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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
The story you were about the.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Year is true. The names of the change to protect
the innocent drag men. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned
a Bunco fugitive detail. A confidence man has set up
operations in your city. The product he's selling has a
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ready market, perfect cut blue white diamonds. Your job stop.
It was Tuesday, November ninth. It was warm in Los Angeles.
We were working the day watch out a Bunco fugitive details.
My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Didion.
My name is Friday. I was on my way back
from the Record Division. It was eleven forty am when
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I got to Room thirty eight Bunco Detail. The check on, Yeah,
there's three possibles. Descriptions don't match too well. We'll let
to check them all out again. To battle was just
him said, give that's good. Shall we get on it. Yeah,
And he called no, that's so I got it, Buncle
Fugitive Friday. Yeah that's ma'am. Hm, Well I'm not sure
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now the office that handle the cases from here right now?
What if I could take a message, Yes, ma'am, he'll
call you when he gets in. All right, Uh huh, yes,
all right, If you'll wait just a minute, I'll transfer
this thisa minute, hold on, please, would you get this
called a two nine four nine? Please? Thank you? Oh
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excuse me, Yes, sir?
Speaker 3 (01:37):
This you draw department's a bunkle fugitive. Yes, sir, and
I guess you see what I want. I'd like to
report a swindle.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Alright you, I'll check with a better Joe and go
to work on this list. Right, I'll be right back
to jam. You want to commence her, Okay, sit down
right here if you like.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
Okay, man, what would be the best place to start?
Speaker 1 (01:57):
What would you like to give us?
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Your name?
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Sir Hald Pilsen with an f F.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
I am Pilsen.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
What I want to tell you about happened to a
friend of mine, all right, and he's a little too
embarrassed to commit himself.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
So I said I'd tell you about it. Terrible thing.
Should we stopped? Actually, we'll do what we can. No
one tell us what it's all about.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Well, this friend of minders in the bank one day.
He'd gone in to make with draw a couple of
hundred dollars. I say, on the way out, of the place.
This kind of seaty looking man came up with my
friend started to talk. Your friend know the man never
saw him before in his life.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
All right, so go ahead.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Well, this little guy said he had a business proposition
to put to My friend said they could both make
a lot of money out of it.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
The little guy suggested that they both.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Have walk down the street to a little coffee standers
there and have a cup of coffee. My friend didn't
see anything wrong with that, so they did. That's where
the little guy told the story.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
What was that said?
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Oh about how he was a DP, you know, a
displaced person. Said he'd come over from Belgium. Big story
about how he just managed to get out of Germany
with his life, really lived it on thick, real thick.
That's when he pulled a snapper, said that he'd gotten
into the country illegally, but he didn't have any papers,
and that's why he came to my friend. So a yeah, man,
you see, this little guy reached into his pocket, took
out a couple of pieces of fold of paper. He
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undid him and there were four diamonds, most beautiful things
you ever saw. But I went on to say that
since he was in the country without a passport. He
couldn't take the chance trying to sell the diamonds. Said
he might be picked up. So he wanted to sell
the stones to my friend. Said he wouldn't have any
trouble getting rid of them.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Almost did he want for it, you know, said he'd.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Sell a lot for thirteen thousand dollars.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
It's quite a bitt Yeah, especially when his friend of
mine doesn't know anything about diamonds.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
All right, said do you want to go in?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Man?
Speaker 3 (03:30):
The little guy set my friend take the stones to
any jeweler and have them a praise. Said he'd go
along with whatever. The jeweler said, that's what your friend did. Then, yeah,
and to one of the best jeweler's stores in the city.
Took stones with him and had the jeweler look at
him this.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
This little man. Did he go into the store with
your friend?
Speaker 4 (03:46):
No, he said he'd wait outside.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
And jeweler looked at the stones and said that we
were worth fifteen thousand dollars. That's wholesale fifteen thousand.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
So your friend bought the diamonds, did he? Yes?
Speaker 3 (03:56):
He offered the owner ten thousand dollars cash for him.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
The little guy would go for the deal, so he.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Took the diamonds back. They hemmed an order on for
a couple of minutes, and then he said he'd sell.
So with both up, went to my friend's bank, got
the money, and the deal was set. The little man
reached into his pocket, took out the package, handed over
the diamonds for the ten thousand, and my friend tried
to sell him. He went back to the same jeweler,
and that's when they found out, you know, they weren't
the same stones. My friend had gotten a different packet.
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Instead of diamonds, he bought four zircons worth twenty five
thirty dollars apiece, ten thousand dollars per one hundred and
twenty dollars worth of cut fass. And you've got to
do something about it. You've got to figure some way
to get that money back.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
All right. You want to give us a description of
the man who sold you the phonies? How'd you know?
Then you aren't the only one who's been taken, But
this racket had been several cases the last few months.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
That's all the more reason you ought to get him
ten thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
That's what he took me for as we leave you money,
the only difference is the amount, And then what do
you mean you tried to take five the same way.
Frank came back to the office and I filled him
in on the story Harold Filson had given me. The
victim gave us a complete statement and a description of
the man who victimized him. He also gave us the
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address of the bank where he'd been approached. After that,
Filson was taken down of the mudroom and showing photographs
of known confidence men who would use the same m
A local and an APB were gotten out, carrying the
description of the suspect, as well as a complete description
of the clothes he wore and the method he used
in approaching the intended victims. We got the name of
the jeweler who woud appraised the diamonds, and we asked
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the victim if we could keep the stones until we
finished our investigation. He gave us his consent when we
signed a receipt for the zurch times one for six pm.
Frank and I drove out to the Hollywood area, where
we talked to Saw Maurice, the owner of the jewelry store.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
All right, if you're weight I'll get my move and
checking for you.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
We'd appreciate that.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
I'll trouble Travis. Shit is normal? Was something wrong when
it came in here? Average man doesn't carry fifteen thousand
dollars and unset diamonds around with him. Eh, let me
see the stone.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Sure, take a look at these if you will.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Mm hmm. No, the same ones, same as diamonds.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
What can you tell us about them now?
Speaker 4 (06:11):
They look as if they were cutting this country.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Eh? Why do you say that, passets?
Speaker 4 (06:15):
They're cut longer than European stones.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
H m hm.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
How they were made an American?
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Is there any way we could tell where?
Speaker 4 (06:22):
No, whoever did it though, knew what he was doing.
I remember the diamonds beautiful.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
I mean the real diamonds were just like these there.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Yes, there was a one twenty five round two one
carred marquee and a four oh three square cut.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Are you sure about the size?
Speaker 5 (06:34):
Are you?
Speaker 4 (06:34):
No? Reasonably? Yes? I didn't wear them at the time,
but I'd use the motgage on them. That's what they
checked out.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
They can't give us any idea than where the zert
Coons might have come from.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
No, I'm sorry and give you a list to the
minimum of saying, a who might have done.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
It, we appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
No trouble at all. How you want to take these
with you?
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Yes, say, I don't understand why would legitimate diamond cutter
make these imitations.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
Well, if a person ordered them copied, there'd be no
reason not to. Quite often people don't like to wear
genuine stones occasions when good imitations do just as well.
This should probably happen here. Whoever, it was probably hurt
in my lines a lot. You ka, I went ahead
with me.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Well, now the stones he brought in the first time
weren't real worth it.
Speaker 4 (07:07):
He has fine, high color, beautifully cut, especially this square.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
I'll get those names for you. Thank you, say, I
wonder if you'd tell me something.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Well, what's that?
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Well, my wife's been looking for something to clean her
engagement ring. You know, i'll get dirty down the little
prom and hold the diamond. I wonder if you could
recommend something to clean it.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
I'll tell you what. Next time you're in the area,
bring the ring in. I'll be glad to clean it
for you know.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
A problem there is she doesn't want to take it off.
I guess I don't think she'd go for me. Taking
it all day.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Well, I'll tell her to take it into the jeweler
in the neighborhood. He'll be glad to do it.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Thanks, sure, appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
No trouble at all. Now here's the list.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Thank you. Sure.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
Hope you can find the man who sold the phonies. Yes,
or so do we every time somebody gets stung buying
diamonds and makes them livery from then on herd and
legitimate people in the business.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Yes, so we understand that.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
Jewey's Alliance has been saying it for a long time. No,
you're jeweler and you will get died. You received a
guy like this makes it twice as rough on honest man.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Now that's the way it is most of the time.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
Always seems like the honest ones get hurt.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Now, maybe not always. Well, I hope it's going to
work the other way this time. Three fifteen PM, Frank
and I returned to the office and got out a
supplemental bulletin on the genuine diamonds that were being used.
We checked with Captain Didion and he assigned two more
officers to help us in checking out the list of
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diamond cutters in the area. The questioning took the better
part of the next day, and at four thirty seven
pm when we met in the Bunkum, we were no
further head of the apprentices during week, probably jincilaries in
the Southland area, but they were unable to give us
and lead by creek a meeting of every twenty second,
we received another complaint, an elderly one who identified herself
as Missus Myra Hen knows that she'd been swindled at
half thousand dollars. The story she gave us was almost
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identical with the one we'd gotten from Harold Filson. The
description of the suspect was the same. Frank and I
talked to the jeweler that had made the appraisal on
the stone store. He was unable to give us any
concrete information. However, the zirkans purchased by Missus Hacken were
identical with those bought by the first victim, Philson. Two
more weeks past, and in that time the confidence man
hit two more citizens. The method of approach was the same,
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the story he gave the victims was the same. Nothing
in the story was new. The search for him went on.
On Wednesday, December first, Captain Didyon called a meeting in
his office. Fit, it's nice. I once to the box kipper,
you know what it is. Where are you on the
diamond switch? Huh, that's it? Go on slow, Captain, I
want's to score a date about forty five thousand dollars,
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isn't it? Yeah? You know, closer to the guy than
when he started. Well, we got a description. We can't
book that. We're doing everything we can, Captain. We talked
to all the victims, all the people in titles.
Speaker 5 (09:33):
Who he is.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
There isn't a rumble he must be playing at single
None of the usual sources know anything. How about the money,
anybody spending more than they can account for? No, not
that we've been able to turn Stat's office. I've given
us a list possible fourteen of them. They've all been
checked out. Now I'm fit. What about the Jewelers Association?
What do they got for you? When they're doing all
they can? They put out and noticed all their members
to be on the lookout for the guy, sent out
a description all diamond cutters at informationless one. We've had
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a composite drawing made of the suspect amo sheet and
sent to all the banks in the area.
Speaker 6 (10:00):
And nothing back on it, though, Well, what's the answer.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Gotta be somewhere in they with him. No, we got
an idea. The odds are on alongside. That's just about
the only way we can think of. Let's hear it. Well,
we know that the guy's work in the Hollywood area
pretty heavy. Seems that most of the Marxie picks are
out there. They do business in those banks along the boulevard.
We thought that if we could spot a couple of
undercover people in the banks and make it look like
they were doing business there, they might be approached. It
matters when you said the odds were a long how
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many people you figure go need for this? Now we
figure a minimum of a half a dozen. They all
shod made. Their elderly suspect doesn't seem to bother anybody
under forty. I thought, keeping in touch with the undercovered people,
I figure to work out all we thought, we get care,
work out some kind of a check system so we
know what was going on. Mm hmm, okay, I'll get
in touch with cheap Brown, ask him lining up some
officers to work with banks. You better in touch with
the Hollywood fill them in on what you're doing, might
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ask for a couple of that f cars. Give your
hands abouts. If we got together here in the morning,
you can brief them on what you want. I are
gonna work on. I don't know if I the bishop.
I don't get any uncle. Did the captain did?
Speaker 4 (10:56):
In?
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Yep? H okay, that's right. Here's one man lighting in
the place for the last thirty minutes. You know, that's
the description of your suspect right down the line. The
man had been detained until we got there. We were
told if the suspect and entered the bank at approximately
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eleven forty am, and that he'd been observed by the banker.
When the man's movements had aroused the guard's suspicions, he'd
notified a hear hen turned and called us when he
noticed the similarity between the suspect and our bullet. We
asked the respect to step out our car so we
could question me. He appeared to have been drinking, but
he was he when we asked him to show us
his wallet. Hey, uh, oh, wallet, is there any money
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in it?
Speaker 5 (11:39):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (11:39):
I don't know if that's any of your business. You
got any money in the wallet? My couple of books?
Speaker 5 (11:45):
Yes, But then again, all the other side of the fence, and.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Might not, all right, muster take the money out in
hand the wallet to me. Hey, I'm broke, Might let's
at it.
Speaker 5 (11:56):
Sure like the cooperate always liked to cooperate.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
It's your true name, Samuel Jerrold Peel.
Speaker 5 (12:03):
That is right, everybody rested, that, gentleman, is my life story?
All right, it's certainly it. Many's a happy hour. I've
spent in your main jail. Delightful thing.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
Referred to in the tree as the Gray Bar Hotel.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
You know, now what was the charge? I believe that's
referred to.
Speaker 5 (12:26):
In the trade as a four one two seven A
la mc tuncan. Oh, no, you don't mind, officer. Well,
you wouldn't put it just that way. It sounds so
completely undignified.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Completely What were you doing in that bank? Then I
spent a short vacation with the.
Speaker 6 (12:46):
Sheriff howling can't stay either timing result.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
But I think.
Speaker 6 (12:52):
Then I spent a short vay sherriff O, then can stay.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
That's a charming While we're in the bank.
Speaker 5 (13:00):
I've also enjoyed the hospitality of the holidays in San Francisco,
Oakland and.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
In book Maker. We're not playing a game with you here.
You come up with some straight answers, and come up
with them fast, sir.
Speaker 5 (13:14):
Yeah, well, I'm trying to my ability to answer your
questions in the orders that you've permit.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
And now I'm bringing on again. Would you like to
know why.
Speaker 5 (13:23):
I spent so much stuff?
Speaker 1 (13:24):
You know what we want to know. We want to
know why you're in that bank.
Speaker 5 (13:27):
Very well, then I shall tell you I have spent
all of this time in gathering material for retreats.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
On the colonies. All right, come on, I said, get
on people.
Speaker 5 (13:40):
Oh yeah, I have a treatment my forthcoming. Yeah, realize, opposers,
and I've given you fair warning.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
You're gonna book me again. That's right, that's all.
Speaker 5 (13:55):
You have got to really do it. You can't book
a man's about it?
Speaker 1 (13:58):
All right? If I really do it, I'll just thinking
about it. What are you talking about?
Speaker 5 (14:04):
What I was doing in the bank. I'm broke and
I'm hungry. I just got into town this morning. I
ride him at the Sunshine, glorious California.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Both hungry.
Speaker 5 (14:15):
So I hambled around a bit and went into the bank.
But maybe I'd write a little check, just enough to
tide me old. I desart to accept.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
It offers a good bit. You got any money in
the bank. Oh, it's a trivial detail.
Speaker 5 (14:31):
However, as much huge gentlemen are willing to accord me
the hospitality of the Gray Bar Hotel, I shall accept
with a lac of that's I am gratified that you
appreciate my position.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
You got no way approving you just got in town.
Speaker 5 (14:45):
Is that necessary?
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Might be a feel.
Speaker 5 (14:48):
I shall have no trouble in supplying such verification there.
I have been enjoying the hospitality. It's the largest state
for the past three months. I separate back by two with.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Them two days is that it started three eight. I
officer in jail for the free bock.
Speaker 5 (15:07):
You know in Bommont.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
The suspect was taken to the city hall and held
for further investigation. Teletypes were sent to the authorities in
Texas and they verified the story that we've gotten. The
suspect was booked in violation of forty one twenty seven
a LA MC. The following morning, Frank and I, along
with Captain Dittey and briefed the police officers chosen by
jee Brown. We told them the suspects mo. We gave
each of them copies of the composite drawing that had
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been made. At ten thirty that morning, the plan was
put into operations. We continued through the weekends without results.
During that time, we received no new complaints regarding the
competence man. Wednesday, December eighth, Frank and I checked into
the office.
Speaker 7 (15:53):
I'm on a call, Faye, tell her what time I'll.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Be hung Okay, I'm gonna check the book. Lay you're there. Yeah,
thank god? It from confus itive Friday. Yeah, okay, where Yeah,
we know where that is? Right? See that fish left
call failure. What do you mean, suspect. Yeah, he's setting
up a marking a coffee shop out of Hollywood Boulevard.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Right now, you are listening to drag Nett, the authentic
story of your police force in action.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
The call had come from one of the undercover people
that we'd planted in the banks on Hollywood Boulevard. The
policewoman told me that a man answering the description that
approached her and offered to sell her some unset diamonds.
The suspects suggested that they have a cup of coffee
while he explained the deal to the banks. After they've
reached the coffee shop. The policewoman excused herself and put
in the call to us. It took us eighteen minutes
to drive to Hollywood and buying streets and to get
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to the coffee shops. When we entered the place, we
could see the policewoman at one of the rear tables.
Frank and I walked back and sat down in the
adjoining booth. They'd evidently been talking for several minutes before
we got there.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
You can understand my position. I don't want to act
to let them COVID.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
I have no choice. Well, I'm still not sure why
you don't tell them yourself. There is some trouble about
my past. Probably as well is a checking it over.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
If I tried to dispose of the diamonds as the
usual chamans are abound to be questions.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Questions I can ask. I'm not sure I want to
be mixed up a thing like this. I've never had
any trouble with the law. What happened would be pretty
angry if you knew about this.
Speaker 6 (17:31):
But there will be no trouble none.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
The reason I decided to even bother you with this
is that I have seen you several times in the bank.
Speaker 6 (17:38):
You look to me like a person who would understand
and one to have I'm not very kind. It's you
who I'm being kind to even let me talk to you.
I wish I could tell you how much it means
to me to be able to walk up to just
anyone on.
Speaker 4 (17:50):
The street and talk to do that.
Speaker 6 (17:52):
There is nothing to be afraid of.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
This business about the passport is annoying, but it will
all be striving. Without acted that everything would be all right.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
Well, can't you wait until them to show the diamonds.
I'm afraid not. I have failed.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
I must pay my estermy my family. They must be
taking care of I need the money now. Still not sure,
kind ladies, let.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Me sure you the jams.
Speaker 6 (18:13):
Just let me show it to you.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Identicide has it? Coffee? Please? Yeah? Coffee to coffee right away?
Speaker 5 (18:21):
There?
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Just look at them.
Speaker 6 (18:24):
Have you ever seen anything so beautiful in your life?
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (18:27):
They are not.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
These are all we were able to get out of
the country. Weeks before we left. We saw everything we.
Speaker 5 (18:33):
Want to buy them.
Speaker 6 (18:34):
You know, in Europe, diamonds are about the only thing that,
as I said, value.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
If I were have to tell you the trouble we
have been getting it, But that would take too long,
and I have already taken too much of.
Speaker 6 (18:44):
Your time at all.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
And how much you asking for them on the market,
they are worth of American dollars at least ten thousand dollars.
Speaker 6 (18:52):
Well I could never pay that in sport.
Speaker 4 (18:53):
But you would not have to.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
I don't understand. It is simple.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
You take them to any jeweler in the city, anyone.
You pick him up, take the diamonds, will him, ask
him what they were. Then come back to me and
we can make the transaction.
Speaker 6 (19:06):
You see what you were laughing you for it. You
will see that what I have said.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Is the truth.
Speaker 6 (19:10):
You can buy them from me. I will get the
money I need. Then you can send them to the
same jeweler and make as some profit you ahead take them.
I wouldn't wait for you here.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
Trust me.
Speaker 6 (19:21):
I knew when I saw you in the bank I
could depend on you. I trust you with my life
saving Alright, let's come. Yeah, something I can do for you, gentlemen.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
Police officers. You're under arrest and grand theft.
Speaker 6 (19:36):
You must be joking.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Let's go get everything you need at charge on Friday. Yeah, thanks, Murdo.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
You and I'm a.
Speaker 4 (19:43):
Police officer too.
Speaker 6 (19:45):
How are you gonna know I'll take the diamonds.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
I want to give us a circums to Yeah.
Speaker 6 (19:50):
Hey, yeah, well that's the deal. You're gonna have to
prove it.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
You know, we'll take care of that. How are you
gonna do it? Well, it shouldn't be too tough. Have
the victims take a look at you. They should give
us a positive advocation and shouldn't be Yeah, I guess.
So where'd you get the stones?
Speaker 4 (20:03):
Picked him up in New York?
Speaker 6 (20:04):
They're real worth easy thirteen maybe fourteen thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
How about the imitations? What a bomb? Well? Where'd you
get him? Friend of mine? Guy back east? Just hobby
his lap you know lapadrry.
Speaker 6 (20:12):
Yeah, i'd said I had him cut the dirt cuns
for me.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Do you know why you wanted them?
Speaker 4 (20:16):
Nah?
Speaker 6 (20:16):
I told him this for a joke, asking.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
To made me six sets, all of them like the
real ones. I only had this one and one more
to get rid of him, Just two more and you
have to tag me and rough go you need me.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
For any more?
Speaker 6 (20:26):
Sergeant, No, thanks, Mary, We'll take him in y'all. Go
on then, right, Thanks again, glad to help. Thanks Marder yeah,
I'll see you down.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Towns right chaw chief probably will be in to see
him with you. Okay, quiet, mister, let's go mind if
I finished my coffee? All right, make it fast? Okay?
Speaker 6 (20:40):
Thanks?
Speaker 1 (20:41):
What's your name?
Speaker 6 (20:42):
Nathan Croner?
Speaker 1 (20:43):
You ever fall him before?
Speaker 3 (20:44):
A couple of times small beads wire Midwest Colorado, Kansas,
big time burglary stirred three years in.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Colorado, turned Kansas. Got sure.
Speaker 8 (20:52):
I had to figure this term sure way to make
it pay? Never know, Dave, what's that how it's gonna
turn out?
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Take his touch for instance? You know you gotta say right, yeah,
there you go. Thanks.
Speaker 6 (21:03):
I gotta managine. You know this has never worked if
you try it with honest people, Is that right?
Speaker 1 (21:12):
Sure? Right off?
Speaker 3 (21:13):
I told him I was having trouble with my passport
even till one of them I was in the country illegally.
Speaker 6 (21:16):
That's when he should have gone to the cops.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Right then? Can I miss that? What's that?
Speaker 6 (21:22):
The coffee?
Speaker 1 (21:23):
And miss it?
Speaker 6 (21:24):
Anyway?
Speaker 8 (21:24):
If every one of them didn't have a little fever
and there's a con game in.
Speaker 6 (21:27):
The world, or to work everything for that? Yeah, I
on's while I hand over a bunch of diamonds.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
Now, I know that worth a minimum of fifteen thousand
dollars worth that anywhere in the country. So what happens
The Mark takes him into a jeweler and finds out
they're worth that much, and right.
Speaker 6 (21:40):
Away he's out to try to make a fast buck
for himself. He comes back tells me they're only good
for ten thousands.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
You see, thieves, youbot finish with that coffee.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
Yeah, Now the Mark stands to make himself a couple
of thousand dollars going in, but that isn't enough. He's
gonna take me for more. It wouldn't work if they weren't.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Thieves as hard. Well, I still doesn't give you the
right to take him.
Speaker 8 (21:57):
This was not I get a real kick to figure
and what they look like when they find out they're
stuck with a handful of cut glass.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Let's be real jacks to see that, like kind of
how about that coffee?
Speaker 3 (22:06):
Come on, let's go Yeah, okay, I'm with you, all right,
coolers dodge anyplace else in the country.
Speaker 6 (22:15):
I may it is the first place.
Speaker 8 (22:18):
Figured if I scored good here, I could take it easy,
you know, work a bit, maybe once a year in
a different city, keep moving, or make any difference how
they talk or what kind of clothes they wear.
Speaker 6 (22:25):
A mark still a mark. I just had a bad
deal going good. I could have lived off of it
for years.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
That's what you wanted to Yeah, just to deal.
Speaker 6 (22:33):
To keep me in closing for the roof of might head.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
Nothing big. I would all worked out. Then what that's
what you're gonna get? Come on the star you have
just heard is true. The names were changed to protect
the innocence.
Speaker 7 (22:53):
On April fifteenth, trial was held in Department ninety eighth
Superior Court of the State of California in and for
the County of Los Angeles. Nathan Austen Krohner was tried
and found guilty on four counts of grand theft and
received punishment as prescribed by law. Grand theft is punishable
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by imprisonment for a period of not more than one
year in the county jail, or for a period of
not less than one or more than ten years in
the state penitentiary. Dragnet The Story of Your Police Force
in Action as a presentation of the United States Armed.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
Forces Radio Service.
Speaker 9 (24:01):
SAT Step Step Septimum
Speaker 1 (24:46):
Temp
Ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
The story you were about the.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Year is true. The names of the change to protect
the innocent drag men. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned
a Bunco fugitive detail. A confidence man has set up
operations in your city. The product he's selling has a
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ready market, perfect cut blue white diamonds. Your job stop.
It was Tuesday, November ninth. It was warm in Los Angeles.
We were working the day watch out a Bunco fugitive details.
My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Didion.
My name is Friday. I was on my way back
from the Record Division. It was eleven forty am when
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I got to Room thirty eight Bunco Detail. The check on, Yeah,
there's three possibles. Descriptions don't match too well. We'll let
to check them all out again. To battle was just
him said, give that's good. Shall we get on it. Yeah,
And he called no, that's so I got it, Buncle
Fugitive Friday. Yeah that's ma'am. Hm, Well I'm not sure
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now the office that handle the cases from here right now?
What if I could take a message, Yes, ma'am, he'll
call you when he gets in. All right, Uh huh, yes,
all right, If you'll wait just a minute, I'll transfer
this thisa minute, hold on, please, would you get this
called a two nine four nine? Please? Thank you? Oh
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excuse me, Yes, sir?
Speaker 3 (01:37):
This you draw department's a bunkle fugitive. Yes, sir, and
I guess you see what I want. I'd like to
report a swindle.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Alright you, I'll check with a better Joe and go
to work on this list. Right, I'll be right back
to jam. You want to commence her, Okay, sit down
right here if you like.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
Okay, man, what would be the best place to start?
Speaker 1 (01:57):
What would you like to give us?
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Your name?
Speaker 4 (01:58):
Sir Hald Pilsen with an f F.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
I am Pilsen.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
What I want to tell you about happened to a
friend of mine, all right, and he's a little too
embarrassed to commit himself.
Speaker 1 (02:07):
So I said I'd tell you about it. Terrible thing.
Should we stopped? Actually, we'll do what we can. No
one tell us what it's all about.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Well, this friend of minders in the bank one day.
He'd gone in to make with draw a couple of
hundred dollars. I say, on the way out, of the place.
This kind of seaty looking man came up with my
friend started to talk. Your friend know the man never
saw him before in his life.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
All right, so go ahead.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Well, this little guy said he had a business proposition
to put to My friend said they could both make
a lot of money out of it.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
The little guy suggested that they both.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Have walk down the street to a little coffee standers
there and have a cup of coffee. My friend didn't
see anything wrong with that, so they did. That's where
the little guy told the story.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
What was that said?
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Oh about how he was a DP, you know, a
displaced person. Said he'd come over from Belgium. Big story
about how he just managed to get out of Germany
with his life, really lived it on thick, real thick.
That's when he pulled a snapper, said that he'd gotten
into the country illegally, but he didn't have any papers,
and that's why he came to my friend. So a yeah, man,
you see, this little guy reached into his pocket, took
out a couple of pieces of fold of paper. He
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undid him and there were four diamonds, most beautiful things
you ever saw. But I went on to say that
since he was in the country without a passport. He
couldn't take the chance trying to sell the diamonds. Said
he might be picked up. So he wanted to sell
the stones to my friend. Said he wouldn't have any
trouble getting rid of them.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
Almost did he want for it, you know, said he'd.
Speaker 4 (03:22):
Sell a lot for thirteen thousand dollars.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
It's quite a bitt Yeah, especially when his friend of
mine doesn't know anything about diamonds.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
All right, said do you want to go in?
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Man?
Speaker 3 (03:30):
The little guy set my friend take the stones to
any jeweler and have them a praise. Said he'd go
along with whatever. The jeweler said, that's what your friend did. Then, yeah,
and to one of the best jeweler's stores in the city.
Took stones with him and had the jeweler look at
him this.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
This little man. Did he go into the store with
your friend?
Speaker 4 (03:46):
No, he said he'd wait outside.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
And jeweler looked at the stones and said that we
were worth fifteen thousand dollars. That's wholesale fifteen thousand.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
So your friend bought the diamonds, did he? Yes?
Speaker 3 (03:56):
He offered the owner ten thousand dollars cash for him.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
The little guy would go for the deal, so he.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Took the diamonds back. They hemmed an order on for
a couple of minutes, and then he said he'd sell.
So with both up, went to my friend's bank, got
the money, and the deal was set. The little man
reached into his pocket, took out the package, handed over
the diamonds for the ten thousand, and my friend tried
to sell him. He went back to the same jeweler,
and that's when they found out, you know, they weren't
the same stones. My friend had gotten a different packet.
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Instead of diamonds, he bought four zircons worth twenty five
thirty dollars apiece, ten thousand dollars per one hundred and
twenty dollars worth of cut fass. And you've got to
do something about it. You've got to figure some way
to get that money back.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
All right. You want to give us a description of
the man who sold you the phonies? How'd you know?
Then you aren't the only one who's been taken, But
this racket had been several cases the last few months.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
That's all the more reason you ought to get him
ten thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
That's what he took me for as we leave you money,
the only difference is the amount, And then what do
you mean you tried to take five the same way.
Frank came back to the office and I filled him
in on the story Harold Filson had given me. The
victim gave us a complete statement and a description of
the man who victimized him. He also gave us the
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address of the bank where he'd been approached. After that,
Filson was taken down of the mudroom and showing photographs
of known confidence men who would use the same m
A local and an APB were gotten out, carrying the
description of the suspect, as well as a complete description
of the clothes he wore and the method he used
in approaching the intended victims. We got the name of
the jeweler who woud appraised the diamonds, and we asked
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the victim if we could keep the stones until we
finished our investigation. He gave us his consent when we
signed a receipt for the zurch times one for six pm.
Frank and I drove out to the Hollywood area, where
we talked to Saw Maurice, the owner of the jewelry store.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
All right, if you're weight I'll get my move and
checking for you.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
We'd appreciate that.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
I'll trouble Travis. Shit is normal? Was something wrong when
it came in here? Average man doesn't carry fifteen thousand
dollars and unset diamonds around with him. Eh, let me
see the stone.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Sure, take a look at these if you will.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Mm hmm. No, the same ones, same as diamonds.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
What can you tell us about them now?
Speaker 4 (06:11):
They look as if they were cutting this country.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Eh? Why do you say that, passets?
Speaker 4 (06:15):
They're cut longer than European stones.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
H m hm.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
How they were made an American?
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Is there any way we could tell where?
Speaker 4 (06:22):
No, whoever did it though, knew what he was doing.
I remember the diamonds beautiful.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
I mean the real diamonds were just like these there.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Yes, there was a one twenty five round two one
carred marquee and a four oh three square cut.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Are you sure about the size?
Speaker 5 (06:34):
Are you?
Speaker 4 (06:34):
No? Reasonably? Yes? I didn't wear them at the time,
but I'd use the motgage on them. That's what they
checked out.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
They can't give us any idea than where the zert
Coons might have come from.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
No, I'm sorry and give you a list to the
minimum of saying, a who might have done.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
It, we appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
No trouble at all. How you want to take these
with you?
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Yes, say, I don't understand why would legitimate diamond cutter
make these imitations.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
Well, if a person ordered them copied, there'd be no
reason not to. Quite often people don't like to wear
genuine stones occasions when good imitations do just as well.
This should probably happen here. Whoever, it was probably hurt
in my lines a lot. You ka, I went ahead
with me.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Well, now the stones he brought in the first time
weren't real worth it.
Speaker 4 (07:07):
He has fine, high color, beautifully cut, especially this square.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
I'll get those names for you. Thank you, say, I
wonder if you'd tell me something.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Well, what's that?
Speaker 1 (07:15):
Well, my wife's been looking for something to clean her
engagement ring. You know, i'll get dirty down the little
prom and hold the diamond. I wonder if you could
recommend something to clean it.
Speaker 4 (07:22):
I'll tell you what. Next time you're in the area,
bring the ring in. I'll be glad to clean it
for you know.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
A problem there is she doesn't want to take it off.
I guess I don't think she'd go for me. Taking
it all day.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Well, I'll tell her to take it into the jeweler
in the neighborhood. He'll be glad to do it.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Thanks, sure, appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
No trouble at all. Now here's the list.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Thank you. Sure.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
Hope you can find the man who sold the phonies. Yes,
or so do we every time somebody gets stung buying
diamonds and makes them livery from then on herd and
legitimate people in the business.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Yes, so we understand that.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
Jewey's Alliance has been saying it for a long time. No,
you're jeweler and you will get died. You received a
guy like this makes it twice as rough on honest man.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Now that's the way it is most of the time.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
Always seems like the honest ones get hurt.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Now, maybe not always. Well, I hope it's going to
work the other way this time. Three fifteen PM, Frank
and I returned to the office and got out a
supplemental bulletin on the genuine diamonds that were being used.
We checked with Captain Didion and he assigned two more
officers to help us in checking out the list of
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diamond cutters in the area. The questioning took the better
part of the next day, and at four thirty seven
pm when we met in the Bunkum, we were no
further head of the apprentices during week, probably jincilaries in
the Southland area, but they were unable to give us
and lead by creek a meeting of every twenty second,
we received another complaint, an elderly one who identified herself
as Missus Myra Hen knows that she'd been swindled at
half thousand dollars. The story she gave us was almost
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identical with the one we'd gotten from Harold Filson. The
description of the suspect was the same. Frank and I
talked to the jeweler that had made the appraisal on
the stone store. He was unable to give us any
concrete information. However, the zirkans purchased by Missus Hacken were
identical with those bought by the first victim, Philson. Two
more weeks past, and in that time the confidence man
hit two more citizens. The method of approach was the same,
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the story he gave the victims was the same. Nothing
in the story was new. The search for him went on.
On Wednesday, December first, Captain Didyon called a meeting in
his office. Fit, it's nice. I once to the box kipper,
you know what it is. Where are you on the
diamond switch? Huh, that's it? Go on slow, Captain, I
want's to score a date about forty five thousand dollars,
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isn't it? Yeah? You know, closer to the guy than
when he started. Well, we got a description. We can't
book that. We're doing everything we can, Captain. We talked
to all the victims, all the people in titles.
Speaker 5 (09:33):
Who he is.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
There isn't a rumble he must be playing at single
None of the usual sources know anything. How about the money,
anybody spending more than they can account for? No, not
that we've been able to turn Stat's office. I've given
us a list possible fourteen of them. They've all been
checked out. Now I'm fit. What about the Jewelers Association?
What do they got for you? When they're doing all
they can? They put out and noticed all their members
to be on the lookout for the guy, sent out
a description all diamond cutters at informationless one. We've had
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a composite drawing made of the suspect amo sheet and
sent to all the banks in the area.
Speaker 6 (10:00):
And nothing back on it, though, Well, what's the answer.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Gotta be somewhere in they with him. No, we got
an idea. The odds are on alongside. That's just about
the only way we can think of. Let's hear it. Well,
we know that the guy's work in the Hollywood area
pretty heavy. Seems that most of the Marxie picks are
out there. They do business in those banks along the boulevard.
We thought that if we could spot a couple of
undercover people in the banks and make it look like
they were doing business there, they might be approached. It
matters when you said the odds were a long how
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many people you figure go need for this? Now we
figure a minimum of a half a dozen. They all
shod made. Their elderly suspect doesn't seem to bother anybody
under forty. I thought, keeping in touch with the undercovered people,
I figure to work out all we thought, we get care,
work out some kind of a check system so we
know what was going on. Mm hmm, okay, I'll get
in touch with cheap Brown, ask him lining up some
officers to work with banks. You better in touch with
the Hollywood fill them in on what you're doing, might
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ask for a couple of that f cars. Give your
hands abouts. If we got together here in the morning,
you can brief them on what you want. I are
gonna work on. I don't know if I the bishop.
I don't get any uncle. Did the captain did?
Speaker 4 (10:56):
In?
Speaker 1 (10:56):
Yep? H okay, that's right. Here's one man lighting in
the place for the last thirty minutes. You know, that's
the description of your suspect right down the line. The
man had been detained until we got there. We were
told if the suspect and entered the bank at approximately
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eleven forty am, and that he'd been observed by the banker.
When the man's movements had aroused the guard's suspicions, he'd
notified a hear hen turned and called us when he
noticed the similarity between the suspect and our bullet. We
asked the respect to step out our car so we
could question me. He appeared to have been drinking, but
he was he when we asked him to show us
his wallet. Hey, uh, oh, wallet, is there any money
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in it?
Speaker 5 (11:39):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (11:39):
I don't know if that's any of your business. You
got any money in the wallet? My couple of books?
Speaker 5 (11:45):
Yes, But then again, all the other side of the fence, and.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Might not, all right, muster take the money out in
hand the wallet to me. Hey, I'm broke, Might let's
at it.
Speaker 5 (11:56):
Sure like the cooperate always liked to cooperate.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
It's your true name, Samuel Jerrold Peel.
Speaker 5 (12:03):
That is right, everybody rested, that, gentleman, is my life story?
All right, it's certainly it. Many's a happy hour. I've
spent in your main jail. Delightful thing.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
Referred to in the tree as the Gray Bar Hotel.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
You know, now what was the charge? I believe that's
referred to.
Speaker 5 (12:26):
In the trade as a four one two seven A
la mc tuncan. Oh, no, you don't mind, officer. Well,
you wouldn't put it just that way. It sounds so
completely undignified.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Completely What were you doing in that bank? Then I
spent a short vacation with the.
Speaker 6 (12:46):
Sheriff howling can't stay either timing result.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
But I think.
Speaker 6 (12:52):
Then I spent a short vay sherriff O, then can stay.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
That's a charming While we're in the bank.
Speaker 5 (13:00):
I've also enjoyed the hospitality of the holidays in San Francisco,
Oakland and.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
In book Maker. We're not playing a game with you here.
You come up with some straight answers, and come up
with them fast, sir.
Speaker 5 (13:14):
Yeah, well, I'm trying to my ability to answer your
questions in the orders that you've permit.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
And now I'm bringing on again. Would you like to
know why.
Speaker 5 (13:23):
I spent so much stuff?
Speaker 1 (13:24):
You know what we want to know. We want to
know why you're in that bank.
Speaker 5 (13:27):
Very well, then I shall tell you I have spent
all of this time in gathering material for retreats.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
On the colonies. All right, come on, I said, get
on people.
Speaker 5 (13:40):
Oh yeah, I have a treatment my forthcoming. Yeah, realize, opposers,
and I've given you fair warning.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
You're gonna book me again. That's right, that's all.
Speaker 5 (13:55):
You have got to really do it. You can't book
a man's about it?
Speaker 1 (13:58):
All right? If I really do it, I'll just thinking
about it. What are you talking about?
Speaker 5 (14:04):
What I was doing in the bank. I'm broke and
I'm hungry. I just got into town this morning. I
ride him at the Sunshine, glorious California.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Both hungry.
Speaker 5 (14:15):
So I hambled around a bit and went into the bank.
But maybe I'd write a little check, just enough to
tide me old. I desart to accept.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
It offers a good bit. You got any money in
the bank. Oh, it's a trivial detail.
Speaker 5 (14:31):
However, as much huge gentlemen are willing to accord me
the hospitality of the Gray Bar Hotel, I shall accept
with a lac of that's I am gratified that you
appreciate my position.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
You got no way approving you just got in town.
Speaker 5 (14:45):
Is that necessary?
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Might be a feel.
Speaker 5 (14:48):
I shall have no trouble in supplying such verification there.
I have been enjoying the hospitality. It's the largest state
for the past three months. I separate back by two with.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Them two days is that it started three eight. I
officer in jail for the free bock.
Speaker 5 (15:07):
You know in Bommont.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
The suspect was taken to the city hall and held
for further investigation. Teletypes were sent to the authorities in
Texas and they verified the story that we've gotten. The
suspect was booked in violation of forty one twenty seven
a LA MC. The following morning, Frank and I, along
with Captain Dittey and briefed the police officers chosen by
jee Brown. We told them the suspects mo. We gave
each of them copies of the composite drawing that had
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been made. At ten thirty that morning, the plan was
put into operations. We continued through the weekends without results.
During that time, we received no new complaints regarding the
competence man. Wednesday, December eighth, Frank and I checked into
the office.
Speaker 7 (15:53):
I'm on a call, Faye, tell her what time I'll.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
Be hung Okay, I'm gonna check the book. Lay you're there. Yeah,
thank god? It from confus itive Friday. Yeah, okay, where Yeah,
we know where that is? Right? See that fish left
call failure. What do you mean, suspect. Yeah, he's setting
up a marking a coffee shop out of Hollywood Boulevard.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
Right now, you are listening to drag Nett, the authentic
story of your police force in action.
Speaker 1 (16:37):
The call had come from one of the undercover people
that we'd planted in the banks on Hollywood Boulevard. The
policewoman told me that a man answering the description that
approached her and offered to sell her some unset diamonds.
The suspects suggested that they have a cup of coffee
while he explained the deal to the banks. After they've
reached the coffee shop. The policewoman excused herself and put
in the call to us. It took us eighteen minutes
to drive to Hollywood and buying streets and to get
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to the coffee shops. When we entered the place, we
could see the policewoman at one of the rear tables.
Frank and I walked back and sat down in the
adjoining booth. They'd evidently been talking for several minutes before
we got there.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
You can understand my position. I don't want to act
to let them COVID.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
I have no choice. Well, I'm still not sure why
you don't tell them yourself. There is some trouble about
my past. Probably as well is a checking it over.
Speaker 3 (17:18):
If I tried to dispose of the diamonds as the
usual chamans are abound to be questions.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Questions I can ask. I'm not sure I want to
be mixed up a thing like this. I've never had
any trouble with the law. What happened would be pretty
angry if you knew about this.
Speaker 6 (17:31):
But there will be no trouble none.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
The reason I decided to even bother you with this
is that I have seen you several times in the bank.
Speaker 6 (17:38):
You look to me like a person who would understand
and one to have I'm not very kind. It's you
who I'm being kind to even let me talk to you.
I wish I could tell you how much it means
to me to be able to walk up to just
anyone on.
Speaker 4 (17:50):
The street and talk to do that.
Speaker 6 (17:52):
There is nothing to be afraid of.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
This business about the passport is annoying, but it will
all be striving. Without acted that everything would be all right.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
Well, can't you wait until them to show the diamonds.
I'm afraid not. I have failed.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
I must pay my estermy my family. They must be
taking care of I need the money now. Still not sure,
kind ladies, let.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Me sure you the jams.
Speaker 6 (18:13):
Just let me show it to you.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Identicide has it? Coffee? Please? Yeah? Coffee to coffee right away?
Speaker 5 (18:21):
There?
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Just look at them.
Speaker 6 (18:24):
Have you ever seen anything so beautiful in your life?
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (18:27):
They are not.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
These are all we were able to get out of
the country. Weeks before we left. We saw everything we.
Speaker 5 (18:33):
Want to buy them.
Speaker 6 (18:34):
You know, in Europe, diamonds are about the only thing that,
as I said, value.
Speaker 3 (18:38):
If I were have to tell you the trouble we
have been getting it, But that would take too long,
and I have already taken too much of.
Speaker 6 (18:44):
Your time at all.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
And how much you asking for them on the market,
they are worth of American dollars at least ten thousand dollars.
Speaker 6 (18:52):
Well I could never pay that in sport.
Speaker 4 (18:53):
But you would not have to.
Speaker 1 (18:55):
I don't understand. It is simple.
Speaker 3 (18:57):
You take them to any jeweler in the city, anyone.
You pick him up, take the diamonds, will him, ask
him what they were. Then come back to me and
we can make the transaction.
Speaker 6 (19:06):
You see what you were laughing you for it. You
will see that what I have said.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Is the truth.
Speaker 6 (19:10):
You can buy them from me. I will get the
money I need. Then you can send them to the
same jeweler and make as some profit you ahead take them.
I wouldn't wait for you here.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
Trust me.
Speaker 6 (19:21):
I knew when I saw you in the bank I
could depend on you. I trust you with my life
saving Alright, let's come. Yeah, something I can do for you, gentlemen.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
Police officers. You're under arrest and grand theft.
Speaker 6 (19:36):
You must be joking.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Let's go get everything you need at charge on Friday. Yeah, thanks, Murdo.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
You and I'm a.
Speaker 4 (19:43):
Police officer too.
Speaker 6 (19:45):
How are you gonna know I'll take the diamonds.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
I want to give us a circums to Yeah.
Speaker 6 (19:50):
Hey, yeah, well that's the deal. You're gonna have to
prove it.
Speaker 1 (19:53):
You know, we'll take care of that. How are you
gonna do it? Well, it shouldn't be too tough. Have
the victims take a look at you. They should give
us a positive advocation and shouldn't be Yeah, I guess.
So where'd you get the stones?
Speaker 4 (20:03):
Picked him up in New York?
Speaker 6 (20:04):
They're real worth easy thirteen maybe fourteen thousand dollars.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
How about the imitations? What a bomb? Well? Where'd you
get him? Friend of mine? Guy back east? Just hobby
his lap you know lapadrry.
Speaker 6 (20:12):
Yeah, i'd said I had him cut the dirt cuns
for me.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Do you know why you wanted them?
Speaker 4 (20:16):
Nah?
Speaker 6 (20:16):
I told him this for a joke, asking.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
To made me six sets, all of them like the
real ones. I only had this one and one more
to get rid of him, Just two more and you
have to tag me and rough go you need me.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
For any more?
Speaker 6 (20:26):
Sergeant, No, thanks, Mary, We'll take him in y'all. Go
on then, right, Thanks again, glad to help. Thanks Marder yeah,
I'll see you down.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Towns right chaw chief probably will be in to see
him with you. Okay, quiet, mister, let's go mind if
I finished my coffee? All right, make it fast? Okay?
Speaker 6 (20:40):
Thanks?
Speaker 1 (20:41):
What's your name?
Speaker 6 (20:42):
Nathan Croner?
Speaker 1 (20:43):
You ever fall him before?
Speaker 3 (20:44):
A couple of times small beads wire Midwest Colorado, Kansas,
big time burglary stirred three years in.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
Colorado, turned Kansas. Got sure.
Speaker 8 (20:52):
I had to figure this term sure way to make
it pay? Never know, Dave, what's that how it's gonna
turn out?
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Take his touch for instance? You know you gotta say right, yeah,
there you go. Thanks.
Speaker 6 (21:03):
I gotta managine. You know this has never worked if
you try it with honest people, Is that right?
Speaker 1 (21:12):
Sure? Right off?
Speaker 3 (21:13):
I told him I was having trouble with my passport
even till one of them I was in the country illegally.
Speaker 6 (21:16):
That's when he should have gone to the cops.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Right then? Can I miss that? What's that?
Speaker 6 (21:22):
The coffee?
Speaker 1 (21:23):
And miss it?
Speaker 6 (21:24):
Anyway?
Speaker 8 (21:24):
If every one of them didn't have a little fever
and there's a con game in.
Speaker 6 (21:27):
The world, or to work everything for that? Yeah, I
on's while I hand over a bunch of diamonds.
Speaker 3 (21:32):
Now, I know that worth a minimum of fifteen thousand
dollars worth that anywhere in the country. So what happens
The Mark takes him into a jeweler and finds out
they're worth that much, and right.
Speaker 6 (21:40):
Away he's out to try to make a fast buck
for himself. He comes back tells me they're only good
for ten thousands.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
You see, thieves, youbot finish with that coffee.
Speaker 6 (21:47):
Yeah, Now the Mark stands to make himself a couple
of thousand dollars going in, but that isn't enough. He's
gonna take me for more. It wouldn't work if they weren't.
Speaker 1 (21:54):
Thieves as hard. Well, I still doesn't give you the
right to take him.
Speaker 8 (21:57):
This was not I get a real kick to figure
and what they look like when they find out they're
stuck with a handful of cut glass.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Let's be real jacks to see that, like kind of
how about that coffee?
Speaker 3 (22:06):
Come on, let's go Yeah, okay, I'm with you, all right,
coolers dodge anyplace else in the country.
Speaker 6 (22:15):
I may it is the first place.
Speaker 8 (22:18):
Figured if I scored good here, I could take it easy,
you know, work a bit, maybe once a year in
a different city, keep moving, or make any difference how
they talk or what kind of clothes they wear.
Speaker 6 (22:25):
A mark still a mark. I just had a bad
deal going good. I could have lived off of it
for years.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
That's what you wanted to Yeah, just to deal.
Speaker 6 (22:33):
To keep me in closing for the roof of might head.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
Nothing big. I would all worked out. Then what that's
what you're gonna get? Come on the star you have
just heard is true. The names were changed to protect
the innocence.
Speaker 7 (22:53):
On April fifteenth, trial was held in Department ninety eighth
Superior Court of the State of California in and for
the County of Los Angeles. Nathan Austen Krohner was tried
and found guilty on four counts of grand theft and
received punishment as prescribed by law. Grand theft is punishable
(23:16):
by imprisonment for a period of not more than one
year in the county jail, or for a period of
not less than one or more than ten years in
the state penitentiary. Dragnet The Story of Your Police Force
in Action as a presentation of the United States Armed.
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Forces Radio Service.
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SAT Step Step Septimum
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