Ghosts of Mississippi Page #5

-I said I'd be home by 6.

-What about the Owens case?

-The assault with the baseball bat.

-No, the carjacking.

Right. I'm on top of it.

You want this Evers thing

to be your life's work...

...but there's cases that

occurred in this decade.

I promise.

This office can't keep covering

for you with the judges.

-You'd best be in court tomorrow.

-I'll be there.

Daddy...

...how come Grandpa Russel

would be mad at you?

Mommy said Grandpa Russel

would be mad at you.

Great. What else did Mommy say?

She said that you're doing something

that Grandpa won't like.

Yeah, well....

What are you doing?

Grandpa Russel and I didn't

always agree on things.

What things?

Let's see, how can I explain this?

Explain it.

Right.

You know how sometimes

people can just be different?

Like how?

Grandpa used to eat pig's knuckles.

That's how I feel.

See, we're different.

Grandpa used to like to build things.

I can't build anything,

but I like to work in the garden.

Grandpa had guns all over his house,

and we don't have any guns.

I have a gun.

Yours is a nuclear-powered laser gun.

I'm talking about

handguns and rifles.

Holy sh*t!

Claire, watch Drew!

Holy sh*t.

Don't say that.

That's a bad word.

Benny?

Sanders said something about

evidence disappearing after trials.

Do you know anything about that?

My daddy told me that kind of thing

happened all the time.

People used to take stuff as souvenirs.

You know, lawyers, bailiffs, clerks.

How about judges?

That's true.

I'm afraid I won't

be able to play Tuesday.

We have a round robin at the club,

and I promised Lou Ann.

Honey, don't worry about it.

I'll call Charlynne.

If she can't make it, I'll get Louise.

Sugar, play that jack of clubs for me

there, if you would. Please, ma'am.

Hi, Grandma.

What are you doing here?

Dixie's not here.

I thought you'd enjoy

a visit from your grandkids.

Darlin', it's my bridge night tonight.

Drew! Come here.

Well, we can't stay but a minute.

Remember that rifle Judge Moore used

to hold open the door to his study?

Have you seen that around anywhere?

Ladies, y'all know Bobby.

That's Marilyn and Jill and Leah.

I won't keep you from your game.

Go ahead and I'll be right back.

Now, what is he doing here, Caroline?

He's looking for a gun.

I don't appreciate

your roaming around.

I want you coming down

those stairs now, and leave.

I spent many a happy hour up here

arguing the law with your husband.

And if he knew what you were up to

with this Evers nonsense...

...that man would

turn over in his grave.

I said that to myself just this morning.

Dixie always said

that you were crazy as hell.

Maybe she did have a point.

I love you...

...but you and Dixie aren't

any more right for each other...

...than the man in the moon.

I'll go back

and resume my bridge game.

You go on ahead.

I'll be right down.

It's best if you come on

back down with me right now.

I prefer it.

Be careful. It could be loaded.

-Hold on to that.

-What are you doing?

-Checking this serial number.

-I love my grandchildren.

-A little bit higher.

-It's inappropriate to march in here...

...and you expect me to just let you....

What?

I love you, Caroline.

-You're full of sh*t.

-I logged it in the evidence locker.

-Logged what in?

-The gun that killed Medgar Evers.

-You're full of sh*t.

-Who?

He says he found the gun.

-You're full of sh*t.

-That's something to tell Mrs. Evers.

I'm not gonna tell Mrs. Evers.

You've been making those Friday calls

so she'd trust you.

-lf she finds out....

-I can't have her find out.

This can't leave the office.

The only way we're gonna get a new

indictment is if we find something...

...they didn't have 27 years ago.

The way I see it, that something

will come from Beckwith.

Right now,

he's on his mountaintop...

...shooting his mouth off

to anyone who'll listen.

No telling what incriminating thing's

liable to come out of that man.

But if he knows we have

something like this...

...he'll know we're serious

and clam up.

I doubt that Beckwith and Myrlie

speak all that often.

Myrlie speaks to Jerry Mitchell.

Jerry Mitchell speaks to the world.

"You best stop wasting

our taxpayers' money.

Enjoy your drive home."

Nice to see Jackson still

has some concerned citizens.

Well, heck, son,

what did you expect?

I expect people to act like

decent, law-abiding citizens.

This is 1990, for crying out loud.

Of course it is. And we got blacks

and whites playing ball together...

...and on the police force,

in the government, on TV.

We are a fully evolved society.

Aren't we, son?

Let me tell you something:

This country may be legally

integrated, but emotionally...

...we will always be segregated.

I don't know that I accept that.

Of course not.

You're Bobby DeLaughter...

...Mississippi's self-appointed

new civil rights leader.

Barney...

...do we have to talk about this?

No, we do not.

Who all wants some of your

grandpa's famous baby backs?

I do! I do!

You're my son.

I don't want you to get hurt.

In Jackson, Mississippi

In 1963

There lived a man

Who was brave

He fought for freedom

Hello, Mrs. Evers?

It's Bobby DeLaughter.

Nothing earth shattering, no.

We've located all the witnesses...

...but without the original

trial transcript...

...it's tough piecing the case together.

No, ma'am, that's about it.

-I wish I had more to report.

-Hang up the phone.

-Hang up the phone.

-I hope I'll have something...

...a little more exciting next Friday.

-You too.

-Hang up.

I'll call you next Friday, Mrs. Evers.

Thank you. Goodbye.

What is going on?

Would a confession by Mr. Beckwith

qualify as exciting?

What do you got?

You know Jack Ables?

The lawyer?

He's representing a movie studio

in a defamation of character suit...

...brought by a couple Klansmen.

While he was doing his research...

...he came across that.

"Klandestine."

It was written 20 years ago...

...about this Klan titan turned

FBl informant, Delmar Dennis.

On page 38, he talks about attending

a Klan rally in August of 1965.

Guess who was a motivational speaker?

-Beckwith?

-Our boy.

Listen to this.

And I quote:

" Killing that n*gger gave me no more

discomfort than our wives endure...

...when they give birth

to our children."

Sounds like a confession to me.

Let's run down this Delmar Dennis.

We need to have a chat with him.

$100 says old Delmar

chickens out on us.

He's probably hiding in the woods,

shitting in his drawers.

Where the hell is this place?

This guy informed on the Klan.

He could have made a deal with them

to save his butt by delivering us.

That's a happy thought.

One of you Bobby DeLaughter?

Holding rallies and burning

crosses is one thing...

...but when they killed them

three kids up in Neshoba County...

-...freedom riders--

-Goodman, Chaney, Schwerner?

That made a lot of people

come to their senses.

That's why I decided

to go undercover for the FBl.

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