The Big Heat Page #4

That's item one

on the department's agenda.

I've ordered wilks

to shove everything else aside.

I want this case broken if it

takes a hundred men to do it.

We're checking back on every

homicide you've handled. Why?

I beg your pardon?

I asked you why are you

checking the files?

Well, you've made

a lot of enemies, bannion.

Relatives and friends of

killers you've sent to the chair.

The motive was revenge.

That's obvious.

Is that the way it looks

to you too, lieutenant?

Well,

it's worth exploring.

Of course, i'm only

an appointed official.

I haven't the training

and experience you men have.

But i am certain we'll find the

answer in one of these old homicides.

Wilks has eight men on it full time.

Don't worry, there'll be a payoff.

When? It's natural for

you to be impatient,

But these things take time.

Sometimes they take forever.

Now that's no way to talk. Why, there

isn't a man in the entire department...

Wouldn't give a month's pay

to break this case.

What about you, commissioner?

How much would you give?

Just what are you

inferring, sergeant?

I'm asking how much would you give, besides

a lot of phony stories to the newspapers...

A pat on the back and a few kind words

for me? Why don't we go to my office?

Oh, look, dave, you've got to

ease up. Take a few days off.

I'll keep you informed. You? Why,

you frightened excuse for a cop.

Now just a minute, bannion. Why don't

you trot on down to your office...

And wait for him

to call your orders.

Oh, he'll phone you just as soon as

he gets his orders from mike lagana.

I don't want to exert the

authority of my office.

I prefer remembering that

you've been through a lot.

And i'm going to give you

good reason to never forget it.

- You're under suspension!

- Well, you better check with lagana first.

- He might not approve.

- I'll have your badge and gun...

Now!

You can have it-

Permanently.

One moment.

I asked for you gun too.

That doesn't belong to the department.

It's mine, bought and paid for.

I'm warning you officially.

Don't try to use it.

I won't. Not until i catch up with

the people who murdered my wife.

Hold it a minute. Take this

along too, will you, please?

The carriage for the truck? No, that's-

They'll bill you quarterly on

the storage charges, mr. Bannion.

Yeah, i know.

Thanks a lot.

Dave?

I was just leaving.

Let the cab go.

I'll give you a lift.

I prefer the cab, thank you.

Taxi.

I just left wilks.

He said any off-The-Record

help you need is yours.

He feels lousy

about what happened.

Put this carriage in the

cab, will you, please?

Wilks gave me a list of mechanics with

records. He got them from the bomb squad.

I have a list.

Wilks didn't know that.

Tell him to stop bleeding for me.

It'll run all over his pension.

You're way off base, dave.

You don't really know wilks.

I don't want to know him.

Look, i've had a bellyful

of the department and wilks.

And you.

Dave, i wish you'd see

father masterson. Why?

Because you're

on a hate binge.

You've decided people are all

scared rabbits and you spit on them.

Look, i got to lock up.

No man's an island, dave.

You can't set yourself against

the world and get away with it.

Get out.

? Choo choo choo

choo choo choo choo?

Whoo!

? Cha cha cha cha cha cha?

is that you, vince?

Yeah. Larry's with me.

You weren't expecting somebody

else, were you? You'll do.

It's better than

drinking alone.

Hi, larry.

Hi, debby.

What have you

been doing all day?

Shopping.

some career, huh?

Six days a week she shops. On the

seventh, she rests. All tired out.

On her, it looks good.

Thanks, friend.

Go pour yourself a drink.

Hey, that's

nice perfume.

Something new. It attracts

mosquitos and repels men.

It doesn't work that way

with me. It's not supposed to.

oh, that's "his highness. "

I forgot to tell you he was

stopping off. She forgot.

do you ever go

to the circus, larry?

Uh-Uh. You should. And take vince.

There's a man with a big

hat that holds up the hoop,

Cracks the whip

and the animals jump through.

Hop, vince! Hop, larry!

Hop, vince! Hop, larry!

Hop, vince! Hop, larry!

Hop, vince! Hop-

Putting on a vaudeville act,

debby? Just impersonations.

How's your daughter,

mr. Lagana?

She was going out formal tonight. oh.

Can you imagine that?

Hmm.

She wanted me to wait and put

the final okay on her dress.

But i told her what

i thought didn't matter.

Just impress

that football player.

Oh, sometimes the father means

more than the football players.

They come and go, but dad's

around for keeps, hmm?

I hope angela feels that way

about me. Oh, i'll bet she does.

Check the kitchen, will you, baby? Sure.

Now it's debby. Hop, debby! Hop,

debby! Hop, debby! Hop, debby!

Hop, debby! Hop, debby! Hop, debby!

Hop! Hop! She's a young girl, vince.

Don't let her drink so much.

If she keeps it up, she

goes out of here on her ear.

She's got

no claim-Check on me.

When that happens, give me a ring.

I'm a rebound man from way back.

I don't like gutter talk.

I'm sorry.

Sorry? I'm tired of hearing you

sound off and then apologize.

Vince gave you two simple contracts,

and you loused up both of them.

Oh, now wait-

Shut up and listen!

Throwing the chapman girl

out on a county road...

Brought us all the advertising

we didn't want.

Killing mrs. Bannion,

how stupid can you get?

How'd i know

she'd be using the car?

Prisons are bulging with dummies

who wonder how they got there.

I can't afford people who makes

mistakes. I make myself clear?

Su-Sure.

Vince and i have

things to talk about.

I got an appointment in half

an hour with mrs. Duncan.

She's raised her salary

to 500 a week.

Are we gonna pay it?

You sound like larry.

As long as that letter her husband

left stays in her safe deposit box,

We'll pay what she asks.

Now what about bannion?

Running around in circles.

You sure? Positive. But

if you want insurance,

Uh, we can

take care of him now.

Vince, you worry me.

We've stirred up enough headlines.

The election's too close.

Things are changing

in this country, vince.

A man who can't see that

hasn't got eyes.

Never get the people steamed

up. They start doing things.

Grand juries,

election investigations.

Deportation proceedings.

I don't want to land in the same

ditch with the lucky lucianos.

Slim farrow around?

Not anymore.

Where can i reach him?

Spring rock cemetery.

Six feet under.

Died three days ago.

Bad ticker.

He owe you some money?

No.

I was hoping to get

some information.

then it makes no difference.

Slim wouldn't give information

to his own minister,

If he had a minister.

Well, maybe you can help me.

My wife was murdered

ten days ago.

Someone planted dynamite

in our car.

You bannion, the cop?

That's right.

Was slim mixed up in that? That's

what i'm trying to find out.

Sorry.

Can't help you.

Well, did he have any visitors?

Did he get any phone calls?

All i know about slim is

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