Dragnet - Season 4 - Episode 8 - The Big Bar

[Music] ladies and gentlemen story you're about to see is true the names have been changed to protect the innocent [Music] this is the city Los Angeles California I work here I'm a cop [Music] it was Tuesday February 3rd was cold in Los Angeles we were working the Night Watch on a homicide detail my partner's Frank Smith the boss is Captain Morman my name is Friday it was 18 minutes past 2:00 a.m. when we got to number 15 San Jose Street the green light tavern a killer was loose in the city his weapon a 38 caliber revolver his objective robbery ambulance on the way George you call a crime lab we better take a look at that back room right this is where you found him Carly nothing's been touched safe was up when we got here cleaned out shot twice through the back both of them they both dead when you got here the old man was she wasn't she say anything she said the holdup guy wanted all the money in the safe the old man gave it to him pleaded with him not to shoot yeah well I was handing over the money the old man dropped a $10 bill he said he was sorry stoop to pick it up guy shot him through the back oh the woman said she turned to grab her husband guy shot her through the back to get a description she didn't last that long that's what what were their names mr. mrs. Andry Keiko Terra they ran the place good people they always are wonder how much money the guy guy not enough to pay the check sergeant Allen and the crew from the crime lab arrived and went to work they dusted for fingerprints took pictures of the back room the safe the victims every object that could have any possible time with the crime was photographed captain Moorman was with him looks like that job over on the east side last month skipper same MO kid with Ramsey he's a witness yeah he worked for the Qataris Denis yeah Bar boy handyman you know reigns is getting no place with him what's the matter Spanish can't speak English now how's your Spanish for Hank still high school Spanish all right let's give it a try what's he going on here when we got here yeah trabajar kikuma bar boy they're done si señor three months mr. Cotterell ah muy bueno conmigo come on say Jana one PDU be y la la la la vara la casa de whispers what's he saying Frank well his name's Juan Padilla he's been working here for about three months he lives next door in the rooming house claims he got along fine with mr. guitarra asked him to tell us how it happened everything one get a mimosa better exactamente come on Paso esto big announced the todo lo que si aware de el tiempo que canta gente a BIA genesee Ron todos los desires Tom su tiempo see Aaron como como Cinco minutos para las dos tiempo de cerrar mr. Cote era a penis avi arad oh la puerta de enfrente he says it happened around closing time five minutes to to mr. coterra had locked up the front door siga wanna see yo estaba detrás de Navarra igualmente la Senora Co Tara estamos mimpi ando los vasos Epona dolos en su lugar Sol estaba March ante lebara estaba centolla a Lauria de la barra Juan was behind the bar with mrs. Katara they were cleaning up the glasses and putting them away there was only one customer left he was sitting at the end of the bar let's do him back there yeah go ahead fry siga one more Chanticleer KC Yama Pete it's too icky anoche language interior simply secured hasta que sera vamos he says the customers name was Pete then last night the night before always stayed until closing time 21 sigue la señora Co Tara recoil dinero de la de registro SI fall corto Dara's la oficina esta el Senor coat eres acento Camila March on TV or Cornell I still repeat Oh minuto he says about two o'clock mrs. ko Tara took the money from the cash register and went in at the back room no fee Cena here the office and mr. coterra sat down and had a drink with this guy Pete all right what happened then away go que paso Varnado in PA los vasos y como unos cuantos minutos despues de las dos y avait una caja de beauté aspasius a la bodega estuviera creo que como Cinco minutos por cuando yo Rui Doh bang bang Hales Oh Anton says the heck I'll ask what alias you either nuevo bang back entonces Correa where mr. and mrs. Cota restaurant and en el suelo obvious angry Islam repeat soluble deported imprinting what's he saying Frank he says a couple of minutes past two we went back to the store room with a case of empty bottles it was back there about five minutes when he heard gunshots he ran out and saw kotero and his wife on the floor this guy Pete was going out the door upwards that imprinting yeah the front door just a minute wait a connoisseur I asked a ombred Pete Sheila Vaden waiver Oh si Senor si lo cuido Cydia he says he'd know Peter if he saw him again does he know anything about him where he lives where he hangs out sabes don't deliver Pete one don't they call me don't they say man tiene no I it's to walkie oh yeah I know Chi Yong tennouji stole okay si Senor Pete was in here for the past three nights that's all he knows asking for you remembers what Pete was drinking with you yeah one sec where de lo que este hombre Pete a stab at Amanda locust are viviendo Oh si Senor it's gotcha water plain water so toda la noche lo mismo scratch some water crank the same thing all night same guy well it ties in with that other job over on the east side wherever the guy works unconsciously he seems to order the same thing to drink Donny dispenser me the dispenser my senior official I alga mask amok with lavell algo mas que le sol women you remember something else keV way I saw one they came us say equator cada noche el toque Avila máquina de música a ye lot acaba mucho total team papa Thea cambio he says Pete play the jukebox a la si Senor la misma meludia toda la noche de vuelta de vuelta sf1 said Quetta she soon you'll be acuerdo vinca Collison yari what's he doing he wants to show us the jukeboxes that Pete play the same tune all night Aki Senor oficial esta la numero Quatro see atacama toda la noche de vuelta de vuelta funny man that's the one remember 14 you too might be another one of his habits let's play it go ahead you got dying [Music] CSI s-- in polka mice he says that someone must be in every jukebox in town what does that prove it's not gonna be very much help a lot of people like that too only one man commits murder to her [Music] ten minutes past 3:00 a.m. Tuesday February 3rd captain warm and Frank and I left the green light tavern and we took one video the young bartender back to the office with us with the help of an interpreter a police stenographer took down his statement and then we showed him three volumes of coming out mug shots Padilla and Frank started looking through him captain Worman and I went across the street to the old city jail building the crime lab to see Russ camp and ballistics how's it going Russ it's pretty tough why what's the matter right here this is a bullet to kill that eastside bar owner last month yeah from a 38 Colt special we know that it's a metal piercing bullet mm-hmm well slugs in good shape weren't that lucky tonight how do you mean rest well here's the four bullets they fired in the back room of the green light tavern tonight what happened to them must have had a heavy load they penetrated the bodies and buried themselves in the wall and floor badly deformed yeah it's gonna take some work can't tell you much right now what can you tell us Russ well I checked the bullets examined the lands markings they got a left hand twist and they came from a colt yeah 38 Colt special same type gun killed that man last month it's not enough to go to court with is it enough for us right now well we should get a make on one of these four bullets and take a little time yeah you see these two slugs yeah lands grooves striations are pretty badly mutilated mm-hmm there's no chance for any fancy work there but we still have a good bit left down here at the base of the bullet with any kind of a break you can match him grabbed away Joe I got a crime-lab Friday Jeff right yeah by the way Smith yeah Juan Badillo just identified the killer there's this picture [Music] there's this package [Music] is wine sure that's the right man dispensing machine officially hose de el dijo starts that Segura STS el hombre well si Senor si estoy Segura he's sure well according to his our card Albert J Stacy white male American five foot eleven hundred and seventy pounds brown hair blue eyes he's a red flag on his index card violation parole got out of San Quentin eighteen months ago burglary auto theft armed robbery he's used a gun before that makes him number one [Music] by 4:00 a.m. an APB and a radiogram on Albert Stasi had been dispatched the manhunt got underway at 10 o'clock that morning sergeant Allen reported on his findings at the scene of the murder no fingerprints no additional physical evidence we counted on getting a suspects prints from the glass that he was drinking from at the bar but either mrs. ko Tara or WAN had unknowingly given the killer his first big break all the glasses had been washed wiped and neatly put away before the shooting the prints have been destroyed in the process just after lunch Russ camp and ballistics came up with an answer the bullets which killed mr. and mrs. katara came from the same gun which killed the east side bar on or a month before a 38 Colt special homicide Worman yes Carly we're good thanks I just picked up Stacy they're bringing him in 6 p.m. Tuesday February 3rd Albert Stacy was booked at the Maine Jail on suspicion of 187 PC murdered on his person was found a 38 Colt special the gun was immediately taken to the crime lab for examination Stacy was brought to the interrogation room Frank and I questioned him for four hours he denied any connection with the two robberies and the murders [Music] at 10 o'clock that night we set out for coffee and sandwiches Stacy ate heartily he was worried but he didn't have the attitude of a trap murderer the questioning went on midnight came Stacy hung on to his story he refused to say where he was at the time of the killing he had nothing to do with the robberies nothing to do with the murders at 4:00 a.m. Frank and I took time out for a smoke he's bound to break he's got to well either he's a great actor or I'm tired he doesn't strike me as a guilty man I'm with you but what about his record the mug shot the kid picked up how's it going nothing else camped is called about Stacy's gun yeah maybe we found the right man we got the wrong gun 11 a.m. Wednesday February 11 we were refused to complaint against Albert Stasi by the district attorney's office on the grounds that we were unable to present sufficient evidence against him we then filed on Stasi for violation of the state Penal Code Chapter 339 statutes of 1923 as amended 1947 sub 2 an ex-convict with a gun we put a hold on Stasi for his parole officer he was to be returned to San Quentin Frank and I started all over again from the beginning a complete description of the suspect along with his method of operation was distributed to every tavern and cocktail lounge in the city a special detail of men from the metropolitan division was assigned to stand a special watch between the hours of midnight and 3:00 a.m. during the months that followed we set trap after trap for the killer he failed to take the bait another month passed we watched and we waited a.m. Saturday cruising the central area one kt1 tato on that collar bellevue and allison we are in the vicinity we will have one Katie any further description on the 211 suspects roll two minutes later Frank and I got to the Windsor buffet the robbery victims were the owners mr. and mrs. Ernest Lineberger mrs. lion burger did all the talking 1:25 a.m. Frank and I continued questioning mr. mrs. Lyon Berger their description of the suspect his MO and all of his actions matched those of the man who had shot down mr. and mrs. kotero two months before and the east side bar on or a month before that the lion burgers told us that the suspect drank only scotch and plain water and that he played the jukebox incessantly the same tune funny man that's right funny man that's what he played I got a good look at his wrists to his right wrist what about it he's got a picture tattooed on the underside of a picture cat a black cat do you by any chance have the glass that he was drinking out of yeah it's over by the door to 12 a.m. Frank and I drove mr. and mrs. lion burger to the office where we took their statements and filled out a crime report after that we went down the hall to our and I and had one of the officers on duty check through the oddity file for us that's it Joe only guy in the file the tattoo of a cat on his wrist yeah he's got a different tattoo on his left wrist he's only got one name Wesley are Gutteridge we pulled his mugshot he was almost a dead ringer for Stacy we compared descriptions they matched almost perfectly a radiogram was sent out on him and communications broadcast a want for murder captain Worman Frank and I checked our informants and all our available sources of information for the whereabouts of Wesley Gutteridge there was no trace of him two days past we continued cruising the central area [Music] to 11:00 and shooting code three suspect left the scene on foot suspect was headed west on Fifth Street attention all units all units [Music] the name of the place was Doris and Jim's inside we found a man lying on the floor face down he was dead there were three bullet wounds in his back 5:00 a.m. Tuesday April 7th Frank and I sat in on a meeting with captain Warren plans for a citywide dragnet operation to apprehend the killer were discussed and formulated by 7:00 a.m. and overall plan was set in motion every available man was ordered up for special duty in the central area the Newton Street division the University Division and the Hollenbeck in Highland Park areas additional men from the metropolitan division plus an extra complement of 45 radio and detective cars were assigned to the manhunt the search for Gutteridge went on all that day all that night into the following morning no sign of them Friday Saturday Sunday Monday still no sign of him the 24-hour Watts continued five days ten days two weeks Tuesday April 28 it was the end of the third week our relief showed up a few minutes before midnight before we went home Frank and I stopped by the office to check with captain Morman they told us in homicide that he was down the hall and communications what's doing skipper just a minute one two three one North Fremont one k61 adalah call code three one k61 Roger one key six one has Ramsey in 1200 block the North Fremont sin the stakeout area isn't it right on the edge of it I think yeah here it is right here Pepperidge is gonna have a rough time the neighborhood here should be pretty well covered all units on the 211 on shooting at 12:31 North Fremont suspect left scene in a light tan 1950 Ford sedan license 7 top seven nine seven two seven top seven nine seven two suspect at it south on Fremont suspect headed south on prima --blank' 61 run k61 we have spotted 211 suspect tan Ford sedan license seven times seven 97 - suspect is traveling at high rate of speed west on third now crossing Lucas we're in pursuit one page six modules on all frequencies standby one k61 is in pursuit of 211 murder suspect suspect is heading west on Third Street now crossing Lucas Avenue one k61 pursuing suspect west on 3rd Street now cross the Union Avenue push it Jim don't loose one k61 Roger all units suspect headed west on 3rd Street crossing Union Avenue units one r131 a17 one r19 blocked the intersection at West Lake on 3rd Street all right 13 Roger one eight one seven Roger come on thank you buddy units 1 R 1 1 and 1 a 1 to block the intersection at 30 feet Alvarado when are you letting Roger [Music] [Music] maybe they got it blocked one k61 one page six month ahead still pursuing suspect Hawthorne Billington that forcing second Street looks like a dead end I think we got it blocked he's turning around [Music] gotcha - here he comes well there goes our windshield you see all right Jim one k61 run k61 maybe you're her daddy got bias are you receiving all units converge on Southern Pacific train yards from North Main from however having you to Mason speak suspect is in the arts suspect is in the art make it easy he's got nothing to lose 20 K 6 1 1 k 6 1 1 k 6 1 come in [Music] one k61 Roger all units one k61 has suspect in custody return to your districts return to your districts all frequencies clear well I guess that does it yeah sounds like nobody was hurt they didn't ask for an ambulance big night lucky one well I'm going home see fellas good morning good night skipper good night tonight right KMA three six seven time check so 30 how about that what's the matter wrist watch of mine jewel to work the whole thing over give it a complete overhaul look at that Joe five minutes slow we might talk to that jewelry how long ago do you work on it well just four or five years ago what good night yeah the time you've got lieutenant [Music] on August 28th trial was held in Department 82 Superior Court of the state of California in and for the County of Los Angeles in a moment the results of that trial the suspect was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree [Music] you

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Published: Tue Nov 20 2018