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is time for this week's episode of Dragnet. The original air ed eight April
twentyth nineteen fifty and the title is The Big trial. The story you are
about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the
innocent. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to accident investigation felony detail.
In the early hours of the morning, a woman pedestrian is struck down by
hit and run driver. Your job find him. 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, from official police files, from beginning to end,
from crime to punishment. Dragnet is the story if you were a police
force in action. It was Monday, September fourth, was hot in Los
Angeles. We were working a night watch out of Traffic Division. My partner's
Ben Romero. The boss is Captain Sullivan, Commander Aid. My name is
Friday. Was twelve forty five am when I got to the second floor at
one twenty three South for your Au Street accident investigation the Record Bureau. I
wanta hi starting to American back with you. I got a phone wressage for
him. Oh, he's over Georgia's Street. It'll be back a couple of
minutes, so you've got time to take a fifteen seventh. Sure, I
got some additional information on a hit and run felony. All right, pretty
warm up. Here there is a copy of this warmer no, no thanks,
all right. Officer's memo subject Investigation of hit run Felony Dr Number four
six seven ninety two three. Location seventh and Carondelet Streets at c R O
N D E L E T. September third, eleven, fifteen pm.
Division Reporting AID, Division of occurrence central, central, day and time occurred
September third, eleven fifteen pm. Location of occurrence seventh and Corondle eleven.
Just gonna run a long, sergeant, oh page, page and a half.
Go faster and short hand. I can transcribe it later, all right,
excuse me? Uh, this is for Captain H. W. Sullivan,
Commanding Aid Sir. On the above date, at eleven twenty pm,
the undersigned officers went to the corner of Seventh and Carondelet Streets in response to
an ambulance follow up traffic. On our arrival there, he got any matches
one? Yeah, okay. Thanks. On our arrival there, we were
met by eleven T we witnessed ambulance attendants placing an unconscious woman in an ambulance.
She appeared to be critically injured. The victim was removed to George Street
Receiving Hospital. All right. We then interviewed a man who identified himself as
Chester J. Crawford, five four Old Green Oak Drive. He stated that
he was acquainted with the injured woman and that her name was Sheila Gordon Grdn
seven eight three two and a half Seventh Street. Crawford told us that he
was taking her home from a dance and they arrived at the intersection of Seventh
in Corondolet Streets at approximately eleven fifteen pm fifteen okay. Crawford further stated that
while he and Sheila Gordon attempted to cross the intersection, an automobile headed west
on Seventh Street went through the red traffic light. I did you read that
last part? Bank h attempted to cross the intersection, an automobile headed west
on Seventh Street went through the red pathical okay. Crawford told us that he
jumped out of the path of the car and tried to pull him Miss Gordon
with him. He said that the car struck her down without slowing down,
continued out seventh Street and disappeared. I'm sorry and okay uh. Crawford stated
the hit and run car was either a Dodge or a Plymouth, that it
could have been either last year's model or this year's. He described the car
as too fast, flayed sorry. He described the car as either light blue
in color or bluish Green. Said that he failed to get the entire license
number, but that the last three numbers on the rear plate were either eight
oh four or three oh four four or to you that's right keeping uh.
Crawford said he made an attempt to follow the hit run car, but that
he was unable to obtain transportation. He stated he then ran to a phone
at the Corsef Bar and what of course c O R s ev Uh,
that's its seventh in Caronda left and called the police when he undersigned. Officers
then obtained Crawford's full name, address, phone number, proceeded to question residence
the neighborhood. Weren't able to look at any other witnesses besides Crawford. Okay,
A hi, how'd you do? Oh? So it's about all doctor
says. We won't be able to talk to her for at least a couple
of days, maybe not at all. That's your chances fifty to fifty if
she's heavy on lot rebroken ReBs, brain concussion, internal injurer. What Lee
Jones have to say is that all the reports? Sergeant? Oh yeah,
Wanda, we'll have the rest for you a little later. Thanks, okay,
I'll type this much. Thanks for sure. What Lee Jones have to
say? Nothing, he didn't think he went over the area for an hour.
No broken glass from head lights A to p I, no tire,
imprisions worth anything, no physical evidence with a half dead girl in those suspects.
What do you think, Joe, I don't know. It's a sour
one. And he kicked back on the teletype. Here. No, that
guy she was with, Crawford's not too much help, looked a little nearsighted
to me. He saw well enough to get out of the way of that
car. You got the notes? Uh, how much to give it?
Let's see I got it here in the book. Uh. Car was either
a Dodge or a Plymouth late model, color either light blue or blue green.
The last three numbers and the license plate were eight O four or three
O four. It was a big field to pick from. That's the only
lead we own. You can call it that. Yeah, well, I
guess we better talk to DMV get the dope on all cars fitting that description
that Crawford gave us. So it's gonna be a hard trip. At least
three thousand cars truck now, probably closer to four. What do we do
for help? When we can ask the captain in the morning, I'll get
it you bracket bureauro now, yell it. Yeah, we bring them out
over Yeah? What stay Jones again? Yeah, he says he wants to
close. Sheila Gordon was wearing at the time of the accident. He figures
when she got hit, her clothes must have left fabric marks on the front
of the car. It might work, it's only one trouble. What's that
you can paint off fabric marks? Well, it's a long list. Let's
take it from the top. Yeah, find the car. Tuesday, September
fifth, we called Mark Benson at DMV and asked for full information on all
vehicles fitting the general description of the hit run car. We went back and
talked to the only witness to the hit and run, the victim's boyfriend,
Chester Crawford. He could add nothing to what he had already told us.
There was no response to the local teletype and the all points that were sent
out the night before. Garaga's auto repair and paint shops throughout the city were
also alerted. Meantime, at General Hospital, the victim, Sheila Gordon,
was still close to death. The search for the hit run car went on.
Two days passed Thursday, September seventh, The information re requested from DMV
was being checked out and compiled. Ben and I met with Captain Sullivan.
That's the last devil skipper. All the cars in this area that fit the
general description is the one where aft you just get it? Yeah? How
many cars do they list? Four thousand, six hundred and twenty You more
than you expect it, eh, Yeah, no chance at all of narrowing
it down, and that we can see no terrific order. Well, we
try to figure it from every angle. Now we can do it two ways.
Yeah, we keep the alert on for the hit run car around the
divisions, all the garages in town, the auto repair shops. In other
words, we can wait it out. Maybe we'll get the guy, maybe
not. Yeah, Or we can check out every one of the cars on
this list and the registered owners. Well, the first way isn't gonna do
the job. We know that forty six hundred cars. How much hope of
an in about thirty forty man out on a couple of weeks, maybe more,
all right, but I think I can get him a metro division.
What do you wanna start? First thing tomorrow? Okay, I'll set it
out right, skipper. Hey, excuse me, Joe as the lady out
here to see it? Okay, thanks, Uh, we'll check you in
the morning, scamper, Right, that's her over there. Thank My name's
Friday. Man. This is Sarge at Romearro. How do you do I'm
Doyle, I tell Sergeant I'm Sheila Gordon's landlady, the girl in the accident.
Yes, ma'am, or mister Crawford, he was the Chila that night
he told me about you and he said he thought you might be able to
help. I mean, well, it's a long story. See. When
Sheila Gordon first came to live at my rooming house, she was a good
girl like the rest. Lately, well, i'd be in sick now and
all I don't like to say it. Yeah, well, rankly last few
months before the accident. Chila just went bad, went bad completely. I
don't think I follow you man, Oh you know, carousing all kinds of
men. Visitors, had a different man in her apartment every night. Well,
we're investigating a hit run case, ma'am. Chili gets out of the
hospital. Need to talk about her when she's sick like this, But when
she's all right. I don't want her back in my rooming house. I'm
afraid that's none of our business either, ma'am. But if you could talk
to Sheila persuaded a move from my house. I don't want any wrangle with
the Randall board again. Couldn't you talk to her? I'm sorry, there's
nothing we can do, ma'am. You better talk to her yourself. Just
be another row like the last time, shameless woman. I don't want Sheila
Gordon back in my house. I'll go to that hospital myself and tell up.
She's a pretty sick girl. It's not my fault. Go right over
to that hospital and tell her what I think of it. She's hurt pretty
bad, oh am. I she's hurt me. What's the difference. You
haven't been run over by a car. Next morning, Sergeant's reed and McLennan,
Ben and myself joined the forty men from Metropolitan Division who had started checking
out the first of the forty six hundred and twenty suspected cars. The detail
was broken down into teams, and each team was handed a list containing the
names of one hundred registered car owners. It was a long job and a
dull one. Dozens of people weren't at home when we called. We had
to rig up a system of checkbacks for each one of these. Some cars
had changed hands two and three times. That meant more checking. By the
end of the second week, we've gone through more than half of the forty
six hundred names on the list. By the end of the fourth week,
we had less than a thousand to go. At the General hospital, the
victim, Sheila Gordon, was pronounced out of danger and recovering. We questioned
her, but all she could tell us was that she thought the hit and
run car was a dark color. The search went on Mondayctober sixth, Ben
and I spent a ten hour day checking a list of car on her south
of town. Was six thirty five pm when we got back to the office.
Hi, Hi, read how'd you do today? Fair? Looks like
we got one. What do you mean? Guy's name is Ralph Angelo.
Uh, let's see UH eighty six ninety back of the road checked him out
early this morning, first call. What's he get? One's a late model
Plymouth like blue license number there it is UH one seven Arthur two eight o
four. Wasn't home? Talked to his wife? Yeah, she said the
car's been sitting home in the garage in the past month. Husband won't drive
it. What's historic? Told her there was something wrong? Whether he was
going to trade it in with Glenn? And I tried it cars and first
last ship? What about the front end of the car pretty clean? One
of the bars and the radiator girl slightly bent south Cresa and who had another
one in the right fender? Did you bring the car in? Yeah,
crown Eyes were working on it since lunch down the garage. Anything else?
Uh? Found a gaser seat in the glove compartment dated September third, nine
of the accident. Where's Angelo now? Santa Barbara? Business trip? Do
home to night about ten m Glenn and I will pick him up then,
see what you gotta say? And sounds good? How many possibilities that make
Joe? Let me see about a thirty seven hundred. We've checked about four
goodness, I get that accident investigation Friday. Hi Joe, this is Lee
Jones. Yelly just finished checking the Plymouth reading. McLennan brought in. You
find anything fabric prints and front bumper on the hut huh, indentation of soft
object on hood and right front fender. Something else on that fender. What's
a set of lip impressions? What's it mean? We found the car?
Only one job left? Yeah, find a driver. You are listening to
drag nets. The case history of a police investigation presented in the public Interest.
Monday, October sixth ten PM, Suspect Ralph Angelo was picked up at
his home by investigating officers and brought downtown to the interrogation room. Sergeants Reed
and McLennan, Ben and myself questioned him for three hours. At one thirty
am, we took Angelo to the county jail, where it was booked in
suspicion of five oh one vehicle code hit and run felony. The next morning
we obtained a warrant from the District Attorney's office, and later that day Ralph
Angelo was arigned in Municipal Court Division seven, a date was set for his
preliminary hearing in municipal Court. Sheila Gordon recovered from her injuries and was released
from the General Hospital. On October tenth, the preliminary hearing was held.
Sheila Gordon was on the stand most of the morning. After the noon recess,
I was called to testify. Made your right hands. Did you tell
me story? The testimony is about to get hunting in the kids. You
the truth will nothing about his help of that? I know? Stay gnat
Jill Friday to seated state your name, pleased, Joe Friday. Their address
forty six fifty six Collis Avenue, occupation. I'm a police officer in the
Florida City of Los Angeles. Uh you one of the investigating officers assigned to
this case? I am. Did you have a conversation with the defendant regarding
the case? I did? Where in the Traffic division at one twenty three
South Figure Rolli Street. Who was president the defendant, Sergeant McLennan reed Romeo
myself. Were the statements made by the defendant free and voluntary? They were?
Was there any promise of the community or reward or the use of force
of violence? Did you say make statement, no, it was none.
Tell the court the extent of the conversation at that time. Well, first
of all, I asked him if he was the registered owner of a nineteen
forty eight Plymouth Automobile California license number one seven arthirty two, eight oh four.
He admitted that he was, And then I asked him if he was
driving a car on the night of September three. He said he was,
but that he did not drive anywhere near the location of the hit and run
felony that night at the seventh in Carondo led Street. Did the defendant tell
you where he drove his car that night? No, s You asked the
defendant where he drove his car that night of September there, Yes, I
did. And what did he answer? Well, he said, it's none
of your business. Did you persist in this line of question? Yes,
I did, defendant continue to refuse to give you the information? That's right.
Uh. Did the defendant state where he was on the night of September
third, ten pm and midnight? He refused to tell us. He advise
the defendant at that time that his car had been impounded for investigation, That's
right. Did you advise him the several points of incriminating evidence I had been
found in the car, Yes, we did. And what did he say?
An answer, Well, he said, you can't prove a thing.
I wasn't near the place. You can't prove a thing. It was that
the sending the conversations being you and the dependent yours. Thank you. That's
all confer for different no questions. You're on uh leland Jones. I do
understand that's your right name. Some me swear the testimony about the depending this
kiss be the truth of bout truth, nothing but the truth. Off again,
I do stitch name Lee Jones. God seated your opputations. I'm a
police officer in and father city of Los Angeles. Particular detail, Are you
scientist? I'm a lieutenant in charge of the police Crime Laboratory. Well uh
ConfL defense stipulate the witnesses a qualified forensic chemist. Still stipulated to Jones,
you are the commander in charge of the Police Department Scientific Investigation Division. Is
that correct? Yes, yes, Jones. I will show you a photograph
an automobile California like December one, seven, eight to eight oh four to
be marked people's exhibit C. Have you ever seen this car? Four.
Yeah, where and when did you see it? Three? I saw at
the Traffic Division Garage one twenty three South figure Over Street, Monday, October
sixth this year. Did you make examination of this car at that time?
I did? What did the examination consist of? And? Uh? What
were you finding? I made a systematic examination of the car using omplete lighting
from a five hundred photo flood lamp and a bell type reflector. I found
the folly evidence of excuse me on the front bumper of the car. I
found fabric marks consisting of fifty one threats to the edge. I then took
a perpendicular photograph of those marks with a copy camera. Here is a photograph
of that portion of the bumper containing those marks. Uh, I wish this
photograph we marked people's exhibits d redentilication. You procede treat mister Joe. What
else did you find in your exactamination of the attendance car? I found fabric
marks on the cowling of the car standing back under the hood. These marks
were made by fabric having a weave of thirty eight ribs to the inch side.
They have air a photograph of noise marks. Yeah, I'm gonna ask
this photograph of mark peoples exhibits. Eat. So what else did you find
your examination of the cars? Joe? I also noted an indentation in the
right portion of the car's hood and had the appearance of having been made by
a soft object and closed in fabric striking the car. Human body struck by
a car makes such an indentation, Yes, it would. There's a photograph
I took of that indentation on the defense carm I asked this photographic markers people's
exhibits and some mark all right, continue this John. On the top of
the right hand fender of the car, I found a lip imprint in red
lipstick. I lifted that print with a piece of celifaing tape, then placed
the tape on a plain white card, which I have my share with me.
Yep as this card mark exhibit G. It's a market. Oh,
mister Jones, these pieces of evidence which you found on the defendant's car,
Uh, did you compare them with other objects? I did? Well?
If please state what comparisons you made and your fighting. Well. In the
first place, I find that the uh fabric marks in People's Exhibit C taken
from the bumper of the car has the same comparence as the stockings won by
the victim, Sheela Gordon. Secondly, I found the fabric marks shown in
the People's Exhibit D from the cowling hood of the car to be the same
cont parench as the coat won by the defendant. I further made a comparison
between the lip imprint found on the right fenders shown in People's Exhibit G and
various exemples of the victim's lips. She made the exemplar by placing her lips
against heavy, stiff white pick. I have those exempt cries with h as
they mars People's Exhibit EG. So mark I mean. I asked how did
the lip imprint taken from the defendant's car compare with these sample imprints made by
the victim's lips. I found that there were seventeen points of similarity between the
two. These points of similarity consists of various uh small lines or wrinkles which
match identically, as a may be seen in the photographs. Right Jones,
do you have an opinion as to the origin of the lip imprint on the
defendant's car as shown in People's Exhibit G. I do, what is that
my opinion that the lip imprint on the defendant's car has shown an exhibit g
was made by the lips of the victim, Sheila Gordon with Well, mister
Jones, we recognize, of course that you're a qualified forensic chemist, but
are you going to set yourself up as an expert on women's lips too?
Well, I've done some research in that part too, mister Jones. Isn't
it possible that any number of lip imprints made by different people would look exactly
alike. No, it's not possible. There are no two things in the
world exactly alike. There are no two sets of lip imprints alike. Well,
anyone who's been around at all would know that. That's all, mister
Jones. Thank you. The peoples gaves your honor defense. We will not
offer any defense at this time, Your honor. It appears to me that
a felony has been committed and reasonable cause to believe that the defendant committed it.
The defendent will be held to answer in Superior Court. Tuesday, November
fourth, Suspect Ralph Angelo was arraigned in Superior Court Department eighty eight eight and
the date of his trial was set for December first. During the weeks preceding
the set of the trial, we worked with Lee Jones and the District Attorney's
office preparing the case against Ralph Angelo. Two days before the trial opened,
we had a visit from one of the men from the DA's office process server
all Right Burke Ahi got yeah. Sheila Gordon's disappeared. Wednesday, December first,
Ralph Angelo's trial opened and Sheila Gordon was called to the stand. She
failed to appear. We checked her few known friends in the city. They
couldn't help. She had disappeared from her new address and taken everything with her.
A bench warrant was issued by Superior Court for Sheila Gordon. The Deputy
District Attorney succeeded in having the court granted delay in order to find the missing
girl in this case, the complaining witness. Meantime, we got out a
local broadcast in an APB. We got Missing Persons Detail to help out on
the search. Still no sign. Ralph Angelo's lawyer asked the court for dismissal
of the hit and run felony case because of Sheila Gordon's failure to appear.
On December the eighth, the court ruled on the motion regarding the motion by
the defense for dismissal of hit and run felony charges against ralfci Angelo because of
the prosecution's failure to produce the complaining witness through which Sheila R. Gordon,
the court feels it would not serve the interests of justice to continue the case
cases myths. The search for Sheila Gordon went on behind us. We had
logged three solid months of police work, checking and running down more than four
thousand cars, hours of labor in the crime lamb, more hours pounding the
pavement, questioning people, checking, re checking. Without a trial and a
conviction, it didn't mean a thing. Three days before Christmas, we received
information that the missing girl was living in a small town south of Los Angeles.
Ben and I checked the address. What was the apartment number seven A
one? Oh yeah, uh again, yeah, oh you two, come
in, Come in, make yourself at home. I'm sorry to play such
a mass little party earlier tonight. It's messed up. What about the trial?
Why didn't you show considan see I'll tell you what. I'll freshen up
a little, put on some makeup. What about the trial? I didn't
have anything against the guy. I didn't mean to run me down. You
You wouldn't happen to have a drink on you, would you? You know
better than that. Why didn't you show up at the trial? I told
you I didn't have anything against the guy? Or was it a payoff?
Look? Why don't we go out and get something then we can come back
and have a party. How much did he give you? Fifty dollars?
He was awful? Nice? You agreed not to show in court. I
didn't have anything against the guy. That's all. Better get your coat.
Why that's what the court wants to know. You're taking me in Why is
there any law against forgiving? Yeah, when you get paid for it.
The story you have just heard was true, only the names were changed to
protect the innocent. On February third, trial was held in Superior Court,
Department eighty eighth, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California.
In a moment the results of that trial, Sheila Gordon was returned to Los
Angeles and a new date was set for the trial of Ralph Angelo. Subsequently,
he was tried and found guilty as charged. Angelo was also tried,
along with Sheila Gordon, for compounding a felony. They were both convicted and
received the sentence as prescribed by law. They are now serving their terms in
the state penitentiary. You have just heard Dragnets, a series of authentic cases
from official fails. Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of
Police W. A. Wharton, Los Angeles Police Department. The Halls of
Ivy is especially pleasant listening tomorrow on NBC Welcome Back. I thought that the
way they made expositional dialogue fit right into the plot was a really interesting device,
with Friday using a bunch of it, but it being okay because they
were doing it for a police report that a stenographer was writing down and later
he was recounting the information in the testimony. We also got to hear what
a preliminary hearing was like in the nineteen fifties. I think we're fairly familiar
with the concept, as this procedure has been featured in many fictional programs but
also in real life cases that have drawn national attention. I didn't note that
Friday just gave his name as Joe here, whereas in an episode from nineteen
forty nine he gave his name as Joseph. I wonder whether there was some
change in procedure, for it was just a reflection of the writer's preferences.
Then we got the detailed direct testimony of Lee Jones and the saucy cross examination.
Lee Jones was like, I know a thing or two about let prints.
Let me tell you. Kind of awkward, but I think it had
an understandable reason because the way that he was cross examined reflect the newness of
a lot of the public awareness of physical evidence. A defense tactic would be
to ridicule the evidence and undermine the jury's faith that it can determine anything,
will provide any evidentiary value that you could rely on, and make it absurd.
Jones used humor to reflect and also though he did reflect confidence in what
he knew and on his understanding of the evidence and wasn't going to be backed
off. This was also one of those cases where some of the random things
police officers encounter turned out to be relevant. With the landlady coming to them
to complain about the victim, her complaint was something the police couldn't care less
about, and ideally, if you're a victim of a crime, the police
shouldn't be there to judge you or your lifestyle but to ensure the person who
committed a crime against you is brought to justice. Obviously, if you've committed
a crime, that's something else, and the police need to prosecute that if
appropriate. But they did exactly what they're supposed to do. And they were
even in a subtle way trying to say to the landlady, come on,
she's in the hospital. She might not even survive. Maybe you need to
back off. But they did their job. And then she goes ahead and
ditches the trial for a fifty dollars ride. And I think this episode really
gives you perspective because I can see someone who's just kind of a casual news
reader, you know, and they hear about this story and they're like,
you know, what's the big deal. He didn't even intend to hear her.
And it's not this huge charge. If she doesn't want to press charges,
what's the problem. The big deal is that the people of Los Angeles
paid for thousands of man hours of work on this case, and effectively she
took a bribe to ignore subpoena and the case fell apart. And you can't
have a functioning justice system if that happens. If people are able to pull
those sorts of stunts. Now, one thing some people might wonder about is
how they were able to prosecute if the case was dismissed. Now, it's
worth noting that there are actually two ways a case can be dismissed. One
is with prejudice, which means it can't be brought again and it's effectively the
same as equipmental. The second is dismissal without prejudice, which means it can
be refiled later if whatever defect was in the case has resolved. In this
case, since she came back, they could go ahead and proceed with the
case. Now. They didn't say the without prejudice part, and I don't
know why, but to be fair, they did a lot of legal maneuvering
and language in this episode, so I can't complain too much about that.
All right, Well, listener comments and feedback now, and we start with
a couple of comments reviews left by Alexis, who has rated so many of
our episodes over there, and I really appreciate Alexis doing that because that helps
get us noticed on the Good Pawns app But there are a couple of comments,
and they both related to Dragnet regarding the episode The Big Gangster Alexis Riots,
how patient were they during the fitting. Modern police shows would have stopped
that much sooner. And of course that references the scene in The Big Gangster
Part two where they sat through this entire thing where a guy was being fitted
for a suit, and then they said, you know, can we go
ahead and ask you some questions and then you can go on after a good
deal of time. Now, of course that reflects Dragnette's dedication to realism and
the fact it wasn't just playing to the audience's attention span. And I think
the realism part of it was in that case, there had been a crime
committed, the person they were wanting to question was not particularly friendly to the
police, and they needed this guy's cooperation. They needed him not to have
he and his friends go off half cocked and start a gang war. That's
what they're trying to prevent. And so realistically they're going to be a bit
more deferential this person. They don't suspect he's done anything that's relevant to their
investigation. They're not trying to get him for a crime. They're trying to
get information and cooperation, and they need goodwill. So They're going to be
a lot more patient than they might be if they suspected this guy was guilty
of a crime or was the target of their investigation, and certainly a little
more patient than the audience might prefer. And then regarding the Big Book,
Alexis writes, the director of the Square Shooters Club was that a real thing?
Surely that was Colonel Potter from mash Well, thanks for the comment,
and know the Square Shooters Club was not a real thing, although there were
clubs like it, and they were not trying to antagonize those real life clubs,
but to address an argument that might be raped. And yes, the
voice was Harry Morgan who played Colonel Potter, but I guess here we more
often refer to his role as Bill Gannon, Joe Friday's partner in the nineteen
sixties Dragnet TV series. Thanks again for the comments, Alexis. And now
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the first place? Well, you see, Muriel, friend of mine,
put her money in Barnes Company, and she made a fabulous profit. Fabulous
is a nice word for it. Just how good a friend is this,
Muriel? Oh? Very good? That's how long? Oh a month?
He cooks the finger you rush in and gets done. But now, now,
now, now, don't get the wrong idea about Muriel. She's a
nice girl. Oh, no, doubt she wouldn't lie to me. No,
of course not. He claimed dealing with Barnes as profitable for her.
Well, I'm sure it is a nice fat profit for every sucker. Now
you're wrong in that case. You still want to hire me, yes,
but you'll find out how wrong you are. All right, you're thinking of
this as a swindle, but it's not Barnes meant to pay off. I'm
sure that he did pay off to Muriel, but now something's happened and he's
stalling. Apparently he's hard pressed for cash. Well, if mister Barnes were
so hard pressed for cash, I think I'll off from some and see what
happens. I hope you'll be with us then in the meantime, send your
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