:51:02
Nobody will see me because I'll be
hiding. I had to be on the scene.
:51:06
Did you think I was going to wait
for letters from you?
:51:09
I think Joe's right. It's natural, wanting
to hear everything as soon as possible.
:51:14
- Maybe he'll wanna see Katherine.
- Get this straight!
:51:17
Katherine's not to know I'm alive.
She'd crack. Never go through with it.
:51:21
She wouldn't see things
the way I see them.
:51:25
I wanna hear everything they say.
:51:27
I wanna see them squirm
the way they made me.
:51:30
I wanna see them
at the end of a rope.
:51:32
Adams, I've got to hold this party
together in this state.
:51:36
These star-spangled heroics of yours
will blow it a mile high.
:51:40
I've got to proceed with this case
as my oath of office requires.
:51:45
You and your wife
and that boy of yours...
:51:49
Adams, you like to eat, don't you?
:51:52
Sure, Will.
:51:54
But some of the things people have had
to eat in this country lately...
:51:58
...haven't agreed with their stomachs.
- But...
:52:00
Well, who are you going to name?
:52:02
You can't bring a town
full of John Does to trial...
:52:05
...just to pull yourself
to heaven on a publicity stunt.
:52:09
John Doe is not going to trial, Will...
:52:14
...but 22 citizens of Strand...
:52:17
...who I can prove are guilty of murder
in the first degree.
:52:23
Because the law declares
that in a lynching...
:52:25
...all who consent to the design
are responsible for what took place.
:52:29
All who participate
are responsible for the act.
:52:33
This may seem harsh...
:52:35
...but when a mob takes it upon itself...
:52:38
...to identify, try, condemn and punish...
:52:43
...it is a destroyer of a government that
patriots died to establish and defend.
:52:49
Every decent person in the country
feels the importance of this case.
:52:52
The nation is hanging on the outcome
of this trial.
:52:55
No lynching can be justified,
though sometimes attempts are made...
:52:59
... to whitewash them by citing
the confessions of...