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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Dragnet.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true.
The names have been changed to protect the innocent. You're
a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Bunco fugitive detail. A
pawnbroker tells you he suspects a swindle. He isn't sure
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your job. Check it out.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Dragnt the documented drama of an actual crime. For the
next thirty minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
you will travel step by step on the side of
the law through an actual case transcribed from official police violence,
from beginning to end, from crime to punishment. Dragnet is
the story of your police force in action.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
It was Wednesday, May eighteen. It was cool in Los Angeles.
We were working the day watch out a bunkle fugitive detail.
My partners Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Didion. My
name is Friday. I was on my way into the
office and it was seven fifty five am when I
got the room.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Thirty eight Buncle Fyoga never know Hi, Joe Money. Do
you remember Fred Alpin? Oh? Sure you? Fred?
Speaker 5 (01:22):
Hi hold my own sordent.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Well, what's new?
Speaker 6 (01:25):
I'm not sure? Maybe just wasting my time, yours too.
Bred thinks he'stumbled onto a con game.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Joe, all right, we look that way to me, you know,
Oh what's the sting?
Speaker 7 (01:33):
Well?
Speaker 6 (01:33):
I was just telling Smith here. Yeah, a fella came
in last night, a little guy. He was kind of timid,
probably never been to a pawn shop before, at least
he wasn't a steady You know, I could spot them
straight off.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Yeah, I went a porn.
Speaker 6 (01:44):
A ring, got a big green stone, fancy setting, all
gimmicked up.
Speaker 5 (01:47):
You know, man's ring, real fancy though.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Asked me what it was worth.
Speaker 8 (01:51):
What would you tell him?
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Worth?
Speaker 6 (01:52):
Twenty bucks? Maybe twenty five is what you told him?
You know I can't loan full value, you know that.
I offered him five bucks. Would a guy up to ten?
If he depressed me? That's better than a lot of
brokers would give.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
You.
Speaker 6 (02:03):
Take the five you're kidding when all the pieces, but
he's going to have a hemorrhage, started calling me a crook.
Said the ring was an emerald, shouted, screamed all over
the place. It's an emerald, he said, a five thousand
dollars emerald, that hunk of glass.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Were you sure you didn't make a mistake, Fred.
Speaker 6 (02:15):
Now, I asked you, sorry, do when anybody tried to
paint a five gmerald with me?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
I ask you glass? That's what it was, green glass.
Speaker 5 (02:21):
A nice setting, though.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
What do you think to him the old diamond switch
maybe could be sounds like the only difference is the color.
You get his name, friend, Yeah, I asked him. He
just shouted and carried on though he wasn't making any
sense at all. Got his lights and so oh yeah,
his park right in front of the place. Got the
number when he drove off. I thought you might want it.
I wrote it out, put in my pocket. He should
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be right here. I'll wait a minute. Oh yeah, here
it is match pholt on the inside. You make it
out all right?
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (02:53):
I think so.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
We'll check it. Uh huh. Might be a good idea
if you got right on it. Huh what do you mean?
Speaker 6 (02:57):
Well, just before he left my place, he stopped all
that care right and on. I think it sunk in
when I told him about the ring being no good.
Now got real quiet, you know, kind of like he
was making up his mind about something. Yeah, asked me
to sell him a gun.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
Bred Alpin gave us a description of the man who
had tried to pawn the ring. We called our branch
of DMV and asked them to check the license number.
They came up with the information of the automobile bearing
that license was registered in the name of Garfield and
Hunt at two twenty one North Selma Avenue, Hollywood, nine
o three am.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Thank you. I do to talk to him? Well, sure
as a clear day talk of those hills. Yo. Oh
I read in the paper con seet for forty miles.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yeah, bet.
Speaker 8 (03:38):
Money?
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Who are you?
Speaker 9 (03:41):
What do you want?
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Is mister Hunt here? No?
Speaker 9 (03:44):
No, he's not here.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Well he lives here, doesn't he. Who are you? I'm
sorry man, we're police officers.
Speaker 9 (03:51):
Please, that's right.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
As my partner Frank Smith, my name is Pidy.
Speaker 8 (03:54):
Where do you say?
Speaker 9 (03:55):
Tap me to him?
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Might if we come inside you a littleis your talk? Oh?
Speaker 9 (03:59):
Yes, of course?
Speaker 10 (04:00):
Oh oh, I forgot so if it's still made up.
Slept down here last night, so I'd been near the phone,
thought he might call, thought somebody'd call.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Your husband didn't come home.
Speaker 10 (04:15):
Never happened before, not in thirty seven years. That's h'm
and just let me fold up that blanket so you
sit down. Yeah, oh, thank you.
Speaker 8 (04:25):
You got any idea where your husband might have gone, Miss.
Speaker 10 (04:27):
Hunt, No, no idea. It's all for time to leave
nine thirty five. Looked at the clock as he went
out the door. Couldn't believe it. Not like God to
go out that late. Were usually in bed by ten.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
That's ma'am.
Speaker 10 (04:41):
Promised me it'd only be gone now. Promised me he'd
be back by ten thirty for sure. I sh never
heard a word from him after that, Not a word.
What do you suppost happen to him?
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (04:54):
Sorry, we don't know, Miss huh, Well you must have
some notion.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Sorry, we don't, he said, you on to talk to him,
just a few questions, routine? What about before? We'd rather
talk to him? Do you notify the police that he's missing?
Speaker 7 (05:07):
No?
Speaker 9 (05:08):
I didn't know what to do.
Speaker 10 (05:10):
Figured you'd get in touch with me when you find him.
I guess I wasn't thinking very good. It never happened before.
Speaker 8 (05:16):
Yes, right, are there any friends he might be staying with? Relatives?
Speaker 9 (05:20):
We don't know anybody else in Los Angeles. I see
it's moved out here.
Speaker 10 (05:24):
Last winter in Kansas, children had grown up, settled, Guard
sold the business and we moved out here Kansas winter
is gonna be pretty cold.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Yes, ma'am. Did your husband retired?
Speaker 5 (05:37):
Man?
Speaker 10 (05:37):
He should be worked hard all his life. He deserves
the rest. Had a little trouble with his heart last years. No,
not a real attack. The doctor told him to take
it easy. Uh huh not God though was not here.
Two months before he got all restless and fidgety. This
couldn't take it sitting around the house started up again
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and doesn't s Yes.
Speaker 9 (06:01):
We had a tailor shop back in Cansas.
Speaker 10 (06:04):
God found a new business district opening up in the
San Fernando Valley, also Magnolia Bulevart. They were renting cheap
no ride at the beginning, wanted at ten.
Speaker 11 (06:16):
Uh huh.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Didn't do much.
Speaker 10 (06:18):
Business at first, but things have been getting better. Gods
of good tailor a lot more careful than most, learning
his trade young the days when in the world they
l that's.
Speaker 8 (06:29):
About Are you try to reach him there at the shop.
Speaker 10 (06:32):
I called last night three four times this morning too.
Nobody answered. I see you think you can can find me.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
We'll do our best.
Speaker 10 (06:42):
I guess maybe I should have notified your last night, Yes, ma'am.
I didn't know what to do, thought you'd get in
touch with me if something happened.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Oh, learn to call us first.
Speaker 8 (06:53):
Nah, I guess so, then it might not happen.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Missus.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
Hunt gave us a description of her husband. We advised
her to make a formal report at the Valley Division.
A local and APB were sent out. Three fifteen pm.
Patrol car Unit nine L.
Speaker 8 (07:12):
Seven eight reported Hunt had been found sitting.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
In his car. The car was parked in Mohullum Drive.
Hunt had readily identified himself. We asked the officers to
bring him in for questioning.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Hi, Joe, Frank Peete, I p here he is, Thanks
for spotting for us. Sure, anytime.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
I want to sit down, Hunt, But now what do
you want with me? Just like to talk to you,
that's all. As Frank Smith, my name is Friday.
Speaker 5 (07:36):
I've never been d the arrest before, not once.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Well, now you're not under arrest nowmat Hunt?
Speaker 5 (07:41):
What am I doing?
Speaker 10 (07:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (07:42):
Why did those officers make me come with him?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Well?
Speaker 8 (07:45):
You didn't go last night? Your wife has been worried
about you.
Speaker 7 (07:47):
Oh, I was going home when I found me. Why
wasn't any place else to go? Well, Sarah Art the call,
she didn't call her? Well, how'd you find now?
Speaker 4 (07:56):
He tried to buy a gun pawnshop over on Main Street?
Oh what what'd you want to go for?
Speaker 7 (08:02):
I wouldn't have heard 'em. I just wanted my money back.
I thought I could scare 'em, that's all. I don't
know nothing about firearms. Thought maybe I could scare 'em.
Would you want to scare them? Who were they?
Speaker 5 (08:13):
Well?
Speaker 7 (08:13):
They said they was renting a store next to mine.
Said they was jewelers and opened up a valley branch
for Lasting Wells. You know, the big jewelry's store down
down here. Uh, crooks, that's what they were. Out and
out Crooks went looking for him earlier this morning. The
back door to the store was open, you know, the
one next to mine.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Yes, sir, go ahead.
Speaker 7 (08:35):
I couldn't find hide the harrod, and the place was empty,
just a couple of fakes. Had the windows soaked over
so nobody could see what they were up to, pound
on some old boards, making me think that they.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Was remodeling er er. How much money did they get
from you?
Speaker 5 (08:51):
Knock them? Exactly?
Speaker 7 (08:53):
Fella working with 'em. Must have been working with 'em
the only way it makes sense. Well, I suppose you
tell us about it when you When he'd come into
my shop day before yesterday, it was long about one
o'clock in the afternoon, called himself Norman christ He said
he was from Greedley. Really, he that's a town in
Colorado where my brother lives.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
Said he knew my.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Brother ed back bag, what do you want with you?
Speaker 7 (09:16):
Well, he came to that, asked him to look me
up see how I was doing. Probably didn't know it
at all. They must have told him them Joel the fellas.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
I got to think him back.
Speaker 7 (09:28):
Remember that I mentioned having a brother in Colorado one
day when he was having lunch, told him the town too.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Really, what happened? Then? Did he send you the ring? Oh?
Speaker 8 (09:39):
You know about that too? Well you tried to put
it to you.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
No, so not really.
Speaker 7 (09:44):
I just wanted to find out how much it was
worth so that I could tell Sarah. You know, I
was doing a surpriser. Figured that i'd give him another
day before I tried to sell it.
Speaker 8 (09:56):
Well, how'd you have to buy it?
Speaker 7 (09:57):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (09:58):
I wasn't buying it out.
Speaker 9 (10:00):
I would just.
Speaker 5 (10:00):
Loan him on it.
Speaker 7 (10:03):
Told me I had a chance to option some property
out in the Ensino Real Bargain said he had to
close the deal by five pm that same day. He
needed cash for a clincher, had to get the money
from Colorado, That's what he said. He was afraid it
wouldn't be here in time. He couldn't go to the bank,
didn't have any credit in La. Needed three thousand dollars.
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He said that if I'd loaned him the three, he'd
give me back four thousand. First thing the next morning,
followed me his ring for in security. He said there
was worth seven thousand. Easy, that cost him more than that.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
You hand the money over, No.
Speaker 7 (10:40):
Sir, not, don site told him I didn't have three
thousand dollars. I told him straight out, said all I
had was fifteen hundred my savings account. I guess I
shouldn't have said that.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
Not.
Speaker 7 (10:53):
He told me he might be able to swing it
for fifteen hundreds. He'd have to go out there and
see him in person. Said he'd come back.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Did he leave them? No, not right away.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
I stopped him.
Speaker 7 (11:05):
I told him there was no part in coming back.
I no, jewel, I said, how do I know that
ring is worth seven thousand dollars? Told me to get
it the praise while he was gone, told me to
take it to any jewel I wanted to. Seemed like
he should trusted me. Leaven a valuable ring like that
kind of.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
Sold me on him.
Speaker 7 (11:28):
I went next door to ask those fellows who said
there was jewelers.
Speaker 5 (11:32):
Place was locked up.
Speaker 7 (11:33):
So I figured they was still out for lunch. I
figured maybe they was in the dug store down on.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
The corner, and see, did you find him up there? Yes, sir?
What did they say about the ring?
Speaker 7 (11:47):
Perfect camra, that's what they said. One of them put
the gadget up his eye, looked through it.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 7 (11:54):
Yes, sir, perfect camra, worth ten thousand dollars, not stuff
in it. Acted like they thought it was mine. Offered
to buy if I wanted to sell. I told him
about the other fellow that he needed three thousand dollars.
I told him a whole story I did. They said
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they'd loan him.
Speaker 8 (12:15):
Five without battle of line.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
Offered to make out a check, right done, and laugh
took my with away. That was so anxious.
Speaker 7 (12:25):
I said maybe we could go in fifty to fifty.
They put up fifteen hundred. I'd put up fifteen hundred.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
That way, the.
Speaker 7 (12:32):
Guy would have three thousand if he still needed that much,
they could both make it a little problem, you know.
One of them asked me, Hi, I wanted to check,
should make it out to me? I told him make
it out cash. Do you remember how he signed it?
Jones Quincy Jones. That's the name I knew him by.
The other one called himself Wyatt Tuesdale. I don't think
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that's their real name.
Speaker 5 (12:56):
You probably one of those uh what.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Don't you call alias? Yes, soir? Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's it.
Speaker 7 (13:02):
Well, anyway, I went over my bank and do out
the fifteen hundred. About two thirty the fellow came back,
the one who gave me the ring, yeah, said he'd
tried to talk to the real estate people into being
satisfied with fifteen hundred, wouldn't come down, insisted.
Speaker 5 (13:18):
On the whole three thousand.
Speaker 7 (13:20):
I told him not to worry that I had it.
Speaker 5 (13:23):
Give him my fifteen hundred and the check.
Speaker 7 (13:26):
He said the check would be okay, seeing his hot
was on a local bank.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
He promised that he'd pay me back the next morning.
That'd be yesterday, yes, sir.
Speaker 7 (13:35):
And when he didn't show up, I wanted to make
sure just how much it was worth the ring in
case something had happened to it, in case he didn't
come back for it. That's why I went to the
pawn shop offered.
Speaker 5 (13:49):
Me five dollars.
Speaker 7 (13:52):
A man in the pawn shop couldn't believe him at first,
that was just glass hundred glass.
Speaker 5 (13:58):
And a great light broke on me. How i'd been drinking.
Speaker 8 (14:03):
All of a sudden had come to me, Well, why'd
you stay out all night?
Speaker 1 (14:07):
Why didn't you go home?
Speaker 5 (14:09):
Well, you see, your sir. I couldn't face her, Sarah.
I knew I'd been.
Speaker 7 (14:15):
Swear fifteen hundred dollars every cent that we'd saved, been
married thirty seven years. It was Sarah's money too, not
just because she's my wife. To help Hernie. Well, we're
trying to get it back for you, mister Hunt. I've
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watched the show for thirty seven years?
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Is it?
Speaker 5 (14:41):
That's what I kept thinking while I was sitting in my.
Speaker 7 (14:43):
Car up there on the hills all day long, just
kept thinking, fifty seven years, fifteen hundred dollars.
Speaker 5 (14:53):
I'll I'll have to tell.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Her I want Hey it, that's up to you.
Speaker 7 (14:58):
She don't know it anyway, You don't know something was wrong? Yes,
who laid the start?
Speaker 8 (15:05):
All over.
Speaker 7 (15:08):
It won't have one, it's our chats have what seven years.
Speaker 4 (15:22):
We continued to interview the victim, Garfield Hunt, and he
gave us descriptions of the three suspects. The Stats office
came up with twenty four possibles which showed the mug
books to Hunt.
Speaker 8 (15:30):
He identified two of the photographs.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
Ernest will Coxon and Paul Cleaver. Hunt was positive that
will Coxon and Cleaver were a man who had read
of the store next to his and had pretended to
be jewelers. He was unable to find a photograph of
Norman Chris, the man who had sold him the ring.
They pulled the packages on will Coxon and Cleaver. They
had both done time for burglary. They had not previously
worked with a third person. We called the Lasting Well
Jewelry Company. They informed us that they were not opening
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a branch out in the valley. We checked with the
owners of the building in which Hunt had.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
His tailor shop.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
They told us the adjacent store had been ended on
a weekly basis and if the renders had said they
intended to use the space for temporary story. A local
and an APB were set out on all three suspects,
five thirteen pm. Using the information from their mama sheets,
Frank and I began checking various places where Clever and
Will Coxon.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
Has been known to hang out. Seven twelve pm.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
We went into the Black Parrot Bar on Soft Broadway
and we talked to the bartender.
Speaker 5 (16:23):
Not by them names, I don't know them.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
Well, maybe these pictures will help, how about it? Yeah,
they come in here once in a while, Yeah, that's
what we heard.
Speaker 11 (16:32):
Always come in together as far as I know.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Ever, bring somebody with him.
Speaker 8 (16:36):
Talton fella about thirty blonde.
Speaker 11 (16:37):
Hair, Nah, just two of them. Never seen him with
another guy. I see, what do you want for?
Speaker 1 (16:43):
You know how we can turn them up?
Speaker 11 (16:44):
Wait here now we can wait? Won't be in tonight.
How do you know they got money?
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Oh? Big roll?
Speaker 11 (16:50):
The redheaded one was in yesterday, Quincy Jones, that's what
he told me.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
His name was well and.
Speaker 11 (16:54):
Running a tab. He paid it up and pull. I
had plenty of left over all right, as long as
they're carrying a roll, they don't come.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
To my place.
Speaker 11 (17:00):
And for them expensive joints like down on the strip,
you know, places like that. When they've blown their loot,
that come back to me and start running up another tab.
I called them out, but what can you do? That's
why I get some of their bundles.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
You know where they live? Live around here somewhere. I
couldn't pin it down for you? Who could? How bad
you want to find out? What do you mean? What
costs you a drink? You that thirsty for me?
Speaker 11 (17:23):
A girl over there in the corner booth a blind
Oh yeah, she knows them, been out with him a
couple of times.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
I've seen them leave together.
Speaker 11 (17:29):
So I'm just kidding about that drink down the house
for you guys and here too.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
No, we want it. We'll pay for hers. It's up
to you.
Speaker 8 (17:41):
Hive me, miss you know, aren't you?
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Yes, ma'am?
Speaker 9 (17:45):
Place could stands in New Talent.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Yeah, I'll move over, thanks, thank you?
Speaker 9 (17:50):
Lets them out of this sun?
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Were police officers?
Speaker 9 (17:54):
How do you like that?
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Ma'am?
Speaker 12 (17:56):
Barsco said I was going to meet somebody new today,
You know the mind? Didn't there be cops?
Speaker 1 (18:02):
M I pick?
Speaker 9 (18:05):
W'd that come from?
Speaker 1 (18:07):
These guys?
Speaker 9 (18:08):
They shouldn't call him guys.
Speaker 12 (18:09):
Jake celeb by the light of a drink, that makes
him a gentleman. Call me gentlemen.
Speaker 9 (18:13):
That's what you should say.
Speaker 8 (18:15):
Sure, do you a very good health?
Speaker 9 (18:18):
Gentlemen? M not him? What can I do for you?
I'm at your service?
Speaker 6 (18:25):
The lacklander says, these guys are friends of yours.
Speaker 12 (18:29):
I wouldn't say those pictures do him justice, but there
is a resemblance.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
You know him?
Speaker 9 (18:33):
Then it was Matt.
Speaker 12 (18:34):
We weren formally into Duist, but we've met. I mean
a lot of people in here, not the best people
in town.
Speaker 9 (18:40):
Maybe it's not the best, butmp in town. But it's convening.
I worked down the street.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Uh huh. You know where these men live?
Speaker 9 (18:47):
M Oh, you mean these two so called friends of mine?
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 9 (18:51):
Am I? Well did you ever hear the north Cross
Arms Hotel?
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Yeah?
Speaker 9 (18:57):
Well I haven't been there, of course, and I'm not sure,
but that's a residence. But Quincy was carrying a hotel
key and one night it fell out of his pocket.
I think that was the name on the tag, north
Cross Arms. All right, thank you, thank you, Brandy do mention?
Speaker 1 (19:15):
And what are we? All? You six fits? She drinks
a good stuff? There you go keep the change.
Speaker 11 (19:23):
Looks like I got one decent break. And so them
paying a tag today before you pick him up? Well,
they didn't pay it oh who did?
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Man named Hunt?
Speaker 4 (19:35):
The clerk at the Norcross Arms Hotel told us the
two men who resembled will Coxon and Cleaverer were registered
under the names of Jones and Truesdale. He said they'd
gone out for the evening. He showed us up to
their room thirty six am. We asked him about the
suspect known as Norman Chris. He told us he'd never
seen anybody with Will Coxon and Cleever who answered Chris description?
Two forty eight am, Will Coxon and Kleaver returned to
their room. We took him into custody and drove him
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down at the city.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Hall for questioning.
Speaker 13 (19:58):
How many times you want to hear till we get
the true? Does Hunt say he gave us any money?
He never gave us a cent?
Speaker 1 (20:02):
Did he ar no?
Speaker 13 (20:03):
We even paid his lunch to have a couple of times.
Right always managed to have fumbles owes us a couple
of lunch.
Speaker 4 (20:07):
He paid him back. What fifteen hundred bucks by the
lot of lunches? What fifty you got your share? You've
been spending all over.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Time, Hunsei. He gave it to us.
Speaker 8 (20:13):
I still had over six hundred bucks when he picked
you up?
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Now where to come from?
Speaker 13 (20:15):
Hollywood Park picked three long shots yesterday. You want the
names of the horses?
Speaker 1 (20:18):
Where's Christ? Told you before? I never heard of him?
Who is he? The guy who worked the game with?
Never heard of him? You want to take this wrap yourself?
Speaker 4 (20:25):
Why did you rent that store out in the valley store?
We showed him your mugshot the man you readed it from,
he made you you want.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
It in person? How about him?
Speaker 13 (20:33):
I guess they got us there. Yeah, we were going
to open up a booky joined Is that right? Yeah,
we changed our minds. Look the situation over decide might
get a little warm out in the valley and cleared
out bookie joint. That's right out a jewelry store. Are
you talking about us? Jewel Is there any in me?
Speaker 1 (20:45):
That's what you told Hunt?
Speaker 13 (20:46):
Nothing of the kind. Laid it on the line, told
him we were bookies, just between us. He was kind
of pleased about it. Likes to play the horses himself,
like the idea of being able to lay a bet
so convene you're a liar, Look say, maybe that's what
happened to his money, Maybe losted on a nag.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Come on, let's try it again. Now, why you're at
the store.
Speaker 13 (21:01):
You're gonna get the same answers, the same questions, the
same answers.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Is a waste of time. We got plenty seventy two hours.
That's all you got.
Speaker 13 (21:08):
You can hold us on suspicion for seventy two then
you can turn us loose unless you prove something.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
We'll prove it.
Speaker 13 (21:12):
How we didn't take any money from Hunt. Nobody says
we did, even him if he was a mark for this.
What's his name, Chris?
Speaker 1 (21:17):
That's right?
Speaker 13 (21:18):
How do you wrap us into the package? Hunt never
saw us? Where then nobody saw us. We'll find somebody.
Speaker 11 (21:22):
Seventy two hours and you gotta turn us loose.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
That's the law. That's right.
Speaker 13 (21:25):
We know the law.
Speaker 4 (21:26):
Why'd you break it? We continued to question the suspects,
but we were unable to break them down. Thursday May nineteenth,
seven forty five am, another team of detective took over
the interrogation.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Frank and I went back to the office. Think then
pop out, junk. I don't know.
Speaker 4 (21:45):
It doesn't look like it didn't now unless we turn
up to Chris, did you call your wife?
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Yeah? Sure, ball me out, kept dinner wading well after ten.
You're lucky. Yeah, maybe I wonder if I'll get home tonight.
Thank god. It buncle fugitive Friday.
Speaker 4 (22:01):
Yes, right, sounds like him.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
How long ago?
Speaker 4 (22:08):
Uh huh, Yeah, Chris fits the description. Smashed up a
car in the Hollywood Freeway. Georgia Street. Recognized him from
my teletime.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
Be able to talk. Died ten minutes after they brought
him in.
Speaker 4 (22:19):
At the Morgue, the victim Garfield, had identified the body.
He was positive it was Norman Chris, the man who
had sold him the ring. Will Coxon and Cleaver were
also showing the body. They denied it they'd ever seen
Chris before. The Next day, Friday, May twentieth, the evidence
against will Cox and Cleaver was taken to the District
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Attorney's office. The complaint was refused. The evidence was deemed
insufficient to bring the matter at a trial.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
At this time.
Speaker 4 (22:46):
Will Cox and Cleaver were released six oh five pm.
Frank and I got ready to sign out. Well, I
really tears it.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Sure does.
Speaker 8 (22:54):
The DA's office knows they're guilty.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
We know it can't do a thing.
Speaker 4 (22:58):
Yeah, I guess we've wasting their time. Jones just fan
on the ball. Well, I'll tell you we've spotted them
and they're going to stay spotted. Yeah, next time they
move in on a mark, we'll make it stick. It
wouldn't be very smart. I'm to try it twice, and
that's smart.
Speaker 8 (23:10):
Huh.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
They tried it once.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
The story you've just heard is true. The names were
changed to protect the Inderson.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
Two months later, on July twelfth, Will Coxon and Kleber
were apprehended for a similar crime. They were charged with
one count grand theft. On November sixth, the trial was
held in Department ninety eight, Superior Court, State of California
in and for the County of Los Angeles.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Ernest T.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
Will Coxon and Paul Kleeber were found guilty of one
count grand theft and were sentenced to a term prescribed
by law. Grand theft is punishable by imprisonment in the
county jail for a period of not less than one year,
or for a area from one to ten years in
the state penitentiary.
Speaker 11 (24:07):
You have just heard Dragnet, the Authentic story of your
Police Force in action and starring Jack Webb, a presentation
of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
That's the
Speaker 13 (25:07):
Summer poss
Dragnet.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true.
The names have been changed to protect the innocent. You're
a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Bunco fugitive detail. A
pawnbroker tells you he suspects a swindle. He isn't sure
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your job. Check it out.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Dragnt the documented drama of an actual crime. For the
next thirty minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
you will travel step by step on the side of
the law through an actual case transcribed from official police violence,
from beginning to end, from crime to punishment. Dragnet is
the story of your police force in action.
Speaker 4 (01:03):
It was Wednesday, May eighteen. It was cool in Los Angeles.
We were working the day watch out a bunkle fugitive detail.
My partners Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Didion. My
name is Friday. I was on my way into the
office and it was seven fifty five am when I
got the room.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Thirty eight Buncle Fyoga never know Hi, Joe Money. Do
you remember Fred Alpin? Oh? Sure you? Fred?
Speaker 5 (01:22):
Hi hold my own sordent.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
Well, what's new?
Speaker 6 (01:25):
I'm not sure? Maybe just wasting my time, yours too.
Bred thinks he'stumbled onto a con game.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Joe, all right, we look that way to me, you know,
Oh what's the sting?
Speaker 7 (01:33):
Well?
Speaker 6 (01:33):
I was just telling Smith here. Yeah, a fella came
in last night, a little guy. He was kind of timid,
probably never been to a pawn shop before, at least
he wasn't a steady You know, I could spot them
straight off.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Yeah, I went a porn.
Speaker 6 (01:44):
A ring, got a big green stone, fancy setting, all
gimmicked up.
Speaker 5 (01:47):
You know, man's ring, real fancy though.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Asked me what it was worth.
Speaker 8 (01:51):
What would you tell him?
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Worth?
Speaker 6 (01:52):
Twenty bucks? Maybe twenty five is what you told him?
You know I can't loan full value, you know that.
I offered him five bucks. Would a guy up to ten?
If he depressed me? That's better than a lot of
brokers would give.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
You.
Speaker 6 (02:03):
Take the five you're kidding when all the pieces, but
he's going to have a hemorrhage, started calling me a crook.
Said the ring was an emerald, shouted, screamed all over
the place. It's an emerald, he said, a five thousand
dollars emerald, that hunk of glass.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Were you sure you didn't make a mistake, Fred.
Speaker 6 (02:15):
Now, I asked you, sorry, do when anybody tried to
paint a five gmerald with me?
Speaker 1 (02:18):
I ask you glass? That's what it was, green glass.
Speaker 5 (02:21):
A nice setting, though.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
What do you think to him the old diamond switch
maybe could be sounds like the only difference is the color.
You get his name, friend, Yeah, I asked him. He
just shouted and carried on though he wasn't making any
sense at all. Got his lights and so oh yeah,
his park right in front of the place. Got the
number when he drove off. I thought you might want it.
I wrote it out, put in my pocket. He should
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be right here. I'll wait a minute. Oh yeah, here
it is match pholt on the inside. You make it
out all right?
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (02:53):
I think so.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
We'll check it. Uh huh. Might be a good idea
if you got right on it. Huh what do you mean?
Speaker 6 (02:57):
Well, just before he left my place, he stopped all
that care right and on. I think it sunk in
when I told him about the ring being no good.
Now got real quiet, you know, kind of like he
was making up his mind about something. Yeah, asked me
to sell him a gun.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
Bred Alpin gave us a description of the man who
had tried to pawn the ring. We called our branch
of DMV and asked them to check the license number.
They came up with the information of the automobile bearing
that license was registered in the name of Garfield and
Hunt at two twenty one North Selma Avenue, Hollywood, nine
o three am.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Thank you. I do to talk to him? Well, sure
as a clear day talk of those hills. Yo. Oh
I read in the paper con seet for forty miles.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yeah, bet.
Speaker 8 (03:38):
Money?
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Who are you?
Speaker 9 (03:41):
What do you want?
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Is mister Hunt here? No?
Speaker 9 (03:44):
No, he's not here.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Well he lives here, doesn't he. Who are you? I'm
sorry man, we're police officers.
Speaker 9 (03:51):
Please, that's right.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
As my partner Frank Smith, my name is Pidy.
Speaker 8 (03:54):
Where do you say?
Speaker 9 (03:55):
Tap me to him?
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Might if we come inside you a littleis your talk? Oh?
Speaker 9 (03:59):
Yes, of course?
Speaker 10 (04:00):
Oh oh, I forgot so if it's still made up.
Slept down here last night, so I'd been near the phone,
thought he might call, thought somebody'd call.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Your husband didn't come home.
Speaker 10 (04:15):
Never happened before, not in thirty seven years. That's h'm
and just let me fold up that blanket so you
sit down. Yeah, oh, thank you.
Speaker 8 (04:25):
You got any idea where your husband might have gone, Miss.
Speaker 10 (04:27):
Hunt, No, no idea. It's all for time to leave
nine thirty five. Looked at the clock as he went
out the door. Couldn't believe it. Not like God to
go out that late. Were usually in bed by ten.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
That's ma'am.
Speaker 10 (04:41):
Promised me it'd only be gone now. Promised me he'd
be back by ten thirty for sure. I sh never
heard a word from him after that, Not a word.
What do you suppost happen to him?
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (04:54):
Sorry, we don't know, Miss huh, Well you must have
some notion.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Sorry, we don't, he said, you on to talk to him,
just a few questions, routine? What about before? We'd rather
talk to him? Do you notify the police that he's missing?
Speaker 7 (05:07):
No?
Speaker 9 (05:08):
I didn't know what to do.
Speaker 10 (05:10):
Figured you'd get in touch with me when you find him.
I guess I wasn't thinking very good. It never happened before.
Speaker 8 (05:16):
Yes, right, are there any friends he might be staying with? Relatives?
Speaker 9 (05:20):
We don't know anybody else in Los Angeles. I see
it's moved out here.
Speaker 10 (05:24):
Last winter in Kansas, children had grown up, settled, Guard
sold the business and we moved out here Kansas winter
is gonna be pretty cold.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Yes, ma'am. Did your husband retired?
Speaker 5 (05:37):
Man?
Speaker 10 (05:37):
He should be worked hard all his life. He deserves
the rest. Had a little trouble with his heart last years. No,
not a real attack. The doctor told him to take
it easy. Uh huh not God though was not here.
Two months before he got all restless and fidgety. This
couldn't take it sitting around the house started up again
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and doesn't s Yes.
Speaker 9 (06:01):
We had a tailor shop back in Cansas.
Speaker 10 (06:04):
God found a new business district opening up in the
San Fernando Valley, also Magnolia Bulevart. They were renting cheap
no ride at the beginning, wanted at ten.
Speaker 11 (06:16):
Uh huh.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Didn't do much.
Speaker 10 (06:18):
Business at first, but things have been getting better. Gods
of good tailor a lot more careful than most, learning
his trade young the days when in the world they
l that's.
Speaker 8 (06:29):
About Are you try to reach him there at the shop.
Speaker 10 (06:32):
I called last night three four times this morning too.
Nobody answered. I see you think you can can find me.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
We'll do our best.
Speaker 10 (06:42):
I guess maybe I should have notified your last night, Yes, ma'am.
I didn't know what to do, thought you'd get in
touch with me if something happened.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Oh, learn to call us first.
Speaker 8 (06:53):
Nah, I guess so, then it might not happen.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Missus.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
Hunt gave us a description of her husband. We advised
her to make a formal report at the Valley Division.
A local and APB were sent out. Three fifteen pm.
Patrol car Unit nine L.
Speaker 8 (07:12):
Seven eight reported Hunt had been found sitting.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
In his car. The car was parked in Mohullum Drive.
Hunt had readily identified himself. We asked the officers to
bring him in for questioning.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Hi, Joe, Frank Peete, I p here he is, Thanks
for spotting for us. Sure, anytime.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
I want to sit down, Hunt, But now what do
you want with me? Just like to talk to you,
that's all. As Frank Smith, my name is Friday.
Speaker 5 (07:36):
I've never been d the arrest before, not once.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Well, now you're not under arrest nowmat Hunt?
Speaker 5 (07:41):
What am I doing?
Speaker 10 (07:42):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (07:42):
Why did those officers make me come with him?
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Well?
Speaker 8 (07:45):
You didn't go last night? Your wife has been worried
about you.
Speaker 7 (07:47):
Oh, I was going home when I found me. Why
wasn't any place else to go? Well, Sarah Art the call,
she didn't call her? Well, how'd you find now?
Speaker 4 (07:56):
He tried to buy a gun pawnshop over on Main Street?
Oh what what'd you want to go for?
Speaker 7 (08:02):
I wouldn't have heard 'em. I just wanted my money back.
I thought I could scare 'em, that's all. I don't
know nothing about firearms. Thought maybe I could scare 'em.
Would you want to scare them? Who were they?
Speaker 5 (08:13):
Well?
Speaker 7 (08:13):
They said they was renting a store next to mine.
Said they was jewelers and opened up a valley branch
for Lasting Wells. You know, the big jewelry's store down
down here. Uh, crooks, that's what they were. Out and
out Crooks went looking for him earlier this morning. The
back door to the store was open, you know, the
one next to mine.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
Yes, sir, go ahead.
Speaker 7 (08:35):
I couldn't find hide the harrod, and the place was empty,
just a couple of fakes. Had the windows soaked over
so nobody could see what they were up to, pound
on some old boards, making me think that they.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Was remodeling er er. How much money did they get
from you?
Speaker 5 (08:51):
Knock them? Exactly?
Speaker 7 (08:53):
Fella working with 'em. Must have been working with 'em
the only way it makes sense. Well, I suppose you
tell us about it when you When he'd come into
my shop day before yesterday, it was long about one
o'clock in the afternoon, called himself Norman christ He said
he was from Greedley. Really, he that's a town in
Colorado where my brother lives.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
Said he knew my.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Brother ed back bag, what do you want with you?
Speaker 7 (09:16):
Well, he came to that, asked him to look me
up see how I was doing. Probably didn't know it
at all. They must have told him them Joel the fellas.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
I got to think him back.
Speaker 7 (09:28):
Remember that I mentioned having a brother in Colorado one
day when he was having lunch, told him the town too.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Really, what happened? Then? Did he send you the ring? Oh?
Speaker 8 (09:39):
You know about that too? Well you tried to put
it to you.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
No, so not really.
Speaker 7 (09:44):
I just wanted to find out how much it was
worth so that I could tell Sarah. You know, I
was doing a surpriser. Figured that i'd give him another
day before I tried to sell it.
Speaker 8 (09:56):
Well, how'd you have to buy it?
Speaker 7 (09:57):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (09:58):
I wasn't buying it out.
Speaker 9 (10:00):
I would just.
Speaker 5 (10:00):
Loan him on it.
Speaker 7 (10:03):
Told me I had a chance to option some property
out in the Ensino Real Bargain said he had to
close the deal by five pm that same day. He
needed cash for a clincher, had to get the money
from Colorado, That's what he said. He was afraid it
wouldn't be here in time. He couldn't go to the bank,
didn't have any credit in La. Needed three thousand dollars.
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He said that if I'd loaned him the three, he'd
give me back four thousand. First thing the next morning,
followed me his ring for in security. He said there
was worth seven thousand. Easy, that cost him more than that.
Speaker 1 (10:36):
You hand the money over, No.
Speaker 7 (10:40):
Sir, not, don site told him I didn't have three
thousand dollars. I told him straight out, said all I
had was fifteen hundred my savings account. I guess I
shouldn't have said that.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
Not.
Speaker 7 (10:53):
He told me he might be able to swing it
for fifteen hundreds. He'd have to go out there and
see him in person. Said he'd come back.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Did he leave them? No, not right away.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
I stopped him.
Speaker 7 (11:05):
I told him there was no part in coming back.
I no, jewel, I said, how do I know that
ring is worth seven thousand dollars? Told me to get
it the praise while he was gone, told me to
take it to any jewel I wanted to. Seemed like
he should trusted me. Leaven a valuable ring like that
kind of.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
Sold me on him.
Speaker 7 (11:28):
I went next door to ask those fellows who said
there was jewelers.
Speaker 5 (11:32):
Place was locked up.
Speaker 7 (11:33):
So I figured they was still out for lunch. I
figured maybe they was in the dug store down on.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
The corner, and see, did you find him up there? Yes, sir?
What did they say about the ring?
Speaker 7 (11:47):
Perfect camra, that's what they said. One of them put
the gadget up his eye, looked through it.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 7 (11:54):
Yes, sir, perfect camra, worth ten thousand dollars, not stuff
in it. Acted like they thought it was mine. Offered
to buy if I wanted to sell. I told him
about the other fellow that he needed three thousand dollars.
I told him a whole story I did. They said
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they'd loan him.
Speaker 8 (12:15):
Five without battle of line.
Speaker 5 (12:17):
Offered to make out a check, right done, and laugh
took my with away. That was so anxious.
Speaker 7 (12:25):
I said maybe we could go in fifty to fifty.
They put up fifteen hundred. I'd put up fifteen hundred.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
That way, the.
Speaker 7 (12:32):
Guy would have three thousand if he still needed that much,
they could both make it a little problem, you know.
One of them asked me, Hi, I wanted to check,
should make it out to me? I told him make
it out cash. Do you remember how he signed it?
Jones Quincy Jones. That's the name I knew him by.
The other one called himself Wyatt Tuesdale. I don't think
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that's their real name.
Speaker 5 (12:56):
You probably one of those uh what.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Don't you call alias? Yes, soir? Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's it.
Speaker 7 (13:02):
Well, anyway, I went over my bank and do out
the fifteen hundred. About two thirty the fellow came back,
the one who gave me the ring, yeah, said he'd
tried to talk to the real estate people into being
satisfied with fifteen hundred, wouldn't come down, insisted.
Speaker 5 (13:18):
On the whole three thousand.
Speaker 7 (13:20):
I told him not to worry that I had it.
Speaker 5 (13:23):
Give him my fifteen hundred and the check.
Speaker 7 (13:26):
He said the check would be okay, seeing his hot
was on a local bank.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
He promised that he'd pay me back the next morning.
That'd be yesterday, yes, sir.
Speaker 7 (13:35):
And when he didn't show up, I wanted to make
sure just how much it was worth the ring in
case something had happened to it, in case he didn't
come back for it. That's why I went to the
pawn shop offered.
Speaker 5 (13:49):
Me five dollars.
Speaker 7 (13:52):
A man in the pawn shop couldn't believe him at first,
that was just glass hundred glass.
Speaker 5 (13:58):
And a great light broke on me. How i'd been drinking.
Speaker 8 (14:03):
All of a sudden had come to me, Well, why'd
you stay out all night?
Speaker 1 (14:07):
Why didn't you go home?
Speaker 5 (14:09):
Well, you see, your sir. I couldn't face her, Sarah.
I knew I'd been.
Speaker 7 (14:15):
Swear fifteen hundred dollars every cent that we'd saved, been
married thirty seven years. It was Sarah's money too, not
just because she's my wife. To help Hernie. Well, we're
trying to get it back for you, mister Hunt. I've
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watched the show for thirty seven years?
Speaker 1 (14:40):
Is it?
Speaker 5 (14:41):
That's what I kept thinking while I was sitting in my.
Speaker 7 (14:43):
Car up there on the hills all day long, just
kept thinking, fifty seven years, fifteen hundred dollars.
Speaker 5 (14:53):
I'll I'll have to tell.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
Her I want Hey it, that's up to you.
Speaker 7 (14:58):
She don't know it anyway, You don't know something was wrong? Yes,
who laid the start?
Speaker 8 (15:05):
All over.
Speaker 7 (15:08):
It won't have one, it's our chats have what seven years.
Speaker 4 (15:22):
We continued to interview the victim, Garfield Hunt, and he
gave us descriptions of the three suspects. The Stats office
came up with twenty four possibles which showed the mug
books to Hunt.
Speaker 8 (15:30):
He identified two of the photographs.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
Ernest will Coxon and Paul Cleaver. Hunt was positive that
will Coxon and Cleaver were a man who had read
of the store next to his and had pretended to
be jewelers. He was unable to find a photograph of
Norman Chris, the man who had sold him the ring.
They pulled the packages on will Coxon and Cleaver. They
had both done time for burglary. They had not previously
worked with a third person. We called the Lasting Well
Jewelry Company. They informed us that they were not opening
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a branch out in the valley. We checked with the
owners of the building in which Hunt had.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
His tailor shop.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
They told us the adjacent store had been ended on
a weekly basis and if the renders had said they
intended to use the space for temporary story. A local
and an APB were set out on all three suspects,
five thirteen pm. Using the information from their mama sheets,
Frank and I began checking various places where Clever and
Will Coxon.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
Has been known to hang out. Seven twelve pm.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
We went into the Black Parrot Bar on Soft Broadway
and we talked to the bartender.
Speaker 5 (16:23):
Not by them names, I don't know them.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
Well, maybe these pictures will help, how about it? Yeah,
they come in here once in a while, Yeah, that's
what we heard.
Speaker 11 (16:32):
Always come in together as far as I know.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Ever, bring somebody with him.
Speaker 8 (16:36):
Talton fella about thirty blonde.
Speaker 11 (16:37):
Hair, Nah, just two of them. Never seen him with
another guy. I see, what do you want for?
Speaker 1 (16:43):
You know how we can turn them up?
Speaker 11 (16:44):
Wait here now we can wait? Won't be in tonight.
How do you know they got money?
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Oh? Big roll?
Speaker 11 (16:50):
The redheaded one was in yesterday, Quincy Jones, that's what
he told me.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
His name was well and.
Speaker 11 (16:54):
Running a tab. He paid it up and pull. I
had plenty of left over all right, as long as
they're carrying a roll, they don't come.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
To my place.
Speaker 11 (17:00):
And for them expensive joints like down on the strip,
you know, places like that. When they've blown their loot,
that come back to me and start running up another tab.
I called them out, but what can you do? That's
why I get some of their bundles.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
You know where they live? Live around here somewhere. I
couldn't pin it down for you? Who could? How bad
you want to find out? What do you mean? What
costs you a drink? You that thirsty for me?
Speaker 11 (17:23):
A girl over there in the corner booth a blind
Oh yeah, she knows them, been out with him a
couple of times.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
I've seen them leave together.
Speaker 11 (17:29):
So I'm just kidding about that drink down the house
for you guys and here too.
Speaker 1 (17:34):
No, we want it. We'll pay for hers. It's up
to you.
Speaker 8 (17:41):
Hive me, miss you know, aren't you?
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Yes, ma'am?
Speaker 9 (17:45):
Place could stands in New Talent.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Yeah, I'll move over, thanks, thank you?
Speaker 9 (17:50):
Lets them out of this sun?
Speaker 1 (17:52):
Were police officers?
Speaker 9 (17:54):
How do you like that?
Speaker 1 (17:56):
Ma'am?
Speaker 12 (17:56):
Barsco said I was going to meet somebody new today,
You know the mind? Didn't there be cops?
Speaker 1 (18:02):
M I pick?
Speaker 9 (18:05):
W'd that come from?
Speaker 1 (18:07):
These guys?
Speaker 9 (18:08):
They shouldn't call him guys.
Speaker 12 (18:09):
Jake celeb by the light of a drink, that makes
him a gentleman. Call me gentlemen.
Speaker 9 (18:13):
That's what you should say.
Speaker 8 (18:15):
Sure, do you a very good health?
Speaker 9 (18:18):
Gentlemen? M not him? What can I do for you?
I'm at your service?
Speaker 6 (18:25):
The lacklander says, these guys are friends of yours.
Speaker 12 (18:29):
I wouldn't say those pictures do him justice, but there
is a resemblance.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
You know him?
Speaker 9 (18:33):
Then it was Matt.
Speaker 12 (18:34):
We weren formally into Duist, but we've met. I mean
a lot of people in here, not the best people
in town.
Speaker 9 (18:40):
Maybe it's not the best, butmp in town. But it's convening.
I worked down the street.
Speaker 1 (18:44):
Uh huh. You know where these men live?
Speaker 9 (18:47):
M Oh, you mean these two so called friends of mine?
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 9 (18:51):
Am I? Well did you ever hear the north Cross
Arms Hotel?
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Yeah?
Speaker 9 (18:57):
Well I haven't been there, of course, and I'm not sure,
but that's a residence. But Quincy was carrying a hotel
key and one night it fell out of his pocket.
I think that was the name on the tag, north
Cross Arms. All right, thank you, thank you, Brandy do mention?
Speaker 1 (19:15):
And what are we? All? You six fits? She drinks
a good stuff? There you go keep the change.
Speaker 11 (19:23):
Looks like I got one decent break. And so them
paying a tag today before you pick him up? Well,
they didn't pay it oh who did?
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Man named Hunt?
Speaker 4 (19:35):
The clerk at the Norcross Arms Hotel told us the
two men who resembled will Coxon and Cleaverer were registered
under the names of Jones and Truesdale. He said they'd
gone out for the evening. He showed us up to
their room thirty six am. We asked him about the
suspect known as Norman Chris. He told us he'd never
seen anybody with Will Coxon and Cleever who answered Chris description?
Two forty eight am, Will Coxon and Kleaver returned to
their room. We took him into custody and drove him
(19:57):
down at the city.
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Hall for questioning.
Speaker 13 (19:58):
How many times you want to hear till we get
the true? Does Hunt say he gave us any money?
He never gave us a cent?
Speaker 1 (20:02):
Did he ar no?
Speaker 13 (20:03):
We even paid his lunch to have a couple of times.
Right always managed to have fumbles owes us a couple
of lunch.
Speaker 4 (20:07):
He paid him back. What fifteen hundred bucks by the
lot of lunches? What fifty you got your share? You've
been spending all over.
Speaker 1 (20:12):
Time, Hunsei. He gave it to us.
Speaker 8 (20:13):
I still had over six hundred bucks when he picked
you up?
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Now where to come from?
Speaker 13 (20:15):
Hollywood Park picked three long shots yesterday. You want the
names of the horses?
Speaker 1 (20:18):
Where's Christ? Told you before? I never heard of him?
Who is he? The guy who worked the game with?
Never heard of him? You want to take this wrap yourself?
Speaker 4 (20:25):
Why did you rent that store out in the valley store?
We showed him your mugshot the man you readed it from,
he made you you want.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
It in person? How about him?
Speaker 13 (20:33):
I guess they got us there. Yeah, we were going
to open up a booky joined Is that right? Yeah,
we changed our minds. Look the situation over decide might
get a little warm out in the valley and cleared
out bookie joint. That's right out a jewelry store. Are
you talking about us? Jewel Is there any in me?
Speaker 1 (20:45):
That's what you told Hunt?
Speaker 13 (20:46):
Nothing of the kind. Laid it on the line, told
him we were bookies, just between us. He was kind
of pleased about it. Likes to play the horses himself,
like the idea of being able to lay a bet
so convene you're a liar, Look say, maybe that's what
happened to his money, Maybe losted on a nag.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Come on, let's try it again. Now, why you're at
the store.
Speaker 13 (21:01):
You're gonna get the same answers, the same questions, the
same answers.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Is a waste of time. We got plenty seventy two hours.
That's all you got.
Speaker 13 (21:08):
You can hold us on suspicion for seventy two then
you can turn us loose unless you prove something.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
We'll prove it.
Speaker 13 (21:12):
How we didn't take any money from Hunt. Nobody says
we did, even him if he was a mark for this.
What's his name, Chris?
Speaker 1 (21:17):
That's right?
Speaker 13 (21:18):
How do you wrap us into the package? Hunt never
saw us? Where then nobody saw us. We'll find somebody.
Speaker 11 (21:22):
Seventy two hours and you gotta turn us loose.
Speaker 1 (21:24):
That's the law. That's right.
Speaker 13 (21:25):
We know the law.
Speaker 4 (21:26):
Why'd you break it? We continued to question the suspects,
but we were unable to break them down. Thursday May nineteenth,
seven forty five am, another team of detective took over
the interrogation.
Speaker 1 (21:41):
Frank and I went back to the office. Think then
pop out, junk. I don't know.
Speaker 4 (21:45):
It doesn't look like it didn't now unless we turn
up to Chris, did you call your wife?
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Yeah? Sure, ball me out, kept dinner wading well after ten.
You're lucky. Yeah, maybe I wonder if I'll get home tonight.
Thank god. It buncle fugitive Friday.
Speaker 4 (22:01):
Yes, right, sounds like him.
Speaker 1 (22:06):
How long ago?
Speaker 4 (22:08):
Uh huh, Yeah, Chris fits the description. Smashed up a
car in the Hollywood Freeway. Georgia Street. Recognized him from
my teletime.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
Be able to talk. Died ten minutes after they brought
him in.
Speaker 4 (22:19):
At the Morgue, the victim Garfield, had identified the body.
He was positive it was Norman Chris, the man who
had sold him the ring. Will Coxon and Cleaver were
also showing the body. They denied it they'd ever seen
Chris before. The Next day, Friday, May twentieth, the evidence
against will Cox and Cleaver was taken to the District
(22:40):
Attorney's office. The complaint was refused. The evidence was deemed
insufficient to bring the matter at a trial.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
At this time.
Speaker 4 (22:46):
Will Cox and Cleaver were released six oh five pm.
Frank and I got ready to sign out. Well, I
really tears it.
Speaker 1 (22:53):
Sure does.
Speaker 8 (22:54):
The DA's office knows they're guilty.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
We know it can't do a thing.
Speaker 4 (22:58):
Yeah, I guess we've wasting their time. Jones just fan
on the ball. Well, I'll tell you we've spotted them
and they're going to stay spotted. Yeah, next time they
move in on a mark, we'll make it stick. It
wouldn't be very smart. I'm to try it twice, and
that's smart.
Speaker 8 (23:10):
Huh.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
They tried it once.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
The story you've just heard is true. The names were
changed to protect the Inderson.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
Two months later, on July twelfth, Will Coxon and Kleber
were apprehended for a similar crime. They were charged with
one count grand theft. On November sixth, the trial was
held in Department ninety eight, Superior Court, State of California
in and for the County of Los Angeles.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Ernest T.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
Will Coxon and Paul Kleeber were found guilty of one
count grand theft and were sentenced to a term prescribed
by law. Grand theft is punishable by imprisonment in the
county jail for a period of not less than one year,
or for a area from one to ten years in
the state penitentiary.
Speaker 11 (24:07):
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Police Force in action and starring Jack Webb, a presentation
of the United States Armed Forces Radio Service.
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That's the
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