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November twenty ninth, nineteen fifty one, Here is the big Affair.

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Speaker 2: The story you were about to hear is true. The

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names have been changed to protect the innocent. You're a

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detective sergeant. You're assigned a robbery detail. An unidentified armed

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bandit starts a campaign of jewelry store hold ups in

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your city. The robberies are carefully planned, carefully executed. The

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bandit commits brutal attacks on each of the victims. Your job, get.

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Speaker 3: Him drag meet the documented drama of an actual crime.

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Well the next thirty minutes in cooperation with the Los

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Angeles Police Department. You will travel step by step on

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the side of the law through an actual case transcribed

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from official police violence, from beginning to end, from crime

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to punishment. Dragnet is the story of your police force

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in action.

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Speaker 4: It was Wednesday, March tenth, was cold in Los Angeles.

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We're working the day watch out of robbery detail. My

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partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Captain Bideon. My name's Friday.

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It was three twenty eight pm when I got to

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room twenty seven a robbery detail.

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Speaker 5: Joe, Yeah, Ben, Yo, this is met and missus Gordon.

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Folks would like to have you meet my partner. Sorry, Friday,

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how do.

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Speaker 6: You doing, glad? And how are you sent? Missus Gordon?

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Speaker 4: Are you feeling any better now?

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Speaker 7: Com san recontid She's a lot better now, Sergeant, thank you.

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My French isn't very good, but it's a lot better

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than her English. Cecil has only been over here a

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couple of weeks that matter, when I was on occupation

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duty over there.

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Speaker 4: Army you know, yeah, I see. Well, we'll try not

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to keep you along, sir. We got a few questions

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about the robbery. We think your wife might be able

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to help us.

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Speaker 7: We'll sure try so. I didn't like to help you

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any way we can.

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Speaker 5: Your wife was the only one in the story besides

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the clerk at the time to hold up. Like to

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have her tell us everything that happened if she would.

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Speaker 7: Play okay, She says, she saw everything that happened, Sergeant,

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what would you like to know?

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Speaker 4: First?

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Speaker 6: Well, how about the hold up man?

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Speaker 4: Mister Gordon's your wife get a good look at him?

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Can she describe him for us?

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Speaker 8: Says here?

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Speaker 4: Good?

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Speaker 7: She says, the fellow was wearing a blue coat, and

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you had dark hair. Wasn't a very big man?

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Speaker 4: M Does she have any idea about how total he was?

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Speaker 8: Cecil Tai said that deal Christo.

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Speaker 7: She can't say exactly how to hold sergeant said he'd

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come up to about here on my shoulder, about five

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or eight. I guess she thinks maybe weighed about one

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hundred and seventy pounds.

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Speaker 4: She's not sure he would you ask her exactly what

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happened at the store. That is as much as she

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can remember.

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Speaker 8: Here ccil de la exact mon Sukie.

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Speaker 9: Yeah literary director Monvan l.

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Speaker 10: Well.

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Speaker 7: She says she was standing by the counter sergeant when

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the hold up man came in, says, the fellow went

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over to the clerk. The man who was waiting on

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her says, the fellow had a gun in his hand.

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Speaker 6: Would you ask her to go on?

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Speaker 4: Hey, a prey.

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Speaker 9: Doesn't sack the pai, she says.

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Speaker 7: The hold up man made the clerk get up the jewelry.

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The guy took it and dumped it in a paper

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bag cecil.

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Speaker 9: She saw his own preserve. Opting to lebem.

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Speaker 7: Terrible, she co, well, after he got all this jeweler

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in the paper bag, the feet began beating up on

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the clerk, she says, for no reason at all. He

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began slugging the clerk with a gun. He was scaring,

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really got nasty with him. Naturally, it scared the wife

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and she let out a scream. He turned around and

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hit her, she says, that's all. She remembers. She would

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like to get my hands on the lousy.

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Speaker 5: You understand how you feel, mister Gordon, Could you ask

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your wife? There's anything else about to hold up man?

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Speaker 4: You remember, says to RAPELTI shows propos de setan abbe

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til Calcucho's deck throat in there.

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Speaker 10: No, that's about it.

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Speaker 4: Sorry, well, how about the man's clothes? Does she remember

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anything else he was wearing besides that blue jacket?

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Speaker 6: Hello?

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Speaker 7: Res do sevetmo e paus don't bleet. She thinks maybe

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he had on dark trousers. She's not sure, though, says

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she was too scared to notice, says Porte Chapeau. I

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asked her if he was wearing a hat. She says no,

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she's sure of that, And I.

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Speaker 4: Say, well, is there anything else that she can remember

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about him? Anything at all?

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Speaker 8: He at Tilo school, at police.

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Speaker 5: You got it all?

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Speaker 4: Well, thank you very much, mister Gordon, missus Gordon sco.

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Speaker 8: How's that now?

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Speaker 4: Sis you scopa?

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Speaker 9: Quiet on French?

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Speaker 7: She says she can't understand how a man to do

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such a thing. She means, how he cut up the

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clerk that way?

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Speaker 4: Yes, so hard for her. She just can't understand. Tell

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her we can't either. Two weeks before, on the twenty

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seventh of April, at two thirty in the afternoon, the

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robbery suspect had begun his campaign of downtown jewelry store

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hold ups. Since that time in the same general area,

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he'd succeeded in committing three more jewel robberies and making

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good his escape.

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Speaker 6: Each of the hold ups netted.

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Speaker 4: Him more than three thousand dollars in rings, diamonds, and

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other precious stones from his amo Oh.

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Speaker 6: It was obvious that he was experienced.

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Speaker 4: All of the robberies were committed in broad daylight, all

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of them were apparently well planned. After obtaining the loot,

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which he dumped into an ordinary paper bag, he turned

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on his victims and with no provocation, beat them viciously.

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After two weeks of investigation, we had yet to come

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up with a solid lead on either the identity of

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the suspect or his whereabouts. We had a fair description

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of the hold up man, we had a good rundown

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on his method of operation, but repeated checks on possible

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suspects through the Record bureau Cii and Sacramento and through

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our statistician's office failed to get us anything. There were

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no kickbacks on our all points bulletin. After we interviewed

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Missus Gordon, the witness to the latest jewel robbery, we

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were no further along than we were two weeks before,

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and am all in a description. Neither one of them

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were giving us much help. Four h five pm we

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met with Captain Didion, how about the mug books any

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like there? Miss Gordon's in there, noscarper with her husband

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and checking through them. Nothing yet? What else you got? Working?

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Speaker 8: New run?

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Speaker 5: Going through the stats office third one this week might

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get us something. The store manager on that job this afternoon.

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Did you talk to him yet?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: We did.

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Speaker 6: He gave us the best lead we've had so far

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in the thing looks pretty good.

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Speaker 10: Now, what's that well?

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Speaker 4: We had him checking the rug books and he came

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up with a partial identification from one of them. Sam

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Quentin released now Jack Maynard. He's only been arrested once

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here a drunk charge. He's done time up at queue

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for robbery before Ben and I pulled the package on him.

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We figure we ought to still be serving time at Quinton.

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Couldn't tell from his record though, how's that West? Possibly

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he might have been parole the last month or so

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that had put him on line for these hold ups.

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Speaker 2: And you check Quinton.

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Speaker 5: We got out a teletype to the wards office late

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this morning, Skipper. We have answered pretty soon, the best

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lead we've had so far. I hope it stands up.

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Excusing robbery didion? Yeah, oh yeah, I'm not here. Uh huh, No,

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you and to CADEB stay on it. Yeh, that's right

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over the weekend anyway.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, right, But.

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Speaker 4: Well, what's the answer.

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Speaker 5: He's had three weeks, he's cleared four jobs, every one

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of them in broad daylight, more than one thousand dollars

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worth of stuff.

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Speaker 4: Now, how do we reach him? How about some extra men,

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par skipper, Kim and managing?

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Speaker 5: What do you got in mind? Steak up seems to

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be the best angle for us with this kind of

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a said that, how many teams you figure it'll take

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oh a dozen? Anyhow you figure that? Joe?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, just about a thief seems to be concentrating on

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the downtown area. All four hold ups were in the

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same general neighborhood within a twenty block radio. We can't

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cover all the jewelry stores with a dozen teams. It

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will give us pretty good coverage, though, sure help our chances.

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You checked out all the other angles.

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Speaker 6: Huh, everything not doing us much good?

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Speaker 4: Rob Rid didon Yeah, I just minute through Friday. Oh thanks, yeah,

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Friday talking. Yeah, that's right, that's all. No, we'll pick

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it up, thank you. Those communications just got an answer

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in the teletype of Quentin on Jack mannon no lead,

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He's still in prison. We went back and started again

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from the beginning. With our best lead gone. There wasn't

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any alternative. The following day, Thursday, March eleventh, the steakouts

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went into effect.

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Speaker 6: A dozen jewelry stores.

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Speaker 4: In the immediate downtown area, all of them potential hold

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up victims, were placed under constant surveillance. Three days passed,

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nothing happened, no sign of the hold up man.

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Speaker 6: We stayed on it.

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Speaker 4: Tuesday, March sixteenth, eleven, a m had a small downtown

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jewelry shop three blocks from the nearest steakout team. The

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bandit committed his fifth successive robbery and made good his escape.

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Speaker 6: The m O and description matched in almost every respect.

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Ben and I answered the call and drove.

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Speaker 4: To the scene of the hold up to interview the

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victim of mister walder Myers.

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Speaker 11: He came straight back this way, just where I'm welcome.

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I was at the end of the calendar there, just

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where you are. He had a brown paper bag in

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one hand, and it was just a couple of feet

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from me. He put his other hand in his coat

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pocket and he came up with a gun, pointed it

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right at me.

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Speaker 4: The store was empty at the times or no customers around.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, that's right, just myself and my son in law,

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Herb in the back room. I guess he heard this

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thief talking to me and he came out to see

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what it.

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Speaker 4: Was all about.

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Speaker 6: That's when the fireworks started.

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Speaker 11: And what happened, Well, he made Herb line up along

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the counter, right next to me. By this time he

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had all the loot he wanted in that paper bag

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he was carrying. Just when I thought he was gonna leave,

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he turned around. All of a sudden he said to Herb,

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you think you're a smart guy, don't you. Then he

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slugged her with the gun, brought it right down on

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the side of his head all his might.

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Speaker 6: And that's when the fight started.

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Speaker 11: Just about Yeah, Herb fell down on one knee. There

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was a great big gash on the side of his face.

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Even when he was down, the thief kept slugging Herb

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kept pounding him in the face with that gun. Herb

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wasn't doing anything.

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Speaker 9: I got good and sore.

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Speaker 4: What happened then, Well, I didn't care what happened.

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Speaker 11: I just got sore at the lousy crook. I made

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a dive for him, grabbed him around the chest, hit

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something like this.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 11: The two of us went down on the floor and

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I wrestled him for the gun. That's when it went off.

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A wild shot, plowed right into the wall over there.

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Herb picked himself up and piled on the guy. I

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guess the crook relief must have figured he was through.

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Fought like a wild man. I had a good hold

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of the top coat he had on, but he slipped

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right out of it. He grabbed his gun in the

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paper bag, ran out of the store, left me there

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holding an empty coat.

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Speaker 4: And this is the coat he was wearing right here,

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is that right?

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Speaker 11: Yeah, that's you can see one of the sleeves there.

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He almost ripped it clean off trying to get away.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I see.

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Speaker 9: I already looked through the pockets.

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Speaker 8: Nothing in him.

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Speaker 4: How about this description of the man, mister Myers. You're

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pretty sure of that, are you? I'm positive, Sergeant Man.

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Speaker 6: You want to call the crime lab. And here's a

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phone booth right over there, and you.

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Speaker 4: Might Oh yeah, I wonder if I could check that

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spot with a bullet hit mister Myers. That wild shot

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he fired, Oh yeah, right over here, back of the cash.

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Speaker 6: Right yeah, bedded in there, pretty solid.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, lucky it was the wall, not one of us.

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Speaker 11: Say, I got a pocket knife here if you want

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to dig it out.

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Speaker 4: No, sir, we've got a crew on the way out

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from our crime lab ballistics man, take care of it.

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I would like to take another look at that top coat,

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the one the thief was wearing.

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Speaker 11: Oh, yeah, sure, I already looked it over pretty good.

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Nothing in the pockets. Couldn't find anything.

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Speaker 5: Hey here, just ordinary top coat and there's no label

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on it. No, you're right, there's nothing in the pocket.

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Speaker 10: Oh what is to find something?

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Speaker 4: Oh? No shirt? It feels like a hole in the

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pocket here, good size, many Yeah, prim labs on the way.

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You should be here in a couple of minutes. Okay,

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anything at all in the coat? I don't know. Here

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seems to be a hole in this pocket here as possible,

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something might have dropped down into the landing of the coat.

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Speaker 10: Man.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, let me hold out that in for you, all right,

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thank you.

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Speaker 6: Let me hold it up a little.

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Speaker 4: That's fine, right like this, uh huh.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, And it feels like something down in here.

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Speaker 10: What is it?

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Speaker 4: Just a minute, I get my hand down in there,

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see if I can get it. Yeah. Here we are

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a scrap of paper writing what is it Jill telephone number?

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The phone number printed neatly on the scrap of paper

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was Crestview nine two oh eight five. There were no

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other notations. We checked out the number and found that

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the telephone was installed at sixty four fourteen Cordova Drive

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in the Los Veelis district. After the crime lab crew

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arrived at the store, Ben and I took the bandit's

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top coat and drove to the address listed for the

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phone number, a twelve unit apartment house on the corner

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of Franklin Avenue in Fairfax. The number turned out to

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be a public phone booth located in the lobby of

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the apartment. The manager could tell us nothing. We began

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checking with the tenants on the first floor of the building.

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We gave them the description of the jewelry store abandoned.

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We showed them the top coat. They failed to recognize

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either one. We started on the second floor at the

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end of the hall. The tenant was a Missus Iverson.

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You recognize a description of Tomas Iverson? Anything to you?

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Speaker 10: Yes, I'd say it did, Sach. Have you tried the

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apartment next door, Miss King's apartment?

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Speaker 4: Oh?

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Speaker 6: No, ma'am, why do he asked that.

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Speaker 10: Yes, I'm almost sure of it, ma'am. I've seen a

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man who looks like this going there several times.

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Speaker 3: You are listening to dragnet authentic stories of your police

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force in action.

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Speaker 4: March sixteenth, Tuesday, two forty eight pm, Ben and I

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went next door to the apartment where a man answering

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the description of the jewelry store Bandit reportedly had been

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seen several times.

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Speaker 6: We rang, but there was no answer.

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Speaker 4: We went back and checked with the manager of the building,

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who told us that the apartment was registered to a

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miss Leonora King. He told us that as far as

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he knew, Miss King worked during the day and that

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she usually returned to her apartment between seven and eight

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o'clock at night. The manager gave us the address of

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the place she worked and we checked it out. It

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was an exclusive gift shop on Locienaca Boulevard in West Hollywood.

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We located Leonor King back at the main packing desk,

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where she was employed as a gift wrapper. When we

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put the question to her that a man answering the

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description of the jewelry store of Bandit had been seen

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visiting her, she readily admitted it.

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Speaker 9: Yes, that's right, I'd say it looks just like that.

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Speaker 12: He drops by my apartment four or five times a month.

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His name's Marty.

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Speaker 4: What's his last name? Miss King? Where can you find him?

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Speaker 12: I'm sorry I never did know his last Name' afraid

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I don't know where you can find him either.

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Speaker 4: Well, how's that, Miss King? He visit you quite a bit.

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He's a friend of yours, isn't he Not exactly?

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Speaker 12: I know him, that's about all. He's a friend of

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a friend.

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Speaker 10: It's more like that.

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Speaker 9: Uh huh, excuse me.

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Speaker 12: Okay, I'm sorry.

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Speaker 10: This package has a rush on it.

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Speaker 12: I'll have to wrap it now, do you mind?

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Speaker 6: No, ma'am, you go right ahead.

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Speaker 5: About this man Marty, Miss King, you might explaining a

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little more if you don't know him, Well, why should

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he visit you so often?

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Speaker 10: Well, to tell you the truth, it's more of a

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favorite than anything.

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Speaker 12: It's through Virginia. She's my girlfriend, and I wish I

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never got mixed up in.

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Speaker 9: It to begin with.

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Speaker 6: Why do you mean mixed up in what?

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Speaker 12: Well, it's confidential, Sergeant, I just as soon not mentioned,

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if you don't mind, would.

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Speaker 6: Like to have you tell us everything you know about it.

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It's a pretty important matter.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 12: Well, I don't know really how it started.

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Speaker 10: I mean, how the two of them got together.

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Speaker 12: Marty and Virginia just met. I suppose Ginia fell in

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love with him. She had to find some way out

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how that Virginia she was crazy about Marty. I guess

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she still is. They didn't want to get all involved, though,

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neither one of them. It's romantic in a way.

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Speaker 9: Could I have the scissors there, sergeant?

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Speaker 6: Yes, there you go.

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Speaker 12: Well, the two of them want is to see each

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other once a week. It's enough for Virginia, she says,

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she loves him, that's all it counts. She doesn't want

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to know where Marty lives, what he does, anything about him,

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and I guess the same goes for Marty.

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Speaker 4: See, so the two haven't get in touch with each

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other through you?

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Speaker 8: Is that it?

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Speaker 10: That's right?

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Speaker 12: Usually once a week, maybe once every two weeks. I

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just as soon not talk about it if you don't mind, though,

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I can give you Virginia's address. She can tell you

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more about Marty.

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Speaker 10: Than I can.

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Speaker 6: You have no idea where we can locate the man.

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Speaker 12: I'm sorry, none at all. Only contact I have is

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when Marty Flow's mirror when he comes around, leaves a

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message for Virginia where to meet him and win, then leaves.

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I really think you ought to talk to Virginia about it.

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Speaker 5: There we are one thing I don't quite understand, ma'am. Yes,

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this girlfriend of yours, Virginia, you say she's in love

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with this fellow Marty.

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Speaker 12: Oh yeah, crazy about him?

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Speaker 4: And why are they're.

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Speaker 5: Playing this hide and seek? If they're in love, why

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don't they come out and get married. What's the problem Virginia?

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Speaker 12: What she's already married?

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Speaker 4: Before we left Leonora King, we advised her what the

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situation was in the event the suspect Marty contacted her.

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She was to get in touch with us immediately. She

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gave us her promise that she wouldn't disclose our conversation

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with her. We left her our card and she gave

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us the address of her girlfriend, Virginia Brewer, who was

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a South Argyle Street address.

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Speaker 6: But missus Brewer wasn't at home.

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Speaker 4: Eight fifteen pm, we drove to her place of employment,

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a Valley nightclub out along Ventura Boulevard, where she was

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appearing in the floor show.

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Speaker 6: She was a dancer. We located her backstage, waiting to

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go on.

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Speaker 10: You must have some other girl in mind, actic, sir.

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I don't know anyone by the name of Mary.

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Speaker 4: You sure about that, missus Brewer. We got it from

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a pretty good sort.

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Speaker 10: Well, I'm sure I don't know where you got it,

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but it's wrong. Ther name isn't familiar at all. Who

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told you this? Anyway?

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Speaker 6: Close friend of yours, ma'am. She seemed to know what

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she was talking about.

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Speaker 4: Who was it?

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Speaker 10: I got a right to know that?

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Speaker 4: Leonar King leonor Why should she tell you a story

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like that? We wouldn't know, ma'am, unless it's the truth.

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Speaker 10: Of course, it's not the truth. I don't know anybody.

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I don't even know what this is all about.

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Speaker 4: She says. You know the man, missus Brewer. She says

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you're in love with him. She seemed to have all

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the details. Now, is there any good reason why she

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tell lies about you?

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Speaker 10: I don't know.

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Speaker 9: You believe what she told you?

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Speaker 6: Yes, ma'am, we do, unless you can prove it's a lie.

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Speaker 9: I'm sorry.

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Speaker 10: That's my introduction.

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Speaker 4: I have to go on, all right, ma'am. We way

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h m h.

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Speaker 10: M m m.

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Speaker 1: Hm m m.

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Speaker 4: Goodes have been.

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Speaker 10: We'll be right back. Hot take another bout.

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Speaker 5: Hi.

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Speaker 10: You wanna come back here Rousters dressing room. You can

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talk there.

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Speaker 4: In here, thank you.

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Speaker 10: Well, there's't any point trying to cover it over. Only

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one thing I'd like to ask you. Yes, ma'am, her

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husband doesn't have to know, does he? I mean, whatever

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there is to this, you don't have to tell the papers.

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Do you keep it quiet?

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Speaker 6: Whatever you tell us will be strictly confidential, ma'am.

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Speaker 10: All right. I know Marty. I've known him for six

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months when I wasn't lying, I'm loving him.

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Speaker 4: Well, we're not prying into your personal life in his Brewer.

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We just like to locate this man, Marty, that's all.

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It's pretty important to us.

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Speaker 10: Why is it important? Why do you want him?

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Speaker 4: Robbery investigation man. We'd like to get hold of him

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for an interview.

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Speaker 10: Robby Marty's done something that way you want him.

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Speaker 4: We're not sure. Do you have any idea where we

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can find him?

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Speaker 10: No more than leonor yuess she told you about it.

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I mean, Marty and I Hot Spin.

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Speaker 6: You have no idea where he stays, where he works?

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Speaker 10: No, I don't. It's been that way from the beginning. Well,

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Noor knows as much about that as I do. Only

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one way I can get in touch with him, and

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that's when he leaves a message at the Nor's where

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I leave a message. When you first met Marty and

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I am that's the way we both wanted it. You

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didn't want to get all involved because of my husband Hide.

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Speaker 4: And neither have you seen this mighty lately, miss Brewer, Yes,

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about ten days ago.

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Speaker 6: You expect to see him again soon?

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Speaker 10: I don't know. I suppose, so you'll leave a message

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with le Nor if he wants me so I can

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go on.

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Speaker 4: Could you leave a message for him with Lenoor?

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Speaker 10: Yes, I suppose, so I have to wait. He calls, though,

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can't you tell me more about it? Sergeant, Why do

486
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you want him? What's it about?

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Speaker 4: We're going to have to ask your cooperation, ma'am. Your

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friends are robbery suspect. I think he's a pretty good one.

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Mighty yes, ma'am. And the next time he contacts you,

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the next time he sets up a date with you,

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we'd like to know where.

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Speaker 10: We'd like to know when you think he's guilty, really

493
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think he's done something?

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Speaker 6: Well, he's a suspect, man, that's all we know.

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Speaker 10: I guess Leonora told you. I love him, love him

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more than anyone. Won't make any difference, ma'am, won't make

497
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any difference. I love him. Even if he is guilty.

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It won't make any difference.

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Speaker 6: A will to him.

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Speaker 4: Twenty five PM, we continued questioning Virginia Brewer. Before we left,

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we got her promise that in the event the man

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known as Marty contacted her, she would notify us immediately.

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Speaker 6: Nine twenty PM.

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Speaker 4: We checked back in at the office and made arrangements

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to keep the home of Virginia Brewer under constant surveillance,

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as well as the apartment of her girlfriend, Leonora King.

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The following morning, we checked with the ballistics men at

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the crime lab, who examined the slug which had been

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taken from the wall of Walter Meyer's jewelry store, the

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latest of the hold up man's victims. It was identified

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as having been fired from a thirty two caliber revolver.

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The slug was marked and filed as evidence. Thorough examination

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of the top coat which the suspect had left behind

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at as last hold up.

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Speaker 6: Failed to yield any new leads.

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Speaker 4: The jewel trays at the store which had been held

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up were also checked for fingerprints. A week passed, no

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sign of the jewel thief. Wednesday, March twenty fourth, I'll

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grab it all right, robbery or Merril huh oh yes, yes, ma'am.

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Well when was that all right? Bye? Yes, ma'am, thank you,

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bye you anything that friend Missus Brewers.

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Speaker 5: Lenora King says, this is for the marty called a

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few minutes ago set up a date with Missus Brewer

524
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was supposed to meet Leonoi's apartment when eight o'clock tonight,

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four forty.

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Speaker 4: Five p m. We checked with Captain Dideon and set

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up a plan to have the apartment building where Leonora

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King lived thoroughly covered that night. Carr and Matthews were

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assigned to cover outside the main entrance. Micaleb and Olsen

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would cover the lobby. Ben and I would be in

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the apartment proper, along with Missus Brewer and Leonora King.

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By six o'clock that night, we were all in position.

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Speaker 6: We waited.

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Speaker 4: Six thirty seven o'clock, seven point thirty We waited. Missus

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Brewer walked the floor with a drink in her hand.

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Seven forty five, seven point fifty. Ben watched at the window.

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Virginia Brewer got nervous.

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Speaker 10: You can't prove it. You don't know anything for sure.

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How I know you're not trying for a frame, trying

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to blame Marty something he didn't do.

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Speaker 5: We're not blaming him for anything. Mammy's a suspect. We

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want to talk to him, that's all.

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Speaker 12: Why don't you sit down him, Virgin?

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Speaker 10: You know he was getting upset. It'll be all right.

545
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Come on, honey, got him all over the place on

546
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our cops waiting for Marty.

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Speaker 9: What am I supposed to think?

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Speaker 4: Why don't you relax, missus Brewer. If he's not the man,

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you got nothing.

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Speaker 5: To worry about it.

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Speaker 10: He's right, honey, sit down.

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Speaker 4: Let me fresh up that jo. Yeah, car pulling up outside,

553
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he said, Dan, Yeah, let's see right in front. Hey,

554
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man getting out here. He's coming in here, alright.

555
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Speaker 8: You can't see him. He must be inside, Marty.

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Speaker 10: Marty, why didn't you tell me you want.

557
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Speaker 6: To hop downstairs?

558
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Speaker 5: Ben?

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Speaker 6: See what happened.

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Speaker 10: It'll be all right, honey, take it easy, he'll be

561
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all right. I didn't know. I didn't know, Sorrget Why

562
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did you do it? You what, ma'am Marty? I didn't

563
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know about it. We didn't know anything about each other,

564
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and this has to happen. Why didn't he tell me?

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Speaker 6: I wouldn't know.

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Speaker 10: I love him. The rest I don't know, but I

567
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love him. He was in trouble. He could have told

568
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me he loved me, would have told me, he would

569
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have told me everything.

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Speaker 4: Well, I guess maybe you've got the answer. What he

571
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didn't love you?

572
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Speaker 2: The story you have just heard was true. The names

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were changed to protect the innocent.

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Speaker 3: On June twenty ninth, trial was held in Superior Court,

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Department ninety one, City and County of Los Angeles, State

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of California. In a moment the results of that trial,

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the suspect, Martin Arthur Kessington, was wounded, but not fatally,

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when he attempted to resis to rest. After interrogation, he

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dictated a signed statement admitting guilt for all five of

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the jewelry store hold ups. He was tried and convicted

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on five counts of first degree robbery and received a

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sentence as prescribed by law robbery in the first degree

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as punishable by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a

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term of five years to life. Ah, you have just

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heard Dragnet a series of authentic cases from official files.

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Technical advice comes from the Office of Chief of Police W. H. Parker,

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Los Angeles Police Department. Bartney Arborough is Sergeant Ben Romero.

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Also heard were Big Perron and Virginia Gray. Script by

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Jim Mosey, music by Walter Schumann. Hal Gidney speaking.

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Speaker 4: Next Counterspy Fights International Intrigue on in VC.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. A solid episode and I think Joe Friday's

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comment at the end was justified. If this robber had

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actually loved her, I doubt that he could have been

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content with a situation where they would just be together

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for an hour, and truth be told, if she actually

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cared as much for him as she said, she would

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not have been content with it either. What you had

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were two people who were using each other and at

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least in her case, overly romanticizing the situation. Probably one

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of the most common sound effects that you'll hear in

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Dragon at the sort of dancing shoe routine. That's something

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that's fairly easy for the sound effects of the era

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to recreate, but it was used to really draws into

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that scene and believe that we were watching a dancer

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with our ears all right. Well, listener comments and feedback,

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and we have a comment on the big bum Glow

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over on Spotify, and doctor Who Done It wrote Adam,

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I have to disagree with you. If I'm the suspect

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and guilty, I will deny it until my prison sentence

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is up. If I'm going to serve time either way,

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I would rather have a shot. If I'm the suspect

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in innocent, I will also be denying it until my

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prison sentence is up. However, there's a lot and lighter

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sentence and I can be released quicker than I will

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admit it. There is something to that, and I could

616
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totally go along with the idea of the burglar maintaining

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his innocence all the way through trial and beyond as

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a matter of trying to secure his release, And that

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makes total sense. What I don't get, and maybe I

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just don't understand the criminal mind is continuing to argue

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this with the police because they're not buying your story

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and for just wasting your energy. If you're denying a crime,

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whether you're guilty or innocent, at some point you have

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to reach the point where you say to the police, Okay,

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well I've tried to tell you what actually happened. You're

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not believing me, so I don't see the need to

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continue this conversation, and continuing to engage them gives them

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the chance to wear you down and then over on YouTube.

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Regarding the episode the Big Hit and Run Killer, James

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Riots definitely didn't see that twist coming. Great episode. Thanks

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so much, James, And now it's time to thank our

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Patreon supporter of the day. Thank you so much to Jeff,

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Patreon supporter since March twenty twenty three, currently supporting the

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for yours truly. Johnny dollar Ware, he's.

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Speaker 4: Good to dollar read'e.

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Speaker 10: Yes, this is his apartment.

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Speaker 2: You said over the phone you thought you'd kill him

645
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at least did.

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Speaker 10: All right, That's not what I meant.

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Speaker 9: I thought I was the one who killed him.

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Speaker 10: I'm not sure I had.

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Speaker 4: Oh I don't know, doesn't seem to matter.

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Speaker 9: He's dead. I guess that's all.

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Speaker 1: Get hold of yourself, Carol.

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Speaker 10: All right, I guess I'm not making much depense. You'll

653
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start a funny, light headed.

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Speaker 4: Let thanks.

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Speaker 2: Oh, why don't you start at the beginning?

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Speaker 10: All right. I came to see you tonight about eleven o'clock.

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Speaker 2: I guess he was a friend of yours.

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Speaker 4: Oh, he sent for me.

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Speaker 10: I had to come.

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Speaker 6: Why I'm telling me why.

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Speaker 10: He insisted that I have a drink with him. Then

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I started to feel funny.

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Speaker 6: I hope you'll be with.

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Speaker 1: Us then in the meantime. Send your comments to Box

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