Film Gorillas
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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to see is true.
00:11The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
00:28This is the city.
00:32Everything in it is one way or the other, there's no middle ground.
00:37Narrow alleys, broad highways, mansions on the hill, shacks in the gullies.
00:52People who work for a living and people who steal.
00:55These are the ones that cause me trouble, I'm a cop.
01:00It was Monday, April 17th, we were working the day watch out of forgery detail.
01:04My partner's Frank Smith, the boss is Captain Welsh.
01:07My name's Friday.
01:09We'd gotten reports of an expert check forger operating again in the city.
01:12She'd written more than $20,000 in bad checks.
01:15We had to stop her.
01:16Morning, Joe.
01:17Hi, how'd the weekend go?
01:18Oh, pretty slow.
01:19Stayed home, did some gardening.
01:20How about that new lawn you put in?
01:21How's it doing?
01:22Well, there's only one solution.
01:23If we want to garden, we're going to have to move.
01:24Why?
01:25What's the matter now?
01:26Same old thing.
01:27Rovers?
01:28Happens every year.
01:29I don't know why I try anymore.
01:30It's just a waste of good grass seed.
01:31Joe, Frank.
01:32Yeah, Ferguson.
01:33Captain wants to see us.
01:34Okay.
01:35What's up, Fergie?
01:36Yeah, what's up?
01:37How's it going?
01:38Good.
01:39How's it going?
01:40Good.
01:41Good.
01:42Good.
01:43Good.
01:44Good day.
01:45What's up, Fergie?
01:46You ain't going to like it.
01:47What's that?
01:48Skipper will brief us.
01:49Morning, Skipper.
01:50Hi.
01:51You two finished up with the Meyer case yesterday.
01:52Is that right?
01:53Yeah, it's all washed up.
01:54We're clear.
01:55Good.
01:56Then you can start on this one right away.
01:57You work with Besser and Ferguson here.
01:58Well, what is it, Kim?
01:59The grandma case.
02:00I had a hunch, Joe.
02:01What have we done to deserve this?
02:02There's nothing any of us have done.
02:03That's what we haven't done.
02:04I want her stopped once and for all.
02:05We any closer to her than we have been, Fergie?
02:06Just about the same, Joe.
02:07That's the reason I'm putting two more of you on it.
02:08How well do you know this case?
02:09Well, just what we've heard around the office.
02:10Frank?
02:11Same here.
02:12I can stand some briefing.
02:13Ferguson?
02:14Conant.
02:15You must have heard how she operates
02:16three months out of the year,
02:17April, October, and December.
02:18That's all.
02:19She's never been known to change the schedule?
02:20Not as far as I know.
02:21She's been doing it the same for nine years.
02:22All the phony checks she cashes are personal checks.
02:23That's right.
02:24She never writes them less than $2,
02:25never more than $100.
02:26Nine years.
02:27She been going that long?
02:28Nine and a half.
02:29It'll be an even 10 this October.
02:30You want to know how long she's been doing it?
02:31Nine and a half.
02:32She's been doing it for a long time.
02:34Nine years.
02:35She been going that long?
02:36Nine and a half.
02:37It'll be an even 10 this October.
02:38You want to check the amount of the totals, Ferguson?
02:39Yeah, up to and including the first of the month,
02:41she's cashed 1,273 checks.
02:43The total is a little over $22,000.
02:45Anything special about the way she writes the checks?
02:47Nothing but the signatures.
02:48There's an alias list on her
02:49that'll knock your eye out.
02:50More than 200 different names.
02:51Her description's still the same.
02:53About 50 years old.
02:54Kind of plump.
02:55Nice face.
02:56A few minor changes.
02:57Last year she had gray hair.
02:58Dressed very plain.
02:59This year she dyed her hair black.
03:00Dressed it a little more expensively.
03:02Nine years.
03:03That's a long streak of luck for any paper hanger.
03:05That's just it.
03:06This old gal's not just an ordinary paper hanger.
03:08She's no allergen.
03:09I don't get me wrong.
03:10But she doesn't operate
03:11like any check forger I've ever known.
03:13She counterfeits part of her M.O.,
03:14part of it she doesn't.
03:15She takes chances
03:16an ordinary paper hanger would never take,
03:17and she gets away with them.
03:19Take a look at just one of these exhibits.
03:2228 checks passed
03:23on the same chain of grocery stores, same company.
03:25Pass them all in one month?
03:26Nope.
03:27That's just the point.
03:28Two years ago, she passed 14 of them,
03:29spread them out over a period of a month.
03:31Last year, she passed another batch of 14,
03:33all within three days.
03:34One year, she used a different name on each check.
03:36On this batch, she used the same name.
03:38Well, does she have identification
03:39when she passes these checks?
03:40Always.
03:41Phony driver's license, social security card,
03:43it works.
03:44And she's got that sweet grandmother smile of hers.
03:46Clerks rarely turn her down
03:47when she shows up at the check.
03:48You can get used to various descriptions on her, too.
03:51Give the file a look.
03:52Hardly three of the check victims
03:54can get together on what she looks like exactly.
03:56Where are they getting stung the most,
03:57downtown or out in the neighborhoods?
03:58The neighborhoods.
03:59Anywhere from the beach area to the valley.
04:01That whole file skipper,
04:02that's not just her work,
04:03it's every last bit of it.
04:04We can't fit it in a six-foot shelf.
04:06In nine years,
04:07I've had five teams of men work this thing.
04:09None of them reached her.
04:10You and Friday make the six.
04:12Yeah, well, it's April 17th.
04:13How's she doing so far this month, Furry?
04:15Cashed $602 in checks we know of
04:17since the first of the month.
04:18Same general description, same general M.O.
04:20No fresh leads?
04:21She's been operating nine years, Joe.
04:23Yeah.
04:24She's just as good as ever.
04:29♪♪
04:35To the working detective,
04:36there's no tougher job than tracking a lawbreaker
04:38who's half professional and half amateur.
04:40You can expect a criminal who's entirely professional
04:42to react generally the same
04:43in a given set of circumstances.
04:45The same with the amateur.
04:46But take the two,
04:47the professional and the amateur,
04:48and intermingle their possible and probable reactions.
04:51You'll likely have a sound reason why and how
04:53an elderly woman could victimize merchants
04:55with $20,000 in bad checks
04:57over a period of nine years without being caught.
05:00Grandma, as she'd come to be known,
05:02worked only three months out of each year,
05:04April, October, and December.
05:06Her apparent fine sense of timing
05:08and her knowledge of psychology
05:09was far and away superior
05:10to that of the ordinary paper hanger.
05:12If the file on Grandma was any indication,
05:15she apparently had been born
05:16to be a successful check forger.
05:18After Frank and I spent three days on the case
05:20with Sergeants Ferguson and Besser,
05:22we were almost convinced
05:23there was only one way we could reach the suspect.
05:25She had to make a mistake.
05:26Ergie, how'd you do?
05:27Pretty sour.
05:28Four checks in two days.
05:29What'd you get?
05:30Two.
05:31Don Myers checked the signatures.
05:32They're all hers.
05:33Here's our list, if you're interested.
05:35Meat market out on Pico, $25.
05:37Grocery in West Hollywood, $48.
05:39Two department stores downtown,
05:40$100 apiece.
05:41How'd they describe the woman?
05:42Same old yarn.
05:43She was a nice, charming little lady,
05:45about 55 or 60.
05:47Small, dark hair, graying, dark eyes, nice smile.
05:50Clerk told me she reminded him of his mother.
05:52Yeah.
05:53One thing's sure.
05:54Timing's just as good as it was nine years ago.
05:56The downtown merchant's association's screaming again.
05:58They're looking for action.
05:59Well, fine.
06:00So are we.
06:01When they stop cashing checks
06:02for people they don't know,
06:03they'll stop getting hurt.
06:04We can't stand behind our counters
06:05and run a make on every one of their customers
06:06who wants to cash a check.
06:07How many publicity campaigns
06:08have we run on bad checks?
06:09I don't know,
06:10but they don't seem to stop Grandma.
06:11Did you talk to Captain today?
06:13Yeah, he's looking for action, too.
06:14I don't know what we can do
06:15unless we get some kind of cooperation
06:16from the merchants.
06:17Every time the old gal pushes a bum check,
06:19it's three or four days
06:20before it gets to the bank
06:21and we hear about it.
06:22The trail's pretty cold by then.
06:23Joe and I were talking
06:24just before you came in, Fergie.
06:25We can't expect too much to happen
06:26the way we're going.
06:27Any ideas?
06:28Well, more men and more stakeouts.
06:29If Captain says he'll buy that,
06:30that's about all we can do.
06:32Another ten days and April will be over.
06:34Grandma will be through pushing checks
06:35until October again.
06:36I don't know, Joe.
06:37Our formula's too perfect for me.
06:38There's got to be a flaw in it someplace.
06:40Yeah, sure.
06:41All we got to do is find it.
06:42You got out a bulletin
06:43on that revised description of her, Fergie?
06:44Yeah, all taken care of.
06:45Special notices were mailed out
06:46to the merchants.
06:47I'll get it.
06:49Forgery, Smith.
06:51Yes, sir.
06:53All?
06:55Yes, sir.
06:56We'll be right out.
06:57Thanks.
06:58Yeah?
06:59Yeah, a supermarket on North Temple
07:00just got hit with two checks.
07:01Yeah?
07:02Herc says the woman
07:03reminded him of his mother.
07:13A week passed.
07:14The number of stakeouts
07:15on business places
07:16throughout the city was doubled.
07:17The M.O. and the description
07:18of the suspect was circulated
07:19among the merchants
07:20in the downtown
07:21and suburban shopping centers.
07:23Clerks were especially warned
07:24to be on the lookout for her.
07:25The precautions went for nothing.
07:27Grandma's checks kept showing up
07:28at the rate of two and three a day.
07:32On April 27th,
07:33she passed a check for $50
07:34at a delicatessen
07:35on Hollywood Boulevard.
07:36We drove out
07:37to interview the owner,
07:38a Mr. Hammerston.
07:39He's the nicest old lady
07:40I think I ever met, Sergeant.
07:41Sure surprised me.
07:43Say, you wouldn't care
07:44for a piece of liverwurst, would you?
07:45It's a new brand.
07:46Don't know whether my customer
07:47is going to like it or not.
07:48No, thank you.
07:49Had you ever seen
07:50the woman before, Mr. Hammerston?
07:51Oh, I guess she'd been
07:52coming in here for at least
07:53a week or two.
07:54Said she was new
07:55in the neighborhood.
07:56We used to get gabbin'
07:57all the time.
07:58Mm-hmm.
07:59Did she do much shopping here, sir?
08:00Mm-hmm.
08:01Quite a bit, yeah.
08:02Always paid in cash.
08:03We got to be great friends,
08:04you know.
08:05Used to talk about
08:06the old country,
08:07things like that.
08:08And she, uh,
08:09said she came from
08:10the same town in Finland
08:11my folks did.
08:12I guess she was
08:13just buttering me up, huh?
08:14Well, that's the way
08:15it sounds, yes, sir.
08:16Had you ever refused
08:17to cash a check for her?
08:18Do you have one
08:19of those circulars
08:20that we sent out
08:21on this woman?
08:22Well, I'm ashamed
08:23to say it, Sergeant,
08:24but I have.
08:25Hanging right back there
08:26in the storeroom.
08:27Thing is,
08:28I never connected it
08:29to the woman and noticed
08:30the way she looks at you,
08:31you know?
08:32Like it'd be a heel
08:33even to question her.
08:34How was she dressed
08:35the last time she was in?
08:36Do you remember that?
08:37No.
08:38Had on a black coat.
08:39Well, I told you that.
08:40Very plain-looking clothes
08:41like any other housewife.
08:42Print dress,
08:43some kind of scarf
08:44around her neck.
08:45That's about all I noticed.
08:46How about that description
08:47on the bulletin we sent you?
08:48That fit her pretty well.
08:49Yeah, I guess so.
08:51Didn't seem exactly
08:52plump to me, though.
08:53Kind of a nice figure
08:54for a woman her age.
08:55Well, do you know
08:56if any of your customers
08:57were acquainted with her?
08:58No, I wouldn't know that.
08:59She acted as though
09:00she knew some of them,
09:01but, well, now that
09:02this has happened,
09:03I can see she was
09:04just putting on.
09:05Yeah, she was a great
09:06disappointment to me.
09:07Now, she is to a lot
09:08of people, sir.
09:09I used to josh
09:10with her all the time.
09:11Is that so?
09:12Yeah.
09:13She seemed like
09:14a real good sport.
09:15Fine personality,
09:16just as homey
09:17as you please.
09:18Fits in with
09:19the other descriptions.
09:20Say, how are you ever
09:21going to catch
09:22somebody like that?
09:23Well, we're not sure
09:24we will, sir.
09:25Yeah?
09:26They're going to like this.
09:34Two days later,
09:35on April 30th,
09:36right on schedule,
09:37the flow of bogus checks
09:38in Grandma's handwriting
09:39suddenly stopped.
09:40If she continued to work
09:41by the same timetable
09:42she'd been using
09:43for the last nine years,
09:44she wouldn't start
09:45again until the
09:46first of October.
09:49During the next five
09:50months that followed
09:51from May to the end
09:52of September,
09:53Besser, Ferguson,
09:54Frank, and I
09:55handled the usual
09:56run of check cases.
09:57At the same time,
09:58we used up every
09:59spare hour we had
10:00making preparations
10:01for Grandma's
10:02next appearance.
10:03Every businessman
10:04throughout the city
10:05who might be a
10:06possible victim
10:07was alerted.
10:08A revised description
10:09of the suspect
10:10together with her
10:11M.O. was printed up
10:12and given live distribution.
10:13Every possible
10:14woman spent the
10:15tenth year of her
10:16forgery career
10:17without a hitch.
10:18On October 1st,
10:19she cashed a check
10:20for $75 at a large
10:21downtown woman's shop.
10:22As soon as we got
10:23the report,
10:24we drove out to
10:25the store and went
10:26to the department
10:27where the check
10:28had been received.
10:29A fashion show
10:30was in progress.
10:31We asked to see
10:32the manager.
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11:44Are you the one
11:45who authorized
11:46this check to be cashed?
11:47Yes, I okay all the
11:48checks that we cash
11:49in this department.
11:50And you okayed this one?
11:51These are your initials?
11:52Yes, that's right.
11:53I don't know what
11:54I can do for you,
11:55gentlemen.
11:56The check was passed
11:57by an unfortunate
11:58occurrence.
11:59The salesgirl
12:00handled the transaction.
12:01She showed me the check.
12:02I knew the signature,
12:03so I okayed it.
12:04Mary Walker?
12:05Yes, that's how
12:06the check was signed.
12:07What kind of
12:08identification did the
12:09woman have?
12:10Her charge account plate.
12:11You know the
12:12small metal card?
12:13That's one of
12:14our best customers.
12:27Friday, October 4th,
12:282 p.m.
12:29Before we left the
12:30store, we found that
12:31another worthless check
12:32bearing the signature
12:33Mary Walker had been
12:34cashed in a different
12:35department of the store
12:36on the same day as
12:37the other forged check.
12:38The woman had used
12:39the same means of
12:40identification, a metal
12:41charge account plate
12:43We took the two
12:44checks back to the
12:45office and had Don
12:46Meyer in handwriting
12:47compare the signatures.
12:48There wasn't any doubt
12:49in his mind the writing
12:50on both checks was
12:51grandma's.
12:52It was only a hunch,
12:53but it was beginning
12:54to look as though the
12:55suspect had finally
12:56done what we'd been
12:57waiting nine years for
12:58her to do.
12:59She'd made a mistake.
13:00Frank and I drove out
13:01to an address in the
13:02Wilshire district to
13:03interview Mrs. Mary
13:04Walker.
13:05She fit the general
13:06description of the
13:07suspect, but she
13:08denied writing either
13:09one of the checks which
13:10bore her signature.
13:11I couldn't have
13:12written those checks.
13:13I haven't even been in
13:14the city for the past
13:15five days.
13:16And these signatures
13:17on these checks, Mrs.
13:18Walker, are not yours.
13:19Well, it looks like my
13:20handwriting, but it's
13:21not.
13:22I didn't write those
13:23checks.
13:24They're forgeries.
13:25Well, you do have a
13:26charge account at the
13:27store, don't you, ma'am?
13:28Yes, I've had one there
13:29for years.
13:30Nothing like this
13:31ever happened, though.
13:32Do you have one of
13:33those charge account
13:34plates, do you?
13:35Well, yes, I did have
13:36one.
13:37You lent it someone
13:38in your family?
13:39No.
13:40It was last Sunday
13:41night, Sergeant, but
13:42I'm not sure.
13:43Oh, just a minute.
13:44I know someone who
13:45would remember.
13:46Inez Lander.
13:47She was there, and I'm
13:48sure that she'd
13:49remember.
13:50Who's she, ma'am?
13:51She's a girlfriend of
13:52mine.
13:53She lives in this
13:54neighborhood.
13:55Hello, Inez?
13:56This is Mary Walker.
13:57Oh, I'm just fine.
13:58You?
13:59Good.
14:00Say, Inez, what
14:01night was it that we
14:02went to the Boosters
14:03Club meeting?
14:04Sunday?
14:05Well, that's what I
14:06thought.
14:07Oh, nothing.
14:08Just some silly
14:09misunderstanding.
14:10Well, all right,
14:11Inez.
14:12Thanks for remembering
14:13for me.
14:14Yeah.
14:15Bye.
14:16It was Sunday
14:17night, Sergeant.
14:18Inez Lambert and I
14:19went to the neighborhood
14:20Boosters Club meeting,
14:21and I'm sure that that's
14:22where I must have
14:23lost it.
14:24Well, and you think
14:25the charge account plate
14:26just fell out of your
14:27purse, is that it?
14:28Either that, or it
14:29was taken.
14:30Why do you say that,
14:31ma'am?
14:32Well, it's a very
14:33serious thing, and I
14:34didn't want to mention
14:35it.
14:36What's that?
14:37Well, I left my purse
14:38because I was missing a
14:39$5 bill out of my
14:40change purse.
14:41I didn't notice then
14:42that the charger plate
14:43was gone.
14:44Do you remember who
14:45was at that meeting,
14:46Mrs. Walker?
14:47Oh, 40 or 50 people
14:48at least.
14:49How many women would
14:50you say?
14:51Oh, a dozen, I suppose.
14:52Now, I'm not accusing
14:53anyone of robbery,
14:54Sergeant.
14:55I know that that's a
14:56very serious charge to
14:57me.
14:58Do you know if one of
14:59the club officers might
15:00have taken a list of
15:01those present?
15:02Oh, they don't have
15:03to.
15:04We do the same thing
15:05at every meeting.
15:06What's that mean?
15:08Three p.m., Frank and
15:09I contacted the
15:10Secretary of the
15:11Neighborhood Boosters
15:12Club.
15:13He gave us a list of
15:14those present at the
15:15Sunday night meeting
15:16of the club.
15:17As Mary Walker had
15:18told us, each person
15:19present had signed his
15:20or her name and
15:21address in the
15:22attendance book.
15:23We took the record
15:24downtown with us and
15:25had Don Meyer compare
15:26each signature on the
15:27list with samples of
15:28Grandma's handwriting.
15:29Number 32 on the list,
15:30fellas, that's it.
15:31Positive make, Don?
15:32No, don't mind
15:33that.
15:34It's Grandma's
15:35handwriting.
15:36She signed it.
15:37It was Inaz Lambert.
15:43We went down the
15:44hall to R&I and had
15:45them check the name
15:46Inaz Lambert through
15:47the files.
15:48She had no criminal
15:49record.
15:50Together with Bester
15:51and Ferguson, Frank and
15:52I spent the next day
15:53and a half trailing
15:54Inaz Lambert wherever
15:55she went.
15:56She fitted the
15:57description of the
15:58suspect perfectly.
15:59We questioned her
16:00friends or neighbors.
16:01We dug back into every
16:02corner of her life for
16:03the past ten years.
16:04The results were
16:05highly respected by
16:06everyone she knew.
16:07She was active in a
16:08dozen civic and church
16:09organizations.
16:10Her reputation was
16:11spotless.
16:12There was only one
16:13hitch.
16:14Mrs. Lambert's hobby
16:15was charities.
16:16By checking back, we
16:17found that during the
16:18past ten years, she
16:19donated an average of
16:20$3,000 annually to
16:21various charitable
16:22organizations.
16:23Her husband's total
16:24annual income was
16:25$7,000.
16:26From her bank, we
16:27obtained specimens of
16:28Inaz Lambert's
16:29handwriting.
16:30It matched almost
16:31perfectly with every
16:32signature in the
16:33Grandma file.
16:35Monday, October
16:367th, Frank and I
16:37called on Mrs.
16:38Lambert.
16:39She asked us back to
16:40the kitchen.
16:41Mary Walker was
16:42telling me about you.
16:43She told me about
16:44missing those things
16:45from her purse at the
16:46meeting.
16:47Is that what you
16:48want to inquire about?
16:49Well, yes, ma'am.
16:50We wanted to ask you
16:51some other questions
16:52besides that.
16:53Well, you sort of
16:54called me at a bad
16:55time.
16:56I was just getting
16:57ready to put some
16:58baking in the oven
16:59for dinner tonight.
17:00Would you mind very
17:01much if we talked
17:02while I worked?
17:03Yes, ma'am.
17:04Would you mind
17:05moving that cream
17:06sauce over again?
17:07Officers, just take
17:08chairs there, would
17:09you please?
17:10I'll be right with
17:11you in just a minute.
17:12Thank you, ma'am.
17:13You know, this
17:14cream sauce is so
17:15temperamental it can't
17:16take my eye off of
17:17it for a minute.
17:18Yes, ma'am.
17:19Either of you
17:20officers like a nice
17:21cup of hot cocoa?
17:22It's kind of chilly
17:23out today.
17:24Well, no, ma'am.
17:25We only have a few
17:26questions for you.
17:27It won't take very
17:28long.
17:29I see.
17:30Well, I'll just get
17:31my eggs beaten up
17:32with meringue.
17:33You can't make
17:34meringue very well
17:35without plenty of
17:36eggs.
17:37What's this going
17:38to be?
17:39Oh, this is going
17:40to be a pinch pie.
17:41Have you ever
17:42heard of a pinch pie?
17:43Uh-huh.
17:44Oh, you know, it's
17:45a sort of a meringue
17:46tart.
17:47I'll just beat
17:48these up nice and
17:49fluffy.
17:50Oh, sorry.
17:51I'll take it.
17:52Sergeant, would you
17:53mind handing me
17:54that cup of sugar
17:55right back up here
17:56or some sugar and
17:57I'll put it right
17:58in the cup here.
17:59Yes, ma'am.
18:00Here's a cup here.
18:02There we are.
18:03Beat these all up
18:04nice and fluffy.
18:14Now, what was it
18:15you wanted to know?
18:16Well, Mrs. Walker
18:17had her charge account
18:18plate stolen that night
18:19at the Boosters Club
18:20meeting.
18:21Someone's been using
18:22it to cash bad checks
18:23in her name.
18:24Is that so?
18:25Well, Perry didn't
18:26tell me that.
18:27The same person who's
18:28using that charge
18:29plate has been
18:30using it.
18:31Oh, my.
18:32Well, I don't think
18:33I can help you, Sergeant.
18:34I went to that
18:35meeting with Mary.
18:36She says somebody
18:37must have been in
18:38her purse, but I
18:39didn't see them.
18:40Do you have that
18:41charge account plate,
18:42Mrs. Lambert?
18:43Me?
18:44Oh, no.
18:45I have my own.
18:46Now, let me see.
18:47Teaspoonful of vanilla
18:48and teaspoonful of
18:49vinegar and teaspoonful
18:50of water combined
18:51in a small pitcher
18:52or cup.
18:53We've got good
18:54reason to believe
18:55you have that
18:56charge account plate,
18:57ma'am.
18:58Did you take it
18:59last week?
19:00I never borrow
19:01anyone else's.
19:02No reason to.
19:03I add a few
19:04drops of combined
19:05liquids and beat
19:06constantly.
19:07Did you catch two
19:08checks last week and
19:09sign them with
19:10Mrs. Walker's name?
19:11Why, of course not.
19:12Why should I do
19:13such a thing?
19:14Mary Walker's
19:15one of my best
19:16friends.
19:17I would do that
19:18to her even as a
19:19joke.
19:20Our handwriting man
19:21compared the
19:22signatures on those
19:23two checks, Mrs.
19:24Lambert.
19:25Both of them
19:26match your
19:27handwriting.
19:28On the top shelf,
19:29way up.
19:30On the left.
19:31No, not those.
19:32The big ones.
19:33See this one?
19:34That's right.
19:35That's Pyrex.
19:36Don't drop those
19:37on your head.
19:38That's fine.
19:42That's it.
19:45Careful.
19:47Good.
19:48Good.
19:58You deny you
19:59wrote those two
20:00forged checks last
20:01week?
20:02You deny you've
20:03written and cashed
20:04about 1,500 worthless
20:05checks in the last
20:06nine years?
20:07Why, of course I
20:08deny it.
20:09You sure you
20:10haven't made a
20:11mistake?
20:12We're sure, ma'am.
20:13Sorry, you'll have
20:14to come downtown
20:15with us for
20:16questioning.
20:17Now, right in the
20:18middle of getting
20:19dinner ready?
20:20My husband will
20:21be furious.
20:22If you want to
20:23talk, couldn't we
20:24do it later on?
20:25Sorry, afraid not.
20:26But you certainly
20:27can't accuse me of
20:28doing anything wrong.
20:29Folks at church
20:30will vouch for me.
20:31We've got just as
20:32many people who
20:33say you cheated them.
20:34The same people who
20:35cashed those checks
20:36for you.
20:37Quite a few of
20:38them, ma'am.
20:39Nine years worth.
20:40But that's silly.
20:41Nine years in
20:42cashing checks.
20:43I'm sure you must
20:44need somebody else,
20:45Sergeant.
20:46Eat meringue upon
20:47lightly greased
20:48platter.
20:49We don't need
20:50anyone else, ma'am.
20:51You'll have to
20:52come along with us,
20:53Mrs. Lambert.
20:54But you can't
20:55prove a thing.
20:56You can't prove
20:57anything about me.
20:58We've got a record
20:59downtown on every
21:00single check you
21:01pass since you
21:02started.
21:03We've got specimens
21:04of your handwriting
21:05and people to
21:06identify you.
21:07We know what
21:08your income is.
21:09We know how much
21:10you've given to
21:11charities.
21:12My donations to
21:13charity are my
21:14business.
21:15It's none of yours.
21:16I certainly have a
21:17right to give what
21:18I please.
21:19The money's got to
21:20come from someplace,
21:21ma'am.
21:22Is that what the
21:23checks were for?
21:24All right, we're
21:25going to lay it out
21:26for you, ma'am.
21:27We have all the
21:28evidence against you
21:29that we need.
21:30Witnesses, too.
21:31We don't know why
21:32you've been cashing
21:33these checks, but we
21:34do know that you
21:35have been.
21:36Now, I think it'll
21:37work out better for
21:38everybody concerned
21:39if you tell us the
21:40truth.
21:41I do hope I put
21:42enough vanilla in
21:43there.
21:45I...
21:46I never thought
21:47about anyone
21:48finding out again.
21:50I guess I should
21:51have expected it,
21:52shouldn't I?
21:53Yes, ma'am.
21:56It'll be terrible,
21:57I know.
21:58You'll never
21:59understand.
22:00Who's that?
22:01Albert.
22:02My husband.
22:04You'll never
22:05understand.
22:06Would either of you
22:07like a cup of coffee?
22:08No, thank you, ma'am.
22:09The money wasn't
22:10for me, you know.
22:12Not one dollar of it.
22:13But I can prove that
22:14for you.
22:15Yes, ma'am.
22:16It was all for charity.
22:18There were so many
22:19of them.
22:20Orphanages and
22:21old people's homes
22:22and the Christmas
22:23Poor Fund.
22:25And then the
22:26overseas relief
22:27charities.
22:28Well, they all
22:29needed money, so
22:30nothing has to take
22:31care of them.
22:32Your husband didn't
22:33know anything about
22:34this for ten years,
22:35ma'am.
22:36Nothing at all.
22:37They were my
22:38charities.
22:39I had to have
22:40money for them.
22:41I took the money
22:42but you didn't.
22:43What do you think,
22:44Sergeant?
22:45What's that?
22:46Was I wrong?
22:47Do you think the
22:48good Lord will say
22:49I was wrong?
22:50Well, I wouldn't
22:51know, ma'am.
22:52I only wanted to
22:53help the poor.
22:54He did.
22:55He came to help
22:56the poor.
22:57There's a big
22:58difference, ma'am.
22:59Yes?
23:00He didn't use
23:01a checkbook.
23:13On December 17th,
23:14trial was held in
23:15Department 81,
23:16Superior Court of
23:17the State of California
23:18in and for the
23:19County of Los Angeles.
23:20In a moment,
23:21the results of that
23:22trial.
23:23The suspect entered
23:24a plea of guilty
23:25to two counts of
23:26forgery, and the
23:27remaining charges
23:28were set off the
23:29calendar.
23:30She received
23:31a plea of guilty
23:32to two counts of
23:33forgery, and the
23:34remaining charges
23:35were set off the
23:36calendar.
23:37She received a
23:38plea of guilty
23:39to two counts of
23:40forgery, and the
23:41remaining charges
23:42were set off the
23:43calendar.
23:44She received the
23:45sentence as
23:46prescribed by law.
23:47Forgery is punishable
23:48by imprisonment in
23:49the state penitentiary
23:50for not less than
23:51one, nor more than
23:5214 years.
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