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Hey, what are you doing? None of your
business.

You remember me?

You were looking for Eddie. Yeah, and
you're the guy who led me down the

Primrose Pass. This time you're going to
talk.

That paper's five days old.

So who's going to note it?

I got over there, Mike.

What the hell do you think you're doing
running like that?

I had to. My gun was used to shoot
Joseph Chan. The police would have

did it.

They still think you did it. Yeah, but
at least this way I'm not in jail.

Now I know who stole the gun.

I know who shot Mr. Chan and probably
killed the mayor.

Is there a name?

Eddie Lomax. He flew by charter plane to
a little hick town in Texas this

morning. How'd you find out?

Went to his hotel and gave the desk
clerk a 20 to let me look at his phone

Oh, good.

Now maybe you ought to turn yourself in.

I'm going to Texas.

No, no, you're not. I have to.

You're a fugitive.

Every policeman in this town's looking
for you.

I need some cash.

Forget it.

Well, forget it. I'm not helping you
flee across state lines.

I'm not fleeing. Forget it. I know what
I'm doing.

I'll do it if I have to walk.

You have any thoughts of what you're
going to do when you find this fellow?

Call you.

The police have probably questioned
everybody around here who had the view

Chan's house.

Oh, they think Paul O 'Neill's their
man.

They're not going to ask him any
questions, though.

Blow their case.

Well, I am.

Nobody's going to railroad him if I can
help it.

He likes you, too.

I know.

I think you've got a crush on him.

I know.

How do you know?

I just know.

The way he looks at you?

Yeah.

Nobody knows what goes on in a
neighborhood better than somebody who

leaves it.

Mrs. Lucinski?

Thank you so much. You're such a dear.

You're welcome. Oh, this smells
wonderful.

Thank you.

Hello. My name's Ben Matlock, and this
is Michelle Thomas. I wonder if we might

ask you a few questions?

Well, certainly.

Come on right in.

Sit down. Thank you.

My name is Sarah Luzin.

Please, eat your dinner while it's hot.

Oh, thank you. Are you a police officer
too, dear? No, no, I'm an attorney.

We're both attorneys.

You know that the man across the street
was murdered last night.

I know.

Terrible. A terrible thing.

And Mr. Chan, such a sweet man.

The yard look always so nice.

Of course, he had a gardener. Nice
-looking young man. Very strong.

Very particular.

Pruning all the time.

Well, did you notice anything out of the
ordinary last night?

You do spend a good bit of time in front
of that

window.

That's why you thought we were police
officers. You saw me go in Mr. Chan's

house with them last night, didn't you?

Yes.

What else did you see?

Maybe if I would have some time to think
about it. Mrs. Levinsky, it's all right

to get involved.

But that's not what I'm afraid of. If
anybody for one second thought you were

danger, you'd be protected.

You mean people will stay with me?

Sarah, you tell us what you saw.

I guarantee people will stay with you,
talk with you, visit with you.

Well, first I saw a kind of tall man
with long brown hair wearing cowboy

boots. He went into Mr.

Chan's house. Then, a little bit later,
another man I didn't know went in. This

man with the long brown hair in cowboy
boots.

Did you get a good look at his face?

Yep.

Look.

See?

Oh.

Why, look at that.

He looks just like Lee Arthur Greenway.

Oh? I dated him once.

Oh, Leota?

Yes, when I was in high school. Oh.

How's it going?

Oh, well, fine, Sergeant, thank you. And
this one looks like Floyd Dinkleman.

Floyd Dinkleman went to my high school,
too. He threw up a lot.

Oh.

Yes.

What the hell has taken her so long? She
doesn't get out much, and it's kind of

fun for her.

You kill me.

The only guy she saw running from the
scene of the crime was O 'Neal, and

the guy I want to talk to.

There he is. Now, here.

Eddie Lomax.

Eddie Lomax.

That verifies Paul O 'Neal's story.

And in any court of law, he's off the
hook.

Thank you very much, Mrs. Lindsay.

You're very welcome, Sergeant.

Well, well.

If it weren't for Chris, we could be
done now. Yeah. But let's see if Eddie

Lomax has ever had dealings with our
other suspects.

That is after we take Sarah here for a
sarsaparilla and hear a little more

Leo the Greenway.

Well, that will take a double vodka
martini.

Next time we're sitting where I can
smoke.

It won't be next time.

Good Lord.

Oh, yeah.

Judge Franklin.

Mr. Brennan.

Your secretary told me you'd be here. I
told her it was a matter of life or

death.

But since I've got you both here, this
man's name is Eddie Lomax. You recognize

him? Can't help you.

You ever work in one of your factories?

How would I know? Ask my personnel
manager.

How about you, Judge? Did he ever appear
before you?

Not as far as I know.

Hey, we're trying to have dinner here.
Do you mind?

Oh.

Oh.

Janice, please come. Sit down.

Mr. Matlock was just leaving.

Well, perhaps you care to join us for a
drink.

Oh, no, thank you. I have to be going.
I'm sure you all have a lot to discuss.

So I'll have to... Goodbye.

What was he doing here?

Nothing for you to concern yourself
with.

We haven't seen you since the funeral,
Janice.

We were worried about you.

I'm holding up.

Janice, you know we were Brian's good
friends, and so

if there's anything that we can do,
anything that you need... Thank you.

very sweet.

Actually, there is something you can do
for me.

I don't know what the two of you have
been up to, but I'm pretty sure that it

cost my husband his life and Joseph Chan
his.

I'm also pretty sure that if I took what
I do know to someone like Ben Matlock,

he just might be able to put it all
together.

So this is what you can do for me,
gentlemen.

You can cut me in.

Now you come unglued out there and you
don't have a prayer. I don't have a

prayer anyway. The whole world's got me
tried, convicted, and fed.

You lose your temper with those people,
it's going to be in the newspaper, it's

going to be on television, and you're
going to make it real easy for people to

believe that you are some kind of raving
maniac who could very well have shot

the mayor.

Now, I'm going to tell you something.

If there's one thing I hate, it's losing
a case before I ever walk in the

courtroom. Now, that's going to be the
longest 20 yards you ever walked. But

you've got to walk it, and you've got to
keep your cool.

You got that?

Now turn around, face that mirror, and
repeat after me.

No comment. We'll have a statement
later.

Excuse us.

Look what you just did, Pinhead.

Now.

That's right. I was Mayor Borelli's
press aide.

It was my job to deal with the news
media.

Not only did I organize the press
conference that morning, but I was at

Borelli's side when he was shot.

You were standing there, yes, but did
you actually see the person who shot

Miss Landis?

Yes.

As the mayor began his speech, I looked
around, you know, to gauge people's

reactions.

I happened to look toward the mezzanine,
and I saw someone standing there

pointing a gun right at Brian. A split
second later, the man fired.

Is that man here in this courtroom
today? Yes.

He's right there.

That's the man who killed Mayor Borelli.
That's a lie!

I will refrain from making any comment.
Am I really supposed to sit here while

people lie?

Why the hell don't you make your own
truth?

your client.

Are you or are you not going to yield to
the authority of this court and comport

yourself properly from here on out? No,
I will not. I will not. I have no choice

but to deal with you the way I've always
dealt with people like you.

Bailiff?

Prosecution may continue.

The records show that Miss Landis has
identified the defendant as the man she

saw shoot Mayor Brian Borelli.

I have no further questions.

Defense wish to cross?

Yes, Your Honor.

Before I cross, I feel compelled to say
that while his honor

is within his rights, in over 30 years
of practice, I have never seen

anything to equal this.

Mr. Matlock, I've dealt with your
client.

Don't force me to deal with you.

Of course, Your Honor.

Having made my statement that in 30
years I've never seen anything to equal

and knowing it's on the record, I will
move on. Mr. Matlock. With the court's

permission, I would like to recreate
some of the conditions

that existed in the rotunda that
morning.

Theatrics? Mr. Matlock?

Theatrics. Mr. Matlock. Your Honor, I
need to make a point here.

And I need these theatrics to make that
point.

Proceed.

Miss Landis, what's press conference
like?

It's very hectic.

Reporters running around all over the
place.

Cameras, microphones, cables.

Lights. Oh, yes.

You can't have TV and film coverage
without lights.

Let me explain what I've done here. I've
asked these gentlemen from the TV

station to come down and set up lights
the way they were at the rotunda that

morning.

Now, you were by the mayor while he was
making his speech, so let's pretend he's

making his speech, all right?

All right. Now, the lights were on you
as they are now.

Um, well, well... Approximately.

You had about this much light on. Well,
yes, I guess it was about this much.

Of course, conditions are not exactly as
they were in the rotunda that morning.

The man you saw fire the shot was much
farther away from you than I am now.

And you had to look above the lights
rather than below them. Is that right?

Yes, yes, that's right.

But you can still see me?

Yes. Can you see me well enough to point
to me?

Sure. Give me a good strong point.

You didn't really get a good look

at the man who fired the shot, did you?

You saw someone dressed like Chris
Reardon.

And in your desire to see someone
punished for bringing Brian Borelli's

to such a sudden and tragic end, you
rushed to a judgment, didn't you?

Yes.

Nothing further.

Hey.

Hi, my name's Paul O 'Neill.

Listen, there's a guy in the bar over
there who's wanted for questioning a

murder investigation in Illinois.

The hell you say?

Who? Eddie Lomax.

That's kind of hard to believe. Eddie,
I've known Eddie for years.

Gets into his fair share of scrap, but,
uh, murder?

You a cop?

No.

You got her rid of extradition?

I thought you might call.

I'm afraid I can't do that.

Not on your word.

He can't just let him go free.

Until he breaks a law in my
jurisdiction, I sure as hell can.

almost got me fired the last time you
were here. Did you know that, Mr.

Brantley? Oh, I'm sorry, but you must be
doing something right. Mr. Brantley.

I just want to ask him a couple
questions about... Judge Brantley.

Where the hell did he go?

When I see him, I'll ask him.

Good night.

I got him!

I got him!

All right.

All right.

Hey, you remember me.

What the hell are you doing here?

Well, I just wanted to thank you.

You know, for cracking my head open in
that alley, stealing my gun, framing me

for chance murder, shooting Mayor
Borelli.

Actually, I'm doing a poll of killers,
and I thought I should start with you.

What did you call me a murderer you
should be sent to the chair

It was self -defense.

He hit me first.

Come on.

Who do you think hit whom?

Mr. Montero?

Yeah. Good morning. Here's your paper.

Interesting article on page two about
that warehouse that blew up a couple

ago.

Who are you?

My name's Ben Matlock. I'm a lawyer.

I went to see your boss, Jack Brennert,
the other day, but he didn't want to see

me, so he slipped out. But my associate
followed him.

And guess what?

What? My associates saw him slip you an
attache case. He figured there was some

money in it, a payoff or something, so
he followed you.

He did what?

Yeah.

Followed you to that warehouse, watched
you put the attache case down on a desk,

and then watched you leave.

And then you know what happened?

Damn thing blew up. Big explosion.
Startled Tyler.

So what do you want?

I want you in court today.

Forget it.

Get your foot out of my door before I
call the cops.

Please, call them.

I'll show them this subpoena. They'll
put your hind end in the back seat of

patrol car and you'll be in court.

Ready?

Yeah.

Mr. Brenner, you have widespread real
estate holdings in Chicago, don't you?

That's true.

According to the official deed recorded
at the courthouse, you have purchased

ten industrial parcels in the last six
months. Is that right?

Quite true.

Why all this rush to buy west side
industrial property? Real estate

Mr. Matlock. Buy low, sell high. It's
very simple.

You wouldn't by any chance be pressuring
these businessmen into selling, would

you? I always offer a high market value.

And this rash of fires on the west side
recently, you wouldn't know anything

about that, would you? In business, you
take advantage of the breaks.

Or make your own.

What is that, an accusation?

Your Honor, I have subpoenaed another
witness to testify this morning, and I'd

like him removed from the courtroom at
this time so that he won't be influenced

by anything that Mr. Brennert may or may
not say.

Very well.

Where is this witness? He's right back
there, Mr. Thomas Montero.

Baylor?

Tom Montero works for you, doesn't he?

Yes.

He's an arsonist. Objection. Relevancy.
No foundation. He torches buildings so

that you can go in later and buy them up
cheaply, doesn't he? That's a lie.

Objection. Relevancy.

Mr. Matlock, Your Honor, in a moment,
I'll show relevancy.

Proceed.

Now, Mr. Brenner, the penalty for
perjury in this state is severe, so I

give you a chance to reconsider your
testimony.

And I remind you, that Mr. Montero is
just outside that door. Now, we'll get

truth out of you, or we'll get it out of
him.

Now, did you or did you not provide him
with incendiary devices that he

used to burn one or more buildings on
the west side?

I did not. And if he says I did, he's a
liar.

Why did you want those properties so
badly? Just tell us.

Read my lips, will you? Real estate
speculation.

Speculation.

That's... When you buy property without
knowing whether its value will go up or

down.

But you knew, didn't you?

And I know something, too.

You're not going to get away with this.
I'm going to break your heart.

There was no real speculation, was
there?

You had inside information from Mayor
Borelli which properties on the west

would be condemned by the city.

for the purpose of building the new
inner -city expressway, didn't you?

Yes, it's true, but I didn't kill
anybody.

One thing at a time.

You knew the route of the expressway.

Yes, I did.

And that's why you were so anxious to
get those properties, because you knew

city would then have to buy them from
you.

That's right.

And the mayor found out about what you
were doing.

And that's when he accused you of
betraying him, and that's why he had to

killed. I didn't kill anybody.

Stuart Franklin and Janice Borelli, they
were my partners.

Don't ask me who killed Brian. Ask them.

Maybe I will.

Uh, a moment, Your Honor.

Eddie Lomax is now in the custody of the
Chicago Police Department.

Your Honor, may counsel approach the
bench. Mr. Price.

Must have really given him an earful,
huh, Chris?

Your Honor, I'd like to request an
adjournment until tomorrow morning. I

time to interview a new and possibly
vital witness.

Who hired you to kill Joseph Chan?

I don't know what you're talking about.
Same person who hired you to kill Mayor

Borelli? Still don't know what you're
talking about. We can place you at

Chan's murder.

Big deal.

A smart man would make it easy on
himself, Eddie. This is boring.

And I'm missing dinner.

So, when you got something, you give me
a call.

What's going on?

Nothing much

It's self -defense.

Tell me what happened.

They put me in a cell with him. Next
thing I know, he's starting to swing at

So I duck.

He keeps coming after me. So I swing at
him. Only I connect.

Then I see he's got a shiv in his hand.

He comes at me.

I grab it.

He knocks me around.

We roll around the floor wrestling.

Next thing I know, it's sticking out of
his chest.

He started it?

You bet.

Did you know one another?

Never saw him before in my life. Stand
up.

Eddie's right hand was broken in two
places. His arm was in a sling.

But he started a fight with a total
stranger who was a foot taller and 50

heavier than him. Is that it?

That's what happened.

There's nothing in here on Jimmy Dolan.

And so much for the clippings on Jack
Brenner.

Now what?

I don't know.

But I'm starving.

You know, it's taken everything I have
not to make a pass at you.

I'll take that as a compliment.

Maybe you'll stick around after the
case?

That could be tomorrow if we don't find
something.

Hey, look at this.

What is it?

Jimmy Dolan's rap sheet.

That's a lot of arrests.

37. There's no convictions.

Doesn't even look like he's ever been to
trial.

Tell you anything?

Your Honor.

Before we begin and before the jury
enters, my client would like to make a

brief personal statement.

Very well.

Bailiff?

I'm sorry I behaved so disrespectfully.

It's something I regret.

And it won't happen again.

Bailiff, remove the restraints and then
bring in the jury.

I hope that wasn't just a speech your
attorneys had you memorize, Mr. Reardon.

If you disrupt these proceedings again,
I'll throw all of you in jail for

contempt of court.

Yes, sir.

At this time, defense would like to call
Judge Stuart Franklin to the stand.

I understand you and Mayor Borelli were
old friends.

His ghetto was across the alley from
mine.

We grew up together.

Did you go to school together?

Through high school, and then he went on
to college, and I joined the police

force. And that gave you the opportunity
to go to night school and eventually

earn a law degree.

That's correct.

You're a real bootstrapped man, Judge
Franklin.

Voters like that.

It's no wonder.

that you were elected to the city
council by such a landslide.

And Brian Borelli was on the council
with you, wasn't he? Yes, he was.

Two old friends serving side by side.

Must have been quite a shock when he
stabbed you in the back.

He did no such thing.

Well, Judge Franklin, it's common
knowledge that Brian Borelli convinced

take the judgeship which you now hold.

And with you out of the running, the
leaders of the political party at the

turned to him as the candidate.

That's warmed -over backroom gossip.

He destroyed your chances of ever being
mayor of this city, and you never

forgave him, did you?

That is not true.

Oh, I know. You've said over and over
again what old and dear friends you

And you didn't hesitate to use that
friendship, did you?

Or inside information.

Information that could do two things.

Make you a lot of money, and maybe
somewhere down the line, destroy the

political career of your old friend.

What you've said is not true.

Do you deny that you were a member of a
plan

to buy up industrial West Side property?

The only property I own in this city is
my home. Judge Franklin, as a jurist you

know full well you did not answer my
question. And you, sir, have not

any evidence to prove I was a member of
this conspiracy.

A simple yes or no will do.

Were you a member of a conspiracy to
purchase West Side property? No, I was

But you did know of the plan the city
had to build a new road. Of course. And

you discussed the route with the mayor.
I may have. I don't recall.

I failed to the point of all this, Your
Honor. Your Honor, I'll make the point

right now.

Please do.

Immediately.

Please tell the court what this is.

A check.

Made out in what amount?

$150 ,000.

Made out to whom?

Janice Borelli.

Made out... By whom?

Me. Yeah.

Yeah.

Now, you may wonder what I'm doing with
this check.

Well, I'll tell you.

Janice Borelli gave it to me.

Right after she convinced you... That a
three -way conspiracy would be better

than going to jail. You see, she was
actually conspiring with me.

You remember that meeting you had in
that fancy restaurant?

If you don't, I'm sure she'll come up
here on the stand and remind you.

I remember it.

So, you do not deny you were a member of
Mr.

Brennert's scheme?

No.

Actually, it was Joseph Chan's scheme,
wasn't it? He came to you first. He

needed you to help persuade the mayor
the new expressway should go through the

industrial section of the west side
rather than through the predominantly

residential section on the south side.
At least, that's what you told Mrs.

Borrelli. Yes, but... None of this has
anything whatsoever to do with the

before this court, which is whether or
not your client is guilty of murder. I

have to concur, Your Honor. This line of
questioning is irrational and

distracting. Your Honor, may I just take
a different approach?

Proceed. Thank you.

Do you know a fellow named Eddie Lomax?

Only through conversations I've had with
you. The police extradited him from

Texas. to charge him with Joseph Chan's
murder and to question him about the

mayor's murder.

And knowing how fast news travels around
the courthouse, I figured you'd heard

about it. Mr. Matlock, I am too busy to
listen to gossip.

All right, let's forget about Eddie
Lomax for the moment.

Do you know who Jimmy Dolan is?

Sorry, I've never heard of him.

Before you were a judge...

Before you were on the city council,
before you were a public defender, you

a what?

A police officer. A police officer. And
back when you were a police officer,

there was a young man named Jimmy Dolan
who was arrested on crimes ranging from

assault to grand theft 37 times and
never went to trial, never

prosecuted.

Now, do you remember?

Well, let me read you what some of the
resting officers had to say back then.

This one is by Detective Ted Withers.

May 17, 1974. Released Jimmy Dolan.

Dropped grand theft auto charge at
Stuart Franklin's request.

Detective Sergeant Arthur Weingarten,
November 14.

1976. Surefire case against Jimmy Dolan
dropped.

Reeve Sergeant Stuart Franklin.

Sergeant Stuart Franklin.

That was you, wasn't it?

Yes.

Jimmy Dolan was your snitch, wasn't he?

Yes.

He did favors for you, you did favors
for him.

It was so long ago.

He recruited Eddie Lomax for you, didn't
he? No. Mayor Borelli was about to

expose you as the Judas you are, not
only for betraying him, but for

members of the black community who would
have benefited had that expressway been

built through their district.

So you had Jimmy Dolan hire someone to
assassinate the mayor and Joseph Chan,

didn't he? No. And that man was Eddie
Lomax. None of this is true. Once the

police got hold, of Eddie Lomax.

You asked Jimmy Dolan to do one last
favor for you, didn't you? You had him

stab Eddie Lomax to death in his cell.

That's right.

Eddie Lomax is dead.

And he was killed by a man who was
hired.

By this man.

Coincidence?

It's a mere coincidence.

You have not proved one thing.

Maybe not.

And I don't really have to.

But I'm pretty sure I've demonstrated
that someone other than my client had a

damn good reason to kill Mayor Borrelli.

That someone hired someone else to
actually commit the crime.

So the first someone might escape
detection.

As far as my client's concerned, it's
called reasonable doubt.

And, so far as proof, I met Jimmy Dolan.

Tall drink of water.

But I'm sure when the good officers of
the Chicago Police Department talk with

him for a while, he'll get a little
shorter.

Nothing further.

We, the jury, find the defendant not
guilty.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

This court is adjourned.

Pretty good system, huh?

Better than I thought.

Thanks. Okay.

Congratulations. Hey, listen.

If you ever find yourself in this
situation again, don't yell at the

Cheers.

Dinner tonight?

Oh, I have to pack.

Oh. I have a story to write.

Well, what?

I owe you a title to my house.

Oh.

Well, that's okay.

There's probably somewhere I wouldn't
want to live anyway.