Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt Page #5

investigation.

All I can say at this point is,

we cannot rule out foul play."

Nice.

I thought it was

appropriately obtuse.

"I have nothing more

to say at this time."

Now, you, you could have been

a little more eloquent?

Have you ever known me

to be eloquent?

Not hardly.

So we bought a little time.

Very little.

How much was in the duffle bag?

We reckon

about $100,000.

And the powder

was heroin.

High-end smack.

What's that

tell you?

Butler was dirty.

Or somebody set him up.

You never liked him.

I don't think I

ever said that.

Oh, yes, you did.

A cop deserves

the benefit of the doubt.

Well, I can see

the heroin,

but to burn up $100,000

on a setup...

No, he was dirty.

If he was dirty, who killed him?

A rival or the guys

he was working with.

If you blow up a cop,

it makes news.

Why not make it look

like an accident?

Somebody had a grudge.

Or somebody set him up.

If the guys he was working with

wanted to kill him,

they wouldn't burn the money.

Yeah, but if it was a rival,

how would he know

he was blowing up the money?

And if Butler was a good cop

who was onto something,

you'd burn a hundred grand

just to make him look dirty.

I don't deal in ifs.

I deal in certainty.

Well, it's certain

a hundred grand's

a lot of money to burn.

Whose case is this,

yours or mine?

Both.

Who defers to who?

It is State Homicide's policy

to defer to local authorities.

Good.

It's State Homicide's policy

to defer to local authorities

when it is appropriate

and effective.

Okay.

So, other than the fact

that you think he's clean,

what do you know so far,

Chief Stone?

Nothing.

The explosion was caused by...

An I.E.D.

I thought you didn't know anything.

Knowing and supposing

are two different things.

We've identified

five veterans,

all with experience

in explosives,

all with criminal records,

all who live in the vicinity.

That's good police work,

Captain Healy.

We were able

to run down four,

but the fifth one-- Thompson--

he's closer to you.

So you're deferring

to local authority.

I am...

in this instance.

What's with the hat?

You got

your job back.

I sensed that you did.

Did you now?

Actually, I read the paper.

What was he doing

on the beach road?

He got a complaint.

It was obviously bogus.

The caller knew exactly

what to say and not to say

to get 'em to show up.

Butler would know that.

Still got to be

checked out.

He would do that?

Got him killed.

You didn't like him.

I don't think I ever said that.

Yes, you did, Jesse.

You going out?

A couple of days.

Got to shake down some new

equipment, come back in,

then the Grand Banks.

Be careful out there.

You come here

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