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Hey, copper.
You gonna help an old lady?

Hello, mae, how's the lady
With the scales doing?

Are they balanced?

Somebody stuck his finger right
In his eye today, baby.

Old cautious is on the bench.

You know what?

He'll spend all morning
Instructing the jury,

The lawyers, the janitor.

You know, he is so scared
Of getting overturned,

He's going
To write the transcripts

In his own hand.

Here, hold that,
Will ya for me, please?

This case, theo,
It isn't as easy as it looks,

You know?

Them murders
Happened four years ago.

- yeah.
- accused's got a sharp lawyer.

But memories is fuzzy.

You know, witnesses forget.

Ah, let me tell you.

It's rough.

Yeah, where are they now?

Well, if you ask me,

Old cautious is probably still
Laying down the ground rules.

Thanks.

Hey, mae, this courthouse

Would collapse without you
Here every day.

- you know that?
- ah.

What's an old broad going to do?

Catch a dirty movie?

See a soap on tv?
Listen.

This beats as the world turns
Coming and going.

Well, that's
A great color combination.

How'd you know
I just bought a brown suit?

You want 'em?

Not for me.

My feet keep asking,

"When are we going to get
Another pair of socks from mae?"

Sure.
Why should you be different?

Everybody wants my socks.

Judges, lawyers, cops.
You know what?

They stop me in the hall.

They say, "Mae, come on.

Mae, please."

But these socks, theo,
They are my muscle.

'cause I let it be known
That not everybody

Is gonna get them 'cause
Not everybody deserves 'em.

- you see?
- yeah.

Now, for instance,

You take this kid--

This new assistant d.A.--

I'll take it from you now,
Thanks.

The one that's prosecuting
Your case, he--

He's a baby.

What was your position
In the police department

On the day in question?

I was a uniformed patrolman
At the time,

And my beat
Included vestry street.

And that's where the award diner
Was located.

Let it be recorded
In the records

That the award diner is owned
By one lionel lessonbee.

Lionel lessonbee,

The champion of justice.

Champion sucker, maybe.

They don't give
A damn about you.

Carol, I've got
To testify today.

I saw three men get killed,

Shot down.

What do I do? Ignore that?

Ignore the subpoena?

Not get involved?

How can I do that and not feel
Corrupt for the rest of my life?

Corrupt?

You worry about corrupt
In this city?

Hey, take it easy, carol.

You're beginning to sound
Like a street sucker.

That's where I come from,
Baby, and so do you.

Oh, do you have to go out?

No, but raymond
Is getting anxious.

You should have protection.

A man just spent four years
In jail.

And when I testify against him
This afternoon,

He'll spend the rest
Of his life there.

Detective crocker,
We're waiting.

Yeah, I'm thinking.

I beg your pardon.

I'm thinking.

Okay,
I realize it's four years ago.

Now, to the best
Of your recollection,

Can you tell us what occurred
At the award diner on that date?

I was standing
Across the street

When my attention was drawn
To the premises of the diner.

The blinds were down, and there
Was a "Closed" sign in the door.

- well, was that unusual?
- yes.

It was lunchtime, and that's
Usually a busy hour for them.

I started across the street,

And I heard two gunshots
Coming from the diner.

As I approached the door,
I heard another gunshot.

Now, I also heard screaming
And shouting.

The door was locked, but I
Could see just past the blind.

There were people standing
Around with their hands raised,

And I could make out
Three men laying on the floor

With what appeared to be blood
On them.

Then I noticed a man
In a blue ski-type jacket

Running towards the rear
Of the diner.

Why did you notice
This particular man?

He had a gun in his hand.

Keeping an eye on me, frank?

Mrs. Lessonbee called down.

She's a little nervous about you
Going to court to testify today,

You know?

Yeah.

Morning.

Just take me a second
To fix this thing.

What kind of dog is that?

It's an australian silky.

A little wind-up toy.

Oh, it left a little bit
Of silk right here.

What about the other people
In the diner?

I told mr. Lessonbee,
The owner,

To call an ambulance
And then call the precinct.

That's when I drew my service
Revolver and pursued the gunman.

Describe that, please.

Keep it honest.

Your boy's doing okay.

South on greenwich.

When I reached that point,

He was about a block
Ahead of me and running.

I was able to close the gap
A bit.

He turned east on laight
And then north on hudson.

He entered
An apartment building

Located at 409 hudson,
Ran up the stairway,

And locked himself
In a fourth-floor apartment.

How far behind him were you
At this time?

I was pretty close
At that time.

I was
On the third-floor landing,

And I could see him up
Through the stairwell.

And when you reached the door?

Well, I identified myself--
As a police officer--

And demanded entry.

And?

And a shot
Came through the door!

Are you sure
That you identified yourself

Loudly enough to be heard
Inside the apartment?

Yes, sir.
I screamed it.

Hi, lieutenant.

All right,
I want moscowitz, prince,

And the first cop
On the scene

In that order.

This guy looks familiar.

Lionel lessonbee.

Oh, terrific.

All right,
Have somebody call the captain.

He'll have to tell the d.A.

I take it he didn't die
Of natural causes.

No, I'm only guessing,
But I'd say that it was a knife,

A big one.

There's a large, wedge-shaped
Wound in the chest,

Went through a couple of ribs
On the way in.

That'd take a strong man.

Let me know as soon
As you're sure.

I didn't know you liked dogs.

It was the victim's,
Lieutenant.

Oh, great.
See if you can get a statement.

Find out how lessonbee got
Suckered down to this basement.

You got it.

Could you describe
How the arrest took place?

I came through the door,

And he was trying
To get out the window

And reload his gun
At the same time.

He struggled, and I was able
To handcuff him to the radiator.

Detective crocker,

I would like for you to look
Around this courtroom

And tell us if you see the man
You chased,

The man who fired
A gun at you,

The man you finally subdued
And captured.

Yeah, he's sitting right there
At the defense table

In the checkered shirt.

Let the record
Reflect that the witness

Is indicating the defendant,
One burl slote.

Now, after subduing the suspect,

What were your actions?

I read him his rights

And used his phone
To call the precinct.

The only thing I didn't do was
Give him a dime for the phone.

And I checked his apartment
For possible accomplices.

That's when I discovered that--

Objection!

Your honor,
This is inexcusable.

The prosecution is trying
To sneak in testimony

That is clearly inadmissible.

There's been no ruling
On that in this court!

Not one more word.

Counsels, approach the bench.

You can bet he won't let
The jury hear this beef.

Now, you gentlemen
May make your objections,

But if there is anything further
To add,

You will approach the bench.

I will tolerate no retorts
From either side in my court.

Now, I'm inclined
To be sympathetic

To mr. Kingsley's objection.

You are very close to
Forbidden territory, mr. Candoo.

Your honor, this territory
Was questionable

But was not expressly forbidden.

My dear young colleague,

The defendant pled guilty
To murder four years ago.

Before I entered the case,

He was unaware that
His constitutional rights

Had been violated.

May have been violated.

Well, the appellate court
Felt strongly enough to allow

Him to change his plea
To "Not guilty."

- your honor--
- this trial is the result.

You have a small,
Small point, mr. Candoo.

The testimony will be previewed
Before I make a ruling.

Bailiff, remove the jury.

See?

From the bloodstains
And the marks on the floor,

It looks like he was killed
In the elevator

And dragged out here.

Also, somebody was fooling
Around with the elevator button.

There's alligator clip marks
Inside.

You know, for a mugging,

Somebody went
To an awful lot of trouble.

Who said anything
About a mugging?

Well, uh, the guy
Didn't have a wallet.

Oh, that's pure smoke, baby.

Pure smoke.

All right,
First cop on the scene.

Yes.
That's me, lieutenant.

Yeah?
Whose police force?

I'm with safe and loft.

I moonlight here four hours
A day.

Look, I don't know
How this happened.

I went outside watching
This guy walk his dog.

He came back,
Got in the elevator.

20 minutes later his wife
Calls down looking for him.

No strangers in or out?

Not that I saw.

But I was on third avenue
Whistling cabs.

People with dogs
Usually have a regular routine.

Yeah.
Lessonbee did.

Same time.

Morning and nigh--
Oh, man.

Anybody watching him
Could have figured that.

Okay, take it easy.

Nobody assigned you
To personal protection.

But I'd like to know
Why nobody was assigned.

It wasn't because they
Weren't asked, lieutenant.

In fact, they were begged.

I called the prosecutor's office
A dozen times.

I even got
To talk to him once.

He said he'd look into it.

After that,

There were bored secretaries
Who didn't want to know.

I called the police too.

No men available.

30,000 cops.

What do they do?

Now who's gonna be
Your star witness, lieutenant?

Who's the next poor believing
Fool to be conned into--

I checked the bathroom
To see if anyone was in there.

Then I went into the bedroom.

I saw pistol cartridges
Scattered around on the floor

Near the closet.

The door was closed,
And I thought there might be

Somebody in there.

So I opened the door,
Looked inside, and--

Now, just one moment,
Detective crocker.

I'd like to remind the court
That you had just seen

A restaurant full
Of panicked, frightened people--

Three of them dead or dying.

You'd chased a man for
Five blocks and been shot at,

Had a violent struggle
In subduing him,

But were still aware enough
Of your duty as an officer

To inform him of his rights--

His constitutional rights?

Right.
Yes, sir.

Thank you.

What happened
When you opened the closet?

There was no one in there.

But I saw on the floor
A white paper bag

Similar to the one the suspect
Was carrying during the chase.

I looked inside it and found
Wallets and credit cards

And cash stuffed inside.

And what did these items
Prove to be?

The loot
From the award diner robbery.

Once again, what prompted you
To go into the bedroom

And open the closet door?

Safety
Of my own personal life.

- objection.
- excuse me!

Objection!

Your honor, there's no reason
That the officer should suppose

That there was an accomplice
Lurking in a closet.

Sustained.

Your honor, I think that
The actions of detective crocker

Were not only proper,
But laudable,

And that the wallet
And other incriminating items

Produced
Should be submitted as evidence.

Mr. Kingsley?

I have no questions
At this time.

Despite the noble motives

The prosecution
Has tried to impart the witness,

It is patently obvious
That the apartment

Was searched illegally.

There's numerous precedents,
Starting with mapp v. Ohio,

Chimel v. California
Spelling it out that an officer,

Even in hot pursuit,

Has no authority to conduct more
Than an arm's-length search,

And that
Only for concealed weapons.

Anything else requires
A duly issued search warrant.

Well, I see nothing
In what has been said here

To alter the ruling
Of the appellate court.

This evidence
Is not admissible.

Mr. Candoo,

You will instruct your witness
That any mention of the search

Or the so-called loot
Will not be tolerated.

Bailiff, recall the jury.

Mr. Kingsley?

Detective crocker, how long
Had you been on the force

Before this all occurred?

Not long.

I was just out of police academy
About four weeks I think.

That inexperienced?

Had you ever been involved--

- how's it going?
- fun city, mae.

This guy pull the wings
Off my man yet?

He's building up to it.

They just suppressed
The best part of your evidence--

The haul of the robbery.

Lessonbee was killed
This morning.

Oh, no.

It was supposed
To look like a mugging.

That blows the whole case.

Hey.

I don't care how you do it,
But hang on.

I mean, we need the time.

Objection, your honor,
That's entirely irrelevant.

Where are you going,
Mr. Kingsley?

I'm just questioning
The character of the witness,

Your honor, trying to determine

If there are any motives
Beyond duty urging him on.

Well, in view
Of the gravity of this case,

I will allow a certain leeway.

You may proceed,
Mr. Kingsley--with caution.

All right,
I'll ask you again.

Would you say
That you are an ambitious man?

Not overly.

But you carry the coveted
Gold shield of a detective.

Yes, I am a detective.

How long have you been one?

About four years.

Was your arrest
Of the defendant the reason

Why you were promoted?

One of the reasons.

What was the defendant wearing
When you made the arrest?

Uh, a white sort of t-shirt.

Oh, I thought you said the man

That you chased
From the restaurant

Was wearing a blue ski jacket.

He was--he got rid of it
When he was running.

He threw it in the back
Of a passing truck.

Oh. Mm-hmm.

Hey, it was about four years
Ago, all right, I forgot!

Oh, yes, of course.

But the man
That you saw in the diner,

The one in the blue ski jacket,

He was, uh,
Running away from you.

Did you see his face?

No, I didn't.
Not at that time, I didn't.

How about the men
On the street--

The one in the jacket,
The one in the t-shirt--

How about their faces?

- no, they had to turn--
- they?

Not they.
It was the same man. Him.

Be sure, detective crocker,

Because this man's freedom
Is at stake.

You lost track of him,
Didn't you, rounding corners?

- he was a block ahead!
- only for a minute.

- it was the same man!
- was it?

Or was it just the hope
Of an excited young cop

Running after his chance
At a gold shield?

- objection.
- sustained.

That's enough theater,
Mr. Kingsley.

I apologize, your honor.

But there seems to be
Some doubt

That the man chased
Was not the man caught.

- isn't there?
- not in my mind, there isn't.

Now, how can you
Be so sure?

It happened so long ago.

Because he had the, uh--

He had the what?

Because I am, that's all.

That's all,
Detective crocker.

I think we've heard enough.

Must have had a real turkey
For a lawyer in the beginning.

Any half-wit could have argued
An illegal search at the time.

Au contraire, counselor.

They were saving it,
Or slote was.

He knew we had enough without
The loot from the robbery

To put him on the moon.

So he pled guilty on purpose?

It was the only chance he had.

Plead guilty,
Go directly to jail,

And don't pass go.

And the white hats,
The good guys,

They pat each other on the back,
Stop developing the case,

And forget him, right?
Excuse me.

Four years go by.
Things are cloudy.

Evidence is hard to find,
And the witnesses disappear.

- or get murdered.
- yeah.

I wish I knew then
What I know now.

Oh, yeah, what would you do
Now, shoot him down?

- plant the evidence on him?
- I'd be tempted.

I get tempted too,
Kid, every time

One of those animals loopholes
Himself out of trouble.

Because this broken down system
That we got is still

Better than some tough cop
Handling a street court.

Look, butler,
I'm prosecuting this case.

Hi, josh.
I'll be off in a minute.

My phone's broken.

Now, I don't care
What the usual deal is.

You look awful.

Didn't it go well?

No, I will not agree
To negligent homicide.

This is the second wife
He's killed!

Nancy parks.
Lieutenant kojak.

Detective crocker.

They beat her brains out too.

enchante,baby.

Welcome to bananas.

Look, would you just
Tell your client if he cops

To "B" felony manslaughter
Right now--then, no stalling.

No, he does not get
Time served.

All right, get back to me.

Are you buying me dinner?

You're buying me
If I can eat.

Okay.

Listen, fox?

Yeah. Hold it, theo.
I'm not finished yet.

Maybe you aren't, captain,
But I'm cutting slote loose.

We have no case.

You have no case?

Slote killed three people
In front of 16 witnesses.

We know he killed at least
Two more in other robberies.

His yellow sheet
Goes back to the time

He was 15
When he assaulted someone.

16 witnesses.

Four of them are dead.

That includes lessonbee.

One of them is in her 90s.

One of them
Lives in an alcoholic ward.

Another one lives
In a doorway.

One of them is in jail
In portugal yet.

There were
Three south vietnamese sailors,

And the other five people
Have moved so many times,

They're untraceable.

You never told me
They were untraceable.

We get called in
At the last minute,

And we're the ones
Who started the investigation.

Okay, okay.
Mistakes were made.

But if more witnesses could be
Found, we don't have time.

The court
Won't grant another delay,

And I need candoo
In other places.

What, you falling
Behind in your plea bargaining?

Crocker.

He's right.

We make all kinds of deals
With all kinds of crud.

We have to.

We're looking at 1,700 murders
This year.

We can't begin to handle
Last year's cases.

They're stacked up three deep
At rikers right now.

I'm understaffed
With under-experienced kids

Who make less money
Than apprentice garbagemen.

I'm not telling you
Anything new.

Justice is out.

Movement is in.

And our employers, the public,
Couldn't care less.

You're wrong, fox.

They care.

Hey, when cops
And prosecutors and judges

Were stomping
On people's rights,

They wouldn't stand for it.

Now the public isn't safe,

And they won't stand
For that either.

But while we're waiting
For the pendulum to swing

Back and forth
And back and forth,

We have to keep on keeping on,
Right?

We have to hang on to things
Like, uh, oath of office,

Personal integrity.

And don't look at the ceiling

Like that's some kind
Of impractical jive.

We're supposed to be
Public protectors, man.

And to me
That means doing everything.

Everything.

Everything in our power
To keep the citizen butchers

Like slote off the streets,

Caseloads
And movements be damned.

Right on, lieutenant.

Yeah.

Well, I haven't had
The civic flag out in a while.

Well, anybody that can shut
This asylum up for a minute

Must be some sort
Of a miracle worker.

This case still stinks.

But I guess we can keep at it
Until they throw it out.

Okay.
Let's go to work.

The award diner,
Four years later.

Asphalt and parked cars.

So we begin.
You were across the street.

You spotted the diner's blinds
Down and the "Closed" sign up.

And a good cop like you
Gleans onto things like that.

Then what?

Well,
I started across the street.

When I got about here,

That's when I heard
The first two shots.

All right, what next?
Do it.

I went up to the diner.
I went up to the window.

That's when I heard
The screams.

What kind of screams?
Red ones? Green ones?

Ladies' screams.

Okay.

I'm leaning on a car.
Now what do I see?

Lessonbee, his wife,
And customers, what else?

Not his wife.

She said she was out on a job
When it happened.

They had already started
Their new catering business.

Well, was she here,
Or wasn't she here?

Lieutenant, the rockettes

Could have been having lunch
In there that day.

When I went after that guy,

I wasn't exactly stopping
To count noses.

I see.

Well, what do you say,
Counselor?

Here, look around you.

The award diner.

Four years of progress.

No witnesses. No building.
No nothing.

Nothing but complaints
Against the police.

Hmm, oh, here's
The complete witness list.

Names, addresses.

Yeah? Any ladies on it?

Yeah, one.
Uh, thalia kajabes.

Greek lady.

Customer or worker?

Customer.

We already talked to her.

Family owns a sail shop.

Mrs. Kajabes is 90 years old,
Speaks no english,

Doesn't even know
What time it is.

Yeah, we got nothing.

- you mind if we try?
- what for?

Because there's no such thing

As a greek lady who doesn't know
What time it is.

Hey, crocker,
When you searched slote's place,

Were you really worried
He had an accomplice?

Hey, lieutenant,
I was so scared that I thought

He had nine buddies hidden
In the closet with burp guns.

Hey, candoo,
Slote has no mob connections.

Strictly an independent.

But somebody
Killed lessonbee for him,

And it takes a lot of bucks
To hire a lawyer like kingsley.

So he has an outside friend.

Well, I did hear
He drank a lot with some guy.

You think that might be the guy
Who killed lessonbee?

Couldn't be too many guys
That would drink with slote.

Wait a minute.
A longshoreman.

I saved him from getting rolled
One night.

He was bombed.

He was laughing
At how young I was.

Jack boston.

He told me to watch out
For slote and his friend,

That he'd take my badge
And shove it in my ear.

You start now.

You check the bars.
Check the unions.

Find boston.

Well, burl.

If this here lessonbee
Is gone--

The poor bub,
Rest his soul--

I reckon they got no one
To talk against you now.

How'd he die,
Mr. Kingsley?

Were it sudden?

Yes, he was stabbed
To death.

One of them muggers,
I reckon.

Them kind can be plumb mean.

The man's dead.

You don't need to gloat.

It ain't gonna
Do my trial no harm.

You got to say that, lawyer.

I ought to be
Out of here right quick.

Perhaps,

If the prosecution can't deliver
Anything more damaging

Than they have already.

You worrying
About some other witness?

No, brother.

Ol' lawyer here knows
They ain't got nothing else.

He just don't want us to see
How easy

He's earning
That great, big, fat fee.

Ain't that right?

If you go free, slote,
I'll have earned every penny

And then some.

What kind of fool are you?

That woman could be
Talking to the police right now.

Burl, it took me three weeks
To set up that lessonbee.

Now, nobody never heard her.

She sure ain't told 'em.

She ain't had no reason
Before.

Now, you go ahead
And stop her mouth, you hear?

All right, burl.

I'll do it.

So how come you didn't
Learn greek in law school?

Never learned
How to stand on my toes either,

But I once prosecuted
A ballet dancer.

All right,
So what do we have?

A very old woman?

Remembers a nice gesture
From her past.

You know,
Because it was a nice gesture.

A lady who worked in the diner
Made greek food for her.

And who was that lady,
Mr. D.A.?

An employee.

Lessonbee didn't have any.

A third-class diner,

The owner's struggling
To make out.

Who works there?
Last chance.

Lessonbee--
His wife, carol.

Tracy, get on the horn
To rikers and attica.

Find out
Who's been visiting burl slote

During the last six months.

Where's saperstein?

All right.

- uh, lieutenant?
- yeah.

We just tracked down
One of those missing witnesses,

But the guy's in colorado.

All right.

Send him an airplane ticket,
First class.

Well, he says he'd like
To come back and testify.

But would you come back
If you had 65 traffic warrants

Waiting for you?

Hmm.

All right, you're a cop.

Find somebody
Who fixes tickets.

Fix it?

Lieutenant.

You know somebody who
Could fix 65 traffic tickets?

Huh.

You know anybody
Who can fix 65 traffic tickets?

Are you kidding?

It'd be faster to start
Extradition proceedings.

By that time
Slote will be long gone.

Well, lie to him, rizzo.
Lie.

Saperstein.

- I'm sorry, lieutenant.
- pete.

Didn't know
Where else to take him.

Pete falconer, right?

You used to live in a door,
Pete, coochie-coo?

He was home
When metro found him.

Oh, yeah?

You get anything from him
Besides wine drops and fleas?

Just a lot
Of four letter words.

Okay.
Get him down to detox.

Maybe he was sober
Four years ago.

Good-bye, pete.

Come on. Let's go.
Come on.

- you can make it.
- everything is time.

Washington says it will take
At least two weeks

To ascertain if
Any of those vietnamese sailors

Settled here after the war.

Did you hear about the guy
From colorado?

Yeah.
Listen, mac.

There may be at least
One witness not on the list.

You know that charming
Old greek lady?

She's pointing her finger
At mr. Lessonbee's wife, carol.

She made great greek dishes

Whenever the old woman
Went to the diner.

Well, according
To the original statement,

She was catering to a luncheon
For the young republicans.

And with 16 witnesses, I doubt
Anybody ever checked it out.

Saper--hold on to him,
Will ya?

You find out.

Okay.

Lieutenant, line one.
Crocker.

Yeah, this is your leader.

Oh, good.
He's found boston.

But boston is reluctant,

Belligerent, even.

Did you show him your badge?

He doesn't like cops?

How about lawyers?

Eh, you're out too.

But he remembers slote
And his buddy?

All right, hold him.
I'm coming down.

Maybe we'll impress him
With the numbers.

Don't you got anything
That looks like a subpoena?

- rent bill.
- that'll do fine.

Let's go.

I'm gonna get my hat.

I'm going home...

For dinner.

Any dissenting opinions?

Right here.

This should take care
Of part of it.

An earthquake in new york?

I heard you were here
All night,

But I didn't believe it.

I was right.
You're not here.

Good morning, mac.

Here, meet jack boston.

He finally decided
To become a witness.

- for or against?
- all right.

So he was a little reluctant
To cooperate

Until we proved we were worthy
Of his time and effort.

Come on.
Can I get you some coffee?

No, thanks.

Why didn't you use your piece?

Captain, you wanted him
As a witness, didn't you?

Hey, they're pretty good.

That lawyer ought to be
In a ring.

That's where
I feel like I've been.

Ten rounds with muhammad ali.

You were here all night
With that?

What will boston
Get us besides a laugh?

Well, to begin with,
When slote first got into town,

He worked with boston
A couple of times, you know,

Slinging freight.

But that was too hard,
So he asked boston

If he wanted to open an armed
Robbery business with him.

Oh.
I take it boston demurred.

Oh, that too.

He's a tough boy.

But that was out of his line.

Anyway, one night, slote's
Drinking with some guy, right?

Boston's in the next booth.

He hears slote talking about
A couple of jobs he pulled.

The grabber is,

He talked about how he was gonna
Knock over the award diner.

What does candoo think?

He says it will prove
Prior intent.

Oh, boston is not exactly
A pillar of the community.

Kingsley will tear him
To pieces.

It'll buy us some time, mac.

Part of a day, anyway.

And we start looking
For the friend.

He's supposed to be
A hillbilly like slote.

I figure it's somebody from down
Home, you know what I mean,

Maybe, uh--maybe a relative?

Well, if it is,
I've got a name.

Tracy checked with rikers.

Now, aside from his lawyer,

Slote's had
Only one other visitor,

His brother henry.

I'll get out a warrant.

There's not much chance,
But if we can tie slote

To the lessonbee killing, we
Can blow this thing wide open.

All right, keep him on
The stand as long as possible.

Yeah, well, I'm hoping
For more than that.

Boston's a surprise witness.

Kingsley will howl about it.

I'm hoping he'll take a delay,
So he studies it.

Give me saperstein.

All right,
Milk it as long as you can.

Saperstein!

Well, I hope you have
Some good news for me.

Oh, that's good, very good.

Look, when I get back
I'll buy you an egg cream,

Large.

Mrs. Lessonbee
Told us a little fib.

She catered
The young republicans

The day before the diner
Was hit.

Hmm.

Maybe it was her scream
That I heard.

Yeah,
If she'll admit it.

Yes, I know,
But it's important.

What can you want with him
Now, lieutenant?

He's dead.

It isn't him,
Mrs. Lessonbee.

It's you.

Look.

This is
A very bad time for me.

Or haven't you noticed?

It could be a very bad time
For a lot of people

If burl slote goes free.

Look, don't you
Play the tinny trombone.

I've got one of my own.

Mrs. Lessonbee,

You weren't catering a lunch on
The day slote robbed the diner.

You were right there making
Moussaka for old mrs. Kajabes.

You've come to
The wrong lessonbee, lieutenant.

I have no intentions of dying.

For what? My city?

Slote's had four years
To remember every face

In that diner,
Including yours.

I'm trying
To prevent your dying.

Yeah.
You're good at that.

We're pretty sure slote's
Brother killed your husband,

And we'll get him.

But we already have slote.
You can help us keep him.

You started
With 16 witnesses.

They haven't helped,
Have they?

Okay.

Keeping track of witnesses
Is tough at best,

But this time,
There was no reason.

The man pled guilty.
He was in jail.

Case closed.

We were lucky
To find your husband.

Speaking of luck,

Now you're telling me
To be a good citizen?

You go to court,
I'll tell you about citizenship

Or anything else
You want to hear.

We need you.

But I don't want to hear it.

I've heard enough from the man
In this box.

He was a good citizen.

He had
The black american dream--

From harlem to vestry
To east 56th--

The hottest catering business
In town.

Mink coats for me,

Purebred dogs for him.

He paid his taxes, and he never
Got a parking ticket.

He believed the propaganda
You people put out.

Leave me alone.

Get out of here
And leave me alone!

Just leave me alone.

Stall didn't work, captain.

Kingsley's in a hurry
This morning,

And so is the judge.

I managed a ten-minute recess
Because of my wounds.

c'est la guerre.

His honor
Found it very colorful.

The point is, I can't
Stretch boston's testimony

More than another half hour.

Well, by that time, the
Ballistics expert will be there.

Oh, and make sure
He brings that thing, huh?

I know.
Some kind of exploding bullet.

But the records
Show that slote's gun

Was fired more than once.

Now, that ought to be
Worth something.

More important,
It'll give us a couple of hours.

What about carol lessonbee?

I haven't heard anything yet.
Kojak's with her now.

I'll get back to you.

You up to this?

It only hurts when I laugh.

What about henry's address?

The last known
Is a torn down building.

We'll have pictures
On the street in an hour.

My concern
Is how the lieutenant's doing.

I'd like to use
Your telephone, please.

Oh, of course, sir.

Right in there.

Our winged thoughts room.

Oh.

You're--

That's right.

I put your man
Where he is today.

My god.

Well, there's no question
She's a witness, mac,

But she's hostile,
Hurting, frightened.

Refuses to cooperate.

No, I don't think
There's any chance.

We'll have to subpoena.

Maybe she'll change her mind
In court, but don't count on it.

Yeah, send crocker.

I'll stay with her
Till he gets here.

Right.

It's just a family thing.

My brother burl said,
"You cut that buck,"

So I done it.

And he got right upset when he
Found out I didn't cut you too.

He said, "Henry,
She's the onliest one left

"Seen me do that killing
At the diner.

That woman"--

But I didn't.

I seen him come in,
And I saw him go out.

Hold it, slote!

Oh, I am sorry.

I want a lawyer!

I want my rights!

Yeah, sure.

Rest in peace, baby,

Till the troops come.

A .38-caliber bullet

Weighing 150 grains,
Having been hollowed out,

And providing it is traveling at
More than 600 feet per second,

Will fragment upon impact.

Is this what happens
When it hits the human body?

Your honor,

I must object on humane grounds,
If nothing else.

I heartily agree.

Reach your point, mr. Candoo.

Well, I have, your honor.

The witness has just told us

That there was more than
One bullet fired from the gun

And that the bullets
Retrieved from the victim's body

Disintegrated on impact.

We knew that an hour ago,
Mr. Candoo.

I have no more questions
For you, mr. Ballenger.

Your witness, mr. Kingsley.

I have no questions
For this witness, your honor.

You may step down.

Call your next witness,
Mr. Candoo.

If I may have one moment
To confer, your honor?

I held him off as long
As I could.

Where's mrs. Lessonbee?

Well, crocker's trying to find
Her to serve a subpoena now.

- I'm your next witness.
- you?

Yeah, henry slote is
Downstairs in our holding pen.

He admitted in my presence

That burl slote
Told him to kill lessonbee.

He was trying to kill
Lessonbee's wife at the time,

Also ordered
By your defendant.

Yeah, well,
This is a conspiracy, but I--

I don't know
If it's relevant to this case.

Hey, counselor,

I'd call killing witnesses
Relevant.

This can be called hearsay.

There's a legal line someplace.

It's the arrest, kid.

Did he admit the conspiracy
Before or after the arrest?

- before.
- then it's admissible!

Res gestae.

Mr. Candoo.

Are you conferring
With the lieutenant or with mae?

I got a right, judge.

Friend of the court,
Hey, hey?

Yeah, she's right.
It's res gestae.

Mae's had more time in court

Than anybody else
In the building.

Yeah, but without mrs.
Lessonbee to corroborate it,

We can still come up short.

Your honor, I request permission
To approach the bench.

Yeah. Yes, sir.

Okay, I'll take care of it
Right away.

Hey, buddy,
You can't park there.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm looking for carol lessonbee.

Sure, she's upstairs.
303.

That figures.
Never answers the phone.

Mrs. Lessonbee?

This is detective crocker,

Manhattan south.

I know you're in there.
Please answer the door.

We found the killer
Of your husband.

Hi, I'm detective crocker,
Manhattan south.

Now, I don't think
You remember me--

I remember you.

You're the boy wonder
Who caught the robber.

- is that why they sent you?
- no, I don't think so.

I'm just the first face
That they saw.

Looks like the boy wonder
Business has its drawbacks.

Past couple of days it has.

I've been asked
To serve you this.

After what's happened,
Do you really think

That I'm going to be intimidated
By a piece of paper?

Look, lady, I don't want you
To be frightened.

Maybe some cops try that,
But I don't, okay?

Look, boy wonder.

Why didn't you kill that man
Four years ago

And save us all
A lot of trouble?

Because I didn't have to.

You know what I mean?

Yeah,
There was a brief chase,

Then I took the suspect
Into custody,

And I came directly here.

Thank you very much,
Lieutenant kojak.

Your witness.

You best start
Earning your money now, lawyer.

Hear?

Lieutenant kojak,

You come to us
As yet another surprise witness

With
An even more surprising tale.

I'm somewhat at a loss,

Having been denied the time
To prepare a defense.

Objection, your honor.

It has been my learned colleague

Who has constantly urged
Greater dispatch in this case.

Sustained.

We've been through all that,
Mr. Kingsley.

You don't mind
My saying, lieutenant,

That I find this whole
Revelation a little fantastic?

No.
I don't mind.

It is fantastic,
And it almost worked.

And yet you want us to believe
That the accused,

A man
With a fourth-grade education,

Could have concocted
A sophisticated plot

For murdering witnesses?

You don't need an education
To stab somebody in a basement.

Detective crocker
Testified at these proceedings.

Now, he's one of your men,
Is he not?

One of the best.

And as his superior, then,

It is only natural
That you would be protective.

Well, yes.
That's part of being a superior.

Well, just how far
Would you go, lieutenant?

Objection.

Your honor, this is
Argumentative and irrelevant.

Overruled.
I'll allow the question.

Well, lieutenant?

How far will I go
To protect my men?

Let's see.

As long as they continue to be
The decent, honest,

Hardworking men they are,

I guess I'll have to back them
To the limit of my authority.

All the way.

That's very laudable,
I'm sure.

Thank you.

I have no more questions
For this witness.

You may step down, lieutenant.

Don't tell me
That's all you're gonna do.

It's the best I can do
Without digging a bigger hole.

There's nothing
Yet relevant to the first crime.

In an appeal, this testimony
Might be ruled inadmissible.

What do you mean
By "An appeal"?

The defendant
Will remain seated.

It wasn't your subpoena,
Lieutenant.

It was boy wonder
Who got me here.

Are you ready to proceed,
Mr. Candoo?

Yes, your honor, I am.

If I may approach the bench
Once again?

You're smiling.
You won?

Won?

Took the jury
Ten whole minutes.

Yay for the good guys!

You do that to each other?

No,
We were both on the same side.

You got
A pretty good public servant

Going for you here.

Well, give him six months.

He'll be drawing up wills
In scarsdale.

You know,
Foxy, you're a cynic.

This job has a lot
Of good points.

I mean, gray hair by 30,

Total anonymity,

No sunstroke
On the golf courses.

Low, low taxes.

Hey, foxy, I hear you got a gang
Killing down on 44th street.

I'd like to take a shot at it.

Come on.
I'll get the papers.

There's only so many miracles
In one day.

Hey, lieutenant.

Pretty good show, eh?
Hey, where's the kid?

- I figure he earned his socks.
- well, you better hurry.

He's got a killing
Down on 44th street.

Oh.

Hey, copper,
What size do you wear?

Me?
11, thank you very much.

Hey, kojak.

You ought to be due
For a new pair yourself.

Jealous?