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02:36.320 --> 02:37.320 Not too good. 02:37.320 --> 02:38.320 Same old story. 02:38.320 --> 02:40.600 Anybody in the house and the thieves broke in? 02:40.600 --> 02:42.240 Yeah, the children's nurse was there. 02:42.240 --> 02:43.720 She said the burglary took place about midnight. 02:43.720 --> 02:45.520 She was asleep in bed at the time. 02:45.520 --> 02:48.480 The nurse said she woke up when she heard the thieves forcing their way in through a 02:48.480 --> 02:49.520 side door. 02:49.520 --> 02:52.580 She jumped out of bed, ran for the telephone in the hallway, and they grabbed her before 02:52.580 --> 02:53.580 she could reach it. 02:53.580 --> 02:54.580 Was there any harm? 02:54.580 --> 02:55.580 Well, a little, yeah. 02:55.580 --> 02:56.960 They tied her up, locked her in a closet. 02:56.960 --> 02:58.560 Same M.O. as the other jobs, Skipper. 02:58.560 --> 03:00.560 Three men, each of them wore gloves and a mask. 03:00.560 --> 03:01.920 They took all their furs and jewelry. 03:01.920 --> 03:03.600 They could find nothing else. 03:03.600 --> 03:05.720 Nurse give you the same general description on the three of them? 03:05.720 --> 03:07.000 Yeah, it's not gonna help much. 03:07.000 --> 03:11.000 Said two of the men were tall, medium-billed, and one was short, heavy-billed. 03:11.000 --> 03:13.760 She was so rattled she couldn't even remember the clothes they had on. 03:13.760 --> 03:15.800 Twelve jobs with the same gang in three months. 03:15.800 --> 03:17.680 We don't even have a good description on them. 03:17.680 --> 03:18.680 How slow can we move? 03:18.680 --> 03:20.680 Doing everything we can, Skipper. 03:20.680 --> 03:22.680 Excuse me. 03:22.680 --> 03:23.680 Is there any theory wisdom? 03:23.680 --> 03:24.680 Uh-huh. 03:24.680 --> 03:25.680 None until two o'clock? 03:25.680 --> 03:26.680 No, that's all right. 03:26.680 --> 03:27.680 Two o'clock sharp. 03:27.680 --> 03:28.680 Right. 03:28.680 --> 03:29.680 Bye. 03:29.680 --> 03:30.680 Just had an appointment canceled out. 03:30.680 --> 03:31.680 How about a cup of coffee downstairs? 03:31.680 --> 03:32.680 Yeah. 03:32.680 --> 03:34.160 I didn't even have a chance for breakfast this morning. 03:34.160 --> 03:35.160 Fine with me. 03:35.160 --> 03:36.160 Grab my hat, will you? 03:36.160 --> 03:37.160 Yeah, I'll get it. 03:37.160 --> 03:38.160 Here you go. 03:38.160 --> 03:39.160 Thanks. 03:39.160 --> 03:44.440 I guess you talked to the owners of the house, huh? 03:44.440 --> 03:46.000 The place was broken into last night? 03:46.000 --> 03:47.000 Yeah, we did. 03:47.000 --> 03:48.000 Mr. and Mrs. Peterson. 03:48.000 --> 03:50.920 They got home a couple hours after the burglary, took a quick inventory. 03:50.920 --> 03:52.400 What did they find missing? 03:52.400 --> 03:56.040 Fur and jewels, same as the other jobs, almost $12,000 worth. 03:56.040 --> 03:57.040 That's the biggest fall yet. 03:57.040 --> 03:59.200 I don't have to spell it out for you. 03:59.200 --> 04:00.200 We need a break on this thing. 04:00.200 --> 04:01.200 We need a bet. 04:01.200 --> 04:02.200 More pressure from the front office, huh? 04:02.200 --> 04:03.200 Coming from all sides. 04:03.200 --> 04:04.200 The victims, their insurance companies, newspapers. 04:04.200 --> 04:05.200 They got a right to cry. 04:05.200 --> 04:06.200 Those thieves have been grabbing furs and jewels for three months. 04:06.200 --> 04:07.200 We're doing everything about it we can do, Skipper. 04:07.200 --> 04:08.200 Planning stakeouts, working our informants, running down every lead we can get our hands 04:08.200 --> 04:09.200 on. 04:09.200 --> 04:10.200 Covered every angle I can think of. 04:10.200 --> 04:11.200 They don't worry about the angles we cover. 04:11.200 --> 04:12.200 They want results. 04:12.200 --> 04:13.200 They want their property back. 04:13.200 --> 04:14.200 Yeah, go ahead, Skipper. 04:14.200 --> 04:15.200 I'll get it. 04:15.200 --> 04:16.200 I'll get it. 04:16.200 --> 04:17.200 I'll get it. 04:17.200 --> 04:26.960 Now, how about the stuff they took on the job last night? 04:26.960 --> 04:28.840 You get it on the stolen property list? 04:28.840 --> 04:29.840 Yeah, it's all listed. 04:29.840 --> 04:32.840 That's one thing that really gets me. 04:32.840 --> 04:34.440 What are the thieves doing with all that stuff? 04:34.440 --> 04:35.440 The furs and the jewelry. 04:35.440 --> 04:38.800 We've had every pawn shop in the city on the alert since they started working. 04:38.800 --> 04:40.440 Checked on every possible outlet we know of. 04:40.440 --> 04:42.040 Any place they could use to dump the stuff. 04:42.040 --> 04:43.760 They haven't turned up a trace of it. 04:43.760 --> 04:45.560 No results from those APBs you got out? 04:45.560 --> 04:47.600 Well, yeah, a few, but none of them are panned out. 04:47.600 --> 04:49.200 How about trying the cafeteria here? 04:49.200 --> 04:50.200 They got pretty good coffee. 04:50.200 --> 04:51.200 Yeah, that's a good idea. 04:51.200 --> 04:56.480 Why don't you two grab a table? 04:56.480 --> 04:57.480 I'll get the coffee. 04:57.480 --> 04:58.480 Right, Ben. 04:58.480 --> 04:59.480 Oh, hold the cream on mine, will you? 04:59.480 --> 05:00.480 Right, Skipper. 05:00.480 --> 05:01.480 How's this? 05:01.480 --> 05:02.480 Is this all right, Skipper? 05:02.480 --> 05:03.480 Yeah, it's fine. 05:03.480 --> 05:04.480 Three chairs? 05:04.480 --> 05:05.480 Yeah. 05:05.480 --> 05:06.480 Okay. 05:06.480 --> 05:09.240 How about it Friday? 05:09.240 --> 05:10.840 You or Ben got any ideas at all? 05:10.840 --> 05:12.680 Well, there's one thing we wanted to talk over with you. 05:12.680 --> 05:15.120 We were kicking the idea around on the way back into the office. 05:15.120 --> 05:16.120 Would you like a smoke? 05:16.120 --> 05:17.120 Oh, thanks. 05:17.120 --> 05:21.080 There you go. 05:21.080 --> 05:24.560 Last night we were comparing the different stories we got from the burglary victims. 05:24.560 --> 05:27.560 You got a light? 05:27.560 --> 05:28.560 Thank you. 05:28.560 --> 05:31.560 You got a lighter, right? 05:31.560 --> 05:32.560 Yeah, it's all right. 05:32.560 --> 05:33.560 Thanks. 05:33.560 --> 05:34.560 Go ahead. 05:34.560 --> 05:37.120 Well, that's one thing that all their stories seem to have in common. 05:37.120 --> 05:38.800 Now, that's counting all 12 victims. 05:38.800 --> 05:39.800 Yeah, what's that? 05:39.800 --> 05:40.800 Well, let's see. 05:40.800 --> 05:41.800 I got a piece of paper here. 05:41.800 --> 05:43.600 I got it all figured out. 05:43.600 --> 05:44.640 Yeah. 05:44.640 --> 05:46.800 We know all the victims are fairly wealthy people. 05:46.800 --> 05:49.400 They go out quite a bit, parties, night clubs, things like that. 05:49.400 --> 05:50.400 Yeah. 05:50.400 --> 05:51.960 None of them were at home at the time the burglaries were pulled. 05:51.960 --> 05:52.960 That's right, yeah. 05:52.960 --> 05:53.960 Here you go. 05:53.960 --> 05:54.960 There's your skipper. 05:54.960 --> 05:55.960 Okay. 05:55.960 --> 05:56.960 Thanks. 05:56.960 --> 05:57.960 Thank you very much. 05:57.960 --> 06:01.440 I was just telling the captain about that idea we were talking about on the way back 06:01.440 --> 06:02.440 in. 06:02.440 --> 06:03.440 Yeah. 06:03.440 --> 06:04.840 All right, so none of the victims were home at the time of the burglary. 06:04.840 --> 06:05.840 Where does it go from there? 06:05.840 --> 06:09.960 Well, for one thing, we all pretty much agree that there must be a finger man working with 06:09.960 --> 06:11.000 the gang, don't we? 06:11.000 --> 06:14.240 Somebody who knows the victims aren't home, somebody who also knows the victims aren't 06:14.240 --> 06:16.840 wearing the furs or jewels on that particular night, is that right? 06:16.840 --> 06:17.840 That's right. 06:17.840 --> 06:18.840 We've been going on that assumption. 06:18.840 --> 06:20.080 Now, the question is, who's the finger man? 06:20.080 --> 06:22.240 Well, that's what I'm trying to get at here. 06:22.240 --> 06:24.240 Ben and I compared the victims' stories. 06:24.240 --> 06:28.680 We found out that in every case, each of the victims had been out in some public place 06:28.680 --> 06:31.200 from three to five days before the night of the burglary. 06:31.200 --> 06:34.400 Now, at that time, every one of them wore furs and expensive jewelry. 06:34.400 --> 06:35.400 Yeah. 06:35.400 --> 06:37.960 Why don't you read off some of those examples we've got there, Joe? 06:37.960 --> 06:38.960 Okay. 06:38.960 --> 06:40.760 Well, here's the first one. 06:40.760 --> 06:42.080 Mr. and Mrs. Charles King. 06:42.080 --> 06:45.880 Now, on December 10th, they went to a nightclub out in Hollywood. 06:45.880 --> 06:48.660 Mrs. King wore a fur coat and quite a bit of jewelry. 06:48.660 --> 06:51.120 On December 14th, they went out to a theater. 06:51.120 --> 06:52.120 They didn't dress up at all. 06:52.120 --> 06:54.080 They left the furs and jewels at home. 06:54.080 --> 06:55.600 That's the night that their house was burglarized. 06:55.600 --> 06:58.600 And the same pattern shows up in every one of the victim's stories? 06:58.600 --> 06:59.600 No. 06:59.600 --> 07:01.920 No, it's not quite that close, but the same elements seem to be there. 07:01.920 --> 07:03.560 Here's another one, Skipper. 07:03.560 --> 07:04.560 Let's see. 07:04.560 --> 07:05.760 Mr. and Mrs. Lyons. 07:05.760 --> 07:09.520 November 20th, they went to a big party at a restaurant out on Sunset. 07:09.520 --> 07:11.120 Woman wore jewelry, expensive fur wrap. 07:11.120 --> 07:13.880 A week later, they went to a party at a friend's house. 07:13.880 --> 07:15.680 Mrs. Lyons left her furs and jewelry at home. 07:15.680 --> 07:17.520 And the same night, the thieves broke in. 07:17.520 --> 07:18.520 That's a pretty good angle. 07:18.520 --> 07:20.400 Now, how do you tie up all the loose ends? 07:20.400 --> 07:22.520 Well, I can see a paper gun, Ben. 07:22.520 --> 07:24.600 We've got a halfway figured right here. 07:24.600 --> 07:28.400 Just before each of the victims was taken, they appeared in a public place, wearing the 07:28.400 --> 07:29.640 furs and jewelry. 07:29.640 --> 07:32.200 We've got a list of all the places, nightclubs, restaurants. 07:32.200 --> 07:33.380 There's about six of them here. 07:33.380 --> 07:35.820 So the finger man for the gang must be watching these six places. 07:35.820 --> 07:38.760 He spots the people with expensive furs and jewelry and tips off the gang. 07:38.760 --> 07:40.180 They watch the house. 07:40.180 --> 07:43.920 Next time the people go out and the thieves see the woman isn't wearing her furs and things, 07:43.920 --> 07:44.920 then they move in. 07:44.920 --> 07:45.920 It's not a sure thing. 07:45.920 --> 07:46.920 We're just guessing, you understand? 07:46.920 --> 07:47.920 What do you think? 07:47.920 --> 07:49.680 Well, that sounds like a fair guess. 07:49.680 --> 07:50.680 Let's move on it. 07:50.680 --> 07:53.280 We'll have to cover each of those nightclubs and the restaurants. 07:53.280 --> 07:55.680 It's gonna take more men, more time. 07:55.680 --> 07:57.620 It could be nothing but a blind alley. 07:57.620 --> 07:59.040 We got the men, we got the time. 07:59.040 --> 08:01.040 Let's try it. 08:01.040 --> 08:04.580 10 p.m. Wednesday, January 10th. 08:04.580 --> 08:08.600 Our idea for stopping the burglary gang by reaching their spotter or finger man was put 08:08.600 --> 08:10.280 into operation. 08:10.280 --> 08:13.840 The half dozen nightclubs and restaurants where we thought the spotter might be checking 08:13.840 --> 08:18.880 off richly dressed couples as future burglary victims were placed under strict surveillance. 08:18.880 --> 08:22.240 Managers and employees of each of the places were questioned. 08:22.240 --> 08:23.520 It went slow. 08:23.520 --> 08:25.920 The first week got us four leads to check out. 08:25.920 --> 08:27.440 They led nowhere. 08:27.440 --> 08:31.480 Any and all suspicious looking persons loitering in or near the clubs and restaurants that 08:31.480 --> 08:35.100 we had staked out were questioned and checked out thoroughly. 08:35.100 --> 08:36.100 Another week passed. 08:36.100 --> 08:37.100 No results. 08:37.100 --> 08:41.080 In the meantime, on January 23rd, the burglary gang hit again. 08:41.080 --> 08:43.760 This time at a dentist's home in the Hollywood Hills. 08:43.760 --> 08:47.840 The maid, a Miss Ilsa Bergstrom, was the only one present at the time of the burglary. 08:47.840 --> 08:49.480 Ben and I drove out to interview her. 08:49.480 --> 08:51.320 It was soon before midnight. 08:51.320 --> 08:53.000 The mister and missus was gone out. 08:53.000 --> 08:54.720 They were sitting with the television. 08:54.720 --> 08:56.400 The three men broke in the side door. 08:56.400 --> 08:57.400 Is that right, Miss Bergstrom? 08:57.400 --> 08:59.400 Yeah, the side door, I think so. 08:59.400 --> 09:01.400 They were sitting with the television voicing. 09:01.400 --> 09:02.400 I hear this sound. 09:02.400 --> 09:05.960 I turn around and the three men, they're right there in the room with me. 09:05.960 --> 09:07.920 I thought I could scream, but I couldn't. 09:07.920 --> 09:10.240 Do you remember what the men looked like, Miss Bergstrom? 09:10.240 --> 09:11.240 How they were dressed? 09:11.240 --> 09:12.240 I don't know. 09:12.240 --> 09:13.240 I was so much being frightened. 09:13.240 --> 09:16.320 One of them had a jacket on, I think. 09:16.320 --> 09:17.320 Dark jacket. 09:17.320 --> 09:19.360 Others, I don't know. 09:19.360 --> 09:20.800 Anything else about them that you noticed? 09:20.800 --> 09:23.400 They had masks all over their faces. 09:23.400 --> 09:24.920 I couldn't see. 09:24.920 --> 09:25.920 I jumped up. 09:25.920 --> 09:28.680 I tried to scream, but I was so much frightened. 09:28.680 --> 09:29.680 What did they do then, Miss? 09:29.680 --> 09:33.520 They put a cloth all around my mouth so I couldn't make noise. 09:33.520 --> 09:37.280 Then they tied my hands and my feet and they put me in the closet out there. 09:37.280 --> 09:39.080 Just about the whole way. 09:39.080 --> 09:41.600 I was kicking and hitting at them. 09:41.600 --> 09:43.560 Had you ever seen any of the men before, Miss Bergstrom? 09:43.560 --> 09:44.560 No, never before. 09:44.560 --> 09:47.040 Do you think you'd know any of the men if you saw them again? 09:47.040 --> 09:48.520 I shouldn't be sure. 09:48.520 --> 09:50.560 One of them, maybe I might know him. 09:50.560 --> 09:51.560 Well, how do you mean? 09:51.560 --> 09:52.560 Did you get a look at his face? 09:52.560 --> 09:54.480 Yeah, only it was very quick. 09:54.480 --> 09:55.880 Then they was putting me in the closet. 09:55.880 --> 09:57.920 I was hitting and kicking at them. 09:57.920 --> 09:59.600 One of the men, I knocked his hat off. 09:59.600 --> 10:00.600 It fell on the floor. 10:00.600 --> 10:05.000 I pulled at the thing on his face, the mask almost that came off. 10:05.000 --> 10:07.400 Well, from what you could see, what did the man look like? 10:07.400 --> 10:09.360 Blonde hair, I can't remember. 10:09.360 --> 10:11.440 There's not so much on top here. 10:11.440 --> 10:13.600 It's only on the side here. 10:13.600 --> 10:21.360 And there was right there by the forehead, a scar going over that way. 10:21.360 --> 10:22.360 Yeah. 10:22.360 --> 10:24.320 Was he a big man, do you know, as big as the other two? 10:24.320 --> 10:25.320 No, no. 10:25.320 --> 10:26.320 He was a smaller man. 10:26.320 --> 10:28.520 He was bigger this way, you know, fatter. 10:28.520 --> 10:29.520 Yeah. 10:29.520 --> 10:33.160 He was so mad when I knocked his hat off, I thought maybe he'd kill me. 10:33.160 --> 10:36.480 They only put me in the closet, you know, and then they closed the door. 10:36.480 --> 10:39.720 I could hear them upstairs going through the Mr. and Mrs. room. 10:39.720 --> 10:41.720 You're pretty sure of the description you've given us, Miss Berks? 10:41.720 --> 10:44.520 Oh, yeah, the scar, the blonde hair, not so much on top. 10:44.520 --> 10:45.520 I remember that. 10:45.520 --> 10:48.920 It was, well, I was so much frightened, I thought they'd kill me. 10:48.920 --> 10:52.040 Now, after they locked you in the closet, they didn't come back? 10:52.040 --> 10:53.040 That's the last you saw of them? 10:53.040 --> 10:54.520 Yeah, they didn't come back to me. 10:54.520 --> 10:58.280 I could hear them moving around upstairs, and then I could hear them leave after a while. 10:58.280 --> 11:01.720 It was like all night for the Mr. and Mrs. came home and found me. 11:01.720 --> 11:03.280 I was so much frightened. 11:03.280 --> 11:05.040 This thing wouldn't happen in Sweden. 11:05.040 --> 11:06.640 That's where I come from, Sweden. 11:06.640 --> 11:07.640 Yes, ma'am. 11:07.640 --> 11:10.640 You sure there's nothing else about these men that you've noticed? 11:10.640 --> 11:11.640 Something we ought to know about? 11:11.640 --> 11:15.240 No, everything I saw, yes, what happened, I told you the way it was. 11:15.240 --> 11:16.840 This never would have happened in Sweden. 11:16.840 --> 11:19.040 Not like this, these robbers like this. 11:19.040 --> 11:20.040 Burglars, ma'am. 11:20.040 --> 11:21.040 Yeah, these burglars. 11:21.040 --> 11:22.800 I thought I'd be dead. 11:22.800 --> 11:24.600 Never would happen in Sweden like this. 11:24.600 --> 11:26.520 You mean you don't have burglars in Sweden? 11:26.520 --> 11:28.480 Yeah, yeah, we have burglars. 11:28.480 --> 11:29.800 Well, then just how do you mean that? 11:29.800 --> 11:32.120 We have burglars, but they don't break in the house. 11:32.120 --> 11:34.360 When somebody's there, they're a little bit gentleman. 11:34.360 --> 11:35.360 Is that so? 11:35.360 --> 11:38.400 Yeah, they wait till everybody's gone from the house, then they break in. 11:38.400 --> 11:44.600 Even burglars should be gentleman a little bit. 11:44.600 --> 11:47.960 Before we left the house, we checked with the owners, took their crime report and a 11:47.960 --> 11:52.760 list of their stolen property, some $6,000 in jewelry and fur coats. 11:52.760 --> 11:56.160 The maid's description of one of the three men in the gang wasn't complete, but it was 11:56.160 --> 11:58.680 the best that we'd had on them in three months. 11:58.680 --> 12:02.560 Frank Cunningham and the Eye Bureau had the description of the scar on the suspect's forehead 12:02.560 --> 12:04.280 checked through the oddity file. 12:04.280 --> 12:07.920 Meantime, Ben and I paired up the additional facts about the suspect. 12:07.920 --> 12:12.600 The scar, the color and condition of his hair, along with his general description, his approximate 12:12.600 --> 12:14.300 weight and height. 12:14.300 --> 12:18.360 We had the stats office make a run for us and all ex-cons with burglary records who 12:18.360 --> 12:20.700 fitted the overall description. 12:20.700 --> 12:24.720 They came up with a list of ten names and we started checking them out. 12:24.720 --> 12:26.840 One of the first listed was a Russell Snow. 12:26.840 --> 12:29.600 We checked his last known address, but he'd moved. 12:29.600 --> 12:34.080 His mail was being forwarded in care of his brother, George Snow, who managed the Neptune 12:34.080 --> 12:38.100 Plunge, a public indoor swimming pool in the East Hollywood neighborhood. 12:38.100 --> 12:40.160 We drove out to interview the brother. 12:40.160 --> 12:44.200 Pretty good size for an indoor pool, huh? 12:44.200 --> 12:45.200 Yeah, it is. 12:45.200 --> 12:46.880 It's a nice layout they got. 12:46.880 --> 12:48.840 Must be the office way to head, Ben. 12:48.840 --> 12:49.840 Hey, Joe. 12:49.840 --> 12:50.840 Joe, look. 12:50.840 --> 12:51.840 What's that? 12:51.840 --> 12:52.840 That girl over there. 12:52.840 --> 12:55.080 Look at that bathing suit she's got on. 12:55.080 --> 12:57.280 Yeah, they keep getting smaller, don't they? 12:57.280 --> 12:59.520 Makes you embarrassed just to look at them. 12:59.520 --> 13:03.560 Yeah, maybe I'm just getting old. 13:03.560 --> 13:04.560 Yeah. 13:04.560 --> 13:05.560 Yes, sir? 13:05.560 --> 13:06.560 We're looking for George Snow. 13:06.560 --> 13:07.560 Yeah, I'm him. 13:07.560 --> 13:10.560 Police officers, Mr. Snow, like to talk to you a few minutes if we could. 13:10.560 --> 13:11.560 Oh, yeah. 13:11.560 --> 13:13.560 Hey, let me grab a towel over here and get right off, though. 13:13.560 --> 13:14.560 Sure. 13:14.560 --> 13:15.560 Come on over. 13:15.560 --> 13:16.560 Pull up one of these deck chairs here. 13:16.560 --> 13:17.560 You all right? 13:17.560 --> 13:18.560 Thank you very much. 13:18.560 --> 13:23.120 Well, what is it, officers? 13:23.120 --> 13:27.280 What can I do for you? 13:27.280 --> 13:30.040 You have a brother, isn't that right, sir, a Russell Snow? 13:30.040 --> 13:31.040 Yeah, that's right. 13:31.040 --> 13:32.040 Russ is my brother. 13:32.040 --> 13:33.040 Anything wrong? 13:33.040 --> 13:36.040 Well, we'd like to locate him if we could. 13:36.040 --> 13:37.040 You know where we can find him? 13:37.040 --> 13:38.040 No, I don't think I can. 13:38.040 --> 13:41.520 Last I heard from Russ was about six months ago. 13:41.520 --> 13:44.880 Said he was going to take a job in Minneapolis. 13:44.880 --> 13:46.160 Not in trouble again, is he? 13:46.160 --> 13:48.760 Not that we know of, we'd like to locate him, that's all. 13:48.760 --> 13:51.120 I don't think I can help you much. 13:51.120 --> 13:53.200 Russ isn't much of a letter writer. 13:53.200 --> 13:55.400 Only time I hear from him is when he's in town. 13:55.400 --> 13:57.480 We've checked at the last place your brother was staying. 13:57.480 --> 14:00.280 They told us he left word to forward all his mail here to you. 14:00.280 --> 14:01.280 Is that right? 14:01.280 --> 14:02.280 Yeah, that's right. 14:02.280 --> 14:03.280 Russ asked me to take care of it. 14:03.280 --> 14:05.560 No letters have come through so far, though. 14:05.560 --> 14:09.120 Were you to hang on to his mail or send it on to him in Minneapolis? 14:09.120 --> 14:11.280 No, I was going to hang on to him. 14:11.280 --> 14:13.320 Russ said he'd picked up his mail next time he was through. 14:13.320 --> 14:15.240 As I say, that was six months ago. 14:15.240 --> 14:16.640 I haven't seen or heard from him since. 14:16.640 --> 14:19.920 Then you wouldn't know if he was actually in Minneapolis or not. 14:19.920 --> 14:20.920 Well, no, I wouldn't. 14:20.920 --> 14:23.880 I guess you know my brother Russell had a police record. 14:23.880 --> 14:24.880 Yes, there we go. 14:24.880 --> 14:28.520 He had that trouble a couple of years ago, that burglary rep. 14:28.520 --> 14:30.560 I think Russell earned his lesson. 14:30.560 --> 14:32.480 Are you your brother's only living relative? 14:32.480 --> 14:35.480 I mean, is there anyone else in town who might have heard from him? 14:35.480 --> 14:36.480 I don't know, Alton. 14:36.480 --> 14:37.480 Excuse me, Mr. May. 14:37.480 --> 14:40.480 All right, kids, no running around the side of the pool, you hear? 14:40.480 --> 14:41.480 You slipped and break your neck. 14:41.480 --> 14:42.480 No more running. 14:42.480 --> 14:43.480 Sorry, I got to watch Michael Hawkins. 14:43.480 --> 14:46.480 Yes, sir. 14:46.480 --> 14:50.000 Like I was saying, I can't think of anybody who might have heard from Russ. 14:50.000 --> 14:52.880 I'm his only relation, but he does have a few friends around town. 14:52.880 --> 14:54.600 I mean, legitimate fellows, you know. 14:54.600 --> 14:55.600 Yeah, I know. 14:55.600 --> 14:57.600 They come around once in a while, drop in and say hello. 14:57.600 --> 14:59.040 Have any of them heard from your brother? 14:59.040 --> 15:01.000 They might have, but I didn't ask them. 15:01.000 --> 15:03.600 His old Matt Garson, he's a good friend of my brother's. 15:03.600 --> 15:06.600 He was in the other day, but he didn't say anything about hearing from Russ. 15:06.600 --> 15:08.760 Might be that he has. 15:08.760 --> 15:11.280 Maybe he didn't think to mention it. 15:11.280 --> 15:13.600 Where does this Matt Garson stay, do you know? 15:13.600 --> 15:15.800 I really couldn't tell you, officer. 15:15.800 --> 15:18.320 That's a real character, kind of a floater. 15:18.320 --> 15:20.360 Doesn't stay with one job more than two months. 15:20.360 --> 15:21.680 Like last week when he was in here. 15:21.680 --> 15:22.680 Yes, sir? 15:22.680 --> 15:24.800 He's a real pitchman, gave me a big sales talk. 15:24.800 --> 15:25.800 Biggest bargain on earth. 15:25.800 --> 15:27.800 Said he'd sell me a couple of them real cheap. 15:27.800 --> 15:29.000 I didn't have any use for him. 15:29.000 --> 15:30.000 What's that, sir? 15:30.000 --> 15:33.120 Fur coats. 15:33.120 --> 15:37.200 Before we left, George Snow gave us a complete description of Matt Garson together with the 15:37.200 --> 15:41.360 names of five of Garson's acquaintances who might know of his whereabouts. 15:41.360 --> 15:44.960 When Ben and I got back to the city hall, we checked Garson's name and description through 15:44.960 --> 15:45.960 R&I. 15:45.960 --> 15:50.000 He had a record of two fairly recent arrests, but no convictions. 15:50.000 --> 15:52.560 Both arrests were for suspicion of burglary. 15:52.560 --> 15:55.280 We checked on Garson's last known residence. 15:55.280 --> 15:57.720 He'd moved, no forwarding address. 15:57.720 --> 16:01.600 His last place of employment was listed as the Park Tivoli nightclub out on Wilshire 16:01.600 --> 16:02.600 Boulevard. 16:02.600 --> 16:06.240 The Park Tivoli was one of the six places that we'd staked out as a possible working 16:06.240 --> 16:10.560 ground for the burglary gang's finger man, a place where he could spot expensively dressed 16:10.560 --> 16:15.080 persons, check on their home addresses, and line them up as future burglary victims. 16:15.080 --> 16:19.360 Ben put in a call to the manager of the Park Tivoli to check on Garson's employment. 16:19.360 --> 16:20.840 What was that, sir? 16:20.840 --> 16:21.840 Last July. 16:21.840 --> 16:22.840 Mm-hmm, I see. 16:22.840 --> 16:24.800 Well, yes, he will probably be out tonight. 16:24.800 --> 16:26.320 Right, thank you, boy. 16:26.320 --> 16:27.800 What'd you get? 16:27.800 --> 16:30.720 Garson worked out there all right, partying a lot of time, and he quit last July. 16:30.720 --> 16:33.720 But he's the guy checking off the customers' furs and jewels. 16:33.720 --> 16:34.720 He's in a perfect spot. 16:34.720 --> 16:35.720 Yeah. 16:35.720 --> 16:37.440 The manager told me that Garson has a girlfriend. 16:37.440 --> 16:38.960 She still works at the club. 16:38.960 --> 16:39.960 Might be the answer, Joe. 16:39.960 --> 16:40.960 Well, how do you figure? 16:40.960 --> 16:52.600 She runs a hat check stand. 16:52.600 --> 16:56.680 You are in the communications division of a metropolitan police department, the Teletype 16:56.680 --> 16:59.680 Room. 16:59.680 --> 17:14.600 43 LOS 529 51, 1203 PM APB, WMA 150, 5 foot 6, dark hair, dark eyes, wearing gray suit, 17:14.600 --> 17:15.880 no hat. 17:15.880 --> 17:19.480 Suspect is wearing glasses, heavy build, 22 years. 17:19.480 --> 17:21.680 Suspect is armed with blue steel revolver. 17:21.680 --> 17:22.680 Any information? 17:22.680 --> 17:23.680 Forward. 17:23.680 --> 17:26.560 You have just heard a teletype description of a suspect. 17:26.560 --> 17:31.160 This information will apply to many, but careful screening will eliminate all but one. 17:31.160 --> 17:35.200 You'll find the same is true when you examine king-size cigarettes. 17:35.200 --> 17:39.240 Yes, careful screening will eliminate all but Fatima. 17:39.240 --> 17:41.080 Compare Fatima. 17:41.080 --> 17:46.120 Fatimas are the same length as any other king-size cigarette, 85 millimeters. 17:46.120 --> 17:50.680 Fatima has the same circumference, 1 and 1 64 inches around. 17:50.680 --> 17:56.520 And Fatima filters the smoke exactly the same long distance as other king-size cigarettes. 17:56.520 --> 18:00.600 But in Fatima, the difference is quality. 18:00.600 --> 18:06.680 Fatima gives you extra mildness, a much different, much better flavor and aroma. 18:06.680 --> 18:12.880 You get all the advantages of extra length plus Fatima quality, which no other king-size 18:12.880 --> 18:14.240 cigarette has. 18:14.240 --> 18:17.400 So compare Fatima yourself. 18:17.400 --> 18:19.720 Your first puff will tell you. 18:19.720 --> 18:22.520 Ah, that's different. 18:22.520 --> 18:27.400 Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. 18:27.400 --> 18:29.040 Buy Fatima. 18:29.040 --> 18:38.600 Best of all, long cigarettes. 18:38.600 --> 18:42.720 One of the biggest problems that faces a police officer working the burglary detail is not 18:42.720 --> 18:47.120 only apprehending the thief, but also recovering the stolen property. 18:47.120 --> 18:52.200 Dozens of criminals of this type will spend five, ten, or even 15 years in prison if they 18:52.200 --> 18:55.860 know that on their release they will have a stake of thousands of dollars in stolen 18:55.860 --> 18:59.920 property which they've hidden somewhere to start over again with. 18:59.920 --> 19:03.480 Thursday, January 26th, 5 p.m. 19:03.480 --> 19:07.920 We got out of broadcast and an APB on the burglary suspect, Matt Garson. 19:07.920 --> 19:11.800 Then we began checking back on his girlfriend, Virginia Ramsey, who worked as a hat-check 19:11.800 --> 19:14.760 girl at the Park Tivoli nightclub on Wilshire Boulevard. 19:14.760 --> 19:19.000 It was one of the six probable places where we thought that the finger man for the burglary 19:19.000 --> 19:21.840 gang was lining up potential victims. 19:21.840 --> 19:26.080 Despite the fact that she often associated with known criminal suspects, the Ramsey girl 19:26.080 --> 19:29.200 had no previous criminal record herself. 19:29.200 --> 19:33.760 That night after she reported in for work at the club, Ben and I checked her apartment. 19:33.760 --> 19:36.920 In one of the closets we found three expensive fur coats. 19:36.920 --> 19:41.080 They were all identified as property taken in previous burglaries by the gang. 19:41.080 --> 19:45.760 In a strong box in the desk we found a half a dozen pieces of expensive jewelry also identified 19:45.760 --> 19:47.600 on the stolen property list. 19:47.600 --> 19:50.360 Ben and I got in the car and drove to the Park Tivoli nightclub. 19:50.360 --> 19:52.520 Your hat, sir. 19:52.520 --> 19:53.520 Check your hat. 19:53.520 --> 19:54.520 Your name Virginia Ramsey? 19:54.520 --> 19:55.520 Yes, that's right. 19:55.520 --> 19:57.800 Police officers, Miss Ramsey, like to talk to you downtown. 19:57.800 --> 19:58.800 Beg your pardon? 19:58.800 --> 20:00.240 I say we're police officers. 20:00.240 --> 20:02.120 Here's our identification. 20:02.120 --> 20:03.120 Like to talk to you downtown. 20:03.120 --> 20:04.120 What's it all about? 20:04.120 --> 20:05.120 I haven't done anything. 20:05.120 --> 20:07.040 Then there's no reason to worry. 20:07.040 --> 20:09.760 We'd just like to ask you a few questions, that's all. 20:09.760 --> 20:10.760 What about? 20:10.760 --> 20:12.120 A man by the name of Matt Garson. 20:12.120 --> 20:13.760 I understand you know him quite well. 20:13.760 --> 20:15.120 No, I don't know him. 20:15.120 --> 20:16.480 I don't even know what you're talking about. 20:16.480 --> 20:17.920 Want to get your coat, Miss Ramsey? 20:17.920 --> 20:19.760 We'll talk it over downtown, huh? 20:19.760 --> 20:20.760 I'm working now. 20:20.760 --> 20:23.040 Listen, I won't be off till two o'clock. 20:23.040 --> 20:24.480 I can't just walk off the job. 20:24.480 --> 20:25.480 We'll just talk to the manager. 20:25.480 --> 20:27.200 He's going to have one of the other girls take your place. 20:27.200 --> 20:30.200 Do you want to get your coat, please? 20:30.200 --> 20:32.920 All right. 20:32.920 --> 20:36.280 You sure you checked with the manager? 20:36.280 --> 20:37.880 I don't want to lose my job leaving like this. 20:37.880 --> 20:38.880 We talked to him. 20:38.880 --> 20:39.880 It's all right. 20:39.880 --> 20:40.880 This way, please, out the side door. 20:40.880 --> 20:47.280 I'd like to know what this whole thing's all about. 20:47.280 --> 20:50.000 But I think I have a right to know pulling me off a job like this. 20:50.000 --> 20:52.680 We told you, Miss Ramsey, it's about a friend of yours, Matt Garson. 20:52.680 --> 20:54.720 He used to work here at the club, didn't he? 20:54.720 --> 20:55.720 I wouldn't know. 20:55.720 --> 20:57.120 A lot of people work here. 20:57.120 --> 20:59.120 I don't know them all. 20:59.120 --> 21:01.120 Why should you want him anyway? 21:01.120 --> 21:02.120 Do you know him? 21:02.120 --> 21:04.120 I think I might, yes. 21:04.120 --> 21:05.120 I'm not sure. 21:05.120 --> 21:06.600 Why do you want him? 21:06.600 --> 21:07.600 For interrogation. 21:07.600 --> 21:09.400 Just like to ask him a few questions. 21:09.400 --> 21:10.400 Why? 21:10.400 --> 21:12.480 Are you ready to admit that you know Garson? 21:12.480 --> 21:14.680 I think I might. 21:14.680 --> 21:17.200 Yeah, I know him. 21:17.200 --> 21:19.240 Want to get in, Miss Ramsey? 21:19.240 --> 21:21.760 I still don't know what it's all about. 21:21.760 --> 21:24.240 Why do you want Matt Garson? 21:24.240 --> 21:27.320 Same reason we want you, suspicion of burglary. 21:27.320 --> 21:28.480 You don't know what you're talking about. 21:28.480 --> 21:30.160 You can't prove anything against me. 21:30.160 --> 21:31.440 We already have, Miss. 21:31.440 --> 21:32.440 Huh? 21:32.440 --> 21:33.440 We found three fur coats in your apartment. 21:33.440 --> 21:35.840 There was some jewelry there, too. 21:35.840 --> 21:36.840 Those things are mine. 21:36.840 --> 21:37.840 Every one of them, they're all mine. 21:37.840 --> 21:38.840 All right, come on. 21:38.840 --> 21:39.840 You're wasting time. 21:39.840 --> 21:40.840 They're stolen property. 21:40.840 --> 21:41.840 You know that. 21:41.840 --> 21:42.840 How about it, Miss? 21:42.840 --> 21:43.840 You want to tell us about Matt Garson. 21:43.840 --> 21:44.840 Who is he? 21:44.840 --> 21:45.840 I told you. 21:45.840 --> 21:47.440 Told you the first time. 21:47.440 --> 21:48.440 Yeah? 21:48.440 --> 21:51.440 I don't know him. 21:51.440 --> 21:52.720 10 p.m. 21:52.720 --> 21:57.120 We drove the suspect, Virginia Ramsey, downtown to the city hall and took her to the interrogation 21:57.120 --> 21:58.120 room. 21:58.120 --> 22:00.840 We questioned her continuously until well past midnight. 22:00.840 --> 22:02.720 She refused to admit anything. 22:02.720 --> 22:05.960 We gave her time to rest a little and sent out for some food. 22:05.960 --> 22:07.840 Then we resumed the interrogations. 22:07.840 --> 22:09.440 2 a.m. 22:09.440 --> 22:13.840 The Ramsey girl still refused to admit any connection with Matt Garson, his friend Russell 22:13.840 --> 22:16.600 Snow or any members of the burglary gang. 22:16.600 --> 22:17.600 We stayed with it. 22:17.600 --> 22:18.600 By 4 a.m. 22:18.600 --> 22:22.680 We'd halfway convinced her that protecting the members of the gang wasn't the answer, 22:22.680 --> 22:25.200 that the best thing for her to do would be to cooperate. 22:25.200 --> 22:26.200 5.30 a.m. 22:26.200 --> 22:29.200 Can I have a cigarette? 22:29.200 --> 22:30.200 Yeah. 22:30.200 --> 22:37.280 Here you are. 22:37.280 --> 22:40.280 I'll tell you about it. 22:40.280 --> 22:41.280 I know Matt Garson. 22:41.280 --> 22:42.280 He's one of the gang. 22:42.280 --> 22:44.280 You know where he is? 22:44.280 --> 22:45.280 No. 22:45.280 --> 22:46.720 He got me into it. 22:46.720 --> 22:47.720 He made me do it. 22:47.720 --> 22:49.720 There wasn't anything else I could do. 22:49.720 --> 22:50.720 What did he make you do? 22:50.720 --> 22:55.520 Well, when I was checking coats and things at the club, I was supposed to watch for customers 22:55.520 --> 22:59.400 with money, expensive furs and jewels. 22:59.400 --> 23:01.560 I found out who they were and then I'd tell Matt. 23:01.560 --> 23:02.560 He'd tell the others. 23:02.560 --> 23:05.220 Who are the others? 23:05.220 --> 23:06.960 One of them's Johnny Lang. 23:06.960 --> 23:10.960 There are a couple of others, but I don't know their names. 23:10.960 --> 23:14.400 Believe me, Sergeant, Matt made me do it. 23:14.400 --> 23:16.760 He got me into it before I knew what it was all about. 23:16.760 --> 23:20.400 When I found out, he threatened to frame me if I didn't go along with him. 23:20.400 --> 23:23.400 Do you know where any of these men live, where they hang out? 23:23.400 --> 23:24.400 No. 23:24.400 --> 23:27.960 None of them, not even Matt. 23:27.960 --> 23:29.760 Ever since he moved, he wouldn't give me his new address. 23:29.760 --> 23:33.520 Do you think Garson will try to contact you at your apartment in the next few days, maybe? 23:33.520 --> 23:35.680 No, I don't think so. 23:35.680 --> 23:36.840 Not until after the next job. 23:36.840 --> 23:37.840 They're waiting on it now. 23:37.840 --> 23:39.400 They've been watching the house. 23:39.400 --> 23:40.400 Which house is that? 23:40.400 --> 23:42.280 A place out in West Hollywood. 23:42.280 --> 23:43.280 Wealthy people. 23:43.280 --> 23:44.560 They were in the club about a week ago. 23:44.560 --> 23:48.640 And the gang's waiting for them to go out some night and leave their valuables at home, 23:48.640 --> 23:49.640 is that it? 23:49.640 --> 23:50.640 Yeah, that's right. 23:50.640 --> 23:51.640 Matt says it's an easy house to break into. 23:51.640 --> 23:52.640 He thinks it ought to be a cinch. 23:52.640 --> 23:53.640 Matt ought to know better. 23:53.640 --> 23:54.640 Huh? 23:54.640 --> 23:57.920 It's the easy ones you trip over. 23:57.920 --> 24:01.880 Before we booked her in on suspicion of burglary, Virginia Ramsey gave us the name and address 24:01.880 --> 24:05.680 of the people in West Hollywood who were supposedly the next victims on the burglary 24:05.680 --> 24:07.600 gangs list. 24:07.600 --> 24:12.160 Later in the morning we drove out to see the people, a Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thornson told 24:12.160 --> 24:15.760 them the story and laid out our plans, which they agreed to. 24:15.760 --> 24:18.800 That night the Thornsons left their home a few minutes before nine. 24:18.800 --> 24:22.080 They were simply dressed, no furs, no jewels. 24:22.080 --> 24:27.240 At nine thirty-five, three men scaled a fence at the rear of the Thornsons' home and broke 24:27.240 --> 24:29.140 in through a side door. 24:29.140 --> 24:33.920 Right behind them was a detail of a half a dozen officers who moved in and made the arrest. 24:33.920 --> 24:38.320 The three suspects were taken downtown where they were identified as Russell Snow, Matt 24:38.320 --> 24:40.640 Garson, and Howard Ferris. 24:40.640 --> 24:43.120 We searched their apartments, their cars and garages. 24:43.120 --> 24:45.120 There was no trace of the stolen property. 24:45.120 --> 24:49.320 Each of the men were brought to the interrogation room separately for questioning. 24:49.320 --> 24:50.720 Matt Garson was the first. 24:50.720 --> 24:52.600 He denied any knowledge of where the loot was hidden. 24:52.600 --> 24:53.600 That's the truth. 24:53.600 --> 24:54.600 I don't know where the stuff is. 24:54.600 --> 24:56.200 I work for the Outfit, that's all. 24:56.200 --> 24:58.200 You've been working for three months without a payout. 24:58.200 --> 24:59.440 Is that what you're trying to tell her? 24:59.440 --> 25:01.560 Well, we haven't been turning over everything we got. 25:01.560 --> 25:04.200 We've been holding out half the stuff, selling it on the side. 25:04.200 --> 25:06.040 We just work for the Outfit, that's all. 25:06.040 --> 25:07.440 That's not the way we get it, Garson. 25:07.440 --> 25:09.040 You're supposed to be the big man. 25:09.040 --> 25:10.840 You masterminded the deal. 25:10.840 --> 25:11.840 Me? 25:11.840 --> 25:12.840 Who told you that? 25:12.840 --> 25:14.200 Your girlfriend, Virginia Ramsey. 25:14.200 --> 25:15.340 We picked her up yesterday. 25:15.340 --> 25:16.340 She told us everything. 25:16.340 --> 25:17.340 What'd she tell you? 25:17.340 --> 25:18.720 You're the big man. 25:18.720 --> 25:19.720 Was your idea. 25:19.720 --> 25:20.720 You ran the works. 25:20.720 --> 25:22.520 What about it, Garson? 25:22.520 --> 25:24.680 Big joke, Sergeant, on both of us. 25:24.680 --> 25:25.760 What do you mean? 25:25.760 --> 25:26.760 You can ask the other boys. 25:26.760 --> 25:28.080 They'll tell you the same thing. 25:28.080 --> 25:29.080 We can prove it, too. 25:29.080 --> 25:31.080 There's only one boss in this operation. 25:31.080 --> 25:32.080 Virginia Ramsey. 25:32.080 --> 25:40.720 For a 23-year-old girl, it seemed like a new record of some kind, if it was true. 25:40.720 --> 25:43.920 We checked the other suspects, Russell Snow and Howard Ferris. 25:43.920 --> 25:46.400 They told us substantially the same story. 25:46.400 --> 25:50.680 The Ramsey girl had formulated all the plans and directed the entire operation of the gang 25:50.680 --> 25:52.560 since its inception. 25:52.560 --> 25:56.560 They insisted that they had no idea where the stolen property was hidden, but they did 25:56.560 --> 26:01.200 know that the Ramsey girl had a safety deposit box in a downtown bank. 26:01.200 --> 26:05.460 We made a canvas of banks in the downtown area, and a day later we located the safety 26:05.460 --> 26:08.440 deposit box listed in Miss Ramsey's name. 26:08.440 --> 26:10.680 We obtained a court order and the box was open. 26:10.680 --> 26:16.360 In it, we found practically all of the stolen jewelry, almost $50,000 worth. 26:16.360 --> 26:21.220 Ben and I went back to the main jail where we had Virginia Ramsey signed out for investigation. 26:21.220 --> 26:24.200 We brought her to the interrogation room where we confronted her with the evidence. 26:24.200 --> 26:25.800 I didn't think you'd find out. 26:25.800 --> 26:27.880 How about the furs, Miss Ramsey? 26:27.880 --> 26:28.880 I got the key. 26:28.880 --> 26:29.880 You can have it. 26:29.880 --> 26:30.880 I rented a private garage. 26:30.880 --> 26:31.880 I got them stored in there. 26:31.880 --> 26:32.880 All of them? 26:32.880 --> 26:33.880 Just about, yeah. 26:33.880 --> 26:34.880 You picked up the others in my apartment. 26:34.880 --> 26:37.880 How'd you manage to run this whole operation? 26:37.880 --> 26:40.880 Those men you had working for you, you cut them in for practically nothing. 26:40.880 --> 26:42.880 They were experts, the best in the business. 26:42.880 --> 26:43.880 That's why I hired them. 26:43.880 --> 26:44.880 They were the best. 26:44.880 --> 26:45.880 It's too bad. 26:45.880 --> 26:46.880 Should have worked out. 26:46.880 --> 26:47.880 Too bad it didn't go. 26:47.880 --> 26:48.880 You had a pretty fair run. 26:48.880 --> 26:49.880 It wasn't half bad for me. 26:49.880 --> 26:50.880 I was just a little bit of a wimp. 26:50.880 --> 26:51.880 I was just a little bit of a wimp. 26:51.880 --> 26:52.880 I was just a little bit of a wimp. 26:52.880 --> 26:53.880 I was just a little bit of a wimp. 26:53.880 --> 26:56.880 It wasn't half bad for me, was it? 26:56.880 --> 26:57.880 I'm only 23. 26:57.880 --> 27:00.960 First time I ever tried anything like it. 27:00.960 --> 27:01.960 What gave you the idea? 27:01.960 --> 27:02.960 I don't know. 27:02.960 --> 27:03.960 I wanted things. 27:03.960 --> 27:04.960 Pretty smart set up, though, don't you think, Sergeant? 27:04.960 --> 27:05.960 How's that? 27:05.960 --> 27:06.960 Wouldn't you say I played the whole thing pretty smart? 27:06.960 --> 27:07.960 Oh, I don't know. 27:07.960 --> 27:08.960 You figure it. 27:08.960 --> 27:09.960 What? 27:09.960 --> 27:10.960 You're in jail, aren't you? 27:10.960 --> 27:11.960 The story you have just heard was true. 27:11.960 --> 27:12.960 You were in jail. 27:12.960 --> 27:13.960 You were in jail. 27:13.960 --> 27:14.960 You were in jail. 27:14.960 --> 27:15.960 You were in jail. 27:15.960 --> 27:16.960 You were in jail. 27:16.960 --> 27:17.960 You were in jail. 27:17.960 --> 27:18.960 You were in jail. 27:18.960 --> 27:19.960 You were in jail. 27:19.960 --> 27:20.960 You were in jail. 27:20.960 --> 27:21.960 You were in jail. 27:21.960 --> 27:22.960 You were in jail. 27:22.960 --> 27:23.960 You were in jail. 27:23.960 --> 27:24.960 You were in jail. 27:24.960 --> 27:25.960 You were in jail. 27:25.960 --> 27:26.960 You were in jail. 27:26.960 --> 27:27.960 You were in jail. 27:27.960 --> 27:28.960 You were in jail. 27:28.960 --> 27:29.960 Die, please. 27:29.960 --> 27:31.640 Hello, sir? 27:31.640 --> 27:32.640 Oh, hello. 27:32.640 --> 27:33.280 I'm really sorry, Don. 27:33.280 --> 27:34.960 Oh, you have issue. 27:34.960 --> 27:35.960 Er... 27:35.960 --> 27:39.460 Oh, my gosh, remember, what happened when 27:39.460 --> 27:42.200 we held a low- Damien was median camp. 27:42.200 --> 27:44.620 The 27:44.620 --> 27:45.640 noise. 27:45.640 --> 27:49.280 There was a tape loop that was losing the 27:49.280 --> 27:54.660 aroma and I know you'll like Fatima's extra mildness. Make a note tomorrow. Buy Fatima's 27:54.660 --> 27:56.280 in the familiar yellow carton. 27:56.280 --> 28:09.100 Twenty-three-year-old Virginia Ramsey, the leader of the gang, was tried and convicted 28:09.100 --> 28:14.780 on four counts of first-degree burglary and four counts of receiving stolen property. 28:14.780 --> 28:19.480 The three male members of the gang were convicted of first-degree burglary, also four counts. 28:19.480 --> 28:25.040 They are now serving their terms in the state penitentiary. First-degree burglary is punishable 28:25.040 --> 28:30.080 by imprisonment for not less than five years. Receiving stolen property is punishable by 28:30.080 --> 28:35.080 imprisonment for not less than six months, nor more than five years. 28:35.080 --> 28:39.560 Ladies and gentlemen, vacation time is here again and a great many of you will be taking 28:39.560 --> 28:44.760 trips in your automobile. Danger is never absent from the highways of America. Be careful. 28:44.760 --> 28:58.400 The care you take may save a life and that life may be your own. 28:58.400 --> 29:03.760 You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. Technical advice 29:03.760 --> 29:11.280 comes from the Office of Chief of Police, W.H. Parker, Los Angeles Police Department. 29:11.280 --> 29:16.800 Latima cigarettes, best of all long cigarettes, has brought you Dragnet, transcribed from 29:16.800 --> 29:22.440 Los Angeles. 29:22.440 --> 29:46.520 Stay tuned for Counterspy, next over most NBC stations.