Dragnet — The Big Smart Guy

It’s a damp March night in Los Angeles, and Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero are barely out of the car when the call comes in: a woman shot to death in a fourth-floor hotel room, apparent motive robbery. Her husband, Theodore Benham, is shaken, claiming a masked intruder stepped out of the closet, demanded money, and fired. He shot back — and missed.

But nothing quite adds up. A young drifter named Tommy Kane — also known as Jack Morrison, also known as Jack Mars — is found in the adjacent hotel with a bullet wound in his arm and a story full of holes. Threads from his clothing match the murder room. A witness saw him coming down the back stairs. And Benham? He keeps asking to stop for a drink on the way to identify the suspect — and inexplicably winks at Kane during the lineup.

Episode Quotes:

“Ben’s a real smart guy. He’s got a gang. He double-crossed me. He tried to kill me. I’m going to jail — he’s going with me.” — Tommy Kane

“You’ve been telling us the same story for two days, but it doesn’t hold water.” — Sgt. Friday

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Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

SPEAKER_10 2:19

It was Friday, March 16th. It was damp in Los Angeles. We're working the night watch out of homicide. Our partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Thad Brown, Chief of Detective. My name's Friday. It was 11:45 p.m. when we got to where we parked our car. Second in Maine. Couple of drops on the windshield. Yeah, I hope it holds off. I was thinking of going out to see the cubs and parts playing an exhibition game tomorrow. I guess maybe now alone.

SPEAKER_08 2:47

You might be lucky.

SPEAKER_10 2:48

What's the weatherman say?

SPEAKER_08 2:49

Oh. It's a slow night. Well, might not be tomorrow night. Well, March 17th, isn't it?

SPEAKER_01 3:08

All units. 102 South Virginia.

SPEAKER_08 3:26

1158 p.m. We arrived at 102 South Virgin, the Bartlett Hotel, a four-story building. Sergeant Shimer met us in the lobby and informed us that the shooting took place at 11.40 p.m. in room 432, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore V. Benham. Mrs. Benham was the victim.

SPEAKER_10 3:44

We went up to the fourth floor where Officer McCready was stationed outside the room. Any witnesses? Only Benham says it was a thief. Did you talk to any of the people on this floor? None of them saw anything at all in the rooms.

SPEAKER_09 3:55

Any other way out of here? That stairway in the rear leads the roof.

SPEAKER_10 3:59

I took a look. Nothing up there. Where's Benham? Across the hall, lying down. Cox is with him. Okay. Let's look at the body.

SPEAKER_08 4:10

We went into the room, a dreary place with a single light hanging from the center of the ceiling. The carpet was faded and worn in spots. On the north side were a closet and a bathroom. Against the east wall was a dresser. Across the room was a double bed, and at the foot of the bed a window, looking out over the roofs of adjoining buildings and the marquee of a movie house down the street. A steamer trunk was in the corner, and a straight back chair was next to the door. The mirror of the dresser was smashed, and on the dresser, a Gideon Bible. On the bed was the body of a woman sprawled face down. There were several splots of blood on her coat. On the chair was a 3220 revolver, which McCready said belonged to Benham, the husband of the murdered woman. We asked McCready to put in a call to the crime lab, and we went across the hall to question Benham.

SPEAKER_10 4:58

This is an awful shock. I'm not feeling well. I'm under doctor's care. Hemophilia. Awful shock. Sit down, please. Yes. I don't know what it'll do to me. I should be in the sanitarium right now. Who's you taking care of? Lincoln Sanitarium in Eagle Rock. Could you tell us what happened tonight? Why, yes. We my wife and I went out to the Sycamore Cafe over in Alvarado. What time was that? Oh, about 9.30. We had a couple of drinks and something to eat, listened to a piano player, then came home. I unlocked the door and Elizabeth went in first and went over to the dresser. I just walked over to her when a man stepped out of the closet in back of us. He had a gun. Uh-huh. Can you describe him? I don't know, I don't know. Did you see his face? No. He had a blue bandana over his face and he had a cap on, a blue and white chair. Did you notice his clothes? No, no, I didn't. Anything else? He seemed very nervous, and he wasn't holding the gun still. My wife was opening a purse, and I said, Well, I haven't got very much, but I'll give you what we have. Then he fired and hit Elizabeth. I pulled my gun from my overcoat and started shooting. Are you in the habit of carrying a gun? No. No, no, I'd noticed suspicious-looking men follow me lately, so I bought one. Is uh this the gun? Yeah? Yeah. Then what happened? Well, I fired all the bullets. I don't know how I missed. The room was small. He kept moving around all the time. Uh-huh. But uh, guess I did miss. Then he ran out of the room. But how old would you say this man was? Officer, I haven't the faintest idea. See you a minute, Sergeant? Sure. We'll be back, Mr. Bennham. This has been an awful shock to me. Wonder how his wife felt. McCready told us that Sergeant Scheimer had found a woman in the Nevada Hotel next door who might know something. Who went next door and questioned Mrs. Caroline Cromwell, a resident of the hotel. She occupied room 415 on the top floor. She told us that about 20 seconds after she heard the shots, she looked out the door of her room and saw a man come down the back stairs, which leads to the roof of the hotel, and entered room 402. She'd seen the man several times and was positive of her identification. Sergeant Scheimer said the man was registered as Jack Morrison, who went to room 402. Try it again.

SPEAKER_09 7:24

Who's that?

SPEAKER_10 7:25

Police officers. What do you want? I'd like to ask a couple of questions. I was going to bed. We'd like to talk, do you? Won't take very long. All right. What do you want to know? How long you been in your room? About ten minutes? Where were you? To the movie? Which one? Right down the street. Why are you asking me all these questions? You been drinking?

SPEAKER_12 7:55

A little?

SPEAKER_10 7:56

Not much. Mind if we look around a little bit?

SPEAKER_12 7:58

I was out all the time. I didn't know nothing about a shooting. And you won't mind if we look around. You won't find nothing here.

SPEAKER_09 8:08

These are all the clothes you got.

SPEAKER_10 8:10

Yeah. This your coat? Yeah. Yeah. You wearing this tonight, were you?

unknown 8:19

No.

SPEAKER_10 8:19

The only coat in the closet. What'd you do with the coat you were wearing? Guess I was wearing that one. Just billet?

SPEAKER_12 8:28

What?

SPEAKER_10 8:29

A bottle of whiskey.

SPEAKER_12 8:30

It broke.

SPEAKER_10 8:31

Oh.

SPEAKER_12 8:32

How do I know?

SPEAKER_10 8:34

You got a hole here in the sleeve. What did you do with a broken bottle? Threw it away. Where? I don't know. On the street. Sure. Stuck down between the wall and the bat, then. Looks like blood on it. Is this yours? Where's the shirt you wore tonight? Take off your pajamas, Tom. Why? Take it off. All right. Well, I didn't have nothing to do with that shooting next door. What happened to your arm? Guy shot at me. Who? I don't know. I bought a bottle, had a couple of drinks, and went to the movie for a little while. Would you mind moving away from the bed, please? No, no. Thank you. I came out of the movie because I was getting dizzy, and I went up on the roof here to get some air. While I was standing there, a guy ran across the roof and shot at me. What'd the man look like? I don't know. He came from the roof of the hotel next door and ran into this place. How big was he? It was dark. I couldn't see. What did you do? Well, after I was sure he was gone, I came down. I was gonna have my arm fixed in the morning. Better get your clothes on. Why? Well, you got a pretty bad arm. You better have it fixed up. We'll take you to George Street Receiving Hospital. It's all right. I don't have to go there. Find anything, Ben? No. You got a clean shirt? No.

SPEAKER_08 10:06

Well, you better wear your pajama top, then.

SPEAKER_10 10:08

Oh, here's something. What'd you say your name is? Jack Morrison? Here's a card I found in the closet. It says Tommy Kane, report for Work Joe's Cafe, 8 o'clock March 1st. Who's Tommy Kane? That's me. Where are you from? Elgin, Illinois. How old are you? I'm 22. Why'd you leave Elgin? No work. I'd been bumming around. You ever been arrested?

SPEAKER_12 10:38

I was picked up on a vague charge a month ago.

SPEAKER_10 10:40

Here? Yeah. I don't know why you guys are bothering with me. When somebody gets shot, we bother. 1 30 a.m. We took King to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital where they found that a muscle in his upper right arm had been severed and the right side of his chest was bruised. Before taking him to Ward 1300 General Hospital for further treatment, we took him back to the roof of the Nevada Hotel. Still trying to rain. Yeah. Well, where were you standing when you got shot at, King? Right over there. I was leaning against the bricks. Where'd the man come from? Out of that door in the other roof? Roof of the Bartland Hotel? Yeah. Was he running when he shot at you? Yeah, yeah, he was. Where'd he run? Right across here where we are. Then he went through this door here into the Nevada Hotel. Did you notice anything unusual about him? Well, his face was covered with a handkerchief and he wore a check and cap. Thought you said before it was too dark. I could see that. I mean, you know, I could see that. I couldn't see his face. And you were standing over there with the parapet? Yeah. About uh. About about here? Yeah, that's it. Mm-hmm. All right, let's get over the roof of the bartle. A little high. Can I help you over? No. Come on, Ben. You ever been in this hotel before, King? No.

SPEAKER_06 12:25

Everything all right, McClain? Yeah.

SPEAKER_10 12:27

Crime lab's here. Checking the murder room. Benham away. I think so. Mr. Benham? Yes? Mind if we come in? Of course not. You ever seen this man before? Let me see. Can he stand over there in the light? My eyes aren't as good as they used to be. Okay. Move over there. How's that? That's better. This is the man who shot your wife? No, that's not the man. We left instructions for another car to take Theodore Benham to the Lincoln Sanitarium in Eagle Rock. We took Cain toward 1300 General Hospital. 2 42 a.m. We arrived back at the Bartlett Hotel where police chemist Ray Pinker had finished his examination. Three slugs, 38 caliber, and five slugs, 3220, were found in the mattress and the walls, all on the same side of the room. On the floor of the room were found a piece of white cloth and some brown threads. Ray Pinker returned to the crime lab while Ben and I made a search of both hotels. The incinerators, the alley, and all likely places for the missing 38 was not found. 348 a.m. Ben went to the Record Bureau to check on any possible criminal record Kane might have had.

SPEAKER_08 13:44

I went to the crime lab to see what Ray Pinker had found.

SPEAKER_12 13:49

Nothing on this one. Must have been a clean mess. And nothing on these four 3220s. Mm-hmm. When'd you find those? Dug the 38 out of the window frame. 3220s are in the south and east walls. How about the others, sir? Well, on these two 38 slugs, I found minute portions of threads. They compare with the dress and coat one of the deceased. Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_10 14:11

Hi. Hey, Ben. I checked King's record, he told the truth. Nothing more than a vagar, huh? How's this come? There's threads on two of the 38 slugs. On one of the 3220s. Same kind of threads?

unknown 14:24

Same kind of.

SPEAKER_10 14:25

3220, that's the gun Benham used. Yeah. Did you check the cloth yet? I will, right now. Benham must have been shooting an awful while. Where'd you find that 3220 slug, Ray? On the floor near the bed. Nothing on any of the other 3220s. No. Yeah, this piece of cloth matches the shirt.

SPEAKER_12 14:45

How about the coat and those threads? Got only a couple of threads that might match. Let me have a coat.

SPEAKER_10 14:56

We better have Benham take another look at Cain, huh? Yeah, I guess so. I could use a cup of coffee. How about you? As soon as we get finished. How about it, Ray? Gotta make it. Yeah, a match. Well, that's it, huh? Oh, one more thing. Yeah. Fresh stains on the carpet of that room. What kind? Whiskey. March 18th. We picked up Benham at Lincoln Sanitarium and drove him to the General Hospital. Three times he asked us to stop someplace so he could have a drink. We told him he'd have to wait. We arrived at Ward 1300 at 1.40 p.m. and Kane was brought out. Take a good look, Mr. Benham. No, that isn't the man, I'm sure of it. All right, Cain. Tie this handkerchief over your face. No, no, this way. That's right. I'll put on this cap. Kane, stand over there, please. Not a little further. That's good. All right, Mr. Bannon. You know, his eyes and forehead look a little familiar, but I don't know. Well, my nerves are all shot. I can't be positive. I'm a sick man. All right, Kane. I wish I could help you, boys. So do we. Come along, please. You don't have to take me back to the sanitary and just take me to your streetcar. I'll make it all right. Well, Dickie.

SPEAKER_09 16:27

Roger.

SPEAKER_10 16:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_09 16:28

Did I see you a minute?

SPEAKER_10 16:30

Sure.

SPEAKER_09 16:33

Yeah? Did you notice anything when you first brought Kane out of the ward? No. You must have been closing the door. Yeah, I was. That man Benham, he winked at him.

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7 p.m. Ben and I returned to the general hospital and took Keene into a small room adjoining the prison ward. After three hours of interrogation, he stuck to his story. Cigarette, Keene? Thanks. How's Oran? All right. Hurts a little now. When are you guys going home? When we get a straight story. I've been telling you all I know. Yeah, you've been telling us the same story for two days, but it doesn't hold water. What do you mean? How do you account for the fact that parts of your clothing were found in that room? I told you before, you must have made a mistake. No, no, it's no mistake. Mr. Benham's starting to think he recognizes you. What? Why'd he wink at you? He didn't wink at me. We got somebody here who saw him. And he seems to think whoever did the shooting didn't take the gun with him. When we drove him back to the sanitarium, he asked us if we found it yet. He thinks we will. How long has Benham lived in L.A.? A long time. How long? Why do you want to know how long he's lived here? Is a dead woman really his wife? Well, certainly she's his wife. What? Where's he been since the shooting? In a sanitarium in Eagle Rock. What's the matter with him? Hemophilia. You know what that is? No. You sure that was his wife? Positive. She wasn't a stool pigeon? Stool pigeon? Where'd you get that idea? You guys never saw her before. Never? You never heard of her? Cain, what's eating you? Did you check on her? We always do. You don't make mistakes on anything like that, do you? No, no. Look, she was a pretty nice woman from all we could find out. Happily married for 30 years. Something's wrong. What, Cain? What's wrong? Oh, set up. Yeah. What did Benham say about me? We told you. He says you look a little bit like the man. Did you say anything else? He winked at you, Cain. What? She wasn't a bad-looking woman. Wasn't she, Cain? All right, now how about it? You guys swear that was his wife? Yeah. Okay, I'll tell you where the 38 is.

SPEAKER_12 20:26

Where? The mattress on the roof of the Nevada Hotel. Benham cut a hole in it that day. He told me to hide the gun there after the shooting. All right, let's have a look. I don't want anybody to know I'm telling you this. Why? Benham's a real smart guy.

SPEAKER_10 20:40

He's got a gang. He's in on it as much as I am. Yeah? He double-crossed me, tried to kill me. I'm going to jail. He's going with me. Maybe he will. Kane told us that he had known Benham for about two months. During that time, Benham helped him along by giving him a couple of dollars every once in a while. On March 11th, Benham got Kane a room in the Nevada Hotel and gave him$20 to buy a gun, which Cain did. On March 15th, he gave Cain a blue bandana and a checkered cap. On March 16th, he told Cain that he'd been sent by a gang in Chicago to kill a woman who was a stool pigeon. He promised Cain$100 for his help. Early that evening, Benham told Cain how to enter their room and where to hide. When they came home, Benham stood by the door. Cain stepped out of the closet and, after a few words, shot the woman. As he moved toward the bed, Benham started shooting at him. Cain ran from the room and hid the gun in the mattress on the roof, then went to his room and flushed the cap and bandana down the drain. 11 15 p.m., Ben and I found the gun where Kane said it would be. 38th Special Detective Colt Revolver, two inch barrel, number 381 327. 11 52 p.m. We checked and found no evidence that Benham belonged to any kind of a gang. March 19th, 9 a.m. Ben and I reported into homicide and picked up Captain Steve. We went over to Dr. Wagner to learn his autopsy report. It showed that the deceased had been shot three times. 238 slugs and 1320 were recovered from the victim's body. They were initialed for evidence. 8 p.m. Captain Steed, Ben, and I went to the sanitarium and told Benham that there were a few angles we wanted to clear up before the inquest next morning. Benham got dressed and we drove back to the Bartlett Hotel. It was raining.

SPEAKER_07 22:25

I'm still trying to remember what happened. I was very shocked at me.

SPEAKER_10 22:29

Yeah, I suppose you were. Sometimes my memory comes back a little bit. The red light. Yeah, I see.

SPEAKER_06 22:35

You know, the man who did the shooting knew you lived in room 432, and he knew you'd be gone that night. How do you suppose he figured that out?

SPEAKER_10 22:44

Well, I've been noticing that a lot of men had been following me. Suspicious looking men. I felt like the Sergeant Friday, didn't I, Sergeant? Yeah, that's right. Must have been one of them. You ever give money to characters on the street so much they might follow you?

SPEAKER_07 22:58

That must be it. Many times they used to do that. I'd be nice to them. They'd try to make friends. You remember any of them? Yeah, yeah, I do. There was uh old man Dorsey and Jolly Swanson and Phony. Lane? Kane? Yeah, that's it. Kane. There you are. There you are. Uh the young man who took me to see in the hospital.

SPEAKER_10 23:20

I'm I believe that's Kane. Are you sure? Quite sure. He's the burglar. What makes you think he was a burglar? Well, what else would he be? He didn't rifle any of the drawers or steal anything, did he? Must have got there just before us. Did you have anything important there? Yes, some insurance policy. Your wife? Yeah. How much? Oh, one policy for 4,000 and two for$2,500 each. Who's the beneficiary? Well, I am. We took Benham up to room 432 where he got out the insurance policies on his wife and showed them to us. Then Captain Steed asked him to reenact the shooting. Benham acted as the killer. I played Benham, and Ben acted as his wife.

SPEAKER_07 24:10

Well, uh, the man was over here in the closet. My wife and I came in that door, and then my wife went over to the dresser. Oh, over here?

SPEAKER_10 24:17

Did you turn on the light? Oh, yeah. And then I closed the door and went over behind her. Like this? Oh, she was closer to the bed. Here? Yeah. Were you standing next to her? Yeah. Did you start to take off your coat? I was just going to when this man stepped out of his classes here. How far? Oh. Here. Yeah, yeah, right here. Another one.

SPEAKER_07 24:41

Well, he held the gun in his hand and asked how much money we had, and Elizabeth said we didn't have much.

SPEAKER_10 24:45

From here. Yeah, but but but she turned around. I think what happened then?

SPEAKER_07 24:52

Well, then I said I haven't got very much, but I'll give you what we have and started shooting.

SPEAKER_10 24:57

Yeah, but you said it before that your wife started looking at her person.

SPEAKER_07 25:00

Yeah, that's what she did. I forgot. And that made him think she was going after a gun.

SPEAKER_10 25:04

How do you know? Well, uh I suppose that's what he thought. He shot and Elizabeth fell on the bed. I pulled out my gun and started shooting, and the man ran out the door, and that's all. That's exactly what happened, huh? Just as I remember it. Will I help you? Not very much. What's the matter? Well, if you were standing where I am, there'd be bullet holes on uh that side of the room, there wouldn't it? They're all on this side. I see.

SPEAKER_07 25:34

I got it. Come with me. Where are you going? On the roof. What for? I want to show you something. Yeah, it's raining. There are two umbrellas in the closet. I'll get them. Why do you want to go up there? I think I know where that gun might be hidden.

SPEAKER_10 25:47

I'll bet it's there. Here, you take this umbrella. Thanks. We'll take this one, Captain. Let's go.

SPEAKER_07 25:58

I'll bet it's up there. We'll find it.

SPEAKER_10 26:12

You got your flashlight, Ben? Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 26:17

Should be around here somewhere. What? A mattress. My wife used to take sunbaths on it. Where would it be? Oh, just about here. I don't see any. Sure, it's up here? I bet it's on the next roof. Didn't you say Kay lived in that hotel? He probably moved it. Flash your light over there behind that elevator shaft. There? Yeah, there. You see it? We have to climb over this parapet to get on the other roof. Watch the cabin's pretty slippery. Okay.

SPEAKER_09 26:44

It is slippery.

SPEAKER_07 26:54

This map is here. That's it. Take a look, Joe. Right. No. Nothing here. Did you look all around there? Did you look in the corner? No. That'd be a good place to hide a gun, don't you think? Let me see. There might be a hole cut in one of them. Oh. Maybe the other corner. No. Maybe this one. Yeah. You see the matches have been cut. No. No, it's it's got to be here. It's here, I heard it. It's here. I know it's here. I'll find it. I'll find it. You wait. You see. I'll get it. I know it's here. I'll find it. You wait, I'll get it. I'll get it.

SPEAKER_06 28:08

It's getting wet, Joe.

SPEAKER_10 28:11

We got the 3018 told us about it. You ready to talk?

SPEAKER_06 28:16

Yeah. Insurance. That way you did it.

SPEAKER_07 28:20

Yeah. I'm a sick man.

SPEAKER_06 28:24

Let's go, Benham. On your feet.

SPEAKER_10 28:29

All right. They played that ball game the other day. Yeah? Who won? Pirates eight to seven. Sure do like baseball. Must be a real nice business. Yeah. Fans only yell if they never do it. What's that? Kill the umpire.

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Thomas Caine was convicted of second-degree murder and received a term as prescribed by law. Theodore V. Benham was convicted of first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon. He received a life sentence and died in prison one year later. You have just heard Dragnet, a series of authentic cases from official files. Technical advice for Dragnet comes from the office of Chief of Police W.A. Wharton, Los Angeles Police Department.

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