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Soon as it rang, Hausman was stolen, so finding it was very little interest to

anybody except the legal owner.

What about the girl?

Did the guard get a good look at her?

No, she wore a floppy hat, and she held the bullhorn up in front of her face.

I received this in my mail this morning.

The rest to you and the editors of all the local papers.

Most of it is the usual ego -trip garbage you expect from these groups

great escape they engineered.

But that last paragraph is something else.

Don't attempt to return our brother to your imperialist Buchenwald, or you will

have a riot that will make the October 12th incident look like an art festival.

The Predators.

Of course, they're angling for a confrontation.

I don't want you to attempt to return Mr. Carterhausen to custody.

I want you to do it.

Quietly, if possible. They thrive on headlines.

If possible.

But do it.

Hi. I'll call you back.

Hello. You have a visitor.

What does he want?

Your job.

He's your replacement.

It's high school youth day. You know, acting mayor, acting DA, acting

supervisor, acting chief Ironside.

It's Ted Barringer, Jr.

Well, I'm glad to meet you, Ted.

I know your father both professionally and personally.

Yes, sir, I know.

Well, try to make your day interesting. Here, sit down.

Try to make your day interesting and hopefully informative.

Thank you.

But before we begin, sir, I think there's something I have to tell you.

I didn't ask to be assigned here.

You mean you didn't want to be?

That's right.

Well, I'd be interested in knowing why, if you care to tell me.

Because I don't approve of the way you do things.

In that case, let's hope the day will be mutually informative.

You mentioned before you didn't agree with the way I do things.

Do you have anything specific in mind?

Well, it's not just you. I know that you just carry out orders.

Sometimes I also give them.

Which one or ones do you take exception to?

Arresting Carter Houseman.

I don't think he should have been.

You think he was merely exercising the right of free speech?

That's right. Which exercise started a riot that cost over a quarter of a

million dollars in property damage?

But what he said was the truth.

That's open to debate, Ted.

However, along with free speech comes responsibility.

Didn't someone say that free speech does not include the right to yell fire in a

crowded theater?

Can I say what I really think?

You have so far.

I don't think that Justice Holmes meant that to be used as a cop -out for the

police.

Inspector?

Oh, Carl.

Dad, I want you to meet Inspector Reese.

Ted Barringer, my alter ego.

Welcome aboard. How do you do?

Now, what do you have on Carter Hausman? Nothing so far.

except the break was handled by what they call a special attack cell.

Enforcers. The regular membership has no idea as to their identity or what they

do, but they're afraid of them.

Interesting, isn't it, Ted? What happens to a clean -living anarchist?

Sets out to tear down the establishment, finds he needs the equivalent of the

one establishment tool he claims to hate the most, a police force.

Houseman has to be hiding out somewhere.

The longer he stays at Liberty, the more hay they'll make of it.

I pass the word to all our informants. Keep the pressure on it and keep in

touch. Will do. See you.

Bye. Bye.

Before we get started on the rest of the daily schedule, I have a very important

question to ask you.

Yes, sir?

Do you like chili?

Yeah. All right, Eve.

You heat up an extra bowl of chili? I don't know. These gourmet meals take a

of practice.

the afternoon, starting with expert testimony of the murder trial.

Due in court in ten minutes, Mark.

The computer knows.

The computer knows.

Any questions you want to ask, fire away.

Suppose you send an innocent man to prison.

It can happen.

Doesn't it bother you?

Of course it does.

Would you go on doing your thing?

My thing, Ted, is also protecting the innocent.

Next question.

What would you do if you saw a man breaking a law that you thought was a

law? I'd arrest him. So what about the Boston Tea Party? They broke the law.

be in charge of the Boston police on December 16th, 1773.

I would have arrested the colonists who threw that tea in the harbor.

And he doesn't even like tea.

The issue of taxation without representation might have been fought

instead of on the battlefield.

The King George would have won.

Not necessarily.

I can't second -guess our founding father, but George had a very poor track

record in court tests of his commodity tax package.

Tax on tea was all he had left of it.

I am not suggesting that a good cop... could have changed history by arresting

the participants of the Boston Tea Party.

Sooner or later, the revolution would have been fought with the same result.

You know what I think?

I'm saying that laws are not revised on the enforcement level.

They aren't written in the streets, either.

We got you some coffee.

These came while you were out.

How's it going?

I think the chief's a little ahead on the point.

Seems like a nice kid, even though he disapproves of us. Us? What do you mean,

us? I'm not the fuzz, huh?

Your usual charming self, but... Tell them all no.

Well, Ted, it's been a very full afternoon for you.

I hope you found it as enjoyable as I have.

In other words, I can go home now.

School's out.

It's almost five o 'clock. Your father will be expecting you for dinner.

Mark will drive you home in Ed's car.

No, no, I can take the bus.

We wouldn't think of it.

Well, it's been a pleasure.

Same here.

Remember me to your father.

Yes, sir, I will.

Ironside. This is Carl.

We hit pay dirt.

Hausman's going to a meeting at 410 Telegraph.

He's supposed to be there in an hour.

We'll be there.

Everybody set?

All right, let's move.

They're on the way.

Love you, Ben.

How about putting the Internacional on the stereo?

That'll blow their minds.

No, man, we don't have to freak it out.

The pig's going to be strung out enough as it is.

Police. I knew we didn't send out for chop suey.

They have a warrant to search this residence.

Search it for what?

A man named Carter Hausman.

Well, I guess you got me, officers.

You're not Carter Hausman.

Oh, I didn't say I was, but you sure got me.

Sit down, mister. We'll get to you.

Search the house. You're the man, Dad.

It's against some law now that I can't have some friends over for a little

Where's Aspen?

You keep talking about this man, I don't know who you mean.

Ben, do you know what the man's talking about?

Beat me.

What about a militant group known as the Predators?

Does that name mean anything to you?

Well, I've heard of them. But there are no members of that group in this room.

What are you putting us on?

I don't know anything about it, like I said.

We were just over here having a little wine, a rap.

Hausman was seen entering this place less than half an hour ago.

I wasn't tripped out, was I?

I mean, I would have seen somebody walk through that front door half an hour

ago. Oh, you did.

That's about the time I got here.

Jeff is right.

There must have been some mistake.

Not that big a mistake.

Your friend brought Hausman here, according to the description I got for

stakeout. Officer, somebody's putting you out.

Somebody's trying to.

There's an old wine cellar under the house, the connecting door into the

adjoining residence.

Check with your stakeout.

See, you left that house within the last half hour.

That's what happens when you rent an old house.

Yeah, they don't build them like they used to. Anybody leave the house next

recently?

I see.

Okay.

A couple left there on a cycle about ten minutes before we got here.

That steakhouse didn't recognize his husband?

Not as a black.

And any writing paper you find in the place.

That's my personal property.

Thank you for identifying it. Carl, make a note.

This gentleman owns that typewriter.

Well, congratulations, all of you.

You are under arrest.

You're kidding.

What have we done?

Why, you aroused my suspicions.

Inspector Reese will advise you of your rights and privileges.

Look, we didn't do anything. We haven't broken any laws.

I'm sure your attorney will approve of that statement.

Now, I strongly urge you to stick to it until you have an opportunity to talk to

him. Let's go, Ed.

I want your men to really shake this place down.

Right.

What is your name?

Don't attempt to return our brother to your imperialist Buchenwald, or you will

have a riot that will make the October 12th incident look like an art festival.

Passing them on this matter.

Ted, I didn't know you were representing the Predators.

I'm representing certain clients.

Not any organizations they may or may not belong to.

Put it on again.

The typing you see on the left is a portion of a note received by

Randall this morning relative to the escape of Carter Hausman from the

Honor Farm.

The slide on the right was made by typing the same words on a typewriter

in the residence where we picked up your clients.

And on paper we found there.

You'll observe that the typing and the paper are identical in both notes.

I assume you had the proper authority to remove that typewriter from my client's

residence. You assume correctly.

Not much of a case for the prosecution, Robert.

Oh, I expect it to improve as we go along.

Incidentally, I enjoyed having your son with me this afternoon. He's quite a

boy. Thank you.

I think so.

I gather he approves of you, too.

Well, in that case, I better not disappoint him.

Ted Jr. would expect me to get off the dime and have a judge set bail for my

client. Good night.

Well, at least he didn't say, I'll see you in court.

He will.

But at least he didn't say it.

It's been a clear, way -out day.

Out of sight.

We were picking flowers.

Having a ball out in Golden Gate Park.

Really groovy.

And along come the pigs.

Got it lit now, lover.

Bye.

We put a tap on that phone as soon as we got the word.

That call was recorded 14 minutes before we got there.

I'm by it as a warning.

All the key words are there, certainly.

The question is, how did she know?

Where was the leak?

Chief, I don't know if this means anything, but yesterday when I was

Barringer home, we got hung up in traffic.

There was an accident ahead of us.

Well, they asked me to pull into a gas station so they could call this girl to

tell her that he'd be late picking her up.

You think I wanted to tip her off that something was up?

I just mentioned it.

I wouldn't want to jump to any unfair conclusions just because Ted isn't one

our strong admirers.

But I do think we ought to have a talk with that young lady, whoever she may

Good night, Ted. I really had a good time.

So did I.

Well, I guess I'd better go in.

It's early.

How about, um, listen to a couple of records?

I better not.

Edie really plays the mother bit if I stay up too late on a school night.

I know what you mean. My old man's the same way.

I made you the heavy.

Who are you out with?

Ted. You know, he's getting to be a drag.

He thinks he's really with it, but he's really pretty square.

I don't think I'll go out with him anymore.

Answer it.

Police. I wonder if you'd mind coming downtown with us.

Why? I haven't done anything.

We're not arresting you. We'd just like you to answer a few questions. That's

all. What about?

Ted Barringer, the boy who just brought you home.

What kind of questions? Why can't you ask them here?

Because we're not the only ones who'd like to talk to you. It won't take long,

promise you.

You may, if you choose, refuse to answer any of our questions.

Do you understand?

What is it you want to know?

You have a friend named Ted Barringer.

You already know that. I was out with him tonight.

You had a date with him last night also, I understand.

Did he phone you to let you know he'd be a little late picking you up?

Yes. He explained why he was late?

Something about an accident.

He wasn't in the accident. He made that clear.

Clear enough.

Did he say anything else to you?

Like what?

We're asking you.

A little small talk, maybe. I don't remember.

The main point of the call was to tell me he'd be late.

Why? What is it you think Ted's done?

We're not sure.

Morning. I wonder if I might talk to Ted.

Why, of course. He's just in town to have some coffee with us.

I'll break him out. I suspect he's come out of the sack.

Ted's not in any trouble.

He might be.

I know why you're here.

Laurie already phoned me.

You could have asked me what I said to her on the phone. You didn't have to

her downtown for questioning.

It so happens we did have to.

I gather you're very fond of her.

Yes, I am.

How long have you two been going together?

A couple of months.

Then, of course, you know her family.

No, her family split up. She lives with her sister.

What's that got to do with anything?

You must have heard.

We did not capture Carter Hausman in that raid. He got away.

I didn't warn him.

Well, Chief, our side hasn't suggested that you did, son.

No, we certainly didn't. We had a phone tap on the line, which recorded the

voice of the girl who gave the warning.

Last night when I questioned Laurie Stockton, the purpose of bringing her to

headquarters was so that we could record her answers on tape.

Sounds kind of like a police state, doesn't it?

Having people's private phone lines, taping their conversations, informers

spying for you. Your father will assure you that we would have had any court

orders that were necessary.

That's right.

We also have a device known as a voice profile analyzer. It makes pictures of

the sound waves of the human voice.

So you're going to tell me that the girl who phoned that warning was Laurie,

huh? No, it definitely was not Laurie.

However, our experts found so many similarities in Laurie's profile to that

the girl who did make the call, they're certain the girl's a member of Laurie's

family. I'm not certain that would hold up in court.

At least not his identification, Bob.

We're a long way from bringing charges, Ted.

I'm merely putting my cards on the table for both of you.

Now the big question.

Did you mention Houseman to Laurie when you phoned to say you'd be late?

I might have. I don't remember.

Did you mention having heard that he was going to attend a meeting?

I could have. I just don't remember.

Well, it was not your intent that she would warn Houseman or see that he was

warned. Dad, if I thought I could get word of that right to Houseman, I would

have.

Does that answer your question?

It raises another one.

Why?

I told you before, because Hausman didn't do anything wrong.

And I answered that before.

He told the truth.

That's what his conviction's really all about.

He opened people's eyes as to how they're being cheated on this urban

project.

Dad, their homes are being condemned.

So there's some fat...

Cats can get even fatter building apartment houses.

No, Dad, I want to be honest.

I'm for housemen.

I hope they never catch up with him.

I've said it.

Take me in.

I don't arrest people for having an opinion.

Thank you for your time.

And for your candor.

What are you going to do about Laurie?

The establishment still believes the young lady has a right to answer her

telephone. I hope you never have to find out the hard way that some of the

people you seem to admire so much play by less civilized rules.

This is all news to me, Robert.

I'm still not quite sure what it's all about.

Wouldn't it be nice if someone could find a way to combine the knowledge of

youth? With the knowledge of A.

I want an explanation, Ted.

I thought that's what I'd been giving.

I want an explanation of why you lied to Chief Ironside.

I told him exactly how I felt about Hausman. No, no, no, not about Hausman.

About that girl, Laurie.

What about her?

You haven't been seeing her for months.

Dad, do you have some kind of private eye following me around?

Oh, come on, Ted, you know better than that.

I've never heard you mention her before. You've never been secretive about the

people you were seeing.

So I didn't happen to mention her.

You were ashamed of her?

Is that why you kept her a secret?

All right.

So I just started going with her.

But that still doesn't mean that I want Ironside to get after her.

How deep are you in this Hausman thing, Ted?

You heard it all.

You certain?

Where are you going?

To school.

Not today.

What do you mean?

You're going to spend the day here with me every minute of it.

Why? I heard Chief Ironside's warning, and I'm going to see that you pay

attention to it.

a very interesting chat with Laurie's high school counselor.

I'm prepared to be interested.

She's an excellent student.

Top ten percent of her class. Definitely a leader, but... But, unfortunately,

the counselor feels her leadership tends toward the radical side of school

politics. You talked with him after I left?

No. Well, anyway, that's one of the things that disturbed your counselor.

What else?

She's very popular with boys.

I thought that was supposed to be a healthy situation for a young lady.

Except that her counselor feels that Laurie uses her attractiveness to

young men in her causes.

I suppose it had to happen.

A high school might have hurried.

Well, Ted says he's been going with that chick for months.

He must be a good man in traffic.

He was protecting her.

All right, Ted.

Chief, call.

Our girl has started to move.

She took a cab from her house, changed to a bus, transferred to another bus,

just picked up a car parked at a shopping center. She's driving south on

Deerfield Road.

We're on our way.

Mata Hari's big sister?

Raise his man up in Taylor.

Eve, you are running the store.

I rotated four cars to tail her down here so the young lady should be very

secure. Her car is parked in front of a cabin a quarter of a mile up a dead

road, the second one south of here.

No life around the cabin. She's probably still inside.

Check that.

There she is.

We obviously brought that car down here for someone else's use.

Inspector, report for stakeout at the cabin.

A guy just got in the car and headed south.

Yeah, they caught turn around put your hands on top

Okay,

Mark, let's get back to the city

You got what you wanted.

What's that?

Carter Haslam's been arrested.

It was just on the news.

Well, I didn't know that was what I wanted.

Come on, Dad.

You've been sitting on me all day long like a mother hen or something.

And don't tell me that wasn't your idea.

It was not my idea.

I simply wanted to foreclose any possibility of your further involvement.

thought I made that clear, Ted.

Same thing, isn't it?

Not at all.

Is it okay if I go out now?

Yeah.

Chief Hindsight's office.

Just a moment, please.

A woman, Chief. She says she has a message for you about Carter Houseman.

Ironside.

Chief. Uh, Ted Barringer.

They wanted you to be the first to know that, uh, if you don't release Carter

Houseman and drop all charges against him and the Predators, they're going to

kill me.

And, uh, tell my father I'm being treated okay.

Up to now.

Please do what they tell you.

This is no game we're playing with you, Chief.

I hope we don't have to play rough to make you a believer.

You've got until midnight to make up your mind.

out of time.

We're willing to negotiate.

There's nothing to negotiate.

If I wanted to exchange Houseman for the boy, how would I contact you?

We'll be listening to the 11 o 'clock news.

If the announcer gives a news item saying there was a wreck on Highway 30,

know we have a deal.

We'll call you.

Yes?

Chief, that call came from a phone booth at the corner of Haight and Belvedere.

Thank you.

You got it?

Yeah.

There's no pattern.

She's just cruising around the city.

She finally came home.

Sit down, Miss Doctor.

We've been wanting to talk to you all day.

You weren't at home or at school.

I was nowhere in particular.

Why? A friend of yours has been kidnapped.

I assume you know that.

I heard about it on the radio.

What's that got to do with me?

Did you see Ted last night?

He came over for a couple of hours.

We played records and talked and then he went home.

And that's all I know.

I want you to listen to that.

Chief, don't make the big mistake.

Don't force us to pull.

if it takes that to make believers out of you and the other pigs.

Now, that is your sister.

Where are they holding him?

I don't know.

Honest. Laurie, where have you been all day?

Just driving around, trying to figure things out. What things?

Edie.

Why she did this.

You mean you knew your sister was in on it?

I wasn't positive till I heard that.

I was pretty sure.

Why?

I heard her talking on the phone right after Ted left last night. She mentioned

his name.

I couldn't make out what she was saying and it only took a few seconds.

Then she went out.

She didn't come home last night or this morning.

And when I heard about the kidnapping, I... You mean you didn't know anything

about it last night? That that's what she was planning?

I knew she was on house and inside.

So was I.

I didn't know about this.

You've got to believe that.

All right, Laurie.

And I want you to listen to me.

If you have any idea where Ted Berenger is, I want you to tell us now,

before it's too late.

Too late for Ted?

Or your sister?

I don't.

I just don't.

Dad was on the tube a few minutes ago.

He's pulling some strings, but he wants more time.

He knows how much time he's got.

Maybe you ought to put me on the phone to Ironside again.

I could sound real scared this time.

I'm against that.

Might give the impression we're panicking.

I think it would panic them.

You don't know how much pressure my dad can put on those people, even the

governor. I could care less about your father.

Well, you want to get Hausman out. Isn't that the whole idea?

Not by having Theodore Barringer do the job for us.

What difference does it make?

We're building our power base, not your father's.

Carter Hausman is our pilot project.

If we make the establishment back down in Hiskey, we can go all the way.

What do you mean?

We call the plays, Ted. That's what we mean.

I thought you just wanted Hausman.

You know something?

You're pretty naive.

Hausman's a fool.

But he makes a dandy symbol.

My father defended you.

Do you think he's a fool, too?

No, he's not a fool.

Just another score.

Took oath by the old rule.

Got to do it, Tom.

You're the only one who has the power.

Your Honor, the houseman was convicted in your court. You wrote the conditions

of his probation.

As I recall, I was accused in some areas of being excessively lenient with him.

And I'm asking you to be even more lenient.

Amend the probation.

Scrub the honor farm time from houseman sentence.

You understand the implication of that action?

Tom, I understand.

They've got my son.

Sir.

It comes down to this. We have no other option.

We have to treat Ted Barringer's kidnapping as we would any other. Pay

ransom.

Well, I can appreciate your feelings, but... Question.

If I amend my probation order on Hausman, am I not inviting a deluge of

kidnappings? Where does it stop?

I can't answer that.

The amendment of my commitment order on Hausman.

Thank you, Tom.

Let's go.

And that concludes today's weather report.

A late bulletin informs me that traffic will be held up on Highway 30 due to a

traffic accident. I knew they'd cave in. I'll be right back.

As soon as I give them their instructions.

Smile, kid.

We won.

Ironside.

We got the message.

You ready to move?

Yes. Okay.

Drive north to the end of Thomas Road.

Turn left.

Go a quarter of a mile.

Stop.

Turn your headlights off.

If there are any police in the area, you can just forget it. There won't be.

You have my word.

Better be good.

All right, that's it, Ed.

Stand by, just in case.

Come on, move.

Well?

How's that?

Any trouble with him?

We want it all.

Oh, Edie, we got a miss. Go see me.

Nope, nope.

Sandwiches are ready. Oh, thank you.

11 .32.

I just looked at mine.

They couldn't be there yet. It's a good 40 -minute drive to that area.

Ed, you don't suppose they're walking into some kind of trap, do you?

That predator outfit, anything's possible.

You're not supposed to say that.

You're supposed to reassure me.

If I did, you'd know I was lying.

You're not eating your sandwich.

Neither are you.

I was just thinking about what Ted said to the chief.

I don't approve of the way you do things.

I wonder what he thinks of the way they do things.

Well, we'll know in about a half an hour.

I hope.

exactly. Are you sure there are no police cars in this area?

Positive.

Everything's been diverted.

Even the routine patrols.

Well, why haven't they shown them?

I don't know.

Any idea why your friends would stand you up?

They won't.

I think I'll take a look around.

That road worked kind of hard to follow.

All right

Yeah, put it through.

Call coming through my office.

Chief, can I touch my father?

Yeah, he's right here.

I got away from them.

Ted, where are you?

I called as soon as I could to a phone booth.

Are you sure you're all right?

Yeah. Hey, Dad?

I sure got a lot to make up for.

Okay. I understand, son.

Look, why don't you meet us at Chief Ironside's headquarters?

I'll pay.

Hit the light. Get Mark back here.

Don't move and you won't be hurt.

Now put your hands behind your head.

I walk back to the boss.

Kill those lights!

Go back to the car, Jess. Have the motor running.

We don't want to have to shoot. Let us have Hausman.

I thought you were bringing us the boy. That was our deal.

Deal's been changed.

But for your information, he went along with this whole scene.

You can just forget any kidnapping charge.

Turn Hausman loose.

Grab the ignition keys, Cotter.

Incidentally, I've been meaning to ask you, how did you subdue Miss Stockton so

readily?

I thought she was prepared to go at least three falls.

Reason, logic, and a bit of silvery -tongued oratory.

I simply told the young lady if she didn't behave herself, I'd knock all her

teeth out.

I always knew you were a very persuasive lawyer.

Well, it's been a long day for all of us.

Thank you, Bob.

Good night.

Thank all of you.

Chief, I think it's time for me to tell you something.

I was with them.

I let them take me.

We all make mistakes, Ted.

Before we're 20, before we're 30, after we're 40.

It was something you said about playing by different rules.

I like yours better.

I like yours.

Good night. Good night.