Dragnet: The Big Escape I

to protect the innocent
Fatima cigarettes
to bring = sponsor (a program)
Dragnet
detective sergeant
to be assigned to
robbery detail
armed bandits
to rob
jewelry store
suspect
escape
apprehend
prison

to contain
Turkish and domestic tobaccos
superbly
to blend
extra mild
flavor and aroma
to double and redouble

documented drama
actual crime
in cooperation with
Los Angeles Police Department
to travel step by step
on the side of the law
through an actual case
official police files
from beginning to end
from crime to punishment
police force
in action

night watch
out of robbery detail
partner
Ben Romero
boss
Thad Brown
chief of detectives
Friday
on my way over from
City Hall
Georgia Street Receiving Hospital
treatment room
It hurt for a while.
injection
Fixed with a grain of morphine and Novocain injection.
bullet
shoulder
about ready to
take it out
soon as I get
wound
to clean
soap and water
nurse
alcohol sponge, please
x-ray
shallow, penetrating wound
deltoid area
the slug's lodged in the soft tissue right here
no bones...on it
Feel OK?
Feel better.
Let's see now.
Where'd you leave Tyler, Joe?
interrogation room
Reynolds and Thompson are with him.
Let me have the probe, Nurse.
There. Anything the matter?
that's it
Hear that?
I located the slug with a probe.
Nurse, forceps.
Thanks.
Here we go.
Hold it steady.
You call your wife?
(This section is very unclear. Don't worry if you don't understand most of it - it's not too important to the story. Later parts are clearer.)

Give it to me. I will.
Nurse, sterile saline solution.
Better get going.
dressings
How long did you know this Tyler?
Before he went wrong, I mean.
army
to help to line up a job when he got out
Sure is funny, meeting a friend of yours pulling an armed robbery.
I was just surprised.
to drive you home when the doc's finished here
Let's go back to the office and talk to Tyler.
to stay right here
temperature
to release
only a flesh wound
to take chances
gunshot wounds
for infection to set in
to be laid up
the pension committee
sounds like an order
pick him up
Do you need anything?
phone to tell my wife to tell her I won't be home for dinner

Max Tyler
medium build
twin boys
to serve in the army
overseas
when the war finished

on the force
to fit him
small trouble
to grow fast
to surprise
to hold up
Main Street
to exchange shots
holdup man
to escape
to apprehend
Larry
Glad you got here.
Tyler says he won't talk to anybody...
to stand by
outside
if you need anything
You're in deep this time.
You shot a cop.
I didn't.
It was the guy that was with me.
I didn't fire once.
You were in on the job.
Don't expect presents.
Glad you came back.
same department
no alibis
I just didn't realize...
won't buy it
to pick s.o. up for
bum checks
to pass
to hang some paper
I'm no hood.
I needed dough.
Dorothy and the kids
I need a break.
I went to bat for you.
to get off with
probation
Then you turn up with another caper.
One free ride's enough for anybody.
Now that's it.
I'll serve my time.
to owe
to ask s.o. a favor
to hook s.o. on s.t.
while
to do one's time
to stay with relatives
out in Englewood
to keep an eye on them
dough = money
Dorothy can work.
kinda watch out for them
give 'em a break
it's not their fault
Will you do it, Joe?
Anything you want, guy.
straight story
George Cresta
Red Owl bar
Broadway
to hang out
to give a list of
he sure hooked me in
rough stuff
S & W .38 (gun)
to jam the gun in my hand
to get s.t. out of sight
to rope me into this
second time around
it sounds like one
I got nothing coming.
a full statement on the holdup
anything you say
stenographer
you got the feeling too late

arraigned
municipal court
to set bail at
came his preliminary hearing
arraignment
superior court
to enter a plea
not guilty
to set a date
trial
meantime
the hunt for
accomplice
to go on
there wasn't a sign of him
informants
to have no lead on
all points bulletin
to bring in nothing
to hold a trial
to be subpoenaed to appear
the victim
manager
to testify
to be questioned by
the prosecutor
the counsel for the defense
witness
to testify
to leave the stand
If it please Your Honor
permission
to approach the bench
granted
prosecution
I wonder what that's all about.
Something's up.
George is shaking one's head
public defender
counsel's table
counsel for the defense
it is my client's desire
to change his plea to guilty
Will the defendant rise
to face the court
true name
City and County of Los Angeles
State of California
heretofore
robbery of the first degree to plead/pled
not guilty
the charge in question
to change that plea
to reach this decision
of your own free will
Was there no force employed,
no promise of gratuity or reward
to induce you to reach this decision?
to be arraigned
first degree
as set forth in this information
How do you now plead?
it is stipulated that
at the time of the commission of the robbery
the defendant
to be armed with a deadly weapon
to wit, a revolver
so stipulated
The court fixes the degree of robbery is robbery in the first degree.
in the interest of justice
the people move
to dismiss
count two
assault with a deadly weapon
waive the time for sentencing
to ask that he be sentenced immediately
just a moment
judgment
you did enter the premises
and there did attempt
the felonious (adj. of 'felony')
taking of personal property
in the possession of another
from his person and immediate presence
and against his will
further, said attempt was made
while you were armed with
a dangerous and deadly weapon
Max Tyler
this court finds you guilty
statement of this court
to return to the county jail
the sheriff will transfer you
state penitentiary
to serve the sentence
as prescribed by law
court recessed

Miss Tyler
over there
to take s.t. pretty hard
I'll give it to you straight.
you drank right along with him
you don't deserve those kids
Don't make it harder.
all alone

to be delivered to
San Quentin State Penitentiary
to serve his term
telephone operator
Englewood
to help s.o.
to go by
faithfully
the search
to go on
to fail to uncover a single lead
to check in for work as usual
Did you pick up...
a letter in your box
clean record
fair job
prison library
warden
eligible
for parole
to keep one's nose clean
to go to bat for
to see anything in s.o.
Maybe a lot of people have given him the same.
I wouldn't trust him with dirty laundry.
George Cresta
downtown
Jessie Street
rooming house
Alameda
to interview
landlord
mug shot
stairway
stand clear
have a look
to pass out
to slip the cuffs on
he'll have a big hangover
he'll have a long time to get over it
on suspicion of
Stan Brown
to come up for parole
parole board
presents
not to have much of a break
I was off both him and his wife.
to give a tip
up at Q (= San Quentin)
to stick your chin out
helping a con with a parole
a big risk
to need direction
to get it from all sides
to deserve another chance