1. (male narrator)
In the criminal
justice system...Copy !req
2. the people are represented
by two separate
yet equally important groups:Copy !req
3. the police
who investigate crime...Copy !req
4. and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.Copy !req
5. These are their stories.Copy !req
6. How many channels
you have now?
Your man here isn't too smart.Copy !req
7. The illegal splice
goes right through his window.Copy !req
8. 50? 60? Something like that?
He pays for his cable
like everybody else...Copy !req
9. or we call the cops.
Not one channel
speaking Farsi.Copy !req
10. In America, everybody
supposed to got equal rights.Copy !req
11. (Super)
Mr. Williams?Copy !req
12. Mr. Williams,
we are coming in.Copy !req
13. Mr. Williams?Copy !req
14. Hey, Baba...Copy !req
15. Nothing upstairs.Copy !req
16. Mr. Sandler, 3-C,
buzzed someone
into the building last night.Copy !req
17. I was expecting my girlfriend.Copy !req
18. I thought it was her.Copy !req
19. The lucky lady
actually showed up
half an hour later.Copy !req
20. My intercom is broken.Copy !req
21. I'm supposed to run down
three flights every time
I have company?Copy !req
22. He might have
appreciated it.Copy !req
23. Stick around.Copy !req
24. So the killer leaned
on every doorbell until
some moron buzzed him in.Copy !req
25. Who said New York
isn't a friendly town?Copy !req
26. He was better-looking
before the beating.Copy !req
27. Broken nose,
possibly fractured cheek...Copy !req
28. Look at these cuts
on his knuckles.
Maybe he returned a few.Copy !req
29. (Jenkins)
Hematoma.Copy !req
30. My guess, a cranial fracture
in the medullar region.Copy !req
31. That's what
put his lights out.Copy !req
32. Blunt instrument?
Or that radiator...Copy !req
33. or a doorjamb. Somebody
did some dancing around.Copy !req
34. (Jenkins)
Footprints
after the bleeding started.Copy !req
35. Pat Williams.Copy !req
36. He was damn near
Rookie of the Year in,
what, '91?Copy !req
37. Well, that's Benny Williams.Copy !req
38. These are all autographed.Copy !req
39. His son, he give me a card...Copy !req
40. said it was worth $20.Copy !req
41. Well,
this is identical handwriting.Copy !req
42. Could be, he was gonna pick up
a few bucks forging
his son's signature.Copy !req
43. Well, looks like
he needed the cash.Copy !req
44. "Order to appear
and show cause for failure
to pay alimony."Copy !req
45. You know, I saw Pat Williams
last summer. Hit for
the cycle against Clemens.Copy !req
46. He drops two balls
in right field.Copy !req
47. Yeah. All stick, no defense.Copy !req
48. Maybe it runs in the family,
huh?Copy !req
49. Pat's in with the kids.Copy !req
50. (Watson)
You have
Pat's statement, right?Copy !req
51. No, we're not scheduling
a press conference.Copy !req
52. You have the general manager's
statement? Well, that's good,
yeah.Copy !req
53. Right, they're here now, yeah.Copy !req
54. He just— He just called me
last night, you know?Copy !req
55. (Watson)
I don't want it
handled that way at all.Copy !req
56. He was just saying
how he wanted to set up
some time...Copy !req
57. take the kids ice skating
over at Rockefeller Center.Copy !req
58. So, what,
was he taking the day off?Copy !req
59. No, Benny was
Pat's business manager.Copy !req
60. You know, you start making
a lot of money...Copy !req
61. you need somebody, you know?
That you can trust.Copy !req
62. Must have been nice
having someone that close.Copy !req
63. For the last few years, yeah.Copy !req
64. But when I was a kid,
he wasn't even around.Copy !req
65. It was my mom's parents
that actually raised me.Copy !req
66. But then, when I was 19,
he tracked me down.Copy !req
67. It was good for Pat.Copy !req
68. And it was great
for the boys.Copy !req
69. (Pat)
And when I'm on the road,
he's here. Every day.Copy !req
70. Looks like your mom
tracked him down.Copy !req
71. What do you mean?
We saw some court papers...Copy !req
72. she was pushing for alimony.Copy !req
73. No, that's Jocelyn,
my father's second wife.Copy !req
74. My mother died
when I was a baby.Copy !req
75. That's why he left.
He couldn't handle it.Copy !req
76. Star athletes, they used
to have ticker tape
thrown at them.Copy !req
77. Now it's knives
and metal batons.Copy !req
78. Well, they can afford
to hire security, anyway.Copy !req
79. The average salary's
about a million.Copy !req
80. When Mantle made $100,000,
it was a big deal.Copy !req
81. Yeah, there's only a couple of
dozen guys...Copy !req
82. in the world that can do
what Pat Williams does.
Why shouldn't he get paid?Copy !req
83. I don't mind the Williams
bringing in the big bucks.
It's guys who are batting...Copy !req
84. .190 and flying around
in their private jets
that get to me.Copy !req
85. You ever get a look
at a real major-league
curve ball?Copy !req
86. Hey, last year,
Police Summer Finals...Copy !req
87. five for five, four RBls.Copy !req
88. Oh, yeah, Porky Pedowski
and Dwight Gooden,
they're a lot alike.Copy !req
89. Hey, Porky had
a hell of a curve,
I hate to tell you, pal.Copy !req
90. You try hitting
one of those.Copy !req
91. When we were married,
Benny was
a traveling salesman.Copy !req
92. And that's not a joke.Copy !req
93. No, but it can be
kind of tough on a marriage,
huh?Copy !req
94. He had girlfriends
in Cleveland,
Dayton, Pittsburgh...Copy !req
95. that I knew of.Copy !req
96. You and Benny
just recently divorced?Copy !req
97. 1982.Copy !req
98. So you're suing him
for the money now?Copy !req
99. He has the money now.Copy !req
100. Six months ago,
I saw him doing
a commercial on TV...Copy !req
101. for a sporting goods store.Copy !req
102. Benny Williams was an actor?Copy !req
103. Celebrity. Secondhand,
thanks to his son.Copy !req
104. He never even told me
he had a son.Copy !req
105. His son says
they're very close.Copy !req
106. Oh, sure.Copy !req
107. Since Pat's
become a celebrity,
I'll bet they're inseparable.Copy !req
108. You get enough blood
off the floor for a DNA match?Copy !req
109. Yeah. And it proves
that Benny Williams
bled there.Copy !req
110. What about the assailant?Copy !req
111. Not unless he was beat
to death
by his identical twin.Copy !req
112. Okay, so the footprints
are his, too?Copy !req
113. Any fingerprints?Copy !req
114. All you want.Copy !req
115. Take weeks to sort these out.
That apartment
had a lot of tenants.Copy !req
116. Anyone check his computer?Copy !req
117. Your victim bought
a 486 machine...Copy !req
118. state-of-the-art,
and a shelf
of the latest software...Copy !req
119. but he never got around
to putting the software
on the computer.Copy !req
120. You think that office stuff
was just for show?Copy !req
121. The desk was useful.Copy !req
122. Blood, skin, and hair
on the corner. It killed him.Copy !req
123. He had a loaded.45
in his bedroom?Copy !req
124. Well, whoever came calling,
Benny didn't greet him
with a gun.Copy !req
125. Someone he knew and liked?Copy !req
126. He liked the ladies.Copy !req
127. You see a lady
slamming his head down
against the desk?Copy !req
128. They have husbands
or boyfriends who would.Copy !req
129. Who was Benny
knocking boots with?Copy !req
130. You think his son
knew he was an ass man?Copy !req
131. I don't care
how close they were...Copy !req
132. I don't see him
bragging to his kid
about his latest conquest.Copy !req
133. But the guys down
at the office
are a different story.Copy !req
134. Tell me about it.Copy !req
135. What?Copy !req
136. (Field)
I wanted Pat to
be my spokesman.Copy !req
137. You know,
I figured the kid's
still on the way up.Copy !req
138. What could it cost?Copy !req
139. So the old man told you
you couldn't afford him?Copy !req
140. No, he says we'll work
something out later.
First I should give him a job.Copy !req
141. Come here, I want to show you.
The way he pitched me,
I thought...Copy !req
142. he could pitch my merchandise.
But this...Copy !req
143. This is as close
as I ever came to the kid.Copy !req
144. Did you get to meet
any of Benny's friends?Copy !req
145. No, I tried to.Copy !req
146. Six times a day my kids
ask me, "When am I gonna meet
some ballplayers?"Copy !req
147. Benny sent me a picture
of Pat. Autographed.Copy !req
148. So you never got beyond
the hustle?Copy !req
149. No.Copy !req
150. Then one night he says,
"Come on, let's go out,
meet some of the crowd."Copy !req
151. (Logan)
Where'd you go,
a sports bar?Copy !req
152. I wished. No,
we went up to Harlem,
The Blue Pelican.Copy !req
153. You had a good time, huh?Copy !req
154. Four girls,
five bottles of champagne.Copy !req
155. Benny stuck me with the check.Copy !req
156. Worth every penny.Copy !req
157. Yeah, I remember,
a fat white guy.Copy !req
158. Mr. Big-Time Sporting Goods.Copy !req
159. Fell right there.
I had to help him into a cab.Copy !req
160. He and Benny
had some female company?Copy !req
161. Benny always had
female company.Copy !req
162. Any names?Copy !req
163. Start with the letter "A."Copy !req
164. Well, how about
recent favorites?Copy !req
165. Let me see.
Last time I saw Benny
was New Year's Eve.Copy !req
166. Well, who was he
ringing it in with?Copy !req
167. Pat Williams
is big stuff up here...Copy !req
168. and I don't want to be playing
the dozen with his old man.Copy !req
169. You don't think Pat
would want information
about who killed his father?Copy !req
170. Well, that little woman
didn't kill him.Copy !req
171. Yeah?Copy !req
172. Vanessa Petrie.
Makeup artist.Copy !req
173. She did some of the models
for Essence magazine...Copy !req
174. and Benny showed me
her name in the fine print.Copy !req
175. I haven't seen Benny
in a week.Copy !req
176. Nice eye.
You out of commission?Copy !req
177. You could say that.Copy !req
178. So what did you argue about,
Hillary's health plan?Copy !req
179. You don't think Benny...
Benny had nothing to do
with this.Copy !req
180. Benny never raised a hand
against me.
He had a soft heart.Copy !req
181. He was a lover,
not a fighter, huh?Copy !req
182. That's right.Copy !req
183. After our last date,
he sent me
two dozen yellow roses.Copy !req
184. A new girl at work called me
at home to tell me
they were there.Copy !req
185. And you didn't
answer the phone?Copy !req
186. My husband didn't appreciate
the gesture.Copy !req
187. What, she called the cops?Copy !req
188. She didn't think a black eye
was a good way of expressing
your affection.Copy !req
189. Come on, man.Copy !req
190. I'm a restrained individual.Copy !req
191. She was doing the pole dance
with the guy.Copy !req
192. Tough luck.Copy !req
193. This is not a game of chance.Copy !req
194. Oh, you mean
you didn't make anything
on the break on purpose?Copy !req
195. Cost you $100 to find out.Copy !req
196. Can we make it $10?Copy !req
197. Policeman's salary.Copy !req
198. You must be honest.Copy !req
199. Willie, go chill.Copy !req
200. You ever meet Benny Williams?Copy !req
201. Oh, that's what this is about.Copy !req
202. (Green)
Look, I ain't
got time for this.Copy !req
203. Looks like you got
plenty of time.Copy !req
204. We don't need a complaint
from your wife
to arrest you for assault.Copy !req
205. Yeah, I seen him around.Copy !req
206. He got around.
That was the problem.Copy !req
207. Oh, and you decided
to solve that problem?Copy !req
208. Look, I didn't have nothing
to do with what happened
to him...Copy !req
209. but I might send flowers.Copy !req
210. Where were you last night?Copy !req
211. McReedy's.
I work the door there.Copy !req
212. Oh, a bouncer, huh?Copy !req
213. So you had plenty of
on-the-job training
tossing people around.Copy !req
214. Hey, look, there's no way
I would've messed with him,
all right?Copy !req
215. Why, you such a big fan
of his son?Copy !req
216. (Green)
No man,
baseball ain't my game...Copy !req
217. and stupid ain't my name.Copy !req
218. The word was out.Copy !req
219. Don't mess with Benny.Copy !req
220. Whose word was that?Copy !req
221. Papa Doc.Copy !req
222. Dr. Donnell? Doynell?Copy !req
223. What, fix your back,
no money down?Copy !req
224. Yeah, he cracks your back
and takes your jack.Copy !req
225. Especially when you
don't cover your bets, right?Copy !req
226. What you gonna do now,
Minnesota?
Look like you stuck.Copy !req
227. Yeah, I can't see the eight.
I guess I have to
make something up.Copy !req
228. Damn.Copy !req
229. Hey, look, you didn't hear
nothing about Papa's
bookmaking from me, all right?Copy !req
230. Thanks for the information.Copy !req
231. Yeah, right.Copy !req
232. Excuse me,
can I help you gentlemen?Copy !req
233. It's all right.
We're friends of friends.Copy !req
234. You have some serious
subluxations here.Copy !req
235. I don't think
you're here for an adjustment.Copy !req
236. Although you could use one.
No, lie relaxed.Copy !req
237. Actually, Dr. Doynell,
we're here just to talk.Copy !req
238. Doinel.Copy !req
239. And I don't generally speak
with you gentlemen
unless my attorney is present.Copy !req
240. It'll only take a moment.
I have him on my speed dial.Copy !req
241. Right, tell him to meet us
at the precinct.Copy !req
242. We've got a nice room set up
for conferences.Copy !req
243. Forty-three arrests
for bookmaking
and no convictions...Copy !req
244. and still
I have a positive attitude.Copy !req
245. Is this something we can...Copy !req
246. straighten out in my office?Copy !req
247. We want to talk about
Benny Williams.Copy !req
248. I can't possibly remember
every patient.Copy !req
249. (Briscoe)
Pat Williams' father.Copy !req
250. Yes.Copy !req
251. I'm aware of that tragedy.Copy !req
252. We heard you took
a particular interest
in Benny.Copy !req
253. I would have to know a man
before I had any interest
in him...Copy !req
254. and we haven't established
that I know him.Copy !req
255. Well, I'm just wondering
if we took
a look around here...Copy !req
256. maybe we might find
something with his name on it?Copy !req
257. Now I'm back to my speed dial.Copy !req
258. And these are your fans?Copy !req
259. Well, you know,
it comes with the territory.Copy !req
260. Let's go in here and talk.Copy !req
261. You guys find something?Copy !req
262. Your father ever mention
a Dr. Doinel?Copy !req
263. No, the chiropractor?
No, he didn't believe in that.Copy !req
264. We're not asking
if he got his bones bent, Pat.Copy !req
265. We just want to know
if he might have been involved
in gambling.Copy !req
266. My father's not even
in the ground yet.Copy !req
267. You know, I could
really take offense to this.Copy !req
268. Yeah. And the guy
who killed your father...Copy !req
269. is out there someplace
walking his dog.
That doesn't offend you?Copy !req
270. My father had a problem, okay,
when he came to work for me.Copy !req
271. He had a gambling problem.
He bet sports.Copy !req
272. I told him that it could
cost me my career.Copy !req
273. And did he respect
your opinion?Copy !req
274. My father-in-law knew
what could happen,
so he stopped.Copy !req
275. You sure about that?Copy !req
276. Yes. And he got help
from a support group...Copy !req
277. and I took him
to his first meeting.Copy !req
278. A room full of gamblers?
They must've loved
meeting you.Copy !req
279. My father had a problem,
and he took care of it.Copy !req
280. We've got to go now, okay?Copy !req
281. Okay.Copy !req
282. Support groups, huh?
They got one
for recovering detectives?Copy !req
283. Well, after Pat laid down
the law, it was in Benny's
best interest to quit.Copy !req
284. Yeah, I know how that goes.
My mother was diagnosed
with cirrhosis.Copy !req
285. It was quit drinking or die.Copy !req
286. I held her hand walking
into the meeting,
I saw her take the oath.Copy !req
287. Yeah? What happened?Copy !req
288. Well, you know,
they team her up
with a sponsor.Copy !req
289. Two weeks later,
the sponsor's daughter
calls me.Copy !req
290. Needs help scraping
the two of them off
a barroom floor.Copy !req
291. It doesn't happen
to all of us.Copy !req
292. We appreciate your coming in,
Mr. Stefansky.Copy !req
293. Yeah, I feel funny talking
about anyone in our group.
Our members are anonymous.Copy !req
294. That's our first principle.
Here you go.Copy !req
295. He's dead.
Three-to-one he won't mind.
It's no joke, Detective.Copy !req
296. We deal with destroyed lives.Copy !req
297. So do we.Copy !req
298. You're the one he was supposed
to call when he got the urge?Copy !req
299. Yes. And he did call.
He was working very hard
to control his addiction.Copy !req
300. Won a few battles
but didn't win the war?Copy !req
301. We never win the war.
We settle for a draw.Copy !req
302. Day by day.
And Benny had some bad days?Copy !req
303. He was very proud,
and I was proud of him.Copy !req
304. He used to bet baseball,
but he stopped that cold
for the sake of his son.Copy !req
305. But he didn't stop everything.Copy !req
306. We all have our bad days.Copy !req
307. This is the news?
Benny gambled?Copy !req
308. It seems like he may have
fallen down the 12 steps.Copy !req
309. And we hear the biggest bookie
in Harlem took an interest
in Benny's health.Copy !req
310. If you believe the bouncer,
who's the only one
we know with a motive.Copy !req
311. Yeah, but his alibi checks.Copy !req
312. Okay.Copy !req
313. Why does a bookie
protect somebody?Copy !req
314. Generosity of spirit?Copy !req
315. Somebody works for him.Copy !req
316. Or somebody owes him
some money, a lot of money.Copy !req
317. Yeah, well,
I doubt that
Papa Doc's gonna let us...Copy !req
318. peruse his employment records
and accounts receivable.Copy !req
319. I used to work
a snitch on 110th.Copy !req
320. He have a gambling habit?
He carried bags
for a couple of bookies.Copy !req
321. You still got an address
on him?Copy !req
322. Voucher what you need
out of petty cash.Copy !req
323. I don't mind coming downtown
by train, long as I know
I'm going uptown by taxi.Copy !req
324. Now, I usually lunch
at this hour. What say we step
over to the Café des Artistes?Copy !req
325. Well, we're not gonna
quite book your limo yet,
till we find out what you got.Copy !req
326. You know,
I'm very disappointed
Ms. Van Buren didn't come.Copy !req
327. But I guess she got you
white boys working
for her now.Copy !req
328. Yeah, and the Mayor's son
shines her shoes.Copy !req
329. What do you know
about Benny Williams?Copy !req
330. That man was a negative
barometer. He bet red,
you'd better bet black.Copy !req
331. Being as he's dead, we figure
his luck's not running
too good.Copy !req
332. He was wired to pro baseball.
And he blows out
on college baskets.Copy !req
333. So who did he make
his bad bets with?Copy !req
334. Papa Doc.Copy !req
335. Forty-three arrests,
no convictions.Copy !req
336. Well, he's a big supporter
of the Harlem
police charities.Copy !req
337. How much did Benny
owe Papa Doc?Copy !req
338. Well, I hear 800.Copy !req
339. Thousand?Copy !req
340. I still haven't had my lunch.Copy !req
341. Here, here's $50. That ought
to cover des Artistes.
Bon appétit!Copy !req
342. And merci beaucoup.Copy !req
343. Papa Doc wouldn't have let
Benny run up
an $800,000 tab...Copy !req
344. unless he figured
he was gonna get paid.Copy !req
345. So who's got the deep pockets
in the Williams family?Copy !req
346. Pat.Copy !req
347. Spring of '86, a team
of high school all-stars
traveled through Florida...Copy !req
348. on an exhibition tour.Copy !req
349. Pat had one at-bat,
I'll never forget it.Copy !req
350. Sid Fernandez threw everything
he had, Pat kept on
fouling them off.Copy !req
351. Must've been 15 pitches.
He saw one he liked, boom.Copy !req
352. A rope down the line
for three.
He was 17 years old.Copy !req
353. Yeah, and graduation day
you were knocking on his door.Copy !req
354. Me and every agent
from here to LA.Copy !req
355. I know the press
makes us out to be
scum-sucking vultures...Copy !req
356. but I got that kid
a hell of a deal.Copy !req
357. Last year's All-Star Game,
eight of the starters
were mine.Copy !req
358. This year's roster's
missing one.Copy !req
359. I signed the deal,
I still get the commission.Copy !req
360. Look, I've seen this movie
a million times. I take in
some kid with 12 cents...Copy !req
361. in his pocket, help him sign
a good contract, connect him
with the right people.Copy !req
362. These kids run,
they catch, they hit,
they don't handle money.Copy !req
363. I invest their cash,
I put them on an allowance.Copy !req
364. A grown man with a family
on an allowance?Copy !req
365. He asked me to put his old man
on one, too.Copy !req
366. Only trouble was,
Benny ran through
his $3,000 by noon Monday...Copy !req
367. and hit up Pat
for most of his.
He was gambling.Copy !req
368. (Briscoe)
Did Pat know?Copy !req
369. He had to be curious why
his father was going through
an extra $10,000 a week.Copy !req
370. Sorry, guys, wheels up.
I got an appointment.Copy !req
371. Hey, the kid had to know.Copy !req
372. Some people have
an amazing ability
to stay ignorant.Copy !req
373. He came from nothing
to a perfect life.Copy !req
374. The old man tracks him down
after he's headed
to the bigs...Copy !req
375. and then starts bleeding him?Copy !req
376. So, what, he used
his old man's head
for batting practice?Copy !req
377. Maybe.Copy !req
378. (Logan)
You told us
your father quit gambling.Copy !req
379. Look, I'm not
my father's keeper.Copy !req
380. We're trying to find the guy
who killed your father,
and your lying doesn't help.Copy !req
381. I'm just trying to protect
what I have here, okay?Copy !req
382. Now, you both know that
if it gets into the paper
that my father was gambling—Copy !req
383. Maybe we'll arrest
his murderer.Copy !req
384. And maybe I'll just get
a job as, what...Copy !req
385. a member of the grounds crew?Copy !req
386. Maybe you just wanted
to make sure no one ever knew.Copy !req
387. Okay, all right. Look...Copy !req
388. I'm gonna need
you guys' help anyway.Copy !req
389. He's threatened my family.Copy !req
390. (Briscoe)
Who has?Copy !req
391. Papa Doc.Copy !req
392. Your father owed him?
He still wanted his money?Copy !req
393. No, it was me. I owe him.Copy !req
394. I was just placing bets
through my father.Copy !req
395. So killing him
was a collection notice.Copy !req
396. It's out of our hands, Edgar.Copy !req
397. As it is, we're not
charging him
under the gambling statutes.Copy !req
398. That's not enough.Copy !req
399. (Barclay)
I want it on record
from your office...Copy !req
400. he never bet a dime
on a baseball game.Copy !req
401. Well, we'll do
what's necessary.
Let's move on. Okay?Copy !req
402. (Stone)
Mrs. Williams, Ben Stone.
Hello.Copy !req
403. And this is Miss Kincaid.
Miss Kincaid.Copy !req
404. Mrs. Williams,
please be seated.Copy !req
405. Sir, we can't proceed
against Mr. Doinel...Copy !req
406. unless we have more than
your educated guess
that he killed your father.Copy !req
407. We got phone calls.Copy !req
408. They said that
if we didn't pay up,
then they would hurt him.Copy !req
409. Do you know who made
those phone calls?Copy !req
410. No, but I know
who paid for them.Copy !req
411. We need a direct link
to Mr. Doinel.Copy !req
412. He came to our house.Copy !req
413. Why don't you tell them
what happened?Copy !req
414. I was coming back
from the store with the kids.Copy !req
415. This man, he was real big,
came up to me.Copy !req
416. He had some grease
or something on his finger.Copy !req
417. He put a smudge on my blouse,
right here on the shoulder.Copy !req
418. He said, "Tell him...Copy !req
419. "l was this close."Copy !req
420. Then he left.Copy !req
421. Did you keep the blouse?Copy !req
422. Why would l?Copy !req
423. Would you recognize
the man's face?Copy !req
424. Oh, yes. I remember.Copy !req
425. No. I'm sorry.Copy !req
426. Just take your time.Copy !req
427. (Lucy)
There's so many faces.
They all look so...Copy !req
428. Well, they weren't
exactly looking their best
when those were taken.Copy !req
429. Him. That's the man.Copy !req
430. (Logan)
Joey Lang, a.k.a. Joey Dogs.Copy !req
431. What you charging me with
here, smudging up
a woman's shirt?Copy !req
432. Well, give me
the cleaning bill
and I'll take care of it.Copy !req
433. You left your mark
on a lot of people, Mr. Lang.Copy !req
434. Nine arrests, two convictions.Copy !req
435. And it's not hard to read
the subtext of your remarks
to Lucy Williams.Copy !req
436. Well, remark
on this subtext, Casper,
I didn't threaten nobody...Copy !req
437. and I sure as hell
don't get paid enough
to kill anybody.Copy !req
438. Is there a surcharge
for crushing heads?Copy !req
439. Some heads I'd do for free.Copy !req
440. So Benny Williams,
he was a freebie?Copy !req
441. Mr. Lang, we have eight sets
of prints in his apartment.Copy !req
442. Odds are, one of them
has got to be yours.Copy !req
443. If that's straight,
you'd have hauled my black ass
in here already.Copy !req
444. No, not if we've had you
under surveillance
for two weeks.Copy !req
445. Now what makes you think
I'm stupid enough
to believe you?Copy !req
446. You were seen leaving
Mr. Williams' building.Copy !req
447. You rang 10
or 15 apartments...Copy !req
448. and the person
that buzzed you in saw you.Copy !req
449. You one lying
sack of dirt, Casper.Copy !req
450. Nobody saw me
because I wasn't there.Copy !req
451. Mr. Lang, I get the feeling
that you did this for hire.Copy !req
452. Now, I can charge you
with murder, and if you don't
start talking...Copy !req
453. you're the one
who's going to be
serving a life sentence.Copy !req
454. Well, if I'm going for one,
I might as well go
for the deuce.Copy !req
455. Is that a threat, sir?Copy !req
456. I could be over this table
and crack your head...Copy !req
457. before that clown
could do anything about it.Copy !req
458. See, I'm not going down
for something I didn't do.Copy !req
459. Sir, you just threatened a man
who could charge you
with murder.Copy !req
460. And right now, I don't give
a damn about your innocence.Copy !req
461. So what good did that do you?Copy !req
462. Hey!Copy !req
463. I won't give up nothing
unless I float out of here.Copy !req
464. Then we've got nothing
to talk about.Copy !req
465. Come on, Casper,
hang with it, man.Copy !req
466. Mr. Lang, you're sinking fast.
Unless you start talking...Copy !req
467. I don't think
you're coming up for air.Copy !req
468. Look, I was there,
but I didn't do no killing.Copy !req
469. That was Papa Doc.Copy !req
470. One side, fat stuff.
We got a warrant for Papa Doc.Copy !req
471. He's busy.
Not for long.Copy !req
472. Detectives!Copy !req
473. Out of the hot tub, Doc.Copy !req
474. Sorry, ladies,
the Doctor's wanted
in surgery.Copy !req
475. Henry Doinel,
you're under arrest for
the murder of Benny Williams.Copy !req
476. You have the right
to remain silent.Copy !req
477. Anything you say can and will
be used against you
in a court of law...Copy !req
478. (clerk)
Case number 456020.
People vs. Henry Doinel.Copy !req
479. Charges of Murder
in the Second Degree...Copy !req
480. Attempted Grand Larceny
in the Second Degree...Copy !req
481. and Promoting Gambling
in the First Degree.Copy !req
482. Plea?
Not guilty.Copy !req
483. To all counts, Your Honor.
Of course. Miss Kincaid?Copy !req
484. No bail, Your Honor.Copy !req
485. My client is simply accused,
not convicted,
of these charges.Copy !req
486. Charges that include
a brutal killing.Copy !req
487. Mr. Doinel is a bookmaker
with a long record of arrests.Copy !req
488. I say again, Your Honor,
no convictions.Copy !req
489. He made threats
against the victim's family,
Your Honor.Copy !req
490. There is every indication,
if he's freed on bail...Copy !req
491. he will resume
his illegal activities...Copy !req
492. and present a clear danger
to the community.Copy !req
493. Dr. Doinel
is a respected chiropractor.Copy !req
494. The community should not
be deprived of his services.Copy !req
495. Well, as long as they
remember to warm up
before they exercise...Copy !req
496. they can do without him.
Remanded without bail.Copy !req
497. My client has never been
in Ben Williams' home.Copy !req
498. He doesn't even know
where he lives.Copy !req
499. Oh, really? Well, I owe
my credit union $4,500...Copy !req
500. they certainly know
where I live.Copy !req
501. Dr. Doinel is not a bank.
You deny he's a bookmaker?Copy !req
502. Heartily and vigorously.
What you call
a bookmaking operation...Copy !req
503. is simply
the accounting department
of a busy chiropractic office.Copy !req
504. Nothing illegal about it.Copy !req
505. Except the way it services
delinquent accounts.Copy !req
506. Joey Lang admitted
that he worked
for your client.Copy !req
507. Well, it's tough to find work
with a resume like Joey's.Copy !req
508. Sometimes a job can change
a man's outlook. Obviously...Copy !req
509. Joey couldn't change his.Copy !req
510. Mr. Lang is a brutal man.Copy !req
511. If he lost control
while trying to collect
an overdue bill...Copy !req
512. I don't see how
Dr. Doinel is responsible.Copy !req
513. He is if Joey Lang was working
under his directions.Copy !req
514. Now, sir, you're the only one
who stood to benefit
from this extortion.Copy !req
515. Well, dead people
can't settle up, Mr. Stone.Copy !req
516. Doesn't make any sense
to kill a man
who owes you money.Copy !req
517. But if you beat in
his father's brains, it sends
a very strong message.Copy !req
518. Pat Williams admitted
these were his gambling debts,
not his father's.Copy !req
519. I want a short date,
Mr. Stone. The sooner I win
number 44...Copy !req
520. the sooner
that I file a lawsuit
for malicious prosecution.Copy !req
521. I had some talks with
Mr. Williams and with his son
about paying off the debt...Copy !req
522. or else somebody
was going to get hurt.Copy !req
523. Did you carry out that threat?Copy !req
524. Yeah, I scuffed up
Ben Williams a bit.Copy !req
525. Next day, the kid came through
with some money.Copy !req
526. Who ordered you to scuff up
Mr. Williams?Copy !req
527. Henry Doinel.Copy !req
528. Now what was the reason
for your last meeting
with Mr. Williams?Copy !req
529. Well, there was
about $800,000 owed.
Nobody was paying up...Copy !req
530. so me and Papa Doc
fell in on Benny.Copy !req
531. I scuffed him up some,
then Papa Doc told me
to wait in the car.Copy !req
532. And what was the condition
of Mr. Williams
when you left him...Copy !req
533. with the defendant,
Mr. Doinel?Copy !req
534. Well, he was sitting
in a chair, crying.Copy !req
535. Now, he was hurting,
but it was all body work
and no head hits.Copy !req
536. He was alive.Copy !req
537. What happened after that?Copy !req
538. I waited five minutes,
then Papa Doc came out
and we booked.Copy !req
539. It was about 9:30.
I know because I looked
at the clock in the car.Copy !req
540. All right, thank you.Copy !req
541. Before your last visit
to Mr. Williams...Copy !req
542. Dr. Doinel discussed
his intention to kill
Mr. Williams, did he not?Copy !req
543. No, he didn't.Copy !req
544. Oh, then he told you
afterwards that he killed
Mr. Williams, correct?Copy !req
545. No, he never told me.Copy !req
546. Oh, but it is common practice
for Dr. Doinel...Copy !req
547. to have people killed
and not to collect a debt,
isn't that right?Copy !req
548. No. I never heard of him
doing that.Copy !req
549. He did the killings himself,
is that the case?Copy !req
550. (Joey)
I don't know nothing
about that, either.Copy !req
551. In other words, you have
no personal knowledge
of any kind that Dr. Doinel...Copy !req
552. ever directly caused the death
of any person in order
to collect a debt.Copy !req
553. Is that your testimony?Copy !req
554. Yeah.Copy !req
555. (Pat)
I never even met Papa Doc.Copy !req
556. I would tell Daddy
who to bet on.Copy !req
557. He would make
the call, and...Copy !req
558. I guess I wasn't very good
at picking winners.Copy !req
559. (Stone)
Would you explain that,
please?Copy !req
560. I was losing some big money.Copy !req
561. I mean, it was going out
faster than it was coming in.Copy !req
562. I was in the hole
for $800,000.Copy !req
563. So what happened then?Copy !req
564. That's when the calls started.Copy !req
565. "Pay up, or we're gonna hurt
your family.Copy !req
566. "Or we're gonna hurt
your dad."Copy !req
567. So, I paid up,
after they broke his arm.Copy !req
568. $50,000.Copy !req
569. $50,000...Copy !req
570. but, no, that wasn't enough.
They wanted everything.Copy !req
571. What did you do about that?Copy !req
572. There was nothing
that I could do.
Everybody thinks that...Copy !req
573. I have all of this cash
laying around.
It's not like that.Copy !req
574. After everybody gets
their little cut,
I get an allowance.Copy !req
575. Look, I'm...Copy !req
576. I'm sorry, okay? I've...Copy !req
577. I've got a gambling sickness.Copy !req
578. If it wasn't for me,
then my father
would be alive right now...Copy !req
579. and my kids would have
a grandfather.Copy !req
580. I'm sorry.Copy !req
581. Thank you.Copy !req
582. Let's talk about the bets
that got you into
this trouble, Mr. Williams.Copy !req
583. Last January,
lndiana vs. Michigan...Copy !req
584. where'd your money go?Copy !req
585. I don't...Copy !req
586. Michigan, I don't know.Copy !req
587. Win or a loss?Copy !req
588. I don't remember.Copy !req
589. Michigan lost by nine points.
How much you lose?Copy !req
590. I'm not sure.Copy !req
591. I refer to the betting sheets
found on
Dr. Doinel's computers...Copy !req
592. People's Exhibit 12.Copy !req
593. They contain a record
of all the bets placed
on your behalf by your father.Copy !req
594. According to these,
you lost $10,000 on Michigan.Copy !req
595. Yeah, maybe. I don't know.
I went through a lot of money.Copy !req
596. Oh, indeed you did.
Same month,
lowa vs. Northwestern.Copy !req
597. Who'd you bet on?Copy !req
598. I don't remember.
$15,000 on lowa...Copy !req
599. and you don't remember
a dime of it, do you?Copy !req
600. Look, I was making bets
every day, okay? I don't
remember every one of them.Copy !req
601. Funny, I remember every nag
that cost me $100
at the track.Copy !req
602. Why is it you can't remember
losing $15,000?Copy !req
603. Your Honor, objection.
I don't see the relevance
to this line of questioning.Copy !req
604. Overruled.
I'd like to hear the answer.Copy !req
605. The question is still pending,
Mr. Williams.Copy !req
606. Look, most of the time...Copy !req
607. I'd give Daddy the money,
and I'd let him make the call.Copy !req
608. Discretionary
gambling account?Copy !req
609. Come on, Mr. Williams,
where's the gamble in that?Copy !req
610. Where's the thrill?
Objection.Copy !req
611. Withdrawn.Copy !req
612. But isn't it in fact true,
Mr. Williams...Copy !req
613. that you never laid a bet with
Dr. Doinel, either directly
or through your father?Copy !req
614. I don't know.Copy !req
615. One last question,
Mr. Williams.Copy !req
616. Why did you lie?Copy !req
617. A gambler who forgets
who he bets on?
I'd like to be his bookie.Copy !req
618. It's not fatal.
We convince the jury
he got nervous.Copy !req
619. He blanked out.Copy !req
620. I got to arrange a conference
in chambers, and we gotta ask
for a continuance.Copy !req
621. So you can find
another incompetent witness?Copy !req
622. We have Lang's testimony,
and that alone ought to
get us a conviction.Copy !req
623. Wait a minute.
What if Pat Williams
didn't forget what he bet on?Copy !req
624. What if he never bet at all?Copy !req
625. He lied about that.
There's no telling what else
he lied about.Copy !req
626. You think Pat killed his dad?Copy !req
627. We're not talking
about Father Flanagan here.Copy !req
628. Do you have any idea
of what my calendar
looks like?Copy !req
629. I understand, Your Honor,
but I'm really—Copy !req
630. I have three homicides
ready to go to trial.Copy !req
631. Seven child abuse,
four assaults with intent...Copy !req
632. not to mention double digits
in assorted narcotic cases.Copy !req
633. I haven't had a vacation
in nine months.Copy !req
634. But I'm only asking
for a week, Your—Copy !req
635. Problem is, while
Mr. Stone goes fishing...Copy !req
636. or whatever it is he does
for fun, my client
is sitting in a cell.Copy !req
637. Vince, please,
this could help your client.Copy !req
638. You want to be charitable,
give to the March of Dimes.Copy !req
639. You want to save the state
time and money...Copy !req
640. I would not object
to an immediate dismissal.Copy !req
641. But that's premature.
Your prime witness
commits perjury.Copy !req
642. I'd call it pragmatic.
All right.Copy !req
643. I'll give you two days, Ben.Copy !req
644. And don't you come back
with a suntan.Copy !req
645. A continuance?
What does that mean?Copy !req
646. It means the jury will think
our case is going to hell.Copy !req
647. And there's a chance
they'll be right.Copy !req
648. Pat's a professional athlete,
not a professional witness.Copy !req
649. Edgar, you know as well
as I do that any regular
at the OTB...Copy !req
650. knows what he bet on
from 1960 on.Copy !req
651. Pat has a lot more
to think about.Copy !req
652. Like keeping
his lies straight.Copy !req
653. Like mourning his father.Copy !req
654. I hope that's the case,
Mrs. Williams.Copy !req
655. Sir, I have to ask you,
where were you the night
your father was killed?Copy !req
656. I was at my old high school.Copy !req
657. I was... The coach asked me
to come down to talk
to some kids for Career Night.Copy !req
658. You wait your whole career
for a kid like that
to come along.Copy !req
659. Who'd ever guess he'd come out
of a toilet like this, huh?Copy !req
660. So you like to show him off?
You're damned straight, I do.Copy !req
661. Irwin lzer had his
Ernie Grunfeld, Cuss D'Amato
had his Mike Tyson...Copy !req
662. and I got my Pat Williams.Copy !req
663. I guess he owes you a lot.Copy !req
664. Hey, look, he might've made it
without me. Who's to say?Copy !req
665. But the fact is
that most of the kids
who graduated with him...Copy !req
666. they're either dead
or they're on
the express train there.Copy !req
667. The way these kids grow up...Copy !req
668. A major league contract's
a big incentive.Copy !req
669. You want to know
that when I was a kid...Copy !req
670. I dreamed of making it
to the bigs just so I could...Copy !req
671. buy my old man
a steak and a Caddy.Copy !req
672. When Pat was drafted
number two in the country...Copy !req
673. his old man's name
didn't even come up.Copy !req
674. Then Pat gets drafted,
he's all over him like tar
on George Brett's bat.Copy !req
675. Benny and his million-dollar
smile.Copy !req
676. They hugged, they kissed,
the world's a great place
to live.Copy !req
677. The night Ben Williams
was killed, Pat said
he was here with you.Copy !req
678. It's ironic, isn't it?
You see, I figure that
if the kids see Pat...Copy !req
679. they'll think twice
about shoving what's left
of their lives up their noses.Copy !req
680. And then what does Pat do?
He brings Mr. First Baseman...Copy !req
681. Drew Harding,
one hell of a role model.Copy !req
682. Pat is a good kid.
He's the real deal.Copy !req
683. I mean,
it's certainly not genetics.Copy !req
684. You're referring
to his father?Copy !req
685. Look, everybody knew
that Ben had both hands
in his pockets.Copy !req
686. I mean, it's my guess
next season his average
is going to rise 20 points.Copy !req
687. His father was getting to him?Copy !req
688. Well, Pat wouldn't say
anything bad about his father.Copy !req
689. I mean, an example:
He's in the club house,
cutting up with the guys...Copy !req
690. Ben walks in, pulls him aside,
talks to him a few minutes...Copy !req
691. Pat comes back, boom,
instant iceman.Copy !req
692. Did he complain recently?Copy !req
693. The night we went up
to his old high school
together, I just sensed...Copy !req
694. something was wrong with him.
I assumed it was his father.Copy !req
695. I mean, it's
the logical choice, right?Copy !req
696. It wasn't?Copy !req
697. Well, we went up to Rachel's.
That's a bar up on 96th.Copy !req
698. We had a couple drinks,
a couple more
than Pat usually has.Copy !req
699. He goes and makes
a phone call, comes back
all weirded out, says:Copy !req
700. "We're out of here."
So I asked him,
I said, "Your Dad?"Copy !req
701. He said, no,
it was his wife.Copy !req
702. What time was that?Copy !req
703. I'd say it was around 9:30.Copy !req
704. But you know, those bookies
that bumped off Ben...Copy !req
705. they did Pat a big favor.Copy !req
706. I mean, it's tough enough
hitting sinkers and sliders...Copy !req
707. without having that crap
clouding your head.Copy !req
708. You don't honestly think
Pat killed him?Copy !req
709. We just want to know
if he's been lying to us.Copy !req
710. Pat can't even walk down
the street without a kid
sticking a card...Copy !req
711. or a ball in front of him
to sign.Copy !req
712. The fans, the agents,
the lawyers,
even his own father...Copy !req
713. they all want
a piece of him.Copy !req
714. You know what I dream about,
Miss Kincaid?Copy !req
715. Being left alone.Copy !req
716. Mrs. Williams,
we just want to rule Pat out.Copy !req
717. The night Ben was killed
Pat was at his old school...Copy !req
718. then he came right home.
We were in bed before 10:00.Copy !req
719. So the kid forgot his bets?
What's the big deal?Copy !req
720. I think there's a lot
he's not telling us
about his father.Copy !req
721. Hey, I hope my kids
follow his lead if you're ever
asking about me.Copy !req
722. Six calls from the bar phone
between 9:00 and 9:30.Copy !req
723. My guess, we got warrants out
on four of them.Copy !req
724. Take a look at the other two.Copy !req
725. What about them?Copy !req
726. 9:18, Mrs. Pat Williams.Copy !req
727. 9:23, Benny Williams.Copy !req
728. He left the bar at 9:30
after talking to his wife
and his father.Copy !req
729. His garage attendant says
he got home at 11:30.Copy !req
730. So you think that he went
to his father's apartment?Copy !req
731. Well, it doesn't take
two hours to get
from 125th to 78th.Copy !req
732. And his wife is covering
for him. She says they were
in bed by 10:00.Copy !req
733. I want them both
in my office tomorrow morning.Copy !req
734. Dismissal? What have you
been sprinkling
on your breakfast cereal?Copy !req
735. Lang admitted
that he beat up Williams.Copy !req
736. Papa Doc may not
have killed him, Adam.Copy !req
737. Do you have anything more
than your intuition
implicating the kid?Copy !req
738. Two unexplained hours.Copy !req
739. Oh, that's great.Copy !req
740. And so we let
a suspected killer walk...Copy !req
741. because a ballplayer
didn't go straight home
after a couple of beers.Copy !req
742. Williams is terrified
of Papa Doc.Copy !req
743. He'll do whatever he can
to keep that man in jail.Copy !req
744. You just said
you're dismissing.Copy !req
745. Well, what I'd like
is for Williams
to consider this:Copy !req
746. All the charges
against Papa Doc
are dismissed...Copy !req
747. and the man's out
on the street again.Copy !req
748. If Williams is worried enough
about his wife and his kids...Copy !req
749. he'll tell us whatever
he knows about that murder.Copy !req
750. (Barclay)
We've been waiting an hour.Copy !req
751. Edgar, I understand
your impatience, but why
suddenly all this urgency?Copy !req
752. Are you dismissing
all the charges
against Papa Doc?Copy !req
753. The entire case depends upon
your client's testimony,
not just the murder count.Copy !req
754. He'll kill her.Copy !req
755. (Stone)
You can prevent that, sir.Copy !req
756. Now, are you going
to tell me the truth?Copy !req
757. I'd pay off his debts...Copy !req
758. and he would swear to me
that it was going to stop.Copy !req
759. And then a week or...Copy !req
760. a month later it would start
all over again,
and I'd fall for it.Copy !req
761. So it was your father
that owed Papa Doc?Copy !req
762. When I got to his apartment...Copy !req
763. he was beat up pretty bad.Copy !req
764. He wanted money?Copy !req
765. You think it was money?Copy !req
766. "You owe me," he said.Copy !req
767. "We're blood."Copy !req
768. I owe him?Copy !req
769. What about me?Copy !req
770. Yeah, I hit him.Copy !req
771. That was it.Copy !req
772. He hit his head on the desk.Copy !req
773. Man two, Ben.Copy !req
774. He does the max.Copy !req
775. ".289."Copy !req
776. ".289."Copy !req
777. "My son hit.289
in his rookie year."Copy !req
778. You know,
it would have been so nice...Copy !req
779. to hear that one time
without his hand being out.Copy !req
780. It's okay.Copy !req
781. Toughest thing in sports
is to hit
a major league slider.Copy !req
782. Imagine trying to do it
in front of 60,000
screaming fans.Copy !req
783. Yeah, imagine trying to do it
with a father like
Benny Williams on your back.Copy !req
784. Oh, Benny Williams,
he wasn't Pat's father.Copy !req
785. He just happened
to be in the room
when his son was conceived.Copy !req