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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.
My name's Friday.

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It was 7:29 p.m.
The second floor
of the Old City Jail Building.

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The Crime Lab.

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That'll do it, Ray.
We know he's dead.

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What have you got on him, Jim?
Looks like a gangland killing. Joe.

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Miller Starkie.
W.M.A. 44.
L.A. number 106484.

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He's an ex-con.

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"Bookmaker, gambler, procurer.
No known
legitimate occupation."

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One of his last jobs was
collecting bad checks for Vegas.
It's not in the book yet.

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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 heal.
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 'bout the shells?
Anything on them?
- 12-gauge Western, 4 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 two of the shells
the firing pin hits off center.

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You can see better in this one.

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- That's about it?
- 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
Loma Vista and Third Avenue.
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?

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Key ring.

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$57 in cash.

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Pocket comb.

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Ticket to the Art Aragon fight.
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.
Narcotics and bookmaking.

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Old-time rum-runner.
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.


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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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There'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.
For 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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One of these four, huh?
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. What
makes this half dozen 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 p.m.

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An immediate meeting was called
by the Chief of Police
W.H. Parker.

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It was over at 8:05.

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Present at the meeting
were District Attorney
S. Ernest Roll;

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Chief of Detectives Thad Brown;

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Capt. R.A. Lohrman,
Homicide Division;

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the working team out of
Sergeants Jack Gotch
and William Tilden;

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Capt. James E. Hamilton,
Intelligence Division.

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All days off were cancelled.
Officers in the divisions
concerned placed on standby.

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Homicide Division was in charge
of the investigation.

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It appeared to be
a gangland killing.

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Since procuring and cataloging
of information concerning
this type of criminal
subject...

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is the sole responsibility
of the Intelligence Division,

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we were directed to work
with Homicide.

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8:55 p.m. As a result of
our preliminary investigation,

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it was decided that all
suspects
and their known associates
be brought in for questioning.

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Arrests were made quickly
in order to avoid
possible collusion.

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To insure maximum privacy,
one floor of one
of the city's larger hotels...

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was secured for
interrogation purposes.

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Frank and I were assigned
to pick up Max Troy.

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It was 9:07
when we arrived at the hotel.

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The suspect was sullen
and uncooperative.

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Twice on the way in
he requested we stop so
he could make telephone calls.

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We refused.

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Deputy District Attorney
Adolph Alexander...

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was assigned by
the District Attorney's office
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 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!
See the X rays on Starkie?

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You know Maxie's only got
half a stomach.

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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 baby food!

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Don't worry, Belle.
Most babies do.

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All right, Mrs. Davitt.

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What've 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've 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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Flight ticket
found on the body.
On the back.

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It's the phone number
of the Red Spot Grill.
Troy's place.

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Ties in. 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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Cop, I pay your salary.
Sit down.
I'm gonna earn it!

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You already have.
What do they pay you?
Forty cents an hour?

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You sit down!

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That badge pays $464 a month.
That's what the job's worth.
I knew that when I hired on.

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$67.40 comes out
for withholding,
$27.84 for pension...

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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 just settle back
'cause I'm gonna blow
about 20 bucks of it 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 p.m.

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Frank Smith, Joe Friday.

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Put your own name in,
will ya, Ken?

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State your true name.

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State your true name!

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- You know my name.
- Tell us anyway.

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- Max Troy.
- Full name.

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That's it.
You've got a middle name,
haven't you?

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- Yeah, but I never use it.
- We do.

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Max Edward Troy.
Your address.

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- Where do you live?
- You've got it.
You picked me up.

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You've been through this.
Answer the questions.

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Ask me something you don't
know.
All right.
Where's Miller Starkie?

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I heard he was dead.
You heard why?

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Bled to death.

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- Starkie was a friend of yours.
- I got a lot of friends.

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- Where're you working?
- You know I can't work.

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How do you get by?
I make a dollar
here and there.

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- Pin it down.
- Look, I'm paying taxes!

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Yeah, sure you are!
$48.00.
$74.28.

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$61.00.
And you're driving
a Cadillac Fleetwood.

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- Now who's lying to who?
- I got a good tax man.

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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?
Run out of luck.

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You want to know
what I think?
Yeah, we'd like to know.

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You know about Starkie.
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
after I heard about this.

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Poor dame came all unglued.
Must've cried for ten minutes.

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I didn't know what to tell her,
but I can tell you.
Dig into it.

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All those dames' husbands
and Starkie taking part
of the action.

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Or one of the dames herself.
They get sore too, you know.

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That's all there is
about Starkie.
He knocked on a wrong door.

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He was found dead
in a field.
They could've dumped him there.

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He said good-bye there,
cut apart with a shotgun.

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- A lot of people know how
to use a shotgun.
- You boys invented it.

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- All right,
somebody wanted to make sure.
- Yeah, they killed him twice.

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Keep your seat.

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Tell me something, Troy.
Where'd you sleep
last night?

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I'm a sick man.
I'm always home.

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- Miller Starkie. When's
the last time you saw him?
- A couple of months ago.

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- Where?
- I don't know.
The racetrack maybe.

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- You haven't seen him,
talked to him since?
- No. I saw him at the track.

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- When?
- I told you.
A couple of months ago.

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- Pin it down.
- All right!

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I saw him at the $10.00 window.
Third race. Dorothy "B" won.
Paid $6.40.

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That's the last I heard
of Miller Starkie.

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You're a liar.

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It's your machine.

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Listen, big money,
before you get out of here,
you're gonna pick a base.

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You're gonna stop runnin'
between third and home.
I'm trying to help.

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I know you're a liar.
You've been in touch
with Starkie this week.

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Prove it.
Read it.

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Why?
Read it!
Leave it alone.
Just read it.

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I read it.
What's it say?

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What's it say?
It's a ticket.
A fight ticket.

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What fight?
When?
Art Aragon.
How do I know? It's on there.

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Then you oughta
be able to read it.
April 4.

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- What's that on the back?
- Looks like a phone number.

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- That's right. Whose?
- Not mine.

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- Could be the Red Spot.
- Yeah, that's what it is.

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- What was Starkie
doin' with it?
- Maybe he liked to eat there.

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So do you. The price is right.
You've got half the place.

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- Fred Kemp owns it.
- That's on the liquor license.
But you got half the play.

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Sure.
With the license in his name.

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You're a loser.
With your record, you can't
get a permit to breathe.

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- You're full of rumors.
- When's the last time
you talked to Miller Starkie?

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- I told you.
A couple of months ago.
- Explain the fight ticket.

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-Why? It don't prove anything.
-You get calls there. He called
within the last five days.

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- That doesn't mean a thing.
- Puts you closer to him
than 60 days.

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- You say two months.
We say five days.
- You got nothing to show.

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Somebody was in that field
with Starkie. You're five days
closer than anybody in town.

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Let me put you on the right
street. I came to help you,
but you won't let me.

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You won't get off my back
so I'm gonna tell you.

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You got nothing to take to
court. You got a phone number.
It don't prove up.

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I can write down Eisenhower
and it don't prove up
for 20 cents.

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That's all the evidence you got.
Take it downtown and they
won't let you in the washroom.

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Now get off my back,
and hand me that ashtray!

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You got the Cadillac.
Drive over and get it.

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10:00 p.m.
We stayed at it.

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We asked him again
about the Red Spot Grill.

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00:15:17,417 --> 00:15:20,687
We questioned him
about Chester Davitt,
Walker Scott, Lee Reinhard,

215
00:15:20,687 --> 00:15:23,617
the other hoodlums that Troy
was known to associate with.

216
00:15:23,623 --> 00:15:26,063
It went slow.

217
00:15:31,031 --> 00:15:33,531
2:00 a.m.
The interrogation went on.

218
00:15:33,533 --> 00:15:36,603
His answers became more evasive.

219
00:15:40,207 --> 00:15:43,077
Slop.
Huh?

220
00:15:43,076 --> 00:15:46,346
If you've gotta eat sardines,
why don't you find a closet =?

221
00:15:49,049 --> 00:15:51,319
Let's go over it again.

222
00:15:51,318 --> 00:15:55,318
No more.
You got all you're gonna get.
Type it up and go home.

223
00:15:55,322 --> 00:15:58,062
You got no right to keep me.
You know I got trouble.

224
00:15:58,058 --> 00:16:01,228
- We'll have the doctor look.
- No jail house quack's
gonna look at me!

225
00:16:01,228 --> 00:16:05,228
He won't mind.
Why was Miller Starkie
killed?

226
00:16:05,232 --> 00:16:09,342
I'm tired.
You two talk it over.
I've been here four hours.

227
00:16:09,336 --> 00:16:13,166
I'm checkin' out.
I'm not talkin' to you anymore.

228
00:16:13,173 --> 00:16:16,413
All right.
We're through.

229
00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:26,752
I don't mind
talking to you guys,
but four hours is a long time.

230
00:16:26,753 --> 00:16:31,223
Sorry I blew up.
It's your job, but you lean
on a guy you get him mixed up.

231
00:16:31,224 --> 00:16:35,764
I can't help you on this,
but if I hear any rumbles,
I'll pass 'em along.

232
00:16:35,762 --> 00:16:38,632
Good night.
If you want me
you know where to find me.

233
00:16:38,631 --> 00:16:41,401
You called it.
Down the hall, room 307.
What do you mean?

234
00:16:41,401 --> 00:16:45,241
We got your name and address.
They want to ask you
some questions.

235
00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:54,713
2:00 a.m. Suspect
was turned over to the
Deputy District Attorney...

236
00:16:54,714 --> 00:16:57,384
for further interrogation.

237
00:17:09,062 --> 00:17:11,632
How 'bout an answer, Scott?

238
00:17:11,631 --> 00:17:15,701
Walker Scott.
You were a friend of Starkie's.
Why can't you answer that?

239
00:17:15,702 --> 00:17:19,442
I'm trying to answer.
I want to be friends.
Help you if I can.

240
00:17:19,439 --> 00:17:22,339
Did you have a fight.
No, sir, we didn't.

241
00:17:22,342 --> 00:17:25,642
Starkie was a friend.
I'm sorry he got himself
killed.

242
00:17:25,645 --> 00:17:28,145
Where'd you last see Starkie?

243
00:17:28,148 --> 00:17:30,578
See how Reinhard's doing.

244
00:17:30,583 --> 00:17:34,593
When's
the last time you saw Starkie?
I told you. Vegas.

245
00:17:34,587 --> 00:17:38,557
When?
I told you that too.
Four our five months ago.

246
00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:41,688
Same play, different names.

247
00:17:43,563 --> 00:17:46,303
Got a call from Jack McCreadie.

248
00:17:46,299 --> 00:17:49,499
Anything?
Yeah, they just found
an eyeball witness.

249
00:17:53,506 --> 00:17:56,476
Frank went on to say
that McCreadie told him...

250
00:17:56,476 --> 00:18:01,176
that the eyeball witness had
been located on Rachel Street,
a block from the crime.

251
00:18:01,181 --> 00:18:04,251
The Homicide team was
taking him back to the office
to look at mug shots.

252
00:18:04,251 --> 00:18:06,751
Capt. Hamilton told us
that Starkie's wife
had been notified.

253
00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:12,223
She was in a near state
of collapse, under sedation
and could not be questioned.

254
00:18:12,225 --> 00:18:14,755
Still no word
on the missing suspect
Chester Davitt.

255
00:18:14,761 --> 00:18:18,231
All automobiles of the suspects
in custody were impounded
at the police garage...

256
00:18:18,231 --> 00:18:20,301
and gone over
for physical evidence.

257
00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:22,330
Other teams
were searching their homes.

258
00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:24,665
We had a shotgun to turn.

259
00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:33,777
2:35 a.m.
We arrived at the City Hall.

260
00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:38,280
McCreadie had checked in
five minutes before Frank and
I.
The eyewitness was Jesse Quinn.

261
00:18:38,285 --> 00:18:43,385
Pleased to know you.
I was saying the African
Water Hole is my favorite.

262
00:18:43,390 --> 00:18:46,390
- How's that, sir?
- Quinn works for the museum
at Exposition Park.

263
00:18:46,393 --> 00:18:48,533
Oh, I see.
What do you do there, Quinn?

264
00:18:48,528 --> 00:18:52,628
I'm in custodian work,
but I'd like to be a guide,
African wing.

265
00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:56,402
Pulled the mugs, Joe.
Mr. Quinn, I wonder
if you could help us.

266
00:18:56,403 --> 00:18:59,613
I didn't say I was sure.
Yes, sir. What if you
take a look at these?

267
00:18:59,606 --> 00:19:02,836
What happened out there?
Some kind of ruckus?
Yes, sir.

268
00:19:02,842 --> 00:19:06,282
Would you look
at the pictures?
Didn't say I wouldn't.

269
00:19:11,584 --> 00:19:14,554
That looks like
it might be him.
Yeah.

270
00:19:14,554 --> 00:19:17,194
Quite a bit like this fellow
I saw getting into the car.

271
00:19:17,190 --> 00:19:19,960
- Where was that?
- Out near the field.
Loma Vista near Third.

272
00:19:19,959 --> 00:19:24,399
- I was driving home.
I always drive slow.
- Yes, sir. When?

273
00:19:24,397 --> 00:19:26,927
- Today around 4:00.
- Was he alone?
- Yes, sir.

274
00:19:26,933 --> 00:19:30,443
-You sure?
-Of course. I got good eyes.
One fellow don't look like two.

275
00:19:30,437 --> 00:19:33,307
- What was he doing?
- Just coming out of the field.

276
00:19:33,306 --> 00:19:36,706
- Notice anything unusual
about him?
- No, not that I recall.

277
00:19:36,709 --> 00:19:39,979
Drove on past him.
Kept him in my rearview mirror.

278
00:19:39,979 --> 00:19:43,549
Looked like he was carrying
something shiny in his hand.
Piece of pipe.

279
00:19:43,550 --> 00:19:47,720
- About how large?
- I don't know.
About so gross.

280
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,420
- Look like a gun?
- No, like a piece of pipe.

281
00:19:51,424 --> 00:19:53,864
Could've been a gun, I suppose.
I'm not sure.

282
00:19:53,860 --> 00:19:57,360
Mac, you got a stand-up
mug on Davitt?
Yeah.

283
00:19:58,598 --> 00:20:00,968
Thank you.

284
00:20:02,969 --> 00:20:06,639
Yes, sir.

285
00:20:06,639 --> 00:20:08,909
I'm positive.
That's him.

286
00:20:11,378 --> 00:20:13,678
Arrangements were made to have
the "want" on Chester Davitt...

287
00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:17,650
broadcast every 30 minutes
during the rest of the night
and hourly thereafter.

288
00:20:17,650 --> 00:20:21,390
The mugs of Davitt were sent
airmail special to Las Vegas,
San Francisco,

289
00:20:21,388 --> 00:20:24,258
and to the San Diego
Police Departments.

290
00:20:29,596 --> 00:20:33,826
Sunday, April 10, 11:30 a.m.
We began to check out
Troy's alibi.

291
00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:35,503
We knew what to expect
at the Red Spot.

292
00:20:35,502 --> 00:20:40,472
It was a standard stop for
touts, past-posters and girls
who couldn't keep an address.

293
00:20:40,473 --> 00:20:44,783
It was early.
They were just getting ready
to open up for the day.

294
00:20:44,777 --> 00:20:47,547
The bar boy
worked the morning shift
cleaning and stacking.

295
00:20:47,547 --> 00:20:51,877
He got off at 1:15
so he could tell us nothing
about the previous afternoon.

296
00:20:54,053 --> 00:20:56,793
The bartender identified
himself
as Fred Kemp.

297
00:20:56,789 --> 00:21:00,059
His name was
on the liquor license.
He said he was the boss.

298
00:21:00,059 --> 00:21:03,459
He told us substantially
the same story
we'd gotten from Max Troy.

299
00:21:03,463 --> 00:21:07,403
That Troy was in the bar
Saturday, April 9, the day
Miller Starkie was killed.

300
00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,940
He couldn't be sure
of the exact hours.

301
00:21:11,070 --> 00:21:13,770
The waitress' name
was Ethel Dawson.

302
00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:15,943
She could add little to what
the bartender told us.

303
00:21:15,942 --> 00:21:20,412
She stated that Max Troy
was in the place.
She wasn't sure of the time.

304
00:21:22,048 --> 00:21:26,488
The chef told us his name
was Emil Porter. He remembered
Max Troy being there.

305
00:21:26,486 --> 00:21:31,956
He said Troy stuck
canned baby
food, half-and-half, custard.

306
00:21:31,958 --> 00:21:34,488
He wasn't sure of the time.
Saturday's a busy day.

307
00:21:37,430 --> 00:21:39,830
Mug shots were shown
to all of 'em.

308
00:21:39,832 --> 00:21:43,772
They recognized Miller Starkie
as having been in the place,
but couldn't remember when.

309
00:21:43,770 --> 00:21:48,470
They recognized most suspects.
They couldn't place them in the
Red Spot at any specified time.

310
00:21:48,475 --> 00:21:51,805
They knew nothing of
Chester Davitt's whereabouts.

311
00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:54,581
A thorough search of
the Red Spot was made in
an effort to turn up
anything...

312
00:21:54,581 --> 00:21:57,121
which might connect Max Troy
with Starkie's death.

313
00:21:57,116 --> 00:21:59,316
We found nothing.

314
00:22:01,721 --> 00:22:05,691
12:03 p.m., Sunday, April 10.
By lunchtime
the business office...

315
00:22:05,692 --> 00:22:09,092
had received writs of
habeas corpus for the suspects
we had in custody.

316
00:22:09,095 --> 00:22:11,525
Unless we obtained
a continuance,

317
00:22:11,531 --> 00:22:14,871
the writs were returnable
Tuesday in Department 41
at 9:30 a.m.

318
00:22:14,867 --> 00:22:19,407
We had 36 hours in which
to build some kind of case
against Max Troy.

319
00:22:20,873 --> 00:22:23,043
We met with Capt. Hamilton.

320
00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:25,442
Since the Red Spot Grill
was a known hoodlum hangout,

321
00:22:25,445 --> 00:22:29,815
we felt we might pick up a lead
from conversations
passed inside the place.

322
00:22:29,816 --> 00:22:32,716
It was a job that could best
be performed by a policewoman.

323
00:22:32,719 --> 00:22:35,619
She could pose as a customer
and her presence
would go unnoticed.

324
00:22:35,622 --> 00:22:39,022
1:15 p.m.
We were working against time.

325
00:22:39,025 --> 00:22:41,455
Friday?

326
00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,770
Grace Downey, Sgt. Joe Friday.

327
00:22:55,775 --> 00:22:58,535
He and his partner
are heading the investigation
from our end.

328
00:22:58,545 --> 00:23:00,575
Friday will work out
the meets.
He'll be your contact.

329
00:23:00,580 --> 00:23:03,680
Want to wire her for sound?
I'll have to have your gear.
What?

330
00:23:03,683 --> 00:23:06,793
Gun, handcuffs,
badge and I.D.
Surely.

331
00:23:35,648 --> 00:23:38,178
Your cap device.
Oh.

332
00:23:48,461 --> 00:23:51,501
These will be returned
when you finish
the assignment.

333
00:23:51,498 --> 00:23:54,128
Want to step this way,
Miss Downey?

334
00:24:00,106 --> 00:24:03,166
Grace Downey,
Frank Smith.
Hello.

335
00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:06,875
This is a Minafon,
miniature wire recorder.

336
00:24:06,879 --> 00:24:09,819
This spool can handle
two and a half hours
without a reload.

337
00:24:09,816 --> 00:24:12,116
It's battery driven,
good for 20 hours.

338
00:24:12,118 --> 00:24:16,958
To put it in operation,
you trip this little button
like this.

339
00:24:16,956 --> 00:24:20,186
Seems simple enough.
Just that one button, huh?

340
00:24:20,192 --> 00:24:22,562
Sure is small and compact.

341
00:24:22,562 --> 00:24:25,802
Must be good when you want
to record someone
and not have them know it.

342
00:24:39,746 --> 00:24:43,046
Seems simple enough.
Just that one button, huh?

343
00:24:43,049 --> 00:24:45,219
Sure is small and compact.

344
00:24:45,217 --> 00:24:49,687
Must be good when you want
to record someone
and not have them know it.

345
00:24:49,689 --> 00:24:52,559
Here's the microphone.
Plugs in here.

346
00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:55,029
The entire thing
should fit in your purse.
I see.

347
00:24:55,027 --> 00:24:58,257
You can't listen to what
you've got without a headset.
The wire's too fragile.

348
00:24:58,264 --> 00:25:01,174
We listen on
the transfer to tape.
Any questions?

349
00:25:01,167 --> 00:25:05,737
No, I don't think so.
I won't need any other
special equipment, will I?

350
00:25:07,073 --> 00:25:09,143
Do you have any questions?

351
00:25:09,141 --> 00:25:12,911
The Skipper give you
a rundown on the Red Spot
and what we're after?

352
00:25:12,912 --> 00:25:15,612
Yeah. You've been there.
What do the women wear?

353
00:25:15,615 --> 00:25:18,175
The usual thing.
Just don't hide yourself.

354
00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:21,094
You know the sort of thing.
That weavey kind of cloth.

355
00:25:21,087 --> 00:25:23,087
Puff sleeves.
Some bead work.

356
00:25:23,089 --> 00:25:27,229
You know. A few spangles,
maybe some lace
around the armholes.

357
00:25:27,226 --> 00:25:30,326
- Something simple.
- Yeah, yeah.
You've got the right idea.

358
00:25:30,329 --> 00:25:34,729
- Anything else?
- Few pleats in the skirt
might look good.

359
00:25:34,734 --> 00:25:38,304
Maybe some kind of ribbon
or flower to set it off.
Okay?

360
00:25:38,304 --> 00:25:41,114
I better get going.

361
00:25:41,107 --> 00:25:44,707
What time did Skipper say
you ought to be there?

362
00:25:44,711 --> 00:25:48,281
He said about 5:00,
but I'm gonna be late now.
Huh?

363
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,280
I'll need a marcel, won't I?

364
00:25:59,225 --> 00:26:03,055
4:40 p.m.
We had 30 hours to try to
turn up substantial evidence...

365
00:26:03,062 --> 00:26:05,102
or release all suspects.

366
00:26:05,097 --> 00:26:07,667
We added up our findings.
It wasn't much.

367
00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:12,697
Part of Troy's alibi was a lie,
but we still couldn't place him
at the murder scene.

368
00:26:12,705 --> 00:26:17,875
4:45 p.m. To locate the
missing suspect Chester Davitt,
we again questioned his wife.

369
00:26:17,877 --> 00:26:20,877
You have no idea where
your husband might be?
They asked me at the hotel.

370
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:25,180
I had the same answer for them
as I've got for you now.
Go sit in a hole.

371
00:26:37,329 --> 00:26:38,959
5:00 p.m.

372
00:26:38,965 --> 00:26:41,965
Frank and I drove out
to check with Lt. Stevens
and the sapper crew,

373
00:26:41,968 --> 00:26:45,708
who were going over the area
in an effort to turn up
the murder weapon.

374
00:26:47,006 --> 00:26:49,336
How's it goin', Tex?

375
00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:53,280
Can you use an old doorknob?

376
00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:56,819
Rusty bicycle chain?
Paint can?

377
00:26:56,816 --> 00:26:59,886
How 'bout a 1934 license plate?

378
00:26:59,886 --> 00:27:02,416
How much more
you got to go, Tex?

379
00:27:02,421 --> 00:27:06,731
We've covered all this.
Working on this section now.

380
00:27:09,028 --> 00:27:11,098
Lieutenant?

381
00:27:45,732 --> 00:27:48,172
Space gun.

382
00:27:56,242 --> 00:27:59,912
We know Troy's lying.
But we don't know
he's a killer.

383
00:27:59,912 --> 00:28:02,752
Starkie, Chester Davitt,
Lee Reinhard.
They all worked for Troy.

384
00:28:02,749 --> 00:28:05,779
Sure. But you haven't
given us enough to show
they murdered him.

385
00:28:05,785 --> 00:28:07,285
Gotta release him.

386
00:28:07,286 --> 00:28:08,986
They dug half a pound of lead
out of Starkie's chest.

387
00:28:08,988 --> 00:28:13,958
One of those five put it there
or knows who did. We let them
walk, we'll never unwind it.

388
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,290
- Maybe.
- Seems to me we've got enough.

389
00:28:16,295 --> 00:28:20,425
I'll tell you what you've got.
You say Max Troy's a liar.
That doesn't make him a killer.

390
00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:23,972
You say Miller Starkie
ran with him. That doesn't put
Tory in that field Saturday.

391
00:28:23,970 --> 00:28:27,440
You keep telling us they
killed Starkie. Why?
Find a motive. Why'd he die?

392
00:28:27,439 --> 00:28:30,439
I know this bunch.
I've dealt with 'em before.

393
00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:33,082
We can't hold 'em
unless you give us
something to hang it on.

394
00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:37,079
Grand Juries ask questions.
We gotta get the answers
from you.

395
00:28:37,083 --> 00:28:39,283
You got an eyewitness.
You haven't got the man
for him to identify.

396
00:28:39,285 --> 00:28:41,385
You got a footprint.
It doesn't fit anyone.

397
00:28:41,387 --> 00:28:43,487
Turn up Davitt.
Maybe he can give us
something.

398
00:28:43,489 --> 00:28:46,519
You heard it in there.
We asked for a continuance.
Their lawyers turned us down.

399
00:28:46,525 --> 00:28:48,525
We don't like it
any more than you do.

400
00:28:48,527 --> 00:28:51,457
Ernie Roll told you,
I'm telling you.
Release 'em.

401
00:28:51,463 --> 00:28:55,503
Yeah. Why does the law
always work for the guilty?

402
00:28:55,501 --> 00:28:57,901
Because the innocent
don't need it.

403
00:29:13,953 --> 00:29:17,363
*

404
00:29:17,356 --> 00:29:30,366
*

405
00:29:30,369 --> 00:29:33,369
*

406
00:29:33,372 --> 00:29:46,122
*

407
00:30:27,393 --> 00:30:29,403
Take five.

408
00:30:35,902 --> 00:30:38,072
Hi, Joe, what do you say?

409
00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:40,170
Roy, you know my partner
Frank Smith.
Roy Cleaver, Frank.

410
00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:43,112
What do you say, man?
Let me get some timber.

411
00:30:45,511 --> 00:30:49,011
Joe, last time I saw you
was on that Breslin thing.
What'd he get?

412
00:30:49,015 --> 00:30:53,245
Three counts.
One to sixty,
terms to run consecutive.

413
00:30:53,252 --> 00:30:56,122
Only 60 years?
No, 180.

414
00:30:56,122 --> 00:30:58,192
Should've given him life.

415
00:30:58,190 --> 00:31:02,290
What about that chick Ruth?
She still around?
State hospital at Patten.

416
00:31:02,294 --> 00:31:06,174
That's a drag.
Really flipped, huh?

417
00:31:07,266 --> 00:31:10,296
Glad you got that guy.
He was nowhere.

418
00:31:10,302 --> 00:31:13,342
Just checking.
Wondered if you might've
heard rumbles on Miller Starkie.

419
00:31:13,339 --> 00:31:16,339
- Yeah, I've been diggin' it
in the papers.
- Heard anything?

420
00:31:16,342 --> 00:31:19,012
No. He was in about
a month or so ago.

421
00:31:19,011 --> 00:31:21,981
Walked in with this
big hunk of wallpaper,
his head wrapped for mailing.

422
00:31:21,981 --> 00:31:25,451
- How's that?
- His head was bandaged like
somebody'd worked him over.

423
00:31:25,451 --> 00:31:27,351
Oh.
When was that?

424
00:31:27,353 --> 00:31:30,963
About a month ago.
He was jumping pretty steady
with that Troy mob.

425
00:31:30,957 --> 00:31:32,957
We know.

426
00:31:32,959 --> 00:31:35,959
Far as I know he was vigorish
on six-for-five loans.

427
00:31:35,962 --> 00:31:38,202
Used to ring the doorbell
with a piece of pipe.

428
00:31:38,197 --> 00:31:41,267
I guess you heard
he was handling bad paper
out of Vegas.

429
00:31:41,267 --> 00:31:45,337
Some of the boys in the band
were there, hit the wheel heavy
and wrote out some checks.

430
00:31:45,337 --> 00:31:47,467
They must've got back here
and stopped payment...

431
00:31:47,473 --> 00:31:50,113
because Starkie was in later
for the "make good."

432
00:31:50,109 --> 00:31:52,709
They paid up quick.
Starkie didn't want
any cousins.

433
00:31:52,711 --> 00:31:56,111
You say he had his head
in a sling.
Any idea what that was about?

434
00:31:56,115 --> 00:31:58,075
No.

435
00:31:59,118 --> 00:32:01,318
I didn't ask any questions.

436
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,220
If you should hear anything,
let us know, will ya?

437
00:32:03,222 --> 00:32:06,292
Yeah...
but I ain't gonna try.

438
00:32:06,292 --> 00:32:11,462
You know Max Troy,
Chester Davitt, Walker Scott,
Lee Reinhard, the whole bunch.

439
00:32:12,498 --> 00:32:15,528
Well, that's them...
and that's me.

440
00:32:18,704 --> 00:32:20,714
Dig ya.

441
00:32:30,249 --> 00:32:32,679
Acting on Cleaver's information,

442
00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:35,724
we made a canvass
of all metropolitan clinics
and hospitals.

443
00:32:35,721 --> 00:32:39,621
We asked if Miller Starkie
had reported in for treatment
during the past 30 days.

444
00:32:39,625 --> 00:32:42,655
On March 12,
we found that he'd checked
into Fairfax Emergency...

445
00:32:42,661 --> 00:32:45,161
with head lacerations
and slight concussion.

446
00:32:45,164 --> 00:32:48,604
He was released two days later.

447
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:52,100
From the doctor we obtained
a copy of the hospital record,

448
00:32:52,104 --> 00:32:56,314
and we drove over
to interrogate Ethel Starkie,
the wife of the murdered man.

449
00:33:06,185 --> 00:33:08,485
You figure it was a warning?

450
00:33:08,487 --> 00:33:11,387
It was a hint.
He got out of line.

451
00:33:11,390 --> 00:33:14,330
Suppose Troy did handle
the beating.
Does it mean much?

452
00:33:14,326 --> 00:33:16,756
I don't know.
It didn't to Starkie.

453
00:33:35,147 --> 00:33:37,317
Come in.

454
00:33:42,654 --> 00:33:47,064
What's the matter?
You wanna see someone?
Yes, ma'am.

455
00:33:50,229 --> 00:33:54,569
Police officers.
This is my partner Frank Smith.
My name's Friday.

456
00:33:55,667 --> 00:33:59,837
I already talked to you once.

457
00:33:59,838 --> 00:34:03,838
Sure I did.
Right after the funeral.

458
00:34:03,842 --> 00:34:08,152
Or was it before?

459
00:34:08,147 --> 00:34:11,117
It's the only funeral
Miller ever had.

460
00:34:11,117 --> 00:34:15,717
No, ma'am, it wasn't us.
It was the men from Homicide.

461
00:34:15,721 --> 00:34:18,661
What's the matter?
Didn't you believe
what they told you?

462
00:34:18,657 --> 00:34:22,057
We want to talk to you
about something else.

463
00:34:23,729 --> 00:34:27,629
You'll have to excuse the place.

464
00:34:27,633 --> 00:34:31,343
We don't have all
our furniture yet.

465
00:34:31,337 --> 00:34:33,397
This is modern.

466
00:34:33,405 --> 00:34:36,365
We're gonna fix it up
really nice.

467
00:34:36,375 --> 00:34:38,105
Yes, ma'am.

468
00:34:40,246 --> 00:34:42,176
Don't you think
you've had enough?

469
00:34:44,150 --> 00:34:46,820
Is there enough?

470
00:34:50,222 --> 00:34:54,292
I wanted Miller Starkie.

471
00:34:54,293 --> 00:34:58,133
But nobody asked me.

472
00:34:58,764 --> 00:35:02,474
I wanted to do his laundry.

473
00:35:02,468 --> 00:35:06,138
Wash his socks.

474
00:35:06,138 --> 00:35:11,708
Cook his breakfast.
Eggs basted.

475
00:35:11,710 --> 00:35:14,650
Fix his dinner.

476
00:35:14,646 --> 00:35:18,376
French fried potatoes.

477
00:35:18,384 --> 00:35:24,124
Keep his clothes to the cleaners
so he'd always have something
nice to wear.

478
00:35:25,191 --> 00:35:28,731
Keep him happy,
and be a good wife.

479
00:35:30,329 --> 00:35:35,569
But somebody threw
Miller Starkie away
without askin'.

480
00:35:35,567 --> 00:35:40,867
I wonder if you'd mind
taking a look at this.
Tell us what you know about it.

481
00:35:40,872 --> 00:35:43,912
I'm gonna tell you something.

482
00:35:45,544 --> 00:35:48,284
I never talk to police.

483
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,350
Miller don't either.

484
00:35:50,349 --> 00:35:54,219
We didn't want
no truck with 'em.

485
00:35:54,220 --> 00:35:58,520
I'm going to tell you something.

486
00:35:58,524 --> 00:36:02,964
I've been right here
since he was buried.

487
00:36:02,961 --> 00:36:07,931
People are the way they are
because... they are.

488
00:36:09,901 --> 00:36:14,871
I've been married to Miller
for 17 years.

489
00:36:14,873 --> 00:36:17,443
That's a long time.

490
00:36:18,777 --> 00:36:23,817
I wanted him to leave me
six months after
we were married.

491
00:36:27,586 --> 00:36:32,516
"No, sir" he said.
"No, sir."

492
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:40,700
I've been here since
he was buried.

493
00:36:40,699 --> 00:36:44,899
And that's more than 17 years.

494
00:36:47,273 --> 00:36:51,783
So I talk to police now.

495
00:36:51,777 --> 00:36:55,277
I'm glad you came back.

496
00:36:55,281 --> 00:36:58,921
I'll tell you this time.

497
00:36:58,917 --> 00:37:03,887
Max Troy!
Max Troy!

498
00:37:03,889 --> 00:37:06,459
Max Troy!

499
00:37:16,435 --> 00:37:21,965
Oh, thank you.
You're very kind.

500
00:37:21,973 --> 00:37:24,883
What's the matter?
I didn't break it, did I?

501
00:37:24,876 --> 00:37:27,946
Yes, ma'am.
There's a hole in the top.

502
00:37:27,946 --> 00:37:32,646
Mrs. Starkie, on March 12
your husband was treated
at Fairfax Hospital...

503
00:37:32,651 --> 00:37:35,421
for injuries received
in a beating.
Want to tell us about it?

504
00:37:35,421 --> 00:37:38,391
- Max Troy.
- How do you know?

505
00:37:38,390 --> 00:37:41,730
Miller told me.

506
00:37:41,727 --> 00:37:45,457
He came home so sick
he threw up,
and then he told me.

507
00:37:45,464 --> 00:37:49,574
- Why'd he have the fight
with Troy?
- It wasn't no fight.

508
00:37:49,568 --> 00:37:53,068
Three of 'em beat him.
That's all.

509
00:37:53,071 --> 00:37:55,341
'Til he couldn't stand up.

510
00:37:55,341 --> 00:37:57,711
Then you know what they did?

511
00:37:57,709 --> 00:38:01,749
Max Troy and his two friends?

512
00:38:01,747 --> 00:38:05,577
They drove him to the hospital.

513
00:38:05,584 --> 00:38:08,554
They let him out
a block from there.

514
00:38:08,554 --> 00:38:10,824
He had to walk
the rest of the way.

515
00:38:10,822 --> 00:38:12,692
Who were the other two men?

516
00:38:12,691 --> 00:38:16,761
I don't know.
But one of 'em was Max Troy.
Miller told me.

517
00:38:16,762 --> 00:38:21,632
Why, Mrs. Starkie?
Why was he beaten?

518
00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:25,103
Miller wouldn't tell me.

519
00:38:25,103 --> 00:38:29,343
He said not to talk
to anybody about it,
and I never did 'til now.

520
00:38:29,341 --> 00:38:31,711
One more thing.

521
00:38:31,710 --> 00:38:35,380
When you were here before
and you searched the place,

522
00:38:35,381 --> 00:38:37,981
you couldn't find it.

523
00:38:37,983 --> 00:38:41,623
I put it in the mail.
Sent it to myself.

524
00:38:44,089 --> 00:38:46,959
It's all right.
Open it.

525
00:38:53,465 --> 00:38:56,825
Starkie's workbook.

526
00:38:56,835 --> 00:39:01,435
Miller worked for Max Troy.
Ask Max Troy.
He'll tell you about it.

527
00:39:04,543 --> 00:39:07,883
- We'll have to take that book.
- You can keep it.

528
00:39:07,879 --> 00:39:12,849
- Is there anything else
you can tell us?
- No. That's all I know.

529
00:39:13,919 --> 00:39:16,089
You've been very kind.

530
00:39:17,589 --> 00:39:21,629
If you will,
on the floor please.

531
00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:31,597
I'll see you to the door.
That's all right,
Mrs. Starkie.

532
00:40:26,592 --> 00:40:29,892
Thursday, April 21, 2:00 p.m.

533
00:40:29,895 --> 00:40:34,155
Starkie's workbook listed
55 names and addresses.
We began to check 'em out.

534
00:40:34,165 --> 00:40:37,165
Without exception,
each of the people
were gambling debtors.

535
00:40:37,168 --> 00:40:40,808
Since Starkie's job
working under Troy
was to make bad debts good,

536
00:40:40,806 --> 00:40:45,506
these names represented
his clientele, his workbook.

537
00:40:45,511 --> 00:40:47,681
After five hours of legwork
and 22 names later,

538
00:40:47,679 --> 00:40:50,949
we were no closer to finding
why Starkie was murdered.

539
00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:52,819
We felt that
if we could find the "why"...

540
00:40:52,818 --> 00:40:57,118
it would lead us
to the apprehension and
conviction of Starkie's
killers.

541
00:40:57,122 --> 00:40:59,792
The forty-seventh name
in the book was Fabian Gerard,

542
00:40:59,791 --> 00:41:02,691
a theatrical agent whose office
was located on Sunset
Boulevard.

543
00:41:02,694 --> 00:41:07,064
Yes, she'll be there at 4:00.
No, she doesn't sing.

544
00:41:07,065 --> 00:41:11,835
I think so.
I could ask her.
I'll see when she comes in.

545
00:41:11,837 --> 00:41:13,897
Take a seat.
I'll be right with you.

546
00:41:13,905 --> 00:41:17,135
What? Oh, yes,
she can get by in a chorus.

547
00:41:17,142 --> 00:41:22,052
Ciro's in Norfolk, Virginia,
last July.
Right. Bye.

548
00:41:22,047 --> 00:41:24,717
Now, you're the dance team.
Which one of you is Delcy?

549
00:41:24,716 --> 00:41:27,816
No, ma'am.
Police officers.
Is Mr. Gerard in?

550
00:41:31,657 --> 00:41:34,557
* Down, down, down in Rio *

551
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:37,760
* Where things
are seldom free-o *

552
00:41:37,763 --> 00:41:42,233
* Oh, come along with me-o *

553
00:41:42,233 --> 00:41:45,703
Yes?
Mr. Gerard, two gentlemen
out here to see you.

554
00:41:45,704 --> 00:41:48,544
Delcy and Swift?
Have 'em wait.

555
00:41:48,540 --> 00:41:52,610
No, Mr. Gerard.
This is important.
Okay, be right out.

556
00:41:52,611 --> 00:41:55,081
He'll be right out.
Thank you.

557
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:57,950
* In South America

558
00:41:57,949 --> 00:42:01,219
I'm going to leave
that record with you.

559
00:42:01,219 --> 00:42:03,889
I'll take good care of it.

560
00:42:06,825 --> 00:42:08,755
Bye, now.

561
00:42:10,128 --> 00:42:12,558
* You'll like the rhythm
if you dig, dig, dig *

562
00:42:12,564 --> 00:42:14,874
Yeah.
But she can't sing.

563
00:42:14,866 --> 00:42:17,836
* Along the old equator

564
00:42:17,836 --> 00:42:21,206
* Where life is mucho greater *

565
00:42:21,206 --> 00:42:24,876
* Way down south

566
00:42:24,876 --> 00:42:28,046
* In South America

567
00:42:32,884 --> 00:42:35,194
Has maracas, will travel.

568
00:42:36,287 --> 00:42:39,017
You're cops,
aren't you?
Yes, sir.

569
00:42:39,024 --> 00:42:42,734
Sgt. Friday. My name's Smith.
Not that many hats
in California.

570
00:42:42,728 --> 00:42:44,798
Ever had dealings
with Miller Starkie?

571
00:42:44,796 --> 00:42:47,866
- Once too often.
- Tell us about it.

572
00:42:47,866 --> 00:42:51,166
I got a little rich one night,
and dropped $500 in a crap game.

573
00:42:51,169 --> 00:42:54,139
- The check was light so
they sent Starkie to collect.
- Did he?

574
00:42:54,139 --> 00:42:58,079
This says he did.
Pushed me around.
Pulled a tooth for me.

575
00:42:58,076 --> 00:43:02,006
I had to phone my brother.
He went for me on the $500.
I thought that was the end.

576
00:43:02,013 --> 00:43:06,923
The money never reached
headquarters. Later this fella
says when am I gonna make good?

577
00:43:06,918 --> 00:43:09,648
I told him I was clean on it.
He didn't believe me.

578
00:43:09,655 --> 00:43:12,855
Had me backed into a casket
until I got my brother up here.

579
00:43:12,858 --> 00:43:14,958
He showed a bank slip.
We finally convinced this fella.

580
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,730
- When did this happen?
- The week before
Starkie was killed.

581
00:43:20,031 --> 00:43:23,971
That'd make it around
the first of April.
Yeah.

582
00:43:23,969 --> 00:43:27,739
- There's no chance
of this making the papers?
- No, sir.

583
00:43:27,739 --> 00:43:29,969
I just wondered.

584
00:43:29,975 --> 00:43:33,375
Right kind of mention
never hurts.
Lets people know you're around.

585
00:43:43,421 --> 00:43:46,821
Saturday, April 23. We started
to put together a pattern.

586
00:43:46,825 --> 00:43:49,825
We felt sure we knew why
Miller Starkie was killed.

587
00:43:49,828 --> 00:43:52,358
In an effort
to get sufficient evidence
to take before the Grand Jury,

588
00:43:52,363 --> 00:43:55,373
we began to put together
what small pieces we had.

589
00:43:56,835 --> 00:44:00,035
9:00 p.m. We talked to
Sgt. Hank Wild, Airport Detail,

590
00:44:00,038 --> 00:44:02,908
who was on duty
at the International Terminal
on April 4.

591
00:44:02,908 --> 00:44:06,308
That's right, Joe.
April 4, 11:15.
United Airlines.

592
00:44:06,311 --> 00:44:09,051
Flight 649 from Vegas.
Wesley Cannon.

593
00:44:09,047 --> 00:44:12,847
Wesley Cannon,
one of the suspects.

594
00:44:12,851 --> 00:44:15,321
Hoodlum and known associate
of Max Troy.

595
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:19,290
Our guess was that
he knew about Miller Starkie
not reporting his collections.

596
00:44:22,427 --> 00:44:24,557
Monday, April 25, 9:00 a.m.

597
00:44:24,562 --> 00:44:27,932
A Grand Jury subpoena was
served
on the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph Company...

598
00:44:27,933 --> 00:44:30,003
directing them to furnish
a record of all toll calls...

599
00:44:30,001 --> 00:44:34,741
made from the telephones
of suspects
from April 1 to April 10.

600
00:44:34,740 --> 00:44:38,180
We contacted the office
of the chief special agent.

601
00:44:38,176 --> 00:44:41,306
According to our records,
a long-distance call
was placed on April 5...

602
00:44:41,312 --> 00:44:44,852
from Hollywood 3-3449,

603
00:44:44,850 --> 00:44:47,420
listed as the Red Spot Grill.

604
00:44:47,418 --> 00:44:51,718
Person-to-person from
a Max Troy to Myles Stricher...

605
00:44:51,723 --> 00:44:55,393
at Superior 7-7599.

606
00:44:55,393 --> 00:44:57,803
That's a Chicago, Illinois
listing.

607
00:44:57,796 --> 00:45:00,326
Length of the call
was 20 minutes.
All right, sir.

608
00:45:00,331 --> 00:45:05,471
How 'bout that other call?
It was placed at 8:30
the morning of April 9...

609
00:45:05,470 --> 00:45:09,140
from Hollywood 3-3449,
the Red Spot Grill.

610
00:45:09,140 --> 00:45:13,940
Person-to-person from a
Max Troy to a Chester Davitt.

611
00:45:13,945 --> 00:45:18,015
That was Skyline 5-1699.

612
00:45:18,016 --> 00:45:21,846
Routed through San Diego,
Del Mar, California.
The Turf-Royal Hotel.

613
00:45:23,188 --> 00:45:25,918
Yes, Mr. Davitt
was with us a week.

614
00:45:25,924 --> 00:45:28,764
Checked in on April 2.
Checked out April 9, 1:00 p.m.

615
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:31,930
You sure about that time?
Yes, sir.
1:00 in the afternoon.

616
00:45:31,930 --> 00:45:33,730
Thank you.

617
00:45:35,333 --> 00:45:37,373
Thank you very much.
Yes, sir.

618
00:45:55,486 --> 00:45:58,486
We got the whole
enchilada.
April 9.
1:00

619
00:45:58,489 --> 00:46:02,459
Takes three hours to drive
up to L.A.
Starkie was murdered at 4:00.

620
00:46:10,368 --> 00:46:13,038
Monday, April 25, 4:00 p.m.

621
00:46:13,038 --> 00:46:15,838
Policewoman Grace Downey
was ready for her first report.

622
00:46:15,841 --> 00:46:19,241
Like opening a box
of Crackerjack, isn't it?
You never know what you'll get.

623
00:46:19,244 --> 00:46:21,854
Did you slip it
under Troy's plate?
Almost. Yeah.

624
00:46:21,847 --> 00:46:25,417
1:00 this afternoon
I was talking to Fred Kemp,
the bartender.

625
00:46:25,416 --> 00:46:28,516
Max Troy walked in. First time
I'd seen him in the place.
Ordered something to eat.

626
00:46:28,519 --> 00:46:30,519
- Where was he sitting?
- Two stools away.

627
00:46:30,521 --> 00:46:32,591
I reached in my bag
for telephone money.
That's when I turned it on.

628
00:46:32,590 --> 00:46:34,590
You on record?
Yeah.

629
00:46:34,592 --> 00:46:38,062
I don't know.
Maybe all we got is
eight miles of dirt road.

630
00:46:39,865 --> 00:46:42,325
I left my purse on the bar,
started for the phone booth.

631
00:46:45,904 --> 00:46:48,514
What's been goin' on?
That's Troy.

632
00:46:48,506 --> 00:46:52,176
Not much.
Couple of boys from downtown, asked a lot questions.

633
00:46:52,177 --> 00:46:54,607
Heard from Chet?
Davitt. You heard from him?

634
00:46:54,612 --> 00:46:58,382
Cops wanted to know.
No, I ain't seem him for a couple of weeks.

635
00:46:58,383 --> 00:47:01,293
Fred, I want you
to do something for me.

636
00:47:01,286 --> 00:47:04,186
In the glove compartment
of your car, there's
a package. Get rid of it.

637
00:47:04,189 --> 00:47:05,559
What is it?
Get rid of it.

638
00:47:05,556 --> 00:47:08,586
I'll take care of it in a couple days.
Better do it today.

639
00:47:08,593 --> 00:47:12,303
I won't have the car back 'til Wednesday.
I loaned it to my nephew.

640
00:47:12,297 --> 00:47:16,197
When did he take it?
A week and a half ago.
Day after you borrowed it.

641
00:47:16,201 --> 00:47:18,571
When's he coming back?
I told you Wednesday.

642
00:47:18,569 --> 00:47:23,009
Take care of that
first thing, Fred.
Here's the money for the food.

643
00:47:23,008 --> 00:47:25,338
I'll see you around.
Right, Max.

644
00:47:27,445 --> 00:47:30,375
What do you think?
I don't know. Let's get
that package and see.

645
00:47:30,381 --> 00:47:34,051
Car'll be back Wednesday.
Get to that glove compartment
before the bartender.

646
00:47:34,052 --> 00:47:37,622
Any ideas?
That's not tough.
The car'll be back Wednesday.

647
00:47:37,622 --> 00:47:40,322
Find out what make it is,
where he parks it.

648
00:47:40,325 --> 00:47:44,285
You know what hours he works.
Go right to it.
You make it sound easy.

649
00:47:44,295 --> 00:47:49,525
Sure.
Like barbecuing
a chunk of ice.

650
00:47:49,534 --> 00:47:53,044
Here's your Minafon.
Thanks, Frank.

651
00:47:59,210 --> 00:48:02,050
See you later, Grace.

652
00:48:18,296 --> 00:48:20,296
Grace?

653
00:48:23,368 --> 00:48:26,338
Yes?
Be careful on this one.

654
00:48:26,337 --> 00:48:30,267
I will, Joe.
Don't lose your way.

655
00:48:30,275 --> 00:48:33,205
You sound concerned.
Line of duty?

656
00:48:33,211 --> 00:48:36,551
I just want to see you
make sergeant.

657
00:48:41,552 --> 00:48:44,422
I'm not kidding, Joe.
I don't see how you do it.
Hmm?

658
00:48:44,422 --> 00:48:46,462
Fish and ice cream.
What's wrong with that?

659
00:48:46,457 --> 00:48:49,557
Everybody knows
it's the worse combination
you can put in your stomach.

660
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:52,460
You put away a real beauty!
Tamales and sauerkraut.

661
00:48:52,463 --> 00:48:55,633
But, Joe, I had lemon sherbet.

662
00:48:58,003 --> 00:49:01,543
Keep your hats on.
You got one to roll on.
Code two. Here's the address.

663
00:49:01,539 --> 00:49:04,369
What've you got?
Part of your first string.
Chester Davitt.

664
00:49:04,375 --> 00:49:07,345
They found him.

665
00:51:28,153 --> 00:51:30,823
While a team of men remained
to search the premises,

666
00:51:30,821 --> 00:51:34,821
Chester Davitt was taken
downtown where he would be
booked on suspicion of
187l-P.C.

667
00:51:34,825 --> 00:51:39,695
the unlawful
killing of a human being
with malice aforethought.

668
00:51:42,300 --> 00:51:44,830
Tuesday, April 26, 8:30 a.m.

669
00:51:44,835 --> 00:51:48,465
We continued to question
Davitt.
He stuck to his story
of the night before.

670
00:51:48,473 --> 00:51:50,743
He refused to admit complicity
in the killing
of Miller Starkie.

671
00:51:50,741 --> 00:51:55,281
We confronted him with the
phone
call from Max Troy to Del Mar
on the day of the murder.

672
00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:57,510
He said it was a social call.

673
00:51:57,515 --> 00:52:00,345
We showed him the plaster
impression of the footprint
taken at the scene of the
crime.

674
00:52:00,351 --> 00:52:02,851
We showed him the exemplar
made from his own right shoe.

675
00:52:02,853 --> 00:52:05,763
They matched.
Davitt had no comment.

676
00:52:09,860 --> 00:52:12,400
He won't cop out.
He can smell the gas.

677
00:52:12,397 --> 00:52:15,397
We've still got enough
to take to the Grand Jury.
I think so.

678
00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:18,170
Get that eyeball witness.

679
00:52:30,281 --> 00:52:33,651
"An interesting fact about
the African lion...

680
00:52:33,651 --> 00:52:36,551
"is its love of family life.

681
00:52:36,554 --> 00:52:39,194
"Its habits are nocturnal.

682
00:52:39,190 --> 00:52:43,660
It roams the belt of Kenya
and British East Africa."

683
00:52:44,595 --> 00:52:47,855
The lion family after a kill.

684
00:52:47,865 --> 00:52:50,225
Sure real lookin',
huh, Joe?
Yeah.

685
00:53:07,852 --> 00:53:12,362
Sorry about being late. When
the fella said you was here,
I was fixing up a Klipspringer.

686
00:53:12,357 --> 00:53:15,357
That's all right,
Quinn.
They're over there.

687
00:53:26,504 --> 00:53:30,514
Klipspringer.
That charming animal is called
the "chamois of Ethiopia."

688
00:53:30,508 --> 00:53:32,638
Good thing
for Patterson too.
Patterson?

689
00:53:32,643 --> 00:53:34,713
New Jersey. That's where
they make leather goods.

690
00:53:34,712 --> 00:53:36,812
Be flat broke if
it wasn't for Klipspringers.

691
00:53:36,814 --> 00:53:40,024
We've got Chester Davitt
in custody.
I saw in the morning papers.

692
00:53:40,017 --> 00:53:45,217
See? That's what I was
telling you fellas about.
The water hole... at sundown.

693
00:53:53,698 --> 00:53:55,728
There she is.

694
00:53:55,733 --> 00:53:58,643
You can read it
right off the chart.

695
00:53:58,636 --> 00:54:01,336
"A typical sand river
in East Africa
during dry season...

696
00:54:01,339 --> 00:54:04,309
"formed by an underlying
strata of rock which causes...

697
00:54:04,309 --> 00:54:06,439
"the water to rise
in small pools.

698
00:54:06,444 --> 00:54:09,654
In dry seasons, animals
gather there at sunset
for their daily drink."

699
00:54:09,647 --> 00:54:14,617
- We'd like you to come downtown
for a show-up.
- What's that like?

700
00:54:14,619 --> 00:54:18,419
We stand up a group of men,
see if you can pick out the man
you saw leaving the vacant lot.

701
00:54:18,423 --> 00:54:21,363
- After that,
we go to the Grand Jury.
- What happens there?

702
00:54:21,359 --> 00:54:25,999
You testify under oath. Tell
them where you were on April 4,
what you did and what you saw.

703
00:54:25,996 --> 00:54:27,526
I see.

704
00:54:27,532 --> 00:54:31,302
- How's 1:00, Quinn?
- 1:00?

705
00:54:31,302 --> 00:54:35,442
- Yes, sir. For the show-up.
- No, I don't think so.

706
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:37,840
When you finish work,
around 5:00 or 6:00?

707
00:54:37,842 --> 00:54:42,582
Mr. Friday,
you just as well know now.
I'm not gonna do it.

708
00:54:42,580 --> 00:54:44,910
You already have.
You identified Chester Davitt.

709
00:54:44,915 --> 00:54:48,445
- That was a picture.
I'm not sure anymore.
- Come for a show-up at least.

710
00:54:48,453 --> 00:54:50,893
No, that wouldn't do any good.
I just don't remember.

711
00:54:50,888 --> 00:54:55,728
What is all the fuss?
The dead fella was a criminal,
not worth the trouble.

712
00:54:55,726 --> 00:54:59,026
You'd like a dead archbishop.
We don't have one. We've got
a small-time hoodlum.

713
00:54:59,029 --> 00:55:01,999
And a bunch of other
hoodlums that killed him.
That's what the paper said.

714
00:55:01,999 --> 00:55:05,439
All them fellas are criminals.
No telling what they'd do
to somebody.

715
00:55:05,436 --> 00:55:09,506
- You afraid to testify, Quinn?
- I just don't remember.

716
00:55:09,507 --> 00:55:11,107
Is it your family,
your wife and children?

717
00:55:11,108 --> 00:55:15,108
I don't have no family.
I'm it.
The whole kit 'n' caboodle.

718
00:55:15,112 --> 00:55:17,912
But I don't want to go downtown
and get mixed up in something.

719
00:55:17,915 --> 00:55:19,975
You'll have to go before
the Grand Jury.
They'll subpoena you.

720
00:55:19,984 --> 00:55:24,754
Then I'll have to say
I'm not sure.
I don't remember too good.

721
00:55:24,755 --> 00:55:28,985
It's not fair to talk somebody
into something. You've got
no business doing that.

722
00:55:28,993 --> 00:55:30,793
No, sir.

723
00:55:30,795 --> 00:55:34,725
Mr. Friday,
I'd like to ask you a question.

724
00:55:36,367 --> 00:55:38,637
If you was me, would you do it?

725
00:55:38,636 --> 00:55:41,666
- Can I wait a while?
- Huh?

726
00:55:41,672 --> 00:55:44,442
Before I'm you?

727
00:55:59,156 --> 00:56:01,856
Wednesday, April 27.

728
00:56:01,859 --> 00:56:04,489
We took the case
before the Grand Jury.

729
00:56:04,495 --> 00:56:09,025
All suspects were subpoenaed.
Lee Reinhard.

730
00:56:09,033 --> 00:56:12,903
Wesley Cannon.

731
00:56:12,903 --> 00:56:16,613
Chester Davitt.

732
00:56:16,607 --> 00:56:18,877
Max Troy.

733
00:56:21,111 --> 00:56:25,011
In spite of the reluctance of
our only face-to-face witness,
Jesse Quinn,

734
00:56:25,015 --> 00:56:29,545
we had a halfway good chance
of gaining indictments on both
Chester Davitt and Max Troy.

735
00:56:31,589 --> 00:56:36,489
I was there to testify
as one of
the investigating officers.

736
00:56:36,494 --> 00:56:40,634
Forensic chemist Ray Pinker
took the stand at 9:23 a.m.

737
00:56:40,631 --> 00:56:43,131
10:15.

738
00:56:49,907 --> 00:56:52,677
Joe Friday?

739
00:57:00,184 --> 00:57:04,454
Raise your right hand.
Do you swear that the testimony
you're about to give...

740
00:57:04,455 --> 00:57:08,825
in the matter now pending
before this body will be the
whole truth, so help you God?

741
00:57:08,826 --> 00:57:11,596
I do.
Be seated.

742
00:57:15,966 --> 00:57:18,966
State your name.
Joe Friday.

743
00:57:18,969 --> 00:57:21,869
You're employed by
the city of Los Angeles
as a police officer.

744
00:57:21,872 --> 00:57:24,972
You're assigned to
Intelligence Division and
hold the rank of sergeant.

745
00:57:24,975 --> 00:57:27,475
Is that correct?
That's correct.

746
00:57:27,478 --> 00:57:29,808
Are you one of
the investigating officers
in this matter,

747
00:57:29,814 --> 00:57:32,554
a murder case, the deceased
being Miller Starkie?

748
00:57:32,550 --> 00:57:34,890
I am.

749
00:57:38,989 --> 00:57:44,859
This is a list of calls
subpoenaed by court order from
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph.

750
00:57:44,862 --> 00:57:48,932
A chart has been made up
showing these calls from
point of origin to terminus.

751
00:57:48,933 --> 00:57:52,073
This has been designated
as Grand Jury exhibit seven.

752
00:57:52,069 --> 00:57:55,239
Sgt. Friday, will you explain
the significance of the chart?
I will.

753
00:57:59,644 --> 00:58:03,514
The next hour
was spent acquainting the
jurors
with every detail of the case,

754
00:58:03,514 --> 00:58:07,084
from the finding of the body
up through the apprehension
of Chester Davitt.

755
00:58:11,155 --> 00:58:13,185
Each phone call was pointed out.

756
00:58:13,190 --> 00:58:16,090
Each individual placing a call
or receiving one
was identified...

757
00:58:16,093 --> 00:58:18,763
in an attempt to demonstrate
to the members
of the Grand Jury...

758
00:58:18,763 --> 00:58:23,273
that the various telephone
calls
formed a probable pattern
of murder.

759
00:58:25,135 --> 00:58:28,235
57 a.m.
when I finished testifying.

760
00:58:38,248 --> 00:58:40,248
Jesse Quinn?

761
00:59:06,811 --> 00:59:08,811
Chester Davitt.

762
00:59:15,152 --> 00:59:19,062
Each suspect was called.

763
00:59:19,056 --> 00:59:22,256
Each spent
no more than five minutes
in the hearing room.

764
00:59:25,696 --> 00:59:30,126
All of them threw away
a four-by-six inch
scrap of yellow paper.

765
00:59:49,987 --> 00:59:52,757
Joe Friday.

766
00:59:56,861 --> 00:59:59,601
Be seated, Sergeant.

767
01:00:00,898 --> 01:00:04,398
Let the record show
this witness has already
been sworn.

768
01:00:04,401 --> 01:00:08,001
You've been recalled for
the purpose of clarifying
certain details...

769
01:00:08,005 --> 01:00:10,935
on the matter pending
before this body.

770
01:00:10,941 --> 01:00:14,211
I have a point I'd like
Sgt. Friday to explain.
Yes, ma'am.

771
01:00:14,211 --> 01:00:18,721
- Uh, the phone calls
you told us about.
- Yes, ma'am.

772
01:00:18,716 --> 01:00:21,946
How do we know exactly what
those men said to each other?

773
01:00:21,952 --> 01:00:24,992
- We don't.
- But you indicated
what each of them said.

774
01:00:24,989 --> 01:00:29,989
No, ma'am. I indicated the
contacts between the suspects
and their association.

775
01:00:29,994 --> 01:00:34,034
The point Mrs. Caldwell is
trying to make is the point
that's troubling all of us.

776
01:00:34,031 --> 01:00:36,671
The conversation you say
these men had is guesswork,
isn't it?

777
01:00:36,667 --> 01:00:39,867
No, sir.
All these calls are a matter
of telephone record.

778
01:00:39,870 --> 01:00:43,010
We know all that,
but you can't say
what was in those calls.

779
01:00:43,007 --> 01:00:47,237
But we can be pretty sure from
the sequence of calls, the time,
date and people involved.

780
01:00:47,244 --> 01:00:51,454
Sgt. Friday, each of those men
has a telephone, each uses it.
There's no crime in that.

781
01:00:51,448 --> 01:00:54,248
Each one of those men
is a suspect in a murder case.

782
01:00:54,251 --> 01:00:57,151
All of them have
criminal records dating
as far back as 1933.

783
01:00:57,154 --> 01:01:00,024
We know that too, but
you're asking for a true bill.

784
01:01:00,024 --> 01:01:02,994
You want this case tried
in a court of law. I can't see
how that can be granted...

785
01:01:02,993 --> 01:01:05,803
unless you're in a position
to tell us exactly
what was in those phone calls.

786
01:01:05,796 --> 01:01:08,426
I'm sorry. To do that,
we'd have to be able to wiretap.

787
01:01:08,432 --> 01:01:13,002
You mean cut in on
private phone conversations?
That's an invasion of privacy.

788
01:01:13,003 --> 01:01:16,943
How do we know all policemen
wouldn't be listening
to all our conversations?

789
01:01:16,941 --> 01:01:20,211
We would,
if you talked murder.
As a police officer,

790
01:01:20,210 --> 01:01:24,010
I can tell you that none of us
want the responsibility of
being able to wiretap at will.

791
01:01:24,014 --> 01:01:26,954
It'd have to be by court order.
Doesn't make much difference
in this case.

792
01:01:26,951 --> 01:01:30,151
If you had the right to wiretap,
what good would it have done?

793
01:01:30,154 --> 01:01:32,824
You can't lock the barn door
after the horse is stolen.

794
01:01:32,823 --> 01:01:36,363
Yes, sir, in this case. We'd've
had a court order to maintain
telephone surveillance...

795
01:01:36,360 --> 01:01:40,100
on every one of those hoodlums
from the minute he checked into
Los Angeles and set up shop.

796
01:01:40,097 --> 01:01:42,727
- We might have saved the horse.
- Not quite, Sgt. Friday.

797
01:01:42,733 --> 01:01:45,373
Even if you could wiretap,
that system'd never work.
Choke off their telephones,

798
01:01:45,369 --> 01:01:47,399
you'd have 'em plotting murder
on every street corner.

799
01:01:47,404 --> 01:01:50,474
That's all right.
There'd be a cop on it.

800
01:01:55,279 --> 01:01:57,409
That's all, Sergeant.

801
01:02:22,172 --> 01:02:24,472
How's it going?
It's hard to tell.
I've been up twice.

802
01:02:24,474 --> 01:02:27,184
They recalled you?
Yeah, that's right.

803
01:02:29,446 --> 01:02:31,846
We'll have a verdict
in a minute.

804
01:02:31,849 --> 01:02:33,819
Want a match?
No, thanks.

805
01:02:33,818 --> 01:02:36,488
Where do we stand?
It's not easy.
No murder weapon.

806
01:02:36,486 --> 01:02:40,156
We made Davitt on the footprint.
Put him at the scene of the
crime. We got him in that lot.

807
01:02:40,157 --> 01:02:44,157
They want to know when.
That witness of yours
could've told them. He didn't.

808
01:02:44,161 --> 01:02:46,031
Phone call pattern's
circumstance. Not enough.

809
01:02:46,030 --> 01:02:47,960
Troy's crowd
must've been well-rehearsed.

810
01:02:47,965 --> 01:02:50,525
If you clocked 'em,
you'll notice they stayed
five minutes apiece.

811
01:02:50,534 --> 01:02:52,104
Yeah. Why?

812
01:03:14,925 --> 01:03:18,855
We didn't get
the necessary 12 votes.
No indictment.

813
01:03:39,950 --> 01:03:43,290
An original and three carbons.

814
01:03:49,093 --> 01:03:53,133
Bumper-to-bumper tail.
Put 'em to bed at night
and get 'em up in the morning.

815
01:04:07,644 --> 01:04:10,254
Bumper-to-bumper tail.
A systematic,

816
01:04:10,247 --> 01:04:14,377
constant surveillance
of criminal suspects
maintained around the clock.

817
01:04:14,384 --> 01:04:19,224
Other teams were assigned
to Chester Davitt,
Lee Reinhard and Wesley Cannon.

818
01:04:19,223 --> 01:04:22,163
We knew the men were guilty.
We still had to prove it.

819
01:04:22,159 --> 01:04:24,259
Thursday, April 28, 8:00 a.m.

820
01:04:24,261 --> 01:04:27,561
We began the operation
at Max Troy's front door.

821
01:04:56,160 --> 01:04:59,030
I'm late.
I've got an appointment.
Out!

822
01:04:59,029 --> 01:05:01,269
You've got no right--

823
01:05:06,103 --> 01:05:08,543
Put your hands up on the car.

824
01:05:12,209 --> 01:05:16,209
All right, take everything
out of your pockets,
put it on the fender.

825
01:05:27,357 --> 01:05:30,627
What now?
Put it back.

826
01:06:11,568 --> 01:06:15,098
Hot milk.
Hot milk.

827
01:06:15,105 --> 01:06:17,365
Hot milk.

828
01:08:03,813 --> 01:08:07,523
You think it's real funny,
do you, junior?

829
01:08:44,521 --> 01:08:47,561
Hands up on the wall.
Not this time.
I've got friends with me.

830
01:08:47,557 --> 01:08:50,727
Get off my back.
You know I'm clean.
Are ya?

831
01:08:50,727 --> 01:08:53,597
Hands up on the wall.

832
01:09:00,504 --> 01:09:03,574
All right, take everything
out of your pockets.

833
01:09:03,573 --> 01:09:06,883
Where am I
gonna put it?
The ground'll hold it.

834
01:09:26,696 --> 01:09:29,396
Your mother sure
didn't do much for a living.

835
01:09:29,399 --> 01:09:32,339
That's all right.
She didn't bark.

836
01:10:10,940 --> 01:10:12,980
Good night, Max.

837
01:11:46,069 --> 01:11:51,069
That's gin, Carl.
Nine. Couldn't pick up
a nine last time.

838
01:11:51,074 --> 01:11:53,914
This time you got nine.

839
01:11:53,910 --> 01:11:57,080
I can't play with them in here.

840
01:11:57,080 --> 01:12:01,490
Get out.
Come on, Carl.
It's your deal.

841
01:12:11,795 --> 01:12:14,555
Did you hear me, fat gut?

842
01:12:17,801 --> 01:12:20,001
Put that out.

843
01:12:23,773 --> 01:12:26,683
Are you his keeper?
You and that toad
get outta here.

844
01:12:26,676 --> 01:12:30,976
We've got no beef
with you.
I'll help you up.

845
01:12:40,690 --> 01:12:44,460
Hey! Hey!
Hold it! Hold it!

846
01:12:51,701 --> 01:12:56,471
Don't worry.
You and your stomach
can sit this one out.

847
01:13:42,018 --> 01:13:44,748
Well, I called 'em.
I'm the manager here.

848
01:13:44,754 --> 01:13:47,724
And you're all
gonna be arrested.

849
01:13:58,768 --> 01:14:01,508
Close the door.

850
01:14:07,777 --> 01:14:10,847
You look fine. Georgia Street
called. Said you were in
for medical treatment.

851
01:14:10,847 --> 01:14:12,147
Yeah.
Joe caught a cold.

852
01:14:12,148 --> 01:14:15,878
Who's tailing Troy now?
2X59. Keeler and Stevens.
Anything new?

853
01:14:15,885 --> 01:14:19,615
- Did you have to fight?
- It was a gin game.
I tried to play Troy's hand.

854
01:14:19,623 --> 01:14:22,633
While you were making a name
for yourselves, we finally got
a bug in the Red Spot Grill.

855
01:14:22,626 --> 01:14:26,656
- Where?
- Back office.
The sound crew buried it.

856
01:14:26,663 --> 01:14:29,263
- Where's the listening post?
- Basement across the alley.

857
01:14:29,265 --> 01:14:33,135
Get a good view
of the office from there.
Airport detail.

858
01:14:33,136 --> 01:14:35,136
What's it say, Joe?

859
01:14:35,138 --> 01:14:38,268
Chester Davitt left on
flight 516 for Cleveland.
10:00 a.m.

860
01:14:38,274 --> 01:14:40,644
Too hot. Sent him
out of town to cool off.

861
01:14:40,644 --> 01:14:43,914
- You notified Cleveland?
- Inspector MacArthur.
Talked to him a half hour ago.

862
01:14:46,049 --> 01:14:49,019
Hamilton.
Yeah.

863
01:14:49,018 --> 01:14:53,518
You did? What gauge?
All right.
I'll wait 'til it's clear.

864
01:14:53,523 --> 01:14:57,533
I didn't hear you.
No, sit tight.

865
01:14:57,527 --> 01:15:01,057
Grace Downey. She's turned
a box of shotgun shells
in the bartender's car.

866
01:15:01,064 --> 01:15:04,034
- Yeah.
- As she hung up, she said Troy
was moving toward the booth.

867
01:15:04,033 --> 01:15:06,303
He was walkin' heavy.
Keeler and Stevens
are out there.

868
01:15:06,302 --> 01:15:10,242
If that place starts to jump,
it's too big for one team.
Back them up. Get her out.

869
01:15:10,239 --> 01:15:12,639
- Right.
- Sounds like she's been burned.

870
01:15:15,779 --> 01:15:18,949
2X50 to 2X59.

871
01:15:18,948 --> 01:15:21,788
2X50 to 2X59.

872
01:15:23,720 --> 01:15:28,060
Keeler, you and Stevens
want to cover the back?
Right, Joe.

873
01:15:35,732 --> 01:15:38,032
*

874
01:15:38,034 --> 01:15:46,684
*

875
01:16:02,025 --> 01:16:06,125
Take that somewhere.
You know Sgt. Keeler,
don't you, Max?

876
01:16:11,367 --> 01:16:15,037
Unless you're growing, sit down.

877
01:16:15,038 --> 01:16:17,338
Ready to go home?

878
01:16:39,262 --> 01:16:41,602
Around back.

879
01:17:08,357 --> 01:17:10,387
In there.

880
01:17:18,768 --> 01:17:23,168
This is what caused all
the trouble. The package
in the bartender's car.

881
01:17:26,710 --> 01:17:31,310
Twelve gauge double-O.
Four missing.

882
01:17:38,121 --> 01:17:41,191
The
finding of the shotgun shells
was another piece...

883
01:17:41,190 --> 01:17:44,160
of corroborative evidence
if we could ever
turn the murder weapon.

884
01:17:44,160 --> 01:17:48,800
Policewoman Grace Downey
was relieved of her assignment,
and went back to regular duty.

885
01:17:48,798 --> 01:17:51,428
Tuesday, May 3.
For the next four days,
Frank and I...

886
01:17:51,434 --> 01:17:53,474
along with the other teams
of men assigned...

887
01:17:53,469 --> 01:17:57,069
helped maintain
the 24 hour surveillance
at the listening post.

888
01:17:57,073 --> 01:17:59,683
4:30 p.m.

889
01:18:07,483 --> 01:18:09,823
Look at that,
Joe?
Huh?

890
01:18:09,819 --> 01:18:13,459
It's a real waste.
Somebody will come up
with an answer.

891
01:18:13,456 --> 01:18:17,426
What are you
talking about?
A use
for old Kleenex.

892
01:18:17,426 --> 01:18:19,926
Just make millions.

893
01:18:22,031 --> 01:18:24,371
Hi, Gene, Phil.
Gene.

894
01:18:24,367 --> 01:18:26,097
Not much goin' on.
Troy must've dropped
a stack.

895
01:18:26,102 --> 01:18:29,912
The Burbank book's been trying
to get in touch with =him.
Called three times last hour.

896
01:18:29,906 --> 01:18:34,436
They oughta try All Saints.
Keeler and Stevens trailed Troy
to the hospital 40 minutes ago.

897
01:18:34,443 --> 01:18:39,453
Skipper said to fill you in.

898
01:18:48,457 --> 01:18:51,827
It's Lee Reinhard.
The bartender's with him.

899
01:18:54,197 --> 01:18:57,467
Hello.
Who?

900
01:18:57,466 --> 01:18:59,966
Talk louder.
I can't hear you.

901
01:18:59,969 --> 01:19:04,409
Where?
Cleveland?

902
01:19:04,407 --> 01:19:06,007
No, he's not here.

903
01:19:06,009 --> 01:19:09,239
Who's calling?

904
01:19:09,245 --> 01:19:11,275
Hiya, George.

905
01:19:11,280 --> 01:19:14,450
It's Fred.
Fred Kemp.

906
01:19:14,450 --> 01:19:17,120
I don't know.

907
01:19:17,120 --> 01:19:21,120
Yeah. Max is due back
any minute.

908
01:19:21,124 --> 01:19:24,034
Lee's here.
Right. Hold on.

909
01:19:24,027 --> 01:19:26,027
Lee.

910
01:19:28,397 --> 01:19:34,037
Yeah? Yeah,
this is Lee Reinhard.

911
01:19:34,037 --> 01:19:36,967
Yeah.
I'll run him down.

912
01:19:38,207 --> 01:19:40,177
You did, huh?

913
01:19:40,176 --> 01:19:43,046
Max'll be glad to know that.

914
01:19:43,046 --> 01:19:47,246
He did, huh?

915
01:19:47,250 --> 01:19:50,420
Well, he had some good times.

916
01:19:52,321 --> 01:19:55,061
Is that right?

917
01:19:55,058 --> 01:19:58,228
Oh, sure. Max'll
get back to you today.
What?

918
01:19:58,227 --> 01:20:01,227
Pretty good.
And you?

919
01:20:01,230 --> 01:20:05,230
A little on the cool side.
May get rain
today or tomorrow.

920
01:20:06,903 --> 01:20:08,973
Right, George.
Bye, bye.

921
01:20:10,239 --> 01:20:12,369
Any idea where Max is?
No.

922
01:20:12,375 --> 01:20:15,175
Called this morning,
said he'd drop by
this afternoon.

923
01:20:15,178 --> 01:20:17,478
You don't need to order
that German beer no more.

924
01:20:17,480 --> 01:20:20,350
He ain't gonna
be around to drink it.
What do you mean?

925
01:20:20,349 --> 01:20:24,019
Davitt. He ran out
of breath this afternoon.

926
01:20:24,020 --> 01:20:27,590
Somebody kill him?
4:00 Cleveland time.

927
01:20:27,590 --> 01:20:31,460
Kind of funny at that.
'Course you never know
what a guy's gonna do.

928
01:20:31,460 --> 01:20:34,630
Huh?
Cried like a baby.

929
01:20:34,630 --> 01:20:36,970
If Max comes in,
ask him to wait.
All right.

930
01:20:36,966 --> 01:20:40,336
I'll try to run him down.

931
01:20:40,336 --> 01:20:43,606
Oh, forgot to tell you.

932
01:20:43,606 --> 01:20:47,936
You remember
that mouth of Chet's?
Guess what he said.

933
01:20:47,944 --> 01:20:50,114
What?

934
01:20:50,113 --> 01:20:53,023
As he was goin' down he said,

935
01:20:53,016 --> 01:20:56,546
"Jesus, Mary and Joseph."

936
01:20:56,552 --> 01:20:59,422
That's what he said.

937
01:21:24,647 --> 01:21:27,547
They sent him
a long way to die,
didn't they?

938
01:21:27,550 --> 01:21:30,320
It's always a long way.

939
01:21:30,319 --> 01:21:33,959
Davitt was hotter
than we thought.
He must've made a mistake.

940
01:21:33,957 --> 01:21:37,457
His mistake was being Davitt.

941
01:21:37,460 --> 01:21:39,660
This is Friday.
Yeah, Captain.

942
01:21:39,662 --> 01:21:42,602
We know about that.
We know he's dead.

943
01:21:42,598 --> 01:21:45,668
Long distance call
from Cleveland just now.

944
01:21:45,668 --> 01:21:50,068
No, used the name George.
That's our guess too.

945
01:21:50,073 --> 01:21:53,483
Every word of it. Yeah.
No, there's no doubt about
the other end of the call.

946
01:21:53,476 --> 01:21:57,946
Lee Reinhard laid it out
for the bartender.
That's right. It's all there.

947
01:21:59,648 --> 01:22:02,618
Right.
What's that address again?

948
01:22:02,618 --> 01:22:05,188
Is that South Ardmore?
Right.

949
01:22:05,188 --> 01:22:08,688
Can Phelps meet us out there
with playback equipment?

950
01:22:08,691 --> 01:22:10,631
Right.
You ready?

951
01:22:10,626 --> 01:22:13,326
Where to?
Davitt's wife.

952
01:22:24,273 --> 01:22:27,643
As he was goin' down he said,

953
01:22:27,643 --> 01:22:30,053
"Jesus, Mary and Joseph."

954
01:22:30,046 --> 01:22:33,116
That's what he said.

955
01:22:39,755 --> 01:22:42,215
We're sorry, Mrs. Davitt.

956
01:22:42,225 --> 01:22:45,025
We didn't want to play it.
You wouldn't let us do it
any other way.

957
01:22:45,028 --> 01:22:49,228
I know.

958
01:22:49,232 --> 01:22:53,142
I used up any favors.

959
01:22:57,240 --> 01:23:00,080
You want Max Troy
to stand for this one?

960
01:23:00,076 --> 01:23:02,506
And one more.
Miller Starkie.

961
01:23:07,350 --> 01:23:10,550
In the closet.

962
01:23:11,720 --> 01:23:14,260
Behind the clothes.

963
01:23:14,257 --> 01:23:19,157
Where the plumber
fixes the pipes.
Toolbox.

964
01:23:52,628 --> 01:23:56,628
In the bottom,
wrapped up
in a piece of cloth.

965
01:23:59,768 --> 01:24:03,168
Part of a shotgun.
Troy bought it
in Albuquerque.

966
01:24:03,172 --> 01:24:08,712
Do you remember
the name of the store?
Yeah. I can give it to you.

967
01:24:08,711 --> 01:24:12,311
Him and Chet
sawed off the barrel
right in this room.

968
01:24:12,315 --> 01:24:15,445
Hacksaw there.

969
01:24:15,451 --> 01:24:18,521
When was the gun purchased?
Do you remember?

970
01:24:18,521 --> 01:24:21,861
Six, seven months ago.

971
01:24:21,857 --> 01:24:25,327
We was travelin' back
from Chicago.

972
01:24:25,328 --> 01:24:27,798
Where is the gun?

973
01:24:27,796 --> 01:24:29,856
Echo Park Lake.

974
01:24:29,865 --> 01:24:35,335
You can get it.
I'll show you where
they threw it in.

975
01:24:35,338 --> 01:24:38,708
Max called Chet at Del Mar.

976
01:24:38,707 --> 01:24:43,247
Told him where to be, what time.

977
01:24:43,246 --> 01:24:45,846
You willing to come downtown,
give us a statement?

978
01:24:49,618 --> 01:24:52,288
On my hands and knees.

979
01:25:32,761 --> 01:25:35,831
Teletype from Albuquerque.

980
01:25:35,831 --> 01:25:39,671
"NR-65 KOB-34.
P.D. Los Angeles, California.

981
01:25:39,668 --> 01:25:44,468
R-228, KMA-89
S-and-R double-barrel shotgun,
12-gauge.

982
01:25:44,473 --> 01:25:50,283
"Serial 178365.
Purchased Finney's Hardware
this city October 15 last.

983
01:25:50,279 --> 01:25:53,179
"Sold to Max Taylor,
nonresident.

984
01:25:53,182 --> 01:25:56,722
P.D. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1743 KOB-34."

985
01:25:58,187 --> 01:26:01,187
Joe, take two.
Right.
Thank you.

986
01:26:03,559 --> 01:26:07,899
This is Friday.
Yeah, Lee. Mm-hmm.

987
01:26:07,896 --> 01:26:12,366
You can, huh?
How soon do you figure?

988
01:26:12,368 --> 01:26:14,568
Right. Yeah.
Thank you very much.

989
01:26:14,570 --> 01:26:16,700
Lee Jones
with the crime lab.
Anything?

990
01:26:16,705 --> 01:26:19,765
As soon as they bring up the
gun, he can give us a positive
make on that barrel section.

991
01:26:19,775 --> 01:26:23,875
Latent prints. Lifted several
partials from that hacksaw.
Good enough to make Troy.

992
01:26:23,879 --> 01:26:27,319
That's an artificial lake
at Echo Park. Salvage crew will
have the murder gun by morning.

993
01:26:27,316 --> 01:26:30,946
You've got
the signed statement from
Davitt's wife right there.

994
01:26:37,960 --> 01:26:40,800
How 'bout it, Alex?

995
01:26:55,311 --> 01:26:57,311
You got him.

996
01:27:05,854 --> 01:27:07,964
You'll need your raincoats.

997
01:27:12,328 --> 01:27:15,498
Light that, will you, Alex?

998
01:27:39,755 --> 01:27:41,755
Which room does Max Troy have?

999
01:27:41,757 --> 01:27:45,727
Mr. Troy went in for surgery
at 4:00 this afternoon.
How's he doing?

1000
01:27:45,728 --> 01:27:48,828
Gastric cancer.
He died on the table.

1001
01:27:51,967 --> 01:27:54,737
I'm sorry. Was Mr. Troy
a friend of yours?

1002
01:27:54,737 --> 01:27:57,667
No, sir.
We hardly knew him.