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Eat em!

Okay.

I can hear you now. Can you hear me?

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Hang in.

We'll connect.

Who was that on the phone, Judge?

Todd.

Where is he?

We got cut off.

Why didn't you let me talk to him?

I said we got cut off. Don't raise your voice to me. And don't try to hide

nothing. He got thrown out the academy four days ago for doing something nasty.

Were you listening on my telephone?

Yes, I was.

Bring me a drink.

This is Judge Walker. I can't take the call.

Please leave a message.

I'll call you back.

Grandfather, it's Todd.

It's a little after 11.

I'm here in Sparta now.

I'll see you soon.

Bye.

Good morning, Judge.

Good morning, Sheriff. Glad to see you.

Said we'd trip to your office.

Well, how can I help you, sir?

The police and the sheriffs of this county are supposed to enforce the laws

against trespassing.

Now, my acreage out on old Route 11 has become a campground for vagrants and

bums. You know it. The police chief knows it. Yet you allow it to continue.

Of course, it just gets worse.

Now, yesterday I went out to Earth's Creek to try to shoo off a couple of

families. There was about 16 people.

And they got shot at.

Did you report that yesterday?

I'm reporting it now.

I would also like to report that I returned the fire with my .357 Python,

might have hit somebody.

Did you report all particulars to Chief Ford?

All particulars.

Oh,

I've been over in Texas a couple of months.

Yes, so I heard, Judge.

I heard you got married to a woman of a different color.

Yes, different from yours and mine, Judge.

How different?

The difference between lightly done bacon and dead white pork fat.

He demanded I do something about the homeless people sleeping in his woods.

refuses to call them that.

You know, he actually ordered me to call him vagrants. He said homeless was too

sympathetic.

Were you out there on the call?

Yes, sir.

Bubba went out there and advised some migratory people to keep on moving.

But we're not going to apply force.

You know, protecting land for wild animals and chasing human beings off of

that ain't to my liking one bit. Now, I know it must be done, but I don't have

to like it.

Good morning. Yeah.

Excuse me, Chief Forbes. Good morning, Sheriff.

Good morning, Parker.

Parker, come on in.

Yes, sir.

I just put Ralph Hatcher and his wife Amy in the conference room for you.

tell them I'll come right in there. Yes, sir.

This is probably just a routine missing person.

After that kidnap thing the other day, we're just a little nervous.

I know Ralph Hatcher.

You want to go in and say hello to him?

Yes, I do.

I'm Sheik Paul. Do I expect y 'all to know the sheriff?

Amen. Well,

sorry about this.

I was just telling the sergeant there that I got a feeling that the same

got Peggy that abducted the Bailey girl. At least I was hoping so, because

Bailey girl's alive and home.

And I was kind of hoping Peggy could be too.

That's all we want.

Mr. Hatcher, Peggy hasn't been missing for even a day, right?

That's right. She was supposed to be home yesterday at five. She was on her

bike.

She's about 17, 18 now, isn't she?

19, yeah.

Does she have a boyfriend?

No, sir.

Oh, now that's not quite right. She got rid of him. It's probably him that took

her.

The boyfriend?

Yes, sir. Kidnapped her just like he kidnapped the other one. Ralph, that...

Crazy. How crazy is it, Bill?

Lyle Harms would never do that to Peggy. Force her, rape her, why?

Because he's a pervert, that's why.

Mr. Hatcher, come on, sit down.

Please.

Yeah.

Let's talk about him.

Find out a little more about him.

That kid in that piece, anything more on the report you gave me?

Yeah, I got a full statement on audio tape from the Bailey girl.

Any further description of the guy on it?

Well, yeah, she said he was sort of skinny, medium to tall, dark hair,

complexion, she thinks, but a white guy.

Poor Mr. Hatcher in there seems to think the attacker might have been one of his

daughter's boyfriends.

I expected you yesterday.

Well, you know things never go the way you plan.

Do you have any idea how embarrassing this is?

Yes, sir.

It's very embarrassing.

You know how many academic buffoons I had to buy to get you into that academy?

Yes, sir, three.

The colonel, the admissions head, Major Strong, and the alumni president, Major

Frawley.

Well, you want to enroll in Sparta College. It's a far cry from the

but... I'm not going back to school.

You're not?

I'm not.

Well, will you tell me what you've got in mind?

Nothing.

Yes?

Afternoon, ma 'am.

Please, come in.

I'm Captain Skinner, and don't I know you?

I'm a friend of Chief Forbes.

You and I met at the police softball game.

Yeah, we sure did.

Please have a seat. Well, thank you.

Now,

I've never had an office visit from the police before, so let me guess what this

could be.

No, I'm not selling tickets to anything. I'm asking for a donation. I'm going to

haul away a car.

Well, then maybe I'd better let you tell me.

Yes, ma 'am. I understand that Piggy Hatch is a student in your class.

Yes. My class in American Poetry.

I see her twice a week at 3 o 'clock. I'll see her again tomorrow.

Was she in class yesterday?

No.

She missed many classes?

Yesterday was the first.

Why are you asking?

Well, nobody's seen her since yesterday morning, and her parents are pretty

worried about her.

Oh, well, I would be, too.

Yeah.

Miss Clark, is there any students in your class that Peggy is particularly

friendly with?

Oh, I don't know.

Sorry, I wish I could be more helpful.

No, no, no, that's okay, and thank you for your time, and it's nice seeing you

again. Nice seeing you, too, Captain. Oh, Captain.

Yeah? Let me know if you hear anything.

Yes, ma 'am. I sure will.

Lyle, can I talk to you for a moment?

See you later.

What's up, Lyle? Did you date a girl named Peggy Hatcher?

Yeah, I dated her and broke up with her.

I need to know when you saw Peggy last.

Peggy in trouble?

Peggy's missing.

Hey, she's got her natural daddy in Baton Rouge. She visits him quite a bit.

I don't blame her.

What do you mean by that?

Her stepdaddy, Hatcher.

What'd he do, run you off? Runs everybody off.

Okay, thanks.

Chelsea. Come on in.

How you doing?

I'm fine.

Mama Hamper's here.

Okay.

Question for you.

Who's the cute cop whose name is Toby?

Colby? Colby, that's right.

What's his first name?

Ken. Yeah, Ken.

He told me once, but I forgot.

Hey. Hi.

Now, how did you meet him?

Oh, he was on campus looking for druggies.

How do you know that?

That's the word that's out.

Cop on campus trying to make a cocaine bust.

So much for our undercover work.

This girl's been walking around talking about a cute cop for three days.

Well, Mama, he might be at the dance tonight, and I want to make sure I have

name ready.

Well, Mama, I want you to call me if you think you're going to be late.

Call who?

You're going to be at the dance, aren't you?

Probably not for long.

I'm going by myself tonight.

You alone?

I know.

I guess nobody cares.

Oh.

Have fun.

All right, babe.

Come on, let's go.

See you later. All right.

Oh, Catherine Ann Porter. True southern writer.

Texas, I believe. And I love her. But you have to admit that the big man is

Hippie's own fault.

Well, he sure knew his own.

I've had a couple of nightmares about that Snopes family.

Well, I think he wrote Snopes true to type. But that wasn't Faulkner's type.

No, no.

Any more than you could say that I'm Judge Walker's type.

Who? The gentleman sitting right over there in the corner.

Well, Bill and I have had an eye on him.

What?

He's interesting.

As a type once common in the South, you could say he's now a dinosaur.

Yet, someone might see him and Bill and say same type.

Well, I don't think Bill's ever gone out to dine alone in his life.

Well, no, unless you'd allow that that at his barbecue is dining.

Espresso, cappuccino, perhaps a little dessert?

Espresso doppio. Anybody else want that?

I don't know what the hell doppio is.

That means double. I mean the double. He wants the double.

I'll just taste his.

What's wrong?

I don't know. It just died.

Could you be out of gas?

No, I filled it up today.

Why don't you give it a try?

Okay.

I think your battery's dead.

I know somebody who lives near here.

Well, great. Can I give you a rat?

Okay. Thank you.

I don't hear much about Judge Walker.

Well, he only uses the house nowadays.

What?

The judge used to work that place.

He had farmland, he had timberland, he even ran animals out there.

Cattle and horses.

I didn't ask you what he did. I said we don't hear very much about Judge Walker

or any of his family.

Well, he's in the oil business.

Is that why we don't hear very much about him? Because he's in the oil

He just didn't hear much. He comes quietly and he goes quietly.

Where's the Walker family?

I really don't know. When the judge's wife died, everybody left.

Anyway, he's raising hell with me and Forbes for allowing transits to go

on his land.

So I was just refreshing my memory about the extent of his land. And it's

extensive.

You like Felicia?

Who?

Ham Forbes stayed tonight.

Felicia Clark.

Yeah, she's a lovely woman. Very nice.

Intelligent woman, too.

Are they in love?

You will be there, right?

I refuse to answer a silly question like that.

But why don't you just call and find out?

Oh, I just might.

Goodbye.

Hey, fellas.

Hey, what's going on, Chief?

What's going on here?

I didn't dance any words. Is it right about midnight?

Night left.

I've been cruising around mostly on foot.

Nothing. The students know him, Chief.

They know me, too.

We're going to have to recruit some teenagers for this drug stuff.

I saw three or four guys who showed him belonging in school.

But they weren't trying to make connections.

Just girls.

So, Colby, not to seem so suspicious.

Got busy doing the same thing.

Just dance a couple dances, Chief.

All right, folks.

All right.

Camp. Hey, babe.

Hey. Chelsea's not home yet.

It's three in the morning.

You think she might be standing out with somebody?

Mm -mm. She would have called.

She hasn't called.

Would she call you if she was staying with a young man?

Oh, I don't know.

Maybe not.

Well, listen, I'm sorry for bothering you.

She'll probably come walking in here any minute, and I'm going to kill her when

she gets here.

You stay cool with her now.

And when she comes in, you call me back, all right?

Okay, Hank.

Thanks. Yeah, bye.

Yes, I understand all your commitments and duties and obligations to the

city of Birmingham.

But just set him aside for a few days and come on over here and see our boy.

Well, he got himself kicked out of the academy for some serious social offense.

Now, I can get him into Sparta College here, but I need you to help me convince

him.

No, I believe you ought to drive over here tonight.

Wait a minute, I gotta go. I can hear him coming in now.

No, I won't speak with you further on the phone. I will speak to you when you

get here.

Wait a minute, boy.

It's late, Peppa.

Taps blows a ten at the Academy.

I need her to remind you... That the Academy taps no longer blows for me,

true.

But the Academy shaped so much of my life, which is what you wanted it to do,

didn't you?

Let's go into study.

I'm tired, Papa.

Tired.

And what have you been doing to tire yourself out so?

Good night, sir.

You get plenty of rest because tomorrow you're going to have to have a clear

mind.

Good night, sir.

Miss Clark, please.

Come on in.

Hampton, Chelsea never came home.

That's okay.

Lani. Yes, sir? Miss Clark is here now.

Have you tried calling any of her girlfriends?

Yes. I called three of them.

One of them was at the dance and they said Chelsea never showed up.

You sure Chelsea went to that dance?

Yes, that's where she was going.

I checked her closet.

She wore a new red dress and her red pumps.

Lana, this is Miss Felicia Clark. Felicia, this is Lieutenant Lana

How do you do?

We'd like to ask you a few questions about Chelsea's friends.

I asked Sergeant Corbin to join us. She's working with me on this one.

Hi.

Miss Clark, did Chelsea date only students?

No, there was one off -campus.

I have to try to remember his name now.

That's okay. Just take your time.

Hey, you Jackson?

That's right, darling.

Rodney Jackson?

No, Michael Jackson. I just work at this just to stay in touch with the real

world.

I'm Rodney Jackson, man. What's up?

Do you know a girl named Chelsea Clark?

Yeah, I know Chelsea.

When did you see her last?

Last night.

You were with her?

No, I said I seen her.

Where was that, Rodney?

Right here.

She went by in a car with a white guy driving it.

They were going up that way.

You watch cars at night?

I was just standing here, girl.

You live here?

Sure, I live here. That's my house.

You think I watch cars? You somebody else's water?

All right, it was a white guy driving it. Can you tell me what kind of car it

was? Um, a 300ZX.

A new dark blue.

A Nissan.

Thank you, Rodney.

Parker here. Give me Chief Forbes.

Yeah, Parker.

Chief Forbes, we're out on old Route 9, and we just found Chelsea Clark's car

sitting on the side of the road.

Which direction is she headed?

Well, north towards campus.

What's it look like?

Looks like somebody parked it and just left it.

Have it towed in, Parker.

Open up.

Yes, sir. Will do.

A campus drug case can wait a couple of days.

Let the pushers relax, expose themselves a little more.

I've taken Covey off the case.

We need to chase this missing girl thing.

What happened to it?

Sheriff, I don't know how this broke down.

It's going to be hauled in.

Go take a look under that hood, will you?

Yes, sir.

Let her look under there.

Check the carburetor and the distributor, Christina.

Yes, sir.

Let me take a look.

You know about cars?

Some.

It's fuel injection, Sheriff.

But the wire has been pulled off the alternator.

Now, the battery would have enough juice to start.

But the car would die after a couple miles.

How do you know it was pulled off?

I don't know, to tell the truth.

Well, you don't think it'd wear off, do you, Father?

No, sir, I guess not.

Somebody wanted this car to stop right around here.

Thank you.

I don't want to get too much sun.

I'm fine, Papa, just fine.

They're fixing to put lunch on. You won't think about coming in and changing

of your clothes?

Lewis is bringing me something.

I think, Todd, we ought to talk, you and I, about strategy in

dealing with your mother.

Is Mama the enemy?

We mustn't always think of strategy in a military sense. It has diplomatic

applications, too. That's what I'm thinking about.

By the way, I telephoned your daddy in London. I couldn't get any answer out of

his apartment at all. You got any idea where he is?

He went to Kuwait.

You know his telephone number there?

Yes, I do.

I presume you talked to him and discussed this mess at the academy.

Yeah, he didn't think much of it.

He just said, get yourself in somewhere else.

Did you mention to your daddy the nature of your offense?

Todd, I want to know what you told your daddy

so I can decide whether that's what you ought to tell your mama.

I told him I broke the rules.

I went off campus during restricted hours. I was trying to see a girl.

Somehow the town cops got into it.

Some foolish charges were made.

And the school told me to go home.

But you didn't go home.

Hi, Pa.

That house in Birmingham where Mama does the thing is not my home.

And the apartment in London...

And the motorhome on the oil fields, those places are not my home either.

My only true home is here.

You are an unregenerate liar.

Your daddy and mama are morally corrupt, and you're worse.

I don't know where you picked that up.

You didn't spend enough time around your parents to catch it from them.

You don't have to be with them, Papa. It's congenital.

You're going to be blaming me for it in a minute.

Of course I will.

Judge Walker?

Yes, what is it?

A telephone call from Birmingham.

Want me to switch it out there?

No, you take it. Tell the caller that I will not speak with her until she

arrives here in this house.

It's awful hard to love you, son.

But I do.

Love you.

Thank you, Papa.

Her body was lying right there.

You sure about that rope?

Yes, sir. Hands were tied with it.

But the last time you saw the man, he had that fade in his hand.

Yes, sir. He sure did.

And then you just took off?

Yes, sir. I sure did.

What do you suppose he's going to do with that spade, do you think?

Barrier. Yeah, yeah.

They changed his mind, at least about doing it here.

Is he going to come after me?

No, he sure better not.

I got a feeling we're going to catch him pretty soon.

Yeah.

Uh,

Chief Borg?

This here's Garvin Loomis.

He found the girl's body.

You touch the body?

Hell no. I came back to my truck and got on the CB.

Where is she?

She's down by the river.

It's horrible.

I feel sorry for the parents, whoever they are.

I got a daughter, too.

Thank you, Garvin. Stay right here.

How dare you treat me the way you did on that telephone yesterday?

Sit down, Mary.

Lewis! Maggie! Somebody, come on out here!

I apologize to her.

You really think a simple apology will make up for your brutal manners?

I apologize abjectly. Now, please, sit down.

Don't yell at me like that.

It gets on my nerves. What do you want?

A double bourbon over ice, Maggie, please.

And something for Mrs. Walker.

What can I get for you, Miss Mary?

I'll have the same, please.

With water in it.

Yes, ma 'am.

And welcome back to Sparta.

Welcome back to Sparta.

I think you and I have to devise a plan.

To save your son from disaster.

I don't know how to save him from it.

He needs professional help.

He is not a mental case.

He needs intelligent supervision, that's all. He needs to be given a purpose in

life.

The Academy failed with him. You and I must not fail.

I tried to call his father. I never could reach him.

This is the first headache I've had in a while.

I am sorry.

You look awful pretty, though.

Going crazy, so I... Here I am.

Doing this?

Whatever.

We found her dead, honey.

This is Chief Forbes sending an ambulance to Sparta College.

Aims building, East Campus.

And murder.

The body was lying right there.

Now the exciting conclusion of In the Heat of the Night.

In the heat of night,

I've got trouble all

the while.

In the heat of night, there

must be an ending.

Now, now.

You all right? Hey, Mama.

Well, ma 'am, uh, Mr. Owens?

Hey, Dad.

Hey.

I'm Captain Skinner, Sparta Police. This here's Sergeant Shepard.

Hi. He's really cute.

Most of the time.

Did he help the officers?

Yeah, he did.

Uh, you sure you folks wouldn't, uh, like to try out that shelter in the town

there? No, uh, folks in there ain't too kind to keep.

This ain't so bad.

We'll work it out.

Yeah.

Tommy told me that you saw a man driving in these woods out here.

Drives a Z?

Yeah. He was driving around this way, that way.

Scared me.

How's that?

I thought he was working for the man that owns this land.

I bet he buried that woman around here.

You gonna tell us to move on?

No, sir, I'm not. I'm going to ask you to stay right here so I can get a hold

you.

Now, do y 'all need any food or anything?

No, we're fine.

Well, thanks.

Hey, well, thank you for your help.

Later on, Pia.

Later.

second floor.

Some guy just climbed up to my window, but then he fell, and now he's lying on

the ground.

What's that you got?

Yeah, that's him.

And you have to call me.

Yeah, I'll call you.

This is Lucy Dobbs.

She made a positive identification on the suspect.

She's all yours.

Got any identification on you?

Mr.

Walker, you're under arrest.

Trespassing, breaking into, and being a peeping tom.

Officer, my grandfather is Judge Barton Walker.

Stand up, please.

I don't need a handcuff.

Pull your hands out.

I will make you do what you're told if I have to.

Can't we go without the handcuffs? I hurt my arm.

Well, give me the arm that wasn't hurt.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have

the right to an attorney.

You can't afford an attorney.

Thank you.

Our own doctor's coming in.

He told me her health is generally good.

But she passed out. Could it have been a heart attack?

No, she just fainted. It happens.

Sudden shock or change in blood supply to the brain.

She had her eyes open. I thought maybe she could hear what I was saying, but I

guess not.

She's under all the sedation we can give her.

Harriet.

Harriet.

Yes, dear, I'm here.

I'm so worried about Mama.

Don't worry about your Mama now.

It's not strong, you know.

Don't worry about her now.

I don't see how I'm going to tell her.

This is going to kill her.

Her mama's been dead for years.

Don't worry about her. She's going to be all right.

I'll be right outside if you need me.

Harriet.

Harriet. Yes, I'm here.

How's Miss Clark doing?

Oh, she'll be all right.

Can I talk to you a minute?

Yes, sir.

Chelsea Clark was, I'd say, raped.

But her assailant did not complete the deed.

So we have no DNA type evidence?

No.

Doc, did you by any chance know Judge Barton Walker?

No. Oh, I met him once long ago.

His man's son, Todd, has been arrested for a sexual offense.

You don't think that walker boy had anything to do with his murder rape

you?

I don't know what to do, doctor.

I'm looking for some answers.

Good morning, Chief.

Oh.

Good morning, Chief Forbes.

Morning, Miss Ellison.

You have the bail bond?

I sure do.

Right here.

Has Todd Walker been brought back from court? Oh, yes, sir. He sure enough has.

He's waiting in the conference room there.

Take Ms. Hallis in, please.

Yes, sir. Will do.

Thank you.

There you go.

So I'm still on the hook, huh?

You've been through an arraignment, not a trial.

That's to come.

Now, where'd they get breaking and entering?

I never got in her room.

Climbing up the lattice to a window might be considered getting in.

Stupid.

You mean... it's not normal?

It's a crime to want to see a woman nude.

That is a simple -minded, useless question that you are asking to evade

issue. I think you should answer it for me.

I mean, now, here I am, sitting here, looking at you, thinking you look

beautiful, nothing on that.

And that might make you mad to hear me say that, but can you say that that's

normal?

No, I can't.

That's normal.

And legal?

Legal. So?

So it's not legal or normal to contrive to see me without my

consent, without anything wrong.

But suppose you didn't know about it.

What would the law care?

And what would you care if I saw you naked?

A woman.

Always wants to know about that.

Therefore, she has the right.

That's what the law thinks.

And that's what I think.

Fine. Fine.

Don't be ridiculous. Just a minute.

Mother's here.

Say hello for me.

We've been waiting.

Tell me what to do and I'll do it.

Hello, Mama.

God, look at you.

Please, Mama.

Todd, you love travel. I hate travel. Hush up and listen.

Fine. Just don't tell me what I love.

Excuse me, Todd.

I need to speak to all three of you about this case.

What I want to do is talk about avoiding this case.

Well, we avoid this case by persuading the D .A. not to bring it. We can't rely

on the authorities. We have to make independent moves.

For instance, I have to jump bail, right?

I did not say that.

I'm guessing.

Because Mama said travel.

Am I warm?

I'm going to go and you all can call me at my office.

Wait a minute.

All right.

I'll wait one minute.

Just long enough to say what should be done.

Todd should be committed immediately for treatment in a place outside of

Pascagoula.

He's on bail. He can't leave here.

Judge. Either I handle this case or you handle this case, but the both of us can

only mishandle it.

Listen to her.

These women will carve you up, Papa.

Now, I will handle getting him in there, and then I will do my best to persuade

D .A. Darnell and Judge Whitley that he should stay there.

Stay there? What the hell does stay there mean?

In my experience, stay there means a year.

Why? A year is nothing.

Now, hell, I handled three at the academy.

I might even meet some girls with the loony bin down yonder.

Didn't y 'all hear that front bell ringing? Do I have to run every time the

doorbell rings?

There it goes again.

Good afternoon, Sheriff.

Delmar, I see Judge Walker's in there.

I guess he's standing right there, sir. I hope I don't disturb you, Judge.

Well, it is a peculiar time, I mean, without noticing.

I find that making phone calls to people works against me in this job.

Miss Halsey.

Sheriff, I'm going to say good day. I must be going.

Welcome back to Sparta, Miss Mary.

Thank you.

Can I fix you, gentlemen, anything?

A little of the bourbon and ice, please, Maggie.

I'll have the same, Miss Delmore.

Those are trespassers. They're a family of three. They're going up to the

Natchez Trace and then going on down to Tupelo.

They tell me they'll be gone by Friday.

There's a problem here.

A deep one.

I'm sorry about that.

You aware, I'm sure, of Todd's arrest?

Yes, sir. Damn fool kid.

More ardent than Romeo ought to be.

And not as good a climber.

And not invited up by Juliet either.

You better get the boy back down, anyway. I don't mind.

Our dispatcher, this is the sheriff.

We want to get the car out here as fast as we can.

I'm on the walk of property just over the other side of the county road.

10 -4, Sheriff.

10 -4.

Here you go.

The girl you all found by the lake was also raped, but there was no semen.

Just like Chelsea Clark, huh? That's right.

Boy, Todd Walker been a busy boy, hasn't he?

On the 22nd, he picks up Peggy Hatcher. On the 23rd, he kills Peggy Hatcher. Out

there at the barn that the little kid showed us.

That same day, he shows up at his granddaddy's house.

Then on the night of the 24th, he kills Chelsea Clark.

The very next night, he gets picked up for peeping Tom's door.

Chief, you thinking about arresting him?

You don't want to know what I'm thinking, Doc.

Doc, what we're trying to find is some clothes.

You see, both of the girls were found completely undressed.

Now, we got us a witness, and we're withholding his name at the moment, who

Todd Walker getting ready to bury Peggy Hatcher.

Thanks, Doc.

Chief, where are you going?

I'm going to get him.

Maybe I ought to go do that. I just want to get two hands on him for two

minutes. Yeah, I know. And maybe that's why I ought to go. Captain, get out of

my way. You ain't going out that door. Get out of my way.

Get out of my way.

Let me go.

This woman, Sarah Halsey, is the best. I don't mean the best woman lawyer. I

mean the best lawyer.

And she's handled some tough cases. I mean civil rights cases. I mean murder

cases. I mean assault cases.

And she does a lot of work for nothing, too, because she also happens to be

rich.

Does my father -in -law know her professionally or personally?

Both. Her people are in the oil business, too, over in East Texas.

I'm telling you, if anybody can get you off in one piece, boy, it's Sarah.

And then you better go join the Navy for a spell.

Maggie, I wish you'd let us raise him.

I'm not trying to raise him. I'm trying to save him.

Todd Walker, I'm going to have to ask you to quit what you're doing and come

with me. You're under arrest.

What again?

What'd he do this time?

You're under arrest for the murders of Peggy Hatcher and Chelsea Clark.

Wait one minute there, officer.

Son, nothing you're going to say is going to keep me from taking you in

now. Cuff him, Charlie.

Yes, sir, Captain. Watch my arm.

Anything you say will be held against you and used as evidence to prove you're

guilty. So I caution you not to say nothing without the advice and consent

your attorney. Let's go.

I can walk. I can walk. Where's the judge?

The judge went for a walk somewhere.

He'll be in the Sparta City Jail, ma 'am.

He's lost.

We're all lost.

Yes, sir. Let us in, please.

Have a warrant.

What in the hell is going on here?

It's an authorized search, sir.

For what?

For evidence in a homicide investigation as stated in this warrant.

Who issued this impudent document?

Was it that idiot Sims?

If you'd have taken a moment to look at it, you'd know it was Judge Whitley.

Ah, the woman, of course.

Show a woman an alleged peep in town and she wants to hang him.

Show us the Todd Walker's room, please.

But where is Todd now?

Show him the door, Lewis.

Not a damn thing else.

Okay, let's find it. You look upstairs. I'll check around down here. I will not

allow an improper fishing expedition in my house.

Get off of those stairs. You want to go to jail, too?

Now, Judge, we're going to search, and it's going to take a while.

I wish you'd just take a seat and calm down.

To hell I will.

You didn't listen to me, Judge. I said homicide.

The Peep and Tom case is over. Your grandson is going to answer for murder.

My God, you're lying.

No, no. Make it not true.

Todd never killed anyone.

Let's go in the living room and sit down, sir.

Who said?

Tell me about that. What happened?

Tell me what happened. What is this all about?

It's about two young girls, students at the college. They were raped and then

strangled.

Oh, no.

Excuse me, sir.

No, no.

Anything big?

You sure busting in here is okay, right?

We got a warrant, don't we? And it does say all of the judges' living spaces.

Home sweet home.

Hey, Parker.

The rope that was used on Chelsea Clark.

Maybe the same kind of rope, but it probably ain't the same rope.

Yeah, but I bet it was.

Toby.

Selfie clock's closed.

No, there is no statement.

The press can attend open court like everybody else.

No, sir. I do not believe your entitles know everything there is to know. I'd be

obliged to tell you everything I know. And I am not so obliged.

Well, I will note your comment.

Good day, sir.

Gerard, you better calm yourself.

You don't want to reach my age and look like this, do you?

The arrogance of our local press is truly amazing.

Well, they're just trying to imitate the fellas in the big leagues.

Well, the last thing I want to do is reveal our case before we make it to the

judge, who I believe can read.

Sometimes I wonder if he can think, however.

Do you have any concerns about Judge Sims?

I do.

He's a menace.

But I've got my gaze.

All rise. The Honorable Judge Sims presiding.

Be seated.

Todd Walker has been charged with the rape and murder of Peggy Hatcher, and in

addition, he has been charged with the rape and murder of Chelsea Clark. How

does he plead?

He pleads not guilty, Your Honor, to all charges.

I have before me a motion to suppress certain evidence.

Yes, sir, that is my motion.

Has the district attorney been provided with a copy of this motion?

I have, Your Honor.

And I'd say it's spurious.

The search warrant they're trying to invalidate was legal, binding, and

absolutely enforceable. No, Your Honor. The search violated Todd Walker, my

grandson's Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure.

Judge Walker, please sit down.

Your Honor, the cabin is not specifically mentioned in the warrant.

Your Honor, this so -called cabin or shed falls within the curtilage of the

premises. That is not so, Your Honor. Judge Walker, please, would you tell the

court where it is? It's a very small cabin. It's over a hundred yards from my

house. Additionally, it is separated by a public access road and fenced within

its own enclosure. I have a photograph here. I have no intention of ruling on

this motion right now.

The motion will be entered into the record and the court will take a recess.

We will reconvene after I have had time to study the motion.

Your Honor, would you care to set a time now?

No.

My clerk will telephone you when I'm ready.

You think you're going to get away with this kind of flim -flam?

Well, well.

Do I detect in our police chief the touch of emotional bias?

Yes, you do.

Chelsea Clark was very close to me.

So it goes in small town.

Too bad.

By the way, if this is a flim -flam, so is much of the Constitution.

You better come with me.

They don't want me there.

I don't care what they want.

I'm telling you that it makes a poor impression on the judge when a boy's

is not there in the courtroom.

I know that, Judge.

That's all the more reason. No.

There are many things you don't know.

I know this.

This is a family which is wandering in the dark.

Strangers to the Lord.

Yes.

That's true.

The Lord has kept me here 25 years in the hope that I would bring y 'all back.

But he gonna soon release me from that task.

Nobody wanted me there, Maggie.

I don't like this a damn bit.

John, I hope you've had time to glance at those cases.

I glanced, yes.

Well, sir, they both apply here, where the space search clearly falls outside

the current leach.

It's simply not part of my house, therefore it's not covered by the

Oh, no.

Why the hell didn't you list that space in the warrant?

The police requested the warrant, not I.

The warrant was faulty.

No, it was perfect.

It was a police action. It was illegal.

Your Honor, our case centers on Chelsea.

Now, fill the thing out, Henry.

The president demands it.

Sir, in that case of Brooks v.

United States and the United States v.

Dunn, we... Vitality, I know the cases.

It was a bad search.

Judge, the rope and the clothes in that shed tied the two murders together.

I cannot allow the evidence.

And I fault you.

You, sir.

Yes, sir.

Excuse me.

All of which means what?

It means in brief, don't count on anything.

Well, this term they're using in there, the curtilage, didn't that used to mean

the property within a courtyard? It means the house on the grounds, right?

that too simple?

Well, yeah, it means the immediate grounds, at least according to this

What are we supposed to tell the parents of these kids?

Todd Walker will not get off Hampton.

There's nothing wrong with our evidence in the Hatcher case.

What am I supposed to tell Felicia?

Lord, how is she?

She's not good, Bill.

She's up and around.

But she's not good.

The

court

is waiting, Ms. Harrison.

I'm sorry, Your Honor. I would have let you know sooner, but I just found out

this moment myself.

Mr. Walker, are you seriously dismissing your counsel?

My papa can answer for me, Judge.

You didn't question him.

Dismissal, Your Honor. Miss Halsey and I, we co -counsel. She is merely

away on other business.

But this afternoon, I will assume conduct of the case.

I have no objection, Your Honor.

Is this your request, Miss Halsey?

Sir, I believe that this change is for the best, for everyone concerned.

Good day.

Your Honor, the state strongly objects to any form of bail.

Rape and homicide are among the most odious of felonies. Todd has no prior

criminal record.

He is innocent until you can prove him guilty.

Todd Walker poses a danger to this community.

I will take personal responsibility for him. The boy poses no danger.

Are you willing to put up title to the Walker estate?

Yes, I'm willing.

Bail is granted on that condition.

Judge Sims, I will officially.

Court is adjourned.

All rise.

This ain't right.

Mr. Donnell, this ain't right. This ain't justice.

It's over for Peggy. It should be over for him.

Oh, yeah. No, sit down.

Sit down. Sit down.

What?

The judge let Todd walk out on bail.

He's going to be out?

Just till it's wrong, darling.

Hamp.

There's no way he can get off, is there?

No.

He's going to be tried, Harriet.

For the Hatcher case, at least, where we got good evidence, he is going to be

convicted, and he will get the limit.

Limit? What?

The D .A.

It's going to demand his life, no doubt about it.

When will he give his life?

When is he going to pay?

Felicia, it's not about when.

I don't even think we should be here.

I'm going to take you home.

Go ahead, Felicia, please.

I beg you, go on home.

You did not commit a willful wrong, and you shouldn't have to answer for one,

because your will was not free to run, but is held

stockaded by your inferiority academy.

They were superiors last time I heard him referred to.

Great molders of men.

Discipline, for the pure sake of discipline, is the idiot's delight.

The mass of men eat it up with gratitude. But the special man

spits it out with disgust.

Thank God the jury didn't hear that.

No joy we'll ever hear of this case.

Who is this person approaching up here?

Maggie!

There's a colored woman walking up here. You better come up here and speak to

her. Is she a friend of yours? What's she doing coming up the front way?

I don't know the woman, Judge.

Well, ask Maggie.

Something we can do to help you?

Maggie!

What are you doing all this yelling out here for? Don't you see Louis standing

right there?

What is it you want?

It's emergency. Call emergency.

Stop that boat.

The visitor's parking is around back, sir.

I don't want to park.

If you want to just wait, sir, waiting's around back, too. I don't want to wait.

I want the sheriff to come out here now.

He's in there.

Let's see his car.

Yes, sir, he is in there.

Tell him Judge Walker's here.

Yes, sir.

Take all the time you need.

I'm gonna be out and around for at least an hour.

Thanks, Bill.

We have to talk about a lawyer.

It's my birthday in Houston, though.

She'll be here tomorrow.

Now for a lawyer, hmm? I don't want to talk about it.

I lost my child.

I always would say, when she was little,

I'd say to God,

God, let her glow up.

Be ready for life.

Show me how to raise her.

I don't care about me, what I have.

I don't know what I can protect.

It's all I want for myself.

But let me not know.

What is my life if I lose my child?

You forgive us, Lewis and me, for blocking things here.

Oh, don't fret about it, Judge.

How can I help you?

When can I see the colored woman who took my grandson's life?

Ms. Clark won't be allowed any visitors for nine days.

Routinely?

Yes, sir.

And even then, I have to have the prisoner's consent.

What do we have to ask her for? Just let me stand in front of her for a minute

so that I can say to her, because of her, I rise up

in the morning without any reason in this world to do so.

I ask Lewis here. I say, Lewis, please.

Tell this old man what he's doing up and around because he simply does not know.

And Lewis does not know.

And so he says nothing.

And I would say to a woman, tell

this old white man what he's doing here.

Now that you have taken away the one reason for his being here.

Let me say that to Leslie, please, will you?

That woman needs to hear that.

Would tomorrow be all right, Judge?

Yeah.

Tomorrow's all right.

I'll be back here tomorrow at this same time.

Thank you. Good day, sir.

Good day, sir.

Think he'll really come back tomorrow?

I don't think so.

What will you say if he does?

Same as I said today, maybe tomorrow, Jack.

You think he'll believe that?

No.

You sorry for him?