Dragnet: The Big Red, Part Two (EP4944)

Summary

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Podcast Summary: The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Dragnet: The Big Red, Part Two (EP4944)

Host: Adam Graham
Air Date: April 2, 2026
Original Dragnet Air Date: January 10, 1952

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Adam Graham presents Part Two of "The Big Red," a suspenseful installment from the classic police procedural radio show Dragnet. Host Adam Graham briefly thanks his Patreon supporters before immersing listeners in the conclusion of a daring undercover investigation to dismantle a $100,000 narcotics ring. Sergeant Joe Friday, working alongside his partner Ed Jacobs and Captain Kearney, leverages informants, staged shakedowns, and intricate ruses to track down the major players involved in heroine distribution in Los Angeles. The meticulous operation culminates in a tense buy with the elusive kingpin at an unexpectedly public locale—a flower show.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Breakdown

1. Recap and Set-Up (02:33-03:41)

• Context: The LAPD narcotics detail is midway through their operation, having just apprehended two lower-level suspects (Stan Parish and Max Higby).
• Objective: Move up the chain to identify and capture the higher-ups and locate the heroin stash.

2. Turning a Suspect (04:09-04:43)

• Stan Parish (suspect) agrees to cooperate, hoping for leniency.
  • Notable line (04:38, Stan Parish, on withdrawal):
    “No. Lousy. Sure could use a fix about now. Sorry, Parrish. Can't help you there.”

3. Planning the Sting (04:48-06:16)

• Police discuss how to keep news of the arrests quiet to avoid tipping off the larger ring.

• They set up an undercover approach: Joe Friday poses as an aggrieved buyer, using a dummy package to confront Red (the next link in the chain).

  • Friday’s directive (05:21-06:01, Captain Kearney):
    “...take mine [gun]... Make it heavy. Pretend you're gonna gun him... There'll be a couple of men down the street, Joe, if you get your back to a wall, break the window they'll come running.”

4. The Confrontation with Red (07:06-10:00)

• Friday confronts Red at his hotel, staging outrage over receiving powdered sugar instead of heroin after a $6,000 deal.

• Friday plays up the role, threatening violence to convince Red of his authenticity and desperation.

  • Joe Friday (07:10):
    “Don't try any of your conning this time, you two bit—”
  • Tense negotiation leads Red to admit he’s just the middleman.
  • They agree to meet again the following night.

5. Undercover Complications & The Phony Shakedown (10:00-16:18)

• The team stages a police shakedown in Red’s hotel room to boost Friday’s “tough guy” credentials.

• Friday successfully convinces Red that he’s a high-level, rough-around-the-edges operator.

  • Adam Graham’s later reflection (28:55, post-show):
    “Even though Friday's a policeman, his play is as daring as the most outrageous con scheme... He did thoroughly Conrad. That’s why Red didn’t dig deep into the money; he was sold on Friday…”

6. Working Toward the Kingpin (16:18-20:10)

• Red claims to need clearance from his boss—the mysterious “big man”—before any major buy.
• The team continues surveillance and background checks, zeroing in on a suspect couple, the Leslies, connected by both narcotics records and possible involvement in supplying Red.

7. The Big Meeting (21:51-25:29)

• Location: South Pasadena Flower Show—a clever cover for the final handoff.

• Friday, Red, and Mr. Thomas Leslie (the “big man”) weave through the event before finalizing the transaction in Leslie’s car.

  • Mr. Leslie (23:00):
    “Took me three and a half years to get blooms like that. South African species, you know, the Chelsea type…”

  • Friday pushes to verify the drugs before paying:

    • Joe Friday (25:29):
      “What about breaking the package? How do I know it’s not more powdered sugar?”
    • Suddenly, officers move in to arrest both Red and Leslie.

8. The Arrest and Fallout (25:40-26:48)

• Thomas Leslie pleads for his prized flowers during arrest.
  • Thomas Leslie (26:33):
    “Let me go back and get my flowers. They’re prized gladiolus... Just let me take some with me. Just a few till I get back.”
  • Joe Friday's blunt response (26:48):
    “Why bother? They won’t last that long.”
• Both Leslie and Red are taken into custody alongside their evidence.

9. Legal Outcome (27:00-27:58)

• Convictions:
  • Leslie and “Red” Forester found guilty for violating narcotics laws, sentenced to 5-10 years.
  • Stan Parish and Max Higby, for cooperating, receive 1 year in county jail plus probation.

10. Host Commentary and Listener Feedback (28:55-43:23)

• Host's Insights:

  • Adam Graham lauds the undercover work and dramatically realistic portrayal of addiction.

  • Reflects on the period-authentic lexicon (e.g., “chippy”) and the twist of high-society suspects.

  • Praises the unique flower show bust, noting how it subverts expectations about criminals’ appearances and tactics.

  • Graham on Friday’s tactics (28:55):
    “…his play is as daring as the most outrageous con scheme.”

  • On addiction language (approx. 30:30):
    “Drug users often distinguish themselves from occasional users who are called chippy or chippers and junkies… But as the dialogue says, that’s also kind of the nature of addiction—to minimize the problem.”

• Listener Questions:

  • In-depth discussion on Barton Yarborough (previous partner Ben Romero), his radio legacy, and the handling of character transitions on Dragnet.
  • Reflections on realistic police procedures, listener nostalgia, and historical context of drug enforcement.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Red, realizing his operation's unraveling (25:53):
  “I should have known. I should have known, Joe.”
• Thomas Leslie, on his plants while being arrested (26:33):
  “Let me go back and get my flowers... They’re prized gladiolus... Just let me take some with me...”
• Joe Friday's cold closure (26:48):
  “Why bother? They won’t last that long.”
• Host Adam Graham, on the con:
  “Even though Friday's a policeman, his play is as daring as the most outrageous con scheme.” (28:55)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• Recap, Set-Up & Cooperation: 02:33–06:16
• Confronting Red: 07:06–10:00
• Phony Shakedown: 12:34–16:18
• Planning & Surveillance: 16:18–20:10
• Big Meet at Flower Show: 21:51–25:29
• Arrests: 25:40–26:48
• Convictions and Wrap-up: 27:00–27:58
• Host Commentary: 28:55–43:23

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Tone & Style

True to Dragnet’s original dry, methodical, matter-of-fact delivery, the dialogue is terse and focused on procedure. Joe Friday’s persona is stoic and hard-edged, which is magnified in this episode as he adopts a criminal's facade. Adam Graham’s commentary brings genial analysis, context for modern listeners, and appreciation for the layered performances and cultural details of Golden Age radio drama.

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Final Thoughts

“The Big Red, Part Two” effectively blends high-stakes undercover police work with authentic period detail and nuanced character studies. The surprisingly public flower show showdown illustrates Dragnet’s knack for subverting expectations and deepening the mystery. Adam Graham’s wrap-up contextualizes the episode in both radio history and criminal justice storytelling, enriching the experience for newcomers and long-time fans alike.

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Transcript

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[Adam Graham]

Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's episode of Trident. But first, I do want to encourage you. If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. But before I do anything else, I do want to do what I wanted to do yesterday. Recognize our latest Platinum Patreon supporters. And I want to go ahead and thank Lisa and James, both of whom have been supporting the podcast since April of 2016. Again, thank you so much for your support. Now, from January 10, 1952, here is the Big Red Part 2.

[Narrator]

The story you are about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a narcotics detail.

[Ed Jacobs]

You're in the middle of a drive

[Narrator]

to break up a hundred thousand dollar narcotics ring.

[Joe Friday]

You apprehend two of the lesser gang members.

[Narrator]

You still haven't reached the big operation. You still haven't found their store of heroin.

[Captain Kearney]

Your job.

[Joe Friday]

Get them.

[Narrator]

Dragnet. The documented drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through 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.

[Joe Friday]

It was Sunday, August 14th. It was cool in Los Angeles. We were working a special detail out of narcotics division. My partner's Ed Jacobs. The boss is Captain Kearney. My name's Friday. It was 1:23am when I got to 5th and Series Southwest corner.

[Ed Jacobs]

Hi Joe.

[Joe Friday]

Ed. Captain you been waiting long?

[Captain Kearney]

Just got here. All right, Jacobs.

[Ed Jacobs]

Okay.

[Joe Friday]

Where'd you finally book in the Two of them?

[Ed Jacobs]

77th Division substation watch.

[Captain Kearney]

Parish here is willing to cooperate. Told us everything he knows about the gang.

[Joe Friday]

I'm glad you feel that way, Stan. You won't regret it.

[Captain Kearney]

Yeah.

[Joe Friday]

What's the matter?

[Captain Kearney]

Hope it helps Red and the other guys find out about it. It's gonna be rough. You're not gonna find out from us. We're heading out for East Hollywood, Joe. Apartment house out there. Perry says that's where Red makes his pickups.

[Joe Friday]

Where box is that, Stan?

[Captain Kearney]

I don't know the address.

[Ed Jacobs]

I know the neighborhood, though.

[Captain Kearney]

I'll recognize the place when I see it.

[Ed Jacobs]

How you feel now, Stan? Any better?

[Captain Kearney]

No. Lousy. Sure could use a fix about now. Sorry, Parrish. Can't help you there.

[Joe Friday]

How are you gonna handle this thing, captain? I mean, picking up Stan and Max Higby? You figure we can keep.

[Captain Kearney]

Newspapers are gonna cooperate. They're not gonna print a word about it.

[Ed Jacobs]

I'm gonna handle the court work. Stan and Max are gonna waive their preliminary.

[Narrator]

Ought to give us five to six

[Ed Jacobs]

weeks of quiet if we need it. If we can't reach the rest of the gang by then, we'll never reach them.

[Captain Kearney]

Sure feel lousy. Sick. Never tried to kick the habit before. How long does it take?

[Joe Friday]

Well, it all depends. How bad are you hooked?

[Ed Jacobs]

Oh, not bad.

[Captain Kearney]

I'm just chippy with it. Not more than a cap a day.

[Ed Jacobs]

Where we go now, Stan? Keep going straight.

[Captain Kearney]

Yeah, straight ahead. Turn off's not for a while yet.

[Joe Friday]

Well, how do you figure it from here on in, Cap'?

[Captain Kearney]

N?

[Joe Friday]

What do I do about Red?

[Captain Kearney]

Well, you're gonna have to con your way through. I had the crime lab fix up a dummy package for you on the seat there. Has the same wrappings as the one the real stuff came in. Package Stan gave you in the restaurant. You take it back to Red and scream your head off.

[Joe Friday]

Yeah.

[Captain Kearney]

You tell him you got the package from Stan and Max and you paid him the six GS for it. You opened it up and found it full of powdered sugar. Freedom off. Put it on baked.

[Joe Friday]

You got a gun? No, I haven't. I checked it in my locker when I started on this thing.

[Captain Kearney]

All right, take mine.

[Joe Friday]

Okay.

[Captain Kearney]

Make it heavy. Pretend you're gonna gun him.

[Ed Jacobs]

What if it doesn't work, skipper?

[Captain Kearney]

That's taken care of, too. There'll be a couple of men down the street, Joe, if you get your back to a wall, break the window they'll come running.

[Joe Friday]

Okay, I'll give it a try. You think Red's still at his hotel? Stan?

[Captain Kearney]

Sure. He's probably waiting for me and Max.

[Joe Friday]

Anybody with him, you think? No, I don't think so. All right. Ed, I wonder if you'd call my mother the first chance she gets. She might be a little worried.

[Ed Jacobs]

Don't have to.

[Narrator]

She called the office before we left.

[Ed Jacobs]

Oh, I think I convinced her everything was all right.

[Joe Friday]

Oh, thanks a lot, Captain.

[Captain Kearney]

That's it. We'll let you out at the next corner. Head back for the hotel. Right. Good luck, Joe.

[Joe Friday]

Right, Ed. Thanks.

[Captain Kearney]

How about it, Parrish? Anything else you can give us that might help him? I don't know. Gonna take a lot of front.

[Ed Jacobs]

Only one way you can get that.

[Joe Friday]

Yeah, you better get yourself a good fix. I left Captain Kearney, Ed Jacobs and the narcotics suspect Stan Parish. On the corner of Western and Wilshire. And made my way to Red's hotel on West 54th Street. I went up to the second floor and found his door open. I walked in. Red was sitting in an overstuffed chair next to the radio, listening to the police calls coming in.

[Captain Kearney]

What's the matter now, Lindsay? Why the gun?

[Joe Friday]

Don't try any of your conning this time, you two bit.

[Captain Kearney]

What's the matter with you? Put the gun down.

[Joe Friday]

No, not before I get what's coming to me. You and your lousy punks.

[Captain Kearney]

What are you talking about? Where's Stan and Max?

[Joe Friday]

Dead, I hope. That leaves only you to deal with. I should have known better the first time when you had me tamped. I should have gotten out right then.

[Captain Kearney]

What's in your car, guy? Come on.

[Joe Friday]

Let's have you know what? Now look for yourself. Six G's worth powdered sugar. You didn't think you could beat me for this, did you?

[Captain Kearney]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[Joe Friday]

There's more in this than me. If you don't square up this thing with us, there's ways of taking care of you. I'm on the lamb anyway. Now, one more beef isn't gonna make that much difference.

[Captain Kearney]

Gun down, will you? Now, let's talk it out. It doesn't make sense. If then, so have I.

[Joe Friday]

Don't try to sell me that line. Get both of them out. I know they're here. Now, come on. Get them out here.

[Captain Kearney]

Watch that gun, will ya? I don't know what you're getting at, Lindsay. They're not here. Didn't you see them? Max and Stan?

[Joe Friday]

Sure, I saw him. That's why I'm here. I gave him the money. Six yards of it. And that's what I got. Powdered sugar. Now you start explaining, smart guy.

[Thomas Leslie]

It's the truth.

[Captain Kearney]

I don't know where they are. I gave stan and max 20 ounces to take to you. I told Stan to make the meat with you inside the restaurant. Max is supposed to be the lookout.

[Joe Friday]

Oh, yeah, sure.

[Captain Kearney]

So help me. I don't get it. You have never tried anything like this before. Weren't you tipped off at all? Maybe the way they acted. Something I said?

[Joe Friday]

No, nothing that moot. Stan was a little unhappy. He said he wanted to fix. And you wouldn't give it to him.

[Captain Kearney]

That's right, I wouldn't.

[Joe Friday]

Well, then you should have known better. There's no time to get stingy with him when he's gonna make a deal for you.

[Captain Kearney]

You know what happened the last time he took a fix before a job. I sent him out to that park to watch you. He ends up by tamping you. I'm leveling with you, Lindsay. I think we've both been taken. I still don't get it, though. I can't understand why they'd run out on me.

[Joe Friday]

Now look, I haven't got the time to draw you pictures, mister. All I know is my dough's gone and you haven't delivered the stuff. Now you get with it.

[Captain Kearney]

Now wait a minute. How do I know for sure?

[Joe Friday]

What?

[Captain Kearney]

How do I know you didn't get the real merchandise? Then you took care of Max and Stan. How do I know you didn't build a frame?

[Joe Friday]

Oh, sure. That's why I'm back here. I got 20 ounces free, and I want another 20. I met those mooches of yours and took care of them all by myself. Now that makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? Now get off it, Red. You're not gonna poor mouth me out of this. I paid my six GS and I want the merchandise full. 20 ounces, and I want it right now.

[Captain Kearney]

Crazy. I can't do that. You have to give me time. We don't keep this stuff here. It isn't mine in the first place.

[Joe Friday]

What are you handing me?

[Captain Kearney]

It isn't. I'm just a middleman, that's all. You'll have to give me time. Maybe we can work out something for you.

[Joe Friday]

You bet you're gonna work out something for me. You got my six GS. Why'd you try and big shot me in the first place?

[Captain Kearney]

Calm down.

[Joe Friday]

Trying to make me Believe you were the big man. You ought to get wise to yourself, Red. Why should I deal with a middleman? I can probably buy the junk cheaper from your boss now. Where's he?

[Captain Kearney]

You couldn't buy it at two GS an ounce. He wouldn't sell it to you. I handle all this stuff. I'm the only one he works through.

[Joe Friday]

What makes you so special you can't even handle a 20 ounce deal. And keep it straight.

[Captain Kearney]

Stay cool. Will you give me 24 hours?

[Joe Friday]

What am I supposed to be doing in the meantime?

[Captain Kearney]

Same thing I'll be doing. Worrying about getting that stuff back.

[Joe Friday]

Why try and cover up your mooches? Ran out on you?

[Captain Kearney]

Maybe. I want to make sure. I'll get the word out.

[Joe Friday]

Yeah.

[Captain Kearney]

I'll find out what happened

[Joe Friday]

before I left Red. We set up a meet for the following night in his hotel room at 7pm Then I left. Went downtown to an all night drugstore and put in calls to Captain Kearney and my partner, Ed Jacobs. I briefed him on what had happened with Red. And the Captain set it up for the three of us to meet early that morning and plan the next move. The meeting point was down off Gallardo street alongside the Santa Fe train yards.

[Ed Jacobs]

Joe, over here.

[Joe Friday]

Hi, Ed.

[Captain Kearney]

Captain. Hi. A little late. Anything happen?

[Joe Friday]

Well, I did some doubling back. Wanted to make sure I wasn't followed.

[Ed Jacobs]

Things worked out with Red, huh?

[Captain Kearney]

No trouble?

[Joe Friday]

Well, not so far, no. I think he went for my story. He said he's gonna do some checking around though. Try to find out what happened to Stan and Max.

[Captain Kearney]

I halfway figured that.

[Ed Jacobs]

That story you told him. I thought if Red bought that, you'd be in.

[Joe Friday]

He didn't buy it that far. I guess it made an impression waving a gun at him. But he still has some doubts.

[Ed Jacobs]

What else can you do to get yourself in solid?

[Joe Friday]

You'd be cried about it.

[Captain Kearney]

Everything. Joe, I've been kicking around an idea. It might work for you. I don't know. Put on a phony shakedown for him. Might give you a chance to show him how tough you're supposed to be. What do you say?

[Joe Friday]

Well, maybe ought to help out if we stage it right.

[Captain Kearney]

When's your next meet with Red?

[Joe Friday]

7:00 clock tonight. His hotel room.

[Captain Kearney]

231. That it?

[Joe Friday]

Yeah, that's right. How do you want to work it?

[Captain Kearney]

Oh, I'll get a couple of men from Metro Division. Have him in uniform. We better have him work in a radio car. We're gonna have to have a good reason for him breaking in. On you.

[Ed Jacobs]

How about a 4:15, skipper? Joe could go up to the room, pick an argument with Red and make noise.

[Captain Kearney]

A lot of odd talking.

[Joe Friday]

Yeah, that sounds okay.

[Captain Kearney]

All right. Both of the men in the radio car will be thoroughly briefed. You'll know what to do. Friday, you're out to sell yourself. Act as tough as you think you have to.

[Joe Friday]

All right, I'll give it a try.

[Captain Kearney]

Play it up to the hilt. You give Red the least idea, the shakedowns are phony and we're washed up now. Phone me at the office as soon as you can. The inside line. We'll be waiting for the call.

[Joe Friday]

Right. There's just one more thing.

[Captain Kearney]

Yeah?

[Joe Friday]

How about that apartment house Stan was gonna show you last night? The place where Red's supposed to pick up the junk.

[Ed Jacobs]

He pointed the place out all right. It's gonna take some checking.

[Joe Friday]

What do you mean?

[Ed Jacobs]

Stan said he drove Red to this apartment house about a dozen times. Always had to stay in the car, though. Red went in alone. Didn't know which apartment Red went to.

[Joe Friday]

Can't we check him out?

[Captain Kearney]

Cam got some men on it now. Gonna take a little time. Big layout, all right. 47 apartments.

[Joe Friday]

I left Ed and Captain Kearney and caught a streetcar back to my hotel. I had some scrambled eggs, toast and coffee in the grill next door. And then I went up to my room and got a couple hours sleep. Late that afternoon, I took in the show at a newsreel theater. Had a bite to eat and then headed out for Red's hotel on West 54th Street. I got there a few minutes before 7. Red was waiting. Apparently, he'd failed to dig up any information on what had happened to his two operators, Stan and Max. I accused him again of trying to swindle me out of $6,000. I demanded the 20 ounces of heroin. Red had nothing to offer but apologies.

[Captain Kearney]

All right, all right. Relax, will you? Take it easy. I'll work out something.

[Joe Friday]

Take it easy? Nothing. You do enough of that for the both of us. You sit there and listen to that radio. Why don't you get out and hustle up those two mooches of yours and get my dough back?

[Captain Kearney]

All right, all right. You don't have to scream. I said I'd work something out.

[Joe Friday]

All right, then start working.

[Thomas Leslie]

Get it?

[Joe Friday]

The dough or the white stuff? I gotta have it by the end of the week.

[Captain Kearney]

What do you want to do, have it all over the hotel? Keep it down, will you?

[Joe Friday]

Why? You take me for six GS and I'm supposed to play it nice. Now, come off it, mister.

[Captain Kearney]

I didn't take you for six GS.

[Joe Friday]

Those two mules did, and you own them. Either you square this up, or everybody in the business is going to know about this.

[Captain Kearney]

What's got into you, anyway? You've been boozing it up today.

[Joe Friday]

Don't you worry about me. I'll take care of my end. Real big operator, huh, Red? You had all the eights. You handled everything. A real big shot, aren't you?

[Captain Kearney]

All right, forget it.

[Joe Friday]

Red, the big wheel. He handles all kinds of deals. $0.50 to $5.00. After that, they get too big for.

[Captain Kearney]

I said forget it, Lindsay.

[Joe Friday]

When this one gets around, they're going to laugh you right out of the business. You can go back to selling razor blades and knock that radio off. I'm sick of hearing it.

[Captain Kearney]

You got. Quiet down.

[Joe Friday]

You think you're ready to handle it?

[Captain Kearney]

Do you? I told you I'd try and work out something for you. Now, playing tough's gonna get you nothing. You ought to know that. What's that?

[Joe Friday]

What's it sound like? Yeah, who is it?

[Captain Kearney]

Police officers.

[Thomas Leslie]

Open up.

[Joe Friday]

What is this? What do you got me? Shut up, will you?

[Captain Kearney]

Take it easy. Can't tag us what I mean.

[Ed Jacobs]

All right, open up.

[Joe Friday]

Well, I'm getting out of here. I'm not going through anything.

[Captain Kearney]

Out of your mind. Hold it. I didn't mean to keep you waiting. Come on in, officers. What's all the noise about up here? Nothing. We're just having a friendly argument, that's all. I see your identification.

[Narrator]

Sure.

[Joe Friday]

You stay put,

[Captain Kearney]

Harry. Better shake him down. Yeah, right. All right, back against the wall. Okay, come on.

[Ed Jacobs]

Hands behind your head.

[Captain Kearney]

Keep him there.

[Joe Friday]

Grab the other one. All right.

[Thomas Leslie]

Good.

[Joe Friday]

Both of them.

[Captain Kearney]

You crazy fool. Now what do we do?

[Joe Friday]

We don't have to worry about the other one. He's out cold. Take the gun off this one here. I'll get his handcuffs.

[Captain Kearney]

Good. Why'd you have to do it? Why'd you have to start something?

[Joe Friday]

I told you, I can't afford a shakedown. You ought to know that.

[Thomas Leslie]

Better give it up, both of you.

[Captain Kearney]

You're not gonna get away with it.

[Joe Friday]

Shut up, will you?

[Thomas Leslie]

You won't go far.

[Joe Friday]

Come on, Red. Help me drag him over here.

[Captain Kearney]

What are you gonna do? A bedpost.

[Joe Friday]

Here. Get his wrists around here. That's it.

[Captain Kearney]

I don't know. Hold him, Lindsey. You're out of your mind. What do we do with him now?

[Joe Friday]

I'll worry about that. How's his partner?

[Captain Kearney]

Nothing doing. He's still out.

[Joe Friday]

All right now, cop, let's have it. What's the idea of the shakedown? Well, we pick you up again, you'll get the idea. Now, come on, let's have it.

[Captain Kearney]

Why don't you lay off? That's not gonna get us out of this.

[Joe Friday]

For a big dealer, you got a lot of chicken in you. Now look, cop, give. Why the shakedown?

[Captain Kearney]

You're wasting your time.

[Joe Friday]

Maybe I can change your mind.

[Captain Kearney]

Lindsey, you're crazy. Put that gun away.

[Joe Friday]

Now, come on, cop, talk. Who gave you the tip?

[Captain Kearney]

Put the gun away, will you? It's only gonna get us in deeper.

[Joe Friday]

I want some answers. These fuzz didn't come along by accident. There had to be a tip off.

[Captain Kearney]

How do you know? You were talking up a storm in here, making a lot of noise. Somebody in the hotel could have complained. Come on, come on, get out of here.

[Joe Friday]

Leave the two of them behind to identify us. That ain't gonna work.

[Ed Jacobs]

It's gotta.

[Captain Kearney]

What else can we do?

[Joe Friday]

We can kill him.

[Captain Kearney]

Get out of your mind.

[Joe Friday]

I can kill him right now. They probably wouldn't find him till morning.

[Captain Kearney]

Well, you'll do it alone. Lindsay, I'm getting out.

[Joe Friday]

We still got business to do.

[Captain Kearney]

I'm not looking for a murder rap. Now, come on, give it up. Let's get.

[Joe Friday]

As soon as we leave, we're gonna have to start running. I won't be good for more than a day in this town. What do I do about my deal?

[Captain Kearney]

Come on, we can talk about it later.

[Joe Friday]

Come on, we can talk right now. You handed me the stall long enough. I got 24 hours left. I want it settled.

[Captain Kearney]

Okay, okay. I'll talk to the big man, I promise you.

[Joe Friday]

I want to have a meet with him.

[Captain Kearney]

I don't know.

[Joe Friday]

Now you listen. That six grand buy was a drop in the bucket. I want to buy more. If the big guy's ready, so am I.

[Captain Kearney]

You got the money?

[Joe Friday]

I got it. Cash. Now, how about the meat? How about it? Rent?

[Captain Kearney]

Okay, okay, okay, I'll set it up.

[Joe Friday]

Red got his things together and we took the rear fire escape that led down to a service alley behind the hotel. Before the two of us separated, we agreed that Red would call me at my hotel at 10 o' clock the following morning. I wasn't altogether sure, but it seemed as though the act I'd put on at the phony shakedown had impressed Red quite a bit. Before I went back to my hotel, I called ed Jacobs and Captain Kearney and briefed them on the developments at 10 o' clock the next morning, I was waiting with a phone in my hotel room. At 10:15, Red called.

[Ed Jacobs]

I talked to the big man this morning. I told him what you wanted.

[Joe Friday]

Yeah? What's the answer gonna be? A fast deal.

[Ed Jacobs]

Cash and carry.

[Joe Friday]

Well, I'm ready. Is he?

[Captain Kearney]

I think so.

[Ed Jacobs]

A lot of talking.

[Joe Friday]

All right. What about the meat?

[Ed Jacobs]

I'll pick you up at your hotel. I'll take you to it.

[Joe Friday]

When?

[Ed Jacobs]

Eight o', clock, Ton.

[Narrator]

You are listening to Dragnet authentic stories of your police force in action.

[Joe Friday]

Tuesday, August 16, 10:33am as soon as I got word from Red about the meet he'd set up for me with the big man, I called Captain Kearney on the inside line and briefed him. On the way things stood, he said he'd have three teams of men ready to tail me and cover the meat. They'd work alternately in three way radio cars in order to reduce the risk of discovery to the minimum. He also told me the check of tenants was continuing at the East Hollywood apartment house where Red apparently was picking up his supply of heroin for distribution. So far, the detail of men assigned to the job had failed to uncover any definite leads. At 8 minutes past 8 o' clock that night, Red picked me up at my hotel and together we drove out along Alhambra Avenue. We parked alongside the edge of a private golf course just north of the Ocean Highway.

[Captain Kearney]

Smoke?

[Joe Friday]

Okay, thanks.

[Captain Kearney]

Gotta match it.

[Joe Friday]

Yeah, Thanks.

[Captain Kearney]

Well, what about it?

[Joe Friday]

We've been here 15 minutes already.

[Captain Kearney]

A lot of time. Deals like this, the boss doesn't like to hurry things.

[Joe Friday]

Yeah, well, maybe he ought to get with it.

[Captain Kearney]

Relax, will you?

[Joe Friday]

So we waited. 9:30. 10:00'.

[Ed Jacobs]

Clock.

[Joe Friday]

10:30, 11. Still no sign of the big man. 11:30, 11:45. No sign.

[Captain Kearney]

What time you got, Lindsey?

[Joe Friday]

10 minutes to midnight. Have you got any ideas?

[Captain Kearney]

Yeah, I guess I can tell you now.

[Joe Friday]

Well, you make this one real good, will you? It's been a long wait.

[Captain Kearney]

Boss wants to make sure about you, that's all. He's checking his contacts. Where? You said you operate up around Fresno. Isn't that right?

[Joe Friday]

All right, so he's checking on me. What's he want? A blood sample.

[Captain Kearney]

He's careful. He wants to make sure it didn't show. This is what he told me to tell you.

[Joe Friday]

Yeah.

[Captain Kearney]

If you're cleared all around with his contacts, the meet's set for tomorrow afternoon.

[Joe Friday]

Where?

[Captain Kearney]

I'll get to it. The deal's this. You said you wanted a big buy. The boss has got it.

[Joe Friday]

How much?

[Captain Kearney]

2 kilos. Same. Good Stuff you sampled. High grade Mexican. You can get it at 10 grand a kilo.

[Joe Friday]

Well, that's not bad if it's good quality. What's the breakdown?

[Captain Kearney]

It's 40% good. You're getting a fat discount, you know that?

[Joe Friday]

Well, that depends. Two kilos, ten G's apiece. 20,000 bucks.

[Captain Kearney]

You got it. Cash and carry.

[Joe Friday]

That's a lot of scratch to get together in a hurry.

[Captain Kearney]

You got a whole day. No dough, no junk.

[Joe Friday]

All right, I'll get it. Where's the meat?

[Captain Kearney]

Up by South Pasadena. They're holding a big flower show in the neighborhood. You'll meet him there. Contact me for the time.

[Joe Friday]

When will it be? When do I meet him?

[Captain Kearney]

When you got the 20,000.

[Joe Friday]

11:15pm Red drove me back downtown and dropped me off at 4th and Main. Before we separated, he told me he'd call me early the following afternoon regarding the time of the meet with the big man, providing I had the $20,000 for the narcotics buy. 1am after stopping off at a cafeteria and then a coffee counter to make sure I wasn't being tailed, I got to a public telephone, put in a call to captain Kearney.

[Ed Jacobs]

South Pasadena flower show. Sometime tomorrow afternoon. That right?

[Joe Friday]

Yeah, that's it, Kim.

[Captain Kearney]

All right.

[Ed Jacobs]

We'll cover it all the way.

[Joe Friday]

Well, how about the money? What do you think?

[Ed Jacobs]

You got a little with you, haven't you?

[Joe Friday]

A little? Yeah.

[Ed Jacobs]

Okay. Fake it the best way you know how. We'll be around as soon as you

[Captain Kearney]

make sure the guy has the junk with him.

[Ed Jacobs]

Pass the signal, we'll move in.

[Joe Friday]

Right.

[Ed Jacobs]

Something else. You get any lead at all on the big man tonight?

[Joe Friday]

No, nothing. How about you?

[Captain Kearney]

Good.

[Ed Jacobs]

Piece of luck. I think we got him spotted.

[Joe Friday]

Before he hung up, Captain Kearney told me that the careful screening of tenants in the East Hollywood apartment house pointed out to them by Stan had netted a couple of prime suspects. They were an elderly couple, a Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Leslie. Besides the fact that he had a narcotics record in the east, Mr. Leslie operated a secondhand bookstore on Beverly Boulevard. Which apparently was being visited often by known narcotics peddlers. Early the following afternoon, Red called me at my hotel room and I told him I had the $20,000 for the buy. He picked me up at 1:45pm I flashed a stack of money containing mostly $1 bills, and he seemed satisfied. He drove me out to the site of the flower show in South Pasadena. A large glass domed conservatory just off the Arroyo Seco Freeway.

[Captain Kearney]

Let's head back this way, huh?

[Joe Friday]

Yeah,

[Captain Kearney]

Sure. Nice flowers.

[Ed Jacobs]

Huh?

[Captain Kearney]

It's beautiful.

[Joe Friday]

How many times? We're gonna have to cover this route. I've seen everything twice already.

[Captain Kearney]

Won't be long. Couple of minutes over this way. Come on. They sure pretty.

[Joe Friday]

Look, I don't get any of this. If we got business, why can't it be in private? This your big man's idea of a joke?

[Captain Kearney]

It's protection, Lindsay. He's gotta be careful. I guess he figures this is the last place they'd look for.

[Joe Friday]

We'll make another round of this place. We'll stand out like a sore thumb.

[Captain Kearney]

All right, Relax. You'll make the buy. Coming up right now. Right. Come on. Follow me. Tom, what do you say?

[Thomas Leslie]

Oh. Oh, you're in. What do you think of my Gladiola entries? Those up there, when you say the beauties.

[Captain Kearney]

Yeah, yeah, they're real great, Tom.

[Thomas Leslie]

Took me three and a half years to get blooms like that. South African species. You know, the Chelsea type. Raised them right in the little greenhouse back of our place. You see the scarlets and the whites? Those are mine.

[Captain Kearney]

Yeah. Oh, Tom, like to have you meet that friend of mine. Lindsay, this is Tom. Hi.

[Thomas Leslie]

How'd you do? What do you think of my entries? Raised every one of them from seeds, Lindsay. They take a lot of care.

[Joe Friday]

Yeah, they're all right.

[Thomas Leslie]

Plenty of care. Especially those. The South African type. They take a good, stiff, sandy loam. Quality fertilizer. Just the right kind of heat and water. Takes a lot of work. Problem?

[Joe Friday]

Yeah. Look, I haven't got too much time to spend. Maybe we better talk outside, huh?

[Thomas Leslie]

Yes, that takes quite a lot of work. Beautiful blooms. You have all the money with you?

[Ed Jacobs]

All of it.

[Joe Friday]

You got two kilos?

[Thomas Leslie]

That's correct. You can go out the sideways. They red, you follow behind. Keep an eye open.

[Narrator]

Right.

[Captain Kearney]

Doctor, this way.

[Thomas Leslie]

Sorry for the delay. It's necessary sometimes.

[Joe Friday]

Yeah.

[Thomas Leslie]

You came out in red. You double checked you weren't followed.

[Joe Friday]

I double checked. I've been doing business longer in red.

[Thomas Leslie]

Maybe we can make it a permanent tie out here. My car's this way.

[Joe Friday]

You always make deals in the open? Public places? Not always.

[Thomas Leslie]

It has its advantages.

[Joe Friday]

You sure this is the H I sampled now? I don't want another phony buy.

[Thomas Leslie]

It's no phony. You can be sure of that. Here's a car. Well, the money.

[Joe Friday]

Well, you show me the stuff. Red knows I got the money.

[Thomas Leslie]

You're in.

[Ed Jacobs]

Yeah.

[Thomas Leslie]

Tom, the money. You saw it before you brought him here?

[Captain Kearney]

Yeah, he showed it to me.

[Joe Friday]

Right here in my pocket. Have a look. If you Want? Now, come on. I can't afford to camp on this thing.

[Captain Kearney]

All right.

[Joe Friday]

Keep a lookout, Brad.

[Captain Kearney]

All right, then.

[Thomas Leslie]

In the car. Lindsay. There, under the dashboard.

[Captain Kearney]

Here.

[Thomas Leslie]

I always find that's the best place.

[Joe Friday]

You have a car.

[Ed Jacobs]

Of course.

[Joe Friday]

I'll go back with Red.

[Thomas Leslie]

All right. Therehere you are. Two kilos. Now the money.

[Joe Friday]

What about breaking the package? How do I know it's not more powdered sugar?

[Thomas Leslie]

Of course it's not. Wait a minute. What is this? Those men coming up to the car.

[Joe Friday]

Take it easy, mister.

[Thomas Leslie]

I'm getting out of here.

[Captain Kearney]

Let go.

[Joe Friday]

I'm here. Let go.

[Narrator]

No.

[Captain Kearney]

All right, Joe, we got him.

[Joe Friday]

Hold him, Ed. I'll shake him down.

[Ed Jacobs]

We got the other one, Red. No trouble.

[Joe Friday]

Good. Okay, he's clean. Red. That's stupid Red.

[Thomas Leslie]

I should have known. I should have known, Joe.

[Captain Kearney]

Good work stuff all day.

[Joe Friday]

Yeah, two kilos.

[Ed Jacobs]

Want us to take him back in our car, Skipper?

[Captain Kearney]

All right. We'll take in the other one. Meet you at the parking lot gate. We'll follow you in.

[Thomas Leslie]

Right.

[Joe Friday]

All right, mister, this way.

[Captain Kearney]

Look, let me ask you.

[Thomas Leslie]

Won't take a minute.

[Captain Kearney]

Yeah.

[Thomas Leslie]

Let me call my wife. I want to let her know what's happened. I want her to come out here and get my flowers. I got some valuable plants on that show.

[Ed Jacobs]

They'll be taken care of. Your wife couldn't make it anyway. She was picked up an hour ago.

[Thomas Leslie]

No, couldn't be. What's going to happen? Every dollar I own. All my merchandise. Two kilos. Best quality, all of it.

[Joe Friday]

We'll take care of that. Come on, let's go.

[Thomas Leslie]

Well, I got those beautiful plants. You can do that much for me. Let me go back and get my flowers. They're prized gladiolus. It won't hurt anything, will it? Just let me take some with me. Just a few till I get back.

[Joe Friday]

Why bother? They won't last that long.

[Narrator]

The story you have just heard was true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. On December 4, trial was held in Superior Court Department 84, City and County of Los Angeles, State of California. In a moment, the results of that trial. Thomas Leslie and William Red Forester. Were filed on in the District Attorney's office. For violation of the state Health and safety code, section 11,500. Both men were tried in Superior Court and found guilty of the charge. The violation carries a penalty of imprisonment in the state penitentiary. For not less than 5 nor more than 10 years. Because of their cooperation in the investigation and apprehension. Of the narcotics gang ringleaders. Stan Parish and Max Higby were given one year sentences in the county jail with five years probation. 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. Heard tonight were Barney Phillips and Stacy Harris. Script by Jim Moser. Music by Walter Schumann. Hal Gibney speaking.

[Joe Friday]

Next, it's david harding. Encounter spy on NBC.

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[Adam Graham]

Welcome back. Okay, a great conclusion to this episode. I really found this fascinating. And even though Friday's a policeman, his play is as daring as the most outrageous con scheme. And he did thoroughly Conrad. That's why Red didn't dig deep into the money he was sold on Friday, being this big time drug operator. And of course, the shakedown at the apartment was just icing on the cake. Although I will say I do feel bad for those guys from Metro division because it sounds like they got worked over because Red checked one of them and confirmed that they weren't conscious. So I hope for Friday's case, give them a concussion was within the realm of showing yourself as tough as you needed to. I would be horrible at an assignment like that and I would get really nervous when he suggested killing us. I'd be like, does he need to show himself that tough? But again, I think Friday had a sense of who Red was and how he approached things and his general caution and that the last thing in the world Red was going to want would be for him to kill two police officers in his hotel room. Because if Red had called his bluff, that would have been problematic. And I love the flower show as the setting for the drug bus. Not something you'd expect, but really does work well. And it also adds some depth to the Mr. Big of the story and a sign that at least in the early 1950s, drug dealers were not always who you'd expect. Now, the earlier dialogue with the suspect that they captured and who was cooperating is somewhat noteworthy. And I looked it up when they were suggesting that he quit and he asked how long. He was asked, how bad are you hooked? And he said, oh, not bad. I'm just chippy with it. Not more than a cap a day, which is a good piece of writing because drug users often distinguish themselves from occasional users who are called chippy or chippers and junkies. But as the dialogue says, that's also kind of the nature of addiction to drugs minimize the problem. He wasn't hooked that bad and he used no more than a cap a day. That's actually a pretty substantial amount for daily consumption. And keep in mind that we've established through this episode that this is heroin with purity of more than 40%, which was a fairly high grade of junk for that era. Well, now we turn to listener comments and we start on Spotify. Some comments regarding the Big Sorrow. Peter writes Adam, when you mentioned last week that it was the last episode featuring Barton Yarborough, I assume that he left to pursue another role on another program. When I learned today that he died of a heart attack, I was genuinely shocked. So much so that I had to listen to the episode twice to make sure that I heard it right. I will miss hearing his voice. Can you recommend other programs that he appeared in that I can listen to? Well, I can talk about what he worked in, but listening can be a bit of a challenge. Barton Yarborough's most famous radio role among his contemporaries was as Clifford Barber on the Soap Opera One Man's Family. He began playing the role in 1932 and carried on to his death. Like many soap operas, there are a lot of missing episodes, more than I'd say around 90% of one man's family is missing. And of course the nature of soap operas and the fact that you have this big family and only 15 minutes a day and is a situation where you will have characters on and off the program. Now there is a fairly substantial storyline where Heap takes a major role starting in January of 1951 with most of that month's episodes in circulation, though no promise that you get to the end of the storyline. Yarborough also I Love a Mystery in which he played the role of Doc Long as one of three intrepid mystery solving adventurers. This actually led to three different spin off movies in which Yarborough appeared on screen. Sadly, the only complete I Love a Mystery serials are from a 1949 revival of the series. However, you can hear Barton Yarborough playing Doc in the sequel series to the original I Love It Mystery. I love adventure. He's also in Adventures by Morse Again, another Carlton Morse series. He also starred in the short lived and sadly not well circulated western Hawk Larrabee and he played a supporting role in the Elliot Lewis series Hawk Durango, another Western. In addition to that, Scarborough did a pilot for a series with Jack Webb and elliot Lewis called 34 adventure. As I think about that series and I don't think I said said it at the time. I played that as part of our Jack Webb centennial celebration back in 2020. That pilot was really an attempt to kind of rip off the Morse adventure format. I think I might have an Easter break coming up and I might go ahead and play that episode on the Great Adventurers for our encore then. Beyond that, though, Yarborough was a very active character actor. He was in a lot of different productions. He was on Escape often. He did quite a few episodes of Screen Director's Playhouse and he would be in everything from sitcoms to anthology shows to other place and detective programs. So even though this is the last of Ben Romero, we'll run into him in quite a few other guises as our old time radio listening continues. Dr. Whodunit writes, I can't help but feel Jack's Webb's speech at the closing was cut short by the music. It would be a tough one to get through. Well, in that case that all up to that is our editing. There's want to include some of the remarks about the season without also throwing in the Fatima ad, which is particularly important now that the podcast is actually broadcast over the air every now and again over on Patreon. Emmett writes, this was an extraordinary episode unlike any other in either radio or television that I remember clearly. Jack Webb was devastated by Yarborough's death. They were professional and personal friends and I'm sure Webb couldn't imagine anyone taking that role on because Yarborough was there from the beginning. The episode winds up to be fairly bland, as if to emphasize the sincerity of the first 10 minutes. Well, I definitely agree that Webb was devastated and there really was no contingency plan and Webb was not someone who was close with a lot of people, but those that he was close with. It was genuine and I think it definitely was a blow because this is how the series had been built. And what to do next was a big question. I think that the smartest thing they did is really something that a lot of productions would be nervous with. E.B. gave himself time. This period of temporary partners would continue for a very long time relatively, and essentially for the entire rest of the first season on television. After the two episodes which had been filmed, which gave viewers a bit more visual continuity. But Webb took his time and got a dynamic that, while not the same as what he had before, was right for the show in a direction that would be very successful in terms of the quality. I don't think making it less interesting was a decision as much as it really was a necessity because you only have so much time in an episode, and if you do take, you know, 10 minutes of the episode to deal with this major event, you just don't have time for the same quality of story and involved investigation. And you've got to tell something that's a bit simpler. But at the end of the day, what really mattered there were the emotional stakes, for one. I mean, just like Joe Friday, most of us were not emotionally invested in the case as much as we were with Ben's death. Brains, Benton writes on Instagram. What a good way to honor Ben Romero in the show and in real life. Jack Webb picked good replacement partners, but Romero is my favorite. Too bad we didn't get to see him in the TV show. Well, we actually did, but very, very briefly. Two episodes had been filmed when he passed away. Suddenly those episodes are the Human Bomb and the Big Actor. Now, his part in the Big Actor is not all that large, but in the Human Bomb that is. And I said that when we released the episode on video theater last year. That was a role that really only Ben Romero could fulfill. And it is such a good episode. Of course, two episodes. That's not even 1% of the 1950s TV series, but thankfully both of those are in circulation. We did them on public domain video theater, and of course you can find those online. And then Brian writes, yes, this one was different. Jack Webb did things his way, as you say in closing, and in this case it gave us a somber, respectful reflection. Then we go over to YouTube where we have some comments regarding the big overtime. Jeffrey raised some good questions about the practicality of some of the measures portrayed in terms of quickly identifying the Bells, and I kind of talked about that last week. But appreciate the comment, though I don't have anything additional to add, but really do appreciate it because particularly on YouTube, because it helps us grow so much. Saysoff says, regarding my proposed Martian Manhunter series, I'm thinking that the Martian Manhunter should star Ray Wilson and Bill Bixby. And of course that is a reference to the TV program My Favorite Martian, which aired from 1963 to 1966. Well, I was imagining this production being done during the golden age of radio. Bixby didn't work in radio. He was a little too young. By the time he got into acting, radio drama was fading, with the lion's shares of roles in Hollywood going to already established actors. Ray Wolston was of the age where he could have had quite a radio career, but he didn't. He was really a stage actor until the late 50s. The only radio role he had we actually played a few years back when we played an episode of the Woolworth Hour that was a tribute to Tony Barrett. It also featured him reprising the role from his Broadway play. So, long story short, or long story somewhat shorter, I would say that Ray Walston was a fine actor, but just not what we had in mind for the part. But appreciate the suggestion. Now it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day. And I want to thank Jesse, patreon Supporter since March 2016, currently supporting the podcast at the rookie level of $2 or more per month. Thanks so much for your support, Jesse. And that will do it for today. If you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. And be sure to rate and review the podcast wherever you download it from. We'll be back next Thursday with another episode of Dragnet, but join us back here tomorrow for yours truly, Johnny Dollar.

[Ed Jacobs]

Where the police found any actual clues to work on? Well, no, that's where you're wrong, sir. Sergeant Drummond. That's right. Danny boy. How are you? Hi, Sergeant. So they dragged you in? Yeah, I'm afraid so. You know how it is, Drummond. When the police can't get anywhere, you call in the expert. Oh, and I thought you were a friend of mine, Mr. Pullman. You said that Bill was wrong, Sergeant. What, sir? When he told me your boys haven't found any clues to who did this job and knocked off Jimson Cooley. Knocked him off, huh? Well, now, what's that mean? One of the boys picked up a drunk last night, right? In this neighborhood? Yeah. Late this morning, when he'd sobered up enough, we sent him home. But a little while ago, he comes barging back to hit him. Seems he suddenly remembered something he saw around here last night. Come on, Sergeant. Oh, must have been around 2 or 3am that's when we figured the robbery occurred. And the murder of Jimson Cooley? Yeah. Please get to the point, Drummond. Well, he was holding up that building across the street, minding his own business and his bottle, when all of a sudden he saw a car come round from in back of this building and head north on the trail. Maybe two of them, he wasn't sure. Anyhow, the one he noticed was a little pickup truck, but in his condition, I suppose he didn't get a license. You need to, Johnny, because he recognized that truck.

[Joe Friday]

Old?

[Ed Jacobs]

Yes, sir. And he said it was all loaded down with something with an old piece of canvas stretched over it. The stuff that was stolen from me.

[Captain Kearney]

Maybe you say he recognized that pickup? Whose was it?

[Ed Jacobs]

Yeah, Johnny, it was that old 1930 motto. He used a whole shrimp in white. Whose? That's right. That's right. It was that old truck. The Jimson bullies.

[Adam Graham]

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