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do you anybody important no one at all

girl's name was Mavis residence she was

a cocktail waitress at the she she was

on her way home from work she wasn't

assaulted wasn't robbed just stabbed

five times whoever did it must have been

awfully matter sico can I help you Mike

uh hello Nikki

she's a friend lieutenant prospects I

don't know they're operating on him

somewhere in the area no nobody around

here seems to be what talk I wish that

dog could talk he's the only eyewitness

we have if you think of anything that

can help us yeah yeah I know like

Carver's eyes whatever help you can give

I am sorry about your dog

thanks for telling

the newshounds

he's still out there yes yeah should I

have a picnic with this one yep what's

in the harness Mike something yeah

underage yeah yeah yeah that's

Longstreet he survived the surgery it's

gonna be touch and go you see the knife

pierced his lung on the left side I've

done everything I can to control the

bleeding and I posed up the wound

Oh what is that what is chances 5050

morning scene this blind man I witnessed

a murder I told him I wanted to sweep up

out there but I didn't stop him hello

there that's it let's take a break Mike

are we going to talk about the Blasco

case no that's all as far as I'm

concerned when do you stop Mike I

it isn't just packs is it Mike I know

it's not just taxes

it's the murders that dead girl it's the

fact that if I could see that murder

might be locked up by now if you had

been able to see it might be you laying

in a hospital now with a 50/50 chance

yeah well I can't see I'm not in

hospital and that's the point that

murderer yeah he stood in front of me

with a knife and he saw I couldn't see

he decided didn't have to deal with me

cuz I was blind I was I was harmless no

threat to him well I resent that I

resent that that cop is missing me

because I need to see the murderer his

end I'm buddy angry about it I can

testify that that's some unfinished

business don't see if your business is

what I think it is I'm against it Mike

by now the killer has read the papers he

knows you're not just any blind man he

knows you're a top-notch investigator

you start nosing around and get anywhere

near him he's gonna try to kill you

well then at least he'll have to deal

with me won't he well I didn't hear from

either you

mr. monster

what does he say says he didn't do it

mr. Longstreet I appreciate your

volunteering coming down here but we do

have a very strong case

oh and I can't do any damage Kenneth

what's your name Gary Stevens

you know me saw your picture in the

paper that's all

you know what is this you can go now

look you're not gonna hang me on what a

blind man said look you guys are crazy

I didn't do it I love her I couldn't

have done that to her

you're all crazy I miss blind

well what's your case fingerprints

oh you haven't found the knife he was

her boyfriend and they had a few heavy

fights yesterday afternoon they had a

- knockdown brawl mostly her getting - knocked down thought she was fooling

Around on the side and threatened to

kill her in front of three witnesses he

also found out they'd served time in

Texas for slicing up a bartender in a

fight doesn't feel right I don't know

what that means mr. long straight means

it doesn't feel right

you said that he never touched you or

spoke to you I don't think you're in any

position to identify him though maybe

you're right

still doesn't get rid of my gut feeling

that you've got the wrong man

bad baby ah so so you're not going back

tonight no not tonight

great the kids were beginning to think

you were a myth so was I

yes no it's up with my computer comes

out image

Stephens isn't the right image she's

he's lighter he's smaller he even

breathe differently

something else that's nagging at me that

I can't put my finger on we're here

that's 11:40 almost exactly 24 hours

from the murder I was hoping you

wouldn't mention that word dark alleys

aren't my idea of fun and games under

the best circumstances what do you see

on both sides there's a solid wooden

door at the end of the alley any windows

yes on the first floor there's a large

barred window

no people windows yes they're all dark

wait on the second floor on the left

side there's a dim light well let's go

visit yes what is it

sorry to bother you so late my name is

Longstreet you're the guy in the news

today yes that's right a couple of

questions well it's almost midnight

you're working late all right come on

Ian thank you sir thanks very much this

is my assistant Nicky Bell how do you do

are you a writer advertising dawn what

is it it's just some people asking some

questions going back to that tell me the

answers to your questions are the room

overlooking the alley belongs to my son

Rudy who was fast asleep last night he's

already told the police that he didn't

see anything times you normally go to

sleep that times 8:00 8:30 lights out oh

I saw a light in his room just a few

minutes ago were you in his room no if

that kid is playing games so happy no

reason to I'm sorry I hope I didn't get

the boy into any trouble Dawn's under a

lot of pressure

he Hollis a lot it's an escape valve I

guess the rooms dark he's fast asleep

you sure you saw a light well it could

have been a reflection sorry don't

bother you no bother uh would you mind

if we came back during the day and talk

to the boy no I guess not

thank you thank you good night good

night

he thinks young Rudy is a night person

you think the boy was awake could be so

what happened it's possible why wouldn't

you said something we're here Mike I'm

sorry about the mess but I kind of

deadline and even when you're

freelancing you have to look like an

idiot

we'll be back in a minute ice entered

the store does he talk much about the

other night not the murder not to me

well maybe the kids at school don't talk

about very much of anything really you

know kids how do you reach him well I

thought you got lost all right these

people would like to ask you a couple

questions

I know you you've got that big white

Shepherd and you're blind hmm oh that's

right on both counts

I've seen you walking usually he walks

me Rudy I'm uh my name is Mike and this

is Nicky can we shake

that's it

you don't wear sunglasses no no usually

I uh I take them off when I'm not his

son you see the Sun well I'd feel it

would you stop being such a pain could

we see your room

is it about the murder yes I was

sleeping just show them please you don't

mind do you

no well good let's see now the door is

that way

which ways you're already it's just down

the hall take them please yeah that's

right ready just lead the way now what's

this is the hall yeah which way is your

room

straight ahead okay how many steps well

you sure I always shout them yeah yeah

me too

you certainly have a good view yowee I

want to see that you couldn't see I

can't remember oh yeah I feel it

I like your room Rudy you always keep it

this neat yes

can you feel any kind of light oh it's

strong enough I want to test me huh well

let's see now you have a flashlight

well I'm not supposed to have it

you stay up at night and read ready we

told my father no I'll leave that to you

did you look out the window that night

no no I was sleeping I never saw

anything honest all right all right long

as you say so still want to try the

flashlight okay

all right you ready on Iran it's off

sorry guess we all make mistakes that we

really you've seen

is he lying maybe maybe was telling

truth it's hard to imagine that a child

would disown a murder to save himself

from a spanking as the murderer means

nothing in this packing means everything

how do you deal with that very gingerly

how long have you had him not long

enough

how's he doing so far so good no more

bleeding wounds holding up I realize how

important it is to you no no not just a

meet up he pulls through he's never

gonna forget who did this to him I can't

go with this Bert it's the worst piece

of work you've ever given me it's

repetitious unimaginative I don't know

where your mind was when you were

writing it but it certainly wasn't on

this project and sorry must be these

headaches

leave it all right I want you to see a

doctor about those headaches get

yourself back in shape thank you for

letting me see the room oh it's no

problem

- she's paid up literally the month and - murder are no murder I ain't about to

Run out no room that's already been paid

out no that's very kind of you

well I always say you gotta live by kind

acts if you want to be remembered kindly

is that what you drive in it's awful

Airy for a man in your condition

I wear a seat belt oh that's good cuz

you could fly right out of it

I was just wondering him her boyfriend

thought she might have been playing

around with somebody else do you know

anything about that I'll tell you it was

no lie I ain't never seen her mind you

but the nights that her beau worked she

was off and running all print up raring

to go you ever see his car or um hear

his voice on a telephone no sir

she left walking come home the same way

but if you ever called here I never knew

about it then how can you be certain he

exists I've got a woman's nose

business as usual she was just a whisper

world only stops for the thunders how

you seen in Georgia with a killer he's a

man in the corner not this time

okay I have about one minute before they

miss me shoot we're interested in Mabus

Ruston the man in the headlines will you

help us look I already talked to the

police we just worked together you know

I didn't even like her all that much she

have a guy in the woodwork well if she

did she sure kept him there nobody

around here knew anything about Ella

hi mr. Oakes hello

the usual yes

they should be back any minute

do anything you want to after I leave

that's tomorrow's headache that's good

right there and this piece goes right

yeah my grandson and I do them all the

time yeah I made it

hi dude hello mrs. K I'll give you a

lift

not tonight bingo night drop you Thank

You mr. Longstreet we're outta laundry

so I'll get some see you morning times

if you win tonight ba then you see me

tomorrow you're out of scotch and

bourbon yes so I noticed

well the rise not bad I dropped by to

check on packs he's he's holding his own

oh thanks too

I got a job for you

do you want it oh when it start tonight

no that sounds serious it is somebody's

been cleaning out some high-priced art

collections

oh wait wait don't tell me um the

collections are in New York right San

Francisco that's not bad yeah San

Francisco that's still far enough

outside New Orleans to keep me out of

trouble well you can get sore if you

want to but it's still a legitimate job

I pass I got a call from lieutenant

Ryder today he knows you've been

snooping around he asked me if you've

been working on an insurance case for me

uh yeah I told him you were a private

citizen hmm they're gonna start crowding

me what do you think she's got the

killer what do you think very good case

oh it's fine dope he's got the killer

locked up I'm in no danger you can stop

worrying about me or I can guess nowhere

will you be very late all right

just make sure you have some summer okay

no one why what is it

let's go inside okay I heard it Nikki

know what he sounds like

are you sure you heard it before yeah I

heard it the night of the murder but you

can't describe it I got told you do come

I hear it again I'll recognize who is it

Ryder

hi we check the whole area for

suspicious characters yeah and there

weren't he right line man got spooked by

the night air what do we look for I

can't arrest people because of their

footsteps oh why not she need an

eyewitness my ears in my eyes

I'm sorry mr. Longstreet I can describe

- what I've seen can you describe what - you've heard

They like I'll leave a man outside to

keep watch I know why bother since you

have the right man in jail I'm in no

danger

good night then good night return like I

believed you

well thanks friend about two lieutenants

right I can't describe what I heard

still the kindergarten stage in that

department it's like hearing Stravinsky

when you're geared for Tiny Tim maybe

you can't describe it my but you can

recognize it and that's worth

investigating

yeah but how I walk down the streets

with my ear on the ground now I have a

friend a doctor Brad Phil no no no I'd

uh it wasn't a shuffle step

there's congenital hip dysplasia that's

not it

this step was very very similar to a

normal person step maybe some kind of

limp no I'm running out of material how

about this

what did you think maybe I might be able

to imitate it better with my hands now

listen carefully for the sound from the

diseased leg it's a foot drop it slaps

wait wait a minute not not so much

differentiation

yeah well it's cruder but that's the

sound no no that's not the walk I heard

the night of the murder or last night

thanks take him back thank you man

lieutenant the man who killed Mavis

Rustin has some kind of a muscular

impairment Ms Lake suggest you check

anybody yard like that and who the girl

came in contact with her about Stephens

you gotta let him go oh I couldn't even

if I wanted to not on that evidence but

I'll buy a suggestion I'll put some men

on it no thanks

thanks man

hello hi is mr. Longstreet here no no

well can I help you

oh no I I just wanna know how his dog

was doing well mr. Longstreet's at the

hospital right now so um why don't I

tell him that you came by to see thank

you can I tell him who called I'm ready

Rudy Krim just tell him the boy with the

window over the alley well it seems

pretty specific all right mr. kramm I'll

tell him thank you bye-bye

hi dude hello folks how goes it Lee

fine but you had a heavy meeting Oh was

canceled Oh

Lee closed the shop early today too

that's all yeah huh spike no he's

holding his own you're on your way in I

was but I think I'll tag along with you

if you don't mind

where's your car I cabbed it but I don't

mind riding in a rumble seat did you

bring along your shotgun are you gonna

give me trouble how long you two gonna

keep playing buddy garden as long as you

remain stubborn

yeah well might give a give me a break

will ya it's not often my glutted

- arteries have a chance to pump noble - blood and if I say no Lee will have

Closed the shop for nothing you'll lose

my delightful company and I'll have to

spend a cold and lonely night on your

doorstep okay no no

married how come well it's one reason

man would want to hide his relationship

with a girl that's he married with a bad

leg there's a mr. MacAfee he's a married

guy comes in regular and he walks with a

limp from some sort of hip disease or

arthritis maybe no no my name doesn't

have a limp not exactly that's about the

only one I know most guys don't talk to

us girls about stuff like that they want

to look like peacocks not damaged

bananas hey Arnie huh you know a regular

that comes in here that has a leg or a

foot problem mcafee yeah we did magazine

good woman he's got an artificial leg no

kidding

no this dis man wasn't have a noticeable

limp you'd have a muscular disease or no

case of polio Oaks sure I never knew

there was nothing wrong with myself

until about six months ago he came right

in here 7:00 tomorrow one evening targa

on on bent my ear about how he had polio

when he was a little kid and now he has

trouble with his right foot because it's

not as strong as the other one why he

won't even drive his own car because he

don't feel secure when he puts his foot

- on the brake was he friendly with any of - the girls sure with all of them any in

Particular

Mavis Ruston no not that I ever noticed

a man named Alex who may or may not have

the right kind of a limp who may or may

not have no Mavis Ruston

who may or may not have been seen in

that alley on that night by a kid who

may or may not have been away handed we

listen is a long street this may turn

out to be the biggest to of my

entire career

and I don't think so I'm gonna have my

men check out Oaks meanwhile why don't

you go home and at the police department

do its job calling why don't you just go

home thanks for the hospitality listen I

may need you to reassure I'm really

spending the night with a friend oh it's

not that kind of girl I know but it's a

little game we play she pretends to be

suspicious and I try to feel guilty it's

a pinch of spice in our wedding cake do

it yeah hang up will you

what is it it's time to go home both of

you I'm fine I'll uh I'll be fine now

wait a minute friend this is a killer

who's setting you up no no we don't know

that we don't know he's setting me up he

followed you my I don't even if he did

he knows I can't do anything to him my

witness there's no case against Oakes or

anybody else what about Rudy yeah if he

was awake how do we know he saw anything

no come on come on we don't want you

carved up by some maniac Duke he's not a

maniac he killed for a reason you only

come after me for a reason now go home

or I'm gonna start charging you both ran

all right we call me if you need me yes

right god you're stubborn and hard-nosed

then when you get like this you are

impossible go home we good I yeah good

night

I know you you've got that big like

chambray I've seen you walking

well usually he walks me

hello

oh yes it's just the man you're looking

for

yes mr. Oaks

you know me I want to talk to you

about what Navis Rustin she wanted to

destroy me

do you understand I have a wife I have

children I love them I didn't want to

hurt them I never wanted to hurt made us

go to the police turn yourself in I

can't risk that I'd I'd lose everything

it's your only choice I know you killed

that girl you want to destroy me too but

you can't you can't prove anything if

you could the police would have picked

me up already it's just a matter of time

now

keep away from me and my life and keep

them away from me or something could

happen to you and that boy he is

connected somehow

isn't it he hasn't said anything make

sure he doesn't

lieutenant he called me he threatened me

and the boy

I believe you look according to his wife

he was supposed to be at his office on

the night of the murder so far no one

can verify why not lucky mom because

it's not enough you can't prove he

called me told me mr. Longstreet I'll

find someone to keep an eye on you on

the boy meanwhile there is no case no

proof

still no witnesses

oh yeah can you get that

hello mr. nose oh hello mrs. grandma I'm

seeing what is this I'm sorry to come in

so late but I just gotta see Rudy why

what about it some new developments look

he said he was sleeping he told the cops

he was sleep yours you're not a cop

you're not a friend of the dead girl I

know I look as far as I'm concerned

you're just trying to play at being a

detective well I don't want you

upsetting my kid with all let's talk

about murder I just don't want my kid

hurt that's all neither do i what do you

mean I mean it might be in some kind of

danger because of something he saw he

told you he was sleeping he's so sure of

that mr. Krim Rudy

yes oh I'm sorry to waken you can we

talk huh how's your dog well he's only

gone how about you I'm not sick

no no you're not sick scared me you know

being scared kind of sickness you were

scared plenty of what when I was a kid

of the dark you're not now no not so

much anymore I used to be scared of

breaking the rules to getting caught but

I always felt better afterwards after

you were caught mm-hmm

see the people I I didn't think would

understand well they they always did

understand it you know I think you talk

and listen better because you're blind

maybe Rudy if I talk now will you listen

yes you know I was a kid just about

about your age I I used to think the

whole world would come crashing down on

me because of something I did so I'd

make believe it didn't happen so people

wouldn't get angry with me

that's all right when you're a kid Rudy

because every kid has the right to be a

kid but I'm not tonight not tonight Rudy

tonight you've got to be grown-up you

have to understand the difference

between a fib event by reading in bed at

night and a fib about seeing someone

killed there's one lie might involve a

scolding maybe even a spanking but the

other that lie involves human life mine

yours maybe even your folks I don't

understand

tonight Rudy just for tonight you've got

to be a man you have to tell the truth

because a lot of people are depending on

you

I think I'm depending on you more than

anyone can you do it

did you see the murder yes they can

describe the man

Ochs what do you want what are you doing

here

you killed Mavis Ruston I heard you and

someone saw you I'm afraid you're

mistaken me I don't know you I never saw

you never saw you either but I know you

now I can prove it

lieutenant Ryder

mr. Oakes lieutenant Ryder

I'll take that

packs that's your boy

yeah yeah that's your boy oh yes you're

gonna say hello it's not one of your

best barks boy but it's something to

build I don't