Call Northside 777 Page #4

That kid killed the cop.

He got what was comin' to him.

Now, I need a branch of a tree

right in there.

See one around?

No, that's sky. That's sky.

l-I wasn't thinking about the boy.

I was thinking about his mother.

I hammer out a sob story,

and everybody's blubberin' all over me.

You know what it is?

It catches your imagination.

Nobody knows whether she's right

or not, but...

...she's worked so hard--

she's had such faith-- that...

...[ Chuckles ] well, I want her to be right.

Honey, I love ya.

Wouldn't you scrub floors for me

if I shot old Kelly in the head?

Oh, I don't know.

- You don't know. You don't--...

Jim--

- Oh, here's one. Here's one looks like it.

No.

- Jim.

Look, I'm goin' out to see him tomorrow.

Why you-- You women are suckers

for sentimentality, aren't ya?

I guess that's how I got you.

All I had to do was

dangle an orange blossom in front of you.

Oh, it took a little more

than that, Mr. McNeal.

It did, huh? Mm-hmm.

- Hmm.

[ Locks Rattling ]...

What kind of a guy is he, Warden?

- I like him.

Oh.

Frank, this is McNeal of the Chicago Times.

He wants to interview you.

[ Warden ] Now, you don't have to consent

to this interview...

...or answer any questions

if you don't want to.

[ Wiecek ] But I do want to....

Sure, I want to.

- Okay.

That's fine. He's yours.

Sit down, Frank.

The Times has

taken an interest in your case.

I came out to ask you some questions.

- Yes, sir.

I'd like more of your story,

your side of it.

I need an angle, something

to hit the public with. You understand?

Yes, sir.

- Now, you knew about the ad...

...your mother ran in the papers...

...and the $5,000 reward?

- Yeah.

Did ya know she was scrubbin' floors

to earn that money?

Yes, I did.

All she lives for is to get me out.

I guess that's all I've got to live for too.

Well, that's a very good angle to play up--...

...your faith in your mother,

her faith in you.

You know, if you're guilty...

...you're just letting her

slave her life away for nothing.

you're just letting her

slave her life away for nothing.

She knows I'm not guilty.

- Uh-huh.

I read the news clips...

...the transcript of the trial.

They don't whitewash you,

the way I see it.

But you only read what convicted me.

All the true facts didn't come out.

Even Judge Moulton said I was innocent.

The judge that gave you 99 years?

Well, the jury

said we were guilty. He had to.

But in his chambers,

he said he knew we were innocent.

When was that?

- Well, after he sentenced us--

Oh, after. Well, maybe

we'd better duck that.

What else?

My lawyer was a drunk.

He wouldn't even let me take the stand.

He was afraid I'd get the chair.

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