:09:00
But let me try this out.
:09:02
The lab checked out
his clothes and shoes. No blood.
:09:05
- And also no carpet lint, right?
- It wasn't important.
:09:09
- He admitted he was there on Sunday.
- OK. Then I remember the sneakers.
:09:13
And they've got broken glass in them,
and that's damned important,
:09:17
because it only could have
gotten there afterwards.
:09:21
Yeah. Broken glass on the floor
would be a little scratchy
:09:26
the way she did business,
all over the place.
:09:31
So, what would you do?
:09:34
I'd haul him in.
:09:39
Then all hell breaks loose. "Cops
railroad leader of home-rule movement."
:09:44
- They'll be in the streets, marching...
- Virge, I'm a liberal myself,
:09:47
but home rule, that's too far-out for me.
:09:49
I don't wanna be pushed around
by a bunch of amateurs.
:09:53
He had no known motive, and there
can be other explanations for this glass,
:09:57
- so how sure can you be that he did it?
- Damn sure.
:10:02
Except for one thing. You know those
two big fat fingerprints on the statue?
:10:08
Well, they belong to Mealie Williamson.
That's the handyman.
:10:12
- Has he got a record?
- Yeah, two minor felonies,
:10:14
one for pandering - but nothing recent.
:10:16
That statue was so clean,
chances are it was wiped.
:10:19
Williamson may have picked it up
after the killer left. What'd he say?
:10:23
He lives in the basement, but he wasn't
there. He goes out on a bat now and then.
:10:29
What about that guy
who owns the place, Weedon?
:10:32
His prints on that
business card match some
:10:35
found on the window of her apartment.
:10:38
- What the hell. He owns the joint.
- Has he got a record?
:10:42
No.
:10:47
But he has some very expensive lawyers.
:10:59
You know what, Herb?