The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977): Season 5, Episode 18 - Once a Con - full transcript
The last episode to air before ABC turned over much of its Thursday night lineup to spring-tryout series ("Streets of San Francisco" was replaced by "Westside Medical," which lasted 13 weeks; "The Tony Randall Show" was replaced by "Three's Company") is a mystery set on a college campus. While waiting for a bus, a college coed who doubles as a model is slashed with a knife, and one wound goes straight to the heart. A convict at San Quentin, who's a student at the same college learning a trade for when he is released, is scheduled to board the same bus. Instead, he runs like hell. The convict is caught soon afterward and assumed to be the killer, but he doesn't seem to have a motive. Stone wonders if one of the woman's fellow students might have had a grudge against her.
(theme music playing)
♪♪
- Night, Arthur.
- Night.
Mary, I appreciate
you taking that doll.
Are you sure it's not
gonna be too much work?
Not at all... I enjoy it.
You tell Rosie that I'll have
her little friend back to her
by Saturday, good as new.
Night again.
(rustling)
Is someone there?
(rustling)
Judd?
Judd, if this is your
idea to try and scare me,
I don't think it's very funny.
(rustling)
Help!
Somebody help me, please!
(screaming)
What difference does it
make what my name is?
Look, I'm telling you a girl
is being attacked right now
on the southeast
section of the campus
where Bundy crosses Fielder.
Please hurry.
Hey, watch where you're going!
(siren wailing)
O most gracious God,
father of mercies
and God of all comfort,
who would that
none should perish,
who believe and trust in you;
according to the multitude
of your tender mercies,
look favorably upon...
The victim a Catholic?
Yeah.
She has a medal around her neck
asking that a priest be called
in case of an emergency.
(priest continues indistinctly)
(Robbins sighs)
Yeah, she was apparently
carrying it with her.
Robbery?
No.
She had over $80 in her purse,
credit cards, an
expensive watch.
How bad?
Pretty bad... Her
esophagus was severed.
Whoever did it didn't
want to just kill her.
She's cut up pretty bad.
Evening, Father.
Evening.
She was gonna be 21 next month.
Her name is Mary Wilson.
She lives in the sorority
house over on the next block.
We brought the roommate
over, she made a positive I.D.
How about the ring?
What ring?
Well, looks like somebody
tried to take it off in a hurry.
I suppose next you
guys will be pushing
to get some heat in here,
and then maybe we can, uh,
get a maid to clean your cell.
You short-termers
on school release, uh,
they're getting
pretty demanding.
Think you're big shots just
because you can get out
on the streets during the day.
Maybe you're able
to fool some people
about being rehabilitated,
but, uh, I know it's all a scam.
You understand that?
Yes, sir, Officer Nelson.
You're a real wise
guy, aren't you?
Come on, open wide.
Well, I'm the guy who
gets the wise guys.
And one of these days
you're going to sign in late.
Then you'll be
back in the yard...
with the main population
where you belong.
Now, go sleep on
that, sweetheart.
If Mary had a doll with her,
she probably
was going to fix it.
She was always...
helping little kids fix dolls.
She was very good at
it, but you can see that.
She made all of these?
Yes... she, uh.. Was
a theater arts major.
(inhales deeply)
She was doing a paper
on 19th century puppetry.
A paper?
Uh-huh.
When I was a kid, we used
to play with these things.
Now they... they give
you a college degree for it.
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
Uh, did you say you and
Mary were good friends?
Well, I've only been
here four weeks,
since the beginning
of the semester.
Mary was in her third year.
We're both from Wisconsin.
I, uh...
(crying): I think that's why the
sorority made us roommates.
Hey, you're doing just fine.
Look, all we want to know is,
do you know any reason why
someone would want to hurt her?
No, I don't.
What about boyfriends,
ex-boyfriends?
(sighs, sniffs)
Well, there was one, but, uh,
I think she broke up with him
by the time I moved in here.
Do you remember his name?
Um, let me see.
Jack, Jim?
I don't know, it was
something odder than that.
You can ask Tina.
She could probably help you.
Tina?
Uh, Tina Harrington.
She was Mary's best friend.
She's an art major.
She was helping Mary with
paints and things for her puppets.
Do you remember where she lives?
Uh, in an apartment.
I think it's a block over.
She's independent.
Listen, do you think someone
should call Mary's parents?
I really think they should know.
Oh, yes, we'll
take care of that.
Okay.
You've been a big help to us
and we want to thank you for that,
but I'd like to ask you
one more thing if I may.
Okay.
Do you have any photographs
of Mary around somewhere?
(sighs)
Photographs?
Uh, let me see.
It seems so strange,
touching her things now.
(sighs)
Here they are.
I picked them up
for her yesterday.
They're, uh, pictures
of her skiing trip
about three weeks ago.
STONE: The ring
on her finger here...
Do you know if she
was wearing it today?
Oh, yes, of course,
she never took it off.
Is it missing?
I'm afraid it is.
And you said it was
very important to her?
Yes, it was.
Um... I, uh, I don't
think it's here.
No, I-I didn't
think it would be.
Somebody gave that ring
to Mary about a month ago.
I don't know who it was...
but it was very special to her.
Must have been very
special to somebody else, too.
(whispering): Where
the hell have you been?
You're two hours late.
They were installing
a new press.
I told you that this morning.
Oh, I guess you did.
I forgot.
They catch you
smoking after hours,
you can forget
your privileges, too.
Listen, right now I stand
to lose a lot more than that.
Ray, I'm in trouble,
I need your help.
(doors clang)
What happened?
Well, it was
stupid, really stupid.
I was at the wrong
place at the wrong time.
I was out of the zone.
There was this girl
who got mugged.
Yeah, I heard.
Did you do it?
No, come on.
Anyway, I figured
I might as well get
the hell out of there
before the cops came,
but somebody saw me.
Who?
I don't know,
some kid, 17 or 18.
I knocked him over.
So what do you want me to do?
I figure the guy couldn't have
gotten a very good look at me.
If you will just swear
that I was with you at
the newspaper office...
Ray, they will drop me
from the program if they
find out I was off campus.
I can't.
You're asking for too much.
Why, what's the matter?
That girl wasn't mugged.
She was murdered.
Somebody called it
in to the newspaper.
Honest to God, I
didn't know that.
Ray, they are going
to nail me to the cross.
Okay, sure, yeah.
You were with me at the
newspaper office all night
until whatever
time you checked in.
Thanks, buddy.
No, Mrs. Harrington,
that's all right,
but if Tina does get in touch,
please ask her to call me.
Yes, it is terrible.
No, I'm afraid I didn't
know her very well.
Mrs. Harrington, I
really have to go.
Yes, yes, all right, good-bye.
Tina left her folks'
house just after dinner.
When do you expect her back?
Well, if she drives
all night, by breakfast,
but at any rate, by noon.
She has a class then.
This is really
going to shake her.
Miss Collins?
Jackie.
Do you happen to know
her boyfriend's name?
You mean Mary's?
Yes.
No, I never met him.
Just as well, I guess, huh?
Why do you say that?
I just heard he
had a mean streak.
You know, some guys are always
trying to prove they're macho.
But Tina will be able to
tell you more, I'm sure.
You know, the ring
in this picture here,
does it mean anything to you?
No, why?
Well, somebody gave it to Mary,
and we're trying
to figure out who.
I'm so sorry I can't
be more help to you.
But Mary was Tina's friend.
I met her a couple of times
and then only in passing.
Mm-hmm, I see.
Well, maybe your roommate
will be able to help us.
When Miss
Harrington does arrive,
we'd appreciate it if
you'd have her call us.
Yes, of course.
Oh, good night.
- Thank you.
- Night.
ROBBINS: So, where to now?
STONE: Well, back to the office,
and then home and bed.
Sounds good to me.
Say, why don't you
get this enlarged?
I'd like to see what
that ring really looks like.
What happened to home and bed?
Look, you're young.
You don't need much sleep.
(engine starting)
Mm-hmm.
Oh, yes.
Yes, I understand their concern.
- (door opens)
- Yes.
Oh, yes.
What have you got?
A blow up of Mary Wilson's ring.
The lab thinks it's custom made.
Oh, by all means,
we'd be glad to cooperate
with the campus security.
See the ridges?
Hardly worn at all.
It must have been new
when somebody gave it to her.
Why don't you get
flyers made of this
and then pass them around
to the jewelry stores in the area.
Maybe somebody
will recognize it.
Already ordered. They'll be
ready sometime this afternoon.
Mm-hmm.
I'll follow through on that.
And you tell the colonel
that we'll be there
within the next half hour.
Colonel?
Mm-hmm, ex-colonel.
He's head of the
campus security.
Whitey, Whitey Zellers.
He says that he's got our killer
boiled down to one
of three suspects.
You don't look too pleased.
If he is right,
I'm responsible for one of
them being on that campus.
Come again?
All of his suspects are cons.
They're working on that
study release program.
What are you smiling at?
I didn't know you
were into prison reform.
You actually sponsored
a student-convict?
You know that's the
trouble with your generation.
You think you're the only
ones who have a franchise on...
Compassion?
Mistakes.
Well, it isn't that I
didn't warn them.
About the student
release program?
I mean how much
intelligence does it take
to know you're
going to have trouble
when you've got a campus
full of decent, hardworking,
spirited young people
and then dump a bunch
of hardened criminals
in the middle of them?
Well, that would
sound pretty obvious.
You try explaining that
to the fuzzy-brained
bleeding hearts
that sponsor these programs.
You said you have
three suspects.
I sure do.
We started the
year with 13 of them.
We're down to 12.
One of them was
hauled back for a robbery.
I checked them out.
Nine were back in prison
at the time of the killing.
Only these three were
still on campus last night.
Which one do you want to take?
Uh, Walter Young.
Young's the one I
would have picked, too.
It's the most
violent background.
Actually, Colonel,
it's not for that reason.
You see, I'm the
fuzzy-headed, bleeding heart
who sponsored
Young to come here.
Walter, I've been so worried.
Lisa, we have to sort of
cool it a little bit and pretend
like we don't know each
other. Except in the classroom.
For how long?
(sighs) I don't know.
A couple of weeks.
A couple of weeks?
I can't live without
you that long.
You have no choice.
Why? We didn't
do anything wrong.
I did.
Somebody saw me.
Saw you?
Oh, no, well, listen,
maybe we should tell them.
No, don't tell anybody.
Lisa, listen to
me, the heat is on.
They're just aching to bust me.
I don't want to serve any
more hard time for anybody.
I love you.
Keep your mouth shut.
Please.
STONE: Over here, Walter.
How are you, Mr. Stone?
You're looking good.
How are the classes coming?
Fine, just fine.
Well, actually,
it-it's pretty hard.
It's a lot harder than I
thought it was going to be.
Just getting the discipline
to study, even to think.
I guess the joint takes
that away from you.
But we didn't come here to
talk about my problems did we?
Depends on the kind
of problems you have.
Like whether or not I
killed that girl last night?
Did you?
You don't want an answer.
You want a confession.
I'm not through.
What do you want
me to do, crawl?
I can see you don't believe me.
What do they say, once
a con always a con, right?
I want you to stop acting
like a hard-nosed jerk.
Sure and show up front
and center for interrogation
every time somebody
commits a crime.
You don't have to
show up anywhere.
We'll come looking for you.
Come on.
Nobody said it was
going to be easy, Walter.
Did you know her?
No, I don't even
know who she was.
According to the
check-in report at prison
you were still on campus
at the time of the killing.
I'd like to know where you were.
All right, I was at
the newspaper office.
I closed up the gym at 9:30
and went over there to meet Ray.
Raymond Vasquez, your cellmate?
That's right.
We usually take the
bus back together,
only I forgot last night
he was working late
because they were
installing in a new press.
- And you left alone?
- Yes,
five after ten, and
caught the bus back.
Okay.
- That's it?
- That's it.
Listen, Mr. Stone,
thank you for-for
doing this up here.
It sure beats having
Zellers come in
and grab me out
of the classroom.
TANNER (through
radio): Inspectors 8-1.
Inspectors 8-1, do you read?
STONE: How'd you make out?
Jackson checks out.
He's on the varsity
wrestling team.
They were on their
way back from San Jose
- at the time of the killing.
- And Vasquez?
Missed him, but two
different classmates
place him at the newspaper
last night from around
7:00 until after midnight.
Putting in a new press.
How'd you know?
Well, Walter Young told me
that he went there last night
between 9:30 and
sometime after 10:00.
Anybody mention him?
No, but I wasn't
asking about him, either.
Do you believe him?
I have no reason not to.
TANNER (through
radio): Inspectors 8-1.
8-1 go ahead, Tanner.
See the woman, 114
University Avenue.
Palms apartment number 12.
Well, sounds like our Miss
Harrington may be back.
10-4. We are responding.
(engine starting)
(sighs)
I don't know what to say.
I...
I heard about it on the
radio about an hour out.
I stopped along
the beach and cried.
Tina.
Tina, try and drink this.
Um, do you know who did it?
No, no, we don't,
but we're hoping you
would help us. You see,
we understand that
Mary had a boyfriend,
and she broke up with him
just before the semester started.
J-Judd.
Who?
Judd Davis.
Haven't you talked to him yet?
We didn't know his
name until you just told us.
When you talk to him,
please don't mention my name.
Why not?
Because I'm afraid of him.
He's a medical student,
and he always gets stoned
on something or other
and he gets kind of weird.
Mary tried to break it off
with him a couple of times,
but he wouldn't let her alone.
He even beat up on a couple
of guys she went out with.
(sobbing)
Go ahead, it's okay.
Cry, Tina.
We'll stop by later.
There he is.
Judd Davis?
Get the car.
(tires squealing)
(squealing continues)
Don't even breathe.
How many times
I got to tell you?
I ran because I couldn't get
busted with these pills again.
They said they'd
throw me out this time.
What about Mary Wilson?
Oh, man, you think I'm crazy?
You think I'm
gonna kill some girl
because she dumped me?
We have reliable information
that says you beat up
some people who dated her.
Did you see Mary
Wilson last night?
- No.
- Where were you last night?
I told you, I
can't tell you that.
Book him. Murder one.
- All right, let's go.
- No, wait.
Look, I was at a motel.
With who?
(heavy sigh)
She's the wife of
one of my professors.
If the word gets back to
her old man, it'll ruin me.
Well, as far as I see
it, you're ruined already.
If you're gonna name
the professor's wife,
you better do it now.
- STONE: Mrs. Hart?
- Yes.
I'm Lieutenant Stone,
and I certainly appreciate
your coming here so promptly.
Well, you made
it sound so urgent.
It is.
Look, um...
why don't we go in there;
it's a little more quiet.
Sit down, please.
I, uh, I really didn't
know that girl, Lieutenant.
How can I be of help?
(sighs): Well... do
you know a student
by the name of Judd Davis?
Yes, I think I do.
- Is he in some kind of trouble?
- No, we're just
checking some details.
He said he was
with you last night.
- With me?
- Yes.
He said he spent the evening
with you at a... at a motel.
But that's ridiculous!
Mrs. Hart... I promise you
that everything that is said here
will be held in the
strictest confidence.
But it's a lie!
Just... just give me a minute.
Mr. Colgate?
Is it a lie?
Did you tell him?
(whispers): No!
No!
Julie...
- Please...
- (crying)
Please, Julie...
you got to tell him the truth.
He thinks I killed Mary.
(whispers): I can't.
DAVIS: Julie...
Please...
(crying)
During what time?
From 7:00 until about 2:00.
And he was with
you the entire time?
I didn't go there to
be alone, Lieutenant.
Thank you.
Book him.
Possession of drugs.
Oh, Mike, here are the
flyers on the dead girl's ring.
Looks good.
TANNER: Yeah.
All right, set up three units
and cover the jewelry stores
in around campus, will you?
Maybe we'll get lucky,
someone'll recognize the ring.
ROBBINS: Thank you very much.
Well, what'd you get?
She backs his story.
That means we've
run out of suspects.
Maybe not. I just got a call
from a Raymond Vasquez.
He thinks he knows
who killed Mary Wilson.
Well, what are we
waiting for? Come on.
STONE: Let's go.
Excuse me, I'd like to talk to
someone about the murder.
- Which murder?
- The one out on campus last night.
RAY: His name is
Raymundo Serge Vasquez...
Junior.
Handsome boy.
He was seven years old
a couple of months ago.
And besides seeing him
through the wire screen
in the visitors room,
I hardly know him.
On the phone, you said
you had some information
on the Mary Wilson murder.
You're getting it, man.
I just want you to know
if it wasn't for this kid
and his mother, I wouldn't
even be talking to you.
But I owe them more
than I owe my cellmate.
- Meaning?
- Meaning that I don't want
to do any more hard time.
And that's what my covering
for him will get me, right?
Was Walter Young
with you last night
between 9:30 and
five after 10:00?
No.
I didn't see him till I
got back to the slam.
It was after midnight.
He was still awake.
He said that if I
didn't lie for him,
you would nail him
for killing that girl.
I still think it wouldn't hurt
if we called in a backup.
STONE: Well, he's a con.
There could be many
reasons why he lied.
ROBBINS: How well do you
really know Walter Young?
STONE (sighs): Oh...
I'd say about as well
as a hundred others who
started out just like he did.
I busted him the first
time when he was 17,
and two more times
by the time he was 21.
The last time for armed robbery.
I really never thought
he was a bad kid.
So I... backed him
up in a corner...
and I said if he
didn't straighten out,
he'd spend the rest of his
life going in and out of prison,
and that one day he'd
look at himself in the mirror
and see that all that
arrogance and youth was gone,
and he'd end up being
nothing but a soft-headed
- old prison rummy.
- (chuckles)
That was four years ago.
I never expected to
hear from him again.
- When did he last contact you?
- Last year.
He was a three-time loser,
who spent six of his seven
adult years behind bars.
You know...
it must have been hard
for him to... ask for help.
Really hard.
I'm not saying
that he's gone far,
but he has done quite well
for a kid that I
busted four years ago.
Daniel... the word is "trust."
I'm afraid if I don't show
him a little trust now,
I might as well give up
on this whole program.
And if it turns out
he did kill the girl?
We still won't need a backup.
I'll put the cuffs
on him myself.
Here... here... and
that should do it.
Well... (chuckles)
There something I can
do for you, Lieutenant?
Miss Collins, you work here?
Helps keep the wolf away
from a graduate student's door.
We're looking for a location on
a student named Walter Young.
Walter Young.
Let's see what we have.
Do you mind if I ask,
does this have anything
to do with Mary Wilson?
All we want to do is
ask him a few questions.
How's your roommate?
Oh, Tina's feeling
better. Thanks.
I think she'll be
calling you later.
Yes, here it is.
Walter Young.
Well, he's one
of those convicts.
Did Mary know him?
We don't know. Look,
why don't you give her
one of these... She
might recognize it.
Oh, it's the same ring?
Yes.
Well, I'll make
sure she sees it.
Now, according to this...
you can find Walter Young
in the physical therapy gym
for the next... 40 minutes.
Where would that be located?
In the athletic building,
all the way across campus
in the southeast corner.
All the way across?
We just came from there.
And we're going right back.
Thank you.
YOUNG: Come on.
Come on, keep coming,
keep coming, come on.
Come on, Peter, keep
paddling, just a little further.
Come on. All the way.
One more. There!
Now look back. (laughs)
You came all that
way by yourself!
You didn't think you
could do it, did you?
You see, there are a lot of
people who say you can't do this
and you can't do that.
There are places you
can't come back from.
You don't listen to any of 'em.
You just keep trying
and trying and trying,
and you know what happens?
You keep swimming back
and forth across that pool,
and you build up your
muscles and pretty soon
you'll be able to walk again.
You keep trying,
and that's a promise.
(chuckles): Okay?
Hey, Ray.
Okay, I want you
to take a rest...
Hey, Charlie...
For five minutes, and then
come back and try it again.
Okay, I want him back
in here in five minutes.
Okay, nice work.
I thought I owed you
at least this much.
I talked to the cops.
So?
I'm being paroled next month.
I'm not blowing that
for you or anyone.
I told them the truth...
That I didn't see you
until after midnight,
when you asked me
to lie for you.
I'm sorry.
ROBBINS: Vasquez.
I owed him that much.
STONE: Walter?
♪♪
Let me do that.
Get up here.
You certainly know how to
let a man down, don't you?
What time's the plane?
8:30 tonight.
Tina...
do you really think
this is a wise idea?
I promised Mrs. Wilson.
(big sigh)
She wanted somebody
to fly back with Mary.
(whispers): Okay.
It's all right.
I was just thinking
how hard it's going to be
for you, that's all.
Jackie... I hate him.
Who?
Whoever did it.
I hate him.
I know.
But don't worry,
they'll find him.
I'm sorry.
This isn't easy for you, either.
I'll come back over
the weekend, okay?
You just do whatever
you think is right.
(quietly): Okay.
What do you say?
(whispers): That's
the one, number five.
You're sure?
I'm positive.
I just dropped some people off,
and I took my turn
around the administration,
started back to town,
and I picked him up.
How about it?
Number five... that's
the guy I saw in the alley.
Oh, Mike. It's Dan.
- Stone.
- Mike,
we just opened his
locker here at the school...
and I think we found
the murder weapon.
All right, Dan, I'll see
you when you come in.
Tanner?
TANNER: Yeah.
Book him, murder one.
Lieutenant Stone?
- Yes?
- Hi, I'm Lisa.
Uh, Lisa Deming,
Walter Young's girlfriend.
Well, yes, what can
I do for you, Lisa?
Come in, sit down.
Walter didn't kill that girl.
You got to believe me.
- Now, wait a minute.
- LISA: No, no, no.
You don't understand.
Walter was with me last
night in my apartment.
We saw the whole thing
happen through the window.
I thought she was being
mugged, so I called the police.
I'm telling you the truth.
Then why didn't he say he
was with you right from the start?
He couldn't.
Not unless he wanted to
be thrown out of the program.
See, the, uh, residential
section of campus is off-limits
to the prison release students.
That's why he ran.
Now he's being
accused of murder.
LISA: I know.
That's why I'm here.
He said you'd never believe him.
That he'd kill himself before
he went back to hard time.
Young lady...
do you know the
penalty for perjury?
I'm not lying.
They found the murder weapon
in his locker less
than an hour ago.
Well, that's crazy.
That just can't be.
Not unless
somebody put it there.
Communications.
Tape recording division.
This is Miss Brown,
police stenographer.
I asked her to come
in on the meeting.
Let's go.
(Stone sighs)
(Robbins sighs)
Now, I want you to start
right at the beginning.
Well... Walter was
standing over by the window,
and I was on the bed.
And, uh, he shouted that
there was a mugging going on
and for me to call the police.
So I called the operator,
told her I wanted
to report a crime,
and she connected me.
And the officer said something.
I can't remember.
And I told him I
wanted to report a crime,
and he said, "What kind?"
And I told him, "A mugging."
And then he asked me, uh,
where it had taken
place, and I told him
that it was taking
place right now
across the street
from my apartment.
Hold it right there.
MAN (on tape): Officer Carter.
LISA: I want to report a crime.
CARTER: What
kind of a crime, Miss?
LISA: Uh, it's a mugging.
CARTER: Uh, when
did it take place?
LISA: It's happening right now.
CARTER: Right now?
LISA: Yes, right now.
It's happening just across
the street from my apartment.
Where did you get that?
All incoming calls
to a police station
are automatically tape recorded.
Go on, please.
(sighs)
Well, uh... the officer
asked me for my name again,
and I started to tell him, but
Walt interrupted and told me
to tell him the, uh, location
of the crime, which I did.
And what did you say?
(sighs)
Uh, something like, uh,
"What's the difference?
"It's taking place right now
"at the southeast
section of the campus
where, uh, Bundy
crosses Fielder."
Wait a minute.
CARTER: I have
to have your name.
LISA: It's...
Look, wh-what difference
does it make what my name is?
I'm telling you it's
taking place right now on
the southeast
section of the campus
where Bundy crosses Fielder.
Have you heard enough?
Enough to establish
reasonable doubt.
If we can verify the times.
(buzzing)
Robbins.
All right, get that typed
up, then we'll get it signed.
Then we'll go to the jail and
get a statement from Young.
Thank you.
We can forget a
reasonable doubt.
What are you talking about?
That was the DA's
office congratulating us.
Walter Young just
made a full confession
to Mary Wilson's murder.
All right, Walter, what kind
of a game are you playing?
No game.
They made me an
offer I couldn't refuse.
I thought you said
you didn't kill that girl.
What difference does that make?
It makes a lot of
difference to me.
Oh, really? When did
you get back on the team?
When a girl named
Lisa convinced me
that I never should
have gotten off.
Now did you or did
you not kill that girl?
No.
Then why did you confess?
I told you.
They made me an offer.
I couldn't turn it down.
You know the Assistant
D.A.? Cocky guy.
Billings?
Yeah.
He told me that if I would
cop a plea to murder two,
he would guarantee
me a chance of parole.
Maybe even in a couple of years.
And what if the parole
board didn't agree with him?
Did he promise to come in
here and serve the time for you?
Did he?!
Of course not.
When is he coming back?
He's pushing for an
arraignment tomorrow.
Wait, Mr. Stone!
He told me if I didn't
cop that he has enough
with the knife and
those two witnesses
to put me in the gas chamber.
Of course he'd say that, but
he doesn't know if he can do it.
He thinks you're guilty,
but he's not certain
if he can prove it.
- Now, did you kill the girl?
- No.
I believe you.
And I'm going to
go out and prove it.
There's only one question.
Do you have as much
faith in me as I have in you?
When Billings comes back,
I'm going to tell
him to shove it.
All right, let me out.
STONE: Oh, come
on. Come on, Billings.
Will you stop playing games?
Mike, when did you start
being a defense lawyer?
I think he's innocent.
So prove it.
All right, I will.
Look, you just let him plead
not guilty this afternoon,
and if I don't come up
with something by then,
I'll wash my hands
of the whole case.
Maybe you better do that now.
Mike, you're too emotionally
involved in this one.
Why don't you let
- Robbins handle it?
- STONE: I'm on this
right to the end, no
matter which way it goes.
(knocking)
Yes, come in!
Hello, Mike. This
is Mr. Thorgeson.
He has a shop just off campus.
A what?
He's a jeweler.
And he says that
he made the ring.
Oh, no. I said my
son made the ring.
Now, you're positive?
Yes, absolutely.
My son made a number of rings
on the variations of that pattern.
Here.
Can you tell me who
bought that particular one?
I don't think I can pinpoint
it that closely for you.
You see, my son,
though, did keep a list of
names and addresses of everyone
who buys his personalized items.
He likes to keep it
for his, uh, mailing list.
Uh-huh.
(Robbins sighs)
You find something?
I don't know. I'm not sure.
But it sure would answer a
lot of questions, wouldn't it?
It sure would.
Oh. Come in.
Excuse me for rushing, but
I'm just leaving for Wisconsin.
Any progress with
the investigation?
A little. Tina,
I have a few questions
I'd like to ask you.
Certainly.
Did you have a ring made
at Thorgeson's Jewelers?
Yes.
And did you give that
ring to Mary Wilson?
Uh, as a matter of fact,
I was going to ask you if
you could get it back for me.
It has a lot of
sentimental value.
But not much monetary value?
Well, it was just
a friendship ring.
It wasn't very valuable, no.
ROBBINS: Then why would
the killer remove
it from her finger?
What?
Jackie, didn't you
show her the flyer?
I'm sorry. I forgot.
It's been so hectic
with Tina's going away.
What flyer?
This one here.
Yes, that's my ring.
But I don't understand.
Was she robbed?
Is that why she was killed?
No, the killer left behind
Mary's credit cards,
her purse, money.
The only thing the killer took
was the ring that you gave her.
Why would anybody
kill her for my ring?
A jealous lover might.
Judd?
No, not Judd. Not Mary's lover.
Yours, Tina.
What?
We believe that Mary died
because somebody
was jealous of her.
Someone who loved you very much.
Tina, don't listen to them.
They're making all this up.
Are we?
(whispering):
Jackie, you couldn't.
They're lying.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
I think you do, Miss Collins.
You were the only one who knew
we were suspicious
of Walter Young.
You worked in
the student record.
You knew the location of
his locker, and it was you
who put the murder weapon there.
Stop it.
You haven't got any proof.
There are
unidentified fingerprints
found on Walter Young's
locker and on the knife.
I'm afraid we're gonna
have to go downtown
and check those
fingerprints against yours.
Jackie, say you didn't.
Tina...
I didn't mean to.
It was an accident.
I only meant to scar her
because she was so beautiful.
No.
And then she turned,
the knife slipped, and...
But why?
Tina... I was afraid
I was losing you.
I was afraid you'd leave me.
Oh, Jackie, why
couldn't you trust me?
Mary and I... we were
only friends. Just friends.
(crying)
(sighs)
And you can't possibly sink.
See, there's no
way you can do it.
- Because of all the air inside you.
- (laughter)
Okay, let him go now. Let
him go. Let see if he floats.
How's it going?
- You got it?
- Yeah.
Just terrific.
He took his first
step yesterday.
That's the biggie.
That's right.
Well, I hear you talked them
into letting me stay
on the college program.
Who told you that?
The grapevine.
You know how prisons are.
Did the grapevine tell
you you're going to be up
for parole in a
couple of months?
No. Lisa told me that.
She giving you a hand?
More than that.
My life.
By the way, we just
came from Colonel Zellers'.
Had him pull your file.
What for?
Oh, so that when
some fuzzy-headed
bleeding heart asks about you,
why, you won't be
on his list of suspects.
(laughs) Did he call you that?
No, he called him
a horse's rear end.
(laughs)
- (Robbins laughs)
- I didn't hear him say that.
That's what he told me.
He called me a horse's rear end?
That's what he said.
Mike, come on...
- And I suppose you agree with him, huh?
- Yes.
ROBBINS (laughing):
You know I do.
STONE: I'm a
horse's... (laughing)
♪♪
- Night, Arthur.
- Night.
Mary, I appreciate
you taking that doll.
Are you sure it's not
gonna be too much work?
Not at all... I enjoy it.
You tell Rosie that I'll have
her little friend back to her
by Saturday, good as new.
Night again.
(rustling)
Is someone there?
(rustling)
Judd?
Judd, if this is your
idea to try and scare me,
I don't think it's very funny.
(rustling)
Help!
Somebody help me, please!
(screaming)
What difference does it
make what my name is?
Look, I'm telling you a girl
is being attacked right now
on the southeast
section of the campus
where Bundy crosses Fielder.
Please hurry.
Hey, watch where you're going!
(siren wailing)
O most gracious God,
father of mercies
and God of all comfort,
who would that
none should perish,
who believe and trust in you;
according to the multitude
of your tender mercies,
look favorably upon...
The victim a Catholic?
Yeah.
She has a medal around her neck
asking that a priest be called
in case of an emergency.
(priest continues indistinctly)
(Robbins sighs)
Yeah, she was apparently
carrying it with her.
Robbery?
No.
She had over $80 in her purse,
credit cards, an
expensive watch.
How bad?
Pretty bad... Her
esophagus was severed.
Whoever did it didn't
want to just kill her.
She's cut up pretty bad.
Evening, Father.
Evening.
She was gonna be 21 next month.
Her name is Mary Wilson.
She lives in the sorority
house over on the next block.
We brought the roommate
over, she made a positive I.D.
How about the ring?
What ring?
Well, looks like somebody
tried to take it off in a hurry.
I suppose next you
guys will be pushing
to get some heat in here,
and then maybe we can, uh,
get a maid to clean your cell.
You short-termers
on school release, uh,
they're getting
pretty demanding.
Think you're big shots just
because you can get out
on the streets during the day.
Maybe you're able
to fool some people
about being rehabilitated,
but, uh, I know it's all a scam.
You understand that?
Yes, sir, Officer Nelson.
You're a real wise
guy, aren't you?
Come on, open wide.
Well, I'm the guy who
gets the wise guys.
And one of these days
you're going to sign in late.
Then you'll be
back in the yard...
with the main population
where you belong.
Now, go sleep on
that, sweetheart.
If Mary had a doll with her,
she probably
was going to fix it.
She was always...
helping little kids fix dolls.
She was very good at
it, but you can see that.
She made all of these?
Yes... she, uh.. Was
a theater arts major.
(inhales deeply)
She was doing a paper
on 19th century puppetry.
A paper?
Uh-huh.
When I was a kid, we used
to play with these things.
Now they... they give
you a college degree for it.
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
Uh, did you say you and
Mary were good friends?
Well, I've only been
here four weeks,
since the beginning
of the semester.
Mary was in her third year.
We're both from Wisconsin.
I, uh...
(crying): I think that's why the
sorority made us roommates.
Hey, you're doing just fine.
Look, all we want to know is,
do you know any reason why
someone would want to hurt her?
No, I don't.
What about boyfriends,
ex-boyfriends?
(sighs, sniffs)
Well, there was one, but, uh,
I think she broke up with him
by the time I moved in here.
Do you remember his name?
Um, let me see.
Jack, Jim?
I don't know, it was
something odder than that.
You can ask Tina.
She could probably help you.
Tina?
Uh, Tina Harrington.
She was Mary's best friend.
She's an art major.
She was helping Mary with
paints and things for her puppets.
Do you remember where she lives?
Uh, in an apartment.
I think it's a block over.
She's independent.
Listen, do you think someone
should call Mary's parents?
I really think they should know.
Oh, yes, we'll
take care of that.
Okay.
You've been a big help to us
and we want to thank you for that,
but I'd like to ask you
one more thing if I may.
Okay.
Do you have any photographs
of Mary around somewhere?
(sighs)
Photographs?
Uh, let me see.
It seems so strange,
touching her things now.
(sighs)
Here they are.
I picked them up
for her yesterday.
They're, uh, pictures
of her skiing trip
about three weeks ago.
STONE: The ring
on her finger here...
Do you know if she
was wearing it today?
Oh, yes, of course,
she never took it off.
Is it missing?
I'm afraid it is.
And you said it was
very important to her?
Yes, it was.
Um... I, uh, I don't
think it's here.
No, I-I didn't
think it would be.
Somebody gave that ring
to Mary about a month ago.
I don't know who it was...
but it was very special to her.
Must have been very
special to somebody else, too.
(whispering): Where
the hell have you been?
You're two hours late.
They were installing
a new press.
I told you that this morning.
Oh, I guess you did.
I forgot.
They catch you
smoking after hours,
you can forget
your privileges, too.
Listen, right now I stand
to lose a lot more than that.
Ray, I'm in trouble,
I need your help.
(doors clang)
What happened?
Well, it was
stupid, really stupid.
I was at the wrong
place at the wrong time.
I was out of the zone.
There was this girl
who got mugged.
Yeah, I heard.
Did you do it?
No, come on.
Anyway, I figured
I might as well get
the hell out of there
before the cops came,
but somebody saw me.
Who?
I don't know,
some kid, 17 or 18.
I knocked him over.
So what do you want me to do?
I figure the guy couldn't have
gotten a very good look at me.
If you will just swear
that I was with you at
the newspaper office...
Ray, they will drop me
from the program if they
find out I was off campus.
I can't.
You're asking for too much.
Why, what's the matter?
That girl wasn't mugged.
She was murdered.
Somebody called it
in to the newspaper.
Honest to God, I
didn't know that.
Ray, they are going
to nail me to the cross.
Okay, sure, yeah.
You were with me at the
newspaper office all night
until whatever
time you checked in.
Thanks, buddy.
No, Mrs. Harrington,
that's all right,
but if Tina does get in touch,
please ask her to call me.
Yes, it is terrible.
No, I'm afraid I didn't
know her very well.
Mrs. Harrington, I
really have to go.
Yes, yes, all right, good-bye.
Tina left her folks'
house just after dinner.
When do you expect her back?
Well, if she drives
all night, by breakfast,
but at any rate, by noon.
She has a class then.
This is really
going to shake her.
Miss Collins?
Jackie.
Do you happen to know
her boyfriend's name?
You mean Mary's?
Yes.
No, I never met him.
Just as well, I guess, huh?
Why do you say that?
I just heard he
had a mean streak.
You know, some guys are always
trying to prove they're macho.
But Tina will be able to
tell you more, I'm sure.
You know, the ring
in this picture here,
does it mean anything to you?
No, why?
Well, somebody gave it to Mary,
and we're trying
to figure out who.
I'm so sorry I can't
be more help to you.
But Mary was Tina's friend.
I met her a couple of times
and then only in passing.
Mm-hmm, I see.
Well, maybe your roommate
will be able to help us.
When Miss
Harrington does arrive,
we'd appreciate it if
you'd have her call us.
Yes, of course.
Oh, good night.
- Thank you.
- Night.
ROBBINS: So, where to now?
STONE: Well, back to the office,
and then home and bed.
Sounds good to me.
Say, why don't you
get this enlarged?
I'd like to see what
that ring really looks like.
What happened to home and bed?
Look, you're young.
You don't need much sleep.
(engine starting)
Mm-hmm.
Oh, yes.
Yes, I understand their concern.
- (door opens)
- Yes.
Oh, yes.
What have you got?
A blow up of Mary Wilson's ring.
The lab thinks it's custom made.
Oh, by all means,
we'd be glad to cooperate
with the campus security.
See the ridges?
Hardly worn at all.
It must have been new
when somebody gave it to her.
Why don't you get
flyers made of this
and then pass them around
to the jewelry stores in the area.
Maybe somebody
will recognize it.
Already ordered. They'll be
ready sometime this afternoon.
Mm-hmm.
I'll follow through on that.
And you tell the colonel
that we'll be there
within the next half hour.
Colonel?
Mm-hmm, ex-colonel.
He's head of the
campus security.
Whitey, Whitey Zellers.
He says that he's got our killer
boiled down to one
of three suspects.
You don't look too pleased.
If he is right,
I'm responsible for one of
them being on that campus.
Come again?
All of his suspects are cons.
They're working on that
study release program.
What are you smiling at?
I didn't know you
were into prison reform.
You actually sponsored
a student-convict?
You know that's the
trouble with your generation.
You think you're the only
ones who have a franchise on...
Compassion?
Mistakes.
Well, it isn't that I
didn't warn them.
About the student
release program?
I mean how much
intelligence does it take
to know you're
going to have trouble
when you've got a campus
full of decent, hardworking,
spirited young people
and then dump a bunch
of hardened criminals
in the middle of them?
Well, that would
sound pretty obvious.
You try explaining that
to the fuzzy-brained
bleeding hearts
that sponsor these programs.
You said you have
three suspects.
I sure do.
We started the
year with 13 of them.
We're down to 12.
One of them was
hauled back for a robbery.
I checked them out.
Nine were back in prison
at the time of the killing.
Only these three were
still on campus last night.
Which one do you want to take?
Uh, Walter Young.
Young's the one I
would have picked, too.
It's the most
violent background.
Actually, Colonel,
it's not for that reason.
You see, I'm the
fuzzy-headed, bleeding heart
who sponsored
Young to come here.
Walter, I've been so worried.
Lisa, we have to sort of
cool it a little bit and pretend
like we don't know each
other. Except in the classroom.
For how long?
(sighs) I don't know.
A couple of weeks.
A couple of weeks?
I can't live without
you that long.
You have no choice.
Why? We didn't
do anything wrong.
I did.
Somebody saw me.
Saw you?
Oh, no, well, listen,
maybe we should tell them.
No, don't tell anybody.
Lisa, listen to
me, the heat is on.
They're just aching to bust me.
I don't want to serve any
more hard time for anybody.
I love you.
Keep your mouth shut.
Please.
STONE: Over here, Walter.
How are you, Mr. Stone?
You're looking good.
How are the classes coming?
Fine, just fine.
Well, actually,
it-it's pretty hard.
It's a lot harder than I
thought it was going to be.
Just getting the discipline
to study, even to think.
I guess the joint takes
that away from you.
But we didn't come here to
talk about my problems did we?
Depends on the kind
of problems you have.
Like whether or not I
killed that girl last night?
Did you?
You don't want an answer.
You want a confession.
I'm not through.
What do you want
me to do, crawl?
I can see you don't believe me.
What do they say, once
a con always a con, right?
I want you to stop acting
like a hard-nosed jerk.
Sure and show up front
and center for interrogation
every time somebody
commits a crime.
You don't have to
show up anywhere.
We'll come looking for you.
Come on.
Nobody said it was
going to be easy, Walter.
Did you know her?
No, I don't even
know who she was.
According to the
check-in report at prison
you were still on campus
at the time of the killing.
I'd like to know where you were.
All right, I was at
the newspaper office.
I closed up the gym at 9:30
and went over there to meet Ray.
Raymond Vasquez, your cellmate?
That's right.
We usually take the
bus back together,
only I forgot last night
he was working late
because they were
installing in a new press.
- And you left alone?
- Yes,
five after ten, and
caught the bus back.
Okay.
- That's it?
- That's it.
Listen, Mr. Stone,
thank you for-for
doing this up here.
It sure beats having
Zellers come in
and grab me out
of the classroom.
TANNER (through
radio): Inspectors 8-1.
Inspectors 8-1, do you read?
STONE: How'd you make out?
Jackson checks out.
He's on the varsity
wrestling team.
They were on their
way back from San Jose
- at the time of the killing.
- And Vasquez?
Missed him, but two
different classmates
place him at the newspaper
last night from around
7:00 until after midnight.
Putting in a new press.
How'd you know?
Well, Walter Young told me
that he went there last night
between 9:30 and
sometime after 10:00.
Anybody mention him?
No, but I wasn't
asking about him, either.
Do you believe him?
I have no reason not to.
TANNER (through
radio): Inspectors 8-1.
8-1 go ahead, Tanner.
See the woman, 114
University Avenue.
Palms apartment number 12.
Well, sounds like our Miss
Harrington may be back.
10-4. We are responding.
(engine starting)
(sighs)
I don't know what to say.
I...
I heard about it on the
radio about an hour out.
I stopped along
the beach and cried.
Tina.
Tina, try and drink this.
Um, do you know who did it?
No, no, we don't,
but we're hoping you
would help us. You see,
we understand that
Mary had a boyfriend,
and she broke up with him
just before the semester started.
J-Judd.
Who?
Judd Davis.
Haven't you talked to him yet?
We didn't know his
name until you just told us.
When you talk to him,
please don't mention my name.
Why not?
Because I'm afraid of him.
He's a medical student,
and he always gets stoned
on something or other
and he gets kind of weird.
Mary tried to break it off
with him a couple of times,
but he wouldn't let her alone.
He even beat up on a couple
of guys she went out with.
(sobbing)
Go ahead, it's okay.
Cry, Tina.
We'll stop by later.
There he is.
Judd Davis?
Get the car.
(tires squealing)
(squealing continues)
Don't even breathe.
How many times
I got to tell you?
I ran because I couldn't get
busted with these pills again.
They said they'd
throw me out this time.
What about Mary Wilson?
Oh, man, you think I'm crazy?
You think I'm
gonna kill some girl
because she dumped me?
We have reliable information
that says you beat up
some people who dated her.
Did you see Mary
Wilson last night?
- No.
- Where were you last night?
I told you, I
can't tell you that.
Book him. Murder one.
- All right, let's go.
- No, wait.
Look, I was at a motel.
With who?
(heavy sigh)
She's the wife of
one of my professors.
If the word gets back to
her old man, it'll ruin me.
Well, as far as I see
it, you're ruined already.
If you're gonna name
the professor's wife,
you better do it now.
- STONE: Mrs. Hart?
- Yes.
I'm Lieutenant Stone,
and I certainly appreciate
your coming here so promptly.
Well, you made
it sound so urgent.
It is.
Look, um...
why don't we go in there;
it's a little more quiet.
Sit down, please.
I, uh, I really didn't
know that girl, Lieutenant.
How can I be of help?
(sighs): Well... do
you know a student
by the name of Judd Davis?
Yes, I think I do.
- Is he in some kind of trouble?
- No, we're just
checking some details.
He said he was
with you last night.
- With me?
- Yes.
He said he spent the evening
with you at a... at a motel.
But that's ridiculous!
Mrs. Hart... I promise you
that everything that is said here
will be held in the
strictest confidence.
But it's a lie!
Just... just give me a minute.
Mr. Colgate?
Is it a lie?
Did you tell him?
(whispers): No!
No!
Julie...
- Please...
- (crying)
Please, Julie...
you got to tell him the truth.
He thinks I killed Mary.
(whispers): I can't.
DAVIS: Julie...
Please...
(crying)
During what time?
From 7:00 until about 2:00.
And he was with
you the entire time?
I didn't go there to
be alone, Lieutenant.
Thank you.
Book him.
Possession of drugs.
Oh, Mike, here are the
flyers on the dead girl's ring.
Looks good.
TANNER: Yeah.
All right, set up three units
and cover the jewelry stores
in around campus, will you?
Maybe we'll get lucky,
someone'll recognize the ring.
ROBBINS: Thank you very much.
Well, what'd you get?
She backs his story.
That means we've
run out of suspects.
Maybe not. I just got a call
from a Raymond Vasquez.
He thinks he knows
who killed Mary Wilson.
Well, what are we
waiting for? Come on.
STONE: Let's go.
Excuse me, I'd like to talk to
someone about the murder.
- Which murder?
- The one out on campus last night.
RAY: His name is
Raymundo Serge Vasquez...
Junior.
Handsome boy.
He was seven years old
a couple of months ago.
And besides seeing him
through the wire screen
in the visitors room,
I hardly know him.
On the phone, you said
you had some information
on the Mary Wilson murder.
You're getting it, man.
I just want you to know
if it wasn't for this kid
and his mother, I wouldn't
even be talking to you.
But I owe them more
than I owe my cellmate.
- Meaning?
- Meaning that I don't want
to do any more hard time.
And that's what my covering
for him will get me, right?
Was Walter Young
with you last night
between 9:30 and
five after 10:00?
No.
I didn't see him till I
got back to the slam.
It was after midnight.
He was still awake.
He said that if I
didn't lie for him,
you would nail him
for killing that girl.
I still think it wouldn't hurt
if we called in a backup.
STONE: Well, he's a con.
There could be many
reasons why he lied.
ROBBINS: How well do you
really know Walter Young?
STONE (sighs): Oh...
I'd say about as well
as a hundred others who
started out just like he did.
I busted him the first
time when he was 17,
and two more times
by the time he was 21.
The last time for armed robbery.
I really never thought
he was a bad kid.
So I... backed him
up in a corner...
and I said if he
didn't straighten out,
he'd spend the rest of his
life going in and out of prison,
and that one day he'd
look at himself in the mirror
and see that all that
arrogance and youth was gone,
and he'd end up being
nothing but a soft-headed
- old prison rummy.
- (chuckles)
That was four years ago.
I never expected to
hear from him again.
- When did he last contact you?
- Last year.
He was a three-time loser,
who spent six of his seven
adult years behind bars.
You know...
it must have been hard
for him to... ask for help.
Really hard.
I'm not saying
that he's gone far,
but he has done quite well
for a kid that I
busted four years ago.
Daniel... the word is "trust."
I'm afraid if I don't show
him a little trust now,
I might as well give up
on this whole program.
And if it turns out
he did kill the girl?
We still won't need a backup.
I'll put the cuffs
on him myself.
Here... here... and
that should do it.
Well... (chuckles)
There something I can
do for you, Lieutenant?
Miss Collins, you work here?
Helps keep the wolf away
from a graduate student's door.
We're looking for a location on
a student named Walter Young.
Walter Young.
Let's see what we have.
Do you mind if I ask,
does this have anything
to do with Mary Wilson?
All we want to do is
ask him a few questions.
How's your roommate?
Oh, Tina's feeling
better. Thanks.
I think she'll be
calling you later.
Yes, here it is.
Walter Young.
Well, he's one
of those convicts.
Did Mary know him?
We don't know. Look,
why don't you give her
one of these... She
might recognize it.
Oh, it's the same ring?
Yes.
Well, I'll make
sure she sees it.
Now, according to this...
you can find Walter Young
in the physical therapy gym
for the next... 40 minutes.
Where would that be located?
In the athletic building,
all the way across campus
in the southeast corner.
All the way across?
We just came from there.
And we're going right back.
Thank you.
YOUNG: Come on.
Come on, keep coming,
keep coming, come on.
Come on, Peter, keep
paddling, just a little further.
Come on. All the way.
One more. There!
Now look back. (laughs)
You came all that
way by yourself!
You didn't think you
could do it, did you?
You see, there are a lot of
people who say you can't do this
and you can't do that.
There are places you
can't come back from.
You don't listen to any of 'em.
You just keep trying
and trying and trying,
and you know what happens?
You keep swimming back
and forth across that pool,
and you build up your
muscles and pretty soon
you'll be able to walk again.
You keep trying,
and that's a promise.
(chuckles): Okay?
Hey, Ray.
Okay, I want you
to take a rest...
Hey, Charlie...
For five minutes, and then
come back and try it again.
Okay, I want him back
in here in five minutes.
Okay, nice work.
I thought I owed you
at least this much.
I talked to the cops.
So?
I'm being paroled next month.
I'm not blowing that
for you or anyone.
I told them the truth...
That I didn't see you
until after midnight,
when you asked me
to lie for you.
I'm sorry.
ROBBINS: Vasquez.
I owed him that much.
STONE: Walter?
♪♪
Let me do that.
Get up here.
You certainly know how to
let a man down, don't you?
What time's the plane?
8:30 tonight.
Tina...
do you really think
this is a wise idea?
I promised Mrs. Wilson.
(big sigh)
She wanted somebody
to fly back with Mary.
(whispers): Okay.
It's all right.
I was just thinking
how hard it's going to be
for you, that's all.
Jackie... I hate him.
Who?
Whoever did it.
I hate him.
I know.
But don't worry,
they'll find him.
I'm sorry.
This isn't easy for you, either.
I'll come back over
the weekend, okay?
You just do whatever
you think is right.
(quietly): Okay.
What do you say?
(whispers): That's
the one, number five.
You're sure?
I'm positive.
I just dropped some people off,
and I took my turn
around the administration,
started back to town,
and I picked him up.
How about it?
Number five... that's
the guy I saw in the alley.
Oh, Mike. It's Dan.
- Stone.
- Mike,
we just opened his
locker here at the school...
and I think we found
the murder weapon.
All right, Dan, I'll see
you when you come in.
Tanner?
TANNER: Yeah.
Book him, murder one.
Lieutenant Stone?
- Yes?
- Hi, I'm Lisa.
Uh, Lisa Deming,
Walter Young's girlfriend.
Well, yes, what can
I do for you, Lisa?
Come in, sit down.
Walter didn't kill that girl.
You got to believe me.
- Now, wait a minute.
- LISA: No, no, no.
You don't understand.
Walter was with me last
night in my apartment.
We saw the whole thing
happen through the window.
I thought she was being
mugged, so I called the police.
I'm telling you the truth.
Then why didn't he say he
was with you right from the start?
He couldn't.
Not unless he wanted to
be thrown out of the program.
See, the, uh, residential
section of campus is off-limits
to the prison release students.
That's why he ran.
Now he's being
accused of murder.
LISA: I know.
That's why I'm here.
He said you'd never believe him.
That he'd kill himself before
he went back to hard time.
Young lady...
do you know the
penalty for perjury?
I'm not lying.
They found the murder weapon
in his locker less
than an hour ago.
Well, that's crazy.
That just can't be.
Not unless
somebody put it there.
Communications.
Tape recording division.
This is Miss Brown,
police stenographer.
I asked her to come
in on the meeting.
Let's go.
(Stone sighs)
(Robbins sighs)
Now, I want you to start
right at the beginning.
Well... Walter was
standing over by the window,
and I was on the bed.
And, uh, he shouted that
there was a mugging going on
and for me to call the police.
So I called the operator,
told her I wanted
to report a crime,
and she connected me.
And the officer said something.
I can't remember.
And I told him I
wanted to report a crime,
and he said, "What kind?"
And I told him, "A mugging."
And then he asked me, uh,
where it had taken
place, and I told him
that it was taking
place right now
across the street
from my apartment.
Hold it right there.
MAN (on tape): Officer Carter.
LISA: I want to report a crime.
CARTER: What
kind of a crime, Miss?
LISA: Uh, it's a mugging.
CARTER: Uh, when
did it take place?
LISA: It's happening right now.
CARTER: Right now?
LISA: Yes, right now.
It's happening just across
the street from my apartment.
Where did you get that?
All incoming calls
to a police station
are automatically tape recorded.
Go on, please.
(sighs)
Well, uh... the officer
asked me for my name again,
and I started to tell him, but
Walt interrupted and told me
to tell him the, uh, location
of the crime, which I did.
And what did you say?
(sighs)
Uh, something like, uh,
"What's the difference?
"It's taking place right now
"at the southeast
section of the campus
where, uh, Bundy
crosses Fielder."
Wait a minute.
CARTER: I have
to have your name.
LISA: It's...
Look, wh-what difference
does it make what my name is?
I'm telling you it's
taking place right now on
the southeast
section of the campus
where Bundy crosses Fielder.
Have you heard enough?
Enough to establish
reasonable doubt.
If we can verify the times.
(buzzing)
Robbins.
All right, get that typed
up, then we'll get it signed.
Then we'll go to the jail and
get a statement from Young.
Thank you.
We can forget a
reasonable doubt.
What are you talking about?
That was the DA's
office congratulating us.
Walter Young just
made a full confession
to Mary Wilson's murder.
All right, Walter, what kind
of a game are you playing?
No game.
They made me an
offer I couldn't refuse.
I thought you said
you didn't kill that girl.
What difference does that make?
It makes a lot of
difference to me.
Oh, really? When did
you get back on the team?
When a girl named
Lisa convinced me
that I never should
have gotten off.
Now did you or did
you not kill that girl?
No.
Then why did you confess?
I told you.
They made me an offer.
I couldn't turn it down.
You know the Assistant
D.A.? Cocky guy.
Billings?
Yeah.
He told me that if I would
cop a plea to murder two,
he would guarantee
me a chance of parole.
Maybe even in a couple of years.
And what if the parole
board didn't agree with him?
Did he promise to come in
here and serve the time for you?
Did he?!
Of course not.
When is he coming back?
He's pushing for an
arraignment tomorrow.
Wait, Mr. Stone!
He told me if I didn't
cop that he has enough
with the knife and
those two witnesses
to put me in the gas chamber.
Of course he'd say that, but
he doesn't know if he can do it.
He thinks you're guilty,
but he's not certain
if he can prove it.
- Now, did you kill the girl?
- No.
I believe you.
And I'm going to
go out and prove it.
There's only one question.
Do you have as much
faith in me as I have in you?
When Billings comes back,
I'm going to tell
him to shove it.
All right, let me out.
STONE: Oh, come
on. Come on, Billings.
Will you stop playing games?
Mike, when did you start
being a defense lawyer?
I think he's innocent.
So prove it.
All right, I will.
Look, you just let him plead
not guilty this afternoon,
and if I don't come up
with something by then,
I'll wash my hands
of the whole case.
Maybe you better do that now.
Mike, you're too emotionally
involved in this one.
Why don't you let
- Robbins handle it?
- STONE: I'm on this
right to the end, no
matter which way it goes.
(knocking)
Yes, come in!
Hello, Mike. This
is Mr. Thorgeson.
He has a shop just off campus.
A what?
He's a jeweler.
And he says that
he made the ring.
Oh, no. I said my
son made the ring.
Now, you're positive?
Yes, absolutely.
My son made a number of rings
on the variations of that pattern.
Here.
Can you tell me who
bought that particular one?
I don't think I can pinpoint
it that closely for you.
You see, my son,
though, did keep a list of
names and addresses of everyone
who buys his personalized items.
He likes to keep it
for his, uh, mailing list.
Uh-huh.
(Robbins sighs)
You find something?
I don't know. I'm not sure.
But it sure would answer a
lot of questions, wouldn't it?
It sure would.
Oh. Come in.
Excuse me for rushing, but
I'm just leaving for Wisconsin.
Any progress with
the investigation?
A little. Tina,
I have a few questions
I'd like to ask you.
Certainly.
Did you have a ring made
at Thorgeson's Jewelers?
Yes.
And did you give that
ring to Mary Wilson?
Uh, as a matter of fact,
I was going to ask you if
you could get it back for me.
It has a lot of
sentimental value.
But not much monetary value?
Well, it was just
a friendship ring.
It wasn't very valuable, no.
ROBBINS: Then why would
the killer remove
it from her finger?
What?
Jackie, didn't you
show her the flyer?
I'm sorry. I forgot.
It's been so hectic
with Tina's going away.
What flyer?
This one here.
Yes, that's my ring.
But I don't understand.
Was she robbed?
Is that why she was killed?
No, the killer left behind
Mary's credit cards,
her purse, money.
The only thing the killer took
was the ring that you gave her.
Why would anybody
kill her for my ring?
A jealous lover might.
Judd?
No, not Judd. Not Mary's lover.
Yours, Tina.
What?
We believe that Mary died
because somebody
was jealous of her.
Someone who loved you very much.
Tina, don't listen to them.
They're making all this up.
Are we?
(whispering):
Jackie, you couldn't.
They're lying.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
I think you do, Miss Collins.
You were the only one who knew
we were suspicious
of Walter Young.
You worked in
the student record.
You knew the location of
his locker, and it was you
who put the murder weapon there.
Stop it.
You haven't got any proof.
There are
unidentified fingerprints
found on Walter Young's
locker and on the knife.
I'm afraid we're gonna
have to go downtown
and check those
fingerprints against yours.
Jackie, say you didn't.
Tina...
I didn't mean to.
It was an accident.
I only meant to scar her
because she was so beautiful.
No.
And then she turned,
the knife slipped, and...
But why?
Tina... I was afraid
I was losing you.
I was afraid you'd leave me.
Oh, Jackie, why
couldn't you trust me?
Mary and I... we were
only friends. Just friends.
(crying)
(sighs)
And you can't possibly sink.
See, there's no
way you can do it.
- Because of all the air inside you.
- (laughter)
Okay, let him go now. Let
him go. Let see if he floats.
How's it going?
- You got it?
- Yeah.
Just terrific.
He took his first
step yesterday.
That's the biggie.
That's right.
Well, I hear you talked them
into letting me stay
on the college program.
Who told you that?
The grapevine.
You know how prisons are.
Did the grapevine tell
you you're going to be up
for parole in a
couple of months?
No. Lisa told me that.
She giving you a hand?
More than that.
My life.
By the way, we just
came from Colonel Zellers'.
Had him pull your file.
What for?
Oh, so that when
some fuzzy-headed
bleeding heart asks about you,
why, you won't be
on his list of suspects.
(laughs) Did he call you that?
No, he called him
a horse's rear end.
(laughs)
- (Robbins laughs)
- I didn't hear him say that.
That's what he told me.
He called me a horse's rear end?
That's what he said.
Mike, come on...
- And I suppose you agree with him, huh?
- Yes.
ROBBINS (laughing):
You know I do.
STONE: I'm a
horse's... (laughing)