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Dragnet was an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for...
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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 Thursday, February 7th. It was raining in Los Angeles. We were working the day. Watch out. A robbery detail. My partner's Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Didion. My name's Friday. I was on the way back from R and I, and it was 8:42am when I got to room 27. A robbery. That you, Joe? Yeah. Where you been? Downed. R and I. Oh, I'm sorry I'm late. No, it's no problem. I couldn't get the car started. The battery was dead. I had to call the gas station and have them get me started. Well, don't worry about it. It's okay. Anything here in the book? No. Checked them when I got in. Had a 211 out in Westwood last night. Same MO might be the guy who's checking it. Murph and Creasy went out there this morning. Here's the stuff we got last night. R and I went through it. Doesn't look like they got anything. You seen the Skipper yet? No, I saw him come in. I didn't talk to him. Came in, went to his office carrying a bottle of milk. Well, that figures. He's like a barometer, isn't he, Joe? When there's no milk on his desk, you know everything's under control. Yeah, soon as that milk comes out, you know the ulcers are grinding. Yeah, I suppose that must be real rough on him, though, the way the papers have been yakking about this thing. I saw Captain Jack this morning on the way in. Yeah? He said the corner pocket's leaning all over him. Well, there's got to be an answer someplace. A guy can't just keep walking into the stores and walking out again. He's got to make a mistake someplace. Yeah. What's it figure? Six jobs so far? Yeah, six of them. Every one of them. He's made it clean, hotshot. I'll get it. All those figures were wrong. Yeah, he just made it seven. For the past two months, a hold up man had been hitting markets throughout the central area. In each case, the description of the bandit was the same. His MO Tallied with that used in other robberies, in each instance, the bandit had been waiting for the manager of the market. When the store was open at gunpoint, the suspect would force the manager to accompany him around the market. He'd push a wire food cart in front of him. As they walked, he'd pick up various merchandise and place it in the basket. He'd then force the manager to open the safe, clean it out, lock the manager in a cold storage vault and walk out of the market, pushing the food cart in front of him. Special stakeouts had been arranged at the market. Extra units from Metro Division had been assigned a patrol duty. But holdups continued. 9:22am Frank and I got to the address of the latest robbery. The County Market at the corner of Olympic and Maryland. A radio car was there when we arrived. Come in. Yeah? Something you wanted? Police officers. It's my partner, Frank Smith. My name's Friday. Hello. I'm Arthur Scott. I'm the manager here. You got that man did this yet? No, sir, not yet. I wonder if you could tell us just what happened. Sure. You know where the other officers are, Mitchell? Outside someplace. They were talking to the others, getting names and addresses, Something like that. You want to check them, Frank? Yeah, sure. All right. I wonder if you'd mind telling me just what happened. Well, the man was waiting for me when I came in this morning. I don't know how he got in. Just walked up behind me and said that I shouldn't cause any trouble. About what time was this? Do you remember? Well, let's see. It must have been about 7:10, 7:15. Yeah, it came in the front door. Everything looked all right. Walked back here on my way to the office. He just came up in back of me. Yes, sir. Had this gun. He pointed at me. Told me not to cause any trouble, like I said. What kind of a gun was it? Would you remember? It was just a gun. Pointed it right at me. Well, I understand that, sir. Do you remember if it was an automatic or a revolver? I guess it was a revolver. Long barrel. I could see the bullets in it. I knew it was loaded. I wasn't going to mess with him. Yes, sir. Now, what happened after he walked up to you? He told me that if I went along with him, I wouldn't get hurt. And then he walked me up to the front of the store by the check stands. Took one of the baskets and started to walk along the racks. Made me walk in front of him. Real nervy. Took his time. Mm. Well, while we walked along, he'd take things out of the displays. What kind of things? You know, different kind of cheeses, caviar. Took some special artichoke hearts. Things cost a buck and a half a jar. Expensive? Yes, sir. What did the man look like, Mr. Scott? Can you give us any kind of a description? Well, that's kind of hard. He had on this big overcoat and a brown hat pulled down. And then the black mask over his face. I couldn't get a very good look at him. Well, how old would you say he was? Oh, boy, I'd have to guess on that. Maybe 50, 55. Looked that old, anyway. About all I could see was the bottom part of his face, like he was pretty old. How about the color of his eyes? Could you see them? Yeah, through the mask. They were blue. Real light blue. Kind of watery. About how tall would you say he was? Maybe five, two or three. Short little man. How about his weight? Real little. Like I said, I don't think he weighed more than 130. That'd be outside too. Was there anything unusual about him? Anything at all that you could remember? No, not that I can remember. Anything in the way he talked? Some accent of any kind like that? No, nothing at all there. How about the coat he was wearing? What color was that? You remember? It was a dark brown, sort of a herringbone. Looked real old, like it'd been worn for a long time. Kind of frayed around the edges of the cuffs, you know, around here like this. And the buttonholes on the coat were all torn too. Oh, excuse me. Scott. Yeah? How much? Yeah. And how much case? Mm. That's not too bad. Yeah. Order 25 cases of it, huh? We'll use it as a loft leader this weekend. Well, don't bother me about it now. You do what you think, okay? Seems like nobody can do anything, but you give people a little responsibility. They hardly ever know how to use it. Yes, sir? What if you'd go ahead with your story? Well, right after this man picked up the food. Oh. Well, at first I thought he was gonna take that. And then I got thinking about the stuff in the papers. You know, about the Black Mask Bandit? Yes, sir. Well, I got thinking about that, and then I knew who he was. I tried to get as much information about him as I could. Not much, anyway. About this time, must have been 7:30 or so, Jack Thomas came in. He works in the vegetable department. And right away, this guy said for him to get in the back. You mean back here? No, back in the meat department. Put him right in the refrigerator. What about the other employees? What happened when they came in? He'd make them get back in the refrigerator. Cool. People were pretty lucky, being how it's cold outside. Most of them had coats on. Would have froze if it didn't have, I understand, customers too. They'd come in, he'd put them in the refrigerator. There was 14 people in there when he got through. A couple of kids, too. Came in with their mothers. I see. Well, then he took me back to the safe, made me open it. I thought about saying no, but it's a little safe, you know, down low. Yes, sir. Well, I knelt down to work the combination. I looked up at him, had the gun pointed right at my head. I looked right into the barrel, saw the bullets in the cylinders. I was scared and I opened the safe. He took the money and put it in a paper bag and dropped it in the basket. And he put you in the refrigerator, too, did he? Yeah. That is, he started to. When he opened the door of the people and they were all shivering, flailing their arms around, trying to keep warm. It's a little room not much bigger than this, and there wasn't much room to flail. Anyway, they asked him if he wouldn't let him out. He said no. But then he asked me if there was someplace else he could put him. And I told him that the only place I could think of was another storage room. We use it sometimes when we got a real big shipment of meat. Usually keep it under refrigeration. I see. They let you all go there, huh? Yeah. Darndest thing I ever saw. 14 of them all. 14. Herded them just like cattle. Moved them all to the other cooler. They were all so cold, they'd have done anything to get out of that one. I tell you, officer, I was scared that one of them might try to be brave about it and cause trouble. I think that guy would have killed him right on the spot. Yes, sir. Well, what'd he do then? Well, he locked the door. Then from when I could see through the cooler window, he just strolled out of the store and down the street. He was still wheeling a basket in front of you. Anything, Frank? Yeah, Joe, I checked with Wheelock from the radio car. He said they canvassed the neighborhood. Came up with a man who thinks he saw the band and drive away. Was he able to give us any kind of a description on the car? No. Said he saw this guy walking down the street pushing a basket and thought it was kind of funny. Didn't pay too much attention to it. Saw him get into a late model Ford and drive away. Couldn't give a very good description of the car. Said it was a dark color. Not sure about the year. The guy still had that mask on? No, didn't have the mask. But the fellow didn't notice anything about his face. Can't help us much there. He's gonna come down, look for the mug books. Oh, that's good. Do you have any idea how much money was taken here, sir? Well, I can't tell you to the penny, but I figure about $3,500. You usually keep this much money on hand, do you? No, not as a rule. I didn't get to the bank yesterday. We had an inventory sale going on. I just didn't get the chance. Did the Banner take anything you think might help us? Anything from the safe that you might be able to describe? No, not a thing. Just the money, of course. That's enough. There wasn't much in there. A wristwatch that was lost here in the store. He looked at that but threw it back into the safe. Was he wearing gloves, you remember? Yeah, he was. Looked like pig skin, sort of a light tan. Oh, I know what you're thinking about. Fingerprints. Oh, with those gloves, he wouldn't leave any. Yes, sir. Say, officer. Yeah? You talk to the other officer that was here, the one in the car? Yes, sir, I did. He was kind of in charge of the people in the icebox. Took care of them. Was any of them hurt? No, sir. Some of them were pretty cold. But they were all right. Yeah, we keep that box turned way down to sub zero. Yes, sir. I wonder if, as police officers, you'd mind talking to those folks. They're all good customers here. I'd hate to lose them to Frenchy's Fine Foods down the street. Where's that, sir? Frenchie's Market, just down the street. He's going to make a big thing out of this. By noontime it'll be all over the neighborhood. Well, I'm sure none of your customers will blame you, sir. Well, no, officer, it ain't exactly that. That Frenchie's gonna make a big reputation on my back. Well, Mr. Scott, Marcus have been held up before? Yeah, but not with our motto. What's that? We freeze anything 9:46am Frank and I continued to talk to Arthur Scott. We questioned him about the actions of the hold up man, but he was unable to give us any new information. The crime lab came out and checked the store. The MO Was the same. He'd entered through a rear window. Tool marks were found. Photographs were taken no other physical evidence was found. 10:14am we drove back to the office and checked with Captain Didion. Three other teams of men were assigned to help us in interviewing the people who had been locked up in the refrigerator. None of them could add anything to what we already knew. Because of the age of the bandit and the smoothness with which he operated, we had a hunch that he might have served sometime in a state prison. Frank and I checked out a trip car and drove up to Folsom Penitentiary. We checked with Warden Hindsey and told him what we wanted. For the next two days, we checked the prison files. We got several possible leads. But when we got back to Los Angeles, none of them led anywhere. Tuesday, February 12, 8:49am we checked with Captain Didion. Well, you come up with anything? No, not a thing, Skipper. We checked them all out. Nothing. How much longer do you figure it's gonna take you to come up with something we can use? We're doing everything we can. We've run down every lead. They all go nowhere. Yeah, I know. I've been telling the Corner Pocket that all month. Doesn't prove a thing. And they aren't buying it anymore. Well, Frank and I got an idea, Skipper. It's kind of wild, but might turn it. Well, let's hear it. If you take a look at the map over here, the last two months he's hit seven places. Here, here, through here and up and through here. Not much of a pattern, but maybe. Maybe there's enough to work on here. From the way he's worked in the past, he's gonna be waiting in the stores when the manager comes in. So the problem is to find some way to check the managers after they first get to the stores. Most of the stores open about 8 o'. Clock. From what we've been able to check out, the managers get in about 6:30 to 7. We make arrangements for them to call the office after they're in the stores and they've checked them through. How are you gonna work the calling? Well, Frank and I figured that if we could stagger the call, so we'd get one at say, 6:30, next one at 6:31 or 6:32, you know, and so forth. We allow them five minutes leeway. If we haven't heard from them in that time, then we know something's wrong. How many men do you figure you're gonna need to do this? Well, maybe two, three other teams. Those and the men from Metro that we have now. It's wild, Skipper, but it's about the only thing we got left. How long will it take you to check for the store owners? Maybe two, three days. We figured we'd keep it in this area right over here. It seems to be maybe where he'll hit next. Wrong with you. Now, just a minute. Robbery. Didian. Yeah. When? Are you sure about the ammo description? Send it in, will you? Right. Better enlarge that area. What do you mean you just hit in Sacramento? Tuesday, February 12, 3:45pm Frank and I talked on the phone to Fritz Kaminsky, Chief of Police in Sacramento. He told us that the Market Bandit went through the same sequence of events. That had characterized his operations in Los Angeles. First, he took several food items from the display stands in the store. And then he forced the manager to open the safe. After robbing the safe, the thief locked the manager in a meat refrigeration locker and left the store. A witness in the neighborhood saw the suspect leave the store. And said that he'd escaped in a late model, dark Ford sedan. He was unable to give us much of a description of the man. But he said that he was elderly, small. And that he'd been dressed in a brown overcoat and a brown hat. And he wore a black mask. There could be little doubt that it was the same man. Who had been hitting the markets in The Southland. Wednesday, February 13. Frank and I checked out a trip car and we drove up to Sacramento. We talked with the victim and with a witness. Both of them were unable to find the thief's picture in the mug books. Stakeouts were arranged on the markets in the Sacramento area. And additional bulletins were gotten out on the Ford sedan. Frank and I returned to Los Angeles and started to set up the plan that we discussed with Captain Didion. Each of the store managers agreed to cooperate. And starting the morning of February 18, the plan was put into operation. Three weeks passed. The bandit failed to hit again. March 18, 6. 37am Robbery, murder. What's that number? Yes? Robert Smith. Yes, sir. Okay, thanks. Number 38. Okay. Right. Still no word from 34. We better get ready to roll on it. Let's see. That's that supermarket on Palmetto Avenue. That's right. Let's go. Murph. Yeah? Catch the rest of the calls, will you? Yeah, sure, Joe. What do you think, Joe? I don't know. Let's find out. You are listening to Dragnet. The authentic story of your police force in action. The modern way to sell cigarettes is the Chesterfield way. Both regular and king size. And we're the only one that does it. 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They're much milder to give you all the pleasure that the modern cigarette can give. It took us a little over five minutes to get to the store on Palmetto. As we went by the place, we couldn't see anyone through the front windows. The store looked empty. Frank pulled the car into the parking lot next door to the store and we walked around to the front. How about it? No, I can't see anything from here. You want to cover the back? Yeah. I'll give you time to get back there, then I'll go in the front. Right. Watch it. I tell you, I don't know the combination. I don't want any trouble. I'm trying to be nice. I don't want to hurt you. Open the safe and everything will be all right. You read the papers. You know about me. Now do what I say, nothing will happen. All right, mister, let's hold it right there. Police officers. Put that gun down. Watch it, Joe. He's coming at you. You okay, Joe? Yeah. I got him, Frank. Want to shake him down right here? You got him? You got the gun? Yeah, we got him. I was sure scared there for a minute. I tried to think about how I was going to stall him long enough for you to get here. He's clean, Joe. All right, come on, mister. On your feet. Come on. What's your name? Clark. Leonard Clark. All right, let's go. You want me to go along with you? Yeah. Well, I want you to make a crime report. Fine. I'll do anything to help. Try to rob me? Lousy deal. Might have known something was wrong the way that guy played it. Should have known. Yeah, sure. You figure me for the guy you're looking for. This Black Mask Bandit. The papers you've been yawking about. That's the way we figure it. Too bad, fellas. You can't make me for it. Is that right? Yeah. You're looking for somebody else, you got the wrong man. How old are you, Clark? 52. Ever serve any big time? Sure. What's that prove? Well, the way you look, way you work. This one. Even the mask. We made you for it. Only one thing. What's that? You gotta prove it. 8:30am we took Leonard Clark downtown to the City Hall. We talked to him for about an hour. He admitted trying to hold up the market. But he insisted that he was not the Black Mask Bandit. He told us that he'd read about the holdups in the paper. And that it seemed like an easy way to pull a robbery. He told us that he'd used a pinch bar to jimmy a rear window in the market. And then he entered the place. He told us that he'd waited for the manager to come in. And then he tried to get him to open the safe. Sergeants Murphy and Creasy went out to his home. They found nothing there to tie him in with the other robberies. A check through R and I showed a record on Clark listing two convictions for 211 and one count of 245pc. He'd served time at both San Quentin and Folsom Penitentiaries. As well as some of the Eastern penitentiaries. Mug shots of Clark were shown to the victims of the Black Mask Bandit. And they said that it was a possibility that he could be the man who'd robbed them. Friday, March 21st. A special show up was arranged and the victims were asked to be present. We explained that the questions asked were for the express purpose of acquainting the victims with the suspect's voice. Clark was brought out on the stage and asked his name. Leonard Clark. What were you arrested for? I don't know. You must know what you're being held for. They say I'm the Black Mask Bandit. Are you? No. Were you armed when you were arrested? Were you armed when you were arrested? Yeah. What kind of weapon were you carrying?38 revolver. Leonard, could you speak a little louder, please?38 revolver. How long you been in jail? Since Tuesday. Where were you arrested? Market, out on South Palmetto. It's a long street. Where on South Palmetto? 1721 South Palmetto. What were you doing there? Was arrested for trying to hold up the place. You ever done any big time? Huh? I say, you ever done any Big time. Yeah? Where? Mid keel, Fossum. What'd you do the time for? Winner. Which time? Let's take them in order. How about Quentin? Five to life for robbery. How about Folsom? Same thing. You owe any time now? Yeah, I'm on parole, Joe. Yeah. Ask him to turn around, will you? The victims can't see him too good. All right, Leonard, take a quarter turn to your left. No, no, no, Leonard, to your left. All right, now another quarter turn. Another quarter turn. Now another quarter turn. No, no, same way. Another quarter turn. Now face the front, Leonard. Where do you live? Out in Hollywood. Where? Corner of Delon Prix and Monroe. Apartment house. It's a good sized corner. Which apartment? Ashley Arms, apartment 604. What do you do for a living? I'm a carpenter. A what? Do you work steady? Yeah. Who do you work for? I'm a carpenter for a contractor named Gagely. Now look straight, will you, Leonard? Straight ahead. You remember where you were on February 7th? That was a Thursday. No. You got no idea at all? Not at all. You own a car? Yeah. What make is it, mister? For? Speak up, will you, Leonard. We can't hear you. A Ford. Ford. What color is it? Dark blue. What year? 1950. All right, Leonard, now would you step over to the side of the stage? No, no, the other way. Side of the stage. How's it look, Frank? Nothing yet. Manager at the county market seems to think it's him. The others aren't sure. Yeah. Maybe when we get the coat and mask on, it'll help. Those clothes, Leonard, are they yours? Yeah, they're mine. How about that mask? That belong to you, too? Yeah. Would you put the mask on? Just put it on. That's it. Now put the hat on. Not the way you usually wear it. That's right. All right, take a quarter turn to your left. No, Leonard, your left. That's it. Now again and again. Once more. All right, now face forward. Now all the way around. Come on, Leonard. Straight forward. That's it. Now repeat these words. Just be quiet and you won't get hurt. Just be quiet, you won't get hurt. Now say, open the safe and don't cause any trouble. Open it safe. Don't cause any trouble. A little louder, Leonard. Open it safe and don't cause any trouble. All right, Leonard, you can take the mask off. How many times you been arrested? I don't know. About how many times would you say maybe 15, something like that. What'd you fall for? Suspicion. Suspicion of what? Lot of things. He didn't nail me for how old are you now, Leonard? 52. How old were you when you were arrested the first time? 16. You've had quite a life, haven't you? Yeah, I fell among evil companions. All right, Leonard, that's all. How about it, Mr. Scott? I can't be sure, Sergeant, but I think that's a man. Can I see you a minute? Joe Scott just gave a tentative identification. Yeah, well, he's the only one. What do you mean? The others say we got the wrong man. 11:45pm we returned Leonard Clark to his cell. Frank and I continued to question the victims of the Black Mask Bandit. Only one of them was able to give us a tentative identification. Clark would be filed on the following morning for attempting to rob the market on Palmetto Avenue. Pending investigation on the other charges. The working detective has come to know that many times at a show up identifying witnesses sometimes become confused. Sometimes fail to speak up for one reason or another. Sometimes due to fear the idea of incriminating a man. Thus making the officer's task of bringing a suspect to justice all the more difficult. In spite of the lack of identifying witnesses, Frank and I felt reasonably sure that we had the Black Mask Bandit in custody. The following morning, March 22, we checked into the office to fill out the follow up forms. You know, Joe, I just can't figure it out. He's gotta be it. He's got the motive, the opportunity, everything. Yeah, ammo matches. We got him on one count anyway. What happens now? I guess we just wait. There aren't any more hold ups. We know we got the right guy. It's about the only way he can do it. Anyway you slice it, Clark's finished. The court gets through with him. This time they'll nail him for life. Yeah, I suppose so. He sure looks like the guy to me though. I tell you, Joey's gotta be. And everything fits with him all the way down the line. That's what I figured too. Ryan Smith. Yeah, Skipper, call from Hollywood Division. Just had one at 3rd and Selma. Yeah, what about it? Black Mask Bandit. We haven't got him. The story you have just heard was true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. On July 17, trial was held in Department 89, Superior Court of the State of California. In and for the county of Los Angeles. In a moment, the results of that trial you. Now here is our star, Jack Webb. Thank you, George Penniman. 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The ambulance was here? Uh huh. You know if there are any witnesses? I don't know. The other officers are checking it now, I guess. About how long have they been here? I'd say ten minutes. All right, ma'. Am. Thank you. Who is it? Police officer, sir. My name's Friday. This is my partner, Frank Smith. Oh. What happened to the other officer? Well, he left. Mr. Jenkins, a couple of questions we'd like to ask you about this. Sure. Pull up that chairman. Thanks very much. You feel all right, sir? Yeah. Headaches? A little, but I feel okay. Guy from the ambulance said I should see my own doctor. I don't know when I'm gonna get time to do that. It's nothing serious. A little cut. Yes, sir. Would you tell us just what happened here? Sure. There's not much to it. Where do you want me to start? Well, what time did the man come in? I see. It must have been about 6:30 this morning. I was just frying the donuts. I heard this knock on the back door and I let him in. What'd he look like, sir? Just like the descriptions in the paper. That's how I knew it was the Black Mask Bandit. Had the overcoat on, the hat and the mask on his face. Was he carrying a gun? Yeah, looked like.38 revolver, long barrel. What happened then? Well, at first I couldn't figure it. You know, I'd written a paper where he was robbing markets. I couldn't figure what he was doing in a bakery. He was alone then, huh? Yeah. At least I couldn't see anybody with him. Go ahead, sir. Well, he came in and sat down. Told me to go ahead with what I was doing. Sat right over there in that chair. Leaned back against the wall and just talked. What'd he talk about? You remember. Best of that, nothing special. Then he asked me to hand him one of the donuts I'd finished. Said he wanted one of the chocolate ones. I gave it to him. He just leaned back and ate it. I see. I asked him what he wanted. Why, the gun, you know. Yes. He said he didn't want me to get any bright ideas. He asked me how much money I had. Yeah? I told him I only had about 150 bucks. And he said that wasn't much. I said there wasn't, but it's all I had. And I asked him if he was going to rob me. What'd he say to that? Said he probably would. All this time, did he keep the mask on? Yeah, he never took it off. How long was he here? Well, he got here like I said, at 6:30. He left about 8:15, just before Vera came in. She's the one who found me. Vera? Yeah, she's a girl who takes care of the store. You probably saw her out front when you came in. Oh, yeah, sure. Go ahead. Well, I finished up with the donuts and then I asked him if he'd like a drink. I said I had some brandy locked up and asked him if he'd like a shot. He said he would. I went over to get it. I keep it over there in that cupboard. And when I walked over, I had to walk right in front of him. Yeah, well, you probably know it gets pretty hot in a bakery, the ovens and all. I guess he was kind of relaxed. Yeah. When I walked by him, I grabbed his gun, took it right out of his hands. He jumped up and told me to hand it over to him. Said for me to give it back and I wouldn't get hurt. I told him he had the shoe on the wrong foot, that I was calling things now. Yes, sir. What'd he do then? Well, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, if it hadn't happened to me, I'd never believe it. What's that? When I took the gun away from him, he looked real surprised. That's when I told him that I was the boss. And he just stood up and started to walk toward me. I told him to stop. I pointed the gun at him, told him to stay where he was. But he didn't stop. He kept coming right at me. I told him again, but he kept right on walking. And then I fired at him. Well, it wasn't Any farther away from him than 10, maybe 15ft didn't hit him. So I pulled the trigger again. Shot right at him six times. Right at him. He just kept walking at me. At first I thought the shells and the gun were blanks. And then I could see where the bullets were hidden. Well, there you can see a couple of them in the wall. I couldn't believe my eyes. I missed him every time. What did he do right after you shot at him? When I fired the last shot, the gun clicked a couple of times. He just stopped and laughed. Said that I'd run out of bullets and that I better give the gun to him. Did you? Yeah. I threw it at him as hard as I could. I missed him then too. The gun hit the floor and I could see the sparks fly. And then he picked it up and came after me. I didn't think I'd be in much trouble. He looked so little. But when he grabbed at me, I knew I'd had it. That man had hands like a vise. He grabbed my arm and hit me on the head right here. Knocked me out. He came to when Vera came in. A guy was gone. So was the money. Where'd you keep this money? In my pocket I had in my wallet. I don't usually put it in the cash register until Vera gets in. I see. Now, you said that when the gun hit the floor you saw the sparks fly from it. Is that right? Yeah. You know like when you hit a piece of flint with another rock. Like the Boy Scouts? Yeah, like that. Did you notice that the gun seemed damaged in any way? No, I didn't have time to notice anything. Right after that, he hit me. Wonder if he'd give us a description of the man? Sure. Like I told the other officers, he was a little man, real old. How old would you say? Oh, maybe 50 or so. Not any younger. You're pretty sure about that, are you? Yeah. About how tall? Maybe five, Two? Not any more than that. Kind of hard to tell with that big coat on. It looked like it was five or six sizes too big. Looked kind of funny at first. Then you realized who he was and it wasn't funny anymore. I wasn't too scared of him when I first saw him, even when he came at me. But when he grabbed my arm, I knew I had trouble. Yes, sir. I still can't understand it. Six shots and I didn't hit him once. I tell you, the guy's not human. Well, he's scoring pretty good for a ghost. 10:02am the crew from the crime lab came out and went over the bakery. Ray Pinker removed the slugs from the wall on the floor and took them back to the lab. The Bandit, as usual, had worn gloves, so there was no possibility for fingerprints. A search of the neighborhood failed to turn up any new leads. None of the people in the immediate area had seen anyone answering the description of the Black Mask Bandit. Additional supplementary bulletins were gotten out. And all of the cars in the surrounding vicinity were alerted. The stats office had made run after run on the MO of the Bandit. The leads they gave us were all checked out. All gunsmiths were alerted. In the event that the suspect's weapon had been damaged. And that he might try to have it repaired. All leads were checked and rechecked. They netted us nothing. Informants were questioned and requestioned. The plan that had been worked out for checking with the managers of the supermarkets in the city was continued. Three weeks passed. The Bandit hit again. This time a market just outside of Eagle Rock. The MO Was the same as had been used in the previous robberies. However, in this one instance, the market didn't have a storage refrigerator. So the thief locked the manager in a back room. In locking the door, the suspect had taken off his gloves. And Leighton Prince was able to lift a partial print from the doorknob. It wasn't enough for classification, but Bergman said that if we apprehended the man, he'd be able to identify him for us. June came and went. July, August. The Bandit had been operating without interference for almost a year. He'd widened his theater of operations. Reports had come in from San Francisco to Stockton. From San Diego to Pomona. In each case, the suspect seemed to know what markets were being staked out. And he stayed away from them. The legwork continued without result. Tuesday, August 19th. Frank and I checked back into the office. Man, I never see it to fail. Every time we have lunch at sows, I eat too much. Yeah, he puts out a good lunch, then too good. Want to check the book? Right. Anything wrong? Call from Jerry informant. Yeah? Says he can't get with me tonight. He'll call in the morning. Brian Smith. Yeah, skipper. Yeah. Come on in here, will you? Right away. Sit down. All right. Well, what is it? You guys been on this black mess thing how long now? That's going on a year, isn't it? You're no closer to him than you were when you started. Not much. You know, you're tying up half the minute metro. You got this town covered like a blanket. And you still can't turn the guy. We're doing everything we can, Skipper. I've been telling you for the last six months that I wasn't gonna buy that anymore. I mean it this time. Just exactly what have you got on the guy? Well, I think you know just as well as we do, Skipper. Description, Mo. Even the partial print Bergman lifted from that place out in Eagle Rock. We've been over it a hundred times. Isn't the lead that we haven't run out and then checked over again? Nothing new on the information from Folsom? No, Nothing. We've had 5,000 circulars printed. They're scattered all over the country. Doesn't look like the guy's ever done time before. The way he works, you'd think he knew exactly what we were doing. We cover the markets, he hits the bakeries. We cover the bakeries in la, he hits in San Diego, they cover the stores and he hits up north where we are, he ain't. How about the car? The Ford? No, nothing. He got no license. You ever hear anything on the damaged gun? No, he never tried to have it fixed. It we can find out about. He's gotten a hold of another gun someplace. Latest reports say he's using a revolver with a 2 inch barrel. Well, where do you stand now? I don't know. We got to restore it from La Siena. Got Alameda covered from Hollywood Boulevard south to Jefferson. Big area. Yeah, it's a lot of stores, too. There's a cruiser car or a cop in or near every large store and bakery in that area. Every police unit in the city's looking for the guy. If he hits again, we should get him. You Friday? Yeah, Murph? A call just came in from Wilshire. Figure you want it. Here you go. Thanks. What is it? We got the whole town waiting for him with open arms. Everything's set. And he pulls a switch. What is it? Friday? A black mask bandit. He's going in for kidnapping. Now, the local broadcast stated that the manager of one of the big supermarket chains in the city had been taken from his home about 2:30 in the morning. The bandit forced him to drive to the store and open the safe. The thief then bound the manager and left the premises. The manager gave us a complete description of the bandit and locals and APBs were gotten out on him. In this instance, the thief didn't use his own car. He forced the manager to drive his car to the market. The manager told us that when they'd left the house he hadn't seen any other cars on the streets. Tuesday August 19, 5:20pm Frank and I got in touch with Lt. Dick Tiernan of the Sheriff's Robbery Squad. Together with him, we worked out a plan to try to keep the homes of the managers under surveillance. In addition to this, men from the Sheriff's department aided in canvassing the houses of the owners and managers. Each car was assigned three houses while other cars covered three markets each. A month passed. The Black Mask Bandit hit five times. Each time in areas which were not under direct surveillance. Friday, September 26, 5:20am we got a call at home that there had been another kidnapping. This time an elderly market manager and his wife. Frank and I drove out to see them. The radio unit had returned them to their home. Yes? Mr. Gunther? That's right. Police officers, Mr. Gunther? Oh, yes. Come in. You have some sort of identification? Yes, sir. Here's my ID card. My name is Friday. This is my partner, Frank Smith. How do you do? Come into the living room. Watch you. Thank you very much, sir. Sit down. Hope you didn't mind my asking about your identification. Just that the way things have been happening, you can't be too sure. Yes, sir, we understand. I wonder if you'd mind telling us what happened. Sure. Awful thing. Awful. Just can't believe that a man his age would do a thing like this. Seems that he knew not to be so cruel. Yes, sir. Just what did happen? Well, last night, must have been about 2 or 2:30. I woke up with this flashlight shining in my eyes. First I didn't know what it was. Just this real bright light, you know? Yes, sir. Well, right away, of course, I knew there was somebody else in the room. About that time Agnes woke up. Agnes is my wife. Anyway, she woke up, wanted to know what was going on. I told her I didn't know. All this time that light didn't move. Just stayed in one place and showing right in my eyes. Yes, sir. Then we heard this voice tell us to get out of bed. Said he wanted me to go with him. I told him to get out of the house. I didn't want any trouble. If he wanted money, he'd find all we had in the house. Right on the dresser with my wallet. Could you see who the person was, sir? No, not then the light and all. But I got out of bed and then I could see a little old man with a black mask over his eyes. How could you tell his age, sir? Well, just could, that's all. Little beady eyes. And his mouth mean. Never saw a mouth like that on a young man. His voice was old. I Could tell? Yes. Well, he told me to get dressed. Said that I should hurry up about it. Was he armed? Could you tell that? Yes. I could see that he was holding a gun. All this time, Agnes was yelling at him to get out of the house. She's not well, you know. Yes, Agnes, she has a bad heart. Been with the doctor for years. Takes pills and medicine. That's the big reason that I did what he said. I didn't want there to be any trouble, to get Agnes excited. I understand. Well, finally I told him if he'd get out of the room, leave her alone, I'd do what he wanted. Not to give him any cause to hurt anyone. Then he did about the meanest thing he could have done. Told Agnes to get out of bed. Said for her to get up and get dressed and go with us. Just can't understand why he'd want to do a thing like that. Just plain meanness. Yes. Did your wife do what he said? Well, at first she said she wouldn't do it. Really. Told him off. I thought he'd maybe get mad and hit her. He's mean enough to do it. Finally, I asked her to do what he wanted. Figured that'd be the easiest way of getting him out of the place. I thought that maybe I could talk him out of taking her with us, but I couldn't. He made you leave the house, then? Yeah. Told me to get the car out of the garage. And then he and Agnes get in the back seat. Made me drive down to the store. Did you notice any other cars in the area? Any cars parked near your house that weren't usually there? No. On the way to the store, though, I saw a police car. I thought about trying to attract their attention. He must have thought about it too, though. Why'd he say that? Well, he told me that if I did anything to call attention to us, he'd kill Agnes. I think he would have, too. I didn't do anything to get him upset. Yes, sir. Well, we got to the market and he made me open the safe. And then he took the money and tied us up. I begged him not to tie Agnes. I've never done that before. Sergeant, I'm 52, and I've never begged a man for anything. But I did this time. Begged him not to kill Agnes. I knew that if he tied her up like he said he was going to, it'd kill her. Pleaded with him, but it didn't do any good. Tied her up and put that tape over her mouth. One thing I can say for him though. Just one. He called the police and told them where we were. If he hadn't done that, I think we'd have both died. Agnes almost suffocated. Where's your wife now, Mr. Gunther? In the other room. Doctor's with her. He gave her a sedative. Awful thing, Sergeant. I just don't know how anyone could be that mean. Just one reason we can think of. What's that? He's had a lot of practice. 11:30am we talked to Mrs. Gunther. She told us pretty much the same story that we'd gotten from her husband. The police car in the area was contacted. But they reported that they hadn't noticed the Gunther car. The unit that was patrolling the area around the store was contacted. They reported that they had checked the store at 3:15am at that time there were no lights and no suspicious cars in the vicinity. The Black Mask Bandit had been working for over a year. In that time he'd robbed 59 stores that we knew of. His theater of operations had taken him from Northern California right down to the Mexican border. From the desert to the beach. He'd stolen approximately a half a million dollars. The entire nation had received communications carrying the description of the suspect. The entire facilities of the police and sheriff's departments in Los Angeles were devoted to apprehending him. Thousands of man hours had gone into stakeouts and searches. None of them produced any results. As the case grew in importance, Robbery detail began to get an average of 30 calls a day from well meaning citizens with information. Every lead, no matter how remote, had to be checked out. This meant more hours of legwork and interrogation. Every officer in the Southland was looking for the Bandit. Every car and motorcycle on the streets had his description. None of it did any good. Thursday, October 2, 1105pm Frank and I check back into the office. Well, there's another one that didn't go anywhere. Yeah. You want to fill out the reports? I'll check the book. Yeah. Never fails, does it, Joe? What's that? Oh, something like this one comes along. Some people use it to get back to their neighbors. Take that deal tonight. Pretty silly, huh? I'd like to know who gave us that tip. There's something kind of sneaky about anonymous phone calls. Well, we'd miss a lot of breaks if we didn't get them. Yeah. You figure we're ever gonna nail this guy? Who knows? I'm getting a little punchy. Every time we miss him, we get another pasting. Have you read the papers lately? Well, you gotta expect that, Frank. They're probably calling it the way it looks to them. There's only one way to answer them. That's to nail the guy. I get it. Robbery, Friday. Yeah, that's. What's that? Can you speak a little louder? I can't. That's better. What? Huh? When? Just happened. Yeah. What's the address out there? Yeah, the street. Now give me the number. That's right. All right. You bet. We'll take care of it. Right. Bye. Looks like something here. Market manager's son. Yeah. Says someone's just kidnapped his father. 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All right, Mr. Police Officer, hold it up there. Come on, drop the gun. Give it up. Listen, cop, get out of here. Frank, come to the other side of the building. He's going for that fence. Joe, all right, come on, mister, give it up. You all right, Joe? Yeah. Come on, let's get over this fence. Yeah. He's not over here. We missed him. He must have got over that wall. I'll get back to the car and notify the radio units. All right. You think you hit him? I don't know. I might have. Let's check the ground by the fence. And you got your flashlight? Yeah. Here it is. Hold it, Joe. Huh? Here. See? By the fence. Oh, yeah. Blood stains. Quite a few of them. I'll stay here and check. Okay. I'll be right back. Watch yourself. Yeah. Unit 1K8O to Control 1. Unit 1K8 0 to Control 1 to 1K8 0 ahead. While attempting to arrest market bandit during commission of robbery, he exchanged fire with suspect. Suspect is known to be wounded. Suspect armed. Use caution. Suspect seen fleeing on foot. All cars and area converge on corner Figueroa and Woodlawn. Suspect described as WMA, 50 to 55 years, 130 to 140 pounds. Block off area at Vernon to Slauson, at Vernon to Slauson and from Figueroa to Maine. Suspect last seen going through houses at 49th and Figueroa. That's four, nine in Figueroa. Roger, one. Kato. Attention all units. Attention all units. All units in the vicinity of 49th and Figueroa. Robbery suspect wounded while attempting robberies. Market suspect described as Montgomery, 50 to 55 years, 130 to 140 pounds. Block off area at Vernon to Slauson, Vernon to Slauson and from Figueroa to Main Street. Suspect last seen going through houses at 40. Unit 1K8 0 to Control 1. Unit 1K 80 to Control 1K 8, go ahead. Suspect is known to be armed. Approach with caution. Use caution. Unit 1K8 OTA, Control 1. KMA 367. All units, robbery suspect at 49th and Figueroa. Known to be armed. Approach with caution. Repeat, approach with caution. What do you figure, Frank? He's in here someplace. Let's find him. In the next three hours, 37 police cars combed the area. Every possible hiding place was investigated. A house to house search was started. Citizens were asked to lock their doors and to open their homes to no one. In one of the yards we found the hat and coat worn by the suspect. But apparently he'd made good his escape. Broadcasts were gotten out to the entire city, putting them on the alert. Additional officers were sent to the blockaded area to help with the search. Captain Didion came out from the office to direct the operations, 3:30am the area had been checked and rechecked. No sign of the suspect. Frank and I went back to our car. I don't know, Joe. The guy's got us jinxed. Seems like everything we do, he's got us beaten. It doesn't make much sense, does it? We gotta turn him sometime. Yeah, we've been saying that for a year. Didion was sure in a rare mood tonight. Well, he's got trouble with his stomach again. I'm gonna have trouble with mine if this keeps up much longer. Joe, Car. Come here. Take the other side of it. All right, all right. Come on out of the car, mister. Come on. We know you're there. Get out. Get out of there, cop. Come on. Throw that gun out here. You can't go anywhere. Give it up before you get killed. I ain't coming out. Don't you try coming after me. You haven't got a chance. I dropped a gun. All right, all right, I quit. Got no more shells. I can't fight anymore. I quit. I quit. Please don't shoot anymore. All right, throw that gun out here. Come on. All right, now get out of the car. Keep those hands up. Put them behind your head. Come on over here. Turn around. Put your hands against the car. Straight out in front of you. I'll shake. Hey, you're gonna call an ambulance for me. I'm hurt, in case you see I'm a hurt. Ain't you gonna do anything for me? Things clean, Joe. Here. Here. Got your hands behind you. Wanna put in a call for the ambulance, right? You didn't have to shoot. I would have stopped if I'd known you was cops. You got trouble with your ears? No. We told you we were officers. You built this thing. We just went along with you. Lousy deal, anyway. Should have stopped. I should have quit when I was ahead. If I'd have stopped, you guys would have never caught me. Never. They're on the way, Joe. Good. What's your name, mister? Jerry. Jerry Rogers. How old are you? 35. All this time we're looking for an old man. How do you figure, Joe? I don't know. Gray hair, big overcoat and mask. Witnesses didn't get too good to look at him. Yeah. You ever been arrested, Rogers? Yeah, once. Is that ambulance ever gonna get here? It's coming. What'd you fall for? Huh? What were you arrested for? Drunk driving. Oh, I should have quit. I should have laid off. It's too bad you didn't figure it that way a little sooner. Look, I don't want any morals. When's that ambulance gonna get here? Don't worry about it, Rogers. You got a lot of time. 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