by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Robbery victim Arthur McKinley is found strangled with his own necktie in a dingy alley. Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) find it odd that the well-dressed and apparently well-off McKinley would be hanging around in such a disreputable neighborhood. Suspects include a drunk, a store owner, and an ex-con who'd done some work for the dead man. Character actress Lillian Buyeff has a marvelously underplayed scene as McKinley's benumbed widow. This episode is based on the Dragnet radio broadcast of November 23, 1952.
