Ladies and gentlemen, the story you were about to hear is true.

The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Drag net.

You're a detective sergeant.

You're assigned to robbery detail.

Fourteen women in your city have been robbed and beaten.

You've got a half dozen descriptions of their attacker.

None of them match.

The man's still free.

Your job?

Get him.

It was Wednesday, November 26th.

It was cold in Los Angeles.

We were working today. Watch out a robbery detail.

My partner's Frank Smith, the boss's chief of detective, Stad Brown.

My name's Friday.

I was on my way back to the office, and it was 2.34 p.m. when I got to room 27A. Robbery. Come on, Joe. Everybody's in the Skipper's office. All right. I tagged by R&I to pick up these packages. Anything on them? No, not much. We'll check them out, but they don't look like they're going any place. Yeah. Go ahead. Joe, Frank, you want to come over here? Yes, sir. Sorry, we're late. Don't worry about it. Let's get this thing on the road. All right. Want to settle down? Let's get started. The word's probably gotten to you about why we're here. On this purse snatching thing Friday and Smith have got, things got. Things gotten way out of hand. Thief hit again night four last. Victims at the county hospital in a critical condition. She was pistol-wipped, and it looks like she's got a fractured skull. It's only a matter of time before somebody's killed. That's the reason we're here to see that it doesn't happen. Now, you all got mimeographed M.O. Sheets.

On it, you'll find what information we've got. Some of it's pretty broad, but it's the best we've been able to come up with. Friday and Smith have handled the thing to hear, so I'll let them give you the details. You want to come? Yeah, right, Schiffer. Well, first off, you'll notice on those M.O. sheets, all of the crimes have been listed in the order that they happen. Also, the place and the time, there's also a description of the clothing the suspect war, and when we could get it, the description of the suspect. Now, you'll notice that in most cases, there's quite a difference there on the physical description of the suspect. However, we've been able to put them all together, and we've come up with a composite drawing that should look something like the suspect. One thing that's fairly constant is the description of the clothing worn by the suspect. It's almost always dark. He wears a hat, and he's been known to wear a top coat.

Now, the hat and the coat are also dark material.

Clear, there's got any of the money.

All right, now take a look over here at the wall map.

Now, we've pinpointed all the jobs so you can get a little better picture of the operation.

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