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Mail call.

Harris. Harris. Fish.

Wojciehowicz. Fish.

And captain miller.

Mail call.

Harris?

Fish.

- not here yet. - not here yet.

Wojciehowicz.

- captain miller? - in his office.

You got anything for dietrich?

Nothing, but thanks For coming over anyway.

Oh, sir. Thought you'd like

To take a look at these posters.

Posters?

Squad cars have been picking Them up all over the precinct.

"$1,000 good-citizens award

"To any person or persons Who fatally wounds a criminal

"During the commission

Or attempted Commission of a crime."

"Contact lower manhattan Merchants' committee

For social reform, Bruno bender, president"?

Hundreds of them all over The business district, sir.

They must be kidding.

Maybe it's an ad for a movie.

Maybe it isn't.

In any case, it's a new low

In equal opportunity employment.

A thousand bucks a head.

That's not bad.

I don't know.

By the time they take Out your withholding,

Unemployment, what do you got?

Vigilantes. Heh. That's all we needed.

Yeah.

Look, when I say "We," I don't mean just we,

I mean we.

Well, they can't go putting A price on someone's head.

This... This is Illegal. Right, barn?

I'm not sure.

Anything I can do, sir?

Thank you. Anything I can do, sir?

It's okay, levitt. We'll, Uh... We'll take care of it.

Wojo, contact the lower Manhattan merchants' committee

And get mr. Bender to come by.

Tell him we'd like To have a little chat.

Right, barn.

Uh, sir?

What time's the party For sergeant fish?

We're not planning On a party, levitt...

Just a simple, dignified Presentation of a gift.

Yes, sir.

If I may, sir, I know It's in bad taste

To bring up the subject Of replacement at this time.

But I never let it Stop me before, so...

We're thinking About you, levitt.

We're thinking about you.

Thank you, sir.

What should I do with Sergeant fish's mail from now on?

Forward it to his home.

He'll be staying on at home, Just as if nothing happened?

- nothing has happened, levitt. - no, sir.

Sergeant fish will be at home Taking a well-deserved rest

Until he decides how He wishes to continue

What will undoubtedly Be a long and fruitful life.

He is not to be pitied. He is to be envied.

There is nothing tragic

About a man completing A job well done.

This is not the end. This is the beginning.

- but no party. - but no party!

Yes, sir.

All right, stimple. Come on. Get in there.

Yeah. Sure. At least I Got a chance in here.

What do we got here?

It's harold stimple, barney.

He tried to hold up a Ma-and-pa grocery over on 10th.

Oh, sure. You want To hear ma and pa?

Pa had a meat ax.

And ma? She had a .38 pointed at my head!

Empty your pockets.

Apparently,

Stimple was holding This little toad-stabber.

He told ma and pa to Empty the cash register.

Well, anyway, by the Time we got there,

He was on the floor whimpering.

I ain't ashamed. I was Begging for my life!

Right.

They had one of Those reward posters

In the window, barn.

What's the matter? Can't you read?

I didn't see it.

I came in the back way, Like a professional.

Beg your pardon.

What's with them posters anyway?

I mean, it's illegal, ain't it?

Uh, we're not certain yet.

Mom and pop didn't Want to release this guy.

We had to give them a receipt.

What a culture.

All right, check him for priors

And ship him down To manhattan south.

Aw, come on.

That old lady, she was Gonna kill me for the money.

She said she needed Drapes and a new dinette set.

You heard her.

Women, huh?

Cookie?

I beg your pardon?

Have one?

Hey, where'd you get these?

Ma gave them to me.

Accepting gratuities?

She had a gun. What could I do?

I'm bruno bender...

Lower manhattan merchants' Committee for social reform.

The mr. Bender of the, Uh, reward posters?

Yeah.

Is that him? Is that the nut?

Who's that?

A concerned citizen.

Keep it down.

Mr. Bender, I'm captain miller.

How are you?

Somebody called and said You wanted to talk to me.

Uh, yeah.

It had to do with those reward Posters you have around.

What about them?

Well, they're creating quite A stir in the neighborhood.

They were supposed to.

Mr. Bender, our position On this matter is that...

They'll do the Job. I promise you.

The job, mr. Bender, Is ours, not yours.

You gonna order me to Take down the posters?

What I'm going to do is ask You to understand the problem

And to cooperate with us...

And take down the posters?

To not make an already Difficult situation any worse.

And take down the posters.

And take down the posters.

Had a feeling you Were gonna say that.

Me too. I had the same feeling.

It was in the air.

Can we count on Your cooperation?

Now, look. We Can't keep taking it.

We can't just let them Push us out into the sea.

We got to take a Stand someplace.

I can appreciate that. Your intentions are good.

And I can sympathize

With what you merchants Have to go through,

But the fact of the matter is

That there are laws Applicable here...

Interfering with the police,

Endangering the Public order, uh...

Littering.

If they fall down.

Laws, huh?

Don't give me laws.

You think those young punks Out there think about laws,

About right and wrong?

Ha! They'd just as soon slit Your throat as look at you.

I would not. Th eknife Was only for color.

Tell it to the marines.

You're a maniac.

Behave yourself, Stimple, or I'll tell mom.

Barney, the d.A.'s office Is on the phone, line one.

- excuse me. - yeah.

Mr. Falconetti. Thank you.

We'll get an official Opinion on this matter.

You don't scare me.

Uh, mr. Falconetti, Captain miller here.

Well, uh, as far as we know, They were legally posted, yes.

Well, there must be Some other ordinance

That can cover the situation.

Mr. Falconetti, could You hold on a second?

Yeah, just... Just Hold the phone.

Excuse me a minute.

He likes to use his own phone.

It's a princess.

Hi, nick, harris, wojo.

- luger. - luger.

Where's, uh... Our Retirement kid?

Well... Where he at, eh?

Oh!

Got it. Shh.

Places, everybody.

♪ hmm ♪

♪ for he's a jolly good fellow ♪

♪ for he's a jolly good fellow ♪

♪ for he's a jolly good fellow ♪

♪ that nobody can deny ♪ Hey!

Thank you, inspector.

Appreciate the sentiment.

You betcha.

You are telling me that there Is no law to cover this situation?

We've got laws in the City for everything...

Spitting on the sidewalk, You can't smoke in an elevator.

Did you know you're not allowed To keep a goat in manhattan?

Well, it's true.

But there is nothing To prevent somebody

From putting a price On somebody else's head?

Barn, dispatch just called.

There's a shootout On lexington avenue.

Excuse me, mr. Falconetti. I've got to hang up now.

There are some people Shooting at one another,

Which at the moment Is still against the law.

- who's on with you? - yemana.

Nick, you have some business.

You and me, nick.

I'll call kogan And get some cars.

Precinct reports a Manpower request.

Somebody's got To sign for these.

Hey, barney, where's fish?

In a second, inspector.

Kogan, we've got a 1040 on lexington and...

- 18th. - 18th. We need some cars.

What time's the party Going to start, barney?

- no party. - huh?

Uh, thanks.

Draw some extra weapons And take some uniforms with you.

- yo. - huh?

- sir? - what's the matter?

Uniforms. I'm in one.

Uh... All right. Get going.

Yes, sir. I'm on with you guys.

Fish downstairs, barney?

Uh, we don't know.

When is he coming back?

- huh? - look, I ordered the booze.

I got ice cream down In the trunk of my car.

Very thoughtful Of you, inspector.

So?

What did the d.A. Say?

Uh, the d.A. Had a lot To say, mr. Bender.

So, are the posters Breaking any laws?

Look, we're kind of busy Around here, as you can see.

Why don't you just Have a seat, relax,

Make yourself at Home, mr. Bender?

Dietrich, let's get mr. Bender A magazine to look at, huh?

I don't think we have one.

Something? Anything?

Mug book?

Wonderful.

Come on, nick. Let's go.

Yeah, let's go.

Let go.

You're sending levitt with us?

You may need help. Come on. Let's go.

Levitt?

He's available, he's in uniform.

Come on. He's a trained Professional. Let's go.

Okay, let's move out, get A jump on the bad guys.

Enthusiasm, enthusiasm.

Yeah.

Hey.

You got a guy here Murdered five people.

Yeah.

Guy must have been some Kind of a maniac to do that.

Uh-huh.

Takes a nice picture, though.

Hey, did you ever see "The Texas chain saw massacre"?

With ginger rogers And fred astaire?

No, no.

No big names, but just One hell of a good movie.

I've already spoken to the d.A.

Can't we get an injunction,

A restraining Order... Something?

I want to get these Posters out of my precinct.

- yeah, hold on.

Yes?

Uh, captain, bernice On the phone.

She wants to talk to fish.

- still not in? - no.

All right, tell her... Tell her he's out,

He'll call her when He gets back in.

Yeah.

The question is, what Can I do with bender?

I've got him sitting In my squad room.

Nice piece.

I beg your pardon?

Your gun.

Oh.

But you'd be better Off with a .357 magnum.

You ought to come Down to my store.

Bender's sporting goods?

I can get it for you At 10% above cost.

No, thanks.

You can stop an elephant With one of those babies.

We're not supposed to stop them,

Just herd them Back into the park.

Uh, fish ain't in The locker room.

I never would have Thought to look in there.

Well...

It's not the kind of thing You pick up overnight, kiddo.

Does that belong to you?

No, they're not mine.

Lisle.

Wojo: all right, now. Never mind all that.

Just step in here, please. Mr. Cotterman, over here.

Could I have an Aspirin or something?

My hands are still shaking.

A man with a nervous System like yours

Got no business owning a gun.

Hey, hey, hey! Quiet.

Stay here with detective yemana.

Any sign of fish down there?

No. There's a big shootout On lexington avenue.

A lot of gunfire.

One guy got hit. We Put him in the hospital.

What a mess.

- these yours? - no.

No, I didn't think so.

Nine shopping hours in a day,

Somebody else's burglary Has to eat up the whole morning.

So if it wasn't your burglary, Who else should interfere?

Interfere?!

Somebody shoots your Windows to pieces, you interfere!

All right. Let's take It easy. Take it easy.

What's the story, woj?

Well, that's mr. Rostan On your right.

It was his jewelry Store that was robbed.

This is, uh...

Cotterman from cotterman's Liquor store on lexington.

The one without the window!

I wasn't shooting At your window!

God knows what You were shooting at.

Wait, wait, wait, wait. What Was all the shooting about?

As near as I can Put it together,

Mr. Rostan chased a suspect Out in the street with his gun

And started shooting at him,

So a bullet went through Cotterman's window.

So cotterman grabbed his Gun and started shooting, too.

Wouldn't you?

I would.

Mr. Bender, if you don't mind.

Nobody shoots my windows out.

Mr. Bender, this is Not your concern.

Uh, barn, the suspect was hit.

They took him to Beekman downtown.

- how bad? - I don't know.

A-are we going to jail?

Have you been read Your rights, mr. Rostan?

My rights?

My rights are that I Shouldn't be held up!

He's gonna start crying, For crying out loud.

I'm not crying. I'm upset.

What? Are you perfect? You don't ever get upset?

Let's just take it easy.

Start by getting Some statements.

Harris, would you take Mr. Rostan's statements?

Right. Over here, mr. Rostan.

Here you go. Let's Check these weapons out.

I've got a license for that gun.

You don't need a License, you need lessons.

Listen, you! You're Talking to a veteran!

Sit down.

And you're talking to A man with gallstones.

Huh?

I wanted to go. Ask my wife.

Let's get a statement From mr. Cotterman, too.

Mr. Bender. Come on. Let's go.

Hey! When can I Get out of here?!

Not quite yet, mr. Bender.

There's an official Inquiry going on.

Just have a seat For a minute, huh?

Way to go, cotterman.

Sit down!

Sure.

Levitt: captain miller?

Here we go, sir... My Report on what happened.

How could you have possibly Completed it so quickly?

Adrenaline, sir. Adrenaline.

It always starts pumping When I get into action.

I could build a Bridge if I had to.

- you don't have to. - thank you, sir.

There's a car downstairs To transfer a stimple, harold.

Thank you. Dietrich.

Get stimple ready to roll.

Levitt will take him Down to manhattan south.

Right, sir.

Yemana: barney?

All these guns are registered, Including the suspect's.

Isn't that wonderful?

They all had the right To carry a weapon.

Where they taking me?

You're going to manhattan south.

Nice, quiet, safe cell.

Oh, great.

Protective custody, right?

You got a good attitude For a loser, stimple.

Thanks.

You ought to lock him Up and throw away the key.

You lousy taxpayer.

Out! Out! Get marching!

Hut two, hut two.

Make a left! Hut two, hut two.

I'm standing on the ladder, Making a display of pints...

They have a higher markup...

When, suddenly, This strange bullet

Comes crashing Through the window,

Whipping through a case Of concord-grape wine.

Thank god it isn't the holidays.

And then what happened?

I got my gun, and I ran out.

Excuse me.

12th precinct. Wojciehowicz.

You should have seen him.

He was waving that gun Around, shooting like a madman.

Suspect?

Cotterman.

You hear that?

That's the thanks I Get for helping him out?

Helping me? You Almost killed me!

Big deal.

You almost put me Out of business...

34 years on the same corner.

I'm a responsible person. I Know what I'm shooting at.

Just keep it down.

I wasn't shooting At your cheap wine.

Where I aim, I hit!

These are the eyes of A professional jeweler!

Barn... That was Beekman downtown.

The guy's dead.

Dead?

A few minutes ago.

Oh, my god.

What happens now?

Well, now it gets a little Complicated, mr. Cotterman.

There will be a Coroner's inquest

At which you will Be invited to testify...

You too, mr. Rostan.

And, uh...

Events will take Their natural course.

Oh, my god!

Take it easy.

I mean, what... What jury Is gonna convict you?

Ain't I right?

I mean, it could have been One of them, right? Huh?

I mean, nobody asked That guy to go rob nobody.

In my whole life, I never Harmed another person.

Well, I mean, a guy walks Into an establishment

Of a private citizen, Looking to rob and steal.

And then he gets Himself blown away

By a private citizen Who's on the ball.

I mean, who's gonna Convict him, huh?

Nobody.

You walk out of that court,

You're a free man, Cotterman... With the money.

Money? What money?

Haven't you heard Of mr. Bender's offer?

1,000 bucks!

And you're entitled to it.

You killed a criminal in the Commission of a vicious crime.

Oh, my god!

Stop saying "Oh, My god" like that!

You're drawing attention.

You expected a Miracle to happen?

A man is dead, And you killed him.

Me?

It was you, too!

That's beside the point.

Maybe... Maybe it Wasn't me at all.

Take it easy.

You... You're such a hotshot.

Maybe it was only you!

Maybe.

So what's the difference? So you'll split the dough.

You shut up!

Okay. Just take it easy.

I'd tell you what to Do with your $1,000

If I wasn't in a police station.

Okay.

So I'll keep the Money in the kitty.

You finished with me?

For the time being, mr. Bender.

For the time being.

Yeah.

That's some veteran.

So do you, uh, lock us up?

That won't be Necessary, mr. Cotterman.

Just keep yourselves available.

District attorney's Office will contact you.

We understand.

Okay, so... We'll be seeing you.

I'm sorry if we caused You any trouble.

It's okay, mr. Rostan.

Oh. Captain miller...

Is there any way to find Out what really happened...

I mean, whether It was him or me?

Yes. There will Be ballistics tests.

I don't want to know.

If they find out, ask Them not to tell us.

I understand.

Come on. We'll Take a cab... On me.

A little drink Wouldn't hurt, either.

Why not?

There's some concord Grape I just opened.

The ice cream melted in my car.

You ought to smell The trunk, barney.

Smells like it's Been full of babies.

Anybody heard Anything from fish yet?

As a matter of fact, not a word.

What's he doing? Huh?

Check any massage Parlors, barney?

Maybe one of the Local jump-jump joints?

I don't think we'd Find him there, no.

Uh, barn? Maybe we ought To call the brooklyn precinct.

I hate to embarrass the man

If he's just out walking Or something, you know?

Yeah.

Give him a little more time.

I know a guy who, When he got depressed,

Would just put on his Coat, leave the house,

- and just start walking... - there. See?

Sometimes for hours on end.

One time he was gone For almost a whole day.

Sure. Some people Just like to be alone.

Yeah.

He came back, didn't he?

- yeah. - see?

Tide brought him in.