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The story you're about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
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Men and women have been robbed, brutally attacked. Your job? Get him.
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Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. All the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police files.
From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, dragnet is the story of your police force in action.
It was Wednesday, March 7th. It was Claudia in Los Angeles. You're working the night watch out of homicide.
My partner's been Romero. The boss is that brown cheever detected. His name's Friday.
I was on the way home from the office and it was 2.25 a.m. when I got to Coloss Avenue. Number 4656.
Dragnet, is that you?
Yes ma. Can I wake you?
What's the problem?
The left two.
I can't see. Nothing's got to have your bed.
Don't worry, I'm okay. I got to code meet me icebox.
There's some test hams, few slices of baloney. Didn't you have any dinner?
A couple hamburgers, a piece of pie. I got hungry again.
Well, I had some nice deep foods again there.
There's some less than the icebox. I'll come down and roll in the cold.
No, no. All I want is sandwich, ma. You go on back to sleep.
You can't move on.
Fine. Thank you.
I'm working all hours for saying, you know, you're beginning sick.
You need your food and you need your rest.
You didn't have to get up tomorrow, all I want is sandwich, I can fix it.
Better have the bowl close to here.
I'll take a minute to warm it up.
Nice new potatoes in it.
Some of those onions you like, too, fight for mutas.
Okay, nothing too much now. I'll get the milk.
Half past two in the morning.
Let's get this so late again.
Another steak, I have the same job.
There's a murder in Holland Park.
No, I'm out of the badge bandit. One of the poses is a policeman.
Oh, that one.
Certainly ought to do something about him.
Yeah, well, I'm trying to. I can't find him.
There's a piece in the paper about it tonight.
It tastes just terrible the way he beats up people and robs them.
Badge bandit.
The way he treats women.
I'll get a shame. They ought to put him away.
You know, you have some more libra.
Mm-hmm. You're going to have tomorrow all, Joseph?
Yeah, you know, the captain says we work straight through, so we get the guy.
I thought you're going to have tomorrow.
You ought to tell a captain, you need your rest.
You can't go all in like this working all hours.
You're becoming don't sick one of these days.
Mm-hmm.
15 robberies, 15 assaults, all in two months.
Somebody's got to stop him.
You ready?
Yeah, I think so.
We can't say we're under people.
We wouldn't be getting robbed and beaten up.
There were parks in those lonely places.
So many, so silly.
Well, I'm afraid we can't do anything about that much.
It's a public place.
We got to write the park they want.
Let me have a plate.
No, hold it.
Hold it.
That's fine.
You can't work if you don't eat.
Mm-hmm.
It's good still.
I'm sure it is.
But you're down the shop right now.
It's doing these just wonderful.
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Then we're late with you.
Yeah, his wife saw too.
He hasn't been home much since we started on this.
It's a tough one.
A time certainly have changed since I was a girl.
Well, that's robbing, beating up.
Crazy people.
Well, we may all day.
No, just kept my bills.
Well, you set the alarm.
I got to check back in a day in the morning.
Thank you.
Come on, come on.
So early.
The badge band has got two more victims tonight.
They're a college kid.
No.
Like I said, you didn't think we should talk to him tonight.
So what I've seen in my morning was possible.
Is it a bad language?
No.
It's pretty bad.
And boy took a trouble beating a girl was attacked,
saying as much.
I'm lying.
Well, it's very good, Ma.
I'm better hit the bed.
Yes, with your face looks so thin.
You need all the rest you can get.
I'll get it.
Now who can that be?
It's almost three in the morning.
Hello.
There's Lorman down homicide, Joe.
Sorry to bother you.
Yeah, Lorman.
What is it?
Captain, once you were a marital medium in Hollywood
and lower right away.
What's the matter now?
Hold up in Laurel Canyon 20 minutes ago.
Yeah.
Got the area blocked off.
Figure they got the mine trapped.
The victims get out and look at the guy.
Same description.
The badge mounted.
I left the house, went over and picked up Ben.
We drove out to the edge of the Santa Monica Mountains
where Hollywood Boulevard ends and Laurel Canyon begins.
We headed back into the canyon to the blockaded area.
Captain Steve from Homicide was there waiting for it.
Hi, Steve.
Hi.
This is me.
Taylor and Paul communications again.
I haven't held them in.
I'll invent where it's not moving in.
Right, Captain.
Sorry to call you back.
Couldn't be helpful.
Okay.
How's it shaping up?
What's the menu?
Search detail and vicinity of Laurel Canyon.
Unit 62K reports that they are at Moell Holland Drive
in Oakstone Avenue.
Nothing's ready to report.
You know what I'm saying, Joe?
How's it shaping up?
Well, there's a sketch of the area.
That was just about all the Laurel Canyon District.
Really?
Badge band had got these victims near the top of this hill
over here.
Oh, man.
The neighborhood heard a woman scream and phoned in.
How sure are we?
The guy didn't get away.
All the men who called him said the band had trouble starting his car.
Finally, he left it and took off into the brush.
He was at a west on this road here.
I just had a call.
Communication is a proof and latent transfer on the way.
All right.
Any report from the detail up on Canyon Road?
Nothing yet.
I'll stand by the radio.
Okay.
How much area we got to cover?
From the mouth of the canyon here, all the way back to Ventura Boulevard.
On the west here, from Lookout Mountain Avenue, over the first view, dry on the east.
How much have we got to go on?
Crowley talked to the victims for a minute before they took them to Georgia Street.
Yeah.
The guy's description's the same.
Have they set blonde hair?
It shall be face on rim vassas.
Mm-hmm.
Well, these on foot is 20 underbrush around here to hide in.
Just a minute.
I want to get this call in first.
Taylor.
I have communications contact, 72K.
It's on the older line station here.
Yeah.
We'll have the other clothes in from the west to the north.
Right.
You two better get up on grove and dry.
The line's pretty thin up there.
I'll use the help.
You have the area where you've been in the car?
Yeah.
I want you to cover all the houses in that area.
Check with everybody you can find the neighborhood.
They may be able to help.
They don't answer, find out why.
Okay.
I was making the rounds another 10 minutes.
Check with you then.
All right.
Let's go on one more thing.
I'll tell you what I told the rest of the men.
This guy's in a corner and he's got a gun.
There's only one way out for him.
Yeah.
Make sure it's not you.
3.45 a.m.
Ben and I drove up to grove and drive and joined the search.
We started our house to house canvas of the neighborhood
where the suspect of the band in this car.
None of the residents had any further information to give us.
4 a.m. we kept unchecked.
23 hours.
Long shift.
Yeah.
I can use some sleep.
The life of mine is born and mad.
She's even mad at the kid.
Yeah.
What's trouble?
I had to hear her sent down some flower bulbs.
More of them yesterday.
Glad y'all were born.
Yeah.
The kid was playing with a little girl next door yesterday
and they found the box of flower bulbs.
They put the mess up in a pot of water and boil them on stove.
What did they do that for?
I don't know.
There's another house up ahead.
We better check it.
Yeah.
I think I ought to get some street lights up here.
Yeah.
That's nice work.
Do I see people up in the middle of the night?
Well, I don't like it anymore.
They do.
We should make them believe that.
Hmm.
Nice neighborhood up here.
I don't know what the price is on these lines.
Well, it shouldn't be too high and say real estate's coming down.
Hmm.
Yeah.
What is it?
Quase officers.
It's right at the stubby.
We like talking.
Oh, all right.
Let's get the door open.
What's been going on in the neighborhood tonight?
I'm kind of troubled.
Cars racing up and down the hill.
What's the trouble?
Have you noticed any spring years in the neighborhood last hour?
No, I just got the bed 20 minutes ago.
I work out a paramount.
We're shooting nights.
What's all the commotion anyway?
Lookal for a suspect.
He's supposed to be around this area.
Well, I haven't seen anybody.
I thought I heard somebody out of the garage a few minutes ago
went out and looked around, but I didn't see anything.
Did you check to see if your car is still in the garage?
No, I left it in the driveway.
No, sir, there's no car in your driveway.
Sure there is.
Let me show you.
Hey, it's gone.
And we'll use your phone.
Yeah.
Yeah, but I saw it just a few minutes ago
as the car was right there in the driveway.
Do you think that got to my car?
Yes, sir. It's a pretty good bet.
You got your license number handy.
I don't remember.
I got it on the card in my wallet.
Give us a minute.
Can you give us a description of your car?
It's a Plymouth sedan.
Black.
Two Plymouth sedan.
The third seat is the Lord Canyon.
I got some new information for all units in the detail.
There's the license number.
Oh, thank you.
Now, when you broadcast this information to all units
in the search detail, what was the making model of your car?
46 Black Plymouth, a two-door sedan.
1946 Black Plymouth, two-door sedan, license number.
Let me see.
Oh, 7X-ray, 2569.
This car just finished stolen from 102-1-1-Rolven Drive.
Any identifying marks on the car?
Well, I left my keys in it.
No, no, sir.
I mean, any special markings on the car.
Maybe a dampened one of the fenders.
Well, yes, yours.
Hold on, we're getting it.
The right headlight went out on me last night.
I haven't had it fixed yet.
The right headlight on the car is out.
Notify all units in the search detail that we believe suspect is now in possession of this car.
All right, thank you.
Let's go.
Mr. Happen in the last 15 minutes.
I heard that in order.
Now, without the check, the car was there then.
Well, here's our car.
We'll be checking with you later.
Yeah, I sure hope you find it.
I don't know how I can get to work tomorrow without my car.
I mean, we'll notify you.
Yeah, sure.
I hope you find it.
Thanks for your help.
Come on, Ben.
I don't think you could have gotten that car through the blockies yet, you.
Better start searching the side roads, huh?
Yeah.
There's one.
We're getting off to the left up ahead.
Okay, let's try it.
Wait a minute.
There's a car coming down the hill, tortoise.
It's always making time.
No.
Only one headlight on the door.
Come right out.
Turn around.
Quick.
There's no room.
Get over to the inside.
Right on the floor.
Right on the floor.
Attention, all units.
Special attention, all units.
Attention, all units.
We have a blowtender.
80k record, seven.
Ben?
Of a 1946.
You alright?
A little bit more.
Ben.
In the far side.
Ben.
An ambulance was called, and Ben and I were taken to Georgia.
I didn't know anything about it.
I told you.
I told you.
I told you.
I told you.
An ambulance was called, and Ben and I were taken to Georgia Street receiving hospital.
There I received emergency treatment for multiple cuts and bruises and a sprained left shoulder.
Ben didn't do so well. He had a possible concussion, two broken ribs,
and a half a dozen severe cuts about the face and arms.
But it hadn't taken to the PNF ward.
The next afternoon, we had a visit from Captain Steve and Chief of Detective Stad Brown.
Right in. I'll be there.
What do you read, Chief?
It's all remarrow across the hall. You came out better needed.
Yeah. That's what I hear. You resting any?
How much better? No danger involved.
Need to rest. That's about all.
How long?
I'll be here two weeks calling the doctor.
What about you?
A couple of days.
Too bad, you know.
Badge band, yeah.
It's like you two got banged up for nothing.
Oh.
After you rammed your car, you ditched the black limit,
and then we figured you hit the underbrush.
Yeah.
Somehow when we were home, you and Ben on that wreck, you slipped through the line.
Any fingerprints on the car?
No, not only you.
It's rotten luck. I guess it was his night, huh?
We're getting more men from Metro Division to help out.
Yeah.
And we're doubling the number of decoys around the city.
Police women, huh?
And we'll have each of them planted in a parked car along with an officer in every area
of the badge band that's been working.
All he has to do is grab at the bait once.
Yeah. That he goes for it.
And then plenty of time to choose.
We work the same setup every night until we reach him.
It's a big operation.
Might have to run it for a week unless he quits.
It was only one way a guy like that ever quits.
Yeah.
When we stop him.
Saturday, March 10th at 2 p.m.
I was released from the PNF ward and went home.
Ben stayed on at the hospital.
He had at least another 10 days to go before release.
Sunday, I spent at home.
Monday afternoon, I checked back in at the office
and kept in state putting me on decoy duty for that week,
along with policewoman Dorothy River.
We were assigned to cover an isolated parking area near Moe,
Holland Drive, and Beverly Glen.
It was a nice view that the duty was slow.
No sign of the badge band.
Policewoman River and I waited it out
from late evening to early morning,
from Monday through Thursday.
Friday night came.
Same thing.
We waited.
How's Ben, you see him today?
Yeah, he's doing fine.
Be out next week.
Congrats, you, I guess.
I'm not sure.
You want the grip?
Thank you.
Are you sure it's Friday night?
Yeah.
Hmm.
All right.
The college kids are out in the forest.
Mm-hmm.
What time you got?
Uh, quarter to two.
Long night.
Yeah.
Slow.
You cold?
No, are you?
No, I mean, just a little.
Get the toy up here in the area.
Look at that.
Carful of kids.
Just pulling out.
Where the car's gone, too?
Yeah.
Where the only one's left.
I think I was going in there.
So look, if you're a college,
you're going to have my code.
It doesn't matter me.
No, it's all right, Joe.
Thanks.
Beautiful views from up here in that.
All the lights.
Yeah.
You like the dance, too.
What?
I said, do you like the dance?
No, once in a while, I guess.
I'm not too good.
Why?
Well, our club's having a big annual dance,
two weeks from Saturday.
Yeah.
Might get a kick out of it, it's formal.
Well, it leaves me out.
I don't own a text.
You could rent one.
It'd be fun.
No, Fred, I don't look good in a text.
I never met a man who thought he did.
Aren't you tired?
I might be working.
Well, I mean, if you're not working.
How'd you come?
You going?
Well, I was planning on.
Got a date.
Oh, yeah.
I have hope.
There's a car pulling in.
Hey.
Yeah.
Parked over and back of us.
I can only make out one person in the car.
Yeah.
Looks like a man I can't be sure.
All right.
Come on over closer.
We might as well look the part, huh?
All right.
It's getting out of the car.
Is it coming this way?
Walking over to the side of the road.
It's got a flashlight.
Looking around.
Don't like the badge bandit.
Sure.
Have you seen it?
Yeah.
It's turning around.
It's got this flashlight on it.
It's coming up on your side of the car.
I take it easy.
You know what to do.
Come on out of the car.
Please help.
All right.
Hold on.
Got a gun, Joe.
Come on.
I said out of the car.
Hold here.
All right.
All right.
Come for guns.
Come on.
Let's go.
Yeah.
I'll get the cuff, honey.
Thanks.
I didn't think I hit him that hard.
You didn't, I didn't.
Policewoman Dorothy River and I took the suspect to Hollywood division where it was booked
on suspicion of robbery.
And gave his name as child Leon Kirby age 46.
Monday March 19, Ben was released from the hospital and checked back in for work.
The special show up was held at which 10 of the 17 victims definitely identified Kirby
as the badge bandit.
The suspect had finally been apprehended.
Now we started the slow process of formally charging the man and presenting our evidence against
him to bring him to trial.
10 a.m., Ben and I went across the street to the sixth floor of the hall of justice to
present our case against Kirby and to obtain a formal complaint against him.
We met with Deputy District Attorney Broker.
When did you get out of the hospital, Ben?
Yes, Ma'am.
I killed that sick of that play.
You heard about your accident.
That guy sure gave enough trouble, didn't he?
He's still giving us trouble.
How's that?
He got in a tangle with another prisoner out in Hollywood division.
Yeah?
The other prisoner gave Kirby a pretty bad going over.
Cut him up and broke his left forearm.
They're moving him in an ambulance from Hollywood to the prison ward at the General Hospital.
When this happened?
Well, this is morning.
I think they're moving him downtown now.
It's off one.
Now how about your reports on Kirby?
Okay, all in order.
Here's a summary report.
There are just ten positive identifications containing ten counts for our brain, ten counts
of portable rape.
All right.
Here are seven other crime reports.
Only partial identification on these.
Okay.
Well, you got to cry writing evidence against him.
Oh, he went through Kirby's apartment.
But at least there are a dozen pieces of property that he took from his victim.
Mostly watches and jewelry.
The victim's identified every piece we found.
Okay, let me get the details on it.
No, she's in there.
Sure.
Brother's thinking.
Yeah, it's not.
You were Friday.
Thank you.
Friday.
When?
Yeah, right away.
Well, that does it.
Once am I?
Kirby.
He just broke out of that ambulance.
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As soon as word of Kirby's escape came through, the information was brought just to all points.
All available cruiser cars and men were rushed to the escape area and a door-to-door canvas got underway.
All of them were given mugshot to Kirby together with his description.
11 a.m. and then I got back to the office.
I found a message from Captain Steve to meet him in the chief of the detective's office.
Don't have any of those further notice.
Check the Basti pose in the Union station.
Right.
What's the story, Keith?
This is what I'm trying to find out.
I already make the break.
Therefore, as in Maine, couldn't have picked a better spot.
The ambulance had just crossed third in Maine when Kirby slugged the guard.
The driver was too busy dodging traffic to notice what was going on in back.
It's a lousy break.
Kirby jumped out of the back end of the ambulance and disappeared in the crowd.
No sign of him since.
It's fine.
It takes us almost three months to reach the guy and he breaks away on a cheap flute like that.
No, he doesn't have many friends in town.
He's the only one we know of.
Yeah.
A brother.
Kirby stays with him pretty often.
When we gather, the brother lives in a roomy out down on Alameda.
And the buddy checked that, yeah?
We've got a steak town.
The brother works at a box factory in the south end of town.
Let's cover two.
And he's not going far with a broken arm.
What have you got?
A long shop load-up.
Sixth Street.
Yeah, a few months ago.
Yeah.
Here's the description of the hold-up, man.
Stocky Bill, blonde hair, horn-rimmed glasses.
Childly fake.
You were wrong about that broken arm.
Come on.
11.20 a.m.
Ben and I pulled up at the East Asia pawn shop on Sixth Street.
Inside, we found the proprietor Morse Brubeger lying propped up against one of the show cases.
It was an elderly man.
His face and head showed the marks of a savage beating.
His wounds were hemorrhaging badly, and ambulance attendants were giving him first aid.
He showed him Charles Kirby's mugshot.
That's the man.
I wouldn't make the mistake, that's him.
Was he a long Miss Brubeger?
Yeah, it's a mime cell.
He had to look at a watch when I turned to get it.
He kicked me.
I fell against the show case and cut myself.
He pulled me in the back room.
I didn't even know me.
He kept beating me.
Did he miss Brubeger?
I mean, at this company, huh?
How much did he get away with, do you know?
I'm not sure.
Blue suit, blue overcoat, wrap around.
A new navy blue, both.
He kept hitting me.
How much did you say he did?
He'd go, I'd be out of here in a minute.
I kept hitting me like a crazy man.
I had a septic mind-sting alone.
Okay.
What else did you take much, Brubeger, can you remember?
Yes.
From the cash register, he took money.
How much?
$13.40.
I can't be sure.
I mean, that's your story.
Did you see which way he was going?
I don't know.
He dragged me in the back room.
He locked me in.
I didn't move.
I said, okay.
I don't know.
I saw some going through the shows there and the back of the car.
I don't know.
What'd you keep there?
My account books and my gun.
Box of shelves.
Who?
You want to take a look, Ben?
My head.
Yes, sir.
Just take it easy.
It's only going to be a minute now.
My car book is still there.
Yeah.
He got the gun.
4 p.m.
Kirby, alias, the bad's bandit was still at large.
As far as we were concerned, the case was almost back to where it started from 11 weeks
before.
The suspect was still loose.
It was well armed.
It was still free to rob, assault, and murder.
We had two big advantages.
Kirby's possible broken arm, which would need medical attention, and secondly, the lead to Kirby's
brother.
At 5.30 p.m., we had a report that the suspect was seeing purchasing a ticket at a theatre
box office on Hollywood Boulevard.
We ran it down.
It didn't pay off.
At 6.15 p.m., a taxi driver thought he spotted Kirby boarding an outbound street car.
Figaro and Pico was checked out.
No results.
At 7 o'clock, Ben and I got something to eat at a drive-in.
And we relieved the men on stake out at the Roaming House on Alameda Street where Kirby's
brother was staying.
10 p.m.
Midnight.
No sign of Kirby.
We waited.
At 3 a.m., Hanson and Cummings of homicide relieved us and Ben drove me home.
It was 3.45 p.m. when he dropped me off at Coliseum Avenue, No. 4656.
Yeah, my eye didn't mean to wake you.
Well, what time is it?
Almost four.
It's late hours you've got to get your rest, Joseph.
We'll be all right, ma'am.
Got something to eat in the ice box.
There's a little cold meat and some cheese in the cupboard.
You just want to sandwich.
You're going back to sleep.
I had some nice meat balls and spaghetti for dinner.
I can go on the farm for a year.
My high ten is looking all out.
You just get sick, Joseph, and you will see.
You don't have to care about you when you're sick.
I wish you wouldn't get up my eye and fix something.
You don't have to worry about the meat balls.
It's the game.
You need something substantial.
I get it.
Hurry, am I supposed to come up that often?
Hello.
Warmen down homicide.
Yeah, Warmen.
Thought you'd like to know they just got Kirby.
Where?
It is brother's place about 15 minutes ago, Hanson and Cummings grabbed him.
Any trouble?
No.
Grabbed him before he got to his gun.
He just locked him up such he'd like to know.
Yeah.
Thanks, Warmen.
Night.
All right.
What was it, Joseph?
You offered, Ma.
They got Kirby, the badge band.
Oh, good thing.
That's nice.
Maybe you have some time off now.
Yeah.
Never fails, does it?
You work on a case for three months.
Leave it for 30 minutes and it's all over.
Food's warm.
Is there anything else you want?
No, no, that's fine, Ma.
You go on to bed.
No, all right, Joseph.
No, don't stay up too long.
All right.
Night.
I thought it.
Hey, Ma.
Yes, Joseph.
Have I still got that old tuxedo around?
The story you have just heard was proved.
Only the names were changed to protect the innocent.
On June 27, trial was held in Superior Court Department 87,
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Yes, more and more smokers every day are discovering that Fatima
is the king-sized cigarette that he has extra mild.
Extra mild because it contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobacco
superbly blended to make it extra mild,
to give it a much different, much better flavor in the Roma.
Enjoy extra mild Fatima yourself.
The best of all long cigarette.
It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima.
It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima.
Charles Leon Kirby, alias the badge bandit,
was tried and convicted in Superior Court on several counts
of armed robbery, rape and assault with intent to commit murder.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
After serving one year in the state tenementary,
he was judged insane and committed to the state mental hospital
at Mendocino.
After two months there, he escaped.
Charles Kirby, alias the badge bandit, is still at large.
You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases
from official files.
Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the Office of Chief of Police,
W.A. Warton.
This is NBC, the National Broadcasting Company.
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