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:07:02
...Tomek Zaleska,
protesting his innocence...

:07:05
...surrendered to the police.
:07:06
You knew we were looking for you.
:07:08
You knew we picked up your good
friends, Helen and Frank Wiecek.

:07:11
Why didn't you give yourself up,
if you were innocent, as you claim?

:07:14
I was scared.
:07:16
Sometimes I used to hang
around Wanda's place.

:07:19
When I heard they were picking
up everybody she knew...

:07:21
...I figured nobody would miss
me so I just beat it.

:07:25
I know now I made a mistake.
:07:27
But I came in on my
own hook, didn't I?

:07:30
When you went to Wiecek's
house that night...

:07:32
...what reason did you give
for wanting to sleep there?

:07:35
I gave any reason.
:07:37
I used to spend the night
there once in a while.

:07:40
You didn't give them any reason?
:07:43
No. I just asked them
to let me stay there...

:07:46
...and they did.
:07:47
And you're sure you gave
them no reason?

:07:50
No.
:07:53
After identification by
an eye witness...

:07:56
...Frank Wiecek and
Tomek Zaleska...

:07:59
...were indicted for the murder
of Officer Bundy...

:08:02
...and swiftly brought to trial.
:08:05
I'll ask you, Mrs. Skutnik,
if you see in this courtroom...

:08:08
...the two men who murdered
Policemen John Bundy?

:08:13
Yes, sir.
:08:15
Him, and him.
:08:18
Had you ever seen these men
prior to the time of the shooting?

:08:21
Sure.
:08:22
Tomek used to come around
my place all the time.

:08:25
The other fellow I never saw before.
:08:28
Then the first time you
saw Frank Wiecek...

:08:30
...was on the day of the murder?
Yes.

:08:33
And the next time was the day...
:08:35
...you picked him out
of the line-up?

:08:37
Yes, sir.
:08:39
Thank you, Your Honour.
The people rest.

:08:43
Both men receive the sentence
of 99 years...

:08:46
...to be served in
Stateville Penitentiary.

:08:49
This happened in November of 1933.
:08:52
Frank and Tomek went to prison.
:08:57
The case was forgotten
for eleven years...


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