23rd Precinct, Sergeant Waters. He called a team for his sorority. Yeah? Yeah? Well, where is it? Where they holding him? Oh, it's the woman. Where has he got her? You're in the muscle room at the 21st Precinct. The nerve center. A call is coming through. You will follow the action taken pursuant to that call from this minute until the final report is written in the 124 room at the 21st Precinct. Yes, sir. I'll send the officers right over there. That's right. Yeah. You stand out on the sidewalk and show them where to go. All right. Okay. 21st Precinct. It's just a matter of time. 21st Precinct. It just lines on a map of the city of New York. Most of the 173,000 people who waged into the nine-tenths of a square mile between Fifth Avenue and the East River wouldn't know if you asked them that they lived or worked in the 21st. Whether they know it or not, the security of their homes, their prisons, and their property is the job of the men of the 21st Precinct. The 21st. 160 patrolmen, 11 sergeants, and four lieutenants, of whom I am the boss. My name is Kennelly, Frank Kennelly. I'm captain in command of the 21st. I was working my day tour, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. After I had turned out to Platoon and attended to other matters in the station house that required my attention, sector car number three came by the house to take me to 84th Street and Fifth Avenue, where a large crowd was expected at the reopening ceremonies of a remodeled wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Although the museum itself is in the 22nd or Central Park Precinct, three patrolmen from the 21st had been detailed to handle the traffic on Fifth Avenue. On arrival, I determined that the congestion was not nearly as heavy as anticipated, and I returned to the car with the intention of inspecting other conditions in Precinct. During the course of the patrol, we had occasion to drive downtown on Second Avenue in the 70s. There I spotted the sergeant's car double parked at the corner block ahead. As we approached, I saw a group of pedestrians pealing into the window of a small neighborhood drug store. I instructed the operator of my car to stop, hide that out, and cross the sidewalk to the store. Coming through there, please. Coming through. Hello, Captain. Hello, Carl. What have we got? I don't know. The sergeant told me you're done. Sergeant? Hello, Captain. Well, what have we got? I'm trying to find out, Captain. We just got here ourselves. I don't know when anything like that ever happened to me. Ah, listen, Mr. Crowe, the drug is there. Captain, how do you do? Captain, how do you do? I didn't do any harm. I really didn't. We were riding by, Captain. I saw the sergeant on the sidewalk. We'll get out there and have a look. He went right into the showcase. He took a hypodermic syringe and a needle. Right into the showcase. I didn't mean any harm. You didn't mean any harm. You stole my merchandise, didn't you? He comes in here. The telephone rings. I go in back. He thinks I can't see her, but I can. Right in the counter, like she knows just exactly where I keep the hypodermic. You knew what he was after. Is that her, ma'am? I said so. Yes, and she ran out of the door. Then I hung up the phone and I followed her out into the street and I grabbed her. She tried to get away, but lucky the sergeant was right there. He was running out of the spot. She had the needle and the syringe in her hand, didn't she, Sergeant? Yeah, that's right. He had them. I didn't mean any harm. What's your name, miss? Kitty. Kitty what? Kitty. Where do you live? Well, where? South side. Well, now you must live someplace. I don't live anyplace. Is it that you don't live anyplace or is it that you don't want to tell us where you live or what your name is? I'm not telling you. We'll find out. If you do that, it's up to you. I'm not telling you. Did you ever see her in the store before, Mr. Crone? Well, I don't know. Maybe. She looks familiar, but she's not a regular customer. Do you think she lives in the neighborhood? I don't think she couldn't prove it by knee capping. Your first name is Kitty, isn't it? Well, I'll call you that anyway. I don't care. Call me what you want. Why did you want a hypodermic syringe and needle? Just wanted it. Are you a narcotics user? Yeah. Let me see your arm. Roll up your sweater. No. Look, kid, you're in a lot of trouble now. It might as well be a little help. Roll up your sleeve. Let me see your arm. Oh. Now let me see the other one. Why did you tell me you were a user when you're not? You thought I was? I just didn't want to disappoint you. What did you want the needle and syringe for? I just wanted it. You're a mercantile, wanted it. You had to go all the way in back of the counter for it. It's not for you, is it? It is for me. Is it for a friend of yours who is a user? Yes, it's for a friend of mine. Who? It's a friend of mine. Did she have a purse on him? No, sir, I didn't see any. Would you notice if she was carrying one with her purse? I don't remember. Why don't you ask me? I could carry it. I wasn't carrying any purse. I never carried a purse. Well, then you're not very far from home, are you? What difference does that make? I could be a thousand miles away. I still wouldn't carry a purse. I don't like to carry them. How old are you, kid? I don't care for purses. That's all. I'm entitled not to carry them, don't you think? How old are you? 19. I've got a pocket in my sweater. That's all I need. How many I want to carry in the pocket? I've got a dollar and eighty cents. What do I need a purse for? A dollar and eighty cents. You want to count it? If you want to count it, just throw it out. A dollar and eighty cents. Put it back. Well, I guess you'd better take her on in, Sergeant. Let the detective take her on. Take me in where? Into the safe house. I don't want to go. Well, I don't think you have any choice, no matter. We'll have to take this needle and syringe along for evidence, Mr. Crosby. Well, that's all right. Go right with me. I'll go with you. Will I get the mask? The detective will be around the coffee. You'll have to appear against him. In court, you mean? Yeah. How can I get away from the store in the daytime? It's hard for me to get away. You'll get that straightened out with the detective. Come on, Miss. I don't want to go. Look, honey, don't give us any more trouble now. I don't want to. I can't. You'd better go along, Kitty. I can't go. I can't. You want me to pick you up and carry you? No. Well, then come on. All right. I'll see you at the safe house, Captain. OK. I don't know, Captain. Day and age. The doctor comes in, you don't know whether they're a thief or a millionaire. Pretty young girl like that. I don't know. Well, you can take one thing for granted, Mr. Crows. There are a lot more thieves than millionaires. After I left the drug store, I had my operator drive to public school 79, where I conferred with the principal in regard to a delinquency problem he was experiencing among a group of older boys. I suggested a course that could be taken in connection with the situation and told him I would send the precinct youth patrolman and a detective of the juvenile aid bureau around to talk to him and aid in correcting the condition. When I came out of the school and got into the car, I instructed the operator to return to the station house. It was 10.40 a.m. and we arrived. I crossed the sidewalk, walked up the stone steps, and into the mushroom where Lieutenant Snyder was desk officer and Sergeant Waters was now on telephone twitchboard duty. Hello, Captain. Sergeant. You got a call from the borough commander's office. Oh, yes, sir. Go ahead, take your phone. I left a message on your desk. All right, outside the block. Hello, Lieutenant. What are you doing? 25th precinct, Sergeant Waters. Yes, ma'am. Yeah. Yeah. Well, we can't stop them from building the building, lady. Yeah. Well, they need rivets to hold the girders together. They can't help the noise. It's the machine they use. Yeah, I understand. But it'll only be a couple of more weeks and they're through, lady. Well, and after the steelworks, it's come the bricklayers. They work quietly. Yes, ma'am. You're welcome. Oh, what happened to the girl, Sergeant? What girl? The one you arrested in the drug store. Oh, yes, sir. She's upstairs in the detective. Did she say who she is? Not that I know of, Captain. I've been talking to her. Mm-hmm. Have they booked her in yet? Not yet. Yeah. What do you think she wanted with the hypodermic object? She's not a user. Didn't she have any identification on her at all? Not yet. A policewoman came up from the 19th precinct and said she found nothing. Hmm. Thanks. Pretty little girl, too. Yeah. Oh, Captain. Oh, Matt. Oh, Lieutenant King. Sergeant. You on your way in or out, Captain? I just got in from patrol. Oh, great. You're trying to stalk women? Yes. Come on. What's on your mind? I don't know. Well, let's go in my office. What do you think is out of the water? All right. I was just trying to... Go ahead, Matt. Thank you. ...one of the sergeants. Huh. Have a seat. I just want to wash the ink off my hand. That pen we got out there is like a sin. Hey, did you find anything out about them, sir, with the hypodermic arrangement? What'd you think, Captain? I said, did you find anything out about them? They're all over the place. I'm not sure. I don't know. They're all over the place. Well, there's nothing. I mean, there's nothing. I mean, there's nothing in there. I mean, there's nothing. I don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. I just don't know. Don't touch it. I don't touch it. And he doesn't touch it. Well, then why did you want the needle? He's hurt, isn't he? Yes, he's hurt. Is he shot? Yes, he was shot by the same policeman he shot in the delicatessen, the last one. Has he had any treatment? No. I wanted to take him to a hospital. I wanted to get him a doctor, but he said no. Don't do that, because he could get claimed in. The hospital would call the cops, so would the doctor. Have you been taking care of him yourself? Yes. Where is he shot? In the leg, right above the knee, about two inches above the knee. Which leg? Right one. I don't know how he made it home. The miracle he ever got there. It was a miracle I was able to stop it bleeding. I don't know how I did it. That bullet in there, or did it go through? It's been there. How long has it been there? Six days? Yeah, six days. Is he sick? Yes, he's sick. One of his feet was about 102, 103. His legs are swollen up. I wanted him to go to a doctor. I said, please get some scents. Get some scents, because I can't take care of anything. I don't know anything about it. He's sick. I don't know what would happen. It's better to go to a doctor or a hospital than to take a chance. Even if you get arrested, you can't take a chance. He wouldn't let me take him. He sent me down to see a couple of drug stores. He said to go to a different one every time, get some bandages and some iodine. And he said, you'll take care of it for me. You'll take care of me. Well, I've been trying. I want to do what he says. But he's really sick. With a 103 fever, he must be. You know what that fever's a sign of, don't you? It's infected, badly infected. I know. I read it in the first aid book. He didn't sleep all night, Harvey, last night. He got up this morning. He was so hot, you could hardly touch him. He's been taking oxygen by the dozen because he gets a fever down. I told him it's not the fever that's so bad, it's the infection. We had an idea this morning. He said there was one thing that would take care of it. He said we ought to take some penicillin. Well, you can't get penicillin without a doctor's prescription, and you need a hypodermic needle to take it. I told him I couldn't give him a hypodermic. He said he'd give it to himself. And he told me to go out and get penicillin and a hypodermic and not to come back until I got him. Well, I tried to buy a hypodermic. He told me to say I was diabetic. You know that I had to take insulin? Well, I tried it. Drugstore said I needed a doctor's prescription. Including the drugstore you tried to steal and stuff? No, other ones. I went to a lot of drugstores. Finally, this one. I saw where he kept him, so I looked around the store and in his phone, I tried to get it out of the showcase before he caught me on the street. You know the rest. I never even got a chance to get any penicillin. I didn't even try. Where is he, Kitty? Oh, I'm not going to tell you. He's my husband. I'm not going to go against anything that he says. Just because he's your husband, that doesn't make him right. I know it doesn't. But he's my husband. Kitty, he's got a bad infection in his leg. He's been running 103 fever. You know what's going to happen to him if he doesn't get under a doctor's care, don't you? If he doesn't get into a hospital? He said the penicillin would take care of it. Well, how is he going to get the penicillin now? I just won't be able to do it. Yeah, he's just going to stay there and wait for you to come back. He told you not to come back until you got it. He's probably up there in that bed, sick with fever and in agony from pain. Pretty soon, he's going to be beyond the point where any doctor can help him. Now, you say you love your husband. I do. Well, if you love him, you'd see that he got into a hospital and under proper care. He doesn't want to. Not going to make any difference what he wants very soon, because he's going to be dead. But it couldn't be that bad. It's bad enough. Now, if you want him alive, you better tell us where he is. I wanted him to go to a doctor. I wanted him to go to a hospital, but he said no. Where is he, Kitty? In the room. We've got a funny room. Where? I just, he said I should. Where is your room? 742, 7-E. Is he there alone? Yes, he's alone. In bed? He left when I left him. Can he get out? He can't walk. Does he have a gun? Yes, he's got a gun. Where does he keep it? Right there next to him on the table. You think he'll use it? Oh, he won't use it. I'm sure he won't. He's sick. He's sick in bed. He was out on his legs. Yes, I know. There's nothing wrong with his hands. The interrogation of Kitty Gerrard continued until the arrival of the two detectives from the 10th squad. In the course of the questioning, a complete description of the room in which she resided with her husband was obtained. Detectives Goldman and Cassidy were sent to the address with instructions to wait there on a plant. At 12-05, the detail assigned to make the arrest left the station house. Because Gerrard was known to be armed and had already shot one detective, the utmost precautions were made to take him, despite his apparent physical disability. Four patrolmen and Sergeant Waters were detailed to assist the detectives by covering the hallway, the sidewalk, and the rear of the building. It was decided to take Kitty along in the hope that the element of surprise could be employed and the fugitive apprehended without further shooting. At 12-20, Lieutenant King with Kitty at his side, Sergeant Waters, Detective Vitale, Detective Wilkes of the 10th squad, and I proceeded up the stairs to the third floor hall room, which a couple occupied. Our revolvers were drawn. One move right up. Yes, I know. Hold it. All right, Kitty, let's make sure you know what you're supposed to do. I know. Let's get it straight. What? When we get to the drawing, you're not going to tell me to use the key and open it. Yes, after I get these off to the place where I want them. I think there's only one fucker in there. What's that? We're bad natural. You won't hurt him when the keys don't hurt him. It's up to him. It's up to you. All right, let's go. You won't get hurt, Captain. No, not if you help us. All right. Better keep quiet. OK, upstairs. I have to get that thing. OK. All right. All right, then. Over there? Yeah. See? There. OK. OK. You're going to stay with me, Captain? Yeah. All right, Kitty, use the key. Kitty? Yes, I can, Clint. How do you feel? Well, I'll have to get this thing. OK, let's go. Out of the way, Kitty. What is? Here we are, Vic. Don't move. Get the gun. I see it. What's going on? You know what's going on, Vic. Kitty, Kitty. What's going on? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Kitty. Let's go. I'm out here. So you went and got him, huh? Is that what you do to me? You went and got him. All right, let's see if they keep away from you. Get those hands out at your side. Get them down there. They are. That's better. And he's burning up on what you expected at a bullet my leg what you're thinking to be cool the cucumber sergeant Better go down ring in for an ambulance We've got the gun well Wilkes bring the gun over here. Yes, we're gonna Thanks You expect to accomplish with this Vic No, no, you're another cop. Do you want me to do the cop with shooting at me? I know what I wanted you to do. Hey, yeah, how do you do it? Oh, I'm gonna play for him. What'd you do it for? What'd you turn me in? I was arrested in the drugstore. They come with the rest of taking the needle You'd be so stupid if you get caught I ask you to get a little thing like a hypodermic needle some penicillin to get caught I could be so good. All right. All right, take it easy. How could I take it easy? How could you be so dumb when you answer me that? What's the do something for me you're messing up leave it to you, huh? You want to show us that leg Vic? No, I don't want to show you guys anything. Go away and leave me alone. I'm sick I'm dying. They're gonna take it to hospital Vic. You'll be all right. Yeah, I'll be all right Ten years. I'll be perfect I'm sorry. I tried I really tried Yeah That's it. I see time. I don't know why but she did 25th place in Sajan waters Oh shooting a Copy shooting or a copy shot Yeah Yeah Where is it? 75 or 79 Wait a minute now not so fast. What about a taxi cab? Yeah Yeah And so it goes around the clock through the week every day every year A police precinct in the city of New York is a flesh-and-blood miracle round Anyone can catch the brass ring or the brass ring can catch anyone 21st precinct the factual account of the way the police work in the world's largest city is presented with the official cooperation of a patrolman to the Neverland Association an organization of more than 20,000 members of the police department city of New York Everett Sloan and the role of Captain Kennelly Ken Lynch as lieutenant King Featured in tonight's cast with Joan Loring Bob Reddick Joe DeSantis Harold Stone and John Sylvester Written and directed by Stanley Ness produced for CBS radio by John eyes This is George Brian speaking
