Brubaker Page #8

Because you have been salaried...

...to run one of the best-conceived prisons

in this country, sir.

Because although Wakefield

is admittedly an imperfect institution...

...much like America herself...

...she is nonetheless a grand experiment.

A government of the man,

for the man...

...by the man.

Plus the fact that it's the only prison

in the United States that's shown a profit.

- What is this horseshit?

- Listen to what he's saying, Henry.

I think the senator's

exhibiting uncommon foresight.

We're gonna try and salvage something

here today.

We're gonna work with you on this,

Mr. Brubaker.

Release funds.

You can hire people.

Get you that...boiler.

We'll sit down and draw up some plans

for some more barracks.

Get yourself a couple new tractors.

How many men are buried out there?

You wouldn't even know, would you?

That field was an old paupers' graveyard

when my granddaddy was alive.

- It's a matter of historical record.

- I'm talking about murder.

It's time to cut through the bull.

Grave robbery's a felony in this state.

You don't want to wind up

in your own prison, Mr. Brubaker.

- He means it.

- I'm calling the governor.

The governor already knows.

Nobody's asking you to stop digging.

We're ordering you to.

I don't like being put in a corner.

Listen, Edwards, stay out of this.

You're just another token liberal...

...that doesn't know sh*t.

I was hired to reform this prison.

If that means putting the prison board

behind bars, I'll do it.

Already been behind bars, Brubaker.

Two years in Atlanta for real,

another few days in disguise.

So you listen to this nice token liberal

for a minute.

Because you got a high opinion

of yourself.

Most of it I actually agree with.

But you don't really understand

inmate mentality.

If you did...

...you'd know that a**hole is ready to

offer you anything you need for those men.

It's not enough.

Henry...

...stop the digging.

Concentrate on the men who are still alive.

We are winning.

We have leverage now.

- I've got a prison to run.

- I hope so.

Bullen!

Come over here and bring some guys.

Zaranska! Elwood!

Romeo! Beasley!

Start digging right here.

Over there, you see that?

Hey, Brubaker!

I believe we've got us one.

Brubaker!

Got one in this hole!

Hold it. Hold it.

Careful.

Okay, careful.

Scoop it out, handful at a time.

Easy.

Spoon it out if you have to!

- Careful.

Don't mess up evidence.

- Got one over here, boss!

- Easy, guys, easy.

Just carefully pry this off.

Don't touch anything you find inside.

Don't touch anything inside.

Zaranska!

- All I got is this.

- Here. Hold it.

- I can't get it! When I move it, it cracks.

- Careful. Careful.

- Now, don't touch it.

- All right.

Whole goddamn place has gone crazy.

They got those guys digging up...

...diseased carcasses of men

dead and rotting for 30 years.

That is because the man

took away the reason to be smart...

...and have some self-respect.

Turning the whole damn place

upside down.

- Prison board will stop him.

- Bullshit, Floyd!

They already tried to buy

the dumb bastard, but....

So...

...what do we do?

What about it, Dickie?

You got the man's ear.

He want to wake up dead?

There's talk around here.

I can't control it anymore.

You know, you're the only one

doing all the talking, Huey.

Yeah, that's great. And all because

one old, damn deaf fool starts-

Um....

Eddie, come here.

It's time to go.

It's time to check out.

- Why?

- Why?

What do you mean?

It's too loose. It's crazy.

They're digging up bodies.

It's too late to look up the answer.

Well, I figure I'm gonna stick around.

Take my chances here.

Skull lying under the left arm.

Both lower leg bones severed from thighs

and stacked in beside the knees.

The legs appear to have been cut off.

Why?

It's easier to shorten the man

than it is to lengthen the box.

How long has he been in the ground?

Well, I'm just not a pathologist,

not a coroner-

Doc, I need some answers fast.

- Causes of death, dates of death.

- If I took them to the state hospital.

Do it. Purcell, call the TV stations,

newspapers.

Tell them we just found

four murdered bodies in our pasture.

There's probably more.

- You're gonna start a stampede.

- Exactly.

Mr. Brubaker!

Hey, Mr. Brubaker!

We got a runaway vehicle.

- And Huey Rauch is in it.

- Huey?

- Yes, sir.

- Why?

Well, tell him!

He killed Abraham.

Where would he be?

Where would he go?

Pinky's.

Maybe.

Alive.

I want him alive.

Try over there.

I ain't open yet.

Ain't open for business.

Hey.

What the hell's going on here?

You guys crazy?

- Who you making the sandwiches for?

- Nobody!

- Where's Huey Rauch?

- Who?

- Where's your sister at, Pinky?

- What, Carol?

- Where does that door go?

- My house.

Open it.

Door's locked.

Ain't been used for years.

I'll go around to the front.

Hey! This is my castle!

You can't walk all over me!

I'm calling the law!

- Then call them.

- I will!

For now, shut up.

Hold it!

He's dead.

He's dead.

You've examined all the remains

in what? A laboratory environment?

Yes, I have.

Dr. Gregory, what about

all these broken bones?

They may be due to a blunt trauma.

But you need to temper that...

...with the knowledge those fractures

could have occurred...

...several years after death as a result

of a cave-in of the grave walls.

You don't have to be in practice 20 years

to recognize a skull...

...violently crushed

to the size of a grapefruit.

Son, I have got the forensic expert's report

sitting in front of me here.

According to all my scientific friends,

who are very knowledgeable in this area...

...it's not all that clear on that point.

You've got a couple of dozen or so

indigent inmates...

...buried in an old paupers' graveyard.

Anything else I think is pure speculation.

Paupers don't die in pieces, do they,

Dr. Gregory?

I'm gonna put it to you,

Mr. Partridge, that this board...

...is quite capable

of questioning its witnesses.

And that this whole procedure-

This whole procedure could just as easily

have been a closed hearing.

What would be in the best interest

of all concerned and people of this state...

...might be if we could get

Mr. Brubaker's thoughts on his firing.

Our primary responsibility

at this point in time...

...is, number one, to facilitate the decent

Christian re-interment of the remains.

Two, to regain control over this institution

that our warden has relinquished!

We don't go having any more gunfights

in our streets.

How about that, Mr. Brubaker?

Any comment on what your thoughts

might be on priority?

Priority?

I tried to reach the governor

and give him my thoughts.

But we all know what a busy man he is.

I think the board can handle this.

I was going to suggest that the best way

in the future to prevent any trouble...

...or confusion or a waste

of the taxpayers' time and money...

...would be next time

a man's sentenced to Wakefield...

...take him out and shoot him.

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