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This was in Chicago. My wife and both babies killed in a fire.

Your father got me to come to New York, help him organize some business.

I had no interest in it.

And then I saw this one, 14 years old.

She had made a $3 ,000 badger all by herself.

You know what her family wanted for her?

$15 ,000.

Victor, if we had the money you're asking, we would be glad. I had no

I saw something I had to have.

And I made that bridal price in six weeks.

Victor, we have nothing but respect for you and your family. Then how can you

offer me $12 ,000 for the most beautiful and clever and obedient daughter

in history?

Sir. I'm willing to pledge myself to you for as much as you want, for as long as

you want. The greatest pledge is cash.

$40 ,000.

In the meantime, others are interested.

Victor, since Julian has no family, except his aunt and uncle, there is, you

know, an old Hungarian tradition.

Sonia, you are not old. You are not Hungarian.

You are Romanian.

And you make up traditions.

sly policeman makes up laws to get what you want. All I want is that there's

less fighting among us, that when it comes to staying out of jail, our people

have more brains, and those that deserve it are happy.

$40 ,000.

Today.

With inflation.

Who knows how much next month.

Victor is a hard man.

My father would have put him in his place.

And had the money, too.

Don't worry, Julian.

Everything will be all right.

Julian!

Come here.

See you later.

Tell me, Julian, is Nora going to run away with you? And not respect her

What kind of woman would she be if she did that?

What kind of mother would she be?

Good. I'm only sorry Victor didn't hear you say that.

Listen, if you're interested, I may have a few business ideas you could help me

with. Hmm?

Power.

This guy's crazy. Come on. Get out!

I'll kill you!

Get out!

Stop! Stop!

I know you're on your break. I'll give you $10

extra to keep that cab inside.

Attacker has struck at three women on the Upper East Side, strangling all of

victims fatally. Hi, Mr. Roberts.

Back with us for a while, I see.

I'll get the porter for the bag.

Thank you.

What are you guys doing here after 12? Well, we thought we'd quiz around the

east side. How about the other units?

Yeah, this creep hasn't hit in a week now. We figure he's due on E -9.

Yeah, well, why don't you run my day down to Central Park South, okay?

Eileen, just treat them like animals. They won't bother you. You're looking

good, Santini. Still wearing a girdle?

Santini, will you guys and the decoy squad get a real special discount?

Unused pantyhose. What's your name with it? Is that right? This is my date,

Weisenheimer. Santini is out sick.

So do yourself a favor and apologize.

Oh, gee, I'm sorry.

Hey, you know, we've been working with different decoys for two months now. If

Raquel Welch walked in here in a fur coat, I'd think she was a cop in drag.

That's better.

I'm sorry. I didn't get your name, ma 'am.

Louie Ginsberg.

And don't get fresh.

I got seven pounds of lead in this handbag, and a lipstick shoots tear gas.

So no messing around in the squad car.

Got it?

215 Portable to Post Central K.

215 Portable, proceed.

Signal 10 -5 -4, 5th and 85th Street. That's an assault, Central. Put a rush

the ambulance.

Suspect seen entering park, 85th Street.

10 -4, 215 Portable.

21 to Portable, K.

215 Portable.

Victim left the scene.

Can't see the ambulance, 85th and 5th.

K. 10 -4.

Julian and his family went to East Germany.

There they made a friend, a young man, American, a businessman.

And he said that he could help them to escape across the wall.

He said he knew a woman who slept with a border guard, and this soldier could be

bribed. So Julian took every piece of jewelry, every piece of gold from my

brother's house.

brought to this man.

And then, when they tried to cross where they were told to, there were

dogs, machine guns, soldiers.

Julian

escaped.

He was in front, looking for the way.

But his mother and father were killed.

Gregory's mother.

The two sisters, they were all killed.

Murdered. Then this man in the cab, he must be the businessman who betrayed

them. Yes.

I tell you, Julian is smart.

If he saw the license on this cab, even if he could not follow him, he will find

him.

And if he finds him, he will kill him, and that will be right.

Listen, Gregory.

If justice is to be brought against this man, we must think it out carefully.

We must find this man before Julian does. Make sure he's the right man.

That he's really guilty.

Julian is desperate.

He could be wrong.

Or kill this man stupidly.

Spend a lifetime in jail.

Sonia.

I would kill him even if it meant my life.

You saw this man, Sonia.

You could tell us what he looks like, and we could have hundreds of gypsies

looking for him.

Find one face out of 15 million people with nothing else to go on.

The police do it all the time. The police?

Sonia, the police?

They love to help the gypsy, always, huh?

Anyway.

They cannot even find this killer who's laughing at them about this fur coat

business. I thought they had him trapped in Central Park. That's what the cab

driver told me. Central Park? At night?

Gregory, you have a radio?

Yes. I want to listen to it. I want to find out if this man got away.

Why?

Because if they have a thousand men looking for this man today, they'll have

thousand tomorrow.

And that could be just perfect for us.

I had to call the chief, tell him it looks like we lost them. Got an

to open up a couple of the animal houses. Nobody in them. What are you

for? Some skinny guy who slips through bars and talks to tigers?

You know, there's no bars in front of the zebras. All you got to do is jump

the moat, slip inside, and you hide.

I figured.

Yes, sir. He got away from the patrolman.

The victim was apparently a hooker.

Took off.

Afraid of getting busted.

We have no idea if she got a look at the assailant or not.

Nobody saw his face, sir. He seemed average build.

Yes, sir. Quite a bit better than Officer Dixon.

Who's a couple years older than either of us.

The officer did say that he noticed a fur coat on the victim, so it's

probable... Excuse me.

Could I talk to you for a minute, please?

Sure. Sit down.

Me and the chief of detectives in a foot race. Who do you think's going to win

that one, Frank?

The commissioner.

He's gaining on all of us. There are four attendants on duty at the zoo all

night long. I sent a list of names up to the records and they all came up clean.

All right, get their personnel files to me anyhow.

Department of Parks will send it down in the morning, sir.

Cab drivers, zoo attendants, doorman, janitors, elevator operators, watchmen.

Anybody there with a logical grudge against women in fur coats?

Not in my book.

Excuse me, sir.

This woman would like to talk with you. She says it's personal and important.

Oh. Well, excuse me just a moment, please. Crocker, see who we've got on

streets who might be able to track down this hook who ran off on us? For all we

know, she got a good look at our fur coat freak.

Oh, I got a great look at one.

I'm from Miami.

My late husband was retired there.

He was an old man.

Mrs. Lewis said... When he was dying, he said to me, Kay, you are still in the

fruits of your life.

Enjoy.

So I... I took karate and I... I came to New York.

My first day here, I get attacked by a fiend.

Cracker, the 52 files, okay?

Mrs. Lewis, could you describe the events leading to this incident?

Well, I was in my hotel room, you know. I was lonely and bored, and I decided to

go for a walk.

I went around the corner, and bingo!

All at once, I'm fighting for my life over this ratty mink.

When? It was about an hour ago.

Well, we were still looking for him in the park.

And you got a good look at this man, Mrs. Lewis. We had our hands on each

other's throats, struggling.

How could I not see he was a crazy man trying to kill me?

Good thing I know what to do with this knee. I just went, William, William,

like that.

Yeah.

Mrs. Lewis, this man, was he tall, short, black, white?

Tall, I don't know.

But this, this was a white man.

He had gray eyes, about 35 years old.

Yes. These files, they contain photographs of known offenders.

I'm going to ask you to go through them carefully and look for the man you saw

tonight.

Locked in a room with all these pictures, I could die of boredom. Mrs.

this man has killed three women.

Oh, I don't know.

I'm not so good with pictures.

Maybe Mrs. Lewis would prefer to work with one of our artists.

Yes, I think that would be a better idea.

Here, see if Officer Crosby's home. Try and get him up here.

Now, enlist the squad. We're going to do a door -to -door tomorrow. Mrs. Lewis's

description.

Right.

I'm going to be talking to the press.

See if we can keep the lid on this until we come up with something solid.

All right, Captain.

Well, all alone.

Uncle Crickard?

I think I found the man who betrayed my family.

Your family?

He looks just like him. Older, but I'm almost sure.

Julian.

Please.

I beg you.

Let me share this vengeance with you.

You won't try and stop me?

No, no, no, no. This is Sonia's idea. It's not mine.

Now, where is this man?

He's on the 14th floor. An apartment building.

I found a way to see inside his apartment, but I need a telescope or

Yes, what else?

I would like a machine gun like they used on my family.

But I'll settle for that deer rifle of yours. All right.

Now tell me, where is this man?

What is the address?

You swear you'll tell no one else.

I swear it, Julian.

I'm the blood of my dead mother.

Lieutenant, it's finished.

You take a good look and make sure.

It's him.

Oh.

I bet you never thought I'd lose my sense of humor. Oh, you got every right.

Now, can we get in touch with you to the snow for next week or so?

A week?

What for?

Well, I'm going to put every available man out on the job looking for this

individual. And when we find him, we'll need you to pick him out of a lineup.

Oh, Lieutenant, I love New York, but I can't stay here forever.

I'm almost broke now.

Okay, then.

Let's play this day by day. Hope we get lucky.

Don't go anyplace without telling me.

$100?

You get reimbursed, correct?

Like clockwork.

Yeah, thanks.

Cracker, would you give Mrs. Lewis a cab?

Sure, right this way.

Thank you.

When you... find this man, Lieutenant.

You're not going to shoot him or anything, are you? It depends on him.

comes in peacefully.

Good.

Thanks.

I'll get some copies made right away, Lieutenant.

Do that. Boy, did you see this?

The captain sure didn't disclose those reporters, did he?

You mean all the police was over here and there he was on the other side of

beating up somebody? The man reportedly in his late 30s struck again two hours

later at 78th and Madison.

Sure.

The police.

They make up these things to trick people.

What makes you say that, Kenny?

Dr. Logan, it says here that she was wearing a mink.

They don't shoot them wild.

They raise them like chickens.

Raise what like chickens?

Mink. They're not the same as Red Fox, Silver Fox, Raccoon,

Ocelot.

No, two Red Fox.

You got even for two Red Fox already.

You been working on a theory on this?

Sort of, yeah.

Kenny, where's the fourth pup?

Died this morning.

Well, that's the last of them.

Yeah.

And their mother knows that, too.

Where's the body? I buried it already.

Kenny.

All bodies are supposed to go to sanitation.

You think they're just garbage, don't you? Now, you know I don't.

Kenny, you're a watchman.

You're not even supposed to be working with the animals.

But I let you because you love them, and they need that.

But there are those agencies and regulations. I'm sorry, Doc. Fed up with

agencies and regulations.

Don't forget to lock up. Don't go near the cages.

Check in, check out.

They don't trust me.

Well, I'm afraid the mother...

Won't last any more than her litter.

Well, look at her fur.

The nails.

With arsenic, there's nothing we can do. You know that.

You want to kill her, don't you? Oh, Ken.

The zoo would never have accepted them if we had known how they were taken in a

crop -dusting area.

People poison you.

And skin you.

Break your legs in the traps, and they put you on their back just to show off

how cruel they are.

I can't find Gregory. He left.

Gregory left?

When? After Julian called.

He took his hunting rifle, and he would not tell me a thing.

Julian must have found the man.

Let them kill him. I suppose this man did exactly as Julian's father wanted

to. Suppose Julian's family was betrayed by God or someone else.

Maybe this man should be thanked, not murdered.

Sonia's right.

We should be certain of these things.

I have given this lieutenant a very good description of this man. It's possible

that he may find him before Julian has a chance to do anything.

There's only one problem.

What's that?

This Lieutenant Kojak.

He's very good for a casual and he'll have every right to hate me if another

woman is killed because of this Trick I pulled on him. What do you mean? Well,

he's not looking for the killer anymore because of me Which means we shall have

to do his job for him We must find this killer Nora

you get a map Uptown east side and get me all the papers for the last two

I want to read everything I can about this killer. Go, quickly, get your coat.

I told you never to see him.

How can I see him, Father, if nobody can find him?

Victor, please.

You have a hundred men in your tribe who can help us.

What do you want?

I have tricked the police into helping us find a man that Julian is after.

I must find a man, a killer, that the police is trying to catch.

The crazy one with the fur coats. That one.

Find him for the police.

Why?

They give us something.

We give them something.

It's very important.

There's a prostitute that was attacked by this killer last night. We escaped.

We must find her. She works uptown Manhattan.

She wears fur.

Silver fox.

If... She was attacked. She's probably talked to her friends.

Speak to some of our people up there. See what you can find out, where she

lives. She probably has a very good description of this killer.

If she runs away, she's afraid of the police.

Your head.

Get as many of our people on the street as fast as you can. Look for a gadget

prostitute of that description who has been arrested many times.

They will find this one faster than the police.

What do we start?

You take this and I'll go to the corner. Good.

Okay, I've got the apartment.

Are you sure it's the right one?

That's him.

Are you sure?

It would be good to be positive.

It's got to be.

Maybe you think it sounds crazy.

I'm not sure.

I mean, your plane is mysteriously delayed in Vienna.

Then the minute you get back, somebody tries to break into your cab.

Then a call and a hang -up in the middle of the night.

You're sure nobody wants to hurt you.

What is it?

You know, you ask someone who's after them.

Brings out all the hidden guilts.

Guilts about what?

Before I met you,

I was traveling, working on my thesis in East Germany.

Some gypsies tried to buy my passport from me, wanted to escape across the

Couldn't sell it to them, but I did help. A secretary I had met was sleeping

with a border guard. She said that he could arrange their escape for a price.

So this young gypsy brought me everything. It's family -owned.

The girl took it to the border guard.

Said it would be enough.

Did they make it?

I don't know.

I left for England before they tried.

I held this back.

It was so unusual.

I'd never seen a cross like this before in Jade.

Felt guilty about keeping it.

So I took it with me on some of my trips back.

But I could never find any members of that family again.

You really did that?

You risked God knows how long in some German jail just to help some gypsies

escape? The truth is, Ellen, I still help when I can.

No CIA or anything.

Just on my own. I hate that damn wall.

I love you.

Can I see?

Julian, you remember the crucifix of Saint Marie?

The one your mother used to wear with the cross of green jade?

Yes.

Look.

Hi.

Detective Crocker, Manhattan South.

We're looking for this man just about everywhere in Manhattan.

Maybe somebody works in the building, gets up around midnight, you know. Does

the picture do anything for you?

Sure. But he lives here, Mr. Robinson. That's him, 14 G.

Please.

What happened?

You know what?

I think he's being arrested.

Go see what happened. I'll wait here.

And the last one is our missing hooker.

Attacked at 85th, off 5th, last night shortly before 1 .15 a .m.

His first attack takes place eight weeks ago at 79th and Park.

Then two weeks later at 63rd and 3rd.

And his third attack is way over here.

He's skipping all over the place.

I thought it was maybe something to do with the moon or the stars.

But here, he waits two weeks.

Then he attacks two nights in a row.

Doesn't make any sense.

Anjali, thank you.

4570. Hey, Mrs. Lewis, please. This is Lieutenant Kojak.

Mrs. Lewis.

Lieutenant Koja.

Lieutenant! You must be psychic.

Guess who I was just thinking about.

Yeah, well, tell me when you get here, okay? We have a suspect and we need you

for a lineup.

I'm on my way. Just give me time to put on my face.

He's found a suspect.

Nora, you come with me.

You keep the cab.

After the man is released, you follow him.

You find out where he lives, and then you call Angeline.

Hello?

Hello, Sonia. Victor.

Yes, Victor.

We found the prostitute.

She's staying in room 410, Park House Hotel.

We'll keep an eye on her.

Good, Victor. I'll be there as soon as I can.

Stop chewing gum when you're in line up here, okay?

Mrs. Lewis.

Do you see anybody in there you recognize as the man who attacked you

night?

Well, um... Take your time.

No, I'd like to help, you know, but, uh... No.

No, no, I don't see him.

Mrs. Lewis, can I suggest that possibly those glasses...

Dark glasses at midnight. That's Miami for you. No, I never take them off.

Is the man who attacked you in that lineup, Mrs. Lewis, one more careful

No.

No, he's not.

Captain McNeil, can I see you a minute?

The resemblance, Mrs. Lewis, is perfect.

It's a coincidence.

I mean, the man who attacked me was tall. He was much taller.

You told me you had no idea how tall he was. I mean, why are we playing these

games on the very busy police department, Mrs. Lewis?

A physical attack on a physical human being is a shattering experience.

I'm supposed to get a little confused.

No, Mrs. Lewis.

You were lonely and you were bored, so you made up a crime.

And suddenly you were set a stage. But look, right?

Only we waste time on some poor guy who just happens to look like your attacker.

He pays the price.

Theo.

Mr. Roberts' employer confirmed his story. He was in Eastern Europe for

month. The man is a churchgoer, highly respected.

I'm going to have to let him go.

Okay, so now it's back to the patrols and back to the decoys.

I'll have to go after that hooker and pick her up.

And you, Mrs. Lewis, would you do me a favor?

Next time you're bored, would you try the Roseland?

And do me another favor. Would you see your way out?

I called the police.

I say I'm his friend.

They tell me they let him go.

Good.

Crocker.

I don't know whose number this is.

Where Mrs.

Lewis is staying, I want to go by there on the way home. What's wrong?

I'm giving her a break, Crocker, but I'm not giving her a hundred bucks.

What's this?

Hello, Susan.

Why don't you sit down?

Who the hell are you?

You know, you touch my money, my old man will kill you.

We're not after your money, Susan.

All we want are some answers.

The truth.

The truth.

What are you, a religious fanatic or something?

Leave me alone.

Look.

You were attacked the other night.

And we're going to talk about it.

I get attacked every night.

We're private investigators.

Not after you for anything.

We're just working for a husband of one of the women who have been killed.

Sure. Sure you are. You're cops. You think I'm stupid?

You want me as a witness.

You'll lock me up. Material witness.

Look, I know the way you work. With my record, I don't stand a chance.

You're wrong.

Look, if you cooperate, I'm authorized to pay you a reward.

Not a word to the police.

If you're no cop, you've got more than that. So let's make it good.

Okay.

Suppose I put five of these in here for you.

That's as high as I go.

Now, did you see this man's face or not?

No.

Wait a minute.

I didn't see his face, but I noticed something else when I grabbed at his

What was that?

Felt like a wire.

Like a hearing aid?

Yeah.

Okay.

What did you do, damn you?

You said $500. This is five ones. Look, lady, if you don't care enough to get a

killer off the streets, you don't deserve that much.

Mr. Roberts.

the tea leaf filter.

What else?

All right.

The man lives here.

And Gregory's car is there already, in front.

Angeline, we have to stop them.

I don't think this man deserves to die.

Get a taxi.

No, no, we are closed.

Of course you are.

Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well.

I like your facelift, Mrs. Lewis. What have we got here?

Goldilocks and her gypsy dwarfs. My name is Sonia, Lieutenant.

Sonia. That's just what I need. Another queen of the gypsies.

Now, what are we pulling? A conch up in these victims? Talk.

You've got it all wrong.

We're trying to help you find this killer.

Right. And then you're going to run for mayor, right?

And what have you got against this man you're trying to frame?

I'm trying to save his life.

And I'm also trying to stop certain friends of mine from making a terrible

mistake. Let me explain to you, please.

Sure. After I book you. There's no time.

You want to watch me?

The killer you're looking for may wear a hearing aid.

Where'd you come up with that?

The hooker who ran away.

I found her.

Huh? Keep talking.

What are you doing here?

I want to see how my lady friends do.

Where is she?

She died.

a couple of men to go over to Robinson's apartment.

I want you to comb the whole area.

Try and find a couple of gypsies with a rifle and sawdust for brains in Ari.

When you catch them, what will you do?

Throw the book at them right where it hurts.

Okay, so maybe this killer has a hearing aid. What else you come up with? I'm

Mr. Gypsy, Lieutenant. Sawdust for brains. He wouldn't be interested in my

theories. Why don't you stop breaking chops?

Listen, be fair to Junior when you find him. Remember, his whole family was

murdered.

No deals.

And what's this list you got here? This is a list?

When each of the killings took place, ten minutes before the hour, ten minutes

after the hour, suggest anything?

Yeah, it could be someone who has to clock in to account for himself.

On the hour, like a watchman?

A watchman with a hearing aid.

Possible. If this cockamamie theory is right, if your hooker wasn't making up a

story to earn himself a bundle, if you're not playing with my head as part

some con, possible.

I suppose this killer plays it safe, gets as far away from his workers as he

can, before he looks for someone to attack.

Then he has to leave enough time to get back on the hour.

Ten minutes running.

No.

That would attract attention. He'd walk. He'd walk. A fast walk.

Yeah, that's about ten blocks.

Here to here.

What are you doing?

Looking for a central point.

Same distance from all of these attacks.

All right, 17, get up to Rob's apartment. Make sure he's keeping out of

You mean you didn't call him? His phone's off the hook. Okay. Stop with

building. I'll take this one.

Check any of the rooftops and windows on the level of the 14th floor. He's got a

rifle, so don't take any chances. Okay, let's go.

It isn't easy.

Julian, shoot the gun.

Shoot, Julian.

I know you.

You're the young gypsy I tried to help years ago.

What is this?

You took all we had, and you lied.

No, you're wrong.

Really wrong.

You have my mother's crucifix.

You stole it, and you killed him.

And someday you'll pay.

I've been trying to get this back to you for years.

You know gypsies in Budapest?

Ask them. They'll tell you that's true.

The guard betrayed you.

Or the girl.

I swear to you it wasn't me.

On the body of my own dead mother.

we have four attendants working on duty here at night.

Any of them wear a hearing aid?

Uh, Ken.

Ken Lane.

What's his home address?

Well, he's out there somewhere burying one of our dead animals.

How many women have been attacked?

Four.

Oh, my God.

Go on, preach.

Papa died.

Signal 10 -85, Central Park Zoo.

The children's area.

Hey, don't get bugged.

I think everything's funny.

Hey, you wanna hit?

You're just like an animal, you know that?

You can be treated just like an animal.

Bad.

You gotta go to fur just like an animal.

Give me your coat, please.

The next time you feel like playing detective, Sonia, do it on somebody

turf, won't you? Not mine.

I wasn't playing.

I was trying to stop Julian from ending up like that man, worse, dead.

I look after my people, you know. They're beautiful and wild.

It isn't always easy.

I had to trick you.

You wouldn't have helped me otherwise, and you know it.

You keep trying, and I'll do what I can for your honor, all right?

Julian and Gregory, what will happen to them? We're going to prepare the best

case we can against them.

For what?

Hunting pigeons on a roof?

Come on, Sonia. Carrying a vendetta.

Reasons for murder, we call it.

And who will testify against that?

No gypsy, I know.

We'll see.

We were good together, you know.

I think we should get together in happier times.

As friends.

In fact, I think I know the perfect occasion.

Uh -huh.

To Julian, my new son -in -law, a man of true courage and family devotion.

We must play.

Victor had a change of heart, right? No more 40 grand?

Victor? Never.

I, uh... borrowed the money for... Julie and Nora

and I are going to go into business together, Theo.

Legitimate.

And you're dead mother's buddy, right?

Come on, let's go.