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Oh, there, thanks.

Somebody killed that old man they were trying to kill us.

Jack Rinaldi?

No, he wouldn't use his own name.

Then it had to be someone who knew we were looking for him.

Vicky Mariani knew?

No. Okay, Detective Cox, David O'Malley.

Did Bobby Boyd know you were at Vicky? What's her name's house?

I don't think so. Why?

I think it may very well have been bought and bought. Maybe some of his

I heard from Jack.

Where is he?

I don't know.

Look here, I want to give you a message.

Okay.

Jack says that you and your friends got two days to put $500 ,000 into his

offshore account or he'll give the tape to the police.

Miss Mariani, he came to pay our respects to Santana.

Whatever you need to discuss can wait till tomorrow.

Excuse me.

Well, gentlemen.

Good luck. Are you all right?

No. What happened?

Somebody tried to blow me and my friend here to kingdom come.

But you didn't quite make it. And I know that one of you killed Sam Chandler. I

know that as good as I'm standing here.

And I know that one of you suckered me into going down to that warehouse. You

may not know it, but you killed an innocent man. But you were trying to

One of you.

And I'll get you for that.

Shut up, old man. Come on, come on. I think you're making a terrible mistake.

What have we done to make you so angry at us?

One of you, or maybe all of you, tried to kill me.

What do you think?

I'm sorry.

Excuse me.

I'll meet you back at the car.

Allow me.

What gave me away?

The legs.

Thank you.

Well.

Well, Miss Page.

I heard a lot about you.

All bad, I'm sure.

I'm going to go home and change, and I'll meet you at David O'Malley's

I'll get fired if you tell David you saw me.

Vicki Mariani had a little chat with Bobby Boyd inside.

Now, I couldn't hear every word, but it sounded like Jack Rinaldi is

blackmailing Bobby and his friends.

Over what?

She didn't say.

Angela, didn't I tell you not to go to that service today?

David, I was just trying to help.

Go clean out your office.

Jessica, arrange your severance. I can't have employees that don't follow

instructions. David, can't we discuss this? No,

we cannot. I'm sorry.

Ben.

I feel off.

Your boss couldn't have gone today, but I told him what would happen.

I'm sorry.

And what about you? What are you doing here?

I don't know.

Saying goodbye, I guess.

Sweet.

If you're ever up in the city, you give me a call.

Okay, I will.

I mean it.

But I think I have an idea of how to find Jack Rinaldi.

Yeah? Yeah.

Vicki Mariani? Oh, I'll sign for them. All right.

Thanks.

For you.

Who are they from?

A friend.

I'd like to meet this guy. He must be the greatest.

321 Chandler.

It'll take me about three hours to get to Jacksonville.

You're going to Jacksonville on a hunch?

Not a hunch.

Now who?

My name's Jack Rinaldi.

I travel a lot and I lost my credit card. I'm not sure where. I was

you could tell me where I use a card last.

Rinaldi. R -I -N -A -L -D -I.

Yeah, Jack.

7 -4 -3 -3 -0 -1 -1 -4 -0 -1 -4

-6 -8.

Where'd you get that number?

On a credit card receipt at Vicky Mariani's.

Yeah.

And that's what I thought. Thanks a lot.

Jacksonville? Jacksonville.

Call me when you get there.

One other thing. I saw Detective Cox. He has Vicky Mariani's office building

staked out.

Himself?

Yeah. It's odd, isn't it? Yeah.

Seems like he'd have one of his men do it.

Hi, I'm Jackie Wilson. I'm with the city. What do you want?

We're checking all the houses in the neighborhood to see if the pipes are

insulated with asbestos.

I guess it's okay.

Well, I guess we'll start with the kitchen.

That'll be fine.

Come on, wake up.

How do you feel?

I feel like I've been hit with a bat.

Why did you do that?

We saw you sneaking around.

Vicki tells me you're the guy who was looking for me in Atlanta. Why?

I'm investigating Sam Chandler's murder.

What's that got to do with me?

But Al, I'm sorry.

Why are you here?

Because Bobby Boyd's looking for you.

Because you're blackmailing him and Al Brockman and Jim Steinbach and it all

something to do with Sam Chandler's murder.

You just went through a lot of trouble for nothing.

Okay, then I'll be going.

Josh, how's it going?

Hartman, always busy this time of year.

I hear you got the Warner Realty building staked out. Keeping an eye on

Mariani? Yep.

You on it yourself?

Yep. I figure that Jack Rinaldi might just have something to do with that

warehouse. Yeah, he might have something to do with Sam Chandler's death.

Whoa. We got the right guy on that one. Got him dead to rights.

Yeah, anything on the burglary out at Sam Chandler's? No, not so far.

I'll see you. Okay.

I hear you're a skier.

Yeah. Why, you too? Oh, no, I've never been on skis in my life.

I hear you got a place out west.

Little condo.

Big dollars, I bet, huh?

You know what they say.

Life's expensive.

Then you die.

You know, Jack, you've got a problem.

I've got a problem?

Because if I find you, chances are Bobby Boyd will find you too.

I'll be out of the country in 24 hours. You can't run from these guys.

Come back to Atlanta with me.

You're nuts. I can get you in the witness protection plan.

You're offering me protection?

Think about it.

See, that could be Bobby Boyd right now.

Hi.

Uh, that'll be $12 .50.

Yeah, hold on.

Give me a 20.

Why? You order the pizza, you pay. I didn't order a pizza. Neither did I.

It said 1 -2 -2 -3 Ardell.

Yeah, well, that's the address, but we didn't order a pizza.

I probably should call.

Oh, would you look at this?

There's no pizza in here.

There's a gun.

Okay, get your hands on top of your head.

Over to the table.

Move it.

Unbelievable. Let's go. We've got to take him. No way.

Jack, they're going to find you and kill you. We've got to go. No, I came all

the way down here to get him. I'm not leaving without him. Forget it.

Get out!

I go back to Lynn. I'm dead in 24 hours. There's no jail. Nothing will be safe

for me.

Conrad.

Okay, fine.

You got it.

Jack, you got company.

Come on, take a look.

I look stupid?

About 30 seconds, you're gonna look dead. Come on.

And he worked for Bobby Poy.

Come on, out the back door. Come on, what about you? I got a place for a

of days.

So let's ask Mr. Rinaldi the question that brought us

all here.

Who killed Sam Chandler?

I don't know.

You mean you won't say?

No, I mean I don't know.

And what about the blackmail?

That has nothing to do with the murder. What's it got to do with?

Jack, thanks to us, Bobby Boyd's boys are in Jacksonville and you're not.

I am?

This tape is a one -way ticket to the state pen for Bobby Boyd and Al Brackman

and Jim Steinbeck.

What's on it?

I told you it has nothing to do with the murder.

Bobby Boyd did not send those guys down here to deliver the money.

I know.

What are you going to do with the tape?

I know a detective in the Atlanta PD.

I can give him a call.

Sure.

Why not?

Oh, hi, Bob.

You got a minute?

Yeah. Want a hot dog?

What's up?

I guess you were right about Detective Cox.

Yeah? Got a source. Pretty good.

Says Richard Cox can thank Jim Steinbach for his condo out west and a big check

every year. Did you bring him in?

Can't find him.

I know where he's gonna be.

Conrad left a message. He's bringing Jack Penaldi back to Atlanta. Gonna turn

him over to Detective Cox at Old Hanson Road in less than an hour.

Is this isolated enough for you? Yeah, perfect.

Detective Cox, say hello to Jack Rinaldi and Angela Page.

Rinaldi?

Hi. Nice to meet you.

I've arranged living quarters for you outside the city.

And you will have 24 -hour guards until the witness protection people move you

out of the state.

Sounds good to me.

Your story better be worth it. Let's go.

Thanks, I owe you.

Why, you set me up. I didn't.

I swear.

All right, hold it.

I'm a police officer.

Tell them to lower their guns.

Richard, it's Bob Brooks.

What the hell's going on here, Bob? Tell them to put away their guns. I want you

to turn over Rinaldi. We have unconfirmed reports that his life may be

danger. Why haven't they lowered their guns, huh? Dick, please do what I ask.

Get out of there, Conrad.

What are you doing?

I'll tell you what I'm doing.

Put your weapon on the ground, Richard.

See this man?

He's going in my car with me, Bob. And if you ever want to see Jack Rinaldi

again, you'll let us go.

Yeah, we're okay.

Thank God.

Who's Carpenter?

Ron Carpenter. He was president of local 721 International Brotherhood of

Teamsters. Disappeared about six years ago one day without a trace.

Nobody, no nothing.

Just like Jimmy Hoffa.

Yep, no one knows what happened.

They will now.

Yeah.

Well, I'm going to run this over to the VA.

But I don't see how this helps you, Ben. What's it got to do with Sam Chandler's

death?

I don't know.

Well, you know what they say.

What?

Ain't nothing easy.

I've got to go.

I'll talk to you later. All right.

She followed me.

He didn't fire her. I know.

Detective Cox killed Jack Rinaldi.

Probably planted that bomb for us. Yeah, yeah.

So, that tape somehow has got to be connected with Dan Chandler's

death.

Hi, Bobby.

How you doing?

What do you want to see me about, Dave?

Take a seat.

It's about a tape.

Jack Rinaldi's tape.

I'm afraid I don't know what that is, Dave.

Oh, no?

It's a recording of a meeting you had about six years ago with Al Brackman,

Steinbach, and Sam Chandler when the four of you planned the murder of Ron

Carpenter, the ex -president of Local 721 of the International Brotherhood of

Teamsters.

You're accusing me of murder, Dave.

I'm not.

Who is?

I guess you didn't hear.

Jack Rinaldi got himself popped early this morning.

The Atlanta police have that tape now.

Oh, and apparently Al Brackman spent the better part of the afternoon talking

with Lieutenant Brooks.

What's Al talking to the police about?

Gee, I don't know, Bobby. What do you think?

Al setting somebody up.

Well, the word is that Brackman told the cops that you were the one who set up

the hit -and -run carpenter.

Really?

He said you were the one who put out the contract?

That's a lie.

And you were the one who paid it off?

I don't believe this.

Well, maybe I'm wrong. It's just what I heard.

They do have a full -scale investigation going.

And the word is they're about 24 hours away from pressing charges.

Well, that's not going to happen.

You don't think Al Brackman would sell you out?

You're wrong.

The man's a common criminal.

First of all, I'm a businessman.

You can skip the disclaimers with me, Al.

Second, Bobby Borden and Jim Steinbeck have known me my entire life.

They know I'd never go to the police. I'd never sell them out.

You've also never faced murder one short just before, have you?

I did not go to the police.

Then tell Bobby and Jim that.

You son of a bitch.

They're your good friends.

Talk to them. I'm sure they'll listen.

You're trying to set me up.

They'll never believe me.

Now, Mr. Bragman, would you excuse us? Mr. O'Malley and I need to talk. Can't

this wait? No.

It's all yours.

I'll talk to you tomorrow.

Don't bother.

Your secretary told me where I could find you.

What are you going to do, yell at me?

No. Yeah, you're going to yell at me. You're going to yell at me for

investigating, for doing what I do for a living, which I'm damn good at. I know

the Al Brackmans of the world a lot better than you do. I spend my life

with scum like this. David, just close... David!

I've made a kind of peace with myself on this.

I know you're not going to stay out of it. It's against your nature.

I guessed when you fired Angela, you weren't firing her.

So I'm just politely asking, when you are going to do something, let me know

so we don't get in each other's way.

Fair?

Fair.

Because if you keep going off on your own, I'm going to deck you.

Okay.

I can't drop the case now. I'm too close.

I said okay, Ben.

I had some thoughts about the tape.

Well, let's hear them.

Jack Rinaldi testified against Sam Chandler. I know that. I represented him

the trial. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But see, he could have mentioned the tape. But he

didn't. He could have honed Sam. Yeah, but he didn't because he wanted to

blackmail Sam Chandler and the others. Yeah, Sam was a violent, ruthless man.

Ordinarily, he wouldn't stand still for Blackburn. Damn right he would.

But he had a problem. That tape was very dangerous to him.

But he couldn't lay a finger on Jack Rinaldi. No, because the finger would

back at him.

And that's why they had to take Sam out first, so they could get to Jack

Rinaldi. That's right.

That's right. So we're getting somewhere.

Yeah.

So where is Angela?

tailing Al Brackman.

I have Conrad rechecking alibis, so we're getting somewhere.

This is good.

This is good. You know, you stick with me and you're going to learn how to do

this.

Mr.

Boyd, you have a brother and a sister, don't you?

Yes, I do.

And you're very fond of both of them.

Yes, sir.

And isn't it true that you were friends with the deceased, Sam Chandler? In

fact, for a while, he even dated your sister, Kathy Boyd.

They went out for a while.

And then, unless I'm mistaken, he very abruptly cut it off with your sister,

she was very hurt, and you were angry.

Yes. Did you say anything to Mr. Chandler?

No, I don't think so.

Why not?

Sam and I had a business relationship.

This had nothing to do with it.

Sam Chandler had a very powerful political and business network

throughout the entire state, didn't he?

Yes.

And often when he found particular business opportunities,

he'd give you a piece of the action, wouldn't he?

Sam was very good to me that way.

He brought you into the bar business and then allowed you to buy him out.

He gave you a minority share of his trucking concern.

The fact is, you needed Sam Chandler a lot more than he needed you.

And so when he so cruelly dumped your sister, there wasn't anything you could

about it. That must have burned you out.

Well, this is the tape that was taken

from Jack Rinaldi's body. You know about this tape.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Well, if I told you that this tape is a record of four men, including yourself,

conspiring to murder a local Teamsters Union president, and that Jack

Rinaldi was using it to blackmail you, Would you then know about the tape?

Not at all.

You know, I run into this kind of stuff in cases like this

all the time.

I guess that's why I know where to look.

If people trip themselves up, I ask the same questions so often, I kind of

embarrass myself. But here we go.

Now, Mr. Boyd, this is a bank statement. It's your bank statement.

See? Boy, right there.

Now, look right here. You withdrew $115 ,000 from your account

just 13 days before Sam Chandler was murdered.

And this is Jack Rinaldi's bank statement. And see? He deposited that

amount on the same day into his account. Now, do you know about this tape?

Objection.

Relevancy. Relevance? It goes to motive.

Mr. Matlock.

Relevance? Mr. Matlock.

The money. Why'd you give it to him?

I wasn't the only one paying him.

No, there were four of you.

And that's why you were meeting at Todd's Grill that night that my client

you. You were deciding whether or not to continue paying Jack Granaldi, weren't

you? I refused to answer on the grounds that it might incriminate me.

Sam Chandler told you not to lay a finger on Jack Rinaldi because everyone

assume that he had done it because Jack testified against him about that big

cocaine deal.

He told you that if anything happened to Jack Rinaldi, he'd come after you. And

that's what you and Al Brackman and Jim Steinbach were arguing with Sam Chandler

about that night, weren't you?

Did Al Brackman tell you this? What difference does it make? Weren't you?

Al Brackman and Jim Steinbeck have the same motive as me. Why don't you go

them? Because.

They have one thing you don't have.

An alibi for the time Sam Chandler was murdered.

What are you talking about?

I told you.

I was in bed with my girlfriend that morning.

Renee Thornton.

But that's not true, is it?

This was a traffic ticket.

For speeding.

Issued at 6 .30 a .m. the morning Sam Chandler was murdered.

Now, do you recognize the signature at the bottom?

Mr. Boyd!

It's Renee's signature.

Now, unless Miss Thornton can be in two places at once, I think you're mistaken

about being with her that morning.

I wish.

Where the hell were you?

The larger and more relevant question is where were you?

I was with a friend.

What's your friend's name?

I can't tell you that.

Your Honor, instruct the witness to answer.

I guess it doesn't matter.

Cops tailed me there anyway.

I was with Pedro Cruz.

The Pedro Cruz?

Drugs?

Yeah.

We were having breakfast.

I guess, uh, I should call a couple of Knox's alibi witnesses, huh?

Well, me damn.

Nothing further.

Well, we got him on conspiracy.

We know he's one of the group that did in that union leader. Now we got him on

dope.

We didn't get him on Sam Chandler, though.

No.

We'll have to get somebody else on that.

I'm going to know this tape by heart pretty soon.

There's got to be something there.

What

is

it?

You know, every time I listen to this tape, I think something's wrong.

Yeah? I've listened...

I've listened, and you know what it is?

It's not what's on the tape. It's what's not on the tape.

Well, now at least I know who we're looking for.

Now, this is the much -talked -about audio tape, recorded at a meeting six

ago. Are you aware there's a conversation on this tape?

about the murder of Ron Carpenter of Local 721 of the Teamsters.

Yes, sir, I am.

And the Atlanta Police Department questioned you about this cassette,

they? Yes, sir.

They wanted to know if I had any knowledge of Mr. Carpenter's death.

And did you?

No, sir, I did not.

Huh.

You know, that's strange, because Bobby Boyd indicated that you were...

at that meeting six years ago where the murder of Ron Carpenter was discussed.

Mr. Boyd's memory is mistaken.

I wasn't at that meeting.

Oh. Oh, well, that explains it.

Explain what?

Well, Bobby Boyd and Jim Steinbach were both being blackmailed by Jack Rinaldi,

and they assumed that you were, too, but your voice is...

is nowhere to be found on this tape.

I wasn't at that meeting.

So you were not being blackmailed by Jack Rinoff? No, sir, I was not.

Well,

you know, that brings up an odd question.

If Sam Chandler and Bobby Boyd and Jim Steinbach were the only ones at that

meeting, who made the tape?

I mean, certainly not one of them.

I haven't the faintest idea.

There's something else, something else strange about this tape, too. If you

listen to it carefully, there are some, like, inappropriate pauses.

And sometimes the conversation doesn't flow.

Sometimes you'll hear a little glitch.

So I had this tape analyzed by an expert.

It's been edited.

The tape's been edited.

And this expert is prepared to testify that somebody who really knew what he

doing spent a lot of time on this tape.

Now, Mr. Rackman, would you have any idea who had the tape edited?

No, I do not.

But you did know Jack Rinaldi.

Yes, I did. He worked for your father ten years ago, didn't he?

Yes. He also worked for Sam Chandler and Bobby Boyd. Oh, who was he working for

when he testified against Sam Chandler? The police.

I think he was working for you.

And I think you were at that meeting. And I think you edited your voice off

tape. And I think that Jack Rinaldi was working for you.

Because you were the only one who gave him this tape, weren't you?

Objection. Relevancy.

Does it really matter who he was employed by?

It matters a lot.

It matters a lot. It matters a lot.

The thing.

All right, let's go at this from a different direction.

Who was Arthur Samosa?

He was a very dear friend of mine.

The deceased?

He died about ten years ago in a freak accident.

It was a bomb under the hood of the car, wasn't it?

That was the speculation at the time.

Whose car was he driving?

My father's. What was he doing in your father's car?

He was bringing it around front to my father.

Oh, so we can assume that bomb was meant for your father, can't we? Did you ever

find out who put it there?

No.

You know, things were very different.

in Atlanta ten years ago, there was a real struggle over control of

drugs in the city.

And your father appeared to be emerging as the winner until that bomb.

And then the newspapers were all full of speculation that Bobby Boyd

or Jim Steinbach

Sam Chandler was responsible.

My father never believed that, and neither did I. No, I believe so.

Just stands to reason.

You and your father had to know that if you retaliated, there'd be an all -out

war.

So you waited.

You waited, and you waited until you could not be implicated

in Ron Carpenter's murder.

And then you edited this tape and gave it to Jack Rinaldi.

And he used excerpts to blackmail the others.

And then when the time came and you knew where he would

be and you knew he would be alone, you killed Sam Chandler. I was

sleeping with my wife the morning Sam Chandler was killed. You can call her to

the stand and she'll testify to it.

Yeah, I know she would.

Your wife loved you very much.

You wear a medical

alert bracelet because you're allergic to penicillin.

Yes, I do. You have it on now and you wear it always?

Yes.

The autopsy on...

Sam Chandler, says that the index finger on his right hand was broken

at the time of death. Did you know that?

No, I did not know that.

And according to several tests by the medical examiner, it was determined

that that finger was broken shortly before Mr. Chandler died. But no

one's able to determine how it was broken.

You remember that day you and I met in the park by Travel Town by the trains?

Oh, yes, I do.

You were wearing your medical alert bracelet at that time?

Of course.

No, you weren't.

Where did you get those?

Well, I took several of these pictures for you, if you remember.

Remember? And this morning, when you left the house, the police arrived with

warrant, and they got these pictures for me. And as you can see, you are not

wearing your bracelet.

See, there's a blow -up.

Why not?

I don't know.

Did you break it?

I forget.

How? I don't remember.

Do you know where you broke it?

No, I don't.

What difference does it make?

Well, here is a gentleman, Mr.

Vincent Murata.

Recognize him?

He will testify that he repaired the clasp.

on your bracelet.

And it appeared to him that someone had torn that clasp apart as if

it were ripped right off your arm. And I think that's what happened.

When you shot Sam Chandler, he knew it was you. He saw you. He knew about the

bracelet. He saw it just before he died.

He grabbed it, ripped it off your arm in hopes it would identify you as his

killer. And that's how he broke his finger.

And that's why you're not wearing your bracelet in these pictures.

Now, ladies and gentlemen, that may not

be sufficient proof for an indictment.

But it is sufficient to cast a reasonable doubt

As to the guilt of my client.

And it's enough for the good officers of the Atlanta Police Department to launch

an investigation.

And when they do, I'm sure they'll find that you were not at home with your

wife that day. You were somewhere else.

They'll find somebody who saw you headed out towards Sam's place.

Maybe heard the shot. Maybe saw you.

Going back again.

Pretty soon you'll find yourself back in here.

Only you won't be sitting there.

You'll be sitting over there.

In hopes someone can defend you.

Nothing further.

Have you reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

We find the defendant, David O'Malley, not guilty.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury.

This court stands adjourned.

Thank you, Ben. Thank you very much.

Excuse me, Mr. O'Malley, were you worried?

With Ben Matlock representing me? Never.

You never thought about taking over your own defense?

Not for a minute.

This man's the best. I would never consider trying to second -guess him.

Want to go to the Templins to celebrate?

Yeah, what do you think?

What's Templins? It's a bar, right? It's got music and drinks and good food.

There's a booth in the back that's good for us. Oh.

They can sit in front of the court.