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Mr. Baskin.

Mr.

Baskin.

7067, look for the information.

9048, cancel your last call.

That's right, Hank, a Bowery bomb.

9093, clear.

Yeah, he's dead.

The chief's on his way.

Says someone already called him.

Can't stay away from the accident, can you? Someone called, said it was

imperative that I get here. I'm supposed to know the dead man.

I've never seen this man. Which one of you called me? None of us, sir.

Ed.

Bring me that guy in the brown coat.

Step over here, please.

I let him go.

Get in the truck.

Next time you want to take someone for a ride, you go get them.

What were you doing at the bridge?

You sleeping under pilings now?

I was taking a walk.

You called me. Why?

I didn't call you.

Well, are you going to charge me or am I free to go?

I don't have to tell you what the charges could be.

Yeah, I know.

Resisting arrest, attempting to leave the scene, assaulting an officer, could

even turn vague.

You forget one.

Murder.

Why'd you call me?

You've got all the machinery. Find the killer.

I'm not a homicide detective. I'm a consultant to the commissioner.

This isn't a Nob Hill case. It's a dead tramp.

What's that got to do with it?

Now that you're a consultant, is murder a lesser crime because the victim is a

tramp? Murder is murder.

Suppose I said please.

I don't owe you a thing.

Give me the photos on that wino under the bridge.

Where do you think you're going?

You civil servants can handle it. You stay put.

Mr. Thren is the commissioner and... Let's get to work.

How did you know where Red's body was?

Instinct. Coffee?

Yes, thanks. Thank you.

When I found out Red was missing, I checked the morgue.

Why? He was an old man.

I thought he might have just died.

When I went back to the row, I found a fixed radio and listened to the police

calls. Whose radio?

Trade secret.

What trade?

Notice anything wrong?

Yeah, his head's battered in. There's no blood on the ground.

Which means?

He wasn't killed where the body was found.

I could have told you that.

Red hasn't been away from Howard Street for ten years.

Why not?

Same reason as people go there. Tell me about it.

All right, fellow criminologists.

Who would want to kill an old wino, then go to all the trouble to move the body?

Maybe he was killed in a fight.

Fred wasn't a violent man.

He was old and weak.

Could he have gotten some money and been killed for it? No, if he'd made a story

to come straight to me. Your turn, Eve. Maybe he saw something he wasn't

supposed to see.

And whatever he saw was against the law.

I want a list of all the crimes in the Howard Street area last night.

Wash up.

We're going out in public.

This your car?

Yeah, yes, sir. I just turned your lights out.

I must have left them on all night.

I hope your battery isn't dead.

Yeah, me too. I'm late for work now.

I've got my own clothes.

I'm not here for a handout.

Busy neighborhood.

Three strong arms, nine burglaries, four attempted, two ARs, an assault with an

intent, and a rape.

I told you this wasn't any knob -hill case.

You were a good detective.

Pick the ones to check first.

Looks like he used a crowbar. The hinge lock has been pried and the door

jimmied. All right, Ed.

Mark.

See how he's making out.

There's blood on the trash can.

I'm at the base of the post.

Chief, this is Mr. Stearns, the owner. He says the only things taken were a

check protector and a typewriter.

Check protector.

Was it new or used?

Everything here is rebuilt.

Well, where did the check protector come from?

Here it is.

Tyler Construction Company.

You got the address?

Mark.

Text no pay on counter six.

Do you have any identification?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Day off?

Oh, no, we never get a day off in Warwick Graveyard.

I want a check.

What for?

Well, let's assume the suspect stole the check protector in order to make

forward the checks.

Now, how do we tell the checks being passed by Red's killer from the checks

being passed by all the other paper hangers?

By having a check that has been made on the same check protector.

But they can match them up in the lab.

Are my suits ready yet? Your name, sir?

It's, uh, Charles... One moment, Mr. Charles.

No, it's, uh, Charles Radcliffe. Excuse me.

Radcliffe.

Your curtain hose are in the box.

Two of your suits are ready, and the other two suits will be ready the day

tomorrow.

Oh, and do you want to pay for these now, or would you rather wait and pick

everything up when your other suits are ready?

All right, $3 .50, $2 .85, I'll tell you. Let me pay for these now, and I'll

for the others when I pick them up, all right?

That's $3 .50, $2 .85.

You got a pen?

I have his license.

Oh, and present this when you pick up your other two services.

All right.

This is your pin.

Martini. Nice night for a cruise.

With storm signals flying all over the coast.

Excuse me. Is this gentleman your guest?

No, he's not.

Are you a guest of a member, sir?

Well,

I'm sorry. This is a private club.

Hey, buddy, can you spare a quarter?

My luck's been kind of low. Yeah, I can.

Hey, mister, I think you made him.

Mister, 40 bucks.

Mister, 40 bucks.

40 bucks. I keep thinking I'll make her start to wonder about my

smile.

If she would, then I'd take her. She's worthwhile.

If I only could hold her, then she'd know just how I feel.

But it's getting to know her, she's not real.

Every time that I see her, she just glances and walks on by.

She can know how I please her.

He won't cry.

I've been waiting quite a long time, wishing every day.

But it just might be the wrong time to try and find a way.

She's always on my mind.

You can save yourself another trip. Pour me another one.

I keep thinking I'll make her.

Start to wonder about my style.

I am Jack.

Jack?

I am Cindy.

What? Cindy. Cindy. Glad to meet you. Come on.

What was that for?

You surprised me.

You ought to quit fumbling around in the dark.

Fix your chili, thief.

Why haven't you been around before this?

What for?

Why not?

No reason why you shouldn't have come back?

No reason.

What do you call that fart that happened eight years ago?

That was a hearing.

You're not the one they labeled a coward.

You were cleared.

Finally.

Thanks, but no thanks.

The widows of the two rookies you were supposed to have assisted were in that

hearing room every day.

So was I, remember?

Had you been sitting on the first board, you wouldn't have bought the story

about your car stalling.

I took the rap for two dumb cops. Dead cops.

Dead dumb cops.

They forgot everything they were taught.

They walked right into a building where there was an armed suspect with their

guns holstered without help.

Anybody that pulls a dumb stunt like that deserves whatever he gets.

They'd only waited till I got there.

There are no if -onlys in police work. You know better than that. You can't

a mistake, your car can't stall.

I found that out.

All right.

So it took them a while to find the witnesses to clear you. A while?

Took him almost a year.

Still could have come back on the force.

One day you're labeled coward as a lifetime.

Your chili's burning.

How have you held out on Howard Street all these years?

How do you hold out in that chair?

Let's do something.

What do you suggest?

I don't know anything.

Is there an area of investigation we missed?

Something we should be doing that we're not?

Look, Eve is still down at forgery. As soon as some of the checks start coming

in, we'll have plenty to do.

Hi,

everyone.

Any luck?

So far, the lab has confirmed the six.

We get a description of the passer. Better than that. We've got six

of the passer. Each one different.

According to forgery, one check was passed at a men's store. The pass is due

back tomorrow to pick up more merchandise.

All right.

He was a person of extremely low caliber.

What did he look like? We're not interested in his character.

I am interested in his character.

Good. I have been in this business long enough to know who belongs in clothes of

the caliber we carry and who doesn't. And the young man you're looking for

doesn't. How did you reach that conclusion?

Experience.

Can you describe him?

Oh, about 30, his height.

Much slimmer, though. And his fingernails were dirty.

What color hair?

unwashed brown.

What time do you open in the morning?

Promptly at 10 a .m.

We'll be here.

May I ask what for?

To keep you company until the suspect shows up.

I wouldn't mind hanging a bear check on him myself.

It's against the law.

Too easy. What?

I don't think our suspect will show.

He'll show.

Why? He's a flake. You heard what that jerk at the men's store said.

I thought you weren't interested in his character.

I'm not.

I'm interested in his capture.

Capture and character go hand in hand.

If you don't know your man, you don't get your man.

Who is it?

It's me.

It's after three.

Yeah, I got some stuff for the kids. Open the door.

My hero.

My life's a lot.

You

haven't

been to see the kids in over six months.

and busy.

Busy? Yeah.

Busy doing what?

You haven't given me a cent in over a year.

No. Then you show up playing Santa Claus in July.

I brought you some money.

Fifty dollars.

Who did you rob?

Some little old lady.

Or maybe your mother.

All right.

I don't have to take that from you.

You're like kids.

I'm going to tell you they're my kids, too.

We'd never know it.

The done of yours tonight?

What do you mean, stunt?

The last.

What stunt? What stunt?

What stunt are you talking about?

Like the suit of clothes you got on to feed the kids for over a month.

All that bullshit you got in you.

Will you step out of your car, sir?

Put your hands up top.

Yes, sir.

He's clean.

Okay, turn around. Let me see your driver's license, please.

Just your driver's license. You keep the wallet.

Jack Francis Brody?

Yes, sir. Well, I guess we're going to have to take you in. Well, I didn't

anything. You're being charged with driving under the influence.

Well, have I got enough money to post bail?

Yeah, it appears that you have.

He was up till three o 'clock.

Is he really studying law?

Yeah.

You're an early bird yourself.

I can't sleep.

If you're not used to this steak, why don't you top it off with a can of

There's nothing wrong with my stomach.

All right, then.

What is the matter?

If I'm keeping you up, I can go and take a walk.

Maybe you don't like being out of hiding.

Maybe not.

But why don't you get off my back?

Being here wasn't my idea.

Now that your body's been forced out of hiding, why don't you quit hiding

inside?

Why don't you quit using that wheelchair?

Say I can quit using this chair, I will.

Okay, Dr. Freud.

How does one change?

Have you seen them since the hearing?

Who? The widows.

No.

I thought about it.

I'll forget it.

If going to see two widows would get me out of this chair, I'd go.

I'm not in a chair.

Adieu.

We've missed something.

What do you mean we've missed something?

If this guy doesn't show up, we've drawn a blank.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

We've spent all our time following him, and it's time we got ahead of him.

It's practically impossible to get ahead of a paper hand who sticks to a

pattern, let alone some nut who's gotten erratic.

Would you please speak softer? They can hear you out in the street.

There's always a way.

Where are you going?

To find our killer.

Now the free store opens and doors to the needy.

Here's the goodies.

The guy's a paper hanger.

Hey, that's a gift from the gods.

No wonder he was living so high.

With a tool like this, the guy could have anything he wants.

Oh, come on, come on. Put it down.

Take this stuff. Let's get out of here.

I'm sorry, sir. I don't remember cashing any checks on this company.

Would you mind waiting a moment while I verify this? No, it's all right.

I told you. Look at this.

A definite pattern with the first ten checks.

Then Bluey all over town.

Now how are we going to get ahead of him?

What do you expect to find there? They've already checked every address

We know he's an amateur because the company names are rubber -stamped under

checks instead of being printed with a printing press.

So he's going through check outlines because they're more likely to catch the

checks than the check -catching booths are.

Our killer has a problem.

Sure he has. He's running scared.

No.

His increased purchasing power is his problem. What kind of a problem do you

from having more money?

You know what this figure is?

Oh, amount of purchase. All stores do that.

He's buying groceries every time he cashes a check. Lots of groceries.

In the last three days, our friend has purchased $964

.73 worth of merchandise.

That could buy a lot of cheap wine.

It also means an average of more than $320 a day. Now, if we figure $10 per

sack... He's acquiring 32 bags of groceries a day. Now, query.

What does a man do with 96 bags of groceries?

Give the extra hand to Harry.

Which one of you made this find?

Who wants to know?

Police.

We just want to know where you found the groceries.

The guy who found them in any trouble?

No.

I found them.

Do you remember where you found them? They were behind the old YMCA.

How many bags do you think there were?

About 50 or so, I guess.

But the checks reported so far today that the total should be over 90 bags.

Where are the rest of the groceries?

Police officers, you're under arrest.

I wonder what he was going to say.

Doesn't matter, honey, because that's it.

The job's done.

You could use a new suit or a needle and thread.

I'll bet he can't sew.

Just in case you can't sew.

Did you have to buy it there?

What are you going to do when I throw you out of here?

Well, I think I'll go see a couple of people.

Widows?

Then what?

It's been a long time since I took a civil service exam, so I better do some

studying.