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01:30All right, unload.
01:42Let's take a walk.
01:43Wait a minute.
01:44You got me all wrong.
01:45Honest you have, Red.
01:46I didn't squeal.
01:48Come on, fellas.
01:49Give me a break, will you?
01:50Let me run for it, just for old times.
01:53Oh, listen, fellas.
01:54Give me the same chance I'd give you.
01:56I'm Trent.
01:57I wouldn't shoot you.
01:58Wait a minute.
01:58But you've been in the same spot we're in.
02:00We got orders from Big Bill.
02:02And if we don't follow him, bring us out here.
02:04Now get going.
02:05Wait a minute.
02:05I got a wife and kids.
02:06You know what you can do?
02:07You can tell Big Bill I got away or something.
02:09Oh, shut up and quit your blubbering.
02:11Come on.
02:11Come on.
02:11Come on.
02:11Come on.
02:18You newspaper guys give me a pain.
02:21Certainly I know Big Bill Anderson is back at this.
02:24I can't arrest a person just because I think he's a murderer.
02:27You fellas can print rumors.
02:30I have to charge.
02:37We just picked up Big Bill Anderson and had him look at Trent's dead body,
02:41hoping he'd lose his nerve and crack.
02:43Nothing doing.
02:44We'll have to catch that in the act.
02:46That's not so easy, so long as he has others do his killings.
02:50Meantime, what'll I do with him?
02:51You mean you're still holding him?
02:53On what charges?
02:55None.
02:56I knew that tricky lawyer of his corpus to release him,
02:59so I've got him outside.
03:00Talk to him?
03:03Yes, maybe you've hit on an idea.
03:13This town's going to be a lot better off without you, Anderson.
03:16That gag won't work.
03:17You can't run me out of town.
03:19Not for the lawyer I've got.
03:21I can't do much for you in 20 minutes, Craig.
03:26Take him down to the midnight train and put him aboard.
03:29Just so you don't run into that very special legal advisor of his,
03:33go out the back way.
03:35I'm getting in touch with every chief of police for the next thousand miles
03:38to see that you don't get off that train.
03:42Come on.
03:42I hope you got me a drawing room.
03:49Chief Reardon brought Big Bill Anderson to see him.
04:12To see me?
04:14Why, he was told not to let him get off the train.
04:16That's what started the trouble.
04:17Big Bill had other ideas.
04:18So the chief loaded him into a police car.
04:21They're outside now.
04:21Sure.
04:22That's one way for Reardon to get rid of his own...
04:25Load them on my shoulders.
04:27I can't chase Anderson out of town.
04:29Not until Reardon gets something on him.
04:32Oh.
04:34All right, send him in.
04:38Tell him to bring Anderson in.
04:39How are you, Wayne?
04:51Hello, Chief.
04:52Without an introduction, I'm guessing he's your district attorney.
04:55Sit down.
04:56Thanks.
04:57I will.
04:59I've heard a lot about you, Anderson.
05:01If any details are missing, I'll be glad to furnish them.
05:03We've got enough to hold you.
05:05You wouldn't try that.
05:07I know a thing or two about law.
05:10Specialized on habeas corpus.
05:12I know my legal onions.
05:15Maybe you overlook some of the small stuff.
05:17Ah, an assistant process.
05:19I could jail you as a vagrant.
05:21Not employed, no visible means of support.
05:23I've had a bank account in this town for some time.
05:26And other business interests.
05:29People like you don't stay around here very long.
05:32Yep, I've noticed your town's dead.
05:34No wonder they have to advertise and plead with people to come here.
05:38You, uh, don't cooperate.
05:40We'll cooperate.
05:41How?
05:42By breaking your own laws?
05:44You stretched one when your chief tossed me into that car without a warrant.
05:49Kidnapping.
05:50Federal offense.
05:51Maybe the pro men have to know you're here.
05:54I'd like to take a look into your income tax.
05:56Paid in full.
05:58Certified by the collector.
06:00How about locking them up for investigation?
06:02I've retained one of your very highly respected lawyers.
06:05If you try that.
06:06Mr. Horace Meade.
06:10You know him?
06:10Yeah.
06:11But I'm wondering if he knows who you are.
06:13From the size of his fee, I imagine he thinks I'm Captain Kidd.
06:20Oh, yes.
06:21There's another thing.
06:23I've always been interested in our Constitution.
06:26They must have been thinking of me when they added that Bill of Human Rights.
06:29Article 4.
06:31The right of people to be secure in their person.
06:34Article 5.
06:36No person should be held for a crime unless on indictment of a grand jury.
06:40Article 6.
06:41In all criminal prosecution, the accused shall enjoy the right to be informed of the nature and the cause of the accusation.
06:47To be confronted with the witnesses against him.
06:50And to have counsel for his defense.
06:53There you are, gentlemen.
06:55That's a Bill of Human Rights.
06:56It's never meant to protect human rights.
06:58And to think that some of our best citizens use it to hide their skullduggery.
07:03Anderson, it won't be healthy for you to operate here.
07:05I think I'm going to like your city.
07:07Well, if you're through, gentlemen, I'll move on to an important conference.
07:12It's been nice meeting you.
07:21All right, Haley.
07:21I'll pin something on him.
07:29If you can, you'll get a medal pinned on you.
07:31When I get the evidence, it's up for you fellas to make it stick.
07:33That'll be a pleasure.
07:35So long.
07:36I want some of the boys to stay close to them.
07:38I want some of the boys to stay close to them.
08:07cannot or will not which that'll make people think we haven't even tried to
08:11get big bill instead of bawling us out why don't they print why we fail why
08:15don't they put the blame where it belongs can't expect us to fight crime
08:19and the kind of laws we have to work with that's like hunting tigers with bean
08:22shooters you think criminals made these laws to protect themselves john when
08:26these laws were made they fitted the occasion they draped justice in shining
08:30armor and gave her a sharp sword to defend the oppressed and innocent against
08:34the abuse of power trouble is times have changed
08:38and criminals have changed a sword is pretty weak against modern weapons
08:44the magna carta was something to shout about in those days when a tyrant could
08:47kill a man just because he didn't like the way his hair was parted
08:51but the boys who wrote that code that the modern criminal would twist it
08:55to get a lot of protection for himself just remember the accused is innocent
09:00until we prove him guilty yeah try telling that to the fellow the prince's
09:05stuff why does he have to pick on a time like this to start blasting just when i'm
09:08getting married if it isn't one thing to stop us as a half dozen others well this time we are
09:13getting married not when a thing like this is going on i can smell more headlines coming our way
09:18district attorney and assistant in cahoots with racketeers and in the society column
09:23assistant district attorney to marry daughter of district attorney
09:27not to my daughter citizens might start throwing eggs at the wedding and collins here a thousand
09:33of those gambling machines yeah and a lot of good those one-armed bandits are doing me
09:38i had to go to work myself so i could pay storage on them oil them up you're back in business
09:44hmm those machines will be glad to be back working again but i hope they don't forget themselves and
09:49start dropping the jackpots how you got them regulated we keep 70 percent change it
09:56give the sucker 70 percent the first week let them know you're back in business
10:02we'll take it away from them later you fellows must remember one thing
10:06it pays to advertise you think put over every successful business
10:11advertiser ads but he can't get people talking about us let them win 50 they'll brag it is 100
10:17the next one said is a thousand
10:19everyone that hears about us and you sucker they'll be mortgaging their homes for us to make
10:25easy money the same thing goes for the bookies hank and sweepstakes and other rackets
10:32pick your suckers cut in the right people yeah but don't figure on cutting in our noble district
10:38attorney politician has one weak spot load your gun with votes and shoot him through the ballot box
10:46you leave things to me when i get through with this half-baked hamlet
10:51it'll be a live city
11:01not familiar to me
11:12not familiar to me
11:14i remember her she's the girl i said goodbye to this morning she must be my daughter
11:26what a fine day this has been for me do you realize i've been waiting at the jeweler shop for
11:30two hours for you to show up and this is the day we were selecting my wedding ring but darling darling
11:36i warned you not to marry a man in public office or you go through the same things your mother did
11:40and if you don't want to face that now's the time to make up your mind whether you want him
11:48certainly i want him
12:00why did the newspapers print trash like that why don't they jump on the police for not getting
12:09the evidence newspapers don't bother with those details they won't be satisfied till we put anderson
12:13in jail then they'll take the bows well if the police would get some real evidence instead of those
12:17half-baked ones i wouldn't care who took the bows anderson shrewd he won't come out in front unless
12:23he's out but everybody knows big bills behind all the rackets we've got plenty of evidence but we can't
12:28tie it up to him fella's smart all it takes is a man just a little smarter
12:40here's a couple of beauties of the federal men just got them from washington i told you i'd pin
12:44something on big bill just take a look at those mugs a couple of daisies two of the town's best
12:49racketeers hank newell and joe armstrong hank and joe are just small fry fellow we're after is big
12:55bill anderson this trail ought to lead us right up to anderson's door pick them up and bring them
12:59into my office tonight okay and i'm telling the truth when i spill that all the clip joints and
13:08gambling dives run by me on randall street are owned by big bill anderson i turn all the money over to
13:14big bill he pays me a split in the profits for being his front and getting arrested when police raid his
13:19places now sign it he'll kill me for this
13:36you solemnly swear that all the facts contained in this confession of the truth and were made
13:39voluntarily by you without any coercion on the part of the police or district attorney
13:43yeah that confession will keep big bill from harming anybody you don't know anderson putting
13:51him in jail ain't doing me any good all he's got to do is pass the word when a guy like that goes to
13:55jail he's through giving orders without a leader his crowd will fall to pieces until we get anderson
14:00indicted the safest place for him is in jail book him as a material witness and lock him up
14:04we've talked to that other fellow now haley bring in your other prisoner
14:17hope we can get the same out of armstrong
14:24wait outside haley sit down armstrong say what's it picking me up on the street and rush me up here
14:29i ain't done nothing we're going to give you a chance to do something come clean turn state's
14:34evidence against big bill anderson i'll see you get protection protection protection never helped a
14:41guy when he's full of bullets anderson's washed up in this town he's through oh yeah it's okay if
14:46you want to kid yourself but i'm not talking not like a lawyer armstrong there's a lot of locked
14:50doors between you and horace mead he's not coming up here get ready to take down armstrong's confession
14:56say you can throw that thing away i ain't gonna sign see get me that record on armstrong
15:09joe armstrong alias roger strong alias roger clayton alias bob clemens alias joe callahan
15:16pickpocket thief confidence man serve time at jolliet huntsville lansing
15:21parole from canyon city after serving five years of a ten years sentence
15:25conditions of parole not to leave the state not to engage selling liquor or gambling
15:31and here's a pretty good picture of you if you want to deny your identity i'll show you some
15:35fingerprints from washington came in today
15:38i've got a pretty complete record of your life from the cradle up
15:42canyon city is just one of several prisons that'll take you back
15:46you violated your parole by adding those liquor and gambling joints i only work there i don't operate
15:51them you'll have to prove that you don't own them or go back and serve your time want to do that
15:56or swear that big bill enderson owns the rackets
15:58okay osquok big bill owns all the joints i only work for all right just tell it to the stenographer
16:19and take a good look there's your twenty thousand dollars squealers
16:39witnesses failing out material witnesses comes high they cost ten thousand dollars a piece of
16:44your money i'll get my money's worth out of them at the same time i'll teach the rest of my outfit
16:49what happens to guys who shoot off their mouths i'd like to be there tomorrow morning when that
16:54district attorney finds the bodies of his two prized witnesses on his lawn
17:00that'd be handing him just the chance he's looking for to charge you murder double murder and he could
17:05make it stick this time you're forgetting these two monkeys sign confessions that tie you in a knot
17:11and those confessions are in the hands of the d.a all right then you tell me what to do i've got
17:16to prove the d.a forced these fellows to sign you know third degree police brutality yeah
17:23look at him another mark on
17:31and this is as good a place as any boys make it look like the cops did a bang up job
17:45i wasn't doing a thing the cops grabbed me and run me up the d.a's office
17:50and when i wouldn't sign the paper they handed me they started slugging me and beating me up
17:55they beat me to death if i didn't sign they broke three of my ribs
18:10that's all mr newell mr armstrong
18:14what's your story well i'd assign anything and you would too the way they beat me up broke my arm
18:23there's an x-ray and a statement from the doctor took turns of slugging me and all the time the
18:28district attorney kept egging them on gentlemen that's what cops do to a respectable citizen who
18:33won't help them frame an innocent man then you deny the truth of your signed confession against big
18:38bill anderson i signed to keep him from killing me mr armstrong you're dismissed from further service
18:44before this jury and you mr newell
18:51as long as i am foreman of this grand jury i will not consider any evidence which might have been
18:56obtained by such brutality gentlemen i move that no indictment be voted against and and
19:03anderson
19:12this makes a monkey out of the district attorney you want to try to outsmart and have it framed
19:17i wanted to hang wherever and see it give the suckers confidence in me show him was running his
19:21town just one word of job for you can turn in you know i promised hank and joe if they testified right
19:28they'd never have another thing to worry him now you always see that they don't ever worry again
19:47have you seen this who hasn't the star tribune is after your scalp i think it also mentions yours
19:59the publisher of the star tribune has received an open letter from this modern juniors demanding the
20:03district attorney and the chief of police resign and right here the writer says he has definite
20:08proof connecting you with the activities of big bill anderson if juniors has any real proof of
20:13connivance between public office and private crime the star tribune will gladly print it for
20:17the betterment of the law-abiding element of this community who is this juniors why don't he sign
20:21his own name obviously he's imitating that mysterious english juniors who more than a
20:25century ago drove a corrupt government from office oh what's that got to do with us he thinks we're corrupt
20:30yes all right talk of the devil there's the man that fronts for juniors better stick around you can't
20:43hide from a newspaper man hello mike hello jim flame sit down jim no it won't take a minute sorry i had to
20:52feed you a bitter pill i swallowed it but mike here gagged on it you keep on printing that kind of stuff we'll
20:57both be out of office that's my purpose right out on your ear two can play at that game you know but
21:02you won't land on your ear and i ought to sue you for saying i'm tied up with him as a crook if that
21:06juniors letter isn't libel i don't know anything about law sure it's liable but you can't drum up a
21:10jury you won't think you are conniving with big bill i might accept that challenge and haul you into
21:14court okay there's only two reasons why he's not in jail either you're in cahoots with him or you're
21:20unfit to hold office take your choice pretty good psychology jim you'll bet it is and listen to me young
21:26fellow i run a newspaper to keep this town informed what's going on libel laws or no libel laws and if
21:32you think junior's first letter gives a young pup like you the right to sue an old war horse read
21:37junior's second letter it came this afternoon you'll find it on the front page of the night edition
21:56sorry if i kept you waiting that's all right i took advantage of the time to read this latest
22:02attack juniors yes i read it too i was wondering whether i should wear my new gown tonight people
22:06might say anderson's graft paid for it very nice it is too it's a good thing my suit isn't newer they'd be
22:12cracking out with taylor by big bill anderson we're taking a taxi tonight i didn't have the courage to
22:17drive my new car i've been months saving for the down payment you know these juniors letters may not
22:22hurt big bill and make a wallflower out of me well that's well then i'll have all the dances with you
22:26oh seriously john maybe we'd better not go i'm not going to let a lot of silly gossip spoil a pleasant
22:32evening for us she would like to get my hands on the fellow that's writing all these juniors letters
22:37haven't you been able to get any idea who it is no but he knows what he's writing about
22:42are you inferring that there's a truth in them about father i know he should discuss that this evening
22:46that means you do think it i'm worried about the whole father doesn't seem to want my advice
22:51well he did get along pretty well without you before you his assistant it's my opinion father
22:54knows what he's doing i suppose he does but i think he'd get better and quicker results if he
22:58were more ruthless aha i suppose you tried to tell him that and then he told you something
23:04that's the trouble he just ignored me i think father used very good judgment
23:08and i'll do the same thing before this evening ends up in a quarrel
23:11there it's my lawyer i gotta see him alone i'll talk to you later
23:30what's the idea that you must see me tonight maid i've got some important papers for you to sign
23:35they're all ready for your signature it's for your own protection so no one else have a claim ownership
23:40i never sign anything the boys running the joints know who owns them they know who to pay the dough
23:46to but if ever you want to turn them into quick cash the way things stand you couldn't prove ownership
23:51that's the way i want it nobody can ever tie me up with these rackets but unless i put them in your
23:56name i could claim i own them but you wouldn't try that mead oh no of course not you know i wouldn't try
24:05that no one or anybody else when they're dealing with me now run along don't come here bothering me
24:12i'll tell you when i want you but i'm your lawyer you're paying me to give you advice that's where
24:17you're wrong i'm paying you to do what i tell you all right but i'm warning you anything can happen to
24:25your business you've seen those letters in the newspaper those junius letters one of these days he's
24:30gonna throw a monkey wrench into your game say where he's tossing his monkey wrench suits me fine
24:37when he says i'm too smart for the district attorney he's tooting my horn find out who this junius guy
24:43is and send him in i'll put him on my payroll stop worrying all right it's your funeral
25:00all right boys you can come in now
25:07now let's get on to business i sent for you fellas because this town's right
25:11you've worked for me in other towns you know how i operate somebody muscling in on the gambit
25:16no i've got that under control but there's some shops here that need protection i see how bad do
25:22they need it with me protecting them they can raise their prices and still make as much profit as
25:27they do now when do we start signing them up right away collins has a list of the ones we've picked
25:35maybe you better make an example out of the first few that'll convince the others they need my
25:39protection we understand all right boys go to work
25:44sign this what is it it's a membership and a new protective association
25:58hurry up you don't have to read it but i don't want it i don't need protection not that kind i won't sign
26:04it
26:10you'd be surprised to know how high this could blow one of these joints
26:13put your name on that
26:25how do you like your new price list why i'm making a good profit now
26:30from now on you're charging more and the extra dough goes to us for protecting you
26:35oh i heard about you fellas well i don't need your protection and i won't pay it no
26:44maybe you better spray those clothes back there in the shop now wait a minute shut up
26:49there's a cop nosing around over there i'm gonna see if he's got his eye on us
27:08lancy talking they're the fellas we're after all right there's two waiting in the car and two in the
27:15shop rush this squad to take him in i'm going to them right now
27:33trouble let's get out of here
27:45now it's hit step on it
28:07mike they plugged me
28:09the license number is two or three three seven three
28:21that's 14 16 18 go to 7th avenue and holly street a man shot fugitives escaped in dark sedan license
28:30plates two or three all could be on the lookout for these men these bandits are desperate and
28:36dangerous they only armed to resist arrest one man is believed wounded and may seek medical attention
28:42all doctors and hospitals have been warned to be on the lookout
28:45fugitive car scene turning off 48th street international avenue that's all that's our street
28:52i'm going out and file a police car billy come to your lessons oh gee mom can't i go just a minute
28:58there's been a man's shot you stay here with me those police reports make me nervous when i'm
29:02here alone no mom there's to be nervous about i'm here i wouldn't let anybody hurt you
29:09come on this is a perfect hideout
29:10i'd like to see how the cops catch him you wait till your father comes home and he'll tell you all about it
29:21there's your father now he's forgotten his key again let him in billy
29:36who are you what do you want shut up bring him in
29:39keep quiet and you won't be hurt put him over there tom
29:50anybody else in this house no but my father's coming home you better not be here you get me
29:54some water and some iodine and lots of towels tom hang on to him just in case
30:01where's that upstairs oh come on let's get it sit down
30:09don't look at me lady keep your eyes on the floor
30:30here we are red
30:39i know who you fellas are you killed a man keep your mouth shut
30:46get over there with the old lady and keep quiet
30:47that's all i can do for him he won't live long anyway he's just about done for
31:04lady looks like you're going to have a funeral in your house
31:07why don't you men go away and leave us alone
31:11we'd like nothing better lady but it just so happens that there's a million cops outside
31:16and if we did leave you'd start hollering police right away attention all cars sending the
31:20bandit area the police net is now a complete chain around the national avenue district
31:25it is certain the fugitives are inside the net all police will leave their cars and begin closing
31:30in remember these men are fully armed take no chances that is all we got to get out of here red
31:38what about al oh he won't live long anyway we can't take him with us
31:41hey al
31:47he was always one jump ahead of the cops he must have croaked when they heard those police reports
31:52attention all police in the bandit area the bandits are holed up at 1423 national avenue
31:59they're in the home of william jones holding his wife and boy prisoners close in on that house
32:05that is all get out and start the car i'll bring the old lady so they won't shoot at us
32:09come on hurry up
32:15rise the community in a series of raids on merchants were corner police round up tonight
32:28which resulted in killing two of the bandits as they were desperately trying to escape from the home
32:32of william jones the third bandit was found dead inside the house where they had held mrs jones
32:39and her 12 year old boy william prisoners the boy narrowly escaped death while protecting his mother
32:45read further details in the latest edition of the star tribune
32:48you were pretty smart collins they didn't use their heads run down and get me a copy of the star
32:55tribune okay that kills off red tom and al serves them right if they're dumb enough to get caught
33:03now i have to line up three more boys to handle their work it was a mistake holding up in that house
33:07oh who cares you and i didn't do it i know but they'll get the public up in arms and that isn't
33:12going to be so sure it is that makes the public criticize the district attorney the more they jump
33:19on him the sicker he's and the quicker he laid out of my hand you seen the star tribune this afternoon
33:29certainly raking us over the even say we're responsible for this reign of terror
33:33yes jim wallace warned me he said the public temple was so hot i ought to resign well it wasn't so long
33:39ago he was just as anxious to have you run for re-election well when rats won't sail with a ship
33:44good sailors should have sense enough to desert not me not with you on the bridge giving orders i'm not
33:48quitting i didn't think you would but we've got to work fast with jim wallace withdrawing his newspaper
33:55support i won't be in office after next election with you out of office anderson and his outfit will milk
34:00this town dry say you give me an idea if he's going to do it then why not now with big bill anderson's
34:08support i might be re-elected you don't mean that well why not i can't lick him he's got a staff of
34:16crooked lawyers to show him holes in the law for his rats to jump through if you let me go out in my
34:21way i'll get him well that's just the fire of youthful confidence you haven't been kicked around much
34:25by a lot of ungrateful citizens well you know what's kicking up all the row it's those juniors
34:30letters your friend wallace prints yeah well he even said you have secret meetings with as a matter
34:33of fact i have an appointment with big bill anderson tonight that's swell get him up here i'll fill this
34:39office with dictographs and make records of every word he says you've been reading cheap detective
34:43magazines you know he won't come here he won't talk to me anywhere except in his own place well you
34:49shouldn't be seen entering anderson's place and the public would believe the newspapers they believe
34:53it now can't be worse besides i'm anxious to hear his proposition
35:06i have these cigars made special for me they cost four dollars apiece if i didn't keep them out of
35:11sight these monkeys of mine would start chewing them take a handful fill up your pockets no thanks
35:15they're too rich for my blood i gave up smoking some time ago oh that's too bad if you ever take it
35:21up again i'll have a flock of made up for you put your monogram on them too
35:33how do you like that smells like good tobacco but what else can they put in them to cost four
35:38dollars nothing i just like to know i'm smoking a four dollar cigar that's like a woman braiding a ten
35:44dollar orchid yeah that's right i never thought about that before i gotta hurry expecting me to
35:52visit some of my places tonight so let's cut out the gap and get on the cases way seems mean what's on
35:57your mind well you won't be district attorney very long you can't be re-elected so what do you want
36:05to do about it what can i do about it be silly for you to leave office a poor man
36:11that's something i can't help well maybe you can what's the use of wasting words i'll come right
36:19out with it you could be worth ten thousand dollars a month to me for the rest of your term in office
36:25that won't be long then what about me all the rest of my life
36:29i'll make you chief of my staff of lawyers what do you say
36:33that's a tempting offer to a poor man i expect you to accept so here's your first payment on account
36:45now that we're partners uh what have i got to do to earn this nothing absolutely nothing just sit
36:52tight and don't interfere in anything i do
36:57what if the police department should present me with evidence which might force my hand
37:02that won't happen if it does you call me i'll arrange a meeting for you with my lawyers
37:09you fellas can figure a way to kill it
37:16good night wayne good night i'll give you a ring every now and then
37:20what's all the excitement about where have you been all evening you'll find out soon enough father
37:34coming yes i called him he'll be right down the way you called me i thought the house was on fire it's
37:39better than that this will set the town on fire this afternoon you accused me of reading too many cheap
37:43detective magazines that did me a lot of good i've got a record here to prove it it features our
37:48eminent district attorney wayne and tough mug big bill anderson you mean you took dick the graph
37:54records of my visit to anderson i sure did well didn't you hear it no not yet hope it works oh so do
38:01i and father maybe this is the end of your troubles with anderson and his gang
38:06i don't know how much i got but here she goes
38:11i gotta hurry expect me to visit some of my places tonight
38:15so let's cut out the gap and get on the cases wayne's me what's on your mind
38:19well you won't be district attorney long you can't be reelected so
38:25what do you want to do about it what can i do about it me silly to leave the office a poor man
38:31that's something i can't help well maybe you can what's the use of wasting words i'll come right
38:37out with it you could be worth ten thousand dollars a month to me for the rest of your term in office
38:42that won't be long then what about me all the rest of my life i'll make it chief of my staff of the
38:47lawyers what do you say that's a tempting offer to a poor man i expect you to accept so here's your
38:55first payment on account now that we're partners uh what have i got to do to earn this nothing
39:03absolutely nothing just sit tight and don't interfere in anything i do i think you'd better
39:09shut that off but what if the police department should present me with evidence
39:19you knew what was on that record patricia i swear i didn't hear it
39:23i'm as surprised as you are why i didn't know your father was taking money but now that you know
39:26what's your next scheme oh i'm not scheming here i wish i hadn't heard it but now that you have heard it
39:35there's only one thing i can do advise you to resign and turn state's evidence
39:40that way we may be able to save you from prison i see i've taught you too well good night patricia
39:54won't you try to see it my way try to understand i mean there's something i can't pretend not to know
39:58i heard it you heard it his own voice why the evidence is right there
40:01miss way
40:18patricia wayne what a surprise i'm glad you know who i am i've known who you are for some time
40:26in fact i've always wanted to meet you you may change your mind when you hear the reason for my
40:29visit you name anything you want it's yours will you have a copy of first thank you no it's late
40:37i've been waiting for you more than an hour hey if i had known anybody like you were here
40:42i wouldn't have wasted time where i was by the way how'd you manage to get in here without me
40:48i took advantage of a very good lesson in bribery so i thought i might try it myself to get into your
40:52room that's the one on me i never thought of it working on my outfit uh won't you sit down thank
41:00you i'd rather stand i want you to take back this money you gave my father
41:06he asked you to do this no i got it without him knowing this would cause an autograph record was
41:11made of everything yeah who did that father's assistant john carter well then that's no trouble
41:20isn't he the boy you're gonna marry yes but that wouldn't stop him you should have seen him after
41:24i destroyed the record after you destroyed the record that's perfect then there is no record
41:33you're a smart girl but you don't know john carter i don't have to let your father handle him that's
41:39the deal i made the father refuses to interfere even if it sends both of you to prison is that so
41:46but you tell your father wouldn't be so bad for me in jail i have a lot of old friends up there
41:51they'd be glad to see me but when he goes he'll only meet all his old enemies all the boys he
41:58convicted be waiting for him that wouldn't be so good for him oh won't you please listen to me mr
42:06enderson you have enough money why don't you go away and leave this town and let my father alone you're
42:12attempting that's a very pretty speech i didn't make any mistake when i put your old man on my payroll
42:19i should have put you on it too i'm in a great spot now it's up to you to use that same pretty
42:27speech on john carter he's the right fellow to hear it he won't refuse you now do we understand each
42:35other yes i think we do
42:57hello john i've been trying to reach you everywhere
43:00i can't go to sleep until we settle this why must you act in such a hurry won't you wait a few
43:06days or a week and give father a chance to do something about it oh please don't do anything
43:10now darling i'd give my right arm to delay this i've been walking the streets for hours wondering
43:15what i could do i even thought of resigning but it's too late for that now the newspaper has it already
43:20this genius letter tells everything i'm forced to take action listen to this proof of a secret
43:26meeting between district attorney wayne and big bill anderson notorious underworld boss was recorded on
43:32a dictograph record last night by john carter it proves beyond question the district attorney secretly
43:38is conniving with a man whom he should prosecute after obtaining the records carter took the proof to the
43:43home of the district attorney that sounds as if i was never out of the fellow's sight and listen to
43:48this it will be interesting to watch what action the assistant district attorney will take with such
43:53damaging proof against his chief chatter is engaged to marry wayne's daughter patricia this may influence
44:00them to withhold the information improving corruption in the district attorney's office patricia patricia
44:18the truth i do state your name patricia wayne how does it look this preliminary hearing will wash it
44:35up 11 years to a jury are you the daughter of the defendant dexter wayne yes were you present with your father and
44:53myself in your home the night i played a certain dictograph record i was did you recognize your father's
45:00voice on that record i had never heard his voice on the record but it sounded like his voice didn't it
45:05well i don't know it sounded like two men talking did you recognize the other man's voice well it was
45:11all so confusing i couldn't tell did you ever have occasion to hear the voice of the defendant anderson
45:19before that night no but you have heard it since haven't you yes where here in this courtroom
45:26anywhere else please answer my question where else have you heard anderson's voice
45:33in his home when after you played the record that same night why did you go to his home i asked him
45:40to leave this town why i was afraid it caused trouble for my father what kind of trouble well i don't know
45:47just trouble there were rumors that anderson was paying my father not to prosecute him prosecute him for
45:52what i don't know but you knew that your father had been bribed by anderson i object your honor on the
45:58ground that calls for conclusion by the witness objection sustained
46:07what did anderson say to you the night you visited his home he felt certain that you would not file
46:11charges against my father why did he seem so certain because at that time you and i were engaged and he
46:18thought you might be considerate of me i must ask you to answer some questions about that dictograph
46:24record where did it come from i don't know you brought it to my home please tell the court what
46:30you heard on that record well i can't remember i guess i was too excited perhaps i can refresh your
46:37memory didn't you hear one man refer to the other as district attorney wayne and agree to pay him ten
46:43thousand dollars each month well it's also didn't you stop that record because you recognize your
46:47father's voice and didn't you destroy it for the same reason i won't answer that i just couldn't you
46:53have no right to ask me such questions i insist you do answer must warn you miss wayne you are testifying
47:00under oath you know that means don't you yes i know i'm waiting for your answer please don't ask me
47:08that again i'm sorry but i can't answer it young woman your refusal to answer a question from the
47:15witness stand constitutes contempt of court unless you do answer without further hesitation your honor
47:22i do refuse to answer that question the bailiff will remove the witness from the courtroom and place
47:28her in the custody of the sheriff to be held in the county jail until further orders if your honor
47:33please i crave the indulgence of the court i am a lawyer still licensed to practice in the courts of
47:43this state this is most unusual for a defendant to interrupt the court's proceedings when he's already
47:49adequately represented by counsel then i am forced to serve notice on my counsel he is discharged forthwith
47:56your honor you can understand my feelings toward the witness
47:59i beg the court to let me put the question to my daughter the court has no objections if the
48:05prosecution concurs proceed patricia you and i have been more than just father and daughter
48:16ever since we lost your mother we've been pals we've always gone to each of them's i've always encouraged
48:23you to tell the truth and you never lie to me about anything i wouldn't want you to speak an untruth or be
48:28evasive even though you thought it would help me i know father now dear i want you to answer the
48:34question put to you by the acting district attorney didn't you stop the record because you recognized
48:40your father's voice and didn't you destroy it for the same reason yes i knew it would be used as evidence
48:49against you when i talked to anderson in his home he told me that if john sent you to prison he would
48:55be putting you at the mercy of every criminal you had ever convicted and sent there he said that
48:59they would murder you thank you patricia witness excused and is all your honor
49:10on the testimony of the acting district attorney john carter and patricia wayne
49:15i order the defendants william anderson and dexter wayne held for the fall term of the grand jury
49:21bail is set at ten thousand dollars for each defendant
49:35sit tight don't move away from here i'll be back and i'll need you
49:42need you better put up that bail in a hurry and don't forget to cover me
49:46you're forgetting i'm no longer your attorney that was a dumb stunt forcing your daughter to test i
49:50i thought that was too clever for you the prosecuting attorney had already put the hooks into us
49:54you didn't want her as a further witness against us did you since when are you telling me how to spend my
49:59money why waste time put a bond to cover him too and before your receipt is bail they might sing another tune
50:08here are certified checks to cover bail for both defendants give me receipts and i'll be running
50:15along don't be in such a hurry you may be wasting those checks you know this little case today was
50:19just the start you might run out of money before i get through with you some of big bill's other
50:24crimes are nicely illustrated in these warrants warrants yeah here's one that should demand another ten
50:31thousand bail there's one that's good for at least twenty thousand and here's one for murder
50:38now when would you gentlemen like to begin matching your bail money against my warrants
50:43have plenty more coming up those things are not worth the paper they're written on
50:48no evidence to support them called to throw them out faster they came to trial
50:52yeah but they demand bail until they do come to trial this is just a crazy scheme to try and keep my
50:56client in jail certainly it is and it's water tight this time big bill anderson goes to jail come on
51:10there isn't enough money in the mint to match those warrants are you suggesting i go to jail you'll
51:14have to till i can blast this scheme of his is that so well they'll never catch big bill where that can
51:19happen hang on to that bail money don't put a penny for him either
51:21i wish i could change places with you i wouldn't be as proud of you then as i am now
51:34i've been waiting for just such a thing as this go on tell him he wins the first round
51:51this is a very important letter for john give it to him the moment i leave this room but remember
52:17not until they take me out of here i don't lose your nerve
52:25well where is your jail right this way let's go
52:31i don't expect forgiveness for something that i had to do and i want you to know i'll help
52:50all i can john father was very anxious i'll hand you this the minute he left the room
53:01yes why he's just playing in with anderson to trap him
53:18calling all cars attention all cars for big bill anderson and former disc attorney wayne who
53:23escaped from the police the prisoners separated in two different automobiles and headed north making
53:27for open country patrol all highway stop all suspicious cars take no chances with these men
53:33they're heavily armed and dangerous report to police headquarters that is all
53:42i didn't expect to be separated from anderson why didn't you keep us together
53:45say i'm an expert at this getaway business now you stop asking full questions but suppose something
53:50happened to him suppose he doesn't get here suppose you stop supposing nothing ever goes wrong with
53:56think when big bill plans him he'll be here right on the dot
54:04he made it he's here now
54:12any trouble boss no your little pal here was nervous he scared stiff you wouldn't make it
54:17does the pilot have the plane ready you bet he's itching to take off now just a moment anderson
54:21i thought you and i agreed we'd stay here overnight until the chase died down it's too dangerous to
54:26leave now we're leaving without you but what about our plan for me to go abroad with you that is all
54:31right at the time to get you this far you're too much trouble to carry around i'm not dragging any
54:36anchors with me that's something all worked out for you wouldn't be good for my health to let you stick
54:42around give me that bag these little bombs have been very handy in our business to help convince
54:53people they should see things our way we won't need them anymore over there going i was afraid to have
54:57to use the last of them this afternoon on the cops that wouldn't have left any for you i never did like
55:03prosecuting attorneys they were always getting in my way but an ex prosecuting attorney who knows too much
55:09there's something i just couldn't stand having around when you pull the firing pin back you hold
55:16it tight with your finger because the moment it's released it snaps back and explodes in two seconds
55:21now i'm turning this over to my expert to handle after we've left he knows just how to use it without
55:28leaving a piece of you big enough for the police to identify here you are
55:32okay look out that'll go off sure it will that's what i'm banking on
55:39any of you take a shot at me and we'll all be blown up isn't that right anderson
55:46now you fellows pile your guns on that table
55:49you
55:57you too anderson i don't have any then stand over there with the others
56:05this gives me an airtight case against you anderson you and all your outfit now i suggest when you
56:10fellas walk out you keep your hands up in plain sight and you can start now
56:23all right come on
56:27get the cops on all of them
56:31hurry up move along
56:31i'll take charge of him i've been waiting for this for a long time come on
56:44say you were great i never guessed it was you let go of me or you'll kill us both
56:48what is that thing it's a live bomb i used on them i can't let go of it or it'll explode what'll i do with
57:01over here throw it out this window
57:13did the chief reardon get all of them you bet everyone thanks to you we grabbed that lawyer me too
57:18that's well this time you have them on conspiracy to commit murder kidnapping obstructing justice and
57:25oh you add up all the other charges how did patricia take it i don't know it's all too fast you
57:30come home with me i'll try to square things for both of us