The Violent Years Page #4

Think, Bobby.

Think!

Everything's gonna be all right, you hear?

Just fine.

Have you seen Chet?

I tried to but he wouldn't let me.

He's moved to the shack.

I feel sorry for Chet.

After what he's done to you?

He's so mixed up,

they're bound to see it.

Have you seen my dad?

Almost every day.

Stick with him.

It's a very rough time for him.

Of course I will.

Mickey it'll all be over

in a couple of weeks

and seem like a bad dream.

I love you.

I wish you were holding

me in your arms right now.

Honey, I am.

Now the district court of

the 24th Judicial District

is now open and in session,

the Honorable Albert J. Riley presiding.

Are you ready Mr. Baker?

Yes, Your Honor.

The state calls Detective

Lieutenant William McGowan.

Lieutenant William McGowan,

will you come forward and be sworn?

You do solemnly swear,

by the ever-living God,

that the testimony you're about to give

in the case now in

hearing before the court

shall be the truth, the whole truth,

and nothing but the truth.

- I do.

- Be seated.

Lieutenant.

Do you recall an argument you witnessed

at the home of Moe Caruzzo

between the defendant Mickey

Craig and the deceased

on the afternoon of the deceased's death?

Yes sir, if it can

be called an argument.

Would you explain to the court

the circumstances leading

to that altercation?

Well when I got there,

the defendant was already

getting ready to leave.

He told Moe that he looked

forward to meeting him again.

Would you say that Mickey

Craig's tone was friendly

when he said this?

No, not exactly, it was

some kind of threat all right,

but not anything you'd take seriously.

Obviously you were wrong, Lieutenant.

- Objection.

- Sustained.

The reporter will strike

the prosecutor's last remark

from the record, and

the jury is instructed

to disregard the remark.

Did the defendant say anything else?

Yes, he said that if Moe

ever mentioned Pat's name again

that he, the deceased, would see him again

sooner than he might expect.

And then Moe told Mickey

never to come back to his

house again and Mickey left.

Did Moe say anything to you?

Yes.

He said he might need my protection

but I thought he was joking.

You've made that

quite clear, Lieutenant.

Bobby, how long have

you known Chet Marco?

Nearly three years.

When was the first time

you went to Moe's shack?

About the same time as I met Chet.

Was Chet the person who

first brought you there?

Yes, sir.

Would you say that of

all the boys in the shack,

Chet was your best friend?

Yes.

Would you say that Chet

Marco was your best friend,

including all the boys at school,

or anywhere else for that matter?

I guess so.

Bobby,

do you understand the

meaning of the word perjury?

Yes, sir.

It means lying under oath.

Do you further understand

that it's a felony

for which a person can go to jail

for several years or longer?

I know.

I ask you then to tell the

facts as they really happened

rather than attempting to

corroborate the testimony

of your friend Chet Marco.

I told the truth.

Everything Chet said

was the way it happened.

I know it's easy to say,

but try not to be discouraged, huh?

Okay, Mac.

And I'll see as soon as I can.

Right.

Carl, I'm frightened.

Every piece of testimony being's twisted

to make Michael guilty.

It's all right, Frank,

we've still got a chance.

Well what happened to Bobby?

I don't know.

I couldn't get to him.

He doesn't have enough motive for lying.

Chet's our only chance.

Yes, and I'll crack him yet.

Think you can do it?

I'll keep him on the

stand a week if I have to.

Week.

In your own words, Miss Marco,

would you tell the court what Mickey said?

Mickey said that he was going

up to the shack to see Chet.

That he wanted to tell him

that we were gonna get married.

Yes?

And to tell him that his

father was a key witness

at Duke's trial.

And so when Chet testified earlier

that Mickey came to the

shack to fight with Moe

he was not telling the truth.

Your Honor, I object.

- In your opinion.

- No,

he was lying.

Oh, Chet, please,

please tell them the truth, please.

Order.

Counsel will instruct the witness...

No further questions, Your Honor.

Your witness.

Now Miss Marco,

I agree that someone

is lying in this trial.

You were not at the shack

at the time of Moe's death.

Consequently you, like the rest of us,

can determine only in your own mind

the events of that evening

through the testimony

presented in this trial.

I know Mickey wouldn't lie.

You know the witness Bobby Brown?

Yes.

Have you ever known him to lie?

Well,

well Bobby's all mixed up.

He thinks he's helping Chet.

Why would he want to help Chet?

Well, because he likes Chet.

Because, well because Chet's been

sort of like an older brother to him.

Then you'll agree with me

that an honest person might lie,

even under oath to protect

someone whom they love?

Yes, that's why Bobby's lying.

And don't you have an even

greater motive for lying

than Bobby, Miss Marco?

No.

Aren't you in love with the defendant?

Well yes.

Aren't you planning

to marry the defendant?

But I'm telling the truth!

Mickey.

You're twisting everything I'm saying.

Oh, Mickey, what

are they trying to do to us?

What are they trying to do to us, Mickey?

And you still insist that

Moe's death was an accident?

That's the way it happened.

I picked up the knife

so Moe wouldn't get it.

He jumped at me and fell on the knife.

Are you aware that the

deceased was an ex-Marine?

Yes sir.

And you are also aware

that he had undergone

intensive hand-to-hand combat training?

I guess so.

And yet you want this court to believe

that a man with his training,

in his struggle with you,

was so careless as to inflict

a fatal wound on himself?

That's the way it happened.

If it was an accident,

why did you run out?

Why didn't you call a doctor?

I was scared, I guess I panicked.

Yes, you were frightened.

And, I submit, with good reason.

Now Mr. Marco,

let's get a few facts straight, shall we?

Yes sir.

Let's take the night in question,

when Mickey Craig came to the shack.

Isn't it true that when Mickey told you

that it was his father

who' been the witness

at your brother's trial,

you started raving and

calling to your dead brother?

And that you then proceeded

to beat Mickey with you fists?

No sir.

Didn't you scream to your

brother in this manner?

Duke, I've got the witness,

I've got the witness.

My brother's dead.

And is it also true

that when Mickey tried to leave,

he was intercepted by Moe?

And in the ensuing struggle

Moe was accidentally killed?

I wish it were true.

You see Mickey's my friend,

and he's gonna marry my sister.

I wish we could all go home now.

That Moe was still alive

instead of being dead.

But Moe is dead.

And I can't lie.

So everything I've said on

this stand is the truth.

Didn't you swear to

get revenge on the men

you held responsible for

your brother's execution?

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