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The Streets of San Francisco, a Quinn Martin production, starring Carl Malden.

Also starring Richard Hatch.

With guest stars John Rubenstein,

Devin Erickson, Joanne Nail,

Linda Marsh.

Tonight's episode, Once a Con.

Night, Arthur.

Night. Mary, I appreciate you taking it, doll.

Are you sure it's not going to 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.

Is someone there?

Judd?

Judd, if this is your idea to try and scare me, I don't think it's very funny.

This doesn't 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

Fielder. Please hurry.

Most gracious God, Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who would that none

should perish, who believed and trusted you, according to the multitude of your

tender mercies, look favorably upon us. Victim a Catholic?

Yeah.

She has a medal around her neck asking that a priest be called in case of an

emergency.

She was apparently carrying it with her.

Robbery? No.

She had over $80 in her purse. Credit cards.

Expensive watch.

Here, son.

How bad?

Pretty bad. Her esophagus was seven.

Whoever did it didn't want to just kill her. She's cut up pretty bad.

Evening, Father.

Evening.

She's gonna be 21 next month.

Her name's Mary Wilson.

She lives in a sorority house over on the next block. We brought the roommate

over. She made a positive ID.

How about the ring?

A ring.

Well, it 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 get a maid to clean yourself.

You short -termers on school release, they're getting pretty demanding.

I think you're big shots just because you can get out on the streets during

day.

Maybe you ever fooled some people about being rehabilitated, but 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.

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 was a theater arts major.

She was doing a paper on 19th century puppetry.

A paper?

When I was a kid, we used to play with these things.

Now they... They give you a college degree for it.

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, um...

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

hurt her?

No, I don't.

What about boyfriends?

Ex -boyfriends?

Well, there was one, but I think she broke up with him by the time I moved in

here. Do you remember his name?

Oh, 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?

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?

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

ask you one more thing, if I may.

Okay.

Do you have any photographs of Mary around somewhere?

Photographs? Um, let me see.

It seems so strange touching her things now.

Here they are.

I picked them up for you yesterday.

They're, uh, pictures of her skiing trip about three weeks ago.

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?

Yeah, 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.

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.

What happened?

Well, 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 figured 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 into the newspaper.

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 very well.

Mrs. Harrington, I really have to go.

Yes. Yes, all right. Goodbye.

Tina left her folks' house just after dinner.

And when do you expect her back?

Well, 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. 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.

Oh, 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. 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.

So where to now?

Well, back to the office and home in 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 in bed?

Look, you're young.

You don't need much sleep.

Oh, yes.

Yes, I understand their concern.

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 bridges?

Hardly worn at all.

It must have been new when somebody gave it to her.

Yeah. 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? Yeah, you know that's the trouble with your generation?

You think you're the only ones who have a franchise on... Compassion?

Mistakes.

It isn't that I didn't warn them. It's about the student release program.

I mean, how much intelligence does it take to know that you're going to have

trouble when you've got a campus full of decent, hard -working, spirited young

people and then dump a bunch of hardened criminals in the middle of them?

Well, that would sound pretty obvious.

Well, you try explaining that to the fuzzy -brained, bleeding hearts that

sponsor these programs.

You said you had 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?

Walter Young.

Young's the one I would have picked, too.

He'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 gotta sort of cool it a little bit and pretend like we don't know each

other, except in the classroom.

For how long?

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.

Keep your mouth shut.

Please.

Over here, Walter.

How are you, Mr. Stone?

You're looking good.

How are the classes coming?

Fine, just fine.

Well, actually, it's pretty hard.

It's a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. You know, 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

a crime. You won'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.

Well, 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 a new

prep. And you left alone?

Yeah, five after ten.

Caught the bus back.

Okay. That's it?

That's it.

Listen, Mr. Stone, thank you for doing this up here.

Sure beats having zealots come and grab me out of the classroom.

Expectus 8 -1.

Expectus 8 -1.

Do you read?

How'd you make out?

Jackson checks out.

It'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 clans made to place him at the newspaper last night from

around 7 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.

Anybody mention him? No, but I wasn't asking about him either. Do you believe

him?

I have no reason not to.

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.

stopped along the beach and cried.

Tina.

Tina, try and drink this.

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

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

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.

Go ahead. It's okay. Go ahead.

We'll stop by later.

There he is.

Judd Davis.

Get the car.

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 going to kill some girl because she dumped me?

You 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. Let's go. Now, wait.

Look, I was at a motel.

With who?

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 going to name a professor's wife, you better do it now.

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, why don't we go in there? It's a little more quiet.

Sit down, please.

I really didn't know that girl, Lieutenant. How can I be of help?

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. Colovich?

Is it a lie?

Did you tell him?

No.

No. Julie.

Please.

Please, Julie.

You gotta tell him the truth.

He thinks I killed Mary.

During what time?

From seven until about two.

And he was with you the entire time?

I didn't go there to be alone, Lieutenant.

Thank you.

Booker, possession of drugs.

Oh, Michael, here are the flyers on a dead girl's ring.

Looks good. Yeah.

All right, Tanner, set up three units and cover the jewelry stores in and

campus, will you?

Maybe we'll get lucky.

Someone will recognize the ring.

Thank you very much.

What would you get?

Feedback's his story.

That means we've run out of suspects.

Maybe not.

I just got a call from a Raymond Vasquez.

Thinks he knows who killed Mary Wilson.

What are we waiting for? Come on.

Let's go.

I'd like to talk to someone about the murder.

Which murder? The one out on campus last night.

His name is Ramondo Sergio Vasquez, Jr.

Handsome boy.

He was seven years old a couple of months ago.

Besides seeing him through a wire screen in the visitor's 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 5 after 10?

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

I still think it wouldn't hurt if we called in a backup.

He's a con.

There could be many reasons why he lied.

How old do you really know Walter Young?

I'd say about as well as 100 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.

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.

But 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.

There's 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

them. You just keep trying and trying and trying. And you know what happens?

You keep swimming back and forth across that pool.

You build up your muscles.

And pretty soon you'll be able to walk again.

You keep trying and that's a promise.

Okay?

Hey, Ray.

Okay, I want you to take her and catch up.

For five minutes.

And then come back and try it again, okay? I want them back in here in five

minutes.

Okay, nice work.

I thought I owed you at least this much.

I'm being paroled next month.

I'm not blowing that for you or anyone.

I told them the truth.

But I didn't see you until after midnight when you asked me to lie for

I'm sorry.

Let me do that.

Get up there.

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.

She wanted somebody to fly back with Mary.

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.

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.

What do you say?

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 them 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.

I think we found the murder weapon.

All right, Dan, I'll see you when you come in.

Lieutenant Dowd?

Yes. Hi, I'm Lisa.

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've got to believe me. Oh, now, wait a minute. 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 residential section of campus is off limits to the prison release

students.

That's why he ran.

Now he's being accused of murder.

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 a meeting.

Let's go.

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 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

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

him, a mugging.

And then he asked me 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.

Officer Carter.

I want to report a crime.

What kind of a crime?

It's a mugging.

It's happening just across the street from my apartment.

Where did you get that?

All incoming calls to the police station are automatically tape -recorded. Go

on, please.

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 location of the crime, which I

did. And what did you say?

Uh, something like, uh...

What's the difference? It's taking place right now at the southeast section of

the campus where Bundy Cross is Fielder.

Wait a minute.

I have that.

It's... Look, what difference does it make what my name is? I'm telling you,

it's taking place right now in the southeast section of the campus where

Cross is Fielder.

Have you heard enough?

Enough to establish reasonable doubt.

If we can verify the times.

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 the 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 come that he has enough with a 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. 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.

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'd better do that now.

Mike, you're too emotionally involved in this one. Why don't you let Robbins

handle it?

I'm in this one right to the end, no matter which way it goes.

Yes, come in.

Oh, Mike, this is Mr.

Thorgerson. 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. See, my son, though,

keep a list of names and addresses of everyone who buys his personalized

He likes to keep it for his mailing list.

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 of Thorgun's jewelers?

And did you give that ring to Mary Wilson?

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.

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?

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 in Walter Young's locker and on

knife. I'm afraid we're going to 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.

And then she turned, the knife slipped, and...

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.

Then you can't possibly say it. See, there's no way you can do it. Because of

all the airs in you.

Okay, let him go now. Let him go. Let's see.

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 him into letting me stay on the college program.

Who told you that?

Grapevine.

You know how prisons are.

Did Grapevine tell you you're going to be up for parole in a couple of months?

No, Lisa told me that.

They're giving you a hand?

More than that.

My life.

By the way, we just came from Colonel Zeller's.

Had him pull your file.

What for?

Oh, so that when some fuzzy -headed, bleeding heart asked about you, you

be on his list of suspects.

Did he call you that?

No, he called him a horse's rear end.

I didn't hear him say that. That's what he told me.

He called me a horse's human? That's what he said.

And I suppose you agree with him.