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Ladies and gentlemen,
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the story you are about to see is true.
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The names have been
changed to protect the innocent.
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It was Saturday, April 9.
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We were working the day
watch out of Intelligence Division.
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The boss is Captain Hamilton.
My partner's Frank Smith.
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My name's Friday.
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It was 7:29 pm. The second
floor of the old city jail building.
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The crime lab.
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That'll do it, Ray.
We know he's dead.
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What have you got on him, Jim?
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Looks like
a gangland killing. Joe.
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Miller Starkie. W.M.A. 44.
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LA. Number 106484.
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He's an ex-con.
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"Bookmaker, gambler, procurer.
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No known
legitimate occupation."
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One of his last jobs was
collecting bad checks for Vegas.
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It's not in the book yet. What have you got,
Ray?
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One impression... right foot,
size nine and a half.
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Wide last, rubber heel,
what appears to be a metal cleat on the toe.
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- Only got the one?
- The rest weren't good enough to lift. Ground was too hard.
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- Can you make him on that?
- When you find the shoe.
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- How about the shells? Anything on them?
- 12-gauge Western, four empties.
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It's a double-barrel,
or two guns were used.
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You can see by these blowups
that on two of the shells...
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the firing pin hits
a little off center.
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You can see a little better
in this one.
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- That's about it, huh, Ray?
- All except the other man.
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- You figure two?
- That's right.
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What can you tell us about him? Nothing,
but he was there.
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According to the physical evidence,
two men, one of them the victim,
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entered the field near
Lorna Vista and Third Avenue.
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They proceeded diagonally.
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Another man entered from up
here... Wentworth and Rachel.
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He proceeded in a straight path
to that small hill.
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The victim had nice friends.
He was ambushed.
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What about the stuff found
on the body? Anything there?
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Key ring.
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Fifty-seven dollars in cash.
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Pocket comb.
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Ticket to the Art Aragon fight.
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Looks like a phone number
on the back.
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Hollywood 3-3449.
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Tilden?
We'll run it down.
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What do you think, Jim?
These are his friends.
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Bernard Wall. Reputed leader,
West Coast organization.
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Answers only to the syndicate.
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Narcotics and bookmaking.
Old-time rum-runner.
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No known legitimate occupation.
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If it was for business reasons,
you can bet it cleared through him.
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- Max Troy.
- High up in the West Coast operation.
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Close associate of Bernard Wall.
Number one muscle man. A killer.
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Claims he's a sick man.
No known legitimate occupation.
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Think he pulled the
string? He knows how.
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Here's some more
who might qualify.
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Lee Reinhard.
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Wesley Cannon.
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Chester Davitt.
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Walker Scott.
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Check it out.
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The past five years... over 50 arrests,
two convictions.
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Pick your charge.
C.C.W., bookmaking, procuring,
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narcotics, murder, A.D.W.,
rape and extortion.
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You think one of
these four? Maybe.
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Unless Troy sent for
an out-of-state killer.
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I've got a copy of your
book. Sixty-one men in here.
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Most of them have been up
on the same charges.
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What makes this half dozen
so special?
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They're the first team. Anybody gets in trouble,
they squeeze 'em.
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You run Intelligence. You
keep tabs on these boys. Yeah.
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What about the victim? You
think Starkie was in trouble?
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He was at 4:00
this afternoon.
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Saturday, April 9.7:48 pm.
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An immediate meeting was
called by Chief of Police W.H. Parker.
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It was over at 8:05.
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Present at the meeting were District Attorney,
8. Ernest Roll.
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Chief of Detectives, Thad Brown.
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From the Division of Occurrence, Lieutenant Ruiz,
Commander, 77th Street Division.
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Captain. RA. Lohrman, Homicide Division.
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The working team out of Homicide...
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Sergeants Jack Gotchand William Tilden.
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Captain James E. Hamilton, Intelligence Division.
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All days off were canceled.
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All officers in the divisions
concerned were placed on standby.
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Homicide Division was in
charge of the investigation.
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It appeared to be a gangland killing.
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Since procuring and cataloging of information
concerning this type of criminal subject...
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is the sole responsibility of
the Intelligence division,
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we were directed to work with Homicide.
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8:55 pm. As a result of
our preliminary investigation,
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it was decided that all suspects and their
known associates be brought in for questioning.
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Arrests were made quickly in
order to avoid possible collusion.
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To ensure maximum privacy,
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one floor of an isolated wing of
one of the city's larger hotels...
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was secured for interrogation purposes.
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Frank and I were assigned to pick up Max Troy.
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It was 9:07 when we arrived at the hotel.
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The suspect was sullen and uncooperative.
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Twice on the way in, he requested we
stop so he could make telephone calls.
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We refused.
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Deputy District Attorney Adolph Alexander...
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was assigned by the district attorney's office...
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and placed in charge of the interrogation.
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We were told to question Max Troy in Room 312.
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I asked Alexander if there was any further word...
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on the missing suspect, Chester Davitt.
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Got his house staked. Bringing
his wife in for questioning.
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About ready to have a go
at Lee Reinhard.
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Want a match?
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All right,
state your true name. Lee Reinhard.
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Address.
1623 Fargo Place.
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Maxie!
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Belle, you all right,
honey? Yeah, I'm fine.
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You're out of line draggin'
him up here. He's sick.
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Did you see the X-rays
on Miller Starkie?
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You know Maxie's only got half
a stomach. Draggin' him around?
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How'd you like to be held
together with platinum wire?
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- I can't afford it.
- You got a smart mouth.
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Maxie's sick... trying to stay
alive on custard and baby food.
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Don't worry, Belle.
Most babies do.
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All right, Miss Davitt.
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What do you got there? Letters,
tax reports. Got 'em at his place.
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In here, Troy.
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Coroner's report.
Yeah? What do you got?
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Shotgun, extreme close range.
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Recovered 28 pellets, double-O.
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Starkie was hit four times.
First two cut him in half.
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Second two
turned him into a crowd.
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The fight ticket
found on the body.
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On the back... it's the phone
number of the Red Spot Grill.
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Troy's place.
Ties in.
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Starkie must've got out of
step somewhere along the line.
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We're in the right neighborhood.
And if our theory's right, we know who.
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Find out why,
and we're in business. Give it a try.
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This gonna take
long? You got the time.
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Mine's worth money.
Yours isn't. Send in a bill.
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I asked you a question. You're here to answer 'em,
not ask 'em.
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You listen to me, cop. I pay your
salary. Sit down. I'm gonna earn it!
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You already have,
the kind of money you make.
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What do they pay you to carry that
badge around... 40 cents an hour?
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You sit down!
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That badge pays $464 a month.
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That's what the job's worth.
I knew that when I hired on.
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67.40 comes out
for withholding.
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I give 27.84 for pension and 12
bucks for widows and orphans.
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That leaves me 356.76. That
badge is worth $1.82 an hour.
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So, mister, you just
settle back in that chair...
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'cause I'm gonna blow
about 20 bucks of it right now.
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This is the statement taken from Max
Troy in Room 312 of the Crown Regent Hotel,
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April 9, 9:55 pm.
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Present are Frank Smith,
Joe Friday.
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Put your own name in,
will you, Ken?
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All right, state your true name.
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- State your true name.
- You know my name.
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- Tell us anyway.
- Max Troy.
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- Your full name.
- That's it.
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You got a middle name,
haven't you? Yeah, but I never use it.
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- We do.
- Max Edward Troy.
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Your address.
Huh?
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- Where do you live?
- You've got it. You picked me up, didn't you?
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You've been through all this
before. Just answer the questions.
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Sure. Ask me something
you don't know. All right.
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- Where's Miller Starkie?
- I heard he was dead.
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You heard why? Bled to death,
didn't he?
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- Starkie was a friend of yours.
- I got a lot of friends.
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- Where are you working?
- You know I can't work.
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How do you get by? I
make a dollar here and there.
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- Pin it down.
- Look, I'm paying taxes.
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Yeah,
sure you are. 1951... $48.00.1952... $74.28.
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1953... $61.00. And you're
driving a Cadillac Fleetwood.
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- Who's lying to who?
- I got a good tax man.
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You listen. A man was murdered at 4:00
this afternoon. You're in it up to your ears.
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Don't sit there and try to sell
us cute answers. Sit down.
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I want to get the ashtray. You
already got one. Let's try it again.
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What did Miller Starkie do
to get himself killed?
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He must've run out of luck. Why?
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We weren't that close.
Somebody was.
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Want to know what I think?
Yeah, we'd like to know.
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All right.
You know about Starkie.
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He had hound blood.
Ran with every dame in town.
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Him married and a
lot of them married too.
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Marie knew all about them other dames,
and her such a fine dame herself.
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I'm gonna admit this to you. I called
Marie up right after I heard about this thing.
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Poor dame came all unglued.
Must've cried for 10 minutes.
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I didn't know what to tell her,
but I can tell you. Dig into it.
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All those dames' husbands,
and Starkie taking part of the action.
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Or one of the dames herself.
They get sore too, you know.
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That's all there is about Starkie.
He knocked on a wrong door.
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He was found dead in a field.
They could've dumped him there.
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He said good-bye there. They
cut him apart with a shotgun.
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- A lot of people know how to use a shotgun.
- You boys invented it.
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- All right. Somebody wanted to make sure.
- Yeah, they killed him twice.
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Keep your seat.
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Tell me something,
Troy. Where'd you sleep last night?
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- I'm a sick man. I'm always home.
- How about Miller Starkie?
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- When's the last time you saw him?
- A couple of months ago.
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- Where?
- I don't know. The racetrack maybe.
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- You haven't seen him, talked to him since?
- No.
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You're sure? I saw him at
the track. That's all I know.
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- When?
- I told you. A couple of months ago.
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- Pin it down.
- All right.
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I saw him at the track.
I saw him at the $10.00 window.
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Third race. Dorothy B. Won.
Paid 6.40.
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That's the last I heard
of Miller Starkie.
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You're a liar.
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It's your machine.
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Now listen, big money. Before you get out of here,
you're gonna pick a base.
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You're gonna stop runnin' between
third and home. I'm trying to help.
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You know that.
I know you're a liar.
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You've been in touch with Starkie.
You've been in touch with him this week.
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Prove it.
Read it.
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Why? Read it. Leave
it alone. Just read it.
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All right, I read it.
What's it say?
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What's it say?
It's a ticket.
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What kind?
A fight ticket.
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What fight?
Art Aragon.
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When? How do I
know? It's on there.
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Then you oughta be
able to read it. April 4.
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- What's that on the back?
- Looks like a phone number.
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- That's right. Whose?
- Not mine.
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- Could be the Red Spot.
- Yeah, that's what it is.
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- What was Starkie doin' with it?
- Maybe he liked to eat there.
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So do you. The price is right.
You got half the place.
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- Fred Kemp owns it.
- Yeah, it reads that way on the liquor license.
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- But you got half the play.
- Sure. With the license in his name.
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You're a loser. With your record,
they won't give you a license.
228
00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,269
- You can't get a permit to breathe.
- You're full of rumors.
229
00:13:55,293 --> 00:13:56,895
When's the last time
you talked to Miller Starkie?
230
00:13:56,919 --> 00:13:59,273
- I told you. A couple of months ago.
- Explain the fight ticket.
231
00:13:59,297 --> 00:14:02,985
- Why do I have to? It don't prove anything.
- You get all your calls there.
232
00:14:03,009 --> 00:14:04,028
He called within
the last five days.
233
00:14:04,052 --> 00:14:06,989
- That doesn't mean a thing.
- Puts you closer to him than 60 days.
234
00:14:07,013 --> 00:14:10,075
- You say two months. We say five days.
- You got nothing to show.
235
00:14:10,099 --> 00:14:12,161
Somebody was in that field
with Starkie this afternoon.
236
00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:13,978
You're five days closer
than anybody in town.
237
00:14:14,020 --> 00:14:15,789
Let me put you
on the right street, cop.
238
00:14:15,813 --> 00:14:17,541
I came down here to help,
but you won't let me.
239
00:14:17,565 --> 00:14:19,960
You won't get off my back,
so I'm gonna tell you.
240
00:14:19,984 --> 00:14:21,462
You got nothing
to take to court.
241
00:14:21,486 --> 00:14:22,963
You got a phone number.
It don't prove up.
242
00:14:22,987 --> 00:14:25,966
I can write down Eisenhower
and it don't prove up for 20 cents.
243
00:14:25,990 --> 00:14:26,967
That's all the evidence you got.
244
00:14:26,991 --> 00:14:29,970
You take it downtown and they
won't let you in the washroom with it.
245
00:14:29,994 --> 00:14:32,598
Now get off my back
and hand me that ashtray.
246
00:14:32,622 --> 00:14:36,000
You got the Cadillac.
Drive over and get it.
247
00:14:38,836 --> 00:14:40,981
10:00 pm. We stayed at it.
248
00:14:41,005 --> 00:14:42,983
We asked him again about the Red Spot Grill.
249
00:14:43,007 --> 00:14:46,403
We questioned him about Chester Davitt,
Walker Scott, Lee Reinhard,
250
00:14:46,427 --> 00:14:49,990
the other hoodlums that
Troy was known to associate with.
251
00:14:50,014 --> 00:14:52,016
It went slow.
252
00:14:56,979 --> 00:14:59,666
2:00 a.m.The interrogation went on.
253
00:14:59,690 --> 00:15:02,360
His answers became more evasive.
254
00:15:06,656 --> 00:15:08,592
Slop.
Huh?
255
00:15:08,616 --> 00:15:12,703
If you've gotta eat sardines,
why don't you find a closet?
256
00:15:15,581 --> 00:15:18,018
- All right, Let's go over it again.
- No more.
257
00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:21,188
You got all you're gonna get.
Type it up and go home.
258
00:15:21,212 --> 00:15:22,564
You got no right
to keep me down here.
259
00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:24,525
- You know I got trouble.
- We'll have the doctor look at you.
260
00:15:24,549 --> 00:15:29,011
- No jail house quack's gonna look at me.
- He won't mind.
261
00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:30,989
Why was Miller Starkie killed?
262
00:15:31,013 --> 00:15:33,992
I'm tired.
You two talk it over.
263
00:15:34,016 --> 00:15:36,620
I've been here four hours.
I'm checkin' out.
264
00:15:36,644 --> 00:15:39,814
I'm not talkin' to you anymore.
265
00:15:40,148 --> 00:15:43,067
All right.
We're through.
266
00:15:48,281 --> 00:15:52,845
I don't mind talking to you guys,
but four hours is a long time.
267
00:15:52,869 --> 00:15:54,096
Sorry I blew up.
I know it's your job.
268
00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:56,598
But you lean on a guy,
you get him all mixed up.
269
00:15:56,622 --> 00:15:59,393
I can't help you on this thing,
but I'll keep my ear to the ground.
270
00:15:59,417 --> 00:16:01,979
If I hear any rumbles,
I'll pass 'em along.
271
00:16:02,003 --> 00:16:04,148
Good night, boys. If you want me,
you know where to find me.
272
00:16:04,172 --> 00:16:06,900
You called it. Down the hall...
Room 307. What do you mean?
273
00:16:06,924 --> 00:16:11,012
We got your name and address.
They want to ask you some questions.
274
00:16:17,727 --> 00:16:19,061
2:00 am.
Suspect was turned over...
275
00:16:19,103 --> 00:16:22,982
to the deputy district attorney
for further interrogation.
276
00:16:34,076 --> 00:16:37,973
...how it strikes you! How about an answer, Scott?
277
00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:38,808
Walker Scott.
278
00:16:38,832 --> 00:16:40,601
You were a friend of Miller
Starkie's. Why can't you answer that?
279
00:16:40,625 --> 00:16:44,938
I'm trying to answer. I want to be
friends with you fellas, help you out if I can.
280
00:16:44,962 --> 00:16:47,900
Did you have a fight? No, sir, we didn't.
281
00:16:47,924 --> 00:16:50,944
Starkie was a friend of mine.
I'm sorry he got himself killed.
282
00:16:50,968 --> 00:16:53,655
Let's start again. Where'd you last see Starkie?
283
00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:57,242
See how Reinhard's doing.
Let's get back to Starkie.
284
00:16:57,266 --> 00:17:00,770
When's the last time
you saw him? I told you. Vegas.
285
00:17:00,811 --> 00:17:01,955
When? I told you that too.
286
00:17:01,979 --> 00:17:04,791
Four or five months ago. I don't remember.
287
00:17:04,815 --> 00:17:07,276
Same play, different names.
288
00:17:10,530 --> 00:17:12,758
Got a call from Jack
McCreadie. Anything?
289
00:17:12,782 --> 00:17:15,743
Yeah. They just found
an eyeball witness.
290
00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:21,975
Frank went on to say that
McCreadie had told him...
291
00:17:21,999 --> 00:17:24,978
that the eyeball witness
had been located on Rachel Street,
292
00:17:25,002 --> 00:17:26,230
a block from the scene of the crime.
293
00:17:26,254 --> 00:17:29,525
The Homicide team was taking him
back to the office to look at mug shots.
294
00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:32,611
Captain Hamilton told us that
Starkie's wife had been notified...
295
00:17:32,635 --> 00:17:33,987
and that she was in a near state of collapse.
296
00:17:34,011 --> 00:17:37,741
She was under sedation and she
could not be questioned until a later time.
297
00:17:37,765 --> 00:17:39,993
Still no word on the missing suspect,
Chester Davitt.
298
00:17:40,017 --> 00:17:43,956
All automobiles of the suspects in custody
were impounded at the police garage...
299
00:17:43,980 --> 00:17:46,083
and gone over for physical evidence.
300
00:17:46,107 --> 00:17:48,377
Other teams were searching their homes.
301
00:17:48,401 --> 00:17:50,987
We had a shotgun to turn.
302
00:17:56,867 --> 00:17:59,429
2:35 a.m.We arrived at the city hall.
303
00:17:59,453 --> 00:18:02,307
McCreadie had checked in five
minutes before Frank and I.
304
00:18:02,331 --> 00:18:04,560
The name of the eyewitness was Jesse Quinn.
305
00:18:04,584 --> 00:18:05,727
Pleased to know you.
306
00:18:05,751 --> 00:18:08,480
I was saying to these fellas the
African water hole is my favorite.
307
00:18:08,504 --> 00:18:12,192
- How's that, sir?
- Quinn works for the museum out at Exposition Park.
308
00:18:12,216 --> 00:18:14,486
Oh, I see.
What do you do there, Quinn?
309
00:18:14,510 --> 00:18:15,988
At present,
I'm in custodian work,
310
00:18:16,012 --> 00:18:17,990
but I'd like to be an intermediate museum guide,
African wing.
311
00:18:18,014 --> 00:18:21,743
Pulled the mugs, Joe. Mr. Quinn,
I wonder if you could help us.
312
00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:25,146
I didn't say I was sure. Yes,
sir. What if you take a look at these pictures?
313
00:18:25,187 --> 00:18:28,542
What happened out there...
some kind of ruckus? Yes, sir.
314
00:18:28,566 --> 00:18:32,445
Would you look at the
pictures? Didn't say I wouldn't.
315
00:18:37,992 --> 00:18:40,012
That looks like it
might be him. Yeah.
316
00:18:40,036 --> 00:18:42,556
Quite a bit like this fellow
I saw getting into the car.
317
00:18:42,580 --> 00:18:45,726
- Where was that?
- Out near the field. Lorna Vista near Third.
318
00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:48,979
I was driving home,
driving slow. I always drive slow.
319
00:18:49,003 --> 00:18:51,732
- Yes, sir. When was that?
- Today around 4:00.
320
00:18:51,756 --> 00:18:52,983
- Was he alone?
- Yes, sir.
321
00:18:53,007 --> 00:18:54,735
- You sure about that?
- I got good eyes.
322
00:18:54,759 --> 00:18:55,777
One fella don't look
like two fellas.
323
00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:58,572
- What was he doing? Do you remember?
- Just coming out of the field.
324
00:18:58,596 --> 00:19:02,534
- Did you notice anything unusual about him?
- No, not that I recall.
325
00:19:02,558 --> 00:19:05,412
Drove on past him.
Kept him in my rear view mirror.
326
00:19:05,436 --> 00:19:08,957
Looked like he was carrying something
shiny in his hand. Piece of pipe.
327
00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:13,003
- About how large was it?
- I don't know. About... so gross.
328
00:19:13,027 --> 00:19:17,090
- Did it look like a gun?
- No, looked like a piece of pipe.
329
00:19:17,114 --> 00:19:19,718
Could've been a gun, I suppose.
I'm not sure.
330
00:19:19,742 --> 00:19:23,079
Mac,
you got a stand-up mug on Davitt? Yeah.
331
00:19:25,081 --> 00:19:26,999
Thank you.
332
00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:32,814
Yes, sir.
333
00:19:32,838 --> 00:19:35,800
I'm positive.
That's him.
334
00:19:36,467 --> 00:19:38,987
Arrangements were made to
have the want on Chester Davitt...
335
00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:42,908
broadcast every 30 minutes during
the rest of the night and hourly thereafter.
336
00:19:42,932 --> 00:19:47,204
The mugs of Davitt were sent air mail
special to Las Vegas, San Francisco,
337
00:19:47,228 --> 00:19:50,106
and to the San Diego police departments.
338
00:19:54,985 --> 00:19:59,925
Sunday, April 10.11:30 am. We
began to check out Troy's alibi.
339
00:19:59,949 --> 00:20:01,802
We knew what to expect at the Red Spot.
340
00:20:01,826 --> 00:20:04,429
It was a standard stop for touts, past-posters...
341
00:20:04,453 --> 00:20:05,847
and girls who couldn't keep an address.
342
00:20:05,871 --> 00:20:09,500
It was early. They were just
getting ready to open up for the day.
343
00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:12,771
The bar boy worked the morning
shift cleaning and stacking.
344
00:20:12,795 --> 00:20:18,342
He got off at 1:15, so he could tell us
nothing about the previous afternoon.
345
00:20:20,010 --> 00:20:22,322
The bartender identified himself as Fred Kemp.
346
00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:25,492
His name was on the liquor
license. He said he was the boss.
347
00:20:25,516 --> 00:20:28,704
He told us substantially the same
story we'd gotten from Max Troy...
348
00:20:28,728 --> 00:20:33,166
That Troy was in the bar Saturday,
April 9, the day Miller Starkie was killed.
349
00:20:33,190 --> 00:20:36,110
He couldn't be sure of the exact hours.
350
00:20:37,987 --> 00:20:39,589
The waitress's name was Ethel Dawson.
351
00:20:39,613 --> 00:20:41,883
She could add little to what the bartender told us.
352
00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:44,010
She stated that Max Troy was in the place.
353
00:20:44,034 --> 00:20:46,704
She wasn't sure of the time.
354
00:20:47,997 --> 00:20:50,142
The chef told us his name was Emil Porter.
355
00:20:50,166 --> 00:20:51,977
He remembered Max Troy being there.
356
00:20:52,001 --> 00:20:54,104
He said Troy stuck to his usual diet...
357
00:20:54,128 --> 00:20:57,816
Canned baby food,
half-and-half and vanilla custard.
358
00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:01,177
He wasn't sure of the time. Saturday's a busy day.
359
00:21:04,013 --> 00:21:04,990
Mug shots were shown to all of 'em.
360
00:21:05,014 --> 00:21:09,703
They recognized Miller Starkie as having been
in the place, but they couldn't remember when.
361
00:21:09,727 --> 00:21:11,020
They recognized most of the suspects.
362
00:21:11,061 --> 00:21:14,040
They couldn't place them in the
Red Spot at any specified time.
363
00:21:14,064 --> 00:21:17,043
They knew nothing of Chester Davitt's whereabouts.
364
00:21:17,067 --> 00:21:18,503
A thorough search of the Red Spot was made...
365
00:21:18,527 --> 00:21:23,258
in an effort to turn up anything which
might connect Max Troy with Starkie's death.
366
00:21:23,282 --> 00:21:25,576
We found nothing.
367
00:21:27,495 --> 00:21:30,515
12:03 pm. Sunday, April 10. By lunchtime,
368
00:21:30,539 --> 00:21:32,976
the business office had
received writs of habeas corpus...
369
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,103
for the suspects we had in custody.
370
00:21:35,127 --> 00:21:35,980
Unless we obtained a continuance,
371
00:21:36,004 --> 00:21:40,192
the writs were returnable Tuesday
in Department 41 at 9:30 am.
372
00:21:40,216 --> 00:21:45,513
We had 36 hours in which to build
some kind of a case against Max Troy.
373
00:21:46,722 --> 00:21:48,742
We met with Captain Hamilton.
374
00:21:48,766 --> 00:21:51,203
Since the Red Spot Grillwas
a known hoodlum hangout,
375
00:21:51,227 --> 00:21:53,121
we felt we might possibly pick up a lead...
376
00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:55,207
from conversations passed inside the place.
377
00:21:55,231 --> 00:21:57,959
It was a job that could best be
performed by a policewoman.
378
00:21:57,983 --> 00:22:01,338
She could pose as a customer and
her presence would go unnoticed.
379
00:22:01,362 --> 00:22:04,990
1:15 p.m.We were working against time.
380
00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:07,743
Friday?
381
00:22:19,213 --> 00:22:20,982
This is Grace Downey.
Sergeant Joe Friday.
382
00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:23,985
He and his partner are heading
the investigation from our end. I see.
383
00:22:24,009 --> 00:22:25,821
Friday will work out the meets.
He'll be your contact.
384
00:22:25,845 --> 00:22:28,824
Want to wire her for sound? I'll
have to have your gear, Miss Downey.
385
00:22:28,848 --> 00:22:31,743
What? Gun, handcuffs,
badge and ID.
386
00:22:31,767 --> 00:22:33,561
Surely.
387
00:23:01,839 --> 00:23:04,091
And your cap device.
Oh.
388
00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:17,080
These will be returned when
you finish the assignment.
389
00:23:17,104 --> 00:23:19,982
Want to step this way,
Miss Downey?
390
00:23:25,988 --> 00:23:28,592
Grace Downey,
Frank Smith. Hello.
391
00:23:28,616 --> 00:23:31,970
- This is a Minifon... a miniature wire recorder.
- I see.
392
00:23:31,994 --> 00:23:35,432
This spool can handle two
and a half hours without a reload.
393
00:23:35,456 --> 00:23:37,434
It's battery driven,
good for 20 hours.
394
00:23:37,458 --> 00:23:42,004
To put it in operation,
you trip this little button. Like this.
395
00:23:42,588 --> 00:23:46,526
Seems simple enough.
Just that one button, huh?
396
00:23:46,550 --> 00:23:47,903
Sure is small and compact.
397
00:23:47,927 --> 00:23:52,056
Must be good when you want to record
someone and not have them know it.
398
00:24:04,985 --> 00:24:09,132
Seems simple enough. Just that one button, huh?
399
00:24:09,156 --> 00:24:10,634
Sure is small and compact.
400
00:24:10,658 --> 00:24:15,079
Must be good when you want to record
someone and not have them know it.
401
00:24:15,704 --> 00:24:18,183
Here's the microphone.
Plugs in here.
402
00:24:18,207 --> 00:24:20,143
The entire thing should
fit in your purse. I see.
403
00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:23,980
You can't listen to what you've got
without a headset. The Wire's too fragile.
404
00:24:24,004 --> 00:24:26,524
We listen on the transfer
to tape. Any questions?
405
00:24:26,548 --> 00:24:32,429
No, I don't think so. I won't need
any other special equipment, will I?
406
00:24:33,347 --> 00:24:34,407
Do you have any questions?
407
00:24:34,431 --> 00:24:38,578
Skipper give you a complete rundown
on the Red Spot and what we're after?
408
00:24:38,602 --> 00:24:41,039
Yeah. You two have been there.
What do the women wear?
409
00:24:41,063 --> 00:24:43,959
I don't know. The usual
thing. Just don't hide yourself.
410
00:24:43,983 --> 00:24:46,920
You know the sort of thing.
That weavey kind of cloth.
411
00:24:46,944 --> 00:24:49,506
Puff sleeves. Some bead
work. You know what I mean.
412
00:24:49,530 --> 00:24:52,926
A few spangles, maybe some lace
around the armholes.
413
00:24:52,950 --> 00:24:56,930
- Something simple.
- Yeah, yeah. You've got the right idea.
414
00:24:56,954 --> 00:24:58,306
Anything else?
415
00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:00,350
A few pleats in the skirt
might look pretty good.
416
00:25:00,374 --> 00:25:05,170
Maybe some kind of ribbon
or flower to set it off. Okay?
417
00:25:05,838 --> 00:25:08,007
I better get going.
418
00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:09,985
What time the skipper say
you ought to be there?
419
00:25:10,009 --> 00:25:14,531
He said about 5:00,
but it looks like I'm gonna be a little late. Huh?
420
00:25:14,555 --> 00:25:18,183
I'll need a Marcel, won't I?
421
00:25:24,982 --> 00:25:26,209
4:40 pm.
422
00:25:26,233 --> 00:25:29,421
We had 30 hours to try to turn up
some kind of substantial evidence...
423
00:25:29,445 --> 00:25:30,964
or release all suspects.
424
00:25:30,988 --> 00:25:33,591
We added up our findings. It wasn't much.
425
00:25:33,615 --> 00:25:34,968
Part of Troy's alibi was a lie,
426
00:25:34,992 --> 00:25:37,971
but we still couldn't place
him at the murder scene.
427
00:25:37,995 --> 00:25:39,389
4:45 pm.
428
00:25:39,413 --> 00:25:42,350
In an effort to locate the missing suspect,
Chester Davitt,
429
00:25:42,374 --> 00:25:43,310
we again questioned his wife.
430
00:25:43,334 --> 00:25:46,563
You have no idea where your husband
might be? They asked me at the hotel.
431
00:25:46,587 --> 00:25:49,232
I had the same answer for them
as I've got for you now.
432
00:25:49,256 --> 00:25:51,925
Go sit in a hole.
433
00:26:04,104 --> 00:26:05,041
5:00 pm.
434
00:26:05,065 --> 00:26:07,500
Frank and I drove out to check with
Lieutenant Stevens and the sapper crew...
435
00:26:07,524 --> 00:26:11,904
who were going over the area in an
effort to turn up the murder weapon.
436
00:26:12,988 --> 00:26:15,491
How's it goin', Tex?
437
00:26:16,867 --> 00:26:19,137
Can you use an old doorknob?
438
00:26:19,161 --> 00:26:22,974
Rusty bicycle chain?
Paint can?
439
00:26:22,998 --> 00:26:25,977
How about a 1934 license plate?
440
00:26:26,001 --> 00:26:28,146
How much more
you got to go, Tex?
441
00:26:28,170 --> 00:26:33,675
We've covered all this. We're
working on this section now.
442
00:26:36,553 --> 00:26:38,055
Lieutenant?
443
00:27:12,297 --> 00:27:14,508
Space gun.
444
00:27:23,016 --> 00:27:25,286
We know Troy's lying. But
we don't know he's a killer.
445
00:27:25,310 --> 00:27:27,896
Starkie, Chester Davitt,
Lee Reinhard... they all worked for Troy.
446
00:27:27,938 --> 00:27:31,793
Sure they all worked together, but you haven't
given us enough to show they murdered him.
447
00:27:31,817 --> 00:27:32,961
Gotta release him.
Look, Alex.
448
00:27:32,985 --> 00:27:35,213
They dug half a pound of lead
out of Miller Starkie's chest.
449
00:27:35,237 --> 00:27:36,965
One of those five put it there
or knows who did.
450
00:27:36,989 --> 00:27:38,633
We let them walk now,
they'll take what we got.
451
00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:40,844
They'll work it over,
twist it around. We'll never unwind it.
452
00:27:40,868 --> 00:27:42,053
- Maybe.
- Seems to me we've got enough.
453
00:27:42,077 --> 00:27:44,222
I'll tell you what you've got.
You say Max Troy's a liar.
454
00:27:44,246 --> 00:27:46,349
We know that. That still
doesn't make him a killer.
455
00:27:46,373 --> 00:27:47,976
You say Miller Starkie
ran with him.
456
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,519
That doesn't put Troy
in that field last Saturday.
457
00:27:49,543 --> 00:27:52,981
You keep telling us they killed
Starkie. Find a motive. Why'd he die?
458
00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:55,233
I know this bunch.
I've dealt with 'em before.
459
00:27:55,257 --> 00:27:56,568
I can give you
chapter and verse.
460
00:27:56,592 --> 00:27:58,903
We can't hold 'em unless you
give us something to hang it on.
461
00:27:58,927 --> 00:28:01,447
Grand jury's not buying our
opinions. They ask questions.
462
00:28:01,471 --> 00:28:02,740
We gotta get
the answers from you.
463
00:28:02,764 --> 00:28:05,577
You got an eyewitness. You
haven't got the man for him to identify.
464
00:28:05,601 --> 00:28:07,162
You got a footprint.
It doesn't fit anyone.
465
00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:08,955
Turn up Davitt. Maybe
he can give us something.
466
00:28:08,979 --> 00:28:12,709
You heard it in there. We asked for a
continuance. Their lawyers turned us down.
467
00:28:12,733 --> 00:28:14,460
We don't like it
any more than you do.
468
00:28:14,484 --> 00:28:18,405
Ernie Roll told you. I'm
telling you. Release 'em.
469
00:28:18,614 --> 00:28:21,718
Yeah. Why does the law always
work for the guilty?
470
00:28:21,742 --> 00:28:24,828
Because the innocent
don't need it.
471
00:29:55,002 --> 00:29:56,938
Take five.
472
00:30:03,427 --> 00:30:05,989
Hi, Joe. What do you say? Roy,
you know my partner Frank Smith.
473
00:30:06,013 --> 00:30:10,017
Roy Cleaver, Frank. What do you say,
man? Let me get some timber.
474
00:30:12,060 --> 00:30:15,915
Joe, last time I saw you was on
that Breslin thing. What'd he get?
475
00:30:15,939 --> 00:30:17,959
Three counts. He
stood trial in Colorado.
476
00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:20,670
One to 60,
terms to run consecutive.
477
00:30:20,694 --> 00:30:23,423
Only 60 years?
No, 180.
478
00:30:23,447 --> 00:30:24,674
Should've given him life.
479
00:30:24,698 --> 00:30:29,429
What about that chick Ruth? She
still around? State hospital at Patton.
480
00:30:29,453 --> 00:30:32,724
That's a drag.
481
00:30:32,748 --> 00:30:34,183
Really flipped, huh?
482
00:30:34,207 --> 00:30:36,477
Glad you got that guy.
He was really nowhere.
483
00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:39,981
We're checking around, Roy. Wonder if you
might've heard any rumbles on Miller Starkie.
484
00:30:40,005 --> 00:30:43,484
- Yeah, I've been diggin' it in the papers.
- You heard anything?
485
00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:45,403
No. He was in about
a month or so ago.
486
00:30:45,427 --> 00:30:48,239
Walked in with this big hunk of wallpaper,
his head wrapped for mailing.
487
00:30:48,263 --> 00:30:52,994
- How's that?
- His head was bandaged up like somebody had worked him over.
488
00:30:53,018 --> 00:30:53,995
Oh. When was that?
489
00:30:54,019 --> 00:30:58,333
About a month ago. He was jumping
pretty steady with that Troy mob.
490
00:30:58,357 --> 00:30:59,876
Yeah, Roy, we know.
491
00:30:59,900 --> 00:31:02,879
Far as I know, he was vigorish
on six-for-five loans.
492
00:31:02,903 --> 00:31:04,964
Used to ring the doorbell
with a piece of pipe.
493
00:31:04,988 --> 00:31:08,134
I guess you heard he was
handling bad paper out of Vegas.
494
00:31:08,158 --> 00:31:10,094
Some of the boys in the band
were down there,
495
00:31:10,118 --> 00:31:12,180
hit the wheel heavy
and wrote out some checks.
496
00:31:12,204 --> 00:31:13,598
They must've got back here
and stopped payment...
497
00:31:13,622 --> 00:31:16,851
because Starkie was in a couple
days later for the "make good."
498
00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:19,979
They paid up quick. Starkie
didn't want any cousins.
499
00:31:20,003 --> 00:31:21,981
You say he had his head
in a sling.
500
00:31:22,005 --> 00:31:25,842
- Any idea what that was all about?
- No.
501
00:31:26,843 --> 00:31:28,196
I didn't ask any questions.
502
00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:30,448
If you hear anything,
let us know, will ya?
503
00:31:30,472 --> 00:31:33,326
Yeah. But I ain't gonna try.
504
00:31:33,350 --> 00:31:35,036
You know Max Troy,
Chester Davitt,
505
00:31:35,060 --> 00:31:38,855
Walker Scott, Lee Reinhard...
The whole bunch.
506
00:31:39,815 --> 00:31:43,485
Well, that's them,
and that's me.
507
00:31:46,446 --> 00:31:48,240
Dig ya.
508
00:31:57,999 --> 00:31:59,310
Acting on Cleaver's information,
509
00:31:59,334 --> 00:32:01,979
we made a canvass of all
metropolitan clinics and hospitals.
510
00:32:02,003 --> 00:32:06,067
We asked if Miller Starkie had reported
in for treatment during the past 30 days.
511
00:32:06,091 --> 00:32:09,612
On March 12,
we found that he'd checked into Fairfax Emergency...
512
00:32:09,636 --> 00:32:12,031
with head lacerations and a slight concussion.
513
00:32:12,055 --> 00:32:15,016
He was released two days later.
514
00:32:16,309 --> 00:32:18,162
From the doctor,
we obtained a copy of the hospital record,
515
00:32:18,186 --> 00:32:23,108
and we drove over to interrogate Ethel Starkie,
the wife of the murdered man.
516
00:32:34,286 --> 00:32:35,972
You figure it was a warning?
517
00:32:35,996 --> 00:32:37,974
It was a hint.
He got out of line.
518
00:32:37,998 --> 00:32:40,977
Suppose Troy did handle the
beating. Does it mean much?
519
00:32:41,001 --> 00:32:44,004
- I don't know.
- It didn't to Starkie.
520
00:33:02,981 --> 00:33:05,066
Come in.
521
00:33:09,154 --> 00:33:12,216
What's the matter?
Did you wanna see someone?
522
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,242
Yes, ma'am.
523
00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:19,932
Police officers. This is my partner,
Frank Smith.
524
00:33:19,956 --> 00:33:22,167
My name's Friday.
525
00:33:22,959 --> 00:33:25,962
I already talked to you once.
526
00:33:26,963 --> 00:33:30,133
Sure I did.
Right after the funeral.
527
00:33:31,218 --> 00:33:33,929
Or was it before?
528
00:33:34,971 --> 00:33:37,950
It's the only funeral
Miller ever had.
529
00:33:37,974 --> 00:33:39,952
No, ma'am, it wasn't us,
Mrs. Starkie.
530
00:33:39,976 --> 00:33:42,497
It was the men from Homicide.
531
00:33:42,521 --> 00:33:45,291
What's the matter? Didn't
you believe what they told you?
532
00:33:45,315 --> 00:33:49,903
We want to talk to you about something else,
Mrs. Starkie.
533
00:33:50,987 --> 00:33:53,949
You have to excuse the place.
534
00:33:54,741 --> 00:33:57,994
We don't have all
our furniture yet.
535
00:33:58,995 --> 00:34:01,390
This is modern.
536
00:34:01,414 --> 00:34:03,851
We're gonna fix it up
really nice.
537
00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:05,877
Yes, ma'am.
538
00:34:07,003 --> 00:34:09,881
Don't you think you've had
enough of that?
539
00:34:11,466 --> 00:34:13,885
Is there enough?
540
00:34:17,305 --> 00:34:20,433
I wanted Miller Starkie.
541
00:34:21,601 --> 00:34:24,312
But nobody asked me.
542
00:34:25,981 --> 00:34:29,067
I wanted to do his laundry,
543
00:34:29,818 --> 00:34:32,362
wash his socks.
544
00:34:33,113 --> 00:34:35,782
Cook his breakfast...
545
00:34:35,991 --> 00:34:38,243
Eggs basted.
546
00:34:38,994 --> 00:34:41,973
Fix his dinner...
547
00:34:41,997 --> 00:34:44,457
French-fried potatoes.
548
00:34:45,375 --> 00:34:47,019
Keep his clothes
to the cleaners...
549
00:34:47,043 --> 00:34:50,880
so he'd always have
something nice to wear.
550
00:34:52,007 --> 00:34:55,719
Keep him happy
and be a good wife.
551
00:34:57,012 --> 00:35:02,267
But somebody threw Miller
Starkie away without askin'.
552
00:35:03,310 --> 00:35:07,957
I wonder if you'd mind taking a look at this,
tell us what you know about it.
553
00:35:07,981 --> 00:35:11,359
I'm gonna tell you something.
554
00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:15,423
I never talk to police.
555
00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:17,216
Miller don't either.
556
00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:20,410
We didn't want
no truck with 'em.
557
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:24,247
I'm going to tell you something.
558
00:35:25,332 --> 00:35:29,336
I've been right here
since he was buried.
559
00:35:29,794 --> 00:35:35,216
People are the way they are
because... they are.
560
00:35:36,718 --> 00:35:41,097
I've been married to Miller
for 17 years.
561
00:35:42,182 --> 00:35:44,851
That's a long time.
562
00:35:45,268 --> 00:35:51,608
I wanted him to leave me six
months after we were married.
563
00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:57,381
"No, sir," he said.
564
00:35:57,405 --> 00:36:00,033
"No, sir."
565
00:36:01,993 --> 00:36:05,997
I've been here since
he was buried.
566
00:36:07,707 --> 00:36:11,211
And that's more than 17 years.
567
00:36:14,255 --> 00:36:17,342
So I talk to police now.
568
00:36:19,010 --> 00:36:21,680
I'm glad you came back.
569
00:36:22,347 --> 00:36:25,016
I'll tell you this time.
570
00:36:26,226 --> 00:36:28,395
Max Troy.
571
00:36:28,687 --> 00:36:30,897
Max Troy.
572
00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:33,983
Max Troy!
573
00:36:43,326 --> 00:36:47,872
Oh, thank you.
You're very kind.
574
00:36:49,749 --> 00:36:51,811
What's the matter?
I didn't break it, did I?
575
00:36:51,835 --> 00:36:54,980
Yes, ma'am.
There's a hole in the top.
576
00:36:55,004 --> 00:36:56,816
Miss Starkie, on March 12,
577
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,402
your husband was treated at
Fairfax Emergency Hospital...
578
00:36:59,426 --> 00:37:01,112
for injuries received
in a beating.
579
00:37:01,136 --> 00:37:04,073
- You want to tell us about it?
- Max Troy.
580
00:37:04,097 --> 00:37:08,017
- How do you know?
- Miller told me.
581
00:37:08,268 --> 00:37:11,789
He came home so sick he threw up,
and then he told me.
582
00:37:11,813 --> 00:37:16,067
- Why'd he have the fight with Troy?
- It wasn't a fight.
583
00:37:16,276 --> 00:37:20,089
Three of 'em beat him.
That's all.
584
00:37:20,113 --> 00:37:22,133
Till he couldn't stand up.
585
00:37:22,157 --> 00:37:24,677
Then you know what they did,
586
00:37:24,701 --> 00:37:28,723
Max Troy and his two friends?
587
00:37:28,747 --> 00:37:32,000
They drove him to the hospital.
588
00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:35,312
They let him out
a block from there.
589
00:37:35,336 --> 00:37:36,981
He had to walk
the rest of the way.
590
00:37:37,005 --> 00:37:40,735
- Who were the other two men? Do you know, Miss Starkie?
- I don't know.
591
00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:43,779
But one of 'em was Max Troy.
Miller told me.
592
00:37:43,803 --> 00:37:46,532
- Why, Mrs. Starkie?
- Hmm?
593
00:37:46,556 --> 00:37:48,993
I say, why was he beaten?
594
00:37:49,017 --> 00:37:51,561
Miller wouldn't tell me.
595
00:37:51,978 --> 00:37:54,290
He said not to talk
to anybody about it,
596
00:37:54,314 --> 00:37:56,375
and I never did till now.
597
00:37:56,399 --> 00:37:58,085
One more thing.
598
00:37:58,109 --> 00:38:02,256
When you were here before
and you searched the place,
599
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,967
well, you couldn't find it.
600
00:38:04,991 --> 00:38:08,995
I put it in the mail,
sent it to myself.
601
00:38:11,039 --> 00:38:13,708
It's all right.
Open it.
602
00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:23,819
Starkie's workbook.
603
00:38:23,843 --> 00:38:25,988
Miller worked for Max Troy.
604
00:38:26,012 --> 00:38:28,973
Ask Max Troy.
He'll tell you about it.
605
00:38:31,017 --> 00:38:32,828
We'll have to take that book
along with us.
606
00:38:32,852 --> 00:38:33,954
That's all right.
You can keep it.
607
00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:39,776
- Is there anything else you can tell us?
- No. That's all I know.
608
00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:43,655
You've been very kind.
609
00:38:44,364 --> 00:38:47,951
If you will,
on the floor, please.
610
00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:59,003
I'll see you to the door. That's all right,
Mrs. Starkie.
611
00:39:53,892 --> 00:39:56,060
Thursday, April 21.2:00 pm.
612
00:39:56,102 --> 00:39:59,373
Starkie's workbook listed 55 names and addresses.
613
00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:00,541
We began to check 'em out.
614
00:40:00,565 --> 00:40:03,168
Without exception,
each of the people were gambling debtors.
615
00:40:03,192 --> 00:40:06,964
Since Starkie's job working under
Troy was to make bad debts good,
616
00:40:06,988 --> 00:40:11,326
these names represented his
clientele... his workbook.
617
00:40:11,826 --> 00:40:13,971
After five hours of legwork and 22 names later,
618
00:40:13,995 --> 00:40:17,266
we were no closer to
finding why Starkie was murdered.
619
00:40:17,290 --> 00:40:19,268
We still felt that if we could find the why,
620
00:40:19,292 --> 00:40:21,478
it would eventually lead us to the apprehension...
621
00:40:21,502 --> 00:40:23,564
and conviction of Starkie's killers.
622
00:40:23,588 --> 00:40:25,858
The 47th name in the book was Fabian Gerard,
623
00:40:25,882 --> 00:40:28,777
a theatrical agent whose office was
located on Sunset Boulevard.
624
00:40:28,801 --> 00:40:33,908
Yes, she'll be there at 4:00.
No, she doesn't sing.
625
00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:36,976
I think so.
Well, I could ask her.
626
00:40:37,018 --> 00:40:38,162
I'll see when she comes in.
627
00:40:38,186 --> 00:40:40,331
Just take a seat, boys.
I'll be right with you.
628
00:40:40,355 --> 00:40:43,876
What? Oh, yes, she can
get by in a chorus.
629
00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:46,962
Ciro's in Norfolk, Virginia,
last July.
630
00:40:46,986 --> 00:40:48,422
Right. Bye.
631
00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:50,966
Now, you're the dance team.
Which one of you is Delcy?
632
00:40:50,990 --> 00:40:54,827
No,
ma'am. Police officers. Is Mr. Gerard in?
633
00:40:57,914 --> 00:41:00,976
♪ Down, down, down
in Rio ♪
634
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,313
♪ Where things
are seldom free-O
635
00:41:04,337 --> 00:41:07,608
♪ Oh, come along
with me-O
636
00:41:07,632 --> 00:41:08,984
♪ Way down south in... ♪
Yes?
637
00:41:09,008 --> 00:41:11,987
If Mr. Gerard, two gentlemen
out here to see you.
638
00:41:12,011 --> 00:41:14,740
Delcy and Swift?
Have 'em wait.
639
00:41:14,764 --> 00:41:19,286
No, Mr. Gerard. This is important. Okay,
be right out.
640
00:41:19,310 --> 00:41:20,353
He'll be right out.
Thank you.
641
00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:24,458
♪ In South America ♪
642
00:41:24,482 --> 00:41:27,962
Well,
I'm gonna leave that record with you.
643
00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:31,155
Fine. I'll take
good care of it.
644
00:41:31,698 --> 00:41:33,550
♪ South America ♪
645
00:41:33,574 --> 00:41:35,970
Bye, now.
♪ A lovely cabana ♪
646
00:41:35,994 --> 00:41:39,223
♪ You'll like the rhythm if you dig,
dig, dig me later ♪
647
00:41:39,247 --> 00:41:41,475
Yeah, but she can't sing.
648
00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:43,978
♪ Along the old equator ♪
649
00:41:44,002 --> 00:41:47,982
♪ Where life
is much greater ♪
650
00:41:48,006 --> 00:41:50,466
♪ Way down south ♪
651
00:41:51,134 --> 00:41:55,388
♪ In South America ♪♪
Olé!
652
00:41:59,308 --> 00:42:02,145
Has maracas, will travel.
653
00:42:03,980 --> 00:42:05,666
You're cops,
aren't you? Yes, sir.
654
00:42:05,690 --> 00:42:07,501
Sergeant Friday.
My name's Smith.
655
00:42:07,525 --> 00:42:08,961
Yeah. Not that many hats
in California.
656
00:42:08,985 --> 00:42:10,963
You ever had any dealings
with a man named Miller Starkie?
657
00:42:10,987 --> 00:42:13,966
- Once too often.
- Tell us about it, will you?
658
00:42:13,990 --> 00:42:17,261
I got a little rich one night
and dropped $500 in a crap game.
659
00:42:17,285 --> 00:42:19,972
The check was light, so they
sent Starkie around to collect.
660
00:42:19,996 --> 00:42:22,307
- Did he?
- This says he did.
661
00:42:22,331 --> 00:42:24,309
Pushed me around.
Pulled a tooth for me.
662
00:42:24,333 --> 00:42:26,478
I had to phone my brother.
He went for me on the 500.
663
00:42:26,502 --> 00:42:28,397
- I thought that was the end of it.
- Yeah?
664
00:42:28,421 --> 00:42:29,982
The money never reached
headquarters.
665
00:42:30,006 --> 00:42:33,068
A week or so later, this fella comes in,
says when am I gonna make good?
666
00:42:33,092 --> 00:42:35,487
I told him I was clean on it.
He didn't believe me.
667
00:42:35,511 --> 00:42:38,991
Had me backed right into a
casket till I got my brother up here.
668
00:42:39,015 --> 00:42:41,243
He showed a bank slip.
We finally convinced this fella.
669
00:42:41,267 --> 00:42:43,287
When did all this happen?
Would you remember?
670
00:42:43,311 --> 00:42:45,855
The week before
Starkie was killed.
671
00:42:45,897 --> 00:42:49,960
That would make it around the first
of April. That right? Yeah, that's right.
672
00:42:49,984 --> 00:42:53,839
- Say, there's no chance of this making the papers?
- No, sir.
673
00:42:53,863 --> 00:42:58,260
Uh, I just wondered. Right
kind of mention never hurts.
674
00:42:58,284 --> 00:43:01,788
Lets people know you're around.
675
00:43:09,295 --> 00:43:12,983
Saturday,
April 23. We started to put together a pattern.
676
00:43:13,007 --> 00:43:15,527
We felt sure we knew why Miller Starkie was killed.
677
00:43:15,551 --> 00:43:18,739
In an effort to get sufficient
evidence to take before the grand jury,
678
00:43:18,763 --> 00:43:22,266
we began to put together what small pieces we had.
679
00:43:22,767 --> 00:43:25,954
9:00 pm. We talked to Sergeant Hank Wild,
airport detail,
680
00:43:25,978 --> 00:43:28,957
who was on duty at the
international terminal on April 4.
681
00:43:28,981 --> 00:43:32,961
That's right, Joe. April 4,
11:15. United Airlines.
682
00:43:32,985 --> 00:43:36,155
Flight 649 from Vegas.
Wesley Cannon.
683
00:43:37,031 --> 00:43:39,510
Wesley Cannon... one of the suspects.
684
00:43:39,534 --> 00:43:40,969
Hoodlum and known associate of Max Troy.
685
00:43:40,993 --> 00:43:45,998
Our guess was that he knew about
Miller Starkienot reporting his collections.
686
00:43:49,168 --> 00:43:50,562
Monday, April 25.9:00 am.
687
00:43:50,586 --> 00:43:53,982
A grand jury subpoena was served on the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company...
688
00:43:54,006 --> 00:43:55,984
directing them to furnish a
record of all to" calls...
689
00:43:56,008 --> 00:44:00,989
made from the telephones of known
suspects from April 1 to April 10.
690
00:44:01,013 --> 00:44:03,992
We contacted the office of the chief special agent.
691
00:44:04,016 --> 00:44:07,955
According to our records,
a long-distance call was placed on April 5...
692
00:44:07,979 --> 00:44:11,291
from Hollywood 3-3449,
693
00:44:11,315 --> 00:44:13,460
listed as the Red Spot Grill.
694
00:44:13,484 --> 00:44:18,340
Person-to-person from a
Max Troy to a Myles Stricher...
695
00:44:18,364 --> 00:44:21,969
at Superior 7-7599.
696
00:44:21,993 --> 00:44:23,804
That's a Chicago, Illinois,
listing.
697
00:44:23,828 --> 00:44:26,890
Length of the call was 20 minutes. All right,
sir.
698
00:44:26,914 --> 00:44:28,350
How about that other call?
699
00:44:28,374 --> 00:44:32,187
It was placed at 8:30
the morning of April 9...
700
00:44:32,211 --> 00:44:33,981
from Hollywood 3-3449.
701
00:44:34,005 --> 00:44:36,191
That's the Red Spot Grill.
Person-to-person...
702
00:44:36,215 --> 00:44:40,612
from a Max Troy
to a Chester Davitt.
703
00:44:40,636 --> 00:44:43,907
That was Skyline 5-1699.
704
00:44:43,931 --> 00:44:49,020
Routed through San Diego, Del Mar,
California. The Turf-Royal Hotel.
705
00:44:50,062 --> 00:44:51,957
Yes, Mr. Davitt
was with us a week.
706
00:44:51,981 --> 00:44:54,960
Checked in on April 2.
Checked out April 9, 1:00 pm.
707
00:44:54,984 --> 00:44:56,461
You sure about that time?
708
00:44:56,485 --> 00:44:59,989
Yes,
sir. 1:00 in the afternoon. Thank you.
709
00:45:01,616 --> 00:45:04,327
Thank you very much.
Yes, sir.
710
00:45:21,385 --> 00:45:24,198
Well,
we got the whole enchilada. April 9, 1:00.
711
00:45:24,222 --> 00:45:26,992
Takes three hours to
drive up to LA. Yeah.
712
00:45:27,016 --> 00:45:29,685
Starkie was murdered
at 4:00.
713
00:45:36,192 --> 00:45:38,754
Monday, April 25.4:00 pm.
714
00:45:38,778 --> 00:45:41,548
Policewoman Grace Downey was
ready for her first report.
715
00:45:41,572 --> 00:45:43,926
Kinda like opening a box of Cracker Jack,
isn't it?
716
00:45:43,950 --> 00:45:45,427
You never know
what you're gonna get.
717
00:45:45,451 --> 00:45:47,346
What'd you do,
slip it under Troy's plate? Almost, yeah.
718
00:45:47,370 --> 00:45:50,766
1:00 this afternoon,
I was talking to Fred Kemp, the bartender.
719
00:45:50,790 --> 00:45:52,226
Yeah?
Max Troy walked in.
720
00:45:52,250 --> 00:45:54,686
First time I'd seen him in the
place. Ordered something to eat.
721
00:45:54,710 --> 00:45:56,104
- Where was he sitting?
- Two stools away.
722
00:45:56,128 --> 00:45:59,024
I reached in my bag for telephone
money. That's when I turned it on.
723
00:45:59,048 --> 00:46:00,359
You on record?
Yeah.
724
00:46:00,383 --> 00:46:05,012
I don't know. Maybe all we
got is eight miles of dirt road.
725
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:08,516
I left my purse on the bar,
started for the phone booth.
726
00:46:11,852 --> 00:46:13,956
What's been goin' on?
That's Troy.
727
00:46:13,980 --> 00:46:17,918
Not much. Couple of boys from
downtown askin" a lot questions.
728
00:46:17,942 --> 00:46:20,796
You heard from Chet? Davitt... you heard from him?
729
00:46:20,820 --> 00:46:22,422
Cops wanted to know too.
730
00:46:22,446 --> 00:46:23,966
No, I ain't seem him
for a couple of weeks.
731
00:46:23,990 --> 00:46:27,344
Fred, I want you
to do something for me. Yeah?
732
00:46:27,368 --> 00:46:30,222
In the glove compartment of your car,
there's a package. Get rid of it.
733
00:46:30,246 --> 00:46:31,223
What is it? Get rid of it.
734
00:46:31,247 --> 00:46:33,976
I'll take care of it
in a couple days. Better do it today.
735
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:37,521
I won't have the car back till
Wednesday. I loaned it to my nephew.
736
00:46:37,545 --> 00:46:41,733
When did he take it? A week and a
half ago. Day or so after you borrowed it.
737
00:46:41,757 --> 00:46:44,152
When's he coming back?
I told you. Wednesday.
738
00:46:44,176 --> 00:46:48,991
Take care of that first thing,
Fred. Here's the money for the food.
739
00:46:49,015 --> 00:46:52,268
I'll see you around.
All right, Max.
740
00:46:53,728 --> 00:46:55,038
What do you think?
I don't know.
741
00:46:55,062 --> 00:46:57,291
Let's get that package and
see. Car will be back Wednesday.
742
00:46:57,315 --> 00:46:59,960
Think you can get to that glove
compartment before the bartender?
743
00:46:59,984 --> 00:47:03,714
Any ideas? That's not too tough.
The car will be back Wednesday.
744
00:47:03,738 --> 00:47:05,882
Find out what make it is,
where he parks it.
745
00:47:05,906 --> 00:47:10,220
You know what hours he works.
Go right to it. You make it sound easy.
746
00:47:10,244 --> 00:47:14,498
Sure. Like barbecuing
a chunk of ice.
747
00:47:15,708 --> 00:47:19,003
Here's your Minifon.
Thanks, Frank.
748
00:47:25,509 --> 00:47:27,720
See you later, Grace.
749
00:47:44,987 --> 00:47:47,114
Grace?
750
00:47:49,533 --> 00:47:52,846
Yes? Be careful on this one.
751
00:47:52,870 --> 00:47:54,473
I will, Joe.
752
00:47:54,497 --> 00:47:56,308
Don't lose your way.
753
00:47:56,332 --> 00:47:59,144
You sound concerned.
Line of duty?
754
00:47:59,168 --> 00:48:03,005
I just want to see you
make sergeant.
755
00:48:07,301 --> 00:48:10,322
I'm not kidding,
Joe. I don't see how you do it. Hmm?
756
00:48:10,346 --> 00:48:11,990
Fish and ice cream.
What's wrong with that?
757
00:48:12,014 --> 00:48:14,993
Everybody knows it's the worse
combination you can put in your stomach.
758
00:48:15,017 --> 00:48:18,538
You put away a real beauty,
didn't ya... tamales and sauerkraut.
759
00:48:18,562 --> 00:48:21,273
But, Joe, I had lemon sherbet.
760
00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:26,963
Keep your hats on. You got one to
roll on. Code 2. Here's the address.
761
00:48:26,987 --> 00:48:30,759
What have you got? Part of
your first string. Chester Davitt.
762
00:48:30,783 --> 00:48:32,993
They found him.
763
00:50:52,967 --> 00:50:55,987
While a team of men remained
to thoroughly search the premises,
764
00:50:56,011 --> 00:50:59,991
Chester Davitt was taken downtown where
he would be booked on suspicion of 187 RC.
765
00:51:00,015 --> 00:51:06,313
The unlawful killing of a human
being with malice aforethought.
766
00:51:08,065 --> 00:51:09,960
Tuesday, April 26.8:30 am.
767
00:51:09,984 --> 00:51:13,713
We continued to question Davitt.
He stuck to his story of the night before.
768
00:51:13,737 --> 00:51:15,966
He refused to admit complicity in
the killing of Miller Starkie.
769
00:51:15,990 --> 00:51:20,971
We confronted him with the phone call from
Max Troy to Del Maron the day of the murder.
770
00:51:20,995 --> 00:51:21,972
He said it was a social call.
771
00:51:21,996 --> 00:51:25,725
We showed him the plaster impression of
the footprint taken at the scene of the crime.
772
00:51:25,749 --> 00:51:28,645
We showed him the exemplar made
from his own right shoe.
773
00:51:28,669 --> 00:51:32,464
They matched. Davitt had no comment.
774
00:51:35,634 --> 00:51:37,612
He won't cop out.
He can smell the gas.
775
00:51:37,636 --> 00:51:41,283
We've still got enough to
take to the grand jury. I think so.
776
00:51:41,307 --> 00:51:44,018
Get that eyeball witness.
777
00:51:56,697 --> 00:51:59,551
"An interesting fact
about the African lion...
778
00:51:59,575 --> 00:52:02,470
is its love of family life.
779
00:52:02,494 --> 00:52:04,556
Its habits are nocturnal.
780
00:52:04,580 --> 00:52:10,210
It roams the veld of Kenya
and British East Africa."
781
00:52:10,419 --> 00:52:13,565
The lion family after a kill.
782
00:52:13,589 --> 00:52:16,008
Sure real-lookin',
huh, Joe? Yeah.
783
00:52:32,650 --> 00:52:37,756
Sorry about being late. When the fella said
you was here, I was fixing up a Klipspringer.
784
00:52:37,780 --> 00:52:41,283
That's all right,
Quinn. They're over there.
785
00:52:51,418 --> 00:52:55,982
Klipspringer. That charming little
animal is called the chamois of Ethiopia.
786
00:52:56,006 --> 00:52:58,026
Good thing for
Patterson too. Patterson?
787
00:52:58,050 --> 00:53:00,236
New Jersey. That's where
they make leather goods.
788
00:53:00,260 --> 00:53:01,905
Be flat broke if
it wasn't for Klipspringers.
789
00:53:01,929 --> 00:53:04,991
Quinn, we've got Chester Davitt in
custody. I saw it in the morning papers.
790
00:53:05,015 --> 00:53:11,647
See? That's what I was telling you
fellas about. The water hole at sundown.
791
00:53:20,322 --> 00:53:22,199
There she is.
792
00:53:22,408 --> 00:53:23,968
You can read it
right off the chart.
793
00:53:23,992 --> 00:53:26,971
"A typical sand river in East
Africa during dry season...
794
00:53:26,995 --> 00:53:29,099
formed by an underlying
strata of rock...
795
00:53:29,123 --> 00:53:31,434
which causes the water
to rise in small pools.
796
00:53:31,458 --> 00:53:35,021
In dry seasons, the animals gather
there at sunset for their daily drink."
797
00:53:35,045 --> 00:53:38,858
Quinn,
we'd like you to come downtown for a show-up.
798
00:53:38,882 --> 00:53:39,360
What's that like?
799
00:53:39,384 --> 00:53:43,738
We stand up a group of men, see if you can
pick out the man you saw leaving that vacant lot.
800
00:53:43,762 --> 00:53:46,074
- After that, we go to the grand jury.
- What happens there?
801
00:53:46,098 --> 00:53:52,455
You testify under oath. Tell them where you
were on April 4, what you did and what you saw.
802
00:53:52,479 --> 00:53:53,707
I see.
803
00:53:53,731 --> 00:53:55,959
How's 1:00, Quinn?
804
00:53:55,983 --> 00:53:59,153
- 1:00?
- Yes, sir. For the show-up.
805
00:53:59,737 --> 00:54:00,964
No, I don't think so.
806
00:54:00,988 --> 00:54:04,134
When you finish work then.
Say around 5:00 or 6:00?
807
00:54:04,158 --> 00:54:08,054
Mr. Friday,
you'd just as well know now. I'm not gonna do it.
808
00:54:08,078 --> 00:54:09,973
You already have.
You identified Chester Davitt.
809
00:54:09,997 --> 00:54:13,935
- That was a picture. I'm not sure anymore.
- Come for a show-up at least.
810
00:54:13,959 --> 00:54:16,730
No, that wouldn't do any good.
I just don't remember.
811
00:54:16,754 --> 00:54:17,981
I don't see
what all the fuss is.
812
00:54:18,005 --> 00:54:20,483
Papers said the dead fella was a
criminal. He don't seem worth the trouble.
813
00:54:20,507 --> 00:54:24,028
I'm sorry you'd like a dead archbishop. We
don't have one. We've got a small-time hoodlum.
814
00:54:24,052 --> 00:54:27,115
And a bunch of other hoodlums that
killed him. That's what the paper said.
815
00:54:27,139 --> 00:54:31,745
All them fellas are criminals. No
telling what they'd do to somebody.
816
00:54:31,769 --> 00:54:34,313
- You afraid to testify, Quinn?
- I just don't remember.
817
00:54:34,354 --> 00:54:38,376
- What is it? Your family... your wife and children?
- I don't have no family.
818
00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:40,420
I'm it.
The whole kit 'n' caboodle.
819
00:54:40,444 --> 00:54:43,131
But I don't want to go downtown
and get mixed up in something.
820
00:54:43,155 --> 00:54:45,216
You'll have to go before the
grand jury. They'll subpoena you.
821
00:54:45,240 --> 00:54:50,305
Then I'll have to say I'm not
sure. I don't remember too good.
822
00:54:50,329 --> 00:54:53,057
It's not fair to talk somebody
into something.
823
00:54:53,081 --> 00:54:56,352
- You got no business doing that.
- No, sir.
824
00:54:56,376 --> 00:55:01,340
Mr. Friday,
I'd like to ask you a question.
825
00:55:02,049 --> 00:55:05,177
If you was me, would you do it?
826
00:55:05,511 --> 00:55:07,989
- Can I wait a while?
- Huh?
827
00:55:08,013 --> 00:55:10,182
Before I'm you?
828
00:55:25,697 --> 00:55:27,759
Wednesday, April 27.
829
00:55:27,783 --> 00:55:30,220
We took the case before the grand jury.
830
00:55:30,244 --> 00:55:32,806
All suspects were subpoenaed.
831
00:55:32,830 --> 00:55:34,748
Lee Reinhard.
832
00:55:35,457 --> 00:55:37,459
Wesley Cannon.
833
00:55:39,211 --> 00:55:41,296
Chester Davitt.
834
00:55:43,006 --> 00:55:45,050
Max Troy.
835
00:55:46,593 --> 00:55:50,114
In spite of the reluctance of our only
face-to-facewitness, Jesse Quinn,
836
00:55:50,138 --> 00:55:56,311
we had a halfway good chance of gaining
indictments on both Chester Davitt and Max Troy.
837
00:55:57,062 --> 00:56:01,960
I was there to testify as
one of the investigating officers.
838
00:56:01,984 --> 00:56:07,048
Forensic chemist Ray
Pinker took the stand at 9:23 am.
839
00:56:07,072 --> 00:56:09,992
10:15.
840
00:56:16,498 --> 00:56:18,458
Joe Friday?
841
00:56:26,174 --> 00:56:26,986
Raise your right hand.
842
00:56:27,010 --> 00:56:29,612
Do you solemnly swear that the
testimony you're about to give...
843
00:56:29,636 --> 00:56:32,031
in the matter now pending
before this body will be the truth,
844
00:56:32,055 --> 00:56:35,326
the whole truth and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?
845
00:56:35,350 --> 00:56:37,978
I do.
Be seated.
846
00:56:42,024 --> 00:56:44,419
State your name.
Joe Friday.
847
00:56:44,443 --> 00:56:47,130
You're employed by the city of
Los Angeles as a police officer.
848
00:56:47,154 --> 00:56:50,967
You're assigned to Intelligence
Division and hold the rank of sergeant.
849
00:56:50,991 --> 00:56:52,969
Is that correct?
That's correct.
850
00:56:52,993 --> 00:56:55,388
Are you one of the investigating
officers in this matter...
851
00:56:55,412 --> 00:56:58,975
A murder case,
the deceased being one Miller Starkie?
852
00:56:58,999 --> 00:57:00,959
I am.
853
00:57:04,546 --> 00:57:07,859
This is a list of telephone calls
subpoenaed by court order...
854
00:57:07,883 --> 00:57:09,986
from the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Company.
855
00:57:10,010 --> 00:57:14,574
A chart has been made up showing
these calls from point of origin to terminus.
856
00:57:14,598 --> 00:57:17,368
This has been designated
as grand jury exhibit seven.
857
00:57:17,392 --> 00:57:22,022
Sgt. Friday, will you explain the
significance of the chart? I will.
858
00:57:24,983 --> 00:57:27,795
The next hour was spent acquainting the jurors...
859
00:57:27,819 --> 00:57:28,963
with every detail of the case,
860
00:57:28,987 --> 00:57:33,909
from the finding of the body up through
the apprehension of Chester Davitt.
861
00:57:37,037 --> 00:57:38,681
Each phone call was pointed out.
862
00:57:38,705 --> 00:57:41,559
Each individual placing a call or
receiving one was identified...
863
00:57:41,583 --> 00:57:43,978
in an attempt to demonstrate to
the members of the grand jury...
864
00:57:44,002 --> 00:57:49,549
that the various telephone
calls formed a probable pattern of murder.
865
00:57:51,009 --> 00:57:55,097
It was 11:57 a.m.when I finished testifying.
866
00:58:05,899 --> 00:58:08,151
Jesse Quinn?
867
00:58:34,011 --> 00:58:36,596
Chester Davitt.
868
00:58:41,309 --> 00:58:44,354
Each suspect was called.
869
00:58:44,980 --> 00:58:48,984
Each spent no more than five
minutes in the hearing room.
870
00:58:51,695 --> 00:58:56,908
All of them threw away a
four-by-six inch scrap of yellow paper.
871
00:59:16,678 --> 00:59:18,680
Joe Friday.
872
00:59:23,143 --> 00:59:25,312
Be seated, Sergeant.
873
00:59:26,146 --> 00:59:29,959
Let the record show this
witness has already been sworn.
874
00:59:29,983 --> 00:59:31,961
Sergeant Friday,
you've been recalled for the purpose...
875
00:59:31,985 --> 00:59:35,715
of clarifying certain details on
the matter pending before this body.
876
00:59:35,739 --> 00:59:39,719
I have a point I'd like Sergeant
Friday to explain. Yes, ma'am.
877
00:59:39,743 --> 00:59:43,806
- Uh, the phone calls you told us about.
- Yes, ma'am?
878
00:59:43,830 --> 00:59:47,268
How do we know exactly what those
men said to each other when they talked?
879
00:59:47,292 --> 00:59:50,980
- We don't.
- But you indicated what each of them said.
880
00:59:51,004 --> 00:59:54,984
No, ma'am. I indicated the contacts
between the suspects and their association.
881
00:59:55,008 --> 00:59:59,113
The point Mrs. Caldwell is trying to
make is the point that's troubling all of us.
882
00:59:59,137 --> 01:00:02,784
The conversation you say these
men had is just guesswork, isn't it?
883
01:00:02,808 --> 01:00:05,078
No, sir. All these calls are a
matter of telephone record.
884
01:00:05,102 --> 01:00:07,938
We know all that,
but you can't say what was in those calls.
885
01:00:07,979 --> 01:00:12,043
But we can be pretty sure from the sequence
of calls, the time, date and people involved.
886
01:00:12,067 --> 01:00:16,964
Sgt. Friday, each of those men has a telephone,
each uses it. There's no crime in that.
887
01:00:16,988 --> 01:00:19,425
Each one of those men
is a suspect in a murder case.
888
01:00:19,449 --> 01:00:22,512
All of them have criminal
records dating as far back as 1933.
889
01:00:22,536 --> 01:00:24,972
We know that, too,
but you're asking for a true bill.
890
01:00:24,996 --> 01:00:26,974
You want this case tried
in a court of law.
891
01:00:26,998 --> 01:00:28,309
I can't see
how that can be granted...
892
01:00:28,333 --> 01:00:30,978
unless you're in a position to tell us
exactly what was in those phone calls.
893
01:00:31,002 --> 01:00:33,564
I'm sorry. To do that,
we'd have to be able to wiretap.
894
01:00:33,588 --> 01:00:37,860
You mean cut in on private telephone
conversations? That's an invasion of privacy.
895
01:00:37,884 --> 01:00:42,824
How do we know all you policemen
wouldn't be listening to all our conversations?
896
01:00:42,848 --> 01:00:44,659
We would if you talked murder.
897
01:00:44,683 --> 01:00:45,993
As a police officer,
I can tell you...
898
01:00:46,017 --> 01:00:48,830
that none of us would want the
responsibility of being able to wiretap at will.
899
01:00:48,854 --> 01:00:52,166
- It'd have to be by court order.
- Doesn't make much difference in this case.
900
01:00:52,190 --> 01:00:54,961
If you had the right to wiretap,
what good would it have done?
901
01:00:54,985 --> 01:00:58,965
- You can't look the barn door after the horse is stolen.
- Yes, sir, in this case.
902
01:00:58,989 --> 01:01:01,217
We'd have had a court order to
maintain constant telephone surveillance...
903
01:01:01,241 --> 01:01:05,304
on every one of those hoodlums from the minute
he checked into Los Angeles and set up shop.
904
01:01:05,328 --> 01:01:07,974
- We might have saved the horse.
- Not quite, Sgt. Friday.
905
01:01:07,998 --> 01:01:09,976
Even if you could wiretap,
that system would never work.
906
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:13,604
Choke off their telephones, you'd have
'em plotting murder on every street corner.
907
01:01:13,628 --> 01:01:17,007
That's all right.
There'd be a cop on it.
908
01:01:21,011 --> 01:01:24,014
That's all, Sergeant.
909
01:01:47,412 --> 01:01:49,974
How's it going? It's hard
to tell. I've been up twice.
910
01:01:49,998 --> 01:01:53,001
They recalled you,
huh? Yeah, that's right.
911
01:01:55,128 --> 01:01:57,315
We'll have a verdict
in a minute.
912
01:01:57,339 --> 01:01:58,399
Want a match, Alex? No, thanks.
913
01:01:58,423 --> 01:02:01,986
- Where do we stand?
- It's not easy. No murder weapon.
914
01:02:02,010 --> 01:02:03,237
We made Davitt
on that footprint.
915
01:02:03,261 --> 01:02:05,990
Put him at the scene of the
crime. We got him in that vacant lot.
916
01:02:06,014 --> 01:02:09,577
They want to know when. That witness
of yours could've told them. He didn't.
917
01:02:09,601 --> 01:02:11,746
Phone call pattern's
circumstance. Not enough.
918
01:02:11,770 --> 01:02:12,955
Troy's crowd
must've been well-rehearsed.
919
01:02:12,979 --> 01:02:16,751
If you clocked 'em,
you'll notice they stayed five minutes apiece.
920
01:02:16,775 --> 01:02:18,443
Yeah. Why?
921
01:02:40,882 --> 01:02:45,220
We didn't get the necessary
12 votes. No indictment.
922
01:03:06,449 --> 01:03:09,369
An original and three carbons.
923
01:03:13,248 --> 01:03:15,601
All right.
Bumper-to-bumper tail.
924
01:03:15,625 --> 01:03:19,462
Put 'em to bed at night and
get 'em up in the morning.
925
01:03:33,476 --> 01:03:34,745
Bumper-to-bumper tail.
926
01:03:34,769 --> 01:03:37,957
A systematic,
constant surveillance of criminal suspects...
927
01:03:37,981 --> 01:03:39,250
maintained around the clock.
928
01:03:39,274 --> 01:03:44,338
Other teams were assigned to Chester Davitt,
Lee Reinhard and Wesley Cannon.
929
01:03:44,362 --> 01:03:47,842
We knew the men were
guilty. We still had to prove it.
930
01:03:47,866 --> 01:03:49,510
Thursday, April 28.8:00 am.
931
01:03:49,534 --> 01:03:53,997
We began the operation at Max Troy's front door.
932
01:04:21,358 --> 01:04:24,628
I'm late. I've got an
appointment. Out.
933
01:04:24,652 --> 01:04:27,155
You've got no right to...
934
01:04:31,576 --> 01:04:34,871
Put your hands up on the car.
935
01:04:36,998 --> 01:04:42,420
All right, take everything out of your pockets,
put it on the fender.
936
01:04:53,306 --> 01:04:56,684
What now?
Put it back.
937
01:05:37,851 --> 01:05:42,981
Hot milk.
938
01:07:29,796 --> 01:07:33,758
You think it's real funny,
do you, junior?
939
01:08:09,669 --> 01:08:12,815
Hands up on the wall. Not this
time. I've got friends with me.
940
01:08:12,839 --> 01:08:14,775
Would you rather do it
downtown? Get off my back.
941
01:08:14,799 --> 01:08:19,012
You know I'm clean. Are
ya? Hands up on the wall.
942
01:08:26,060 --> 01:08:28,563
All right, take everything
out of your pockets.
943
01:08:28,605 --> 01:08:32,483
Where am I gonna put
it? The ground" hold it.
944
01:08:52,754 --> 01:08:54,982
Your mother sure
didn't do much for a living.
945
01:08:55,006 --> 01:08:58,593
That's all right.
She didn't bark.
946
01:09:36,964 --> 01:09:39,008
Good night, Max.
947
01:11:12,185 --> 01:11:13,495
That's gin, Carl.
948
01:11:13,519 --> 01:11:16,915
Nine. Couldn't pick up
a nine last time.
949
01:11:16,939 --> 01:11:19,376
This time, you got nine.
950
01:11:19,400 --> 01:11:22,278
I can't play with them in here.
951
01:11:22,987 --> 01:11:24,381
Get out.
952
01:11:24,405 --> 01:11:27,533
Come on, Carl.
It's your deal.
953
01:11:38,044 --> 01:11:40,880
Did you hear me, fat gut?
954
01:11:44,258 --> 01:11:46,260
Put that out.
955
01:11:49,764 --> 01:11:52,367
Are you his keeper? You
and that toad get outta here.
956
01:11:52,391 --> 01:11:56,979
We've got no beef with
you. Come on. I'll help you up.
957
01:12:07,198 --> 01:12:09,051
Hey! Hey!
958
01:12:09,075 --> 01:12:11,327
Hold it! Hold it!
959
01:12:17,333 --> 01:12:22,004
Don't worry. You and your
stomach can sit this one out.
960
01:13:08,009 --> 01:13:10,988
Well, I called 'em.
I'm the manager here.
961
01:13:11,012 --> 01:13:14,599
And you're all
gonna be arrested.
962
01:13:24,901 --> 01:13:27,069
Close the door.
963
01:13:32,992 --> 01:13:36,972
You look fine. Georgia Street called.
Said you were in for medical treatment.
964
01:13:36,996 --> 01:13:37,973
Yeah.
Joe caught a cold.
965
01:13:37,997 --> 01:13:41,184
Who's tailing Troy now? 2x59.
Keeler and Stevens. Anything new?
966
01:13:41,208 --> 01:13:44,771
- Did you have to fight?
- It was a gin game. I tried to play Troy's hand.
967
01:13:44,795 --> 01:13:48,859
While you were making a name for yourselves,
we finally got a bug in the Red Spot Grill.
968
01:13:48,883 --> 01:13:50,235
- Where?
- The back office.
969
01:13:50,259 --> 01:13:51,987
Grace Downey covered while
the sound crew buried it.
970
01:13:52,011 --> 01:13:54,948
- Where's the listening post?
- Basement right across the alley.
971
01:13:54,972 --> 01:13:59,578
Get a pretty good view of the
office from there. Airport detail.
972
01:13:59,602 --> 01:14:00,787
What's it say, Joe?
973
01:14:00,811 --> 01:14:04,041
Chester Davitt. He left on Flight
516 for Cleveland. 10:00 am.
974
01:14:04,065 --> 01:14:06,376
Too hot. Probably sent him
out of town to cool off.
975
01:14:06,400 --> 01:14:08,378
- You notified Cleveland?
- Inspector MacArthur.
976
01:14:08,402 --> 01:14:11,989
Talked to him a half hour ago.
977
01:14:12,531 --> 01:14:15,093
Hamilton.
Yeah.
978
01:14:15,117 --> 01:14:16,595
You did, huh?
What gauge?
979
01:14:16,619 --> 01:14:19,806
All right.
I'll wait till it's clear.
980
01:14:19,830 --> 01:14:21,850
I didn't hear you.
981
01:14:21,874 --> 01:14:22,727
No, sit tight.
982
01:14:22,751 --> 01:14:26,355
Grace Downey. She turned a box of
shotgun shells in the bartender's car.
983
01:14:26,379 --> 01:14:29,691
- Yeah.
- As she hung up, she said Troy was moving toward the booth.
984
01:14:29,715 --> 01:14:31,526
He was walkin' heavy. Keeler
and Stevens are out there.
985
01:14:31,550 --> 01:14:36,073
If that place starts to jump, it's too big
for one team. Back them up. Get her out.
986
01:14:36,097 --> 01:14:39,308
- Right.
- Sounds like she's been burned.
987
01:14:42,144 --> 01:14:44,772
2X50 to 2X59.
988
01:14:45,231 --> 01:14:47,984
2X50 to 2X59.
989
01:14:50,027 --> 01:14:54,448
Keeler, you and Stevens want
to cover the back? Right, Joe.
990
01:15:27,898 --> 01:15:32,987
Take that somewhere. You know Sgt. Keeler,
don't you, Max?
991
01:15:37,992 --> 01:15:40,953
Unless you're growing, sit down.
992
01:15:41,495 --> 01:15:43,581
Ready to go home?
993
01:16:05,978 --> 01:16:07,938
Around back.
994
01:16:34,965 --> 01:16:36,884
In there.
995
01:16:44,016 --> 01:16:48,979
This is what caused all the trouble...
the package in the bartender's car.
996
01:16:53,150 --> 01:16:57,321
Twelve-gauge double-.
Four missing.
997
01:17:04,203 --> 01:17:06,473
The finding of the shotgun shells...
998
01:17:06,497 --> 01:17:08,600
was another piece of corroborative evidence...
999
01:17:08,624 --> 01:17:09,851
if we could overturn the murder weapon.
1000
01:17:09,875 --> 01:17:14,981
Policewoman Grace Downey was relieved of
her assignment and went back to regular duty.
1001
01:17:15,005 --> 01:17:16,066
Tuesday, May 3.
1002
01:17:16,090 --> 01:17:17,984
For the next four days, Frank and I,
1003
01:17:18,008 --> 01:17:19,694
along with the other teams of men assigned,
1004
01:17:19,718 --> 01:17:23,698
helped maintain the 24-hour
surveillance at the listening post.
1005
01:17:23,722 --> 01:17:25,683
4:30 pm.
1006
01:17:33,607 --> 01:17:35,085
Look at that, Joe. Huh?
1007
01:17:35,109 --> 01:17:39,005
It's a real waste. Somebody
will come up with an answer.
1008
01:17:39,029 --> 01:17:43,284
What are you talking
about? A use for old Kleenex.
1009
01:17:43,909 --> 01:17:45,995
Just make millions.
1010
01:17:48,080 --> 01:17:49,975
Hi, Gene, Phil.
Gene.
1011
01:17:49,999 --> 01:17:51,393
Not much goin' on. Troy
must've dropped a stack.
1012
01:17:51,417 --> 01:17:55,564
The Burbank book's been trying to get in
touch with him. Called three times last hour.
1013
01:17:55,588 --> 01:17:57,023
They oughta try All Saints. Huh?
1014
01:17:57,047 --> 01:18:00,110
Keeler and Stevens tailed Troy
into the hospital 40 minutes ago.
1015
01:18:00,134 --> 01:18:04,847
Skipper said to fill you in.
1016
01:18:14,815 --> 01:18:18,319
It's Lee Reinhard.
The bartender's with him.
1017
01:18:20,446 --> 01:18:22,966
Hello.
Who?
1018
01:18:22,990 --> 01:18:25,969
Talk up a little louder.
I can't hear you.
1019
01:18:25,993 --> 01:18:29,371
Where?
Cleveland?
1020
01:18:30,664 --> 01:18:32,934
No, he's not here.
1021
01:18:32,958 --> 01:18:35,002
Wh-Who's calling?
1022
01:18:36,045 --> 01:18:40,007
Hiya, George.
It's Fred. Fred Kemp.
1023
01:18:40,799 --> 01:18:42,986
I don't know.
1024
01:18:43,010 --> 01:18:47,407
Yeah. Well, Max is
due back any minute.
1025
01:18:47,431 --> 01:18:48,992
Lee's here.
1026
01:18:49,016 --> 01:18:50,994
All right.
Hold on.
1027
01:18:51,018 --> 01:18:52,937
Lee.
1028
01:18:55,397 --> 01:18:56,958
Yeah?
1029
01:18:56,982 --> 01:18:59,777
Yeah, this is Lee Reinhard.
1030
01:19:00,611 --> 01:19:03,697
Yeah.
I'll run him down.
1031
01:19:04,990 --> 01:19:06,718
You did, huh?
1032
01:19:06,742 --> 01:19:09,620
Max'll be glad to know that.
1033
01:19:11,830 --> 01:19:13,975
He did, huh?
1034
01:19:13,999 --> 01:19:17,044
Well, he had some good times.
1035
01:19:19,004 --> 01:19:21,006
Is that right?
1036
01:19:21,298 --> 01:19:23,944
Oh,
sure. Max'll get back to you today.
1037
01:19:23,968 --> 01:19:26,988
What? Pretty good.
And you?
1038
01:19:27,012 --> 01:19:32,518
A little on the cool side. May
get a little rain today or tomorrow.
1039
01:19:33,435 --> 01:19:35,980
Right, George.
Bye-bye.
1040
01:19:36,981 --> 01:19:38,291
Any idea where Max is? No.
1041
01:19:38,315 --> 01:19:41,127
Called this morning,
said he'd drop by this afternoon.
1042
01:19:41,151 --> 01:19:43,463
You don't need to order
that German beer no more.
1043
01:19:43,487 --> 01:19:46,424
He ain't gonna be around to
drink it. What do you mean?
1044
01:19:46,448 --> 01:19:50,136
Davitt. He ran out of
breath this afternoon.
1045
01:19:50,160 --> 01:19:53,348
Somebody kill him?
4:00 Cleveland time.
1046
01:19:53,372 --> 01:19:57,978
Kind of funny at that. 'Course you
never know what a guy's gonna do.
1047
01:19:58,002 --> 01:20:00,939
Huh?
Cried like a baby.
1048
01:20:00,963 --> 01:20:03,358
If Max comes in,
ask him to wait. All right.
1049
01:20:03,382 --> 01:20:06,010
I'll try to run him down.
1050
01:20:07,011 --> 01:20:09,614
Oh, forgot to tell you.
1051
01:20:09,638 --> 01:20:14,661
You remember that mouth of
Chet's? Guess what he said.
1052
01:20:14,685 --> 01:20:16,312
What?
1053
01:20:16,353 --> 01:20:19,332
Just as he was goin' down,
he said,
1054
01:20:19,356 --> 01:20:22,318
"Jesus, Mary and Joseph."
1055
01:20:23,193 --> 01:20:25,863
That's what he said.
1056
01:20:50,804 --> 01:20:53,992
They sent him a long way to die,
didn't they?
1057
01:20:54,016 --> 01:20:55,994
It's always a long way.
1058
01:20:56,018 --> 01:20:59,956
Well, Davitt was hotter than we
thought. He must've made a mistake.
1059
01:20:59,980 --> 01:21:03,877
His mistake was being Davitt.
1060
01:21:03,901 --> 01:21:05,879
This is Friday.
Yeah, Captain.
1061
01:21:05,903 --> 01:21:08,965
Yeah, we know about that.
We know he's dead.
1062
01:21:08,989 --> 01:21:11,760
Long-distance call
from Cleveland just now.
1063
01:21:11,784 --> 01:21:15,388
No. Used the name George.
Yeah, that's our guess too.
1064
01:21:15,412 --> 01:21:18,975
Every word of it. Yeah. No,
there's no doubt about the other end of the call.
1065
01:21:18,999 --> 01:21:24,922
Lee Reinhard laid it out for the
bartender. That's right. It's all there.
1066
01:21:26,006 --> 01:21:28,985
Right. Right.
What's that address again?
1067
01:21:29,009 --> 01:21:30,987
Is that South Ardmore?
Right.
1068
01:21:31,011 --> 01:21:35,450
Can Phelps meet us out there
with playback equipment?
1069
01:21:35,474 --> 01:21:36,534
Right.
1070
01:21:36,558 --> 01:21:37,994
You ready?
Where to?
1071
01:21:38,018 --> 01:21:40,104
Davitt's wife.
1072
01:21:50,531 --> 01:21:54,052
Just as he was goin' down
he said,
1073
01:21:54,076 --> 01:21:56,554
"Jesus, Mary and Joseph."
1074
01:21:56,578 --> 01:21:58,247
That's what he said.
1075
01:22:07,005 --> 01:22:07,942
We're sorry, Mrs. Davitt.
1076
01:22:07,966 --> 01:22:12,010
We didn't want to play it. You
wouldn't let us do it any other way.
1077
01:22:12,719 --> 01:22:14,596
I know.
1078
01:22:15,806 --> 01:22:18,559
I used up any favors.
1079
01:22:23,814 --> 01:22:26,209
You want Max Troy
to stand for this one?
1080
01:22:26,233 --> 01:22:29,611
And one more.
Miller Starkie.
1081
01:22:34,074 --> 01:22:36,410
In the closet.
1082
01:22:38,328 --> 01:22:40,223
Behind the clothes.
1083
01:22:40,247 --> 01:22:43,977
Where the plumber
fixes the pipes.
1084
01:22:44,001 --> 01:22:46,003
Toolbox.
1085
01:23:18,494 --> 01:23:22,581
In the bottom,
wrapped up in a piece of cloth.
1086
01:23:25,626 --> 01:23:28,938
Part of a shotgun. Troy
bought it in Albuquerque.
1087
01:23:28,962 --> 01:23:31,774
Do you remember
the name of the store?
1088
01:23:31,798 --> 01:23:34,468
Yeah. I can
give it to you.
1089
01:23:34,593 --> 01:23:38,781
Him and Chet sawed off
the barrel right in this room.
1090
01:23:38,805 --> 01:23:40,807
Hacksaw there.
1091
01:23:41,308 --> 01:23:44,954
When was the gun purchased?
Do you remember, Mrs. Davitt?
1092
01:23:44,978 --> 01:23:47,957
Six, seven months ago.
1093
01:23:47,981 --> 01:23:51,276
We was travelin' back
from Chicago.
1094
01:23:51,985 --> 01:23:53,987
Where is the gun?
1095
01:23:54,446 --> 01:23:55,632
Echo Park Lake.
1096
01:23:55,656 --> 01:24:00,577
You can get it. I'll show
you where they threw it in.
1097
01:24:01,578 --> 01:24:04,974
Max called Chet at Del Mar.
1098
01:24:04,998 --> 01:24:09,062
Told him where to be, what time.
1099
01:24:09,086 --> 01:24:13,006
You willing to come downtown,
give us a statement?
1100
01:24:16,426 --> 01:24:19,680
On my hands and knees.
1101
01:25:00,053 --> 01:25:02,282
Teletype from Albuquerque.
1102
01:25:02,306 --> 01:25:05,994
"NR-65 KGB-34.
P.D. Los Angeles, California."
1103
01:25:06,018 --> 01:25:10,373
R-228, KMA-89 S-&-R double-barrel shotgun,
12-gauge.
1104
01:25:10,397 --> 01:25:16,963
Serial 178365. Purchased Finney's
Hardware this city October 15 last.
1105
01:25:16,987 --> 01:25:19,465
Sold to Max Taylor, nonresident.
1106
01:25:19,489 --> 01:25:24,036
"P.D. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1743 KOB-34."
1107
01:25:24,745 --> 01:25:27,998
Joe, take two. Right. Thank you.
1108
01:25:31,001 --> 01:25:32,812
This is Friday.
1109
01:25:32,836 --> 01:25:34,981
Yeah, Lee. Mm-hmm.
1110
01:25:35,005 --> 01:25:36,691
You can, huh?
1111
01:25:36,715 --> 01:25:38,884
How soon do you figure?
1112
01:25:39,009 --> 01:25:41,195
Right. Yeah.
Thank you very much.
1113
01:25:41,219 --> 01:25:42,572
Lee Jones with the
crime lab. Anything?
1114
01:25:42,596 --> 01:25:45,491
Yeah. Says he can give us a positive
make on that missing barrel section.
1115
01:25:45,515 --> 01:25:49,686
Latent prints. Lifted several good partials
from that hacksaw. Good enough to make Troy.
1116
01:25:49,728 --> 01:25:53,041
That's an artificial lake at Echo Park. Salvage
crew will have the murder gun by morning.
1117
01:25:53,065 --> 01:25:57,944
You've got the signed statement
from Davitt's wife right there.
1118
01:26:06,119 --> 01:26:08,205
How about it, Alex?
1119
01:26:22,719 --> 01:26:24,596
You got him.
1120
01:26:32,979 --> 01:26:35,315
You'll need your raincoats.
1121
01:26:39,528 --> 01:26:42,280
Light that, will you, Alex?
1122
01:27:06,471 --> 01:27:07,990
Which room does Max Troy have?
1123
01:27:08,014 --> 01:27:11,369
Mr. Troy went in for major
surgery at 4:00 this afternoon.
1124
01:27:11,393 --> 01:27:13,955
- How's he doing?
- Gastric cancer.
1125
01:27:13,979 --> 01:27:16,189
He died on the table.
1126
01:27:18,358 --> 01:27:21,337
I'm sorry. Was Mr. Troy
a friend of yours?
1127
01:27:21,361 --> 01:27:24,322
No, sir.
We hardly knew him.
96171
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