January 7, 2026 • 27 mins
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the next thirty minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles
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Speaker 5 (02:06):
It was Monday, February seventeen. It was raining in Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
We were working a.
Speaker 5 (02:10):
Day watch out, a homicide detail. My partner's Ben Romero.
The boss is stab Brown, Chief of Detective. My name
is Friday.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
It was four eighteen pm when we got to Room
twenty six Chief Detective's office.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
On a man, you have a seat?
Speaker 6 (02:27):
Did you close the doors?
Speaker 5 (02:28):
Friday?
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Captain Steed, charge of RAMERI, Sergeant Friday, I can't meet
the special Agent Ray Kimball, Public Utilities Commission all his
friend mister Trudeau.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
How do Trudeau always? Gentlemen, mister Kimball and.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
Mister Trudeau here has some important information to give us
to Trudeau. Would you like to repeat for these officers
which he told us a few moments ago.
Speaker 7 (02:51):
Yes, sir, Well, a friend of mine wants me to
kill his wife.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Faun.
Speaker 7 (02:55):
I am convinced he means to go through with the thing.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
Naturally, it goes without saying. It's Kimball here o b
I kept the veracity of the story.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
A mister tulder of a leisure friend. A lot of
you know him.
Speaker 7 (03:04):
His name's Charles Stone. I guess maybe you heard of
him on the string of warehouses around town. I used
to work for him. I had ran well the other day.
He called me and asked me if I was working,
and I told him no, and then he asked me
to meet him in front of the public library. And
that was last Saturday afternoon.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
Did you meet him?
Speaker 7 (03:22):
Yes, I did, and he took me to a bar
and the neighborhood started telling me all about his troubles
at home. He said his wife was stepping out on him,
running around with other men. Well, we had quite a
few drinks, and I guess I thought that's what I
countered for it on servistitude of well lean toward me
and he said, here's the dough. The wife and I
haven't been getting a warm well at all for about
a year. She's stepping out with another guy on me,
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and to make a long story short, well that's when
he told me. He said, I want a loser. What
do you say? Well, I told him I didn't quite
get the drift of the thing. And then he said,
I want my wife killed. I'll pay you a thousand
dollars for the job.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
You don't have you any idea why he contacted you
on his thing?
Speaker 7 (04:03):
Well, I don't know, other than the fact that I
hadn't been able to work for some time. He knew
I needed the money pretty badly. As soon as I
was sure, he what's kidding about the murder? I told him,
like the Kimball here, he's an old friend of mine. Yeah,
he said, the only thing to do is to take
it to the police.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Did this mister Stone make this proposition to hear more than once?
Speaker 7 (04:21):
Yes, he did. Kept reminding me how much I could
use a thousand dollars. You know, all I could say
was that I knew his wife too well. I couldn't
do it.
Speaker 6 (04:30):
He would at Stone say to that swer.
Speaker 7 (04:31):
But I had cold feet, told me I was just
like another man. He's running up to kill his wife.
Told me if I didn't want the job, he'd get
someone else to do it.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Do you think he might go for a substitute, mister Trudeau,
one of them in I don't know, Chief, only one
thing I'm sure of, yes, Sir, he wants his wife dead.
Four forty two pm. The meeting in the chief and
he taken his office went on. A man with the
name of Charles Stone wanted his wife murdered. He's offered
a thousand dollars for death. He'd approached two men to
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do the job.
Speaker 7 (05:02):
Both had refused.
Speaker 5 (05:03):
From the information we'd received.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
We knew he wouldn't stop there. There are a lot
of people who'd killed for one thousand dollars. It was
only a matter of time that he found one. The
plan was formulated and Ben and I were assigned to
the case. Five pm, together with Captain Steve and mister Trudeau,
we left bad Brown's office and went down the hall
to Homicide. In your last meeting with Stone, mister Trudell,
you refused outright to have anything to do with this
plan to have his wife murdered?
Speaker 6 (05:24):
Is that right? That's right?
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Did you leave any opening at all? Well?
Speaker 7 (05:28):
Just to get away from his eye? I told him
if I had heard of him, well either to do
the job. I'd let him know.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
You think that maybe he'd listen to you if you
went back and suggested somebody.
Speaker 7 (05:37):
I don't know he'd listened to me, but he's no
dumb and you gotta understand that he's gonna be careful.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
Which one he was going to play the killer. I'd
not to drive to give him who's going to fit
the part best? Trudier just told you that Charles Stone
snow pushover.
Speaker 7 (05:51):
I don't, Captain Liz off there here me. Yeah, I know, offense,
but i'd truly take you for a cop. You wouldwise
that you just look like one.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
I guess, well, Joey's a little closer to average hight wight.
Speaker 7 (06:04):
Yeah, that's what I mean, Captain, he doesn't look like
a cop.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
All right now, mister Trudell, you're willing to go along
with his honest thing?
Speaker 7 (06:11):
Certainly, Captain, anything I can do, you'll just tell me
what you want.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Well, just as soon as possible, we'd like to have
you contact mister Stone.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
You'll know how to approach him so it's not to
make them suspicious.
Speaker 7 (06:21):
Yes, I think I can do that.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Joe, How do you want to go about this? Well,
I'll better use some kind of an alias. Let's see
mattson Joe Manton. How about Keny just playing Kenny finally
me good now, how about your background? Better get that
straight with mister Trudeau here.
Speaker 6 (06:35):
Well, I suppose I tell.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Him I'm from Phoenix. Huh might know that time pretty well.
He might ask me some questions about it.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Okay, now do you have to know true to the army?
Did you have a servain the army? Was true?
Speaker 7 (06:44):
Yes, forty two to forty five, Cebi.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
Fitter, all right, well we serve together in the army,
you know. Let's make it from China, Quartomaster Charlie.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
All right, and now, mister Trudeau, this is all you'll
have to do. Set up a meeting with Stone as
soon as possibles. Friday as the man who's willing to
do the job for him. Now, old Army friend, and
step out of the picture as quickly as you can,
all right, kepn Hylas said it goes are out saying
we certainly appreciate your cooperation, and not at.
Speaker 7 (07:07):
All say owly, Glenn, I'm in a position to help out.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
I'm probably saved that woman's last.
Speaker 7 (07:11):
I wish I could be sure, BRODDI means true, though
last time I saw Charlie Stone is three days ago.
Maybe he's hired somebody else.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
Five thirty PM Captain Steed ordered two teams of men
from Homicide to watch Charles Stone's wife Mildred until further
notice for her own protection. He'd be kept under twenty
four hour surveillance without her knowledge. We checked the Eye
Bureau to see what we could find on Charles Stone.
Speaker 6 (07:37):
He owned a gun, a thirty two smith.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
And Western we Robert. That's all we found. He had
no criminal record.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
We knew of him only as a social figure from
a prominent family. Supposedly, he was happily married. He owned
and operated a chain of the six warehouses brought Los
Angeles business.
Speaker 6 (07:51):
Reputation was good.
Speaker 5 (07:52):
Captain Steed ordered that Charlestone also be placed under twenty
four hour surveillance.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Immediately.
Speaker 5 (07:56):
He would be kept under watch.
Speaker 6 (07:57):
Without his knowledge.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
Ben Ra, Merrill and Gillan say this where one of
the teams assigned to Tailor.
Speaker 6 (08:02):
The next morning, I checked in for work at the
usual time.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
At ten fifteen am. I left Captain Steed's office and
went into the squad room Homicide Partty.
Speaker 7 (08:12):
This is mister Trudeau sageant. I saw Charlie Stone a
few minutes ago.
Speaker 5 (08:16):
Yes, sir, how'd to go?
Speaker 7 (08:17):
We talked about twenty minutes. I told him you might
be willing to do the job. What do you say
he wants to meet you?
Speaker 6 (08:26):
Before he hung up, Trudeo told that Charles Stone would meet.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Us that night in Section B in the grand stands
at the Midget at races Out near Santa Monica. I
informed Captain Steed to the development, and when I left
the office went home, put away my gun and all
my identification changed.
Speaker 6 (08:38):
In some old clothes.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
I boarded a bus and rode back downtown to the
skid Row area, where I rented a single room in
the Chief Hotel. I signed to register J Kelly Phoenie Arizona.
Five thirty pm, I went to Copan's camfe in the
corner of South Maine and Stella Street. Captain Steed was
waiting for me in one of the rare boots.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
You look like you're all.
Speaker 6 (09:02):
Set o that upfit. Strike yoky, you're fine.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Oh, leather jacket's a good touch. Oh I bet'll let
your beard grow a little.
Speaker 5 (09:10):
No.
Speaker 6 (09:10):
I ranted a room in one of the hotels down here.
Speaker 5 (09:14):
I could use a little expense mine.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Mm, but I just set a little all right, I'll
fix it up for you.
Speaker 5 (09:20):
Here's the phone number of the hotel in case you
want to contact him.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Good.
Speaker 6 (09:25):
One thing that's got me a little.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
Worried, stripper, Yeah, the legal angle and I just get
pretty close to entrapment in cases like this.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Nothing to worry about it. Just play it straight down
the line. You know. The idea for the crime has
to originate in the mind of the criminal.
Speaker 7 (09:37):
It's gotta be all his idea, and you just go
along with him.
Speaker 6 (09:39):
Okay, be sure and keep his posted and so well.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Murder of his wife means a lot of stone. He
wouldn't want anybody getting his way, you know, be careful.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
That night I had been out with Trudeo at a
cafeteria on South Grand and then we caught a bus
and rode out to the stadium where they held a.
Speaker 6 (09:55):
Midget all the rages.
Speaker 5 (09:56):
We found a seat Hotels. Stone looked at me.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
There's numbers four and five Roe with seven, I should
name grand Stand. The operator started at ten minute panthes km.
Charles Stone awry and looks like an average prosperous businessman,
well dressed, medium built.
Speaker 6 (10:09):
Dark hair, which short of the streets of gray.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Trudeau introduced this and then he left.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
If I'm killing Binny like mentioned Don Rigs, that's not
why I came out here.
Speaker 5 (10:22):
Trudo said something.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
About a job.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
Uh, I got to tell you about it, Toba. Yeah,
didn't handle anything like this before. I'd be a sucker
to answer that one, wasn'tight.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
I just want to know if you're gonna handle it.
Souda told me about it.
Speaker 5 (10:34):
I wouldn't be here if I couldn't handle it.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Got a good job, I got a good short John Ry.
Speaker 5 (10:40):
What are you looking for? A references?
Speaker 3 (10:41):
Got a bit careful uttaw? What about me?
Speaker 5 (10:44):
I don't know you from Adam.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
I don't I know it won't be a double cross.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
I don't worry about double cross. I still all the
grand stand get away from the kaw.
Speaker 5 (10:51):
Why with me?
Speaker 3 (10:58):
You haven't said anything about money yet? How any time?
Dark money? Quite? You know how much you want? Trudeau
set a thousands? Now would you get it?
Speaker 6 (11:09):
When?
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Would you want it before?
Speaker 4 (11:12):
I'd be a dope to do the job, but I'd
getting paid first.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
And I'd a justice to would have given it you first.
Speaker 4 (11:17):
Stay uh and buy your hot dogs children day? Ask yeah,
one hot.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Dog, a couple of little beers?
Speaker 7 (11:28):
One dog?
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Do you do you like a real bear?
Speaker 6 (11:31):
Sure?
Speaker 3 (11:33):
How about selling them the door? Huh? You do the job,
you'll get paid. You can ask Trudeo if you like.
Let me tell you.
Speaker 4 (11:38):
I keep my words. Well, it's gotta go fast that dog.
I may have a job lined up with Phoenix.
Speaker 7 (11:45):
I gotta get that door.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
It's a new clothes gotta put up some kind of
a front. Why I need the door fast?
Speaker 3 (11:50):
No way, you'll get your money. We can work out something.
Speaker 7 (11:52):
Hot dogs? Do you pay forty much.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Your joll time? Oh? Hey, uh, we'll go over there
out of the way.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
Okay, but you haven't told me yet. Run How do
you want it done? All depend I haven't got money.
Gun him on the lamp cause you got one?
Speaker 3 (12:18):
No, I don't know anyone couldn't use a gun anyway.
Too much noise.
Speaker 5 (12:21):
I'll make up your mind.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
I need tomorrow night. We can talk about it then.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
But mister youth, stick me to sit on these things
for a week. I'm not making a career out of
just this one job.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
What are you worrying about? What's sit everything up tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (12:32):
I i'd how about ten bucks on the truck? I
got to leave 'em flat?
Speaker 4 (12:35):
Mm, I'm sorry, suse that'll do?
Speaker 6 (12:40):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (12:42):
How about that payoffs the thousand?
Speaker 6 (12:43):
How do we set that up?
Speaker 3 (12:44):
We can talk about that later, but can't we talk now?
Speaker 4 (12:47):
Lookstone, I don't think I like your attitude. You haven't
told me how you want the job done. You talk
to it every time, the payoffs, mans, integrities, you say
it ain't mean nothing.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
I'm taking the chancewers.
Speaker 5 (12:55):
How do I know I'm gonna get paid?
Speaker 3 (12:56):
How don't I know your time?
Speaker 5 (13:02):
Before I left Charles Stone, we set up a meeting
for the following night. At eight o'clock, I caught a bus.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
And went back to the hotel room.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
So far had been unable to get any other corroborated
evidence on Stone evidence p. Fifty presented in court The
next morning. I called the office, kept them posted on development.
I had my meals at the lunch Power.
Speaker 5 (13:18):
Next door to the hotel, and I stept pretty close
to my room at two thirty that afternoons, then the hall.
Speaker 8 (13:24):
Retailed Stone to the midge Oial races last night here
doing he good?
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Oh not bad?
Speaker 6 (13:29):
Going a little flow though he killed him.
Speaker 8 (13:31):
After he left kids, he drove to the Beverly Hills.
Speaker 5 (13:33):
At Dress but saty looking Glendale.
Speaker 8 (13:36):
Yes, his apartment. He went to his regis to uh,
Jean Howard stayed before this morning chick down, grill after
your secretary when.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
The Stone's were Maybe that explains why my Stone wants
to get rid of his wife.
Speaker 8 (13:46):
He's one more thing. We healed him to a gunshot
this morning. Bought a couple of things and Atterley Stone
we checked with the store. Dress stold a Stone bought
about the shell thirty two Canadas.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
The same kind of Jenny had registered and then thirty
three and w yeah, that's funny, Stone told me, doesn't.
Speaker 8 (13:59):
Morning, it isn't look too good.
Speaker 5 (14:03):
All right, now, let's don't start worrying.
Speaker 8 (14:05):
Don't track him the dimes with UO.
Speaker 5 (14:07):
All right, you want to check me later on. I
gotta keep this line open, all.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Yeah, yeah, job's all set up, ready to go. When fortnite.
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In February nineteen fifty five pm.
Speaker 4 (15:55):
Tellstone taking up in his car at the corner of
Alaminium six, he turned on the South Broadway.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
In here they'd down to the beach.
Speaker 6 (16:00):
He husted over the.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
Wheel as he drove.
Speaker 5 (16:03):
I kept wondering how I was gonna pin him down.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
We were less than.
Speaker 4 (16:06):
Twenty four hours away from the scheduled murders of his wife,
and I still didn't have a case against somebody to
stand up in court.
Speaker 6 (16:11):
He failed to produce the.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Sifting evidence tonight shown had a good chance of going
free when he succeeded in having his wife's children up.
I also ah had no idea what plans the suspect
he had made before he hired me to be the killing.
It was a definitely possibility, and he might have arranged
for somebody else to commit the actual murder and then
set up a.
Speaker 5 (16:27):
Double cross that he was the victim.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
We knew he had a thirty two S and W
revolver registered in his name, but he denied the means
that he was owned again him nine o three to him.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
And sold up in front of stone Beach's house.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
Once the other m ground here a vacant summer places,
she were gonna start moving again, to the first man,
but he said.
Speaker 5 (16:49):
You're afraid of the neighbor's seeing you here.
Speaker 4 (16:50):
If someone living up the next block and we can't
afford not to be careful.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
That's a man. There's the front door too, you see,
he didn't worry right or.
Speaker 5 (17:04):
Heart work, you'd go ahead lofly.
Speaker 6 (17:05):
Uh huh.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
The living room her, yeah, bed rooms over hair to it.
Speaker 6 (17:16):
It's uh, it's what well, what's the story? Where do
I start?
Speaker 3 (17:26):
Well?
Speaker 4 (17:26):
I should be here about six o'clock tomorrow night. So
we're coming down alone to get the house ready for
a weekend party. What do you want leave about four
in the afternoon? Yeah, he the keys of from doing better,
pick it up and hand of fort.
Speaker 6 (17:40):
Huh.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
Okay. You first thing you do when you get here
is pull out all the drawers in the bedroom.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
Duro got things around, make it such as much like
a burgenary as you can.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (17:51):
And here in the living room that draw they little
cupboard and inside out, so things around.
Speaker 6 (17:57):
What's my favorite first alla revelue?
Speaker 3 (17:59):
I think, uh uh.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
A pair of gloves of mine to find a bear
in this door?
Speaker 3 (18:06):
I remember that. Uh let's see now.
Speaker 4 (18:10):
Uh oh yeah, fresh cord should the sort of service percent.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
You shouldn't have any trouble.
Speaker 4 (18:22):
Yeah, he s rope pretty low, slow, sliptly, won't be
with the glove down.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
She not very scarm shouldn't have any trouble. I neither
up here and for it, cause she's gotta be a
loll out it. Well, I'm supposed to hide and show you. Yeah,
I a by the front door closet.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
Yeah, my wife comes in closing the door and should
probably go out to the bedroom and take off the coat.
Follow him and go up fast for her back turn.
Most teams neighbors might hear right, want a clean and cry,
do it as quickly as you can. Now when the finish,
there is what I wanted to do with it? Whats Uh?
Make abody and bring it this way many I want
(19:07):
to see.
Speaker 6 (19:08):
Uh, you got.
Speaker 4 (19:10):
The living room in these French doors, that's the next one.
You won't have any someone. Put somebody out here on
the porch some with me. Now, I want you to
get this strain you on?
Speaker 5 (19:20):
So yeah, I love, I got it.
Speaker 4 (19:22):
Take it down to this end of the porch, right
off a rallying lea were here. It's rand port you understand,
all the way down to the end of the porch here.
I don't get it, but I guess it's all right.
All right, let's go make him.
Speaker 3 (19:37):
Uh let's go. I may forget the layout of this
house here.
Speaker 5 (19:40):
Just draw four plans for me. I don't wanna get
mixed up here, and.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
I always stay rent of the day. You can draw
it yourself before we leave tonight.
Speaker 4 (19:48):
Flatter it if you trust it. Can't afford to taking chances?
Oh what was it? Uh? Yeah? After your finish using
the rope from me jail, you'll find some rings in
my life things tis thore uh big setting, especially if
your brace was on the left risk takess t well
I do is run a nice swipe, rape the mattole here,
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rings down the brace list, don't make any of the
rings right senses?
Speaker 3 (20:13):
Well, how about little braiders here?
Speaker 6 (20:14):
Yet you'll pick up my door at to say time.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
I'll put 'em on a base, so that's done.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
When you getting back downtown, i'll fix for before he
that's the night six and olimeter setting joy shop.
Speaker 3 (20:25):
Have the money for anything. But you're gonna be at
six o'clock.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
I have to tell myself I'll stay down at the
office special conference.
Speaker 5 (20:32):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
I don't think I like this what any means? Don't
like it? Of course?
Speaker 4 (20:37):
That what should happen? I got little protection. I feel
a lot better with a guy as chldre. I don't
have a gun to give you. Why would you need
one anyway, just feel a lot better at all and buy.
I wonder if you want that's your problem. I'm paying
you for a job to have a same the money
I told you. When the job's sad me you get
your money. Then it's just anything I want to make
sure of. No mistakes here some where you can't.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
You say that's true door if you like, let's tell
you he's interesting, mask anybody.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
I thought you're right.
Speaker 4 (21:05):
Before I left Charlestone, I got one more valuable piece
of evidence out of him, a special phone number written
in his handwriting on the back of one of his
business cards.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
And thinks anything went wrong, I was to call him
at this number in his own handwriting.
Speaker 4 (21:16):
I also got a list of times that I was
supposed to remember, when to come to the house, when
to leave, when to meet him for the payoffs. The
next afternoon, at two thirty, I left the hotel.
Speaker 5 (21:24):
And drove my car to Minister Stone's beach time. Captain
Steed and another officer from Homicide followed me up.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
We waited in the house together shortly before.
Speaker 4 (21:32):
Fixed him, Missus Milboo's Stone arrived with this standon Gillen Senis.
Speaker 5 (21:36):
She refused to believe the story of her husband wanted
to have her murdered.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
She capped see laid out the evidence for this came
mister Stone, you recognize it. I guess it's the one
to the front door, Lester Charles. She gave it to
this officer, Missus Stone, the man who was sposed to
murder it.
Speaker 7 (21:49):
No, I don't believe it.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Do you have any idea?
Speaker 6 (21:52):
What's then? Let past land that went over there?
Speaker 3 (21:54):
There's nothing in there. I cleaned it out the last
time we were here.
Speaker 5 (21:57):
I cleaned out all the closets. I like church him.
Speaker 3 (22:05):
That's put the room a little bull bout blow before.
If the Stone gave with 'em, it's supposed to be
the muddy weapon. Take one more point, man all over
the hare thinks, and you know what's in this story
here empty? You have to go, you know, to keep
any of them there only run to near Gloud for
the sunny months.
Speaker 6 (22:25):
O K.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
You have your husband old blood that right now? Why
would they begin?
Speaker 5 (22:31):
It's saw I was supposed to wear 'em while I
was in the house where wouldn't leave.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
Finger Part two two mins bus to down.
Speaker 4 (22:39):
Yes, I'm sorry, mister Stronge. We know what's your terrible
shocks for you. I think you realize where you had
to tell.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
You saw high with some bad time to set my line.
Speaker 5 (22:49):
I'm sorry now that happened.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
It would have been better. Keeps exceed it much better.
Speaker 6 (22:53):
Take told be religious h.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Terrible tib machine. The ablehood can good for him.
Speaker 5 (23:01):
He wanted to have your mudded, ma'am, and no.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
Doubt he wanted me good, Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 5 (23:05):
N one thing. Yeah, would my husband try cause I
love him? Six forty five to him. I telephoned Charles
Stone until him the job was done. His wife was murdered.
Speaker 6 (23:19):
He said he'd meet you at sixteen Alume.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
To speaks to the payoff I had scheduled. I waited
to sail to show up at seven thirty pm. Stone
was placed under arrest and he parked his car in
front of their vent at the beach house. A loaded
thirty two caliber revolver was found in his pocket. He
was take him back to the city Hall to see
if he touched.
Speaker 5 (23:34):
His office then and I waited outside the open door
we could hear sad Brown start to interrogate him any side.
Speaker 3 (23:40):
You never hope we have you down here for him?
If to something, ah, I haven't sentified here? Or would
you stay if I tell it to your wife at
the mudded I think you're trasy? What would you say
if I tell get at your tears of the mother shilling?
It's ridiculous, stub and I worked all day. I can
prove it all.
Speaker 4 (23:54):
I tried a m in Sudy. You never meet this
wonderful I've seen him on skid Row.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
I don't know him.
Speaker 6 (24:03):
Do you recognize the name you hired to kill you?
Speaker 3 (24:05):
What? I didn't know the man? I didn't kill him.
Why I don't understand all that? The little teller to go,
he's some say off, there's a good roll bumb I anyway,
I say it's gonna make it.
Speaker 4 (24:15):
Still, both the of 'em the wife have been tailed
constantly for the last couple of days. Photograph tables, major
auto races, fix an animeter.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Beverly Hill's apartment serience. You don't know what you're talking about, right?
Did you send them later in the place? See? No?
Then you don't believe all these things? You saying about me.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
Yeah, the room tells the bastit po I didn't go
Anne how much as Votican?
Speaker 3 (24:44):
I hadn't anything? You know whatever? Seed do you know?
Speaker 6 (24:51):
Hum?
Speaker 3 (24:52):
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better with.
Speaker 7 (24:56):
To inc Let's see and so right right?
Speaker 3 (25:08):
What's you look like?
Speaker 4 (25:09):
You're starting to talk? Got men who tried to have
her murders? Who got the best to him? What's the proof?
The un was nine? Anything?
Speaker 5 (25:22):
How about it? Kept confidence? The story you had just
heard was true.
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Only the names was saying, you need to protect.
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Speaker 3 (01:55):
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Speaker 2 (01:57):
From beginning to end, from crime to cornish. My drag
mess is the story of your police force in action.
Speaker 5 (02:06):
It was Monday, February seventeen. It was raining in Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
We were working a.
Speaker 5 (02:10):
Day watch out, a homicide detail. My partner's Ben Romero.
The boss is stab Brown, Chief of Detective. My name
is Friday.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
It was four eighteen pm when we got to Room
twenty six Chief Detective's office.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
On a man, you have a seat?
Speaker 6 (02:27):
Did you close the doors?
Speaker 5 (02:28):
Friday?
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Captain Steed, charge of RAMERI, Sergeant Friday, I can't meet
the special Agent Ray Kimball, Public Utilities Commission all his
friend mister Trudeau.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
How do Trudeau always? Gentlemen, mister Kimball and.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
Mister Trudeau here has some important information to give us
to Trudeau. Would you like to repeat for these officers
which he told us a few moments ago.
Speaker 7 (02:51):
Yes, sir, Well, a friend of mine wants me to
kill his wife.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Faun.
Speaker 7 (02:55):
I am convinced he means to go through with the thing.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
Naturally, it goes without saying. It's Kimball here o b
I kept the veracity of the story.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
A mister tulder of a leisure friend. A lot of
you know him.
Speaker 7 (03:04):
His name's Charles Stone. I guess maybe you heard of
him on the string of warehouses around town. I used
to work for him. I had ran well the other day.
He called me and asked me if I was working,
and I told him no, and then he asked me
to meet him in front of the public library. And
that was last Saturday afternoon.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
Did you meet him?
Speaker 7 (03:22):
Yes, I did, and he took me to a bar
and the neighborhood started telling me all about his troubles
at home. He said his wife was stepping out on him,
running around with other men. Well, we had quite a
few drinks, and I guess I thought that's what I
countered for it on servistitude of well lean toward me
and he said, here's the dough. The wife and I
haven't been getting a warm well at all for about
a year. She's stepping out with another guy on me,
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and to make a long story short, well that's when
he told me. He said, I want a loser. What
do you say? Well, I told him I didn't quite
get the drift of the thing. And then he said,
I want my wife killed. I'll pay you a thousand
dollars for the job.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
You don't have you any idea why he contacted you
on his thing?
Speaker 7 (04:03):
Well, I don't know, other than the fact that I
hadn't been able to work for some time. He knew
I needed the money pretty badly. As soon as I
was sure, he what's kidding about the murder? I told him,
like the Kimball here, he's an old friend of mine. Yeah,
he said, the only thing to do is to take
it to the police.
Speaker 4 (04:18):
Did this mister Stone make this proposition to hear more than once?
Speaker 7 (04:21):
Yes, he did. Kept reminding me how much I could
use a thousand dollars. You know, all I could say
was that I knew his wife too well. I couldn't
do it.
Speaker 6 (04:30):
He would at Stone say to that swer.
Speaker 7 (04:31):
But I had cold feet, told me I was just
like another man. He's running up to kill his wife.
Told me if I didn't want the job, he'd get
someone else to do it.
Speaker 4 (04:39):
Do you think he might go for a substitute, mister Trudeau,
one of them in I don't know, Chief, only one
thing I'm sure of, yes, Sir, he wants his wife dead.
Four forty two pm. The meeting in the chief and
he taken his office went on. A man with the
name of Charles Stone wanted his wife murdered. He's offered
a thousand dollars for death. He'd approached two men to
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do the job.
Speaker 7 (05:02):
Both had refused.
Speaker 5 (05:03):
From the information we'd received.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
We knew he wouldn't stop there. There are a lot
of people who'd killed for one thousand dollars. It was
only a matter of time that he found one. The
plan was formulated and Ben and I were assigned to
the case. Five pm, together with Captain Steve and mister Trudeau,
we left bad Brown's office and went down the hall
to Homicide. In your last meeting with Stone, mister Trudell,
you refused outright to have anything to do with this
plan to have his wife murdered?
Speaker 6 (05:24):
Is that right? That's right?
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Did you leave any opening at all? Well?
Speaker 7 (05:28):
Just to get away from his eye? I told him
if I had heard of him, well either to do
the job. I'd let him know.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
You think that maybe he'd listen to you if you
went back and suggested somebody.
Speaker 7 (05:37):
I don't know he'd listened to me, but he's no
dumb and you gotta understand that he's gonna be careful.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
Which one he was going to play the killer. I'd
not to drive to give him who's going to fit
the part best? Trudier just told you that Charles Stone
snow pushover.
Speaker 7 (05:51):
I don't, Captain Liz off there here me. Yeah, I know, offense,
but i'd truly take you for a cop. You wouldwise
that you just look like one.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
I guess, well, Joey's a little closer to average hight wight.
Speaker 7 (06:04):
Yeah, that's what I mean, Captain, he doesn't look like
a cop.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
All right now, mister Trudell, you're willing to go along
with his honest thing?
Speaker 7 (06:11):
Certainly, Captain, anything I can do, you'll just tell me
what you want.
Speaker 4 (06:15):
Well, just as soon as possible, we'd like to have
you contact mister Stone.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
You'll know how to approach him so it's not to
make them suspicious.
Speaker 7 (06:21):
Yes, I think I can do that.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Joe, How do you want to go about this? Well,
I'll better use some kind of an alias. Let's see
mattson Joe Manton. How about Keny just playing Kenny finally
me good now, how about your background? Better get that
straight with mister Trudeau here.
Speaker 6 (06:35):
Well, I suppose I tell.
Speaker 4 (06:36):
Him I'm from Phoenix. Huh might know that time pretty well.
He might ask me some questions about it.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Okay, now do you have to know true to the army?
Did you have a servain the army? Was true?
Speaker 7 (06:44):
Yes, forty two to forty five, Cebi.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
Fitter, all right, well we serve together in the army,
you know. Let's make it from China, Quartomaster Charlie.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
All right, and now, mister Trudeau, this is all you'll
have to do. Set up a meeting with Stone as
soon as possibles. Friday as the man who's willing to
do the job for him. Now, old Army friend, and
step out of the picture as quickly as you can,
all right, kepn Hylas said it goes are out saying
we certainly appreciate your cooperation, and not at.
Speaker 7 (07:07):
All say owly, Glenn, I'm in a position to help out.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
I'm probably saved that woman's last.
Speaker 7 (07:11):
I wish I could be sure, BRODDI means true, though
last time I saw Charlie Stone is three days ago.
Maybe he's hired somebody else.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
Five thirty PM Captain Steed ordered two teams of men
from Homicide to watch Charles Stone's wife Mildred until further
notice for her own protection. He'd be kept under twenty
four hour surveillance without her knowledge. We checked the Eye
Bureau to see what we could find on Charles Stone.
Speaker 6 (07:37):
He owned a gun, a thirty two smith.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
And Western we Robert. That's all we found. He had
no criminal record.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
We knew of him only as a social figure from
a prominent family. Supposedly, he was happily married. He owned
and operated a chain of the six warehouses brought Los
Angeles business.
Speaker 6 (07:51):
Reputation was good.
Speaker 5 (07:52):
Captain Steed ordered that Charlestone also be placed under twenty
four hour surveillance.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
Immediately.
Speaker 5 (07:56):
He would be kept under watch.
Speaker 6 (07:57):
Without his knowledge.
Speaker 5 (07:58):
Ben Ra, Merrill and Gillan say this where one of
the teams assigned to Tailor.
Speaker 6 (08:02):
The next morning, I checked in for work at the
usual time.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
At ten fifteen am. I left Captain Steed's office and
went into the squad room Homicide Partty.
Speaker 7 (08:12):
This is mister Trudeau sageant. I saw Charlie Stone a
few minutes ago.
Speaker 5 (08:16):
Yes, sir, how'd to go?
Speaker 7 (08:17):
We talked about twenty minutes. I told him you might
be willing to do the job. What do you say
he wants to meet you?
Speaker 6 (08:26):
Before he hung up, Trudeo told that Charles Stone would meet.
Speaker 4 (08:29):
Us that night in Section B in the grand stands
at the Midget at races Out near Santa Monica. I
informed Captain Steed to the development, and when I left
the office went home, put away my gun and all
my identification changed.
Speaker 6 (08:38):
In some old clothes.
Speaker 4 (08:40):
I boarded a bus and rode back downtown to the
skid Row area, where I rented a single room in
the Chief Hotel. I signed to register J Kelly Phoenie Arizona.
Five thirty pm, I went to Copan's camfe in the
corner of South Maine and Stella Street. Captain Steed was
waiting for me in one of the rare boots.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
You look like you're all.
Speaker 6 (09:02):
Set o that upfit. Strike yoky, you're fine.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
Oh, leather jacket's a good touch. Oh I bet'll let
your beard grow a little.
Speaker 5 (09:10):
No.
Speaker 6 (09:10):
I ranted a room in one of the hotels down here.
Speaker 5 (09:14):
I could use a little expense mine.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Mm, but I just set a little all right, I'll
fix it up for you.
Speaker 5 (09:20):
Here's the phone number of the hotel in case you
want to contact him.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Good.
Speaker 6 (09:25):
One thing that's got me a little.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
Worried, stripper, Yeah, the legal angle and I just get
pretty close to entrapment in cases like this.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
Nothing to worry about it. Just play it straight down
the line. You know. The idea for the crime has
to originate in the mind of the criminal.
Speaker 7 (09:37):
It's gotta be all his idea, and you just go
along with him.
Speaker 6 (09:39):
Okay, be sure and keep his posted and so well.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Murder of his wife means a lot of stone. He
wouldn't want anybody getting his way, you know, be careful.
Speaker 4 (09:49):
That night I had been out with Trudeo at a
cafeteria on South Grand and then we caught a bus
and rode out to the stadium where they held a.
Speaker 6 (09:55):
Midget all the rages.
Speaker 5 (09:56):
We found a seat Hotels. Stone looked at me.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
There's numbers four and five Roe with seven, I should
name grand Stand. The operator started at ten minute panthes km.
Charles Stone awry and looks like an average prosperous businessman,
well dressed, medium built.
Speaker 6 (10:09):
Dark hair, which short of the streets of gray.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Trudeau introduced this and then he left.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
If I'm killing Binny like mentioned Don Rigs, that's not
why I came out here.
Speaker 5 (10:22):
Trudo said something.
Speaker 3 (10:23):
About a job.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
Uh, I got to tell you about it, Toba. Yeah,
didn't handle anything like this before. I'd be a sucker
to answer that one, wasn'tight.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
I just want to know if you're gonna handle it.
Souda told me about it.
Speaker 5 (10:34):
I wouldn't be here if I couldn't handle it.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Got a good job, I got a good short John Ry.
Speaker 5 (10:40):
What are you looking for? A references?
Speaker 3 (10:41):
Got a bit careful uttaw? What about me?
Speaker 5 (10:44):
I don't know you from Adam.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
I don't I know it won't be a double cross.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
I don't worry about double cross. I still all the
grand stand get away from the kaw.
Speaker 5 (10:51):
Why with me?
Speaker 3 (10:58):
You haven't said anything about money yet? How any time?
Dark money? Quite? You know how much you want? Trudeau
set a thousands? Now would you get it?
Speaker 6 (11:09):
When?
Speaker 3 (11:09):
Would you want it before?
Speaker 4 (11:12):
I'd be a dope to do the job, but I'd
getting paid first.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
And I'd a justice to would have given it you first.
Speaker 4 (11:17):
Stay uh and buy your hot dogs children day? Ask yeah,
one hot.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
Dog, a couple of little beers?
Speaker 7 (11:28):
One dog?
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Do you do you like a real bear?
Speaker 6 (11:31):
Sure?
Speaker 3 (11:33):
How about selling them the door? Huh? You do the job,
you'll get paid. You can ask Trudeo if you like.
Let me tell you.
Speaker 4 (11:38):
I keep my words. Well, it's gotta go fast that dog.
I may have a job lined up with Phoenix.
Speaker 7 (11:45):
I gotta get that door.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
It's a new clothes gotta put up some kind of
a front. Why I need the door fast?
Speaker 3 (11:50):
No way, you'll get your money. We can work out something.
Speaker 7 (11:52):
Hot dogs? Do you pay forty much.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Your joll time? Oh? Hey, uh, we'll go over there
out of the way.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
Okay, but you haven't told me yet. Run How do
you want it done? All depend I haven't got money.
Gun him on the lamp cause you got one?
Speaker 3 (12:18):
No, I don't know anyone couldn't use a gun anyway.
Too much noise.
Speaker 5 (12:21):
I'll make up your mind.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
I need tomorrow night. We can talk about it then.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
But mister youth, stick me to sit on these things
for a week. I'm not making a career out of
just this one job.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
What are you worrying about? What's sit everything up tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (12:32):
I i'd how about ten bucks on the truck? I
got to leave 'em flat?
Speaker 4 (12:35):
Mm, I'm sorry, suse that'll do?
Speaker 6 (12:40):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (12:42):
How about that payoffs the thousand?
Speaker 6 (12:43):
How do we set that up?
Speaker 3 (12:44):
We can talk about that later, but can't we talk now?
Speaker 4 (12:47):
Lookstone, I don't think I like your attitude. You haven't
told me how you want the job done. You talk
to it every time, the payoffs, mans, integrities, you say
it ain't mean nothing.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
I'm taking the chancewers.
Speaker 5 (12:55):
How do I know I'm gonna get paid?
Speaker 3 (12:56):
How don't I know your time?
Speaker 5 (13:02):
Before I left Charles Stone, we set up a meeting
for the following night. At eight o'clock, I caught a bus.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
And went back to the hotel room.
Speaker 4 (13:08):
So far had been unable to get any other corroborated
evidence on Stone evidence p. Fifty presented in court The
next morning. I called the office, kept them posted on development.
I had my meals at the lunch Power.
Speaker 5 (13:18):
Next door to the hotel, and I stept pretty close
to my room at two thirty that afternoons, then the hall.
Speaker 8 (13:24):
Retailed Stone to the midge Oial races last night here
doing he good?
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Oh not bad?
Speaker 6 (13:29):
Going a little flow though he killed him.
Speaker 8 (13:31):
After he left kids, he drove to the Beverly Hills.
Speaker 5 (13:33):
At Dress but saty looking Glendale.
Speaker 8 (13:36):
Yes, his apartment. He went to his regis to uh,
Jean Howard stayed before this morning chick down, grill after
your secretary when.
Speaker 5 (13:43):
The Stone's were Maybe that explains why my Stone wants
to get rid of his wife.
Speaker 8 (13:46):
He's one more thing. We healed him to a gunshot
this morning. Bought a couple of things and Atterley Stone
we checked with the store. Dress stold a Stone bought
about the shell thirty two Canadas.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
The same kind of Jenny had registered and then thirty
three and w yeah, that's funny, Stone told me, doesn't.
Speaker 8 (13:59):
Morning, it isn't look too good.
Speaker 5 (14:03):
All right, now, let's don't start worrying.
Speaker 8 (14:05):
Don't track him the dimes with UO.
Speaker 5 (14:07):
All right, you want to check me later on. I
gotta keep this line open, all.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
Yeah, yeah, job's all set up, ready to go. When fortnite.
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Speaker 5 (15:52):
In February nineteen fifty five pm.
Speaker 4 (15:55):
Tellstone taking up in his car at the corner of
Alaminium six, he turned on the South Broadway.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
In here they'd down to the beach.
Speaker 6 (16:00):
He husted over the.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
Wheel as he drove.
Speaker 5 (16:03):
I kept wondering how I was gonna pin him down.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
We were less than.
Speaker 4 (16:06):
Twenty four hours away from the scheduled murders of his wife,
and I still didn't have a case against somebody to
stand up in court.
Speaker 6 (16:11):
He failed to produce the.
Speaker 4 (16:12):
Sifting evidence tonight shown had a good chance of going
free when he succeeded in having his wife's children up.
I also ah had no idea what plans the suspect
he had made before he hired me to be the killing.
It was a definitely possibility, and he might have arranged
for somebody else to commit the actual murder and then
set up a.
Speaker 5 (16:27):
Double cross that he was the victim.
Speaker 4 (16:29):
We knew he had a thirty two S and W
revolver registered in his name, but he denied the means
that he was owned again him nine o three to him.
Speaker 3 (16:35):
And sold up in front of stone Beach's house.
Speaker 4 (16:43):
Once the other m ground here a vacant summer places,
she were gonna start moving again, to the first man,
but he said.
Speaker 5 (16:49):
You're afraid of the neighbor's seeing you here.
Speaker 4 (16:50):
If someone living up the next block and we can't
afford not to be careful.
Speaker 3 (16:55):
That's a man. There's the front door too, you see,
he didn't worry right or.
Speaker 5 (17:04):
Heart work, you'd go ahead lofly.
Speaker 6 (17:05):
Uh huh.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
The living room her, yeah, bed rooms over hair to it.
Speaker 6 (17:16):
It's uh, it's what well, what's the story? Where do
I start?
Speaker 3 (17:26):
Well?
Speaker 4 (17:26):
I should be here about six o'clock tomorrow night. So
we're coming down alone to get the house ready for
a weekend party. What do you want leave about four
in the afternoon? Yeah, he the keys of from doing better,
pick it up and hand of fort.
Speaker 6 (17:40):
Huh.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
Okay. You first thing you do when you get here
is pull out all the drawers in the bedroom.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
Duro got things around, make it such as much like
a burgenary as you can.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (17:51):
And here in the living room that draw they little
cupboard and inside out, so things around.
Speaker 6 (17:57):
What's my favorite first alla revelue?
Speaker 3 (17:59):
I think, uh uh.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
A pair of gloves of mine to find a bear
in this door?
Speaker 3 (18:06):
I remember that. Uh let's see now.
Speaker 4 (18:10):
Uh oh yeah, fresh cord should the sort of service percent.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
You shouldn't have any trouble.
Speaker 4 (18:22):
Yeah, he s rope pretty low, slow, sliptly, won't be
with the glove down.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
She not very scarm shouldn't have any trouble. I neither
up here and for it, cause she's gotta be a
loll out it. Well, I'm supposed to hide and show you. Yeah,
I a by the front door closet.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
Yeah, my wife comes in closing the door and should
probably go out to the bedroom and take off the coat.
Follow him and go up fast for her back turn.
Most teams neighbors might hear right, want a clean and cry,
do it as quickly as you can. Now when the finish,
there is what I wanted to do with it? Whats Uh?
Make abody and bring it this way many I want
(19:07):
to see.
Speaker 6 (19:08):
Uh, you got.
Speaker 4 (19:10):
The living room in these French doors, that's the next one.
You won't have any someone. Put somebody out here on
the porch some with me. Now, I want you to
get this strain you on?
Speaker 5 (19:20):
So yeah, I love, I got it.
Speaker 4 (19:22):
Take it down to this end of the porch, right
off a rallying lea were here. It's rand port you understand,
all the way down to the end of the porch here.
I don't get it, but I guess it's all right.
All right, let's go make him.
Speaker 3 (19:37):
Uh let's go. I may forget the layout of this
house here.
Speaker 5 (19:40):
Just draw four plans for me. I don't wanna get
mixed up here, and.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
I always stay rent of the day. You can draw
it yourself before we leave tonight.
Speaker 4 (19:48):
Flatter it if you trust it. Can't afford to taking chances?
Oh what was it? Uh? Yeah? After your finish using
the rope from me jail, you'll find some rings in
my life things tis thore uh big setting, especially if
your brace was on the left risk takess t well
I do is run a nice swipe, rape the mattole here,
(20:09):
rings down the brace list, don't make any of the
rings right senses?
Speaker 3 (20:13):
Well, how about little braiders here?
Speaker 6 (20:14):
Yet you'll pick up my door at to say time.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
I'll put 'em on a base, so that's done.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
When you getting back downtown, i'll fix for before he
that's the night six and olimeter setting joy shop.
Speaker 3 (20:25):
Have the money for anything. But you're gonna be at
six o'clock.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
I have to tell myself I'll stay down at the
office special conference.
Speaker 5 (20:32):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
I don't think I like this what any means? Don't
like it? Of course?
Speaker 4 (20:37):
That what should happen? I got little protection. I feel
a lot better with a guy as chldre. I don't
have a gun to give you. Why would you need
one anyway, just feel a lot better at all and buy.
I wonder if you want that's your problem. I'm paying
you for a job to have a same the money
I told you. When the job's sad me you get
your money. Then it's just anything I want to make
sure of. No mistakes here some where you can't.
Speaker 3 (20:56):
You say that's true door if you like, let's tell
you he's interesting, mask anybody.
Speaker 5 (21:00):
I thought you're right.
Speaker 4 (21:05):
Before I left Charlestone, I got one more valuable piece
of evidence out of him, a special phone number written
in his handwriting on the back of one of his
business cards.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
And thinks anything went wrong, I was to call him
at this number in his own handwriting.
Speaker 4 (21:16):
I also got a list of times that I was
supposed to remember, when to come to the house, when
to leave, when to meet him for the payoffs. The
next afternoon, at two thirty, I left the hotel.
Speaker 5 (21:24):
And drove my car to Minister Stone's beach time. Captain
Steed and another officer from Homicide followed me up.
Speaker 3 (21:30):
We waited in the house together shortly before.
Speaker 4 (21:32):
Fixed him, Missus Milboo's Stone arrived with this standon Gillen Senis.
Speaker 5 (21:36):
She refused to believe the story of her husband wanted
to have her murdered.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
She capped see laid out the evidence for this came
mister Stone, you recognize it. I guess it's the one
to the front door, Lester Charles. She gave it to
this officer, Missus Stone, the man who was sposed to
murder it.
Speaker 7 (21:49):
No, I don't believe it.
Speaker 3 (21:51):
Do you have any idea?
Speaker 6 (21:52):
What's then? Let past land that went over there?
Speaker 3 (21:54):
There's nothing in there. I cleaned it out the last
time we were here.
Speaker 5 (21:57):
I cleaned out all the closets. I like church him.
Speaker 3 (22:05):
That's put the room a little bull bout blow before.
If the Stone gave with 'em, it's supposed to be
the muddy weapon. Take one more point, man all over
the hare thinks, and you know what's in this story
here empty? You have to go, you know, to keep
any of them there only run to near Gloud for
the sunny months.
Speaker 6 (22:25):
O K.
Speaker 3 (22:27):
You have your husband old blood that right now? Why
would they begin?
Speaker 5 (22:31):
It's saw I was supposed to wear 'em while I
was in the house where wouldn't leave.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
Finger Part two two mins bus to down.
Speaker 4 (22:39):
Yes, I'm sorry, mister Stronge. We know what's your terrible
shocks for you. I think you realize where you had
to tell.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
You saw high with some bad time to set my line.
Speaker 5 (22:49):
I'm sorry now that happened.
Speaker 3 (22:51):
It would have been better. Keeps exceed it much better.
Speaker 6 (22:53):
Take told be religious h.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Terrible tib machine. The ablehood can good for him.
Speaker 5 (23:01):
He wanted to have your mudded, ma'am, and no.
Speaker 3 (23:03):
Doubt he wanted me good, Yes, ma'am.
Speaker 5 (23:05):
N one thing. Yeah, would my husband try cause I
love him? Six forty five to him. I telephoned Charles
Stone until him the job was done. His wife was murdered.
Speaker 6 (23:19):
He said he'd meet you at sixteen Alume.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
To speaks to the payoff I had scheduled. I waited
to sail to show up at seven thirty pm. Stone
was placed under arrest and he parked his car in
front of their vent at the beach house. A loaded
thirty two caliber revolver was found in his pocket. He
was take him back to the city Hall to see
if he touched.
Speaker 5 (23:34):
His office then and I waited outside the open door
we could hear sad Brown start to interrogate him any side.
Speaker 3 (23:40):
You never hope we have you down here for him?
If to something, ah, I haven't sentified here? Or would
you stay if I tell it to your wife at
the mudded I think you're trasy? What would you say
if I tell get at your tears of the mother shilling?
It's ridiculous, stub and I worked all day. I can
prove it all.
Speaker 4 (23:54):
I tried a m in Sudy. You never meet this
wonderful I've seen him on skid Row.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
I don't know him.
Speaker 6 (24:03):
Do you recognize the name you hired to kill you?
Speaker 3 (24:05):
What? I didn't know the man? I didn't kill him.
Why I don't understand all that? The little teller to go,
he's some say off, there's a good roll bumb I anyway,
I say it's gonna make it.
Speaker 4 (24:15):
Still, both the of 'em the wife have been tailed
constantly for the last couple of days. Photograph tables, major
auto races, fix an animeter.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Beverly Hill's apartment serience. You don't know what you're talking about, right?
Did you send them later in the place? See? No?
Then you don't believe all these things? You saying about me.
Speaker 4 (24:38):
Yeah, the room tells the bastit po I didn't go
Anne how much as Votican?
Speaker 3 (24:44):
I hadn't anything? You know whatever? Seed do you know?
Speaker 6 (24:51):
Hum?
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Pretty bad chills? Uh, it's all right now what's not
better with.
Speaker 7 (24:56):
To inc Let's see and so right right?
Speaker 3 (25:08):
What's you look like?
Speaker 4 (25:09):
You're starting to talk? Got men who tried to have
her murders? Who got the best to him? What's the proof?
The un was nine? Anything?
Speaker 5 (25:22):
How about it? Kept confidence? The story you had just
heard was true.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
Only the names was saying, you need to protect.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
The innocence on many second trial was heeled in Peterior Court,
Department eighty nine, City and County of Los Angeles, State
of California.
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In a moment the results of that trial, and now
here is our star, Jack Webb, thank you for the
working and texture. Is the difference between guilt and innocence
is proof in the form of physical evidence and the
form of testimony gathered some reliable witnesses and determining any.
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Speaker 2 (26:18):
Charles Farnsworth Stone was tried and convicted on soliciting the
commission of a felony two counts. He received the sentence
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Speaker 3 (26:34):
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Speaker 2 (26:35):
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Speaker 3 (27:00):
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