September 12, 2025 • 25 mins
Dragnet - Old Time Radio Show - 273 The Big Coins
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
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Speaker 2 (00:12):
And the time to change today.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
You already detective sergeant. You assigned the burglary detail. You've
got a call with me, the fire inspector at a
burned out home. The reason to believe a fire was
started by a burglar. Your job investigates.
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Speaker 1 (01:09):
It would wait to be.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
November fourth was cool a Los Angles. We were working
the night watch out a burgery detail. My partners Frank Schmiss,
the bosses captain.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
But nay was Friday. We run our way out from
the office. It was ninety twelve when we got the
twenty six seven West fiftieth Street, the scene of the fire.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
Some times here the fire mu's been.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
In the back of the mountain.
Speaker 6 (01:28):
That's the way I look yere, Joe.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
All right, Tom, you know my partners straight from the fire.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Final bag been sometimes since we were together, Joe, Yeah,
over a year and about that.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Oh right, that course, this time of thing easier.
Speaker 7 (01:41):
To show you come on back. Most of the damages
in the bedroom starts in the closet.
Speaker 5 (01:47):
It burns to the next room.
Speaker 6 (01:48):
No little girls bedrooms here we are burns bad.
Speaker 5 (01:53):
Could have been a lot worse.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Neighbor saw the planes through the window. Must have seen
it right away, she called us. Then and company got
allowed for the worse.
Speaker 6 (02:01):
The place locked when they got here.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (02:02):
I had to break through the back door to gain empty.
Speaker 6 (02:05):
Uh then what we said, Well, we're pretty certain.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
The fire was started deliberately. I was checking.
Speaker 7 (02:10):
I noticed the window had been tampered with the MARYL tree.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
What I mean, see the lock, Yeah, it looks like
it was forced as the screws you're pulled right out
of the face.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Yeah. Glasses cracked too. Yeah, then he can't. Your boys
might have done this. No, I checked that angle.
Speaker 7 (02:29):
The only place they tried is the back door.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
Was the window open when you first sught heu?
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Yeah, it's like it is not race spot men, right, yeah,
he's marks here on the f uh huh, probably made it.
The window was for they get the lab out here,
I guess yeah, I fall into the side road near
the table.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Have you been able to contact the other tou Yeah,
it was with his wife's little.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Girl, tobably just about the time they had the fire out,
took a wife and kiddle to the sixth place of
the night.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
Well did he know if anything of this store didn't?
Speaker 7 (02:59):
As Wally let After said, he come back soon as
he could.
Speaker 6 (03:02):
He got an ideas well.
Speaker 7 (03:04):
I'm sure that ohiow was pest might be insured.
Speaker 6 (03:06):
Maybe at Ahio Maniac.
Speaker 7 (03:07):
He's kind of covered something.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
I'm as fast as my apartment and I do something
matter respectistrator.
Speaker 7 (03:13):
Yes, how I go back as soon as I could
work and.
Speaker 6 (03:17):
Go to pretty upset.
Speaker 7 (03:18):
We understand the staff.
Speaker 5 (03:19):
She didn't think about it.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Tonight, that she will tom and now I'll be in
for it. About the insurance, what about this?
Speaker 7 (03:25):
Said, Well, I don't have any I can hear it
now she'll be.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
Up one side and down the other.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
You don't have any fire sets on the half at all.
Speaker 7 (03:31):
I'm sure I about personal property now as to ask me,
it takes them out. Maybe I would have, but she
wanted me to get it from her.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
Brother in law.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Maybe I would have, but you never thought that. You're
one way guy, always.
Speaker 7 (03:41):
Looking in the front of his own mess, you know
the time. Yeah, like I was thinking the kids room.
You know they could give me a hand.
Speaker 6 (03:47):
There you bet he didn't.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
So what happens?
Speaker 6 (03:48):
They got no insurance.
Speaker 5 (03:50):
I looked a tast We'd like you to do something
for it, if.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
You wouldn't sure the thing as long as it doesn't
cost me, it's gonna put me in the hole.
Speaker 7 (03:56):
But good, he wanted to.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Would you check her out to see if any personal
abels as say you mean's gone?
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Yes, that's right.
Speaker 7 (04:02):
Do you think someone broke in and stole something?
Speaker 5 (04:04):
Set the fire?
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Well? Not sure? You want you to help?
Speaker 5 (04:06):
Oh boy, that's all I need.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
A fire with no insurance, and rob with no insurance.
Speaker 7 (04:10):
My wife brother in law won't ever get off my back.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
And my wife with the check. Ye, now, I'm much
in here.
Speaker 7 (04:17):
It takes something wife, yours and what he.
Speaker 5 (04:20):
Had was in this their box already would have touched.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
But that I'll open the man.
Speaker 7 (04:27):
But empty.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
There he's gone.
Speaker 6 (04:29):
It was a pretty expensive.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
It didn't cost much, if that's what.
Speaker 7 (04:32):
You mean, mostly casting jewelry.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
The watch was in here.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
She forgot it tonight went over the French are just
the window shopping, And I remember I mentioned.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
That she left it here.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
You didn't get a walk at the hook.
Speaker 7 (04:44):
I don't think so much.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Maybe my wife's closed in the closet the way that looks.
Speaker 7 (04:47):
I don't get you could.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Tell much, do you think?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Tell well, I give it a preliminary check while they're
going to the rest of the house. You know, I'm fine,
Oh yes, surely what a night said?
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Who's I the steel company? Pick a place of that
stuff worth listening?
Speaker 7 (05:02):
Then at the kids room, look at the message here
I just finished painted.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
Last week, or look at it DALs books all burned?
Speaker 5 (05:11):
Well, the kids so that tonight just priorize.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Un guy that this must have had a head full
of rocks and Christmas an't far off.
Speaker 7 (05:19):
I don't know how, but I'll see to it. He
gets dollars and books nice when better in these weak
there wasn't anything in there, you'd say, you know right off?
I can see him for the radio.
Speaker 6 (05:32):
I have a little quarterable on the shelf right over there.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Wife likes to listening to this daytime progress art.
Speaker 6 (05:37):
She's working on something more to plan for Christmas.
Speaker 5 (05:40):
What if you have a serial little on the radio, beadyfre.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Uh uh, never paying any attention and things like that. Anyway,
I got a secondhand I wasn't worth my played good though.
Speaker 5 (05:49):
Let's take a good look look.
Speaker 6 (05:50):
At any health dog uh right off hand, and I say.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
It's always how about a beer unless.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
That's stalling too well, all right, the DEGs.
Speaker 6 (06:00):
But that's the guys are all good.
Speaker 7 (06:03):
He stole a ham I have weaited twelve times and
saving it for Thanksgiving that go to a big dinner
my wife plans.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
So he said, all right, an't laugh about it.
Speaker 7 (06:15):
I was just thinking maybe ill I had the last
laugh at my wife's brother, but that he was coming
to dinner.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Further examination of the kitchen showed that about twenty fours
of food had been taken and get tashed up to
the rest of the house, but he said he didn't
pull anything else was missing like the tom trader said
he was fairly sure.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
There were no clothes in the closets when it burned.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Len from the crime lab for him out and took
pictures of the window and also of the place of origin.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Of the fire. A detail from Laketon. Prince checked the house.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Frank and I questioned people in the neighborhood, but none
of them had seen or heard anyone around the task
House before the fire started. The registrator said he would
notify our office of all similar house fires. The next
night we got to report from Late and Prince. They
said the Prince they'd lifted from the task Home belonged
to members of the family. Ray Pinker tent word over
from the crime lab that the march from the windows
fill had been made by a half inch five bar.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
On November tenth, we got another call.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
From inspected strator and we went out to twenty seven
twenty five West forty ninth Street. By ten twenty six
pm we had completed our inspection of the burned interior
of the house and.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
We talked to the owners.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
That's pretty much by the lampas play more damage this
time of Yeah, it's going to a four different fire
side of this house, una same entry, bedroom window go
on articles just about the sailer.
Speaker 8 (07:33):
I don't get that fine of that, thank it's not
the stones, not much value to its. Stop them jewelry,
closed food, portable radio. You'd think anyone that goes out
of the limb like this is try to make it
worth his while.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Not much we can sect the usual starts for us.
The one thing that might help is we don't have
put that to serial numbers. You know, people could just
give us the numbers on their radio.
Speaker 6 (07:53):
Others store on private weld have.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Something definite to look for. I know it's a lot
to ask, what if they could just do that and SPECAI?
What do you estimates the file offs to be here?
Speaker 3 (08:00):
A couple of thousand dollars. I don't think crime lab
that Laking Prince can come up with a lead.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
To give your fellow some concrete go work with with
your air time? What do you think, Joe? The same
persons who might be too early.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
To say, but the fires are in the same neighborhood,
similar m O chances are say that.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
It's the same one.
Speaker 7 (08:17):
Yea uh huh, keeps up. Somebody's likely get hurt.
Speaker 5 (08:20):
We haven't got too much to go on.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Probably got to place this guy, huh. We know he's
got some matches. Frank and I question the neighbors, but.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
We fail to get any useful information. Lake and Prince
were running to come up with anything.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
The crime lab reported the window had been forced by
a one half inch tride bar.
Speaker 6 (08:39):
Within the next three weeks, despite our efforts, six.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
More fires and burglaries occurred. In each case the same
MO was used. We have done teletypes to CEII and.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
All points, re questing information on any person who would
use the Dame MO. The back office not they're running,
no one arsenist, was said fawn shop. The second hand
starts were notified, but we still had no definite lead
at the identity of the archimist burgers. We seted akin
map to see if a directional trend with the dogs
eight fifty seven pm on seven seconds.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
We were checking the map with Sergeant Wrestles.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
And they nudra. We'll always had a few burgeries further
west up.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
In here, but no fire.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
How about the amount of phone, bedroom window entry, same
type article Stoller.
Speaker 6 (09:21):
You know this operator is really a whig.
Speaker 5 (09:23):
They go look at this list of items that have
been taken.
Speaker 6 (09:26):
Dog food, baby clothes.
Speaker 7 (09:28):
Golf balls, tennis balls, champion equipment, and a pauna ground.
Speaker 5 (09:32):
That's quite certain.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Tennis dogs are anational I think by the owner. He
said he could identify him. Details have been second playgrounds
for him.
Speaker 7 (09:40):
I guess you pretty well covered every angle then, yeah,
that's true, and that's the men.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Colectro and the fire department have been on.
Speaker 6 (09:46):
Steakouts in areas where fires have occurred.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
They've run down a lot of leads. We haven't come
up with anything to date. You know, how about prints?
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Well, how many will give us any policies?
Speaker 3 (09:54):
I guess you're switching them something to be thankful for them,
you know, with the guy who's still out breathing the
pay there as we do.
Speaker 7 (09:59):
Yeah, I know it bothers you, but you're doing your best.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
You can't ask the more, she thought to some of
these famili would have been burned out and sure which
she couldn't. The guy hasn't fartified in one fire the
house he set as many.
Speaker 5 (10:10):
As six in one place because of those red tins
Bugery Olsen, Uh huh? What was that address?
Speaker 3 (10:22):
One nine oh four West fifty see, but yeah there
was me now yeah, Burglary is the address?
Speaker 6 (10:31):
Giants anything else?
Speaker 5 (10:32):
Ye had another red ten.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
We drove out to the address on fiftieth Street w
the other home hit by the archmist Burgler was.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
A small one story house.
Speaker 6 (10:45):
The specistrator showed us.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
Where five fires had been started. The main gamals was
in the rear of the building. Once he had been
mold through a bedroom window. We called the crime lab
and Lady Print, the owner of mister Clinton Bates arrived
and check themping company ten.
Speaker 6 (11:00):
Twenty seven to one.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Was got to the living room.
Speaker 7 (11:02):
Well, right off hand, I say, nothing was missing in here.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Welfter's possible.
Speaker 5 (11:06):
He just didn't take it was the literal when he
said that, well, low.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Fire was started with wore we found in other hall.
The bird usually starts to fire or roum where he
takes up and see that's the base. Yeah, that's pot
the other Let's say you said it was a literial.
Speaker 7 (11:20):
That's way. I gave it to my wife for a
birthday with my grand l C.
Speaker 5 (11:23):
B and gold let.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
It wasn't really printed, well it would be.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
In fact, nothing that was taken wasn't too much value.
Why should a person go to the trouble of breaking
a house to feel comic books?
Speaker 7 (11:32):
It doesn't make sense.
Speaker 5 (11:33):
And like he said, your daughter's lane was written on
the book.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Yeah, my wife always writes their name Carol on him
you know how kids trade him bank and for him.
Speaker 7 (11:40):
My daughter takes after him mother. He never wants to
throw anything away.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
We had over one hundred county books, I said a
lot of times there which he had taken and then
just left the house way it was without seven the fires.
So we take now about the calls that were taken. Yeah,
this is the first call that any money had been stolen.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
But what did he take? About two dollars worth of coins?
Speaker 7 (11:58):
How much to help you there?
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Ish as it might be.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
They are American coins that probably spent the fact that
they're old they give us so lead.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
If somebody tried to settle.
Speaker 7 (12:06):
The kind of along shouted.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Yes the lady.
Speaker 5 (12:09):
But this person hasn't given as much choice.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
But do you hope you could give us the boots
on the coins?
Speaker 7 (12:13):
And I can't, but my wife may be able to.
They belong to her, Like I told you, she never
gets there of anything. If you got him from an
ass couple three weeks ago, I told her, ever, since
they were old, they might be worth more than just
the regular pande of aff. So she took him to
some shop you know.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
Where they handle old money. Man, I told her they
want the demand only worth them the cold die and
whatever it was. I made a chance of cigarettes one day,
but you wouldn't give m the me anything. Also had
john Swip, we could see the Johnson agent.
Speaker 5 (12:38):
They could get those dates for try.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
But like I said, if the person that did this
just forgot about the firefights and cart it off some
of the other junks, it had been doing me a
big favorite also.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
But they don't have that in mind. We need to
help anybody well. Got to assists in the dates of
the callings from missus Bates.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
All officers were given the local nations up him Leap,
which the figure that suspects might live near Simaran Street
and Brnning Avenue.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
We spent several days contacting.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
All the businesses in that vicinity and g each owner
a complete deshiption of the coins.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
We asked them to get a licens number or address
of any person that might pass them and to call
us right away.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
In the meantime, like in Princes sent word from the
window legs at the home of the last burglary Empire
that they had.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Lifted several queen prints. Five days went by. It's Monday,
December seventh.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
The store owner called if we got any Collins, Frank
and I drew out to the corner of Simaran Street
from forty third Place, a small neighborhood variety store, wait
off to well, yes, sir the other day, oh, well get.
Speaker 9 (13:39):
The moon until I got my glasses on by trying
a new glosston aunt him just before you're pulling me in.
I don't see much set on him anymore. Yes, oh,
yer view.
Speaker 5 (13:49):
You told them about the lay of money, then that's
that we got your call.
Speaker 9 (13:52):
Well, it's a good thing. I have my glasses on
about an hour ago.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
What do you mean, man?
Speaker 9 (13:56):
And when I got those coins, otherwise maybe I wouldn't
as nervous.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Then you took them some my off thing? That is
justly give didn't.
Speaker 9 (14:01):
A first customer this morning? I guess maybe that false
a particular I noticed, okay, the number on the prize
you gave me right a day.
Speaker 5 (14:07):
It's very properative, you, ma'am.
Speaker 9 (14:08):
I only do my duty. Is I feel your many
trying to uphold the dimes the citizen. I feel it's
my job to help you anyway I can.
Speaker 5 (14:15):
That's f I wonder if we might see the coins.
Speaker 9 (14:17):
Okay, don't, I'll let employ you.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 9 (14:20):
When I started, they were got old money like you
told me about. I just get him in the register.
Oh no, I'll pop them to set back that tend
again to h mid that bump.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Madam, so I fired.
Speaker 9 (14:32):
I wouldn't want to be pip your singers. Please get
a get blood poison.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
You got that list?
Speaker 6 (14:37):
Thanks?
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Yes, thank you?
Speaker 9 (14:40):
Here done Jennison's fair.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Say yes, ma'am.
Speaker 9 (14:48):
Oh, I wonder, sir. That gives me a real signe
feeling that I've done a good breed for the day.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
When you have, ma'am, now, maybe you can't have to
do anymore. And tell us about the person that goes
with it.
Speaker 9 (14:58):
Thanky bet a tan. It's something I don't quite understand.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
What's that list?
Speaker 9 (15:02):
I'll think you please generally let me say.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Real bad man, No not always.
Speaker 9 (15:07):
That's round prince, I got these fum couldn't do the
right you mind?
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Isn't a deal?
Speaker 9 (15:13):
About nine years old?
Speaker 3 (15:32):
Deviln Cooley, the owner told us that when the little
girl had left, we followed her to a house about
three blocks away.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
We gave a receipt of the.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Coins and grove over to twenty two sixteen West forty
third twice the address had given us. Frank go past
the house slowly and we saw nineteen forty Primister dam
parked in the driveway. On the second trip, I got
the license number of the vehicle. We called the office
and they sent out another team to stake out the place.
We went back to the office and called the MV.
Speaker 6 (15:59):
They gave us the name.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Didn't Dranger the leave the owner well. Chet An a
joy and I am found that he.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
Had five arrests for Berkeley as a juvenile. To call
Lake and Prince and asked him to text the fingerprints
found at the house on Tipping the Street ten thirty
tentle am.
Speaker 5 (16:12):
When are they gonna call? So they have signed it?
Speaker 1 (16:14):
Check them early. I guess I was just thinking, Joe,
what happens to things?
Speaker 5 (16:17):
It isn't our boy?
Speaker 3 (16:19):
Well, I think it's kind of easy to figure. Don't
you find out where the girl got to calling?
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Yeah? I was thinking about that. You know what that
should mean? More footwork. I'm telling you, Joe, I haven't
put on so many miles if I work traffic. You
have to tell me, what do you mean all these
miles you're talking about? Oh? Yeah, I was ready to remember. Yeah,
I know Joe. But after all, I'm carrying a few
more pounds than you are. That is correct. It makes
a big difference, you know how it is when you
(16:44):
go dear hunting.
Speaker 5 (16:45):
Not to think I don't.
Speaker 6 (16:46):
I never go well when you're.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Carrying a rifle, never carry one. Well, when you go
deer hunting, then you do carry a rifle. You start
out in the morning. Rifle doesn't way much at all.
It doesn't now, I mean it doesn't feel for heavy,
but a long time at the end of the day.
And those few pounds electronics. That's the way it is.
Speaker 6 (17:02):
Extra pounds I carry around.
Speaker 5 (17:06):
Bally Friday.
Speaker 6 (17:08):
Yeah, I see.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
One too of them.
Speaker 6 (17:15):
Good well, thank you. And Prince yeah Grangers Prince.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
Huh. They made him on the last job.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
The fact that Grangers Prince tied him in with the
last fire burgery was enough to get a compoint.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
But we wanted an air tight sea. We decided to
follow us. That's thake.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
That night, another team was set out to release the
stake out on his home. When Granger left the house
for eight on nine PM, Frank and I were behind him.
The other team remained at the house. We follow him
for about.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
An hour nine thirteen PM.
Speaker 5 (17:47):
Rank John with him.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
We better get one away from home before and was
blacking get a story. Yeah, they've flown down out below it.
Speaker 5 (18:00):
Scot gives him walk.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
That looks like another twitch in his operations doing from
that car? Well, what do takes?
Speaker 6 (18:09):
Could you see slank at a robe?
Speaker 1 (18:11):
But sometimes I must get him back? All right, don't
put it to their police. I'm gonna run for it.
Speaker 9 (18:23):
I'm gonna have that time.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
What a lot of content. Just come on, move U
come I get out fast. I'm handle your head like that.
Have the Well did you say breach off to time? Yeah?
If you had mine the back out?
Speaker 3 (18:43):
Uh, I didn't hear you too good, I wouldn't have
taken off by knowing you a cock.
Speaker 7 (18:48):
That's true.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
If I was you, I believe that though.
Speaker 7 (18:50):
Well, I'm just gonna feel terrible.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
If you guys don't believe me, well, now that's too bad. Huh.
We don't go question drained. Nobody used doing at any
now I did the burglaries or the fires.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
We met the other twom on steak out and they
took him into custody while we went in and talked
to his wife.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
We identified our dogs. If he told us to come
in cat out.
Speaker 9 (19:10):
For him the claw. Don't worry about him.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
He won't fight.
Speaker 9 (19:14):
Dog's no good print of the Exeter leaven sleep. Oh
he didn't take him with him tonight?
Speaker 1 (19:18):
What down there?
Speaker 9 (19:19):
My husband goes out just about every night. That's a
dog with him, not to night. None might see them
in a minute.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Does anybody else? Apox size you? Huh?
Speaker 6 (19:26):
Are you along here?
Speaker 1 (19:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (19:27):
That's not right.
Speaker 5 (19:29):
I mean you don't mind if we look around to
you by yes?
Speaker 7 (19:32):
Yes, ship the half do right? I hadn't nobody?
Speaker 6 (19:35):
Go ahead, I'll take you.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Do you want to sit down in a dranger?
Speaker 9 (19:39):
Why you gonna do?
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Your sister?
Speaker 5 (19:41):
If you think they have to ask.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
Him up for him, let me tell you, don't ask
What kind of work does your husband do?
Speaker 9 (19:50):
Is the window worker?
Speaker 1 (19:51):
Well? Who's his employer?
Speaker 5 (19:53):
Nobody?
Speaker 6 (19:54):
But does he work for a business concenter?
Speaker 5 (19:55):
Anytime?
Speaker 9 (19:56):
You may like a star?
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Okay?
Speaker 9 (19:58):
Yeah, bet he walks his one. Let the people true?
Speaker 7 (20:01):
You know the houses?
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Job you found out I'm addressing in the bedroom. Oh,
any time on my person which belonged to you?
Speaker 9 (20:09):
We took it out of my room.
Speaker 7 (20:10):
Didn't know what was again?
Speaker 6 (20:12):
My husband did he say where he got it.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
Well all night market about these initials here lcd Well,
still that.
Speaker 9 (20:19):
That's why I got the truth? You thought it was
closing my mouth.
Speaker 5 (20:22):
The other one goes out every night, doesn't he?
Speaker 7 (20:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Has he brought everything home from the same market?
Speaker 9 (20:28):
Well, yes, just tell us heavy h Well, something wrong?
Speaker 1 (20:34):
We do something?
Speaker 5 (20:35):
What other things did he bring home?
Speaker 7 (20:37):
And I think I'll tell you, Oh, it's at the
human Inger.
Speaker 6 (20:40):
There'd be a lot better for it if he told
us the truth.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
How about why I think your husband has brought home?
Speaker 7 (20:46):
I thought there was something wrong, but he said he
got him at the market.
Speaker 9 (20:50):
Do you steal him?
Speaker 1 (20:51):
We think he did?
Speaker 6 (20:52):
Yeah, make sense, seems do that.
Speaker 9 (20:55):
We'll take it out of the first him.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Man start.
Speaker 9 (20:57):
It's funny spending.
Speaker 10 (20:58):
Any like that.
Speaker 9 (20:58):
He doesn't take that much of 'em with the be
small of that dog, and he doesn't me gave me
the person on the next day he put most of it.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Unfortune are that the dog?
Speaker 9 (21:07):
He put most of the person on the dog. You
got court and took smart look at that collar. Pretty,
isn't it?
Speaker 7 (21:12):
All duels? But he didn't steal a lot? And that's
where his dog?
Speaker 5 (21:15):
What else did he bring home?
Speaker 7 (21:17):
Food?
Speaker 9 (21:18):
Clothes and all his own dark kinds of things were
food was right?
Speaker 7 (21:23):
I stop.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
I don't know if for story some of us in
the girlage showing the shot.
Speaker 9 (21:27):
Uh huh, we can go up the front doors.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
Just dog. Do you have any children as lady?
Speaker 5 (21:36):
No?
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Pretty dogs? Did my wife like?
Speaker 7 (21:41):
You know?
Speaker 5 (21:41):
If you haven't had any old coins?
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Reacently?
Speaker 9 (21:44):
Yeah, give in the moon and plenty of these, A
couple of dimes accorded. I remember, cause it's the only
money he give me a long time. He still on too,
look for it. Uh st the key on the west
side of the door, hang on in there or.
Speaker 6 (21:58):
The you still have those collins?
Speaker 9 (22:00):
No, I sent the neighbor girl. That's does on anything?
The only money I had just got 'em.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Like 'em. Let's say, hm, comic books.
Speaker 6 (22:16):
What's that name?
Speaker 1 (22:17):
Joe tell? Yeah, Tex, right down the line? This parking equipment.
There's something we got at that market too.
Speaker 9 (22:25):
Yeah, I guess though you never bought him, I can remember,
and then he read it you never take new conting.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
Do you know what inn this? Boss? No? Do you
know what the key is for the lost? No?
Speaker 9 (22:35):
Guess it happen?
Speaker 5 (22:37):
Yeah him cat good? You gonna boat the lot.
Speaker 6 (22:40):
Yeah, they yere clot watch this copy George.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Yeah, kindas dog couplet fine half dollars. You know, my
husband poor ely since they have thoo though big.
Speaker 6 (23:00):
But that's not the worst of it.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
Oh No, in several of the homes we think he
get fired too. No, they're not necessarily not if you
didn't know about it. I didn't know.
Speaker 9 (23:11):
Never tell me I'm not about him an exceptin come
in here, say my husband of faith. He didn't like this,
not even decided.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Not easy to say the story you've just heard is true.
The name of the day to protect the innocent.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
On March ninth, trial withheld in the Department ninety eighth
Superior Court of the State of California in and for
the County of Los Angeles. In a moment the results
of that trial, Lynda and Frederick Grainger was tried and
convicted of burglary in the first degree five counts and
(23:56):
the Barston poet counts.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
He received sentences.
Speaker 6 (23:59):
Prescribed by law.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Burglary and the first degree is punishable by imprisonment.
Speaker 7 (24:04):
For a period of not less than five years.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Arson is punishable by imprisonment for a period of from
two to.
Speaker 7 (24:09):
Twenty years in the state penitentiary.
Speaker 1 (24:21):
You have just heard.
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Speaker 3 (00:23):
You already detective sergeant. You assigned the burglary detail. You've
got a call with me, the fire inspector at a
burned out home. The reason to believe a fire was
started by a burglar. Your job investigates.
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Speaker 1 (01:09):
It would wait to be.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
November fourth was cool a Los Angles. We were working
the night watch out a burgery detail. My partners Frank Schmiss,
the bosses captain.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
But nay was Friday. We run our way out from
the office. It was ninety twelve when we got the
twenty six seven West fiftieth Street, the scene of the fire.
Speaker 5 (01:25):
Some times here the fire mu's been.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
In the back of the mountain.
Speaker 6 (01:28):
That's the way I look yere, Joe.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
All right, Tom, you know my partners straight from the fire.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Final bag been sometimes since we were together, Joe, Yeah,
over a year and about that.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Oh right, that course, this time of thing easier.
Speaker 7 (01:41):
To show you come on back. Most of the damages
in the bedroom starts in the closet.
Speaker 5 (01:47):
It burns to the next room.
Speaker 6 (01:48):
No little girls bedrooms here we are burns bad.
Speaker 5 (01:53):
Could have been a lot worse.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Neighbor saw the planes through the window. Must have seen
it right away, she called us. Then and company got
allowed for the worse.
Speaker 6 (02:01):
The place locked when they got here.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (02:02):
I had to break through the back door to gain empty.
Speaker 6 (02:05):
Uh then what we said, Well, we're pretty certain.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
The fire was started deliberately. I was checking.
Speaker 7 (02:10):
I noticed the window had been tampered with the MARYL tree.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
What I mean, see the lock, Yeah, it looks like
it was forced as the screws you're pulled right out
of the face.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Yeah. Glasses cracked too. Yeah, then he can't. Your boys
might have done this. No, I checked that angle.
Speaker 7 (02:29):
The only place they tried is the back door.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
Was the window open when you first sught heu?
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Yeah, it's like it is not race spot men, right, yeah,
he's marks here on the f uh huh, probably made it.
The window was for they get the lab out here,
I guess yeah, I fall into the side road near
the table.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
Have you been able to contact the other tou Yeah,
it was with his wife's little.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Girl, tobably just about the time they had the fire out,
took a wife and kiddle to the sixth place of
the night.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
Well did he know if anything of this store didn't?
Speaker 7 (02:59):
As Wally let After said, he come back soon as
he could.
Speaker 6 (03:02):
He got an ideas well.
Speaker 7 (03:04):
I'm sure that ohiow was pest might be insured.
Speaker 6 (03:06):
Maybe at Ahio Maniac.
Speaker 7 (03:07):
He's kind of covered something.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
I'm as fast as my apartment and I do something
matter respectistrator.
Speaker 7 (03:13):
Yes, how I go back as soon as I could
work and.
Speaker 6 (03:17):
Go to pretty upset.
Speaker 7 (03:18):
We understand the staff.
Speaker 5 (03:19):
She didn't think about it.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Tonight, that she will tom and now I'll be in
for it. About the insurance, what about this?
Speaker 7 (03:25):
Said, Well, I don't have any I can hear it
now she'll be.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
Up one side and down the other.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
You don't have any fire sets on the half at all.
Speaker 7 (03:31):
I'm sure I about personal property now as to ask me,
it takes them out. Maybe I would have, but she
wanted me to get it from her.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
Brother in law.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Maybe I would have, but you never thought that. You're
one way guy, always.
Speaker 7 (03:41):
Looking in the front of his own mess, you know
the time. Yeah, like I was thinking the kids room.
You know they could give me a hand.
Speaker 6 (03:47):
There you bet he didn't.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
So what happens?
Speaker 6 (03:48):
They got no insurance.
Speaker 5 (03:50):
I looked a tast We'd like you to do something
for it, if.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
You wouldn't sure the thing as long as it doesn't
cost me, it's gonna put me in the hole.
Speaker 7 (03:56):
But good, he wanted to.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Would you check her out to see if any personal
abels as say you mean's gone?
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Yes, that's right.
Speaker 7 (04:02):
Do you think someone broke in and stole something?
Speaker 5 (04:04):
Set the fire?
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Well? Not sure? You want you to help?
Speaker 5 (04:06):
Oh boy, that's all I need.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
A fire with no insurance, and rob with no insurance.
Speaker 7 (04:10):
My wife brother in law won't ever get off my back.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
And my wife with the check. Ye, now, I'm much
in here.
Speaker 7 (04:17):
It takes something wife, yours and what he.
Speaker 5 (04:20):
Had was in this their box already would have touched.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
But that I'll open the man.
Speaker 7 (04:27):
But empty.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
There he's gone.
Speaker 6 (04:29):
It was a pretty expensive.
Speaker 5 (04:31):
It didn't cost much, if that's what.
Speaker 7 (04:32):
You mean, mostly casting jewelry.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
The watch was in here.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
She forgot it tonight went over the French are just
the window shopping, And I remember I mentioned.
Speaker 5 (04:40):
That she left it here.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
You didn't get a walk at the hook.
Speaker 7 (04:44):
I don't think so much.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Maybe my wife's closed in the closet the way that looks.
Speaker 7 (04:47):
I don't get you could.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Tell much, do you think?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Tell well, I give it a preliminary check while they're
going to the rest of the house. You know, I'm fine,
Oh yes, surely what a night said?
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Who's I the steel company? Pick a place of that
stuff worth listening?
Speaker 7 (05:02):
Then at the kids room, look at the message here
I just finished painted.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
Last week, or look at it DALs books all burned?
Speaker 5 (05:11):
Well, the kids so that tonight just priorize.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Un guy that this must have had a head full
of rocks and Christmas an't far off.
Speaker 7 (05:19):
I don't know how, but I'll see to it. He
gets dollars and books nice when better in these weak
there wasn't anything in there, you'd say, you know right off?
I can see him for the radio.
Speaker 6 (05:32):
I have a little quarterable on the shelf right over there.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
Wife likes to listening to this daytime progress art.
Speaker 6 (05:37):
She's working on something more to plan for Christmas.
Speaker 5 (05:40):
What if you have a serial little on the radio, beadyfre.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Uh uh, never paying any attention and things like that. Anyway,
I got a secondhand I wasn't worth my played good though.
Speaker 5 (05:49):
Let's take a good look look.
Speaker 6 (05:50):
At any health dog uh right off hand, and I say.
Speaker 5 (05:54):
It's always how about a beer unless.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
That's stalling too well, all right, the DEGs.
Speaker 6 (06:00):
But that's the guys are all good.
Speaker 7 (06:03):
He stole a ham I have weaited twelve times and
saving it for Thanksgiving that go to a big dinner
my wife plans.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
So he said, all right, an't laugh about it.
Speaker 7 (06:15):
I was just thinking maybe ill I had the last
laugh at my wife's brother, but that he was coming
to dinner.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Further examination of the kitchen showed that about twenty fours
of food had been taken and get tashed up to
the rest of the house, but he said he didn't
pull anything else was missing like the tom trader said
he was fairly sure.
Speaker 1 (06:36):
There were no clothes in the closets when it burned.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Len from the crime lab for him out and took
pictures of the window and also of the place of origin.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Of the fire. A detail from Laketon. Prince checked the house.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Frank and I questioned people in the neighborhood, but none
of them had seen or heard anyone around the task
House before the fire started. The registrator said he would
notify our office of all similar house fires. The next
night we got to report from Late and Prince. They
said the Prince they'd lifted from the task Home belonged
to members of the family. Ray Pinker tent word over
from the crime lab that the march from the windows
fill had been made by a half inch five bar.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
On November tenth, we got another call.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
From inspected strator and we went out to twenty seven
twenty five West forty ninth Street. By ten twenty six
pm we had completed our inspection of the burned interior
of the house and.
Speaker 1 (07:20):
We talked to the owners.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
That's pretty much by the lampas play more damage this
time of Yeah, it's going to a four different fire
side of this house, una same entry, bedroom window go
on articles just about the sailer.
Speaker 8 (07:33):
I don't get that fine of that, thank it's not
the stones, not much value to its. Stop them jewelry,
closed food, portable radio. You'd think anyone that goes out
of the limb like this is try to make it
worth his while.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Not much we can sect the usual starts for us.
The one thing that might help is we don't have
put that to serial numbers. You know, people could just
give us the numbers on their radio.
Speaker 6 (07:53):
Others store on private weld have.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Something definite to look for. I know it's a lot
to ask, what if they could just do that and SPECAI?
What do you estimates the file offs to be here?
Speaker 3 (08:00):
A couple of thousand dollars. I don't think crime lab
that Laking Prince can come up with a lead.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
To give your fellow some concrete go work with with
your air time? What do you think, Joe? The same
persons who might be too early.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
To say, but the fires are in the same neighborhood,
similar m O chances are say that.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
It's the same one.
Speaker 7 (08:17):
Yea uh huh, keeps up. Somebody's likely get hurt.
Speaker 5 (08:20):
We haven't got too much to go on.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Probably got to place this guy, huh. We know he's
got some matches. Frank and I question the neighbors, but.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
We fail to get any useful information. Lake and Prince
were running to come up with anything.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
The crime lab reported the window had been forced by
a one half inch tride bar.
Speaker 6 (08:39):
Within the next three weeks, despite our efforts, six.
Speaker 1 (08:41):
More fires and burglaries occurred. In each case the same
MO was used. We have done teletypes to CEII and.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
All points, re questing information on any person who would
use the Dame MO. The back office not they're running,
no one arsenist, was said fawn shop. The second hand
starts were notified, but we still had no definite lead
at the identity of the archimist burgers. We seted akin
map to see if a directional trend with the dogs
eight fifty seven pm on seven seconds.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
We were checking the map with Sergeant Wrestles.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
And they nudra. We'll always had a few burgeries further
west up.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
In here, but no fire.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
How about the amount of phone, bedroom window entry, same
type article Stoller.
Speaker 6 (09:21):
You know this operator is really a whig.
Speaker 5 (09:23):
They go look at this list of items that have
been taken.
Speaker 6 (09:26):
Dog food, baby clothes.
Speaker 7 (09:28):
Golf balls, tennis balls, champion equipment, and a pauna ground.
Speaker 5 (09:32):
That's quite certain.
Speaker 3 (09:34):
Tennis dogs are anational I think by the owner. He
said he could identify him. Details have been second playgrounds
for him.
Speaker 7 (09:40):
I guess you pretty well covered every angle then, yeah,
that's true, and that's the men.
Speaker 5 (09:44):
Colectro and the fire department have been on.
Speaker 6 (09:46):
Steakouts in areas where fires have occurred.
Speaker 3 (09:48):
They've run down a lot of leads. We haven't come
up with anything to date. You know, how about prints?
Speaker 5 (09:52):
Well, how many will give us any policies?
Speaker 3 (09:54):
I guess you're switching them something to be thankful for them,
you know, with the guy who's still out breathing the
pay there as we do.
Speaker 7 (09:59):
Yeah, I know it bothers you, but you're doing your best.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
You can't ask the more, she thought to some of
these famili would have been burned out and sure which
she couldn't. The guy hasn't fartified in one fire the
house he set as many.
Speaker 5 (10:10):
As six in one place because of those red tins
Bugery Olsen, Uh huh? What was that address?
Speaker 3 (10:22):
One nine oh four West fifty see, but yeah there
was me now yeah, Burglary is the address?
Speaker 6 (10:31):
Giants anything else?
Speaker 5 (10:32):
Ye had another red ten.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
We drove out to the address on fiftieth Street w
the other home hit by the archmist Burgler was.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
A small one story house.
Speaker 6 (10:45):
The specistrator showed us.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
Where five fires had been started. The main gamals was
in the rear of the building. Once he had been
mold through a bedroom window. We called the crime lab
and Lady Print, the owner of mister Clinton Bates arrived
and check themping company ten.
Speaker 6 (11:00):
Twenty seven to one.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Was got to the living room.
Speaker 7 (11:02):
Well, right off hand, I say, nothing was missing in here.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Welfter's possible.
Speaker 5 (11:06):
He just didn't take it was the literal when he
said that, well, low.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Fire was started with wore we found in other hall.
The bird usually starts to fire or roum where he
takes up and see that's the base. Yeah, that's pot
the other Let's say you said it was a literial.
Speaker 7 (11:20):
That's way. I gave it to my wife for a
birthday with my grand l C.
Speaker 5 (11:23):
B and gold let.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
It wasn't really printed, well it would be.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
In fact, nothing that was taken wasn't too much value.
Why should a person go to the trouble of breaking
a house to feel comic books?
Speaker 7 (11:32):
It doesn't make sense.
Speaker 5 (11:33):
And like he said, your daughter's lane was written on
the book.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
Yeah, my wife always writes their name Carol on him
you know how kids trade him bank and for him.
Speaker 7 (11:40):
My daughter takes after him mother. He never wants to
throw anything away.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
We had over one hundred county books, I said a
lot of times there which he had taken and then
just left the house way it was without seven the fires.
So we take now about the calls that were taken. Yeah,
this is the first call that any money had been stolen.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
But what did he take? About two dollars worth of coins?
Speaker 7 (11:58):
How much to help you there?
Speaker 1 (11:59):
Ish as it might be.
Speaker 3 (12:01):
They are American coins that probably spent the fact that
they're old they give us so lead.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
If somebody tried to settle.
Speaker 7 (12:06):
The kind of along shouted.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Yes the lady.
Speaker 5 (12:09):
But this person hasn't given as much choice.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
But do you hope you could give us the boots
on the coins?
Speaker 7 (12:13):
And I can't, but my wife may be able to.
They belong to her, Like I told you, she never
gets there of anything. If you got him from an
ass couple three weeks ago, I told her, ever, since
they were old, they might be worth more than just
the regular pande of aff. So she took him to
some shop you know.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
Where they handle old money. Man, I told her they
want the demand only worth them the cold die and
whatever it was. I made a chance of cigarettes one day,
but you wouldn't give m the me anything. Also had
john Swip, we could see the Johnson agent.
Speaker 5 (12:38):
They could get those dates for try.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
But like I said, if the person that did this
just forgot about the firefights and cart it off some
of the other junks, it had been doing me a
big favorite also.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
But they don't have that in mind. We need to
help anybody well. Got to assists in the dates of
the callings from missus Bates.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
All officers were given the local nations up him Leap,
which the figure that suspects might live near Simaran Street
and Brnning Avenue.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
We spent several days contacting.
Speaker 3 (13:04):
All the businesses in that vicinity and g each owner
a complete deshiption of the coins.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
We asked them to get a licens number or address
of any person that might pass them and to call
us right away.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
In the meantime, like in Princes sent word from the
window legs at the home of the last burglary Empire
that they had.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Lifted several queen prints. Five days went by. It's Monday,
December seventh.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
The store owner called if we got any Collins, Frank
and I drew out to the corner of Simaran Street
from forty third Place, a small neighborhood variety store, wait
off to well, yes, sir the other day, oh, well get.
Speaker 9 (13:39):
The moon until I got my glasses on by trying
a new glosston aunt him just before you're pulling me in.
I don't see much set on him anymore. Yes, oh,
yer view.
Speaker 5 (13:49):
You told them about the lay of money, then that's
that we got your call.
Speaker 9 (13:52):
Well, it's a good thing. I have my glasses on
about an hour ago.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
What do you mean, man?
Speaker 9 (13:56):
And when I got those coins, otherwise maybe I wouldn't
as nervous.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Then you took them some my off thing? That is
justly give didn't.
Speaker 9 (14:01):
A first customer this morning? I guess maybe that false
a particular I noticed, okay, the number on the prize
you gave me right a day.
Speaker 5 (14:07):
It's very properative, you, ma'am.
Speaker 9 (14:08):
I only do my duty. Is I feel your many
trying to uphold the dimes the citizen. I feel it's
my job to help you anyway I can.
Speaker 5 (14:15):
That's f I wonder if we might see the coins.
Speaker 9 (14:17):
Okay, don't, I'll let employ you.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Thank you.
Speaker 9 (14:20):
When I started, they were got old money like you
told me about. I just get him in the register.
Oh no, I'll pop them to set back that tend
again to h mid that bump.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Madam, so I fired.
Speaker 9 (14:32):
I wouldn't want to be pip your singers. Please get
a get blood poison.
Speaker 1 (14:36):
You got that list?
Speaker 6 (14:37):
Thanks?
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Yes, thank you?
Speaker 9 (14:40):
Here done Jennison's fair.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Say yes, ma'am.
Speaker 9 (14:48):
Oh, I wonder, sir. That gives me a real signe
feeling that I've done a good breed for the day.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
When you have, ma'am, now, maybe you can't have to
do anymore. And tell us about the person that goes
with it.
Speaker 9 (14:58):
Thanky bet a tan. It's something I don't quite understand.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
What's that list?
Speaker 9 (15:02):
I'll think you please generally let me say.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Real bad man, No not always.
Speaker 9 (15:07):
That's round prince, I got these fum couldn't do the
right you mind?
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Isn't a deal?
Speaker 9 (15:13):
About nine years old?
Speaker 3 (15:32):
Deviln Cooley, the owner told us that when the little
girl had left, we followed her to a house about
three blocks away.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
We gave a receipt of the.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Coins and grove over to twenty two sixteen West forty
third twice the address had given us. Frank go past
the house slowly and we saw nineteen forty Primister dam
parked in the driveway. On the second trip, I got
the license number of the vehicle. We called the office
and they sent out another team to stake out the place.
We went back to the office and called the MV.
Speaker 6 (15:59):
They gave us the name.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Didn't Dranger the leave the owner well. Chet An a
joy and I am found that he.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
Had five arrests for Berkeley as a juvenile. To call
Lake and Prince and asked him to text the fingerprints
found at the house on Tipping the Street ten thirty
tentle am.
Speaker 5 (16:12):
When are they gonna call? So they have signed it?
Speaker 1 (16:14):
Check them early. I guess I was just thinking, Joe,
what happens to things?
Speaker 5 (16:17):
It isn't our boy?
Speaker 3 (16:19):
Well, I think it's kind of easy to figure. Don't
you find out where the girl got to calling?
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Yeah? I was thinking about that. You know what that
should mean? More footwork. I'm telling you, Joe, I haven't
put on so many miles if I work traffic. You
have to tell me, what do you mean all these
miles you're talking about? Oh? Yeah, I was ready to remember. Yeah,
I know Joe. But after all, I'm carrying a few
more pounds than you are. That is correct. It makes
a big difference, you know how it is when you
(16:44):
go dear hunting.
Speaker 5 (16:45):
Not to think I don't.
Speaker 6 (16:46):
I never go well when you're.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Carrying a rifle, never carry one. Well, when you go
deer hunting, then you do carry a rifle. You start
out in the morning. Rifle doesn't way much at all.
It doesn't now, I mean it doesn't feel for heavy,
but a long time at the end of the day.
And those few pounds electronics. That's the way it is.
Speaker 6 (17:02):
Extra pounds I carry around.
Speaker 5 (17:06):
Bally Friday.
Speaker 6 (17:08):
Yeah, I see.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
One too of them.
Speaker 6 (17:15):
Good well, thank you. And Prince yeah Grangers Prince.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
Huh. They made him on the last job.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
The fact that Grangers Prince tied him in with the
last fire burgery was enough to get a compoint.
Speaker 1 (17:31):
But we wanted an air tight sea. We decided to
follow us. That's thake.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
That night, another team was set out to release the
stake out on his home. When Granger left the house
for eight on nine PM, Frank and I were behind him.
The other team remained at the house. We follow him
for about.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
An hour nine thirteen PM.
Speaker 5 (17:47):
Rank John with him.
Speaker 3 (17:50):
We better get one away from home before and was
blacking get a story. Yeah, they've flown down out below it.
Speaker 5 (18:00):
Scot gives him walk.
Speaker 1 (18:03):
That looks like another twitch in his operations doing from
that car? Well, what do takes?
Speaker 6 (18:09):
Could you see slank at a robe?
Speaker 1 (18:11):
But sometimes I must get him back? All right, don't
put it to their police. I'm gonna run for it.
Speaker 9 (18:23):
I'm gonna have that time.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
What a lot of content. Just come on, move U
come I get out fast. I'm handle your head like that.
Have the Well did you say breach off to time? Yeah?
If you had mine the back out?
Speaker 3 (18:43):
Uh, I didn't hear you too good, I wouldn't have
taken off by knowing you a cock.
Speaker 7 (18:48):
That's true.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
If I was you, I believe that though.
Speaker 7 (18:50):
Well, I'm just gonna feel terrible.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
If you guys don't believe me, well, now that's too bad. Huh.
We don't go question drained. Nobody used doing at any
now I did the burglaries or the fires.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
We met the other twom on steak out and they
took him into custody while we went in and talked
to his wife.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
We identified our dogs. If he told us to come
in cat out.
Speaker 9 (19:10):
For him the claw. Don't worry about him.
Speaker 1 (19:13):
He won't fight.
Speaker 9 (19:14):
Dog's no good print of the Exeter leaven sleep. Oh
he didn't take him with him tonight?
Speaker 1 (19:18):
What down there?
Speaker 9 (19:19):
My husband goes out just about every night. That's a
dog with him, not to night. None might see them
in a minute.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Does anybody else? Apox size you? Huh?
Speaker 6 (19:26):
Are you along here?
Speaker 1 (19:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (19:27):
That's not right.
Speaker 5 (19:29):
I mean you don't mind if we look around to
you by yes?
Speaker 7 (19:32):
Yes, ship the half do right? I hadn't nobody?
Speaker 6 (19:35):
Go ahead, I'll take you.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
Do you want to sit down in a dranger?
Speaker 9 (19:39):
Why you gonna do?
Speaker 1 (19:40):
Your sister?
Speaker 5 (19:41):
If you think they have to ask.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
Him up for him, let me tell you, don't ask
What kind of work does your husband do?
Speaker 9 (19:50):
Is the window worker?
Speaker 1 (19:51):
Well? Who's his employer?
Speaker 5 (19:53):
Nobody?
Speaker 6 (19:54):
But does he work for a business concenter?
Speaker 5 (19:55):
Anytime?
Speaker 9 (19:56):
You may like a star?
Speaker 1 (19:57):
Okay?
Speaker 9 (19:58):
Yeah, bet he walks his one. Let the people true?
Speaker 7 (20:01):
You know the houses?
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Job you found out I'm addressing in the bedroom. Oh,
any time on my person which belonged to you?
Speaker 9 (20:09):
We took it out of my room.
Speaker 7 (20:10):
Didn't know what was again?
Speaker 6 (20:12):
My husband did he say where he got it.
Speaker 3 (20:14):
Well all night market about these initials here lcd Well,
still that.
Speaker 9 (20:19):
That's why I got the truth? You thought it was
closing my mouth.
Speaker 5 (20:22):
The other one goes out every night, doesn't he?
Speaker 7 (20:24):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Has he brought everything home from the same market?
Speaker 9 (20:28):
Well, yes, just tell us heavy h Well, something wrong?
Speaker 1 (20:34):
We do something?
Speaker 5 (20:35):
What other things did he bring home?
Speaker 7 (20:37):
And I think I'll tell you, Oh, it's at the
human Inger.
Speaker 6 (20:40):
There'd be a lot better for it if he told
us the truth.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
How about why I think your husband has brought home?
Speaker 7 (20:46):
I thought there was something wrong, but he said he
got him at the market.
Speaker 9 (20:50):
Do you steal him?
Speaker 1 (20:51):
We think he did?
Speaker 6 (20:52):
Yeah, make sense, seems do that.
Speaker 9 (20:55):
We'll take it out of the first him.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Man start.
Speaker 9 (20:57):
It's funny spending.
Speaker 10 (20:58):
Any like that.
Speaker 9 (20:58):
He doesn't take that much of 'em with the be
small of that dog, and he doesn't me gave me
the person on the next day he put most of it.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Unfortune are that the dog?
Speaker 9 (21:07):
He put most of the person on the dog. You
got court and took smart look at that collar. Pretty,
isn't it?
Speaker 7 (21:12):
All duels? But he didn't steal a lot? And that's
where his dog?
Speaker 5 (21:15):
What else did he bring home?
Speaker 7 (21:17):
Food?
Speaker 9 (21:18):
Clothes and all his own dark kinds of things were
food was right?
Speaker 7 (21:23):
I stop.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
I don't know if for story some of us in
the girlage showing the shot.
Speaker 9 (21:27):
Uh huh, we can go up the front doors.
Speaker 1 (21:29):
Just dog. Do you have any children as lady?
Speaker 5 (21:36):
No?
Speaker 1 (21:38):
Pretty dogs? Did my wife like?
Speaker 7 (21:41):
You know?
Speaker 5 (21:41):
If you haven't had any old coins?
Speaker 1 (21:43):
Reacently?
Speaker 9 (21:44):
Yeah, give in the moon and plenty of these, A
couple of dimes accorded. I remember, cause it's the only
money he give me a long time. He still on too,
look for it. Uh st the key on the west
side of the door, hang on in there or.
Speaker 6 (21:58):
The you still have those collins?
Speaker 9 (22:00):
No, I sent the neighbor girl. That's does on anything?
The only money I had just got 'em.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
Like 'em. Let's say, hm, comic books.
Speaker 6 (22:16):
What's that name?
Speaker 1 (22:17):
Joe tell? Yeah, Tex, right down the line? This parking equipment.
There's something we got at that market too.
Speaker 9 (22:25):
Yeah, I guess though you never bought him, I can remember,
and then he read it you never take new conting.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
Do you know what inn this? Boss? No? Do you
know what the key is for the lost? No?
Speaker 9 (22:35):
Guess it happen?
Speaker 5 (22:37):
Yeah him cat good? You gonna boat the lot.
Speaker 6 (22:40):
Yeah, they yere clot watch this copy George.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Yeah, kindas dog couplet fine half dollars. You know, my
husband poor ely since they have thoo though big.
Speaker 6 (23:00):
But that's not the worst of it.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
Oh No, in several of the homes we think he
get fired too. No, they're not necessarily not if you
didn't know about it. I didn't know.
Speaker 9 (23:11):
Never tell me I'm not about him an exceptin come
in here, say my husband of faith. He didn't like this,
not even decided.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Not easy to say the story you've just heard is true.
The name of the day to protect the innocent.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
On March ninth, trial withheld in the Department ninety eighth
Superior Court of the State of California in and for
the County of Los Angeles. In a moment the results
of that trial, Lynda and Frederick Grainger was tried and
convicted of burglary in the first degree five counts and
(23:56):
the Barston poet counts.
Speaker 1 (23:58):
He received sentences.
Speaker 6 (23:59):
Prescribed by law.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Burglary and the first degree is punishable by imprisonment.
Speaker 7 (24:04):
For a period of not less than five years.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Arson is punishable by imprisonment for a period of from
two to.
Speaker 7 (24:09):
Twenty years in the state penitentiary.
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You have just heard.
Speaker 10 (24:22):
Dragoness, a series of authentic cases from official files. Technical
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Speaker 7 (24:43):
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