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has information for you.

Do you mind?

I came here of my own free will.

All right, Charlie.

Monahan called me about you.

Miss, uh, Nelson, isn't it?

Yes.

- Are you ready?

- Sure.

- Then you went home?

- Then I went home and took a shower.

- Then you had dinner? You had dinner.

- I told you a hundred times.

- Tell us again.

- Let me get some sleep.

- You had dinner.

- I had dinner at Andy's, then I walked-

- This the man?

- Yeah, that's Tony.

Yeah, she knows me.

Tell them.

The night Father Lambert was shot,

shortly before the shooting...

this man walked by

your restaurant, right?

Yeah. It was about 7:20.

He walked by and waved to me.

I remember it,

because just afterwards, I-

- She couldn't have. What's the matter with her?

- Shut up.

Let her go.

A week or so later...

he came to you and told you

he was leaving town.

Yeah. I thought it

was kind of funny.

We'd been going together

about a month or so...

and then one afternoon,

he came in and said he was leaving town...

just like that.

Boys just don't do

that sort of thing to me.

- What about it, Waldron?

- What about what? She's lying.

- What about leaving town?

- I wanted to leave town.

- A little sudden, wasn't it?

- No. I wasn't working.

I offered to get him a job

with me in the caf.

I didn't get out of the army

to start pearl diving in a crummy caf.

Crummy?

Ask him how crummy it was!

Ask him about all

the free meals he had in there!

And glad to get them too,

till he got the wrinkles out of his stomach!

Then he thinks

he can brush me off!

- Get her out of here!

- That'll be all, miss.

If you need any more help,

I'll leave my number with the desk sergeant.

Dirty double-crossing-

You get in all kinds

of trouble, don't you?

- She didn't help his alibi much.

- No, she didn't.

But I'd hate to be in a spot where I had

to depend on that little girl's word.

It doesn't feel right.

It just doesn't feel-

- Hey, Robbie, we got it.

- What?

- The bullet came from his gun.

- That's right, Chief.

Johnston says he'll have

the full report for us within an hour.

- That does it.

- I'll stick right on his neck until he gets it out.

That does it. He'll confess now.

Come on, Doctor.

But you told us before,

you were sick of the black market.

- Pick up his head.

- You were tired of being pushed around.

You were tired of handouts

and advice, and you resented the people...

that had good jobs and money

when you came out of the army with nothing.

- You brooded over it till you took that gun.

- I didn't brood. Let me sleep.

- You took the gun with the idea of getting even.

- I didn't take it.

When you saw Lambert on the street,

you made him the personification...

of every handout, every word of advice,

and in a rage you shot him.

- Please let me sleep.

- In a minute. Isn't that what happened?

- No, I went-

- Isn't that what happened?

- Isn't that what happened?

- All right, all right, all right. All right.

Stenographer.

What a way to make a living.

The case of

the People of the State of Connecticut...

versus John Waldron

moved rapidly.

Legal procedure in this state

calls for a coroner's inquest...

the findings of which

are submitted to the district court.

If the evidence warrants it,

the case is bound over to the superior court...

where the state's attorney

examines the facts and decides...

whether or not the accused

shall be indicted.

- You're Mr. Graham Rogers?

- Yes, sir.

- How much of this murder did you see?

- I was closing up my shop.

I must have turned around

just in time.

You were going away

from Father Lambert, Mr. Cary.

I had passed him,

but I turned back as the shot was fired.

And you were across

the street, Mr. Lukash?

My wife and I was waiting

for a bus across the street.

- We heard a shot.

- And, Mr. Cartucci, you made an attempt to stop him?

A couple of seconds sooner,

and I'd have grabbed him.

I made a jump for him,

but he was just a little too quick.

But I thought you crossed

the street immediately, Mrs. Lukash?

We were so shocked,

we just stood there for a moment.

Then as we started to cross the street

toward Father Lambert-

And he passed close to you

as he ran, Mr. Callahan?

He practically knocked me over.

If I knew why he'd been running,

I might have hung on to him.

And you were a little

frightened, Miss Neilson?

I was scared to death,

but I saw him run down the street...

till he disappeared

in the shadows.

Then on the basis of your experience

in ballistics, Mr. Johnson...

and your experiments with this weapon,

you would say...

that this bullet

came from this weapon.

- I would, positively.

- Thank you, sir. That's all.

Chief Robinson,

please tag these exhibits.

Chief Robinson, will you certify

that this is the confession taken by your men?

- I didn't do it! They made me sign it!

- Save that for the court.

Take him out of here.

John Waldron is remanded

into the custody of the police.

The case will be referred

to the district court.

Proceedings closed.

That's all.

- What do you think?

- That's as close to a perfect case as I've ever seen.

Thanks. As much a surprise

to me as anyone else.

He had me fooled.

Too bad. Kid had

a good war record too.

- Yeah, that's a shame.

- Great, Robbie.

- We're all proud of you.

- Thanks.

I'm going down and see the mayor

and the others.

They'll be as happy

as a bunch of kids.

I wouldn't rub it in

too much, Mac.

No more than they need.

I'd push the indictment, Henry.

- You know, get it going fast.

- I'll push it along.

I only want a few days

to go over all the evidence.

- You gonna talk to the boy?

- Who, Waldron? What for?

You might get a line

on what he's gonna use for a defense.

It's an idea.

Maybe you're right.

I'll bet Waldron

will be delighted to see me.

Right down there,

Mr. Harvey. Cell number three.

My name's Harvey, Waldron. I'm the state's

attorney, the man who'll prosecute you.

- What do you want?

- I'd like to hear your side of it.

- Might help clear things up.

- My side? Are you kidding?

My side of it is

that I didn't do it.

You know, you did leave town

at a funny time.

I left town when I wanted to

and because I wanted to.

You had a right to do that, but in a

situation like this, they have to know why.

I told them why.

I wanted a job.

After all,

you had jobs here.

That's right.

I had jobs here.

Gas station,

driving trucks.

Well?

Look, mister,

I put in five years in the army.

Five years. That puts me five years

behind the parade.

I didn't wanna pump gas

or hustle trucks.

I wanted to get moving.

I got a lot of catching up to do.

- You have to start somewhere.

- You get anxious.

You understand?

You gotta get moving. You can't wait.

- I'm no kid anymore, and-

- What were you going to do?

I don't know.

I thought I could

go someplace, maybe.

Start a small business.

Make something out of myself.

I had an idea once.

What's the odds

I miss the boat?

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