• 14:45
  Speaker 14: something that made me wonder.
• 14:47
  Speaker 4: What was that?
• 14:48
  Speaker 14: Asked me if I had something to probe with. That's
• 14:51
  Speaker 14: just the way he said it. Something to probe with.
• 14:54
  Speaker 14: I asked him, oh, what do you want to probe for?
• 14:56
  Speaker 6: What'd he say?
• 14:58
  Speaker 2: Said a splinter.
• 14:59
  Speaker 8: I told him, so he needed to do the trick.
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: He said, forget it, and then he paid me and
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: walked out.
• 15:04
  Speaker 6: Mm-hmm. Could you describe the man?
• 15:07
  Speaker 2: He was a small man, dark.
• 15:09
  Speaker 14: Like I said, awful nervous. You think you could identify him? Oh,
• 15:12
  Speaker 14: sure I could, if I ever saw him again. Well,
• 15:14
  Speaker 14: did he leave on foot, or was there a car outside?
• 15:17
  Speaker 14: Left in a cab, parked right out in front. Couldn't
• 15:19
  Speaker 14: miss it. Did you happen to take down a license number?
• 15:22
  Speaker 8: Well, no, I didn't.
• 15:24
  Speaker 6: But I did jot down the taxi cab number.
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: Would that help?
• 15:31
  Speaker 6: Taking down cab numbers isn't exactly in a druggist's line,
• 15:34
  Speaker 6: but because he had the presence of mind to do
• 15:36
  Speaker 6: that one small thing, we accomplished in ten minutes what
• 15:39
  Speaker 6: could have well taken as many weeks. Maybe with this
• 15:42
  Speaker 6: small wedge, we could do what Backstrand wanted us to do,
• 15:45
  Speaker 6: get the killers before another sunrise. Well, it was close
• 15:49
  Speaker 6: to midnight when we stepped into the drugstore phone booth.
• 15:51
  Speaker 6: I called the cab company, got the night supervisor. I
• 15:54
  Speaker 6: gave him the number of the cab, and he checked
• 15:55
  Speaker 6: his location chart. Cab 375 was operating out of a
• 15:59
  Speaker 6: stand at Wilshire and Greenhaven. He was the right driver,
• 16:02
  Speaker 6: and he remembered the fare.
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: Sure, I know who you mean. A little guy. Seemed
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: in a big hurry.
• 16:07
  Speaker 4: It was a long fare, though.
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: I took him out to Englewood. Wait till I check
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: my log sheet. I'll give you the exact address. Here
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: it is, Joe. 1523 Imperial Street. The room in half.
• 16:24
  Speaker 6: Yeah, come on. We'll check with the landlady.
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: Kind of late, Joe.
• 16:29
  Speaker 13: Yeah.
• 16:29
  Speaker 6: Let's stand away from the door, huh? Might not be
• 16:31
  Speaker 6: the landlady who answers.
• 16:32
  Speaker 10: Yes, what do you want?
• 16:34
  Speaker 6: Police department.
• 16:35
  Speaker 9: Oh, just a minute.
• 16:39
  Speaker 10: Let me see your badge.
• 16:41
  Speaker 6: There you are, ma'am. I'm Sergeant Friday. This is Romero. Homicide.
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 16:49
  Speaker 10: Now, what do you want? I run a good clean-rooming
• 16:51
  Speaker 10: house here.
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: It's not the house, lady. It's one of your tenants.
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: Which one? That's what we want you to help us on.
• 16:56
  Speaker 10: Look, do you men know what time it is? Come
• 16:58
  Speaker 10: back here in the morning.
• 16:59
  Speaker 6: Sorry, this can't wait till morning.
• 17:01
  Speaker 10: I'm not going to invite you in. We'll talk right
• 17:03
  Speaker 10: here on the porch and keep your voices down. My
• 17:05
  Speaker 10: tenants work during the day.
• 17:06
  Speaker 6: Whatever you say, ma'am.
• 17:07
  Speaker 10: Now it is if you want to know.
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: We're looking for a small, dark man.
• 17:11
  Speaker 10: I got three here.
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: Could fit that description.
• 17:13
  Speaker 6: No, he came in late tonight, about 45 minutes ago.
• 17:15
  Speaker 10: I wouldn't know about that. I don't spy on my people.
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: This is very important.
• 17:19
  Speaker 13: You'll have to keep your voices down.
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: Sorry. He's dark and he's small.
• 17:24
  Speaker 10: I didn't just say he was dark. You must mean Mr. Tindall.
• 17:27
  Speaker 10: What's he done?
• 17:28
  Speaker 6: What's his room number?
• 17:29
  Speaker 10: Room 10, but I can't allow you to tramp up
• 17:31
  Speaker 10: and down the stairs at this hour. You'll wake all
• 17:33
  Speaker 10: my rumors.
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: We'll be as quiet as he wants us to be.
• 17:36
  Speaker 10: What do you mean by that? Is there going to
• 17:37
  Speaker 10: be trouble?
• 17:38
  Speaker 6: I don't know, lady.
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: Where do we find number 10?
• 17:40
  Speaker 10: The end of the hall, last room on the right.
• 17:42
  Speaker 10: And keep your voices down.
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: If you'll just wait in your room, lady, we'll call
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: you for launching. Okay, here we are.
• 17:51
  Speaker 6: Now keep the door clear, Ben. We might have trouble.
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: Think they're all in there?
• 17:55
  Speaker 6: We'll know in a minute.
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: Who is it?
• 18:07
  Speaker 4: What do you want? Police department.
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: I'll try this closet, Joe.
• 18:11
  Speaker 4: What do you want with me? What are you looking for?
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: Closet's empty.
• 18:13
  Speaker 6: What'd you say your name was?
• 18:15
  Speaker 4: Tindall, Bob Tindall.
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: New name, but same face, huh, Joe?
• 18:18
  Speaker 6: Yeah, how long you been out of jail, Tindall?
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: My name ain't Tenny, it's Tyndall.
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: Your name's not Tyndall, it's Sam Tenny.
• 18:23
  Speaker 6: We sent you up on a robbery charge four years ago,
• 18:25
  Speaker 6: now isn't that right, Tenny?
• 18:26
  Speaker 4: No, it's not right. You got the wrong man. I
• 18:28
  Speaker 4: never been in jail.
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: Yes, you have, because we sent you there.
• 18:31
  Speaker 8: Now, come on.
• 18:31
  Speaker 6: Who'd you buy the medical supplies for?
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: I don't know what you're talking about.
• 18:35
  Speaker 6: Look, Tenny, it's a hot night and it's late, so
• 18:37
  Speaker 6: let's cut out the smart.
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: Talk, huh?
• 18:38
  Speaker 6: Who'd you buy those medical supplies for? Tenny, look, you're
• 18:41
  Speaker 6: a two-time loser right now. Who are you shielding?
• 18:44
  Speaker 4: You got nothing on me. I ain't done a thing.
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: We can prove that you bought those supplies tonight, and
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: it can go kind of hard on you. So let's
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: open up.
• 18:50
  Speaker 4: I haven't been out of this room all night long.
• 18:52
  Speaker 6: We got a druggist and a cab driver who will
• 18:53
  Speaker 6: make a liar out of you.
• 18:55
  Speaker 4: I still don't know a thing.
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: That cab driver brought you home here 45 minutes ago.
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: Where were you? I was out on a date.
• 19:01
  Speaker 6: Is that who you bought the medicine for? Ben, call
• 19:04
  Speaker 6: the druggist and get that cab driver. We'll take Tenney downtown.
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: All right, all right.
• 19:08
  Speaker 4: All I did was buy the bandages and stuff. I
• 19:10
  Speaker 4: got nothing else to do with this.
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: Who'd you buy the stuff for?
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: Now, you know everything else.
• 19:14
  Speaker 6: You'll figure it out. Oh, now, look, punk. We know
• 19:16
  Speaker 6: there were three of them. One of them killed a cop.
• 19:18
  Speaker 6: We're going to get to them in town, and you're
• 19:19
  Speaker 6: not going to stand in our way.
• 19:20
  Speaker 4: They killed somebody.
• 19:21
  Speaker 15: They didn't tell me that.
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: Who didn't tell you?
• 19:23
  Speaker 4: I don't want any part of murder. I'm going to
• 19:25
  Speaker 4: tell you who it was, but I'm clean. I got
• 19:27
  Speaker 4: nothing to do with it. I was just trying to
• 19:28
  Speaker 4: help them out of a jam.
• 19:29
  Speaker 6: Who were you trying to help?
• 19:29
  Speaker 4: It was Roy Bemis, Charlie Sickle, and Red Jans. They
• 19:33
  Speaker 4: didn't tell me nothing about murder.
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: Well, why'd you help?
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: They offered me a pretty good piece of change to
• 19:37
  Speaker 4: run an air informant.
• 19:39
  Speaker 15: You know I got paid for it. That's all I
• 19:40
  Speaker 15: had to do with it. Where did you deliver those
• 19:42
  Speaker 15: medical supplies?
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: Do I have to tell you that?
• 19:45
  Speaker 4: I'm afraid of Jance. He's awful free with that shotgun.
• 19:47
  Speaker 6: We'll give you protection. Now, where are they?
• 19:48
  Speaker 4: Can I go to jail? Did you get them?
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: You'll get protection. Give us the address.
• 19:53
  Speaker 4: It's an apartment house. Just around the corner from here.
• 19:56
  Speaker 4: The Blue Eagle.
• 20:01
  Speaker 6: We took Sam Tenney down to Central Division with us.
• 20:04
  Speaker 6: On the way downtown, he told us that Red Jance
• 20:06
  Speaker 6: and the other two had their room at the Blue
• 20:08
  Speaker 6: Eagle barricaded. Tenny said that they told him that they'd
• 20:11
  Speaker 6: kill the first cop who tried to take him. But
• 20:13
  Speaker 6: we knew they were wounded. He told us that Sickle
• 20:15
  Speaker 6: had an arm wound. Bemis got it in the leg
• 20:17
  Speaker 6: and Jance had a slug in his side. We figured
• 20:20
  Speaker 6: they'd be weak from the loss of blood and we
• 20:22
  Speaker 6: could take them easy.
• 20:23
  Speaker 15: You'll never take those guys easy. Sure, they lost a
• 20:26
  Speaker 15: little blood, but they had enough fight left to stack
• 20:28
  Speaker 15: that room. And they got enough left to kill you
• 20:30
  Speaker 15: if you try to take them.
• 20:35
  Speaker 6: On the way to headquarters, we stopped at an all-night
• 20:37
  Speaker 6: drive-in and called Ed Backstrand. We told him we had
• 20:40
  Speaker 6: a radio car watching the Blue Eagle. We gave him
• 20:42
  Speaker 6: the whole story and told him we were on our
• 20:44
  Speaker 6: way in. By the time we checked into Homicide, Ed
• 20:47
  Speaker 6: had the plan all mapped out. It was 2.25 a.m.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: Here's the map from the city engineers.
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: It's one city block bounded on the north by Hawthorne Street,
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: on the south Lawndale Avenue, on the east 16th Street,
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: and to the west 17th. The Blue Eagle apartment house
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: is right here, on 16th and Hawthorne. West of the
• 21:02
  Speaker 3: Blue Eagle is a private residence. South of the Blue
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: Eagle on 16th is a vacant lot. There are 12
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: apartments in the building. The men we want are on
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: the second floor, number 11. That apartment faces east on 16th.
• 21:13
  Speaker 6: How do you want to handle it, Ed?
• 21:15
  Speaker 3: Baker and Morheim will evacuate the private residence.
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: Friday, you and your mare clean out the apartment building.
• 21:20
  Speaker 6: Right, Skipper.
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: All traffic is being diverted. The entire block is completely isolated.
• 21:24
  Speaker 3: We'll throw up a cordon. Since we cleared the residence,
• 21:27
  Speaker 3: nobody goes in, nobody goes out.
• 21:29
  Speaker 6: Will you brief us again when we get there, Ed?
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: I'll give you all the briefing you need right now.
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: Get this.
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: These guys have already killed a cop. I don't want
• 21:36
  Speaker 3: to lose any more. You know they're heavily armed and
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: they're desperate. Have the men draw shotguns, tear gas, and
• 21:41
  Speaker 3: Tommy guns.
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: I'll take care of that, Skipper. All right.
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: Now, we're not going in after these punks like tin
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: horn heroes. We're going after them and we're coming out alive.
• 21:51
  Speaker 4: All of us.
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: What time is it, Brady?
• 21:55
  Speaker 6: 2.37.
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: Not much time till sunup, is it?
• 22:02
  Speaker 6: It was a code two. That means red light and
• 22:04
  Speaker 6: move fast. Backstrand figured we needed six squad cars, four
• 22:08
  Speaker 6: men to a car, the police public address truck, ambulance
• 22:11
  Speaker 6: and floodlights. Ben checked out the weapons to the men,
• 22:13
  Speaker 6: and by 2.46, we pulled out of the Central Division garage.
• 22:17
  Speaker 6: We slid into the area at 3.20 a.m. The six
• 22:20
  Speaker 6: squad cars and the public address truck took up their positions.
• 22:24
  Speaker 6: The floodlights were rigged and ready to turn on at
• 22:25
  Speaker 6: Backstrand's command. The machinery was set to roll as soon
• 22:28
  Speaker 6: as we got the neighborhood cleared. Ben and I evacuated
• 22:30
  Speaker 6: the Blue Eagle apartment house.
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: How many does that make, Joe?
• 22:36
  Speaker 6: Well, we've cleared nine, two to go. Here's apartment 10.
• 22:38
  Speaker 6: The killers are right next door. Joe, I'd like to
• 22:41
  Speaker 6: kick that door in right now. Take your time, Ben.
• 22:44
  Speaker 6: We'll get to them. Quiet now.
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: Yeah, what is it? Police department.
• 22:53
  Speaker 6: May we come in?
• 22:54
  Speaker 10: Yeah, of course. What's the trouble?
• 22:57
  Speaker 6: No trouble. We're evacuating the building. Now, we'll have to
• 22:59
  Speaker 6: ask you to leave by the back door. We'll notify
• 23:01
  Speaker 6: you when to return. Please leave quietly and lock your door.
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: What's going on?
• 23:04
  Speaker 6: No time to explain. Thank you very much for your cooperation. Okay, now,
• 23:10
  Speaker 6: we'll skip 11.
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: And go to 12. Yeah.
• 23:18
  Speaker 3: Jeff?
• 23:19
  Speaker 11: Who are you?
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: Police department. Can we come in?
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: Sorry to disturb you at this hour. We're evacuating the building.
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: Please hurry and leave quietly by the back door. You'll
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: be notified when to return.
• 23:29
  Speaker 6: Lock your door when you leave, thank you. It was 4.10 a.m.
• 23:34
  Speaker 6: Everything was set now. The neighborhood was completely cleared. The
• 23:37
  Speaker 6: entire block was empty except for apartment 11 on the
• 23:39
  Speaker 6: second floor of the Blue Eagle. I left Ben to
• 23:42
  Speaker 6: watch the door of apartment 11. I went downstairs and
• 23:44
  Speaker 6: across the street to join the rest of the men.
• 23:47
  Speaker 6: It was Ed Backstrand's show from here on.
• 23:48
  Speaker 11: That's it, Ed.
• 23:52
  Speaker 6: All set.
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: Baker, Morheim. All clear? All clear, Chief. Baker, you and
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: Morheim take three men and cover the rear of the building.
• 24:00
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: Is that detail covered half on the street? They're all set, Ed.
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: How about the vacant lot?
• 24:05
  Speaker 6: Taken care of.
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: The rest of you men?
• 24:07
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: Clyde and I are going into the building. We'll try
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: to get him to come out now.
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: Now, Johnson.
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir?
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: Come with us and keep us covered. Let's go.
• 24:20
  Speaker 6: Apartment 11's up at the head of the stairs, Ed.
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: Right. Any action, Romero? Not a thing, Skipper. Keep down
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: all of you. I'll try to get them out.
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: Jance, Demas, Sickle, you're all alone. The building's clear. Come
• 24:40
  Speaker 3: on out with your hands behind your head. Come on out, Jance,
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: or we'll come in and get you, you hear me?
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: I hear you. Come on, let's get out to the street. Johnson,
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: cover that door and be careful. Keep down.
• 24:52
  Speaker 12: Right, Chief.
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: Friday, Romero, come with me.
• 24:55
  Speaker 6: We left Sergeant Johnson to watch the door, and we
• 24:57
  Speaker 6: ran out on the 16th Street and ducked down behind
• 24:59
  Speaker 6: the police sound truck. The floodlights hit the side of
• 25:01
  Speaker 6: the building. Backstrand grabbed the microphone.
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: Johnson, Bemis, Sigel. You've got 30 seconds to come down
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: out of that room. Walk out backwards with your hands
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: behind your head. Stay together. Don't fan out.
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: 30 seconds, Johnson.
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: 30 seconds.
• 25:22
  Speaker 6: They're making it tough, Ed.
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: Romero, lob some tear gas through that window.
• 25:25
  Speaker 8: Right, Skipper.
• 25:29
  Speaker 4: Come on out, Bemis.
• 25:30
  Speaker 8: We're giving you a chance. That's more than you gave
• 25:32
  Speaker 8: that cop in the bar.
• 25:33
  Speaker 11: Come on out.
• 25:36
  Speaker 6: That's Chance, Ed.
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: He isn't coming out. They must have got Johnson because
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: he's in another room. Shoot the gas in there.
• 25:44
  Speaker 6: That's not going to get him out, Ed.
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: Give it time, Flatty.
• 25:50
  Speaker 3: Burn those floodlights in up there. Friday, rake that second
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: floor with the commie guns. Let's keep them in one room.
• 25:54
  Speaker 6: Right.
• 25:59
  Speaker 3: Hold your fire, Freddy.
• 26:01
  Speaker 6: George, give us a couple of masks. Ben and I
• 26:02
  Speaker 6: are going in.
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: The rest of you men concentrate your fire on those
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: two rooms. Hit them down.
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: Here's your mask, Joe. Let's go. Come on.
• 26:16
  Speaker 6: Put that mask on, Ben, and keep down.
• 26:17
  Speaker 11: Yeah, wait a minute.
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: Somebody coming down the inside stair.
• 26:20
  Speaker 6: Duck, Ben. He's got a gun.
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: I got one, copper.
• 26:22
  Speaker 4: Get out of my way.
• 26:24
  Speaker 5: Stop it, you. You haven't got a chance.
• 26:25
  Speaker 8: I'm coming through, copper.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: Think I stopped him, Joe.
• 26:30
  Speaker 6: Can you see Johnson?
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: No, there's too much gas in there.
• 26:32
  Speaker 6: All right, you two up there. We got one of you.
• 26:35
  Speaker 6: The other two, come on out.
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: Joe, think we got him?
• 26:38
  Speaker 6: I don't know. Can you see Johnson?
• 26:39
  Speaker 11: No, Joe.
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: It's still too thick in there.
• 26:40
  Speaker 6: I'm going in, Ben. Cover me.
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: Come on.
• 26:42
  Speaker 6: We know there are two of you up there.
• 26:44
  Speaker 7: Just one, copper.
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: Throw your gun down the stairs ahead of you.
• 26:47
  Speaker 11: Hurry up.
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: Shotgun, Joe. Jantz. I see him.
• 26:53
  Speaker 6: I'll take him at the foot of the stairs.
• 26:54
  Speaker 8: All right.
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: I got my hands up. I found Johnson, Ben.
• 26:57
  Speaker 8: All right, Jantz.
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: Outside.
• 26:58
  Speaker 6: Come on.
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: Move.
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: Put the handcuffs on him, Ben. I'll cover you. How's Johnson?
• 27:04
  Speaker 6: I don't know. Ed, get the ambulance crew over here.
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: Jance, who's this other guy we got?
• 27:08
  Speaker 8: Bemis.
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: How about Sickle? I said just one, didn't I, copper?
• 27:10
  Speaker 6: Never mind the smart talk, Jance. Now just answer the question, huh?
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: Sickle wanted out of it a long time ago, so
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: I let him out. He's upstairs.
• 27:16
  Speaker 6: I let him out the back way.
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: Then you shot him?
• 27:18
  Speaker 4: He wanted out, didn't he?
• 27:20
  Speaker 3: All right, we'll take him in. Johnson's in the ambulance. Uh,
• 27:25
  Speaker 3: I'll see you in the office.
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: All right, Skipper.
• 27:36
  Speaker 6: How about a smoke, huh?
• 27:37
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: Here you go. Backstrand said he didn't want those men
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: to see another sunrise. Yeah? Five minutes to five, Joe.
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: Sun ought to be up. Yeah.
• 27:56
  Speaker 6: But look, man. It's cloudy. Guess we'll never know, huh?
• 28:09
  Speaker 3: The story you have just heard was true. Only the
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: names were changed to protect the innocent.
• 28:16
  Speaker 5: Edgar Red Jans, the sole survivor, was tried and convicted
• 28:20
  Speaker 5: and sentenced to be put to death in the state
• 28:22
  Speaker 5: penitentiary in the manner prescribed by law. You have just
• 28:32
  Speaker 5: heard the fourth in a new series of authentic cases
• 28:34
  Speaker 5: from official files. Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the
• 28:38
  Speaker 5: office of C.B. Horrell, Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Department.
• 28:44
  Speaker 3: Tonight's program is dedicated to radio car patrolman Forrest E.
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: Sawyer of the Denver, Colorado Police Department, who, on the
• 28:54
  Speaker 3: evening of March.
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: 8, 1937, gave his life.
• 29:00
  Speaker 6: So that yours might be more secure.
• 29:02
  Speaker 5: Dragnet came to you from Los Angeles. This is NBC,
• 29:26
  Speaker 5: the national broadcasting company.
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: Or a presentation of Dragnet, Humble. concludes with its June 24th,
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: 1949 broadcast. Follow Dragnet for more classic broadcasts.