Dragnet - Big Informant

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2:01transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment. Dragment is the story of your police force in action. It was Tuesday, August 10th, with the warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of burgery detail. My partner's Frank Smith, the boss's captain wisdom, my name's Friday. We were on the way back from lunch and it was 117 pm when we got to room 45. Burgery. Joey, you got any stomach pills? No, I haven't. You got trouble yet? Yeah. I don't know why I always do when we have lunch at Salis. I'll speed that cheesecake, Joe. It happens every time. Well, maybe if you just stick to one piece. The way Rosie makes it, she can't stop there. You know, that Sal could make a fortune if he'd realize it. What do you mean? Well, you know, hot someplace is to have a little bowl of minced by the cash register. Yeah. Well, I'll have Salis put a bowl of stomach pills. You could clean it? Yeah, sure. Anything in the book? I'll take a look.

3:02How about it? Yeah. There's a call here from Ernie. On form it? Yeah. Because he wants to see us this afternoon. Say what it's about? No, it just says to meet him at that coffee place over on 7th. So you're hoping to come up with something we could use it? You know, I'm taking a lot on this one, Emily. Yeah. The way the papers talk, you think we ran with the thieves? And from where they said it probably looks that way. We should have been able to stop them. Yeah. You hear anything more than that last one from the stats office? Yeah, nothing. Maybe run the M.O. over and over. We can't make it. I saw the skipper this morning he saw, too. Yeah, figures are leaning on him, too. No one's got to be a break somewhere along the line. They're luck can't hold out forever. Maybe they don't know that. Did you check the F.I. cards from last night? Yeah, they're doing it now. They might come up with something. How about Rubles and Toad? You heard from them yet? No, they're running down that report from the liquor store. And it doesn't look like it's going anywhere either. I'll get it tonight. Burgoy Smith. Oh, yeah. Did you find anything? Uh-huh. Where was that? Uh-huh. I just fell out last night.

4:02S.O.A. Right. Okay, thanks. We might have something, you know. I've made a field interrogation report on an auto-broncin last night. Time was listed as 1046 pm 4th and central. Yeah, that's close. The last heist was at 7th and central approximately 11 pm. How's this broncin fitting? I'll check their mind. He's got a record. Yeah, burglarie. One thirty five pm. Frank and I checked the name auto-broncin through R&I. We found that he had in the rest record dating back 10 years. He'd been picked up three times on suspicion of violation of Section 459 PC. He'd been convicted once and had served time at San Quentin. He'd been released four months before he served his full term and was not on parole. We got his last known address from his ex convict registration and we drove out to see him. The address listed was a really house on Alexandria Street. We talked to the landlord but she could tell us nothing about him. She said that he'd moved in about four months before and in that time she seemed very little of him. He didn't need it at the house but he took his meals outside.

5:04She was unable to tell us what time broncin had come home the night before. It was registered in Room 2B. Frank and I went up a knock in the door. Yeah? You out of broncin? Yeah, what about it? Police officers would like to talk to you. Okay, go ahead. Maybe better if we talk to inside, huh? Well, maybe I don't want any cops in my place. Well, we can talk downtown. Come on in. All right, what's it all about? What if he could tell us where you were last night? Why? We'd like to know. Let's see how we downtown had dinner and met some friends at a few drinks and came home. What time did you get home? Oh, maybe about eight or runnin' there. Well, you got word you were seen downtown at 1046, how about it? Maybe my watch stuff. Well, you're downtown? Are you guys know all the answers you tell me? I must have got you ahead. Why? Let's get on top. All right, all right. So I was there. What's that proof? Why'd you lie about it? I didn't lie. I told you. My watch stuff. Yeah, according to the FI report, you were stopped in the corner of 4th and central, is that right? I don't know. I guess so why? All you're doin' there.

6:04I was on my way home from where? I think I told you I had a couple of drinks with some friends, am I? I came right home. Or did you meet these friends of yours? Barred on central. Which bar? I don't know the address. I can show you if you got a no. Who were the friends? Look, I don't like any of this. You guys come in here and askin' all these questions. What's it all about? I looked your store safe with burglar eyes on your 7th and central last night. You look good for the job. Oh, it's sure true. What's that? We'll say it up at the joint. Do a little time. You'll have every cop in a world in your back at one time or another. How long do you live with your bronze? A couple of months. That's the closet over here. Are you stay away from there? Isn't anything you know that matters to you? Then you should mind if we take a look. I'll just keep your hands off of my stuff, huh? If you haven't done anything, you got nothing to worry about, have you? It isn't what I've done. It's what you guys are gonna say I did. How about this, Broncin'? That's mine. And I'll look. You got no right to go... See what's in it, Broncin. Yeah. Now, how about this, Broncin'? I never saw this before in my life. It's a frame you guys are trying to tie on to me. Well, a wall worth cops and you know it won't.

7:05How do you explain it to me? I don't have to. A belonged to a friend. He asked me to take care of him. How about this, Broncin'? Can't see Joe. What is it? Cutting torch. Looks like it's been used lately. 2.15 p.m. We searched the suspects room. We found nothing further that would tie him in with the burglaries. We talked to the other people in the boarding house, but they couldn't give us any further information. They were unable to tell us if Broncin had any friends. And the landlord told us that he hadn't gotten any mail since he'd been there. We called the office and arranged for a stake out on the boarding house, and then we took the suspect downtown of the city hall. We talked to him for an hour. 4.16 p.m. That's where you stand on this thing, Broncin. Now you make up your mind. You want to take the beef by yourself? You're going to tell us where you got the two. I've been telling you. I didn't know anything about the tours. I got them from a friend. He asked me to keep the suitcase for him. He asked me to keep them for him, and that's all I know. What's the friend's name? I got two of them. It's a fellow named Shorty. What's his last name? I don't know. If I knew what I'd tell you, I got no reason to hold back on it. I didn't have nothing to do with the jobs.

8:05How do we were talking to you about one burglar? What do you mean by jobs? Well, just the way you guys talk, I figured it was more than one. You know what we're talking about. I don't. I'm telling you the truth. I don't. Why don't you last see this, Shorty? When he gave me this suitcase. When was that? Week maybe 10 days ago. Where'd you see him? In the bar, down on seven. And he just gave you this suitcase. I asked you to take care of it for him. I would expect this to bleed. That's the truth. I can't help that. That's the way it happened. Now your friends are left here, and they're good-fixed, didn't they? What do you mean? It looks like you're going to have to go this route by yourself. How do you figure that? You got the tools, you got a record. You ran up the sanity just before the safe was burned. You look real good for it. And you're going to take it along. Well, you haven't got much choice. Well, what happens if I help you get the rest of them? It'll be marked down, anyway. I said, all you can do? That's all. How much if I help you break the gang? That's all we can do. Well, one thing you got to understand. What's that? I had nothing to do with the jobs myself. I just heard a few rumble. You got to know I wasn't in on it. What have you heard? Well, there's three guys. They've been working out here for six weeks.

9:07Real heavy fellas. Who are they? I don't know. I'm the only one I ever saw with Shorty. And I'm not too sure he's in on it. You know where we can pick him up? No, like I said, I just heard a few rumble. I'd have about this shorty. You got a record. I don't know him. Why not? He ever seen anything about doing time. No, not so I can hear. How long you know him? About three months. I met him right after I got out of cue. Where'd you meet him? A bar downtown. We got the talking one. I'd nest that I'd see him around here. And I never got to know him real well. Just well enough, why don't you give me a suitcase full of burglar tools? Yeah, that's right. And you didn't know what was in the case. No, I didn't look. I didn't figure out any of my business. That's easy to buy in it. I can't help but that's the way it is. How much do you know about how the gang works? I much. Rumble is it they case a place for a couple of days? Figure out when's the best time to hit it? Walk in and burn the sea. He used a car. I don't know, I guess he did. The Shorty have a car. I don't know. I never saw him with one. He never mentioned it. He ever mentioned where he lived. No, not to me. I figured it's over on the east side of it. I figure that. Just the way he talked, nothing's definite, but just the idea.

10:10You look at some mugs and tell us if you see the Shorty. I'm sure. I'd like to see you get him leaving me to stand for a thing like this all by myself. Anything else you can tell us about the gang? No, that's about it. Okay, let's look at the mugs. How about it, don't you? I still got to go to jail. We still haven't convinced us. You're clean. I told you everything I know. Yeah, let's go. No, wait a minute. I got nuts in the cell. You should have thought of that before. Well, I can give you guys a lot of help if I'm on the outside. You haven't given us much here. Well, maybe I can. All right, go ahead. I can tell you when they're going to pull the next job. We continue to talk to Otto Bronson. He told us that he'd heard the gang was planning to rob the safe of a large chain grocery store in the southern part of the city. He gave us the date and the time that the operation was expected to take place. But he was unable to give us the exact details of how the burglary would be committed. The suspect couldn't tell us whether a car would be used or how the store would be approached. He was unable to give us a description of the other two men in the operation,

11:10but he did give us a description of shorty. We ran the name through the moniker file on our eye. We got back 285 possible and had the mug shots on the suspect's pole. These were shown to Bronson, but he failed to make an identification. We showed him our mug files on known burglary suspects, but he again failed to come up with an identification. The burglary tools were booked as evidence, and then Frank and I talked with Captain Wisdom. It was agreed that it might be better to release Bronson and have him followed. 831pm. The suspect was released in place under constant surveillance. The date Bronson had given us for the next burglary was the following Saturday, August 14. Frank and I made arrangements to place a stake out on the store. We checked the store and found that there were two entrances. One off the parking lot to one side of the building and one on the street. We took up our position so that both doors could be seen. The area was placed under a code 5 call so that the stakeout would not be burned. Frank and I waited. 10pm, 11. No sign of the burglars. Midnight came and went.

12:10At 5.30am, the stakeout was called off. Frank got to a fault. Yeah. What was that? Yeah? Okay, we'll be right in. Joe. You know anything? Yeah. They lost the tail on Bronson. At approximately 10.30 Saturday night, Otto Bronson had gone into a theater on South Spring Street. The officer following had entered but had lost the suspect in the darkness. The next morning, Sunday, August 15, we got a report that Bronson had turned up at his rooming house at 7.45am. I got a call from the business officer with his information and at 8.20, I picked up Frank and we drove over to see Bronson. What was that? It's Friday. Oh, just a minute. Hi. Come on in. Well, you guys are up early this morning. How did you not last night?

13:10What do you try to pull, Bronson? What do you mean? You know what we're talking about, nothing happened last night. Hey, you mean you didn't break into the police? That's it. I can't understand that from what I heard to have an orc case. I heard you last night. Well, you figure I had something to do with that. We just asked you where you were. Oh, what's the matter? Hey, the tail of your head on me get lost. We're waiting for an answer, Bronson. We took a movie and then came on home. You came home after the picture, didn't you? Yeah, that's right. Right home. How come it took you so long? No, what's that, man? You didn't get home until this morning, did you? You guys are pretty thorough, aren't you? Well, where are you? All right, I stopped and saw a friend. We got to drinking. We got all about time. That makes me a pigeon for you. Come on, Bronson. Let's get out there. What for? I haven't done anything. He gave us wrong information about last night. Well, that's not my fault. I'm not running with the guys. I told you what I heard. It's not my beef that it didn't work out. From what I knew, that was the way it was going to be. All right, let's go. Well, not just a minute. We can work this out, huh? I'm afraid not. I leveled with you guys. I'm not giving you a snore job.

14:10That's the way it is. You got nothing on me. If you had, you wouldn't let me go before. Now that I think about it, I don't like the idea of a tail on me. What are you guys going to prove with that? The way you act with snow, one, or you're getting no cooperation from anybody. It's no wonder at all. All right, now you've made your point. Let's get on top. Yeah, who is it? Mr. Bratzus, me, Kelly. That's my mother. Yeah, what is it? Mr. Friday here. Yeah, I'm Friday. Don't call for it. You can get it here in the hall. Thanks. You got it here. Thank you. Mr. Friday. Yeah. Mm-hmm. When? Right. We'll be right there. Thanks a lot. Frank? Yeah. It's a business office. We got to leave. Yeah? You called it, Branson. They worked last night, all right. See, I told you. Yeah, we've stayed out in South LA. Saw? They hit in the West LA.

15:17You are listening to Dragnet, the authentic story of your police force in action. Chesterfield is best for you. Chesterfield regular or Chesterfield king size, which contains tobacco's of better quality and higher price than any other king size cigarette. And always remember this. Chesterfield is first to give you premium quality in both regular and king size. Just as Chesterfield has been first to name its ingredients. The ingredients that make the best possible smoke. Enjoy your smoking. Change to Chesterfield. Much milder with an extraordinarily good taste. The best for you. 915 AM. Frank and I contacted the West Los Angeles detectives and drove out to the scene of the latest burglary.

16:17It was a large chain grocery store. The thieves had burned into the safe and the M.O. was the same as in the other burglary. All the contents of the safe worth anything had been removed. The crews from the crime lab and late in the prints had already finished their investigation and had gone back to go over their findings. Frank and I talked to the manager of the store, Mr. Charles Gleason. Well, let me see, Sergeant. The first I knew about it was when they called me to say that the safe had been robbed. Any idea how much was taken? Well, I'd just be guessing with the officers working around here. I didn't get a chance to check it yet, but I'd say about five or six thousand dollars. A weekend and all, we'd done a pretty good business and I didn't get a chance to get to the bank had all that money and the safe. Of course, I'll have to check the books to tell you exactly how much they did, but like I said, it was probably five or six thousand dollars. Do you have a burglary alarm system in the store, Mr. Gleason? A big part. I said, do you have a burglary alarm system in the store? Yes, and that's a funny thing. I can't understand why it didn't work. The officers who were here from your crime lab, is that it?

17:19Yeah, that's right, sir. Well, they said that evidently it had been turned off somehow. I don't understand it, but that's what they said. I see. What if he could give us a list of your employees? Well, yes, certainly, but you don't think that any of them had anything to do with this day. Well, they've all got to be checked out, sir. Can you give us the list? Oh, well, yes, I can't. I could guess that's right, but I'm sure that none of them were involved. Mr. Gleason, have you noticed anyone hanging around the store or anyone that might have looked suspicious to you that you can remember? It would be awfully hard to say. We do a lot of business with all the people who come in and out. It's kind of hard to say. Yes, sir, we understand. Could you remember, was there anyone who attracted your attention? Maybe someone unusual, somebody loitering in the neighborhood, maybe around the store? No, sir, not that I can think of. Was there anything that was taken from the safe that might give us a lead, something that might not ordinarily be in there? Something that you could identify easily? No, I don't think so, just the money. Of course, there were several checks.

18:20You know, once it was a check, that we cashed for the customers they might have totaled $500. I can give you a list of them. We have them photographed if you want copies of them. Yes, sir, that would be a big help. Oh, officers, there was one more thing. Yes, sir, what was that? Well, you know how people lose things. Yes, sir. A couple of days ago, we found a watch. It looked expensive and found it in the back of the store. That was in the safe, too. Everything's gone. Must have taken that, too. It isn't there now. Can you give us a description of the watch? Yes, I can. I noticed it because, well, to be honest, I was kind of hoping that nobody would claim it. You'd keep things like that around here for a couple of days and then turn them into you. I'd like to have had that with myself. Sertina, it was a gold case with a white face. Only had a few numbers. You know, some of the spots were just the little gold spots. I mean, the spots were. The numbers, the numbers, the little gold spots. I know what you mean, sir. Well, this one had a gold band. It was kind of a chain thing, not an expansion band. The gold chain. Yes, sir. Would you know the watch if you saw it again?

19:21Oh, sure. I looked at it enough. Then there was that scratch on the crystal, Fizzar. We're right over the number, too. There was a scratch. I can show you right here in my watch. You see right there, a little scratch. Kind of went off at an angle. It was really easy to spot. Yes, sir. I understand. You know, it's a funny thing you've been here. It is a friend of mine once. Well, I just soon not mention his name if you don't mind. Because he was innocent, you know. But he looked bad. I was kind of worried about him, myself. And these officers came out to his house. Just took the place apart. It was all right. It's perfectly legal. I had a search warrant. Well, they could have asked for it. Well, they thought he was mixed up in a robbery. Oh. I don't know how they ever thought it. But it looks suspicious. I guess he was seen with some characters that were, well, you know, not very nice. If they came out to his house, took the whole place apart. You never saw such a mess in your life. Ripped up the mattresses, took down a pit, ruined the picture. A beautiful picture. End of the trail. You know, the one with the Indian. Yes. The spirit going down like that. Yes. Took that apart. The whole picture just fell apart. They never could get it back together again. I don't know where they can get another one or not. They had a nice life or so.

20:21I say did they find anything? The money? Yeah, they did. They found a fountain pen. His wife had lost two years ago. Had her initials on it. Yes, sir. Well, is there anything else you can think of that would help us here? No, not that I can figure. Well, if you do remember anything, sir, here's our card. We'd certainly appreciate a call. Frank Smith, just ask for you, huh? Yes, sir. If we're not there, just leave a message and we'll get in touch with you. I'll do that. Well, thank you very much, Mr. Gleason. You bet. I sure hope you catch the fellas that are doing that. Yes, sir, so do we. Yes, you've been out for quite a while, huh? Yes, sir, we have. What's paper-say? This makes number 13 for him. Bad number 13, kind of lucky. No worse than number one. Frank and I went back to the city hall and completed our crime report. We contacted the crime lab in Laten Prince and found that they'd come up with no physical evidence at the scene. From the M.O., it could be definitely established that they were the same suspects we were after. We obtained a list of the employees of the storm. Check them out. We came up with no new leads. A list of the checks that had been taken from the safe were given to forgery detail.

21:24Frank and I went to Otto Bronson's rooming house and brought him down to the city hall for questioning. You know, maybe if you guys have spent a little more time doing your job and less time bothering me, it ended up catching us fellas. Don't worry about it, Bronson. We'll get him. We'd like to go over what you did last night again. I told you once. Tell us again, will you? All right, like I said, I had dinner around 8. Maybe 8.30. What did you eat? A place over on spring. Is anybody new? No, I don't think I did. Where'd you go then? I went to a movie, a place on 7th. Have you seen anybody you knew there? No. When you'd have a tough time proving where you were, would you? Not all the way. You had a tale on me. Most of this you knew already. All right, what did you do after you left the movie? I told you that. I went over to see a friend. Yeah, where's he left? Oh, tell him. What's his name? Look, I don't want to see him dragged into this. If he's clean, he's got nothing to worry about. Sure, but you guys go over and talk to him. It's a lot of embarrassment for him. I just don't warn it. All right, let's go. Oh, no. You're going to book me. That's it. I told you what being in a cell does to me.

22:24You should have thought about that before. All right, I'll tell you who he is. We'll go ahead. All right, his name's Anderson, Mark Anderson. You ever fallen? No, he's clean. Sure about that. Yeah. No, I suppose you want to go and talk to him. Yeah, we'll get to it. You're still going to book me? We have any choice. But I told you what I know, Sergeant. I told you everything. I can't help but if I was wrong, look, it's no crime to make a mistake, is it? I never read about no law. It says you can't make a mistake. Well, why don't you tell us the truth about what you know about these burglaries? I told you. I told you. What you told us we can't buy. Well, that's tough. I'll admit that's the way it is. And I told you what I know. There isn't anymore. If you want, go on. Check with Mark Anderson. He'll tell you us with him all night. He'll tell you. I don't want to trouble you guys. He'll tell you and that's the truth. Really? I'm telling you the truth. Yeah, we've heard that before. 6.40 p.m. We booked out of Bronson at the main jail on suspicion of burglary.

23:25Before he was put in his cell, we got the address of Mark Anderson. After we'd finished with the booking, Frank and I drove over to the hotel on 5th Street. Anderson was registered in room 812. The desk clerk told us that Anderson was in his room. He was unable to tell us much about Anderson, because as he explained, he'd only worked at the hotel for a week and hadn't seen much of him. We went upstairs and knocked at the door. Yeah? You, Mark Anderson? That's right. Who are you with police officers? I like to talk to you. Sure, come on in. It's my partner, thanks, Smith. Yeah, I should. What do you want to see me about? You know I fell on the entrance of Bronson. Yeah, sure, I know I don't. I just see him last. Hey, what's this all about anyway? I'd have done something. Just a routine investigation, Anderson. When was the last time you saw Bronson? Routine, huh? That's right. I saw him last night. Where'd you see him? Here, he came up and sat around, killed a bottle. He talked it up. What time do you leave here? Hmm. I must have been about 7.30 this morning, something like that. No, I should thank you very much. Sure. Glad to help out whenever I can. How do I mean any trouble with him?

24:25Like we said, it's just routine. Well, I think more I can do the health hotch. You let me know. Yeah, we'll do that. You'll even ride away? Yeah, that's right. We'll be getting back to the office. I'll get my coat and walk down with you. I got a date in 15 minutes. I'm going to have to run for my watch. I like watching you get there. Yeah, it's new. Let me take a look at it with you. Just a watch. If you don't mind, I like to get busy to watch. Sure, I know where you can. Here. Notice the scratch on the crystal here. Hmm. I never saw that before. Guess I'll have to take you back and get another one. Probably see a gel. Yeah. Yeah. Did you buy this watch? Yeah. Where? What jewelers down this tree? You got a receipt for it? No, I didn't. I know the guy. I didn't figure out any one. Whatever you take a look through your road. Why? What are you looking for? Just like take a look. You got a search warrant? Well, we can get one if we have to. I'll let you better go get one. I'm not having any cops looking through my stuff, right? Yeah. I told you to get a warrant. You got no right to look in there. Something in the closet you don't figure we should see.

25:25No, it's not that. It's just... Well, there's no problem, is it? Show. I'm gonna have a couple of suitcases. You want to bring them out? Yeah. Any iron? This one's kind of heavy. It feels like there's some sort of tools in it. I'll open it up. Wait a minute. You got the key for this one, Anderson? I'm not in there for you. We'll figure that out. Joe looks like this item is open. Now about this, Anderson. Money here in these chips. Watch your job, Anderson. Oh, no. All right, come on. Get up. Get up. Oh, shake him, Joe. Yeah, he's clean. Stand still. All right, Anderson, let's go. I told you, didn't he? Lousy Lou, sneaky told you.

26:25Never did trust him. I kept telling Shorty. I kept telling Moush and Trust him. Who Shorty? Shorty Miller? Well, it's all his work in the fight. Sure, I got nothing to lose. Lousy Lou, I don't have just three of you on the job. Yeah, that's all. Lousy Lou, Shorty and me, just three of us. You know what my big idea is? I had it all fixed up when you tagged him. I was gonna get us in the clear. Don't worry, you said. He'd take care of everything. Lousy Lou, liar. He'd fix it for us. That's real funny, shouldn't be. Why? He fixed it. The story you have just heard was true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. On December 14, Trial was held in Department 87, Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles. In a moment, the results of that trial. Now here is our star, Jack Webb. Thank you, George Fenneman. I've been pleased to see how many of you King's Eye smokers have been changing to Chesterfield.

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