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Dragnet - "Big Roll" (Old Time Radio, 1952) · Dragnet | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: Jack Webb stars as Detective Sergeant Joe Friday with Vic
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: Perrin as Sergeant Frank Smith in a script by James Moser.
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  Speaker 1: From NBC, this is Dragnet, episode 159, Big Roll, first
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  Speaker 1: broadcast June 26, 1952. Friday and Smith, assigned to the
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  Speaker 1: Los Angeles homicide detail, investigate after a man is forced
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  Speaker 1: into a gray sedan outside a downtown bar. Bloodstains and
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  Speaker 1: witness accounts provide their first leads, but there is no
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  Speaker 1: license number and little identification of the missing man. Walter
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  Speaker 1: Schumann provides the music as the detectives work through downtown
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  Speaker 1: Los Angeles. And now, we return to the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: The story you are about to hear is true. The
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  Speaker 2: names have been changed to protect the innocent.
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  Speaker 3: Dragnet on both radio and television.
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  Speaker 2: You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to homicide detail. An
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  Speaker 2: unidentified man is abducted from a downtown street. The scene
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  Speaker 2: is checked where the man was reported taken. Bloodstains are
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  Speaker 2: found on the sidewalk. The abductors escaped in a gray sedan.
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  Speaker 2: No one saw the license number.
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  Speaker 4: Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. For the
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  Speaker 4: next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
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  Speaker 4: you will travel step by step on the side of
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  Speaker 4: the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files.
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  Speaker 4: From beginning to end, From crime to punishment, Dragnet is
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  Speaker 4: the story of your police force in action.
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  Speaker 5: It was Monday, March 18th. It was overcast in Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 2: We were working a night watch out of homicide detail.
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  Speaker 2: My partner's Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Warman. My
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  Speaker 2: name's Friday.
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  Speaker 6: It was 6.48 p.m.
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  Speaker 2: When we got to the corner of 11th and South
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  Speaker 2: Pierce Street. The 797 Club.
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  Speaker 7: Sorry, no more service tonight.
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  Speaker 5: Closing up.
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  Speaker 6: Your name Leon Morley?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, I can't serve you any drinks, so closing up.
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  Speaker 2: Police officers, Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Morley.
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to talk to you a minute, if you
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  Speaker 2: don't mind.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, I'm sorry. I thought maybe you were after a drink.
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  Speaker 2: We were just talking to the officers in the radio
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  Speaker 2: car up the street, the car that answered the call
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  Speaker 2: out here tonight.
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  Speaker 6: They told us you're one of the people who saw
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  Speaker 6: what happened.
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  Speaker 7: Well, yeah, I guess I did. I saw part of
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  Speaker 7: it anyway. Lousy deal, kind of thing, makes your ulcers pop.
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  Speaker 7: That's why I'm closing down early, going home.
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  Speaker 2: We're following through on the investigation, Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Morley.
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to have you tell us everything you know
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  Speaker 2: about it, if you would, everything that you saw.
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  Speaker 7: I told the cops in the radio car everything I know.
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  Speaker 7: It was about six o'clock and I heard this big
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  Speaker 7: commotion out in the street. I didn't know what it was.
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  Speaker 7: Sounded like somebody was hurt. I went out and took
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  Speaker 7: a look. Marie in the beauty shop next door, she
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  Speaker 7: was outside rubbernecking too.
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  Speaker 6: She saw as much as I did. You talked to her? Yes, sir,
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  Speaker 6: we have.
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  Speaker 2: She wasn't too clear on some of the details. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: you can straighten it out for us.
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  Speaker 6: I'm glad to if I can.
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  Speaker 7: What do you want to know?
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  Speaker 6: You mind telling us in your own words just exactly
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  Speaker 6: how it happened? I mean, how you saw it?
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  Speaker 7: Well, there's not an awful lot to it. I was
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  Speaker 7: working behind the bar here, and it was around 6 o'clock,
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  Speaker 7: like I say, maybe a couple of minutes after. I
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  Speaker 7: was just fixing up a round of drinks for some
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  Speaker 7: fellas when I heard this noise outside.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: Didn't know what it was at first. Sounded like somebody screaming,
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  Speaker 7: like they were hurt.
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  Speaker 2: You said you heard this commotion outside the bar about
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  Speaker 2: 6 o'clock.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, that's right. Well, I didn't go out right then.
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  Speaker 7: I finished mixing the round of drinks. First, I thought
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  Speaker 7: the racket was just a couple of early drunks, but
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  Speaker 7: it kept on. Man screaming. It got louder, and I decided.
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  Speaker 4: To take a look.
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  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 7: I went out and looked down the street a couple
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  Speaker 7: of doors, down toward the corner.
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  Speaker 6: Which corner is that, Mr. Moore?
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  Speaker 7: The nearest one, down to the left. Here, I'll show you.
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  Speaker 2: All right, fine.
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  Speaker 7: I didn't know what was happening. It was a terrible sound.
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  Speaker 7: A man screaming at the top of his lungs.
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  Speaker 6: You recognize who the man was?
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  Speaker 4: No, I didn't.
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  Speaker 7: Never saw him before. Didn't get too good a look
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  Speaker 7: at him anyway. He was getting kind of dark. Here,
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  Speaker 7: let me show you. Over here by the window.
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  Speaker 1: All right, fine.
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  Speaker 7: Now, you see, it was right down there, just next
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  Speaker 7: to that mailbox.
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  Speaker 6: Hmm.
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  Speaker 7: These two guys had a hold of the man who
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  Speaker 7: was screaming. They were trying to drag him into a car,
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  Speaker 7: a gray sedan. The man was trying to fight him off.
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  Speaker 2: Can you describe any of these three men for us?
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  Speaker 7: No, I couldn't be sure about it. Like I say,
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  Speaker 7: it was getting kind of dark. Well, you can see
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  Speaker 7: for yourself, they were about 75 or 100 feet away.
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  Speaker 7: This man, they were trying to drag him into the car.
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  Speaker 7: He kept screaming, leave me alone, you can have the money.
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  Speaker 7: Leave me alone, you can have my car. Looked like
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  Speaker 7: he was hurt to me, blood on his clothes.
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  Speaker 6: Didn't anybody try to help him?
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  Speaker 7: Well, you know how this neighborhood is. When there's trouble,
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  Speaker 7: they all cut out. They don't want to get involved.
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  Speaker 7: Happened pretty fast, anyway. These two guys got this man
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  Speaker 7: in the back seat of the car, and the big
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  Speaker 7: guy got in the back seat with him. The smaller
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  Speaker 7: guy got in the front seat, and they took off.
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  Speaker 2: Which way did they go, Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Morley?
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  Speaker 7: Straight down the street there. Turned right at that corner.
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  Speaker 2: Did you happen to see the license number?
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  Speaker 7: No, I thought of it, though. They didn't turn the
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  Speaker 7: car lights on. It went by pretty fast, too. I
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  Speaker 7: couldn't get a good look at it.
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  Speaker 6: Was it a California plate, do you know?
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  Speaker 7: Oh, yeah, I noticed that much. That's about all of them.
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  Speaker 2: What kind of a car was it?
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  Speaker 7: Like I told you, a gray sedan, four-door. I couldn't
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  Speaker 7: tell the make. Fairly new car.
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  Speaker 2: Well, did you notice anything outstanding about the car? Anything
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  Speaker 2: at all?
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  Speaker 7: Well, I don't know. What do you mean, outstanding?
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  Speaker 2: Well, special markings of any kind. Anything unusual. Maybe some
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  Speaker 2: of the accessories.
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  Speaker 6: Spotlight?
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  Speaker 2: Anything like that?
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  Speaker 7: No, nothing I noticed. The rear bumper was bent out,
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  Speaker 7: I think. Matter of fact, I'm pretty sure of it.
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  Speaker 6: Rear bumper?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: I saw it when they drove off. They drove right
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  Speaker 7: past the place here.
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  Speaker 6: How about the men, sir? Can you describe them at all?
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  Speaker 8: No.
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  Speaker 7: One was pretty tall and thin. The other one was smaller.
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  Speaker 7: About the same build on the thin side. They sure
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  Speaker 7: must have worked that guy over. He was all bent over.
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  Speaker 7: Looked like he was holding his stomach. Stains all down
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  Speaker 7: the front of his suit. On the sidewalk, too. I
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  Speaker 7: guess you saw that.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, sir, we did.
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  Speaker 2: Now, you're sure that you've never seen any of these
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  Speaker 2: men before? Nothing familiar about them at all?
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  Speaker 7: No, sir, not to me. I think if I saw
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  Speaker 7: them before, I'd know it. Oh, just a minute.
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  Speaker 6: It's probably the wife.
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  Speaker 7: Excuse me.
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  Speaker 6: I'll be right back. Yeah, sure. What do you think, Jim?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it doesn't look too good. Stains on the sidewalk
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  Speaker 2: down there. If it was just a robbery, why'd they
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  Speaker 2: take the guy with them?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, he got me. He possibly might have recognized him.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe you got something, but I hope you're wrong. If
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  Speaker 2: he can make the hoods, there's a good chance they're
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  Speaker 2: not going to turn the man loose alive.
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  Speaker 8: Sergeant.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: It's your office on the phone. We want to talk
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  Speaker 7: to either one of you.
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  Speaker 6: I'll get it, Jim.
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  Speaker 2: Right, thanks, Frank.
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  Speaker 7: Phone's straight back, Sergeant. End of the bar.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, okay, thanks.
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  Speaker 7: Look, Sergeant, I've got to have something to quiet my nerves.
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  Speaker 7: How about you? You want a drink?
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  Speaker 2: No, no, thanks. Besides the woman in that beauty shop
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  Speaker 2: next door, Mr. Morley, did you notice anyone else around
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  Speaker 2: and saw what went on?
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  Speaker 7: No, as far as I know, Marie and I were
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  Speaker 7: the only ones. Just like I told you, when there's
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  Speaker 7: any trouble around this neighborhood, they get off the street quick.
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  Speaker 2: You can't think of anything else that might give us
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  Speaker 2: a break on this? Anything at all now?
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  Speaker 6: Wish I could.
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  Speaker 7: I think I told you just about everything. Sure feel lousy.
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  Speaker 6: Joe.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: I was talking to Harry.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: 1A1 found the car, a great sedan.
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  Speaker 2: Where'd they find it?
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  Speaker 6: Third and Bixle. It was empty. Key's still in it.
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  Speaker 6: You sure it's the right car? Bloodstains in the back seat.
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  Speaker 2: 7.18 p.m.
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  Speaker 5: Frank and I left the 797 Club, got in the car,
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  Speaker 5: and drove down to 3rd and Vixell, where the abandoned
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  Speaker 5: gray sedan had been located. It matched the same general
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  Speaker 5: description of the abductor's car, a four-door gray sedan, late model,
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  Speaker 5: with a damaged rear bumper. Dean Bergman from Leighton Prince
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  Speaker 5: dusted the car and succeeded in raising a half a
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  Speaker 5: dozen fingerprints, which he took back to the office for
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  Speaker 5: possible identification.
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  Speaker 2: The crime lab crew went over the car for additional
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  Speaker 2: physical evidence.
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  Speaker 5: The stains found on the back seat were identified as
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  Speaker 5: having been made by human blood. The white slip attached
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  Speaker 5: to the steering post showed the car was registered to
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  Speaker 5: a Kenneth L.
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  Speaker 2: Gorman at a Canal Street address.
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  Speaker 5: Before Frank and I left the scene, we got a
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  Speaker 5: report that approximately 20 minutes prior to the time the
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  Speaker 5: gray sedan had been located, another car had been stolen.
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  Speaker 2: It was a maroon, late model Club Coupe.
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  Speaker 5: Licensed 7 Tom 7972. It had been taken in the
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  Speaker 5: same neighborhood, less than two blocks from where the gray
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  Speaker 5: sedan was abandoned.
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  Speaker 2: A broadcast and an APB was gotten out on it immediately. 8.05 p.m.
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  Speaker 5: After checking by the office, Frank and I drove down
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  Speaker 5: to check on the home address of the registered owner
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  Speaker 5: of the gray sedan, Kenneth L.
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  Speaker 8: Gorman.
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  Speaker 2: It was a white wood-framed cottage at the upper end
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  Speaker 2: of Canal Street. The woman who.
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  Speaker 5: Answered the door identified herself as Mrs. Elsie Gorman, a
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  Speaker 5: small middle-aged woman, blue eyes, partially graying hair.
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  Speaker 9: No, I'm sorry, officers. My husband isn't home right now.
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  Speaker 6: Where is he, Mrs.
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  Speaker 2: Gorman, do you know?
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  Speaker 9: Well, he went downtown to see a friend of his,
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  Speaker 9: business appointments. Is it anything I can help you with?
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  Speaker 2: Are you expecting your husband home pretty soon, ma'am?
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  Speaker 9: Yes, I am. Matter of fact, he should have been
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  Speaker 9: home long before this. I don't know what's keeping him.
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  Speaker 9: Told me he was going downtown to collect some money
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  Speaker 9: a friend of his owed him. Said he'd be right back.
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  Speaker 9: I don't know what could be keeping him.
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  Speaker 2: When did he leave the house, ma'am?
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  Speaker 9: About 2.30, 3 o'clock this afternoon. It's almost 8.30 now.
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  Speaker 7: He couldn't be.
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  Speaker 9: He stopped to have a beer with his friends. He
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  Speaker 9: usually phones, though, if he's going to be late. I...
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  Speaker 9: I don't understand these men sometimes.
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  Speaker 6: You and your husband own a car, Mrs. Gorman?
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  Speaker 8: Yes, we do.
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  Speaker 9: My husband has it right now.
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  Speaker 8: Why?
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  Speaker 2: What kind of a car is it, ma'am?
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  Speaker 9: A 49 Chevy sedan.
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  Speaker 6: Gray color, four-door?
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  Speaker 8: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: License number 7T7972?
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  Speaker 9: Well, yes, I think that's it.
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  Speaker 2: Why?
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  Speaker 9: What's the matter? Something happen?
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  Speaker 6: Nothing to get worried about, Mrs. Gorman. We located the
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  Speaker 6: car in the downtown area, parked on a side street.
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  Speaker 6: The keys were still in it. Thought we'd check on it.
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  Speaker 9: Where was it parked?
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  Speaker 6: Near 3rd and Bixel.
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  Speaker 9: Well, that can't be right. This man my husband was
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  Speaker 9: going to see has his store on Alameda. It's on
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  Speaker 9: Alameda between 9th and 10th. No reason for Kenneth to
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  Speaker 9: drive the car way down on 3rd Street.
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  Speaker 2: Possible he might have had another business appointment down there, ma'am.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe something he didn't mention to you.
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  Speaker 9: Well, I don't know. I suppose it is possible. You'd
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  Speaker 9: think he'd call, though. He usually does when he's going
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  Speaker 9: to be out late like this.
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  Speaker 2: What about this man your husband was going to see,
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  Speaker 2: Miss Gorman? You happen to know who he is?
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  Speaker 9: Yes, Fred Bernard. He's in the sheet metal business, has
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  Speaker 9: his shop on South Alameda. He owed my husband $ 300.
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  Speaker 9: My husband went down this afternoon to collect it.
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  Speaker 6: He a friend of your husband's, is he?
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  Speaker 9: Oh, yes, they're good friends. Fred and my husband have
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  Speaker 9: done business for years.
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  Speaker 6: There wasn't any ill feeling between them about this debt?
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  Speaker 9: No, no, of course not. It was just a bill
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  Speaker 9: for some materials. Why do you ask that?
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  Speaker 5: Just routine questions, ma'am. Can you think of anyone at
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  Speaker 5: all who might have a quarrel with your husband? Somebody
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  Speaker 5: who has a grudge against.
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  Speaker 2: Him, maybe?
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  Speaker 8: No.
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  Speaker 9: Why are you asking questions like that? Is something wrong?
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  Speaker 9: Something you're not telling me about?
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  Speaker 6: No, ma'am.
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  Speaker 2: It's just a routine check, Ms. Gorman. Nothing to worry about.
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  Speaker 2: I want to make sure everything's all right, that's all.
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  Speaker 9: The way you talk, it isn't all right. It's far
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  Speaker 9: from right. It's never gone this long without calling me.
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  Speaker 9: There must be something wrong.
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  Speaker 2: You're just getting yourself all worked up, ma'am. You admit
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  Speaker 2: your husband might have had another appointment after he left Bernard.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, have you checked with Mr. Bernard yet, ma'am?
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  Speaker 9: No, to tell you the truth, I haven't. I don't
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  Speaker 9: usually like to call my husband when he's out on business.
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  Speaker 9: I don't like to bother him. This is different, though.
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  Speaker 9: I think I'll call Fred Bernard right now.
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  Speaker 2: That's a good idea. Do you mind if we wait, ma'am?
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  Speaker 9: No, no, not at all. It'll only take me a minute.
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  Speaker 7: Excuse me.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, ma'am. What do you think?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 6: Doesn't look too good, does it? Car's abandoned. Stain's in
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  Speaker 6: the back seat. Man's late in getting home. It's all there.
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  Speaker 8: Could be anything, couldn't it?
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  Speaker 6: Doesn't look good.
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  Speaker 8: Sergeant?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, ma'am.
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  Speaker 9: I just talked to Fred Bernard. He said my husband's
• 11:49
  Speaker 9: been there and left.
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  Speaker 2: What time did he leave Bernard's?
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  Speaker 9: About 3.15, 3.30. Fred Bernard paid my husband the $ 300
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  Speaker 9: he owed him, and my husband left. Fred told me
• 11:58
  Speaker 9: my husband asked him if he wouldn't have a glass
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  Speaker 9: of beer with him, but Fred said no.
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  Speaker 6: He was busy.
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  Speaker 9: So my husband said, all right, he was going to
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  Speaker 9: have a beer at home. Told Fred he was going
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  Speaker 9: right home. That was at 3.15 this afternoon.
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  Speaker 8: Yes, ma'am.
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  Speaker 9: There must be something wrong. I know it. It just
• 12:12
  Speaker 9: isn't like my husband. He wouldn't leave the car like that.
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  Speaker 9: If he was late, at least he'd call me. Oh,
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  Speaker 9: would you excuse me again? I've had the dinner on
• 12:21
  Speaker 9: the stove. It's boiled away to nothing. I want to
• 12:23
  Speaker 9: turn it off.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, ma'am. Go right ahead. I hope it works out
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  Speaker 6: all right. Seems like a nice woman.
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  Speaker 2: Well, she does. Sure doesn't figure, does it? He's had
• 12:31
  Speaker 2: plenty of time to get home. No reason why he
• 12:32
  Speaker 2: shouldn't be here by this time. Oh, I can think
• 12:34
  Speaker 2: of two. Yeah. An empty car and $ 300. We continued
• 12:42
  Speaker 2: interviewing the wife of the missing man, Kenneth Gorman, and
• 12:45
  Speaker 2: she told us that occasionally he did some drinking at
• 12:47
  Speaker 2: neighborhood bars. She also told us that.
• 12:49
  Speaker 5: When her husband drank quite a bit in public places,
• 12:51
  Speaker 5: he was over-friendly and he liked to.
• 12:53
  Speaker 2: Brag and flash money. Mrs.
• 12:55
  Speaker 5: Gorman got on the phone, contacted all their friends and
• 12:57
  Speaker 5: relatives who happened to be home, but none of them
• 13:00
  Speaker 5: had seen or heard from Mr.
• 13:01
  Speaker 2: Gorman that day. Before Frank and I left, Mrs. Gorman
• 13:04
  Speaker 2: gave us a complete description of her husband, the clothing
• 13:06
  Speaker 2: he was wearing, and also a recent photograph of him.
• 13:09
  Speaker 5: We called Fred Bernard, the friend of the missing man,
• 13:11
  Speaker 5: the last known person to see him, and told him
• 13:13
  Speaker 5: that we'd like to talk to him. He told us
• 13:15
  Speaker 5: that he was working late, getting out a rush order,
• 13:17
  Speaker 5: and that we could find him in his shop. 9.05 p.m.
• 13:20
  Speaker 2: We located Bernard at his shop on South Alameda.
• 13:24
  Speaker 8: Won't take long, will it? An awful rush tonight.
• 13:26
  Speaker 6: Won't take long, sir. Did Mr. Gorman give you any
• 13:28
  Speaker 6: idea where he was going when he left here this afternoon?
• 13:31
  Speaker 8: No, just like I told his wife on the phone.
• 13:33
  Speaker 8: I paid him the money I owed him. He asked
• 13:34
  Speaker 8: me if I wanted a beer. Took a rain check
• 13:36
  Speaker 8: on it and he left. Went right out that door there.
• 13:38
  Speaker 2: He seem worried about anything, Mr.
• 13:39
  Speaker 1: Gorman?
• 13:40
  Speaker 8: No, not that I could see. Seemed all right to me.
• 13:42
  Speaker 2: Had he been drinking, do you know?
• 13:44
  Speaker 6: No, couldn't say.
• 13:45
  Speaker 8: If he was, I couldn't smell it on him.
• 13:46
  Speaker 6: Is there anything unusual about him at all?
• 13:48
  Speaker 8: Anything out of the ordinary? No, same old Ken. Pretty
• 13:51
  Speaker 8: good mood when I paid him. Three hundred dollars cash.
• 13:54
  Speaker 8: He's all dressed up. I guess you might call that unusual.
• 13:56
  Speaker 4: How do you mean unusual?
• 13:57
  Speaker 8: Well, Ken's like me. Working man, not much of a dresser.
• 14:01
  Speaker 8: Usually find him in working clothes. I think it's the
• 14:03
  Speaker 8: second time I ever saw him in a suit. A
• 14:05
  Speaker 8: new one, too. Looked nice on him.
• 14:07
  Speaker 2: He didn't give you any indication at all where he
• 14:08
  Speaker 2: might be going, did he?
• 14:09
  Speaker 8: No, he just collected his money and went out. I
• 14:11
  Speaker 8: thought maybe he was going home. What did Miss Gorman
• 14:14
  Speaker 8: tell you? Did you have any idea where he is? No, sir.
• 14:16
  Speaker 2: She told us he came down here to collect some money.
• 14:18
  Speaker 2: She expected him right home. We're not trying to be nosy, Mr. Bernard,
• 14:22
  Speaker 2: but how do Gorman and his wife get along?
• 14:24
  Speaker 8: Are they pretty happy together? Yes, I guess you might
• 14:26
  Speaker 8: say that. Get along as well as you could expect
• 14:28
  Speaker 8: them to.
• 14:29
  Speaker 2: What do you mean by that? Nothing.
• 14:32
  Speaker 8: Ken's a... Well, he's a fellow who likes his nightlife.
• 14:34
  Speaker 8: Wife's just the opposite, quiet type. Almost left him once.
• 14:38
  Speaker 8: Guess they're getting along pretty good now, though.
• 14:40
  Speaker 2: Why'd she almost leave him? Would you happen to know?
• 14:42
  Speaker 8: Well, she found him out with a girlfriend. Matter of fact,
• 14:44
  Speaker 8: she caught him at a terrible row. Shouldn't understand any
• 14:47
  Speaker 8: of it. The girlfriend wasn't much at all. Real lush.
• 14:50
  Speaker 6: You know the girl's name?
• 14:51
  Speaker 8: Yeah, I met her twice. Name's Elaine something. She works
• 14:54
  Speaker 8: at a cafe three blocks from here. Real lush.
• 14:56
  Speaker 7: She sure took it.
• 14:58
  Speaker 2: You know if Gorman's been seeing her lately?
• 15:00
  Speaker 8: He says he hasn't been. I don't know. I never
• 15:02
  Speaker 8: can tell when he's drinking, though. Didn't his wife mention
• 15:05
  Speaker 8: the girl at all? No, I guess she wouldn't. It's
• 15:09
  Speaker 8: been a terrible thing for her when she found out.
• 15:11
  Speaker 9: Terrible.
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: How long ago was all this, Mr. Bernard? I mean,
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: it's a fair Gorman had with this girl.
• 15:15
  Speaker 8: Oh, six weeks, maybe two months ago, just about that.
• 15:19
  Speaker 8: I tell you, it was the queerest thing I ever saw.
• 15:21
  Speaker 8: Ken has a nice, quiet wife of his at home.
• 15:23
  Speaker 8: They get along fine together, never fought, never quarreled. And
• 15:27
  Speaker 8: he picks up with his girly lane, sure different.
• 15:29
  Speaker 6: How's that?
• 15:30
  Speaker 8: Real mean girl. Two of them fought all the time.
• 15:32
  Speaker 8: The End 9.40.
• 15:36
  Speaker 6: P.m.
• 15:37
  Speaker 5: We left Fred Bernard at his shop, drove to the
• 15:39
  Speaker 5: restaurant where Gorman's girlfriend reportedly was working as a waitress,
• 15:42
  Speaker 5: and we checked with the manager. He told us a
• 15:44
  Speaker 5: girl by the name of Elaine Summerall had been employed there,
• 15:47
  Speaker 5: but that she'd been fired for drinking on the job.
• 15:49
  Speaker 5: He also told us that he had reason to suspect
• 15:51
  Speaker 5: that Elaine Summerall was not the girl's true name. We
• 15:54
  Speaker 5: showed the cafe manager a picture of Mr.
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: Gorman, and he identified it.
• 15:58
  Speaker 5: He said Gorman had been in that afternoon inquiring about
• 16:00
  Speaker 5: the Summerall girl. Gorman had asked for the girl's forwarding address,
• 16:03
  Speaker 5: but the manager told us that he'd thrown it away.
• 16:06
  Speaker 5: We left our card with him and asked him to
• 16:08
  Speaker 5: contact us immediately in the event.
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: The girl returned. 10.18 p.m. We drove back to the
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: city hall and checked in at the office.
• 16:15
  Speaker 5: We ran the name and description of the Summerall girl
• 16:17
  Speaker 5: through R & I, and they told us they had
• 16:19
  Speaker 5: a Summerall girl in the files who answered the description.
• 16:22
  Speaker 5: Elaine Summerall, alias Elaine O'Donnell, alias Elaine Shellman. There were
• 16:27
  Speaker 5: wants out on her for forgery, three counts, and grand
• 16:30
  Speaker 5: theft merchandise. We signed out of the office, went across
• 16:33
  Speaker 5: the street to the Federal Cafe, and had a sandwich
• 16:34
  Speaker 5: and a cup of coffee.
• 16:36
  Speaker 6: Wouldn't look so rough if it wasn't for the stains
• 16:38
  Speaker 6: they found in the backseat of that car.
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: It's hard to get around at points to mourn robbery,
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: doesn't it?
• 16:43
  Speaker 6: Yeah, Moe sure strikes me pretty funny, pulling the man
• 16:45
  Speaker 6: off the street like that.
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: Must be either hard up or crazy, huh? Hello, cafe.
• 16:49
  Speaker 7: Just a minute.
• 16:50
  Speaker 9: Friday?
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 16:52
  Speaker 8: Phone.
• 16:52
  Speaker 6: Right, thank you.
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: I'll be right back.
• 16:53
  Speaker 6: Thank you. Yeah, Friday talking. Yeah, Glenn.
• 16:58
  Speaker 9: Mm-hmm.
• 16:59
  Speaker 6: Mm-hmm, where?
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: How long ago?
• 17:02
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I see, huh? It wasn't, huh?
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll roll on it right now. Tell them we're
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: on our way in, will you? Yeah, right. Thanks, Glenn. Bye. Yeah? Chandler,
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: they just found the maroon coupe, the one stolen in
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: the neighborhood where Gorman's was dropped.
• 17:19
  Speaker 6: Where'd they find it?
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: Picked it off going up through Lancaster, Sheriff's deputies.
• 17:22
  Speaker 6: Does it look good on our job?
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: Well, there were two men in the car. One of
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: them had a knife, bloodstains on their clothes, all over
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: the inside of the car.
• 17:28
  Speaker 6: How's it figure?
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: It doesn't. Not a scratch on either one of them.
• 17:31
  Speaker 7: The End.
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• 19:09
  Speaker 2: After we received the report that the stolen maroon coupe
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: along with the two suspects had been recovered north of
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: the city in the town of Lancaster, Frank and.
• 19:16
  Speaker 5: I stopped by the record bureau and checked to see
• 19:18
  Speaker 5: if there was a make on either one of the suspects.
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: The first one, Paul Mike, white male American, 32 years, 5'11,
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: 150 pounds.
• 19:26
  Speaker 5: Brown hair, brown eyes. He had a long felony record,
• 19:28
  Speaker 5: including burglary and robbery. He'd served sentences in both San
• 19:32
  Speaker 5: Quentin and Folsom, and.
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: There was a want on him for violation of parole.
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: The second suspect, Floyd.
• 19:37
  Speaker 5: Compton, white male American, 34 years, 5'8, 135 pounds, black hair,
• 19:41
  Speaker 5: brown eyes. His record included arrests on suspicion of burglary,
• 19:46
  Speaker 5: four grand theft merchandise, and three drunk arrests. He was
• 19:49
  Speaker 5: a petty thief known to us as a shoplifter. He'd
• 19:52
  Speaker 5: never served time in a penitentiary. 10.55 p.m., Frank and I,
• 19:56
  Speaker 5: with identifying photographs of the two suspects, left the city.
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: And drove north.
• 20:00
  Speaker 5: We checked in at the Lancaster Sheriff's Office substation. Captain
• 20:04
  Speaker 5: Walker Hannon briefed us on the details of the arrest,
• 20:06
  Speaker 5: and then he showed us back to the cell block
• 20:08
  Speaker 5: where the two suspects were being held. He told us
• 20:11
  Speaker 5: neither of the men had been questioned because the officers
• 20:13
  Speaker 5: there weren't acquainted with the facts of the case. He
• 20:15
  Speaker 5: also informed us both men had been separated from the
• 20:17
  Speaker 5: time of their apprehension.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: Captain Hannon had Paul Mike taken from his cell and
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: he was brought to the captain's office where we started
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: to question him. It went slow. I don't think I
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: understand you, Sergeant. What's all the excitement about? You can
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: answer that better than we can, Mike.
• 20:31
  Speaker 6: Answer what? What do you want to know?
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: The car, Mike. The bloodstains.
• 20:34
  Speaker 8: What about them?
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: A little unusual, wouldn't you say?
• 20:36
  Speaker 6: I don't know anything about any bloodstains. If they're in
• 20:38
  Speaker 6: the car, I don't know how they got there. It
• 20:40
  Speaker 6: isn't my car.
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, we know that. What about the stains on your clothes?
• 20:42
  Speaker 6: Well, I don't know.
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: They were sitting in the car there. Maybe the stains
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: rubbed off on us.
• 20:46
  Speaker 6: You got a cigarette? Only one thing wrong with that story, Mike.
• 20:49
  Speaker 6: The stains were on the wrong side of you. All right,
• 20:51
  Speaker 6: so I had a fight. Got hit in the nose.
• 20:53
  Speaker 6: What's that, a law against it?
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: I got a hunch, Mike.
• 20:55
  Speaker 6: Yeah?
• 20:55
  Speaker 5: You're lying.
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: Where'd you get that car? I told you where I
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: got it. Me and Kaufman were bumming a ride on
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: San Fernando Road. This fool came along in the maroon
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: coupe and gave us a ride. A couple of miles
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: this side of Lancaster, he stopped the car and got out.
• 21:07
  Speaker 6: Said he'd be right back. Walked right out into the desert.
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: That right?
• 21:11
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: Waited for him to come back. Waited a long time.
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: Honked the horn, yelled for him. We finally gave it up.
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: Matter of fact, Compton and me got a little scared.
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: Thought maybe the car was stolen. I didn't want to
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: get caught in a hot car. I'm an ex-con.
• 21:23
  Speaker 6: I couldn't stand the heat.
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: The truth.
• 21:24
  Speaker 6: I'm squaring with you.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: What about the money, Mike?
• 21:26
  Speaker 9: Huh?
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: The money. They booked you in with $ 133 in your pocket.
• 21:30
  Speaker 6: Oh, yeah. I got lucky in a crap game last night.
• 21:32
  Speaker 6: I was pulling out.
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: How about the pocket knife? Bloodstains on it? You win
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: that in the crap game, too? No, matter of fact,
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: it was in the car. I found it right there
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: on the seat.
• 21:40
  Speaker 6: Big coincidence, Mike.
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: Somebody leaves you a car, bloodstains on the inside, stains
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: on you and your partner. Pocket knife, stains on that, too.
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: You're on parole, leaving town without notice, driving a car
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: you're not supposed to be driving, pocket full of money
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: you got no way of accounting for.
• 21:52
  Speaker 6: Face it, Mike. What do you mean? Face it. You're dead.
• 21:55
  Speaker 6: Flag on your card now. Parole officer wants you. Now,
• 21:57
  Speaker 6: how about the truth? What do you mean, the truth?
• 21:59
  Speaker 6: I've told it to you.
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: All right, now, come on. Let's save time for all
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: of us, Mike. You've been around long enough. You've graduated.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: You know we're not going to buy that line.
• 22:04
  Speaker 6: What line? How can I explain things to you? You
• 22:07
  Speaker 6: won't believe me. I told you nothing but the truth
• 22:09
  Speaker 6: since I walked into this room, and you won't believe me.
• 22:11
  Speaker 6: You got a cigarette?
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: How do you account for the blood in your shirt?
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: I told you, I had a fight.
• 22:15
  Speaker 6: Guy hit me in the nose. Happened right down there
• 22:16
  Speaker 6: in L.A. You can check it.
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: Where'd it happen?
• 22:18
  Speaker 6: Bar, downtown. There's a lot of bars downtown. Place on
• 22:22
  Speaker 6: South Pierce. I go there sometimes. What's the name of it?
• 22:25
  Speaker 6: 797 Club.
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: Ask anybody in there. You said it happened tonight? Yeah,
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: about 8 o'clock. Just before we cut out.
• 22:31
  Speaker 6: Guy hit me right on the nose. Real rough one.
• 22:34
  Speaker 6: You got a cigarette?
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: What time did you say you had that fight?
• 22:36
  Speaker 6: About 8 o'clock. You sure of that? Sure of what?
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: You're not doing too well, Mike.
• 22:41
  Speaker 6: Now what's the matter?
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: We were at the 797 Club tonight. We talked to
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: the owner.
• 22:44
  Speaker 6: So what?
• 22:45
  Speaker 5: We were there at 635. He locked the place up
• 22:47
  Speaker 5: and went home at 645. He was sick.
• 22:50
  Speaker 6: 797 Club? Yeah, that's right.
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: Now where were you at the time of the robbery?
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: I want an attorney. I'm not saying anything else. He's
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: trying to frame me. Take me back to my cell.
• 22:58
  Speaker 6: Any way you want it, Mike. Let's go. What if
• 23:00
  Speaker 6: they just tell him the truth and they don't believe you?
• 23:03
  Speaker 6: How about let's see that? Captain, would you have the
• 23:05
  Speaker 6: jailer return this one and bring in Captain? How about that?
• 23:11
  Speaker 6: He couldn't tell the truth if it helped.
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: I hope we do better with his partner. We're going
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: to have to. We know we're on the right track.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: The big question is, what have they done with Gorman?
• 23:19
  Speaker 6: Big guess.
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: A thousand places they could have dumped him between here
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: and L.A. Hate to make book on his chances. Everything
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: points to a killing, doesn't it? Mike looks like the
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: one who could handle it. Come on in, Compton. Come
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: over here.
• 23:32
  Speaker 6: Sit down. Here.
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: My name's Friday. This is Smith, my partner. Hi. Branched
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: out of your class, haven't you, Compton? Running in the
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: big time here?
• 23:42
  Speaker 7: What do you mean?
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: We haven't done anything. Robbery, kidnapping, grand theft auto. You're
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: moving pretty fast. Didn't Mike tell you? This guy gave
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: us a ride. Stopped the car and walked away. We
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: didn't steal the car. Thought the guy was lost. We
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: drove in here to get help. Let's take it from
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: the top. Where'd you spend the day?
• 23:55
  Speaker 6: Who were you with? Mike.
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: He stayed overnight with me. Both slept till about 2 o'clock.
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: Got something to eat and went to a show.
• 24:01
  Speaker 6: Got out about 5.
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: What'd you do then?
• 24:03
  Speaker 6: Went to this bar downtown, didn't Mike tell you?
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: You were with him, weren't you?
• 24:06
  Speaker 6: Sure I was with him. He'll tell you that.
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: He did. And you didn't do anything wrong, did you? No.
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: Then what are you worrying about? Let's forget Mike now.
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: You level with us, will you?
• 24:14
  Speaker 7: You're getting it straight.
• 24:15
  Speaker 6: I didn't do anything. Mike says he can't stand another beef.
• 24:17
  Speaker 6: Can't afford it. He's too up right now. I know that.
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: We believe him, Compton. Mike's done too much time. He
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: couldn't make another trip easy. We think he's telling us
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: the truth.
• 24:26
  Speaker 6: Well, so am I. What are you getting at, anyway?
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: All right, now, let's get on the bandwagon while you can.
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: We don't need you, Compton. If you talk or not,
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: it doesn't make any difference.
• 24:34
  Speaker 6: Just a minute. Can I talk to Mike?
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: All right, we'll give it a try. Frank, you want
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: to ask him?
• 24:37
  Speaker 6: Yeah, okay. Be right back.
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: Now, let's pick up where we left off. The bloodstains
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: on your clothes, stains inside the car, where'd they come from?
• 24:44
  Speaker 6: Mike told you, didn't he? Yeah, you tell us.
• 24:46
  Speaker 7: What for?
• 24:46
  Speaker 6: Why can't I wait till Mike gets here?
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: All right, what about the money? You want to explain
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: about that?
• 24:50
  Speaker 7: Nothing to explain.
• 24:51
  Speaker 6: I saved it.
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: What kind of work do you do?
• 24:52
  Speaker 6: Not jobs around town, any place I can find them.
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: You say you got up at 2, you had something
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: to eat, you went to a show, and you got
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: out about 5 o'clock, is that right?
• 24:59
  Speaker 6: Yeah, that's right.
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: When did you go to the 797 Club?
• 25:02
  Speaker 6: Right after the show, about 5 o'clock.
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: How long did you stay there?
• 25:04
  Speaker 6: About an hour, until about 6 o'clock.
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: Anything unusual happen while you were in the bar?
• 25:09
  Speaker 7: What do you mean?
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: Anything unusual, anything out of the ordinary? Oh, Mike and
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: me sat there, talked, had some drinks, pretty dead place.
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: Decided to take off for Reno. Mike's got a friend
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: up there, a good friend. Thought maybe he'd get the
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: both of us jobs.
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  Speaker 6: Captain?
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: Captain? Yeah?
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  Speaker 6: Where's Mike?
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: I told him you wanted to talk to him. He
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: said he didn't want to see you. I took him
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: out to feed him. Told me to tell you he'd
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: see you in court. What do you mean, see me
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: in court? I think you got it, Compton.
• 25:33
  Speaker 6: We told you we didn't need you. Come on, we're tired.
• 25:35
  Speaker 6: We're going to lock you up. What did he say?
• 25:37
  Speaker 6: What did he tell you?
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: Look, fella, we're tired. You wanted to go the hard way?
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: All right, you'll get the answers in court. Well, what
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: did he say?
• 25:41
  Speaker 6: What did he tell you?
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: Come on, let's go. You should have known better. Mike's
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: not going to ride your beef for you.
• 25:45
  Speaker 6: He was in it all the way. It's his idea
• 25:47
  Speaker 6: and it's his beef, not mine.
• 25:48
  Speaker 4: I argued with him.
• 25:49
  Speaker 6: I know he shouldn't have gone along crazy. Yeah, come on.
• 25:51
  Speaker 6: It's the truth. The whole thing's Mike's. It's his knife, too.
• 25:54
  Speaker 6: Met the guy in.
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: Some bar and he was real high, talking about some
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: dame he was looking for, a girlfriend. Guy bought us
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: a couple of drinks, had a big roll of bills.
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: Mike framed the whole thing. Yeah, he wanted to roll
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: the guy. He left, got in the guy's car and
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: drove with him way toward town. Mike was driving. I
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: didn't know where he was heading for. All of a sudden,
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: the guy says he wants another drink. Mike didn't want
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: to stop, but he was making a racket. Finally pulled
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: up by the 797 club.
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: We got out.
• 26:17
  Speaker 6: Then the guy changes his mind. He wants to go home.
• 26:20
  Speaker 6: Mike tried to talk to him, but he wouldn't listen.
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: Mike pulled a knife and cut him, then he slugged
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: the guy, and the two of us pushed him in
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: the car and took off. Where'd you go from there?
• 26:27
  Speaker 2: We cruised around until we found another car, Maroon Coupe.
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: Clouted that one, dumped the gray sedan, and took off
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: up this way. That's right.
• 26:33
  Speaker 6: Look, it's the truth.
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: I'll even tell you about the guy, what happened to him.
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: You got flashlights in your car? The man still alive?
• 26:38
  Speaker 6: I don't know. He was when we left him.
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: 1.45 a.m.
• 26:45
  Speaker 5: The Lancaster Sheriff's Substation contacted the local emergency ambulance and
• 26:49
  Speaker 5: they were instructed to follow our car. Along with the suspect,
• 26:52
  Speaker 5: Floyd Compton, Frank and I got in the car and
• 26:54
  Speaker 5: headed south following his directions. After several tries at locating
• 26:58
  Speaker 5: the spot where Mike and Compton supposedly left their victim,
• 27:01
  Speaker 5: we finally found where they'd parked their car on the
• 27:03
  Speaker 5: side of the road. We got out and Compton led
• 27:06
  Speaker 5: us back across a stretch of sand to a thick
• 27:08
  Speaker 5: clump of sagebrush about 300 yards off the highway.
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: The victim, Kenneth Gorman, was lying face down. His hands
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: and feet were tied together. It was fairly evident that
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: he'd lost a good deal of blood and that he
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: was in a state of severe shock. He was placed
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: on a stretcher and placed in the ambulance.
• 27:25
  Speaker 9: All right, that's it.
• 27:26
  Speaker 8: Let's go.
• 27:27
  Speaker 6: Be real tough. I'm sure glad he ain't dead.
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: Yeah, sure. Come on.
• 27:30
  Speaker 6: Where are we going now?
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: Back to the sheriff's office. I want to take your statement.
• 27:33
  Speaker 6: Okay with me. There's one thing I want. One more thing.
• 27:36
  Speaker 8: Yeah?
• 27:36
  Speaker 6: That lousy Mike. I want to be there. I want
• 27:38
  Speaker 6: to see him. How's that?
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: Trying to load this thing on me. I want to
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: see his face when you tell him. Can't wait to
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: see it.
• 27:42
  Speaker 6: Yeah, neither can we.
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: The story you have just heard was true. The names
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: were changed to protect the innocent.
• 27:56
  Speaker 3: On July 12th, trial was held in Superior Court, Department 84,
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: City and County of Los Angeles, State of California.
• 28:02
  Speaker 4: In a moment, the results of that trial.
• 28:04
  Speaker 6: And now, here is our star, Jack Webb.
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: Thank you, George Fenneman.
• 28:08
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• 28:14
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• 28:21
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• 28:30
  Speaker 3: Paul Mike and his accomplice, Floyd Compton, were filed on
• 28:41
  Speaker 3: for violation of Section 209 of the Penal Code, kidnapping
• 28:45
  Speaker 3: for the purpose of robbery, and Section 211 of the
• 28:47
  Speaker 3: Penal Code, robbery in the first degree. They were also
• 28:50
  Speaker 3: filed on for one count of grand theft auto. They
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: were tried and convicted and received sentences as prescribed by law.
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: Kidnapping for the purpose of robbery, where bodily harm is inflicted,
• 29:01
  Speaker 3: is punishable by the death sentence or life imprisonment without
• 29:05
  Speaker 3: possibility of parole. Robbery is punishable by imprisonment from five
• 29:09
  Speaker 3: years to life. Grand theft auto is punishable by a
• 29:12
  Speaker 3: prison term of not less than one nor more than
• 29:15
  Speaker 3: ten years. The victim, Kenneth Gorman, finally recovered after more
• 29:19
  Speaker 3: than three months in the hospital.
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen, next week, Dragnet presents a trilogy. Three
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: documented case histories of vital importance to all of us.
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: This trio of authentic stories is both tragic and terrifying.
• 29:37
  Speaker 6: Please try to hear Dragnet next week. when we present
• 29:40
  Speaker 6: our trilogy.
• 29:51
  Speaker 3: You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: from official files. Technical advice comes from the Office of
• 29:57
  Speaker 3: Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. Technical advisors,
• 30:01
  Speaker 3: Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Vance Brasher. Heard
• 30:06
  Speaker 3: tonight were Vic Perrin, Virginia Gregg, Sam Edwards.
• 30:09
  Speaker 4: Script by Jim Moser. Music by Walter Schumann.
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: Hal Gibney speaking.
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen, you may now read Dragnet every day
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: on the comic page of your favorite newspaper. Please consult
• 30:22
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• 30:28
  Speaker 2: transcribed from Los Angeles. Adventure is yours tonight with Counter
• 30:52
  Speaker 2: Spy on NBC. That was Dragnet, episode 159, Big Roll.
• 30:56
  Speaker 9: Thank you for sharing this June 1952 NBC broadcast.