:01:00
an account to this court of the precise
offense that led up to your arrest?
:01:07
Well...
:01:11
my guitar was in hock...
:01:13
down at
the South Rampart Street pawnshop.
:01:17
It was on display...
:01:20
in the loan shark's window.
:01:25
It's my life's companion.
:01:28
- And...
- Are you drunk?
:01:33
No, just...
:01:36
I'm tired.
:01:38
You want to rest for six weeks
in the house of detention?
:01:40
No, sir, I don't want to do that.
:01:44
My guitar was in hock...
:01:47
and it was the first time in my life.
:01:53
And, you know,
it gave me a real bad feeling.
:01:57
I can't explain it to you.
But everybody has...
:02:00
something that's very important to them.
With me...
:02:04
it's my guitar.
:02:06
And you know it was...
:02:08
a gift from a very great man, Leadbelly.
:02:14
I ain't asking no questions
about your guitar.
:02:17
What happened the night
before the party was raided?
:02:21
Well, I had to find some way, you know,
to get my guitar out of hock.
:02:25
- So I ran into Charlie Five.
- Charlie who?
:02:33
Well, his name is...
:02:35
Cinque, Charlie Cinque,
but they call him Charlie Five because...
:02:40
"cinq" means five in French...
:02:42
and you can hit on him for $5
if you really need it.
:02:48
And so he came up to me
and approached me in the Starlight Lounge.
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It was about 6:00 that day...
:02:59
in the p.m.