November 3, 2025 • 28 mins
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Speaker 3 (01:51):
It was Tuesday, July twelfth, was hot in Los Angeles.
We were working a day watch out of robbery detail.
My partner's Frank Smith. The boss's cap'n didion. My name's Friday.
It was ten forty six am when we got to
the Morgan Hotel, Room nine twenty two. Yes, police officer, sir,
my name is Friday. That's my partner, Frank Smith. Oh, yes, sir,
I'm the manager Arnold Jackson. Yes, sir, we're here regarding
(02:12):
the robbery. Sir. Oh, mister Rouman's in their bedroom.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
He's lying down.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Has there been a radio unit here, mister Jackson.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Hey, yes, they just went down the hall. I see
victim in here, sir. Yes, that's right, Thank you very much,
mister Jackson. Sure, mister Ruman. Yes, my name is Friday, sir.
This is my partner, Frank Smith, Central Robbery. Oh, yes,
Captain Friday. No, sir, sergeant, mister Rumman.
Speaker 6 (02:31):
Sergeant, I thought sure that send the captain.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Well, now, if you can just tell us what happened here, Well,
I brought the stones up here to show him and
his father.
Speaker 5 (02:38):
He made an appointment, He hit me, took everything much
was it, sir? Can you tell us everything?
Speaker 6 (02:42):
There was finest collection, best stones, took my sample case
and everything.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
What the case looked like, sir? Just the plain sample
case this high, about this wide?
Speaker 3 (02:51):
See'd make it about fourteen by Eighteen's that right? Black?
Speaker 5 (02:54):
Black, black leather, plain sample case. Any identifying Mike's initials
anything like that? A just a plane, black let the case.
I don't care about the bag.
Speaker 6 (03:02):
It's the diamonds. I couldn't come close to that value.
Maybe one hundred thousand, maybe more.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Now you say you made an appointment with him. Who
is the man, sir?
Speaker 6 (03:09):
Fred Robertson met him about three weeks ago at my club,
having lunch with a friend and another Joe, and he
introduced us.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
We hit it all right away.
Speaker 6 (03:16):
Seemed to there were a nice fellow.
Speaker 5 (03:17):
I can't understand that, Fred roberts When you describe him
for us, sir, i'd.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Say he's about twenty eight to thirty.
Speaker 6 (03:22):
Could say he's a nice looking fellow, sure, wore nice clothes,
look like a real businessman. Always carried a briefcase. No
about how tall would you say was tall? Well, I'm
five six, he's about three inches tall. I'd say he's
about five nine, not too heavy, medium bill about your size?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
How about his hair? Sair? What color was at?
Speaker 4 (03:41):
You?
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Remember? Brown?
Speaker 5 (03:42):
Straight brown hair? Might have had a partner. I never
noticed he had brown eyes too. Shouldn't be any problem.
People in the hotel must know him these days.
Speaker 7 (03:49):
Room.
Speaker 5 (03:49):
I'll call the office and hit him, get out of
broadcast him the description.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Right, Fine, you want to check with the other fellow,
see if they come up with anything. I'll stay here
with mister Rumin ton Okay, thanks Frank, and you'll have
no trouble identifying them, man, will you mister Rumin?
Speaker 6 (04:00):
Oh, sir, I know him? Those eyes, never forget him.
I should have known the stock, sir. His eyes was shifty,
little bity things set close together. I should have known
not to trust him with eyes like that.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Now you say you met this man about three weeks
ago there, right, Well.
Speaker 6 (04:13):
This roberts Feller told me that he was down here
from San Francisco. He said he was going into the
diamond business. Said he was down there here rather to
buy stock, that he'd heard that I could lay my
hands on some fine stones, and he wanted to see
what I had off, I said.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Did he say that he was going to buy the
stones himself? Oh?
Speaker 5 (04:30):
No, He told me that his father was putting up
the money. He said that his father was coming down
here today. Ended if he liked the merchandise, we could
make a deal. Funny thing, though, I should have known
right off?
Speaker 3 (04:39):
What's that, sir? Well?
Speaker 6 (04:40):
When I came up here this afternoon showed them the
stones I'd brought. He he didn't know the good from
the bad, Sir, Well, in almost any collection about to
be a few stones and an't absolutely perfect? He look
all right, but maybe a small flaw someplace inside the stone.
Actually the bat he is in the eyes.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Seeing this, Roberts didn't know the difference.
Speaker 6 (04:57):
Oh, but I should have known anyway, those eyes, you know,
the media size I ever saw, and so close together.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Well, was there anything unusual that you might have noticed
about Roberts, anything about his speech, his man, or anything
at all that might help us identify him?
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Just like I told you, see nice enough?
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Did he give you any indication that there might be
something wrong, not at all.
Speaker 6 (05:14):
Of course, I wondered about it, not knowing much about diamonds,
but I figured that if he was well thing to
pay what I wanted, I didn't have to concern myself
with what he was going.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
To do with the stones. Mister Roman, I wonder if
we could start from the beginning exactly what happened here
he knocked me out, No, sir, I mean what led
up to his hitting it? Oh, I'm sorry.
Speaker 6 (05:31):
Well, as I said, he told me to bring the
stones up here for his father to see. I did,
and then they waited to look a father to show up.
We were over there with the window looking at for stones.
You know they look better than summer.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Yes, sir.
Speaker 5 (05:41):
Well, when he finished, he said something about his father
never being on time. I turned to look out the window.
That's when he hit me right here on the back
of my head. Can you see it, yes, sir, I can't.
Is it bleeding?
Speaker 4 (05:51):
Don't lie to man, I'm not afraid. Can you see
the blood there?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Right a bump on the back there? Sure, yes, sir,
you telling me the true? Yes, there's no bloody definitely
see a minute. Sure, excuse me, mister Ruman. Sure, that's
all right. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:03):
Frank called the office. They put out the description there
he has been covered. Clayton Princeman called, yeah, how's the
room in getting along?
Speaker 3 (06:09):
When he's got quite an egg in his head? But
he seems to be okay.
Speaker 5 (06:11):
The manager says he's called the house. Doctors should be
here right away.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
That's sergeant, Yes, sir, is it calling that Roberts? No, sure,
not yet. As soon as the doctor looks you, sir.
We'd like you to get out of police headquarters with us, if.
Speaker 5 (06:20):
We would, of course, but you shouldn't have too much
trouble catch me, not with those eyes real little beady, Yes, sir,
But what do you want me.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
To do it? Please? Head quarter sergeant? Or we want
to take a full statement. Have you look at some
pictures if you would with you two?
Speaker 4 (06:32):
Yes? There anything wrong?
Speaker 6 (06:33):
Oh no, no, but you'd think of with all those
diamonds gone, and that fully hitting me at all? Just
seems that they could have done better, well, has that,
mister Rouman. It seemed to couldn't sell a captain.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Eleven fifteen am Layton Prince arrived and went over the rooms.
Frank and I were unable to find the instrument room
and had been struck with Checking with the desk clerk
and the elevator operator, we were able to get a
composite description of Fred Roberts. It tallied closely with the
one given us by the desk clerk told us that
Roberts had checked into the hotel that morning. We obtained
a copy of the hotel registration card carrying Robert's signature
(07:08):
for handwriting analysis. The immediate area was thoroughly searched. The
suspect had made good his escape. We contacted the victim's
office and asked for a full inventory of the stolen diamonds.
They were unable to give us a complete inventory at
the time, but advised us that the loss would run
well over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Eleven fifty
seven a m after the hotel doctor had examined Rouman
(07:29):
and said his wounds were superficial, we drove down to
the city Hall. While Rouman was looking at the mug books,
Frank and I checked the name Fred Roberts and his description.
Through R and I, we were unable to find a
record on him. We contacted the stat's office and requested
a run on the mo local and all points. Bullets
were gotten out on the suspect. After looking through the
mug books, Rouman was unable to come up with an identification.
(07:50):
Further interrogation of the victim failed to turn up any
new evidence. The information furnished by the Stat's office and
other contacts yielded nothing. The investigation continued. Three weeks went
by Tuesday, August second, eight oh five am. I checked
into the office. Joe, Yeah, you're late. I've been waiting
for it. It's only been fine. There's a lot to
do here. You know you're in a good mood. What's
(08:10):
the problem.
Speaker 5 (08:10):
It's the in laws again. I didn't sleep a wink.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
But it's nice. Oh what happened That brother in law?
Speaker 5 (08:15):
A real wise guy, knows how to do everything better
than anybody else.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Nothing he doesn't know. We look, Frank, I'm on your side.
But what's the bit here?
Speaker 5 (08:21):
Remember how I told you about this place out in
the valley where the stakes are so good.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Yeah, it's a butcher shop.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Well, yeah, that's right.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
Well I stopped by last night and I got six
of the biggest stakes I could find, real beauties.
Speaker 4 (08:30):
Phala.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Yeah, I figured.
Speaker 5 (08:32):
On a barbecue, you know, out in the backyard. Anyway,
I get the charcoal out and the kindling and all
this stuff right away. My brother in law says, I'm
doing it wrong.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Why didn't she tell him?
Speaker 5 (08:40):
The wife she's got to hear how they barbecue back in.
Sue falls. So the brother in law throws out all
the stuff I'd done and he starts all over. Took
him three hours, Now what happened? He never got the
fire started. By the time he let me get at it,
it was too dark to do anything. He ended up
in the kitchen with waffles. I had indigestion all night.
Well that's where it goes.
Speaker 4 (08:57):
It goes soon.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Sorry, I jumped out. Sorry, careful waffles for dinner myself.
I got a Frank robbery Friday. Yes, sir, what was
that address again? Okay, yes, sir, They would check it
right away, right anything. One of our contacts is a
rumble down a Jay's down South Main. Guy's letting it
get around that he's got some loose diamonds for sale.
He said, well they could be, but yeah, tonight eight
(09:24):
fourteen am, we signed out and drove over to Jay's bar.
We met with our informant the buy was to take
place in the bar. At eight thirty that night, he
gave us a description of the man who was selling
the stones. We checked back into the office and filled
Captain Didion in on the latest developments of the case.
The plan was laid out that Frank and I would
stake out inside the bar. Four other men were assigned
to cover the outside of the meeting place. They would
(09:45):
be able to be in constant communication with each other
through walkie talkie equipment. Seven forty three pm Frank and
I took up our positions at the bar. The other
men were at their assigned positions, and we waited. Eight
nineteen pm three men came in and took a table
at the rear of the place. They ordered drinks and
sat down and talked. None of them match the description
I informed had given us. Eight thirty four pm Joe
(10:09):
Well just came in.
Speaker 4 (10:11):
It's a description pretty close and he's heading back there.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
Looks like he's one of the three guys we've been
waiting for it and a half.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
What was that he took out of his pocket and
you can't hear it? Thank him here an. It looks
like it's gonna get a louder.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Don't it all right?
Speaker 3 (10:23):
That's fine with me. I didn't ask you to buy
the stuff. You can see for yourself. It's good, the
price is right. You don't want to buy the you're
wasting my times. He chipzy deal to get me here,
and then you pull a deal like this. As far
as I'm concerned.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
The buys off.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
Nobody's sent for you. Forget it. That'ssume he's got the
Stills's take him Frank at the back. All right, hold
it up, police officer. What's a joke in there? All right?
Understand right where you are. Keep your hands out in
the open. You want to take him down, Frank? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (10:46):
Stand still?
Speaker 3 (10:47):
What are you taking us for just having a drink?
What are you trying to do? They clean Joe Boy
got away, they'll pick him up outside.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
Look what do you want us for just sitting here
having a drink?
Speaker 3 (10:54):
What are you trying to prove? Gip it, mister, you're
selling us nothing here. I don't know what you're talking about.
Speaker 4 (10:57):
Frank, Yeah, I'll still, here's my cussin.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
All right, let's go.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
I'll check out side.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
See you forget the other one. Look, you don't need
these handcuffs.
Speaker 5 (11:05):
I'm not going to any place.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
I got nothing to hide. What's this on a boar?
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Save it?
Speaker 4 (11:08):
Mister?
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Say what come in here to have a couple of drinks?
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Are not bothering anybody?
Speaker 3 (11:12):
Just a quiet drink? You guys jump on us?
Speaker 4 (11:14):
What's the pitch anyway?
Speaker 3 (11:14):
What's stop playing games here? There was a diamond bite
a night and you were in on a diamonds you
kid here, Look at me?
Speaker 4 (11:19):
Do I look like the kind of a guy can
afford diamonds? Not only that, but who buys diamonds in
a bar?
Speaker 6 (11:24):
Now?
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Look, let's get the sting straight away.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
Herman and stromwe got the other one said they'd taken
off anything on him. No dropped to dweller, were chasing
and what's that bag of unset diamonds?
Speaker 3 (11:36):
The three suspects we'd apprehended inside the bar were questioned.
After a brief interrogation, the suspects admitted that they had
gone to the bar for the purpose of buying diamonds.
They explained that it was their impression that the stones
had been smuggled into the country. The three men were
booked in on suspicion of robbery, pending further investigation. The
fourth man, the one who was in possession of the diamonds,
was identified as Larry Frye. We checked him through R
(11:58):
and I and found that he had a previous wreck.
We're four arrests receiving stolen property dating back to nineteen
forty six. Frank and I took the suspect of the
interrogation room. He told us that he'd found the diamonds
in a back alley. The interrogation continued, but we were
unable to change the suspect story. A special show up
was arranged for mister Room and the victim and the
jewel robbery. After looking at the suspect closely, he stated
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positively that this was not the man who had held
him up. However, examinations showed that the stones found were
part of the diamonds taken in the robbery. The suspect
was booked at the city jail. A check of his
residents and other leads failed to turn up any additional information. Wednesday,
August third, twelve forty am, we had fry brought from
his cell. All right, sit down, Frank, don't you guys
(12:45):
ever get tired to try? What do you mean, Frank?
You know what I mean questions. Don't you guys ever
get tired? You're getting tired? Yeah, a little? And why
don't you save us all a lot of trouble and
tell us what you know?
Speaker 5 (12:53):
I don't know what you're after. Believe me, if I
know what you wanted, i'd try to help.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Suppose we start again.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Anything you want, I got nothing but time. Where'd you
get the diamonds? I found it? Where in an alley?
Went alley? I don't remember. You find twenty thousand men
set diamonds in an alley? You don't remember which alley?
Speaker 4 (13:04):
That's right, I don't remember which, allie.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
There's a lot of alleys in ally now with twenty
thousand dollars in diamonds laying around?
Speaker 4 (13:09):
True?
Speaker 3 (13:09):
And why don't you tell us where you found the diamonds?
I told you in analey?
Speaker 4 (13:12):
Oh you're doing a Jay's place, having a drink. Dead
against the law.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
No, but trying to sell stolen diamonds is all right.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
You called it.
Speaker 5 (13:17):
I was there to sell diamonds, but I didn't know
they were stolen. I try to sell them, just trying
to make a buck. Everybody's got to live. I told you,
I'll leave me alone. I got enough trouble in this
can with this lousy childie throw at you, I don't
feel so good.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
Huh. Let me go back to my selling laid down okaid.
You guys are eating this jail food.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
It's terrible eating it. It's not too bad.
Speaker 5 (13:34):
You got a stomach made out of solid brass. I
like to have the brom Oken session around here. Look,
I really wish I could help you guys, but honest,
there's nothing to tell. I found the diamonds in an alley. Sure,
I try to sell them, but that's it.
Speaker 6 (13:44):
Now.
Speaker 4 (13:45):
You guys know if there's anything I can now you
come off with mister.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
You better get this story straight. We're through playing with you.
Maybe you don't know how you stand. I'll fit you
in a man slugging one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
in diamonds are stolen from him. Part of those diamonds
turn up in your pockets. You say you found them.
I can't buy that, and I don't think anyone else will.
You'll come in here playing like a lily, clean and white.
Your record doesn't make it that easy to buy. That's
how you stand, mister. The whole thing's right in your lap.
It fits you like a new suit. That it's up
to you the way it is it call it no
(14:08):
other way none.
Speaker 4 (14:09):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
If I can only get some decent food under my
dot and a little fresh air, yeah, I might be
able to give you, guys, the answers.
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Ha ha ha.
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We continued to interrogate frye. From the evasive answers he
gave us, it looked as if he was lying about
his part in the robbery. When an interrogation seems to
bog down, the working detective usually tries to find some
subject with which to draw the suspect out, some weak
point in his making. It's his parents, his wife, or
his children. It might be the fear of having loved
ones find out about the crime he was accused of committing.
(16:06):
In Fry's case, questions about his family failed to produce
any results. We tried other subjects, religion, baseball, golf, fishing.
None of them seemed to bring him out of his shell. Occasionally,
during the interrogation, he'd referred to the jailed food, comparing
it to the other food he'd even as the questioning
went on. We found that fry considered himself a gourmet,
talking about the dishes that he'd eaten at various restaurants.
(16:29):
We tried to lead the questioning around to the diamond theft,
but he constantly brought the conversation back the food. Fry
had presented us with a possible wedge, and we decided
to use it. We signed him out of the city
jail and drove him down to Phillip's restaurant for dinner.
When the waiter brought the menu, Fry didn't read it.
He ordered soup, salad, and two French dipped sandwiches. As
he ate, we tried to get him to talk, but
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he refused, saying that he wanted to finish his dinner first.
Frank and I h had a sandwich and some coffee.
Fry continued eat.
Speaker 5 (16:57):
He ordered two more sandwiches, wish his chair back and
said that we've had enough now for some dessert.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Huh dessert.
Speaker 4 (17:04):
Yeah, my meal's not complete without dessert. They gona have
some apple, pile of mode and some coffee.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
How is the coffee here? It's good? Now? How about
the information?
Speaker 5 (17:11):
You know, Friday, that's why you can eat that jail
for you don't take care of your stomach. You got
to learn to relax after a meal. Relax you'll live long.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
What was that story? The Dancy gave us about telling
us all about it just to give me to get
a free meal.
Speaker 4 (17:21):
I told you take it easy. I'll give you the
story after dessert.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
All right, Frank, Yeah, get the pie and coffee. Now
the waiters seem to be busy here.
Speaker 5 (17:28):
You wanted that Ala mode fry.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
That's right, alamode.
Speaker 4 (17:30):
No cream on the coffee, nice spice.
Speaker 5 (17:33):
Here to do a good business. They've been here a
long time, best friendship sandwiches. I've ever eaten ice and lean,
aren't they?
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Yeah? They put out a good meal. Here's your clime coffee.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
Thanks, free spoonts of sugar. That's right. Coffee sure smells good.
It tastes good too.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
All right, let's get out of the business, Bryan. Now,
what about the diamonds? Where'd you get him?
Speaker 4 (17:52):
A guy named Joe?
Speaker 3 (17:53):
What's his last name?
Speaker 4 (17:54):
Never heard it?
Speaker 3 (17:55):
He gave you the diamonds to sell. You don't know
his last name?
Speaker 4 (17:57):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 5 (17:58):
Where'd you pick up the diamonds?
Speaker 4 (17:59):
Dead? And Joe came by my house and left him?
Speaker 3 (18:00):
What's his Joe like?
Speaker 4 (18:02):
Oh? Medium height, about thirty two? Medium wig?
Speaker 3 (18:04):
How about his coloring?
Speaker 4 (18:05):
Medium? He's a real Ordinary're.
Speaker 3 (18:06):
Looking for Where'd he say he got the diamonds?
Speaker 5 (18:08):
And he brought him out in the east with him?
Didn't tell me where he got him back there. I
think he's done time someplace.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
Why'd you say that?
Speaker 4 (18:13):
I just figured it the way he talks, whay he
handles himself, got the marks.
Speaker 3 (18:16):
He'd know him if you saw him again.
Speaker 4 (18:17):
Oh sure, I think he could point him out to
it if he got her.
Speaker 3 (18:20):
No, but if he's done time, as a mug of
him figures we got it. I want to look through
the mudbooks. Sure, how did this Joe get in touch
with you?
Speaker 4 (18:26):
Call the house?
Speaker 5 (18:27):
Tell me what time he'd be there when they usually
call most anytime. I know what you're figuring, But it
won't work. This whole thing's been in the papers. He
won't call me, not too smart for that. He won't
show How about the diamonds? Don't you think he'd be
sorry about you being picked up? So he's sare He's
got no beef. He still got one hundred and thirty
grand in stones, he's got no worries.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
Say how about some more? Now you've had it for
to night? Right, let's go.
Speaker 4 (18:45):
Oh thanks for the mail. Sure, appreciate you know jail
food was killing me. You know, good meal always makes
me sleepy. He's sure getting late.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
Hey, let's knock it off for tonight, our fellas. I'm bush,
you know, let's look through the mugbooks and we can
call it the knight Ah's fellas.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
I'm so tired, I can hardly see straight. Feeling like this,
I couldn't be sure.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
I will take you back. We'll see the first thing
in the morning, so we can get.
Speaker 5 (19:02):
Started, okay, say, I was just wondering. Yeah, you think
you can work out something for breakfast.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Two thirty am, after returning the suspect of the city jail,
Frank and I went back to the office. We were
certain that cry was in some way implicated in the
diamond theft, but we didn't know just how he put in.
Frank and I signed out and went home to get
some sleep. Four forty five am I got a call
from the Business office that a man who identified himself
as Joe Ashton had been picked up on a drunk charge.
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When arrested, he was carrying a black leather case similar
to the one taken in the robbery, containing a large
quantity of unset diamonds. The man was belligerent and other
than his name, he refused to tell the arresting officers anything.
I called Frank and picked him up on the way
into the office. When we arrived at the city hall,
the suspect had sobered up considerably, and with a little questioning,
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he identified himself as a jewelry salesman from Oakland, California.
We contacted his employer in Oakland and received an identification
on him. Further investigation showed that Ashton was in legal
possession of the diamond. During investigations, false leads are constantly
turned up, and all those circumstances may tend to discount them.
Each one has to be thoroughly checked out. Seven forty
(20:14):
five am, Frank and I had breakfast at Johnny Cochins,
and at eight thirty two we signed by out of
the city jail for interrogation. You had breakfast yet, Friday? Yeah?
I just finished.
Speaker 4 (20:23):
That's too bad. How about you Smith?
Speaker 7 (20:25):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (20:26):
What'd you have waffles?
Speaker 3 (20:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (20:28):
I sure likes some waffle. I didn't need here figure
you guys might take me out again.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
What are you trying to prove? Friday? No, let's overlook
at those month books. Huh.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (20:34):
Hands behind you. Oh no, no, mind you all right,
let's go all right in the elevator. I got it, Frank. Yeah, sure,
a nice day.
Speaker 4 (20:55):
Bet it's wam off, it's gonna be Yeah.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
Sure, you guys don't want a cup of coffee. No,
I told you we'd beat right in the back. Fright.
Speaker 7 (21:15):
Sure say sure, appreciated that meal last night.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
That's good.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
We go in the city hall.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
That's right now, we keep the mug books.
Speaker 4 (21:31):
Yep, I know kidding, Friday.
Speaker 7 (21:35):
I gotta have some coffee.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
My stomach's granda. All right, bride, we'll get you some coffee.
You know that whole bit about Joe does' the ring?
I'm afraid we can't buy it.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Okay, so it's a phony story, but I'll give you
the right one.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
Where'd you get the diamonds from a guy out in
the vallet?
Speaker 5 (21:46):
We're in the valet out at the Astros studios.
Speaker 3 (21:48):
Got a picture a lot? Yeah, Frank, let's hit out
the freeway. We're going out the valet.
Speaker 5 (21:51):
Hey, wait a minute, I don't want to see him.
He'll blow his top if he finds out. I told
you this guy is crazy, a real nut. You better
drop me.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Back at the jail.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
I'll wait, how do we know this is in another stall?
Speaker 4 (21:59):
It isn't.
Speaker 3 (22:00):
You'll see this guy's name is Friend of the Earth.
Speaker 5 (22:02):
He's no friend, just a guy and that had a
business deal.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
It's his name, calls himself Fred Roberts. We took pride
of breakfast and then we returned him to the city jail.
We went back to the city hall and rechecked the
name Fred Roberts through R and I. There was no record.
Those with similar names were checked, none of them meant
to the description of the suspect. Eleven twenty am, Frank
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and I headed for the San Fernando Valley Pastor Studios
was one of the older lots in town. It had
been years since they'd made a picture of their own.
Most of their business now was in reunting stage base
to television companies. Frank and I checked at the gate
and we were sent up to personnel. The company records
on Roberts showed that he'd been at the studio for
four years in the property department. According to the girl
in the personnel office, Roberts was highly regarded by his
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employers and fellow workers. She told us that we could
find him in the prop building on the back lot.
Frank and I started back to see him.
Speaker 4 (22:56):
I must see it back there, the big building with
all the windows.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
Yeah, lot going on.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Yeah, TV's using a lot of movies. I guess most
of the good stuffs on film, and I suppose so
about all.
Speaker 5 (23:05):
Elizabeth likes to watch the wrestling matches of those real
old movies.
Speaker 4 (23:08):
I don't got to see much of the news stuff.
Speaker 5 (23:10):
If she's not looking at some show that's twenty years old, the.
Speaker 4 (23:12):
Kids are watching a puppet show.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Well, you need two sets.
Speaker 5 (23:14):
I I'm thinking about that show. Not that I don't
like wrestling, but I'd like to see the ball game
once in a while on those news forum shows, you know,
keep up with what's going on in the world.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
Yeah, this looks like you're here. Huh Yeah, let's him
back there with a sprague and yeah, mister Roberts, mister Roberts, Yeah,
like to talk to you, sir.
Speaker 7 (23:31):
It just a minute. I got to hit this before drive.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
All right, All right, now, what.
Speaker 4 (23:40):
Can I do for it?
Speaker 3 (23:40):
Police officers, mister robertson, I'm who'd you say you were?
Police officers?
Speaker 7 (23:48):
Oh, I'm sorry, I got you this trouble.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
I thought at first you were bill.
Speaker 7 (23:52):
Collectors coming in here like you did and all if
you can understand that, can't you. I've had a little
trouble lately. I didn't mean to cause it.
Speaker 3 (23:57):
Fush. Yeah, sure, we'd like to talk to you downtown.
What about some diamonds that were stolen?
Speaker 4 (24:02):
Certainly I'll go with you. But why me?
Speaker 7 (24:03):
What makes you think I had anything to do with
just for a.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
Team, mister Roberts, your name came up and we have
to check it out.
Speaker 7 (24:08):
More than glad to help. I hope you don't think
that I was trying to run away from you before.
It was just that I thought you were someone else.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
All right, mister Roberts, you want to get your coked?
Speaker 7 (24:15):
Sure, I'll have to call the front office and tell
them where I'm going. I'm the only one here today.
Speaker 3 (24:20):
We'll call them away off.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Fine, a lot of work.
Speaker 7 (24:24):
Hope this won't take long.
Speaker 4 (24:29):
Should I take my car?
Speaker 7 (24:30):
I wouldn't like to trouble you to bring me back,
No trouble, mister Roberts's you're a nice day, isn't it?
Good break sterios stereos, Yeah, you know outdoor shots, good light?
Oh yeah, and then's a lot of trouble if you
haven't got good light, like to take a look around?
Speaker 3 (24:47):
No, I'm afraid we haven't got the time, mister Roberts.
I'll hear the car say.
Speaker 7 (24:53):
I don't want to tell you, fellows your business, but
can't we talk here? I really shouldn't leave.
Speaker 3 (24:57):
No, I'm afraid that, mister Roberts to someone downtown. We
want you to meet. Oh, yeah, man, the name of Rooman,
Sam Rouman. You said, Rooman, Yeah, that's right. You just
trying to kid you? Then, sir about the diamond, No,
I am afraid not.
Speaker 7 (25:12):
How'd you find?
Speaker 3 (25:13):
That's not important? Do you have the rest of the stone?
Speaker 4 (25:15):
Most of them? Some of 'em a up in San Francisco.
Speaker 7 (25:18):
I can give you the name of the man who
has him.
Speaker 3 (25:20):
He picked up some of them.
Speaker 7 (25:21):
I read about it in the papers.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
How about the rest of them?
Speaker 7 (25:23):
Buried him on a golf course south to here. I
can show you the place you want to get them now,
and we'd like to you and go over the past. Mendelebraer,
straight out Leabray, I'll tell you where to turn.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
Fry.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
He the one that told you you planned the robbery yourself?
Did you?
Speaker 5 (25:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (25:38):
I had to raise money.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Funny, what's that?
Speaker 7 (25:41):
Working pictures in any job and people think you make
a lot of money.
Speaker 4 (25:45):
It's not true.
Speaker 7 (25:46):
It's like any other job, good living, but you don't
make as much as people think you do. That's why
I did it. Yeah, planned the thing for a long time,
figur at every angle, be able to pay off my car,
all my bills. That was no about me thinking you
are bill collectors. I've been trying to find my car
for the past month and take it away.
Speaker 6 (26:06):
You know how it is?
Speaker 3 (26:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (26:07):
Sure, All my life, I've been working.
Speaker 4 (26:10):
Working to make something out of myself.
Speaker 7 (26:12):
Everybody in this town seems to do okay, money, big home,
a car, twelve years. I've been working as a prop
man twelve years.
Speaker 3 (26:20):
I got tired of waiting.
Speaker 7 (26:22):
I wanted all those things. I figured I waited long enough.
You know what's wrong with trying to build some kind
of a future for yourself. I just wanted a future,
that's all.
Speaker 3 (26:30):
Yeah, well you got one.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
The story you have just heard was true. The names
were changed to protect the innocent.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
On November fifteenth, trial was held in Superior Court, Department
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Speaker 3 (26:50):
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second degree. Robbery in the second degree is punishable by
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Speaker 3 (01:51):
It was Tuesday, July twelfth, was hot in Los Angeles.
We were working a day watch out of robbery detail.
My partner's Frank Smith. The boss's cap'n didion. My name's Friday.
It was ten forty six am when we got to
the Morgan Hotel, Room nine twenty two. Yes, police officer, sir,
my name is Friday. That's my partner, Frank Smith. Oh, yes, sir,
I'm the manager Arnold Jackson. Yes, sir, we're here regarding
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the robbery. Sir. Oh, mister Rouman's in their bedroom.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
He's lying down.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Has there been a radio unit here, mister Jackson.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Hey, yes, they just went down the hall. I see
victim in here, sir. Yes, that's right, Thank you very much,
mister Jackson. Sure, mister Ruman. Yes, my name is Friday, sir.
This is my partner, Frank Smith, Central Robbery. Oh, yes,
Captain Friday. No, sir, sergeant, mister Rumman.
Speaker 6 (02:31):
Sergeant, I thought sure that send the captain.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Well, now, if you can just tell us what happened here, Well,
I brought the stones up here to show him and
his father.
Speaker 5 (02:38):
He made an appointment, He hit me, took everything much
was it, sir? Can you tell us everything?
Speaker 6 (02:42):
There was finest collection, best stones, took my sample case
and everything.
Speaker 5 (02:46):
What the case looked like, sir? Just the plain sample
case this high, about this wide?
Speaker 3 (02:51):
See'd make it about fourteen by Eighteen's that right? Black?
Speaker 5 (02:54):
Black, black leather, plain sample case. Any identifying Mike's initials
anything like that? A just a plane, black let the case.
I don't care about the bag.
Speaker 6 (03:02):
It's the diamonds. I couldn't come close to that value.
Maybe one hundred thousand, maybe more.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Now you say you made an appointment with him. Who
is the man, sir?
Speaker 6 (03:09):
Fred Robertson met him about three weeks ago at my club,
having lunch with a friend and another Joe, and he
introduced us.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
We hit it all right away.
Speaker 6 (03:16):
Seemed to there were a nice fellow.
Speaker 5 (03:17):
I can't understand that, Fred roberts When you describe him
for us, sir, i'd.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
Say he's about twenty eight to thirty.
Speaker 6 (03:22):
Could say he's a nice looking fellow, sure, wore nice clothes,
look like a real businessman. Always carried a briefcase. No
about how tall would you say was tall? Well, I'm
five six, he's about three inches tall. I'd say he's
about five nine, not too heavy, medium bill about your size?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
How about his hair? Sair? What color was at?
Speaker 4 (03:41):
You?
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Remember? Brown?
Speaker 5 (03:42):
Straight brown hair? Might have had a partner. I never
noticed he had brown eyes too. Shouldn't be any problem.
People in the hotel must know him these days.
Speaker 7 (03:49):
Room.
Speaker 5 (03:49):
I'll call the office and hit him, get out of
broadcast him the description.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Right, Fine, you want to check with the other fellow,
see if they come up with anything. I'll stay here
with mister Rumin ton Okay, thanks Frank, and you'll have
no trouble identifying them, man, will you mister Rumin?
Speaker 6 (04:00):
Oh, sir, I know him? Those eyes, never forget him.
I should have known the stock, sir. His eyes was shifty,
little bity things set close together. I should have known
not to trust him with eyes like that.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Now you say you met this man about three weeks
ago there, right, Well.
Speaker 6 (04:13):
This roberts Feller told me that he was down here
from San Francisco. He said he was going into the
diamond business. Said he was down there here rather to
buy stock, that he'd heard that I could lay my
hands on some fine stones, and he wanted to see
what I had off, I said.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Did he say that he was going to buy the
stones himself? Oh?
Speaker 5 (04:30):
No, He told me that his father was putting up
the money. He said that his father was coming down
here today. Ended if he liked the merchandise, we could
make a deal. Funny thing, though, I should have known
right off?
Speaker 3 (04:39):
What's that, sir? Well?
Speaker 6 (04:40):
When I came up here this afternoon showed them the
stones I'd brought. He he didn't know the good from
the bad, Sir, Well, in almost any collection about to
be a few stones and an't absolutely perfect? He look
all right, but maybe a small flaw someplace inside the stone.
Actually the bat he is in the eyes.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Seeing this, Roberts didn't know the difference.
Speaker 6 (04:57):
Oh, but I should have known anyway, those eyes, you know,
the media size I ever saw, and so close together.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Well, was there anything unusual that you might have noticed
about Roberts, anything about his speech, his man, or anything
at all that might help us identify him?
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Just like I told you, see nice enough?
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Did he give you any indication that there might be
something wrong, not at all.
Speaker 6 (05:14):
Of course, I wondered about it, not knowing much about diamonds,
but I figured that if he was well thing to
pay what I wanted, I didn't have to concern myself
with what he was going.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
To do with the stones. Mister Roman, I wonder if
we could start from the beginning exactly what happened here
he knocked me out, No, sir, I mean what led
up to his hitting it? Oh, I'm sorry.
Speaker 6 (05:31):
Well, as I said, he told me to bring the
stones up here for his father to see. I did,
and then they waited to look a father to show up.
We were over there with the window looking at for stones.
You know they look better than summer.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Yes, sir.
Speaker 5 (05:41):
Well, when he finished, he said something about his father
never being on time. I turned to look out the window.
That's when he hit me right here on the back
of my head. Can you see it, yes, sir, I can't.
Is it bleeding?
Speaker 4 (05:51):
Don't lie to man, I'm not afraid. Can you see
the blood there?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Right a bump on the back there? Sure, yes, sir,
you telling me the true? Yes, there's no bloody definitely
see a minute. Sure, excuse me, mister Ruman. Sure, that's
all right. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (06:03):
Frank called the office. They put out the description there
he has been covered. Clayton Princeman called, yeah, how's the
room in getting along?
Speaker 3 (06:09):
When he's got quite an egg in his head? But
he seems to be okay.
Speaker 5 (06:11):
The manager says he's called the house. Doctors should be
here right away.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
That's sergeant, Yes, sir, is it calling that Roberts? No, sure,
not yet. As soon as the doctor looks you, sir.
We'd like you to get out of police headquarters with us, if.
Speaker 5 (06:20):
We would, of course, but you shouldn't have too much
trouble catch me, not with those eyes real little beady, Yes, sir,
But what do you want me.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
To do it? Please? Head quarter sergeant? Or we want
to take a full statement. Have you look at some
pictures if you would with you two?
Speaker 4 (06:32):
Yes? There anything wrong?
Speaker 6 (06:33):
Oh no, no, but you'd think of with all those
diamonds gone, and that fully hitting me at all? Just
seems that they could have done better, well, has that,
mister Rouman. It seemed to couldn't sell a captain.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Eleven fifteen am Layton Prince arrived and went over the rooms.
Frank and I were unable to find the instrument room
and had been struck with Checking with the desk clerk
and the elevator operator, we were able to get a
composite description of Fred Roberts. It tallied closely with the
one given us by the desk clerk told us that
Roberts had checked into the hotel that morning. We obtained
a copy of the hotel registration card carrying Robert's signature
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for handwriting analysis. The immediate area was thoroughly searched. The
suspect had made good his escape. We contacted the victim's
office and asked for a full inventory of the stolen diamonds.
They were unable to give us a complete inventory at
the time, but advised us that the loss would run
well over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Eleven fifty
seven a m after the hotel doctor had examined Rouman
(07:29):
and said his wounds were superficial, we drove down to
the city Hall. While Rouman was looking at the mug books,
Frank and I checked the name Fred Roberts and his description.
Through R and I, we were unable to find a
record on him. We contacted the stat's office and requested
a run on the mo local and all points. Bullets
were gotten out on the suspect. After looking through the
mug books, Rouman was unable to come up with an identification.
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Further interrogation of the victim failed to turn up any
new evidence. The information furnished by the Stat's office and
other contacts yielded nothing. The investigation continued. Three weeks went
by Tuesday, August second, eight oh five am. I checked
into the office. Joe, Yeah, you're late. I've been waiting
for it. It's only been fine. There's a lot to
do here. You know you're in a good mood. What's
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the problem.
Speaker 5 (08:10):
It's the in laws again. I didn't sleep a wink.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
But it's nice. Oh what happened That brother in law?
Speaker 5 (08:15):
A real wise guy, knows how to do everything better
than anybody else.
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Nothing he doesn't know. We look, Frank, I'm on your side.
But what's the bit here?
Speaker 5 (08:21):
Remember how I told you about this place out in
the valley where the stakes are so good.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Yeah, it's a butcher shop.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Well, yeah, that's right.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
Well I stopped by last night and I got six
of the biggest stakes I could find, real beauties.
Speaker 4 (08:30):
Phala.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Yeah, I figured.
Speaker 5 (08:32):
On a barbecue, you know, out in the backyard. Anyway,
I get the charcoal out and the kindling and all
this stuff right away. My brother in law says, I'm
doing it wrong.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Why didn't she tell him?
Speaker 5 (08:40):
The wife she's got to hear how they barbecue back in.
Sue falls. So the brother in law throws out all
the stuff I'd done and he starts all over. Took
him three hours, Now what happened? He never got the
fire started. By the time he let me get at it,
it was too dark to do anything. He ended up
in the kitchen with waffles. I had indigestion all night.
Well that's where it goes.
Speaker 4 (08:57):
It goes soon.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Sorry, I jumped out. Sorry, careful waffles for dinner myself.
I got a Frank robbery Friday. Yes, sir, what was
that address again? Okay, yes, sir, They would check it
right away, right anything. One of our contacts is a
rumble down a Jay's down South Main. Guy's letting it
get around that he's got some loose diamonds for sale.
He said, well they could be, but yeah, tonight eight
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fourteen am, we signed out and drove over to Jay's bar.
We met with our informant the buy was to take
place in the bar. At eight thirty that night, he
gave us a description of the man who was selling
the stones. We checked back into the office and filled
Captain Didion in on the latest developments of the case.
The plan was laid out that Frank and I would
stake out inside the bar. Four other men were assigned
to cover the outside of the meeting place. They would
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be able to be in constant communication with each other
through walkie talkie equipment. Seven forty three pm Frank and
I took up our positions at the bar. The other
men were at their assigned positions, and we waited. Eight
nineteen pm three men came in and took a table
at the rear of the place. They ordered drinks and
sat down and talked. None of them match the description
I informed had given us. Eight thirty four pm Joe
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Well just came in.
Speaker 4 (10:11):
It's a description pretty close and he's heading back there.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
Looks like he's one of the three guys we've been
waiting for it and a half.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
What was that he took out of his pocket and
you can't hear it? Thank him here an. It looks
like it's gonna get a louder.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Don't it all right?
Speaker 3 (10:23):
That's fine with me. I didn't ask you to buy
the stuff. You can see for yourself. It's good, the
price is right. You don't want to buy the you're
wasting my times. He chipzy deal to get me here,
and then you pull a deal like this. As far
as I'm concerned.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
The buys off.
Speaker 3 (10:33):
Nobody's sent for you. Forget it. That'ssume he's got the
Stills's take him Frank at the back. All right, hold
it up, police officer. What's a joke in there? All right?
Understand right where you are. Keep your hands out in
the open. You want to take him down, Frank? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (10:46):
Stand still?
Speaker 3 (10:47):
What are you taking us for just having a drink?
What are you trying to do? They clean Joe Boy
got away, they'll pick him up outside.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
Look what do you want us for just sitting here
having a drink?
Speaker 3 (10:54):
What are you trying to prove? Gip it, mister, you're
selling us nothing here. I don't know what you're talking about.
Speaker 4 (10:57):
Frank, Yeah, I'll still, here's my cussin.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
All right, let's go.
Speaker 4 (11:02):
I'll check out side.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
See you forget the other one. Look, you don't need
these handcuffs.
Speaker 5 (11:05):
I'm not going to any place.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
I got nothing to hide. What's this on a boar?
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Save it?
Speaker 4 (11:08):
Mister?
Speaker 3 (11:08):
Say what come in here to have a couple of drinks?
Speaker 4 (11:11):
Are not bothering anybody?
Speaker 3 (11:12):
Just a quiet drink? You guys jump on us?
Speaker 4 (11:14):
What's the pitch anyway?
Speaker 3 (11:14):
What's stop playing games here? There was a diamond bite
a night and you were in on a diamonds you
kid here, Look at me?
Speaker 4 (11:19):
Do I look like the kind of a guy can
afford diamonds? Not only that, but who buys diamonds in
a bar?
Speaker 6 (11:24):
Now?
Speaker 3 (11:24):
Look, let's get the sting straight away.
Speaker 5 (11:25):
Herman and stromwe got the other one said they'd taken
off anything on him. No dropped to dweller, were chasing
and what's that bag of unset diamonds?
Speaker 3 (11:36):
The three suspects we'd apprehended inside the bar were questioned.
After a brief interrogation, the suspects admitted that they had
gone to the bar for the purpose of buying diamonds.
They explained that it was their impression that the stones
had been smuggled into the country. The three men were
booked in on suspicion of robbery, pending further investigation. The
fourth man, the one who was in possession of the diamonds,
was identified as Larry Frye. We checked him through R
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and I and found that he had a previous wreck.
We're four arrests receiving stolen property dating back to nineteen
forty six. Frank and I took the suspect of the
interrogation room. He told us that he'd found the diamonds
in a back alley. The interrogation continued, but we were
unable to change the suspect story. A special show up
was arranged for mister Room and the victim and the
jewel robbery. After looking at the suspect closely, he stated
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positively that this was not the man who had held
him up. However, examinations showed that the stones found were
part of the diamonds taken in the robbery. The suspect
was booked at the city jail. A check of his
residents and other leads failed to turn up any additional information. Wednesday,
August third, twelve forty am, we had fry brought from
his cell. All right, sit down, Frank, don't you guys
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ever get tired to try? What do you mean, Frank?
You know what I mean questions. Don't you guys ever
get tired? You're getting tired? Yeah, a little? And why
don't you save us all a lot of trouble and
tell us what you know?
Speaker 5 (12:53):
I don't know what you're after. Believe me, if I
know what you wanted, i'd try to help.
Speaker 4 (12:56):
Suppose we start again.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Anything you want, I got nothing but time. Where'd you
get the diamonds? I found it? Where in an alley?
Went alley? I don't remember. You find twenty thousand men
set diamonds in an alley? You don't remember which alley?
Speaker 4 (13:04):
That's right, I don't remember which, allie.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
There's a lot of alleys in ally now with twenty
thousand dollars in diamonds laying around?
Speaker 4 (13:09):
True?
Speaker 3 (13:09):
And why don't you tell us where you found the diamonds?
I told you in analey?
Speaker 4 (13:12):
Oh you're doing a Jay's place, having a drink. Dead
against the law.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
No, but trying to sell stolen diamonds is all right.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
You called it.
Speaker 5 (13:17):
I was there to sell diamonds, but I didn't know
they were stolen. I try to sell them, just trying
to make a buck. Everybody's got to live. I told you,
I'll leave me alone. I got enough trouble in this
can with this lousy childie throw at you, I don't
feel so good.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
Huh. Let me go back to my selling laid down okaid.
You guys are eating this jail food.
Speaker 3 (13:32):
It's terrible eating it. It's not too bad.
Speaker 5 (13:34):
You got a stomach made out of solid brass. I
like to have the brom Oken session around here. Look,
I really wish I could help you guys, but honest,
there's nothing to tell. I found the diamonds in an alley. Sure,
I try to sell them, but that's it.
Speaker 6 (13:44):
Now.
Speaker 4 (13:45):
You guys know if there's anything I can now you
come off with mister.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
You better get this story straight. We're through playing with you.
Maybe you don't know how you stand. I'll fit you
in a man slugging one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
in diamonds are stolen from him. Part of those diamonds
turn up in your pockets. You say you found them.
I can't buy that, and I don't think anyone else will.
You'll come in here playing like a lily, clean and white.
Your record doesn't make it that easy to buy. That's
how you stand, mister. The whole thing's right in your lap.
It fits you like a new suit. That it's up
to you the way it is it call it no
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other way none.
Speaker 4 (14:09):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 5 (14:11):
If I can only get some decent food under my
dot and a little fresh air, yeah, I might be
able to give you, guys, the answers.
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Speaker 3 (15:44):
We continued to interrogate frye. From the evasive answers he
gave us, it looked as if he was lying about
his part in the robbery. When an interrogation seems to
bog down, the working detective usually tries to find some
subject with which to draw the suspect out, some weak
point in his making. It's his parents, his wife, or
his children. It might be the fear of having loved
ones find out about the crime he was accused of committing.
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In Fry's case, questions about his family failed to produce
any results. We tried other subjects, religion, baseball, golf, fishing.
None of them seemed to bring him out of his shell. Occasionally,
during the interrogation, he'd referred to the jailed food, comparing
it to the other food he'd even as the questioning
went on. We found that fry considered himself a gourmet,
talking about the dishes that he'd eaten at various restaurants.
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We tried to lead the questioning around to the diamond theft,
but he constantly brought the conversation back the food. Fry
had presented us with a possible wedge, and we decided
to use it. We signed him out of the city
jail and drove him down to Phillip's restaurant for dinner.
When the waiter brought the menu, Fry didn't read it.
He ordered soup, salad, and two French dipped sandwiches. As
he ate, we tried to get him to talk, but
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he refused, saying that he wanted to finish his dinner first.
Frank and I h had a sandwich and some coffee.
Fry continued eat.
Speaker 5 (16:57):
He ordered two more sandwiches, wish his chair back and
said that we've had enough now for some dessert.
Speaker 3 (17:04):
Huh dessert.
Speaker 4 (17:04):
Yeah, my meal's not complete without dessert. They gona have
some apple, pile of mode and some coffee.
Speaker 3 (17:09):
How is the coffee here? It's good? Now? How about
the information?
Speaker 5 (17:11):
You know, Friday, that's why you can eat that jail
for you don't take care of your stomach. You got
to learn to relax after a meal. Relax you'll live long.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
What was that story? The Dancy gave us about telling
us all about it just to give me to get
a free meal.
Speaker 4 (17:21):
I told you take it easy. I'll give you the
story after dessert.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
All right, Frank, Yeah, get the pie and coffee. Now
the waiters seem to be busy here.
Speaker 5 (17:28):
You wanted that Ala mode fry.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
That's right, alamode.
Speaker 4 (17:30):
No cream on the coffee, nice spice.
Speaker 5 (17:33):
Here to do a good business. They've been here a
long time, best friendship sandwiches. I've ever eaten ice and lean,
aren't they?
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Yeah? They put out a good meal. Here's your clime coffee.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
Thanks, free spoonts of sugar. That's right. Coffee sure smells good.
It tastes good too.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
All right, let's get out of the business, Bryan. Now,
what about the diamonds? Where'd you get him?
Speaker 4 (17:52):
A guy named Joe?
Speaker 3 (17:53):
What's his last name?
Speaker 4 (17:54):
Never heard it?
Speaker 3 (17:55):
He gave you the diamonds to sell. You don't know
his last name?
Speaker 4 (17:57):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 5 (17:58):
Where'd you pick up the diamonds?
Speaker 4 (17:59):
Dead? And Joe came by my house and left him?
Speaker 3 (18:00):
What's his Joe like?
Speaker 4 (18:02):
Oh? Medium height, about thirty two? Medium wig?
Speaker 3 (18:04):
How about his coloring?
Speaker 4 (18:05):
Medium? He's a real Ordinary're.
Speaker 3 (18:06):
Looking for Where'd he say he got the diamonds?
Speaker 5 (18:08):
And he brought him out in the east with him?
Didn't tell me where he got him back there. I
think he's done time someplace.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
Why'd you say that?
Speaker 4 (18:13):
I just figured it the way he talks, whay he
handles himself, got the marks.
Speaker 3 (18:16):
He'd know him if you saw him again.
Speaker 4 (18:17):
Oh sure, I think he could point him out to
it if he got her.
Speaker 3 (18:20):
No, but if he's done time, as a mug of
him figures we got it. I want to look through
the mudbooks. Sure, how did this Joe get in touch
with you?
Speaker 4 (18:26):
Call the house?
Speaker 5 (18:27):
Tell me what time he'd be there when they usually
call most anytime. I know what you're figuring, But it
won't work. This whole thing's been in the papers. He
won't call me, not too smart for that. He won't
show How about the diamonds? Don't you think he'd be
sorry about you being picked up? So he's sare He's
got no beef. He still got one hundred and thirty
grand in stones, he's got no worries.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
Say how about some more? Now you've had it for
to night? Right, let's go.
Speaker 4 (18:45):
Oh thanks for the mail. Sure, appreciate you know jail
food was killing me. You know, good meal always makes
me sleepy. He's sure getting late.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
Hey, let's knock it off for tonight, our fellas. I'm bush,
you know, let's look through the mugbooks and we can
call it the knight Ah's fellas.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
I'm so tired, I can hardly see straight. Feeling like this,
I couldn't be sure.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
I will take you back. We'll see the first thing
in the morning, so we can get.
Speaker 5 (19:02):
Started, okay, say, I was just wondering. Yeah, you think
you can work out something for breakfast.
Speaker 3 (19:10):
Two thirty am, after returning the suspect of the city jail,
Frank and I went back to the office. We were
certain that cry was in some way implicated in the
diamond theft, but we didn't know just how he put in.
Frank and I signed out and went home to get
some sleep. Four forty five am I got a call
from the Business office that a man who identified himself
as Joe Ashton had been picked up on a drunk charge.
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When arrested, he was carrying a black leather case similar
to the one taken in the robbery, containing a large
quantity of unset diamonds. The man was belligerent and other
than his name, he refused to tell the arresting officers anything.
I called Frank and picked him up on the way
into the office. When we arrived at the city hall,
the suspect had sobered up considerably, and with a little questioning,
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he identified himself as a jewelry salesman from Oakland, California.
We contacted his employer in Oakland and received an identification
on him. Further investigation showed that Ashton was in legal
possession of the diamond. During investigations, false leads are constantly
turned up, and all those circumstances may tend to discount them.
Each one has to be thoroughly checked out. Seven forty
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five am, Frank and I had breakfast at Johnny Cochins,
and at eight thirty two we signed by out of
the city jail for interrogation. You had breakfast yet, Friday? Yeah?
I just finished.
Speaker 4 (20:23):
That's too bad. How about you Smith?
Speaker 7 (20:25):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (20:26):
What'd you have waffles?
Speaker 3 (20:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (20:28):
I sure likes some waffle. I didn't need here figure
you guys might take me out again.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
What are you trying to prove? Friday? No, let's overlook
at those month books. Huh.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
Okay?
Speaker 3 (20:34):
Hands behind you. Oh no, no, mind you all right,
let's go all right in the elevator. I got it, Frank. Yeah, sure,
a nice day.
Speaker 4 (20:55):
Bet it's wam off, it's gonna be Yeah.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
Sure, you guys don't want a cup of coffee. No,
I told you we'd beat right in the back. Fright.
Speaker 7 (21:15):
Sure say sure, appreciated that meal last night.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
That's good.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
We go in the city hall.
Speaker 3 (21:25):
That's right now, we keep the mug books.
Speaker 4 (21:31):
Yep, I know kidding, Friday.
Speaker 7 (21:35):
I gotta have some coffee.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
My stomach's granda. All right, bride, we'll get you some coffee.
You know that whole bit about Joe does' the ring?
I'm afraid we can't buy it.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Okay, so it's a phony story, but I'll give you
the right one.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
Where'd you get the diamonds from a guy out in
the vallet?
Speaker 5 (21:46):
We're in the valet out at the Astros studios.
Speaker 3 (21:48):
Got a picture a lot? Yeah, Frank, let's hit out
the freeway. We're going out the valet.
Speaker 5 (21:51):
Hey, wait a minute, I don't want to see him.
He'll blow his top if he finds out. I told
you this guy is crazy, a real nut. You better
drop me.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Back at the jail.
Speaker 3 (21:58):
I'll wait, how do we know this is in another stall?
Speaker 4 (21:59):
It isn't.
Speaker 3 (22:00):
You'll see this guy's name is Friend of the Earth.
Speaker 5 (22:02):
He's no friend, just a guy and that had a
business deal.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
It's his name, calls himself Fred Roberts. We took pride
of breakfast and then we returned him to the city jail.
We went back to the city hall and rechecked the
name Fred Roberts through R and I. There was no record.
Those with similar names were checked, none of them meant
to the description of the suspect. Eleven twenty am, Frank
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and I headed for the San Fernando Valley Pastor Studios
was one of the older lots in town. It had
been years since they'd made a picture of their own.
Most of their business now was in reunting stage base
to television companies. Frank and I checked at the gate
and we were sent up to personnel. The company records
on Roberts showed that he'd been at the studio for
four years in the property department. According to the girl
in the personnel office, Roberts was highly regarded by his
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employers and fellow workers. She told us that we could
find him in the prop building on the back lot.
Frank and I started back to see him.
Speaker 4 (22:56):
I must see it back there, the big building with
all the windows.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
Yeah, lot going on.
Speaker 3 (23:00):
Yeah, TV's using a lot of movies. I guess most
of the good stuffs on film, and I suppose so
about all.
Speaker 5 (23:05):
Elizabeth likes to watch the wrestling matches of those real
old movies.
Speaker 4 (23:08):
I don't got to see much of the news stuff.
Speaker 5 (23:10):
If she's not looking at some show that's twenty years old, the.
Speaker 4 (23:12):
Kids are watching a puppet show.
Speaker 3 (23:13):
Well, you need two sets.
Speaker 5 (23:14):
I I'm thinking about that show. Not that I don't
like wrestling, but I'd like to see the ball game
once in a while on those news forum shows, you know,
keep up with what's going on in the world.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
Yeah, this looks like you're here. Huh Yeah, let's him
back there with a sprague and yeah, mister Roberts, mister Roberts, Yeah,
like to talk to you, sir.
Speaker 7 (23:31):
It just a minute. I got to hit this before drive.
Speaker 2 (23:32):
All right, All right, now, what.
Speaker 4 (23:40):
Can I do for it?
Speaker 3 (23:40):
Police officers, mister robertson, I'm who'd you say you were?
Police officers?
Speaker 7 (23:48):
Oh, I'm sorry, I got you this trouble.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
I thought at first you were bill.
Speaker 7 (23:52):
Collectors coming in here like you did and all if
you can understand that, can't you. I've had a little
trouble lately. I didn't mean to cause it.
Speaker 3 (23:57):
Fush. Yeah, sure, we'd like to talk to you downtown.
What about some diamonds that were stolen?
Speaker 4 (24:02):
Certainly I'll go with you. But why me?
Speaker 7 (24:03):
What makes you think I had anything to do with
just for a.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
Team, mister Roberts, your name came up and we have
to check it out.
Speaker 7 (24:08):
More than glad to help. I hope you don't think
that I was trying to run away from you before.
It was just that I thought you were someone else.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
All right, mister Roberts, you want to get your coked?
Speaker 7 (24:15):
Sure, I'll have to call the front office and tell
them where I'm going. I'm the only one here today.
Speaker 3 (24:20):
We'll call them away off.
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Fine, a lot of work.
Speaker 7 (24:24):
Hope this won't take long.
Speaker 4 (24:29):
Should I take my car?
Speaker 7 (24:30):
I wouldn't like to trouble you to bring me back,
No trouble, mister Roberts's you're a nice day, isn't it?
Good break sterios stereos, Yeah, you know outdoor shots, good light?
Oh yeah, and then's a lot of trouble if you
haven't got good light, like to take a look around?
Speaker 3 (24:47):
No, I'm afraid we haven't got the time, mister Roberts.
I'll hear the car say.
Speaker 7 (24:53):
I don't want to tell you, fellows your business, but
can't we talk here? I really shouldn't leave.
Speaker 3 (24:57):
No, I'm afraid that, mister Roberts to someone downtown. We
want you to meet. Oh, yeah, man, the name of Rooman,
Sam Rouman. You said, Rooman, Yeah, that's right. You just
trying to kid you? Then, sir about the diamond, No,
I am afraid not.
Speaker 7 (25:12):
How'd you find?
Speaker 3 (25:13):
That's not important? Do you have the rest of the stone?
Speaker 4 (25:15):
Most of them? Some of 'em a up in San Francisco.
Speaker 7 (25:18):
I can give you the name of the man who
has him.
Speaker 3 (25:20):
He picked up some of them.
Speaker 7 (25:21):
I read about it in the papers.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
How about the rest of them?
Speaker 7 (25:23):
Buried him on a golf course south to here. I
can show you the place you want to get them now,
and we'd like to you and go over the past. Mendelebraer,
straight out Leabray, I'll tell you where to turn.
Speaker 1 (25:34):
Fry.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
He the one that told you you planned the robbery yourself?
Did you?
Speaker 5 (25:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (25:38):
I had to raise money.
Speaker 3 (25:39):
Funny, what's that?
Speaker 7 (25:41):
Working pictures in any job and people think you make
a lot of money.
Speaker 4 (25:45):
It's not true.
Speaker 7 (25:46):
It's like any other job, good living, but you don't
make as much as people think you do. That's why
I did it. Yeah, planned the thing for a long time,
figur at every angle, be able to pay off my car,
all my bills. That was no about me thinking you
are bill collectors. I've been trying to find my car
for the past month and take it away.
Speaker 6 (26:06):
You know how it is?
Speaker 3 (26:06):
Yeah?
Speaker 7 (26:07):
Sure, All my life, I've been working.
Speaker 4 (26:10):
Working to make something out of myself.
Speaker 7 (26:12):
Everybody in this town seems to do okay, money, big home,
a car, twelve years. I've been working as a prop
man twelve years.
Speaker 3 (26:20):
I got tired of waiting.
Speaker 7 (26:22):
I wanted all those things. I figured I waited long enough.
You know what's wrong with trying to build some kind
of a future for yourself. I just wanted a future,
that's all.
Speaker 3 (26:30):
Yeah, well you got one.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
The story you have just heard was true. The names
were changed to protect the innocent.
Speaker 2 (26:43):
On November fifteenth, trial was held in Superior Court, Department
eighty nine, City and County of Los Angeles, State of
California in a moment.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
The results of that trial now.
Speaker 5 (26:52):
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Speaker 2 (27:26):
Fred Roberts was tried and convicted of robbery in the
second degree. Robbery in the second degree is punishable by
imprisonment in the state penitentiary or in the county jail.
He is now serving his time in the county jail.
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