The Big Want

[00:00:04] Speaker A: Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to Bunko Fugitive details. You get a call from another city to pick up a burglary suspect. You know the name he's using. You know where he's living, your job. Pick him up. Dragnet. The documented drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law to an actual case. Transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Tuesday, June 4th. It was hot in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of bunco Fugitive detail. My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is cabin Steve. My name's Friday. We're on our way out from the office. It was 9:42am when we got to the corner of Shelman Fountain, the Arizona Carlton Hotel. Guess we checked over there, huh? Yeah, we got the mud. Yeah, right here. I'm awfully sorry, Mrs. Hartfield. Yes, I know we say each room is air conditioned. Well, yes, ma'am, but it is true. I know, ma'am, but the air conditioned is on full now. All right, ma'am. Yes, I'll send some right up. I'll be with you right away, Franz. Here, boy. Get to my quarter. Up to Mrs. Hartfield and 502 right away. Tired of situations. All right, sir. What is it you wanted? We're a police officer, sir. Here's our identification. There's nothing wrong, is there? I don't know what I'd do if anything else went wrong. The air conditioning unit went out this morning making excuses. I don't know how much longer the ice water's gonna hold out. What is it? What's wrong now? You have a Mr. George Rich registered here. Probably gives his home address as Modesto. Wait for a minute. Let's see here, huh? Wait a minute, sir. How do I know you're what you say? Police department's always sending out circulars saying to be careful about this sort of thing. Respectable hotel, you know. How do I know? Here's our identification again, sir. I showed it to you before. Oh, Friday. How about yours? Yeah, here you are. Uh huh. All right. Can't be too careful. Your own office says that, you know. Careful. Anybody can come in here with a badge. Yes, sir. And if you just check the register for us, please. Yes, sure thing. Oh, yes, sir. Here he is. Richmond, George, Modesto, California. Be here now? No, checked out day before yesterday. Oh, excuse me, Jesse. Registration desk. Yes, Mrs. Hartfield. Yes, ma'am, I know. That's what we advertise. Well, yes, ma'am, but it's on the way up. No, ma'am, I sent the boy myself. Yes, ma'am, I'm sure he'll be there. All right, Mrs. Hartfield. Yes, ma'am. I may quit now. What was it you wanted with Mr. Richmond? Well, you said that he moved out, huh? Yes. Bag and baggage the day before yesterday. Did you leave any forwarding address? No. I talked to him when he left. Didn't say a word about where he was going. Uh huh. Was there anyone in the hotel he was especially friendly with? Anybody you might know where we can reach him? No. Kind of kept to himself. Nice fella. Sure. Tip's good. Kept to himself, though. Is there anyone around the place who might know where he was going? Bell boys, maybe the waitress in the coffee shop? Oh, no, I hardly think so. He didn't eat here. Don't blame him. Well, thank you very much, sir. Here's our card. If you HEAR Anything from Mr. Richmond, we sure appreciate a call. You bet. I'll give you a ring. You got any mail while he was staying here? No, no, nothing. Not even a phone call. Didn't use the room for anything but sleep. Real quiet. Good tempers. Did he drive a car, do you know? No, not that I know. Hey, come to think of it, you might check with Ernie. Ernie? Yeah, drive the cab. Usually right out in front. He picked up Mr. Richmond one night. Might be able to tell you something. Oh, that's true. Thank you very much. If anything comes up, Appreciate that call. Okay. Hope you get what you're looking for. Registration desk. Yes, Mrs. Hartfield. Let's go first. All right. I know, ma'am, but the ice water's on the way up. I can't understand why it isn't there, but I am managing. Fell out there. Might be. Yeah. Excuse me, Mike. Yeah? Any money? That's right. What can I do for you? Police officers. We'd like some information. I got a permit to park here. No, it's not that. I'd like to know if you remember picking up a George Richmond here. Oh, Richmond, huh? Yeah, that's right. Richmond. No name. Doesn't make any Belgian. What's your guy look like? You got those mug shots? Please. There you go. Are you a cop too? Yes, sir, I'm an officer. Yeah, you kind of look like one. Is this the guy? Yes, sir, that's him. You remember picking him up? Yeah. Seems I've seen him before. Yeah, yeah, good tipper. Yeah, I picked him up, let's see, a couple days ago. Drove him downtown. Sure, downtown. Remember where you took him? Yeah, it was a couple days ago. Like I said, I haven't got the slightest idea. 10:07am we continued to talk to the cab driver. He was sure that he picked up George Richmond on Sunday night. But he was unable to tell us where he'd taken the suspect. We drove back downtown and checked with the cab company. On the driver's way, though, we found that he'd made three pickups that night from the hotel on Fountain Avenue. The first stop listed was a large cafeteria in downtown Los Angeles. We checked with a cashier. She was unable to identify the mug shots of Richmond. The second stop was a large apartment out on Wilshire Boulevard. We checked the manager of the place and she told us that she didn't recognize the name. We showed her the mug shots of Richmond. She said that she thought she'd seen the man two weeks before. When she asked him what he wanted, he said that he was looking for a Ms. Norman. Because of the way he'd acted, the landlady hadn't told him that there was a tenant by that name living in the place. She gave us the apartment number of the Norman woman and Frank and I went up to fear. Want to try it again? Yeah. [00:06:26] Speaker B: Who is this? [00:06:27] Speaker A: Police officers. What? Police officers? We like to talk to you. [00:06:31] Speaker B: That's a minute. And what's this all about? [00:06:38] Speaker A: Ms. Margaret Norman? [00:06:40] Speaker B: Yeah, that's right. What you want with me? [00:06:41] Speaker A: What if we come in? Please. Be a little better than talking out here in the hall. [00:06:45] Speaker B: Yeah, I guess so. Come in. [00:06:47] Speaker A: Thank you. My name's Friday. This is my partner, Frank Smith. Pleased to meet you, ma'am. [00:06:52] Speaker B: Yeah, hi. [00:06:53] Speaker A: You alone here, Ms. Norman? [00:06:55] Speaker B: Yeah, I just got up. Have to excuse the way the place looks kind of messy. [00:06:59] Speaker A: Yes, ma'am. [00:07:00] Speaker B: Mind if I put on some coffee? Not gonna be able to answer any questions before I have a cup of coffee. [00:07:04] Speaker A: Let me go right ahead, ma'am. [00:07:09] Speaker B: What did you want to see me about? [00:07:11] Speaker A: You know a man named Richmond? [00:07:13] Speaker B: Richmond? [00:07:13] Speaker A: Yes, ma'am. George Rickman. [00:07:16] Speaker B: Why'd you ask that? What's he done? [00:07:18] Speaker A: Well, just like to know if you know him. Do you? [00:07:20] Speaker B: Yeah, I know him. What do you guys want him for? [00:07:23] Speaker A: We like talk to him. Ms. Norman. [00:07:25] Speaker B: Uh huh. Don't want to tell me what it's about, huh? [00:07:29] Speaker A: Well, it'd be Better if we talk to him. [00:07:30] Speaker B: Yeah. Either one of you got a cigarette? [00:07:34] Speaker A: Yes, ma'am. Max. [00:07:41] Speaker B: Thanks. You know, there's no love lost between me and George. [00:07:47] Speaker A: Is that right? [00:07:47] Speaker B: I bet there isn't. [00:07:48] Speaker A: Lousy bum. I got a dark star. Cowboy. [00:07:50] Speaker B: He's a girl out for dinner. One lousy night in a cheap dinner. Figures he owns her. [00:07:54] Speaker A: You know where he is now? [00:07:55] Speaker B: I haven't got the slightest idea. If I did know, I'd sure tell you. Then I would like to see him get his way. He treated me. [00:08:01] Speaker A: You know any of his friends? Anyone who might know where he is? [00:08:03] Speaker B: I don't think he's got a friend. At least, I never met any of them. [00:08:06] Speaker A: Does he drive a car, do you know? [00:08:07] Speaker B: No, not him. Always took a cab. Used to kill me. Anywhere we went, he'd take a cab. One lousy block and he took a cab. Like to be a sport. Always tipping big. Regular drugstore cowboy. [00:08:18] Speaker A: When did you see him last? [00:08:19] Speaker B: A couple of weeks ago. Not much. Anyway, last time I saw him. Don't care if I never see him again. While he acted, I thought he was gonna kill me, ma'am. Went out to dinner. When we got back here, he'd been drinking a lot. Got real nasty. I told him he better be gone. You know, it was late and all. [00:08:35] Speaker A: Yes, ma'am. [00:08:36] Speaker B: Well, like I said, it was late and got real nasty. Started yelling at me, called me all sorts of things. I'm not gonna let any man say things like that to me. So I told him to get out. I never want to see him again. One live at dinner, and he thought he owned me. [00:08:50] Speaker A: Where'd he go ahead, Miss Tom. [00:08:51] Speaker B: He hauled off and hit me right there in the hall. Hit me as hard as he could. Almost broke my jaw, you know. I let out a scream and he beat it. Caused such a commotion, I had to move. [00:09:01] Speaker A: Then this didn't happen here, did it? [00:09:03] Speaker B: No place over in Vermont. I moved the next day. [00:09:06] Speaker A: Where'd you meet Richmond? [00:09:07] Speaker B: At the club. So you got another cigarette? [00:09:10] Speaker A: Yeah. The match. [00:09:17] Speaker B: Thanks. [00:09:18] Speaker A: What club's that, ma'am? [00:09:20] Speaker B: Well, I work on Green Lantern downtown. I'm cigarette girl. I met him there. He came in one night, acted real big. Asked me if I'd have dinner with him. As it happened, I didn't have an engagement that night, so I said yes. Well, we kind of went together for a while. [00:09:36] Speaker A: I see. [00:09:38] Speaker B: Sure hope you get him. A real bad guy. Way he treats women. Terrible, you say? Wait a minute. [00:09:44] Speaker A: Yes, ma'am? [00:09:45] Speaker B: I know someone who might be Able to tell you where he is. [00:09:47] Speaker A: Who's that, ma'am? [00:09:48] Speaker B: Fellow named Hank. Used to hang around the club. I saw George, talked to him at the bar once in a while. [00:09:53] Speaker A: Well, do you know where you can find a fella, Hank? [00:09:56] Speaker B: No, but I can tell you where his girlfriend lives. That help? [00:09:58] Speaker A: Yes, ma'am, it will. [00:09:59] Speaker B: Plateau von Third, out near Fairfax. [00:10:01] Speaker A: Do you know his full name, ma'am? [00:10:03] Speaker B: You gotta think about that. Let's see. Jeannette. That's the girl. Jeannette introduced him as Palmer. [00:10:09] Speaker A: That's it. [00:10:09] Speaker B: Hank Palmer. I don't know about him, though. [00:10:13] Speaker A: What's that? [00:10:13] Speaker B: My son Hank's a real mean one. Kind of quiet. Not like George. George likes to shoot his mouth off. But Hank is quiet. [00:10:20] Speaker A: He's trouble, though, ma'am. [00:10:22] Speaker B: Well, one night we went up to Jeanette's for a couple of drinks. Hank took off his coat. That's why I say he's rough. [00:10:27] Speaker A: Yeah, sure. [00:10:28] Speaker B: Carries a gun. [00:10:36] Speaker A: 1:45Pm we got the description of Hank Palmer, and then Frank and I drove back to the city Hall. We ran the name and description through R and I, but we got no mate. We sent the name to George Blairton, CII up at Sacramento. We got a communication off to Washington asking him for information on Palmer. We also checked the name of Palmer's girlfriend through our records, but we got no information. We contacted Captain Steed and arranged for a stakeout to be placed on the apartment of Palmer's girlfriend, Jeanette Allen. Two days went by. Palmer and Richmond failed to make an appearance. We talked to Jeanette Allen, but she we couldn't supply us with any information as to the whereabouts of the two men. Descriptions of the men were broadcast. Informants were questioned. We contacted the Modesto Police Department and they sent us all information on the places Richmond was known to frequent while he was in Los Angeles. The kickback from Sacramento and Washington gave us no new information on Richmond, but Washington had him listed as having two arrests for armed robbery and ADW in the East. Another week passed. The stakeouts on Jeanette Allen's apartment continued. No sign of either of the men. Sergeant Al Panojis of the BUNCO Fugitive Detail worked with us in trying to trace their movements. On Saturday, June 15, we got word from an informant that Richmond and Palmer had been seen in town. We checked with a stakeout at the apartment, but they'd seen nothing of the two men. Frank, Al, Panogies and I drove out to relieve the stakeout. Hey, Panojis. Yeah, thanks. Sure. Hot in this room and they're just laying there. Yeah. Paper says it's the hottest June 15th on record. Very much. Allen. [00:12:06] Speaker B: Yes, Sergeant. [00:12:07] Speaker A: You haven't heard from Palmer at all since he got back, is there? [00:12:10] Speaker B: No, not a word. I don't really believe he's in town. I'm sure if he was, he'd look me up. Never done this before. [00:12:16] Speaker A: It would be all right if I had a glass of water, miss? [00:12:18] Speaker B: Sure, help yourself. Right out in the kitchen. [00:12:20] Speaker A: All right. How about you? Joe wants her. No, no. Thanks, Al. Yeah, Joe. Yeah. Cab's stopping out in front. Man. Getting out. I see one of you guys wearing an overcoat on a day like this. You coming in here, Al? Yeah. Yeah. Cab's pulling away. Okay. Once you get sight of the door, Frank. Right. You better go into the bedroom, Ms. Allen. [00:12:46] Speaker B: You think there's gonna be some trouble? [00:12:48] Speaker A: Well, it depends on the way he wants it. [00:12:49] Speaker B: Oh, well, I guess you know this. I hope not. All I need is to have to move again. [00:12:58] Speaker A: Somebody in the hall. Stopping. All set. Right. Who are you? You Hank Palmer? Yeah. So what? Police officers. Lousy. How much is Joey's got a gun. I'll get him. All right. Hold it up. Palmer. Palmer. I'll fire. Get away from me. Cops. Hold it up. Palme. Come on. Come out of here. Get in the call, Frank. Gray Mercury. License number is 1S69 105. Right. Better call an ambulance too. What? Panojis. He's heard back. June 15, 8:40pm Sergeant Al Panojis was removed to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. This condition was listed as critical. The bullet had entered his chest and was still embedded below the left lung. His family was notified and after Frank and I got out the APB on Palmer, we drove by to pick up Mrs. Panoji. We dropped her off at the hospital and Frank stayed with her. Palmer's description was put out as was the description of the car he commandeered to get away. I ran the number through our DMV and found that it was registered to a William Evans. 1627 East Point. Setting up Hollywood. Along with Sergeant Ullery. I checked out the address. Mrs. Evans told us that she hadn't seen her husband for several hours. But when he left the house he had told her that he was going to a large meeting. We got a description of him and got out a local and an APB on him. I called the hospital and found that they'd operated on Panojis but that they were unable to remove the bullet. His wife collapsed. Frank had her taken home where she was cared for by their family doctor. 12:46am A radio car out in Chatsworth picked up Evans. He told him that Palmer had forced him at gunpoint to drive him to the Valley. There he'd forced Evans from the car and driven off. Evans couldn't give the officers any idea of where the suspect might have been headed. Two hours later, the car was found abandoned on Spring Street. It was placed under surveillance and a dragnet of a downtown area was started. Metro Division Assigned 20 teams of men to make a block by block search of the vicinity. The details of the bus stations and the airports were alerted. 4:12am I got a call from Frank and I drove over to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital. Hi. How's it going? All right. Good. Just saw the doctor. Oh, damn. You are listening to Dragnet. The authentic story of your police force in action. When an officer is first accepted by the police force, he spends 13 weeks at the police academy. In that period, he learns the basic fundamentals of being a peace officer. On graduation from the academy, he's assigned either to traffic or to a tour of duty in one of the city jails. Then, depending on his appetite and the way he conducts himself in the field, he's checked on for possible transfer to one of the detective divisions as an investigator. By the time a police officer gets his assignment to the Detective bureau, he's become a professional troubleshooter. He knows how to handle himself and he knows how to treat the lawbreaker. He's on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and he wears a gun when a hoodlum shoots a police officer. He's showing society that he has no regard for the law. And at the same time, he is announcing that he will not hesitate to kill an unarmed citizen. Sergeant Alfred Panoges had been a policeman 14 years. He'd begun in traffic and then had been transferred to the Juvenile Division. From there he went to Homicide detail and then to Bunco Fugitive Division. He was a professional peace officer and he'd been murdered. He gave his life to protect the people who paid his salary, the taxpayers. His killer was still at large, and we had to find him. The search of the downtown area was intensified, but it netted us nothing. Frank and I checked the immediate area around the abandoned car. In talking to the people in the vicinity, we found a newsboy who had seen Palmer park the car. He said he was unable to tell us where the man had gone. But he said that he thought he might have gone into a bar near the corner. We checked the place, but the bartender was Unable to give us any information, two days passed. We rechecked the known hangout, the two men, neither of them had been seen. Tuesday, June 18, we got word that Palmer had been seen entering an apartment house on South Alvarado. 10:14am Frank and I drove over to talk to the landlady. [00:17:29] Speaker B: Palmer and Richmond? No. No, I don't think I know them. [00:17:32] Speaker A: What if you take a look at these pictures, this whole book, see if you recognize them. [00:17:35] Speaker B: Sure. Yeah, He's a mean one. Haven't seen him, though. This one. Well, this one, I know him. Which one's he? [00:17:44] Speaker A: West Richmond. [00:17:46] Speaker B: No, that sounded in him. Told me it was Reichman. Said it was John Reichman. Lived up in 206. Absent front. [00:17:51] Speaker A: Do you know, ma'am? [00:17:52] Speaker B: No. He went out this morning early. First time in a couple of days he went out early. [00:17:56] Speaker A: You expecting back soon? [00:17:58] Speaker B: Oh, I don't know. Right off. Might be. I don't generally know when they're coming back. Don't keep tabs on them. Yeah. Attendants. A nice bunch, most of them. Quiet. Had a full place last two years. [00:18:10] Speaker A: How long is this Reichman? [00:18:12] Speaker B: Yeah, that's it. John Reichman. [00:18:14] Speaker A: How long has he been here? [00:18:15] Speaker B: Oh, he's kind of new. He took over the room from a friend of his. [00:18:18] Speaker A: Yes, ma'am. Does he have any friends in the building? Anyone that he sees? Quite a bit of. [00:18:22] Speaker B: Well, now, there's a girl in 306. He sees quite a bit of her. [00:18:25] Speaker A: Oh, who's that? Ms. Holbrook? [00:18:26] Speaker B: That'd be Barbara McIntyre. Nice girl. Dancer. Works downtown at one of the clubs. [00:18:31] Speaker A: She in now, would you know? [00:18:32] Speaker B: Oh, she could be, yes. Hardly ever gets up much before noon. Hardly ever. He works late, you know. [00:18:37] Speaker A: Yes, ma'am. Does Richmond drive a car? [00:18:40] Speaker B: Richmond? Oh, dear, now. Well, I don't know. I don't think so. Seems like he's always coming home in a cab. Comes in at all hours. I don't think he's gonna last here. [00:18:50] Speaker A: Why say that, ma'am? [00:18:52] Speaker B: Cause I don't think he will, that's all. Plays the radio late, makes noise, you know. Then there was a fight. The girl didn't want to do anything about it, but I certainly think she should have. [00:19:00] Speaker A: Oh, what's that about, ma'am? [00:19:02] Speaker B: Oh, one night, let's see, it must have been about a week ago, Reichman or Richmond or whatever his name is, came home and he was. Well, he's been drinking quite a bit, you know. [00:19:12] Speaker A: Yes, ma'am. [00:19:13] Speaker B: Well, he went up to the girl's apartment and they had an awful brawl, screaming and yelling. An awful brawl. I went up and asked her if there was something I could do, but she yelled through the door and said no, that everything was all right. [00:19:23] Speaker A: Of course it wasn't, ma'am. [00:19:25] Speaker B: Well, the next day the poor thing had a black eye that just wouldn't stop. All bruised up. Had a bandage right here on her forehead. Must have hit her awful hard. No, sir, I don't think he's going to last. [00:19:37] Speaker A: You're pretty sure that you haven't seen this other man, though, are you? [00:19:39] Speaker B: Well, let me see that picture again. [00:19:42] Speaker A: This one? [00:19:43] Speaker B: No, no, no. I'm positive. I never saw him. Of course I don't mean he wasn't here, ma'am. Well, like I said, I don't pay much attention to them. They pay their rent and I don't bother them. They come and go as say, please. Say, what do you want him for? Is it about that Mr. Ben? Yeah. Is it about him beating up that poor girl? [00:20:00] Speaker A: No, ma'am. [00:20:01] Speaker B: I should have known about him. No, sir. He ain't going to last long around here. [00:20:05] Speaker A: Wonder if we could see his room, Mrs. Hra. [00:20:07] Speaker B: Well, I guess it's all right. I'll get the key. [00:20:10] Speaker A: All right, ma'am. Thank you. [00:20:20] Speaker B: Here you are. It's right up the stairs and then to the front of the hall. It's on the right at the far end of the hall. [00:20:25] Speaker A: Well, we'd rather you'd come up with us, ma'am. [00:20:27] Speaker B: Oh, all right. Glad to help. He must have beat that girl. A fiend, that's what he is. Sure isn't going to last long around here. [00:20:36] Speaker A: Oh, man, he sure is. Before we looked at Richmond's apartment, we tried to check with his girlfriend. We found that she wasn't in. The manager let us into her apartment, but we found no indication where she might have gone. Then we went downstairs and searched Richmond's place. He wasn't there. The land that he stood by. When we searched the place, in a closet we found a small arsenal. A gas grenade, a sawed off shotgun and two boxes of shells. There were also several revolvers along with over 150 rounds of ammunition. We called the office and arranged for a stakeout on the building. Sergeants Ulrey, Gerard, Gilmore and Miller came out. Gerard and Gilmore covered the front entrance. Ullery and Miller was stationed at the back of the building and Frank and I covered Richmond's room. The residents of the apartment were warned to stay inside their rooms and to keep their doors locked. 10:30pm There was still no sign of the suspects. We waited. 11:00. 11:15. Midnight. So now looks like it might be them. Cab pulling up the front. How about Gerard and Gilmore? No, can't see him from here. Yeah, it's like Palm enrichment. I got the girl with him. Where is she? She's walking between them. Makes it tough, but I won't try to take him on the street. This way. Coming in the building. I should be here pretty quick. I figured if they're coming here. Upstairs. Bill's apartment? Sounds like it. Unless they went in with it. We'll just have to wait. Wait a minute. Somebody outside. There in the hall upstairs. I don't feel right. I tell you, it's too quiet. Something just. I'd let you. Us all people. [00:22:27] Speaker B: I'd give it a car. So they made the street. [00:22:34] Speaker A: No more drive. Could get them that car. Joe. Let's go. Looks like they're next door. You want to cover me while I try to get over there? All right. Take it easy. Right. You all right, Frank? Right. All right, I'm coming over. I'll cover you. You see Gilmore and Girage? Yeah. Behind the Buick over there. Come on out of there. Richmond. Polmer. Come on. Throw the guns out. You come in second, cop. Give it up, Richmond. You're at a dead end. There's no way out of there. Don't miss. What? They're coming out, Joe. Okay, okay. I quit. You got richer than I quit. I don't shoot anymore. Please don't shoot anymore. You won't shoot anymore. Will you please throw that gun out here? [00:23:29] Speaker B: Come on. All right, here it is. [00:23:32] Speaker A: I'm throwing it out now. Don't shoot anymore, please. I'll take red. Guys, I'm hurt. Can't you see that I'm hurt There. I called Gilmore to call the ambulance. Richmond's dead. How about this? Holy shit. I don't know how bad. I should have known not to kill a cop. That would have been like this if I didn't kill that cop. I didn't mean to. I got scared, that's all. Scared. You can understand that, can't you? Yeah. You want to shake him, Frank? Yeah. Watch it, Frank. He's got another gun. You all right? Armor. Armor. I'll check it. How about it? He's dead. Look here, Josh. Look at that. Had these in his pocket. Must be 50 or 60 rounds of ammunition there. Yeah. Doesn't look like he was ready to quit. He was ready. The story you've just heard was true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. On July 26, an inquest was held in the coroner's office. In and for the county of Los Angeles. In a moment, the results of that inquest. At the coroner's inquest, it was found that the deaths of George Thomas Richmond and Henry Donald Palmer were justifiable homicides. It was found that they were armed and were killed while resisting arrest. You have just heard Dragnet. A series of authentic cases from official files. Technical advice comes from the office of Chief of Police W.H. parker, Los Angeles Police Department. Technical advice is Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, Sergeant Van Santa Fraser. Heard tonight were Ben Alexander, Joyce McCluskey, Paul Richards. Scripts by John Robinson, music by Walter Schumann, Hal Gibney speaking.