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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
The story you're about to hear is true. The names
have been changed to protect the innocent.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Dragnet.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Now you're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a robbery detail.
You get a call that a hold up man has
hit one of the larger auction houses in your sitting.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
You have a good description of it.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Your job find it.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Dragnet the documented drama of an actual crime. While the
next thirty minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
you will travel step by step on the side of
the law through an actual case transcribed from official police violence,
from beginning to end, from crime to punishment. Dragnet is
the story of your police force election.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
It was Tuesday, February first, was reigning in Los Angeles.
We were working the day watch out of robbery detail.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
My partner is Frank Smith. The boss ativity taking stad Brown.
My name is Friday.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
I was on my way into the office and it
was eight oh seven am when I got your room
twenty seven a robbery squad room.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Worn and Joe, all right, rain let up. Now it's
still coming down. It doesn't look like it's gonna stop.
Eat it. Sure got it.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
Out in the valley.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Anything in the book for us.
Speaker 5 (01:35):
Now, talk to Skipper. He's got a couple of things
for us to check out.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
What do we got?
Speaker 5 (01:41):
You know, I had a bank job last week. Stat's
office came up the list. If possible, we're supposed to help.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Check him out.
Speaker 6 (01:47):
Here's a list, A couple on there.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
We know to wind Rockey get out. A couple of
months ago, I can't stay out of trouble Canning.
Speaker 5 (01:56):
I called the adela authority. I say he's got a
job working nine to sent. I still find a way
to get out. Yeah, let's get on him.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Okay, you think I'll need my rubbers, but my rubbers,
you think i'll need him? I don't know that. Your
feet is raining pretty hard.
Speaker 6 (02:13):
And only gets a better take him.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Faye get sore up finds out.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I'm not wearing them. I didn't hear you, I say I.
Speaker 5 (02:19):
Fale gets sore if she finds out I'm not wearing them.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
I get home. She looks at the soles of my shoes.
If they're what you know? He left of the over
shoes in the locker. She gets real hacked though, Yeah,
you're gonna put them on now? Yeah, I walked outside. Oh,
alrighty to get on and you about finished there? Yeah,
I want to see getting toy leaves. Well, is it
something special? So I heard that he had a set
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of golf clubs for sale. Maybe i'd look at him
he's gonna start playing golf. No, or maybe I take
a look at him.
Speaker 7 (02:47):
You know.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Some think maybe I ought to do something like that,
some kind of hobby golfing into he spencer fishing jump.
But you gotta take up fishing.
Speaker 5 (02:55):
That's for you. It is sure fishing out in the boat,
fighting the known golf. You hit a ball and you
know where it's going.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
No, not mean you know what I mean. With golf,
you kind of know what's gonna happen.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
But with fishing there's always that mystery of what's going
on at the other end of your line.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
You never know. Yeah, oh you don't, Joe. You never
know what's gonna take.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
The bait might be a big school of white sea
bass or yellow tail down there might even be a
school alba car. Now, fishing's for you, Joe, do you
think so, Je? Well, it's a little early yet, but
you just hang on, old buddy and tell you what
I'll take you out with me this year, show you
how it's done.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
No, I don't think so. I heard about your fishing.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
What do you mean, Oh, Geen Patrick was telling me
about how you robbed the bait tank, strung up the
horse sardines and took him home.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
He's jealous, Joe. Yeah, he wanted hot shot. I got it.
You better hurry up. We got one to roll on. Yeah.
Auction house out of Roche Boulevard. Huh, they were just hit.
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Eight thirty seven am.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
We arrived at the Charles Kine Auction Gallery. It was
a large Spanish type building located on the corner of
Wilshire Boulevard and Gregory Drive. A radio card answered the
call and the officers from the Eunuch were taking reports.
The policeman at the door told us that his partner
was making a check of the neighborhood to see if
he could come up with any information for us. An
ambulance had arrived and the man at the door told
us if the attendant was in the store taking care
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of one of the victims.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
We went in and talked to him. Hey, watch your dad.
Speaker 8 (04:36):
He's like he stole them a head in.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
Sorry, mister Kane, you phone the officers.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Yeah, that's right, Friday and Smith's Central Robbery.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
All right, if we're talking to me, sure, I'm almost
finished here, Cherriot can talk to me.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Go ahead, I'll tell you all right. So this is
my partner, Frank Smith. My name is Friday Charles Kine.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
This is my case.
Speaker 8 (04:49):
I'm the one.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Let me route. Yes, sir, we understand.
Speaker 8 (04:51):
This is miss Margan Heine's visa policeman.
Speaker 7 (04:54):
How do you do?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Where go to cops, sir?
Speaker 8 (04:57):
The other fellows one is in a police car.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Where did they go? Well? Are outside right, mister Kane?
Speaker 5 (05:01):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (05:01):
You fellows? Are the guns?
Speaker 7 (05:02):
Eh?
Speaker 1 (05:02):
What's that say?
Speaker 8 (05:03):
The guns? The big ones? You know, other ones?
Speaker 6 (05:05):
Who's going to handle it?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Well, I guess you could say that. Yeah.
Speaker 8 (05:08):
Well, suppose you want me to tell you all about it?
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Huh, yes, sir, if you would please. Yeah.
Speaker 8 (05:11):
Been in the auctioning business a long time. This is
the first time a thing like this has ever happened.
The first time. Came in this morning early, came in
to check the consignment from Santa Barbara. Load of new stuff,
only it's old. Yes, we bought it up supposed to
be here this morning. I came in the office. Yeah, yeah,
I can hear. Fellow was standing back.
Speaker 6 (05:30):
At the door.
Speaker 8 (05:31):
Who's they came in? He clowed me on the head,
watched me a good and he wait, he takes it
easy with that.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
Dandy's with you?
Speaker 5 (05:36):
Yes, I'm sorry you like that?
Speaker 9 (05:38):
Fella?
Speaker 8 (05:39):
Acabod?
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Who's that? Think about?
Speaker 8 (05:41):
You know, Washington Urban? Think about crane fella rode around
tearing his head under his arm. Sir, I feel like
I could do that. Grand writer Urban read almost all
these stuff, Grand.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Yes, sir. What time did you come in? Yeah?
Speaker 8 (05:55):
Grand oh, it must have been about Cavin forty five.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Wonder if he can give us a description of the man.
Speaker 8 (06:00):
Sure, don't you want me to tell you the Rextra
story first?
Speaker 5 (06:02):
We can get a description of the man, mister Kane
when you get a broadcast out on him.
Speaker 8 (06:05):
Yeah, he robbed the safe too, you know, yes, sir,
we understand cleaned it right?
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Uh? How tall was the manser? About six foot two?
Speaker 8 (06:12):
Big fella, it might even been bigger. How about his
weight big there too, maybe a couple hundred pounds.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Did you see the man, miss Morgan?
Speaker 7 (06:19):
Yes, he was here when I came in.
Speaker 8 (06:21):
Yeah, but I'm the one he hit well he was
back here.
Speaker 7 (06:23):
With mister Kane when I came in. The man must
have just hit him.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Did you get a pretty good look at him?
Speaker 8 (06:27):
Yes, sir, Yeah, he hit me and give me a
real whack right on the head. Yes, sir, This fella's
covered it all up with bandage. You'd be able to
see it real whack, Yes, sir, we say, I think
that'll take care of it.
Speaker 6 (06:37):
Mister Kane, well, uh, yes, sir. I suggest you see
your doctor though, yeah, why we usually recommend it, sir.
Speaker 8 (06:43):
Oh yeah, Well fang hunk fella.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Yes, sir. About the man's coloring, mister Kane.
Speaker 8 (06:48):
That ambulance fella in real nice?
Speaker 6 (06:50):
Yes, sir.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
Can you tell us about the man who well job
light light contected.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Did he wear glasses?
Speaker 8 (06:56):
No, he didn't have glasses.
Speaker 7 (06:58):
Well, he had them on when I saw it, Yeah.
Speaker 8 (07:00):
Really didn't want to act me.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
What kind of glasses were they? Man?
Speaker 7 (07:03):
We were the ones with the plastic grin sort of
a light color.
Speaker 8 (07:06):
Must he take them off when he hit me?
Speaker 9 (07:07):
Or?
Speaker 1 (07:07):
What was he working? Gray?
Speaker 8 (07:08):
Shot business suit?
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Gray? Was he clean shaven do you remember?
Speaker 7 (07:12):
Well? Yes, he had a dark beard though real heavy,
but he was clean shaven.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
I got to stop job right.
Speaker 10 (07:18):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (07:18):
Did he have any accident when he talked mister Kane, No,
just hold off and hit.
Speaker 8 (07:22):
Me as soon as he came in the door. Didn't
say a word, just cracked me on the head. Did
he speak to you this morning?
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Yes, he did.
Speaker 7 (07:28):
He told me to keep quiet and nothing would have happen.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Did you know something in his speech?
Speaker 7 (07:31):
No, he talked just like anybody else.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
Okay, you called him frank, yeah, miss Morgan, yes, sir.
What time did you get in this morning?
Speaker 7 (07:40):
Or it must have been about eight, maybe a couple
of minutes after.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Did you see the hold up man when he came in?
Speaker 7 (07:44):
No, not right away. He wasn't out in the gallery.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Uh huh.
Speaker 7 (07:47):
I came into the office here, this is where I
work most of the time. That's when I saw him.
He was standing right over there. Mister Kane was on
the floor and the robber was standing next to him.
I guess he's just hit mister King.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
What did he say to you?
Speaker 8 (08:00):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (08:00):
I told you he said for me to keep quiet
and nothing would happen to me.
Speaker 8 (08:03):
You say anything else, No, No, he didn't. Did you
say much to me? The gish whacked me?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Would you know the man if you saw him again
this morning?
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Yes, yes, I would shoould I ah, I sir, well'd
like both of you to come downtown and look at
some pictures if you would.
Speaker 8 (08:15):
Oh, got him man fast word?
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Well no, sir, we haven't got him in custody yet,
but we may have a picture of him downtown.
Speaker 8 (08:21):
Yeah, how'd that be.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Well, if he's done this kind of thing before and
he's been arrested, we'd have a record on him.
Speaker 6 (08:25):
Oh yeah, it's Kane.
Speaker 9 (08:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
What kind of a burglar alarm system do you have
here in the store?
Speaker 6 (08:33):
Oh, it's your right there on the window.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Mm hm.
Speaker 8 (08:39):
Hey you see those little scripts of file electricity runs
through him, they get broken. It rings the bell out
in front of the store.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
You're not on a system though, Oh no.
Speaker 8 (08:47):
No, all these figures that if the bell went off,
the cops to be here soon enough.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
I see.
Speaker 8 (08:51):
He must have found out some way to turn the
thing off, though, didn't ring it tall I'd heard it.
If it had, I'd heard it.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Chure, do either of your people smoke? Yeah? Both of
us got out the broadcast.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
Joe got fall the climb lamb there on away I Colin,
I took another look at the front door.
Speaker 6 (09:07):
Whoever broke in sure knew his job, real clean?
Speaker 1 (09:10):
He got anything? Well, we don't know yet either of you.
Two people smoke this morning here in the office, not me.
Speaker 8 (09:15):
Sure could your cigarette though? Calm me down there.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Areist camp how about you? Miss?
Speaker 9 (09:21):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (09:21):
Thank you?
Speaker 8 (09:24):
Why all these questions about smoking? I want to know
if you're going to catch that man.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
It was over twelve.
Speaker 8 (09:29):
Hundred dollars in that shafe, and I had a couple
of hundred on me. He took all that.
Speaker 6 (09:32):
What's you asking all these silly questions for her?
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Well, there's some cigarettes here on the floor. Looks like
the hold up man must have waited for you two
to get here.
Speaker 8 (09:39):
Yeah, I probably did broke into the safe and then
waited for me to come in, dirty sneak.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Or he got your paper matches here might be something. Yeah,
and take a look at him. Yeah, huh oh, there
I'm printing on that one. Maybe would say twenty three
miles to Wilming. The rest of it's burned off, probably Wilmington.
Speaker 6 (10:03):
Wait, you got something clue?
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Oh, we don't know yet, sir. There's another one job.
Can you read it? Yeah? This was almost whole, only
the tup's been burned. What's it says? Fourteen miles to
Santa Monica.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
Suppose the fourteen miles Panta Monica looks like matches from
a motel.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
As a hotel, something like that might be a restaurant.
Speaker 8 (10:21):
You guys won't have any traveler. Always get in the feller,
I mean, sir, yeah, simple, just find a place just
twenty three miles from Wilmington.
Speaker 6 (10:28):
Fourteen miles Panta Monica.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Don't you get it?
Speaker 8 (10:31):
Find that place and your man will be waiting for you.
You get it, Yeah, simple find that place. Your man
will be there.
Speaker 4 (10:48):
Nine am, the crime lab arrived and went over the place.
The burned matches and the cigarette butts were retained for evidence.
Pictures were taken of their position relative to the safe.
We continued to question the two victims. From their stories,
we were able to piece together what had happened. They
were both asked to go with us to the Robbery
Division to check through the mudbooks for an identification of
the hold up man. From their descriptions of the man,
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we were able to come up with an accurate idea
of what he looked like.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
We contacted the.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
Artist up in the Crime Analysis Division and asked him
to start a.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Composite drawing of the thief.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
The crime lab called and gave us additional information on
the matches. From the distances printed on them, we were
able to get an idea where the original matchbook might
have come from. The intersection of the lines was in
the Hollywood area. Three fifteen pm, we drove over to
talk to the manager of the company who had made
the matches.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
A mister Tom Holger, Come on in, thanks sir, thank
you very much. Shit down, that's you're fine.
Speaker 8 (11:42):
Now?
Speaker 6 (11:42):
What can I do for you?
Speaker 1 (11:43):
We're police officers, mister Hoser mynn he was Friday. That's
my partner, Frank Smith.
Speaker 6 (11:47):
How do you do well?
Speaker 8 (11:49):
What can I do for you?
Speaker 6 (11:50):
I hope it's nothing I've done wrong us.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Or nothing like that. We like some help if you
can give it to us.
Speaker 9 (11:54):
Sure, always glad to cooperate with the police. I never
know what I'm going to need.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Them, all right, sir.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
We have some matches here, mister Folgier. We understand they
were made by your firm. Oh matches though, yes, sure,
we'd like to know who they were made for if
you could tell us.
Speaker 6 (12:09):
M Yeah, we made him sort of an exclusive design.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
Can you tell us who you made him for? Oh?
Speaker 6 (12:15):
Check the book, probably have him in there. M let
me see.
Speaker 9 (12:18):
I think that's model H four x ye eight nine two. Yes, yes,
here's the book, probably in here.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Huh.
Speaker 9 (12:30):
A lot of matches, Oh yes, we make quite a few.
They all different, most of them some of the same.
You know, a customer sees a sample he likes and
orders the same thing for his business. We make a
few changes so it fits the line he's in, you know. Uh,
neither one of you fellows as collectors, are you make
my collectives? Either one of you guys saved matchbooks? Oh no, sir,
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neither one of him. Noser was a good hobby.
Speaker 6 (12:52):
I got quite a collection, just maybe uh six, uh,
maybe seven thousand?
Speaker 1 (12:58):
That many?
Speaker 9 (12:58):
Oh yes, yes, some of the selectors have more. I've
only been saving for about five years.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Working in a place like this makes collection easier. Huh.
Speaker 6 (13:06):
Oh no, you can't do that. Huh well, I can't
take them out of these samples.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
They can't.
Speaker 9 (13:12):
Oh no, no, that wouldn't do at all. You have
to find them. Wouldn't be fair to take advantage of
my position to get the books?
Speaker 6 (13:19):
Oh no?
Speaker 9 (13:20):
Not fair at all. But oh no no, I take trips,
drive all over to get ones. Last summer I went
back to the Smithsonian Institute. Now they've really got a collection.
Oh it's just beautiful right, Oh my, yes, beautiful. I
had a wonderful trip, got a lot of new books.
My wife did very good too. Came back with two
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shopping bags full of sugar. How's that sugar? She saved
sugar cubes. You know where the rappings and tell where
the cubes came from?
Speaker 1 (13:50):
Oh yeah, yes, or I've seen them.
Speaker 6 (13:52):
She saves them. Two shopping bags full. Wonderful trip.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
About the matches, sir, if you could tell me, yes.
Speaker 6 (14:00):
Yes, well here you are. I think this is it.
Oh let me see the ones you have? Let me
see hum same one. Yes, that's it.
Speaker 7 (14:16):
You know.
Speaker 9 (14:16):
We have guys coming in here all the time to
see if they can't get some books for their collection.
I won't go for it, though. The dodgers they use.
Some of the stories would really make you laugh if
you didn't know what they were trying to do.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Yes, sir, about these match books here?
Speaker 9 (14:31):
Oh well I try to tell them. I go out
and get the matches. Fair don't come around here and
try to do things the easy way. Go out and
get them fair, That's what.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
I tell them. And you tell us where these matches
came from.
Speaker 8 (14:43):
All over the world.
Speaker 6 (14:44):
They come from all over.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
No, sir, the matches we brought in.
Speaker 9 (14:48):
Oh yes, oh mynd No, no, these came from Hollywood.
I'm at the others, the ones for collecting.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
And you tell us where in Hollywood.
Speaker 6 (14:57):
Let me see.
Speaker 9 (15:01):
M one, two, three, four, five, six or six. Places
that use these matches have a different cover on them.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Of course. Well, any way you can tell us where
these particular matches came from.
Speaker 6 (15:13):
Not when they're burned.
Speaker 9 (15:14):
I can see the color of the head. I might
be able to tell the big print. Well, we put
a different color head on the matches. Oh, I see
different place, different color. Any Way you could tell from
these though, well, could be done. Take some time, analyze
the burned portion, tell what the chemical content is in
the head tell that way. Take some time, though, But
how long? Well, a couple of hours, maybe a little longer.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Well, how much with annoying the color? Help?
Speaker 9 (15:38):
Well, you can see here in the book there are
two with redheads, two with green, and two with white.
Speaker 6 (15:43):
Be able to narrow it down to two for you.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Well, that's not necessary, astrology.
Speaker 6 (15:48):
Be glad to do it.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Well, we'll drop the matches by our crime lab. They
can run the test and then we'll call you back.
Speaker 6 (15:52):
All right, that'll be fine.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Wonder if you could give us the address of the
places that use the match books? Oh?
Speaker 6 (15:57):
Sure, I got them right here.
Speaker 9 (15:57):
I'll make a copy for you.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
Sure I appreciate it.
Speaker 6 (16:00):
I'm no trouble at all, say, I was just thinking,
what's that, sir? You follows?
Speaker 9 (16:04):
Wouldn't like to start a collection, would you? I like
told let you have a few books to get you started. Well, sir,
wouldn't be cheating just a few, No, sir, thanks, it's
the same. Well, well take some of these along anyway.
Loads of fun, huh sugar cue? So all away from
the more.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
We got the list of places using the type of
book matches found at the scene of the robbery.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
We told Tom Holder that we'd be back if we
needed any more help. Then we left five thirty pm.
Speaker 4 (16:37):
We called the office and talked to Sergeants Murphy and Rafferty.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
We gave them the addresses of the three motels and
asked them to check them out.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
Six forty six pm, we started to check out the
three motels on our list. The rain continued to fall.
The Weather Bureaus report indicated that it would keep up
for another twelve hours. At the first two places, we
got no new information on the hold of man.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
We checked.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
At the last place on our list. Yeah, police officers
like to talk.
Speaker 6 (17:05):
To you, said, Oh sure, come on in. Thank you boy,
you're coming down?
Speaker 1 (17:09):
Yeah? Sure?
Speaker 6 (17:10):
What's all this about? Something wrong?
Speaker 9 (17:12):
No?
Speaker 8 (17:12):
We just like your help.
Speaker 6 (17:13):
I think I can do.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Say you guys like a cup of hot coffee. Take
the chill out of your bone? No here, No thanks,
God already, won't be no trouble. No sure, thanks, just
the same.
Speaker 6 (17:20):
Well how about your partner?
Speaker 1 (17:21):
No thanks? All right? Now, what can I do for you?
Like for you to take a look at a picture
here and tell us if you've seen the man? Sure,
rank sketch? Oh yeah right here a little wet get
some water got in my pocket? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (17:36):
What do you want this guy for? Something special?
Speaker 1 (17:37):
We'd like to talk to him.
Speaker 6 (17:38):
Yeah, sure, It didn't mean to pry. Just wonder if
it was a big job or maybe a bad check
something like that.
Speaker 4 (17:43):
There you are seen him before? This is description down
here at the bottom. Let's try robbery. Huh, Yes, it's
a big deal.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
You've seen him.
Speaker 6 (17:52):
I'm not sure descriptions fit.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
A lot of people. Does it fit anyone registered here? Yeah?
At least four guys.
Speaker 4 (18:02):
Seven thirty six pm, we continued to talk to the
manager of the motel. He went through the registration cards
of the four men who answered the description of the
hold up man that we were after. We were able
to eliminate two of them in the manager's company.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
We left to check out the other two occupants.
Speaker 4 (18:16):
Cabin number twenty six was registered to a John Keller.
He'd given his address A sixteen twenty four Shannon Street,
San Francisco.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
There's nobody here, thought me to open the door.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Bet I let us do it.
Speaker 6 (18:28):
Huh, Sabe he might give you some trouble.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
We don't know, sir.
Speaker 9 (18:31):
I hope not.
Speaker 6 (18:31):
I'll run a quiet place here, like to keep it
that way.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Would you just stand over there?
Speaker 6 (18:35):
It's sure.
Speaker 5 (18:40):
Not here.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
When did you see him last?
Speaker 6 (18:42):
I didn't see him at all today. Last time was
yesterday evening. Came by to see there's any phone messages
for him?
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Did you say who was gonna call him?
Speaker 9 (18:49):
No?
Speaker 6 (18:49):
Kind of impressed me like we was just asking to
kill time.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
I got to check the closet.
Speaker 5 (18:54):
Yeah, I didn't check as good a trick A little now,
for how long has this Keller been here?
Speaker 4 (18:58):
In a couple of days. That's just a couple of days.
I didn't know it caused any trouble. I wouldn't let
him INFID have known that.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Sorry, chick, Yeah you got something. Yeah, I'll do your
laundry here, take a lot. Yeah, burglar tools.
Speaker 4 (19:28):
The burglar tools were not disturbed, untili could be checked
for fingerprints. We asked the manager of the motel to
go back to the office and act as if nothing
had happened.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
When the suspect came in.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
He told us the motel had a switchboard telephone, and
we asked him to ring us in the event the
office called.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
I called the city hall and told him where we were.
Speaker 4 (19:46):
I also asked that another team of men be sent
out to help us with a stakeout. Then Frank and
I settled down to wait for John Keller. The rain
kept up. We waited eight eight thirty, no sign of
the suspect. The office call will say that they were
sending Stuart and Creasy ought to relieve us at midnight
nine ten fifteen pm. Oh, I sure wish we could smoke. Yeah,
(20:09):
I wonder what he's doing out in a night like this.
Sure coming down, isn't it?
Speaker 1 (20:14):
Yeah? I hope saying the kids are all right there?
Anything wrong?
Speaker 2 (20:18):
No, But once in a while in a rams real
heavy like this, the storm drained across the street gets clogged,
water backs up hills the street.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
You know. And we only got another half hour to
go here. Glad to get some dry socks on it.
Holding somebody coming out there? All right? Keller? Standstill? Or
are you?
Speaker 6 (20:43):
What are you doing?
Speaker 1 (20:43):
My place? Place? Office? You're under a.
Speaker 8 (21:00):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (21:05):
Come on, ye, come on, giant, What do you want
me for? I haven't done anything.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Those your tools in the closet. You guys been snooping
around that are shaken?
Speaker 6 (21:15):
Frank, Yeah, I got a gun. You will find it anyway.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
I got a gun. I give it him. Thirty eight,
I got it.
Speaker 6 (21:23):
Let's get out of here. You got nothing on me.
We call a Laurie. You'll be turning me loose in
a couple of hours.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
Still killer, Yeah, what do you got here?
Speaker 6 (21:33):
Pretty wise? You guys don't miss a trick.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Thirty two Strapped to his leg, Joe, what are you
doing with that killer?
Speaker 6 (21:40):
Saying nothing until I see a lawyer.
Speaker 4 (21:42):
Where's your wallet in my coat? That way you keep
your money? You know a better place I take it out?
Cops think they own you.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
You ever done any big time? I know what you're
talking about. I come on, Keller, you know what's going on.
You ever done any big time? Yeah? Where back east?
For what? I'm robbery? You want parole?
Speaker 6 (21:59):
Now?
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Your business?
Speaker 5 (22:00):
And look we're going to find out anyways, save yourself
some time and ask some trouble answer.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
The question, saw on parol? What's that proof your parole officer? No,
you're out here?
Speaker 4 (22:07):
Yeah, then't you tell you it's against the law for
a next count? I have a gun, he told me, Well,
how come you got two of them?
Speaker 6 (22:13):
I drove out here. You need protection on a trip
like that.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
How much money you got in your wallet there? I
don't know about how much.
Speaker 6 (22:19):
I haven't got the slightest idea.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
I always know how much I got.
Speaker 6 (22:22):
Maybe it makes a difference to you.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Count it? Put four out it.
Speaker 6 (22:27):
Fifty one hundred, one hundred and fifty, put it.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Out on the table. We just we can both count
it now. Let's try it again.
Speaker 6 (22:36):
Yes or seven? It's comes out three and fifty three dollars.
You want me to count the change in my pocket too?
Speaker 1 (22:46):
Where did you get the money?
Speaker 8 (22:47):
I worked for it?
Speaker 6 (22:48):
Where any your business?
Speaker 1 (22:49):
All right? Killer, Let's get on town, Frank. You want
you get the tools? Yeah, pick up the money, Killer,
put it back in your wallet.
Speaker 6 (22:55):
I suppose I just leave it there and walk out here?
Wouldn't that make it all?
Speaker 1 (22:58):
You know better than that? And I'll put it back
in your wallet.
Speaker 6 (23:01):
It doesn't make any difference anyway. You guys got nothing
on me. Nothing you can hold me on.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
You come on to you, has.
Speaker 6 (23:09):
I'll get the tools.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Job right?
Speaker 6 (23:12):
Hey, how about my coat?
Speaker 1 (23:13):
You?
Speaker 8 (23:14):
What coat?
Speaker 1 (23:16):
All right here? Let's go guys.
Speaker 6 (23:19):
You sure gotta feel pretty silly, is that right?
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Sure?
Speaker 6 (23:22):
You got nothing on me? My Laurel have me out
in no time. He's a good lawyer.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
Now he's gonna have to be huh. It gets you
out of this one. The stary you have just heard
is true. The names were changed to protect the innocent.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
On June fourteenth, trial was held in Department ninety seven,
Superior Court of the State of California in and for
the County of Los Angeles. John Rudolph Keller was tried
and convicted of robbery in the first degree one count
and burglary in the first degree six counts, and received
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punishment as prescribed by law.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
Robbery and the first degree.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
As punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a
period of not less than five years. Burglary and the
first degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of
not less than five years in the state penitentiary.
Speaker 8 (24:30):
You have just heard Dragnet, the opening story of your
Police Force in Action and starring Jack Webb, the presentation
of the United States Signed Forces Radio Service.
Speaker 10 (25:01):
Stop Stop, Stop, step.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
T t S, step.
Speaker 6 (25:24):
Strip that.
Speaker 10 (25:29):
Back sends coming that SS come out, Captain.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Speller.
Speaker 10 (25:40):
That's step.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Back cover
Speaker 10 (25:51):
Come set comer stem Stoma
Ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
The story you're about to hear is true. The names
have been changed to protect the innocent.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Dragnet.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Now you're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a robbery detail.
You get a call that a hold up man has
hit one of the larger auction houses in your sitting.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
You have a good description of it.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Your job find it.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Dragnet the documented drama of an actual crime. While the
next thirty minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
you will travel step by step on the side of
the law through an actual case transcribed from official police violence,
from beginning to end, from crime to punishment. Dragnet is
the story of your police force election.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
It was Tuesday, February first, was reigning in Los Angeles.
We were working the day watch out of robbery detail.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
My partner is Frank Smith. The boss ativity taking stad Brown.
My name is Friday.
Speaker 4 (01:15):
I was on my way into the office and it
was eight oh seven am when I got your room
twenty seven a robbery squad room.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Worn and Joe, all right, rain let up. Now it's
still coming down. It doesn't look like it's gonna stop.
Eat it. Sure got it.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
Out in the valley.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Anything in the book for us.
Speaker 5 (01:35):
Now, talk to Skipper. He's got a couple of things
for us to check out.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
What do we got?
Speaker 5 (01:41):
You know, I had a bank job last week. Stat's
office came up the list. If possible, we're supposed to help.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Check him out.
Speaker 6 (01:47):
Here's a list, A couple on there.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
We know to wind Rockey get out. A couple of
months ago, I can't stay out of trouble Canning.
Speaker 5 (01:56):
I called the adela authority. I say he's got a
job working nine to sent. I still find a way
to get out. Yeah, let's get on him.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Okay, you think I'll need my rubbers, but my rubbers,
you think i'll need him? I don't know that. Your
feet is raining pretty hard.
Speaker 6 (02:13):
And only gets a better take him.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Faye get sore up finds out.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I'm not wearing them. I didn't hear you, I say I.
Speaker 5 (02:19):
Fale gets sore if she finds out I'm not wearing them.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
I get home. She looks at the soles of my shoes.
If they're what you know? He left of the over
shoes in the locker. She gets real hacked though, Yeah,
you're gonna put them on now? Yeah, I walked outside. Oh,
alrighty to get on and you about finished there? Yeah,
I want to see getting toy leaves. Well, is it
something special? So I heard that he had a set
(02:41):
of golf clubs for sale. Maybe i'd look at him
he's gonna start playing golf. No, or maybe I take
a look at him.
Speaker 7 (02:47):
You know.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
Some think maybe I ought to do something like that,
some kind of hobby golfing into he spencer fishing jump.
But you gotta take up fishing.
Speaker 5 (02:55):
That's for you. It is sure fishing out in the boat,
fighting the known golf. You hit a ball and you
know where it's going.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
No, not mean you know what I mean. With golf,
you kind of know what's gonna happen.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
But with fishing there's always that mystery of what's going
on at the other end of your line.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
You never know. Yeah, oh you don't, Joe. You never
know what's gonna take.
Speaker 5 (03:18):
The bait might be a big school of white sea
bass or yellow tail down there might even be a
school alba car. Now, fishing's for you, Joe, do you
think so, Je? Well, it's a little early yet, but
you just hang on, old buddy and tell you what
I'll take you out with me this year, show you
how it's done.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
No, I don't think so. I heard about your fishing.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
What do you mean, Oh, Geen Patrick was telling me
about how you robbed the bait tank, strung up the
horse sardines and took him home.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
He's jealous, Joe. Yeah, he wanted hot shot. I got it.
You better hurry up. We got one to roll on. Yeah.
Auction house out of Roche Boulevard. Huh, they were just hit.
(04:08):
Eight thirty seven am.
Speaker 4 (04:10):
We arrived at the Charles Kine Auction Gallery. It was
a large Spanish type building located on the corner of
Wilshire Boulevard and Gregory Drive. A radio card answered the
call and the officers from the Eunuch were taking reports.
The policeman at the door told us that his partner
was making a check of the neighborhood to see if
he could come up with any information for us. An
ambulance had arrived and the man at the door told
us if the attendant was in the store taking care
(04:31):
of one of the victims.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
We went in and talked to him. Hey, watch your dad.
Speaker 8 (04:36):
He's like he stole them a head in.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
Sorry, mister Kane, you phone the officers.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Yeah, that's right, Friday and Smith's Central Robbery.
Speaker 5 (04:41):
All right, if we're talking to me, sure, I'm almost
finished here, Cherriot can talk to me.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Go ahead, I'll tell you all right. So this is
my partner, Frank Smith. My name is Friday Charles Kine.
Speaker 5 (04:49):
This is my case.
Speaker 8 (04:49):
I'm the one.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Let me route. Yes, sir, we understand.
Speaker 8 (04:51):
This is miss Margan Heine's visa policeman.
Speaker 7 (04:54):
How do you do?
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Where go to cops, sir?
Speaker 8 (04:57):
The other fellows one is in a police car.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Where did they go? Well? Are outside right, mister Kane?
Speaker 5 (05:01):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (05:01):
You fellows? Are the guns?
Speaker 7 (05:02):
Eh?
Speaker 1 (05:02):
What's that say?
Speaker 8 (05:03):
The guns? The big ones? You know, other ones?
Speaker 6 (05:05):
Who's going to handle it?
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Well, I guess you could say that. Yeah.
Speaker 8 (05:08):
Well, suppose you want me to tell you all about it?
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Huh, yes, sir, if you would please. Yeah.
Speaker 8 (05:11):
Been in the auctioning business a long time. This is
the first time a thing like this has ever happened.
The first time. Came in this morning early, came in
to check the consignment from Santa Barbara. Load of new stuff,
only it's old. Yes, we bought it up supposed to
be here this morning. I came in the office. Yeah, yeah,
I can hear. Fellow was standing back.
Speaker 6 (05:30):
At the door.
Speaker 8 (05:31):
Who's they came in? He clowed me on the head,
watched me a good and he wait, he takes it
easy with that.
Speaker 6 (05:36):
Dandy's with you?
Speaker 5 (05:36):
Yes, I'm sorry you like that?
Speaker 9 (05:38):
Fella?
Speaker 8 (05:39):
Acabod?
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Who's that? Think about?
Speaker 8 (05:41):
You know, Washington Urban? Think about crane fella rode around
tearing his head under his arm. Sir, I feel like
I could do that. Grand writer Urban read almost all
these stuff, Grand.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Yes, sir. What time did you come in? Yeah?
Speaker 8 (05:55):
Grand oh, it must have been about Cavin forty five.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Wonder if he can give us a description of the man.
Speaker 8 (06:00):
Sure, don't you want me to tell you the Rextra
story first?
Speaker 5 (06:02):
We can get a description of the man, mister Kane
when you get a broadcast out on him.
Speaker 8 (06:05):
Yeah, he robbed the safe too, you know, yes, sir,
we understand cleaned it right?
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Uh? How tall was the manser? About six foot two?
Speaker 8 (06:12):
Big fella, it might even been bigger. How about his
weight big there too, maybe a couple hundred pounds.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Did you see the man, miss Morgan?
Speaker 7 (06:19):
Yes, he was here when I came in.
Speaker 8 (06:21):
Yeah, but I'm the one he hit well he was
back here.
Speaker 7 (06:23):
With mister Kane when I came in. The man must
have just hit him.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Did you get a pretty good look at him?
Speaker 8 (06:27):
Yes, sir, Yeah, he hit me and give me a
real whack right on the head. Yes, sir, This fella's
covered it all up with bandage. You'd be able to
see it real whack, Yes, sir, we say, I think
that'll take care of it.
Speaker 6 (06:37):
Mister Kane, well, uh, yes, sir. I suggest you see
your doctor though, yeah, why we usually recommend it, sir.
Speaker 8 (06:43):
Oh yeah, Well fang hunk fella.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Yes, sir. About the man's coloring, mister Kane.
Speaker 8 (06:48):
That ambulance fella in real nice?
Speaker 6 (06:50):
Yes, sir.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
Can you tell us about the man who well job
light light contected.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Did he wear glasses?
Speaker 8 (06:56):
No, he didn't have glasses.
Speaker 7 (06:58):
Well, he had them on when I saw it, Yeah.
Speaker 8 (07:00):
Really didn't want to act me.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
What kind of glasses were they? Man?
Speaker 7 (07:03):
We were the ones with the plastic grin sort of
a light color.
Speaker 8 (07:06):
Must he take them off when he hit me?
Speaker 9 (07:07):
Or?
Speaker 1 (07:07):
What was he working? Gray?
Speaker 8 (07:08):
Shot business suit?
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Gray? Was he clean shaven do you remember?
Speaker 7 (07:12):
Well? Yes, he had a dark beard though real heavy,
but he was clean shaven.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
I got to stop job right.
Speaker 10 (07:18):
Uh?
Speaker 5 (07:18):
Did he have any accident when he talked mister Kane, No,
just hold off and hit.
Speaker 8 (07:22):
Me as soon as he came in the door. Didn't
say a word, just cracked me on the head. Did
he speak to you this morning?
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Yes, he did.
Speaker 7 (07:28):
He told me to keep quiet and nothing would have happen.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Did you know something in his speech?
Speaker 7 (07:31):
No, he talked just like anybody else.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
Okay, you called him frank, yeah, miss Morgan, yes, sir.
What time did you get in this morning?
Speaker 7 (07:40):
Or it must have been about eight, maybe a couple
of minutes after.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Did you see the hold up man when he came in?
Speaker 7 (07:44):
No, not right away. He wasn't out in the gallery.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Uh huh.
Speaker 7 (07:47):
I came into the office here, this is where I
work most of the time. That's when I saw him.
He was standing right over there. Mister Kane was on
the floor and the robber was standing next to him.
I guess he's just hit mister King.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
What did he say to you?
Speaker 8 (08:00):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (08:00):
I told you he said for me to keep quiet
and nothing would happen to me.
Speaker 8 (08:03):
You say anything else, No, No, he didn't. Did you
say much to me? The gish whacked me?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Would you know the man if you saw him again
this morning?
Speaker 4 (08:10):
Yes, yes, I would shoould I ah, I sir, well'd
like both of you to come downtown and look at
some pictures if you would.
Speaker 8 (08:15):
Oh, got him man fast word?
Speaker 4 (08:17):
Well no, sir, we haven't got him in custody yet,
but we may have a picture of him downtown.
Speaker 8 (08:21):
Yeah, how'd that be.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Well, if he's done this kind of thing before and
he's been arrested, we'd have a record on him.
Speaker 6 (08:25):
Oh yeah, it's Kane.
Speaker 9 (08:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
What kind of a burglar alarm system do you have
here in the store?
Speaker 6 (08:33):
Oh, it's your right there on the window.
Speaker 1 (08:37):
Mm hm.
Speaker 8 (08:39):
Hey you see those little scripts of file electricity runs
through him, they get broken. It rings the bell out
in front of the store.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
You're not on a system though, Oh no.
Speaker 8 (08:47):
No, all these figures that if the bell went off,
the cops to be here soon enough.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
I see.
Speaker 8 (08:51):
He must have found out some way to turn the
thing off, though, didn't ring it tall I'd heard it.
If it had, I'd heard it.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Chure, do either of your people smoke? Yeah? Both of
us got out the broadcast.
Speaker 5 (09:02):
Joe got fall the climb lamb there on away I Colin,
I took another look at the front door.
Speaker 6 (09:07):
Whoever broke in sure knew his job, real clean?
Speaker 1 (09:10):
He got anything? Well, we don't know yet either of you.
Two people smoke this morning here in the office, not me.
Speaker 8 (09:15):
Sure could your cigarette though? Calm me down there.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Areist camp how about you? Miss?
Speaker 9 (09:21):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (09:21):
Thank you?
Speaker 8 (09:24):
Why all these questions about smoking? I want to know
if you're going to catch that man.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
It was over twelve.
Speaker 8 (09:29):
Hundred dollars in that shafe, and I had a couple
of hundred on me. He took all that.
Speaker 6 (09:32):
What's you asking all these silly questions for her?
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Well, there's some cigarettes here on the floor. Looks like
the hold up man must have waited for you two
to get here.
Speaker 8 (09:39):
Yeah, I probably did broke into the safe and then
waited for me to come in, dirty sneak.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
Or he got your paper matches here might be something. Yeah,
and take a look at him. Yeah, huh oh, there
I'm printing on that one. Maybe would say twenty three
miles to Wilming. The rest of it's burned off, probably Wilmington.
Speaker 6 (10:03):
Wait, you got something clue?
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Oh, we don't know yet, sir. There's another one job.
Can you read it? Yeah? This was almost whole, only
the tup's been burned. What's it says? Fourteen miles to
Santa Monica.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
Suppose the fourteen miles Panta Monica looks like matches from
a motel.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
As a hotel, something like that might be a restaurant.
Speaker 8 (10:21):
You guys won't have any traveler. Always get in the feller,
I mean, sir, yeah, simple, just find a place just
twenty three miles from Wilmington.
Speaker 6 (10:28):
Fourteen miles Panta Monica.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Don't you get it?
Speaker 8 (10:31):
Find that place and your man will be waiting for you.
You get it, Yeah, simple find that place. Your man
will be there.
Speaker 4 (10:48):
Nine am, the crime lab arrived and went over the place.
The burned matches and the cigarette butts were retained for evidence.
Pictures were taken of their position relative to the safe.
We continued to question the two victims. From their stories,
we were able to piece together what had happened. They
were both asked to go with us to the Robbery
Division to check through the mudbooks for an identification of
the hold up man. From their descriptions of the man,
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we were able to come up with an accurate idea
of what he looked like.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
We contacted the.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
Artist up in the Crime Analysis Division and asked him
to start a.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Composite drawing of the thief.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
The crime lab called and gave us additional information on
the matches. From the distances printed on them, we were
able to get an idea where the original matchbook might
have come from. The intersection of the lines was in
the Hollywood area. Three fifteen pm, we drove over to
talk to the manager of the company who had made
the matches.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
A mister Tom Holger, Come on in, thanks sir, thank
you very much. Shit down, that's you're fine.
Speaker 8 (11:42):
Now?
Speaker 6 (11:42):
What can I do for you?
Speaker 1 (11:43):
We're police officers, mister Hoser mynn he was Friday. That's
my partner, Frank Smith.
Speaker 6 (11:47):
How do you do well?
Speaker 8 (11:49):
What can I do for you?
Speaker 6 (11:50):
I hope it's nothing I've done wrong us.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
Or nothing like that. We like some help if you
can give it to us.
Speaker 9 (11:54):
Sure, always glad to cooperate with the police. I never
know what I'm going to need.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
Them, all right, sir.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
We have some matches here, mister Folgier. We understand they
were made by your firm. Oh matches though, yes, sure,
we'd like to know who they were made for if
you could tell us.
Speaker 6 (12:09):
M Yeah, we made him sort of an exclusive design.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
Can you tell us who you made him for? Oh?
Speaker 6 (12:15):
Check the book, probably have him in there. M let
me see.
Speaker 9 (12:18):
I think that's model H four x ye eight nine two. Yes, yes,
here's the book, probably in here.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Huh.
Speaker 9 (12:30):
A lot of matches, Oh yes, we make quite a few.
They all different, most of them some of the same.
You know, a customer sees a sample he likes and
orders the same thing for his business. We make a
few changes so it fits the line he's in, you know. Uh,
neither one of you fellows as collectors, are you make
my collectives? Either one of you guys saved matchbooks? Oh no, sir,
(12:50):
neither one of him. Noser was a good hobby.
Speaker 6 (12:52):
I got quite a collection, just maybe uh six, uh,
maybe seven thousand?
Speaker 1 (12:58):
That many?
Speaker 9 (12:58):
Oh yes, yes, some of the selectors have more. I've
only been saving for about five years.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Working in a place like this makes collection easier. Huh.
Speaker 6 (13:06):
Oh no, you can't do that. Huh well, I can't
take them out of these samples.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
They can't.
Speaker 9 (13:12):
Oh no, no, that wouldn't do at all. You have
to find them. Wouldn't be fair to take advantage of
my position to get the books?
Speaker 6 (13:19):
Oh no?
Speaker 9 (13:20):
Not fair at all. But oh no no, I take trips,
drive all over to get ones. Last summer I went
back to the Smithsonian Institute. Now they've really got a collection.
Oh it's just beautiful right, Oh my, yes, beautiful. I
had a wonderful trip, got a lot of new books.
My wife did very good too. Came back with two
(13:42):
shopping bags full of sugar. How's that sugar? She saved
sugar cubes. You know where the rappings and tell where
the cubes came from?
Speaker 1 (13:50):
Oh yeah, yes, or I've seen them.
Speaker 6 (13:52):
She saves them. Two shopping bags full. Wonderful trip.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
About the matches, sir, if you could tell me, yes.
Speaker 6 (14:00):
Yes, well here you are. I think this is it.
Oh let me see the ones you have? Let me
see hum same one. Yes, that's it.
Speaker 7 (14:16):
You know.
Speaker 9 (14:16):
We have guys coming in here all the time to
see if they can't get some books for their collection.
I won't go for it, though. The dodgers they use.
Some of the stories would really make you laugh if
you didn't know what they were trying to do.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
Yes, sir, about these match books here?
Speaker 9 (14:31):
Oh well I try to tell them. I go out
and get the matches. Fair don't come around here and
try to do things the easy way. Go out and
get them fair, That's what.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
I tell them. And you tell us where these matches
came from.
Speaker 8 (14:43):
All over the world.
Speaker 6 (14:44):
They come from all over.
Speaker 1 (14:45):
No, sir, the matches we brought in.
Speaker 9 (14:48):
Oh yes, oh mynd No, no, these came from Hollywood.
I'm at the others, the ones for collecting.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
And you tell us where in Hollywood.
Speaker 6 (14:57):
Let me see.
Speaker 9 (15:01):
M one, two, three, four, five, six or six. Places
that use these matches have a different cover on them.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Of course. Well, any way you can tell us where
these particular matches came from.
Speaker 6 (15:13):
Not when they're burned.
Speaker 9 (15:14):
I can see the color of the head. I might
be able to tell the big print. Well, we put
a different color head on the matches. Oh, I see
different place, different color. Any Way you could tell from
these though, well, could be done. Take some time, analyze
the burned portion, tell what the chemical content is in
the head tell that way. Take some time, though, But
how long? Well, a couple of hours, maybe a little longer.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
Well, how much with annoying the color? Help?
Speaker 9 (15:38):
Well, you can see here in the book there are
two with redheads, two with green, and two with white.
Speaker 6 (15:43):
Be able to narrow it down to two for you.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Well, that's not necessary, astrology.
Speaker 6 (15:48):
Be glad to do it.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Well, we'll drop the matches by our crime lab. They
can run the test and then we'll call you back.
Speaker 6 (15:52):
All right, that'll be fine.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Wonder if you could give us the address of the
places that use the match books? Oh?
Speaker 6 (15:57):
Sure, I got them right here.
Speaker 9 (15:57):
I'll make a copy for you.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
Sure I appreciate it.
Speaker 6 (16:00):
I'm no trouble at all, say, I was just thinking,
what's that, sir? You follows?
Speaker 9 (16:04):
Wouldn't like to start a collection, would you? I like
told let you have a few books to get you started. Well, sir,
wouldn't be cheating just a few, No, sir, thanks, it's
the same. Well, well take some of these along anyway.
Loads of fun, huh sugar cue? So all away from
the more.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
We got the list of places using the type of
book matches found at the scene of the robbery.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
We told Tom Holder that we'd be back if we
needed any more help. Then we left five thirty pm.
Speaker 4 (16:37):
We called the office and talked to Sergeants Murphy and Rafferty.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
We gave them the addresses of the three motels and
asked them to check them out.
Speaker 4 (16:44):
Six forty six pm, we started to check out the
three motels on our list. The rain continued to fall.
The Weather Bureaus report indicated that it would keep up
for another twelve hours. At the first two places, we
got no new information on the hold of man.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
We checked.
Speaker 4 (17:00):
At the last place on our list. Yeah, police officers
like to talk.
Speaker 6 (17:05):
To you, said, Oh sure, come on in. Thank you boy,
you're coming down?
Speaker 1 (17:09):
Yeah? Sure?
Speaker 6 (17:10):
What's all this about? Something wrong?
Speaker 9 (17:12):
No?
Speaker 8 (17:12):
We just like your help.
Speaker 6 (17:13):
I think I can do.
Speaker 4 (17:14):
Say you guys like a cup of hot coffee. Take
the chill out of your bone? No here, No thanks,
God already, won't be no trouble. No sure, thanks, just
the same.
Speaker 6 (17:20):
Well how about your partner?
Speaker 1 (17:21):
No thanks? All right? Now, what can I do for you?
Like for you to take a look at a picture
here and tell us if you've seen the man? Sure,
rank sketch? Oh yeah right here a little wet get
some water got in my pocket? Yeah?
Speaker 6 (17:36):
What do you want this guy for? Something special?
Speaker 1 (17:37):
We'd like to talk to him.
Speaker 6 (17:38):
Yeah, sure, It didn't mean to pry. Just wonder if
it was a big job or maybe a bad check
something like that.
Speaker 4 (17:43):
There you are seen him before? This is description down
here at the bottom. Let's try robbery. Huh, Yes, it's
a big deal.
Speaker 1 (17:51):
You've seen him.
Speaker 6 (17:52):
I'm not sure descriptions fit.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
A lot of people. Does it fit anyone registered here? Yeah?
At least four guys.
Speaker 4 (18:02):
Seven thirty six pm, we continued to talk to the
manager of the motel. He went through the registration cards
of the four men who answered the description of the
hold up man that we were after. We were able
to eliminate two of them in the manager's company.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
We left to check out the other two occupants.
Speaker 4 (18:16):
Cabin number twenty six was registered to a John Keller.
He'd given his address A sixteen twenty four Shannon Street,
San Francisco.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
There's nobody here, thought me to open the door.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Bet I let us do it.
Speaker 6 (18:28):
Huh, Sabe he might give you some trouble.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
We don't know, sir.
Speaker 9 (18:31):
I hope not.
Speaker 6 (18:31):
I'll run a quiet place here, like to keep it
that way.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Would you just stand over there?
Speaker 6 (18:35):
It's sure.
Speaker 5 (18:40):
Not here.
Speaker 1 (18:41):
When did you see him last?
Speaker 6 (18:42):
I didn't see him at all today. Last time was
yesterday evening. Came by to see there's any phone messages
for him?
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Did you say who was gonna call him?
Speaker 9 (18:49):
No?
Speaker 6 (18:49):
Kind of impressed me like we was just asking to
kill time.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
I got to check the closet.
Speaker 5 (18:54):
Yeah, I didn't check as good a trick A little now,
for how long has this Keller been here?
Speaker 4 (18:58):
In a couple of days. That's just a couple of days.
I didn't know it caused any trouble. I wouldn't let
him INFID have known that.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Sorry, chick, Yeah you got something. Yeah, I'll do your
laundry here, take a lot. Yeah, burglar tools.
Speaker 4 (19:28):
The burglar tools were not disturbed, untili could be checked
for fingerprints. We asked the manager of the motel to
go back to the office and act as if nothing
had happened.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
When the suspect came in.
Speaker 4 (19:38):
He told us the motel had a switchboard telephone, and
we asked him to ring us in the event the
office called.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
I called the city hall and told him where we were.
Speaker 4 (19:46):
I also asked that another team of men be sent
out to help us with a stakeout. Then Frank and
I settled down to wait for John Keller. The rain
kept up. We waited eight eight thirty, no sign of
the suspect. The office call will say that they were
sending Stuart and Creasy ought to relieve us at midnight
nine ten fifteen pm. Oh, I sure wish we could smoke. Yeah,
(20:09):
I wonder what he's doing out in a night like this.
Sure coming down, isn't it?
Speaker 1 (20:14):
Yeah? I hope saying the kids are all right there?
Anything wrong?
Speaker 2 (20:18):
No, But once in a while in a rams real
heavy like this, the storm drained across the street gets clogged,
water backs up hills the street.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
You know. And we only got another half hour to
go here. Glad to get some dry socks on it.
Holding somebody coming out there? All right? Keller? Standstill? Or
are you?
Speaker 6 (20:43):
What are you doing?
Speaker 1 (20:43):
My place? Place? Office? You're under a.
Speaker 8 (21:00):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (21:05):
Come on, ye, come on, giant, What do you want
me for? I haven't done anything.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
Those your tools in the closet. You guys been snooping
around that are shaken?
Speaker 6 (21:15):
Frank, Yeah, I got a gun. You will find it anyway.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
I got a gun. I give it him. Thirty eight,
I got it.
Speaker 6 (21:23):
Let's get out of here. You got nothing on me.
We call a Laurie. You'll be turning me loose in
a couple of hours.
Speaker 1 (21:28):
Still killer, Yeah, what do you got here?
Speaker 6 (21:33):
Pretty wise? You guys don't miss a trick.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
Thirty two Strapped to his leg, Joe, what are you
doing with that killer?
Speaker 6 (21:40):
Saying nothing until I see a lawyer.
Speaker 4 (21:42):
Where's your wallet in my coat? That way you keep
your money? You know a better place I take it out?
Cops think they own you.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
You ever done any big time? I know what you're
talking about. I come on, Keller, you know what's going on.
You ever done any big time? Yeah? Where back east?
For what? I'm robbery? You want parole?
Speaker 6 (21:59):
Now?
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Your business?
Speaker 5 (22:00):
And look we're going to find out anyways, save yourself
some time and ask some trouble answer.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
The question, saw on parol? What's that proof your parole officer? No,
you're out here?
Speaker 4 (22:07):
Yeah, then't you tell you it's against the law for
a next count? I have a gun, he told me, Well,
how come you got two of them?
Speaker 6 (22:13):
I drove out here. You need protection on a trip
like that.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
How much money you got in your wallet there? I
don't know about how much.
Speaker 6 (22:19):
I haven't got the slightest idea.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
I always know how much I got.
Speaker 6 (22:22):
Maybe it makes a difference to you.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Count it? Put four out it.
Speaker 6 (22:27):
Fifty one hundred, one hundred and fifty, put it.
Speaker 1 (22:31):
Out on the table. We just we can both count
it now. Let's try it again.
Speaker 6 (22:36):
Yes or seven? It's comes out three and fifty three dollars.
You want me to count the change in my pocket too?
Speaker 1 (22:46):
Where did you get the money?
Speaker 8 (22:47):
I worked for it?
Speaker 6 (22:48):
Where any your business?
Speaker 1 (22:49):
All right? Killer, Let's get on town, Frank. You want
you get the tools? Yeah, pick up the money, Killer,
put it back in your wallet.
Speaker 6 (22:55):
I suppose I just leave it there and walk out here?
Wouldn't that make it all?
Speaker 1 (22:58):
You know better than that? And I'll put it back
in your wallet.
Speaker 6 (23:01):
It doesn't make any difference anyway. You guys got nothing
on me. Nothing you can hold me on.
Speaker 1 (23:05):
You come on to you, has.
Speaker 6 (23:09):
I'll get the tools.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
Job right?
Speaker 6 (23:12):
Hey, how about my coat?
Speaker 1 (23:13):
You?
Speaker 8 (23:14):
What coat?
Speaker 1 (23:16):
All right here? Let's go guys.
Speaker 6 (23:19):
You sure gotta feel pretty silly, is that right?
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Sure?
Speaker 6 (23:22):
You got nothing on me? My Laurel have me out
in no time. He's a good lawyer.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
Now he's gonna have to be huh. It gets you
out of this one. The stary you have just heard
is true. The names were changed to protect the innocent.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
On June fourteenth, trial was held in Department ninety seven,
Superior Court of the State of California in and for
the County of Los Angeles. John Rudolph Keller was tried
and convicted of robbery in the first degree one count
and burglary in the first degree six counts, and received
(24:03):
punishment as prescribed by law.
Speaker 1 (24:05):
Robbery and the first degree.
Speaker 3 (24:06):
As punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a
period of not less than five years. Burglary and the
first degree is punishable by imprisonment for a period of
not less than five years in the state penitentiary.
Speaker 8 (24:30):
You have just heard Dragnet, the opening story of your
Police Force in Action and starring Jack Webb, the presentation
of the United States Signed Forces Radio Service.
Speaker 10 (25:01):
Stop Stop, Stop, step.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
T t S, step.
Speaker 6 (25:24):
Strip that.
Speaker 10 (25:29):
Back sends coming that SS come out, Captain.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Speller.
Speaker 10 (25:40):
That's step.
Speaker 1 (25:49):
Back cover
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