Dragnet - City Hall Bombing

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Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. NBC brings you Dragnet. You're a detective sergeant.

been off-duty two hours to receive an emergency call from the chief of detectives. An entire block in the heart of your city is threatened with complete destruction. Your job reported once. Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime investigated and solved by

the men who unrelentingly stand watch on the security of your home, your family, and your life. 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 from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to

punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Tuesday, November 15th. It was raining in Los Angeles. We were off-duty reporting in on an emergency call. My partner is Ben Romero. The boss is Ed backstrand Chief of Detectives. My name's Friday. It was 8.32 a.m. when I walked in

the Spring Street entrance to the City Hall. You, Sergeant Friday? Yeah, that's right. I take my elevator, Sergeant. It's the only one in service. Alright. I'll run you up to 16. The Chief's waiting for you up there. What's the pitch? Only one elevator in service out of 10. The place looks deserted. What's

going on? Nobody in the building. All the office people been sent home. Lots of trouble somebody declare a holiday no joke sergeant big trouble all right you convinced me what is it here we are 16th floor over here free hi Joe hello Ben you made good time came as soon as I got the call in sorry to have to bring you back

in you work last night didn't you yeah midnight date this morning sorry come on What is it, Scaper? Why all the hushers? Wait till we get inside. In here.

Okay. Number one, let's keep our voices down. You all right? I'll make it as brief as I can every minute counts.

What time you got, Friday? Eight thirty-three. All right, here it is. Fifty-five minutes ago, a man walked into this building with a homemade bomb under his arm.

If we don't release his brother from the county jail by nine o'clock this morning, he says he'll pull the trigger on the bomb and blow up the whole building. He's kidding, Scaper. Who is the guy?

Who is the guy? Name's Brennan Carney. Here's his package. He and his brother have been in and out of jail since 1937.

Small-time thieves. Yeah. Where's the FBI kickback? We had him once before, both of them.

Brother's name is Elwood, serving a year for car stripping. And this two-bit thief is sitting here in a city hall with a bomb on his lap? That's right. In the next room.

What kind of a bomb is it, Ed? You think he's bluffing? Could be bluffing, but the crime lab says no. Lee Jones from the lab get a look at it?

Been in there twice. One under the box is glass. Says you can't see much without a closer look, but you can't get near the guy. What do you want us to do?

It's a volunteer job. You can take it or leave it. I won't order you to do it. How do you want to handle it? You sure you'll want a piece of this one, Romero?

No, he doesn't, Dad. He's got a family. Get me another single man. We'll give it a try. Wait a minute, Joe. What makes this job so different? Any time we kick a door in, we never know what's on other side. That's what makes it different this time we do.

No, you're not going to cut me out. Not the only time I know what I'm getting into. All right, Chandler's tried, Hannon, Davis, Watson, they've all tried. This guy, Carney, knows what he's doing. He's no pushover. But somebody's got to get that bomb away from him.

Friday, Romero, it's your baby now. I looked at my watch. It was 8 36. We left back strand and started down the hall. If Carney was going to make good his threat to blow up the building by 9 o'clock,

we had exactly 24 minutes to talk him out of it. Ben and I figured we'd better look him over first and then work out some kind of a plan. some kind of a plan. Maybe just talking to him would do it. Vernon Carney was sitting in a straight back chair against the firewall facing the door.

He was seated between two windows that looked out over the city. Along the left wall was a row of six wooden chairs in the center of the right wall was a connecting door leading to the office where backstranded briefness. The door was locked on both sides just off center and favoring the left of the room was a small filing table. The other furniture in the office was a desk

just forward of the connecting door on the right. There was a dictaphone on the desk. In the near left corner, shielded by a white screen, was a small wash basin.

The faucet leaked. Vernon Carney was middle-aged. He sat erect holding a black box on his lap. He held his right hand inside one end of the box.

Ben and I stood there for a minute and looked at him. Then we walked in the room. What do you say to a man with a bomb? That's close enough.

Cigarette, Carney? I'm not smoking right now. What are you trying to prove? You know what I want.

We're not going to let your brother out of jail. You've got until nine o'clock to change your mind. According to that clock on the wall, you got 24 minutes. If we go, you're going with us, Carney.

Don't take much of a brain to figure that copper. What made you think you could get away with this? Haven't yet. It ain't nine o'clock.

Unless that clock's slow. I haven't checked it against my pocket watch lately. That's the one that's running this show. Have you given any thought to all the innocent people that are going to go up with that thing of yours there?

My brother's innocent.