Boomerang! Page #6

Fly high, lie low.

It doesn't make any difference now.

- But it was your gun.

- Yeah. My gun.

- All them people saw me.

- And that young lady at the Coney Island Caf.

"Young lady." That dame.

Would you take her word against mine?

She said she knew you

and saw you pass the window.

Ah, she lies in her teeth.

I brushed her off.

She's trying to get even with me.

Wait a minute.

You did confess.

Sure I confessed. After two days in that joint,

I'd have confessed to anything.

- Do you want to hear it all over again?

- All right.

Get out of here! I know what you want!

You want to hang me!

You wanna hear me

say I killed him? All right!

I killed him!

Go ahead and hang me! Hang me!

To all intents and purposes,

the capture of John Waldron...

had silenced the attack

on the reformed government.

But good politicians,

like good boxers...

never quit

till the final count.

This is Mr. O'Shea. He's just been appointed

public defender in the Waldron case.

He's gonna give me an interview, and I'm

gonna show him how to shoot a game of golf.

- Delighted to meet you, sir.

- Thanks. Sit down, boys. Sit down.

I needed some company.

Oh, uh, excuse me, Mabel.

O'Shea. O'Shea.

I know that name.

- League of Women Voters, sir.

- Hmm? League?

- Women Voters.

- Oh, yes, out in the Lawnwood District.

Well, well, I'm always glad

to meet a good party man.

- Well, I try to be, sir.

- Harry thinks he can get Waldron off.

- Oh!

- I'm working on the "temporary insanity" angle, sir.

- I think I can make it stick.

- It won't work.

Pardon my abruptness,

but I think that you're on the wrong track.

- But there is a chance.

- Yes?

O'Shea, this boy Waldron

is a veteran.

- They'll never hang an ex-serviceman.

- If he killed a man, they will.

Dave! O'Shea, I- I think

we're forgetting something.

Everyone is.

This boy has served his country.

He spent two years in the cold and mud

on the battlefields of Europe.

- The South Pacific.

- Well, that's worse.

But dig into that war record.

Find out everyplace he's been-

what he did,

what ribbons he won.

Maybe we ought

to have him in uniform at the trial.

- Oh, that would be nice.

- All right. Forget that.

- But dig into that war record.

- That's wonderful, Mr. Wade.

- I sure will.

- All right, but get going.

Why, I sure will. And, uh,

it's been a pleasure meeting you, Mr. Wade.

I know.

I'll meet you out

on the tee.

He's a nice boy.

Shoots in the 80s.

Is that why you had me

bring up that chowder-head?

I've been watching Harvey all week.

He's got this thing sewed up tight.

And besides that, there's a small matter

of Waldron being guilty.

You don't think

any jury in the world...

would convict a boy that gave the best years

of his life to serving his country, do you?

I don't care whether

he's guilty or not.

I've got to win

an election...

and the only way I can do it

is to make Harvey look bad.

And you can still

sleep nights, huh?

As long as there aren't

too many people around like you, I can.

I'll be around.

That's the works,

huh, Stoney?

Gun, bullet,

statement, confession.

I'm waiting for a couple of blowups

from the lab, but that's about all.

Okay, let's go over this stuff again.

Now, will we-

Look at that man work.

He's out for a record.

Hello, Mac, Paul. That's all, Stoney.

We'll take it up later.

What do you do, live here?

He looks as if he'd just found out

there was an income tax.

I'm glad you came in, Mac.

There's something I wanted to talk to you about.

Fire away.

- It's about that kid over in the jail.

- He's a nice fella, Paul.

He just worries too much.

Don't you think?

- Absolutely.

- It's not that. It-

Say, what's the matter

with you two?

- Shall I tell him, Paul?

- Don't be so coy.

- What is it?

- How would you like to be governor?

- What?

- That's it, Henry.

- What's the matter? Don't you want it?

- Of course I do.

- But I just don't- - Everybody in the

state will be watching you tomorrow, Henry.

- And I've been talking to people all over-

Hartford, New Haven. - He can do it, Henry.

- And we'll help him.

- Governor.

We don't get many good men,

many honest men in politics.

And when we do,

we like to push 'em.

- Thanks, Mac, but there's something very

important- - Don't worry about it tonight.

You've got a job to do tomorrow.

Come on, Paul. Let's go.

And, for Pete's sake, get some sleep.

This place looks like a boar's nest.

- Hey, Mac- - Relax, Henry. Take it

easy. Let the muscles sag naturally.

Just a minute, Mac.

- I'll see you tomorrow after the indictment.

- Good night, Governor.

I'll take you down to Moriarity's

and buy you a steak.

No, I'll buy you a steak.

We're pulling for you,

Henry.

I'm so glad you're going to prosecute.

We have confidence-

You may open court, Mr. Sheriff.

Oh, ye, oh, ye, oh, ye. The honorable

superior court for the state of Connecticut...

is now open and in session

in this place.

All persons having cause for action

will give their attendance according to the law.

Be seated, please.

Mr. State's Attorney.

If Your Honor please, I would like to call

to your attention this afternoon...

the case of

the State versus John Waldron.

On the 22nd day of October

of this year...

the accused was bound over

to this court...

by the city court on a charge of murder

in the first degree...

growing out of the death of

the Reverend George A. Lambert...

the pastor of the St. Christopher's

Protestant Episcopal Church...

of this city.

My assistants have drawn up a chart

of the scene of the crime.

And the facts in the case

disclose that...

on the evening

of 29th of September...

Father Lambert was taking

his usual walk along here.

- Well, boys, it's started.

- How's it going?

Great.

Henry's carrying the ball.

Then it's not too early

for a little celebration, eh?

- It's never too early to celebrate!

- That's a load off my mind.

- Mine too.

- Here you are, boys.

The last of the pursuers

dropped out...

and so the trail of the murder

was lost about here.

John Waldron was apprehended

18 days later in Ohio...

and was returned to this city.

Under the circumstances,

there was no alternative for Coroner Ryan...

except to make the finding

which he did...

holding the accused for

the murder of Father Lambert.

The coroner, very logically...

divided the case

into six points...

which in substance

are as follows:

First, Waldron was seen by an acquaintance,

Miss Irene Nelson...

within a block of

the place of the shooting...

from five to 10 minutes

before the shooting.

Second, the slayer wore a dark coat

and a light fedora hat.

Third, the witnesses-

Mr. Graham Rogers...

Mr. Thomas Callahan

and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lukash-

actually saw the shot fired.

Fourth, these witnesses,

plus Romulo Cartucci...

Miss Greta Neilson

and Mr. Eugene Cary...

all identified Waldron

at police headquarters...

as the man they had seen fleeing

from the scene of the shooting.

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