Convicted Page #4

WAS THE WARDEN'S CHAUFFEUR.

A GOOD BOY -

OUR BOARD APPROVED HIS PAROLE.

HE GETS OUT NEXT WEEK.

YOU WOULDN'T LIKE TO STAY OVER

FOR A WHILE, WOULD YOU, GRANT?

EVERY BOY HAS TO GROW UP

AND LEAVE HOME SOMETIME, SIR.

THIS IS YOUR BARBER.

HELLO, CURLY.

HELLO, MR. KNOWLAND.

I SENT YOU UP HERE,

DIDN'T I?

FOR LIFE, SIR.

NOW YOU'RE MY BARBER.

IF THAT'S

THE WAY YOU WANT IT.

I WOULDN'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE.

I LIKE CLOSE SHAVES.

JUST LEAVE THA TO ME, SIR.

AND THIS IS MALLOBY,

YOUR HOUSEBOY AND BUTLER.

ACCORDING TO HIS RECORD,

HE USED TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK

WHEN HE WAS CASING A JOINT.

HE WAS SO GOOD:

SOME OF THE PEOPLE HE ROBBED

DIDN'T WANNA PROSECUTE.

YOU KNOW WHY?

THEY WANTED HIM TO STAY ON.

THOSE ARE:

VERY FINE REFERENCES, MALLOBY.

HE'S HERE WITHOU MY RECOMMENDATIONS, WARDEN.

WHY?

I DON'T THINK

HE'S TO BE TRUSTED.

Malloby:

WARDEN PAXTON THOUGHT SO.

WELL, I DON'T THINK I'LL BE

MAKING ANY CHANGES RIGHT AWAY.

THAT'S ALL, MEN.

THANKS.

ALWAYS FOR ME,

AREN'T YOU, CAPTAIN?

THERE ARE ALL YOUR BOYS,

GEORGE.

HE HAD ME:

SENT UP FOR FIVE YEARS.

HE WASN'T D.A.

DURING MY TIME.

THERE HE IS NOW.

THE YELLOW RA IS STAYIN' HOLED UP.

DON'T I WISH

HE'D COME AROUND HERE.

HIS THROAT - THAT'S

WHERE I'D LIKE TO PUT MY HANDS.

YOU MUST HAVE SEN A FEW HUNDRED UP HERE YOURSELF.

I SUPPOSE I DID.

THAT'S HOW YOU MADE

YOUR RECORD.

NOW YOU CAN MAKE ANOTHER ONE

BY KEEPING THEM UNDER CONTROL.

I DON'T MAKE RECORDS, MAC.

I JUST DO JOBS.

SURE, I KNOW, GEORGE,

BUT I WAS JUST THINKING

THAT A GOOD SHOWING

WON'T HURT YOU

WHEN THE ELECTION

COMES AROUND.

WHAT IS THAT, DOUGLAS?

THEY CALL IT "YAMMERING."

THEY DO I WHEN THEY'RE SORE.

I BETTER GO DOWN.

I'LL GO WITH YOU.

I WOULDN'T GO IF I WERE YOU.

YOU BETTER STAY HERE.

WHY?

IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS MUSIC IS

BEING STAGED FOR YOUR BENEFIT.

THAT'S RIGHT,

MR. KNOWLAND.

KIND OF A PROTEST, HUH?

WAIT A MINUTE, GEORGE.

THIS IS BAD MEDICINE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVE

ANYTHING TO 'EM, WARDEN.

NO?

YOU STAY HERE,

DOUGLAS.

HELLO, TEX.

HI, UH... MR. KNOWLAND.

SEE YOU AGAIN, TEX.

WE'RE ALL SE FOR TONIGHT.

WANT IN ON IT,

MALLOBY?

I STILL HAVE:

SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

WE CAN'T MISS.

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME

I'VE SEEN IT TRIED.

THEY ALWAYS GO OUT EAGER,

AND THEY ALWAYS COME BACK DEAD.

I PROMISED JOE -

I THOUGH I TOLD YOU TO LAY OFF HIM.

WHAT DIFFERENCE:

DOES IT MAKE?

HE'S IN SOLITARY ANYWAY.

I JUST WANTED YOU

TO LET HIM KNOW:

THAT I COULDN'T WAIT.

LUCKY FOR HIM.

I'LL TELL HIM.

I HOPE YOU MAKE IT, MAPES.

GUARD...

GUARD!

SHUT UP IN THERE!

WHAT DAY IS IT?

WHAT DO YOU CARE?

WILL YOU JUST PLEASE TELL ME

WHAT DAY IT IS?

IT AIN'T DAY.

IT'S NIGHT - FRIDAY NIGHT.

NOW SHUT UP!

Capt. Douglas:
ATTENTION.

THE WARDEN:

HAS ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS

THAT, IN VIEW OF

THE ATTEMPTED BREAK LAST NIGHT,

THE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

OF THE DAY ARE CANCELED.

Mackay:
AND EVERYBODY'S

VERY WELL PLEASED

WITH THE WAY:

YOU HANDLED THE BREAK.

WHO'S "EVERYBODY"?

WELL, THE NEWSPAPER...

THE PEOPLE WHO COUNT.

THAT'S NICE.

I LEFT THE LIST HERE

ON THE DESK, GEORGE.

GO OVER I AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

I WILL.

OH, MAC...

HAVE THE OFFICE TELL DOUGLAS

I WANNA SEE HIM RIGHT AWAY.

SURE.

SEE YOU SOON, GEORGE.

WHAT'D I SEND YOU UP FOR,

CURLY?

CUTTING A MAN'S THROAT.

CLOSE ENOUGH, WARDEN?

YEAH.

TELL ME, CURLY, WHAT'S

BETWEEN MALLOBY AND DOUGLAS?

THEY DON'T LIKE

EACH OTHER.

WHY?

I HAVEN'T GOT TIME TO KEEP UP

ON EVERYTHING, WARDEN.

I'VE ONLY GOT 99 YEARS

TO GO.

THE MEN LIKE DOUGLAS?

NO.

YOU WANT TO SEE ME,

WARDEN?

YEAH.

THAT'S ALL, CURLY.

YOU CAN PICK YOUR STUFF UP

LATER.

YES, SIR.

MACKAY BROUGHT A LIST OF MEN

NEXT IN LINE FOR PAROLE.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE

TO HELP ME WITH IT.

SURE, WARDEN.

I PROBABLY KNOW SOME OF 'EM.

HANSON, DEXTER, HUFFORD -

HUFFORD?

HE'S THE ONE

WE HAD TROUBLE WITH LAST WEEK.

HE JUST GOT OU OF SOLITARY TODAY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK

AT HIS RECORD.

Capt. Douglas:
HIS CARD

WON'T BE UP TO DATE.

HUFFORD -

I THINK I KNOW HIM.

OH, SURE.

I SENT HIM UP.

WHAT WAS HIS TROUBLE?

FIGHTING A GUARD.

WE FOUND OUT LATER

HE'D JUST GOTTEN A TELEGRAM

HIS OLD MAN HAD DIED -

GUESS HE WENT A LITTLE NUTS.

THEN WHY WAS HE KEP IN SOLITARY UNTIL TODAY?

WELL, FIGHTING A GUARD

IS SERIOUS, WARDEN.

I WANNA SEE:

ALL OF THESE MEN,

AND I WANNA GO OVER

THEIR RECORDS.

WARDEN PAXTON:

GENERALLY LEFT THAT TO ME.

FROM NOW ON, WE'LL DO I TOGETHER, DOUGLAS.

YES, SIR.

WHAT ABOU THE FUNERAL SERVICES

FOR THOSE MEN:

THAT TRIED TO BREAK OUT?

I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

IT MAY LEAD TO TROUBLE.

WE'LL TAKE THAT CHANCE.

SEND FOR HUFFORD.

DOUGLAS...

HAVE SOMEBODY PICK ME UP

A SAFETY RAZOR.

YES, SIR.

SO, THEY FINALLY

DUG YOU UP, HUH?

YEAH.

IT'S GOOD

TO HAVE YOU BACK, KID.

HOW WAS IT -

KINDA ROUGH?

WELL, I DIDN'T GET SICK

FROM OVEREATING.

I SENT A CANDY BAR DOWN

WITH NICK.

I KNOW.

THEY FOUND IT.

NOW NICK'S DOING A FEW DAYS

DOWN THERE HIMSELF.

WHAT HAPPENED ON THE BREAK?

PONTI SQED.

DOUGLAS AND HIS MEN

WERE WAITIN' FOR 'EM.

THEY GOT 'EM ALL.

YOU WEREN'T SO BAD OFF

WHERE YOU WERE AFTER ALL.

WHAT HAPPENED TO PONTI?

THEY GOT HIM WORKIN'

IN THE WARDEN'S OFFICE.

THEY'RE TRYIN'

TO GET HIM TRANSFERRED.

HE'LL NEVER GET OU ALIVE.

THEN MAPES IS DEAD.

HE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN

BETTER.

HOW CAN YOU KNOW ANYTHING?

IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME.

THE GOOD GUYS GET I IN THE NECK,

AND THE RATS GET THE GRAVY.

MAPES IS DEAD,

AND PONTI HAS A SOFT JOB

IN THE WARDEN'S OFFICE.

I DON'T THINK

IT'LL LAST TOO LONG.

HUFFORD, COME ON.

YOU'RE WANTED

IN THE WARDEN'S OFFICE.

WHAT'S HE WANTED FOR?

THE WARDEN NEEDS A FOURTH

AT BRIDGE.

HE DIDN'T CHECK WITH ME

TO SEE IF IT WAS OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, WISEGUY.

COME ON.

HE DON'T LOOK

SO GOOD, DOES HE?

HE'LL BE ALL RIGH AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS OF FOOD.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO

ABOUT PONTI?

MAKE HIS DEATH:

AS PAINLESS AS POSSIBLE.

YOU'VE GOTTA GET ME

OUTTA HERE, WARDEN.

I KNOW THESE GUYS.

I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PLANNIN'.

ALL RIGHT.

PONTI, CALM DOWN.

I CAN'T BE CALM.

HOW CAN YOU BE CALM

WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE

AND EVERY ONE OF THEM

JUST WAITIN' THE CHANCE

TO STICK A SHIV:

IN YOUR BACK?

YOU'RE NOT SITTIN'

IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM.

THERE'S 8 FEET OF WALL

AND 100 GUARDS BETWEEN YOU.

THAT AIN'T WHA HE PROMISED ME.

HE SAID I'D GET OUT OF HERE.

HE PROMISED ME I'D GET OUT.

YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO PROMISE HIM

ANYTHING, DOUGLAS.

IT'S UP TO THE PAROLE BOARD,

YOU KNOW THAT.

YOU DEAL WITH THESE THINGS

THE BEST WAY YOU CAN, WARDEN.

I DON'T THINK

THIS IS THE BEST WAY.

I'VE NEVER MADE DEALS

WITH MEN LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT HAPPENS TO ME NOW?

I'M GONNA TRY

AND GET YOU TRANSFERRED.

WHAT GOOD WILL THAT DO?

THEY'LL BE WAITIN' FOR ME THERE!

ANY PRISON, ANY PLACE!

YOU'VE GOTTA LET ME OUT.

GET THIS THROUGH YOUR HEAD,

PONTI,

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOU THE DEAL YOU AND DOUGLAS MADE.

I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN.

WARDEN,

YOU DON'T KNOW THESE MEN.

I THINK I DO -

THAT'S WHY I'M KEEPING YOU

UP HERE WORKING IN THE OFFICE,

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