1 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Kalispell, Montana. 2 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:38,280 This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're 3 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,240 going to bring you this week's episode of Drag Napp. 4 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,960 But first I want to encourage you. If you're enjoying 5 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:49,679 the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. Also, 6 00:00:49,719 --> 00:00:52,479 today's program is brought you a part by the financial 7 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,719 support of our listeners. 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You got a 19 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,040 call from one of the bus line terminals in your city. 20 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:57,799 A seven week old baby has been abandoned in the 21 00:01:57,799 --> 00:02:01,120 depot waiting room. There's no sign of the mother, no 22 00:02:01,239 --> 00:02:04,519 lead to or whereabouts. Your job find her. 23 00:02:14,319 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 3: Dragnet the documented drama of an actual crime. Well the 24 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,879 next thirty minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, 25 00:02:22,319 --> 00:02:24,479 you will travel step by step on the side of 26 00:02:24,479 --> 00:02:28,080 the law through an actual case transcribed from official police bolence, 27 00:02:28,719 --> 00:02:31,479 from beginning to end, from crime to punishment. 28 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,759 Speaker 4: Dragnet is the story of your police force. In action. 29 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 5: Was Wednesday, August fourteenth, That was hot in Los Angeles. 30 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,719 We're working the day watch out of Juvenile Division, my partner, 31 00:02:45,759 --> 00:02:47,560 said Jacob to the bosses, Captain. 32 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 6: Stein, Commander Juvenile Division. My name is Friday. 33 00:02:50,439 --> 00:02:51,879 Speaker 5: We're on the way out from the office, and it 34 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:53,639 was eleven oh five am when we got to the 35 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,800 corner of sixth in Los Angeles streets the bus depot, 36 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:01,400 use me, ma'am and missus Lewis. 37 00:03:01,479 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 7: Yes, that's Rid Are you the police, Yes. 38 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 6: Ma'am, it's my partner side and Jacob's name's Friday. Juvenile Division. 39 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:06,479 How do you do. 40 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 8: I'm certainly glad you're here. I've been waiting around the 41 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:10,360 seat be four hours. I don't know what to do. 42 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,759 Speaker 4: The baby must be getting pretty heavy, ma'amkes's down over here. 43 00:03:13,879 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 6: Thought about it all right, thank you? 44 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,599 Speaker 8: Yeah, that's all right, honey, you sleep me clease you 45 00:03:22,719 --> 00:03:24,520 by the things. 46 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 5: That's a shame, yes, ma'am. Well, report we got didn't 47 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:27,759 go into detail. 48 00:03:27,879 --> 00:03:29,479 Speaker 6: Some woman left the baby with you, is that right? 49 00:03:29,719 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 4: Yes? 50 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 7: As soon as we got off the bus this. 51 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 9: Morning, she said she'd only be gone a few minutes. 52 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:34,319 Speaker 8: It's been hours. 53 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:35,159 Speaker 7: I don't know what to do. 54 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:36,759 Speaker 6: Well, did you know the woman missus? 55 00:03:36,759 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 8: Well, her name's Dorothew Miller. She's from Arizona, Tucsons. 56 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 9: We got off the bus and she asked me if 57 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,159 i'd hold her baby while she went to get a luggage. 58 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,879 She said she'd meet me right there by the information there. 59 00:03:47,319 --> 00:03:49,759 He's been waiting ever since. She hadn't come back. I 60 00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:50,840 don't know what to think of it. 61 00:03:51,159 --> 00:03:52,879 Speaker 4: How well do you know this darting on her man? 62 00:03:53,199 --> 00:03:55,439 Speaker 8: Well, not too well. But she seemed like such a 63 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:57,800 nice girl, friendly and very socially. 64 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 4: We sat together all the way in, got on the 65 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:01,680 bus with her two sons. 66 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 9: At its Oh no, I'm from Cincinnati. I got on 67 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:05,879 the bus there and then went down to Dallas. Had 68 00:04:05,879 --> 00:04:08,280 a visit with an ad of mine down there. I 69 00:04:08,319 --> 00:04:10,840 got another bus at Dallas to come up here, went 70 00:04:10,879 --> 00:04:14,159 along and started very nice. Same bus I came in 71 00:04:14,199 --> 00:04:17,360 on this morning. I'm not getting my husband, army man, 72 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:20,199 he's coming in on a transport from overseas, coming in tomorrow. 73 00:04:20,759 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 5: So you say this, Dorothy Eveiller, I bought it the 74 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,399 bus of Tucson with a baby. She rode all the 75 00:04:24,399 --> 00:04:25,680 way into Lost Age the hill. 76 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,199 Speaker 9: Yes, right into this seapo. She sat on the seat 77 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:31,279 next to mine. He struck up a conversation. Got to 78 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,959 be quite good friends, he said a sepa. I stand imagine. 79 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 4: How did the Miller woman seen him as though? It's 80 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,120 all right? I mean, was there anything odd about her behavior? 81 00:04:40,199 --> 00:04:41,000 Anything unusual? 82 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 9: No, nothing at all. Seemed to me to be a 83 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,920 perfect mother. Took good care of the baby woman. For 84 00:04:46,079 --> 00:04:49,160 here's what's the upsetting for her to go off like this, 85 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:51,959 leave her baby where the stranger does. 86 00:04:51,959 --> 00:04:52,639 Speaker 10: Makes me sense? 87 00:04:53,199 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 6: Well, now you say you talk to this Dorothy Miller 88 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:56,319 quite a bit along the way, man, I. 89 00:04:56,319 --> 00:04:57,319 Speaker 10: Thank you for what was that? 90 00:04:57,639 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 4: Maybe if we move out the card, Joe think me 91 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:00,000 a lot easier. 92 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,319 Speaker 5: To That's a good idea, Miss Lords. Would you mind 93 00:05:02,319 --> 00:05:04,160 coming along with us to our car parks. Just down 94 00:05:04,199 --> 00:05:05,519 the street should be a little quet roun. 95 00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:09,079 Speaker 9: Yes, I have these two believes. 96 00:05:09,079 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 6: Okay, be out this way there she'd be. I'm sorry, 97 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,160 hardly part of help you ever won know that? 98 00:05:19,319 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 4: No, that's okay. 99 00:05:20,399 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 6: Just down the street here, ma'am. 100 00:05:21,759 --> 00:05:27,199 Speaker 8: Oh, miss gilful Day, it was shame or its troubled? 101 00:05:27,399 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 6: H Can you make it all right? Miss lord? 102 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 10: Oh? 103 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 8: Yes I can too. 104 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:34,759 Speaker 6: I'm gonna slip the lashes and back of the funny 105 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:36,399 room there, yeah, okay, in your hands. 106 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:44,759 Speaker 5: Okay, not about this miller woman, Miss Louis. 107 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:45,639 Speaker 6: I was gonna ask you. 108 00:05:45,639 --> 00:05:47,319 Speaker 5: Yes, well, that she happened to tell you where she 109 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,319 lived in tu Soon, if she had any people or 110 00:05:49,319 --> 00:05:49,920 any family. 111 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,439 Speaker 9: No, I don't recall anything like that. She talks about 112 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,160 some of the girlfriends she had, their their babies. 113 00:05:56,879 --> 00:05:57,959 Speaker 10: She didn't mention any of. 114 00:05:57,879 --> 00:05:58,519 Speaker 8: Them by name. 115 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,199 Speaker 5: Those I about her description as low as anything unusual there, No, I. 116 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 9: Wouldn't say so small girl, I put three or four, 117 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,199 I'd say one hundred and ten or fifteen pounds, dark hair, 118 00:06:08,319 --> 00:06:12,360 shoulder length, dark eyes, knife and classie, very pretty eyes. 119 00:06:12,439 --> 00:06:13,439 Speaker 6: Wow, how old would you say? 120 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 7: Twenty? 121 00:06:13,959 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 9: It's what she told me anyway, She said she had 122 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:17,959 a brisbee in May. I remember we talked about that 123 00:06:18,079 --> 00:06:19,920 she was born under the same fine eyewa. 124 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,399 Speaker 4: Char as the bull, and all the talk she had 125 00:06:22,439 --> 00:06:23,920 was this and on our girls. She never gave you 126 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:25,839 any reason to think that anything was wrong with it, 127 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,120 didn't seem to be despondent, depressed about anything. 128 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 8: Perfectly normal girl, as far as I could tell, I 129 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,240 just can't get over it. I can't imagine her doing 130 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:34,000 anything like this. 131 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,079 Speaker 6: Well, how'd you seem this morning when you got in 132 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:37,560 on the bus. Pretty much the same? 133 00:06:37,879 --> 00:06:40,759 Speaker 8: Yes, I think. So we got off the bus together. 134 00:06:41,079 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 9: She had her hands full with the baby, so I 135 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,439 helped her off with the hand belief she was carrying. 136 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:47,920 When we got inside the waiting room, she mentioned that 137 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:49,560 she had to go pick up some luggage from the 138 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,000 tech stands. She asked me if I'd mind very much 139 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,480 holding her baby while she went after it. 140 00:06:53,759 --> 00:06:56,079 Speaker 8: I said, no, not at all. She went around the 141 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,079 corner of the baggage stand and that's the last I saw. 142 00:06:58,879 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 6: You checked around the depot and you had her page. 143 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 9: I talked to everyone in the place. The porter's ticket 144 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,560 close information to travelers aid not one of. 145 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 8: Them could help. I tried everybody there, more friends than 146 00:07:12,519 --> 00:07:19,319 ether than is he trying to think you were wonderful. 147 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,879 It's adorable. It's a little boy, she said. He named Steven. 148 00:07:23,079 --> 00:07:25,319 Speaker 4: Yes, ma'am. Oh, you say you've been way around the 149 00:07:25,319 --> 00:07:27,160 depot three hours? Has the baby been said? 150 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,319 Speaker 9: Yes, this handsley similar girl gave me the whole. I 151 00:07:30,399 --> 00:07:33,160 found a bottleful of formula in it, and that's coffee 152 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,279 shop warmed it for me. A little teller here finished 153 00:07:36,279 --> 00:07:36,680 it off. 154 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,959 Speaker 8: Well, I guess we'll be wanting some more pretty soon. 155 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,519 Speaker 4: I guess we're there back in Huh Yeah, I guess. 156 00:07:42,519 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 8: I can't imagine it. I just can't imagine this little boy. 157 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:47,480 Just look at him. 158 00:07:47,839 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 10: Yes, her own baby, so small, helpless? 159 00:07:51,759 --> 00:07:53,279 Speaker 7: How could she go off and leave him? 160 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 6: Well, I guess she had a reason. Must have been important. 161 00:07:56,319 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 10: A sudden week old baby, what's more important than that. 162 00:08:04,519 --> 00:08:07,079 Speaker 5: Before we left the bus depot, ed contacted the clerk 163 00:08:07,079 --> 00:08:09,720 at the depot information desk and left our card with him. 164 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,040 If anyone came in to make inquiries about the abandoned child, 165 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,480 he was to advise him to get in touch with us. 166 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,920 Eleven forty eight am, the woman who had been left. 167 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,959 Speaker 6: With the baby. Missus Marjorie Lewis, agreed to return to 168 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 the office with us and give us a complete report 169 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:25,560 on everything she knew about the case. 170 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:28,319 Speaker 5: As soon as we got back, we briefed Captain Stein 171 00:08:28,399 --> 00:08:31,079 on what happened, and he assigned Policewoman Betty Stone to 172 00:08:31,079 --> 00:08:31,360 come in. 173 00:08:31,399 --> 00:08:32,399 Speaker 6: And help out with the baby. 174 00:08:33,039 --> 00:08:36,159 Speaker 5: A cursory examination seemed to indicate there was nothing abnormal 175 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,759 about the baby nor apparent deformities. We checked the blanket 176 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:42,279 in a baby's clothing, but we found no identifying marks 177 00:08:42,279 --> 00:08:42,679 of any. 178 00:08:42,639 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 6: Use to it. 179 00:08:43,519 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 5: Policewoman Stone made the baby comfortable for the time being, 180 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,480 and then she began to check through the contents of 181 00:08:48,519 --> 00:08:50,679 the small police which the baby's mother had left with 182 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:51,639 Missus Lewis. 183 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 6: It contained the usual assortment baby oil, powder, dextros, a 184 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,600 few cans of milk, a couple of blankets, and the 185 00:08:57,639 --> 00:09:01,200 supply of diapers. Ed and I continued to interview Missus Lewis. 186 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 4: Is the miller woman's first baby, do you know or 187 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:04,000 did she happen to mention it? 188 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 8: Yes, it's her first, That's what she told me. 189 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,799 Speaker 6: Anyway, did you talk about the baby's health at all? 190 00:09:08,879 --> 00:09:10,039 Was there any trouble there, would you know? 191 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 9: Well, she did say she had some trouble with the formula. 192 00:09:12,879 --> 00:09:15,200 At first, it didn't seem to suit. The baby wasn't 193 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,360 anything serious though, As a matter of fact, that does 194 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:19,320 worry me a little bit. 195 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,159 Speaker 8: Such, what's that the baby's formula? 196 00:09:21,279 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 9: Missus Miller did say it had to be fixed a 197 00:09:23,039 --> 00:09:26,360 special way, some special medicine she put in it too. 198 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,039 Speaker 7: Are you sure the baby's going to get good care? 199 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 4: Yes, man's no need to worry. He'll be moved to 200 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:32,399 general hospital a la fassa. 201 00:09:32,519 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 9: But the special formula, the medicine she was giving him, 202 00:09:35,159 --> 00:09:35,960 Will they know about that? 203 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 8: Will they know how to see him? 204 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 5: Well, they've handle cases like this performulas, Lewis, They're pretty competent. 205 00:09:40,159 --> 00:09:41,039 Speaker 6: People don't know what to do. 206 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 8: I truly hope so. I don't know why I'm so 207 00:09:43,919 --> 00:09:44,559 considered her. 208 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 10: I guess it's just the little scholars, so small all alone. 209 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,600 It's a helpless, terrible change. 210 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 6: Yes, man, about this special formula the baby has to have. 211 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:55,440 What's the reason for that? Would you know the baby 212 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:56,240 been sick recently? 213 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:57,159 Speaker 8: No, I don't think so. 214 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 9: Missus Miller did say he was a little sick when 215 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,639 he was born, spend a little time in an incubator. 216 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:04,840 I don't believe it was critical though, at least I 217 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:05,519 didn't gather. 218 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 11: It that well. 219 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 6: Thank you very much, miss Lewis. Appreciate your cooperation everything 220 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:09,159 you've done on it. 221 00:10:09,279 --> 00:10:10,879 Speaker 8: Not at all, tach, and I only wish I could 222 00:10:10,879 --> 00:10:11,120 be more. 223 00:10:11,159 --> 00:10:12,879 Speaker 4: Hell, do you mind telling us where you'll be stopping 224 00:10:12,879 --> 00:10:15,360 in town? Then hospital? We might have the contact you again? 225 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 8: Well right, don't have any reservations. I was thinking of 226 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,360 staying at a hotel close to downtown. 227 00:10:19,879 --> 00:10:21,559 Speaker 6: Was a big convention in town. Most of the place, 228 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:23,240 they're pretty crowd. We'd be glad to help you find 229 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,200 a hotel space if you're like, oh, well, that's. 230 00:10:25,039 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 8: Certainly very nice. Not at all, so I concidy. Could 231 00:10:28,399 --> 00:10:29,039 I see you a minute? 232 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 6: Please? Yeah? Sorry, it was excuse me please? 233 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 12: Sure, yeah, I bet it or a policewoman. I'm not 234 00:10:36,799 --> 00:10:39,240 bad at checking diapers. What do you mean over here? 235 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:42,879 Belief the mother elects of missus Lewis. 236 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:44,279 Speaker 6: Did you come up with anything? 237 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,879 Speaker 12: Didn't exort first, went over to Belief. Everything inside nothing 238 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,279 and I started putting the things back in the bag. 239 00:10:50,879 --> 00:10:55,039 Found this nut stack of diapers there paid receipt for 240 00:10:55,039 --> 00:10:57,080 a hospital bill eternity. 241 00:10:56,679 --> 00:10:58,799 Speaker 6: Ward Santa Maria Hospital too Son. 242 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 12: There's a patient name right there at the top, Dorothy Miller. 243 00:11:07,759 --> 00:11:10,879 Speaker 6: Twelve thirty PM a local broadcast and an APB was 244 00:11:10,919 --> 00:11:14,320 gotten out on Dorothy Miller. And then we sent a communication. 245 00:11:13,759 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 5: To the Tucson Police Department laying out the story for 246 00:11:16,279 --> 00:11:18,360 them and asking him to check with the Santa Maria. 247 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,320 Speaker 6: A Hospital there for a possible lead. 248 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 5: On the missing mother. Meantime, the baby was removed to 249 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,639 General Hospital. We found accommodations for missus Lewis at a 250 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:27,600 downtown hotel. 251 00:11:27,879 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 6: We dropped her off there and then we drove back 252 00:11:29,639 --> 00:11:31,120 to the bus depot on Sixth Street. 253 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 5: We tried to locate the driver of the bus on 254 00:11:33,519 --> 00:11:35,919 which the Miller woman and her baby had arrived that morning. 255 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:37,919 We were told he was off duty and then he 256 00:11:37,919 --> 00:11:39,360 wouldn't report back until eight. 257 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 6: O'clock the following morning. We left our card along. 258 00:11:42,279 --> 00:11:44,799 Speaker 5: With a message for the driver asking him to contact 259 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:47,080 as as soon as he returned. For the rest of 260 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,360 the afternoon, Ed and I, along with the two other 261 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:51,279 men from Juvenile Division, checked. 262 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,519 Speaker 6: With all the bus depot personnel, but we were unable 263 00:11:53,519 --> 00:11:54,639 to turn up any kind of a lead. 264 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 5: After that, we started making the rounds of the hotels, bars, restaurants, 265 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,440 and taxi cab stands in the nameborhood. 266 00:12:00,879 --> 00:12:03,919 Speaker 6: The same result. Nothing. Seven fifty five am. 267 00:12:03,919 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 5: The following morning, I reported back in for work money Joe, alright, 268 00:12:07,759 --> 00:12:08,879 bety head check in yet? 269 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:10,279 Speaker 12: Uh h, I went out for a minute, says be 270 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:10,720 right back. 271 00:12:10,799 --> 00:12:11,919 Speaker 6: What do you know anything. 272 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 12: New communication for you from the Tucson PD kick back 273 00:12:14,879 --> 00:12:17,080 on that query you got off to him yesterday. Take 274 00:12:17,279 --> 00:12:18,000 ed left it in near by. 275 00:12:18,039 --> 00:12:19,279 Speaker 6: Well, thanks, Betty, I'll get it. 276 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 11: M hmm. 277 00:12:23,519 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 6: Do you see that edge short coming? 278 00:12:25,279 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 12: Yeah, confirms the fact the woman had her baby in 279 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:27,960 that hospital. 280 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,519 Speaker 6: Still not much help, though, Yeah, I say they checked 281 00:12:31,519 --> 00:12:33,840 out her last known address in Tucson. Should move, no 282 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,399 forwarding address, no landin their relatives or friends. 283 00:12:36,639 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 12: The day the baby was borne seems to check. 284 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 6: Out June twenty fourth, Thanks for baby just about seven 285 00:12:42,039 --> 00:12:44,480 weeks old. It's part here. Doesn't make much sense out 286 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:44,679 of it. 287 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,000 Speaker 12: The Miller girl's description, Yeah, mis. 288 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,799 Speaker 6: Lewis said Dorothy Miller was small and dark, long, dark haired, 289 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:52,960 dark eyes. People at the hospital described her as being blonde, 290 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,159 fairly tall, blue eyes, long blonde hair, about twenty nine, 291 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:56,919 thirty years old. 292 00:12:57,159 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 12: Missus Lewis said the Miller girl just turned twenty. 293 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 6: Didn't see she said, she doesn't figure. 294 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 12: A little too much to write off this coincidence to 295 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,840 Dorothy Miller's having babies same day, same hospital. 296 00:13:06,919 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 6: And I just sent this think this description of the 297 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,720 Miller girl, fairly tall, long lawn Here, there's Lewis has 298 00:13:12,759 --> 00:13:16,000 long lawn here. Oh hi, Joe, Hi, what's doing? 299 00:13:16,279 --> 00:13:18,159 Speaker 4: A bus driver we wanted to talk to and wanted 300 00:13:18,159 --> 00:13:19,799 to throw the bus Dorothy Miller and the baby came 301 00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:22,159 in on yesterday. That description miss Lewis gave us A 302 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,000 Dorothy Miller driver doesn't remember anyone like that on his 303 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,440 buts he remembered miss Lewis. Though she didn't get on 304 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:28,960 the bus at Dallas. She didn't sit next to a 305 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:30,080 younger with a baby either. 306 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:32,399 Speaker 6: Driver says, he's surely what's the pitch. 307 00:13:32,639 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 4: Lewis got on the bus at Tucsons she had a 308 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:41,320 baby in her arms. 309 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,879 Speaker 3: You are listening to dragnet authentic stories of your police 310 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:50,639 force and action. 311 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,159 Speaker 5: Jacobs and I went into the adjoining room, where we 312 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,639 continued to interview the bus driver. The same man who 313 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:06,679 had been driving a bus on which Missus Lewis and 314 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,360 the abandoned baby and his mother supposedly had arrived in 315 00:14:09,399 --> 00:14:12,559 Los Angeles the day before. The more we talked to 316 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,600 the driver, the more he convinced it that the story 317 00:14:14,639 --> 00:14:16,879 we'd gotten from Missus Marjorie Lewis was a long way 318 00:14:16,879 --> 00:14:17,440 from the truth. 319 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 6: He repeated that he was absolutely sure. 320 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:22,679 Speaker 5: That Missus Lewis did not get on the bus at Dallas, 321 00:14:22,759 --> 00:14:25,080 that she boarded the bush at Tucsons, and that at 322 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:27,000 the time she got on she was holding a baby 323 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,519 in her arms. He was just as positive that Missus 324 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,200 Lewis held a baby in her arms all the way 325 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,399 to Los Angeles, and that she did not sit next 326 00:14:33,399 --> 00:14:35,960 to a young, dark haired girl, but an elderly woman. 327 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:38,759 He also told us that none of his passengers on 328 00:14:38,799 --> 00:14:41,600 that particular trip fitted the description of Dorothy Miller has 329 00:14:41,679 --> 00:14:45,480 given us by Missus Lewis. Eight fifty am before the 330 00:14:45,519 --> 00:14:47,559 bus driver left, we got his address and a phone 331 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:49,559 number where we could get in touch with him if necessary. 332 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,720 Nine oh five, Ams Ed and I got in the 333 00:14:52,759 --> 00:14:55,039 car go to the downtown hotel where. 334 00:14:54,919 --> 00:14:56,159 Speaker 6: Missus Lewis was staying and. 335 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 5: Called her room from the phone in the lobby. She 336 00:14:58,679 --> 00:15:01,600 told us that her husband, Army and Walter Lewis, had 337 00:15:01,679 --> 00:15:04,399 arrived in from overseas earlier that morning and checked in 338 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:05,080 at the hotel. 339 00:15:05,679 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 6: I asked her if her. 340 00:15:06,399 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 5: Husband was with her, but she said no, he was 341 00:15:08,519 --> 00:15:09,279 downstairs at the. 342 00:15:09,279 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 6: Hotel barber shop ed and I got in the elevator 343 00:15:11,879 --> 00:15:12,679 and went up to see her. 344 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:15,159 Speaker 5: Outside and down on the street you could hear the 345 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,279 sounds of a parade passing by. It was American Legion 346 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:24,159 Conventional week, the traditional parade, some. 347 00:15:24,279 --> 00:15:24,879 Speaker 6: Parade in this. 348 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,879 Speaker 8: Oh, good morning, come in free, Thank you very. 349 00:15:31,759 --> 00:15:32,159 Speaker 6: Much, ma'am. 350 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:33,639 Speaker 4: What happened? 351 00:15:33,679 --> 00:15:34,679 Speaker 7: Did you find out anything? 352 00:15:34,799 --> 00:15:36,559 Speaker 6: Well, A few things, ma'am. We've been checking around. 353 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 5: Two or three more questions we'd like to ask you 354 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:39,840 if you don't mind, well, no, not at all. 355 00:15:39,879 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 7: How the baby are they taking care of it? 356 00:15:41,639 --> 00:15:43,759 Speaker 6: The yes, ma'am, it's fine and checked at the hospital. 357 00:15:43,919 --> 00:15:44,559 Is doing real well. 358 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:46,759 Speaker 8: I'm goad and the mirror's girl, do I see Millie? 359 00:15:46,799 --> 00:15:47,679 Did you find out anything? 360 00:15:47,799 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 4: We have been able to low kid, I know treasure 361 00:15:49,559 --> 00:15:51,519 at all. While we're here, Miss Lewis, a few things 362 00:15:51,559 --> 00:15:52,919 we'd like to have you straightened out for us. 363 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:53,279 Speaker 10: Well, I'll do. 364 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:56,159 Speaker 9: Anything I can to help, since I already told you 365 00:15:56,159 --> 00:15:57,679 everything I could remember about the girl. 366 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,679 Speaker 6: Well, now we're going to be honest with you, miss Lewis. 367 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,120 I don't think you're telling the truth. 368 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 8: I don't understand. 369 00:16:03,039 --> 00:16:03,279 Speaker 6: Doctor. 370 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 5: The man who was driving a bus you came in 371 00:16:04,919 --> 00:16:07,039 on yesterday, the same bush you say Dorothy Miller and 372 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:07,679 her baby were on. 373 00:16:08,039 --> 00:16:08,639 Speaker 7: Yes, that's right. 374 00:16:08,759 --> 00:16:11,159 Speaker 5: Well, the bus driver couldn't remember the Miller girl told 375 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,799 us none of his passions and even came close to 376 00:16:12,879 --> 00:16:13,399 her description. 377 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 8: Well, there was quite a few people on the bus. 378 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:17,159 Speaker 10: I guess you can't blame for not remembering it. 379 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 4: You remembered you, miss Lewis, you were sitting there at 380 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:21,080 the front of the bus. He doesn't remember anyone with 381 00:16:21,159 --> 00:16:22,039 a baby sitting next to. 382 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 8: You, though, I guess you made a mistake. You can't 383 00:16:23,879 --> 00:16:25,240 remember everything when they said you. 384 00:16:25,279 --> 00:16:26,039 Speaker 4: Were holding a baby. 385 00:16:26,399 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 7: I don't understand. 386 00:16:27,679 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 10: What is it you're trying to find out. 387 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 6: Well, we talked to you yesterday. You told us that 388 00:16:31,279 --> 00:16:32,360 she got on the bus of Dallas. 389 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:32,919 Speaker 11: Isn't it right? 390 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:34,799 Speaker 10: Yes? What would that have to do with it? 391 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,039 Speaker 5: The bus driver says, you got on a Tucson you 392 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,080 seemed to remember pretty well. He says, when he got 393 00:16:39,159 --> 00:16:40,159 on the bus, you were holding. 394 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:40,799 Speaker 6: A baby in your arms. 395 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 10: That's silly. He's wrong. 396 00:16:42,759 --> 00:16:44,639 Speaker 7: He must have leaking kids with somebody else. 397 00:16:44,679 --> 00:16:46,159 Speaker 4: I don't see how man. He says, you were the 398 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:47,559 only woman on the bus with a baby. 399 00:16:47,919 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 10: What's the point of his charge. I don't understand any 400 00:16:50,279 --> 00:16:50,440 of this. 401 00:16:50,879 --> 00:16:53,399 Speaker 5: Well, Frankly needed to weave. I don't know why you're 402 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,159 lying to us about this, but apparently you are. 403 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:56,799 Speaker 10: You're wrong. I'm not lying. 404 00:16:57,159 --> 00:16:58,919 Speaker 7: It happened just the way I told you. The girl 405 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:00,879 gave me the baby to hold, and then she disappeared. 406 00:17:00,879 --> 00:17:02,399 There's no reason for me to lie about that. 407 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,319 Speaker 5: We find a receipt for a hospital Doloment, the least 408 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,559 with the baby's things in it. The receipt was made 409 00:17:07,599 --> 00:17:08,480 out to Dorothy Miller. 410 00:17:08,559 --> 00:17:09,640 Speaker 10: Well, that's proves it justice. 411 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:11,599 Speaker 8: She was on the bus with us, and her baby 412 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:12,119 was with us. 413 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 4: The check was made with a hospital too. Son. They 414 00:17:14,319 --> 00:17:16,480 remember the name Dorothy Miller. She gave birth to a 415 00:17:16,559 --> 00:17:18,799 baby boy about seven weeks ago. She wasn't the same 416 00:17:18,839 --> 00:17:21,200 girl you described to us, though the description wasn't even closer. 417 00:17:21,279 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 7: Then it must be a mistake. I guess somebody made 418 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:24,640 a mistake. 419 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 10: I can't understand any of this. 420 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:26,319 Speaker 6: Well. 421 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 4: They sent us back a description of the Dorothy Miller, 422 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,440 who said at the hospital it's a fairly tall woman, 423 00:17:30,559 --> 00:17:33,160 long blonde hair, by twenty nine to thirty. Yes, description 424 00:17:33,279 --> 00:17:35,119 fits humans, Lois, that's almost perfectly. 425 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 6: It's wrong. 426 00:17:36,319 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 10: It has to be wrong. 427 00:17:37,279 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 8: Who think's a mistake. 428 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:39,039 Speaker 11: I beg your pie. 429 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:41,440 Speaker 7: I say the whole thing is a mistake. It has 430 00:17:41,519 --> 00:17:42,000 to be wrong. 431 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 6: No, I don't think so, ma'am. 432 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,079 Speaker 7: Why don't you tell me what did you think? 433 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 6: Tell me there is no Dorothy Miller. There never was. 434 00:17:51,279 --> 00:17:52,440 There's no such person, ma'am. 435 00:17:52,799 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 10: That's what you really think. I invented it. I made 436 00:17:55,279 --> 00:17:55,720 it all up. 437 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 6: Did you. 438 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 10: And the baby? 439 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:02,559 Speaker 8: What about him? 440 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 7: There's no dog for your miller? What about the baby? 441 00:18:05,559 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 6: I don't know. You want to tell us, Miss Lewis? 442 00:18:12,279 --> 00:18:17,640 Speaker 4: Yes, yes, Louis, and I guess something. 443 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 6: Boy, you are all right. 444 00:18:20,839 --> 00:18:23,039 Speaker 10: I suppose I knew it would happen sometimes I. 445 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 7: Try not to think about it. H and you call 446 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,279 from downstairs. I knew you'd found out. 447 00:18:30,599 --> 00:18:32,559 Speaker 10: That's why. Yes, my husband was with me, isn't it 448 00:18:32,759 --> 00:18:33,839 He didn't want to embarrass you. 449 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 5: We wanted to give you a chance to tell your 450 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,319 side of the story, but maybe you wanted to keep 451 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:38,079 it from your husband. 452 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 10: No, it doesn't matter. I'll tell him. We'll be back 453 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:44,200 in a few minutes. You can do anything he wants. 454 00:18:44,279 --> 00:18:47,440 I won't blame you. We'll pack your bags and walk 455 00:18:47,559 --> 00:18:49,000 up and leave, and I won't blame him. 456 00:18:49,079 --> 00:18:51,759 Speaker 11: All right, You want to tell us about him, Well, 457 00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:52,359 I think you. 458 00:18:52,519 --> 00:18:57,519 Speaker 8: Know my baby, my own baby, and I shouldn't keep him. 459 00:18:58,680 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 7: There wasn't anything else to. 460 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:01,759 Speaker 10: Do, susin. 461 00:19:03,079 --> 00:19:03,799 Speaker 7: My own baby. 462 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,279 Speaker 4: You made up the whole story. But the girl died 463 00:19:06,319 --> 00:19:07,759 and Millner are leaving a baby with you? 464 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:10,319 Speaker 6: Is Louis. 465 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 10: It's a beautiful day, big crowd for the parade and 466 00:19:17,279 --> 00:19:18,400 lined all the way up the street. 467 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 6: You must have had a reason for him, his louis 468 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:21,799 giving your baby away. Now do you want to tell 469 00:19:21,839 --> 00:19:22,240 us about it? 470 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:27,799 Speaker 10: Yeah? Sorry, it won't make a difference to done. It's 471 00:19:27,839 --> 00:19:33,279 all done. My husband. I'm thinking about Wilder. I'm going 472 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:34,640 to have to hurt him, and I don't want to 473 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,000 hurt him. I don't know I'm going to tell him. 474 00:19:38,759 --> 00:19:41,519 I tried to make him understand all the time before 475 00:19:41,559 --> 00:19:44,519 he left, her overseas. It's almost two years ago. I 476 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,200 tried to make him understand. He wouldn't listen. He didn't believe. 477 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,319 He thought I was fooling. Yes, I love him start 478 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,200 and I tried to explain, I just want to be alone. 479 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:56,519 Having him away all the time. I knew it was 480 00:19:56,559 --> 00:19:58,880 going to be trouble. I knew it. I didn't want 481 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:00,839 to be alone. He didn't understan. He only said I 482 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:06,680 was schooling. He left for overseason October. All the almost 483 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:10,599 two years ago. I went down to Wilmington. I saw 484 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:12,839 him leave on the boat, so then watched him go. 485 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,279 I wasn't going to see it twenty four months. Wouldn't 486 00:20:17,279 --> 00:20:21,519 see no children, no family. It's the two room apartments. 487 00:20:22,799 --> 00:20:26,160 You would believe. You only would have taken me with him. 488 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:27,599 Speaker 6: Where were you living at that time? 489 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 10: Man up the coast, just the side of Santa Barbara. 490 00:20:31,559 --> 00:20:35,200 I told what I couldn't be alone. I needed something. 491 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:38,759 They only had children. He'd only taken me with it. 492 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:41,119 Didn't have to be this way. 493 00:20:41,559 --> 00:20:43,039 Speaker 7: He could have taken me with him, he could have 494 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:43,599 arranged it. 495 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:47,319 Speaker 10: He wouldn't. He left me alone. I tried to tell him, 496 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:50,400 he left me here alone. Yeah, I took it for 497 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:54,200 a year, a whole year, two room apartments, being alone. 498 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,359 I wrote to Walter twice a week. 499 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:57,039 Speaker 12: He wrote to me. 500 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:58,039 Speaker 6: Did he do any good? 501 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 10: He didn't want me with him a whole year and 502 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:04,079 it got too much. 503 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:05,839 Speaker 4: You mean you could have joined him overseas. 504 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 9: I don't know why kept writing to him. He kept 505 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:10,279 putting me off a whole year. It got too much 506 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,799 to room apartment alone. You can't spend your life that way. 507 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,240 I started going out, having dates. I had to get out, 508 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,039 started going to party different people just I drank too much. 509 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:26,079 Didn't want to be alone. It's always drunk. There's one party. 510 00:21:26,759 --> 00:21:28,839 I don't even remember who I went with if I 511 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,720 was drinking. I don't know when I left. I don't 512 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,839 even remember who I was put didn't have to be 513 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,400 This didn't have to happen. 514 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,319 Speaker 6: Are you all right, miss lord? And there's something when 515 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:42,759 you get. 516 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:46,599 Speaker 10: You, I'm all right. I didn't know what to do 517 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:51,799 when the problem other doctors. He didn't understand you, I 518 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,559 mean the way I felt. Said the baby would be 519 00:21:54,599 --> 00:21:58,440 born in June. I cried. He didn't understand. 520 00:21:59,039 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 6: That's nice. 521 00:22:00,079 --> 00:22:02,880 Speaker 10: When the time came, I went to Tucson Arizona had 522 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:07,519 my baby. At least I wasn't alone. Used a different 523 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:12,759 name in the hospital, Dorothy Miller. Maybe it wasn't Walter's baby, 524 00:22:12,799 --> 00:22:16,000 but it was mine, but mine. I thought at first 525 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:20,319 it wouldn't make much differs, But it did, though, did ah? 526 00:22:21,599 --> 00:22:24,400 I knew what it means. I loved Walter and I 527 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:27,839 still love him. If you found out I knew. 528 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 7: What it would mean, I couldn't even think about it. 529 00:22:31,759 --> 00:22:34,079 Speaker 10: I love Walter. I couldn't even think about telling him. 530 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 6: So do you think you don't giving up the baby? 531 00:22:36,279 --> 00:22:38,279 Giving him away? About the idea, I can't. 532 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:39,640 Speaker 10: Tell you how many times I worked it out in 533 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:40,880 my mind, day after day. 534 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 7: I almost went crazy with it. Walder the baby was won. 535 00:22:44,839 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 10: I finally decided Walter the thing was fair. 536 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,559 Speaker 6: Won't you well? I wouldn't know, man, it's your decisions 537 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:52,920 up to you. 538 00:22:53,519 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 10: I don't know how to tell him. Won't you help me? 539 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:57,599 Please help me? Tell Walter? 540 00:22:58,440 --> 00:22:58,799 Speaker 6: All right? 541 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 10: You're like oame. 542 00:23:01,559 --> 00:23:02,519 Speaker 8: I mean to make a choice. 543 00:23:02,599 --> 00:23:05,599 Speaker 10: When you have to hurt somebody have to choose between 544 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,240 the two of them, one of them has to be churched. 545 00:23:08,759 --> 00:23:11,599 Ma'am her husband and markas which one. 546 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,279 Speaker 5: Ten thirty eight am at missus lewis request, and I 547 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:20,519 stayed on at the hotel room until her husband, Army 548 00:23:20,599 --> 00:23:24,000 Captain Walller Lewis, returned. He was a tall, dark haired 549 00:23:24,079 --> 00:23:27,599 man in his late thirty dark eyes and complexion. Missus 550 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,839 Lewis was waiting in the adjoining room. It wasn't easy, 551 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,200 but as best we could ed and I breached the husband. 552 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,279 Speaker 6: On what had happened. His first reaction was fairly normal. 553 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,839 Speaker 5: He took it pretty hard. We kept on talking to him. 554 00:23:39,039 --> 00:23:41,039 After a while he calmed down. We laid out the 555 00:23:41,079 --> 00:23:42,240 whole story for him again. 556 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 11: She's turned the baby over to police. 557 00:23:44,799 --> 00:23:45,039 Speaker 6: Is that it? 558 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 11: She gave the baby up. 559 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 4: Yes, she figured it was the only things he could do. 560 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:53,039 Speaker 11: It's kind of hard to believe in. What's the answer? 561 00:23:53,079 --> 00:23:53,880 What am I supposed to do? 562 00:23:54,799 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 10: All? 563 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 5: Sure, I know some of our business captains. I think 564 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,000 you might try looking at it from your wife's point 565 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,559 of view. Maybe, But I mean I'm pretty obvious she's 566 00:24:02,559 --> 00:24:07,480 still in love with you. I think she's showing you that. Yeah, well, 567 00:24:07,599 --> 00:24:09,359 she was in a jam. It was a big choice 568 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:11,519 for it to Mike. She knew she was wrong, she 569 00:24:11,559 --> 00:24:13,960 made a mistake. She was ready to pay for it. 570 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:15,640 It was either you or the baby. 571 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:16,279 Speaker 11: She knew that. 572 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,839 Speaker 6: She decided to give up the baby. Baby's all right now, 573 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:21,880 somebody's taking care of her. 574 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 4: Yes, sir, baby boy. 575 00:24:24,839 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 11: Where's March? 576 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:25,559 Speaker 6: Now? 577 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,279 Speaker 11: My wife in the next room. 578 00:24:28,519 --> 00:24:30,599 Speaker 6: I want to say her, Well, maybe you should wait 579 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:31,160 this a little while. 580 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 11: It's all right. 581 00:24:32,319 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 6: I just want to tell her something. 582 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 10: A h. 583 00:24:40,279 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 6: All right today, all right, you don't have to say anything, March. 584 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 7: We'll do what you want. 585 00:24:52,799 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 10: I don't right, got it right, don't do anything to work. 586 00:24:57,559 --> 00:24:59,200 I just want to tell you I love you. 587 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 6: And then, okay, get. 588 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,079 Speaker 11: On my come on. 589 00:25:07,799 --> 00:25:12,519 Speaker 6: I will anything you can do. I won't play. It's 590 00:25:12,519 --> 00:25:15,359 gonna be all right, honey, nothing to cry about. 591 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:21,039 Speaker 11: Everything will be all right. Try and take me. Do 592 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:23,960 you got a little mistakes? 593 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:25,599 Speaker 6: Right? 594 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 11: I guess I made my share of it? 595 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,319 Speaker 6: Oh my god? Often? 596 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 11: Yes, like that your favorite? You got a car downstairs? Yes, 597 00:25:40,559 --> 00:25:44,240 we do. W if your mind dropping me by the hospital. 598 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:47,240 I like to see my son. 599 00:25:55,839 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 6: The story you have just heard was true. 600 00:25:58,519 --> 00:26:00,559 Speaker 4: The names were changed to protect Unison. 601 00:26:00,839 --> 00:26:03,599 Speaker 3: On Thursday, August fifteenth, a meeting withheld in the District 602 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:06,720 Attorney's Office at Ian County of Los Angeles, State of California, 603 00:26:07,039 --> 00:26:17,640 in a moment the results of that meeting. At the 604 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,079 meeting and the District Attorney's office, it was decided that, 605 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,400 in the interests of justice, no criminal complaint be filed 606 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:24,960 against missus Marjorie Lewis. 607 00:26:25,319 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 4: The baby was released to the custody of her and 608 00:26:27,599 --> 00:26:28,200 her husband. 609 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen, Betty Mills, Western Representative of Radio and 610 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,200 Television Mirror Magazine. 611 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,759 Speaker 13: The editors of Radio and Television Mirror are happy to 612 00:26:37,799 --> 00:26:40,839 announce that in the annual awards poll conducted by Radio 613 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:44,519 and TV Mirror Magazine, American radio listeners from coast to 614 00:26:44,599 --> 00:26:47,279 coast to voted Dragnet their favorite program of its type 615 00:26:47,319 --> 00:26:50,680 to the second consecutive year. In addition, the nation's radio 616 00:26:50,759 --> 00:26:53,920 listeners had voted Jack Webb their favorite dramatic radio actor. 617 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,319 Speaker 6: Thank you very much, Betty on behalf of our cast, 618 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,200 our entire production staff, and myself. 619 00:26:58,599 --> 00:27:00,799 Speaker 2: Be sure to read the feature story about Jack Webb 620 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,519 and the current issue of Radio and Television Mirror Magazine 621 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:04,920 now on the newsstands. 622 00:27:20,839 --> 00:27:23,519 Speaker 3: You have just heard drag Mat a series of authentic 623 00:27:23,599 --> 00:27:26,880 cases from official files. Technical advice comes from the. 624 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 4: Office of Chief of Police W. H. 625 00:27:28,519 --> 00:27:32,880 Speaker 3: Parker, Los Angeles Police Department Technical Advisors, Captain Jack Donaho, 626 00:27:33,079 --> 00:27:37,240 Sergeant Hardy Winn, Sergeant vans Bracher. Heard tonight were Barney Phillips, 627 00:27:37,319 --> 00:27:41,559 Virginia Craig, Harry Bartel, Helen Fleeve. Script by Jim Moser, 628 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,880 music by Walter Schumann. Hell give me speaking. 629 00:28:01,799 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 6: No, It's coder Spy on NBC. 630 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,359 Speaker 1: Welcome back. Well, this one is a favorite of mine. 631 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:19,000 It's a very human episode on a lot of levels. There's, 632 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:24,200 of course some small ways, such as having Friday and 633 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:29,240 Jacobs find a hotel room with a big convention in 634 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:33,599 town that's not necessarily something you would associate that sort 635 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,160 of level of service. I do have a sense that 636 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,599 working in juvenile you might have been more familiar with 637 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,559 that sort of setup than if you'd worked in other departments. 638 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:50,559 And of course, the case itself comes down to messy 639 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:54,680 human failings and trying to figure out how to deal 640 00:28:54,759 --> 00:28:58,680 with it. And again you see some great compassion from 641 00:28:59,599 --> 00:29:05,640 Friday and Jacobs in going beyond the legally required investigation 642 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,920 to help tell the husband, and they walked a fine 643 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:15,880 line in doing that, even in suggesting that he consider 644 00:29:16,039 --> 00:29:19,200 things from his wist's point of view. Broddy was clear 645 00:29:19,359 --> 00:29:22,759 that he knew that this was not really his business. 646 00:29:23,319 --> 00:29:27,759 They did try to achieve some level of understanding, and 647 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:32,839 that also might be another reflection of the nature of 648 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:36,400 the work in the juvenile division as opposed to other 649 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:41,079 areas within the LAPD. The radio version of this episode 650 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:45,839 caused no particular controversy. However, once it aired on television, 651 00:29:46,559 --> 00:29:51,519 there were people who felt that the episode was in 652 00:29:51,759 --> 00:29:58,200 some way promoting or excusing adultery, which seems to sadly 653 00:29:58,559 --> 00:30:02,519 miss the point of of what the episode was portrayed, 654 00:30:02,759 --> 00:30:07,920 as the episode made no attempt to excuse immoral behavior, 655 00:30:08,359 --> 00:30:14,680 but rather showed a compassionate response in the aftermath or 656 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,160 all involved. I think it's actually quite a beautiful story, 657 00:30:18,319 --> 00:30:22,440 particularly for a series like Dragnet, which can often have 658 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:27,319 some really rough turns. All right, listener comments and feedback now, 659 00:30:27,519 --> 00:30:31,240 and we have a comment on Spotify regarding the big 660 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:35,279 rows from a random Spotify user. When I find out 661 00:30:35,359 --> 00:30:37,960 that the person raising me is capable of murder and 662 00:30:38,079 --> 00:30:42,119 getting away with it when a curfew is set, I 663 00:30:42,279 --> 00:30:46,200 am home on time every night. Well, as I said 664 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:52,480 on a recent Johnny Dowler episode, there is homicide, but 665 00:30:52,599 --> 00:30:57,079 not all homicides are murders by any measure. The whole 666 00:30:57,359 --> 00:31:04,960 situation with her sister was very fraught, It was emotionally charged. 667 00:31:05,319 --> 00:31:10,680 She alleged that the sister attacked her and she acted 668 00:31:10,759 --> 00:31:14,279 in self defense, and the court believed her. And even 669 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:22,160 if it had been decided that the actions were inappropriate 670 00:31:22,319 --> 00:31:25,759 for self defense, I couldn't see her being convicted of 671 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:29,599 murder at most manslaughter. But then again, if you're a 672 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:34,839 kid thinking about ditching curfew, does that fine distinction actually matter. 673 00:31:35,119 --> 00:31:37,920 Then we have a comment from Martin over on our 674 00:31:38,079 --> 00:31:41,240 listener survey, who rites with Adam as our host for 675 00:31:41,319 --> 00:31:44,440 Old Time Radio. We've discovered so many great programs and 676 00:31:44,559 --> 00:31:48,559 stories a well considered god to old radio dramas well. 677 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,240 Thank you so much, appreciate you taking the time to 678 00:31:51,839 --> 00:31:55,200 fill that out from over in London, England. Now it's 679 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:58,440 time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day. I 680 00:31:58,559 --> 00:32:03,799 want to thank Brenda, Patreon supporter since September twenty twenty five, 681 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:08,039 currently supporting the podcast at the Shalmus level of four 682 00:32:08,119 --> 00:32:11,200 dollars or more per month. Thanks so much for your support, Brenda, 683 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,920 And that'll do it for today. If you're enjoying the podcast, 684 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,200 please follow us using your favorite podcast software, and be 685 00:32:19,319 --> 00:32:22,039 sure to rate and review the podcast wherever you download 686 00:32:22,079 --> 00:32:25,319 it from. We will be back in two weeks with 687 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,960 another episode of Dragnet. Join us for encores next week, 688 00:32:29,559 --> 00:32:33,319 but join us back here tomorrow for yours truly Jony Dollar. 689 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 6: Where Polyick is Henry Davidson Pollick. 690 00:32:36,319 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 3: That's it, the widower of Selfter that's the one on 691 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,839 And he lived here in his apartment too, that is boy. 692 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:42,319 Speaker 2: He died. 693 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,559 Speaker 4: That was back in fifty six, with all his money, 694 00:32:45,599 --> 00:32:46,839 all his insurance with his wife. 695 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:48,160 Speaker 3: Oh goodness knows why? 696 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 6: How did he die? 697 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:50,759 Speaker 11: In that big plane? 698 00:32:50,799 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 4: Grads got over the desert, don't you remember? 699 00:32:53,079 --> 00:32:56,799 Speaker 11: Not as single as your vibrate? What's good? What kind 700 00:32:56,839 --> 00:32:57,519 of a man was he? 701 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:01,119 Speaker 6: Ooh himself didn't like it so much? 702 00:33:01,519 --> 00:33:04,960 Speaker 4: And his wife okay, I guess she was let younger 703 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,160 than him, spent all his money all the time. He 704 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,640 didn't like it. Man like that shouldn't be married. 705 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 6: Nobody must have thought a lot of it or leader everything. 706 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,039 Speaker 10: He just didn't like being married. 707 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:14,359 Speaker 8: Died down. 708 00:33:14,599 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 4: Let an interview with his work. Oh his death got 709 00:33:17,559 --> 00:33:19,519 him out with and give her some money to spend 710 00:33:19,519 --> 00:33:20,279 before she died. 711 00:33:20,759 --> 00:33:21,759 Speaker 6: But somebody's been. 712 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:22,640 Speaker 11: Playing that money back. 713 00:33:23,119 --> 00:33:25,519 Speaker 4: Well, you think maybe she's suffered to change her heart 714 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:26,079 something like that. 715 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 3: Do you think she realized she never. 716 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 6: Deserved what he left? It that what you're thinking. 717 00:33:30,039 --> 00:33:33,079 Speaker 4: Sure, that might have been a possibility except for one thing. 718 00:33:33,519 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 11: The money's still coming in. Oh he is there anybody 719 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,480 to whom she might have turned over that insurance her? 720 00:33:40,559 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 2: Give anything to anybody else? 721 00:33:42,759 --> 00:33:42,799 Speaker 8: Not? 722 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:43,960 Speaker 6: Herm is there and. 723 00:33:44,039 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 2: You're absolutely sure that she's dead. 724 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 6: I carried her in off. 725 00:33:47,279 --> 00:33:48,519 Speaker 4: The street after the car hit her. 726 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:50,400 Speaker 11: You don't believe me, asked the doctor. 727 00:33:50,599 --> 00:33:53,680 Speaker 4: Doctor Jules Maitland overrun Park Avenue, ask the police. 728 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,319 Speaker 11: Yeah, maybe I will. 729 00:33:57,119 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: Hope you'll be with us then in the meantime, since 730 00:34:00,079 --> 00:34:04,880 your comments to Box thirteen at Greatdetectives dot net, follow 731 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,199 us on Twitter at Radio Detectives, and check us out 732 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:14,559 on Instagram, Instagram, dot com slash Great Detectives from Boise, Idaho. 733 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,960 This is your host, Adam Graham signing off.