September 13, 2023 • 29 mins
The Dragnet episode "Red Light Bandit" aired on July 14, 1949, as the 6th episode of the first season of the radio series. In this episode, Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner, Officer Ben Romero, investigate a series of robberies in which the perpetrator uses a red light to blind his victims.The episode begins with Friday and Romero being called to the scene of a robbery. The victim, a woman, has been robbed at gunpoint by a man who used a red light to blind her. Friday and Romero begin their investigation by interviewing the victim and witnesses. They also canvass the neighborhood, looking for anyone who might have seen something suspicious.They eventually track down a man named John Doe, who is seen driving a car with a red light on the dashboard. Doe is brought in for questioning, but he denies being the Red Light Bandit. He claims that he was just driving home from work, and that he had no idea that the red light was on his dashboard.Friday and Romero are not convinced, and they continue to investigate. They eventually find a witness who saw Doe commit one of the robberies. With this new evidence, Friday and Romero are able to charge Doe with robbery.The episode ends with Doe being convicted of robbery and sentenced to prison.The Dragnet episode "Red Light Bandit" is a classic example of the show's realistic and unpretentious style. The episode is well-acted and suspenseful, and it gives a glimpse into the work of police detectives.The episode was written by Jack Webb and directed by Jack Webb. It was well-received by critics and viewers, and it is considered to be one of the best episodes of Dragnet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. The story youare about to hear is true, only
the names have been changed to protectthe innocent. NBC brings you Dragnets.
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You're a detective sergeant. You're assignedto robbery Detail. A ruthless fiend roams
the streets of your city masquerading asa police officer. For months, helpless
citizens have been robbed, beaten,senseless, and kidnapped. The criminal is
a twisted genius, vicious cunning.Your job is to get him. Dragnets
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the documented drama of an actual crime, investigated and solved by the men who
unrelentingly stand watch on the security ofyour home, your family, and your
alike. Well the next thirty minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police
Department, you will travel step bystep on the side of the law through
an actual case, from official policefiles, from beginning to end, from
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crime to punishment. Dragnet is thestory of your police force in action.
It was Wednesday, June fourth.It was warm in Los Angeles. They
were working the night watch out ofRobbery Detail. My partner's Ben Romero.
The boss is at backstrand Chief ofDetectives. My name's Friday I was on
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my way back from communications and itwas eleven thirteen pm when I got to
Room twenty seven eight robbery detail.Oh hi Joe, Hi, Ben?
Did you get that message to callhome? Yeah? Bad news. What's
the matter? That dog gone kidin mine chicken parts? Oh again last
year? It was a month's yearbefore that. Amazons. Every time I
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get set for a vacation, hedecides to catch some and I forget it.
Man, I think what a comfortyis going to be in your old
age. Go ahead, lad,you'll find out. Yeah, how are
you, Friday? Romero? Fine? What can we do for you?
You don't look like you remember me? I No, wait a minute.
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Name Savage, isn't it George JohnnySergeant Johnny Savage? You remember that?
Oh sure, those liquor store robbersout in the Wilshire district about six seven
years ago? Wasn't it ten years? Romeo? You ought to remember that.
You're went to trial. We testifyin court there for a week.
Ten years is a long time.It's longer in the state pen. It's
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a lot longer. Now. Youcried a little at that trial, didn't
your savage? You said we beatthat confession out of you. Yeah,
that's why I figured i'd drop infor a little visit. I kind of
apologize you, fellas. You gaveme a square deal. I guess I
kind of lost my head. Ifigured i'd apologize. That's all right,
Savage. When'd you get out acouple of weeks ago? I did it
the hard way, serve ten flat. I don't know a day you find
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a job? Yeah, yeah,Friday, I'm working nights. What kind
of a job laborer in a warehousesouth end of town? Good? You
decided the level. Ten years inprisons a long time. You learn a
lot of things. Nights so long, you think a lot, you get
things straightened down. I hope youmean that. Sure, I mean it,
Friday, I've got everything straightened down. I know who my friends are,
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and I know who to watch outfor. You sound like maybe on
the right track. I got afigured room here. Oh, I like
you two fellas. You caught mered handed and you send me up for
ten years. Well you did alright, Savage, five armed robberies. You
got off pretty easy. You've gota break saving make the best stuff.
Sure, I'm not kicking ten yearsa real break, that's right. Well,
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just dropped in for a little visit. Maybe I'll see you fellas some
time. All right, Savage,keep your nose clean. Sure, no
hard feelings, Nope, you justtook ten years of my life, that's
all. There's no such thing asa man going through prison without changing,
and Ben and I have seen themswitch in both directions. Some men learned
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their lesson after they land behind bars, and when they released they turned into
good citizens. Johnny Savage was sour. We made a mental note to check
him out later on, and thenwe went down to the record bureau and
pulled his coming out mug. That'sabout all we had time for it,
because about an hour later we startedto get busy, but shot Joe Gravis
on the corner of Selma and Naples, the drug store to eleven and probable
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attack on the corner of Selma andNaples to eleven. What's you got,
Joe, Selma, Naples to eleven, an attack? Come on, here
we are, Jill O right onthe four corner. Yeah, all right,
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come on. We got the storyfrom the the store owner, mister
Thomas. For the most part,it was the usual rundown of an early
morning hold up. There was onlyone exception. I've had young buds try
to hold me up before, butthere was nothing like this one. I
mean, that's well. He camein here just before closing, and ordinarily
out he kept an eye out becauseit's time to look for him. But
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this fellow came to the door andsaid he was a policeman, so I
let him in. He looked likea cop. Boy's right up to me
and the wife behind the counter andpointed a gun and she screamed and he
hit her in the face with thebutt of the county sergeant. If it
was horrible. That's the way itstarted, and that's the way it kept
going because most of the victims andmost people don't realize that as a citizen
they have the right to check onpolice officers. Identification went in doubt.
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After we got the story from misterThomas and checked the store in the neighborhood.
Then and I headed back to theoffice. Attention all units at the
end of North Baxter Road near Hilfst. Victim of two eleven and slugging cause
Septy one seventy two, take thecall three attachment or four blocks away from
the last one. Let's roll on. I'm been all right, Oh,
hit the fire and you get thelast. By the time Ben and I
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got up to the end of NorthBaxter, a man from Car seventy one
were already there. The victim wastelling his story. His face looked like
they had been through a meat grinder. Would just shipping the car in the
second to make the hill when Ihear the siren behind me and I say
this red light flashing in the sideview mirror. Well, naturally, I
pulled over to the curb and Iwas just reaching from my driver's license when
the cop runs up, yanks meout of the car and studs clubbing me
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in the face with the butt ofhis gun. Did you get a look
at him? Thank you can describingnow, I'm afraid not. He swung
me around and kept me staring intothat red light on his car all the
time he was beating me. Aftera while, everything just went black.
When I woke up, my walletwas gone, all my money's. Forty
five minutes later, Ben and Iwere interviewing the third victim, a young
housewife out on the Wilshire District,same trademark. Still we're trying to stay
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man didn't have any money, buthe wouldn't list holding me by the frog,
didn't he when he fists like heenjoyed? All right, all right,
mister Jamison, could you tell ushow he got in the house the
door and rang the bell. Ihelped the door, but I left the
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burglar chain on. He said hewas a policeman, so when need be
missing, they opened the door allthe way I did. And you can't
describe the men forced missus jameson.He was tall, that he had dark
hair, big hands. It waslike a nightmare. Tall, dark hair,
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big hands. Your guests as sameas mine. You Maybe let's wait
and see. Come on, let'scheck with the boss. All right,
mine, Hi, he's waiting foryou in there, Come on, ben
he the detectors always hand him.Sit down? Yeah, all right you
too. Let's have it. Theguy with a red light, Yes,
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the guy with the red light posingas a policeman. Why hasn't he been
picked up? You know as muchabout it as we do. Ed We
got our first call around midnight.He knocked over a drug store out on
Selma. He hasn't stopped working since. Didn't you get any definite lead on
him? No description, no licensenumber, nothing. He's tall, big
hands dark here. That's all fine. Either of you got any ideas could
being anybody Skipper with that description?You're sure it wasn't anybody on the force.
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We set all the victims down topersonnel. Lowry showed him the mug
book of all police officers. Wasn'tone of our men? Works fast drug
store and motorists and pedestrian. Thehousewife out in the wheels you are distant,
went right in the house after herfour up right in her own fine.
Huh. There's a twenty year oldkid in the next room. Came
in just before you got here.A couple of hours ago. He was
sitting in a car with his girlup and model and drive his red lead
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bending comes along, slugs him andkidnaps the girl. Kidnnaps. She's tell
miss on a trace? When didthis happen? A couple of hours ago?
They brought the kid over from GeorgiaStreet Hospital. We can talk to
him now. He had a badtime, but I didn't hear him.
Kid Pete. We're going to haveto ask you a few more questions.
Oh yeah, okay, it feelsa little better now. There is a
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Sergeant Friday and Sergeant Romero hie,Pete, Hi, can you tell us
what time the trouble started? Aboutten fifteen ten thirty. Sally and I
were sitting in the car talking aboutwhere we were going on our honeymoon.
We're going to be married next month, and then this car pulls up behind
us and starts slashing a red spotlight. Honestly, a guy runs over and
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pulls open the door. He saidhe was a cop. Did you get
a good look at his Carpee?I think it was a black Sedand you
gotta look at the man, Pete. No, No, I didn't.
It was pretty dark, and hekept me staring into that red spotlight.
It all happened so fast. Thenhe started slugging me and I went down.
What happened then, Well, thenext thing I knew Sally was he
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had one hand on the throat andhe had her backed up against the side
of the car. He was beatingher with the other hand, some kind
of a short bully tart. Igot up, I started for him,
and he slung me again. Whenhe came to Sally was gone. Did
anybody check the area up there?Ed? Yeah, Davis and Griffin didn't
find the thing. I sergeant,you gotta find it. You got to.
I wouldn't know what to tell her, folks, I wouldn't know what
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to say. That's all right,Pete will find it. You take it.
He's got a hot shot head upin the summit road there westmall,
a woman unconscious, ambulance follow up, possible dead body. All right,
Hannon, ok I have to beathere right in Romano. Let's go have
a haad Romano to the ride.Okay, skip, Yeah, there's the
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ambulance in the cruiser car. You'realone in nothing spot? All right?
Come on, hi, doc,what'd you find h right over here?
It's gonna take her in. Where'dyou find her over there? But the
side of the road. Somebody drivingby us? Sorry they called us any
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identification? This bracelet on her wristM to my dearest Sally from Pete.
December twenty fifth, nineteen forty seven. That's a girl, all right?
What a the tancent uh? Iwouldn't bet on him? Pretty bad shape,
Olive? You seen enough? Yeah, Friday, Romaron, call the
crime lab and check the area forfootprints and tire tracks. All ride back
in the ambulance with a girl andshe regains consciousness. I want to talk
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to her. All right, okay, I'm eat you in the office by
eight thirty. We're working straight throughtill we get this guy the a office.
Give her what time you that ben? Seven minutes before long night?
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For that car up there ahead,let's take a look at it. A
lax and then hey, look he'sslashing a red spot on that convertib Come
on, you see this Joe pullingaway? Get that gas pedaled down to
the floor. Already there he's turningoff right. Hit the silne, I'll
get the light. We're gaining alittle ben. Next corner to the left,
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Joe, where you go? Thefancy driver try the alley up ahead
to the left again, wants toturn up that north street. Get through
the alley and double back off theright. How you have the fan?
Look out what we got hit justin front of the rear bumper. Our
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car was forcing to the curtain andit turned over. It was real lucky.
He kept right on going. Butthis time then and I were sharing
the left. All we got outof it was a couple of nasty cracks
in the head and a few bruises, but it was enough to keep us
in a hospital Under observation for aday. By this time, ed Backstrand
was fuming over the newspapers. Duringthe day we spend in the hospital a
red light bandit went on our realblitz. We pulled six more jobs,
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one liquor store, two residential holdups, in three car robberies. Five
of the six victims were slugged andbeaten. Davis and Griffin had taken over
for Ben and Mean by the timeI got back on the job. They'd
build up a lead for us.We've been working with Wilkerson up and auto
theft job. He's used four stolencars already. We got the makes and
numbers on each one of'em.How about the dark, sir Dan,
he was driving when he ram us. The boys picked it up this morning
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out on Supovitum. We're checking upfor Prince now, that's fine. Days
you got any description on the guyyet? And all like that, Joe,
he works too fast, nothing atall the same as you had,
tall black hair, big hands,loves to use them. Ready, Romero
got a minute. Okay, skipesteculatory Shoot the boys sit down, honey,
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few, I'm pretty fair edge littlestaff here and there, all right,
did Davis Philly in up to date. Okay, I just called the
doctor who's handling Sally Wilder, Pete'sgirlfriends, you remember. Oh yeah,
she's been in pretty bad shape sincewe found her up there on some road.
This morning, she took a turnfor the better. She's conscious and
her doctor thinks she might be ableto talk to us a little bit.
Good when about an hour I clearedit with the doctor and with her family.
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You'll only be able to stay acouple of minutes to make the most
of them. That's all all right, ed, we'll check with you later,
say Joe Ben, here's some mailcame for you fellas while you were
gone. Oh, thank you,mach We're going on at the county hospital.
We ought to be back in acouple of hours. Okay, Say
it's been a couple of phone callstoo, Yeah, anything important, I
don't think so. The guy justcalled us say hello, said his name
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was Johnny Savage. You just calledus hello. I presume you men are
aware of the girl's critical condition.Yeah, that's right, doctor Freeman.
When we started before, she istaken here at the hospital. Ah.
Yes, you understand, of coursethat you'll be able to see her for
only a few minutes, and pleasetry your best not to excite her.
Huh right, Doctor Sally isn't ableto talk, bad mouth and face injuries,
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so your questions will have to beanswered simply yes or no and nod
at the head. Okay, wegot you. Well, have a few
questions, and we want to knowif she can identify the man who beat
her from these pictures we've got here, all right, sergeant, this way,
Thank you, Sally. Sally.These gentlemen are from the police department.
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They'd like to ask a few questions. No, there's no need to
be nervous or afraid. Just simplynod your head yes or no. That's
fine, all right, sorry,Sally. Did you see the man who
attacked you? Yes, she saysyes. Did you get a good look
at his face? It did?All right, Sally. Now you can
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answer these three together, just yesor no? Was he tall? Did
he have dark hair? Did hehave large hands? He did? Ben?
All right? You got Jim ndme the polder here, yeah,
here you thanks. There's just onemore thing, Sally. I'm gonna show
you some pictures. Now, takeall the time you want before you make
up your mind about each one.If you recognize any one of these men
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as a person who attacks you,just nod your head. All right,
that's fine. Good. Here's thefirst one. No, all right,
here's the next one. No,how about this one? No, all
right, here's another. Do yourecognize him? This was the man?
Are you sure, Sally, thankyou, that's all. Let's go.
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Did you find what you wanted?Sergeants, Yes, doctor, we did.
Here it's this one nice looking chaff. Who is he, Sergeant?
His name is Savage, doctor Frohman, Johnny Savage. When we got back
to the office, we checked inwith ed Backstrand. In five minutes and
all points, bulletin and a fulldescription of the suspect was broadcast every radio
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car, every motorcycle officer, andevery sheriff and law enforcement agency in Los
Angeles and southern California. My nightfall, our manhunt was on. More than
a dozen extra patolians were called infor duty that night, and when they
pulled out of the police arrived thename, the picture, and the whole
description of Johnny Savage, and inthe possession of every offer today. The
same for the patrolman, whether theywalked the beat downtown or out of the
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residential areas. The picture of JohnnySavvage went with him. Everything was done
that could be done. On thesecond night of the man hunt, far
out in the edge of town,Johnny Savage the red light bandit got his
twelfth, sixty three year old storekeeper. Attention. I'm three nine Markham Street
near Clark two eleven and flooding incold three ambulance dispatched arguments nine three nine
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months three. Here this skipper time. What'd you get? Wilcoson lifted the
prince off at black Sidan at Ramsjoined me. Yeah, they belonged to
Johnny Savage. Yeah good, that'sstore keeper last night. Is a Savage?
All right? Victim identified him fromhis moon. All right, we've
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got enough in this savage. Gotto put him an ice for life.
All we have to do now isto get him. Look the way we
figured it, add this red lightbandit is using stolen cars with cold plates,
so there's no way of tracking downthe cars at regular commercial garages.
He's got to be running private garageas some place around town. All right,
Let's get the neighborhood patrolman on thejob advertise it all of a town.
The city Ordinance isn't it. Peoplewho rent private garages are bound by
law to register the car in licensenumber with the police. Start a campaign
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if you want, but find thosecars right and wait a minute, hello
the backstreend. Yeah when I seeYeah? Thanks? What is it it?
It was the hospital about the girls, Sally, Sally Wilder, what
about she died five minutes ago.That night, everybody went back on the
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job as usual, the cruiser carsto patrol them, and motorcycle officers and
about a dozen decoy cars, armedpolicewomen riding alone in cars or parked in
lonely spots with a police officer escort. Our car, ADK was still in
the garage for repairs, so theyassigned us another one and we started to
make the rounds. Everything was usualexcept one thing. We weren't tracking down
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just a thief anymore, or asatist who like the people's faces in.
We were out to get a murderer. It was a perfect night for the
suspect. Dark no moon. Igave Ben two to one odes and I
put up five dollars that would getsavage that night. I lost the five
dollars. We cruised until seven thenext morning, but there wasn't even a
nivel. We had breakfast at theFederal Cafe, a little restaurant down the
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street from the City Hall, andwas about eight fifteen when we got back
to the office. We were prettytired. Robert de Romeo, I would
like to speak to Sergeant Friday.Yes, man for you. J okay,
thanks Friday talking Sergeant Friday. Iwant to talk to you. Well,
I'm listening. Go ahead. Imean I want to talk to you
in person, so this is possible. Can't tell me over the phone.
What is it? I cannot tellyou over the phone. It's very important.
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Can you come now? Well?I look, mister, I'm awful
side, but we're very busy down. Can you come now? What's this
all about? Who is this speaking? My name is Carl Savage. My
son's name is char Here is JoeNick looking little play? Yeah? Yeah,
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I'm Sergeant Friday. You mister Savage. Yeah, come here. Okay,
there's my partner, Sergeant Romero.Do you do. I will be
brief, gentleman. I am thefather of John Savage. I wish for
you to catch him. I willhelp you. I noticed the name on
the mailbox outside, mister Savage.Changed your name, lady. I changed
my name ten years ago. WhenJohn first got into trouble my old name.
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I had to change. The shamealways from him, my son.
Shame, mister savage. Has yourson been home since he got out of
prison? Yeah, many times toask for money. I would not give
him any, so he stuck me. Last night I read in the newspaper
the little girl he beat up.She is dead. Then I make up
my mind. You know where yourson is now, mister, I'm not
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now. No, But our garagehas a car, and there it is
not his. I know. Alsoin the garage I find many license plates.
I find spotlights with red glass lens. But you don't have any idea
where we can find. No.But he will come back. He always
comes back for money. We're goingto station an officer here in the house,
mister, saving anything you want ifit will catch him. He's bad,
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sergeant, like something poison or alltrue. He's bad. He's going
backing over. I met saving thewife live your way ten days ago before
this starts. I barely get throughit. My wife's mother sergeant. For
ten years, she's sick, butfor ten years she stays alive to see
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him from prison ten days ago shedied. He did not even come to
the funeral. Did your son haveany idea that you might call us?
No, no, I don't thinkso. But when you catch him,
give me a gun with my owntwo hands, I would kill him Johnny
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Savage. And before we left wecalled ed Backstrand and we brought him up
to date. He sent three detectivesout to relieve us, Davis, Griffin
and marsh We told them to keepan eye on the house and the stolen
car in the garage. That night, after dinner ed Backstrand, Ben and
I went out and relieve them.We parked the cruiser car in the garage
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next door, and then we tookup our posts. Carl Savage had a
light supper and then he went tobed. About nine, the three of
us sat at the front windows inthe darkened house and we waited and kept
his eye on the garage outside.Across the city, the man hunt continued
as usual. Three hours went by, the waiting got monotonous. Brandon Romero,
look alive, will you? Oh? Yes, deeper? Sorry,
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that clock's enough to put anybody tosleep. What time you got twenty three
am? The clock kept ticking.We were tired. We took turns keeping
each other awake. At ten minutespast two, I lifted my watch and
then I settled back and tried tofind some kind of a comfortable position.
They started so faintly, it wasjust like the ticking of the clock,
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same rhythm, And then they camecloser and the sounds got out of rhythm.
Backstrand's head came up with a snap. Friday up to the window once
the curtains. Is he anything?Yeah, yeah, somebody's coming, Savage
can't down. Wait a minute's goingdown. It's going up to drive away
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to the garage. He's going inside. That's him. Come on, what
did he spotted us? Went overthat fence into the yard. There he
is, Friday. You hit him, Joe. Maybe he's going on the
street. He said it for thatcar, right that's down up on the
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corner there, Romaro, go backand get the guy rights. The partits
of black story came around. Where'sRomeo? I don't know? Oh?
Here he comes now, Hi,let's go get that radio on. Shoe
Tory on in all right, givehim a call? Any trying yet?
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No? Nothing so far? Nextquart to the light vend Unit eighty K
to Control four. Eighty K toControl four plaire and keep frequency four open.
This is an emergency carry roger Frequencyfour opening attentions all unite. There
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is Friday up ahead dark blue SadanControl four. We are in sus of
a possible red light vender. Suspectis driving a dark blue nineteen forty nine
Todan likings number in the seventh tosix one Roberts seven eighty four. Loose
question to suspect his arm told threeattention all units attentions all units. Unit
pursuing awful Knight band. Suspect isdriving him go on through nine time forty
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nine to dam nights. Number isthe seventh column six one robert to seven
to eight four. He was cautious. Suspect is armed. O three your
location ny kay Control four. Weare headed east on Wilshire Boulevard, crossing
Labrayati All units. Suspect is headedeast on Wilshire Boulevard, crossing up watch
it from marrow, don't move himusage Control four. Still pursuing red light
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band be at east on Wilshire nowcrossing rossmore attensions of all units. Suspect
is still headed east on Wilshire Crossing. Suspect is on. He was three
next truck pulling out of the headPip the sign, will your skiff to
tax queen on a traffic got ahead, He's got to slow down.
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Control four suspect head at east onWilshire Crossing, Western Avenue, was closing
him there. He goes to goright down Terminaley. The dead ends yep.
Control four suspect turns south into ShermanAlley, closing in on Suspectacus turns
south an Alley. Harry, Yes, Kiffern holding up ahead. You're jumping
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out, all right, take themike when you had here. Come on,
Ben, I'll direct the other cardsnow you need a help power a
right? All right? Which wayto go? Ben Cow, I'm a
turn filming, Come on, startingup the backfires kid, all right,
keep hi visiness all right, savvy, come on down. He wants to
go roth for one more dead Sabby, come on down. No, you're
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Joe. He's heading up for theroom. Come on, clients like I'm
gonna get on. Lets get himhere right here. I'll get your hands.
Here's the room, all right?Where you goes? I don't know,
let's right out all right, Savageyour fruit. No, you're gunn
out, come out with your handsup. Watching Joe, he's running for
the edge. Go Jo, I'llget him, all right, I'll die
back here loosy cup where you purttylovey? I'll back your cruce heavy your
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good yo? Yeah? Throw thecups on? What you you just beat
you? Yeah? Do you wanta small Yeah? That's your user one.
Thanks. M quiet up here.Yeah, I'm just thinking. Yeah,
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Carl Savage, this guy's father.What about nothing? What would you
do abandon if your son was amurderer? The story you have just heard,
it's food only. The names werechanged to protect the innocent. John
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Savage was tried and convicted of murderin the first degree. He was executed
in the lethal gas chamber at theState Penitentiary. You have just heard the
sixth in a new series of authenticcases from official files. Technical advice for
Dragnet is furnished by the Los AngelesPolice Department. Tonight's program is dedicated to
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patrol Officer Robert Steele of the MontanaState Highway Patrol, who, on the
morning of November second, nineteen fortyseven, gave his life so that yours
might be more secure. Dragnet cameto you from Los Angeles. This is
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NBC, the national broadcasting company.
Ladies and gentlemen. The story youare about to hear is true, only
the names have been changed to protectthe innocent. NBC brings you Dragnets.
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You're a detective sergeant. You're assignedto robbery Detail. A ruthless fiend roams
the streets of your city masquerading asa police officer. For months, helpless
citizens have been robbed, beaten,senseless, and kidnapped. The criminal is
a twisted genius, vicious cunning.Your job is to get him. Dragnets
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the documented drama of an actual crime, investigated and solved by the men who
unrelentingly stand watch on the security ofyour home, your family, and your
alike. Well the next thirty minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police
Department, you will travel step bystep on the side of the law through
an actual case, from official policefiles, from beginning to end, from
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crime to punishment. Dragnet is thestory of your police force in action.
It was Wednesday, June fourth.It was warm in Los Angeles. They
were working the night watch out ofRobbery Detail. My partner's Ben Romero.
The boss is at backstrand Chief ofDetectives. My name's Friday I was on
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my way back from communications and itwas eleven thirteen pm when I got to
Room twenty seven eight robbery detail.Oh hi Joe, Hi, Ben?
Did you get that message to callhome? Yeah? Bad news. What's
the matter? That dog gone kidin mine chicken parts? Oh again last
year? It was a month's yearbefore that. Amazons. Every time I
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get set for a vacation, hedecides to catch some and I forget it.
Man, I think what a comfortyis going to be in your old
age. Go ahead, lad,you'll find out. Yeah, how are
you, Friday? Romero? Fine? What can we do for you?
You don't look like you remember me? I No, wait a minute.
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Name Savage, isn't it George JohnnySergeant Johnny Savage? You remember that?
Oh sure, those liquor store robbersout in the Wilshire district about six seven
years ago? Wasn't it ten years? Romeo? You ought to remember that.
You're went to trial. We testifyin court there for a week.
Ten years is a long time.It's longer in the state pen. It's
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a lot longer. Now. Youcried a little at that trial, didn't
your savage? You said we beatthat confession out of you. Yeah,
that's why I figured i'd drop infor a little visit. I kind of
apologize you, fellas. You gaveme a square deal. I guess I
kind of lost my head. Ifigured i'd apologize. That's all right,
Savage. When'd you get out acouple of weeks ago? I did it
the hard way, serve ten flat. I don't know a day you find
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a job? Yeah, yeah,Friday, I'm working nights. What kind
of a job laborer in a warehousesouth end of town? Good? You
decided the level. Ten years inprisons a long time. You learn a
lot of things. Nights so long, you think a lot, you get
things straightened down. I hope youmean that. Sure, I mean it,
Friday, I've got everything straightened down. I know who my friends are,
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and I know who to watch outfor. You sound like maybe on
the right track. I got afigured room here. Oh, I like
you two fellas. You caught mered handed and you send me up for
ten years. Well you did alright, Savage, five armed robberies. You
got off pretty easy. You've gota break saving make the best stuff.
Sure, I'm not kicking ten yearsa real break, that's right. Well,
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just dropped in for a little visit. Maybe I'll see you fellas some
time. All right, Savage,keep your nose clean. Sure, no
hard feelings, Nope, you justtook ten years of my life, that's
all. There's no such thing asa man going through prison without changing,
and Ben and I have seen themswitch in both directions. Some men learned
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their lesson after they land behind bars, and when they released they turned into
good citizens. Johnny Savage was sour. We made a mental note to check
him out later on, and thenwe went down to the record bureau and
pulled his coming out mug. That'sabout all we had time for it,
because about an hour later we startedto get busy, but shot Joe Gravis
on the corner of Selma and Naples, the drug store to eleven and probable
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attack on the corner of Selma andNaples to eleven. What's you got,
Joe, Selma, Naples to eleven, an attack? Come on, here
we are, Jill O right onthe four corner. Yeah, all right,
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come on. We got the storyfrom the the store owner, mister
Thomas. For the most part,it was the usual rundown of an early
morning hold up. There was onlyone exception. I've had young buds try
to hold me up before, butthere was nothing like this one. I
mean, that's well. He camein here just before closing, and ordinarily
out he kept an eye out becauseit's time to look for him. But
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this fellow came to the door andsaid he was a policeman, so I
let him in. He looked likea cop. Boy's right up to me
and the wife behind the counter andpointed a gun and she screamed and he
hit her in the face with thebutt of the county sergeant. If it
was horrible. That's the way itstarted, and that's the way it kept
going because most of the victims andmost people don't realize that as a citizen
they have the right to check onpolice officers. Identification went in doubt.
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After we got the story from misterThomas and checked the store in the neighborhood.
Then and I headed back to theoffice. Attention all units at the
end of North Baxter Road near Hilfst. Victim of two eleven and slugging cause
Septy one seventy two, take thecall three attachment or four blocks away from
the last one. Let's roll on. I'm been all right, Oh,
hit the fire and you get thelast. By the time Ben and I
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got up to the end of NorthBaxter, a man from Car seventy one
were already there. The victim wastelling his story. His face looked like
they had been through a meat grinder. Would just shipping the car in the
second to make the hill when Ihear the siren behind me and I say
this red light flashing in the sideview mirror. Well, naturally, I
pulled over to the curb and Iwas just reaching from my driver's license when
the cop runs up, yanks meout of the car and studs clubbing me
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in the face with the butt ofhis gun. Did you get a look
at him? Thank you can describingnow, I'm afraid not. He swung
me around and kept me staring intothat red light on his car all the
time he was beating me. Aftera while, everything just went black.
When I woke up, my walletwas gone, all my money's. Forty
five minutes later, Ben and Iwere interviewing the third victim, a young
housewife out on the Wilshire District,same trademark. Still we're trying to stay
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man didn't have any money, buthe wouldn't list holding me by the frog,
didn't he when he fists like heenjoyed? All right, all right,
mister Jamison, could you tell ushow he got in the house the
door and rang the bell. Ihelped the door, but I left the
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burglar chain on. He said hewas a policeman, so when need be
missing, they opened the door allthe way I did. And you can't
describe the men forced missus jameson.He was tall, that he had dark
hair, big hands. It waslike a nightmare. Tall, dark hair,
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big hands. Your guests as sameas mine. You Maybe let's wait
and see. Come on, let'scheck with the boss. All right,
mine, Hi, he's waiting foryou in there, Come on, ben
he the detectors always hand him.Sit down? Yeah, all right you
too. Let's have it. Theguy with a red light, Yes,
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the guy with the red light posingas a policeman. Why hasn't he been
picked up? You know as muchabout it as we do. Ed We
got our first call around midnight.He knocked over a drug store out on
Selma. He hasn't stopped working since. Didn't you get any definite lead on
him? No description, no licensenumber, nothing. He's tall, big
hands dark here. That's all fine. Either of you got any ideas could
being anybody Skipper with that description?You're sure it wasn't anybody on the force.
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We set all the victims down topersonnel. Lowry showed him the mug
book of all police officers. Wasn'tone of our men? Works fast drug
store and motorists and pedestrian. Thehousewife out in the wheels you are distant,
went right in the house after herfour up right in her own fine.
Huh. There's a twenty year oldkid in the next room. Came
in just before you got here.A couple of hours ago. He was
sitting in a car with his girlup and model and drive his red lead
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bending comes along, slugs him andkidnaps the girl. Kidnnaps. She's tell
miss on a trace? When didthis happen? A couple of hours ago?
They brought the kid over from GeorgiaStreet Hospital. We can talk to
him now. He had a badtime, but I didn't hear him.
Kid Pete. We're going to haveto ask you a few more questions.
Oh yeah, okay, it feelsa little better now. There is a
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Sergeant Friday and Sergeant Romero hie,Pete, Hi, can you tell us
what time the trouble started? Aboutten fifteen ten thirty. Sally and I
were sitting in the car talking aboutwhere we were going on our honeymoon.
We're going to be married next month, and then this car pulls up behind
us and starts slashing a red spotlight. Honestly, a guy runs over and
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pulls open the door. He saidhe was a cop. Did you get
a good look at his Carpee?I think it was a black Sedand you
gotta look at the man, Pete. No, No, I didn't.
It was pretty dark, and hekept me staring into that red spotlight.
It all happened so fast. Thenhe started slugging me and I went down.
What happened then, Well, thenext thing I knew Sally was he
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had one hand on the throat andhe had her backed up against the side
of the car. He was beatingher with the other hand, some kind
of a short bully tart. Igot up, I started for him,
and he slung me again. Whenhe came to Sally was gone. Did
anybody check the area up there?Ed? Yeah, Davis and Griffin didn't
find the thing. I sergeant,you gotta find it. You got to.
I wouldn't know what to tell her, folks, I wouldn't know what
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to say. That's all right,Pete will find it. You take it.
He's got a hot shot head upin the summit road there westmall,
a woman unconscious, ambulance follow up, possible dead body. All right,
Hannon, ok I have to beathere right in Romano. Let's go have
a haad Romano to the ride.Okay, skip, Yeah, there's the
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ambulance in the cruiser car. You'realone in nothing spot? All right?
Come on, hi, doc,what'd you find h right over here?
It's gonna take her in. Where'dyou find her over there? But the
side of the road. Somebody drivingby us? Sorry they called us any
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identification? This bracelet on her wristM to my dearest Sally from Pete.
December twenty fifth, nineteen forty seven. That's a girl, all right?
What a the tancent uh? Iwouldn't bet on him? Pretty bad shape,
Olive? You seen enough? Yeah, Friday, Romaron, call the
crime lab and check the area forfootprints and tire tracks. All ride back
in the ambulance with a girl andshe regains consciousness. I want to talk
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to her. All right, okay, I'm eat you in the office by
eight thirty. We're working straight throughtill we get this guy the a office.
Give her what time you that ben? Seven minutes before long night?
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For that car up there ahead,let's take a look at it. A
lax and then hey, look he'sslashing a red spot on that convertib Come
on, you see this Joe pullingaway? Get that gas pedaled down to
the floor. Already there he's turningoff right. Hit the silne, I'll
get the light. We're gaining alittle ben. Next corner to the left,
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Joe, where you go? Thefancy driver try the alley up ahead
to the left again, wants toturn up that north street. Get through
the alley and double back off theright. How you have the fan?
Look out what we got hit justin front of the rear bumper. Our
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car was forcing to the curtain andit turned over. It was real lucky.
He kept right on going. Butthis time then and I were sharing
the left. All we got outof it was a couple of nasty cracks
in the head and a few bruises, but it was enough to keep us
in a hospital Under observation for aday. By this time, ed Backstrand
was fuming over the newspapers. Duringthe day we spend in the hospital a
red light bandit went on our realblitz. We pulled six more jobs,
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one liquor store, two residential holdups, in three car robberies. Five
of the six victims were slugged andbeaten. Davis and Griffin had taken over
for Ben and Mean by the timeI got back on the job. They'd
build up a lead for us.We've been working with Wilkerson up and auto
theft job. He's used four stolencars already. We got the makes and
numbers on each one of'em.How about the dark, sir Dan,
he was driving when he ram us. The boys picked it up this morning
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out on Supovitum. We're checking upfor Prince now, that's fine. Days
you got any description on the guyyet? And all like that, Joe,
he works too fast, nothing atall the same as you had,
tall black hair, big hands,loves to use them. Ready, Romero
got a minute. Okay, skipesteculatory Shoot the boys sit down, honey,
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few, I'm pretty fair edge littlestaff here and there, all right,
did Davis Philly in up to date. Okay, I just called the
doctor who's handling Sally Wilder, Pete'sgirlfriends, you remember. Oh yeah,
she's been in pretty bad shape sincewe found her up there on some road.
This morning, she took a turnfor the better. She's conscious and
her doctor thinks she might be ableto talk to us a little bit.
Good when about an hour I clearedit with the doctor and with her family.
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You'll only be able to stay acouple of minutes to make the most
of them. That's all all right, ed, we'll check with you later,
say Joe Ben, here's some mailcame for you fellas while you were
gone. Oh, thank you,mach We're going on at the county hospital.
We ought to be back in acouple of hours. Okay, Say
it's been a couple of phone callstoo, Yeah, anything important, I
don't think so. The guy justcalled us say hello, said his name
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was Johnny Savage. You just calledus hello. I presume you men are
aware of the girl's critical condition.Yeah, that's right, doctor Freeman.
When we started before, she istaken here at the hospital. Ah.
Yes, you understand, of coursethat you'll be able to see her for
only a few minutes, and pleasetry your best not to excite her.
Huh right, Doctor Sally isn't ableto talk, bad mouth and face injuries,
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so your questions will have to beanswered simply yes or no and nod
at the head. Okay, wegot you. Well, have a few
questions, and we want to knowif she can identify the man who beat
her from these pictures we've got here, all right, sergeant, this way,
Thank you, Sally. Sally.These gentlemen are from the police department.
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They'd like to ask a few questions. No, there's no need to
be nervous or afraid. Just simplynod your head yes or no. That's
fine, all right, sorry,Sally. Did you see the man who
attacked you? Yes, she saysyes. Did you get a good look
at his face? It did?All right, Sally. Now you can
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answer these three together, just yesor no? Was he tall? Did
he have dark hair? Did hehave large hands? He did? Ben?
All right? You got Jim ndme the polder here, yeah,
here you thanks. There's just onemore thing, Sally. I'm gonna show
you some pictures. Now, takeall the time you want before you make
up your mind about each one.If you recognize any one of these men
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as a person who attacks you,just nod your head. All right,
that's fine. Good. Here's thefirst one. No, all right,
here's the next one. No,how about this one? No, all
right, here's another. Do yourecognize him? This was the man?
Are you sure, Sally, thankyou, that's all. Let's go.
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Did you find what you wanted?Sergeants, Yes, doctor, we did.
Here it's this one nice looking chaff. Who is he, Sergeant?
His name is Savage, doctor Frohman, Johnny Savage. When we got back
to the office, we checked inwith ed Backstrand. In five minutes and
all points, bulletin and a fulldescription of the suspect was broadcast every radio
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car, every motorcycle officer, andevery sheriff and law enforcement agency in Los
Angeles and southern California. My nightfall, our manhunt was on. More than
a dozen extra patolians were called infor duty that night, and when they
pulled out of the police arrived thename, the picture, and the whole
description of Johnny Savage, and inthe possession of every offer today. The
same for the patrolman, whether theywalked the beat downtown or out of the
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residential areas. The picture of JohnnySavvage went with him. Everything was done
that could be done. On thesecond night of the man hunt, far
out in the edge of town,Johnny Savage the red light bandit got his
twelfth, sixty three year old storekeeper. Attention. I'm three nine Markham Street
near Clark two eleven and flooding incold three ambulance dispatched arguments nine three nine
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months three. Here this skipper time. What'd you get? Wilcoson lifted the
prince off at black Sidan at Ramsjoined me. Yeah, they belonged to
Johnny Savage. Yeah good, that'sstore keeper last night. Is a Savage?
All right? Victim identified him fromhis moon. All right, we've
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got enough in this savage. Gotto put him an ice for life.
All we have to do now isto get him. Look the way we
figured it, add this red lightbandit is using stolen cars with cold plates,
so there's no way of tracking downthe cars at regular commercial garages.
He's got to be running private garageas some place around town. All right,
Let's get the neighborhood patrolman on thejob advertise it all of a town.
The city Ordinance isn't it. Peoplewho rent private garages are bound by
law to register the car in licensenumber with the police. Start a campaign
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if you want, but find thosecars right and wait a minute, hello
the backstreend. Yeah when I seeYeah? Thanks? What is it it?
It was the hospital about the girls, Sally, Sally Wilder, what
about she died five minutes ago.That night, everybody went back on the
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job as usual, the cruiser carsto patrol them, and motorcycle officers and
about a dozen decoy cars, armedpolicewomen riding alone in cars or parked in
lonely spots with a police officer escort. Our car, ADK was still in
the garage for repairs, so theyassigned us another one and we started to
make the rounds. Everything was usualexcept one thing. We weren't tracking down
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just a thief anymore, or asatist who like the people's faces in.
We were out to get a murderer. It was a perfect night for the
suspect. Dark no moon. Igave Ben two to one odes and I
put up five dollars that would getsavage that night. I lost the five
dollars. We cruised until seven thenext morning, but there wasn't even a
nivel. We had breakfast at theFederal Cafe, a little restaurant down the
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street from the City Hall, andwas about eight fifteen when we got back
to the office. We were prettytired. Robert de Romeo, I would
like to speak to Sergeant Friday.Yes, man for you. J okay,
thanks Friday talking Sergeant Friday. Iwant to talk to you. Well,
I'm listening. Go ahead. Imean I want to talk to you
in person, so this is possible. Can't tell me over the phone.
What is it? I cannot tellyou over the phone. It's very important.
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Can you come now? Well?I look, mister, I'm awful
side, but we're very busy down. Can you come now? What's this
all about? Who is this speaking? My name is Carl Savage. My
son's name is char Here is JoeNick looking little play? Yeah? Yeah,
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I'm Sergeant Friday. You mister Savage. Yeah, come here. Okay,
there's my partner, Sergeant Romero.Do you do. I will be
brief, gentleman. I am thefather of John Savage. I wish for
you to catch him. I willhelp you. I noticed the name on
the mailbox outside, mister Savage.Changed your name, lady. I changed
my name ten years ago. WhenJohn first got into trouble my old name.
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I had to change. The shamealways from him, my son.
Shame, mister savage. Has yourson been home since he got out of
prison? Yeah, many times toask for money. I would not give
him any, so he stuck me. Last night I read in the newspaper
the little girl he beat up.She is dead. Then I make up
my mind. You know where yourson is now, mister, I'm not
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now. No, But our garagehas a car, and there it is
not his. I know. Alsoin the garage I find many license plates.
I find spotlights with red glass lens. But you don't have any idea
where we can find. No.But he will come back. He always
comes back for money. We're goingto station an officer here in the house,
mister, saving anything you want ifit will catch him. He's bad,
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sergeant, like something poison or alltrue. He's bad. He's going
backing over. I met saving thewife live your way ten days ago before
this starts. I barely get throughit. My wife's mother sergeant. For
ten years, she's sick, butfor ten years she stays alive to see
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him from prison ten days ago shedied. He did not even come to
the funeral. Did your son haveany idea that you might call us?
No, no, I don't thinkso. But when you catch him,
give me a gun with my owntwo hands, I would kill him Johnny
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Savage. And before we left wecalled ed Backstrand and we brought him up
to date. He sent three detectivesout to relieve us, Davis, Griffin
and marsh We told them to keepan eye on the house and the stolen
car in the garage. That night, after dinner ed Backstrand, Ben and
I went out and relieve them.We parked the cruiser car in the garage
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next door, and then we tookup our posts. Carl Savage had a
light supper and then he went tobed. About nine, the three of
us sat at the front windows inthe darkened house and we waited and kept
his eye on the garage outside.Across the city, the man hunt continued
as usual. Three hours went by, the waiting got monotonous. Brandon Romero,
look alive, will you? Oh? Yes, deeper? Sorry,
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that clock's enough to put anybody tosleep. What time you got twenty three
am? The clock kept ticking.We were tired. We took turns keeping
each other awake. At ten minutespast two, I lifted my watch and
then I settled back and tried tofind some kind of a comfortable position.
They started so faintly, it wasjust like the ticking of the clock,
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same rhythm, And then they camecloser and the sounds got out of rhythm.
Backstrand's head came up with a snap. Friday up to the window once
the curtains. Is he anything?Yeah, yeah, somebody's coming, Savage
can't down. Wait a minute's goingdown. It's going up to drive away
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to the garage. He's going inside. That's him. Come on, what
did he spotted us? Went overthat fence into the yard. There he
is, Friday. You hit him, Joe. Maybe he's going on the
street. He said it for thatcar, right that's down up on the
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corner there, Romaro, go backand get the guy rights. The partits
of black story came around. Where'sRomeo? I don't know? Oh?
Here he comes now, Hi,let's go get that radio on. Shoe
Tory on in all right, givehim a call? Any trying yet?
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No? Nothing so far? Nextquart to the light vend Unit eighty K
to Control four. Eighty K toControl four plaire and keep frequency four open.
This is an emergency carry roger Frequencyfour opening attentions all unite. There
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is Friday up ahead dark blue SadanControl four. We are in sus of
a possible red light vender. Suspectis driving a dark blue nineteen forty nine
Todan likings number in the seventh tosix one Roberts seven eighty four. Loose
question to suspect his arm told threeattention all units attentions all units. Unit
pursuing awful Knight band. Suspect isdriving him go on through nine time forty
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nine to dam nights. Number isthe seventh column six one robert to seven
to eight four. He was cautious. Suspect is armed. O three your
location ny kay Control four. Weare headed east on Wilshire Boulevard, crossing
Labrayati All units. Suspect is headedeast on Wilshire Boulevard, crossing up watch
it from marrow, don't move himusage Control four. Still pursuing red light
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band be at east on Wilshire nowcrossing rossmore attensions of all units. Suspect
is still headed east on Wilshire Crossing. Suspect is on. He was three
next truck pulling out of the headPip the sign, will your skiff to
tax queen on a traffic got ahead, He's got to slow down.
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Control four suspect head at east onWilshire Crossing, Western Avenue, was closing
him there. He goes to goright down Terminaley. The dead ends yep.
Control four suspect turns south into ShermanAlley, closing in on Suspectacus turns
south an Alley. Harry, Yes, Kiffern holding up ahead. You're jumping
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out, all right, take themike when you had here. Come on,
Ben, I'll direct the other cardsnow you need a help power a
right? All right? Which wayto go? Ben Cow, I'm a
turn filming, Come on, startingup the backfires kid, all right,
keep hi visiness all right, savvy, come on down. He wants to
go roth for one more dead Sabby, come on down. No, you're
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Joe. He's heading up for theroom. Come on, clients like I'm
gonna get on. Lets get himhere right here. I'll get your hands.
Here's the room, all right?Where you goes? I don't know,
let's right out all right, Savageyour fruit. No, you're gunn
out, come out with your handsup. Watching Joe, he's running for
the edge. Go Jo, I'llget him, all right, I'll die
back here loosy cup where you purttylovey? I'll back your cruce heavy your
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good yo? Yeah? Throw thecups on? What you you just beat
you? Yeah? Do you wanta small Yeah? That's your user one.
Thanks. M quiet up here.Yeah, I'm just thinking. Yeah,
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Carl Savage, this guy's father.What about nothing? What would you
do abandon if your son was amurderer? The story you have just heard,
it's food only. The names werechanged to protect the innocent. John
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Savage was tried and convicted of murderin the first degree. He was executed
in the lethal gas chamber at theState Penitentiary. You have just heard the
sixth in a new series of authenticcases from official files. Technical advice for
Dragnet is furnished by the Los AngelesPolice Department. Tonight's program is dedicated to
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patrol Officer Robert Steele of the MontanaState Highway Patrol, who, on the
morning of November second, nineteen fortyseven, gave his life so that yours
might be more secure. Dragnet cameto you from Los Angeles. This is
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