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what there is of it.

Pipe, tobacco, matches.

- And peanuts.

- Bugs.

- Quiet, Rainbow.

- Check those bills...

...against the numbers

of these ransom banknotes.

You've come to the right man, chief.

- Sure he's only gonna check those?

- You're probably right as rain, Wilson.

Take a look under the five-dollar series.

Q 49677308 Z.

And on his bill the same thing.

Q 49677308 Z.

That can't be. That's impossible.

Rip up that car of his.

Might be more of them.

- Man, is this gonna be a sensation.

- Keep it to yourself.

And keep that dog quiet.

- Good morning.

- Hello.

Anybody here?

Any good-looking man from Illinois

looking for a good-looking girl here?

- Where's the good-looking girl?

- She'll be along in a minute.

Well, the good-looking

young fella ain't here yet either.

He will be.

Well, will you let me

phone Chicago then?

Or better, I can phone my...

- Phone your what?

- Phone my brothers.

If you're mixed up with this gang,

it wouldn't be smart of me to let you.

Look, sheriff. I got the bill some place

in change. I don't know where I got it.

Maybe I got it at a store

or a gas station or some place.

Take me back over the road.

I can prove...

Not a thing in the car. Not a thing.

Take care of this stranger, Frank.

Go through his clothes.

Sure you haven't forgot anything,

Wilson?

Yeah.

There's my watch.

The ring. It's too tight. I can't get it off.

Cut it off. Why not?

I've gotta hold you, Wilson,

for the district attorney.

But you'll get a square deal.

- Come on.

- You can type that now, Myrtle.

Quiet, Rainbow.

- She'll be all right, sheriff.

- Okay.

- Looks like we got ahold of something.

- Yeah.

- Be at the barbershop if you want me.

- Okay.

Let me tell you, professor, if you

young geniuses at the high school...

...fill our children's heads

with radical ideas...

...we parents will have to get a law.

- Not possible to get a law...

...that denies the right to say what

one believes, in peace times anyway.

- Who says so?

- The Constitution of the United States.

I don't believe it.

You should read it sometime.

You would be surprised.

Well, that's enough

of that now, Sven.

I had to read it

to become an American.

You never had to

because you was born here.

Hello, Meyers? Anything new

on this awful Peabody case?

I don't know.

You public servants quit playing cards.

Maybe you'd bring somebody to justice.

What'd you say if I raked in

a guy this morning...

...might know something

about them kidnappers? Yeah.

What do you suppose it is makes people

do things like snatching that kid?

Nutty, I guess.

Now, I'll tell you.

People get funny impulses.

If you resist them, you're sane...

...if you don't, you're on your way

to the nuthouse or the pen.

At the taxpayers' expense.

Mr. Jorganson, you've got one

of the levelest heads in the county.

Would you believe that in the 20 years

that I've been stroking this razor...

...across throats here...

...that many a time

I've had an impulse...

...to cut their

Adam's apples wide open?

Just like that.

Yes, sir.

How about it, Hec?

Do you feel an impulse coming on?

An impulse is an impulse.

It's like an itch. You gotta scratch it.

Hello?

What's that, Hector?

My oldest customer.

All on account of that Bugs Meyers

from the sheriff's office...

...telling a cock-and-bull story

about his capturing...

...one of that Peabody kidnapping gang.

- I got something on the stove, precious.

Call you back. Bye-bye.

Mrs. Tuttle! Mrs. Tuttle!

- Of all things.

- For mercy's sake, what is it?

Just wait. My husband phoned me.

They've arrested a man.

And they think he's

one of the kidnappers.

Fanny!

That barber's wife says this morning

they caught a man on the old road...

...who they suspect knows

something about this kidnapping.

I got it on the highest authority

that they arrested...

...one of that kidnapping gang.

- You don't say.

He tried to escape,

but they captured him all right.

- Oh, I'll have three of those.

- Oh, come on.

- And a pound of prunes.

- What's his name?

- Who was he?

- What else?

Well, I can't tell you any more. It was

told me in the strictest confidence.

Fanny, that isn't fair.

Please. Come on.

But, darling, you know

I'm as silent as a tomb.

But are you sure he's not innocent?

My dear young woman,

in this country...

...people don't land in jail

unless they're guilty.

My wife's sister called up and told her

that a friend of hers told her...

...that this guy acted

as cocky as a bronco.

All he'd answer was,

"Let me phone my lawyer."

Sure. That's the racket

of those bigtime attorneys.

Helping these skunks beat the law.

Well, they won't beat it

with any jury I'm ever on.

If all us people had the courage

of our convictions...

...these vermin would vanish

like spit on a hot stove.

Set them up for the boys, Oscar.

Four beers.

Last time after you played

that slot machine...

...it was full of telephone slugs.

Now, ain't that a shame.

Say, Dawson...

...I hear they gave that guy

your favorite cell at the jail.

Next time I'm in,

it'll be for beating you up.

All right, big shot.

While I didn't vote

for Hummel for sheriff...

...his promptness in catching

this kidnapper is commendable.

They can't bring him to trial

any too quickly to suit me.

- If you don't mind.

- Well, excuse me for living.

- Mr. Pippen.

- Hello, George.

- I have some fine, new English flannel.

- Later, Durkin.

- Yes, as you wish.

- My usual, Oscar.

We were discussing down

at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon...

We were discussing at the luncheon

about what a great publicity break...

What a great publicity break

our capturing this Chicago fellow...

...is gonna give our little city, assuming

of course the citizens, leading citizens...

See that he's brought to justice.

We'll take care of that,

all right, all right.

We'll go to the sheriff,

get it from him.

Boys, that's a great idea.

I'll go with you.

Hey! Hey, jailer.

- Has the sheriff phoned my brothers yet?

- I don't know.

But you'll hear something

one way or the other in due time.

I'm trying to locate the district attorney.

We'll get the truth as soon as possible.

But till we do, one way or other...

...l've no right to make a statement.

Ordinarily, sheriff, yes.

But there's a nervous

feeling about town.

Yes, sheriff.

And the community feels that...

We got a right to know

about him.

I don't know yet that he is

a kidnapper, so neither do you.

What are you trying to do, Hummel?

- Protect this weasel?

- That's pretty comical, you cockroach.

You teaching me law and order.

You've been stirrings up trouble

for law and order hereabouts...

...ever since you put on long pants.

Anything more I can do

for you gentlemen?

Here, let me talk.

No offense meant.

I'm sure, sheriff, we can count on you

keeping everything shipshape, I'm sure.

Good afternoon.

But I would like to...

Good day, sheriff.

- Goodbye, sheriff.

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