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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:04,838 --> 00:00:06,549 This is the city. 2 00:00:06,573 --> 00:00:08,918 Los Angeles, California. 3 00:00:08,942 --> 00:00:11,688 It ranks first in the country in a number of things. 4 00:00:11,712 --> 00:00:17,194 Among them, land area and automobiles. 5 00:00:17,218 --> 00:00:19,801 One of the biggest areas here is occupied by 6 00:00:19,825 --> 00:00:22,432 the University of California at Los Angeles. 7 00:00:22,456 --> 00:00:27,270 It's situated on 411 acres in West Los Angeles. 8 00:00:27,294 --> 00:00:30,907 UCLA is a student body of 29,000, 9 00:00:30,931 --> 00:00:34,844 a faculty of 2,000 distributed among 71 departments 10 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:39,282 and 14 schools and colleges. 11 00:00:39,306 --> 00:00:45,188 Since 1945, a $160 million building program has been underway, 12 00:00:45,212 --> 00:00:49,559 the largest on any campus in the United States. 13 00:00:49,583 --> 00:00:52,529 One of those expansions concerns the library. 14 00:00:52,553 --> 00:00:55,899 With over two million books, the university has the largest collection 15 00:00:55,923 --> 00:00:58,568 of any college in the world. 16 00:00:58,592 --> 00:01:02,839 UCLA is a place where young people prepare for a successful future. 17 00:01:02,863 --> 00:01:07,744 A goal is worthwhile but the path is long and hard. 18 00:01:07,768 --> 00:01:10,113 Some try to find an easier way. 19 00:01:10,137 --> 00:01:12,115 When it's illegal, I go to work. 20 00:01:12,139 --> 00:01:14,673 I carry a badge. 21 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,759 The story you are about to see is true. 22 00:01:22,783 --> 00:01:25,384 The names have been changed to protect the innocent. 23 00:01:57,818 --> 00:01:59,663 It was Tuesday, April 11th. 24 00:01:59,687 --> 00:02:02,899 We were working the day, watch out of Frauds Division Forgery Section. 25 00:02:02,923 --> 00:02:05,201 The boss is Captain Frankel. 26 00:02:05,225 --> 00:02:07,103 My partner is Bill Gannon. 27 00:02:07,127 --> 00:02:09,071 My name is Friday. 28 00:02:09,095 --> 00:02:10,840 We checked in for work at 9:00 a.m. 29 00:02:10,864 --> 00:02:12,975 For the past two and a half minutes, 30 00:02:12,999 --> 00:02:15,819 Bill appeared to be testing the construction 31 00:02:15,843 --> 00:02:18,169 qualities of the squadron furniture. 32 00:02:24,478 --> 00:02:26,956 What's the matter? Something wrong with the furniture? 33 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:29,025 No, Joe, there's nothing wrong with the furniture. 34 00:02:29,049 --> 00:02:31,461 Isometrics, they're called. Good old dynamic tension. 35 00:02:31,485 --> 00:02:33,463 You can do it anywhere anytime. 36 00:02:33,487 --> 00:02:37,100 Do your isometrics three minutes a day, you don't have to do anything else. 37 00:02:37,124 --> 00:02:40,103 - Is that so? - Yes, Joe, it's so. It's the tension. 38 00:02:40,127 --> 00:02:43,740 One muscle working dynamically against the other that does the trick. 39 00:02:43,764 --> 00:02:45,708 You don't get much exercise, do you, Joe? 40 00:02:45,732 --> 00:02:47,410 Oh, I get out and bowl when I have a chance. 41 00:02:47,434 --> 00:02:49,946 Well, that's nice. I don't suppose you do any jogging. 42 00:02:49,970 --> 00:02:51,781 Well no, I don't have much time for that. 43 00:02:51,805 --> 00:02:53,450 But you've got time to sit around and get flabby. 44 00:02:53,474 --> 00:02:55,952 That's why you ought to try isometrics, Joe. 45 00:02:55,976 --> 00:03:01,525 It doesn't take any of your valuable time. Now, watch this. 46 00:03:01,549 --> 00:03:03,627 See. That didn't take any time. 47 00:03:03,651 --> 00:03:07,464 A few seconds here, a few seconds there, that's all it takes, Joe. No time at all. 48 00:03:07,488 --> 00:03:10,400 You've got muscles like bands of solid steel. 49 00:03:10,424 --> 00:03:13,002 That's amazing. You've been doing this isometrics have you? 50 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:17,240 Just starting. 51 00:03:17,264 --> 00:03:19,042 What's the matter, Gannon? Something wrong with that chair? 52 00:03:19,066 --> 00:03:20,877 No, sir Captain, just exercising. 53 00:03:20,901 --> 00:03:23,680 This might give you a little more. Theft and forgery. 54 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:28,518 Woman calling herself Sarah Phillips passed over $3,000 with a bad paper last week. 55 00:03:28,542 --> 00:03:30,387 - Stolen payroll checks. - Yes, sir. 56 00:03:30,411 --> 00:03:33,056 The checks were stolen in the Monument Movie Studios. 57 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,258 - The Phillips woman works there. - All right. We'll go have a talk with her. 58 00:03:35,282 --> 00:03:37,360 Yeah, do that and maybe you can help find whoever 59 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:40,830 - it was that stole her driver's license and her credit cards. - Yes, sir. 60 00:03:40,854 --> 00:03:43,689 And who's been forging her signature to these checks. 61 00:03:48,462 --> 00:03:50,407 9:45 a.m. 62 00:03:50,431 --> 00:03:52,801 We drove over to Sarah Phillip" apartment on 63 00:03:52,825 --> 00:03:55,111 Harper Avenue just below Sunset Boulevard. 64 00:03:55,135 --> 00:03:57,180 - Yes? - You're Ms. Phillips, Sarah Phillips? 65 00:03:57,204 --> 00:03:59,115 - Yes, that's right. - Police officers, Ms. Phillips. 66 00:03:59,139 --> 00:04:00,817 This is Bill Gannon. My name is Friday. 67 00:04:00,841 --> 00:04:02,352 - It's about those checks. - That's right. 68 00:04:02,376 --> 00:04:04,053 Please, come in. 69 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:05,922 Can I get you anything? Coffee? Orange juice? 70 00:04:05,946 --> 00:04:08,758 No, thank you. 71 00:04:08,782 --> 00:04:12,562 Please sit down. 72 00:04:12,586 --> 00:04:15,298 This thing has made me a complete wreck. I'm so nervous. 73 00:04:15,322 --> 00:04:16,899 Yes, ma'am, we understand. 74 00:04:16,923 --> 00:04:20,270 I just can't get over this. It's never happened to me before. 75 00:04:20,294 --> 00:04:24,207 I mean having my name used makes me feel so responsible, so guilty. 76 00:04:24,231 --> 00:04:26,303 Someone stole my identification cards, my 77 00:04:26,327 --> 00:04:28,678 driver's license, my credit cards, everything. 78 00:04:28,702 --> 00:04:31,214 Yes, ma'am. Now, when did you first notice they were missing? 79 00:04:31,238 --> 00:04:32,882 Just the last couple of days. 80 00:04:32,906 --> 00:04:35,084 Stores all over town have been calling me. 81 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:38,255 Every time that phone rings I want to dig a hole in the ceiling. 82 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:40,724 I know it's going to be some place of business calling that's 83 00:04:40,748 --> 00:04:42,792 been swindled by somebody using my name. 84 00:04:42,816 --> 00:04:45,161 And you're employed by Monument Studios, is that right? 85 00:04:45,185 --> 00:04:46,829 I've been doing commercials mostly on TV but 86 00:04:46,853 --> 00:04:49,499 I've just signed a seven-year contract with Monument. 87 00:04:49,523 --> 00:04:51,635 Do you have any idea where or when your identification 88 00:04:51,659 --> 00:04:53,503 and credit cards might have been stolen? 89 00:04:53,527 --> 00:04:56,806 No idea. They were all in my purse but I have dozens of credit cards 90 00:04:56,830 --> 00:04:58,608 so I didn't notice that a few were gone, 91 00:04:58,632 --> 00:05:01,811 and unless I'm getting a ticket I never look at my driver's license. 92 00:05:01,835 --> 00:05:03,780 What a mess this is. 93 00:05:03,804 --> 00:05:06,816 My roommate has been calling me "Public Enemy No. 1" ever since this thing started. 94 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:08,951 Is your roommate here? 95 00:05:08,975 --> 00:05:11,488 I don't want to get her involved. She doesn't have anything to do with this. 96 00:05:11,512 --> 00:05:13,156 We didn't say she did. 97 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:16,993 Mary has a regular job. She works in a bank. That's her picture. 98 00:05:17,017 --> 00:05:18,828 - What's her full name? - Mary Hargrave. 99 00:05:18,852 --> 00:05:20,229 How long have you known her? 100 00:05:20,253 --> 00:05:22,532 You act like you really suspect her. 101 00:05:22,556 --> 00:05:25,134 - How long have you known her? - About six months. 102 00:05:25,158 --> 00:05:27,771 Oh, she's a nut but she's a real good roommate. 103 00:05:27,795 --> 00:05:30,139 Is it possible she could have taken the things from your purse? 104 00:05:30,163 --> 00:05:32,375 That's what I mean. You suspect her. 105 00:05:32,399 --> 00:05:33,543 Absolutely not. 106 00:05:33,567 --> 00:05:35,978 Mary just kids about being money crazy. 107 00:05:36,002 --> 00:05:37,747 Actually, she's a very religious person. 108 00:05:37,771 --> 00:05:39,182 Is that so? 109 00:05:39,206 --> 00:05:41,851 Why just last week she joined the Ming Dynasty Crusaders. 110 00:05:41,875 --> 00:05:45,322 - The Ming Dynasty Crusaders? - Yes, the MDC. 111 00:05:45,346 --> 00:05:46,989 She's very devout. 112 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:48,758 It's the third religion she's had since I've known her. 113 00:05:48,782 --> 00:05:50,827 The third in six months? 114 00:05:50,851 --> 00:05:54,698 She's extremely devout but she has trouble deciding what to be devout about. 115 00:05:54,722 --> 00:05:56,433 She'll stick with Ming Dynasty though. 116 00:05:56,457 --> 00:05:58,968 - What makes you so sure? - She's made a commitment. 117 00:05:58,992 --> 00:06:02,227 She went out and bought herself a gong. 118 00:06:09,503 --> 00:06:11,047 10:25 a.m. 119 00:06:11,071 --> 00:06:13,750 Sarah Phillips gave us a list of the various stores which had 120 00:06:13,774 --> 00:06:16,185 reported receiving the forged payroll checks. 121 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:18,388 We drove out to talk to the victims. 122 00:06:18,412 --> 00:06:22,191 The first one on the list was the Beautyfix Boutique on Santa Monica Boulevard. 123 00:06:22,215 --> 00:06:23,560 May I help you? 124 00:06:23,584 --> 00:06:25,595 Yes, we'd like to talk to the manager if we could. 125 00:06:25,619 --> 00:06:27,864 Oh, Ms. Tigley. She's in back. I'll get her. 126 00:06:27,888 --> 00:06:33,202 Thank you very much. 127 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:35,037 - That certainly is short. - A little. 128 00:06:35,061 --> 00:06:38,174 I've got more material on my handkerchief than she has in her entire dress. 129 00:06:38,198 --> 00:06:40,343 I mean you know me, Joe. 130 00:06:40,367 --> 00:06:43,847 I'm no prude but really, can you imagine your mother wearing something like that? 131 00:06:43,871 --> 00:06:46,148 No, but then my mother is in her 70s. 132 00:06:46,172 --> 00:06:48,985 Yes, gentlemen? You wanted to see me? 133 00:06:49,009 --> 00:06:51,421 Angela Tigley, I'm the manager here. 134 00:06:51,445 --> 00:06:55,224 Yes, ma'am. We're police officers. We'd like to talk to you about a forged check. 135 00:06:55,248 --> 00:06:59,228 $240. I should have known better. 136 00:06:59,252 --> 00:07:02,999 I should have smelled something funny about a $240 sale. 137 00:07:03,023 --> 00:07:05,835 I should have known it was too good to be true from a size 10. 138 00:07:05,859 --> 00:07:08,337 Yes, ma'am. Can you describe the person who passed the check? 139 00:07:08,361 --> 00:07:10,540 A perfect size 10. I waited on her myself. 140 00:07:10,564 --> 00:07:12,108 Could you be a little more specific? 141 00:07:12,132 --> 00:07:14,544 What was her age, height, weight, the color of her hair? 142 00:07:14,568 --> 00:07:18,648 Oh, brunette, shoulder length, pageboy no fall. 143 00:07:18,672 --> 00:07:22,385 - Pageboy no fall? - It was her own hair. She wasn't wearing a wig. 144 00:07:22,409 --> 00:07:24,587 She was about my height and weight. 145 00:07:24,611 --> 00:07:30,126 - I'm also a 10. I'd say she was 25, maybe 26. - How was she dressed? 146 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:34,997 Pale blue blouse with gold piping, navy blue miniskirt, and thong sandals. 147 00:07:35,021 --> 00:07:36,566 I wouldn't bother writing all that down. 148 00:07:36,590 --> 00:07:38,134 How's that? 149 00:07:38,158 --> 00:07:40,369 - That's what she wore when she came in. - Yes, ma'am. 150 00:07:40,393 --> 00:07:44,128 When she walked out she was wearing a brand new $240 outfit. 151 00:07:50,838 --> 00:07:52,348 11:15 a.m. 152 00:07:52,372 --> 00:07:54,451 we arrived at Platt's Jewelry Store. 153 00:07:54,475 --> 00:07:58,120 Sydney Platt like Angela Tigley had accepted a bad check. 154 00:07:58,144 --> 00:08:00,523 He had been cheated out of a lady's diamond wristwatch, 155 00:08:00,547 --> 00:08:03,392 two gold bracelets, and a pair of diamond earrings, 156 00:08:03,416 --> 00:08:06,429 total $538 plus tax. 157 00:08:06,453 --> 00:08:09,866 His description the woman tallied with the one given us by Angela Tigley. 158 00:08:09,890 --> 00:08:12,335 11:35 a.m. 159 00:08:12,359 --> 00:08:15,839 We checked back with Sarah Phillips to find out if she knew anyone who would fit the 160 00:08:15,863 --> 00:08:19,208 description we had been given by the two victimized store managers. 161 00:08:19,232 --> 00:08:22,044 Yes, I know somebody who fits that description, but it's impossible. 162 00:08:22,068 --> 00:08:25,849 Size 10, brunette, shoulder length hair, 25, 26 years old. 163 00:08:25,873 --> 00:08:28,518 Twenty-five, my roommate, Mary. 164 00:08:28,542 --> 00:08:31,521 That picture is about two years old but her hair is longer now. 165 00:08:31,545 --> 00:08:33,422 But Mary wouldn't do something like this. 166 00:08:33,446 --> 00:08:35,257 Why because she plays the gong? 167 00:08:35,281 --> 00:08:37,360 We'll have to take this photograph along with us, Ms. Phillips. 168 00:08:37,384 --> 00:08:39,629 It will be returned after we finish our investigation. 169 00:08:39,653 --> 00:08:42,799 - All right. - Do you have any samples of her handwriting? 170 00:08:42,823 --> 00:08:45,502 Yes, the book by the phone. That's her address book. 171 00:08:45,526 --> 00:08:48,505 We'll have to take this along with us too. I'll be returned. 172 00:08:48,529 --> 00:08:52,108 What do I tell Mary if she notices her picture and her address book are gone? 173 00:08:52,132 --> 00:08:53,977 What time do you expect her today? 174 00:08:54,001 --> 00:08:56,078 As soon as she gets off work. She'll be home by five o'clock. 175 00:08:56,102 --> 00:08:57,814 All right. These will be back by 4:00. 176 00:08:57,838 --> 00:08:59,315 Now, we'd appreciate it if you didn't say anything 177 00:08:59,339 --> 00:09:01,851 to her about this until we've completed our investigation. 178 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:03,586 Oh, don't worry about that. 179 00:09:03,610 --> 00:09:06,022 I don't want to make things any worse than they are. 180 00:09:06,046 --> 00:09:07,924 I just know Mary isn't guilty. 181 00:09:07,948 --> 00:09:09,526 She's just too nice. 182 00:09:09,550 --> 00:09:11,360 Well, if she's that nice, she isn't guilty. 183 00:09:11,384 --> 00:09:12,729 Yes. 184 00:09:12,753 --> 00:09:17,166 And if she's guilty, she's not that nice. 185 00:09:17,190 --> 00:09:18,768 11:55 a.m. 186 00:09:18,792 --> 00:09:21,638 We showed Mary Hargrave's photograph to Angela Tigley. 187 00:09:21,662 --> 00:09:24,340 We asked her if she recognized her as the forger. 188 00:09:24,364 --> 00:09:26,643 Ms. Tigley said there was a resemblance but she couldn't be 189 00:09:26,667 --> 00:09:29,779 certain without seeing the girl in person. 190 00:09:29,803 --> 00:09:31,548 12:15 p.m. 191 00:09:31,572 --> 00:09:34,150 We showed the photograph to the victimized jeweler, Sydney Platt. 192 00:09:34,174 --> 00:09:35,885 He was also in doubt. 193 00:09:35,909 --> 00:09:38,320 He said that the woman in the two-year-old photograph might 194 00:09:38,344 --> 00:09:40,830 have been the same person who passed the check 195 00:09:40,854 --> 00:09:43,092 in his store but he couldn't be positive. 196 00:09:43,116 --> 00:09:45,194 1:05 p.m. 197 00:09:45,218 --> 00:09:48,665 We took Mary Hargrave's address book to Question Documents Section. 198 00:09:48,689 --> 00:09:51,200 Roy Kiser compared the handwriting in the book to the 199 00:09:51,224 --> 00:09:53,770 signatures on the forged payroll checks. 200 00:09:53,794 --> 00:09:55,872 - Well, how does it look to you, Roy? - You got no make here. 201 00:09:55,896 --> 00:10:00,043 - You're sure? - That's what they pay me to be sure. No chance, Joe. 202 00:10:00,067 --> 00:10:03,613 Whoever filled out this address book didn't sign these checks, all right? 203 00:10:03,637 --> 00:10:06,182 - Well, thanks, Roy. - Anytime, boy. One thing I can tell you. 204 00:10:06,206 --> 00:10:08,017 - What's that? - The girl who signed this checks. 205 00:10:08,041 --> 00:10:09,318 - Yeah? - She's a southpaw. 206 00:10:09,342 --> 00:10:12,188 - Are you sure of that? - They just don't listen. 207 00:10:12,212 --> 00:10:13,823 Yes, Bill, I'm sure. 208 00:10:13,847 --> 00:10:16,759 The girl who filled out the address book is right-handed. 209 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:18,695 The one who signed the checks is a leftie. 210 00:10:18,719 --> 00:10:21,664 - Well, that's a help. - We also serve, we only sit and wait. 211 00:10:21,688 --> 00:10:25,568 Oh, we never doubted that for a second. Roy, give us an educated guess. 212 00:10:25,592 --> 00:10:27,336 How many left-handed women do you think there are in Los Angeles? 213 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:29,271 At least 100,000. 214 00:10:29,295 --> 00:10:33,076 You know it's simply amazing how this man cracks our cases wide open for us. 215 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:35,344 - Fantastic and that really doesn't seem fair. - No. 216 00:10:35,368 --> 00:10:37,146 He does all the work, we get all the glory. 217 00:10:37,170 --> 00:10:38,915 Get out of here. I got work to do. 218 00:10:38,939 --> 00:10:42,051 So do we. We've got 100,000 suspects to round up. 219 00:10:42,075 --> 00:10:43,987 My money is on you, Hawkshaw. 220 00:10:44,011 --> 00:10:46,244 You will accomplish that by tea time. 221 00:10:55,689 --> 00:10:58,367 Frauds Division, Friday. 222 00:10:58,391 --> 00:11:01,403 Yes, that's right. 223 00:11:01,427 --> 00:11:04,974 What's your name? 224 00:11:04,998 --> 00:11:06,776 I see. 225 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,545 Where? 226 00:11:09,569 --> 00:11:11,681 Well, when? 227 00:11:11,705 --> 00:11:15,217 Okay. How do we know you? 228 00:11:15,241 --> 00:11:19,689 Uh-huh, yeah, yeah. 229 00:11:19,713 --> 00:11:22,591 - Okay. We'll be there. - What's that? 230 00:11:22,615 --> 00:11:25,427 Somebody wants to tell us who's been passing those stolen payroll checks. 231 00:11:25,451 --> 00:11:26,829 Who's someone? 232 00:11:26,853 --> 00:11:30,700 Five-foot-ten, brown hair, blue eyes, brown beard, no name. 233 00:11:30,724 --> 00:11:32,401 - Oh, him. - Where is the meet? 234 00:11:32,425 --> 00:11:35,493 Edendale Cemetery, the mausoleum. 235 00:11:42,702 --> 00:11:44,947 2:10 p.m. 236 00:11:44,971 --> 00:11:49,218 We returned Mary Hargrave's photograph and address book to Sarah Phillips, 237 00:11:49,242 --> 00:11:51,787 then we drove to the Edendale Cemetery in West 238 00:11:51,811 --> 00:11:54,156 Hollywood to meet the anonymous informant. 239 00:11:54,180 --> 00:11:56,492 - You must be the men. - We're the men. 240 00:11:56,516 --> 00:11:59,362 Give me a sign. 241 00:11:59,386 --> 00:12:01,864 - Are you Friday? - That's right and this is Bill Gannon. 242 00:12:01,888 --> 00:12:03,299 Now, what's your name? 243 00:12:03,323 --> 00:12:05,668 Thompson, Thompson of Valhalla. 244 00:12:05,692 --> 00:12:08,871 I come here to commune with the dead. We're all dead, you know. 245 00:12:08,895 --> 00:12:13,075 You said on the phone you know who's been passing stolen payroll checks. 246 00:12:13,099 --> 00:12:16,679 The best coffee in town. I make it myself. 247 00:12:16,703 --> 00:12:20,583 Yeah, I know who's been passing the checks. 248 00:12:20,607 --> 00:12:23,486 - I wish I didn't. - Why is that? 249 00:12:23,510 --> 00:12:25,321 Well, she's not in it by herself. 250 00:12:25,345 --> 00:12:27,122 I mean she'd never do it by herself. 251 00:12:27,146 --> 00:12:29,057 It's those flake-outs she's been running with. 252 00:12:29,081 --> 00:12:31,165 I mean then they put her up to swipe in the 253 00:12:31,189 --> 00:12:33,296 payroll checks and those IDs in the studio. 254 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,364 She used to work out there as a secretary. I used to work out there myself. 255 00:12:35,388 --> 00:12:37,199 - I was a hack. - What's that? 256 00:12:37,223 --> 00:12:41,504 I was a hack. You know, I wrote bad movie scripts, bad TV scripts and it's 257 00:12:41,528 --> 00:12:45,574 strictly for the loot and didn't make much of that. But I'm out of that is scene now. 258 00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:47,276 Knock wood... knock cement. 259 00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:48,644 What do you do now for a living? 260 00:12:48,668 --> 00:12:53,248 Well, for a living, man, I... I live period. 261 00:12:53,272 --> 00:12:56,585 I meditate, ponder the universe. I commune with the dead. 262 00:12:56,609 --> 00:12:57,886 What do you do for money? 263 00:12:57,910 --> 00:12:59,288 Well, I'm still on unemployment. 264 00:12:59,312 --> 00:13:02,057 Now and then I collect the residual on an old TV script. 265 00:13:02,081 --> 00:13:04,660 - You're writing now? - I told you, Gannon. 266 00:13:04,684 --> 00:13:07,530 I'm spending most of my time thinking. 267 00:13:07,554 --> 00:13:10,566 You know, most people don't realize the writing is the easiest part. 268 00:13:10,590 --> 00:13:12,067 It's the thinking that takes time. 269 00:13:12,091 --> 00:13:14,704 It's that period of creative gestation that separates the 270 00:13:14,728 --> 00:13:17,473 artist from the hack, the living from the dead. 271 00:13:17,497 --> 00:13:21,043 Tell us about the ex-secretary who's been passing the stolen checks. 272 00:13:21,067 --> 00:13:22,545 Sondra. 273 00:13:22,569 --> 00:13:24,146 She's a beautiful person. 274 00:13:24,170 --> 00:13:26,148 Just beautiful. 275 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:28,952 When I left the studio to devote myself to serious 276 00:13:28,976 --> 00:13:31,387 work, she kept on out there as a secretary. 277 00:13:31,411 --> 00:13:33,288 We moved to a cabin up in Oakleaf Canyon. 278 00:13:33,312 --> 00:13:35,558 It was great for a while. 279 00:13:35,582 --> 00:13:40,062 But she became friends with a bunch of the Canyon creeps, especially Ralph and Dixie. 280 00:13:40,086 --> 00:13:42,698 They're a total waste. 281 00:13:42,722 --> 00:13:45,267 And a couple of weeks ago, she left me. 282 00:13:45,291 --> 00:13:48,036 She said I was destroying her ability to paint. 283 00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:49,438 She paints. 284 00:13:49,462 --> 00:13:50,773 She's very good. 285 00:13:50,797 --> 00:13:53,308 She said I was stifling her inspiration. 286 00:13:53,332 --> 00:13:56,144 So now she lives with Dixie and Ralph in that communal pigsty 287 00:13:56,168 --> 00:14:00,282 they share with the other bad news characters up and down the Canyon. 288 00:14:00,306 --> 00:14:03,067 And it's that fat dumb Dixie who talked her in 289 00:14:03,091 --> 00:14:05,755 clocking those payroll checks and those IDs. 290 00:14:05,779 --> 00:14:10,393 You know, even if Sondra were starving, she'd never steal for herself. 291 00:14:10,417 --> 00:14:12,261 But they brainwashed her. 292 00:14:12,285 --> 00:14:16,399 You know, they convinced her that she owed it to her friends to steal for their sake. 293 00:14:16,423 --> 00:14:18,133 Why are you telling us all this? 294 00:14:18,157 --> 00:14:22,337 Because I love her and I want her back. 295 00:14:22,361 --> 00:14:27,009 I know that sooner or later, with or without my help, you'll catch up with them. 296 00:14:27,033 --> 00:14:31,079 I guess I was hoping if I helped you, maybe you could help her. 297 00:14:31,103 --> 00:14:33,549 Maybe you could put her on probation and return her to me. 298 00:14:33,573 --> 00:14:35,818 That will be up to the court to decide. 299 00:14:35,842 --> 00:14:37,553 I dig. 300 00:14:37,577 --> 00:14:40,022 But you could put in a word if you wanted to. 301 00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:42,825 You could tell the judge that she's not a felonious person, 302 00:14:42,849 --> 00:14:45,728 that she only did what she did for her friends, the leeches. 303 00:14:45,752 --> 00:14:48,564 You could him that she has a man who loves her and wants her back. 304 00:14:48,588 --> 00:14:50,132 Where is this Sondra now? 305 00:14:50,156 --> 00:14:52,535 Well, they all went up the coast somewhere the day before yesterday. 306 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:54,904 I think they're living alfresco near Big Sur. 307 00:14:54,928 --> 00:14:57,072 They're supposed to be back the end of the week. 308 00:14:57,096 --> 00:14:58,674 I'm keeping her cat for her till she gets back. 309 00:14:58,698 --> 00:15:01,610 Anybody else involved in the operation besides this Sondra? 310 00:15:01,634 --> 00:15:04,447 Well, Sondra is the number one patsy. 311 00:15:04,471 --> 00:15:08,584 She swipes the checks, she passes them but they got a three-way go in the take, 312 00:15:08,608 --> 00:15:13,021 Sondra and the two leeches, you know, Dixie and Ralph, a couple of real parasites. 313 00:15:13,045 --> 00:15:14,957 They can't even steal for themselves. 314 00:15:14,981 --> 00:15:17,626 - Do you have a picture of this Sondra? - No, not on me. 315 00:15:17,650 --> 00:15:21,096 There's one back at the pad. 316 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:25,167 Now, I pray to God she understands my motive in doing this. 317 00:15:25,191 --> 00:15:28,971 I hope she sees that it was love and not spite. 318 00:15:28,995 --> 00:15:31,841 - She will see that, won't she? - I wouldn't know. 319 00:15:31,865 --> 00:15:34,977 Now, tell me, this Sondra, you two are living together, is that the idea? 320 00:15:35,001 --> 00:15:39,303 Don't you think we should man? She's my wife. 321 00:15:40,807 --> 00:15:43,741 Legal, with a license to back it up. 322 00:15:45,011 --> 00:15:46,789 3:25 p.m. 323 00:15:46,813 --> 00:15:50,258 We accompanied Blake Thompson to a cabin up in Oakleaf Canyon. 324 00:15:50,282 --> 00:15:53,195 Powerful, isn't it? It really turns you on. 325 00:15:53,219 --> 00:15:56,331 - It blows your mind, doesn't it? - Sure does mine. What is it? 326 00:15:56,355 --> 00:15:58,000 Well, what are you seeing? 327 00:15:58,024 --> 00:16:01,336 - Well, that's a real nice frame. - No, don't be self-conscious. 328 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,438 Let yourself out. Hold nothing back. 329 00:16:03,462 --> 00:16:05,908 Don't be uptight about it. Just simply respond. 330 00:16:05,932 --> 00:16:08,443 Well, there's a big yellow thing down the corner and there's a 331 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:12,882 purple swirl in the middle and a lot of brown drops all over it. 332 00:16:12,906 --> 00:16:15,050 Okay and I add it up and tell me what it says? 333 00:16:15,074 --> 00:16:16,719 Yellow and purple and brown. 334 00:16:16,743 --> 00:16:18,186 That's her. 335 00:16:18,210 --> 00:16:19,955 It's a self-portrait. 336 00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:21,456 It's Sondra. 337 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,158 Sondra. Pretty girl. 338 00:16:23,182 --> 00:16:25,460 This isn't the only picture you have of her, is it? 339 00:16:25,484 --> 00:16:27,696 I mean this is good but we could use a photograph. 340 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,655 Got one. Hang tough and I'll get it. 341 00:16:36,295 --> 00:16:39,875 I don't think it's as good of her myself. It's in black and white. 342 00:16:39,899 --> 00:16:42,244 Sleeps right on top of her picture. 343 00:16:42,268 --> 00:16:45,681 This is Sondra's cat, Toby, and this is Sondra. 344 00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:48,383 You seem like a bright guy, Thompson, well-educated. 345 00:16:48,407 --> 00:16:51,053 Tell me something. You like living like this? 346 00:16:51,077 --> 00:16:52,555 Well, it's the only way to go. 347 00:16:52,579 --> 00:16:54,590 All an artist needs is pen and paper. 348 00:16:54,614 --> 00:16:55,958 Everything else is just trivia. 349 00:16:55,982 --> 00:16:57,392 Doesn't this mess depress you a little? 350 00:16:57,416 --> 00:17:00,629 Does it matter whether Tolstoy or Dickens slept in a clean bed 351 00:17:00,653 --> 00:17:03,032 when they wrote War and Peace or Oliver Twist? 352 00:17:03,056 --> 00:17:05,935 Maybe not to everybody, Thompson, but I'll lay your odds, it mattered to someone. 353 00:17:05,959 --> 00:17:06,969 Who? 354 00:17:06,993 --> 00:17:10,561 Mrs. Tolstoy and Mrs. Dickens. 355 00:17:27,413 --> 00:17:30,292 Thursday, April 13th, 1:15 p.m. 356 00:17:30,316 --> 00:17:31,660 We had just returned from lunch. 357 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:36,331 Frauds Division, Friday. 358 00:17:36,355 --> 00:17:38,634 Yeah. 359 00:17:38,658 --> 00:17:41,336 What's that address? Uh-huh. 360 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:43,438 Is that up near your place? 361 00:17:43,462 --> 00:17:46,642 Yeah, I got it. Okay. We'll be right out. 362 00:17:46,666 --> 00:17:49,700 It was Thompson. His wife just got back. 363 00:17:51,804 --> 00:17:53,215 1:35 p.m. 364 00:17:53,239 --> 00:17:55,818 We drove to the address Thompson had given us. 365 00:17:55,842 --> 00:18:01,356 It was another rundown house a little farther up in Oakleaf Canyon. 366 00:18:04,884 --> 00:18:07,785 Don't inhale or you'll be higher than a pond of weed. 367 00:18:12,125 --> 00:18:17,072 Hey there. Hey there. I know you? 368 00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:19,207 Police officers. 369 00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:21,844 Oh, you know him. 370 00:18:21,868 --> 00:18:23,846 Oh, am I floating? 371 00:18:23,870 --> 00:18:29,184 You're not going to believe this, Dixie, but the heat just waltz into my dream. 372 00:18:29,208 --> 00:18:31,620 Mine too. 373 00:18:31,644 --> 00:18:37,092 Joe. 374 00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:41,263 Monument Studios, Sarah Phillips, payroll checks. 375 00:18:41,287 --> 00:18:44,021 Driver's license, credit cards, all belong to the Phillips girl. 376 00:18:48,427 --> 00:18:50,338 Ralphie. 377 00:18:50,362 --> 00:18:52,675 Yeah, Dixie. 378 00:18:52,699 --> 00:18:57,345 What's it mean when I see the same thing you see? 379 00:18:57,369 --> 00:19:01,050 I think it means we're in big trouble. 380 00:19:01,074 --> 00:19:03,852 - Where is the Thompson woman? - Who? Oh, Sondra. 381 00:19:03,876 --> 00:19:05,253 Well, isn't she here? 382 00:19:05,277 --> 00:19:08,657 She went off with what's his name? 383 00:19:08,681 --> 00:19:12,127 You know, the lump that she's married to. 384 00:19:12,151 --> 00:19:15,263 - Hey, man, just don't stop us from floating now, huh? - No chance. 385 00:19:15,287 --> 00:19:19,868 Because all I want to do is just float, float, and float. 386 00:19:19,892 --> 00:19:21,904 Me too. 387 00:19:21,928 --> 00:19:25,629 You will right down the Central Jail. 388 00:19:27,767 --> 00:19:29,611 2:45 p.m. 389 00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:33,882 We booked the suspects for violation of Section 470 PC, forgery. 390 00:19:33,906 --> 00:19:38,486 Bill filled out a request for an all points bulletin for Blake and Sondra Thompson. 391 00:19:38,510 --> 00:19:41,056 Frauds Division, Gannon. 392 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,491 Oh, how you've been? 393 00:19:43,515 --> 00:19:45,360 Yeah, we've been looking for you. 394 00:19:45,384 --> 00:19:50,032 Sure we went there. We went by your place about half an hour ago too. 395 00:19:50,056 --> 00:19:52,201 Okay, I understand. 396 00:19:52,225 --> 00:19:53,268 Right. 397 00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:54,903 Ten minutes. 398 00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:56,504 That was Thompson. His wife is with him. 399 00:19:56,528 --> 00:19:58,073 - They're at the cabin waiting for us. - Yeah. 400 00:19:58,097 --> 00:20:00,042 Having the last cup of coffee. 401 00:20:00,066 --> 00:20:01,443 The best in town. 402 00:20:01,467 --> 00:20:02,778 No, not this time. 403 00:20:02,802 --> 00:20:04,213 He's been watering it down. 404 00:20:04,237 --> 00:20:06,837 He was crying. 405 00:20:09,275 --> 00:20:10,585 It was 3:05 p.m. 406 00:20:10,609 --> 00:20:12,643 when we arrived at Thompson's cabin. 407 00:20:16,382 --> 00:20:17,993 Hi. 408 00:20:18,017 --> 00:20:21,230 - You want a cup of coffee? It's the best in town. - No, thanks. 409 00:20:21,254 --> 00:20:25,533 Sergeant Friday, Officer Gannon, this is my wife, Sondra. 410 00:20:25,557 --> 00:20:28,137 I couldn't let you bust her with the rest of those creeps. 411 00:20:28,161 --> 00:20:31,273 I had to talk to her one last time. 412 00:20:31,297 --> 00:20:32,975 I had to tell her why I did it. 413 00:20:32,999 --> 00:20:35,244 We better get going. 414 00:20:35,268 --> 00:20:38,535 Wish me luck, sweetheart. 415 00:20:46,179 --> 00:20:47,678 Bye. 416 00:21:08,134 --> 00:21:11,280 Wednesday, May 10th A month went by. 417 00:21:11,304 --> 00:21:15,818 Bill and I had to appear in court later that day to testify at the Thompson trial. 418 00:21:15,842 --> 00:21:17,619 We were reviewing the case. 419 00:21:17,643 --> 00:21:20,488 - Sergeant. - Yeah, can I help you? 420 00:21:20,512 --> 00:21:25,527 No, sir. Not anymore. 421 00:21:25,551 --> 00:21:27,963 You don't recognize me? 422 00:21:27,987 --> 00:21:29,064 - Blake Thompson. - Well, what happened to you? 423 00:21:29,088 --> 00:21:31,266 I woke up. 424 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:33,768 I realized that Sondra's leaving me for Ralph 425 00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:36,238 and Dixie wasn't really a step-down for her. 426 00:21:36,262 --> 00:21:40,909 I used to say they never did anything constructive, that they lived like pigs. 427 00:21:40,933 --> 00:21:43,578 Then I took a look at the way I lived. 428 00:21:43,602 --> 00:21:45,580 They were just more honest than I was. 429 00:21:45,604 --> 00:21:49,318 They'd lay around with their pot and pills, getting their kicks. 430 00:21:49,342 --> 00:21:53,421 I was no better with my meditation and my great unwritten books. 431 00:21:53,445 --> 00:21:55,057 I don't blame Sondra for splitting. 432 00:21:55,081 --> 00:21:58,026 In these past few weeks, while she's been out on bail 433 00:21:58,050 --> 00:22:02,797 we've had time to talk about things that count, the things that really matter. 434 00:22:02,821 --> 00:22:05,767 I don't know if I can write anymore. 435 00:22:05,791 --> 00:22:08,636 I've been Tolstoying my brain for so long now that I'm not 436 00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:13,408 even sure I can write bad movies, let alone good books. 437 00:22:13,432 --> 00:22:14,843 It was because of what's happened to Sondra 438 00:22:14,867 --> 00:22:19,047 that I decided to turn off, tune up, and drive back in. 439 00:22:19,071 --> 00:22:21,583 Partly, it was really seeing myself for the first time 440 00:22:21,607 --> 00:22:25,520 through her eyes that straightened me on. 441 00:22:25,544 --> 00:22:29,057 It's not so hard to look like a pig and live like a bum and pigs 442 00:22:29,081 --> 00:22:32,027 and bums are the only ones around. 443 00:22:32,051 --> 00:22:36,798 But taking an honest hard look at yourself really shakes you up. 444 00:22:36,822 --> 00:22:39,001 I'm working on a movie script. 445 00:22:39,025 --> 00:22:42,404 Nobody ordered it. I'll take my chances on the open market. 446 00:22:42,428 --> 00:22:45,473 My agent thinks it's pretty good. The studio might be interested. 447 00:22:45,497 --> 00:22:47,876 Movies don't have to be bad, you know. 448 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:49,878 It's not movies that are hack. 449 00:22:49,902 --> 00:22:51,947 It's hacks who were hacks. 450 00:22:51,971 --> 00:22:53,782 I was a hack. Maybe I'll always be one, 451 00:22:53,806 --> 00:22:58,053 but I'll never be a pig again. 452 00:22:58,077 --> 00:23:01,278 Well, I just wanted to stop by and say thanks. 453 00:23:04,116 --> 00:23:05,994 Trial starts pretty soon, doesn't it? 454 00:23:06,018 --> 00:23:07,162 A few minutes now. 455 00:23:07,186 --> 00:23:08,563 Sondra is out in the hall. 456 00:23:08,587 --> 00:23:10,854 - Would you say hello to her? - Sure. 457 00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:24,546 The courthouse is a couple of blocks away. 458 00:23:24,570 --> 00:23:26,514 Should we walk over? 459 00:23:26,538 --> 00:23:28,383 Together? 460 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:31,075 We don't mind if you don't. 461 00:24:05,143 --> 00:24:07,489 The suspect was tried and convicted of forgery 462 00:24:07,513 --> 00:24:09,558 which is punishable by imprisonment 463 00:24:09,582 --> 00:24:13,728 in the State Prison for not less than one year nor more than 14 years 464 00:24:13,752 --> 00:24:17,265 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than one year. 465 00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:20,702 However, due to the circumstances surrounding her involvement, 466 00:24:20,726 --> 00:24:22,859 sentence was suspended. 467 00:24:27,899 --> 00:24:30,111 The suspects who were the instigators of the crime 468 00:24:30,135 --> 00:24:32,502 were tried and convicted of forgery. 39630

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