1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 RBIs.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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 goodCopy !req
362. contract, connect him
with the right people.Copy !req
363. These kids run, they catch,
they hit, they don't handle money.Copy !req
364. I invest their cash, I put
them on an allowance.Copy !req
365. A grown man with a
family on an allowance?Copy !req
366. He asked me to put
his old man on one, too.Copy !req
367. Only trouble was, Benny ran
through his $3,000 by noon Monday...Copy !req
368. and hit up Pat for most
of his. He was gambling.Copy !req
369. Did Pat know?Copy !req
370. He had to be curious why his father was
going through an extra $10,000 a week.Copy !req
371. Sorry, guys, wheels
up. I got an appointment.Copy !req
372. Hey, the kid had to know.Copy !req
373. Some people have an
amazing ability to stay ignorant.Copy !req
374. He came from
nothing to a perfect life.Copy !req
375. The old man tracks him down
after he's headed to the bigs...Copy !req
376. and then starts bleeding him?Copy !req
377. So, what, he used his old
man's head for batting practice?Copy !req
378. Maybe.Copy !req
379. You told us your
father quit gambling.Copy !req
380. Look, I'm not my
father's keeper.Copy !req
381. We're trying to find the guy who killed
your father, and your lying doesn't help.Copy !req
382. I'm just trying to protect
what I have here, okay?Copy !req
383. Now, you both know that if it gets into
the paper that my father was gambling...Copy !req
384. Maybe we'll arrest his murderer.Copy !req
385. And maybe I'll just
get a job as, what...Copy !req
386. a member of the grounds crew?Copy !req
387. Maybe you just wanted to
make sure no one ever knew.Copy !req
388. Okay, all right. Look...Copy !req
389. I'm gonna need you
guys' help anyway.Copy !req
390. He's threatened my family.Copy !req
391. Who has?Copy !req
392. Papa Doc.Copy !req
393. Your father owed him?
He still wanted his money?Copy !req
394. No, it was me. I owe him.Copy !req
395. I was just placing
bets through my father.Copy !req
396. So killing him was
a collection notice.Copy !req
397. It's out of our hands, Edgar.Copy !req
398. As it is, we're not charging
him under the gambling statutes.Copy !req
399. That's not enough.Copy !req
400. I want it on record
from your office...Copy !req
401. he never bet a dime
on a baseball game.Copy !req
402. Well, we'll do what's
necessary. Let's move on. Okay?Copy !req
403. Mrs. Williams, Ben Stone. Hello.Copy !req
404. And this is Miss
Kincaid. Miss Kincaid.Copy !req
405. Mrs. Williams, please be seated.Copy !req
406. Sir, we can't proceed
against Mr. Doinel...Copy !req
407. unless we have more than your
educated guess that he killed your father.Copy !req
408. We got phone calls.Copy !req
409. They said that if we didn't pay
up, then they would hurt him.Copy !req
410. Do you know who
made those phone calls?Copy !req
411. No, but I know
who paid for them.Copy !req
412. We need a direct
link to Mr. Doinel.Copy !req
413. He came to our house.Copy !req
414. Why don't you tell
them what happened?Copy !req
415. I was coming back from
the store with the kids.Copy !req
416. This man, he was
real big, came up to me.Copy !req
417. He had some grease or
something on his finger.Copy !req
418. He put a smudge on my
blouse, right here on the shoulder.Copy !req
419. He said, "Tell him...Copy !req
420. "I was this close."Copy !req
421. Then he left.Copy !req
422. Did you keep the blouse?Copy !req
423. Why would I?Copy !req
424. Would you recognize
the man's face?Copy !req
425. Oh, yes. I remember.Copy !req
426. No. I'm sorry.Copy !req
427. Just take your time.Copy !req
428. There's so many
faces. They all look so...Copy !req
429. Well, they weren't exactly looking
their best when those were taken.Copy !req
430. Him. That's the man.Copy !req
431. Joey Lang, a.k.a. Joey Dogs.Copy !req
432. What you charging me with
here, smudging up a woman's shirt?Copy !req
433. Well, give me the cleaning
bill and I'll take care of it.Copy !req
434. You left your mark on a
lot of people, Mr. Lang.Copy !req
435. Nine arrests, two convictions.Copy !req
436. And it's not hard to read the subtext
of your remarks to Lucy Williams.Copy !req
437. Well, remark on this subtext,
Casper, I didn't threaten nobody...Copy !req
438. and I sure as hell don't get
paid enough to kill anybody.Copy !req
439. Is there a surcharge
for crushing heads?Copy !req
440. Some heads I'd do for free.Copy !req
441. So Benny Williams,
he was a freebie?Copy !req
442. Mr. Lang, we have eight
sets of prints in his apartment.Copy !req
443. Odds are, one of them
has got to be yours.Copy !req
444. If that's straight, you'd have
hauled my black ass in here already.Copy !req
445. No, not if we've had you under
surveillance for two weeks.Copy !req
446. Now what makes you think I'm
stupid enough to believe you?Copy !req
447. You were seen leaving
Mr. Williams' building.Copy !req
448. You rang 10 or 15 apartments...Copy !req
449. and the person that
buzzed you in saw you.Copy !req
450. You one lying
sack of dirt, Casper.Copy !req
451. Nobody saw me
because I wasn't there.Copy !req
452. Mr. Lang, I get the feeling
that you did this for hire.Copy !req
453. Now, I can charge you with
murder, and if you don't start talking...Copy !req
454. you're the one who's going
to be serving a life sentence.Copy !req
455. Well, if I'm going for one, I
might as well go for the deuce.Copy !req
456. Is that a threat, sir?Copy !req
457. I could be over this table
and crack your head...Copy !req
458. before that clown could
do anything about it.Copy !req
459. See, I'm not going down
for something I didn't do.Copy !req
460. Sir, you just threatened a man
who could charge you with murder.Copy !req
461. And right now, I don't give a
damn about your innocence.Copy !req
462. So what good did that do you?Copy !req
463. Hey!Copy !req
464. I won't give up nothing
unless I float out of here.Copy !req
465. Then we've got
nothing to talk about.Copy !req
466. Come on, Casper,
hang with it, man.Copy !req
467. Mr. Lang, you're sinking
fast. Unless you start talking...Copy !req
468. I don't think you're
coming up for air.Copy !req
469. Look, I was there,
but I didn't do no killing.Copy !req
470. That was Papa Doc.Copy !req
471. One side, fat stuff. We
got a warrant for Papa Doc.Copy !req
472. He's busy. Not for long.Copy !req
473. Detectives!Copy !req
474. Out of the hot tub, Doc.Copy !req
475. Sorry, ladies, the
Doctor's wanted in surgery.Copy !req
476. Henry Doinel, you're under arrest
for the murder of Benny Williams.Copy !req
477. You have the right
to remain silent.Copy !req
478. Anything you say can and will be
used against you in a court of law...Copy !req
479. Case number 456020.
People vs. Henry Doinel.Copy !req
480. Charges of Murder in
the Second Degree...Copy !req
481. Attempted Grand Larceny
in the Second Degree...Copy !req
482. and Promoting Gambling
in the First Degree.Copy !req
483. Plea? Not guilty.Copy !req
484. To all counts, Your Honor.
Of course. Miss Kincaid?Copy !req
485. No bail, Your Honor.Copy !req
486. My client is simply accused,
not convicted, of these charges.Copy !req
487. Charges that
include a brutal killing.Copy !req
488. Mr. Doinel is a bookmaker
with a long record of arrests.Copy !req
489. I say again, Your
Honor, no convictions.Copy !req
490. He made threats against
the victim's family, Your Honor.Copy !req
491. There is every indication,
if he's freed on bail...Copy !req
492. he will resume his
illegal activities...Copy !req
493. and present a clear
danger to the community.Copy !req
494. Dr. Doinel is a
respected chiropractor.Copy !req
495. The community should not
be deprived of his services.Copy !req
496. Well, as long as they remember
to warm up before they exercise...Copy !req
497. they can do without him.
Remanded without bail.Copy !req
498. My client has never been
in Ben Williams' home.Copy !req
499. He doesn't even
know where he lives.Copy !req
500. Oh, really? Well, I owe
my credit union $4,500...Copy !req
501. they certainly
know where I live.Copy !req
502. Dr. Doinel is not a bank.
You deny he's a bookmaker?Copy !req
503. Heartily and vigorously. What
you call a bookmaking operation...Copy !req
504. is simply the accounting department
of a busy chiropractic office.Copy !req
505. Nothing illegal about it.Copy !req
506. Except the way it services
delinquent accounts.Copy !req
507. Joey Lang admitted that
he worked for your client.Copy !req
508. Well, it's tough to find work
with a resume like Joey's.Copy !req
509. Sometimes a job can change
a man's outlook. Obviously...Copy !req
510. Joey couldn't change his.Copy !req
511. Mr. Lang is a brutal man.Copy !req
512. If he lost control while trying
to collect an overdue bill...Copy !req
513. I don't see how
Dr. Doinel is responsible.Copy !req
514. He is if Joey Lang was
working under his directions.Copy !req
515. Now, sir, you're the only one who
stood to benefit from this extortion.Copy !req
516. Well, dead people
can't settle up, Mr. Stone.Copy !req
517. Doesn't make any sense to
kill a man who owes you money.Copy !req
518. But if you beat in his father's brains,
it sends a very strong message.Copy !req
519. Pat Williams admitted these were
his gambling debts, not his father's.Copy !req
520. I want a short date, Mr. Stone.
The sooner I win number 44...Copy !req
521. the sooner that I file a lawsuit
for malicious prosecution.Copy !req
522. I had some talks with Mr. Williams and
with his son about paying off the debt...Copy !req
523. or else somebody
was going to get hurt.Copy !req
524. Did you carry out that threat?Copy !req
525. Yeah, I scuffed up
Ben Williams a bit.Copy !req
526. Next day, the kid came
through with some money.Copy !req
527. Who ordered you to
scuff up Mr. Williams?Copy !req
528. Henry Doinel.Copy !req
529. Now what was the reason for
your last meeting with Mr. Williams?Copy !req
530. Well, there was about $800,000
owed. Nobody was paying up...Copy !req
531. so me and Papa
Doc fell in on Benny.Copy !req
532. I scuffed him up some, then
Papa Doc told me to wait in the car.Copy !req
533. And what was the condition of
Mr. Williams when you left him...Copy !req
534. with the defendant, Mr. Doinel?Copy !req
535. Well, he was sitting
in a chair, crying.Copy !req
536. Now, he was hurting, but it was
all body work and no head hits.Copy !req
537. He was alive.Copy !req
538. What happened after that?Copy !req
539. I waited five minutes, then Papa
Doc came out and we booked.Copy !req
540. It was about 9:30. I know because
I looked at the clock in the car.Copy !req
541. All right, thank you.Copy !req
542. Before your last
visit to Mr. Williams...Copy !req
543. Dr. Doinel discussed his intention
to kill Mr. Williams, did he not?Copy !req
544. No, he didn't.Copy !req
545. Oh, then he told you afterwards
that he killed Mr. Williams, correct?Copy !req
546. No, he never told me.Copy !req
547. Oh, but it is common
practice for Dr. Doinel...Copy !req
548. to have people killed and not
to collect a debt, isn't that right?Copy !req
549. No. I never heard
of him doing that.Copy !req
550. He did the killings
himself, is that the case?Copy !req
551. I don't know nothing
about that, either.Copy !req
552. In other words, you have no personal
knowledge of any kind that Dr. Doinel...Copy !req
553. ever directly caused the death of
any person in order to collect a debt.Copy !req
554. Is that your testimony?Copy !req
555. Yeah.Copy !req
556. I never even met Papa Doc.Copy !req
557. I would tell Daddy
who to bet on.Copy !req
558. He would make the call, and...Copy !req
559. I guess I wasn't very
good at picking winners.Copy !req
560. Would you explain that, please?Copy !req
561. I was losing some big money.Copy !req
562. I mean, it was going out
faster than it was coming in.Copy !req
563. I was in the hole for $800,000.Copy !req
564. So what happened then?Copy !req
565. That's when the calls started.Copy !req
566. "Pay up, or we're
gonna hurt your family.Copy !req
567. "Or we're gonna hurt your dad."Copy !req
568. So, I paid up, after
they broke his arm.Copy !req
569. $50,000.Copy !req
570. $50,000...Copy !req
571. but, no, that wasn't enough.
They wanted everything.Copy !req
572. What did you do about that?Copy !req
573. There was nothing that I could
do. Everybody thinks that...Copy !req
574. I have all of this cash laying
around. It's not like that.Copy !req
575. After everybody gets their
little cut, I get an allowance.Copy !req
576. Look, I'm...Copy !req
577. I'm sorry, okay? I've...Copy !req
578. I've got a gambling sickness.Copy !req
579. If it wasn't for me, then my
father would be alive right now...Copy !req
580. and my kids would
have a grandfather.Copy !req
581. I'm sorry.Copy !req
582. Thank you.Copy !req
583. Let's talk about the bets that got
you into this trouble, Mr. Williams.Copy !req
584. Last January,
Indiana vs. Michigan...Copy !req
585. where'd your money go?Copy !req
586. I don't...Copy !req
587. Michigan, I don't know.Copy !req
588. Win or a loss?Copy !req
589. I don't remember.Copy !req
590. Michigan lost by nine
points. How much you lose?Copy !req
591. I'm not sure.Copy !req
592. I refer to the betting sheets
found on Dr. Doinel's computers...Copy !req
593. People's Exhibit 12.Copy !req
594. They contain a record of all the bets
placed on your behalf by your father.Copy !req
595. According to these, you
lost $10,000 on Michigan.Copy !req
596. Yeah, maybe. I don't know. I
went through a lot of money.Copy !req
597. Oh, indeed you did. Same
month, Iowa vs. Northwestern.Copy !req
598. Who'd you bet on?Copy !req
599. I don't remember.
$15,000 on Iowa...Copy !req
600. and you don't remember
a dime of it, do you?Copy !req
601. Look, I was making bets every day,
okay? I don't remember every one of them.Copy !req
602. Funny, I remember every nag
that cost me $100 at the track.Copy !req
603. Why is it you can't
remember losing $15,000?Copy !req
604. Your Honor, objection. I don't see
the relevance to this line of questioning.Copy !req
605. Overruled. I'd like
to hear the answer.Copy !req
606. The question is still
pending, Mr. Williams.Copy !req
607. Look, most of the time...Copy !req
608. I'd give Daddy the money,
and I'd let him make the call.Copy !req
609. Discretionary gambling account?Copy !req
610. Come on, Mr. Williams,
where's the gamble in that?Copy !req
611. Where's the thrill? Objection.Copy !req
612. Withdrawn.Copy !req
613. But isn't it in fact
true, Mr. Williams...Copy !req
614. that you never laid a bet with Dr. Doinel,
either directly or through your father?Copy !req
615. I don't know.Copy !req
616. One last question, Mr. Williams.Copy !req
617. Why did you lie?Copy !req
618. A gambler who forgets who he
bets on? I'd like to be his bookie.Copy !req
619. It's not fatal. We convince
the jury he got nervous.Copy !req
620. He blanked out.Copy !req
621. I got to arrange a conference in chambers,
and we gotta ask for a continuance.Copy !req
622. So you can find another
incompetent witness?Copy !req
623. We have Lang's testimony, and
that alone ought to get us a conviction.Copy !req
624. Wait a minute. What if Pat
Williams didn't forget what he bet on?Copy !req
625. What if he never bet at all?Copy !req
626. He lied about that. There's no
telling what else he lied about.Copy !req
627. You think Pat killed his dad?Copy !req
628. We're not talking about
Father Flanagan here.Copy !req
629. Do you have any idea of
what my calendar looks like?Copy !req
630. I understand, Your
Honor, but I'm really...Copy !req
631. I have three homicides
ready to go to trial.Copy !req
632. Seven child abuse,
four assaults with intent...Copy !req
633. not to mention double digits
in assorted narcotic cases.Copy !req
634. I haven't had a
vacation in nine months.Copy !req
635. But I'm only asking
for a week, Your...Copy !req
636. Problem is, while
Mr. Stone goes fishing...Copy !req
637. or whatever it is he does for
fun, my client is sitting in a cell.Copy !req
638. Vince, please, this
could help your client.Copy !req
639. You want to be charitable,
give to the March of Dimes.Copy !req
640. You want to save the
state time and money...Copy !req
641. I would not object to
an immediate dismissal.Copy !req
642. But that's premature. Your
prime witness commits perjury.Copy !req
643. I'd call it
pragmatic. All right.Copy !req
644. I'll give you two days, Ben.Copy !req
645. And don't you come
back with a suntan.Copy !req
646. A continuance?
What does that mean?Copy !req
647. It means the jury will think
our case is going to hell.Copy !req
648. And there's a
chance they'll be right.Copy !req
649. Pat's a professional athlete,
not a professional witness.Copy !req
650. Edgar, you know as well as I
do that any regular at the OTB...Copy !req
651. knows what he bet
on from 1960 on.Copy !req
652. Pat has a lot more
to think about.Copy !req
653. Like keeping his lies straight.Copy !req
654. Like mourning his father.Copy !req
655. I hope that's the
case, Mrs. Williams.Copy !req
656. Sir, I have to ask you, where were
you the night your father was killed?Copy !req
657. I was at my old high school.Copy !req
658. I was... The coach asked me to come
down to talk to some kids for Career Night.Copy !req
659. You wait your whole career
for a kid like that to come along.Copy !req
660. Who'd ever guess he'd come
out of a toilet like this, huh?Copy !req
661. So you like to show him off?
You're damned straight, I do.Copy !req
662. Irwin Izer had his Ernie Grunfeld,
Cuss D'Amato had his Mike Tyson...Copy !req
663. and I got my Pat Williams.Copy !req
664. I guess he owes you a lot.Copy !req
665. Hey, look, he might've made
it without me. Who's to say?Copy !req
666. But the fact is that most of the
kids who graduated with him...Copy !req
667. they're either dead or they're
on the express train there.Copy !req
668. The way these kids grow up...Copy !req
669. A major league
contract's a big incentive.Copy !req
670. You want to know
that when I was a kid...Copy !req
671. I dreamed of making it
to the bigs just so I could...Copy !req
672. buy my old man a
steak and a Caddy.Copy !req
673. When Pat was drafted
number two in the country...Copy !req
674. his old man's name
didn't even come up.Copy !req
675. Then Pat gets drafted, he's all over
him like tar on George Brett's bat.Copy !req
676. Benny and his
million-dollar smile.Copy !req
677. They hugged, they kissed,
the world's a great place to live.Copy !req
678. The night Ben Williams was
killed, Pat said he was here with you.Copy !req
679. It's ironic, isn't it? You see, I
figure that if the kids see Pat...Copy !req
680. they'll think twice about shoving
what's left of their lives up their noses.Copy !req
681. And then what does Pat do?
He brings Mr. First Baseman...Copy !req
682. Drew Harding, one
hell of a role model.Copy !req
683. Pat is a good kid.
He's the real deal.Copy !req
684. I mean, it's certainly
not genetics.Copy !req
685. You're referring to his father?Copy !req
686. Look, everybody knew that Ben
had both hands in his pockets.Copy !req
687. I mean, it's my guess next season
his average is going to rise 20 points.Copy !req
688. His father was getting to him?Copy !req
689. Well, Pat wouldn't say
anything bad about his father.Copy !req
690. I mean, an example: He's in the
club house, cutting up with the guys...Copy !req
691. Ben walks in, pulls him aside,
talks to him a few minutes...Copy !req
692. Pat comes back,
boom, instant iceman.Copy !req
693. Did he complain recently?Copy !req
694. The night we went up to his old
high school together, I just sensed...Copy !req
695. something was wrong with
him. I assumed it was his father.Copy !req
696. I mean, it's the
logical choice, right?Copy !req
697. It wasn't?Copy !req
698. Well, we went up to Rachel's.
That's a bar up on 96th.Copy !req
699. We had a couple drinks, a
couple more than Pat usually has.Copy !req
700. He goes and makes a phone call,
comes back all weirded out, says:Copy !req
701. "We're out of here." So I
asked him, I said, "Your Dad?"Copy !req
702. He said, no, it was his wife.Copy !req
703. What time was that?Copy !req
704. I'd say it was around 9:30.Copy !req
705. But you know, those
bookies that bumped off Ben...Copy !req
706. they did Pat a big favor.Copy !req
707. I mean, it's tough enough
hitting sinkers and sliders...Copy !req
708. without having that
crap clouding your head.Copy !req
709. You don't honestly
think Pat killed him?Copy !req
710. We just want to know
if he's been lying to us.Copy !req
711. Pat can't even walk down the
street without a kid sticking a card...Copy !req
712. or a ball in front
of him to sign.Copy !req
713. The fans, the agents, the
lawyers, even his own father...Copy !req
714. they all want a piece of him.Copy !req
715. You know what I dream
about, Miss Kincaid?Copy !req
716. Being left alone.Copy !req
717. Mrs. Williams, we just
want to rule Pat out.Copy !req
718. The night Ben was killed
Pat was at his old school...Copy !req
719. then he came right home.
We were in bed before 10:00.Copy !req
720. So the kid forgot his
bets? What's the big deal?Copy !req
721. I think there's a lot he's not
telling us about his father.Copy !req
722. Hey, I hope my kids follow his
lead if you're ever asking about me.Copy !req
723. Six calls from the bar
phone between 9:00 and 9:30.Copy !req
724. My guess, we got
warrants out on four of them.Copy !req
725. Take a look at the other two.Copy !req
726. What about them?Copy !req
727. 9:18, Mrs. Pat Williams.Copy !req
728. 9:23, Benny Williams.Copy !req
729. He left the bar at 9:30 after
talking to his wife and his father.Copy !req
730. His garage attendant
says he got home at 11:30.Copy !req
731. So you think that he went
to his father's apartment?Copy !req
732. Well, it doesn't take two
hours to get from 125th to 78th.Copy !req
733. And his wife is covering for him.
She says they were in bed by 10:00.Copy !req
734. I want them both in my
office tomorrow morning.Copy !req
735. Dismissal? What have you been
sprinkling on your breakfast cereal?Copy !req
736. Lang admitted that
he beat up Williams.Copy !req
737. Papa Doc may not
have killed him, Adam.Copy !req
738. Do you have anything more than
your intuition implicating the kid?Copy !req
739. Two unexplained hours.Copy !req
740. Oh, that's great.Copy !req
741. And so we let a
suspected killer walk...Copy !req
742. because a ballplayer didn't go
straight home after a couple of beers.Copy !req
743. Williams is terrified
of Papa Doc.Copy !req
744. He'll do whatever he can
to keep that man in jail.Copy !req
745. You just said you're dismissing.Copy !req
746. Well, what I'd like is for
Williams to consider this:Copy !req
747. All the charges against
Papa Doc are dismissed...Copy !req
748. and the man's out
on the street again.Copy !req
749. If Williams is worried enough
about his wife and his kids...Copy !req
750. he'll tell us whatever he
knows about that murder.Copy !req
751. We've been waiting an hour.Copy !req
752. Edgar, I understand your impatience,
but why suddenly all this urgency?Copy !req
753. Are you dismissing all the
charges against Papa Doc?Copy !req
754. The entire case depends upon your client's
testimony, not just the murder count.Copy !req
755. He'll kill her.Copy !req
756. You can prevent that, sir.Copy !req
757. Now, are you going
to tell me the truth?Copy !req
758. I'd pay off his debts...Copy !req
759. and he would swear to
me that it was going to stop.Copy !req
760. And then a week or...Copy !req
761. a month later it would start
all over again, and I'd fall for it.Copy !req
762. So it was your father
that owed Papa Doc?Copy !req
763. When I got to his apartment...Copy !req
764. he was beat up pretty bad.Copy !req
765. He wanted money?Copy !req
766. You think it was money?Copy !req
767. "You owe me," he said.Copy !req
768. "We're blood."Copy !req
769. I owe him?Copy !req
770. What about me?Copy !req
771. Yeah, I hit him.Copy !req
772. That was it.Copy !req
773. He hit his head on the desk.Copy !req
774. Man two, Ben.Copy !req
775. He does the max.Copy !req
776. ".289."Copy !req
777. ".289."Copy !req
778. "My son hit.289
in his rookie year."Copy !req
779. You know, it would
have been so nice...Copy !req
780. to hear that one time
without his hand being out.Copy !req
781. It's okay.Copy !req
782. Toughest thing in sports is
to hit a major league slider.Copy !req
783. Imagine trying to do it in
front of 60,000 screaming fans.Copy !req
784. Yeah, imagine trying to do it with a
father like Benny Williams on your back.Copy !req
785. Oh, Benny Williams,
he wasn't Pat's father.Copy !req
786. He just happened to be in the
room when his son was conceived.Copy !req