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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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<i>It was 7:29 pm. The second
floor of the old city jail building.</i>

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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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<i>LA. Number 106484.</i>

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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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<i>Present at the meeting were District Attorney,
8. Ernest Roll.</i>

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Chief of Detectives, Thad Brown.

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<i>From the Division of Occurrence, Lieutenant Ruiz,
Commander, 77th Street Division.</i>

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<i>Captain. RA. Lohrman, Homicide Division.</i>

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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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<i>All officers in the divisions
concerned were placed on standby.</i>

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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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<i>Since procuring and cataloging of information
concerning this type of criminal subject...</i>

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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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<i>Arrests were made quickly in
order to avoid possible collusion.</i>

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To ensure maximum privacy,

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<i>one floor of an isolated wing of
one of the city's larger hotels...</i>

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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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<i>Twice on the way in, he requested we
stop so he could make telephone calls.</i>

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We refused.

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Deputy District Attorney Adolph Alexander...

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<i>was assigned by the district attorney's office...</i>

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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.

170
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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.

186
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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.

188
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Or one of the dames herself.
They get sore too, you know.

189
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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.

191
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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.

193
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- All right. Somebody wanted to make sure.
- Yeah, they killed him twice.

194
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Keep your seat.

195
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Tell me something,
Troy. Where'd you sleep last night?

196
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- I'm a sick man. I'm always home.
- How about Miller Starkie?

197
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- When's the last time you saw him?
- A couple of months ago.

198
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- Where?
- I don't know. The racetrack maybe.

199
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- You haven't seen him, talked to him since?
- No.

200
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You're sure? I saw him at
the track. That's all I know.

201
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- When?
- I told you. A couple of months ago.

202
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- Pin it down.
- All right.

203
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I saw him at the track.
I saw him at the $10.00 window.

204
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Third race. Dorothy B. Won.
Paid 6.40.

205
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That's the last I heard
of Miller Starkie.

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You're a liar.

207
00:13:03,116 --> 00:13:04,134
It's your machine.

208
00:13:04,158 --> 00:13:06,971
Now listen, big money. Before you get out of here,
you're gonna pick a base.

209
00:13:06,995 --> 00:13:10,349
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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00:13:15,003 --> 00:13:16,313
Prove it.
Read it.

213
00:13:16,337 --> 00:13:20,651
Why? Read it. Leave
it alone. Just read it.

214
00:13:20,675 --> 00:13:23,511
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.

217
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What fight?
Art Aragon.

218
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When? How do I
know? It's on there.

219
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Then you oughta be
able to read it. April 4.

220
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- What's that on the back?
- Looks like a phone number.

221
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- That's right. Whose?
- Not mine.

222
00:13:36,566 --> 00:13:39,044
- Could be the Red Spot.
- Yeah, that's what it is.

223
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- What was Starkie doin' with it?
- Maybe he liked to eat there.

224
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So do you. The price is right.
You got half the place.

225
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- Fred Kemp owns it.
- Yeah, it reads that way on the liquor license.

226
00:13:46,993 --> 00:13:49,972
- But you got half the play.
- Sure. With the license in his name.

227
00:13:49,996 --> 00:13:52,016
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
<i>We questioned him about Chester Davitt,
Walker Scott, Lee Reinhard,</i>

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
<i>...how it strikes you! How about an answer, Scott?</i>

277
00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:38,808
Walker Scott.

278
00:16:38,832 --> 00:16:40,601
<i>You were a friend of Miller
Starkie's. Why can't you answer that?</i>

279
00:16:40,625 --> 00:16:44,938
<i>I'm trying to answer. I want to be
friends with you fellas, help you out if I can.</i>

280
00:16:44,962 --> 00:16:47,900
<i>Did you have a fight? No, sir, we didn't.</i>

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
<i>Let's start again. Where'd you last see Starkie?</i>

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
<i>Frank went on to say that
McCreadie had told him...</i>

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
<i>The Homicide team was taking him
back to the office to look at mug shots.</i>

294
00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:32,611
<i>Captain Hamilton told us that
Starkie's wife had been notified...</i>

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
<i>She was under sedation and she
could not be questioned until a later time.</i>

297
00:17:37,765 --> 00:17:39,993
<i>Still no word on the missing suspect,
Chester Davitt.</i>

298
00:17:40,017 --> 00:17:43,956
<i>All automobiles of the suspects in custody
were impounded at the police garage...</i>

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
<i>Arrangements were made to
have the want on Chester Davitt...</i>

335
00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:42,908
<i>broadcast every 30 minutes during
the rest of the night and hourly thereafter.</i>

336
00:19:42,932 --> 00:19:47,204
<i>The mugs of Davitt were sent air mail
special to Las Vegas, San Francisco,</i>

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
<i>Sunday, April 10.11:30 am. We
began to check out Troy's alibi.</i>

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
<i>It was early. They were just
getting ready to open up for the day.</i>

343
00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:12,771
<i>The bar boy worked the morning
shift cleaning and stacking.</i>

344
00:20:12,795 --> 00:20:18,342
<i>He got off at 1:15, so he could tell us
nothing about the previous afternoon.</i>

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
<i>His name was on the liquor
license. He said he was the boss.</i>

347
00:20:25,516 --> 00:20:28,704
<i>He told us substantially the same
story we'd gotten from Max Troy...</i>

348
00:20:28,728 --> 00:20:33,166
<i>That Troy was in the bar Saturday,
April 9, the day Miller Starkie was killed.</i>

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
<i>Canned baby food,
half-and-half and vanilla custard.</i>

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
<i>They recognized Miller Starkie as having been
in the place, but they couldn't remember when.</i>

361
00:21:09,727 --> 00:21:11,020
They recognized most of the suspects.

362
00:21:11,061 --> 00:21:14,040
<i>They couldn't place them in the
Red Spot at any specified time.</i>

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
<i>in an effort to turn up anything which
might connect Max Troy with Starkie's death.</i>

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
<i>the business office had
received writs of habeas corpus...</i>

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
<i>the writs were returnable Tuesday
in Department 41 at 9:30 am.</i>

372
00:21:40,216 --> 00:21:45,513
<i>We had 36 hours in which to build
some kind of a case against Max Troy.</i>

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
<i>She could pose as a customer and
her presence would go unnoticed.</i>

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
<i>Seems simple enough. Just that one button, huh?</i>

399
00:24:09,156 --> 00:24:10,634
Sure is small and compact.

400
00:24:10,658 --> 00:24:15,079
<i>Must be good when you want to record
someone and not have them know it.</i>

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
<i>We had 30 hours to try to turn up
some kind of substantial evidence...</i>

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
<i>In an effort to locate the missing suspect,
Chester Davitt,</i>

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
<i>Frank and I drove out to check with
Lieutenant Stevens and the sapper crew...</i>

435
00:26:07,524 --> 00:26:11,904
<i>who were going over the area in an
effort to turn up the murder weapon.</i>

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
<i>Acting on Cleaver's information,</i>

509
00:31:59,334 --> 00:32:01,979
<i>we made a canvass of all
metropolitan clinics and hospitals.</i>

510
00:32:02,003 --> 00:32:06,067
<i>We asked if Miller Starkie had reported
in for treatment during the past 30 days.</i>

511
00:32:06,091 --> 00:32:09,612
<i>On March 12,
we found that he'd checked into Fairfax Emergency...</i>

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
<i>and we drove over to interrogate Ethel Starkie,
the wife of the murdered man.</i>

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
<i>Without exception,
each of the people were gambling debtors.</i>

615
00:40:03,192 --> 00:40:06,964
<i>Since Starkie's job working under
Troy was to make bad debts good,</i>

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
<i>♪ Down, down, down
in Rio ♪</i>

634
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:04,313
<i>♪ Where things
are seldom free-O</i>

635
00:41:04,337 --> 00:41:07,608
<i>♪ Oh, come along
with me-O </i>

636
00:41:07,632 --> 00:41:08,984
<i>♪ Way down south in... ♪
Yes?</i>

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
<i>Delcy and Swift?
Have 'em wait.</i>

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
<i>♪ You'll like the rhythm if you dig,
dig, dig me later ♪</i>

647
00:41:39,247 --> 00:41:41,475
Yeah, but she can't sing.

648
00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:43,978
<i>♪ Along the old equator ♪</i>

649
00:41:44,002 --> 00:41:47,982
<i>♪ Where life</i>
is much greater ♪

650
00:41:48,006 --> 00:41:50,466
<i>♪ Way down south ♪</i>

651
00:41:51,134 --> 00:41:55,388
<i>♪ In South America ♪♪
Olé!</i>

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
<i>Saturday,
April 23. We started to put together a pattern.</i>

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
<i>In an effort to get sufficient
evidence to take before the grand jury,</i>

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
<i>9:00 pm. We talked to Sergeant Hank Wild,
airport detail,</i>

680
00:43:25,978 --> 00:43:28,957
<i>who was on duty at the
international terminal on April 4.</i>

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
<i>Wesley Cannon... one of the suspects.</i>

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
<i>Our guess was that he knew about
Miller Starkienot reporting his collections.</i>

686
00:43:49,168 --> 00:43:50,562
Monday, April 25.9:00 am.

687
00:43:50,586 --> 00:43:53,982
<i>A grand jury subpoena was served on the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company...</i>

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
<i>made from the telephones of known
suspects from April 1 to April 10.</i>

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
<i>What's been goin' on?</i>
That's Troy.

727
00:46:13,980 --> 00:46:17,918
<i>Not much. Couple of boys from
downtown askin" a lot questions.</i>

728
00:46:17,942 --> 00:46:20,796
<i>You heard from Chet? Davitt... you heard from him?</i>

729
00:46:20,820 --> 00:46:22,422
<i>Cops wanted to know too.</i>

730
00:46:22,446 --> 00:46:23,966
<i>No, I ain't seem him
for a couple of weeks.</i>

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
<i>In the glove compartment of your car,
there's a package. Get rid of it.</i>

733
00:46:30,246 --> 00:46:31,223
<i>What is it? Get rid of it.</i>

734
00:46:31,247 --> 00:46:33,976
I'll take care of it
<i>in a couple days. Better do it today.</i>

735
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:37,521
<i>I won't have the car back till
Wednesday. I loaned it to my nephew.</i>

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
<i>When's he coming back?
I told you. Wednesday.</i>

738
00:46:44,176 --> 00:46:48,991
<i>Take care of that first thing,
Fred. Here's the money for the food.</i>

739
00:46:49,015 --> 00:46:52,268
<i>I'll see you around.
All right, Max.</i>

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
<i>While a team of men remained
to thoroughly search the premises,</i>

764
00:50:56,011 --> 00:50:59,991
<i>Chester Davitt was taken downtown where
he would be booked on suspicion of 187 RC.</i>

765
00:51:00,015 --> 00:51:06,313
<i>The unlawful killing of a human
being with malice aforethought.</i>

766
00:51:08,065 --> 00:51:09,960
Tuesday, April 26.8:30 am.

767
00:51:09,984 --> 00:51:13,713
<i>We continued to question Davitt.
He stuck to his story of the night before.</i>

768
00:51:13,737 --> 00:51:15,966
<i>He refused to admit complicity in
the killing of Miller Starkie.</i>

769
00:51:15,990 --> 00:51:20,971
<i>We confronted him with the phone call from
Max Troy to Del Maron the day of the murder.</i>

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
<i>We showed him the plaster impression of
the footprint taken at the scene of the crime.</i>

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
<i>In spite of the reluctance of our only
face-to-facewitness, Jesse Quinn,</i>

836
00:55:50,138 --> 00:55:56,311
<i>we had a halfway good chance of gaining
indictments on both Chester Davitt and Max Troy.</i>

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
<i>The next hour was spent acquainting the jurors...</i>

859
00:57:27,819 --> 00:57:28,963
with every detail of the case,

860
00:57:28,987 --> 00:57:33,909
<i>from the finding of the body up through
the apprehension of Chester Davitt.</i>

861
00:57:37,037 --> 00:57:38,681
Each phone call was pointed out.

862
00:57:38,705 --> 00:57:41,559
<i>Each individual placing a call or
receiving one was identified...</i>

863
00:57:41,583 --> 00:57:43,978
<i>in an attempt to demonstrate to
the members of the grand jury...</i>

864
00:57:44,002 --> 00:57:49,549
<i>that the various telephone
calls formed a probable pattern of murder.</i>

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
<i>Each spent no more than five
minutes in the hearing room.</i>

870
00:58:51,695 --> 00:58:56,908
<i>All of them threw away a
four-by-six inch scrap of yellow paper.</i>

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
<i>A systematic,
constant surveillance of criminal suspects...</i>

927
01:03:37,981 --> 01:03:39,250
maintained around the clock.

928
01:03:39,274 --> 01:03:44,338
<i>Other teams were assigned to Chester Davitt,
Lee Reinhard and Wesley Cannon.</i>

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
<i>The finding of the shotgun shells...</i>

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
<i>Policewoman Grace Downey was relieved of
her assignment and went back to regular duty.</i>

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
<i>helped maintain the 24-hour
surveillance at the listening post.</i>

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
<i>Just as he was goin' down
he said,</i>

1073
01:21:54,076 --> 01:21:56,554
<i>"Jesus, Mary and Joseph."</i>

1074
01:21:56,578 --> 01:21:58,247
<i>That's what he said.</i>

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-and-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.