The Stone Killer Page #3

You want to help me change the plates?

This is Dicky Wells. When he was good,

no trombone player could touch him.

Hey, you want a broken arm?

Mr Lawrence says

he wants us ready by 10:00.

l sure hope Armitage's stand-in

knows what he's doing.

You said that 100 times.

Yeah, that's good for you to say.

See, you make your money easy.

You know, l sure would have loved

to work with that old guy.

l've heard he was the best.

He must have wasted

more than a dozen cats.

Armitage wasn't so smart.

-He was a heroin addict. Got busted.

-Yeah.

They're here.

ls the cruel one with them?

-Everything all right, Jumper?

-Yes, sir.

Pontiac Bonneville,

full tank, changed plates.

-The original?

-ln my bag.

That's good. Here's your money.

And a ticket to New Orleans.

Your flight leaves at 1 1 :30.

-My own car's still at the airport.

-We'll take care of that.

-You fly.

-Yes, sir.

We'll be in touch.

Alfred, like you to meet Graham.

Graham's been in Vietnam,

where he's had plenty of experience.

He knows it all, then.

Well, l hardly do anything, do l?

You do it all.

Alfred. Come on.

Let's show Graham his gun.

-He ready?

-Yes.

-Okay?

-Be my guest.

Wow.

Come on, Lipper. Don't make it a career.

Lipper?

The bread you get isn't worth the pain.

The gun, give.

You and me are gonna walk out of here

real normal-like.

A prisoner and a cop.

No hand signs, no nods,

and no acts of bravery.

-Sure.

-Sure. l know what you're thinking.

You're thinking, ''Would he kill a cop

for a piss-ass assault charge?''

Seems like a pretty high step

around 60 days, Lipper.

You just might be right.

But l'll put a bullet in you,

and you can be damn sure of that.

You must be crazy, Lipper.

Yeah, l've got a birthday party to go to.

The parking lot.

Here he is.

Run, Gus. Run.

Hello?

-What hit him?

-A complete state of death.

Well, let's have your tale of woe.

Dead man's name is Gus Lipper.

He had a gun...

Are you his interpreter or his mother?

Well, Lieutenant,

he pulled a gun on me inside the building.

He went berserk and smashed up a bar.

We gave him an electroencephalogram

to see if there was any neurological basis

for his violence.

There wasn't.

What was the matter with him?

He was one of the wounded,

an American victim. No noticeable scars.

Okay, Doctor. Make it easy for me.

Aggression and violence are part

of a learning process. They're habit-forming.

Now, Lipper was a type of addict.

We tend to count the victims

amongst the innocent,

but that's not always so, Lieutenant.

After we've shed our pity

for the basket cases and the burnt children,

we've nothing left

for the psychopaths we've created.

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