1 00:00:28,399 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. 2 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,280 This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're 3 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,320 going to bring you this week's episode of drag Now. 4 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,520 Before we do, I want to encourage you, if you 5 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:46,920 enjoy the podcast, to follow us using your favorite podcast software. 6 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,719 Today's program is brought you in part by the financial 7 00:00:49,719 --> 00:00:53,399 support of our listeners. You can support the show on 8 00:00:53,439 --> 00:00:56,520 a one time basis by mailing a donation to Adam 9 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:02,439 Graham Peelbox one point nine one three one thirteen, Boisei 10 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:06,079 Allohol eight three seven one five. You can also become 11 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,519 one of our ongoing Patreon supporters for as little ass 12 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:14,200 two dollars per month at Patreon dot Great Detectives dot net. 13 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:19,439 Now from November ninth, nineteen fifty, here is the Big Mother. 14 00:01:27,359 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 2: The story you were about to hear is true, only 15 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:39,920 the names have been changed to protect the innocent. You're 16 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:44,280 a detective sergeant. You're assigned to homicide detail. A newborn 17 00:01:44,359 --> 00:01:47,599 baby is taken from a hospital nursery. There's no trace 18 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,400 of the infant, there's no trace of the abductor. Your 19 00:01:51,519 --> 00:02:01,959 job find them. 20 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 3: Dragnet the documented drama of an actual crime. For the 21 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,159 next thirty minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 22 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,520 you will travel step by step on the side of 23 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,919 the law through an actual case transcribed from official police bolence, 24 00:02:15,479 --> 00:02:19,360 from beginning to end, from crime to punishment. Dragnet is 25 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,319 the story of your police force in action. 26 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 4: It was Thursday, January twenty eighth. It was raining in 27 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,479 Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of homicide. 28 00:02:32,599 --> 00:02:35,759 My partner's Ben Romero, the boss's captain Steve, my name's Dragon. 29 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,319 Was eleven thirty five pm when we got to Mercy 30 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,879 Hospital on Norwich Avenue, the main entrance. 31 00:02:46,039 --> 00:02:47,199 Speaker 5: Better check it to death. 32 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,879 Speaker 6: To bed a Wales. 33 00:02:54,039 --> 00:02:58,319 Speaker 5: To be wayne police officers. We received a call from 34 00:02:58,360 --> 00:02:58,879 the hospital here. 35 00:02:58,919 --> 00:02:59,719 Speaker 7: Oh, yes, you're right this. 36 00:02:59,719 --> 00:03:01,719 Speaker 5: Way, Yes, ma'am. 37 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 7: Doctor Welsh is waiting for him. 38 00:03:03,319 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 5: Is he the man in charge? 39 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,319 Speaker 7: Oh no, doctor Welsh is the ahead of the hospital. 40 00:03:08,439 --> 00:03:09,599 Please doctor Wells. 41 00:03:09,479 --> 00:03:16,599 Speaker 5: All I mean please, thank you? Yes, doctor Walsh. How 42 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,680 do you do? It's my partner side at Romero. My 43 00:03:19,759 --> 00:03:22,879 name is Friday, waiting for you. You have a seat, bib, 44 00:03:23,039 --> 00:03:25,319 Thank you, Thank you, gentlemen. 45 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,159 Speaker 8: I just got here a few moments ago, myself no, 46 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:28,439 doctor knows as much about this. 47 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 5: As I do. We were notified that a three day 48 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:31,319 old baby's missing. Is that correct? 49 00:03:31,439 --> 00:03:31,599 Speaker 2: Yes? 50 00:03:31,759 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 8: One of the striker twins gone his Tuesday money. 51 00:03:34,479 --> 00:03:35,599 Speaker 5: Where'd the baby disappear? From? 52 00:03:35,639 --> 00:03:38,199 Speaker 8: Doctor, nursery? I can't understand how it could happen. Never 53 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:39,919 heard of such a thing. Who was in charge of 54 00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:42,919 the nursery, Nurse O'Connor. She's back with the superintendent of nurses, 55 00:03:43,039 --> 00:03:45,000 quite upset, and I'd like to talk to her. Yes here, 56 00:03:45,039 --> 00:03:53,879 we would, all right, That's why I please, you can't 57 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,400 understand it. How did a baby disappear like that? After 58 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,439 the parents have been notified? He's on his way in 59 00:03:58,439 --> 00:04:01,599 and now I haven't told the mother yet. When did 60 00:04:01,599 --> 00:04:03,560 they first notice the baby was gone? I understand it 61 00:04:03,599 --> 00:04:04,439 was around eleven pm. 62 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,759 Speaker 5: Call came into our office about eleven twenty. 63 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 8: Go ahead, certain, that's o connor, Yes, Doctor Wilson. These 64 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,840 gentlemen are from the police department, certain amount starting Friday. 65 00:04:15,439 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 6: What do you do? 66 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 5: You want to know all about what happened tonight? 67 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:20,079 Speaker 8: You know, of course a serious matter. 68 00:04:20,199 --> 00:04:22,399 Speaker 5: Try to tell exactly how it happened. I'll try, doctor 69 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:23,319 an officer. 70 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,639 Speaker 4: Well, we know that you're probably pretty upset, nurse. Now 71 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,480 you just relax and take your time. Yes, sir, when 72 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,480 did you first notice that the Striker baby was missing? 73 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:33,879 Speaker 6: Must have happened somewhere between eleven o'clock and ten minutes 74 00:04:33,879 --> 00:04:34,920 past eleven. I'm sure of that. 75 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 5: How were you sure of that? 76 00:04:36,519 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 6: I came on duty a few minutes of four eleven. 77 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:40,240 I took the night reports as usual, and I started 78 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,000 checking the orders and the formulas. I remember very well 79 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:44,720 if both the Striker twins were in their cribs at 80 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,879 that time. I think it must have been about five 81 00:04:47,879 --> 00:04:50,040 minutes past eleven when I got this phone call from home. 82 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:51,680 My mother's been sick, late labors about her. 83 00:04:52,199 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 5: How far did you have to go to answer the phone? 84 00:04:54,079 --> 00:04:55,879 Speaker 6: About ten feet down the hole from the nursery, just 85 00:04:55,879 --> 00:04:56,600 around the corner. 86 00:04:56,759 --> 00:04:58,639 Speaker 5: Could you see the entrance to the nursery from where 87 00:04:58,639 --> 00:04:59,639 you were talking on the phone. 88 00:04:59,759 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 6: No, so I couldn't. I was only on the phone 89 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,040 for a minute or two. Soon as I hung up, 90 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:04,120 I came right back to the nursery. 91 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:06,519 Speaker 5: Was the telephone call actually from your mother? 92 00:05:06,759 --> 00:05:08,879 Speaker 6: Yes, sir, My mother is a hard condition. She wanted 93 00:05:08,879 --> 00:05:10,319 me to be sure and have a prescription field. 94 00:05:10,879 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 5: What time was it when you got back to the nursery, owner, 95 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:13,959 Can you remember. 96 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 6: That it wasn't quite ten minutes past eleven. So I 97 00:05:15,879 --> 00:05:17,199 came back through the door and the nursery. 98 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:17,879 Speaker 5: I noticed right. 99 00:05:17,759 --> 00:05:19,759 Speaker 6: Away one of the cribs was empty. One of the 100 00:05:19,759 --> 00:05:21,000 Striker twins was gone. 101 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,319 Speaker 5: Is there more than one entrance to the nursery insatia. 102 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:25,959 Speaker 6: Yes, sir, there are two entrances, but at night one 103 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:26,839 of the us keept locked. 104 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 4: Is it possible that somebody in the hospital, maybe a doctor, 105 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:32,319 took the baby for examination or some kind of. 106 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:33,160 Speaker 5: Treatment, No, sir. 107 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 6: Just as soon as I noticed the baby was gone, 108 00:05:35,399 --> 00:05:36,920 I went to the head nurse and two of us 109 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,120 contacted everybody in the hospital. No one knew anything about it. 110 00:05:40,399 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 4: Well, is it possible that the child's mother could have 111 00:05:42,519 --> 00:05:44,399 come down from the second floor and taken the baby. 112 00:05:44,519 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 6: No, so, Miss Strike has been asleep since ten o'clock. 113 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:47,199 She still asleep. 114 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 5: Are there any other nurses or at tennant's working near 115 00:05:49,759 --> 00:05:51,279 the nursery when the baby disappeared? 116 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 6: No, no reason for anyone besides myself to be around 117 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,120 at that time. None of the cleaning people, they'd all 118 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:56,600 gone home. 119 00:05:57,079 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 5: Doctor Walsh. I wondered if we could to have a 120 00:05:58,639 --> 00:06:02,560 look at the nursery now, want nurse O'Connor to come along, yes, 121 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:11,319 would you believe? Yes? Where gentlemen stir down the hall? 122 00:06:13,199 --> 00:06:15,959 What are the hospital visiting eyes? Doctor usual? 123 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:17,879 Speaker 8: Two until four in the afternoon, seven to nine in 124 00:06:17,879 --> 00:06:19,319 the Evening's quite strict about that. 125 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:21,399 Speaker 4: Do you know if all the visitors had left the 126 00:06:21,399 --> 00:06:22,800 hospital by nine o'clock tonight? 127 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 8: Of course I wasn't here, but the Superintendent of nurses 128 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:26,399 told me they had all left by nine. 129 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 5: She's compelling our listen to every visitor we had this evening. 130 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:29,839 It was good. 131 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,519 Speaker 9: They'll all have to be checked nursers right here as 132 00:06:33,639 --> 00:06:39,120 mm hm. This empty crib just inside the window here, Yes, sir, 133 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,240 that's where the baby was. You can see it's right 134 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:41,959 next to the door here. 135 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,399 Speaker 5: I noticed that there's no blanket in the crib. 136 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,439 Speaker 6: Is that missing too, Yes, sir, crib's just the way 137 00:06:46,439 --> 00:06:47,879 I found it when I came back in the telephon. 138 00:06:47,959 --> 00:06:48,560 I haven't touched it. 139 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 5: Are there any marks of identification of the blanket or 140 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:51,720 the clothing? 141 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 6: Each one's stenciled Mersey Hospital. Each baby wears an ID bracelet. 142 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:57,439 Speaker 4: Doctor I wonder if we could have that crib brought 143 00:06:57,439 --> 00:06:59,319 out to have a check for possible fingerprints. 144 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:01,879 Speaker 5: Certainly, of course. Is this the other door of the nursery? 145 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:02,839 And thanks you, miss o Connor. 146 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:04,319 Speaker 6: That's right, Sergeant, I checked it. 147 00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 5: It's locked. That large window on the other side of 148 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,240 the nursery not a stationary window. 149 00:07:08,079 --> 00:07:10,079 Speaker 6: Yes, sir, it is. It faces onto a small court. 150 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,279 Speaker 5: I want whoever took the baby had to use this door, so. 151 00:07:12,279 --> 00:07:14,639 Speaker 6: The only way they could have gotten in. Oh, excuse 152 00:07:14,639 --> 00:07:15,959 me minute, I want to attend to the baby. 153 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 5: Sure, listen that, Jim. Yeah, doctor. Are there any other 154 00:07:24,279 --> 00:07:26,879 entrances open at night besides the main one, not after 155 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:27,399 ten pm? 156 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,879 Speaker 8: Or just the main entrance on our which air there's 157 00:07:29,879 --> 00:07:30,759 a nurse on duty. 158 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,759 Speaker 5: There at all times. How about the parents? Is there 159 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:33,800 anything unusual there? 160 00:07:33,959 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 10: No, if I was working man, I was a housewife. 161 00:07:36,959 --> 00:07:39,920 But the baby's perfectly normal, nothing unusual at all. Three 162 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,800 day old baby. They usually take a lot of careful handling, 163 00:07:42,839 --> 00:07:46,360 don't there. It's definitely first week is always critical, this thing. 164 00:07:46,519 --> 00:07:48,879 Speaker 8: Taking a three day old infant out in this weather, 165 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,480 cold rain, Fred, The odds. 166 00:07:51,199 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 5: Are all against the child. Were sure the main entrance 167 00:07:53,759 --> 00:07:56,800 was the only one open after ten o'clock. Yes, I 168 00:07:56,839 --> 00:07:58,959 can't understand it. How could anyone get that baby out 169 00:07:58,959 --> 00:08:01,560 of that hospital. We're not sure they did. 170 00:08:06,839 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 4: Midnight, three day old twin boy was missing from his 171 00:08:09,639 --> 00:08:12,319 crib in the hospital nursery. That's all we knew. We 172 00:08:12,519 --> 00:08:14,959 checked the list of possibilities. The baby could have been 173 00:08:14,959 --> 00:08:18,040 taken for ransom. Somebody wanted revenge in the Striker family 174 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,519 and decided on the baby as the best means. Maybe 175 00:08:20,519 --> 00:08:23,639 someone just wanted a child, someone mentally unsound, a maniac, 176 00:08:23,759 --> 00:08:26,560 a pervert. Maybe an accident had happened at the hospital, 177 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,720 somebody wanted to cover up. Possibly one of the parents 178 00:08:29,759 --> 00:08:32,480 of their families had a motive. Perhaps somebody just wanted 179 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,080 the child dead. We called the office and got out 180 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,279 an APB and the Striker baby in a description of 181 00:08:37,279 --> 00:08:38,279 the blanket and the clothing. 182 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:40,879 Speaker 5: Details of officers were alerted at the bus. 183 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 4: Depots, railroad terminals, the airports, all public transportation facilities. Steps 184 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,240 were taken to notify doctors, hospital, sanitariums, anybody in any 185 00:08:48,279 --> 00:08:50,600 place where a three day old baby might be taken. 186 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,879 The entire area around Mercy Hospital was canvass no information. 187 00:08:55,519 --> 00:08:58,600 The baby's crib was dusted for prints, no leads, no 188 00:08:58,639 --> 00:09:03,279 physical evidence. The investigation continued. When George Stryker, the father 189 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,000 of the child, arrived, Ben and I met with him 190 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,000 in the office of the hospital superintendent. Can we let 191 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,840 people know about it? Newspapers and the radio. 192 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 5: We've already covered that. Stories and pictures have gone out 193 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,240 to the papers. We've notified the radio stations. They're getting 194 00:09:16,279 --> 00:09:19,120 out broadcast on How am I gonna tell my wife? 195 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 4: Also, there's only one thing that we can promise you. 196 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:23,519 We'll do everything we can to find your baby. 197 00:09:23,639 --> 00:09:25,799 Speaker 5: But isn't there something I can do? Isn't there some 198 00:09:25,879 --> 00:09:26,679 way I can help? 199 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 4: This is just a remote possibility, mister Striker, but you 200 00:09:29,879 --> 00:09:32,279 ought to know about it. What's that In case anybody 201 00:09:32,279 --> 00:09:34,320 contacts you regarding your baby, in case they make any 202 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:36,600 demands on you for money or anything else, we want 203 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:37,879 you to notify us immediately. 204 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,679 Speaker 5: What could they expect to get from us? We own 205 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,120 our home. That's about all. We just want to cover 206 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,159 all the possibilities, missus Stricker, in case any demand at 207 00:09:46,159 --> 00:09:48,039 all is made. Don't try to deal with the people, 208 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:52,399 all right, Yes, sir, I understand? So I did. Yeah, 209 00:09:52,639 --> 00:09:54,960 one of the mental homicide. Like to see outside start 210 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,080 going to leapis fall. Thank you doctor, We'll have to 211 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,559 go down missus tractor. We'll keep you involved, all right, 212 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:04,840 thank you, Joe. Yeah, I'll leave us. 213 00:10:05,039 --> 00:10:07,399 Speaker 11: Say we got something back here and seen us and 214 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,159 I was a night watchman out back the side of 215 00:10:09,159 --> 00:10:10,879 the hospital and faces on of Stacy Avenue. 216 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 5: Yeah, two doors back there, just off the street. One 217 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:14,120 I'm is open. 218 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 4: Together with Sergeant belave Us and doctor Watts, the head 219 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,000 of the hospital, we went back and examined the side 220 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,919 door which opened on the Stacy Avenue. The latch was 221 00:10:25,919 --> 00:10:28,840 obviously folly. It took only slight pressure on the door 222 00:10:28,879 --> 00:10:31,320 to open it. The latch, both door knobs, and the 223 00:10:31,399 --> 00:10:34,399 door itself were dusted for prints. The entranceway in the 224 00:10:34,399 --> 00:10:38,279 immediate area were rechecked. No leads, no physical evidence. We 225 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,559 traced an imaginary path from the open door. 226 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:41,039 Speaker 5: To the nursery. 227 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:43,039 Speaker 4: We came to the conclusion that it could have been 228 00:10:43,039 --> 00:10:45,720 possible for an abductor to enter the hospital, make his 229 00:10:45,759 --> 00:10:47,960 way to the nursery, take the child from its crib 230 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,200 in the absence of the night nurse, and leave but 231 00:10:50,279 --> 00:10:53,840 the same side door without being seen. Store keepers and 232 00:10:53,919 --> 00:10:58,320 residents along Stacy Avenue were requestioned. We got nowhere when 233 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:01,120 the abduction story broke in the newspaper and over the radio. 234 00:11:01,159 --> 00:11:04,000 The next morning, the call started to come in. People 235 00:11:04,039 --> 00:11:06,200 in practically all sections of the city thought that they'd 236 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:07,159 seen the missing baby. 237 00:11:07,279 --> 00:11:09,799 Speaker 5: Each call was carefully checked out, none of them paid off. 238 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:14,759 Ten am we checked back in at the office. Must 239 00:11:14,799 --> 00:11:16,919 be getting old, Joe. I can't seem to take these 240 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,799 all night stations like yous to. Oh yeah, I'm pretty tired. 241 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:22,879 Drank too much coffee again, I got a sour stomach. 242 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,399 All right, Hi Leavis, the Stat's office come up with 243 00:11:29,399 --> 00:11:31,360 that run for us. Yet that's still working on it. 244 00:11:31,519 --> 00:11:33,279 How about that Sam Bernardino. 245 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:34,919 Speaker 11: Co Yeah, they called back. They picked the woman up 246 00:11:34,919 --> 00:11:36,679 when she got off the bus, checked her on the 247 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,360 baby out, baby belongs to her. 248 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,639 Speaker 5: Anything else come in, all been checked out. The press 249 00:11:41,639 --> 00:11:42,120 called again. 250 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 12: I want to know if there are any. 251 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 5: New leads, you know, side and side to you in 252 00:11:46,159 --> 00:11:47,759 the gay Yes, sir, did I help you? 253 00:11:48,039 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 13: They told me the business office to come down and 254 00:11:49,879 --> 00:11:50,279 see it. 255 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,919 Speaker 5: Surely come onney nice. 256 00:11:55,039 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 13: My name's Wallace. I'm the desk clerk down to the hotel. 257 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,360 On Eleventh Street, Little Good Hotel. Yes, sir, I got 258 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:03,039 some information. Like to talk to you all right. 259 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 4: See this is my partner size at the maryl and 260 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,039 it's starting to leave us. 261 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 5: What's the information about? 262 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 14: Well, I got hold of a paper this morning, read 263 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,720 about that baby that's missing. Imagine those people are pretty 264 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,440 worried about the kid. You say, like all the information 265 00:12:18,519 --> 00:12:20,960 they can get. Huh looks like that in hospitals in 266 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:21,480 the gym. 267 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,279 Speaker 5: When you say, well, what information do you have? 268 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:25,559 Speaker 13: While I guess those parents could sue the hospital that 269 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:26,080 they wanted to. 270 00:12:26,639 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 5: What's you're all we're interested in is finding a baby? 271 00:12:28,759 --> 00:12:29,600 Can you help us there? 272 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:30,039 Speaker 12: Well? 273 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:31,399 Speaker 13: I do know for sure. 274 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:33,159 Speaker 5: What are you trying to tell us? Have you seen 275 00:12:33,159 --> 00:12:33,720 the baby? Well? 276 00:12:33,759 --> 00:12:35,759 Speaker 13: I may have. You happen to know. If they're offering 277 00:12:35,799 --> 00:12:38,000 any reward for information, Well. 278 00:12:37,919 --> 00:12:39,519 Speaker 5: I don't know where to come from. The father is 279 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:40,120 a working man. 280 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,639 Speaker 14: Don't get me wrong, sergeant. I don't expect anything for 281 00:12:42,759 --> 00:12:45,559 any information I've given it. Well, I don't make too 282 00:12:45,879 --> 00:12:46,720 much at the hotel. 283 00:12:46,799 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 5: You know. 284 00:12:47,039 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 14: If they wanted to show their gratitude in some way, 285 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:50,639 just thought i'd mention it. 286 00:12:50,799 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 5: Oh thank you. Well, just don't worry about that. What's 287 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:53,559 the information? 288 00:12:53,799 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 14: Well, you know I didn't mean anything by that. Anybody 289 00:12:56,039 --> 00:12:57,840 be glad to help out in a case like this. 290 00:12:58,519 --> 00:13:00,240 What I came in to tell you was one and 291 00:13:00,279 --> 00:13:02,399 a young baby checked in the hotel last night when 292 00:13:02,399 --> 00:13:04,440 I was on duty. What time I think it was 293 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:07,279 about twelve o'clock. The woman didn't have any baggage or anything. 294 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,879 One little blanket around the kid. When I saw that 295 00:13:09,919 --> 00:13:11,399 story in the paper this morning. 296 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 5: I got suspicious. A woman still registered at the hotel. 297 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 13: She was when I left. That was about an hour ago. 298 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,559 Speaker 5: I'm not named. Did she register? Do you remember? 299 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:19,559 Speaker 14: No, I don't, but it's in the register. You can 300 00:13:19,639 --> 00:13:21,399 check it if you want. Where is it out there, 301 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:23,919 Eleventh and Charleton, right in the corner. I'm sure it 302 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,120 must be the kid you're looking for. Say, I hope 303 00:13:26,159 --> 00:13:28,480 you haven't got me wrong. I mean about the reward. 304 00:13:28,519 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 13: You know, I don't expect anything for this. 305 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 5: We haven't got you wrong. 306 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 4: Thirty five am it was still raining. Together with the 307 00:13:36,279 --> 00:13:38,600 desk clerk Wallace, we drove to the Bluebird Hotel on 308 00:13:38,639 --> 00:13:41,120 Eleventh Street. We checked the cards at the desk and 309 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,240 found that the woman had registered into the name of 310 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,000 Missus Harold Parks. The clerk on duty told us, as 311 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,360 far as he knew, she was still in the room 312 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,639 with a baby. 313 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:58,799 Speaker 13: It was down this way side. This is around sixty. 314 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 5: Missus Parks, Missus Park, you have a pasky with you also, thank. 315 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:16,639 Speaker 13: Nobody here. 316 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:25,159 Speaker 5: Wait a minute, what have you got small blanket? Check 317 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,440 the lettering Mercy Hospital. 318 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 3: You are listening to Dragnet authentic stories of your police 319 00:14:41,519 --> 00:14:42,279 force in action. 320 00:14:50,159 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 4: Friday, January twenty ninth, eleven am. We were unable to 321 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,320 locate the woman who had registered at the hotel under 322 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,200 the name of Missus Parks. There was no sign of 323 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:59,320 the baby. The blanket we found in the room was 324 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,000 identified by hospital personnel is the same type used in 325 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:05,279 the nursery. The room was checked for fingerprints and physical evidence. 326 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,720 We found nothing. People in adjoining rooms were questioned but 327 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:11,399 they could give us no information. We got a description 328 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:13,200 of the woman who used the name Missus Parks from 329 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:14,039 the desk clerk and we. 330 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 5: Got out on all points bullet and on her. 331 00:15:16,039 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 4: Our hotel registration card was checked for handwriting and fingerprints. 332 00:15:19,519 --> 00:15:22,519 Captain Steed ordered an immediate canvas of all hotels, apartments 333 00:15:22,519 --> 00:15:25,720 and rooming houses in the central area. The hotel clerks 334 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:29,039 were shown mugshots of possible suspects. They failed to identify 335 00:15:29,039 --> 00:15:32,159 any of them. Three pm Friday, the search for the 336 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:33,159 striker baby went on. 337 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:39,559 Speaker 5: Yeah, checked out, all right, Okay, heal anything fel unseen 338 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,519 has checked that Lulsha calls another phone might not show 339 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:43,679 the thoughts. Yeah. 340 00:15:43,919 --> 00:15:45,759 Speaker 11: Lewis and I were making the rounds of hotels out 341 00:15:45,759 --> 00:15:47,600 a long Peogle stopped at a drug store for a 342 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:48,200 cup of coffee. 343 00:15:48,639 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 5: We talked to Druggish while we were there. Had a 344 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:57,519 pretty good story for us. You gotta life, mere go NICs. 345 00:15:58,639 --> 00:16:01,440 This drugstore is two black hotel where the woman stayed. 346 00:16:01,919 --> 00:16:04,519 Speaker 11: It's open all night, and the druggist told us a 347 00:16:04,519 --> 00:16:06,840 woman answering this missus Park's description. 348 00:16:06,559 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 5: Came in about one thirty am. What a whole raft 349 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:10,919 of stuff? How do you mean what kind of stuff? 350 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,080 Everything for a baby? 351 00:16:12,159 --> 00:16:14,879 Speaker 11: Bottles, nipples, dextro soil powder, you know all that stuff? 352 00:16:15,039 --> 00:16:16,279 Speaker 5: Was he sure the woman's description. 353 00:16:16,559 --> 00:16:18,279 Speaker 11: He gave it to us before we'd even mention what 354 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,639 this missus Parks looked like. Right down at the collar 355 00:16:20,639 --> 00:16:22,200 of her coat. Did she had the baby with her? 356 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,480 When she bought this stuff. 357 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 5: And the druggis said no. She even asked him if 358 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,240 she could buy can milk there? Where is it? Lee? 359 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,559 What do you mean? Does he have any idea where 360 00:16:30,559 --> 00:16:32,679 the woman came from where she went? No, but he 361 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:34,399 said if she came back in again, he called us 362 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:34,879 right away. 363 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,279 Speaker 11: He's going to notify the other clerks too, and they'll 364 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:38,720 keep us posted if anything turns up. 365 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:43,679 Speaker 5: And I got it homicide Friday. 366 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 15: My name's missus Lucy. I'm calling about that missing baby 367 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:48,679 in the paper. Am I talking the right department? 368 00:16:48,799 --> 00:16:50,639 Speaker 5: Yes, ma'am. Do you have any information on the case? 369 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:52,879 Speaker 15: Well, I certainly have. I know where that strike a 370 00:16:52,919 --> 00:16:53,840 baby is right now? 371 00:16:54,039 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 5: Where's that man. 372 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 15: Right next door? The sabicides heavy? 373 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 5: What makes you so sure? 374 00:16:58,600 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 15: Perfectly? 375 00:16:59,120 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 7: Up? 376 00:16:59,279 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 15: Me? Is that's all? It's not there? Baby? 377 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 5: Why do you say that that baby? 378 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 15: They had him? One looks like mister Sallas missus salads 379 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:06,400 id in mind? Do? 380 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:07,640 Speaker 5: How do you mean, Missus Lucy? 381 00:17:07,799 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 15: It's very simple, mister Satisize doc quite dark dark head 382 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,119 dog eyes, doc complexions watched the same way. 383 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 5: Yes, ma'am. 384 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 15: Baby they have is a blonde. 385 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 4: Before I hung up, I got the woman's name and 386 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:24,720 address and told her that we'd check out our neighbors. 387 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 5: Mister and missus sallads are. We weren't sure what it meant. 388 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 4: It could be the real thing, could be like a 389 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,359 hundred other calls that we'd had in the last twelve hours. 390 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:33,279 Ben and I got in the car and drove out 391 00:17:33,319 --> 00:17:36,400 to the Salazar home on Wonderland Avenue. We noticed several 392 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:38,480 cars parked in the driveway and in front of the house. 393 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,880 We went up the front stairs and rang the doorbell. 394 00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 5: Yes, sir, come on in. Please would like to speak 395 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,119 to mister salas Ar. Yes, sir, that's me. Come on in. 396 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:55,440 Thank you, Come inside. Let me fix you a drink. 397 00:17:55,759 --> 00:17:56,799 You were late, huh, no. 398 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 2: Thank you. 399 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:59,279 Speaker 5: We're police officers, mister Saalasar. Liked to ask you a 400 00:17:59,319 --> 00:18:02,079 few questions. Oh, what's the matter. We're making too much 401 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,039 noise for the neighbors. No, it's not that, sir, Just 402 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:06,519 like to ask you a few questions. Someplace we can talk. 403 00:18:06,759 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 12: Well, I have to take care of the guests, you know, 404 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,319 we have this party here. My son was baptized today, 405 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,599 my first son. That's why we're having a body. 406 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 4: Yes, sir, we're sorry to interrupt, but it's pretty important. 407 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:16,640 It won't take it very long. 408 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,279 Speaker 12: Well, all right, I guess they can get along for 409 00:18:19,279 --> 00:18:21,240 a few minutes. Back here in the kitchen, it's probably 410 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:30,839 the quietest place to find this way off. Well that 411 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:36,039 pull up a couple of chairs. Thank you, h missus 412 00:18:36,039 --> 00:18:38,200 Sallis are This is my partner sergeant for Maryland. Name 413 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:39,160 is Friday Homicide. 414 00:18:39,279 --> 00:18:41,680 Speaker 5: Yes, sir, what's the matter? What do you want to 415 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,400 ask me? We're investigating a case that involves the missing. 416 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:46,640 Speaker 12: Baby, sir, were the one in the paper this morning? 417 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:48,880 I read about that. It's a terrible thing. 418 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 5: Yes, sir, it is. 419 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:51,799 Speaker 4: We've had a report that the missing baby was seen 420 00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:53,319 in this neighborhood. We don't know how true it is, 421 00:18:53,319 --> 00:18:54,559 but we have orders to check it out. 422 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 12: Well, sure, anything I can do. I don't know how 423 00:18:57,279 --> 00:18:59,039 much I can help, but I can understand how that 424 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,759 mama feel. My brand new son, I know how I feel. 425 00:19:03,039 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 5: How old is your son, mister Selis? Huh? He's just 426 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:07,920 one week old? Is afternoon? Fine? 427 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 7: Boy? 428 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,039 Speaker 5: Was the baby born here in Los Angeles? No, I said, 429 00:19:11,039 --> 00:19:13,039 my wife Roberta to Phoenix to have a baby. We 430 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:15,000 thought it'd be a lot healthier for her down there. 431 00:19:15,519 --> 00:19:18,559 She has a good friend of Virgincina. Honest, your wife 432 00:19:18,599 --> 00:19:20,160 had the baby in Phoenix and then she brought him 433 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:23,640 back here. Yes, that's right. Roberta came in early this morning. 434 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:24,720 Big surprise for me. 435 00:19:24,839 --> 00:19:27,599 Speaker 12: I didn't know she was coming right away. I called 436 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,480 all our old friends. I called Father Desota for the baptism, 437 00:19:30,519 --> 00:19:32,039 and I got things ready for the party. 438 00:19:32,519 --> 00:19:35,599 Speaker 5: Big baptism. Body. You say your wife got back early 439 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:36,160 this morning. 440 00:19:36,279 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 12: Yes, a few minutes after three o'clock. Roberta came in 441 00:19:39,039 --> 00:19:41,240 on the plane. She said it was late, you know, 442 00:19:41,319 --> 00:19:43,480 a big storm. I wonder if we could talk to 443 00:19:43,519 --> 00:19:44,559 your wife, mister Selisa. 444 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,599 Speaker 5: Well, Rolberta's taking a little nap right now. She got 445 00:19:48,599 --> 00:19:51,480 in late. You know all the excitement. Do we have 446 00:19:51,519 --> 00:19:53,559 to wake up? Oh no, she's not right away. I 447 00:19:53,599 --> 00:19:54,839 just wonder if we could see the baby. 448 00:19:55,559 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 12: Well, baby's sleeping too. Roberta said not to go in. 449 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:05,200 But well, if you're real quiet, yes sir, we'll be okay, 450 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:20,880 he's right, we'll be here. The people will a blanket down. Yeah, 451 00:20:21,759 --> 00:20:24,519 there is big fellow. 452 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 5: He's blonde. What do you think you know? I think 453 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:34,119 he's got a twin five pm. 454 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,039 Speaker 4: Harlan stall from laking fingerprints arrived at the Salasar home. 455 00:20:37,519 --> 00:20:39,519 The footprint of the missing child, taken at the time 456 00:20:39,519 --> 00:20:41,359 of birth, was compared with the print from the child 457 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,440 the Salazar has had. The prints were identical. The missing 458 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,720 baby had been found. Five twenty pm, Ben and I 459 00:20:47,799 --> 00:20:49,759 talked with Missus Salasar in the kitchen of her home. 460 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:51,240 The christening party went on. 461 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 7: I don't think I understand what this is all about, officer. 462 00:20:55,799 --> 00:20:58,279 What has my baby got to do with other You. 463 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 5: Know as well as we do, miss Alisar. That baby 464 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,000 in there, it doesn't belong to you. It's not yours. 465 00:21:03,799 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 7: What do you mean it's not mine? Course, it's my baby, 466 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:11,000 my husband said mine. I just brought him from Phoenix 467 00:21:11,079 --> 00:21:15,400 last night. That's where the baby was born. What are 468 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:16,279 you trying to do to me? 469 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,799 Speaker 4: That baby isn't yours, Missus Salizan. Now you know that 470 00:21:19,079 --> 00:21:21,559 was taken from the hospital. How about the truth. 471 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:23,640 Speaker 7: You don't know what you're saying. You don't know what 472 00:21:23,759 --> 00:21:27,839 you're talking about. It's my baby. It was baptized to 473 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:31,480 day one to Marsalisara. It's my baby. 474 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,319 Speaker 4: It's a pretty serious matter, man. The baby's footprint has 475 00:21:35,319 --> 00:21:37,759 been checked out. The child belongs to a missus Striker. 476 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:39,480 We want to know how you happen to have. 477 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 7: Him, cause he's my baby. That's why I have he. 478 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,039 You don't know what a mistake you're making. It's my baby. 479 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,680 I brought him from Phoenix last night. You can have 480 00:21:49,839 --> 00:21:50,880 my husband. He'll tell you. 481 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 5: A woman checked in at the Bluebird Hotel on Eleventh 482 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,400 Street about midnight last night, missus Alizar. She had a 483 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,519 young baby with him. You fair description. 484 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,200 Speaker 7: I didn't go to a hotel us now I had. 485 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,519 The plane landed here from Phoenix. I came right home. 486 00:22:02,799 --> 00:22:05,599 Speaker 5: Hotel clerk remembers you can identify you, so can a 487 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,720 druggist when you bought the splies run. 488 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 7: How about nothing? The plane landed, I came home. Is 489 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,200 my baby? It's my baby. 490 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,799 Speaker 5: We found a baby's blanket in the hotel room. You're rended. 491 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 4: We have your description from at least three people, even 492 00:22:17,039 --> 00:22:18,480 the color of the coach you wore last night. 493 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,720 Speaker 9: You can't take him away. He belongs to me, me 494 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,759 and friends. You can't take him away. 495 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 5: Please you come, Miss Schalisar. 496 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:28,799 Speaker 4: Why don't you put yourself in the place of the 497 00:22:28,799 --> 00:22:31,359 real mother of that baby? How do you think she 498 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:35,000 feels about her baby being taken away. How about it, 499 00:22:35,079 --> 00:22:36,079 Miss Selasar. 500 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:45,039 Speaker 7: Have a drink. Officers, please for the party, have a drink. 501 00:22:45,079 --> 00:22:49,240 I'll tell you tell us what man, I'm tiredly, mister 502 00:22:49,319 --> 00:22:58,839 don yeah, I tell you how it happened. I know 503 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:04,440 you you understand, Yes, ma'am. It will be eleven years 504 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,119 next month that Frank and I were married. I don't 505 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,319 have to tell you. We want a baby. Frank always 506 00:23:11,319 --> 00:23:15,680 wanted a baby, but no more than I did. It's 507 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:19,759 what we lived for, a baby of our own. Yes, 508 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:26,599 boy or girls, we didn't care. But boy didn't have one. 509 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:32,720 For eleven years, we didn't have one. The last April, 510 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,960 that's when the doctor told me. He said I was 511 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,079 going to have a baby. 512 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:38,880 Speaker 5: Yes, ma'am. 513 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 7: Well, a month before the baby was born, we thought 514 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,440 it would be better if I went to my friend's 515 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,880 place in Phoenix Orisons for the winter. You know, it 516 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,480 would be warmer there. Frank thought it would be nicer 517 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:53,519 for me and a baby. 518 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,279 Speaker 5: Your husband was still in Los Angeles. 519 00:23:56,599 --> 00:23:58,839 Speaker 7: Yes, he tried to come to Phoenix, but he had 520 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:03,960 to work, so I had my baby alone. It was 521 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:08,039 a boy. My friend was with me. She'd tell you 522 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:12,759 it was a boy. I kept calling for him to 523 00:24:12,799 --> 00:24:16,640 bring my baby. It's a long time, I kept calling. 524 00:24:17,559 --> 00:24:21,880 Then I finally came, and the doctor too. And here's 525 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:26,799 the one that told me, yes, ma'am. He looked just 526 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:31,359 like his father. I know that, but they told me 527 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:36,359 he was dead. I don't remember much after that, Sergeant. 528 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,680 I got out of the hospital and I took the 529 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,759 plane and I came back here. It was dark and 530 00:24:42,039 --> 00:24:47,240 was raining, but I walked around. I walked up and 531 00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:52,240 down the street, thinking what could I tell Frank? Baby 532 00:24:52,319 --> 00:24:56,400 was dead? That's all I could tell him. Then I 533 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:57,079 walked past. 534 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,839 Speaker 5: The hospital that was Mercy Hospital. 535 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:03,279 Speaker 7: Now, yes, And it was raining, and I could see 536 00:25:03,319 --> 00:25:08,839 all those babies inside, warm and in their cribs, and 537 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:14,599 I wanted just one of them, just one for Frank 538 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:18,000 and me. So I went in the side door and 539 00:25:18,039 --> 00:25:22,160 I found the nursery, and when the nurse was gone, 540 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:28,519 I took him and left my baby. I went to 541 00:25:28,559 --> 00:25:30,359 the hotel to keep him out of the rain, and 542 00:25:31,519 --> 00:25:34,759 it cleared a little. I took him home. I took 543 00:25:34,799 --> 00:25:42,480 him home to Frank. I took my baby home. That's 544 00:25:42,519 --> 00:25:45,920 why you want my baby, isn't it? Because I took 545 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:52,920 him because my baby died and I took him. 546 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,400 Speaker 4: Everything can be all right myselves, I wouldn't straighten out. 547 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,039 Speaker 5: Oh, Brad, you talked to the. 548 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,759 Speaker 7: Officers, Frank, what do you want me to say? 549 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:11,440 Speaker 5: Be all right? Officers? Will everything be all right? Yes, sir, 550 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:12,400 I think we can work it out. 551 00:26:13,839 --> 00:26:17,799 Speaker 7: What could I tell you, Frank? What was to say 552 00:26:17,839 --> 00:26:17,960 to you? 553 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 5: It's all right, honey, it's all right. I go out 554 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:24,880 and tell the people. 555 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:29,519 Speaker 7: Now, what can you say? What can you tell them? 556 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,400 Speaker 5: Party's over? It's just a mistake. 557 00:26:39,279 --> 00:26:42,039 Speaker 2: The story you have just heard was true, only the 558 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,039 names were changed to protect the innocent. 559 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 16: In a moment, the results of the trial. Now here 560 00:26:46,279 --> 00:26:49,400 is our star, Jack Webb. Last week I asked you 561 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:56,359 to write me. You did, and thank you. 562 00:26:58,640 --> 00:26:59,039 Speaker 5: ROBERTA. 563 00:26:59,079 --> 00:27:02,079 Speaker 3: Satasara was excepted by six psychiatrists and was ordered to 564 00:27:02,079 --> 00:27:09,359 be placed in a statemental institution for treatment. You have 565 00:27:09,519 --> 00:27:13,279 just heard Dragnet a series of authentic cases portions transcribed 566 00:27:13,279 --> 00:27:16,680 from official files. Technical advice comes from the Office of 567 00:27:16,759 --> 00:27:20,160 Chief of Police W. H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 568 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:27,920 Coming Up, We the People, then screen Director's Playhouse on NBC. 569 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:43,519 Speaker 1: Welcome Back, our heartbreaking conclusion and This is one of 570 00:27:43,559 --> 00:27:47,400 those cases where you really do feel for the perpetrator, 571 00:27:47,519 --> 00:27:52,400 while in no way condoning the action that she took. Certainly, 572 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:57,039 I've talked about the issues that my family has dealt 573 00:27:57,039 --> 00:28:01,079 with along those lines, and when something like this happens, 574 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:05,799 it is devastating, and they did a great job capturing 575 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:10,039 those sort of emotions. And of course, in her case, 576 00:28:10,079 --> 00:28:14,039 I think it's made worse because of her husband being 577 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,440 in another state. She has to be the one to 578 00:28:17,519 --> 00:28:22,759 tell him. And this really illustrates what Dragnet's capable of being. 579 00:28:22,799 --> 00:28:27,240 There's this stereotype that Dragnet was always strict to cauto 580 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:31,279 dialogue all the time, but it had some really highly 581 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:36,759 dramatic moments. But as with other elements of Dragnet, like violence, 582 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,400 these moments are effective because as a series, it didn't 583 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:45,279 happen every single week. This episode is also an interesting 584 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:50,119 time capsule of a way of caring for newborns, that 585 00:28:50,279 --> 00:28:53,799 is going away. Baby nurseries for all babies were the 586 00:28:53,839 --> 00:28:57,279 norm when I was born. Since I was a large baby. 587 00:28:57,319 --> 00:29:01,599 One of my parents' earliest stories was about me looking 588 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:07,200 like I was being wedged in like the head against 589 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,799 one end of the compartment and my feet against the 590 00:29:10,839 --> 00:29:15,400 other and dwarfing all the much more normal sized babies 591 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,920 in the nursery. And certainly I saw nurseries when I 592 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:24,480 was growing up those few times we happened by the hospital, 593 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:28,599 But in many hospitals, rooming in with the mother and 594 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:33,119 father has become the norm for healthy babies, and many 595 00:29:33,319 --> 00:29:37,680 have shut down nurseries except for nick you situations. When 596 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,359 my son was born three years ago, I think he 597 00:29:40,559 --> 00:29:44,920 might have left the hospital room the entire two days 598 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:48,279 that we were there, maybe once or twice, and then 599 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,880 only for a couple of minutes. And of course, for 600 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:56,160 healthy babies, the hospital stay is usually pretty brief. So 601 00:29:56,440 --> 00:30:00,960 a fascinating time capsule that really does provide some insight 602 00:30:01,039 --> 00:30:05,640 as to what this experience was like for earlier generations. Well, 603 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,759 now it is time to thank our Patreon supporter of 604 00:30:08,759 --> 00:30:11,079 the day, and I want to thank Carlotta. Carlotta has 605 00:30:11,079 --> 00:30:14,000 been one of our Patreon supporters since May of twenty 606 00:30:14,079 --> 00:30:18,279 twenty four, currently supporting the podcast at the Detective Sergeant 607 00:30:18,359 --> 00:30:21,359 level of seven dollars and fourteen cents or more per month. 608 00:30:21,839 --> 00:30:24,799 Thank you so much for your support, Carlotta, and that 609 00:30:24,839 --> 00:30:28,480 will actually do it for today. If you're enjoying the podcast, 610 00:30:28,559 --> 00:30:32,839 please follow us using your favorite podcast software. And if 611 00:30:32,839 --> 00:30:35,480 you're listening to this episode on YouTube, be sure to 612 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,319 like the video, subscribe to the channel, and mark the 613 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:42,480 notification bell, all those great things that help YouTube channels 614 00:30:42,519 --> 00:30:46,480 to grow. We'll be back next Saturday with another episode 615 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,559 of Dragon at but join us back here tomorrow for 616 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:53,079 our four six hundredth episode special Where. 617 00:30:55,279 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 5: Get down? 618 00:30:58,319 --> 00:31:02,720 Speaker 17: What's your record for your sweet job? 619 00:31:02,799 --> 00:31:08,839 Speaker 5: You pulled in Pittsburgh? Smile? No conviction Pittsburgh, I ain't 620 00:31:08,839 --> 00:31:10,079 never been to Pittsburgh. No. 621 00:31:10,519 --> 00:31:15,000 Speaker 17: How about San Diego April forty seven, suspicion of armed robbery? 622 00:31:15,119 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 5: No conviction. You're coming across? 623 00:31:16,799 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 17: How about Philly last December? 624 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:20,559 Speaker 5: Grand lost me? No conviction? 625 00:31:21,319 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 17: Miami, Richmond, Trenton. 626 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:24,559 Speaker 5: No conviction. Look what do you selling? 627 00:31:25,759 --> 00:31:30,799 Speaker 18: Yeah, take a look at this report, a report direct 628 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:35,960 from the FBI, or should I say indirect through my 629 00:31:36,079 --> 00:31:40,720 pipeline here in Center City, in the police department, George. 630 00:31:41,839 --> 00:31:42,960 Speaker 5: And I'll get it what goes. 631 00:31:43,039 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 17: I'm sorry about that weekend I gave you, But you see, 632 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,599 I'm building an organization along scientific lines. 633 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,359 Speaker 5: I need men who know their way around, who can 634 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:58,000 get by. That's why I screened you. Scream short. 635 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,039 Speaker 17: Just like in the Army, I spot guy who looks good. 636 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:02,319 So what do I do? 637 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 5: I get him framed. 638 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,119 Speaker 18: The cops check his record through the FBI, the report 639 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,720 comes through. I get the report. 640 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 1: I hope you'll be with us then in the meantime, 641 00:32:12,599 --> 00:32:17,240 send your comments to Box thirteen at Greatdetectives dot net, 642 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,440 follow us on Twitter at Radio Detectives, and check us 643 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:26,759 out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com slash Great Detectives From Voyseataho. 644 00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:29,680 This is your host, Adam Graham signing off.